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Unit 1
Conversation 1
Porter:
Good
afternoon.
Janet:
Good afternoon.
Porter:
New student?
Janet:
Y
es.
Porter
:
Welcome to Hertford College.
Janet:
Thank you.
Porter
:
Can I have your family name, please?
Jane
t
:
Y
es, it's
Li.
Porter
:
Er, L-double E?
Janet
:
No, L-I.
Po
r
te
r:
And what's your first name, Ms Li?
Janet:
Janet.
Porter
:
Janet Li ... ah yes, there you are.
Here are your keys.
Janet
:
Where's my room?
Porter
:
Y
ou're in staircase 6 room
5.
Jane
t:
Who am I sharing with?
Porter
:
Nobody
.
Y
ou have your own room. Er ... there's
a Ms Santos in the room next
to you.
Janet:
Oh. My own room? In China
we usually have several people in a
dormitory
.
Porter
:
Well, here you don't have to share with
anyone.
Janet
:
Thank you sir.
Porter
:
No need to call me sir, Ms Li. Everyone
calls me Stewart.
Janet:
Please
call me Janet!
Porter
:
OK, Janet, um, can you just sign for
your keys, please?
Conversation 2
Kate
:
Hi, have you just arrived too?
Janet:
Y
es!
Kate
:
I guess we
’
re
neighbors. My name
’
s Kate
Santos.
Janet:
I
’
m Janet Li.
Where are you from?
Kate
:
From New Y
ork.
How about you?
Janet:
I
’
m from Anshan
in China.
Kate
:
Is Janet your real name?
Janet:
No,
it
’
s
my
English
name.
My
Chinese
name
is
Li
Hui.
Is
Kate
your
full
name?
Kate
:
No, it
’
s short
for Catherine.
Janet:
So do I call you Catherine or Kate?
Kate
:
Everyone calls me Kate.
Conversation 3
Unit 2
Conversation 1
Kate
:
Oh, this looks nice.
Mark
:
Cool.
Waitress
:
Good afternoon, table for three? Come
this way
.
Mark
:
Let's have a look at the menu.
Mark
:
Thank you.
Janet
:
Thank you.
Waitress
:
The specials are on the board.
Kate
:
So, what sorts of food do
you like, Janet?
Janet
:
Well, I
like spicy
food. And
I'm
not
very
fond of raw
food! What
would
you
recommend?
Mark
:
Why don't you try the chicken curry?
That's nice and spicy
.
Janet
:
What's in it?
Mark
:
Chicken cooked in tomatoes and onions
with Indian spices.
Janet
:
I'll try
it. Do
we all choose a selection of dishes to
share or only
one dish per
person?
Mark
:
Usually one dish per person.
Kate
:
Or the moussaka looks good.
Janet
:
What's it made with?
Kate
:
It's made with lamb and
eggplant. It's a Greek dish.
Janet
:
How is it cooked?
Kate
:
It's baked in the oven.
Janet
:
Mm, that sounds good too.
Kate
:
And as a starter?
Janet
:
What's minestrone soup?
Mark
:
It's an Italian soup with vegetables
and pasta. It's delicious!
Janet
:
OK, I'll have that.
Kate
:
Waitress?
Waitress
:
What can I get for you?
Kate
:
Well,
for
the
starter,
can
we
have
two
minestrone
soups,
and
for
the
main
course, one moussaka
and one curry
, please. What about you,
Mark?
Mark
:
I'll
have the
prawns with
garlic and the chilli con
carne. And could
you bring
us some water, please?
Waitress
:
OK.
Mark
:
Thank you.
Waitress
:
Thanks.
Janet
:
What's chilli con carne?
Mark
:
It's a spicy Mexican dish with beef and
beans. It's very hot!
Conversation 2
Janet
:
That was great! Except I don't like
cold
water
. I usually drink
hot water.
Kate
:
Hot
water?
We
never
drink
hot
water
except
with
tea.
Let's
have
a
dessert.
What would you like, Janet?
Janet
:
Any suggestions?
Kate
:
Well, why don't
you try the
apple strudel? It's an
Austrian dish.
It's
made with
apple, pastry
and spices.
Janet
:
No, I'm not so keen on
pastry
. ...
What's a
chocolate brownie?
Mark
:
It's a kind of chocolate cake.
Janet
:
How is it made?
Kate
:
It's made with flour, eggs and
butter...
Mark
:
And lots of chocolate!
Kate
:
Y
ou'll love it.
Janet
:
What kind of ice cream is
there?
Kate
:
I'll ask ... Excuse me ...
What flavor ice cream do you have?
Waitress
:
Strawberry
, vanilla and
chocolate.
Janet
:
I'll just have a fruit salad, I think.
Mark
:
And Kate, what are you
going to have?
Kate
:
Same for me.
Mark
:
Could you bring us two fruit salads,
and a chocolate brownie?
Waitress
:
Sure.
Unit
3
Conversation 1
Mark
:
Hi, what're you doing?
Janet
:
Oh, nothing much ... Well, I'm just
doing this quiz here in the newspaper.
