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Paul Pimsleur Autor.

Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

These are all dialogues of the third level.

Dialogue 1 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue


Listen to this conversation.
 Oh hi Daniel, come in please. How are you?
 Fine thanks. And you? 1. To come in entrar
 Not bad. Would you like something to drink? 2. Something algo
Something cold? Maybe a beer? It's pretty hot
today 3. Of course por supuesto
 I'd like some mineral water, if you have some 4. Some mineral water un poco de agua mineral
 Of course 5. If si ( indicando condición)

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand
4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some words in the example sentence
but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Hi Louisa, Come in please how are you?

2. Would you like something to drink or would you like to have something to eat now?
3. Would you like something to eat or would you like to have something to drink?
4. I’d like some mineral water if you have some.
5. I’d like a beer or a glass of soda if you have some
6. I’d like a cup of coffee if you have some
7. If you study English you can learn but if you do not study it is very difficult to learn.
8. If you live in Colombia you speak Spanish but if you practice other language you can master it

9. I’d like to speak with you if you have a little time to listen to me then we can go to a café and
have a cup of coffee together.

10. It’s pretty hot today but I have a cup of coffee.


11. Mr. Martinez, Come in please. Would you like something to drink or eat it’s very late now.

12. I need you speak with the President if he is here in Bogota and you have the opportunity to see him.

13. Of course I’d like to have a beer, it’s very hot today.
1.
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue 2 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the


Listen to this conversation; Mr. Méndez has arrived at Mr. dialogue
.Johnson's place.
1. Came past for /Come/
 Oh hello Mr. Méndez. Come in please. 2. Late tarde
 Thank you. I’m sorry I’m late. 3. I’m late estoy retardado / llegué tarde
 That's alright. How did you get here?
 I came by bus.
 Mr. Mendez, this is my husband, Peter
 Pleased to meet you, Mr. Johnson.

Activity

5. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
6. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
7. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand
8. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new
sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. I’m sorry I ‘m late. There was lots of traffic on the way to here.
2. How did you get here?
3. How did you get to your school?
4. How did you arrive here?
5. How did you get to Medellin?
6. I got here by train.
7. I arrived here by plane
8. I got there by car but it was a long ride. It took about six hours.
9. I come here by bus but it was very slow. it took about two hours.
10. This is my friend. He lives here in Currulao and he speaks Spanish very well.
11. This is my English teacher. He speaks English very well. And I have learnt a lot from him
12. This is my school. The E.C.I I have studied here for about three years and I’ve learned a lot in this school.
13. Mr. Arredondo this is my friend Lionel he lives in Bogota but he came to visit this month. He is going
to stay with us for about 15 days
14. I wanted to visit you but I didn’t have time. I was very busy.
15. I arrived here yesterday and I have a meeting today at eight o’clock. Do you know how do I get to
the Pacific Hotel my meeting is there.
16. I know I’m late. But you know I sent my report yesterday morning. Did you already read it?
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue 3 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.


Listen to this conversation 1. Good evening buenas noches
 Good evening, I’m Charles Johnson 2. My name is… me llamo…/ mi nombre es…/
 Pleased to meet you, my name is Sofia Robles yo me llamo…
 Where are you from, Sofia? 3. I’m from … soy de..
 I’m from Mexico, from Morella, and you?
 I’m from Boston. 4. Really? En verdad/ en serio / verdad?
 Oh really? I was in Boston last January, and it 5. I was estuve/ fui/ era/ estaba/
was very cold. It snowed a lot too
6. Was pasado de to be
 Yes, it often snows in January. Did you like
Boston? 7. Where are you from? De donde eres? De
 Yes, I did, but I’d rather go there in the summer donde es usted?
8. I’d rather preferiría
Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new
sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Good morning my Name is ________ _______ I’m from Colombia and I want you to know about
my English learning process.
2. Where are you from?
3. My name is _______ ________ Im a student but I speak Spanish and English. Spanish is my
mother language and I learnt English in my school.
4. I lived in Currulao when I was a little boy but now I live in Medellin.
5. I learnt English when I was in my school
6. I studied in the E.C.I when I was in high school and I started to learn English there.
7. I was in Bogota last year but I didn’t like it I moved back to Currulao this year.
8. I was in Apartado last week but I came back to Currulao.
9. I’m from Mexico but I’ve lived in Colombia for seven years.
10. I’m from Medellin but I studied here in Currulao all my school.
11. I from Currulao but I moved to Medellin when I was seven years old. I studied there.
12. I studied in Medellin but I am from Apartado. I played soccer and I came here to try to become a
professional soccer player.
13. I was a good student and I came here because I got a scholarship.
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue 4 Vocabulary: clue words for


Listen to this conversation:
understanding the dialogue.
 Hello, my name is Susan Johnson.
 Pleased to meet you, Miss. Johnson. I’m Pablo 1. To Call llamar
Torres 2. To Tell decir /contar
 Please call me Susan. Tell me Pablo, where are you
3. To grow crecer
from?
 I’m from Mexico. From Mexico City. And you, do you 4. Grew asado de grow(crecer)
live here in New York? 5. Beautiful hermoso(a)
 Yes, I do, but I grew up in San Francisco.
 Oh really? I was in San Francisco last month! It's a
beautiful city!
Activity

1- Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2- Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3- Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand
4- Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new
sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Where are you from?

2. I’m from Bogota. But I lived in New York for a few years. I lived with an American family and I learnt

English there.

3. My name is_____ _____but please call me___________

4. I was born in Currulao but I grew up in Apartado.

5. I’m form Apartado but I grew up in Currulao. I lived with my parents there.

6. I studied in the E.C.I but I learned English In Apartado

7. I live in Apartado now. But I grew up in Medellin with my family.

8. I was in Bogota last year but I didn’t like it. I’d rather live in Medellin.

9. I live here in Apartado but I grew up in Bogota. I studied there.

10. I grew up in Currulao But I moved here to Medellin three years ago. I work for a big company.
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue 5 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the


Listen to this conversation:
dialogue.
 Mr. Robles, you speak English very well. Do you 1. Often frecuentemente/ a menudo
come to United States very often? 2. Married to casado(a) con
3. It rains llueve
 I try to, because my son is married to an
4. My son likes it a mi hijo le encanta/
American. They live in Seattle.
a mi hijo le gusta
 Seattle? That's a beautiful city, but it rains a lot
there.
 Yes, I know, but my son likes it very much.

