Mrs Phillips: No, that’s all.
Woman: How would you like to pay? Mrs Phillips: By credit card, please. Woman: May I have your number? Mrs Phillips: Yes, it’s 0071 213297160372.
Woman: You know you’re entitled to a free Wright’s diary? Mrs Phillips: Oh, yes. I’d forgetten. Woman: What colour would you like? Mrs Phillips: Grey, please.
Woman: And what name would you like on it? Mrs Phillips: John, please. John Phillips.
Exercise: Listen to the dialogue and complete the following order form.
Wright’s Customer Service
Order Form
Name: Priscilla Phillips
Address: 39 St. Andrews Road, Putney, London Telephone: 010322713
Item: a carriage clock Catalogue Number: WG6 S82 Payment:
Cash: Credit Card: √
Credit Card Number: 0071 213297160372 Free Wright’s diary:
Colour: Grey Name: John Phillips Part 2 Passages Passage 1 In Unusual Shop Transcript
I soon realized that I had entered an unusual kind of shop. There were no goods on display; there was no shop-window: nothing but a number of empty shelves at one end of the room in front of which a man was standing on a raised platform, and shouting loudly that the greatest sale of the year was about to begin. I decided to stay and see what would happen.
A harassed assistant began to pile all sorts of odds and ends on the shelves: table-lamps, cutlery-sets, clocks, electric razors, crockery, vases, and a large quantity of small packets all similarly wrapped in bright red paper. When the man at the table was satisfied that a sufficiently large crowd
of people had collected, he began distributing the packets, asking for the small sum of three pence in return, and declaring that the value of the contents was fifty times as much.
I paid three pence for my packet and was immediately informed that I should not open it until after the sale. The money I had given, I found, entitled me to bid for anything on the shelves. All these beautiful and extremely valuable objects, the man announced, would be given away, simply given away. He was as good as his word, for he held up an electric razor and asked a young man (who from the look of his face needed it) whether it was worth six pence. The man had no doubt about the matter and was promptly handed the razor for the sum asked. The same occurred with a number of other articles.
Then, instead of asking for small sums like six pence, the man began to demand larger amounts for “very rare, high-quality antiques”. The people present, thinking that these too were being “given away”, soon found themselves paying a great deal of money for useless, yacht-like lamps and ugly clocks in carved, heavy frames. I decided I had better go quickly before being tempted into buying something I did not want. I went into the street and opened my prize packet, only to find that I had been rewarded with a cheap bottle of scent.
Exercise: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
1~5: C, A, B, D, B 6~8: A, D, B Part 3 News News Item 1
Authorities in Pakistan say a suicide bomber has killed at least 15 people and injured more than 22 others in a central part of the country's capital city. Most of the victims were policemen.
The suicide bomber struck a group of policemen who were guarding a big meeting of Islamic activists in the center of the Pakistani capital.
Witnesses say most of the deaths happened instantly and body parts, pools of blood as well as police caps littered the scene.
A top official at the Federal Interior Ministry, Kamal Shah, says the attack is being investigated, but he dismissed criticism that poor security arrangements led to the deadly bombing
Doctors have described conditions of some of those wounded in the attack as critical, saying the death toll could go up.
Exercise A:
This news item is about a suicide bomber that targets police in Pakistan’s capital.
Exercise B:
A Suicide Bombing
Bombing area: in a central part of Pakistan’s capital city
Casualties: The suicide bomber has killed at least 15 people and injured more than 22 others
?Bombing target: a group of policemen who were guarding a big meeting of Islamic activists.
The horrific scenes: Most of the deaths happened instantly and body parts, pools of blood as well as police caps littered the scene.
The investigation into the cause of the bombing: A top official at the Federal Interior Ministry says the attack is being investigated, but he dismissed criticism that poor security arrangements led to the deadly bombing.
Doctors’ description: They said conditions of some of those wounded in the attack are critical and the death toll could go up.
News Item 2
Reports say at least one person was killed and several others hurt in clashes between Indonesian soldiers and police on Borneo Island. Officials say the clashes may have resulted from a lack of understanding. Shooting began when thousands of people attempted to get on ships to leave the