PART 2. “S” ENDINGS
1. Flower shops / sell more flowers in late May / because of Mother’s Day./
2. In late October / children dress up in costumes and collect candy / to celebrate Halloween./
3. Valentine’s Day, /a day for remembering someone you love,/ is on February 14th./
4. In most English speaking countries/ people celebrate birthdays / by giving gifts and eating birthday cake. / 5. Boxing Day, / a national British holiday, / originated when wealthy people gave Christmas boxes / to the less fortunate. /
1. Thanksgiving is celebrated / by many people in the United States and Canada /with a family gathering / and a turkey dinner./
2. Children who celebrate Christmas/ look forward to presents from Santa Claus/ on December 25th.
3. In the United States and Canada / people celebrate their country’s independence / on Canada Day (July 1st) and the Fourth of July./
4. On the first Tuesday in November / the whole of Australia unites in celebration / surrounding a horse race called the Foster’s Melbourne Cup./
p. 233. b. An Ad For Delta Air Lines
NOTE: In longer sentences such as 4 , 5 and 6, this speaker does not always pause noticeably within the sentences. The underlined words and slashes follow this speaker’s overall flow of speech. Other
speakers might have made other choices.
1 We don’t need a radar screen, / or a weather balloon, / or even the Farmer’s Almanac. / 2 But we can forecast with confidence / that the next time you need to fly overseas, /the weather inside / your big Delta Jet/ will be absolutely clear./ 3 That’s because Delta / is the only U.S. airline / to fly smoke free / worldwide. 4 Delta quit smoking / long before most airlines started to, / shall we say cut back. 5 So if you prefer / to keep puffy clouds / outside the airplane /where they belong, / insist on flying Delta. 6 Even our cozy Crown Room Clubs / in major airports / around the world / are smoke free. 7 At Delta, / we make one thing / perfectly clear--/ your next flight.
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6. puffy clouds ______ __√___
7. major airports ______ __√___
p. 234. c. Dialogue: “The Missing Room”
1-C: May I please speak with the MANager.
2-M: This is the MANAGER. / Are you having a PROblem / that I can HELP you with?/
3-C: I think your hoTEL /is having the problem. / I made a reserVAtion /for five NIGHTS /in a non-smoking ROOM/ with a queen-sized BED. / But the reserVAtion desk/ can’t FIND it./
4-M: Your NAME, please./
5-C: My name is Francis Oliver. /I MADE the reservation / three MONTHS ago /and have a confirMAtion number. / It’s 97063. /
6-M: I am truly SORry, / but we don’t have a REcord of this./ We are careful to reCORD reservations /when we TAKE them,/ and yours is not HERE./ SOMEhow there’s been a misTAKE. /
7-C: You TOOK / the reservation over the PHONE. / Apparently you didn’t reCORD the reservation. / Thats the PROblem. /
8-M: Let’s SEE /how we can SOLVE the problem. / We have one room LEFT /with two double BEDS /in SMOking. /Would you LIKE it? /
9-C: I don’t WANT /a room in “SMOKing.”/ I want MY room,/ the NONsmoking room, /the room I reSERVED. / I don’t SMOKE, /and I don’t LIKE smoke. / I am an ACTor, / and smoke irritates my THROAT./
10-M: I am terribly SORry,/ but that’s ALL /that’s aVAILable. / You may not BE a smoker,/but perhaps you can ACTlike a smoker,/ and TAKE the ROOM!/
p. 235. 3. Responses showing contrastive stress 2. C: ... hoTEL / is having the problem
3. C; Apparently you didn’t reCORD the reservation 4. C: and I don’t LIKE smoke
5. M: you can ACTlike a smoker
p. 236. PSA #1: Trees For America (60 seconds)
1The Arbor Day Foundation invite / s you to celebrate life / and plant a tree-- / or the first day of school and the last, / to bring songbirds / close by, / to celebrate a new life / beginning, / and a life remembered. /
Plant a tree/ to help clear the air, / to celebrate two lives/ coming together, / and a new home, /to conserve energy, / to celebrate a good report card, / and a good life. / 3For all those special times, / plant a tree. / 4 Each tree you plant / makes a difference, f/ or a better neighborhood / and a better world. / 5Plant a tree / and put a smile / on the future. /
6For your free Trees For America brochure, / write the National Arbor Day Foundation/
PSA #2. Susan Sarandon, @Your Library (30 seconds)
Your research paper is due tomorrow. / You have no idea / what to bring to tonight’s dinner party, / and you/ Where do you turn? / How about the library? / The library is your one stop / for everything you’re looking for / in print and on line. / Find what you need at your library. /
PSA #3. Tim Robbins, @Your Library (30 seconds)
Can you name the one place / where you have access / to nearly everything on the Web / and in print / and even have personal assistance / to help find / what you’re looking for?/ It’s right in your backyard. / The library. / Libraries have always been places / for education / and self-help. / Today / they’re at the forefront / of the information age. / Come see what’s new / at your library. /
PSA #4: Identity Theft (60 seconds)
1The US Postal Service / wants to remind everyone this year / to protect themselves from becoming victims / of identity theft. / 2Your personal information / is a goldmine / for identity thieves. / 3Identity theft involves acquiring key pieces of someone's personal information--/ such as a name, / address,/ date of birth, / or social-security number--/ in order to impersonate them. / 4 Often, / the identity thief / steals mail / to get information to apply for credit cards, / to order personal checks, / / or to obtain existing-account
information. / 5To avoid / this crime, the postal service offers these tips: / promptly remove incoming mail / from your mailbox; / don't deposit outgoing mail / from an unsecured mailbox; / and don't give out passwords, / pin numbers, / or account numbers.
