Lesson One
Section One:
Tapescript.
Dialogue 1:
Hello, I want a cab.
OK. What address is it?
1120 East 32nd Street.
Right. The cab will be there in a few minutes.
Dialogue 2:
What’s your job?
I’m an accountant.
Oh! Do you enjoy it?
No. I don’t really like it. It’s boring.
Dialogue 3:
Where do you come from?
Indonesia.
Oh! Which part?
Jakarta.
Really?
Dialogue 4:
Can you speak German?
Yes, I can. I speak it very well.
Where did you learn it?
I lived in Germany when I was a child.
What else can you speak?
Well, I know a little Italian.
Dialogue 5:
I think a businessman should be good-looking.
No, I don’t agree.
Dialogue 6:
Would you like a drink?
No, thank you. I don’t drink.
Are you sure?
Yes. I’m quite sure. Thank you very much.
What about a soft drink then?
Oh, alright. Lemonade would be fine.
Dialogue 7:
Thank you very much for the meal.
Not at all. I’m glad you could come.
You must come and have a meal with me some time.
Yes. That would be nice.
Dialogue 8:
Have you heard about the Prime Minister?
No.
She's gone to China!
Really!
Dialogue 9:
How do you spell interesting?
I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-I-N-G.
Thank you very much.
Dialogue 10:
Would you mind passing the salt, please?
Certainly.
Section Two:
Tapescript.
Discussion.
Tim talked to Harry about the lecture.
Harry: What did you think of the lecture?
Tim: I thought it was very interesting.
Harry: Did you really?
Tim: Yes, didn’t you?
Harry: Certainly not. I thought he talked a lot of rubbish.
Tim: So you think you know more than he does.
Harry: Well, take coal for instance.
Tim: What about it?
Harry: Coal won’t become important again.
Tim: Why not?
Harry: It’s too dirty. They won’t be able to find people to work down coal mines in the future.
Tim: They’ll invent new kinds of machinery.
Harry: Nonsense. The only sort of power they’ll use in the future is atomic power.
Interview.
A reporter from a local newspaper is interviewing some students on the subject of students and money.
Reporter: Excuse me, are you a student?
Student 1: Yes, I am.
Reporter: Forgive my asking you, but do you have to take a part-time job in the holidays?
Student 1: Not really. My parents are fairly well off, so I get an allowance from my father.
Reporter: You're lucky, aren’t you?
Student 1: I suppose so.
Reporter: What about you? Are your parents wealthy?
Student 2: No, certainly not.
Reporter: Do you work during the holidays?
Student 2: Well, last Christmas I did two weeks as temporary postman, then in the summer I spent four weeks fruit picking, and I do a bit of baby-sitting, so I manage.
Reporter: Thank you.
Section Three:
Dictation.
Dictation 1:
My name is Robert. I am eighteen years old and I am French. I am not married. Sylvia is small and fair. She is seventeen and she is a student.
Dictation 2:
The tall boy with fair hair is eighteen years old and he comes from Sweden. He works in a record shop.
The small boy with dark hair is seventeen. He is Spanish, but he does not live in Spain. He lives in France. He works in a hotel.
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