Mark
:
Let's have a look then.
Janet
:
Here. It's called,
much do
you know
about
memory?
just done
it.
Do you want to have a
go?
Mark
:
OK, might as well. I'm not
busy
.
Janet
:
Right.
Look,
I'll
read
the
statements.
Then
you
have
to
answer
or
Mark
:
Y
ea.
Janet
:
OK. Physical exercise improves your
memory
. True or false?
Mark
:
True, I suppose. It sounds like the
right answer.
Janet
:
Y
ou're right; exercise does
improve your memory
. Next statement: 30
per cent
of people have a visual
memory
.
Mark
:
That sounds about right. True?
Janet
:
No, wrong, I'm afraid. In
fact, 60 per cent of people have a visual
memory
.
Mark
:
Really? Actually, I've got a pretty
good memory
.
Janet
:
Have
you?
OK
...
Next
one
...
When
you're
tired,
it's
more
difficult
to
remember things.
Mark
:
That's true, obviously
. I
can't remember a thing when I'm tired.
Janet
:
Correct! If you do one activity for a
long time, your memory will improve.
Mark
:
I'm not sure ... True?
Janet
:
Actually, it's false.
Mark
:
Oh!
Janet
:
Eating fruit and vegetables can improve
your memory
.
Mark
:
I read something in The Times about
that. True.
Janet
:
True, it says here.
Mark
:
Oh, no! I've got a lecture. I'd
forgotten. I'd better get going!
Janet
:
Oh, Mark! What a good memory you have!
Conversation 2
Kate
:
Y
ou're looking a bit down,
Janet. What's up?
Janet
:
Well ... I'm finding studying at Oxford
quite hard.
Kate
:
Y
ou're telling me! There's
so much work!
Janet
:
It's
not
the
amount of
work, but everything's so
different.
In China, generally
we
have
large
classes,
we don't
have
tutorials.
And
mostly, our
teacher
tells
us what
we
should
do.
So
I'm
not
used
to
asking
questions
or
discussing
things.
I
find
it
difficult.
Kate
:
Y
ou have to memorize a lot,
don't you?
Janet
:
Y
es, but I'm good at that.
Kate
:
Y
ou're
lucky
.
There's
so
much
to
remember
studying
law!
I
have
difficulty
sometimes, I
really do.
Janet
:
Y
es, well,
we've
been
trained to do
that. But
we don't
have so
much
training
in critical
thinking.
Kate
:
What do you mean by
critical thinking?
Janet
:
Let me think ... I think it's giving
your opinion and then justifying it.
Kate
:
Y
es, I suppose that's what
our teachers have always encouraged us to do.
Janet
:
I am getting better at it,
I suppose.
Kate
:
Hey! How about this? Let's
pretend I'm your tutor. I'll make a statement.
Y
our
task is to examine it
and then ask questions.
Janet
:
OK.
Kate
:
Everyone is capable of learning a
second language. Go on, ask a question!
Janet
:
Why do you say that?
Kate
:
That's what the research
tells us. Now ask another one.
Janet
:
Can you give an example of some
research?
Kate
:
Um ... No! Look, I'm
starving and I can't think at all when I'm
hungry
.
Unit 4
Conversation
1
Kate
:
Oh, I must make a quick
call. ...
Jacky
:
Hello, Jacky Gordon
speaking.
Kate
:
Hello, can I speak to
Abbie, please?
Jacky
:
I'll see if she's in, can you hold on?
Kate
:
Sure. ...
Jacky
:
Hello? She's out, I'm afraid. Can I
give her a message
—
er ...
or I can ask her
to call you back?
Kate
:
Could you ask her to call
me back?
Jacky
:
Sure. Who's calling?
Kate
:
Kate Santos.
Jacky
:
Kate Santos, OK. Does Abbie have your
number?
Kate
:
Y
es, she does.
Jacky
:
I'll tell her you called.
Kate
:
Thanks.
Janet
:
Abbie? I know a girl called Abbie. She
reads English, doesn't she?
Kate
:
Y
es, how do you know her?
Janet
:
She has a tutorial just
after me so we chat a bit. We get on really well.
Kate
:
Y
es, everyone
likes
Abbie. I think
it's because she's really
interested
in people
—
she's a very good
listener. She should be, she works for Nightline.
Janet
:
Nightline?
Kate
:
Oh, I haven't told you, I've joined it.
Janet
:
What is it? I've never
heard of it.
Kate
:
Look, I've got a leaflet about it.
Janet
:
So...
Kate
:
It's a university
helpline
for students who are
having problems.
I'm
training to
be one of
the people they can call to talk to.
Janet
:
Y
ou mean, you're a
volunteer?
Kate
:
Y
es.
Janet
:
Oh, that's great, Kate
Conversation 2
Abbie
:
Hi, Abbie speaking.
Kate
:
Hi, Abbie, it's Kate Santos.
Abbie
:
Hi!
I'm
sorry
not
to
have
called
you
back.
