1.
A: Who’s your history professor?B: I’m in Dr. Leydorf’s class.A: Oh, How is he?
B: The class is interesting and I really like him, but he’s a real stickler. If you’re more than fifteen minutes late, he marks you absent, and you have to hand in every assignment on time or he lowers your grade.A: Ooh! He sounds really tough. 2.
A: How did you do on your composition?
B: Oh, you won’t believe it. I hadn’t worked on it very long and I didn’t have time to check it over. When the teacher returned it to me with an “A” on it, you could have knocked me over with a feather!A: Wow. That’s great. You must be really smart.B: Or else just lucky. 3.
A: Let’s go to a movie tonight.
B: Sorry, I’ve got to cram for a test tonight. I haven’t had a chance to study before now.
A: Well, how about going to the late show?
B: No, I’m going to need a good night’s sleep. I want to make sure that I’m ready for the test.4.
A: All right. We promised each other we’d get this report done today. Let’s get cracking.
B: Aw, it’s such a beautiful day. Can’t we go for a walk and do this later?A: No, we’ll need to return these books to the library by five o’clock. We really have to do this now.5.
A: Gee. It’s already a quarter after ten. Maybe Ms. Hughes is absent today.
B: Fat chance. She’s never been absent a day in her life. I was in her class last year and she even came in when she had the flu.
A: Well I guess she really loves teaching. Oh, here she comes now.
P10
1. I am transcribing my sociology notes.
2. John is defending his dissertation on Tuesday.
3. We are forming a study group on the first day of class.
4. I’m applying for financial aid to help pay my tuition and expenses.5. Ms. Wilson is correcting our essays over the weekend.
P11
1. The professor is coming.
2. The professor is coming in a little while.
3. The Sahkespeare Theater Group is performing Romeo and Juliet on the 17th.
4. 4. The Shakespeare Theater Group is performing Romeo and Juliet.5. The campus bookstore is having a big sale on all college sweatshirts.6. The campus bookstore is having a big sale on all college sweatshirts during Spring
P19
1、She told me her house is just a stone’s throw from the UC Berkeley campus. Which station is that?
Stranger: The downtown Berkeley station is really close to the university. I’m sure that’s the one you want.
2、So, how much is the fare to downtown Berkeley?
Stranger: Let’s go take a look at the map over there. You see, the map shows you how much it costs to go from one station to another. Ah, there it is: two dollars and sixty-five cents.
3、Tom: Two sixty-five? That’s highway robbery for such a short distance!
Denise: You think that’s expensive? Tom from our house to Amherst it costs twice as much as that.
4、Here we are a t Powell Street in San Francisco, and it’s basically a straight shot on the Richnond line to the downtown Berkeley station.Denise: Yes, my sister said we wouldn’t have to change trains.
5、Tom: Let’s see if I’ve go t this right: We take the 8:18 Pittsburg train and arrive in Oakland at 8:34. Then we take the 8:34 Richmond train to Berkeley. That should be a snap.
Stranger: Yeah, you’ll have no trouble.
6、 Tell me dear, I notice you’re not wearing a ring.Stranger: Well, no, uh…
Denise; You know, my sister’s son is very handsome. I think you two would like each other…
P32 Exercise 3
1. Question: Where does this person want to go?
A: Pardon me, how much does it cost to go to the Jefferson Auditorium?B: That’s $1.80 one way, but you can’t go directly there after 6:00 PM. You’ll have to take a Lenox train at that hour and then transfer to a Hastings train at the Portsmouth station.
2.Question: What time will the next bus for Chicago leave?
A: Excuse me, when does the next bus to downtown Chicago leave?B: Let’s see. One just left at 8:00. The schedule says that that bus leaves every fifteen minutes, so…
A: Uh-oh;it’s already 8:10. I’d better hurry.B: Ooh, I hope you make it.
3. Question: What is the total round-trip fare for the children?A: May I help you?
B: Yeah, we’d like to get tickets from Portland to Long beach.A: When are you planning on going?
B: We were thinking of going the week of June 15th.
A: Gook. That’s far enough in advance to take advantage of our
supersaver fares. If you purchase your tickets thirty days in advance, it will only cost $240 round trip.B: $240. That sounds good.
A: How many people are in your party?
B: There’s my wife and me, plus our two kids.
A: Ooh, we have a special discount available for our young travelers. Let’s see, kids under twelve fly for half price and those under three can go for free.
B: Well, Evelynne is six and Renee is one.
A: Very good. Let me check the computer to see which flights are open the week of the 15th.
P32 Exercise 4
1. It’s really easy to get to school from my house by bus.2. Greenwich is very close to London.
3. I take a 20-minute bus ride from home to work every day.4. I leave my house each day at 8 am.
5. We’re going to Hawaii for our next vacation.
6. According to this, the train to Vancouver will arrive in ten minutes.
7. Do I need a Bakerloo or a Victoria train to get to Picadilly Circus?8. How much is a ticket to Baltimore an then back again?
9. You need to take a #5 bus to the Berman Station. Then, catch a #12.
10. This bus is too crowded between 7am and 9am.
P39 Exercise 4 Vocabulary in Context
Narrator: 1. SENTENCE
David: Yeah, good ‘ole Michael and Betty were at it again all night.Narrator: CONTEXT
David: Yeah, good ‘ole Michael and Betty were at it again all night.Ruth: Were they breaking dishes again?
David: No, I don’t think they have any dishes left after the last fight. They were yelling about his old girlfriend.Narrator: SENTENCE
David: Yeah, good ‘ole Michael and Betty were at it again all night.
Narrator: 2. SENTENCE
David: If I move, he can jack up the price.Narrator: CONTEXT
Tom: He doesn’t care if I’m unhappy. He wants me to move! I’ve lived in the building the longest, and with rent control, I pay half as much as they do. If I move, he can jack up the price.Narrator: SENTENCE
David: If I move, he can jack up the price.
Narrator: 3. SENTENCERuth: How so?
Narrator: CONTEXT
David: Actually, as much as I like her, she’s also a problem.Ruth: How so?
David: Her niece phones from out of state every Sunday morning at 6:30 to check on her. The trouble is because she’s deaf, she screams into the phone, and it wakes me up.Narrator: SENTENCERuth: How so?
Narrator: 4. SENTENCE
David: She’s more reliable than an alarm clock!Narrator: CONTEXT
David: The trouble is because she’s deaf, she screams into the phone, and it wakes me up.
Ruth: Every Sunday?Narrator: SENTENCE
David: Yes, and the sound of her voice goes right up through the floor. She’s more reliable than an alarm clock!
Narrator: 5. SENTENCEDavid: Poor old thing.Narrator: CONTEXT
David: It’s not her fault, poor old thing. She’s just very old and her health isn’t good.
Narrator: SENTENCEDavid: Poor old thing.
Narrator: 6. SENTENCE
David: Art, the guy who lives next door to Mrs. Anderson is sometimes such a pig.
Narrator: CONTEXT
David: At least your neighbor put their garbage into the cans! Art, the guy who lives next door to Mrs. Anderson is sometimes such a pig. He never seems to throw away his garbage. Whenever I walk by his door I have to hold my nose.
Narrator: SENTENCE
David: Art, the guy who lives next door to Mrs. Anderson is sometimes such a pig.
Part Three Expansion
Section 1: Household Furnishings
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