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BOOK SEVEN, REVIEW ONE
N: Review One. For this lesson,
you'll need a pencil and a
piece of paper.
Jake telephones his friend
Marion, a travel agent. He
realizes he'll need hotel
reservations for him and Mike in
Dallas. Listen to the conversation.
ROBIN: Prospect Travel, Robin
speaking. Can I help you?
JAKE: Hi, Robin. This is Jake
Seltzer. Let me speak to
Marion, please.
ROBIN: It's for you, Marion. Jake
Seltzer.
MARION: Hi, Jake. What can I do
for you?
JAKE: Hi. Listen, Marion, Mike
and I are going to need a
hotel in Dallas for
tomorrow night.
Something near the
airport. Any suggestions?
MARION: Let me ask Robin. He was
in Dallas last week.
Robin, can you suggest a
hotel near the Dallas
airport? It's just for one
night.
ROBIN: There's the Hilton where I
stay, but that's in town.
Wait, let me check my
list. There's the. . .
N: Now listen and repeat.
M: let me
Let me speak to Marion.
Let me speak to Marion.
F: let me
Let me ask Robin.
Let me ask Robin.
M: let me
Let me check my list.
Let me check my list.
N: Let me is a way of asking for
permission or expressing the
desire for something. Let's
practice this form. You hear. . .
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M: I want to speak to Marion.
N: And you say. . .
F: Let me speak to Marion.
N : You hear. . .
M: I want to check my list.
N: And you say. . .
F: Let me check my list.
N: Ready? Let's begin.
M: I want to speak to Marion.
F: Let me speak to Marion.
M: I want to check my list.
F: Let me check my list.
M: I want to ask Robin.
F: Let me ask Robin.
M: I want to go to Dallas.
F: Let me go to Dallas.
M: I want to interview Abbott
Larkin.
F: Let me interview Abbott Larkin. M: I want to hold your hand.
F: Let me hold your hand.
M: I want to make you smile.
F: Let me make you smile.
N: Mike and Connie meet in the cafeteria. Listen to their conversation.
MIKE: I hate Texas. I really don't
F:want to go.
CONNIE: I know. Dallas is awful. But
N:
it's just for one day, Mike.
F:
And Jake really needs you.
N:
MIKE: I realize that it's important, F:
but still. . . You know, I
like new places and all . . .
N:
but Dallas. And just to
F:
interview some
businessman. I mean . . .
N:
CONNIE: I know, I know, Mike. You
F:
want to ski the Rockies,
sail the Caribbean. . .
N:
Right?
F:
MIKE: No, no! Please. . .
Ski the Alps, sail the
N:
Mediterranean.
F:
CONNIE: Yeah, me too. Why doesn't
Abbott Larkin do business
N:
in Monte Carlo, huh?
F:
N: Now listen and repeat.
F: the Alps
N:
You want to ski the Alps.
I know. You want to ski the
Alps.
the Mediterranean
You want to sail the
Mediterranean.
I know. You want to sail the
Mediterranean.
N: The names of mountain ranges
like Alps or Rockies take the
definite article the: the Rockies. Or when the name begins with a vowel: A-E-I-O-U, as in Alps or Andes, you pronounce the definite article the: the Alps, the Andes. We also use the definite article with most bodies of water: rivers, canals, oceans, and seas, like the Mediterranean, or the Caribbean. Don't forget the rule for names that begin with a vowel: the Atlantic Ocean, the Amazon River.
Now let's practice these names. I say, "Caribbean." And you
say.. .
F: I know. You want to sail the
Caribbean.
N: I say, "Alps." And you say. . .
F: I know. You want to ski the
Alps.
N: When it's a body of water, use the verb sail. When it's a mountain range, use the verb ski. And don't forget the rule about the and the. Ready? Let's begin. Caribbean.
I know. You want to sail the Caribbean.
Alps.
I know. You want to ski the Alps. Mediterranean.
I know. You want to sail the Mediterranean.
Amazon River.
I know. You want to sail the Amazon River.
Himalaya Mountains.
I know. You want to ski the Himalaya Mountains.
Andes Mountains.
I know. You want to ski the Andes Mountains.
Arabian Sea.
I know. You want to sail the Arabian Sea.
Nile River.
I know. You want to sail the
Nile River.
N ow take a piece of paper and a pencil. Mike and Jake are at LaGuardia Airport waiting for their flight to Dallas. Listen to
the flight announcements and write down the important information. First write the name of the airline: for example,
TWA; then the flight number:
for example. Flight 122; next the
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destination: for example, Los Angeles; and finally the gate number: for example, Gate 12. That's airline, flight number, destination, and departure gate number.
OK, are you ready? Let's go to LaGuardia Airport.
F: May I have your attention please? The following flights are ready for departure: TWA Flight number 122 for Los Angeles is now boarding at Gate 12. That's Gate 12 for those on TW A's Flight 1-2-2 for Los Angeles. Please have your boarding passes ready.
Passengers for United Air Flight number 619 for New Orleans, please go to Gate 23. They're ready to board. Again, that's Gate 23 for United passengers to New Orleans on Flight 6-1-9. Western Airlines Flight 736, that's 7-3-6, for Detroit is now ready to depart from Gate 4. Western Airlines passengers for Detroit on Flight 736 are requested to go to Gate 4 for immediate boarding.
For those passengers traveling to Dallas on American, Flight 295, please proceed to Gate 18. They're ready for boarding. That's American leaving from Gate.. .
JAKE: Hey, that's us!
MIKE: Shhhh! !
F: . . .2-9-5 to Dallas departing
immediately. Passengers for Honolulu, your plane is now ready for boarding at . . .
MIKE: Let's go . . .
JAKE: Did you catch the gate
number?
MIKE: Yeah. It's 18, Gate 18.
N: Now let's check what you've written.
F: TWA, Flight 122, Los Angeles,
Gate 12.
United, Flight 619, New Orleans, Gate ~3.
Western, Flight 736, Detroit, Gate 4.
American, Flight 295, Dallas, Gate 18.
N: Now let's do a true-or-false exercise. When the answer is true, you say "True." When the answer is false, you say "False"
and make the correction. For
example, you hear . . .
F: Western Flight 736 is going to
Detroit.
N: And you say. . .
M: True.
N: You hear. . .
F: The TW A flight to Los Angeles
is departing from Gate 7.
N: And you say. . .
M: False. It's departing from Gate
12.
N: Ready? Let's go.
F: Western Flight 736 is going to
Detroit.
M: True.
F: The TW A flight to Los Angeles
is departing from Gate 7.
M: False. It's departing from Gate
12.
F: United Air's Flight 619 is
departing for Honolulu.
M: False. It is departing for New
Orleans.
F: Mike and Jake are flying Western
to Dallas.
M: False. They're flying American to
Dallas.
F: TW A Flight 122 will land in Los
Angeles.
M: True.
F: The flight to Detroit leaves from
Gate 12.
M: False. It leaves from Gate 4.
F: There's a flight departing for
Honolulu.
M: True.
N: This is the end of Review One.
