Flirt English: 3. Fitness & Flirting



Exercise 1 Try to find the missing expressions. Afterwards, watch the first scene and correct your expressions. Check your answers individually. Early morning at Silverleaf Gardens. Elizabeth, Holly, Nino and Hannes have been in Lily’s house for three weeks. Lily and Hannes are talking via Skype.Lily: So it sounds like you’re all getting on like a _________________________________________.Hannes: Lily, that’s another one of your funny sayings.Lily: I’m sorry, ___________________________. It means ?well?.Hannes: That’s easier. Shorter!Lily: So, I hope you’re managing _________________________________ my little list for the cleaning.Hannes: Don’t worry Lily, Elz has it under control and I have made a ___________________________.Lily: And don’t forget about my orchids now or ____________________________________________.Hannes: Elz is looking after the orchids. She says it is the most important job.Lily: And so it is. So, how are you all ____________________________________________________?Hannes: It’s still a bit…Lily: A bit tight.Hannes: Yes. A bit tight. Elizabeth has got a part-time job in a clothes shop. And Nino is going for a job interview.Lily: Wish him luck from me. Now I’ve got ___________________________! I’ve got to check in on my Silver Surfers group in Spain. No rest ____________________________________________________!Exercise Nino is preparing for a job interview. Elizabeth, Holly and Hannes are trying to help him. Listen to the conversation and choose the right words. Elizabeth: You should wear a suit / jacket for your interview. At the place where I work, hordes / loads of guys come in for interview in suits.Holly: Come off it, Elz. You’re winding / chatting him up.Nino: What is winding up?Holly: Nino, you don’t need to wear a suit for a job interview in a fashion store / sports centre.Elizabeth: At least not to make the tea or clean the toilets. Go on, show us your sports stuff.Holly: What’s this bit here?Hannes: It says something like ?Winner one hundred and two hundred metre walks / sprints, and Wuppertal Sports Club 2010/2011?.Holly: Wow!Hannes: Yes, he’s really good.Holly: OK. So, let’s put ?One hundred and two hundred metre sprint champion, Wuppertal Athletics Club, 2010/2011?. What else is he good / well at?Hannes: Oh, he trained little children in a football / swimming club.Holly: That’s great.Hannes: Well, we both did. We did it for free / volunteered.Holly: Okay so let’s write… ummm. Social Skills: Great team player and experience / excellent in working with young people.Hannes: That sounds really good.114935176974500Exercise 2 Nino is having his job interview at the gym. Watch the scene, listen and read along. Find the 10 spelling mistakes in the text and correct them. Manager: Ninoslav? Hi, nize to meet you.Nino: Good morning, Mr Williams.Manager: Dai. Cal me Dai.Nino: Please call me Nino.Mananger: Nino. Ok. No problem. Take a seet. So, have you work in a gym before?Nino: Well no. But I am a big fan of keep-fit and I know a lot about the bisiness. And I know your machines very well. In Germany I go to the gym evry day to work out.Manager: I see you’ve worked as a volunter for a local football team.Nino: I was working with children. I organized the teams and was the referae for the matches. And I did a lot of training with them.Manager: Well, I was looking for someone with more eksperience... But, since you’re here you may as well come and have a look around.Exercise 1 Phil and Hannes are having a conversation about flirting and girls. Underline all verbs (except ?to be?) and put them in the past simple in the positive and negative form. Hannes: Hey Phil. I thought you might like a cup of tea.Phil: Thank you.Hannes: Milk, no sugar.Phil: Thanks. So, how is it all going?Hannes: We love living in the house. Lily is very… curious, isn’t she?Phil: Nosey, you mean! No, she’s just very Irish! She loves to know everything that’s going on and that you’re all ok. All Irish landladies are like that. But you can tell her anything. Lily always knows what to do!Hannes: Oh, fine. It’s very different to Germany. But then everything is so different to Germany. My course is too – there’s only 10 of us and it’s really relaxed. Phil, by the way, in England, how do you know if a girl is interested in a boy?Phil: Oh somebody on the course you fancy, eh? Well, it can be complicated. It depends on the girl.Hannes: The same in Germany.Phil: Myself, I like the direct ones.Hannes: What do they do then?Phil: Well, they smile a lot and hold eye contact with you. Then they might like to be helpful all the time. More or less things like that. You know.past simplepositivenegativeExercise 2 Nino and Hannes are having a chat. Translate the conversation into English.Hannes: Hallo. Und? Hast du den Job bekommen?Nino: Warten wir mal ab. Er ruft mich sp?ter noch an. Ich sollte ihn auch direkt mit seinem Vornamen anreden. Aber was ist mit dir, du klingst ein bisschen komisch.Hannes: Ich habe mit Phil gesprochen.Nino: Und?Hannes: Ich glaube, Holly steht auf Phil.Nino: Ach, abwarten...Hannes: ...ja, ja und Tee trinken.Nino: Ich muss los. Ok. Ich melde mich sp?ter.Hannes: ___________________________________________________________________________Nino: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Hannes: ___________________________________________________________________________Nino: _____________________________________________________________________________Hannes: ___________________________________________________________________________Nino: _____________________________________________________________________________Hannes: ___________________________________________________________________________Nino: _____________________________________________________________________________ ................
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