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A1 · Family and Friends

Catching Up with a Cousin

CEFR level:
A1
Sentences:
8
Duration:
1 min
Speakers:
Emma & Tom

"Catching Up with a Cousin" is an A1-level English conversation about family and friends, 8 lines long (about 1 minute) between Emma & Tom. Read the full script below with the translation next to each line, then try speaking one of the roles out loud.

Dialogue script

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  1. Emma 0:00

    My cousin Lucas arrived in town today to visit us!

    Line 1
  2. Tom 0:03

    Oh, how exciting! When was the last time you saw him?

    Line 2
  3. Emma 0:08

    It's been five years! We used to play together every summer as kids.

    Line 3
  4. Tom 0:13

    Does he look very different from when you were little?

    Line 4
  5. Emma 0:16

    He grew so tall, but he still has the exact same laugh!

    Line 5
  6. Tom 0:21

    That's wonderful. What line of work is he in now?

    Line 6
  7. Emma 0:24

    He's a high school biology teacher in Seattle.

    Line 7
  8. Tom 0:27

    That sounds fascinating. Give him a warm welcome from me!

    Line 8

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Key vocabulary

Content words from this dialogue, ranked by the CEFR level at which they appear across the whole 500-dialogue library. Function words and proper nouns are excluded.

  • cousin /ˈkʌzən/ noun

    a child of one's aunt or uncle

  • exciting /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/ adjective

    causing enthusiasm or excitement

  • last /læst/ adjective

    coming after all others; most recent

  • time /taɪm/ noun

    what clocks measure; a point or period

  • years /jɪrz/ noun

    plural of year; periods of twelve months

  • used /juzd/ verb, adjective

    employed for a purpose; not new

  • different /ˈdɪfərənt/ adjective

    not the same as another

  • still /stɪl/ adverb

    continuing up to now

  • exact /ɪɡˈzækt/ adjective

    completely correct and precise

  • same /seɪm/ adjective

    not different; identical

  • work /wɝk/ noun

    a job, task, or effort

  • high /haɪ/ adjective

    above the usual level or far above the ground

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