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Elementary - Small Talk (B0044) A: Morning. B: Hi there Mr. Anderson! How are you on this fine morning? A: Fine, thank you. B: It sure is cold this morning, isn’t it? I barely even get out of bed! A: Yeah. It’s pretty cold, alright. B: Did you catch the news this morning? I heard that there was a fire on Byron Street. A: No, I didn’t hear about that. B: Did you happen to watch the football game last night? The Patriots scored in the last minute! A: No, I don’t like football. B: Oh. . . By the way, I saw you with your daughter at the office Christmas party. She is really beautiful! A: She’s my wife! Oh, here’s my floor! Nice talking to you. Goodbye. B: Sir this is the 56th floor! We are on the 70th! A: That’s okay, I’ll take the stairs! Key Vocabulary It sure is Phrase Affirmation or confirmation of something barely even Adverb hardly, could almost not catch Verb hear, listen to Did you happen to Phrase By chance or casualty someone did something By the way Phrase phrased used to interject another topic in a conversation take the stairs Phrase go up the stairs, use the stairs Supplementary Vocabulary small talk Pronoun short, firendly conversation about things that are not important chat Verb talk (informal) network Verb talk with people to form business connections awkward Adjective difficult to deal with uncomfortable Adjective a feeling of being embarrassed or uneasy