Expressing Relief

Pre-Listening

Have you ever been in this situation?

Or

Have you ever been climbing a mountain or a hill?

What do you feel after get on the top of the world?

Anyway,

What do you say when you got an A for your Algebra test while you think that you could not do the test really well?

For Moslem, you can express your relief by saying Alhamdulillah, for example. In addition, the Christian, will say “God bless”  to express their relief.

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Listen to these words!

Words Corner

relief                : kelegaan (n) Click to listen!	button              : tombol (n) Click to listen!
marvelous       : bagus sekali (adj) Click to listen!	committee       : panitia (n) Click to listen!
terribly            : sangat (adv) Click to listen!	ceremony        : upacara (n) Click to listen!
wait                 : menunggu (n) Click to listen!	unpleasant       :tak menyenangkan (adj) Click to listen!

While-listening

Expressing Relief

What is relief?

Relief: the feeling of happiness that you have when something unpleasant stop or does not happen. 

- Listen to this conversation and write down on your notebook the expression of relief.

Practice 1

You borrowed your friend’s new digital camera. It suddenly stopped working. You have taken it back to him.

Conversation 1 : Click and listen!

Now write down the expression.

After you done with the Conversation 1, proceed to conversation 2.

Practice 2

You wanted to join a seminar. It began at 7 AM.  However, your bus was late. You arrive at 7.15. You asked the committee.

Now, click the link below to hear

Conversation 2: Click and listen!

Right down your answer on your book.

Now listen how to express relief

Oh, that’s a relief.               Click here!	That’s alright, then. Click here!
Thank goodness for that. Click here!	Phew!                       Click here!
Thank heavens!                     Click here!	Thank God for that.    Click here!
Oh, good!                        Click here!	I’m glad it’s done.     Click here!
Oh, marvelous!                      Click here!	It’s very relaxing.         Click here!
Oh, what a relief!            Click here!	I’m glad everything is running well. Click here!

Post-Listening

Try This

Click this link to the conversation

Situation: Diaz and Eli were hiking. They went to the Newton Hill. The road was rather slippery. They got slipped sometimes. Finally, they could get on top. The scenery was so wonderful.

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Conversation 3: Click and listen!

Now, try to answer the question

Example:

You will hear the question: What the conversation is about? Click to listen!

A.     Buying a new phone

B.     Encouraging a friend

C.     Regretting your decision

D.     Having fun

Answer            : B. Encouraging a friend

Now, click the link below

Comprehension Check 1

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