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand
4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example
sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. My sister lives in Bogota she likes that city very much.


2. I live in Currulao. I like it very much.
3. My brother works in a school. He likes it very much
4. I speak English very often. I work as a teacher and I like it very much
5. Do you come to Currulao very often?
6. Do you practice soccer very often?
7. I don’t speak English very often. I only practice it in my school with some of my students who like
English vey much.
8. Bogota is a beautiful city but it is very cold there. And it rains a lot there.
9. It rains a lot in Quibdo but it is a beautiful city. I go to visit it very often.

10. My family lives in Medellin. I come to visit them very often. I like the city it is very big and there
are a lot of things to do there. We usually go to the big malls there. And visit the old churches
around the city. we go to the theatre and watch a good playing. We also like to stay at home in
Robledo or go out to have dinner at a good restaurant. I enjoy my staying in Medellin, but I don’t
live in Medellin. I live in Turbo. I live in Currulao. It is a small village on the road from Turbo to
Apartadó. Currulao is just on the middle of the way. Currulao is small but I like it a lot. I live with
my father and he works in a farm. He supervises a banana farm in Nueva Colonia what is other
small village in Turbo.
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue 6 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.


Listen to this conversation
1. Since desde
 Tell me, Mr. Robles, what do you do?
2. I’m an engineer soy ingeniero
 I work for ICA, I’m an engineer.
 And how long have you been here in New York? 3. For work de trabajo/ por el trabajo
 Since yesterday, I arrived yesterday morning. 4. On vacation de vacaciones
 Are you here for work or are you here on
vacation? 5. That’s why esa es la razón /
 On vacation. My sister is married to an es por lo cual
es por eso
American, and she lives here in the city. I try to
visit her often.
 That's why your English is so good.

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand
4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but
your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. What do you do?


2. What is your occupation?
3. I work for a school
4. I work for Microsoft it is a software company in the United States.
5. I’m a software engineer. I write software for computers and cellphones.
6. How long have you been in…
7. How long are you planning to stay here in the city?
8. I’m on vocation. I’m not here for work.
9. My brother speaks English better than me he lives with some Americans here in New York.
10. Are you going to stay on vacation a long time?
11. I’m still at school! But I’m not a student, I’m a teacher now. I teach French and Spanish. The
students have classes from Monday to Friday, but I work every day! It’s a hard job, but I like it.
And I don’t teach in July and August!
12. I work with my husband. We work in a hospital. I’m a nurse. I work in the evening and at the
weekend. My husband isn’t a nurse – he’s a doctor. He works in the evening, too, but he
doesn’t work at the weekend. We like the hospital.
13. I don’t like my job. I’m a waiter. I work in a busy restaurant. I work six days a week. I don’t
work on Tuesdays. My job starts in the morning, and it finishes at night. It’s a difficult job.
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue 7 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the


Listen to this conversation dialogue.
 Good evening, here is the menu and our wine list. Menu menu
 Thank you, what do you recommend tonight? Recommend recomendar
 The steak is always very good. Stake bistec
Order ordenar/ pedir
 All right, then I would like to order the steak. Red wine vino tinto
 And something to drink? Water agua
Glass vaso / cristal /vidrio
 Yes, I’d like a glass of red wine. Maybe the cabernet
souvignau. And a glass of water too, please.

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand
4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your
new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Do you have anything special tonight?


2. How much is a bottle of red wine please?
3. Can you recommend us something special?

4. Well we have a lot of delicious plates tonight but what I think is our special food is the steak.
It is always fine and a lot of people come here to eat it. But we also have chicken and veal
and of course our salads are delicious you can’t leave without enjoying them.

5. Ok I will have the steak. Let’s see how delicious it is. And bring me a good salad and a bottle
of wine. I’d like some red wine but not too expensive please.

6. Do you want anything else?

7. No thanks that’s all for now.


Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue 8 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.


Listen:
Good morning Buenos días
 Good morning, Susan.
How is it going? Qué tal? / Como van las cosas? Como esta?
 Good morning, Tomas. How's it going?
Ha you seen..? has visto…?
 Not bad, but have you seen my notes?
My notes for today's meeting? Meeting reunión

 No, I haven't. Wait; are they over there, Today’s meeting la reunión de hoy.
on that table? There they are allá están
 Oh yes, there they are. Thanks. About sobre/ de / acerca de

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has
to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Have you seen my t-shirt? I think I left it here but I cannot find it.
2. Have you ever been in Bogota?
3. I haven’t gone to Bogota. I have lived here in Currulao all my life.
4. I have spoken with my friends about today’s meeting.
5. You have not lived here in Currulao you have lived I Medellin, since you were a little boy.
6. I speak English now but I haven’t spoken English since I was a little boy. I spoke only Spanish
when I was little boy. But I learned English in my School and now I speak two Languages.
7. My friend speaks two languages but he hasn’t spoken two languages all his life. When he was a
little boy he only spoke English, he learned Spanish when he lived in Colombia.
8. Mary lives in the United States, but she has not lived in the United States all her life. She lived in
Venezuela when she was a little girl.
9. They are in my house now but I haven’t seen them
10. She has not played with my friends.
11. In professional women’s tennis around the world there are two sisters who have already made
history since their debut in 1994. They are Venus and Serena Williams. They were born in the
United States, in the 80’s, and they live in Florida with their family. The Williams sisters have
played in professional tennis matches since the 1990’s and by the year 2003 both had become
No. 1 in the world.
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

: Dialogue 9 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.


Listen to this conversation
To have tener/ haber
 Susan, have you made our hotel To make hacer
reservations yet? To go ir
To want querer
 No, I haven't, not yet. To do hacer
 Why not? To think pensar
Can poder
 I'd like to discuss our trip again. Do you
Sister Hermana
really want to go to Philadelphia? Because I
Beautiful hermoso (a) bello (a) bonito
think I’d rather go to Washington D.C.
(a)
 Why? Still aun/ todavía
 My sister lives there. It's a beautiful city too, Summer verano
and there's a lot to do there. To discuss discutir / charlar sobre /
debater / considerar
 Well, I’d still like to go to Philadelphia. But Not yet aún no./ todavía no
maybe we can go to Washington now. And Yet ya/ todavía (se usa más que todo
then to Philadelphia, in the summer. en expresiones negativas y al
final de la frase)
 Great! Now I can make the reservations!

