Listen To This1Preparatory Lesson Three

A. Numbers:

1. seventeen

2. seventy

3. a hundred and forty-eight

4. two thousand and seventy

5. three thousand four hundred and ninety-two

6. twenty-one

7. thirty-nine

8. four hundred and twenty-two thousand

9. three hundred and six

10. nineteen thousand

11. ninety thousand

12. two hundred and twenty-two thousand two hundred and twenty-nine

13. a hundred and forty-six thousand

14. thirty-eight thousand

15. two thousand six hundred and sixty

16. five hundred and four thousand

17. a hundred and eighty-five thousand six hundred and sixty

18. twenty-three percent

B. Easyway Shopping List:

(A television advertisement)

Do you want a new dress, a coat, a pair of shoes? See what you can order from your Easyway Catalogue. Now fill in your Easyway shopping list. You can find women's sweaters on Page 4. You can find women's shoes on Page 7. You can find men's suits on Page 13. Now women's coats, Page 5. Men's coats, Page 15. Children's coats, Page 55. Men's trousers, Page 14. Baby clothes, Page 40. Children's dresses, Page 44, Men's sweaters, Page 16. Children's shoes, Page 60. Look at the Catalogue. You can find clothes for all the family. Welcome to Easyway Shopping. We'll send you another catalogue next month.

Key to Exercises.

A. Numbers. Listen to the tape and write down the numbers.

1. 17 2. 70 3. 148 4. 2,070

5. 3,492 6. 21 7. 39 8. 422,000

9. 306 10. 19,000 11. 90,000 12. 222,229

13. 146,000 14. 38,000 15. 2,660 16. 504,000

17. 185,660 18. 23%

B. Fill in your Easyway shopping list.

1.Women's sweaters: page 4

2. Women's shoes: page 7

3. Men's suits: page 13

4. Women's coats: page 5

5. Men's coats: page 15

6. Children's coats: page 55

7. Men's trousers: page 14

8. Baby clothes: page 40

9. Children's dresses: page 44

10. Men's sweaters: page 16

11. Children's shoes: page 60

Section Two:

A. Dialogues.

Dialogue 1:

Joanna: Where did you go yesterday?

Frank: I went to Croydon.

Joanna: Did you go shopping?

Frank: No, I went for an interview.

Joanna: Oh, did you get a job?

Frank: Yes, I got a job as a Management Trainee.

Joanna: Fantastic.

Dialogue 2:

Angela: How did you get on in your exam?

Bob: I failed.

Angela: Oh, I am sorry. What are you going to do now?

Bob: I'm going to take it again, of course.

Angela: When are you going to take it?

Bob: I'm definitely not going to take it until next year.

Dialogue 3:

Assistant: Good morning.

Tim: Good morning. Would you have a look at this watch, please? It doesn't keep good time.

Assistant: Yes, of course.

Dialogue 4:

Gaby: Let's have a party.

Edward: What a good idea. When shall we have it?

Gaby: What about Saturday evening?

Edward: Fine, and where shall we have it?

Gaby: In your flat.

Edward: Oh, you know what my landlady's like. She won't let us have a party there.

Gaby: Let's ask Doris. Perhaps we can have it in her flat.

B. Monologue:

My husband and I don't like the schools in our area. We don't think the teachers are very good, and the children don't learn very much. Some children at these schools can't read, it's terrible. Go to the schools and look: the children fight; some of them even smoke and drink. No, our children can have a better education at home with us. After all, we are both teachers.

Key to Exercises.

A. Dialogues. Answer the following questions for each of the dialogues.

Dialogue 1:

1. What did he go to Croydon for?

Answer: For an interview.

2. What job did he get?

Answer: He got a job as a Management Trainee.

Dialogue 2:

Why is Bob going to take the exam next year?

Answer: Because he failed this year.

Dialogue 3:

1. What did Tim ask the other man to do for him?

Answer: Tim asked the other man to have a look at his watch.

2. What’s wrong with his watch?

Answer: It doesn’t keep good time.

Dialogue 4:

1. When are they going to have the party?

Answer: Saturday evening.

2. Why did Edward refuse to have it in his flat?

Answer: Because he didn’t think his landlady would allow them to have it there.

B. Monologue. True or False Questions. Write a T in front of a statement if it is true according to the recording and write an F if it is false.

1. ( F ) The schools in our area are not good, but the teachers are very good.

2. ( F ) The children at these schools don't like to learn.

3. ( F ) Few children at these schools can read.

4. ( T ) The children at these schools often fight and some even smoke and drink.

5. ( F ) Our children are lucky because they can have a better education at home, since we are both teachers working at these schools.

Section Three:

Dictation. Dictate the following six groups of words or phrases.

Group 1:

1. object 2. get dark 3. music 4. grow

5. sunshine 6. bright 7. place 8. electricity

9. coffee 10. evening 11. relax 12. expensive

13. cheap 14. repair

Group 2:

1. someone 2. chase 3. brush 4. teeth

5. throw out 6. sharpen 7. homework 8. bathroom

9. run 10. warm 11. trash 12. go to bed

Group 3:

1. glasses 2. indoors 3. outdoors

4. grass 5. food

Group 4: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

1. more 2. between 3. beside 4. refrigerator

5. below 6. on the left 7. egg 8. next to the last

9. shelf 10. pillow 11. pair of

Group 5:

1. put 2. sheet 3. lying down 4. eye

5. using 6. smiling 7. below 8. older

9. couch

Group 6:

1. family 2. father 3. mother 4. husband

5. pair of shorts 6. tree 7. backyard 8. son

9. daughter 10. sister 11. flowers 12. chase

13. sun 14. cloud 15. children 16. call

17. supper 18. time