| LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION | |
| Practice Speaking – Select a Conversation Partner | |
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| Erin: Are you eating a piece of cake? I thought you were serious about going on a diet. Nick: I know. I just cannot help it. I see a piece of cake and I cannot stop myself. I have no self-control when it comes to sweets. Erin: It is going to be hard for you to lose weight if you cannot control yourself. What are you going to do? Nick: I’m just going to keep trying. I’ll do better next time. But since I already had one piece of cake, I think it won’t hurt if I had one more piece. Erin: You’re going to eat another piece? I cannot help thinking that you are not serious about losing weight. Nick: I’m serious about it. I am going to start doing well tomorrow. Erin: We’ll see. | |
Key Vocabulary | |
| 1. cannot help: I cannot control myself; I cannot stop myself from | |
| • I cannot help eating cookies when they are right in front of me. | |
| • The boy cannot help biting his nails. | |
| 2. to have no self-control: to not be able to stop oneself from doing something | |
| • He has a problem with overeating. He has no self-control. | |
| • My problem is that I have no self-control. | |
| 3. It won’t hurt if…: It is okay if… | |
| • It won’t hurt if you ask. | |
| • It won’t hurt if we delay the project a couple of days. | |
