R3.2
BOOK THREE, REVIEW TWO
N: Review Two.
Well, Sam, take a piece of paper and a pencil.
We begin today with an interview with Susan's grandmother.
You remember her.
She lives in New York.
The one who loves Mexican beer.
Her name is Katherine Webster.
Listen to the interview.
Here she is.
M: Here we are in New York.
We're talking with Mrs. Katherine Webster.
She just had a birthday.
Kitty: Hi! How're you doing?
M: Congratulations!
Listen, I just want to say that I think you're a really great lady, Mrs. Webster, and-
Kitty: Please, call me Kitty.
M: OK, Kitty... I want to know more about you.
Kitty: Like what?
M: Well, I know you're eighty-one. And you were born on ...
Kitty: May fifteenth. Yes, I was born on the fifteenth of May.
M: In what year?
Kitty: In nineteen ten . . . in the year nineteen ten.
M: I can't believe it.
You look so young!
And where were you born, Mrs. -
I mean, Kitty?
Kitty: Oh, I was born in Ireland.
In Dublin, Ireland.
N: Now some pronunciation practice.
Listen and repeat.
M: eleven
eleventh
February eleventh
F: twelve
twelfth
February twelfth
M: thirteen
thirteenth
March thirteenth
F: fourteen
fourteenth
April fourteenth
M: When were you born?
F: I was born
on May fifteenth
I was born (这里原文丢了两个句子，已经修改）
on May fifteenth
I was born on May fifteenth
nineteen ten
I was born on May fifteenth, nineteen ten.
M: Where were you born?
F: I was born
I was born in Ireland.
N: OK, Sam, take a pencil and a piece of paper. Ready?
Now write only the names and dates of some famous people as Mrs.Webster -
I mean, Kitty - reads the following information.
Just the names and dates, OK?
You can check your answers at the end.
Let's go.
Kitty: First comes Thomas Edison.
He was born on February eleventh,
eighteen forty-seven.
Yes, the eleventh of February in the year eighteen forty-seven.
Next comes Abraham Lincoln,
the sixteenth President of the United States.
He was born in eighteen nine on February twelfth.
That's the twelfth of eighteen O nine.
Well,
we need some famous women on this list.
Let's see... there's the famous opera singer,
Maria Callas.That's M-a-r-i-a C-a-I-l-a-s.
She was born just three weeks before Christmas on December fourth, nineteen twenty-three.
Next comes John
F：Kennedy, K-e-n-n-e-d-y ...
not the son, the father ... the one who was President.
He was born in the month of May.
In fact, the date is May twenty-ninth, nineteen something.
Let me see...
oh, yes.
It was in nineteen seventeen. . .
May twenty-ninth, nineteen seventeen.
Last on the list is Marilyn Monroe, M-o-n-r-o-e.
She was born in California on the first of June, nineteen twenty-six.
N: Have you got all that, Sam?
Here's the list again.
Kitty: Thomas Edison - February eleventh, eighteen forty-seven.
Abraham Lincoln - February twelfth, eighteen-oh-nine.
Maria Callas - December fourth, nineteen twenty-three.
John F. Kennedy - May twenty-ninth, nineteen seventeen.
Marilyn Monroe - June first, nineteen twenty-six.
N: Now I say, "When was Abraham Lincoln born?"
And you say. . .
F: He was born on February twelfth, eighteen-oh-nine.
N: I say, "Was that on the thirteenth?"
And you say. . .
F: No, that was on the twelfth.
N: Ready? Let's begin.
When was Abraham Lincoln born?
F: He was born on February twelfth,
Eighteen-oh-nine.
N: Was that on the thirteenth?
F: No, that was on the twelfth.
N: When was Thomas Edison born?
F: He was born on February eleventh, Eighteen forty-seven.
N: Was that in eighteen thirty-seven?
F: No, that was in eighteen forty-seven.
N: When was Maria Callas born?
F: She was born on December fourth, nineteen twenty-three.
N: Was that in November?
F: No, that was in December.
N: How about Marilyn Monroe?
When was she born?
F: She was born on June first, Nineteen twenty-six.
N: Was that on the third of June?
F: No, that was on the first of June.
N: How about John F. Kennedy?
When was he born?
F: He was born on May twenty-ninth, nineteen seventeen.
N: Was that in April?
F: No, that was in May.
N: Finally, do you remember when Kitty Webster was born?
When was Kitty Webster born, Sam?
That's right.
She was born on May fifteenth, nineteen ten.
And where was she born?
Good! She was born in Dublin, Ireland.
How about you, Sam? When were you born?
And where were you born, Sam?
John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, etc., were all famous Americans.
But what were they famous for?
I'm sure you already know.
Let's see. I say,
"Who was Thomas Edison?"
And you say....
F: He was an inventor.
N: Easy, huh? Ready? Let's begin.
Who was Thomas Edison?
F: He was an inventor.
N: Who was Maria Callas?
F: She was an opera singer.
N: And who were Abraham Lincoln
and John F. Kennedy?
F: They were Presidents of the United States.
N: How about Marilyn Monroe. Who was she?
F: She was a movie actress.
N: Very good, Sam;
now we know why these people were famous,
And, yes, we know when they were born.
But we don't know where they were born.
You ask, Sam.
OK? I say, "Thomas Edison."
And you say. . .
F: Where was Thomas Edison born?
N: Ready? Thomas Edison.
F: Where was Thomas Edison born?
M: He was born in Ohio.
N: Abraham Lincoln.
F: Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
M: He was born in Kentucky.
N: Maria Callas.
F: Where was Maria Callas born?
M: She was born in New York.
N: Marilyn Monroe.
F: Where was Marilyn Monroe born?
M: She was born in California.
N: John F. Kennedy.
F: Where was John F. Kennedy born?
M: He was born in Massachusetts.
F: Where?
M: Massachusetts... Massachusetts.
N: Way to go, Sam!
This is the end of Review Two.
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