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence
but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. We are planning to go on vacation but we don’t know where to go. my wife wants to go to
Canada but I don’t want to go out of the country. I rather prefer to visit some places here in
Colombia. I would like to go to el Eje Cafetero it is a very beautiful tourist destination in my
country and many people from all around the world come to visit it. I also think Canada is
very cold and I don’t want to stay in our hotel room every day.

2. I haven’t made our hotel reservation yet


3. We have gone to Bogota three times
4. I would like to visit Canada in the summer
5. My family is going to be on vacation next week.
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue 10 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue


Listen to this conversation.
1. To discuss debatir / charlar / discutir / platicar
 Peter, can we discuss our trip again? 2. Trip viaje
3. Our nuestro(a)
 Of course, why?
4. Really verdaderamente /
 Do you really want to go to New York? de verdad / en realidad
 Yes, I do and I thought you wanted to go 5. Thought past for think
there too. 6. It’s es / queda/ está
 You don't think it's too expensive? 7. Too expensive muy caro / demasiado caro
8. To see ver / visitar
 No, I don't, and I’d really like to see the city. 9. Reservation reservasion
 All right, then why don't you make our hotel 10. To buy comprar
reservations and I can buy the plane tickets? 11. Plane avion
12. Tickets tiquetes / boletos
.
Activity
1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your
new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Do you have a minute please? I want to discuss our report I think you are giving private
information on it. You know there are things of our company that you cannot inform about.
Where you show what we do with the money we earn for example. It is not appropriated
people know about it.
2. Did you make the reservation?
3. I think our trip to the United States is too expensive I would rather like to stay here in
Colombia.
4. We have some beautiful places to visit in my country
5. When are you going to buy the plane tikes for our trip?
6. I want to stay in Miami for about a week so I need you to make the hotel reservation as soon
as possible.
7. Why don’t you go to the bus terminal? and I can take a taxi car to go to the store.
8. I need to buy the plane tickets for our trip to New York.
9. Would you like to go with me to The United States?
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue11 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.


Listen to this conversation
1. Your su / sus / tu/ tus ( de usted/ ustedes)
 Your apartment is beautiful! How long 2. Since desde
have you lived here? 3. Last ultimo / pasado
4. Last month el mes pasado
 Since last month 5. Yard patio
 Is there a yard? 6. Is there? Hay?
7. There is hay (una sola cosa o elemento que
 Yes, there's a small yard at the back. se toma por volumen)
 And where do you park your car? 8. There are hay (varias cosas que se pueden contar)
 In front. I can almost always park in 9. Back atras / espalda / dorso
front. 10. To park parquear estacionar
11. Almost casy
12. Always siempre.
Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your
new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Dr. Fernando has been in the office since early this morning. He has already seen a lot of
patients, and he will certainly see many more before the day is over. Dr. Fernando’s patients
don’t know it, but he also isn’t feeling well. He has had a pain in his back since last Thursday,
but he hasn’t taken any time to stay at home and rest. He has had a lot of patients this week,
and he’s a very dedicated doctor.

2. They’ve known each other since 1999


3. they’ve been in love since last spring
4. Where do you park your motorbike?
5. There is a big apartment in front of the house.
6. There’s a small yard in the back of the house.
7. There is a new car in front of your house is it yours?
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue12 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.


Listen to this conversation:
 Tomas, have you been to the Museum 1. Unfortunately infortunadamente / desafortunadamente
of Modern Art? 2. Should debería / deberías (se usa para
 No, not yet. Unfortunately I don't have sugerir algo respetuosamente)
much time. 3. You’re leaving for mexico usted sale para
 You really should see it. You're leaving México / usted parte
for Mexico soon, aren't you? para México
 Yes, that's right. I’m leaving next 4. Next week la próxima semana
week. 5. We nosotros
 Then why don't we go to the museum 6. On Saturday el sábado
on Saturday? Maybe we can have
dinner together too. 7. That’s es / esa es / eso es / aquella es / aquel es
 I'd like to, that's a good idea. 8. Good bueno(a)
9. Idea idea

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your
new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. There are a lot of people in the park you should go there and see what is happening?
2. Have you ever been in Chicago?
3. Have you been in Bogota?
4. You should study a little bit more if you want to pass the test.
5. You should stay at a hotel instead of go to bother your relatives.
6. Why don’t you visit your friend on Sunday?
7. That’s a good idea.
8. I think you are leaving for Medellin tomorrow, then why don’t you go to my house today we need
to discuss about our business first.
9. Unfortunately we have to stay at work until seven in the evening but tomorrow I think we can
have a cup of coffee together and we can talk about our trip to Mexico.
10. You can stay here. Unfortunately we usually close the store at six o’clock in the evening and it is
already seven thirty.
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue13 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.


Listen to this conversation
1. To help ayudar
 Excuse me, can you help me? How do 2. How como
I get to Central Park? 3. Get llegar / arrivar / conseguir / optener / lograr
4. Straght derecho
 Go straight ahead. Then to the left.
5. Ahead adelante / hacia adelante
After that, take the first right.
6. After después
 Wait a minute, please; I don't speak 7. after that despues de eso
English very well. Can you speak more 8. To take tomar
slowly? 9. First primero(a)
10. To wait esperar
 Central Park is pretty far; maybe you 11. Wait a minute espera un minuto
should take a taxi.
12. More mas
 That's a good idea, thanks. 13. Slowly despacio / lentamente
14. Pretty bello(a) / muy demasiado
15. Pretty far muy lejos / demasiado lejos

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand
4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has
to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Can you help me, please? I want to go to the airport?


2. Excuse me; is there a hospital near here?
3. Sir, can you tell me the way to the zoo?
4. Excuse me, how can I go to the stadium?
5. Can you tell me how to get to the nearest toilet, please?
6. Can I ask you how to get to the nearest bus stop please?
7. Sorry but I don’t speak English very well can you please speak a little bit more slowly
8. I don’t understand you can you speak a little lauder please’
9. How can I get to the department store in central park?
10. Take the third left and go for about half a mile.
11. Excuse me, I’m new here. Is there a bank on the corner of Bradley Boulevard?
12. Can you tell me where the bakery is?
13. I’m sorry to interrupt you…but I was wondering how do I get to St. Paul’s Hospital from here?
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Dialogue 14 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the


Listen to this conversation dialogue.

