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Unit 7 • Lesson C: How's it going?

Vocabulary
Free-time activities
scuba diving (n)
yoga (n)
be on vacation (v)
have a great time (v)

Learning activities
learn (v)
study math / science (v)
take a course (v)

Other words
course (n)
enjoy (v)
sleep (v)
for a week

Conversation strategies
Asking follow-up questions
You can use follow-up questions to keep a conversation going.

Use them to ask more about a topic:

A Are you here on vacation?

B Yeah, I'm here for a week.

A That's cool / great / wonderful! Are you enjoying Laguna Beach?

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Reacting to news
You can use expressions with That's . . . to react to news:

A I'm taking a scuba-diving course.

B That's interesting / nice / good. Do you like your teacher?

The top expressions for news are: That's good / great / nice / interesting / cool / wonderful.

The top expressions for bad news are: Oh, that's too bad / terrible:

A I'm not sleeping well.

B That's too bad / terrible.

That's . . .
You can use expressions with That's . . . to react to news.

Use these expressions to react to good news:

That's good / great / nice / interesting / cool / wonderful.

For example:

A I'm here for a week.

B That's great!

Use these expressions to react to bad news:

That's too bad / terrible.

For example:

A I'm feeling really tired.

B Oh, that's too bad.

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