Graduate English series, progress in listening and speaking, High Education press 1999.
1.B
listening, Follow these instructions and do these exercises.
A: Hello, are you Juan?
B: Yes I am.
A: I need to ask you a few questions. Could you come with me,please?
B: Sure.
A: Here, please sit down... What's your last name?
B: Moreno.
A: How do you spell your first name?
B: J-U-A-N.
A: How old are you?
B: I'm 26 years old.
A: what's your nationality?
B: I'm Mexican.
A: what's your native language?
B: spanish.
A: Are you married?
B: No, I'm not, I'm divorced.
A: what do you do?
B: I'm a busnessman.
A: Okay, think you very much, Just wait here and someone will be with you in a minute.
1.C
Listening,Follow these instructions and do these exercises.
1.A: Holle watson, How are things?
B: Not bad, How are things with you?
2.A: Hey there,R2D3, How's it going?
B: Oh, pretty good, What about you?
3.A: Good morning! Rhett,darling, How are you?
B: Just fine, Scarlett, How are you?
4.A: Howdy, Mickey, What's up?
B: Not much, Minnie, What's up with you?
5.A: Good evening,Julit my love, have you been?
B: Fine, thank you, my love, Oh, how I've missed you!
6.A: Hi Lois,How's everythings?
B: Great, Superman,and you?
1.D
Listening,Follow these instructions and do these exercises.
1.A: Hey, I know you.
B: No, I don't think so.
A: My name is john wolf.
B: Oh, yes, we met skiing.
2.A: Pete! hi, remeber me?
B: Marry,Marry Lamb. Oh, yes, I remeber you.
A: Yeah, we met at Bill's party.
3.A: Oh, hi, you are Micheal,aren't you?
B: Yes, Micheal Crow.
A: Micheal, I'm Emma's sister.
4.A: Hi! Aren't we in the same English class?
B: Yes, we are, my name's Sue Deer.
A: Nice to meet you,Sue, I'm George.
5.A: Hi! I'm Ann Fish.
B: Nice to meet you, Ann.
A: Nice to meet you, too.
6.A: Hello, I'm Chris Lion.
B: Lyon? L-Y-O-N?
A: No. L-I-O-N.
2.B
Listening,Follow these instructions and do these exercises.
Conversation 1
A: Lou, I'd like you to meet my new neighbor, Kemal.
B: Hello! Kemmal, It's nice to meet you.
C: It's nice to meet you,too.
B: Where are from?
C: I'm from Turkey.
B: I've heard Turkey is a beautiful country, but I've never been there.
C: You should go, there are lots of interesting things to see.
B: And, are you working here?
C: No, I'm only 16. I'm student at Overbrook High School...
Conversation 2
A: Sam, this is Renee, my tennis parter.
B: Hello! Renee.
C: Hello!
B: Jakie tell me you are very good tennis player.
C: Believe me, I'm not that good.
B: Are you from around here?
C: I'm from a small town near Montreal.
B: Oh, so you're Ganadian, Do you speak French and English or just English?
C: Oh, I speak French, English, and Spanish. My mother is from Columbia.
B: You are lucky you can speak so many languages. And that man over there who is speaking French, is he your
husband?
C: Oh, no, I'm not married, Actually, I'm divorced.
B: Really, in that case...
2.C
Listening,Follow these instructions and do these exercises.
1. It's the first week of class
A: Hi.
B: Hi.
A: How do you like this class?
B: Oh, I really like it.
A: Yeah,me too, so far.
B: It's a little bit hard.
A: Yeah, I had the same teacher last year. She is a little tough.
B: Oh, you did? Um... Are her tests hard?
A: Her tests aren't that bad if you keep up with the reading...
2. You're stuck in an elevator
A: Uh-oh, Looks like there's a problem.
B: Yeah, Does this happen all the time?
A: Yeah,I'm afraid so. Last Friday this elevator was out of service all day long.
B: Do you think I should press the emergency button?
A: No, let's just wait a minute of two first it may start by itself again.
B: Ok... do you work here?
3. You see a tourist who meeds help.
A: Hi! excuse me, um..do you need any help?
B: Oh,yes, I do. I've been walking around in circles, I can't seem to find the train station.
A: Oh, well, I'm going to that direction, You can walk with me, I'll show you where it is.
B: Oh, are you sure it's no trouble? I can't read this map.
A: Really,it's no trouble at all, I mean, it's only a couple of blocks from here...
4. A co-worker needs help sending a fax.
A: Excuse me, do you need a hand?
B: Oh,yes, please. I haven't used one like this before.
A: Oh, it's really quite easy. All you have to do is place the document here.
B: Here? OK.
A: Yeah, and then you dial the number.
B: Right, That's it? That's...
A: And, no.. then you press the green button.
B: This one? OK, Great, thanks a lot.
A: You're welcome, I don't think I've seen you around here before.
B: No, you haven't. I'm new, I just started to work here last week.
A: Oh, really? Welcome... |