source: Dương Thu Thuỷ / Pearson Education, INC 2015年3月3日
* social language: agree to lend something; describe reading material
* grammar: noun clauses
# video script
(Bob is reading a book and eating lunch in
the café when Mr. Evans enters to join him.)
Mr.
Evans: Hello, Bob. Dining alone?
Bob:
Paul and Marie went to get newspapers.
Mr.
Evans: Do you mind if I join you?
Bob:
Please, sit down.
Mr.
Evans: May I ask what you’re reading?
Bob:
Um ... A History of the World.
Mr.
Evans: The bestseller? I’m very impressed! Reading nonfiction over lunch! I
hear that it’s a very difficult book.
Bob:
Oh ... uh, no. It’s a pretty easy read. I ... I can’t put it down, actually.
Mr.
Evans: A real page-turner, huh? Do you think I could borrow it when you’re
done?
Bob:
Sure.
Mr.
Evans: I usually prefer fiction myself. You know, thrillers, mysteries ...
There’s nothing like curling up with a good science-fiction novel, is there?
Bob:
You read science fiction, too?
Mr.
Evans: Don’t tell anyone. Are you learning a lot from your book?
Bob:
Uh, yes. I think so.
Mr.
Evans: So tell me what you’re reading about right now.
Bob:
Um ... this part is about Great Britain.
Mr.
Evans: Really? Do you mind if I take a book?
Bob:
Cheryl hates when I read comics.
Mr.
Evans: Then I can understand why you can’t put the book down. Do you think that
I could borrow it, then?
Bob:
I’m still reading this one, but I have another one I can loan you.
Mr.
Evans: I meant this one.
Bob: Oh, help
yourself.
