Unit 8: I like it very much

1. Do you like work?

Francis	Hello. Do you like work? I don't. I don't like work. I like food and I like wine. And I like parties. But I don't like work.
Jane	Hello. It's six o'clock.
Francis	No, Jane. It's five to six. It's not six o'clock. At six o'clock I can go home.
Jane	Do you like parties?
Francis	Yes, I like parties, Jane.
Jane	Shall we go to a party? Look!
Francis	A fancy dress party?
Jane	Yes. Can you come?
Francis	What can I wear?

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Napoleon	Do you like this?
Francis	No. I don't like it. I don't like it at all.
Columbine	Do you like this one?
Francis	No, I don't like it.
Brunhild	I like it.
Caesar	And I like it. I like it very much.
Brunhild	What do you think of this?
Francis	It's nice.
Columbine	No.
Caesar	I like this one. It's very nice. What do you think of it?
Francis	Well, ...

2. Which do you prefer?

Wife	Mother, Father, come in.
Husband	Yes, come in. Welcome to our new house. What do you think of it?
Mother	It's very nice. I think it's very nice.
Husband	Sit down, please. Coffee or tea? Which do you prefer?
Father	I don't like tea.
Mother	We prefer coffee.
Wife	This is the living room. Do you like it?
Mother	Yes. It's very nice.
Wife	What do you think of that table?
Mother	I like it. It's a nice table.
Father	I'm sorry. I don't like it. I don't like small tables.
Mother	I like the chairs.
Father	I don't. I don't like small chairs. This is a small chair, and I don't like it.
Mother	Yes. You prefer big chairs.
Wife	Here's a big chair.
Father	Oh. I don't like that music. I don't like pop music at all. I prefer classical music to pop music.

3. I don't think it's very good.

Husband	What do you think of the coffee?
Mother	I think the coffee is very good. I like it.
Father	I don't think it's very good. I prefer black coffee to white coffee. This is white.
Mother	I think the coffee is very good. I like it.
Husband	You like classical music. What do you think of this?
Father	I'm sorry. I don't think it's very good.
Wife	But you like classical music.
Father	I prefer Beethoven to Bach.
Husband	This isn't Bach.
Father	And it isn't Beethoven, and I don't like it.
Wife	Shall we go to the cinema? There's one in West Street. Look!
Father	Ah! Marilyn Monroe!
Mother	It's an old film.
Father	But it's a very good film.
Wife	It's not bad, Mother.
Husband	Marilyn Monroe's quite good.
Father	I think, Marilyn Monroe's very good.
Mother	No. I don't like old films and I don't like Marilyn Monroe.
Husband	There's a concert. Classical music.
Wife	Ah, yes, here. Look! Oh! Bach.
Mother	Shall we stay here?
Wife	Yes, shall we stay at home and watch television?
Mother	Yes, your father likes television.
Father	At nine o'clock there's the news. At nine thirty there's an old film. At eleven o'clock there's an old film. At twelve thirty there's an old film.