# Menschen A2.2, Unit 20: At the public bookcase

**Language:** German  
**CEFR Level:** A2  

> Listen in as Ingrid and Mats talk about books at a public bookcase in real, everyday German, pairing with the themes of Unit 20 of Menschen A2.2. By the end of this course their conversation will feel easy to follow, and you'll be ready to join in.

**Setting:** A public bookcase in an old phone box in a park in Marburg on a Sunday morning. Ingrid, retired, is clearing her shelves into it. Mats lives in the next street and has stopped to browse. They have never met. They use Sie with each other throughout.

## Lessons

### 1. Starting a conversation

Mats asks if he can have a look, and Ingrid tells him she is bringing her old books.

### 2. Saying what you like to read

Ingrid asks Mats if he likes crime novels, and he tells her what he prefers.

### 3. Talking about childhood rules

Mats asks Ingrid if she read a lot as a child, and they compare bedtimes.

### 4. Talking about what you could and wanted to do

Ingrid could read at five, and Mats only wanted to play football.

### 5. Talking about a favourite book

Mats asks Ingrid about her favourite book as a child, and she tells him what it made her want.

### 6. Finding a book from school

Mats finds a novel he had to read at school, and Ingrid asks if he liked it.

### 7. Taking a book

Mats takes the novel and the travel book, and Ingrid asks him to bring his own old books.