Dialogue
A: Nick! How’s it going?
B: Oh, hey…
A: What are you doing in this neighbourhood? Do you live around here?
B: Actually, my office is right around the corner.
A: It was great to meet you last week at the conference. I really enjoyed our conversation about foreign investment.
B: Yeah, yeah, it was really interesting. You know, I’m in a bit of a hurry, but here’s my card. We should definitely meet up again and continue our discussion.
A: Sure, you still have my contact details, right ?
B: You know what, this is really embarrassing, but your name has just slipped my mind. Can you remind me?
A: Sure, my name is Ana Ferris. Don’t worry about it; it happens to me all the time. I’m terrible with names too.
Explain
Key Vocabulary:
how‘s it going — phrase how are you
around here — phrase close to here
around the corner — phrase on the next street
in bit of a hurry — phrase moving quickly, having no time
contact details — phrase information required to contact someone, i.e. telephone number, email address
slip my mind — phrase been forgotten
terrible with — phrase bad at
Example：
slip my mind
Example one.
A:I’m sorry I forgot to respond your e-mail, just slipped my mind.
Example two.
B: Don’t you know what day is it today?
C:Oh, it’s your birthday. It completely slipped my mind.
terrible with
Example one.
A:You’re terrible with numbers. You can’t remember your own telephone number.
Example two.
B:I’m terrible with directions. I’m always getting lost.
Example three.
C:I’m terrible with faces. I can never remember what people look like.
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