Planning a Barbecue

A Great Idea
Let's Find Out
What will Katie do now?

Conversaton A
(Katie comes in the door. Dave is in the living room reading the newspaper.)

　Kate:What a beautiful day ! The sky is blue . The sun is bright . I just love summer .
　Dave: Not me. Summer is too hot.
　Kate: I love hot weather.
　Dave: I love a nice,air-conditioned living room in hot weather.
　Kate: How can you stay inside on such a nice day?
　Dave: Easy. It's too hot outside.

Conversation B
(Jessie comes in.)

　Jessie:It's hot outside.But someone still needs to cut the grass.
　Dave:Katie can.She loves hot weather.
　Katie:He's right.Sure,I'll be glad to do it.
　Jessie:Thank you .You can do it this weekend.
　Katie:I think I'll do it right now.
　　　　 The weather is so nice.
　Jessie:Yes.This is perfect weather for a barbecue.
　Katie:What a great idea!

Conversation C

　Dave:What's a great idea?
　Katie:Having a barbecue.We can invite some friends over and have a party.
　Jessie:That sounds like fun.But we'll have to clean up the backyard.
　Katie:No problem.I'll start by cutting the grass in the backyard.
　Jessie:Good.If we're going to have a barbecue,there's a lot to plan.
　Katie:That's fine.I'll help you plan.I love planning parties!

Grammar Cop

　　DON'T SAY I love plan parties.
　　DO SAY I love planning parties.Or I love to plan parties.

What Do You Remember?

　　1.Why doesn't Dave like summer?
　　2.What is it perfect weather for?

Planning a Barbecue
Let's Find Out
Why doesn't Dave want everyone to bring something?

Conversation A

　Jessie:When do you want to have this barbecue?
　Katie:Oh,I don't know. What about this weekend?
　Jessie:That's fine .But we'd better check the weather report.
　Dave:I already did.It's supposed to be nice this weekend.
　Jessie:Then that's a good time.I don't have anything planned.
　Katie:Well,now you do! Let's have our barbecue on Saturday afternoon.

Conversation B

　Jessie:All right.Who do you want to invite?
　Dave:We could invite Alice and Bill.
　Katie:Good idea.And can we each invite one friend,too?
　Jessie:Sounds good.I'll tell Lynn and Rick about our idea.
　Dave:And there's something very important we need to decide .
　Katie:What's that?
　Dave:What we're going to eat!

Conversation C

　Katie:We'll have hamburgers.of course!
　Jessie:What about hot dogs or chicken?
　Dave:And steaks?
　Katie:Steaks are too expensive.Let's just have hambugers.
　Jessie:What about other food ? Should we ask everyone to bring something ?
　Dave:Uh,let's not.
　Jessie:Why not?
　Dave:Because you never know what Alice will bring!

What Do You Remember?

　　1.Who will they invite to the barbecue?
　　2.What will they have to eat ?

Listening Practice I
listen to the conversaton.Then answer the questions.

　　1.Why does Jessie want to have something besides hamburgers?
　　2.What does Katie think everyone likes?
　　3.What else does Jessie want to have?

What's on the Menu?
　Let's Find Out
　Why does Dave think he's a good barbecue chef?

Conversation A

　Jessie:Do you want to send invitations to people?
　Katie:Invitations are too formal .We can just call people and invite them.(Alice comes in.)
　Alice:Invite people to what?
　Jessie:Our barbecue.
　Alice:A barbecue! What a great idea!
　Jessie:We think so.Can you and Bill come?
　Alice:When are you having it?
　Jessie:This Saturday.
　Alice:Sure! We'd love to come !Can I bring something?

Conversation B

　Jessie:Uh,well,Idon't know yet.Maybe.
　Alice:I can make a salad.Or a dessert.
　Jessie:We're still planning the menu.We're not sure what we're going to eat.
　Alice:Are you going to finish planning the menu now?
　Jessie:Yes.
　Alice:Good.I'll help.I have lots of experience planning parties.

Conversation C

　Jessie:Well,Katie?What else do you want to have?
　Katie:I thought Lynn and I could make some salads.
　Jessie:And I can get some ice cream for dessert.
　Alice :I'll make a cake to go with it.
　DAve :And I can be the barbecue chef.I'm good at that.
　Katie:You are?
　Dave:Sure.When I was growing up,we had barbecues all the time.

Grammar Cop
DON'T SAY I'm good for baking cakes.
DO SAY I'm good at baking cakes.

What Do You Remember?

　　1.Why does't Katie want to send invitations?
　　2.Why does Alice want to help plan the barbecue?

