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UNIT 5

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.

Woman 1: Oh did he I don't (1) believe it!

Woman 2: And so I said...

Waiter: Yes, what (2) would you like?

Woman 2: Oh, I don't know. Just let me (3) have a look at the menu. Let me see ...

Woman 1: Erm. I'll have a cheeseburger, chips (4) and a large coke.

Woman 2: Ugh! I hate cheese. (5) I'll have a beefburger and chips.

Waiter: Anything else?

Woman 2: (6) Have you got any orange juice?

Waiter: Large (7) or small?

Woman 2: Small, please. So anyway, (8) and then l said...

Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking

1. Prices on a Tokyo stock market rose more than 5%. The Nikkei closed at 17,686 points.

2. The Dow Jones Industrial Average went up a modest 14 points

to 10.699 -- a fractional gain for the "blue-chips." The

Standard and Poor's 500 index closed 10points higher --

less titan 1%. The technology-weighted Nasdaq composite gained about 40 points over 1%.

The US economy may be slowing, but the latest data shows it is still vibrant. US consumer confidence bounced back this month. And sales of existing homes in June rose a

surprising 2.8% -- a stronger-than-expected jump.

Exercise: Listen to some statements. Fill in the blanks with the correct numbers.

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 With Casual Clothes…

Woman: Hey Dan, where are you going?

Dan: I’m going to work.

Woman: To work

Look at you. You’re not wearing a suit. You’re wearing …

well, just regular clothes.

Dan: We don’t have to wear suits wear suits on Fridays anymore. There are new rules at work. We can wear

whatever we want.

Woman: That’s great!

Dan: Yeah. And believe it or not, casual clothes are good for the environment.

Woman: Good for environment Stopping pollution

Dan: Yeah. Casual clothes actually stop pollution.

Woman: How?

Dan: Well, people don’t dry-clean casual clothes. You have to dry-clean suits. Dry leaning uses chemicals. Some

chemicals are bad for the environment.

Woman: Fewer chemicals. I never thought of that.

Listen to the dialogue and answer the following questions:

1.What day is it today?

2.What is the change in the rules at work?

3.Why is it that casual clothes are good for the environment?

4.

5.Where does the man probably work?

Dialogue 2 two 74s please