Read the new words and expressions
carefully. Have a brief look at the key words and
phrases. Then you may have a look at the exercises if
you have your textbook at hand..
Listen to Conversation One
carefully and try to do exercises A (1&2).
A. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following
statements.
(1) The customer comes to the shop ______.
a. to repair his cassette player
b. to have his cassette player repaired
c. to complain about his cassette player
Answer:
(2) The clerk refuses to repair the cassette player for free
because ______.
a. the customer's warranty is expired
b. the customer dropped it off a building
and ruined it himself
c. the customer bought the cassette player
more than six months ago
Answer:
2. Give brief answers to the following questions.
(1) When did the customer buy the cassette player?
(2) What's wrong with the cassette player now?
(3) How long is the cassette player guaranteed to free repairment?
(4) When did the warranty run out?
Answer:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Listen again and try to finish
exercise A (3).
3. Fill in the following blanks.
(1) Customer: Well, but you can ________ a little bit.
Clerk: ... _________you. Then we'll
have to ______ everybody.
(2) Pay for this is __________. I mean, surely you're
going to __________ this cassette player.
(3) Clerk: Well, sir, I'm sorry, you should have _____
earlier.
Customer: But surely you won't ___________
ten days __________ this.
Listen to Conversation Two
and do exercise B (1 & 2).
B.
1.Choose the best answer for each of the following questions.
(1) When does the dialogue take place?
a. A weekday afternoon.
b. A weekday evening.
c. A weekend evening.
Answer:
(2) What is the agreement between husband and wife?
a. They two will share the housework.
b. The wife should remind the husband
about his housework.
c. The husband should clean the living
room when it looks dirty.
Answer:
2. True or False Questions. Write
a T in front of a statement if it is true according to the
recording and write an F if it is false.
(1) ( ) The man hasn't vacuumed the living
room or cleaned the bedroom because he is tired.
(2) ( ) Though the woman is tired too,
she has already done her share of the housework.
(3) ( ) The wife hopes that the husband
will do the housework voluntarily, but the husband's eye are
not sensitive to dirt.
(4)( ) The husband does not think that
cleanliness is very important.
Listen to Conversation Three
and try to finish exercise C (1).
C.
1. Give brief answers to the following
questions.
(1) Is Bob married or single?
(2) How long has Bob worked for the company?
(3) What's his attitude towards work?
(4) What's his purpose of speaking to Mr. Weaver?
(5) What's Mr. Weaver's comment on Bob's work?
(6) What does Mr. Weaver suggest that Bob should do?
(7) What does Bob threaten to do if he can't get the raise?
(8) What's Mr. Weaver's answer?
Answer:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
Listen to the three conversations
again and check your answers. Then you can refer
to the key.