Listen To This1lesson 30
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You will hear a number of phrases which are used on the telephone. Press the "Pause" button when you hear the word "stop", then choose the best answer.
1. You want to speak to Mr. Karim Premji on 4631.
Listen: Do you _______?
a. ask to speak to Mr. Premji
b. say, "Sorry, wrong number" and hang up
c. hang up
d. say, "Good morning"
2. You ask to speak to Mr. Premji.
Listen: Do you _________?
a. hang up
b. say, "Good morning"
c. say, "I'll ring back later, thank you" and hang up
d. say, "Thank you" and hang up
3. You have asked to speak to Mr. Premji.
Listen: Are you going to ________?
a. hang up
b. speak to Mr. Premji
c. speak to somebody else
d. speak to the operator
4. You telephone Mr. Premji on his private office number.
Listen: Do you _______?
a. hang up immediately
b. start speaking to Mr. Premji
c. leave your name and number
d. say, "Thank you" and hang up
A. Offers.
1. Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) Tony asks Henry for _________.
a. some cigarettes
b. his flashlight
c. a cigarette lighter
(2) Henry said 'Sorry' because _________.
a. he didn't have a light
b. he forgot to bring a light to Henry
c. he has a light but forgets to offer it to Tony
(3) It is _________ today.
a. cloudy
b. windy
c. fine
(4) Tony is _________.
a. on duty
b. taking a walk
c. taking a break between classes
2. True or False Questions.
(1) Henry tries to persuade Tony to go off and have a good time with Jill.
(2) Henry says he will find a person to take Tony's place.
(3) Henry is really friendly to Tony; Tony feels so grateful to Henry.
B. Dreams.
Dream 1:
1. Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) The first person's car needed _________.
a. painting
b. washing
c. repairing
(2) Before he had the dream, he _________.
a. sent the ear to the garage
b. did nothing about his car
c. repaired the car himself.
2. Fill in the blanks according to what you hear on the tape.
I dreamt I was my car a road. Suddenly I had to because I was a wall. However, when I on the nothing happened and I the wall.
Dream 2:
1. Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) The second speaker dreamt in his dream that the sky was covered with _________.
a. white clouds
b. grey clouds
c. dark clouds
(2) He came across ________ on his way.
a. a poor and little woman in a miserable house
b. a young and beautiful woman in a dark house
c. a poor and pitiable woman in a dark and miserable house
(3) In his dream, the woman was wearing clothes ________.
a. similar to those of his wife's
b. that were the same as his wife's
c. which were different from those of his wife's
(4) The second speaker _________ in his dream.
a. didn't recognize her and felt sorry to meet her
b. recognized her but didn't feel sorry for her
c. didn't recognize her but felt sorry for her
2. Fill in the blanks according to what you hear on the tape.
There was in the dream but when I woke I felt the of it all day.
Dream 3:
True or False Questions.
1. The third speaker dreamt that he heard a group of his colleagues whispering and talking about him when he was sitting in the office.
2. In the dream that night, he didn't hear what his colleagues were talking about but saw what they were doing.
3. The next morning when he woke up he realized that his colleagues were going to send him a card for his birthday.
4. Actually he didn't get a card from his colleagues but he got one from his boss.
C. Faults.
1. Fill in the blanks so as to work out an outline of the woman's opinion.
(1) The trouble with education in Britain lies with .
(2) Teachers get too much on the but not on .
(3) Teachers are too , too . They are not .
(4) Children do not in the subject because there's not in the classroom.
(5) Teachers should wait until years old before they .
(6) Teachers should be forced to before they go back to schools from their .
2. Fill in the blanks so as to work out an outline of the man's opinion.
(1) Children have been given too much but less education.
(2) Children are too for . They have no to learn about and in the world.
D. A Japanese Girl.
1. Complete the following resume for the girl.
Name: Akio Horisaka
Nationality:
Marital Status:
Experiences:
a. Studied English at in .
b. Had a job with as .
c. Went abroad in with .
d. Spent in .
e. Worked for a company which sold for .
f. Now working in for .
2. Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) for each of the following questions.
(1) When did her mother go back to work?
a. When she was only ten.
b. When she was only thirteen.
c. When she was fourteen.
(2) How much older was her brother than she was?
a. Ten years.
b. Four years.
c. Three years.
