Học Tiếng Anh Với Mr.Bill - Bài 2

1. HỌC TIẾNG ANH VỚI MR.BILL
BÀI 2
VS

2. Speaking English
Deepening Conversation

3. Review and practice

4. First Speaker Second Speaker
Hey, I’m ___.
I’m new
here
Hello, nice to
meet you. My
name is _ _ _ _ _

5. Greetings
Formal
1. Hello, _ _ _ _ _ _
Good evening, how
are you; how have
you been?
Informal
1. Hi _ _ _ _ _ _!
2. Hey [there] _ _ _ _ !
How’s it going?
3. What’s up, _ _ _ _ ?
4. He-e-e-y! Long time
no see; how ya
doin’?

6. Greetings
Formal
5.Hello, Ms./Mr. _ _ _ ;
good evening, how have
you been? [or how are
you (today)]
6. Good evening
Ms./Mr. _ _ _ _ its
great to see you!
Informal
7. Hey _ _ _ _, what’s
up; how’s things?
• Evenin’, [_ _ _ _ _ ],
how’re you [ya]?
how ya [you] been?

7. Foreigner
8. Is this your first time in
Vietnam?
9. How long have you been
in Vietnam?
10. Where are you from?
11. Where have you been in
Vietnam so far?
12. How long will you stay in
Vietnam [Thai Nguyen]?
Resident
13. Where are you from?
14. What school are you
attending?
15. … going to?
16. Where are you studying?
17. What is your major?
18. What is your work here?
19. Where do you work here?

8. Vocabulary & phrases
• Hello
• Hey there
• Hi
• What’s up
• Hey man!
• Good morning
afternoon
evening
• weather
• whether
• How do you do?
• great
• good
• live (as in ‘I live in …’)
• live (in person)
• kilometer

9. Vocabulary
• province
• town
• village
• north
• south
• east
• west
• from
• kilometers
• about
• give
• thunderstorms
• (rain) showers
• sunny
• cloudy
• blazing (hot)

10. Responses to “How are you”? or
“How ya doin’ ”?
• fine
• great
• never better
• good
• wonderful
• not-so-good
• I’ve had better days
• I’ve had worse days
• ‘OK’ or okay
• super
• well
• swell
it is well/ its well/ swell

11. Now, let’s go deeper

12. Now what?
After “breaking the ice” we need
to talk about something!

13. Formal
Speaker #1
• Good afternoon, [Mr.
Tan]; how are you
today?
• Oh, thank you. I’m
good too; I’m on my
way to _________.
• What are you up to?
Speaker #2
• Hello, [Ms. Nga]; I’m
doing well, thanks.
And, how about you?
• Good! I am heading
(going to)
_________.

14. Informal
Speaker #1
• Hey, Tan! How’s
things?
• Oh, I’m just walking
around, doing
nothing much,
really.
Speaker #2
• What’s up, Nga?
Things are great!
Where ya headed?
• Nice! So, a day off?
Have a good one!

15. Informal
Speaker #1
• Hey there, Ngọc;
what’s going on?
• I just got back from
a few days in Sapa; I
took a night train
with some friends.
Speaker #2
• Hi, Jeff; it’s good to
see you. Where
have you been?
• Sapa? NICE. I’ve
never been there.
A good trip?

16. Formal
Speaker #1
• Hello, my name is
Mr. Tom, I am a
teacher here.
• I teach micro-
biology; what’s
your name?
Speaker #2
• Nice to meet you Mr.
Tom; what do you
teach?
• Oh, sorry. I am Mike. I
work in administration.
Micro-biology?
Interesting.

17. Possible choices (topics)
Formal tone= (mainly) not coarse/‘street’)
• Weather:
the weather is great/[very] good
[pretty] bad/[pretty]/[just]lousy/
[just]/ [pretty] terrible
• The weather is rainy/cold/chilly/hot/ too
warm/[very] nice/perfect/rotten

18. Informal (less formal)
• Weather: It’s my kinda [kind of] day;
nice [outside]!
- Great weather, huh?!
N-i-c-e day!
- Lousy weather, eh?
Humid like crazy!
- Rain, rain go away!

19. Life in general
Formal –
What’s going on in your life, lately
[these days/today]?
Anything new happening with you?
How is _______ going?
school/life/work/the project
it

20. Compare two versions
• How is _______ going?
How’s it/school/life/work/the project
• How are ________ going?
things/studies/you and ____
• Where are you going?
Where ya goin’/headed?

21. Less formal
What’s goin’ on lately
[these days/today]?
What’s new?
[up/happening/shakin’]
Anything new goin’ on?

22. • Family
How’s your family doing [these days]?
How is wife/husband
today
How are your children nowadays
How’re kids
parents
folks

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