e.g. Yesterday morning the milkman brought four pints of milk.
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Say these phrases.
| hot water knock at the door stop talking a bottle of port | four o'clock a tall bottle a small shop talk to the doctor |
Practice this interview for a job.
A - Why do you want a job with the Northern Record.
B - I'd like to become a sports reporter. I always read the Northern Record. I saw your job advertisement. So I filled in an application form.
A - What other jobs have you done?
B - I've got a job in a sports shop, at the moment. Last August, I was a hotel porter. It was a holiday job, in a seaside resort.
A - Are you interested in sport?
B - Yes, I like watching football. I always watch my local football team when they play at the Sports Centre. I also watch sport on television quite often. And I go jogging every morning.
A - Right. Now, I'll tell you what this job involves…..
Practice this conversation.
A - Sorry to bother you, but I'm looking for the office of the local newspaper, the Northern Record.
B - It's opposite the Town Hall. Go along this road. At the crossroads, turn left. Then there's a department store called Potters. Opposite Potters, there's a small street. Walk up there, and you'll see the Town Hall on the right. The Northern Record office is opposite.
A - Is it a long way?
B - No, it's not far to walk.
A - Thank you very much.
B - Not at all.
UNIT 29
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Practice this conversation.
A – Could you go and post this letter, please?
B – I can’t go out. It’s snowing, and I’ve got a cold.
A – Blow your nose, and put your coat on. You’ll be OK.
B – I’ll get frozen.
A – Only if you go slowly. Walk quickly.
B – I can’t walk quickly. The ground is frozen. It’s like the South Pole.
A – Oh, stop moaning. I’ll go.
2. Pronounce B’s statements. He is making strong, definite statements, and his voice falls.
It’s snowing.
I’ll get frozen.
Now say the following statements with a strong falling intonation.
I don’t know where the post office is.
I’ve got a cold.
I haven’t got a coat.
It’s too cold.
The ground is frozen.
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Practice this conversation.
A - Hello, you're Gloria, aren't you? Mr Walker's small daughter?
B - Yes, I'm Gloria Walker. But I'm not small any more. I'm four and three-quarters.
A - Yes, you are quite tall, for four and three-quarters.
B - I'm taller than my friend Gordon, and he's five and quarter.
A - Does Gordon live next door?
B - No. We live at number forty, and he lives at forty- four.
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Say these phrases.
| roast pork an open door a stone wall a cold hall | North Pole an awful joke a small hotel an important notice |
UNIT 30
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Practice this extract from a radio programme.
JUDITH BROOKES: In the Food Programme studio today, we have two cooks, Julian Woolf and Susan Fuller. They are going to choose Christmas presents for a new cook. Julian Woolf, your kitchen is full of useful tools. If you could choose just two things for a new cook, what would you choose?
JULIAN WOOLF: I'd choose a fruit juice maker. You just put the fruit in and it produces fruit juice. It's super. And secondly, I'd choose a really good butcher's knife. Every cook could do with a good knife.
SUSAN FULLER: I'd choose a good cookery book, full of beautiful pictures. He could look at the book, and it would give him good ideas. And secondly, I'd choose a computer.
2. Notice the interviewer's rising intonation on the question.
SUSAN FULLER: I'd choose a computer.
JUDITH BROOKES: A computer?
SUSAN FULLER: Yes, it would be useful, to keep a record of recipes and menus.
In groups, each person should choose something from the list below to give a new cook. Think of a reason for your choice. Then make conversations like one above.
a corkscrew a big, blue, butcher's apron a pudding basin
a wooden spoon a souffle dish an ice cream scoop
