BOOK TWELVE,
LESSON TWELVE
N: This is Lesson Twelve.
Listen to part of the conversation
during and after a broadcast at
WEFL. First, you'll hear Jake
finishing his news report. Then
you'll hear Steven and Jake
talking about the report and the
good things that will happen
because of it. Do they use more
active-voice verbs or more
passive-voice verbs? Listen.
JAKE: . . . and so it was decided
earlier today. No apartment
buildings will be built on
the land at the Nature
Center. Thomas Ames's
project was not approved.
And that's our news for
tonight. I'm Jake
Seltzer . . .
STEVEN: Great job.
JAKE: Yeah, it feels good. Once in
a while you get to do a story
that means something.
Because of our story, the
water and land at the
Nature Center won't be
polluted. The animals at
the farm won't be
killed . . .
STEVEN: And the station wasn't
sabotaged again.
N: Well, did they use more active-
. voice verbs or more passive-voice
verbs? If you said "passive-voice
verbs," you were right. Now
listen and repeat.
M: It was decided earlier today.
It was decided earlier today.
on the land at the Nature Center
no apartment buildings will be
built
No apartment buildings will be
built on the land at the Nature
Center.
No apartment buildings will be
built on the land at the Nature
Center.
F: Thomas Ames's project was not
approved.
Thomas Ames's project was not
approved.
The water and land at the
Nature Center won't be polluted.
The water and land at the
Nature Center won't be polluted.
The animals at the farm won't be
killed.
The animals at the farm won't be:
killed.
M: And the station wasn't sabotaged
again.
And the station wasn't sabotaged
again.
N: Now you're going to hear a
sentence that is either in the
active voice or in the passive
voice. Repeat the sentence,
changing it to the opposite form.
For example, you hear. . .
F: The factory won't pollute the
water.
N: And you say. . .
M: The water won't be polluted by
the factory.
N: Or you hear. . .
F: The building project wasn't
approved by the town.
N: And you say. . .
M: The town didn't approve the
building project.
N: All right, let's begin.
F: The factory won't pollute the
water.
M: The water won't be polluted by
the factory.
F: The building project wasn't
approved by the town.
M: The town didn't approve the
building project.
F: The animals weren't killed by
the land owner.
M: The land owner didn't kill the
animals.
F: Chris found the deed to the
property.
M: The deed to the property was
found by Chris.
F: Chris's discovery saved the
Nature Center.
M: The Nature Center was saved by
Chris's discovery.
F: The station wasn't sabotaged by
Terry and Rita.
M: Terry and Rita didn't sabotage
the station.
N: Now listen to part of the
dialogue between Rita and Terry.
During the conversation Rita
tells Terry that he should have
something examined. What is it?
Listen.
RITA: Do you have a lot more work
to do?
TERRY: I'll be done in a few minutes.
Hey, you look beautiful.
RITA: Really? You should have your
eyes examined.
TERRY: No, really. Your hair looks
very pretty.
RITA: I had it done at the beauty
parlor. Do you like it?
TERRY: Very much.
RITA: Good. Now do me a favor
and take me to lunch.
N: What was it that Rita said Terry
should have examined? His eyes.
When we say. . .
RITA: You should have your eyes
examined.
N: We don't always mean it in a
serious way. Rita just means that
she doesn't agree with Terry that
she looks beautiful. However,
sometimes when we think a
person has something wrong with
a part of the body, we do tell
that person he or she should
have that part of the body
examined. Now you hear. . .
F: I'm having trouble reading. The
letters don't appear very clear to
me.
N: And you say. . .
M: You should have your eyes
examined.
N: Or you hear. . .
F: I don't seem to hear very well
these days. Everything sounds far
away.
N: And you say. . .
M: You should have your ears
examined.
N: All right? Let's begin.
F: I'm having trouble reading. The
letters don't appear very clear to
me.
M: You should have your eyes
examined.
F: I don't seem to hear very well
these days. Everything sounds far
away.
M: You should have your ears
examined.
F: I'm having trouble smelling
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things. I don't seem able
to smell as well as I used to.
M: You should have your nose
examined.
F: My arm is bothering me.
Most of the time it doesn't hurt.
But sometimes I get a pain
when I move it.
M: You should have your arm
examined.
F: There's a soreness every time I
try to swallow. And my voice
sounds lower than usual.
M: You should have your throat
examined.
F: When I try to walk, I get this
burning feeling and pains just
below my ankles.
M: You should have your feet
examined.
N: Now let's have a little spelling review,
just to make sure you know how
some parts of the body should be written.
You'll hear a word,
and then you give the correct spelling.
OK? Let's begin.
M: Eyes.
F: E - Y - e - s.
M: Ears.
F: E - a - r - s.
M: Nose.
F: N - 0 - s - e.
M: Elbow.
F: E-I-b-o-w.
M: Throat.
F: T - h - r - 0 - a - t.
M: Feet.
F: F - e - e - t.
N: Now to end this lesson, let's
listen to the end of the conversation
between Rita and Terry.
What is the expression that Rita uses
to indicate that she is very hungry? Listen.
TERRY: The show will be edited in a
few minutes.
RITA: Please hurry up, Terry. I'm
so hungry, I could eat a
horse.
TERRY: So why go out? Why don't
we have some food
delivered?
RITA: Eat lunch here? Nothing
ever changes. I'll never get
out of this place.
N: Well, what was the expression
that Rita used to indicate
that she was very hungry? It was this. one.. .
RITA: I'm so hungry, I could eat a
horse.
N: Now you're going to hear some
sentences, some of which use
expressions you have studied.
Some of the articles-a, an,
or the-will be left out. Repeat the
sentence putting in the missing article.
For example, you hear.. .
M: The show will be edited in . . .
few minutes.
N: And you say ...
F: The show will be edited in a few
minutes.
N: Or you hear. . .
M: I'm so hungry, I could eat. . . .
horse.
N: And you say. . .
F: I'm so hungry, I could eat a
horse.
N: All right, let's begin.
M: The show will be edited in. . .
few minutes.
F: The show will be edited in a few
minutes.
M: I'm so hungry, I could eat. . .
horse.
F: I'm so hungry, I could eat a
horse.
M: He really got hot under. . .
collar.
F: He really got hot under the
collar.
M: A lot of things are up in . . . air
right now.
F: A lot of things are up in the air
right now.
M: He flew into. . . rage.
F: He flew into a rage.
M: Am I making. . . big mistake?
F: Am I making a big mistake?
M: I know this place like. . . back
of my hand.
F: I know this place like the back of
my hand.
M: Do me. . . favor and take me to
lunch?
F: Do me a favor and take me to
hinch?
M: To tell you. . . truth, I'm glad
it's over.
F: To tell you the truth, I'm glad
it's over.
N: And now that we've come to the
end of our English course,
tell the truth. Are you glad it's over?
Well, to tell the truth, I
'm glad it's over, in a way.
There was a
lot of hard work involved.
But in another way,
I'm sad it's over,
as well. We've come a long way
together and learned a lot too.
And I hope you agree
with me that it was a valuable experience.
This is the end of Lesson Twelve.