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2 P R O N U N C IA T IO N sentence stress
a 2 36))) Listen and repeat the sentences. Copy the
rhythm.
ı i d love to be able to ski.
2 w e won’t be able to come.
3 iv e never be e n able to dance.
4 s h e hates not being able to drive.
b 2 37))) Listen again. Make new sentences with the
verbs or verb phrases you hear.
))) I’d love to be able to ski Ride a horse
4_________________ dance salsa, and when I was working in I'd love to be able to ride a horse.
Ecuador there were free classes, so I joined. But the art of salsa
is to keep your arms still and move your hips, and I just couldn't We won’t be able to come. Park
do it. When I hear music my arms start moving, but my hips We won't be able to park.
don't. After about ten hours of classes 5_________________ do
the basic steps, but I was dancing like a robot! I didn't give up,
but soon everyone in the class was dancing, and I was just 3 S P E A K IN G
slowly moving from side to side and counting out loud “one,
a Look at the topics. Choose two or three and think
two, three, four.” It was a little embarrassing. I was sure that one
about what you could say for them.
day6 _________________ do it - but that never happened. I can
still remember the first two steps, and I still try to dance when I
hear a salsa tune - as long as nobody is watching!
Sean, Canada
Something you’ve tried to learn, but have never been
able to do well.
Something you learned to do after a lot of effort.
Something you can do, but you'd like to be able to
...speak Japanese do better.
Something new th a t you would like to be able to do.
love manga - Japanese comics - and I tried to learn Japanese,
Something you are learning to do and th a t you hope you’ll
but I found it incredibly difficult, and I gave up after two years.
soon be able to do well.
I think Asian languages, which have symbols instead of words,
are extremely hard to learn for people who are more used to Something you think all young people should be able to do
Roman letters. Also my teacher, a Japanese woman, didn't speak
before they leave school.
Spanish very well, which didn't help! She was a very charming
woman, but she was a little disappointed with us, and you could b Work with a partner. Tell him / her about the things
see that she thought that7 _________________ learn. However, you chose in a . Give reasons or explanations for
one day she invited us to dinner and gave us some delicious
each one.
traditional Japanese food, and since then I often go to Japanese
restaurants. So I learned to love the food, if not to speak the /’ve never been able to ski and now I don't think lit ever learn.
language! I always wanted to learn, but I don't live near mountains...
Joaquin, Argentina
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