 Excuse me; may I use your phone? 1. To use utilizar / usar


 Of course, go right ahead. It's on the table 2. Right derecho(a)
over there. 3. On the table en la mesa
4. To know saber / conocer
 Thanks. Do you know the area code for
5. Code codigo
Boston?
6. Area code codigo de area
 I think it's 607. No, wait, it's 617. 7. Area area
 Thanks a lot. 8. To think penar / creer

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence
but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. May I have a glass of water?


2. I may work this weekend
3. Sure. it is on the big table over there next to the computer.
4. May I speak with the principal here please?
5. You may use the bathroom it is in front of the library.
6. Do you know her phone number?
7. Do you know what her cell number is?
8. I think it is 3112346575.
9. No, I don’t know her cell number but you may call her brother, I know his cell phone number.
10. May you please go to the supermarket with me I need to buy a lot of things and I need some
help with them.

11. I do not think the clowns are funny. Being a lion tamer is much more difficult than being a clown.
Being a lion tamer is also much more important than being a clown. People don’t come to the
circus to watch the clowns. They can see clowns on television. People come to the circus to see
the lion tamer.
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Dialogue 15 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.


Listen to this conversation
1. To call llamar
 Susan, did anyone call this morning? 2. This morning esta mañana
3. We nosotros(as)
 Yes, Mr. Ramirez called.
4. Meeting reunion
 Mr. Ramirez? Uh, we have a meeting 5. To leave a message dejar un mensaje
tomorrow. Did he leave a message? 6. There was había
7. There was no no había
 No, there was no message, but I have his
phone number. 8. There wasn’t no había
9. Phone number número de teléfono
 Great, I’ll call him right back. 10. To Call back devolver la llamada
11. I’ll call him right back de una le devolveré
la llamada/ lo llamare
de vuelta

Activity
1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand
4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your
new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. . The Vikings sailed the seas, attacked towns and stole treasures all over Europe between the years 800
and 1100. They started from Scandinavia and attacked many countries in Europe.
2. They also crossed the Atlantic Ocean and arrived in Iceland and Greenland.
3. The Vikings liked swords so much they often decorated themselves with gold and gave them names.
4. Women cooked food and made clothes, shoes and jewelry for them, their children and their husbands.

5. Last Summer I went to Nice. It's a great place to have a holiday. People are very friendly and
hospitable.
Especially, the port of Nice is a fantastic place to visit.
6. On the first day, we went to a restaurant with a terrace. It had a wonderful view of the sea. Also
the dishes were absolutely delicious. On the second day, we went to two museums. First we
went to an art museum. There weren't many pictures, but there were many contemporary art
productions. I didn't like them a lot. Second we went to a very unusual museum of bric-à-brac.
There was a lot of old bric-à-brac from different places of the World. It was really interesting to
see. After visiting the museums, we returned to our hotel room as we were really tired. At last,
we spent a whole day at the great beaches of Nice. We swam, sunbathed and had great time on
the beach of Nice. It was a short but very entertaining and relaxing holiday. I definitely want to
go to Nice again.
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue 16 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.


Listen to this conversation:
Beep tono / sonido
 Hello, this is Annie Johnson. I’m sorry I can't go
to the phone now; please leave a message after After despues
the beep. Wednesday miercoles

 Hi Annie, this is Felipe Lopez. It's Wednesday About por ahi / eso de / sobre
afternoon, about three o'clock, I’d like to discuss Next week la próxima semana
our meeting next week. Please call me back, my
number is (860 243).Eight-six-0-two-four-three- 860243 los números de teléfono
threeThanks. se mencionan uno a uno
/8/ /6/ /0/ /2/ /4/ /3/
Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your
new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Voice massages : hello this ___I’ve been calling you for over an hour. I needed to tell you about
our project and I sent it to you a while ago I’d like you to check it out and send me feedback
about.
2. _____ ___ ___ here what’s the matter? You haven’t showed up at the school over the last three
days is you sick or something? Please call me back as soon as possible. I am so worried about
it.

3. This is ______ I can’t answer your call now could you please leave a massage.

4. 4. Mr. ______ this is ______ I’d like we to meet as soon as possible to discuss the issues of the
next company congress. You know there will be a lot of people from all around the world and I
think the place the congress will be held is not enough for it. Thanks a lot

5. This is ____ I am so busy now. Please leave a massage I will call you back as soon as possible.

6. Over 150 years ago, in the middle of the nineteenth century, the Austrian Monk Gregor Mendel
provided us with the first scientific explanation for why children look like their parents. By
experimenting with different strains of peas in his garden, he happened to discover the laws of
heredity.

7. Freire believed that the challenge of transforming schools should be directed at overcoming
socioeconomic injustice linked to the political and economic structures of society.”
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DIALOGUE 17 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the


Listen to this conversation
dialogue.
 Susan, can you do something for me?
 Yes, what is it?
 Can you make a reservation of the Parker 1. Make hacer
House? Tomorrow our Mexican client, Mr. 2. Reservation reservacion
Torres, will be here for a meeting. It will be a
3. Client cliente
long meeting, and I’d like to have dinner with
him after that. 4. It Will be sera
 At what time? 5. After despues
 Seven o'clock.
 Of course. I’ll call right now

Activity
1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your
new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Hello, Lamiah Restaurant. How may I help you?.. Yes, I'd like to reserve a table
for Wednesday at 8:00… I have reserved a table for 2 seats this Wednesday at
8:00pm. Is there anything else?
2. Waitress: On that date, it appears that all our royal tables are full. However there
is one remaining one left. May I know what time will you be here with us?
3. Customer: We stay there 6:00 PM. And by the way, could you also please make a
note, that we will be celebrating my daughter's birthday on this date. Will it be
possible to make a special disguise for Mickey Mouse and the entire Disney cast
to sing her happy birthday?
4. When a couple or a party wants to enjoy a special occasion such as an
anniversary, holiday or other celebratory event, they want to make sure they can
get a table without waiting too long.

5. Susan, can you do something for me?


6. Can you make a reservation of the Parker House? Tomorrow our Mexican client, Mr. Torres, will be
here for a meeting. It will be a long meeting, and I’d like to have dinner with him after that
7. You probably worry about how much time you or your children waste playing computer
games. But in fact some studies show that these games can help us learn important skills.

