全新版大学英语1Unit 2Text A All the Cabbie Had was a LetterT

Keeping a Conversation GoingText AnalysisUnit 2 Book 1

What are the ways to keep a conversation going? 1. Asking a question2. Agreeing with what one s conversation partner has said 3. Making guesses about past events or predictions about future events

★ Scan the text and find out how thenarrator keeps the conversation going?

1. Asking a questionPara.13 “You said was . Does that mean ---?”Para.27 “Did you two work at the same place?” Para.33 “I thought your friend s name was Ed. Why did he sign it Tom?”

2. Agreeing with what one s conversation partner has said Para.5“Letters from home always mean a lot. At least they do with me because I m on the road so much.”

Para.7“I don t think any of us keep up our correspondence too well. I know I don t.”

2. Agreeing Para.17“Well, we should all keep in touch with old friends more than we do. But things come up and we just don t seem to find the time.”

Para.25“You know, when it says here that there aren t many of us left, that s absolutely right.”

2. AgreeingPara.30“I know I d like to receive a letter like that from my oldest friend.”

3. Making guesses about past events or predictions about future eventsPara.5“From a child or maybe a grandchild?”

Para.7“I take it he s someone you ve known quite a while?”

Para.9“Went to school together?”

3. Making guesses Para.22“You must have spend a lot of time together.”

Para.29“That must have made you feel good, didn t it?”