REVIEW TWO
For this lesson you'll need a pencil and a piece of paper.
Jake is still working on his report about Stamford's companies.
both past and present.He's looking at old newspaper articles.
Listen carefully for any important informationand write down the dates that you hear
...You will hear the article twice.
Gee,here's an interesting article from the Gazette...
"Yale & Towne to Shut Down."Hmmm...1959.
That must have been when the company that makes locks left Stamford.
I wonder what happened.Let's see.
"Yale & Towne announced last week that it would be closing its doors in Stamford this year.
High costs and workers' dissatisfaction were given as reasons for the shutdown".
Well,what do you know!
Yale & Towne shut down because of high costs and unhappy workers.
Yale & Towne has enjoned a prosperous history in Stamford.
It was founded in October 1868 by two entrepreneurs.
Linus Yale.Jr.and Henry Towne.Yale & Towne became successful overnight,
and it is said that the success of the company brought Stamford into the industrial age.
The number of workers peaked at Yale & Towne in 1916.
In that year,six thousand five hundred men and women worked for the company.'
Gee,six thousand five hundred.That's a lot of people.
It must have really been big.I wonder when the trouble began.
"Yale & Towne began to decline in Stamford in 1931,
when it relocated some important offices to New York City.
A crippling strike by workers in 1945 further damaged the company.
As recently as four years ago."(must have been in 1955...)"
we realized that Yale & Towne would eventually be leaving our city.
Many people are sad to see it go."I bet they were sad.
Now let's listen to Jake reading the article again.
Gee,here's an interesting article from the Gazette...
"Yale & Towne to Shut Down."Hmmm...1959.
That must have been when the company that makes locks left Stamford.
I wonder what happened.Let's see.
"Yale&Towne announced last week that it would be closing its doors in Stamford this year.
High costs and workers' dissatisfaction were given as reasons for the shutdown".
Well,what do you know!
Yale & Towne shut down because of high costs and unhappy workers.
Yale & Towne has enjoned a prosperous history in Stamford.
It was founded in October 1868 by two entrepreneurs.
Linus Yale.Jr.and Henry Towne.Yale & Towne became successful overnight,
and it is said that the success of the company brought Stamford into the industrial age.
The number of workers peaked at Yale & Towne in 1916.
In that year,six thousand five hundred men and women worked for the company.'
Gee,six thousand five hundred.That's a lot of people.
It must have really been big.I wonder when the trouble began.
"Yale & Towne began to decline in Stamford in 1931,
when it relocated some important offices to New York City.
A crippling strike by workers in 1945 further damaged the company.
As recently as four years ago."(must have been in 1955...)"
we realized that Yale & Towne would eventually be leaving our city.
Many people are sad to see it go."I bet they were sad.
OK.Let's review the dates you just heard.
What was the first date Jake talks about?
It was the year the article appeared in the Stamford Gazette
and the year Yale & Towne left Stamford.1959
And the second date he mentons?What was the second date?
It was the month and year Yale & Towne was founded.October 1868.
And the next date?
what was the year the number of workers peaked at Yale & Towne?1916
How about the year the company began to decline in Stamford?
What was the year that Yale & Towne began to relocate its offices to New York.
1931when was the crippliing strike by the workers?
It was nineteen forty something,wasn't it?
Nineteen forty...what?1945 And the last date Jake mentions?
The year the people of Stamford realized that Yale & Towne would eventually be leaving.
It was the years after the strike.What year was it?1955
Now listen and repeat overnight successful overnight
They became successful overnight.They became successful overnight.
If you become successful overnight.
you become successful suddenly,immediately,very quickly.
Let's practice this expression.You hear...
They became successful very quickly.And you say...
They became successful overnight.
You hear...Linus Yale suddenly began making a lot of money.
And you say...Linus Yale began making money overnight.
Notice that overnight always comes at the end of the sentence.
It doesn't come in the middle.OK?Here we go.
They became successful very quickly.They became successful overnight.
Linus Yale suddenly began making a lot of money.
Linus Yale began making money overnigh.
Yale locks became world famous immediately.
Yale locks became world famous overnight.
In 1931,the company suddenly relocated its offices.
In 1931,the company relocated its offices overnight.
With the movie Mad Max,Mel Gibson very quickly became a star.
with the movie Mad Max,Mel Gibson became a star overnight.
Now listen and repeat
I bet I bet they were sad.I bet they were sad.
I bet they were sad"is a strong way of saying."I think they were sad."
It means you think that they were more than sad.
Let's practice this expression.You hear...
The people of Stamford were sad to see Yale & Towne go.
You say...I bet they were sad.
You hear...The 1945 strike was crippling for the company.
You say...I bet it was crippling.Ready?Let's go.
The people of Stamford were sad to see Yale & Towne go.
I bet they were sad.The 1945 strike ws crippling for the company.
I bet it was crippling.In 1916 the company made a nice profit.
I bet it made a nice profit.
The president of Yale & Towne felt good that year.
I bet he felt good.But in 1945,the company managers were unhappy.
I bet they were unhappy.The workers wanted more money.
I bet they wanted more money.
But they were sorry in 1959 when the company left Stamford.
I bet they were sorry.
Now let's see how much of the story of Yale & Towne you remember
with some true-or-falsle statements.
Just say "True"when the statement is true.
When the statement is false,say"False",and make the correction.
You hear...Yale & Towne was founded in Stamford.
You say...True.You hear...They made pianos at Yale & Towne.
And you say...False.They made locks.OK?Here we go.
Yale & Towne was founded in Stamford.
True.They made pianos at Yale & Towne.False They made locks.
In 1916,there were more than six thousand workers at Yale & Towne.
True.In 1931,they moved the factory to New York City.
False.They moved some of the offices to New York City.
In 1935,there was a crippling strike by the workers.
False.The strike was in 1945.
Everyone was happy when the company finally left in 1959.
False.Everyone was sad.
Jake found the article about the shutdown in the Stamford Gazette.True.
This is the end of Review Two. |