8. Steve Smith from Devon in the UK met Carmen Ruiz-Perez from Spain 17 years ago when
they were both in their 20s.
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Dialogue 18 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.


Listen to this conversation
1. Bother molestar / incomodar
 Sorry to bother you meanwhile. 2. Meanwhile mientras tanto / un ratito
3. Help ayudar / servir
 That's all right, how can I help you? 4. Can poder
 A few people from the office are coming to our 5. Can’t= cannot no poder
place this Saturday evening. Can you come 6. Come venir
too? 7. Won’t=will not No. (expresión para negar
eventos que sucederán
 I’m sorry. I'd like to, but I can't. I won't be here en el tiempo venidero)
on Saturday. A friend of mine has invited me 8. Invite invitar
to visit him in Boston this weekend. 9. Has /have tener / haber
 That's too bad. Maybe some other time! 10. Other otro / otra
11. From de / desde
12. A few unos cuantos / unos pocos

Activity

5. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
6. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
7. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

8. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your
new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. I’m sorry but, can you come with me to my office. I want to share with you some important
information. It is about our project here in this city and I would like to know your point of view
about it.
2. Today a few people from the United States are coming to visit in our place and as you know your
English is pretty good I would like you to stay with us for a couple of hours.
3. I am sorry I’d like to but I cannot I need to finish this important report for our boss and she
needed it yesterday and I haven’t finished it yet.
4. Sorry for bothering you but a friend of mine is coming to visit me today. he is arriving at ten and I
would like to take him to my house from the airport so I need you to take any message if
someone calls.
5. I would like to invite you to my place a few people from Currulao are coming to visit today and I
want you to practice your Spanish with them.

6. I can’t go with you a friend of mine is visiting us and I don’t want she to gets boring at home
alone. I want to take her for a trip around the city
7. Can you help me there is an English information on my computer and my English is not very
good can you translate it for me?.
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Dialogue 19 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.


Listen
1. Niece sobrina
 Manuela, your niece is coming soon, isn't she?
2. Remember recordar
 Yes, she is arriving on Saturday.
 I don't remember, why is she coming to the US? 3. College Universidad
 She wants to visit some colleges. 4. Travel viajar
 She'd like to study English here. 5. She’ll=she will expresión que indica
 Oh, really? una acción futura
 Yes, and she wants to travel too. (que ella realizara)
 From here she'll go to Boston, and then, maybe
to Canada, Montreal 6. Will expresión para hablar de eventos futuros
7. Go ir
8. She’ll go irá / ella irá
Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your
new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. My niece will go to Boston next moth but she doesn’t know where she is going to stay
because my brother is going to New York and he is going to stay there for about two months
or so.
2. I’m writing about the plans for your visit this weekend. We’ve planned lots of activities but it all
depends on the weather. We may go up to the mountains to show you some of the local area, so
bring your walking shoes, we cannot go there if it rains, but it probably won’t rain. We’ve had some
really good weather recently so it will probably be really sunny. But you never know in the UK, do
you? Maybe I’m not going to work on Friday when you arrive. I don’t really know yet. But I’ll see you in
the evening, in any case. And Jill will definitely meet you at the train station
3. The council is planning to use this area for urban development. They are going to build a large
number of new houses as well as other facilities, such as schools and a shopping centre. They are
also going to create more roads and provide public transport to the area. They will allow a few
companies to build facilities near the new development.
4. The council is going to create a large park for people to enjoy. They plan to clean up the area and
provide facilities such as picnic tables, barbecues and a playground for children. They are going to
build several new roads to the park, but they won’t allow the construction of houses, schools or shops
in the green area.

5. The council is planning to sell the green area to private developers. The developers want to build a
small number of large, expensive houses. They are going to build new streets and a small park. The
park will be exclusively for residents. The council is going to provide a bus service to the area for
people who work in the houses.
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Dialogue 20 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the


Listen to this conversation dialogue.
 Hi Carlos, come in and sit down. Carlos, this is 1. Nephew sobrino
my nephew, Tom. Tom, this is a colleague of 2. Just exactamente / justo / expresión de énfasis
mine, Carlos Martinez. 3. About de / sobre / relacionado con/ por ahí
 Pleased to meet you, Tom. 4. Graduate graduarse
 Pleased to meet you, Mr. Martinez. 5. Teach enseñar / educar / orientar un
 Carlos, we were just talking about Mexico. tema educativo
 You were talking about Mexico? Why?
 Tom just graduated from college, and he'd like
to go to Mexico.
 He'd like to teach English there.

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your
new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. We've just started," Joe answered. "We'll know more when we get back tonight. Come on over
tomorrow and we'll talk.
2. The museum is open late tonight," said the curator. "I suggest that you bring your curios around
about nine o'clock, after closing time. There won't be anybody in the building and I'll have a
chance to look at them.

3. "What's going on here?" he demanded. "This room is private. You're not allowed
4. There are a lot of important things to be found… How about the four of us going on a trip
together?
5. When Mr. Hardy came home a little later, his family told him about the threatening telephone
call. The boys, however, did not mention the arrow warning in the presence of their mother and
Aunt Gertrude. They knew it would only add to their concern.

6. I think Joe and I should go back tonight to the place where we had the picnic," Frank told his
father. "In the darkness we'll have a better chance to sleuth without being seen. And there might
be some clue we missed this afternoon."
7. Social networking sites appeared just before the beginning of the century and took the internet,
and the world by storm, just a few decades ago, and people wrote letter or called each other
regularly to keep in touch. Then e-mail came, and today social networking sites allow users to
communicate instantly with friends and family.
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla
Dialogue 21 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the
Listen to this conversation
dialogue.
 Mary, how was your trip to Philadelphia?
1. Trip viaje
 It went pretty well, and the meeting with our 2. Meeting reunion
new clients was very worthwhile. 3. Client cliente
4. Worthwhile valer la pena
 That's good. Did you have time to see the city?
5. See ver
 Not much, next time I'd like to stay longer. 6. Longer mas tiempo

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your
new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. "You may well be surprised at my coming back in this way and at this hour. I hardly know you. I
was never in your rooms before tonight. But I looked for you at school, and you said you
remembered me. Of course that's no excuse; but will you listen to me--for two minutes?"

