General English Level 1 GELEV1 Unit 05 Topic 01.doc  LANGUAGE FOCUS 17 How are you? Roberta greets her neighbour Jill in the street. Listen to the recording. Roberta and Jill say: Roberta: Hello, Jill. How are you? Jill: Fine thanks. And you? Roberta: I'm well… Roberta and Jill say "Fine thanks" and "I'm well" but they don't say how they really feel. Sometimes when people ask "How are you?" they are not asking about health. It is only a way of saying "Hello". We don't tell them about our health. We just answer: Fine thanks I’m good Well, thanks OK Not too bad 214 QUESTLANGUAGE