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BOOK THREE LESSON EIGHT
N: Lesson Eight. Hello, Sam. ls et,hl sm
For this lesson, f ts ls
you need a pencil and a piece of paper. y nd[a] pc ad[a] pc[o]f pp
Listen to the conversation. ls t t cvst
between Susan and Carol at Edna’s, exercise class. bt ss a crl a[t] eds excs cls
SUSAN: Pretend this is a camera. pt tss[a] cmr
Look at the camera. lk[a] t cmr
Look at your notes, but don't read them. lk[a]t[y] nt,b d[t] r[d] t
Smile at the camera. OK. Try something. sml[a] t cmr,ok,t smt
CAROL: All right. a rt
Ummm . . . two men entered a bank and stole five million dollars. u,t m etd[a] bk[a] st fv ml dls
There was a fire on Fifty-Seventh Street last night. t ws[a] f o fft svt st ls nt
SUSAN: Good. But look at the camera. g,b lk[a] t cmr,
Try it again. tyt[a]g
N: OK, Sam. ok,sm
Now some pronunciation practice. n sm pncat prctc
Listen and repeat. ls a rpt
F: look lk
look at lk[a]
Look at the camera. lk[a] t cmr
Look look at your lk lk[a]t[y]
Look at your notes. lk[a]t[y] nt
N: Very good, Sam. vr gd,sm
Now we're going back to Edna's exercise class. n wr g bk t eds excs cls
EDNA: Hello there. Welcome to my exercise Class. hl t,wc t m excs cls
N: Hello, Edna. This is Sam. hl,ed,tss sm
EDNA: Hi, Sam! h,sm
N: Well, let's begin, Edna. w,lt bg,ed
What do you want us to do? wt[d] y wts t d
EDNA: Just do what l say. js d wt s
Ready, Sam? Here we go. Smile! rd,s,h w g ,sml
N: Come on, Sam. Smile! cme[o],sm,sml
EDNA: Look at the door. lt[a] t d
Look at the table. lk[a] t tb
Look at the window. lk[a] t wd
Look at the floor. lk[a] t flr
Close your eyes. cls[y] eys
N: Come on, Sam. cm[o],sm
Close your eyes! cls yr[e]s
EDNA: Open your eyes. op yr[e]s
Look at your left hand. lk[a]t[y] lf h[d]
Look at your right hand. lk[a]t[y] rt h[d]
Look at your feet. lk[a]t[y] f[t]
Look at your book. lk[a]t[y] b[k]
Look at your watch. lk[a]t[y] wt
Smile. sml
N: OK, OK. That's enough for now. Whew! ok,ok,tt eng f n,w
That was very good, Sam. tt ws vr gd,s
Now,Susan calls Carol to see how her audition went. n,ss cs crl t s h h adt wt
Listen to the telephone conversation. ls t t tlp cvst
Just listen. jst ls
SUSAN: Hello, Carol? hl,crl
CAROL: Hi, Susan. h,ss
SUSAN: Well? How did it go? w,h dd[]t g
Were you nervous? w y nvs
CAROL: Not really. n rl
It went OK. i wt ok
I wore the dress. i w t ds
SUSAN: The one I gave you? t o i gv y
CAROL: Yeah. It looked great. y,it lk[d] grt
SUSAN: I'm sure you were terrific. im s y w trfc
CAROL: Did they say anything? d[t] s ant
Mike said it was good. mk sdt ws gd
SUSAN: Really? That's great. rl,tt grt
N: OK, Sam. ok,sm
Listen and repeat. ls ad rpt
M: It went OK. it wt[o]k
Carol wore crl w
Carol wore the dress. crl w t ds
F: the one t o
The one Susan gave her. t o ss gv[h]
M: Mike said mk sd
Mike said it was good. mk sd ws gd
N: That was easy, wasn't it, Sam? tt ws es,wst,sm
Now I say, "Did Carol's audition go badly?” n i s,d crs adt g bdl
And you say…No,he said it was good. ad[y] s,n,it wt[o]k
N: I say, "Did Mike says it was awful?” is,d[d] mk ss ws af
And you say… ad y s
F: No, he said it was good. n,h sd ws gd
N: Ready? Let's begin. rd,ls bg
Did Carol's audition go badly? d crs adt g bdl
M: No, it went OK. n,it wt ok
N: Did Mike say it was awful? dd mk sy ws af
F: No, he said it was good. n,h sd ws gd
N: Did Carol wear a skirt and sweater? dd crl wr[a] skt[a] swt
M: No, she wore a dress. n,s wr[a] ds
N: The one Linda gave her? t o ld gv[h]
F: No, the one Susan gave her. n,t o ss gv[h]
N: Did it look terrible? dd lk trb
M: No, it looked great. n,it lk[d] grt
N: Very nice, Sam. wr nc,sm
Now were going to the Boston Garden n w g t t bst gd
where the Celtics are playing the Los Angeles Lakers. w t ctcs[a] pl t ls[a]gls lks
Listen. Just listen. ls,jst ls
M: Welcome, basketball lovers. wcm,bstb lv
It's halftime here at the Boston it hftm hr[a] t bst gd w t lks a ls t t ctcs
Garden where the Lakers are losing to the Celtics,
forty-eight to forty-two. ftet t ftt
