TRY TO UNDERSTAND THESE CONVERSATIONS

UNIT 8 - I LIKE IT VERY MUCH

Conversation 1: Do you like work?
Francis: Hello. Do you like work? I don't. I don't like work. I like food and I like wine. And I like parties. But I don't like work.
Jane: Hello. It's six o'clock.
Francis: No, Jane. It's five to six. It's not six o'clock. At six o'clock I can go home.
Jane: Do you like parties?
Francis: Yes, I like parties, Jane.
Jane: Shall we go to a party? Look!
Francis: A fancy dress party?
Jane: Yes. Can you come?
Francis: What can I wear?
Napoleon: Do you like this?
Francis: No. I don't like it. I don't like it at all.
Columbine: Do you like this one?
Francis: No, I don't like it.
Brunhild: I like it.
Caesar: And I like it. I like it very much.
Brunhild: What do you think of this?
Francis: It's nice.
Columbine: No.
Caesar: I like this one. It's very nice. What do you think of it?
Francis: Well, ...

Conversation 2: Which do you prefer?
Wife: Mother, Father, come in.
Husband: Yes, come in. Welcome to our new house. What do you think of it?
Mother: It's very nice. I think it's very nice.
Husband: Sit down, please. Coffee or tea? Which do you prefer?
Father: I don't like tea.
Mother: We prefer coffee.
Wife: This is the living room. Do you like it?
Mother: Yes. It's very nice.
Wife: What do you think of that table?
Mother: I like it. It's a nice table.
Father: I'm sorry. I don't like it. I don't like small tables.
Mother: I like the chairs.
Father: I don't. I don't like small chairs. This is a small chair, and I don't like it.
Mother: Yes. You prefer big chairs.
Wife: Here's a big chair.
Father: Oh. I don't like that music. I don't like pop music at all. I prefer classical music to pop music.

Conversation 3: I don't think it's very good.
Husband: What do you think of the coffee?
Mother: I think the coffee is very good. I like it.
Father: I don't think it's very good. I prefer black coffee to white coffee. This is white.
Mother: I think the coffee is very good. I like it.
Husband: You like classical music. What do you think of this?
Father: I'm sorry. I don't think it's very good.
Wife: But you like classical music.
Father: I prefer Beethoven to Bach.
Husband: This isn't Bach.
Father: And it isn't Beethoven, and I don't like it.
Wife: Shall we go to the cinema? There's one in West Street. Look!
Father: Ah! Marilyn Monroe!
Mother: It's an old film.
Father: But it's a very good film.
Wife: It's not bad, Mother.
Husband: Marilyn Monroe's quite good.
Father: I think, Marilyn Monroe's very good.
Mother: No. I don't like old films and I don't like Marilyn Monroe.
Husband: There's a concert. Classical music.
Wife: Ah, yes, here. Look! Oh! Bach.
Mother: Shall we stay here?
Wife:Yes, shall we stay at home and watch television?
Mother: Yes, your father likes television.
Father: At nine o'clock there's the news. At nine thirty there's an old film. At eleven o'clock there's an old film. At twelve thirty there's an old film.