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[00:-1.00]For this lesson you'll need a pencil and a piece of paper.
[00:-2.00]Jake is still working on his report about Stamford's companies.
[00:-3.00]both past and present.He's looking at old newspaper articles.
[00:-4.00]Listen carefully for any important informationand write down the dates that you hear
[00:-5.00]...You will hear the article twice.
[00:-6.00]Gee,here's an interesting article from the Gazette...
[00:-7.00]"Yale & Towne to Shut Down."Hmmm...1959.
[00:-8.00]That must have been when the company that makes locks left Stamford.
[00:-9.00]I wonder what happened.Let's see.
[00:10.00]"Yale & Towne announced last week that it would be closing its doors in Stamford this year.
[00:11.00]High costs and workers' dissatisfaction were given as reasons for the shutdown".
[00:12.00]Well,what do you know!
[00:13.00]Yale & Towne shut down because of high costs and unhappy workers.
[00:14.00]Yale & Towne has enjoned a prosperous history in Stamford.
[00:15.00]It was founded in October 1868 by two entrepreneurs.
[00:16.00]Linus Yale.Jr.and Henry Towne.Yale & Towne became successful overnight,
[00:17.00]and it is said that the success of the company brought Stamford into the industrial age.
[00:18.00]The number of workers peaked at Yale & Towne in 1916.
[00:19.00]In that year,six thousand five hundred men and women worked for the company.'
[00:20.00]Gee,six thousand five hundred.That's a lot of people.
[00:21.00]It must have really been big.I wonder when the trouble began.
[00:22.00]"Yale & Towne began to decline in Stamford in 1931,
[00:23.00]when it relocated some important offices to New York City.
[00:24.00]A crippling strike by workers in 1945 further damaged the company.
[00:25.00]As recently as four years ago."(must have been in 1955...)"
[00:26.00]we realized that Yale & Towne would eventually be leaving our city.
[00:27.00]Many people are sad to see it go."I bet they were sad.
[00:28.00]Now let's listen to Jake reading the article again.
[00:29.00]Gee,here's an interesting article from the Gazette...
[00:30.00]"Yale & Towne to Shut Down."Hmmm...1959.
[00:31.00]That must have been when the company that makes locks left Stamford.
[00:32.00]I wonder what happened.Let's see.
[00:33.00]"Yale&Towne announced last week that it would be closing its doors in Stamford this year.
[00:34.00]High costs and workers' dissatisfaction were given as reasons for the shutdown".
[00:35.00]Well,what do you know!
[00:36.00]Yale & Towne shut down because of high costs and unhappy workers.
[00:37.00]Yale & Towne has enjoned a prosperous history in Stamford.
[00:38.00]It was founded in October 1868 by two entrepreneurs.
[00:39.00]Linus Yale.Jr.and Henry Towne.Yale & Towne became successful overnight,
[00:40.00]and it is said that the success of the company brought Stamford into the industrial age.
[00:41.00]The number of workers peaked at Yale & Towne in 1916.
[00:42.00]In that year,six thousand five hundred men and women worked for the company.'
[00:43.00]Gee,six thousand five hundred.That's a lot of people.
[00:44.00]It must have really been big.I wonder when the trouble began.
[00:45.00]"Yale & Towne began to decline in Stamford in 1931,
[00:46.00]when it relocated some important offices to New York City.
[00:47.00]A crippling strike by workers in 1945 further damaged the company.
[00:48.00]As recently as four years ago."(must have been in 1955...)"
[00:49.00]we realized that Yale & Towne would eventually be leaving our city.
[00:50.00]Many people are sad to see it go."I bet they were sad.
[00:51.00]OK.Let's review the dates you just heard.
[00:52.00]What was the first date Jake talks about?
[00:53.00]It was the year the article appeared in the Stamford Gazette
[00:54.00]and the year Yale & Towne left Stamford.1959
[00:55.00]And the second date he mentons?What was the second date?
[00:56.00]It was the month and year Yale & Towne was founded.October 1868.
[00:57.00]And the next date?
[00:58.00]what was the year the number of workers peaked at Yale & Towne?1916
[00:59.00]How about the year the company began to decline in Stamford?