2. "Because you'll probably show me the door," I cried bitterly; "and you will be justified in doing it!
But it's no use beating about the bush. You know I dropped over two hundred just now?"

3. How was your trip to Bogota?

4. My trip was very good I visited a lot of places in the city and I want to other cities nearby.

5. I didn’t have time to see the city. I had meeting during the day and I had to work on reports
during the night it was a very hard time but worthwhile

6. I would like to go back again but if I can stay there a little bit longer.

7. I heard the doorbell ring just a minute ago. I guess Aunt Gertrude wouldn't let him in." They
watched the stranger who strode down the walk. The man seemed greatly agitated. When he
reached the pavement he hesitated, looked back at the house, snapped his fingers, stamped his
feet, and then suddenly turned down High Street toward the river. He had gone no more than a
few paces, however, before he turned back and passed the gate once more. He was an elderly
man, plump and very well dressed, with a flushed, cleaned heaven face.
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Dialogue 22 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.
Listen to this conversation.
 Hi Jorge, I'm sorry I'm late. 1. Sit down siéntese
2. There was hubo / había
 That's ok, come in and sit down. 3. Traffic trafico
 Thanks, there was a lot of traffic today, 4. Specially especialmente
especially in the highway. 5. Highway carretera / autopista
6. Most mayor parte / mayoría
 Oh really? Most Sundays it's not too bad.

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your
new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Just then the boys heard the crash of glass and immediately clicked off their flashlights.
Someone had broken a windowpane, and at this moment was no doubt reaching inside for the
lock. Any minute one or more men might mount the stairs and enter the study!
2. For the first time the boys noticed a small safe standing against the wall opposite them. Frank
and Joe were fearful the men would detect their hiding place, but the attention of the burglars
was focused on the safe. In a moment they squatted and the boys got a good glimpse of their
faces. Both were swarthy and hard-looking.
3. Ten minutes later Frank and Joe were asleep and did not waken until ten o'clock. At once Frank
got up and opened a wooden chest of sports equipment under which he had hidden the box
containing Mr. Wright's invention. It was still there.
4. While they were having breakfast, Frank came up with the idea of a unique hiding place for the
invention. "Let's put it in the well under the spare tyre in the boot of our car," he said
5. Mrs. Hardy remarked that since the boys would be away, she would spend the night with a
friend. "Your aunt plans to visit Cousin Helen in Gresham, anyhow:"
6. "Well . . . we don't think of them as crates. When properly rebuilt, most antique planes are as
safe and reliable as the day they were originally made. I own one myself. It's outside on the
ramp. Would you like to see it?"

7. Mr. Weber led the boys to the airport ramp. A short distance ahead stood an orange-and-white
biplane. The boys peered into the two open cockpits.
8. The pilot smiled. "Compared to modern planes, mine doesn't have many instruments. But since
we fly the antiques only for fun, we don't need elaborate equipment, such as that required for all-
weather operations.
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Dialogue 23 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.


Listen to this conversation.
1. Week semana
 Jorge, are you really leaving next week? 2. Finish terminar
 Yes, I am. Our project here is finished, and 3. our project here is finished nuestro proyecto aqui
ha terminado
we have a new project in Montreal. 4. project proyecto
 I'm leaving for Montreal on Saturday. 5. I didn’t know that no lo sabia
 You're going to Montreal? I didn't know that. 6. They told me me digeron
 I know, they told me just a few days ago. 7. Tow days ago hace dos dias
 Do you speak French? 8. French Francés (persona de
Francia) idioma Francés
 Only a little, but my English is much better. 9. much better mucho mejor
10. better mejor

Activity
1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new
sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Jack the Ripper is one of the most infamous killers in history. He was one of the first examples
of a serial killer. A serial killer is someone who murders more than three victims, one at a time,
and in a short space of time.
2. The identity of Jack the Ripper was never discovered. He murdered five - or possibly six -
women in the East End of London in 1888. Why he did it is still a mystery. The case has inspired
many films, books and TV shows. Please be warned, this article is not pleasant reading
3. In London in 1888, between August and November, there were five brutal murders. All of them
happened in the very poor Whitechapel area of London. All the victims were prostitutes. All of
the women, apart from Elizabeth Stride, were horribly mutilated. It was this mutilation that
caused people to call the killer 'Jack the Ripper'.
4. The first murder took place on 31 August. Her name was Mary Ann Nicholls. At about 11pm on
30 August, she was seen walking on Whitechapel Road. She was next seen at 12.30am, leaving
a pub on Brick Lane, in Spitalfields. Mary’s body was found at about 3.40am, on the ground very
close to the London Hospital. Her throat had been cut and there were horrible injuries to her
abdomen.
5. The police believe that Martha Tabram, who was stabbed to death on 6 August 1888, was the
first victim. Martha Tabram had been stabbed 39 times. People thought it was Jack the Ripper
for four reasons. First, the murder was extremely violent. Secondly, there was no motive.
Thirdly, she was murdered close to Whitechapel. Finally, the date of her murder was very close
to the other killings.
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue 24 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.


Listen to this conversation
1. Will expresion para indicar eventos que sucederan
 Hi Julia, how are you? en tiempo venidero
 Fine thanks. and you? 2. Just a minute un minuto
 Not bad. Ann will be here in just a
minute. 3. Come in entre
 Come in and sit down. 4. What beautiful flowers que flores tan lindas(hermosas)
 Thank you. What beautiful flowers. 5. Garden jardin
 They're from our garden. Can I get you
something to drink? Some coffee or 6. Can I get you something to drink? Puedo traerle algo de beber
tea? A Coke?
 No thanks, I'm fine
Activity
Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
1. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
2. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

3. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your
new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.
Example sentences

1. It may seem incredible but there are still people who have never had any contact with modern
civilization. Who are they? Where do they live? How many of them are there? How do we know?
Uncontacted peoples are also known as isolated people or lost tribes. They are communities
who live, or have lived, in isolation without contact with globalized civilization. Few people are
still totally uncontacted by global civilization, however some remain.
2. Indigenous rights activists say that uncontacted peoples should be left in peace. They say that
contact will interfere with their right to decide their own futures. Most uncontacted communities
are located in the forests of South America and New Guinea. We know they exist because they
have been seen from planes and other contacted tribes have met them.
3. There are more than 100 groups of uncontacted peoples worldwide, however we don’t know the
exact numbers. There could be almost 70 isolated tribes in the Brazilian rainforest and another
15 uncontacted tribes in Peru. The Javari Valley, on the border of Brazil and Peru, is home to
seven contacted peoples and about seven uncontacted Indian groups
4. One of the most isolated people in the world are the Sentinelese, who live on North Sentinel
Island in the Indian Ocean. The Sentinelese have strongly resisted contact by outsiders. The
Sentinelese are a hunter-gatherer society, who live by hunting, fishing, and collecting wild plants.
There is no evidence that they farm or use fire.
5. Anthropologists believe that the Sentinelese are directly descended from the first human
populations to leave Africa. They have probably lived in the Andaman Islands for up to 55,000
years. Their language is different even from other Andaman islanders and this suggests that
they have had little contact with other people for thousands of years. However, this does not
mean that they live just as they did 55,000 years ago. There will have been changes in their
society, just as in the rest of the world.
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Dialogue 25 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.


