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Lesson 57 of 240

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Are you from around here in English

Ana stops at Danny's food truck on the boulevard. He asks if she lives around here, then she starts the whole move to Chicago.

He already heard it from Dee. He wants a short answer, not the full story.

By the end, you'll ask if someone lives around here, say you live here, ask why they came, and keep in touch.

You'll also say you are friends with someone, so people know who you know.

By the end of this lesson

Ask a neighbor where they live, why they came, and how to keep in touch.

  • Do you live around here?Is your home in this area?
  • I live around here.My home is in this area
  • Is this your first time here?Have you been to this place before?
  • What brings you here?Why are you in this place?
  • Let's keep in touch.Let's talk again later
  • I'm a friend of ___.I know this person well.

Scene — the boulevard truck

Same boulevard, a few minutes from Larch Street. Danny's food truck is parked, a small line on the sidewalk.

Ana walks up with her bag. Danny looks out the window, a towel on his shoulder.

The jukebox is back at the diner. It stays quiet. Murray is not here.

Ana walks toward Danny’s parked food truck as a short line waits on the boulevard sidewalk.

Learn — around here

Six short lines help you ask where someone lives, why they came, and how to talk later.

You'll also say you are friends with someone.

  1. Danny gestures toward Ana as he asks whether her home is nearby.

    Do you live around here?

    Is your home in this area?

    When to use it: Ask this to learn if someone's home is nearby.

    Around here means in this area, so learn it as one piece.

    Say it: Around and here can link.

  2. Ana gestures toward the nearby buildings as she explains that her home is in the area.

    I live around here.

    My home is in this area

    When to use it: Say this when your home is in this area.

    Use live for your home, not for a short visit.

  3. Danny looks curious as he asks why Ana came to the food truck.

    Is this your first time here?

    Have you been to this place before?

    When to use it: Ask this to check if they have been here before.

    First time here means they have not been to this place before.

    Say it: The th in this is soft.

  4. Ana looks toward her bag while Danny holds his hands open, clarifying what he means.

    What brings you here?

    Why are you in this place?

    When to use it: Ask this to learn why they came to this place.

    This asks why they came, not what they carried in their hands.

    Say it: The -s at the end of brings is quick.

  5. Danny gestures toward the food truck as he asks whether Ana has been there before.

    Let's keep in touch.

    Let's talk again later

    When to use it: Say this when you want to talk again later.

    Let's is let us as one piece, and keep in touch means talk later.

    Say it: Keep and touch take the stress.

  6. Ana reaches toward the truck counter while Danny gently gestures that they can talk again later.

    I'm a friend of ___.

    I know this person well.

    When to use it: Say this to name a person you know well.

    I'm is I am as one piece, and you put a name in the blank.

    Say it: Say I'm as one short sound.

Story — he already heard

Watch Ana at Danny's food truck. She starts the whole move, but he already heard it from Dee.

The highlighted words are the lines you just learned.

  1. The food truck sits on the boulevard. A small line waits on the sidewalk.
  2. DannyHi. Do you live around here?a friendly hello, then he asks if her home is nearby
  3. Ana starts to tell the whole move to Chicago.
  4. AnaI live around here. I'm new here.Her home is in this area, and she just arrived.
  5. AnaWell, I moved here for a job.She starts to say why she came to Chicago.
  6. DannyYeah, Dee already told me. What brings you here?He already knows, then he asks why she came to the truck.
  7. She looks at her bag. She thinks he means carry.
  8. AnaMy bag? No. I'm a friend of Dee.She says she knows Dee well.
  9. DannyIs this your first time here?Have you been to this place before?
  10. AnaYes. I mean, first time at the truck.She says yes, but only for the food truck.
  11. DannyLet's keep in touch.Let's talk again later
  12. AnaKeep in touch? I will not touch the truck.She thinks keep in touch means she must touch the truck.
  13. DannyIt just means we talk again later.He tells her it only means they will talk later.
  14. AnaOh. Let's keep in touch.Let's talk again later
  15. DannySee you later.you will see them another time

Practice — ask and stay

Eleven quick exercises wait here. You'll listen, pick, fill a gap, and build a line.

They stay short, so the round moves fast.

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  1. What did you hear?

    What did you hear?

  2. What does it mean?

    What does it mean?

    What brings you here?

  3. Pick the reply

    Danny says:

    Pick the reply

    Do you live around here?

    Is your home in this area?

    And you reply with:

  4. Fill the gap

    Fill the gap

    Have you been to this place before?

    ____ this your first time here?

  5. What do you say?

    What do you say?

    You like talking with Danny. You want to talk again later.

  6. Build the line

    Build the line

    Let's talk again later

    .

    Tap the words in order.

  7. Swap the word

    Swap the word

    You are leaving the truck. You want to talk again later.

    Let's keep in ____.

  8. What do you say?

    What do you say?

    You want Danny to know you know Dee well.

  9. True or false?

    True or false?

    This line means you have lived here a long time.

  10. What do you say?

    What do you say?

    You walk up to Danny's food truck. He looks up from the window.

  11. Which one doesn’t belong?

    Which one doesn’t belong?

Say it — say it back

Now you're Ana at the food truck. When it's your turn, tap the microphone and speak the line.

Tap play first if you want to hear the line. Your recording stays on your device.

  1. DannyHi.a friendly hello
  2. Ana (you)Ask if his home is in this area.

    Ask if his home is in this area.

    Do you live around here?

    Is your home in this area?

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Recap — what you can say now

Every line from this lesson
EnglishSimple EnglishPlay
Do you live around here?Is your home in this area?
I live around here.My home is in this area
Is this your first time here?Have you been to this place before?
What brings you here?Why are you in this place?
Let's keep in touch.Let's talk again later
I'm a friend of ___.I know this person well.
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