DIALOGUES
First I will like thank the Peace Corps Volunteers; Heather
Caturia
and David Ceo for writing these Dialogues and developing the book:
"Real Life
American English"
I THANK YOU! We need more people like you guys in this world.
JEHU MOTA
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NOTE: All students must translate, study, act-out and develop a short film of all this dialogues and turn in for credit. Please note that I will be posting the rest of the sections of the dialogues in due time. If you need help in pronunciation and translation to better understand the dialogues please contact the instructor.
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Dialogues Table of Contents:
Introductions and Family
1. Making a new friend*
2. My Family
3. This is my family*
4. How many brothers?
5. Meeting a new friend in class**
6. Meeting your Friend’s Parents**
Introductions and Family
1. Making a new friend*
Jon: Hi, how are you?
Dasha: I’m fine.
What’s your name?
Jon: I’m Jon, and yours?
Dasha: My name’s Dasha, nice to meet you.
Jon: Nice to meet you too. Where are you from?
Dasha: I’m from Ukraine. Where are you from?
Jon: I’m from Australia.
Dasha: What language do you speak in Australia?
Jon: We speak English. What language do you speak in Ukraine?
Dasha: We speak Ukrainian and Russian.
Jon: Very interesting! How old are you?
Dasha: I'm 16, and you?
Jon: I'm 14.
You speak English very well!
Dasha: Thank you, I study it in school.
Jon: Well, I have to go. I'll talk to you later.
Dasha: Ok, see you soon!
2. My Family
Talking to a
new friend at school.
Student 1: What’s your family like?
Student 2: I have a very big family. A mom, a dad, a grandma, two grandpas, an
older brother, two younger sisters, one dog, and one goldfish.
Student 1: Wow, that is big! Do you live in a house or an apartment?
Student 2: We live in a house. Our grandparents live far away. What about your family? Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Student 1: I’ve got a small family. It’s just my mom, my younger sister, my cat,
and me. We live in an apartment in the
center of town.
Student 2: What does your mom do?
Student 1: She’s a lawyer. She is thirty years old and she works very
hard for us.
Student 2: It sounds like you have a nice family.
Student 1: You too, maybe I can meet them sometime!
Student 2: Sure, I want to meet your cat too!
Student 1: Okay!
3. This is my family*
Stacy: Is this a
picture of your family?
Ellen: Yes, this
is my family.
Stacy: Who is
this?
Ellen: This is my
brother, Sam. Do you have any brothers?
Stacy: Yes, I have
two brothers. Their names are Alex and John.
Ellen: Oh! You
have more brothers than I do. But these are my two sisters. Their names are Ann
and Julie.
Stacy: I see.
Julie is taller than Ann.
Ellen: Yes, and
Julie is three years older than Ann.
Stacy: And these
are your parents?
Ellen: Yes, this
is my father. His name is Harry. My mother’s name is Judy.
Stacy: Oh, I see
they both have brown hair.
Ellen: Yes, but my
father’s hair is darker than my mother’s.
Stacy: Thank you
for showing me your family.
4. How many brothers?
Sue: Molly, how many
brothers do you have?
Molly: I have two
brothers. Do you have any brothers, Sue?
Sue: Yes, I have
one brother. He is seven years old.
Molly: My brothers
are eighteen and fourteen. My brothers are older than your brother.
Sue: Yes, my
brother is young. He does not have homework yet from his school.
Molly: Oh, my
brothers help with my homework. I really like their help.
Sue: Do your
brothers finish their homework?
Molly: Yes, my
brothers are both good students and I want to be a good student also.
5. Meeting a new friend in class**
Sam: Hi! Can I sit
here?
Laura: Sure.
Sam: What’s your name?
Laura: I’m Laura, what’s your name?
Sam: I’m Sam.
Nice to meet you.
Laura: Nice to meet you too! Where are you from?
Sam: I’m from Springfield, what about you?
Laura: I’m from Australia.
Sam: Wow, that’s really far away! How old are you?
Laura: I’m nineteen, you?
Sam: I’m twenty. What are you doing so far away
from home?
Laura: Well, my
parents and I moved to New York a few years ago. I graduated from high school
and I wanted to stay in America for college.
Sam: What an
adventure! This is my first time out of my hometown. Springfield is a small
town and I have a lot of brothers and sisters so I always had to help take care
of them.
Laura: How many
siblings?
Sam: I have four sisters and three brothers.
Laura: Oh wow!
That’s a lot! I can’t imagine. I’m an only child.
Sam: Well, it can be a handful sometimes but I
love them all. It must be nice to have so much time to yourself at home.
Laura: It’s ok, I
can practice my music whenever I want to so, that’s nice.
Sam: Music? What kind of music?
Laura: I play the
clarinet, piano and guitar. I love to write music and then record myself
playing it.
Sam: Wow that’s really cool! I like music too, but
I can’t really play anything. I try to play to the bass guitar, but I’m not
really that good.
Laura: Well, maybe
we can play together sometime!
Sam: That would be really great! Thanks!
Laura: You’re
welcome. Well, nice to meet you Sam. I gotta go now!
Sam: Ok Laura. See ya soon.
Laura: See ya!
6. Meeting your Friend’s Parents**
At your
American friend, Shaun’s house
Shaun: Hi! I’m so
glad you could come over!
Ukrainian Exchange
Student: Thank you very much for the invitation! Doing homework by myself is so
boring.
Shaun: No problem!
Do you want to meet my parents?
U.E.S: Uh, ok, but
I’m a little shy and I’m afraid that my English isn’t very good.
Shaun: Don’t worry
about it! They’re excited to meet you.
U.E.S: Alright!
Shaun: Mom! Dad!
Come and meet my new homework buddy!
Shaun’s mom and dad
enter the room
Shaun: This is my
friend from school. She’s from Ukraine!
Shaun’s Mom: Well
hello! Nice to meet you!
Shaun’s Dad:
Welcome to the United States, and to our home.
U.E.S.: Thank you
very much, you have a lovely house.
Shaun’s Mom: Thank
you! My[1],
your English is so good! Where did you learn to speak so well?
U.E.S: Back in
Ukraine at school. During the 9th grade, I had a Peace Corps Volunteer teacher
and she really helped my progress.
Shaun’s Mom: Well,
isn’t that nice!
Shaun’s Dad: Would
you like some tea? I know Ukrainians love tea.
U.E.S: No thank
you. I think maybe we should get started on our homework now.
Shaun: Yeah, we
have a big math test tomorrow and we have to study.
Shaun’s Mom: Ok
then, if you need anything, you know where we’ll be!
Shaun: Thanks mom.
U.E.S: It was nice
talking to you both.
Shaun’s Dad: You
too! Good luck on the test!
U.E.S. and Shaun:
Thank you!!
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