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Unit 8
Page 88, Listening Comprehension
Ad One
M:
Need the newest technology? The Strawberry Palmtop is a smart phone with
10,000 applications, and room enough for 10,000 more. Get the latest technology
for the lowest price now that's smart!
Ad Two
F1:
For the most reliable workhorse in digital office phones, order the classic and
traditional Blackstone. The Blackstone uses familiar, time-proven technologyno
gimmicks or hard-to-understand buttons. No other office phone provides unfailing
service and sound quality that's clear enough for a conference call with 50 people
in the room.
Ad Three
M:
The Micro Scanner enables you to scan images from a remote source. Clear-asa bell color images transmitted from anywhere in your phone network can be
instantly uploaded onto your PC. No more old-fashioned two-step processes.
The Micro Scanner is simple and inexpensive and makes all low-tech scanners
obsolete.
Ad Four
F:
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B1X Beta permits you to talk to people on site in wide angle and telephoto
scenes, permitting you to direct them to get the best shot. Talk right into the lens.
Its always ready. This all-in-one device uses ideas that most people havent yet
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latest applications.
Ad Five [M=British English]
M:
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enhanced virtual surround sound speakers. Impress your guests! Theyll know
just by seeing it that you have purchased the very best in the Teknicon line.

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Page 91, Listening Comprehension

1. Whered they go?
2. Whod they talk to?
3. Whend you buy that car?
4. If Id wanted that laptop, we would have gotten it.
5. If wed known we couldnt use that scanner, we wouldnt have tried. [#15 sec]
6. Whyd they try to fix the coffee maker?
Pate 92, Listening Comprehension
Conversation One
F1:
Im going crazy. I didnt sleep a wink last night.
F2:
How come?
F1:
Its my cats again. If theyre out, they want to come in. And if theyre in, they want
to go out. Like T.S. Eliot said: Theyre on the wrong side of every door. Last
night they woke me up three times.
Conversation Two
F:
Oh, no! Look at the time! It's already 6 o'clock and your mother is coming at
seven!
M:
This place is a mess. Look at the dust on the floor! What'll we do?
F:
Relax. I'll clean up while you make dinner
M:
We'll never be ready in time. Maybe she won't notice the dust.
Conversation Three [F2 = French]
F1:
Georgette! What happened to your skirt? You look like you fell in the river.
F2:
I might as well have. I had to wait a long time for the bus, and every car that
passed by splashed water on me.
F1:
Yeah! The puddles from the rain are enormous.
F2:
And filthy!
Conversation Four
M:
Thanks so much for the tomato plants! I love homegrown tomatoes.
F:
Youre welcome. Just be sure to plant them within a couple of days. Theyre
getting a little too big for their pots.
M:
I will. See you soon!
F:
Bye now.
M:
Oh, my gosh. I dont have time to get the soil ready for so many plants! I have a
lot of work to do in the house this weekend.

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Conversation One
M:
I want one of those phones that does everything: takes pictures, does e-mail,
pays bills Im tired of my old-fashioned phone. All you can do is call people and
talk!
F:
Well, have you seen the Ultraphone? Its got the latest technology. You just talk
into it, and it can create documents at your office.
M:
How does it do that?
F:
It can read your lips. You just speak into the lens of the camera so it can see
your lips.
M:
Youre pulling my leg. That sounds impossible!
F:
No. Just step this way. Ill show you how it works.
M:
Wow! The Ultraphone
Conversation Two
F1:
I need a faster way to get dinner ready. It takes too long to start after I get home
from work.
F2:
Well, let me show you something betterremote-controlled cookware. You
combine the ingredients the night before and just plug it in. The cookware keeps
everything cold until you press the button on this remote. Then the cookware
heats up and cooks everything. When you get home, dinner is ready!
F1:
Dinner-from-a-Distance sounds like a lot less work in a lot less time!
Conversation Three
M1:
Were worried about what our children are watching on TV. There are so many
terrible programs. What can we do?
M2:
Well, have you heard about Kinder-TV? It takes the worry out of TV for parents.
M1:
No. Whats that?
M2:
Well, you buy this special TV and then you register by e-mail. Once a week, you
receive an e-mail describing daytime TV programs for that week. You just check
off the programs you dont want and Kinder-TV simply removes them.
M1:
Unbelievable. Ive never heard of anything like that.
M2:
Its absolutely the only one that exists.
Conversation Four
F1:
This face cream is great. It makes me look ten years younger.
F2:
You DO look great. Whats it called?
F1:
Then Years Off
F2:
Who makes it?
F1:
Lake.
F2:
Well Lake is the best brand, so Im not surprised that Then Years Off is great.

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F1:

They make a lot of creams, but they told me Then Years Off is absolutely the
best one they make.

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