I'm talking to Edna here. Hi, Edna. im tk t edn h,h,edn
EDNA: Hi. h,
M: Edna's from Stamford where she teaches exercise classes. edn f stf w s tc excs cls
EDNA: That's right. tt rt
I came to Boston just for the game. i cm t bst js f t gm
I was here last week when the Celtics played against the Pistons. i ws h ls wk w t ctcs pld[a]s t psts
What a great game! wt[a] grt gm
M: Yeah, great game. y,grt gm
The Celtics lost that one. t ctcs ls t o
The score was --- t sc ws
EDNA: No. They won. n,t w
They beat the Pistons. t b t psts
The score was Celtics ninety-eight, t sc ws ctcs ntet,
Pistons ninety-four. psts ntf
Two weeks ago they lost against the New York Knicks. t wks[a]g t lst[a]st t n yk kncs
Maybe you're thinking of that game. mb y tk[o] t gm
It was Knicks one hundred, i ws nnks o hdd,
Celtics ninety-nine. ctcs ntn
Billy Miles scored in the last two minutes to win it for the Knicks. bl mls scd t ls t mnt t wnt f t ncs
M: Oh. o
EDNA: Last month the Knicks played against the Pistons in New York. ls mt t ncs pld[a]gst t psts n yk
They lost that one. t ls t o
M: The Pistons lost? t psts ls[t]
EDNA: No. The Pistons won. n,t psts w
They beat the Knicks, t b t ncs
one hundred six to eighty-eight. o hdd sx t etet
Maybe you're thinking of the game mb yr tkn[o] t gm
where the Pistons played against the Lakers last Thursday. w t psts pld[a]gst t lks ls tsd
The Lakers won that game. t lks w t[t] gm
The score was ninety-six to---- t sc ws ntsx t
M: OK. Thank you very much, Edna. ok,tk y vr mc,en
EDNA: Pistons, ninety --- psts,nt
M: Thank you, Edna. tk y,en
Have a nice trip back to Stamford. hv[a] nc t[p] bk t stf
That's all for now. tt a f n
Back to the game… bk t t gm
N: OK, Sam. Edna loves basketball. ok,sm,en lvs bskb
She knows all the games and the scores. s ns a t gms[a] t scs
Take a piece of paper and a pencil, tk[a] pc[o] pp ad[a] pc
and write the information, a w t ifmt
that is,game numbers, names of teams. tts,gm nbs,nms[o]tms
Places where the teams are from, plcs w t tms[a] fm
and scores. Ready? a scs,rd
EDNA: Well, first here are the two teams in game one. w,fst[h] a t t tms gm o
Write them down, OK? r[t] tm d,n[o]
The Celtics. t clts
That's C-e-l-t-i-c-s, Celtics. tt celtics,clts
They're from Boston. tr fm bst
Then the Pistons. That's P-i-s-t-o-n-s, the Pistons. tn t psts,ts pistons,t psts
They play for Detroit. t pl f dtrt
OK. In game one, ok,i gm o
it was the Boston Celtics against the Detroit Pistons. it ws t bst clts ags t dt[t] psts
The Celtics won. t cltcs w
The score was Celtics ninety-eight to Pistons ninety-four. t sc ws cltcs ntet t psts ntfr
That was ninety-eight to ninety-four. OK? tt ws ntet t ntfr,ok
In the next game, game two, i t nx gm,gm t
we have the Knicks, that's K-n-i-c-k-s. w hv t ncs,tt knicks,
The Knicks t ncs
---they play for New York t pl f n yk
--- against the Celtics. ags t cltcs
They beat the Celtics, t b[t] t cltcs
one hundred to ninety-nine. o hdd t ntn
That was one hundred to ninety-nine. tt ws o hd[d] t ntn
Then--- t
N: Excuse me, Edna. excs m,en
Are you writing this down, Sam? a y wt ts d,sm
In the first game, the Celtics ninety-eight, Pistons ninety-four. i t fst gm,t clts ntet,psts ntf
In the second game,the Knicks one hundred, the Celtics ninety- nine. i t sc gm,t ncs o hdd,t cltcs ntn
EDNA: Then, in game three, tn,i gm tr
it was the Knicks against the Pistons. it ws t ncs[a]gs[t] t psts
N: That's the New York Knicks against the Detroit Pistons. tt t n y[k] ncs agst t drit psts
EDNA: Right! The Knicks lost. rt,t ncs lst
The Pistons won. t psts w
Pistons one hundred six. psts o hdd sx
Knicks eighty-eight. ncs etet
That's one hundred six to eighty-eight. OK? tt o hdd sx t etet,ok
In the last game, game four, i t ls[t] gm,gm f
the Pistons played the Lakers. t psts pld[t] lks
That's L-a-k-e-r-s. tt lakers
The Lakers play for Los Angeles. t lks pl f ls[a]gls
Well, the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Pistons … w,t ls[a]gls lks b[t] t psts
