Lesson 152

Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises

Phonetics: Contraction, Liaison and Weak Form

1. A: Hello, Charles, I ____ ____ you all day. What ____ ____ ____ ____?
B: Actually, ____ ____ working on my first novel.
A: Oh, yes, how far ____ ____ ____ ____ ____?
B: Well, ____ ____ ____ ____ good title, and ____ made a list of characters, and ____ designed the front cover.
A: Have you started ____ ____ ____?
B: Oh, yes, ____ ____ two pages already.
A: Only two?
B: Well, yes, I haven't quite ____ ____ what happens next.
2. A: 821-0537.
B: Hello. ____ ____ speak to Mandy please? This is Mrs Ford here.
A: This is Mandy speaking.
B: Ah, Mandy, good evening. Look, I ____ wondering if ____ like to come to a party ____ having on Friday ... ____ ____ many coming from the office ...
A: Oh, that sounds nice, ____ love to ...
B: ____ ____ also wondering if the other three in your flat ____ like to come too ... ____ holding it in the country cottage, about 8:30.
A: That's very nice, thank you very much Mrs Ford. Erm ... I'm afraid Sheila ____ ____, as ____ ____ ____ Amsterdam then ...
B: Oh, that's a pity...
A: But I'm sure the others ____ like to. What ____ ____ thing should we wear ...? Quite formal, I suppose ...
B: Oh, didn't I say? Well, if you don't mind, we thought a fancy dress party ____ ____ rather fun, so ____ ____ your best, ____ ____?
Score: ____

Part Ⅱ The Phone Call

Student Evaluation

My general Impression Content:
____ helpful _____ adequate
____ inadequate
Level Of Difficulty:
____ easy ____ fair
____ difficult
My Major Problems
____ understanding meanings
____ selecting major points
____ organizing facts
____ retaining concepts
My Comprehension Score
__________________________

Exercises:

Ⅰ. While the speaker was waiting for his flight, he had to ..., but .... While ..., he listened ... . The speaker became impatient because .... Finally, the old man ... and he said ... .

Ⅱ. ____ was kind of funny ____ he was an old ____ and he was talking ____ his wife and he ____ talking about his trip. ____ he said, uh, that he, uh, he ____ having a good time ____ he talked about the ____ and he asked about ____ weather back there. And ____ the time he was ____, uh, to his wife ... I ____ it was to his ____, but while he was ____ to his wife, he ... he ____ eating a sandwich and, uh, ____ coffee.
And this went ____ and on and on, ____ I really was getting ____ because this phone call ____ had to make was ____. And, uh, maybe I waited ____ ... oh, ten, fifteen, twenty minutes. ____ finally the guy hung ____ and he turned around ____ he ... he had seen ____ standing there, and he ____, "Well, I'm sorry, uh, that ____ took so long on ____ phone, but I was ____ dinner with my wife."

Part Ⅲ Unique Mail Service

Vocabulary

1. suite
2. zip code
3. lobby
4. bulletin
5. access
6. essence
7. short of
8. certify
9. consent
10. up-beat
11. transient
12. rational
13. carbon
14. Westwood
15. John Doe

Notes

The first organized system of post offices in America was created by the British Parliament in 1711 and the mails were carried over post roads. Postage stamps were first used in the U.S. in 1847. The postal savings system started in 1911, and parcel post in 1913. Mail service by railroad was instituted in 1862, and airmail in 1918.
The U.S. Postal Service now operates as an independent agency within the government, with the goal of becoming self-supporting by 1984; it has operated at a deficit for many years.

Student Evaluation

My general Impression Content:
____ helpful _____ adequate
____ inadequate
Level Of Difficulty:
____ easy ____ fair
____ difficult
My Major Problems
____ understanding meanings
____ selecting major points
____ organizing facts
____ retaining concepts
My Comprehension Score
__________________________

Exercises:

Westwood Mail Services

Nature: _____________________
Location: ___________________
Facilities:
Mailboxes with keys, ________
Office hours:
_____________________________
_____________________________
Charge:
_____________________________
Customers:
1. __________________________
2. __________________________
3. __________________________
4. doctors, lawyers, individuals having own business
5. __________________________
__________________________
__________________________

Services:
1. mail checking service
(telephoning or personal checking 24 hours a day)
2. __________________________
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
3. __________________________
4. signing for ______________
__________________________
__________________________
5. __________________________
__________________________
6. __________________________
a. during office hours:
__________________________
b. after office hours:
__________________________