| LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION | |
| Practice Speaking – Select a Conversation Partner | |
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| Suzy: Have you been watching the news? Stacey: No. What’s happening? Suzy: Two men escaped from prison. The police are trying to capture them now. It’s all over TV. Stacey: That’s crazy. Are they close to finding them? Suzy: The police chief said that they are closing in on the escaped prisoners, and they expect to catch them today. Stacey: I wonder if the police are actually closing in on them or if the police chief just said that to make everyone feel better. Suzy: Do you think the police chief would lie about that? Stacey: I think it’s possible. | |
Key Vocabulary | |
| 1. to close in on: to be getting closer to doing, achieving, or catching something | |
| • We are closing in on finding a buyer for the house. | |
| • The hunters were closing in on the deer. | |
| 2. to be all over TV: to be shown or talked about on many TV channels | |
| • That story is all over the TV. | |
| • News of the game was all over the TV yesterday. | |
| 3. to be close to (doing something): to be almost ready to (do something); to be almost finished (doing something) | |
| • We are close to finalizing the contract. | |
| • She is close to finishing the report. | |
