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Unit 12 Section One Tactics for Listening Part 1 Phonetics

Exercise: Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape.

Pay special attention to the weak forms, link-ups and contractions. [Sound of busy street] Jeff: Hi, Carl, (I) What’s up? Carl: Hey, Jeff. We're (2) on our way to see that new comedy Running

From the Mob. Want to (3) go with us? Jeff: I (4) hear it's really funny.

Carl: Yeah, it's got a lot of good (5) people in it. Should be great. Let's

go.

Jeff: Ah, I (6) wish I could, but I've got to study.

Carl: Well, maybe next time. You're (7) missing a good thing. Jeff: I know. (8) Got to go. See you. Carl: Bye.

Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking TAPESCRIPT

Exercise: Complete the passages as you listen to it.

The (1) first thing I do at the office is to (2) open all the boss?s letters, I (3) answer the easy ones and I (4) leave the difficult ones on the (5)

boss’s desk. At about (6) 10 o’clock I make (7) a cup of coffee for the boss and for myself. Then the boss (8) dictates letters for about (9) an hour. Of course, I answer the phone (10) all day. Sometimes it doesn?t (11) stop. I have about (120 half an hour for lunch at about (13) one o’clock. Then I do jobs in the (140 office till about (15) five o’ clock. Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 Job Interview TAPESCRIPT

Ms Brown: What was your previous job?

Mr Wigmore: I worked for the National Bus Company. Ms Brown: And how long have you worked for them? Mr Wigmore: I?ve worked for them for five years.

Ms Brown: How long have you been an area sales manager? Mr Wigmore: Eighteen months.

Ms Brown: And what did you do before joining the Bus Company? Mr Wigmore: I worked for a chain of hotels as junior manager. Ms Brown: The post you?ve applied for involves a lot of traveling. Have you been abroad much?

Mr Wigmore: I?ve been to most of Western Europe, and I?ve been to eastern Europe once, to Hungary. Ms Brown: Why did you go there?

Mr Wigmore: The hotel sent me to attend a conference.

Ms Brown: I see. Have you ever organized a conference yourself? Mr Wigmore: Yes. I have actually. Why?

Ms Brown: Well, this job would require rather a lot of organizing meetings and conferences.

Exercise: Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions.

1.How many jobs has the interviewee had before he applies for this job? What are they?

(He has had two jobs. He worked for the National Bus Company as an area sales manager. Before that, he worked for a chain of hotels as junior manager.)

2. What are the requirements for this job?

(This job involves a lot of traveling and requires rather a lot of organization meetings and conferences.)

3. Do you think the interviewee is qualified for this job? Give your reasons.

(Probably he is qualified for the job. Because he has been a manager for many years and he has been abroad much. He has been to most of Western Europe. He actually has the experience of organization a conference.) Dialogue 2 Job Redundancy

David: Cheer up, George. What?s happened to that happy smile we all

know and love?

George: Oh, hello, David .I was miles away, I?m afraid.

David: What?s the problem? You look as if you?ve lost a pound and found

10 pence.

George: Decisions, decisions. I?ve lost my job. David: You haven?t. George: I have.

David: I thought you were doing so well.

George: So did I. Then yesterday they gave us all the official letter.

Apparently the business has been losing money, so they?ve decided to close it down. David: Gracious, when? George: End of the week.

David: You?ve worked there for quite a long time, haven?t you? George: Nearly six years.

David: So you?re entitled to some redundancy* money? George: Not a lot. Not if they?ve been losing money.

David: What are you going to do? Are you going to try and get another

job in the music business?

George: Well, I thought I might start a little business of my own. David: That?s a good idea. What sort of business? A music shop?

George: No. A recording studio. Recording studios charge the earth these

days and there are lots of youngsters who can?t afford those prices. I thought …if I find suitable premises*…I could offer a cut-price* recording service.

David: That sounds a marvelous idea. Then, as you get more famous, you

could increase your charges.

George: No, I?d rather encourage young musicians to come and make

their first recording with me and then I thought maybe I could branch out and become an agent.

David: Ah, I see. Then you could sell the recording made by your

protégés* to the big record companies. George: That?s the general idea.

David: Great. Well, if you decide you need someone to look after the

accounts and make the coffee, let me know. I might be interested. George: OK. I may take you up on* that offer. Bye. David: Bye.

Exercise: Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T or F in the space provided. Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false. T 1. George is usually happy and gay. ( David: …What?s happened to that

happy smile we all know and love?)