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listening practice, video speaking practice, video
pronunciation practice, a new
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 Conversation Lesson
38 - She's My Best Friend!
(Beginner -
Conversation, Listening, Reading)
In this lesson Anna's best friend from her hometown,
Penelope, visits Washington, D.C. Anna tells Penelope
about her friends and her job. Is Penelope going to make
a change in her life? |
Lesson Video
Watch the video and then do the activities on this page. |
Video Script
Anna: Hello! I have great news. My best friend from my hometown is coming here
-- to Washington, D.C.! I can’t wait to catch up with her! Oh! I gotta go. Her
train arrives in 10 minutes!
Anna: Penelope!
Penelope: Anna! I am really happy to see you!
Anna: Me too! How was your trip?
Penelope: It was fine.
Anna: Let me help you with your bags.
Penelope: I’m really excited to be in Washington, D.C.! I can’t wait to hear
about … everything!
Anna: I have so much to tell you. Let’s go to my apartment. We can talk over a
hot cup of tea.
Penelope: I love your apartment building, Anna. Is your rent expensive?
Anna: Well, I have a roommate. So, we split the rent.
Penelope: Oh, that’s right. Is your roommate nice?
Anna: Marsha is the nicest person I know in this city. Sometimes she worries too
much. And she says I’m the messiest cook she knows. But we are great roommates.
Penelope: So, Anna, is it hard to make friends in D.C.?
Anna: At first it was hard. But now, Marsha is a good friend. And there’s Pete.
Of all the people I know in D.C., Pete is the most serious and also the
silliest.
Penelope: He sounds … interesting.
Anna: Jonathan and Ashley are two other good friends of mine. In the city, they
are the friendliest people I know. They always help me when I need it.
Penelope: Your friends sound great! So, tell me about your job.
Anna: I love my work! I make a children’s show called the “Time Traveling
Treehouse.”
Penelope: Anna, that is the best job for you! Do you remember when we were
little? We played in that old treehouse behind my family’s house for hours!
Anna: I forgot about that! We thought it really time traveled! Penelope, it is
really good to talk to you. New friends are good. But old friends are the best.
Penelope: I know. Our hometown isn’t the same now. You are not there.
Anna: No crying. Why don't you move here and live with me and Marsha?
Penelope: Anna, I can’t leave our hometown. You forget -- I love my job, too.
Anna: I didn’t forget. You are the most famous turkey farmer I know!
Penelope: Thanks, Anna.
Anna: Come on. Let’s go eat dinner at one of D.C.’s most famous restaurants.
Penelope: Awesome!
Anna: That’s the restaurant, Penelope. I’ll be right there.
Anna: I have a great apartment. I love my work. And I have awesome friends --
both old and new. I am the luckiest woman in Washington, D.C.
(sound of thunder)
Anna: Until next time ? |
Listening
Now practice listening to only the audio portion of the conversation. |
Speaking
In this video, learn how to say the new words for this lesson and the rules of
making superlative adjectives. |
Pronunciation
Use this video to learn about stressing the superlative adjectives in a
sentence. |
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New Words |
- catch up (with) -
phrasal verb. to talk to someone you have not
seen for some time and find out what they have been doing
- cry -
v. to produce tears from your eyes often while
making loud sounds because of pain, sorrow, or other strong emotions
- expensive -
adj. costing a lot of money
- famous -
adj. known or recognized by very many people
- friendly -
adj. acting like a friend friendliest -
superlative adj.
- lucky -
adj. having good luck luckiest - superlative
adj.
- messy -
adj. not clean or tidy messiest superlative
adj.
- nice -
adj. kind, polite, and friendly nicest -
superlative adj.
- rent -
n. money that you pay in return for being able
to use property and especially to live in an apartment or house that belongs
to someone else
- silly -
adj. silliest - superlative adj. playful and
funny
- split -
v. to divide (something, such as money or food)
among two or more people or things
- tea -
n. a drink that is made by soaking the dried
leaves of an Asian plant in hot water
- train -
n. a group of vehicles that travel on a track
and are connected to each other and usually to an engine
- turkey -
n. a large American bird that is related to the
chicken and that is hunted or raised by people for its meat
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 Activity
Who is the most important person in your life? They can
be a family member or a friend. Tell us about them using
some superlative adjectives like nicest, silliest, the
most _____ and so on. Write about it in the Facebook
Comments section below. Then practice using superlative
adjectives.
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lesson activity to get the printable PDF version. The
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Conversation
Lessons
Study all 52 English conversation lessons. Let's Learn
English conversation lessons each with a conversation
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speaking practice, video pronunciation practice, a new
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