Dialogs for Everyday Use - American English

Julia M. Dobson

Editor

Dean Curry

DIALOGS FOR EVERYDAY USE

Short Situational Dialogs

for Students of English as a Foreign Language

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DIALOGS FOR EVERYDAY USE

Short Situational Dialogs

for Students of English as a Foreign Language

A NNE

J ULIA M. D OBSON

D EAN C URRY, E DITOR

C OVELL N EWTON , L ANGUAGE N OTES

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT

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Office of English Language Programs

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DIALOGS

FOR EVERYDAY USE

Short Situational Dialogs for Students of English as a Foreign Language

Julia M. Dobson

Dean Curry, Editor

Language Notes by Anne Covell Newton

First published in 1980

Second printing 1994

by the English Language Programs Division

of the United States Information Agency,

Washington, DC.

This printing published in 2003

by the Of fice of English Language Programs

of the United States Department of State.

Picture Credits: Page 2 ? Comstock/Trucking; Page 4 ? Comstock/Diversity Lifestyles; Page 7 ?

Comstock/Business Teams; Page 2 ? Comstock/Trucking; Page 8 ? Comstock/Diversity Lifestyles;

Page 10 ? Comstock/Diversity Lifestyles; Page 12 ? Photodisc/Education 2; Page 13 ? Photodisc/

Education 2; Page 14 ? Comstock/Tele?Connections; Page 18 ? Photodisc; Page 20 ? Photodisc;

Page 22 ? Photodisc; Page 26 ? Photodisc; Page 28 ? Comstock/Diversity Lifestyles; Page 30 ?

Photodisc/Education 2; Page 32 ? Photodisc/Business Today; Page 34 ? Eyewire/Wired for Busi?

ness; Page 40 ? Johanna Kowitz; Page 45 ? Photodisc; Page 46 ? Comstock/Pets & Vets; Page

48 ? Photodisc/Business Today; Page 50 ? Comstock/Consumer Generation; Page 52 ? Photo?

disc; Page 53 left ? Photodisc/Festivities; Page 53 center ? EyeWire/Celebrations; Page 53 right

? Photodisc/Festivities; Page 54 ? Photodisc/Education.

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Office of English Language Programs

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

United States Department of State

Washington, DC 20547



CONTENTS

Dialog

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Formal Greetings and Farewells . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Informal Greetings and Farewells . . . . . . . . . . 5

Formal Introductions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Informal Introductions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

A Telephone Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Happiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Ordering a Meal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

A Crowded Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Mistakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Asking Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Coincidences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Musical Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Taking a Vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Recipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Having Things Done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Mailing Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Comparing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Pastimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Weddings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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