A1 · Weather and Everyday Help
Helping with a Heavy Bag
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Helping with a Heavy Bag" is an A1-level English conversation about weather and everyday help, 8 lines long (about 1 minute) between Tom & Emma. Read the full script below with the translation next to each line, then try speaking one of the roles out loud.
Dialogue script
Each entry shows the English sentence first, with the translation on the line below it. To practise speaking, cover the translation and repeat after the audio.
- Line 1Tom 0:00
That bag looks heavy. Need a hand?
- Line 2Emma 0:02
Yes, please. My shoulder is tired.
- Line 3Tom 0:06
I'll carry it to the bus stop.
- Line 4Emma 0:08
Thanks. It's full of books today.
- Line 5Tom 0:10
No wonder it's this heavy.
- Line 6Emma 0:12
Sorry to trouble you this morning.
- Line 7Tom 0:15
Not at all. That's what friends are for!
- Line 8Emma 0:18
I really appreciate your help, Tom.
Native audio, line-by-line recording and pronunciation scoring for this dialogue are in the EngTalk app.
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.
- looks /lʊks/ verb
third-person singular of look; appears or watches
- heavy /ˈhɛvi/ adjective
weighing a lot or great in amount
- need /nid/ verb
to require something
- tired /ˈtaɪərd/ adjective
needing rest or sleep
- carry /ˈkæri/ verb
to hold and move something from one place to another
- stop /stɑp/ verb
to end movement or activity
- full /fʊl/ adjective
containing as much as possible; having no space left
- wonder /ˈwʌndɚ/ verb
to think about something with curiosity or uncertainty
- trouble /ˈtrʌbəl/ noun
difficulty or problems
- friends /frɛndz/ noun
people you know and like
- appreciate /əˈpriʃieɪt/ verb
to recognize the full worth of; to be grateful for
- help /hɛlp/ verb
to make it easier for someone to do something