Planning your future
New Year's Resolutions
A🔊Listen and practice.
Matt: So, what are you going to do this year? Any New Year’s resolutions?
Robin: Well, I’d love to learn how to play the guitar, so I plan to take lessons.
Matt: That sounds great. I don’t have any musical talents, but I’d like to learn how to dance.
Maybe I can learn to salsa!
Robin: Why not? I hope to learn to play some Latin music, too.
Matt: I know! We can take a trip to Puerto Rico and spend a month
learning guitar and dancing. How about that?
Robin: Uh . . . Matt? I don’t have any money. Do you?
Matt: I don’t have either, but I hope to get a new job soon.
Robin: Have you started looking?
Matt: Not yet, but I plan to start right after the holidays.
B🎧Listen to the rest of the conversation.
What kind of job does Matt want?
What other plans does Robin have for the new year?
PRACTICE 2
CONVERSATION Planning your future
After graduation
A🔊Listen and practice.
Alex: So what are you going to do after graduation, Susan?
Susan: Well, I’ve saved some money, and I think I’d really like to travel.
Alex: Lucky you. That sounds exciting!
Susan: Yeah. Then I plan to get a job and my own apartment.
Alex: Oh, you’re not going to live at home?
Susan: No, I don’t want to live with my parents – not after I start to work.
Alex: I know what you mean.
Susan: What about you, Alex? Any plans yet?
Alex: I’m going to get a job and live at home.
I’m broke, and I want to pay off my student loan!
B🎧Listen to the rest of the conversation.
What kind of job does Alex want?
Where would Susan like to travel?