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Listen and Decode

Being All Ears. Listen and Decode. Listen and Read. Listen and Respond. Listen and Match. Listen and Complete. Listen and Conclude. Listen and Judge. Listen and Decode. Listen to Dialogue 1 and decode the message by finding the correct choices in the brackets according to what you hear.

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Listen and Decode

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  1. Being All Ears Listen and Decode Listen and Read Listen and Respond Listen and Match Listen and Complete Listen and Conclude Listen and Judge

  2. Listen and Decode Listen to Dialogue 1 and decode the message by finding the correct choices in the brackets according to what you hear. 1 (Jim, Kim, Tom) and his friend are waiting for 2 (breakfast, lunch, supper) in a restaurant. They have been waiting for a long time since they ordered their meal. Kim is 3 (angry, worried, sorry) and complains that the service is really 4 (bad, hard, slow). But his friend thinks that they needn’tbe in a 5 (anger, hunger, hurry), because the 6 (waiter, waitress, boss) is very busy.  

  3. The slow service there. Kim. Listen and Respond Listen to the dialogue again and answer the following questions orally. 1. Who is complaining about the restaurant? 2. What is he complaining about?  

  4. More than 20 minutes. His friend asks him not to be in a hurry. The waitress says it will be ready any minute. Listen and Respond 3. How long has he been waiting for the food? 4. What does his friend say to him? 5. When will his food be ready? Script

  5. Listen and Complete Now listen to Dialogue 2 and then complete the following statements. 1 The first customer wants some black____________________________________.  2 For his hot dog and coffee he pays _________________________________________. coffee 2.25 dollars

  6. Listen and Complete 3 He takes his food ____________________________________.   4 The second customer orders food to eat ____________________________________.   5 The cost of her order is ____________________________________.  out / away in the restaurant 5.50 dollars

  7. Listen and Judge Now listen to the dialogue again and do the multiple choice exercise below. • 1 The conversation is taking place in _________. • a. a department store • b. a fast-food restaurant • c. a bar   • d. a supermarket • The three people talking in the conversation are_________. • a. one customer and two waiters • b. one waiter and two customers • c. two customers and one clerk • d. two clerks and one customer

  8. Listen and Judge 3 The first customer wants _________. a. a hot dog b. a piece of bread c. a large soda d. a small bottle of milk 4 The first customer gets a change of _________.   a. 75 cents   b. 2.25 dollars   c. 3 dollars   d. 5.5 dollars   5 The second customer buys food for _________. a. herself b. two people c. three people d. four people Script

  9. Listen and Read Now listen to something more challenging-a passage with some blanks for you to fill in. The words in the brackets will give you some hints. A glance beforehand at the word list provided below will be of some help to you.

  10. Eating Out When Americans eat out, they usually 1 (do what?) _______ certain customs. To get a waiter or waitress’sattention, they may raise their hands to 2 (do what?) _______ his or her eye, or say “Waiter”or “Waitress.” In the U.S., many restaurant workers are 3 (how?) _______ paid, so they depend on tips. Listen and Read follow catch poorly

  11. Listen and Read Mostcustomers tip waiters and waitresses 4 (how much?) ___________ of the bill. The tip isn’tusually written on the bill, so you have to 5 (do what?) _______ it yourself. The customer usually leaves the tip on the 6 (what?) _______.   Some restaurants serve more food than people can eat at one time. When that happens, many customers ask for a doggie 7 (what?) _______ to take the leftover food 8 (where?) _______. Some people may 9 (do what?) ___________ to their dogs, but most often they eat it 10 (who?) _______ eat it themselves. 15 percent add table bag home give the food they

  12. Listen and Match Listen to the passage again and match the information in Column A with the choices in Column B.  

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  14. Listen and Conclude Write out the general idea of the passage by answering the following questions. 1 What do Americans usually do to get a waiter’sattention in a restaurant? 2 Why do people often give waiters tips? 3 What is the amount of the tips?

  15. 4 Where and when do people leave their tips? 5 What do people do with their leftover food ? 6 Who will eat the leftover food? Reference

  16. Listen and Conclude Reference In American restaurants, people usually raise their hands to catch a waiter’seye, or say “Waiter”to get his attention. Because waiters are poorly paid, people often give them tips. The amount of a tip is usually 15 percent of the bill. And people leave the tips on the table before they leave. If people can’teat all their food at one time, they may take the leftover food home, either for their dogs or for themselves to eat at another time.

  17. Script: Dialogue 1 Kim: Where’sour food? The service in this place is really slow. Dan: They seem to be very busy today. I’msure the waitress didn’t forget our order. Kim: I’ve got to ask her to hurry things up. I’mthinking of never coming to this restaurant again. Dan: Relax, Kim. We’re not in a hurry. Our food should be here soon.

  18. (A few minutes later) Kim: Waitress. What happened to our order? Waitress: It will be ready any minute, sir. Kim: What’sholding it up? I gave you our order over twenty minutes ago. Waitress: I’msorry. We’re very busy. Kim: I hate to complain, but we’re on our lunch hour. Do you think you could speed things up? Waitress: I’ll do my best, sir.

  19. Script: Dialogue 2 Counterman: Can I help you? Mike: I’ll have a hot dog. Counterman: Anything to drink? Mike: Coffee, please. Black. Counterman: For here or to take away ? Mike: Take away, please. Counterman: A hot dog and coffee. That comes to $ 2.25. Mike: Here’sthree dollars.

  20. Counterman: And here’s 75 cents. Next? Liza: Two baked chickens; two pieces of bread. Counterman: What to drink? Liza: A large soda and a small milk, please. Counterman: To eat here or to take out? Liza: We’ll eat here. Counterman: That’ll be $5.50. Liza: Here you are. Counterman: Here’syour change. Who’s next?

  21. Mary: I’mafraid you have to spend at least three days.   David: Can’tI manage within two days? Mary: No, not likely. The Great wall is far from the city, and it alone will take you a whole day.   David: I see.

  22. Script: Eating Out When Americans eat out, they usually follow certain customs. To get a waiter or waitress’sattention, they may raise their hands to catch his or her eye, or say “Waiter”or “Waitress.” In the U.S., many restaurant workers are poorly paid, so they depend on tips. Most customers tip waiters and waitresses 15 percent of the

  23. bill. The tip isn’tusually written on the bill, so you have to add it yourself. The customer usually leaves the tip on the table. Some restaurants serve more food than people can eat at one time. When that happens, many customers ask for a doggie bag to take the leftover food home. Some people may actually give the food to their dogs, but most often they eat it themselves at another time.

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