BoM1 Small Talk Reading practice
B6M1 Small Talk Reading Practice
The wrong kind of small Talk
The Wrong Kind of Small Talk
Task 1 Read the passage quickly and answer Can you find how many wrong kinds of small talk are mentioned in the text about the woman?
Task 1 • Read the passage quickly and answer： • Can you find how many “wrong kinds” of small talk are mentioned in the text about the woman?
The wrong kind of small talk 1. a mature woman--age 2. a typist--Weight 3. her acquaintance, a salesman(divorce) 4 a clerk--haircut 5. a famous writer--book 6. a young man--his new job 7. hostess-dating
The wrong kind of small talk 1. a mature woman--age 2. a typist--weight 3. her acquaintance, a salesman (divorce) 4. a clerk--haircut 5. a famous writer--book 6. a young man—his new job 7. hostess-dating
Task 2 Read the text again and find out the answers to the following questions 1. What is the man idea of the passage? 2. How does she tease a typist? 3. How did the typist contradict Esther?
Task 2 Read the text again and find out the answers to the following questions. 1. What is the man idea of the passage? 2. How does she tease a typist? 3. How did the typist contradict Esther?