[00:00.00]Lesson Five
[00:04.36]Section One:Dialogues
[00:08.96]Instructor:Listne to these people.They are all taking things to berepaired.
[00:15.02]Of course,they want to know how much it will cost and how long it will take.
[00:19.85]Liten to their questions and write the answers you hear.Here is an example.
[00:25.63]Woman:How much will it cost to repair this typewriter?
[00:29.18]Male Assistant:About a pound.
[00:30.35]Woman:That's not bad.But how long will it take?
[00:33.46]Male Assistant:Only about a week.
[00:34.77]Instructor:Look at the answers th assistant gives his customer.
[00:38.90]The first answer is:"about a pound."The second answer is:"about a week."
[00:45.71]Now listen to these dialogues and write the missing words in your book.
[00:53.08]Dialogue A:
[00:54.62]Man:Can you give me an estimate to repair this bicycle?
[00:57.23]Female Assistant:I think it'll cost about twelve or thirteen pounds.
[01:00.45]Man:And how long will it take?
[01:02.30]Female Assistant:A fortnight more or less.
[01:05.04]Dialogue B:
[01:07.45]Woman:Would you have a look at this televisioin set,please?
[01:10.01]Male Assistant:Yes,of course.Hmmm.How long have you had it?
[01:14.27]Woman:About eight years.Can you tell me how much it'll cost to repair it?
[01:19.44]Male Assistant:Well,the set's very old.It'll cost about fifty pounds.It's cheaper to buy a new one.
[01:26.05]Dialogue C:
[01:28.27]Man:How much do you think it'll cost to repair this typewriter?
[01:30.70]Female Assistant:Let me see.It's a  1960 model.About twenty pounds.I'm afraid.
[01:36.91]Man:That's rather a lot.And how long will it take?
[01:39.87]Female Assistant:About a month.
[01:41.17]Man:Thank you.I'd like to think about it.
[01:44.57]Instructor:Listen again to the customer from the typewriter shop.
[01:48.02]He thinks twenty pounds is rather a lot but he needs a typewriter...Then he remembers his friend,Tony.
[01:55.72]Tony has several typewriters.Bob,the customer,has an idea.
[02:00.92]He meets this friend,Tony,Listen to their conversation.
[02:06.07]Dialogue D:
[02:08.55]Tony:Hello,Bob,What's that heavy parcel you're carrying?
[02:11.87]Bob:It's my old typewriter.I've just been to the shop.
[02:15.21]The assistant says it'll cost about twenty pounds to repair.
[02:18.29]Tony:That's rather a lot.What are you going to do?
[02:21.69]Bob:Well,you've got several typewriters.Could you lend me one?
[02:26.86]Tony:I'll have to think about it.
[02:29.97]Section Two:
[02:34.91]A.Word Exercises:
[02:38.75]Female:Listen to the instruction.This is example.Put the letter B in box 1.
[02:47.84]Put the letter E in box 3.What do you think the word is?
[02:55.44]Here is some help.We put the letter R in box 2.What do you think th word is?
[03:03.64]Here is some help.We eat it.The answer is bread.B-R-E-A-D.
[03:15.71]Now put letters in the boxes and make more words.
[03:20.93]Male:Number 1:
[03:22.34]Put the letter R in box 2.Put the letter U in box 3.Put the letter T in box 5.Here is some help.We eat it.
[03:41.05]Female:Number 2:
[03:42.80]Now put the letter S in box 1.Put th same letter in box 5.Put th letter H in box 2.Here is some help.We wrear them.
[04:00.27]Male Number 3:
[04:02.34]Put the letter J in box 1.Put the letter I in box 3.Put the letter C in box 4.Here is some help.We drink it.
[04:21.20]Female:Number 4:
[04:23.31]Put the letter S in box 5.Put the letter L in box 3.Now Put the same letter in box 4.Here is some help.We pay them.
[04:41.16]Female:Number 5:
[04:43.79]Put the letter C in box 1.Put the letter K in box 5.The clue:We hear it.
[04:57.61]Male:Number 6:
[04:59.42]Put the letter in box 2.Putt the same letter in box 3.Put the letter E in box 5.Listen:we eat it.
[05:18.07]Female:Number 7:Put the letter H in box 2.Put the letter I in box 3.Put the letter T in box 5.Listen:a man wears one.
