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Continue Activity 10 below

                        •  Listen to the conversation you selected in Activity 8 and determine if it starts
                          naturally. Explain why.

                    11. Listen to the first part of the conversation and follow it using the
                        transcript below.                                                             TRACK 2
          Opening statements  Example: statements. Look at the example.
                        •  Pay attention to how the interlocutor introduces the opening statements.
                        •  Read the conversation you selected in Activity 7 and highlight the opening









                        TEO:  Hey! I read about a strange topic.
                        PAOLA: Really? What is it?
                        TEO:  Well, you’re never going to believe it: people’s sleeping habits around the world.
           session 5   Opening statements  REGINA: What?! I can’t believe it. Did you read an article in the newspaper?

                        TEO:  Yes, I read it last Saturday. Or was it Sunday? Yes, it was on Sunday because it was in the
                             magazine you get with the newspaper on Sundays. Anyway, I read it and found it fascinating,

                             so I did some research online.
                         REGINA:  Oh, OK. I started it but couldn’t finish it. From what I read, it looked interesting.
                         TEO:  Yes, because one would think that everybody sleeps at night and there’s not much difference
                              between countries, but it turns out that there are traditions regarding sleep, as well.





                    12. Think about different ways of introducing an opening statement in a
                        conversation.

                        •  Start a conversation and adjust it according to the situation. Look at the example.


                 For our conversation


                  Example:                                    Opening statements
                                          “Hey, remember that we were reading about cultural habits in English?
                     Talk about a         Well, I just found out that there are lots of different types of
                      known fact          breakfasts around the world.”


                      Bring up a          “I was thinking about what we were talking about the other day, and I
                       previous           still can’t believe that having eggs for breakfast is not very common. So,
                     conversation         I did some research and.”


                    Mention where         I was listening to a radio program on Saturday and they were
                    you found out         talking about breakfast in different countries. It was very interesting
                        about it          because...”




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