[00:04.00]Shopping
[00:07.63]Part Two
[00:11.38]Listening-Centered Activities
[00:15.08]Listening 1
[00:18.68]Exercise 1
[00:22.14]Directions:
[00:25.85]Listen to the dialog
[00:29.05]and fill in the table with the information you get from the tape
[00:34.96]about the shoes Maria tried on.
[00:40.43]Maria Almar is looking round the shops in Athens
[00:46.58]before she catches the afternoon flight back to Zuric
[00:52.42]Maria is looking for a pair of shoes.
[00:56.70]Maria: Excuse me. Do you speak English?
[01:02.75]Assistant: Yes, madam. Can I help you?
[01:07.00]Maria: I'm looking for a pair of blue shoes to wear with a dress.
[01:14.02]Assistant: Blue?
[01:16.68]Maria: Yes, you've got some in the window at 1,450 drachma
[01:26.72]Could I try them on, please?
[01:30.72]Assistant: What size is it?
[01:34.21]Maria: 38.
[01:37.45]Assistant: Just a moment, please. Yes, here we are.
[01:43.61]Maria: Are they leather?
[01:47.21]Assistant: Oh, yes.
[01:49.94]Maria: I like the style.
[01:53.65]Assistant: Do they fit all right?
[01:57.58]Maria: They feel a bit tight actually. Have you a larger size?
[02:05.28]Assistant: We haven't got that shoe in a 39, I'm afraid.
[02:11.51]Maria: Have you anything similar in blue that would fit me?
[02:18.06]Assistant: No, we haven't. I'm sorry.
[02:22.81]Maria: I'll leave it then. Thank you very much.
[02:28.43]Exercise 2
[02:32.06]Directions:
[02:35.48]Listen to the dialog again
[02:39.41]Work in pairs and role-play the whole dialogue between Maria and the shop-assistant
[02:48.26]assuming that there are shoes of size 39 in the shop.
[02:55.18]Listening 2
[02:59.06]Exercise 1
[03:02.45]Directions:
[03:05.65]Listen to the first part of the radio program and answer
[03:11.99]each of the folloeing questions with no more than 10 words.
[03:18.97]1) What's the title of the program?
[03:24.66]2) What's the purpose of the program?
[03:30.64]3) What's the program's telephone number?
[03:36.90]4) What's the name of the host?
[03:41.83]5) What's the guest's occupation?
[03:47.48]Welcome to At Your Service,
[03:52.13]the consumer program that gives you advice
[03:56.88]when something goes wrong with goods or services you've bought
[04:02.35]If you have a problem which you'd like us to help you with,
[04:07.75]here's the number to ring: 01-2468041
[04:15.89]That's 01-2468041
[04:22.37]My name is Jack Mills, and with me to answer your questions today
[04:29.14]is the head of the Consumer Aid Association, Mary Smith.
[04:35.69]Exercise 2
[04:39.36]Directions:
[04:42.64]Listen to the second part of the program twice
[04:47.82]and write"T" for true and "F" for false in the space provided.
[04:55.78]Jack: Now let's go staight to our first caller, Mr Black from London
[05:02.44]Good morning, Mr Black. How can I help you?
[05:07.62]Mr Black: Well, I was looking for a second-hand car
[05:13.20]and I saw this advertisement in the local newspaper and it was the car I wanted
[05:21.48]It was &1,150 and it was described as perfect
[05:29.69]I went to see the car. It looked very good, so I bought it...Mr Black.
[05:37.75]Mary:could I interrupt?
[05:40.74]Mr Black: Yes, please.
[05:44.30]Mary: Did you pay the full asking price for the car?
[05:50.10]Mr Black: Yes, I paid 1, 150 for it. It seemed all right when I bought it
[05:59.64]But a few days later, I had some trouble starting it, and when it was started,
[06:07.56]it didn't run very well.So I took it to the local garage
[06:15.30]They had a good look at it and they said everything was wrong with it
[06:21.74]It had been damaged in an accident and the repairs hadn't been very good
[06:28.48]So it wasn't worth the money I'd paid for it
[06:34.45]In fact, they said it was only worth 40 ponds
[06:40.93]That's a lot less than I'd paid for it
[06:45.83]So I went back to the man, but he didn't really want to know
[06:52.60]and I don't know what to do now.
[06:57.06]Mary: Mr Black, the most important point here is
[07:02.75]Was the seller a dealer or was this a private sale?
[07:09.05]Mr Black: I don't think he was a dealer.
[07:13.51]Mary: Well, unfortunately, with
[07:17.69]private sales the buyer has very little protection under the law
[07:23.77]did the man say that the car was perfect?
[07:28.52]Mr Black: Yes.
[07:31.44]Mary: When you bought the car, you bought it understanding that it was faultles
[07:38.21]That there was nothing wrong with it at all?
[07:42.13]Mr Black: Yes, yeah.
[07:45.44]Mary: I'm sorry to be a little pessimistic, Mr Black
[07:50.66]I think it's probably worthwhile making a claim under the Small Claims Procedure |