(3) What did her mother do?
a. As a tailor.
b. As a teacher.
c. As a dress designer.
(4) Why did she study English in Japan?
a. Because she wanted to study abroad.
b. Because she hoped to find a good job in London.
c. Because she wanted to find a job with a good company.
(5) What was her marital status at the age of twenty-five?
a. Married.
b. Single.
c. Divorced.
(6) What do people in Japan usually do to a single person?
a. They try to plan an arranged marriage for him / her.
b. They force him / her to marry someone.
c. They provide him / her a chance to meet someone.
(7) Where did she meet her husband?
a. In a Jazz club.
b. At a jazz concert.
c. In a jazz band.
(8) What is her husband's nationality?
a. Japanese.
b. Chinese.
c. Non-Japanese.
A. The Appointment.
1. Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) The Caliph was very famous because __________.
a. he was very rich
b. he was very handsome
c. he was very wise and kind
(2) One morning he sent his servant to the market to buy _________.
a. some fruit
b. some vegetables
c. some food
(3) A man who had covered ________ followed the servant.
a. his mouth
b. his forehead
c. his face
2. True or False Questions.
(1) The servant dropped his basket and ran all the way home when he heard the man in black saying 'death'.
(2) The servant wanted to leave immediately for home in order to reach there before it became dark.
(3) The Caliph was very angry to see his favorite servant had been so badly frightened by the stranger.
3. Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements.
(1) After he gave his servant to leave the Caliph went to the to look for the stranger, a man in .
(2) The stranger was to see the servant in because he said he had an with the servant that night in .
B. Legal Advice.
1. Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) The possible relationship between the two speakers is ________.
a. a man and his girlfriend
b. brother and sister
c. father and daughter
(2) The woman was seen with her ex-boyfriend by _________.
a. the man himself
b. one of the man's relatives
c. one of the man's friends
(3) The woman had told the man that she was going to see _________.
a. her mother
b. her girlfriend
c. her brother
2. True or False Questions.
(1) She intended to see her ex-boyfriend but she told Dennis that she was going to visit her mother.
(2) Dennis had been recommended to Cynthia's ex-boyfriend by Cynthia.
(3) Cynthia was certain that Dennis would refuse to help her ex-boyfriend.
C. At the Police Station.
1. Complete the following chart of Missing Person.
Name: first name—
last name—
Address:
Age: years old
Height: more than
Place last seen: in the
Time last seen: early
Cause of departure: being with a
2. Complete the specific information about what the old woman has lost.
Content: a
Breed:
Special feature: a little on its
Color:
Decorations: two little on its
Section One:
Tapescript.
Telephone Conversations:
(1)
(Ringing of phone)
Woman: Four six hour oh. Can I help you?
Narrator: Stop.
(2)
Man: His line’s busy at the moment. Do you want to hold?
Narrator: Stop.
(3)
Woman: There’s no reply on that number. I’ll try Mr. Shaw.
Narrator: Stop.
(4)
(Ringing of phone)
Man: This is Karim Premji speaking. I’m afraid I’m out of the office at the moment. If you could leave your name and number when you hear the tone, I’l1 get back to you as soon as possible.
(Tone)
Narrator: Stop.
Section Two:
Tapescript.
A. Offers:
Henry: Cigarette?
Tony: Oh ... er ... thanks, Henry... Um, do you have a light?
Henry: Sorry. Here.
Tony: Thanks. Lovely day. Pity I’m on duty.
Henry: I’ll stand in for you if you like. I’ve got nothing else to do.
Tony: Oh no, I couldn’t possibly...
Henry: Go on. Go off and have a good time. Here—you can have the Mini if you like.
Tony: But... are you sure, Henry?
Henry: Of course I am. Take Jill up the mountains, or something.
Tony: That’s ever so good of you, Henry. Oh, you ... er ... you won’t tell anyone, will you ... I mean, I am on duty.
Henry: Not a word. Bye, Tony—enjoy yourself.
Tony: Thanks, Henry. I won’t forget this ...
Henry: Damned right you won’t, you poor fool!
B. Dreams:
Three people are describing their dreams.
1. I knew that the brakes of my car needed repairing, but I did nothing about it, until one night I dreamt I was driving my car along a familiar road. Suddenly I had to brake because I was driving towards a wall. However, when I put my foot on the brake nothing happened and I crashed into the wall.
