Cindy: Thai? You can read Thai?

Dave: Well, a little.

Cindy: How?

Dave: I went to Thailand last summer and I lived with a Thai friend and his family. I had such a great experience I want to go back.

Cindy: Why? What was your experience like?

Dave: Well, I started to learn some Thai…and practiced talking with people and ordering in restaurants and everybody was so nice… you know, Thailand is called the Land of the Smiles…they even smiled when I made a mistake speaking the language. The people were beautiful. Everything was beautiful. It changed my life. Cindy: But I‘ve always heard that Thai was impossible to learn.

Dave: Maybe for some people but not for me. I mean it is totally different from English. The writing system is different, they use different tones, every- thing is different, but I really want to learn it. I want to understand more when I go back.

Cindy: I wish I felt that way about learning French. Maybe I should study another language.

Dave: No, Cindy, it‘s not the language, you‘ve just got to get into it.

Unit 6 What do you like about him?

Vocabulary Task

Answers/script

1. Steve is great! He‘s sweet and he has a good sense of humor.

2. I like people who are funny, because I like to laugh. I don‘t care for people who are too serious

3. Sure, Jana is very honest; it‘s too bad she‘s also kind of selfish.

4. Brad is a little odd, but I like that he‘s so outgoing and talkative.

5. Cindy is so cute! I just love how sensitive and shy she is.

Listening Task

1 First Listening

Answers

1. honest, a sense of humor

2. outgoing, talkative

3. a little bit odd, like to have fun

4. kind of shy, sensitive

2 Second Listening

Answers

They don‘t like people who are:

1. selfish

2. shy or quiet

3. too serious

4. loud and talk too much

Script

1. Paul: Lisa, what sort of people do you like to hang out with?

Lisa: Well, I like people who are honest and have a sense of humor. I think honesty is very important among friends. Oh, and they can‘t be selfish. I don‘t get along with selfish people.

2. Mark: You know, I like most people, but there are certain things I look for in a friend.

Francine: Yeah, like what?

Mark: Oh, you know, people who are out going and talkative. I love having long conversations on the phone.

3. Francine: This might sound weird, Lisa, but I like people that are a little bit odd.

Lisa: Why? What do you enjoy about odd people?

Francine: You know, they‘re different and like to have fun doing off-the-wall stuff. They have to like having fun and not be too serious.

4. Jane: Stuart, what kind of people do you like?

Stuart: What kind of people do I like?