Unit Two
Section 1 Tactics for Listening
Part 1 Phonetics
Exercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape- Pay special
attention to the weak forms, link-ups and contractions. Woman: Good evening. Man: Good evening. Can you ( 1 ) make up this prescription, please? Woman: Certainly. (2) Would you like to wait? Man: How long (3) will it take? Woman: (4)Itll be ready in twenty minutes. Man: Oh, (5) I'll come back later. Woman: All right, sir,
Man: (6) Shall I pay now or later? Woman: (7) Later'll be all right fPart 2 Listening and Note-taking Man: Excuse me. How can I get to the station please? Woman: The station, the station, the station ...let me see. Ah, yes. You can go down ... no. Go straight on until you come to a cinema. Let's see now— that's the second turn on your right. The cinema's on the corner. Turn right at the cinema and you'll be in Bridge Street. I think it's Bridge Street. Go along Bridge Street for
a few minutes and then take the second — no, not the second, the first, that's fight, the first turning. On your left. The station is straight ahead, right in front of you. Man: So that's second right and first left. Thank you very much. That's very kind of you. Woman:
Don't mention it.
Exercise A: Listen to the conversation and take notes. Exercise B: Use the information from your notes to mark the places and
streets mentioned in the conversation on the sketch map.
Part 1 Dialogue
Section 2 Listening ComprehensionDialogue 1 where did you living now ?
Interviewer: You say you moved out of London five years ago? Alistair: Yes, I did. ] lived in Hampstead*. Interviewer: That's very close to the centre, isn't it?
Alistair: Yes, quite close. 1 went to work by bicycle — I worked in Oxford
Street. It took about half an hour.
Interviewer: And why did you move? Did you change jobs?
Alistair: Well, yes, I did. I worked for an advertising agency then. Now I work for a newspaper. But that isn't the reason. I moved because London is so dirty and there's so much stress— Interviewer: And now you live in -.
Alistair: Oh, right in the country. The nearest station is rather far, about 15
miles away, but the village is fairly close to London, about 40 miles. I
still work in London.
Interviewer: So how long does it take you to get to work? Alistair: Oh, less than an hour and a half, door to door.
Exercise A: Listen o the interview and decide whether the following
statements are true or false. Write T or F in the space provided. Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false.
F 1. The man lives in Hampstead now. (The man used to live in Hampstead.) T 2. The man has changed his job. (He worked for an advertising agency five
years ago but now he works for a newspaper.)
F 3. The place where the man lives now is about 15 miles away from London.
(The nearest station is rather far about 15 miles away, but the village is fairly close to London, about 40 miles.)
Exercise B: Listen to the interview again and answer the following questions.
1. Why did the man move out of London?
(Because he finds that London is so dirty and there's so much stress.)
2. Where does he live now?
(He lives in a village in the country, about 40 miles away from London.)
3. How did he use to go to work?
(He used to go to work by bicycle.)
4. How does he go to work now?
(Most likely he goes to work by car now because he said that it takes him less
than an hour and
a half, door to door, to get to work.)5. Where does he work now? (He works for a newspaper now.)
Dialogue 2 Have you ever lived abroad
Interviewer: Have you ever lived abroad, Phyllis? Phyllis: Yes, I have actually. What about you? Interviewer: No, unfortunately I haven't. Phyllis: Oh, what a shame!
Interviewer. Where did you live when you were abroad? Phyllis: I lived in Australia.
Interviewer: Really? That's a long way away. Phyllis: Uhm, uhm, yes!
Interviewer: How long were you there for? Phyllis: I was there for twelve years Interviewer: Oh! What a long time! Phyllis: Yes. Rather,
Interviewer: Erin. So how long have you been back in the UK? Phyllis: I've been back about, erm. ten years now,
Interviewer: Uhm, uhm, When you were in Australia, did you think of it as
your home? Phyllis: Well, it depends on what, you mean by home. When 1 was... home to me is being near the people you're fond of. Interviewer: Uhm. uhm. yeah. So does that mean that your family were with
you in Australia? Phyllis: Yes,
they were there with me.
Interviewer: And presumably they've ... they came back to the UK? Phyllis: Yes, they did. They came back with me,
Interviewer: Uhm, uhm. Erin, if you had a choice, where do you think you'd
be living now? Phyllis: Oh. I would really like to
go back to Australia Interviewer: Oh, yeah? Why's that? Phyllis: Well, for one thing, it's the climate. Interviewer: Uhm
Phyllis: And. er. secondly, it's ... very relaxed. Interviewer: Oh? In what way? Phyllis: Well, you know, the wave of life, nobody hurries. Interviewer: Uhm. Is that at work as well as socially? Phyllis: That's right, everything