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UNIT 18 STUDYING Lesson 35 Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises

PartⅠ Warming-up Exercises

A. Numbers

Training Focus:

Identifying numbers with seven to nine digits

Directions : This drill is for practice in writing numbers with seven to nine digits. For easy reading and writing, numbers of more than four digits are separated by commas into groups of three digits each, for example, 2, 347, 221. Listen carefully. Say the number over to yourself after you hear it. Then write it down as rapidly as you can.

Key:

1. 6,752,431               2.3,312,765             3. 9,879,041

4. 2,007,009               5.12,456,800           6.50,060,120

7. 44,731,556             8. 68,238,730          9.140,732,554

10. 164,504,832         11.193,116,583         12.150,040,070

13. 647,325,360          14. 730,004,015       15. 343,506,104

16.975,075,055

B. Difficult Sentences

Directions: You are going to hear some sentences chosen from the comprehension material in this lesson. Complete the sentences with what you hear on the tape.

1. Neither Simon nor I have a gift for languages. People just laugh at us when we attempt to speak German.

2. We'd both studied the language before we came, and we only needed to brush it up a bit.  

Part Ⅱ ShortDialogues

Part Ⅲ LinguisticTalent

Lesson 35

 Ex.

Directions: Decide whether the statements are true or false.

Key: 1.T 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. T 7. F 8. F

Tapescript:

Linguistic Talent(50″)  

Betty: Why weren't you at the German class last night, Joan? Have you given up?

Joan: Well, no…I came back late yesterday and found Simon asleep in the chair. He'd been writing reports all day 1ong and he was too worn out to go out again, so we gave the lesson a miss.

Betty: You've missed quite a lot of lessons lately, haven't you? Are you losing your enthusiasm?

Joan: Yes, I'm afraid so. Neither Simon nor I have a gift for languages. People just laugh at us when we attempt to speak German. How did you and Eric pick it up so quickly and easily? You've hardly been in Germany a month.

Betty: It was neither quick nor easy, I assure you. We'd both studied the language before we came, and we only needed to brush it up a bit.

Joan: Anyway, all out friends here speak English fluently so we don't really need to learn German.  

Lesson 35

Ex. Ⅰ

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words you hear on the tape.

Key: (see tapescript)

Ex. Ⅱ

Directions: Choose a,b,or c to complete each statement.Key:1. b 2. c

Ex. Ⅲ

Directions: Give brief answers to the questions.

Key: 1. In a clothing store. 2. size, wear, dress, store 3. At a garage. 4. fixed, flat tire, nail

Tapescript:

Short Dialogues (1′3″)

(for practice in drawing inferences )

Dialogue 1

A:I have a roll of film to be developed.

B: All right. Your name ?

A: Mary Wright. W-r-i-g-h-t. How long does it take?

B: It takes two full days. Come back Wednesday after 5:00.

Dialogue 2

A: Now, what seems to be the trouble, Mrs. Step hens?

B: I've been very dizzy lately, and last night I had some chest pain.

Dialogue 3

A: What size do you wear?

B: A twelve.

A: Oh, you're lucky. I have the prettiest dress in the store in a twelve. Here it is. Why don't you try it on?

Dialogue 4

A: Carl, have you fixed that flat tire yet? The owner's here.

B: Yeah, it's all done. It had a nail in it.