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Experiencing English Listening ＆ Speaking
Level 04
Unit 1 Introductions“You’ll really like him.”
Alice: Look, there he is. Jean: Who?
Alice: Robert, the guy I’ve been telling you about. Jean: Oh. The guy you’re going out with? Alice: I wish. The guy I WANT to go out with.
Jean: Oh, he’s really handsome. Um, let’s go talk to him.
Alice: Oh, OK. I’ll introduce you. I think you’ll really like him. Hi, Robert. Robert: Oh, hi.
Alice: Have you met my friend, Jean? Robert: Hey, Jean. I think we’ve met before. Jean: We have? Where?
Robert: Last December, at Sam’s party. Jean: Oh, Sam.
Robert: Oh? Aren’t you going out with him anymore? Jean: No, we broke up a couple of mouths ago. Robert: Oh—Oh, really?
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Unit 2 Personality “What do you like about him?”
Sheri: Hey, I went out with the neatest guy over the weekend! Jeremy: Yeah, what’s he like? Tall? Handsome? Sheri: Not really.
Jeremy: Dress nice? Drive a nice car? Sheri: Not especially.
Jeremy: Then he must be buff. Does he work out a lot?
Sheri: No—But he has a nice smile—Dimples. I like dimples. He’s kind of cute. Jeremy: And that’s what you like about him? Sheri: No, it’s more than that. He’s sensitive. Jeremy: Sensitive? How can you tell?
Sheri: Well, we went to this really romantic movie, and there was this really sad
part, and, and he—Cried. Jeremy: He cried?
Sheri: Yeah, he just cried and he didn’t try to hide it or anything. It was so
sweet.
Jeremy: Oh—You like that, huh? Well, I cry at movies, too!
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Unit 3 Home “The view is great.”
Sean: This is Sean McCain, live with Julie Morris, from Gemini One, the
internatonal space station. Julie, can you hear me? Julie: Yes, I can hear you.
Sean: Julie, can you tell us, what is it like living on the Gemini One?
Julie: The Gemini One is wonderful. It’s not so different from living on Earth,
really. We have jobs, friends, entertainment, natural beauty. And we have all the modern conveniences that you have on Earth. Sean: What modern conveniences?
Julie: Well, we have movie theaters, game centers, music clubs, shops,
restaurants—
Sean: How about food? How do you get your food?
Julie: I go shopping, just like everyone on Earth. You can get any type of food
here.
Sean: Is food expensive?
Julie: Some of it is. The stuff that’s imported from Earth is very expensive. Like
a banana from Earth can cost $100. But most food is really cheap. Sean: Do you miss getting away to the countryside or the mountains? Don’t
you miss nature?
Julie: Well, we have lots of nature up here. I can go hiking and mountain biking,
riding in the hills, take a swim in a beautiful lake. It’s really beautiful up
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here.
Sean: How do people get around up there?
Julie: Oh, just like we do down there. We have electric cars and trains, but not
airplanes.
Sean: What do you like most about living in the space station?
Julie: Well, the air is clean. There’s no pollution, and it’s easy to get around. It’s
really an ideal world. Sean: And what do you like least?
Julie: Well, it’s kind of expensive to fly home to Earth to see my parents for the
holidays.
Unit 4 Technology “How does it work?”
Cindy: What the heck is that? Dave: It’s a Thai magazine. Cindy: Thai? You can read Thai? Dave: Well, a little. Cindy: How?
Dave: I went to Thailand last summer and I lived with a Thai friend and his
family. I had such a great experience I want to go back. Cindy: Why? What was your experience like?
Dave: Well, I started to learn some Thai— And practiced talking with people
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and ordering in restaurants and everybody was so nice— You know, Thailand is called the Land of the Smiles— They even smiled when I made a mistake speaking the language. The people were beautiful. Everything was beautiful. It changed my life.
Cindy: But I’ve always heard that Thai was impossible to learn.
Dave: Maybe for some people but not for me. I mean it is totally different from
English. The writing system is different, they use different tones, everything is different, but I really want to learn it. I want to understand more when I go back.
Cindy: I wish I felt that way about learning French. Maybe I should study
another language.
Dave: No, Cindy, it’s not the language. You’ve just got to get into it.
Unit 5 Nationalities “All around the world”
Steve: I can’t believe these people. I can’t believe what they do.
Trish: Calm down, Steve. What are you talking about? What is it this time? Steve: Look at this. I just bought a donut. I’m so sick of the clerk wrapping each
pastry individually, then taping the bags shut, then putting those bags in another bag, folding it down, and then taping that bag shut. I can’t take it anymore. It’s crazy and it’s bad for the environment.
Trish: How long have you been living here? Don’t you know that’s the way it is?
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