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Listening Activity March 26th 2021
Listening Activity March 26th 2021
Steve: Hey, you learned something already! So, tell me about the other
students.
Susan: Well, first I want to tell you about the teacher. She's crazy! Her name
in Maria and she's from Malaga in the south of Spain. She's about 35 years old
and is a really friendly person. She's very funny. It's difficult to understand her
accent sometimes but I'm sure it will get easier.
Susan: Oh, about 12 I think. Everyone is about the same age, so that's great.
Steve: Where are you going, where are you doing the lessons? Are you at the
college near the tennis club?
Susan: No. We're at the town library. We are using a small room at the library
so it's really quiet and all the books are right there!
Susan: Most of them are, yes. There is a Japanese girl called Miko. She is
probably the best in the class. Her accent is wonderful. I think she studied
Spanish at school.
Steve: Ah ha...
Susan: And then there's an English boy called James. He lives here and works
at the university. He wants to learn Spanish because he hopes to go to
Argentina next year. He is very young, about 22 years old.
Susan: Yes, apart from James and Miko, the rest of us are American. I met
your mother's friend Rosemary.
Steve: Oh, Rose Marie! Why is she learning Spanish? She speaks Italian and
French already!
Steve: Don't worry Susan, maybe I'll come by next lesson and then I will be
the worst for sure. What did you do in today's class?
Susan: Because it was the first lesson only, we did some basic things like the
numbers to ten and how to ask a person's name.
Susan: Oh! Erm, I can't remember. Como ti, come te yama, como ti yamo,
oooh! I can't remember anything!
Listen to the file and put 1-3 words into each space.
8. In today's lesson, they learned how to ask someone's name and some _____
Mike: Well, I thought we could make that apple pie we did last time. what do
you think?
Mike: Yes, we have a lot of apples. I bought ten only yesterday. How many
do we have to use?
Cathy: I think six large apples will be fine. Now, is there any flour? We have
to use two and a half cups of flour. How much do we have?
Mike: I think we'll have to buy some flour. We don't have much. Maybe only
200 grams. I'll start a shopping list...ok, flour. What about cinnamon and
nutmeg?
Cathy: Well, for this recipe, we only need a little cinnamon and nutmeg. How
much do we have?
Mike: Oh, these containers are both full, so we don't need any more. Now, we
need a little salt...
Mike: And quite a lot of sugar, hmmm...it says in the recipe about a cup.
Cathy: Oh...we don't have any sugar! We can't make apple pie without sugar.
Write sugar on the shopping list.
Mike: OK, I've got it. We need a little butter too. Did you buy any butter
yesterday at the store?
Cathy: No, I didn't get any. How much do we need for the recipe?
Mike: Well, it says 100 grams. I think we have some butter in the fridge.
Mike: OK, I will go down to the store and buy these things we need. And we
can start when I return.
Two friends talk about what they need to make apple pie. As you listen,
decide who says the following statements.
Put M for Mike
Put C for Cathy
Put N for nobody.
3. BOOKWORMS
Interviewer: Well, I work for The Regal Bookstore and we are doing a survey
about people's reading habits. Can I ask you how often you read fiction
books?
Charlie: Very often. I usually read about one book a week, sometimes more if
I'm away on vacation.
Charlie: Hmm, let me think. I absolutely love crime books, you know Agatha
Christie, a good whodunit. I am also keen on science fiction books such as
Arthur C. Clark and Asimov. And then, recently I've read a lot of Westerns.
Interviewer: Fine. How much do you think you spend on fiction books every
month?
Charlie: Not very much because I get a lot of my books from friends when
they have finished reading them. Probably around $50.
Interviewer: OK, now the next question is about where you buy your books,
if you don't get them from your friends of course. Do you spend most of your
money on books in stores or on the Internet?
Charlie: As I said, I don't buy books very often but when I do, I buy them
online or sometimes I go to a bookstore if I see something interesting in the
window.
Interviewer: And have you ever been to The Regal Bookstore before to buy
books?
Charlie: Yes, I bought something from that store only two weeks ago. It was
the new book by Grisham. I saw that it was on special offer so I came in.
Interviewer: Great, now my final question. Would you buy a book from the
Regal Bookstore web site? We have a new site, did you know?
Charlie: No, I didn't know. I will go and have a look at it as you have some
good prices. I would like to buy something from the site if the price was right,
of course.
Interviewer: OK sir, thank you for your time. Have a nice day.
Graham: Oh no! I wanted to look out of the window to see all the places we
flew over. Why didn't you wake me up?
Graham: I was asleep for over three hours. What can you see out of the
window now?
Barbara: It looks like desert below, but I think we are near Los Angeles. We
went over the Rockies a short time ago. The mountains were absolutely
beautiful.
Graham: I can't believe I missed that. I really wanted to see the Rockies.
Barbara: Sorry Graham. You can sit next to the window when we fly back to
New York.
Graham: Thanks. Did you have something to eat? I know you were hungry.
Barbara: Yes. About an hour ago. I ate chicken and rice. There was also a
dessert but it had pear in it so I didn't touch it.
Graham: I'm really hungry now too. I didn't have any breakfast this morning
either.
Barbara: We can buy something for you when we get to the airport. You
don't like chicken anyway and the alternative was Spanish Omelet which
looked disgusting.
Graham: What other things did you see out of the window? Did you see
Chicago and the Great Lakes?
