30 Unit 16 Text 1 M: Id like to place a call to Bonn, Germany. How muc doe! it co!t" #: 10 dollar! $or t e $ir!

!t t ree minute! and 3 dollar! $or eac additional minute. Text % #: &t w at time will t e 'ame !tart" M: It! !c eduled to (e'in at ten oclock, and now my watc !ay! ): *+. It wont (e lon'. Text 3 M: Good a$ternoon. T i! i! ,ick #illiam! at #orld Tra-el &'ency. I! Mr. .mit t ere" #: /o. He! out to lunc . Ill (e 'lad to take a me!!a'e. Text * #: #ould you like to try on t at 0acket, !ir" M: T ank you, (ut I t ink Ill look $urt er. T at color doe!nt !uit me. Text + #: Bill, a-e you $ini! ed t e re!earc paper $or (iolo'y" M: /ot yet, I alway! !eem to put t in'! o$$ until t e la!t minute. Text 1 23 #: *343511. M: Hello. I! t at 6ean" #: 7e!, !peakin'. M: T ere i! a really 'ood $ilm on at t e cinema t i! week. It! called Sounds Forever. #ould you like to come and !ee it wit me on #edne!day e-enin'" #: /o, Im a$raid I cant. Im 'oin' to play at a concert at 8ondon 9ni-er!ity on #edne!day M: # at a(out :riday t en" #: Great. 7e!, Id lo-e to. # at time doe! it !tart" M: .e-en oclock. #ould you like to 'o $or a drink $ir!t" #: 7e!, $ine. I! !ix oclock ;<" #e can meet out!ide t e cinema
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M: ;<, $ine. .ee you on :riday t enBye Text 4 #: ,ad, w at will we a-e $or dinner M: I dont know. May(e $ried $i! , c icken !oup and= #: ; , no. #e-e ad !uc t in'! !ince mom! 'one. M: Im !orry. But t at i! t e only t in' I can cook. # at do you want to a-e t en" #: Id like to 'o to Mc,onald! t i! time. M: ;< t en. 7oull dri-e, will you" #: /o, Im a (it tired today. 7ou do t at, plea!e. M: ;<, ;<. I alway! do t in'! like t at. & , ere we are. #: ,ad, w at do you like to a-e" Id like a am(ur'er. M: Ham(ur'er, !alad, >oke and apple pie. I! t at all $or you, Mary" #: ?i' t, and $etc me an ice@cream, too. Ill 'o and $ind t e !eat!. M: &nd Ill 'et !ome -e'eta(le! $or my!el$, and a co$$ee... ; , Im a$raid well a-e to do !ome packin'. Text 5 M: #ould you like to come to t e cinema toni' t" #: Im a$raid I cant. M: # y not" #: I-e 'ot to wa! my air toni' t. M: ;<, w at a(out tomorrow ni' t" #: I cant tomorrow ni' t, eit er. M: # y not" #: I-e 'ot to wa! my air a'ain. M: ,o you wa! your air e-ery ni' t" #: It depend!. M: ,epend! on w at" #: It depend! on w o a!k! me to 'o to t e cinema. Text ) M: Miss Dermott, do you think, within a few years, many people could work at home instead of working in offices?
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W: Oh, yes !t"s happening now #ecause the communication industry has made much progress in the last ten years M: $nd how do these people manage to work? ! mean, what e%uipment do they ha&e at home? W: Well, they ha&e a computer, a printer and a telephone, to connect with other computers M: ! see 'urely there"re some ad&antages in #eing a#le to work at home W: (es, working at home, people don"t ha&e to spend a lot of time getting to and from their work places M: $h, yes What do you think a#out the conditions of home workers? W: Oh, let me tell you what might happen !n the future a )ritish firm in *ondon, for e+ample, might employ clerks in )elfast, or a ,aris company could ha&e their secretaries in 'pain, and they use a telephone to communicate Text 10 I 'o to t e (ar(er e-ery t ree week!. I dont like -ery ! ort air, !o my (ar(er doe!nt cut o$$ muc . I a-e known im $or almo!t $our year! till now, and w en I 'o to im, we alway! talk a lot. He tell! me all i! new!, and I tell im all mine. He meet! a lot o$ intere!tin' people in i! ! op and e talk! to mo!t o$ t em, !o e alway! a! a lot o$ new! $or me. A-ery year my (ar(er 'oe! to :rance $or two week! $or i! oliday!, and w en e come! (ack to An'land, e a! a lot o$ intere!tin' new!. # ile e i! cuttin' my air, e tell! me a(out (eauti$ul old citie! and Buiet little -illa'e!, !tran'e $ood and drink! and many ot er t in'!. I !it t ere and li!ten to t e old man wit open ear!. ;ne minute, my (ar(er! c air i! a !eat in a :renc train, and t e next minute it (ecome! a c air in a re!taurant in Cari!. &lt ou' my (ar(er i! old, e alway! trie! new t in'!. He ne-er !ay!, DI a-e ne-er eaten t i! $ood (e$ore, !o I am not 'oin' to eat it now.E He !ay! in!tead, DTry e-eryt in' once.E