Taking Photos on the Weekend
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Emma & Tom
"Taking Photos on the Weekend" is an A1-level English conversation about leisure and social life, 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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- Line 1Emma 0:00
Let's take photos this weekend morning.
- Line 2Tom 0:02
Great. Do you prefer the park or old street?
- Line 3Emma 0:06
Old street has better light at nine.
- Line 4Tom 0:08
Good point. Shadows look soft there.
- Line 5Emma 0:11
I'll bring my small camera bag.
- Line 6Tom 0:14
I'll carry an extra battery too.
- Line 7Emma 0:16
After photos, let's get brunch nearby.
- Line 8Tom 0:19
Deal. I'll meet you at the corner.
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.
- photos /ˈfoʊtoʊz/ noun
pictures made with a camera
- weekend /ˈwikˌɛnd/ noun
Saturday and Sunday
- old /oʊld/ adjective
having lived or existed for a long time.
- better /ˈbɛtər/ adjective
more excellent or desirable than another
- good /ɡʊd/ adjective
of high quality or pleasant
- point /pɔɪnt/ noun
an idea, detail, score unit, or exact place
- small /smɔl/ adjective
not large in size or amount
- carry /ˈkæri/ verb
to hold and move something from one place to another
- extra /ˈɛkstrə/ adjective
additional; more than usual
- battery /ˈbætəri/ noun
a device that produces electricity to power things
- nearby /ˌnɪrˈbaɪ/ adjective
close in distance
- deal /dil/ noun
an agreement or business arrangement