Lakers ninety-six, lks ntsx
Pistons ninety. psts nt
N: Do you have all that, Sam? How about repoeating,Edna? d y hv[a] tt,sm,hw[a]b rpt en
EDNA. OK. Game one: Celtics ninety-eight, Pistons ninety-four. ok,gm o,cltcs ntet,psts ntf
Game two: Knicks one hundred, Celtics ninety-nine. gm t,ncs o hdd,cltcs ntn
Game three: Pistons one hundred six, Knicks eighty-eight. gm tr,psts o hdd sx,ncs etet
Game four: Lakers ninety-six, Pistons ninety. gm fr,lks ntsx,psts nt
N: Do you have it, Sam? Good. d y hvt sm,gd
Now I say, n i s
"In game four, the Pistons beat the Lakers." i gm f,t psts b t lks
And you say… ad y s
F: No. In game four, the Pistons lost. The Lakers won. n,i gm fr,t psts ls[t],t lks w
N: I say, i s,
"In game two, the Knicks lost." i gm t,t ncs lst
And you say… ad y s
F: No. In game two, the Knicks won. The Celtics lost. n,i gm t,t ncs w,t cltcs lst
N: Ready? Let's begin. rd,lt bg
In game four the Pistons beat the Lakers. i gm fr t psts b t lks
F: No. In game four, the Pistons lost. n,i gm fr,t psts lst,
The Lakers won. t lks w
N: In game two, the Knicks lost. i gm t,t ncs lst
F: No. In game two, the Knicks won. n,i gm t,t ncs w
The Celtics lost. t cltcs lst
N: In game four, the Pistons played against the Celtics. i gm f,t psts pld[a]gst t cltcs
F: No. In game four, the Pistons played against the Lakers. n,i gm fr,t psts pld[a]gs t lks
N: The Pistons beat the Celtics in game one. t psts b t cltcs gm o
F: No. The Pistons lost. The Celtics won in game one. n,t psts ls[t],t cltcs wn gm o
N: The Knicks played against the Celtics in game three. t ncs pld[a]gs t cltcs gm tr
F: No. The Knicks played against the Pistons in game three. n,t ncs pld[a]gs t psts gm tr
N: How about in game four? hw[a]bt gm f
Did the Pistons beat the Lakers? d t psts b t lks
F: No. In game four, the Pistons lost. n,i gm fr,t psts ls[t]
The Lakers won. t lks w
N: Did the Celtics lose in game one? d t cltcs ls gm o
F: No. The Celtics won.The Pistons lost in game one. n,t cltcs w[n],t psts lst gm o
N: Did the Pistons win in game four? dd[t] psts wn gm fr
F: No. The Pistons lost.The Lakers won in game four. n,t psts ls[t],t lks wn gm fr
N: That was very good, Sam. tt ws vr gd,sm
Now, here are some true-or-false sentenses, n,hr[a] sm tofl stcs,
I say,the score in game one was Celtics ninety-eight, i s,t sc i gm o ws cltcs ntet
Pistons ninety-four." psts ntfr
And you say… ad[y] s
F: True. t
N: I say, "The -Knicks are from Boston. " i s,t ncs[a] fr bst
And you say… ad[y] s
F: False. fs
N: OK? Let's begin. ok,lt bg
The score in game one was Celtics ninety-eight, Pistons ninety-four. t sc i gm o ws ctcs ntet,psts ntf
F: True. t
N The Knicks are from Boston. t ncs[a] a fm bst
F: False. fs
N: In game three, i gm tr
the score was Pistons twenty-six, Knicks fifty- eight. t s ws psts ttsx,ncs ffty[e]t
F: False. fs
N: The Lakers are from Los Angeles. t lks a fm ls[a]gls
F: True. t
N: In game four, i gm fr
the Lakers lost, thirty-six to thirty. t lks lst,ttsx t tt
F: False. fs
N: The Pistons are from Pittsburgh. t psts[a] fm ps[t]bg
F: False. fs
N: The Pistons lost two games. t psts ls t gms
F: True. t
N: That was terrific, Sam. tt ws trfc,sm
Now some practice using the past tense. n sm prctc us t ps tns
I say, "I drink a lot of water." i s,i dk[a]lto]f wt
And you say… ad[y] s
F: I drank a lot of water. i dk[a]lt[o]f wt
N: Easy, huh? es,h
Ready? Let's go. rd,lt g
I drink a lot of water. i dk alt[o]f wt
M: I drank a lot of water. i dk a lt[o]f wt
N: She has a nice boyfriend. s h[a] nc bfrd
M: She had a nice boyfriend. s hd[a] nc bfrd
N: They know a lot of people. t nw[a] lt[o] pp
M: They knew a lot of people. t n a lt[o]f pp
N: You do excellent work. y d exclt wk
M: You did excellent work. y dd exlt wk
N: You break my heart. y brk m ht
M: You broke my heart. y brk m ht
N: It's a good lesson. it a gd ls
M: It was a good lesson. it ws[a] gd ls
N: That's all for now, Sam. tt a f n,sm
This is the end of Lesson Eight. tss t ed[o]f ls et