Telling Stories - Audio

Directions: James, Steve, Andrea, and Aunt Raven are having dinner together.

		Raven:	What are your plans for tomorrow?
		Steve:	I'd like to take James to a baseball game. The Yankees are playing.

		Raven:	That reminds me of a story. Some time ago I dated a handsome man. He was more intelligent and funnier than any man I knew. One evening we went to a sports bar on top of a tall building.
		Steve:	A sports bar? But you don't like sports.
		Raven:	Well, no, I don't. But he loved baseball so I went.

		Steve:	What happened?
		Raven:	A Yankee game was on television. The score was 2-2. Everyone was very excited. We had a drink. It wasn't cheap! All of a sudden, the lights went out. The television went off.

		Steve:	Then what happened?
		Raven:	My friend became very upset. "I can't see the game!" he said loudly. "I want my money back!" He was worse than a baby.
		Steve:	What did you do next?

		Raven:	We decided to go for a walk. After a while, he calmed down and took me home. He called me the next day, but I didn't feel the same way about him anymore.
		Steve:	That's too bad.

		Raven:	Yes, it was too bad. But now I'm single again and ready to have fun. So James, are you free tomorrow night for a tango lesson?
		Steve:	Auntie Raven!

Directions: Learn some important language for telling and asking about stories

Carol:	I really enjoy Egyptian art.
Sarah:	That reminds me of a story. I was in Cairo, Egypt three years ago ...
Tim:	I like to learn about different countries and cultures.
Yoko:	Did I tell you about the first time I came to America? I arrived in Texas and I ...
Peter:	Did you have a good vacation?
Stephen:	Yes, but guess what happened to me! The woman next to me

Directions: Now read the same conversation between James and Steve. Fill in the blanks with the correct word or phrase from the lists.

Did I tell you about first drink happened
James:	I like to eat at different restaurants.
Steve:	Me too. the time I went to a Japanese restaurant?
James:	No. What ?
Steve:	Well, , I had some sake.
James:	What's that?
Steve:	It's a --a Japanese wine.
After that Then what happened? All of a sudden upset feel the same way
James:	I like wine, especially with a good meal.
Steve:	I . I like wine with food. , I asked for something called tako.
James:	I don't know that food.
Steve:	I didn't either.
James:
Steve:	, an octopus arrived! I was a little .
calmed down What did you do next? Finally
James:
Steve:	I looked at it for a while and then . , I ate it. It was delicious.

Directions: Now you are James and you are on the phone with Emma in Boston

Well, ______________, we took a taxi to her apartment in Greenwich Village.

We had a drink, and ______________ we had dinner.

Raven talked about New York. ______________, we talked about Boston.

We finished dinner, and ______________ Raven told a story.

About her old boyfriend. And ______________, she invited me to a tango lesson.

I didn't want to, but in the end I ______________ said yes.

Vocabulary:

Noun	Verb	Expression	Preposition	Adjective	Adverb
a while bar building drink lesson story	calm down decide feel the same way go for a walk go out happen remind tell	That reminds me of a story. Did I tell you about + (noun phrase)? Guess what happened to me! What happened? Then what happened? What did you do next? first then next after that finally	on top of	cheap dirty free single upset worse	again all of a sudden some time ago