2. I was walking down an unfamiliar road when I reached a dark and miserable house. Grey clouds covered the sky, and so I went inside the house where I found a poor, pathetic person, wearing clothes similar to those my wife wore. I didn’t recognize her and felt sorry for her. There was nothing else in the dream but when I woke the next morning, I felt the misery and unhappiness of it all day.
3. One day I was sitting in my office, listening to a group of colleagues whispering and talking about me. I couldn’t hear what they were saying but it worried me. That night I dreamt exactly the same sequence again, except that in my dream I saw something I’d missed during the day. While they were whispering they were all looking down at something. The next morning when I woke up I realized exactly why they’d been whispering and talking about me. That day was my birthday. Wasn’t it possible that they’d been looking down at a birthday card? My dream was right. I did get a card from my colleagues, whom I’d suspected of talking about me.
C. Faults:
Woman: The trouble with education in Britain, I think, lies with the teachers. I don’t think teachers get nearly enough training in actually how to teach rather than the subject. I think they’re too serious, too academic, they’re not imaginative enough. And that means that there’s not enough excitement in the classroom for children to get interested in the subject.
Man: Yes, I agree. I think there’s too much theoretical teaching given and not enough practical education, with the result that pupils are far too busy studying for exams to have time to learn about life itself and how to, how to live in the world.
Woman: Mm. I think all teachers should be at least twenty—five before they start teaching. I think they should be forced to live in the outside world, rather than go from the classroom to the university and back to the classroom again.
D. A Japanese Girl:
I had a working mother when I was a young girl. She went back to work when I was ten and my brother was fourteen. She taught at a school of dress design. I studied English at university. Then I got a job with an advertising agency as an assistant. I studied English so I could get a good job with a good company. In 1980 I went abroad with a friend. We spent a month in California. Then I worked for a company which sold cassette tapes and books for English conversation. I was still single at twenty-five, then my parents started to worry because their daughter wasn’t married. Our neighbors and relations were asking when I would marry and they began to talk about an arranged marriage. In Japan they don’t force you to marry someone, but they may give you a chance to meet someone. I am very interested in jazz and I met my husband in a jazz club. My parents didn’t want their daughter to marry a foreigner. They didn’t want me to come to England, but now I work in London for a Japanese newspaper.
Section Three:
Tapescript.
A. The Appointment:
Once upon a time, there was a rich Caliph in Baghdad. He was very famous because he was wise and kind. One morning he sent his servant, Abdul, to the market to buy some fruit. As Abdul was walking through the market, he suddenly felt very cold. He knew that somebody was behind him. He turned round and saw a tall man, dressed in black. He couldn’t see the man’s face, only his eyes. The man was staring at him, and Abdul began to shiver.
"Who are you? What do you want?" Abdul asked.
The man in black didn’t reply.
"What’s your name?" Abdul asked nervously.
"I ... am ... Death," the stranger replied coldly and turned away.
Abdul dropped his basket and ran all the way back to the Cal iph’s house. He rushed into the Caliph’s room.
"Excuse me, master. I have to leave Baghdad immediately," Abdul said.
"But why? What’s happened?" the Caliph asked.
"I’ve just met Death in the market," Abdul replied.
"Are you certain?" said the Caliph.
"Yes, I’m certain. He was dressed in black, and he stared at me. I’m going to my father’s house in Samarra. If I go at once, I’ll be there before sunset."
The Caliph could see that Abdul was terrified and gave him permission to go to Samarra.
The Caliph was puzzled. He was fond of Abdul and he was angry because Abdul had been badly frightened by the stranger in the market. He decided to go to the market and investigate. When he found the man in black, he spoke to him angrily.
"Why did you frighten my servant?"
"Who is your servant?" the stranger replied.
"His name is Abdul," answered the Caliph.
"I didn’t want to frighten him. I was just surprised to see him in Baghdad."
"Why were you surprised?" the Caliph asked.
"I was surprised because I’ve got an appointment with him ... tonight... in Samarra!"
B. Legal Advice:
Dennis: You’ve been seeing Steve again, haven’t you?
Cynthia: What are you talking about?
Dennis: You know as well as I do. One of my friends saw you together in a restaurant yesterday evening.
