[00:03.42]Part Two Listening-Centered Activities
[00:08.46]Listening 1
[00:10.22]Exercise 1
[00:12.20]Directions: Listen to the first part of the conversation and answer the following questions.
[00:20.30]Sara Smith is from a little town in Australia
[00:24.30]She is visiting her friend He Gang in Hong Kon
[00:28.80]They are on a shopping trip.
[00:31.43]H: Well, here's the store I was telling you about where you can buy really nice silk things to take back to Australia
[00:41.11]You said your sister wanted some skirts.
[00:44.35]S: I know just what I want to get but I realize that I left my traveler's checks at your place and I don't have any money with me.
[00:52.70]H: That's OK. I've got my plastic!
[00:56.30]S: You mean your credit card?
[00:58.14]H: No, my bank card.
[01:00.73]1) Where does the conversation take place?
[01:05.12]2) What does Sara want to buy for her sister?
[01:10.06]3) What is Sara's problem?
[01:14.12]4) How can the problem be solved?
[01:19.06]Exercise 2
[01:21.40]Directions: Listen to the second part of the conversation and fill in the blanks with the information you hear from the tape.
[01:31.12]S: How can you use that in a store? Is it like a credit card?
[01:35.18]H: No, not really. It's a card issued by my ban
[01:40.48]It's the same card I use at the automatic teller machine at the bank.
[01:45.62]S: I still don't understand. We're nowhere near your bank.
[01:49.84]H: Let's go to the cashier and I'll show you how EPS works.
[01:55.49]S: What does EPS mean?
[01:57.61]H: Well, it stands for " Electronic Point of Sale".
[02:01.90]S: OK. You just gave the cashier your bank card and she swiped it through her machine. Now what happens?
[02:10.36]H: Now I just have to punch in my PIN on this little thing that looks like a calculator.
[02:17.38]S: What's PIN?
[02:18.78]H: A personal identification number.
[02:21.52]S: So now the cost of my sister's skirts has been taken out of your bank accout.
[02:27.20]H: That's right.
[02:28.82]S: Don't you ever worry that someone might take all your money?
[02:32.21]S: Well, they could only do that if they knew my PIN numbe
[02:37.18]It's neat system because you don't have to carry around a lot of cash.
[02:42.86]S: That's neat.
[02:44.41]Exercise 3
[02:46.43]Directions: Listen to the whole conversation again and then role-play the whole conversation.
[02:55.07]Listen 2
[02:57.12]Exercise 1
[02:59.03]Directions: Before you listen to the passage,can you guess from the title what the passage might be about?
[03:11.02]An Unusual Millionaire
[03:13.39]Exercise 2
[03:15.26]Directions: Listen to the passage and then fill in the table with what you hear from the tape.
[03:23.72]An Unusual Millionaire
[03:26.10]I know a man called John Smith who is a very unusual millionair
[03:33.05]What makes him unusual is that he has no mone
[03:37.91]He says the average millionaire never uses money and always gets other people to pay for taxis or drinks
[03:47.66]This is because he is so used to thinking in millions that small amounts of money are not worth thinking about.
[03:57.38]But this does not mean he has no worrie
[04:01.63]On the contrary, the average millionaire worries constantly about his businesse
[04:08.69]His great wealth also makes it difficult for him to be happy and comfortable with other peopl
[04:16.86]Are they friendly because they like hi
[04:19.81]Or do they pretend to like him because they want his mone
[04:24.96]John Smith says he feels very sorry for millionaires
[04:29.64]who, instead of being masters of their wealth, are slaves of their million
[04:36.37]In one way, however, John Smith always behaves exactly like a millionair
[04:43.07]I mean he never has any money and generally manages to persuade someone else to pay for his drinks.
[04:52.75]But unlike other very rich men, he gives back good value for mone
[04:59.48]He is full of jokes and fu
[05:02.90]An evening spent with him is not chea
[05:06.36]because he is usually very thirsty, but he always makes people happy
[05:12.23]He does not give much thought for tomorro
[05:15.43]He is the happiest man I have even me
[05:19.36]Whenever I meet him, he tells me
[05:22.99]"In money I am not rich, but in peace of mind I am a millionaire
[05:30.19]And then the world's richest, penniless man usually adds, with a smil
[05:37.46]"Do you have time for another drink?" How can I refuse?
[05:43.84]Exercise 3
[05:45.92]Directions: Listen to the passage again, and then work in pairs to answer the following questions.
[05:54.42]1) Why is John Smith "an unusual millionaire"?
[05:59.96]2) Why does the speaker say that John Smith is "the world's richest, penniless person.'' |