Unit 9 Page 91 Lesson C3B

Page 91.

1. Listening and Speaking. What languages it from.

B. Listen to more of Adam in Yuki’s conversation. check your guesses.

1. Yuki: We use a lot of English words in Japanese. Do you use a lot of foreign words in English?

Adam: Yeah, there are hundreds and hundreds. For example, look at your smoothie. It has yogurt in it

Yuki: Yogurt?

Adam: Yeah, yogurt. That’s a Turkish word.

Yuki: Turkish? Really?

Adam: Yes

Yuki: So now I can say I like Turkish food huh?

Adam: Yep

1. Yuki: OK. Tell me another one.

Adam: Well, you see that small store over there?

Yuki : The clothing store?

Adam: Yeah, well, it’s also called a boutique.

Yuki: Oh, yeah? So a boutique is a kind of store. So what language is it from? Is it Italian?

Adam: No. it’s French. It’s the French word for store.

Yuki: So that’s why boutiques are expensive! They’re French!

1. Adam: And then there’s waltz. That’s another foreign word we use.

Yuki: What’s a wal..? How do you say it? Walız?

Adam: Yeah, waltz. It’s a kind of dance. A slow dance,

Yuki: Oh, OK Adam Well, anyway, it comes from German You speak some German, right?

Yuki: Um … well, only a little. I mean, I can say my name and I can say, “I can’t speak German very well!”

Adam: (laughs) Oh, that’s funny!