Listen to this conversation

 Ramon, what do you do in your spare time? 1. Spare time tiempo libre
Do you play any sports? 2. Sport deporte
 No, I don't. I'm not very good at sports. 3. I’m not very good at sports no soy muy
 You don't play tennis? That's too bad. I really bueno en los
like tennis, and there are some nice courts deportes
nearby. 4. There are hay
 One of my colleagues plays pretty well, I 5. Nearby cerca
think. Maybe you can play tennis with him 6. Pretty well muy bien
some time.
7. Some time algun dia / alguna vez

Activity
1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence
has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. We all like to look good; however a growing number of people are now having cosmetic surgery in order
to improve their physical appearance. Although some people need reconstructive surgery after illness or
accidents, many people are now choosing to have an operation solely for cosmetic reasons.
2. Nose reshaping surgery, also known as rhinoplasty or a 'nose job', is one of the most common cosmetic
surgery procedures across the world. The majority of people who have a nose job do it for cosmetic
reasons (to look good). However, other people request it to fix breathing problems and to help alleviate
snoring.
3. Rhinoplasty was first developed in ancient India, by the physician Sushruta. The surgeon and his medical
students developed plastic surgical techniques for rebuilding noses and earlobes. These had been
amputated for religious, criminal, or military punishment. Nowadays, most ‘nose jobs’ involve making the
nose smaller or slimmer. Many patients want their surgeon to remove unwanted lumps or bumps.
4. A lot of people want to lose weight. Achieving the look they want needs healthy eating and regular
exercise. However, even after exercising and eating well, some people have areas of fat around their
bodies. Liposuction surgery, also known as fat removal surgery, is designed to help remove these areas
of fat and reshape particular areas of the body.
5. The usual areas of the body that can be treated with liposuction surgery include: arms, thighs, stomach,
hips, buttocks, knees and the chin. However, liposuction surgery can be done to any area of the body.
Liposuction is often used at the same time as other cosmetic surgery procedures such as the tummy
tuck, breast reduction and male chest reduction.
6. Another well-known cosmetic procedure is the ‘face lift’. Signs of ageing such as lines, wrinkles, loose
skin, crow’s feet and brown spots are part of getting older. Many people try to reverse these signs of
aging with the help of face lift surgery.

7.
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue 26 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the


Listen to this conversation
dialogue.
 Well Ann, what are your children doing now?
 My daughter has a job as a computer 1. Doing haciendo
programmer. She lives in San Francisco. 2. What are your children doing now? ahora, que hacen
Tus hijos?
And my son is in college, at Boston
University. 3. Programmer programadora
4. College Universidad
 What's he studying? 5. Studying estudiando
 History, he'd like to be a history teacher. 6. History historia
7. Wanted querido / deseado
 Really? I didn't know that. 8. To be a teacher ser professor
 Oh yes, he’s always wanted to be a teacher.

Activity
1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence
has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. What are you going to give your wife for her birthday?

2. Eric and Susan are very good friends. They grew up together, they went to high school together, and
they went to college together. Now Eric lives in California, and Susan lives in New Jersey. Even though
they live far apart, they're still very good friends.

3. They write to each other very often. He writes her letters about life on the east coast. They never
forget each other's birthday. Last year he lent her money when she was in the hospital and she
gave him advice when he lost his job. Eric and Susan like each other very much. They were
always very good friends and they still are.
4. Carlos and Maria are our very good friends. For many years we went to church together, we
took vacations together and our children played together. Now Carlos and Maria live in Florida,
and we still live in Wisconsin even though we live far apart we're still very good friends.
5. We communicate with each other very often on internet. We send them messages about life up North.
And they send us messages about life down south. We never forget each other's anniversaries. Last year
we sent them Wisconsin cheese. And they sent us Florida oranges we also help each other very often
last year we leant them money when they bought a new van, and they gave us advice when we sold our
house and moved into a condominium we like each other very much we were always good friends and
we still are.
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue 27 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the


Listen to this conversation: dialogue.
 Good afternoon, my name is Julia Vega. I 1. Reserve reservar
reserved a room for two nights. 2. Night noche
 Oh yes, Mrs. Vega. You have room 278. It will 3. Ready listo(a)
be ready in just a few minutes. 4. Park parquet / parquear /
 Fine, where can I park my car? estacionar
 We have a parking garage. If you'd like, you 5. Parking garage garaje
can leave your luggage here and go to park 6. Come back regresar
your car. The room will be ready when you 7. Key llave
come back.
 Here's your key card.
 Ok, thank you.