Barbara: Yes, we flew right over Chicago. I could see little boats on the lake.
It was wonderful.
Graham: I can't believe I was sleeping. And I had a dream about flying too.
Barbara: They showed a great movie too. You know the one about Brad Pitt
being the manager of the chocolate factory.
Graham: That's not Brad Pitt in that movie. I like that film too. I think we are
starting to land.
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3. Barbara ate chicken and rice for dinner and a pear for dessert.
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7. They will meet Barbara's father at the hotel in Los Angeles.
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5. COMING TO TOWN
Clive: Hey Heather, when is your brother getting into town?
Heather: No, I think he'll be too tired and will probably just want to go to bed
early.
Clive: Great, so what about Friday? What are you going to do? Do you have
any special plans?
Heather: You bet! He can relax in the apartment on Friday morning and then
in the afternoon, we are going to the beach with some of my friends to have a
picnic.
Heather: So do I.
Clive: It seems strange to come all the way back from Australia to do some
shopping.
Heather: Oh yes, of course. The party is at Clare's house. Come round here
just before eight and we can take a cab over to Clare's together.
Clive: Alright.
Heather: OK, but promise not to say anything to him. We're going to see a
basketball game. It was so difficult to find tickets but I got them. It's going to
be a great weekend.
1. Go to bed .
2. Relax .
3. Go to beach for .
4. Go to .
5. Go to .
6. Have lunch .
7. Go .
8. Go .
9. fishing
10. Go to see .
6. AT THE AIRPORT
Jen: What's the first thing you want to do when we get to London, Mike?
Mike: I don't know. I really want to see the Tower of London and I suppose
we have to go to Buckingham Palace as soon as possible.
Jen: I just hope the weather isn't too bad. My uncle went last year in
August and he said it rained every day for a week.
Mike: I think it is going to be sunny this week so don't worry. Now where is
our plane flying from? Do you know which gate we need to go to?
Jen: I really can't remember. Look, over there, there is one of those TV
screens with all the flight departure information. Let's go and have a look at
that. We still have a lot of time. Why do you always get so nervous at
airports?
Mike: I'm not nervous Jen, I just don't want to be the last person getting
on the plane. Remember last year going to Germany when everybody was
waiting for us. That was so embarrassing.
Jen: OK, it's all up there, look. There are three flights to London. British
Airways leaves at 10 o'clock, American Airlines also leaves at 10 o'clock and
Air India leaves at 10 past 10. Who are we flying with? I know it's not Air
India, is it?
Jen: That's very strange because the British Airways flight leaves at the
same time, but Gate 7 is written up there.
Mike: I don't know, Jen. Maybe there's a problem but we don't have very
long to wait.
Jen: Look at that yellow sign. We have to catch the airport shuttle for all
gates from 10 to 30.
Mike: Let's go ... that's the west of the airport and it takes about 10
minutes to get there.
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Customer: Oh, hi, yes, erm, I have a few things I need to buy today and this
is my first time here, so I'm not sure where everything is.
Store Assistant: That's fine, that's what I'm here for. Now, what do you need
first?
Customer: I have to buy a hat for my sister. She's going to a wedding in New
Orleans next weekend and asked me to get a new hat for her. Do you sell hats?
Customer: OK, great. Then I need to get a toaster. Ours caught fire yesterday
morning and, you know, my kids can't live without toast in the morning for
their breakfast!
Store Assistant: Our kitchen appliances are up on the 3rd, no sorry, the 4th
floor. If you take the elevator from this floor up to the 4th floor, turn left when
you leave the elevator and walk through the pictures and framing section.
You'll see small kitchen appliances on the left with larger items such as ranges
and fridges on the right.
Customer: Yes, my daughter wants a DVD for her birthday. Where can I find
them?
Customer: The last things on my list are a CD for myself, which I can get on
the second floor, and a chair for the kitchen. My husband broke a chair on the
weekend so I need to get a new one.
Store Assistant: Let me think...ah yes, you can find all chairs, stools and
tables in our furniture section but that's right up on the sixth floor. If you go
there immediately, you can ask them to take the chair down to the first floor
and you can collect it when you are ready to leave.
Customer: Thank you ever so much. You have been very helpful. I will go up
to get the chair now and get the other things as I come down.
1. How many times has the customer visited Everest Stores before?
Once.
Never.
Because she has to buy something that is large and heavy.
Part One
What I find most difficult is listening. I have an old video recorder and I use it
to record movies and other TV shows. Then I watch it later, but I don't watch
the movie. No, I watch all the adverts that I recorded! Adverts are very good
for learning English I think. They're only short, maybe 30 seconds or a minute,
so it's not too long. And they are repeated again and again so you learn the
English quickly. The English in adverts is usually simple, they have a simple
message.
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Part Two
I love Harry Potter books. They are very interesting. In fact, I bought all of
those books in English. They were very difficult for me, so I translated them
into my language. It was a lot of work and my friends said I was crazy, but I
enjoyed it. At the end of this, I had a huge vocabulary book full of new words
and I look at those new words every day, I remember them and I try to use
them when I am speaking or writing in English.
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Part Three
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Part Four
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3. Speaker two bought the books in her language and translated them into
English.
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4. Speaker two tries to write letters using her new words from the books.
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7. Speaker four finds the South Korean girls friendly, but hard to understand.
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