| LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION | |
| Practice Speaking – Select a Conversation Partner | |
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| Tony: What did you do you last weekend? Klay: I took my kids to the park. We stayed there almost all day. Tony: I don’t want to be mean, but that sounds kind of boring. That kind of thing makes me not want to have kids. Klay: I know it sounds boring. I would have thought it sounded boring too before I had kids, but I love watching my kids play. I get a kick out of it. Tony: You get a kick out of watching kids run around and scream all day? Klay: Yeah, I do. I know it sounds insane, but it’s true. Tony: That’s interesting. I guess it is one of those things that you can’t truly understand unless you are a parent. Klay: I think you’re right. | |
Key Vocabulary | |
| 1. to get a kick out of: to enjoy a lot; to think something is fun or funny | |
| • I get a kick out of playing with my kids. | |
| • She gets a kick out of seeing me get nervous when I give presentations | |
| 2. to be mean: to not be nice; to be unkind | |
| • He is a mean guy. | |
| • Why do you always say mean things? | |
| 3. to run around: to run here and there; to run without going in any one direction | |
| • Children like to run around. | |
| • During the stock market crash, all the workers were running around trying to figure out what was going on. | |
