Book Three,Lesson Seven
[00:17.71]Carol wants John's job.Listen to the conversation.
[00:24.87]Steven,I want to talk to you. Yes?
[00:31.32]Do you know John is leaving? Yes.
[00:37.20]Well,I want John's job.
[00:42.55]Carol,I want to help you,but John has a lot of experience.
[00:50.21]Now some pronunciation practice.Listen and repeat.
[00:57.05]I want to talk I want to talk
[01:04.10]I want to talk to you.
[01:08.47]I want John's job I want John's job.
[01:16.72]I want to help I want to help
[01:23.98]I want to help you.
[01:28.14]I want I want a big I want a big office.
[01:35.71]OK,Sam.I say,"Talk to you."And you say....
[01:43.37]I want to talk to you.
[01:46.74]I say,"A job at WEFL."And you say....
[01:54.10]I want a job at WEFL.
[01:58.96]Easy,huh?OK,let's go.Talk to you.
[02:06.12]I want to talk to you. A job at WEFL.
[02:13.56]I want a job at WEFL. Help you.
[02:19.94]I want to help you. A big office.
[02:25.08]I want a big office. Amillion dollars.
[02:31.04]I want a million dollars. Make a million dollars.
[02:37.81]I want to make a million dollars. Another chance.
[02:45.17]I want another chance. Go home.
[02:51.42]I want to go home. Watch TV.
[02:57.58]I want to watch TV. John's job.
[03:04.66]I want John's job. More money.
[03:10.90]I want more money. Make more money.
[03:17.75]I want to make more money. A cup of coffee.
[03:24.51]I want a cup of coffee. OK,Sam.
[03:30.86]Let's continue the conversation between Steven and Carol.Just listen.
[03:38.51]Where did you work in the past?
[03:43.24]I worked at a radio station.I was a writer.
[03:49.59]How long did you work there?
[03:54.34]I worked there for two years,from nineteen eighty-six to nineteen eighty-eight.
[04:02.70]Were you on television? Only in college.
[04:09.05]Now,Sam,here's some pronunciation practice.
[04:15.29]Listen and repeat.Ready?
[04:20.73]did you how long did you how long did you work
[04:29.48]How long did you work there?
[04:33.84]did you how long did you how long did you live
[04:42.31]How long did you live there?
[04:46.98]did you how long did you how long did you study
[04:55.24]How long did you study there?
[05:00.20]OK,Sam?I say,"WEFL."And you say...
[05:08.66]How long did you work there?
[05:12.50]I say,"Columbia University?."And you say...
[05:18.98]How long did you study there? I say,"Now York."And you say...
[05:27.52]How long did you live there? Ready,Sam?Let's begin.WEFL.
[05:37.27]How long did you work there?
[05:41.52]I worked there for two years,
[05:46.57]from nineteen eighty-six to nineteen eighty-six to nineteen eighty-eight.
[05:51.61]Columbia University. How long did you study there?
[05:59.16]I studied at Columbia for three years,
[06:04.43]from nineteen eighty-one to nineteen eighty-four.
[06:09.71]New York.
[06:13.24]How long did you live there?
[06:17.29]I lived there for seven years,
[06:21.96]form nineteen seventy-seven to nineteen eighty-four.
[06:27.81]Denver. How long did you live there.
[06:33.74]I lived in Denver for nine months,from February to October nineteen seventy-six.
[06:42.42]IBM. How long did you work there?
[06:48.48]At IBM? Two years.From nineteen seventy-two to nineteen seventy-four.
[06:57.83]Hamilton College. How long did you study there?
[07:04.80]I studied English at Hamilton from nineteen sixty-eight to nineteen seventy-two.
[07:13.06]That wasn't difficult,was it,Sam? Now we have two questions to ask about you.
[07:21.39]Here's the first.Where did you study in the past,Sam?
[07:28.26]And the second.How long did you study there?
[07:36.12]Well,Sam,that was very easy.Now,listen to John's interview at KDEN in Denver.
07:47.46]Just listen.
[07:51.09]So,I see you're still working at WEFL in Stamford,John.
[07:58.33]Yes,I am.
[08:01.67]And before that you were at WBTU in Hartford,Connecticut.
[08:08.02]Yes,I was....for four years,from eighty to eighty-four. I was a reporter.
[08:15.86]I see.And before that,you were in Providence....
[08:22.20]and before Providence,you were in New York?
[08:26.88]Yes.I went to school in New York. Oh?Where did you go?
[08:33.83]I went to New York University.
[08:37.80]No kidding!I went there too.When were you there?
[08:44.56]From seventy-four to seventy-six.How about you?
[08:50.52]I graduated in seventy-eight.
[08:54.96]OK,Sam,here are some true-or-false sentences.
[09:02.04]I say,"John went to Columbia University."And you say....
[09:10.30]False. I say,"John went to New York University."And you say....
[09:20.64]True.Ready?Let's go.John went to Columbia University.
[09:30.17]False.After he went to school in New York,John worked in Providence.
[09:38.93]True.After he was in Providence,John worked in Hartford.
[09:47.28]True.John went to New York University for six years.False.
[09:57.55]After he studied at New York University,John got a job at KDEN in Denver.
[10:06.51]False.After he worked in Hartford,he went to WEFL in Stamford.
[10:16.36]True.John stayed in Hartford for eight years,from eighty-one to eighty-nine.
[10:26.70]False.John was a reporter.True.
[10:34.75]Hartford is in Connecticut. True.
[10:41.10]Good,Sam.Now some more questions for you.Ready?
[10:48.46]Where did you go to school?
[10:52.43]What did you study there?How long did you stay there?
[10:59.70]Were you a good student?
[11:03.82]That's all for now,Sam.This is the end of Lesson Seven. |