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Male voice: Take a look at this. Female voice: What is it? Male voice: It’s the design for the new webpage. Tony has just sent it through. What do you think? Female voice: Well, it looks good, but I’d need to ... 3
Female voice: Steve – have you seen this job? It looks like what you’re looking for.
Male voice: Let me see. Oh, that’s the one in Croydon, isn’t it? The job looks quite interesting, but it’s not very well paid, and travelling to Croydon every day would be so expensive. Female voice: What about this one? It’s more local. Male voice: Yeah, I saw that one, too. I’m thinking about it, but the money’s not great, is it?
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Male voice 1: Mike – hey, Mike! Male voice 2: Oh, hi Peter. I didn’t know you worked in London. I haven’t seen ... Male voice 1: No, I’m just going up for the day. I’ve got to see some people about a new project. So, do you do the journey every day? It must be a bit repetitive. Male voice 2: Oh, it’s not too bad. It gives me thinking time, and I usually get some work done on the laptop ...
≤032 Unit 3 Listening 1
F Listen to the four extracts and match them with the images in Exercise E. Extract 1 Young male 1: Have you applied for that job you saw in the paper last week? You said you were interested.
Young male 2: Yeah, but I haven’t heard anything yet. I really hope they give me an interview.
Extract 2 Receptionist: Do you know where to find us? OK – well, when you come out of the station, take a left. Walk for about five minutes and then take a right into Wallingham Road. You’ll see us there. It’s a big red- brick building.
Extract 3
US male voice: So, what sort of day have you got today? US female voice: Oh, don’t ask! Really, really busy. I’ve gotta be at a meeting with Doug by nine, and then at eleven I’m supposed to be seeing Tim at ABC. I hope I get there in time. I’ll be working on the Chicago project all afternoon … I’ve no idea what time I’ll finish this evening. How about you?
Extract 4 Male voice: I’m pleased to say that the first half of this year is looking better than for the same period last year. March was an especially good month – sales hit ten thousand for the first time in nearly three years, and ...
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≤033 Unit 3 Listening 2
A Listen to the four extracts. For questions 1–4, match the extracts with the pictures. Write the number of the extract in the box. Extract 1
Assistant manager: Oh, good morning. It’s Toby, isn’t it? Let me just finish this e-mail and I’ll be with you. Sit down for a minute.
New staff member: Thanks. Assistant manager: OK, that’s done. Hello again, I met you when you came for the interview last month – I’m Julie. I’m Keith’s assistant manager.
New staff member: Yes, I remember. Assistant manager: I’m afraid Keith isn’t here this morning, so I’m going to show you round. You’re starting with us on Monday, aren’t you?
New staff member: Yes, that’s right. Assistant manager: Well, thanks for coming in today. We always think it’s good for people to have a good look round and meet some of the other staff before they start the job properly. Would you like a tea or coffee before we start?
New staff member: Um, no, thank you – I had a coffee on the train.
Assistant manager: OK, well, where shall we begin? First of all, this is the office I share with Keith. It can be very busy in here – people just come in and out when they like ...
Extract 2
Male speaker: OK, now I’m going to show you the plans for the new city-centre offices. Let me just turn this on ... here we are. This is the ground-floor plan and, as you can see, the area surrounding the offices – the car park and gardens, and so on. Male speaker: The entrance is here on West Street, and there’s quite a large area here outside the front entrance. We’ll probably have some bays here, where you can lock up bicycles. The car park is at the back, here – there are spaces for thirty cars. Now, I know that thirty spaces isn’t nearly enough ...
Extract 3
Female voice: Oh, hi Justin. Can I speak to Robert, please? Thanks. Hello, Robert, it’s Debbie – listen, I’m afraid I’m going to be a bit late. There’s trouble with signals or something. We haven’t moved for ten minutes and I don’t know when it’ll be clear again. I’m still seven stops from the office – I’m sorry, I should have left home earlier. Can you start the meeting, and then I’ll ...
Extract 4 Salesman: Good afternoon, madam. Customer: Oh, hello. Salesman: Did you see the catalogue I put through the door last week – Kleenhouse Products?
Customer: Oh, yes, I did have a quick look, but ...
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