I've
got
a
lot
on
at
the
moment.
How's things?
Kate
:
Fine. I just wanted to let you know I
won't be able to come to the next training
session.
Abbie
:
Um ... It's quite an important session.
Oh, can you hold on a moment. There's
someone at the door. ...
Abbie
:
Hi, I'm sorry
, look, can I
call you back later?
Kate
:
Sure. What time?
Abbie
:
Is three o'clock OK?
Kate
:
Three's fine.
Abbie
:
OK, I'll call you then. Speak soon.
Kate
:
Bye.
Abbie
:
Bye.
...
Kate
:
Abbie's my Nightline
trainer.
Janet
:
Y
ou're saying
she's your Nightline trainer! But she's still a
student.
Kate
:
Well, experienced students
train new students, that's the way it works.
Janet
:
Oh, I see.
Kate
:
It's great! At the moment, she's
training us in listening skills.
Janet
:
Listening skills? What do you mean,
listening skills?
Kate
:
Um ...
The
ability
to
really
listen
to
someone
and
make
them
feel
you're
listening. It's very important.
Janet
:
I've never thought about
that before.
Kate
:
Y
es, for example, one thing
you can do is listen carefully and then repeat
what
someone says but maybe a little
differently
.
Janet
:
So what
you're saying
is, repeat
what
someone
says but
maybe
not the exact
same words.
Kate
:
Y
es.
Y
ou see, when
you
do
that,
you check
you've
understood
and
you show
them
you're really listening.
Janet
:
So they know you've really heard them.
Kate
:
V
ery good,
Janet. I can see you've got it already! Hi ...
how's it going?
Unit 5
Conversation 1
Kate
:
Hi, Becky
, how's it going?
Becky
:
Good!
Mark
:
Guys, look, can you help me with a
problem?
Janet
:
Y
es, of course.
Mark
:
The thing is, there's this
girl I really like called Jenny Sparks. She's a
Fresher,
really
stunning,
reads
history
.
I
know
her
name
because
someone
pointed
her
out
to
me, but I've never actually spoken to
her. Do either of you know her?
Kate
:
No.
Janet
:
No, I don't know her. Mark, how can you
like her if you haven't met her?
Kate
:
It's because she's absolutely gorgeous,
Janet.
Mark
:
That's
right!
I
want
to
ask
her
out,
but
first
I've
got
to
meet
her.
Got
any
suggestions?
Becky
:
Guys! Y
ou want to order?
Mark
:
Sorry
.
Kate
:
Three cappuccinos?
Becky
:
Sure.
Janet
:
Do you know anyone who knows her?
Y
ou
could ask
them to introduce you.
Mark
:
No, I don't, that's the problem.
Kate
:
Are you matchmaking, Janet?
Janet
:
What's matchmaking?
Kate
:
Making
introductions between people who
might
like each other. We
don't do
that here. How about just
walking up to her and saying Hi? Why don't you do
that?
Mark
:
No.
Kate
:
Why not?
Mark
:
I'm not usually shy
, but
—
she's so ... you know ...!
Janet
:
Oh, Mark!
Kate
:
Just believe in yourself, Mark.
Y
ou're a great guy!
Janet
:
I understand Mark
completely
.
Kate
:
Well, it's the only way he's going to
get to talk to her.
Mark
:
OK, I'll give it a try
.
Becky
:
Solved the Jenny problem
yet?
Girls
:
Thank you.
Janet
:
Y
ou'll be fine. Mark. She'll
like him, won't she, Becky?
Becky
:
Of course she will!
Conversation 2
Mark
:
Hey
, guess what, guys, I've
got a date with Jenny
.
Kate
:
Y
ou did it, you asked her
out?
Janet
:
When are you seeing her?
Mark
:
Saturday
. We're
going to The Eagle and
Child
.
Janet
:
Sounds great.
Mark
:
Y
eah! The thing is, I'm a
bit nervous.
Janet
:
Are you?
Mark
:
Y
es, I'm afraid I'll make a
fool of myself. I could do with some more advice.
Kate
:
Any ideas?
Janet
:
Um ... I'm thinking.
Kate
:
Well
...
One
thing
is
...
if
you're
nervous,
it's
easy
to
talk
too
much,
so
remember not to do that.
Mark
:
Good point. I'll remember that.
Janet
:
Y
ou should make
her feel special. Show her you're really
interested in her.
Mark
:
I am really interested in her.
Janet
:
Well, you should show her
you are.
Mark
:
That'll be easy! What else?
Kate
:
It's a good idea to look
good.
Mark
:
That's pretty obvious!
Kate
:
I mean clean clothes, Mark!
Mark
:
Oh ... thanks, Kate! Any
more advice?
Kate
:
Y
es, the most important
thing is, just be yourself.
Becky
:
How's it going, Mark?
Kate
:
He's worried this girl won't like him.
Becky
:
She'll love you! Ready to
order?
Unit
6
Conversation
1
Janet
:
So, are you looking for
anything in particular?
Mark
:
Maybe a T-shirt or a polo shirt.