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your
new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences
1. He had no public employment; he had never been entered at any of the Inns of Court, either at
the Temple, or Lincoln’s Inn, or Gray’s Inn; nor had his voice ever resounded in the Court of
Chancery, or in the Exchequer, or the Queen’s Bench, or the Ecclesiastical Courts. He certainly
was not a manufacturer; nor was he a merchant or a gentleman farmer. His name was strange
to the scientific and learned societies, and he never was known to take part in the sage
deliberations of the Royal Institution or the London Institution, the Artisan’s Association, or the
Institution of Arts and Sciences. He belonged, in fact, to none of the numerous societies which
swarm in the English capital, from the Harmonic to that of the Entomologists, founded mainly for
the purpose of abolishing pernicious insects. Phileas Fogg was a member of the Reform, and
that was all.
2. ‘We are going round the world.’ Passepartout opened wide his eyes, raised his eyebrows, held
up his hands, and seemed about to collapse, so overcome was he with stupefied astonishment.
‘Round the world!’ he murmured. ‘In eighty days,’ responded Mr. Fogg. ‘So we haven’t a
moment to lose.’
3. Hong Kong is an island which came into the possession of the English by the Treaty of Nankin,
after the war of 1842; and the colonizing genius of the English has created upon it an important
city and an excellent port. The island is situated at the mouth of the Canton River, and is
separated by about sixty miles from the Portuguese town of Macao, on the opposite coast. Hong
Kong has beaten Macao in the struggle for the Chinese trade, and now the greater part of the
transportation of Chinese goods finds its depot at the former place. Docks, hospitals, wharves, a
Gothic cathedral, a government house, macadamized streets, give to Hong Kong the
appearance of a town in Kent or Surrey transferred by some strange magic to the antipodes.
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue 28 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the


Listen to this conversation: dialogue.
 Ann, do you know where I can open a checking
account? 1. Open abrir
 You can go to my bank, it's US Trust. There's one 2. Checking account cuenta corriente
just around the corner, in Harvard Square. 3. Bank banco
 How late are they open? 4. Just around the corner a la vuelta
 Most days they close at 4, but in Thursdays, they 5. Until hasta
open till 6 o'clock. 6. After despues
 Then maybe I can go after work today. 7. Identification identificacion
 I think you'll need some identification. Maybe you 8. Passport pasaporte
should take your passport with you. 9. Take tomar /llevar

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your
new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. The development and widespread use of computer technology and the internet have
transformed how we communicate, how business is conducted, how information is dispersed,
and how society is organized. Prior to approximately 1980, in-depth information about any one
subject matter was attained through laborious research involving countless visits to libraries and
via repeated interviews with persons of known reputation and reputable expertise. Now, a great
deal of information is available at the click of a mouse button, all attainable from within the
confines of one’s own home or from the use of a computer in an office. Previous labor-intensive
support jobs, such as loading and unpacking of trucks, luggage handling at airports, and food
manufacturing, once performed by a large middle-class workforce, are now performed routinely
by robots which are monitored by computer-controlled systems.

2. Our lives have been simplified by the advent of computer and internet technologies, but likewise
these benefits which have been ushered in by the technology revolution have had an averse
affect on the core of our interpersonal-relationships. Mere communication is no longer via postal
mail or face-to-face contact, but rather via electronic email, personal internet message boards,
and by virtue of hand-held personal electronic assistants. Although computer technology has
brought us to within a mouse-click of any sought-after piece of information, this technology boom
has sequestered us to the confines of our computer desks and homes and has removed us
away from those traditional settings were personal and communication skills are developed.
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue 29 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.


Listen to this conversation:
Seen visto
 Sorry to bother you Nancy, have you seen
my notes? Did I leave them in your office? Notes apuntes
 I'm sorry, what did you say? Leave dejar
 My notes. My notes from the conference. Say decir
Have you seen them? Did I leave them Conference conferencia
here?
 Yes, here they are. Here they are aqui estan
 Great, thanks.

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand
4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence
has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences
1. Modernity spread from Europe across the world. Its roots were in the Renaissance and its
development can be charted through the centuries the emergence of capitalist economies,
colonial expansion, protestant non-conformism in northern Europe, territorial wars, the
Enlightenment and the industrial and urban age of the 19th century. Languages in Europe during
this period became ‘modern’: codified, standardized, languages which symbolized and helped
unify national identity often at the cost of other language varieties spoken within national
borders. The rise of modern languages brought with it modern concepts of the ‘native speaker’
and its counterpart: the notion of a ‘foreign language’. Before the 18th century there was no
concept of ‘foreign language’ as we know it today.
THE END OF MODERNITY
2. Many of the extraordinary and rapid changes we have seen recently in the world can be
understood as the old order, as represented by modernity, being swept away by a new one – as
equally powerful as modernity was. The structures, attitudes and needs of modernity have been
undermined by globalization, new technologies (especially those related to communication), and
the changing demographic shape of the world. This book shows how these developments have
come to a head in the last few years – in many cases since the start of the 21st century. It, of
course, is in the nature of things that precursors can always be found. Major trends now were
minor trends at some earlier stage, though their importance may not have been recognized.
Some argue, for example, that globalization started in the 15th century with the development of
capitalist economies, nation states and national languages. By the 19th century, scholars were
well aware of the potential impact of new technologies, such as the electric telegraph, on social,
political and economic life. Some analysts prefer to talk about ‘late modernity’ rather than
‘postmodernity’ emphasizing the continuity with the past rather than the novelty of the present.
Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue 30 Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the


Listen to this conversation:
dialogue.
 Well Nancy, is everything ready for our
1. Everything todo
meeting?
2. Call llamar
 Yes, It is. Oh, a woman called about half an 3. Sister hermana
hour ago. She said her name is Ana, and
she'd like you to call her back.
 That's my sister; her daughter is coming to
visit next month.
 Oh really?

Activity
1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.
2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.
3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand
4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence
has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Everything is ready for our meeting today but someone call a few minutes ago she said if is
possible to you to call her back immediately her name is Rosa Rodriguez and she is from
Mexico.
2. My sister just graduated from college and she is going to work for a big company in Bogota.
3. My brother is coming to visit us today he is going to spend a week here.
4. A woman called a while ago and she said she needed to talk to you as soon as possible her
name is Carmen Gutierrez.
5. My sister lives in Colombia but her daughter lives in Chicago and she is coming to visit this
week.
6. I’d like you to call me back as soon as you listen to this message we need to talk about our
meeting today.
7. A fifteen-year-old boy was injured in a car accident when the minivan he was traveling in was hit
by a pickup truck at an intersection. The boy was taken to a nearby hospital. The paramedics
said that it appeared that the boy had nothing more serious than a broken left leg, but that
internal injuries were always a possibility. The boy was conscious and alert. His mother, who
was driving, wasn’t uninjured. She said that the truck appeared out of nowhere, and she thought
she was going to die. She turned the steering wheel sharply to the left, and the truck hit her
minivan on the passenger side.
8. My deer student if you had the opportunity o finish this level then let me tell you that now you can
understand, speak, read and write a lot of English but this is not the en d you still have to
continue studying in order to learn a little bit more and get better every day. Congratulations

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