Cynthia: Listen, Dennis. Look, I’m sorry. I was going to tell you. I really was.
Dennis: Well, why didn’t you? Why did you lie to me?
Cynthia: I didn’t lie! How can you say that?
Dennis: Yes, you did! You told me that your relationship with him was all over.
Cynthia: But it is, darling! It ended more than a year ago.
Dennis: Did it? Then why did you go out with him yesterday?
Cynthia: Because he phoned me and said he had some business to discuss with me. What’s wrong with that?
Dennis: Nothing. But if that’s true, why did you tell me you were going to have dinner with your mother yesterday evening?
Cynthia: Because ... because I thought you’d be terribly jealous if I told you I was going to see Steve. And you are.
Dennis: I’m not. I simply can’t understand why you lied to me.
Cynthia: I’ve already told you. But you just won’t believe me.
Dennis: That all you did was discuss business together? Of course, I can’t believe that!
Cynthia: Well, that’s exactly what we did! And it isn’t true that I lied to you about my mother. When I told you that, I intended to see her. But then Steve rang and said he needed my advice about something.
Dennis: About what?
Cynthia: A legal matter.
Dennis: A legal matter? Why should he ask your advice about a legal matter? You aren’t a lawyer.
Cynthia: No, but you are! And that’s what he wanted to talk to me about. You’ve been recommended to him. But before he contacted you, he just wanted to know if I thought you’d be willing to help him. I said I didn’t know.
Dennis: Help your ex-boyfriend? Give him legal advice? I’m not going to do that.
Cynthia: That’s what I thought you’d say. I knew it.
C. At the Police Station:
Policeman: Good morning, madam. Can I help you?
Mrs. Trott: Oh, I do hope so, constable. Something dreadful has happened.
Policeman: Well, sit down and tell me all about it and we’ll see what can be done.
Mrs. Trott: I’ve lost my Harold. I think he’s left me.
Policeman: Oh, it’s a missing person case, is it? Let me just fill in this form, madam. Here we are. Now, the name is Harold. Right?
Mrs. Trott: That’s right; little Harold.
Policeman: I’ll just put ‘Harold’ on the form, madam. What is his second name?
Mrs. Trott: Well, the same as mine, I suppose. Trott. Yes, yes, Harold Trott.
Policeman: Address?
Mrs. Trott: 15 Bermard Street, W12.
Policeman: 15 Bermard Street, W12. And when did you last see Harold, Mrs. Trott?
Mrs. Trott: Early this morning. In the park.
Policeman: And had there been any quarrel? Any argument? Anything which would account for his leaving?
Mrs. Trott: Well, he’d been a very naughty boy so I hit him with a stick and he tried to bite me and I’m afraid he got very angry and just ran away. My little Harold.
Policeman: Yes, madam. I can see that this is very upsetting for you, but I’ll have to ask you a few more questions. Now, what time exactly did you go to the park with Harold?
Mrs. Trott: Oh, eight o’clock. On the dot every day. We go for a nice stroll in the park each morning, you see.
Policeman: Eight o’clock.
Mrs. Trott: Yes, I take him out to do his ... er ... to do his job.
Policeman: Sorry, madam?
Mrs. Trott: His job, you know.
Policeman: Oh. Ah. Er... yes. Er... How old is Harold, madam?
Mrs. Trott: He must be six and a half now.
Policeman: And you have to take him into the park to do his ...
Mrs. Trott: Yes. He loves it.
Policeman: What’s his height?
Mrs. Trott: Oh, I don’t think he could be more than eleven inches tall.
Policeman: Eleven ... er ... we are talking about a little boy, are we not, madam?
Mrs. Trott: A boy? A little boy? Good heavens, no! It’s my Harold, my little Harold.
Policeman: (sighs) Dog or cat, madam?
Mrs. Trott: Dog, of course. You couldn’t call a cat Harold, could you?
Policeman: Of course not, madam. What breed?
Mrs. Trott: Poodle. From a very good family. He’s a dark brown with lovely velvet fur and has two little white rings on his front feet and a dear little spot on his forehead. Oh, constable, you’ll do everything you can to find him for me, won’t you? And he’ll be wandering around all lost and doesn’t know how to look after himself. He’s so friendly, he’d just follow any stranger…
