Lesson Three
Section One
Task 1: I Don't See It That Way A. Conversation One:
1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the following statements. (1) The customer comes to the shop _____________. a. to repair his cassette player b. to have his cassette player repaired c. to complain about his cassette player
(2) The clerk refuses to repair the cassette player for free because ___________. a. the customer's warranty is expired b. the customer dropped it off a building and ruined it himself c. the customer bought the cassette player more than six months ago
2. Give brief answers to the following questions. (1) When did the customer buy the cassette player? Answer: six months ago
(2) What‘s wrong with the cassette player now?
Answer: It is defective and has ruined four of the customer‘s favorite cassettes. (3) How long is the cassette player guaranteed to free repairment? Answer: six months
(4) When did the warranty run out? Answer: ten days ago
3. Fill in the following blanks.
1) Customer: Well, but you (bend the rule) a little bit.
Clerk: …(make an exception for) you. Then we‘ll have to (make an exception for) everybody.
2) Pay for this is (adding insult to injury). I mean, surely you‘re going to (make good on) this cassette player.
3) Clerk: Well, sir, I‘m sorry, you should have (brought it in) earlier. Customer: But surely you won‘t (hold me to) ten days (on) this.
B. Conversation Two:
1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) for each of the following questions. (1) When does the dialogue take place? a. A weekday afternoon. b. A weekday evening. c. A weekend evening.
(2) What is the agreement between husband and wife? a. They two will share the housework. b. The wife should remind the husband about his housework. c. The husband should clean the living room when it looks dirty.
2. True or False Questions.
(1) (F)The man hasn't vacuumed the living room or cleaned the bedroom because he is tired. (2) (T)Though the woman is tired too, she has already done her share of the housework. (3) (T)The wife hopes that the husband will do the housework voluntarily, but the husband's
eyes are not sensitive to dirt.
(4) (T)The husband does not think that cleanliness is very important.
C. Conversation Three:
1. Give brief answers to the following questions. (1) Is Bob married or singled? Answer: single
(2) How long has Bob worked for the company? Answer: five years
(3) What‘s his attitude towards work?
Answer: He has been loyal to the company and worked quite hard. (4) What‘s his purpose of speaking to Mr Weaver? Answer: asking for a raise
(5) What‘s Mr Weaver‘s comment on Bob‘s work?
Answer: Bob does his job adequately, but he doesn‘t do it well enough to deserve a raise. (6) What does Mr Weaver suggest that Bob should do?
Answer: Take more initiative and show more enthusiam for the job (7) What does Bob threaten to do if he can‘t get the raise? Answer: to quit his job
(8) What‘s Mr Weaver‘s answer?
Answer: That‘s a decision Bob will have to make for himself.
Task 2: Marriage Customs
A. Fill in the blanks to give a brief outline of the talk. Speaker: (Professor Robin Stuard)
Topic: (Marriage customs in different parts of the world) In the West marriage is a (ramantic business)
In India (arranged marriage) is very common. The young couple meet for the first time (on the day of the wedding).
In Japan (arranged marriages) still take place. But the young couple get a chance (to have a look at one another) and if one of them says ?Oh, no, I could never marry him or her‘, they (call the whole thing off). If they like one another, then (the wedding goes ahead). In parts of Africa polygamy is quite common. A man can have (several wives).
Conclusion: Professor Stuart believes that various forms of arranged marriage have (just as much chance of bringing happiness to the husband and wife as the western system of choosing marriage partners).
B. True or False Questions.
(1) (T)In the West people believe that marriage should be based on romantic love. (2) (F)In Japan marriage is often arranged by an intermediary, usually the girl's aunt. (3) (T)According to the professor, though polygamy sounds fine from the man's point of view, the man in fact takes on a great responsibility and economic burden.
Section Two
Task 1: At the Dentist's
A. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) for each of the following questions (1) Why does the dentist ask the man to open his mouth wide? a. To give him a general check up. b. To give him an injection. c. To pull out one of his teeth.
(2) Why doesn't the patient open his mouth? a. He hates to have injections. b. His tooth aches.
c. He hates the dentist.
(3) Why does the dentist want to give the patient an injection? a. To let him sleep so that he won't be so noisy. b. To rob him while he is asleep.
c. To reduce the pain while the tooth is being pulled out. (4) What does the dentist finally give the man? a. An injection. b. A pull out. c. Some painkillers.
B. True or False Questions.
(1) (F)The patient has come to see the dentist because his tooth has been aching for a week. (2) (T)The injection will only freeze the area around the tooth. rather than let the patient go to
sleep.
(3) (F)The patient doesn't want to watch in the mirror in front of him because he'll faint. (4) (F)According to the dentist, the patient will make up the blood that he will lose in a night. (5) (T)The dentist is angry with the patient because he is wasting her precious time. (6) (T)The patient will probably have his tooth pulled out next week.
Task 2: Hiccups
A. Give brief answers to the following questions: 1. Why does the man call Rosemary?
Answer: He wants her to help him stop his hiccups. 2. How long has he been hiccupping? Answer: three hours 3. What has he tried to do?
Answer: Everything he can think of. 4. What does Rosemary finally suggest?
Answer: She‘ll give the man five pounds if he hiccups again, and he gives her five pounds
if he can‘t.
5. What‘s the result?
Answer: The man has stopped hiccupping and owes Rosemary five pounds.
B. Identification. Match the suggestions Rosemary has made in Column I with the man's
reaction in Column II.
Column I Column II
(1) Hold the breath. (a) Never heard of that. (2) Drink from the other side of a glass (b) Hiccupped in the middle.
(3) Key down the back of his neck. (c) Won't be frightened when knowing it beforehand.
(4) Put a coin on the forehead. (d) Dropping water all over the carpet. (5) Have to be frightened. (e) That's for nose bleeding.
Answer: (1)—(b) (2)—(d) (3)—(e) (4)—(a) (5)—(c)
Section Three
Task 1: Learning to Predict
Listen to the following sentences. When you hear \what the speaker is going to say next. 1. Answer: the Chinese then?
Reason: ―What about‖ suggests an alternative 2. Answer: they‘ll still be hot when you get back
Reason: The woman‘s words suggest that the shop is very close to their home. 3. Answer: there‘s a queue
Reason: The phrase ―not if‖ suggests a condition that hinders the fulfilment of an action. 4. Answer: a good idea
Reason: The word ―yes‖ shows an agreement. 5. Answer: bing a machine for that money
Reason: ―I wouldn‘t mind‖ suggests that the man will do what the woman doesn‘t want because of certain atrractive conditions. 6. Answer: I want to play drums.
Reason: The earlier sentence suggests that the man does not play drum for money. Consequently the explanation must be that he enjoys playing it.
Task 2: Dictation
The following paragraph will be read to you slowly. Listen to it for three times, and while listening write as much and as closely to the original text as you can.