Q&A Repeat-After-Me Speaking Practice

okay in this lesson you are going to answer  questions about the last lesson we had our  

fluency story and now we're going to  answer questions about it now if you  

haven't seen that video or you just want  to practice speaking English it's okay all  

you have to do is repeat after me all  right here we go what was Olivia upset

about oh okay so you try to remember  what happened in the last lesson and  

answer the question or just repeat after  me you say what was Olivia upset about  

all right now here is my response and I  want you to repeat after me Olivia was  

upset because Sophie was canceling plans  and not responding to her messages say it

Olivia was upset because Sophie was  cancelling plans and not responding to her

messages all right repeat after me  did Sophie attend Olivia's birthday

party no Sophie missed Olivia's  birthday party without any

explanation no Sophie missed  Olivia's birthday party without any

explanation what did Olivia assume about

Sophie Olivia assumed that Sophie was upset  with her or that she no longer cared about their

friendship Olivia assumed that Sophie was upset  with her or that she no longer cared about their

friendship all right what  advice did Olivia's friend give

her Olivia's friend advised her  to give Sophie the benefit of the

doubt Olivia's friend advised her  to give Sophie the benefit of the

doubt why had Sophie been acting

distant Sophie had been acting distant because her  

parents were getting divorced and  she didn't know how to talk about

it Sophie had been acting distant because her  

parents were getting divorced and  she didn't know how to talk about

it how did Olivia feel after  learning about Sophie's

problems Olivia felt guilty for  doubting Sophie and assuming the worst

Olivia felt guilty for doubting  Sophie and assuming the

worst what does give someone the  benefit of the doubt mean in this

story it means to believe in someone's good  good intentions or reasons without immediately  

assuming they've done something wrong oh  that's a lot let's take a look at that it  

means to believe in someone's good intentions  or reasons without immediately assuming they've  

done something wrong let's say that together again  it means to believe in someone's good intentions  

or reasons without immediately assuming  they've done something wrong one more time  

it means to believe in someone's  good intentions or reasons without  

immediately assuming they've done something  wrong did Olivia confront Sophie with

accusations no Olivia listened to Sophie's  explanation instead of confronting her with accus

ations can you say that I'm going to  say it again try try to repeat Olivia  

listened to Sophie's explanation  instead of confronting her with

accusations no Olivia listened to Sophie's  explanation instead of confronting her  

with accusations again no Olivia listened to  Sophie's explanation instead of confronting  

her with accusations big words how  did Sophie feel after talking to

[Music] Olivia Sophie felt relieved after  opening up to Olivia about her family

situation Sophie felt relieved after opening  up to Olivia about her family situation Sophie  

felt relieved after opening up to Olivia  about her family situation you say it by

yourself got it what did Olivia  realize at the end of the

story Olivia realized that giving Sophie  the benefit of the doubt had saved their

friendship Olivia realized that giving Sophie  

the benefit of the doubt had  saved their friendship say it

was Sophie going through an easy or tough

time Sophie was going through a  tough time because of her parents

divorce Sophie was going through a tough  time because of her parents' divorce

why did Sophie withdraw from her

friends she withdrew because she didn't  want to burden them with her family

problems she withdrew because she didn't  want to burden them with her family problems  

again she withdrew because she didn't  want to burden them with her family

problems withdraw withdrew did  did did she withdraw yes she

withdrew how did Sophie feel before opening up to

Olivia Sophie felt overwhelmed and didn't  know how to talk about her problems

Sophie felt overwhelmed and  didn't know how to talk about her

problems did Olivia immediately  judge Sophie for her

behavior no after some advice Olivia chose  to give Sophie the benefit of the doubt

no after some advice from her friend right Olivia  chose to give Sophie the Ben benefit of the

doubt what was the outcome of Olivia  giving Sophie the benefit of the

doubt what was the outcome  of the story the outcome  

was that their friendship was saved and  Sophie felt relieved to talk about her

issues the outcome was that their friendship was  saved and Sophie felt relieved to talk about her

issues that's the that's the end folks  we did it good workout I know it was a  

lot it was a lot of of work a lot of  exercising those english- speaking  

muscles you're getting stronger one step  at a time I'll see you in the next step