[-1:00.00]What was the year that Yale & Towne began to relocate its offices to New York.
[-1:-1.00]1931when was the crippliing strike by the workers?
[-1:-2.00]It was nineteen forty something,wasn't it?
[-1:-3.00]Nineteen forty...what?1945 And the last date Jake mentions?
[-1:-4.00]The year the people of Stamford realized that Yale & Towne would eventually be leaving.
[-1:-5.00]It was the years after the strike.What year was it?1955
[-1:-6.00]Now listen and repeat   overnight successful overnight
[-1:-7.00]They became successful overnight.They became successful overnight.
[-1:-8.00]If you become successful overnight.
[-1:-9.00]you become successful suddenly,immediately,very quickly.
[-1:10.00]Let's practice this expression.You hear...
[-1:11.00]They became successful very quickly.And you say...
[-1:12.00]They became successful overnight.
[-1:13.00]You hear...Linus Yale suddenly began making a lot of money.
[-1:14.00]And you say...Linus Yale began making money overnight.
[-1:15.00]Notice that overnight always comes at the end of the sentence.
[-1:16.00]It doesn't come in the middle.OK?Here we go.
[-1:17.00]They became successful very quickly.They became successful overnight.
[-1:18.00]Linus Yale suddenly began making a lot of money.
[-1:19.00]Linus Yale began making money overnigh.
[-1:20.00]Yale locks became world famous immediately.
[-1:21.00]Yale locks became world famous overnight.
[-1:22.00]In 1931,the company suddenly relocated its offices.
[-1:23.00]In 1931,the company relocated its offices overnight.
[-1:24.00]With the movie Mad Max,Mel Gibson very quickly became a star.
[-1:25.00]with the movie Mad Max,Mel Gibson became a star overnight.
[-1:26.00]Now listen and repeat
[-1:27.00]I bet    I bet they were sad.I bet they were sad.
[-1:28.00]I bet they were sad"is a strong way of saying."I think they were sad."
[-1:29.00]It means you think that they were more than sad.
[-1:30.00]Let's practice this expression.You hear...
[-1:31.00]The people of Stamford were sad to see Yale & Towne go.
[-1:32.00]You say...I bet they were sad.
[-1:33.00]You hear...The 1945 strike was crippling for the company.
[-1:34.00]You say...I bet it was crippling.Ready?Let's go.
[-1:35.00]The people of Stamford were sad to see Yale & Towne go.
[-1:36.00]I bet they were sad.The 1945 strike ws crippling for the company.
[-1:37.00]I bet it was crippling.In 1916 the company made a nice profit.
[-1:38.00]I bet it made a nice profit.
[-1:39.00]The president of Yale & Towne felt good that year.
[-1:40.00]I bet he felt good.But in 1945,the company managers were unhappy.
[-1:41.00]I bet they were unhappy.The workers wanted more money.
[-1:42.00]I bet they wanted more money.
[-1:43.00]But they were sorry in 1959 when the company left Stamford.
[-1:44.00]I bet they were sorry.
[-1:45.00]Now let's see how much of the story of Yale & Towne you remember
[-1:46.00]with some true-or-falsle statements.
[-1:47.00]Just say "True"when the statement is true.
[-1:48.00]When the statement is false,say"False",and make the correction.
[-1:49.00]You hear...Yale & Towne was founded in Stamford.
[-1:50.00]You say...True.You hear...They made pianos at Yale & Towne.
[-1:51.00]And you say...False.They made locks.OK?Here we go.
[-1:52.00]Yale & Towne was founded in Stamford.
[-1:53.00]True.They made pianos at Yale & Towne.False They made locks.
[-1:54.00]In 1916,there were more than six thousand workers at Yale & Towne.
[-1:55.00]True.In 1931,they moved the factory to New York City.
[-1:56.00]False.They moved some of the offices to New York City.
[-1:57.00]In 1935,there was a crippling strike by the workers.
[-1:58.00]False.The strike was in 1945.
[-1:59.00]Everyone was happy when the company finally left in 1959.
[-2:00.00]False.Everyone was sad.
[-2:-1.00]Jake found the article about the shutdown in the Stamford Gazette.True.
[-2:-2.00]This is the end of Review Two.