Lesson 16 - Sensual, Helpful, and Rude - Exercise 15
3 Adjectives: Sensual, helpful, and rude. Sensual: physical or sexual, not spiritual or intellectual. Helpful: accommodating, cooperative. Rude: discourteous, impolite.
Watch the video. Listen:
Record:
Alison says the French are sensual. This adjective is similar to:
sensuous.
sensitive.
sensible.
Watch the video again. Watch carefully. What is his reaction to her opinion of the French?
He laughs a little bit. He is amused.
He agrees with her.
He is very disturbed by her opinion.
Has Travis been to France?
Yes he has, and he met a few French people.
No, he hasn't, but he met a few French people.
Yes he has, but he did not meet any French people.
Which picture best defines "helpful"?
Travis says: They (the French) were rather rude to me, actually. There is another way to say the same thing. Choose the best sentence:
They were a bit impolite to me, in fact.
They were extremely impolite to me, in fact.
They are a bit rude to me now.
Some of the people Travis met were immensely helpful. These people