Games to Play
Let's Find Out
What game does Lynn want to play?

Conversation A
(Later)

　Lynn:This barbecue will be a lot of fun.
　Katie:I hope so.Did you invite a friend?
　Lynn: I tried to .But my friend Liz is going to be out of town this weekend.
　Katie:So invite someone else.
　Lynn:No,that's OK.I have plenty of friends in this house.
　Katie:Dave decided not to invite a friend,either.
　Lynn:I'm not surprised .Then there's more food for him to eat!

Conversation B

　Lynn:What are we going to do besides eat?
　Katie:Good question.I haven't thought about that.
　Lynn:We could play games.
　Katie:What kind of games?
　Lynn:How about badminton?We have a big backyared.
　Katie :That's a good idea. I'll ask Jessie if she has a net or rackets.
　Lynn:If she doesn't,maybe we can borrow some.

Conversation C
(Rick comes in.)

　Rick:Hi,girls.What's up?
　Katie:We're deciding what else to do at the barbecue.
　Rick:Besides eat, you mean?
　Katie:Yes.Lynn suggested badminton.
　Ricd:Volleyball might be fun,too.
　Katie:That's a good idea.We can all play that together.
　Rice:As long as it doesn't rain.

What Do You Remember?

　1.Why can't Lynn's friend come to the barbecue?
　2.Why does Katie think volleyball is a good idea?

Listening Practice Ⅱ
Listen to the conversation.Then answer the questions.

　1.Why is Rick talking about rain?
　2.Why does Dave think the weather will be fine?
　3.What should Katie make plans for?

Everything's Almost Ready
Let's Find Out
What does Jessie need to do today?

Conversation A

　Jessie:Well,I need to buy groceries today.How many people are coming?
　Katie:I'm not sure.Neither Lynn nor Dave have a friend coming.
　Jessie:How about you or Rick?
　Katie:I invited someone.But I'm not sure she can come.
　Jessie:Well,I'll buy food for ten people.
　Katie:Ten?If Rick and I each invite a friend,We'll only have nine people.
　Jessie:But Dave eats enough for two people!

Conversation B

　Katie:What else do we need to do ?
　Jessie:Well,you said Lynn wanted to play badminton,right?
　Katie:Yes!did you find a net and some rackets?
　Jessie:No,but Alice did.She had some in her basement.She'll bring them.
　Katie:Alice plays badminton?
　Jessie :I think her sons do .Or they did when they lived at home.

Conversation C

　Katie:What about plates and napkins?
　Jessie:Oh,yes!Thanks for reminding me.I'll buy paper plates and napkins at the store.
　Katie:And silverware?
　Jessie:We have some plastic silverware here in the kitchen.
　Katie:After we eat,we can just throw everything away.We won't have to wash any dishes.
　Jessie:Sounds good to me !

Grammar Cop
DON'T SAY Neither Jim or Kevin came.
DO SAY Neither Jim nor Kevin came.

What Do You Remember?

　1.What does Alice have in her basement?
　2.Why won't they have to wash any dishes?

Rain

Let's Find Out
What did the weather report say ?

　　On saturday morning,Katie came inti the kitchen .She was happy until she looked out the window.The sky was cloudy.And the clouds looked dark.Katie was worried,so she decided to check the weather report .She went into the living room to find the newspaper .She saw it on the coffee table.She picked it up and looked for the weather report,Jessie came inside .She had her umbrella.

Conversation A

　Jessie:Good morning ,Katie.What are you doing ?
　Katie:Looking for the weather report.
　Jessie:I can give you the weather report.It looks like rain outside.
　Katie:(looking at the newspaper )And the weather report in the paper says there's a 50 percent chance of rain.(sound of rain)
　Jessie:I think it's 100 percent now.Listen to the rain outside.
　Katie:What are we going to do ?We can't have a barbecue in the rain.
　Jessie:Why not?

Conversation B

　Katie:What?
　Jessie:We'll just change our plans .We'll eat inside.
　Katie:But we won't be able to barbecue.
　Jessie:Sure we will.Why not?
　Katie:The food on the barbecue will get all wet.
　Jessie:NO,it won't.The barbecue has a cover.
　Katie:So the only thing that will get wet is Dave,the barbecue chef.
　Jessie:And he won't have to worry about getting too hot!

What Do You Remember?

　1.What did Jessie have when she came inside?
　2.Why wo't the food on the barbecue get wet?

Talk About It

　◆Have you ever been to a barbecue?When?
　◆Do you like to go to parties?Why/why not?
　◆Have you ever had a party at your house ? What did you do ?