[05:38.81]Male:Number 8:Now look at box 5.Write the lette S.Write the letter L in box 3.
[05:51.97]Write the letter I in box 2.Listen carefully:We watch them.
[06:02.19]Female:Number 9:Please put the letter U in Box 2.Put the letter I in box 4.Think:We isten to it.
[06:17.68]Male:Number 10:Now...put the letter O in box 3.Put the letter R in box 4.
[06:29.07]There are only three letters left.Think:We open and close them.
[06:38.05]Female:Number 11:This is more difficult.There are six letters.
[06:45.63]Put the letter A in box 1.Put the letter E in box 6.Now put the letter I in box 4.
[06:58.35]Listen very carefully:When you have problems you ask for it.
[07:05.51]Male:Number 12:Here is the last word exercise.This exercise is difficult,too.
[07:14.21]There are six letters again.Put the letter W in box 4.Put the letter S in box 3.(There is no help for this word exercise)
[07:30.98]B.Dicussion:
[07:34.61]Intructor:Frank and Peter want new bicycles.
[07:38.81]Petrol is very expensive so they both wnat to cycle to work.
[07:42.89]They are looking at advertisements.
[07:46.00]Frank:What about this Curzon bike.It's very cheap.Only eighty pounds.
[07:51.38]Peter:Yes,but the Anderson bike is even cheaper.It's sixty-five pounds.
[07:55.72]Frank:Hmmm.How old is the Anderson one?
[07:58.82]Peter:It's a 1977 model.
[08:01.28]Frank:The Curzon is a 1979 model.It's newer.
[08:05.46]Instructor:Frank and Peter are still looking at advertisements.They can't decise which bike to buy.
[08:13.40]Peter:The Anderson bike looks very comfortable.
[08:15.86]Frank:Yes,but the Curzon looks bigger.
[08:17.71]Peter:I don't want a big bike.I want a comfortable on.
[08:20.77]Frank:All right.The Anderson bike is good.But the Curzon is better.
[08:27.30]C.Interview:
[08:30.64]Instructor:Do you remember Regine?Where does she some from?
[08:36.21]Is she married?Where does she work?Listen to Regine speaking.
[08:46.21]Regine:My name is Regine.I'm German.I live in a small town.I'm not married
[08:54.62]I live at home with my mother and father,my sister Heidi and my brother Rolf.I work in a department store.
[09:03.71]I sell writing paper,envelopes,ball pens,pencils and colored postcards.I walk to work every morning.
[09:15.62]I don't work on Saturday a afternoon or Sunday and I have a three-week holiday in the summer.
[09:22.49]Instructor:Regine was seventeen then.Now she's twenty-two.
[09:26.73]Her life is very different.Listen to this televisioin interview.
[09:31.77]Interviewer:Regine,at seventeen you worked in big shop.
[09:35.97]Now you are the  manager and you are only twenty-two.
[09:39.32]From seventeen to twenty-two.Five years to success.Can you tell us the secret of your success?
[09:45.93]Regine:The "secret"as you call it,is work.When I was seventeen,I lived at home.
[09:52.74]I walked to the shop every morning.I saved my money and I went to evening classes.
[09:59.28]I worked in a good departement and I sold so much that I got a good commission.
[10:05.28]I really wanted to be a success.Now I'm the manager.
[10:10.19]Interviewer:Congratulationas,Regine.But please tell us...do you like yourjob?Are you happier?
[10:17.46]Regine:You are asking me two question.The first answer is "yes"and the second answer is difinitely "no".
[10:25.55]Section Three:Dictation
[10:31.88]Dictation 1:
[10:34.83]Good afternoon,my name is Schwartz.That is S-C-H-W-A-R-T-Z and I come from New York.
[10:54.65]My wife and I would like a double room with a shower.I have our passports here.
[11:08.29]We are hoping to dstay for about a week.I have a question.
[11:16.55]Do you know where I can get two tickets for the performance at the theatre tonight?
[11:27.91]Dictation 2:
[11:31.30]On my fist day in London I felt hungry,so I went into a restaurant and sat down at a table.
[11:47.29]I waited for tne minutes.but nobody came to serve me.Then I saw that there were no waiters.
[12:03.02]The customers stood in a queue and got their food themselves.