Choose Your English Lesson 06

Conversation

HARRY:          Barbara! They’ve been caught.

BARBARA:     No! Wonderful!

HARRY:          Apparently, it was a couple of young thugs. Believe it or not, they both come                                     from rich families. So the police said.

VISITOR:        Well, I’m glad you’ll recover your things.

HARRY:          The only snag is that the silver’s been lost.

BARBARA: How d’you mean?

HARRY: Apparently they crashed into the side of a bridge. The car turned over on its side and an the silver fell into the river. They doubt if it can be recovered.

BARBARA: Oh, no!

VISITOR: I am sorry!

BARBARA: Well, I can only hope that they get a stiff sentence.

HARRY: Young good-for-nothings!

BARBARA: When they find themselves in prison for years and years they’ll regret it!

HARRY: They’ve wrecked my car too!

HARRY: Their families should pay.

BARBARA: That would serve them right. Teach them to bring their children up properly. I’ll make them pay what my silver was worth.

HARRY: I bet they all feel pretty miserable now. And l should hope so. After what they’ve done.

BARBARA: It isn’t as if they needed money either. Just did it for excitement.

HARRY: If I were the judge

BARBARA: I’d hang them

VISITOR: That’s a bit extreme isn’t it?

BARBARA: Well, an eye for an eye

VISITOR: Yes, but they haven’t killed you.

BARBARA: Perhaps not. But they deserve to be taught a real lesson.

VISITOR: They’re probably just two mixed-up young men.

BARBARA: Well, that isn’t our fault is it?

HARRY: Are you suggesting they should get off scot free?

VISITOR: They probably need a psychiatrist.

HARRY: Oh, a psychiatrist! Never heard of such nonsense! If only I could get my hands on them!

Drill Eleven for Lesson 6 Exercise 3.

Here are ways of saying that you already know something

So I hear. So I see. So I believe.

Use these phrases to comment on the following sentences, like this

             There’s someone ringing the doorbell.

So I hear.

Now begin :

1. There’s someone knocking at the door.

So I hear.

2. Look, that car has turned over on its side.

So I see.

3. Parents should bring up their children properly.

So I believe.

4. They say those young boys got a stiff sentence.

So I hear.

5. That means at least a year in prison.

So I believe.

Drill Twelve  for Lesson 6 Exercise 4.

Here is a way of expressing your agreement. This time the word so is used with hope, suppose, expect and think, and ends the sentence, like this:

I think they’ll find the silver, don’t you.

Yes, I think so.

Reply in a similar way to the following :

1. I think the police will find our car, don’t you?

Yes, I think so.

2. I expect you’ll recover your things, won’t you.

Yes, I expect so.

3. I suppose they’re sorry for what they’ve done, aren’t they?

Yes, I suppose so.

4. You hope you’ll hear from the police today, don’t you?

Yes, I hope so.

5. I expect their parents will pay for the damage, won’t they ?

Yes, I expect so.