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Elementary-Small Talk(B0044)

A:Morning.

B:Hi there Mr.Anderson!How are you on this?ne morning?

A:Fine,thank you.

B:It sure is cold this morning,isn’t it?I barely even get out of bed!

A:Y eah.It’s pretty cold,alright.

B:Did you catch the news this morning?I heard that there was a?re on Byron Street.

A:No,I didn’t hear about that.

B:Did you happen to watch the football game last night?The Patriots scored in the last minute!

A:No,I don’t like football.

B:Oh...By the way,I saw you with your daughter at the of?ce Christmas party.She is really beautiful!

A:She’s my wife!Oh,here’s my?oor!Nice talking to you.Goodbye.

B:Sir this is the56th?oor!We are on the70th!

A:That’s okay,I’ll take the stairs!

Key Vocabulary

It sure is Phrase A?rmation or con?r-

mation of something

barely even Adverb hardly,could almost

not

catch Verb hear,listen to

Did you happen to Phrase By chance or casualty

someone did something By the way Phrase phrased used to inter-

ject another topic in a

conversation

take the stairs Phrase go up the stairs,use the

stairs Supplementary Vocabulary

small talk Pronoun short,?rendly conver-

sation about things

that are not important chat Verb talk(informal) network Verb talk with people to form

business connections awkward Adjective di?cult to deal with uncomfortable Adjective a feeling of being em-

barrassed or uneasy