/ 6Memorize them, / and don't write them down / where they can be found. / 7For more information/ , log on to w-w-w- / dot-"consumer"-dot-gov-/ slash-"n-c-p-w." /
2. Compound nouns:
postal service; identity theft; gold mine; social security number; credit cards; mailbox;
passwords; pin numbers; account numbers Descriptive Phrases:
identify thieves; personal information; steals mail
p. 238 PSA 5: Today’s Teens Need to Be Smarter...
A: 1Teenagers today / are high-tech and media-savvy—/ but are they money smart? / 2No so, / according to Merridy Maynard, / Vice-president at Northwestern Mutual. / 3Spending comes easy / to today’s teens. /
B: 4That’s right, / Bob. / Each year, / kids spend millions of dollars / and even more of their parents’ money—/ yet test scores show / that they don’t understand / how money works. /
5More 12th graders / have credit cards / than ever before—/ yet four in ten / don’t know the benefits / of paying / more than the minimum balance due / on a credit card./
A: 6/ How can kids / get on the right track? /
B: 7Well, the good news is / that two-thirds of teens say they save money / and want to know how to invest it. / 7Learning about personal finance and economics / can be fun. / Parents just need to make it a part of everyday life./
A: 8But many families / find it very hard / to talk about money. 9 / How can parents / bring up the subject?
B: 10 They can go to “the-mint” dot org/ to find games, / calculators, / and everyday tips/ to make managing money / fun and easy./
A: 11I’m Bob Tido / for Consumer Radio Network. /
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p. 238. PSA #6 Two Percent of the World’s Water is Drinkable (60 seconds) And now / a water minute / from the Water Education Foundation /
1-A: / Tell us a little about / how you use water. /What are/ four or five things / you use water for during the day? /
2-B: / Drinking / um. /Drinking mostly. / Washing dishes. / Washing clothes / 3-A: So what you do to.. / um // short showers, / hat kind of stuff. /
5-A: / Do you buy bottled water? / 6-B: / Yes./
7-A: /What’s it going for these days?/
8-B: A buck… / like for what… / 12 ounces?/
9-A: So / you’re really a fan / of pure water. / How much / of the world’s water / do you think is drinkable?’/
10-B: / No much. / I have no idea. /
11-A: /2% is drinkable. / And we should be conserving that water, / don’t you think, / and taking care of it? /
12-B: /Yes,/
I3-A: /It’s precious./
14-B: /Yes./
15: /Water is precious. / You know, /you can save / outside / by landscaping with drought tolerant plants / and cut off half / of your residential use. / Find out more / at water education.org./
p. 240. PSA 7 Richard Marx, Rock musician (60 seconds)
Rock musician, / composer and / producer / Richard Marx / is not / an opera buff. / But that doesn’t mean / he didn’t once learn to appreciate it. /
When I was in High School, / every year / we had / a-- an opera, / so we had a Gilbert and Sullivan / opera. It was the school tradition. /
And I remember / back then / begging the music people / to / please / just for once do something different. / Let’s do Rocky Horror. / They didn’t like that idea. / And of course now, / I look back on it / and I think well you know, at least they did something.
/ You know what I mean, / We had a.. an opera to do every year / and all, / the whole school got involved. / And so I look back on it now / and I applaud them for putting us through that music / because I still remember a lot of those shows ‘n / and I ‘m sure maybe some sliver of it / affected me, / you know, / in one of the songs I’ve written. / But I look back on it now / and think it was a good thing because / there’s so much of it missing in schools now. /
p. 244. Talk Times. Ordering a New VCR
NOTE: The underlined words and slashes show one possible choice for natural speech. Other speakers might have made other, equally correct choices.
A: I’d like to order the VCR / on page 198 of your catalog. / How much does it cost ?
B: We’re having a special / this month on VCR’s. / That one is / one hundred forty-five dollars / and ninety-nine cents. / The shipping is about fifteen dollars ($15),/ depending upon where you are. / How would you like to pay for this? / By check / or credit card?/
A: Credit card./
B: I’m going to need your credit card number / and a shipping address./ May I have the type of card / and the card number first, /please./
A: Wells Fargo Master Card / number 5552 / 9491 / 2168 / 9178. / B: Let me repeat / the number. / Is it 5532... /
A: No. /The first four digits are 5552./
B: O.K. / 5552 / 9491 / 2168 / 9178. / What’s the expiration date?/
A: / Uh oh! / I think this card has expired./ I’m sorry, / but I’ll have to call you back later./
Appendix A. Consonants A-1. a. Improve Your Monitoring 1. The sun peels /feels very hot today.
2. He works too fast/past.
3. The fact/pact of the matter is that he can’t sing.
4. She’s fine/pine fine now
5. It’s a fashion/passion magazine.
6. The bus fare/pear went up.
A-3 e. Compare /w/ and /v/: “Do You Like Westerns?”
The Western is one of the world’s favorite kinds of film. It is a classical struggle between good and evil set in a small western town in the nineteenth century. The typical town has dirt streets, a cemetery, a saloon and a general store. Regardless of the weather a stranger rides into town just in time to save its citizens from a cruel, unwelcome villain, Eventually, after all kinds of danger and humiliation, the hero confronts the villain in a "shoot-out." Whoever has the fastest draw--that it is to say, whoever pulls his gun most quickly-- shoots the other. In Western’s after much pain and suffering, the good guy usually wins. That's part of the reason why Western’s are well -liked. Good triumphs over evil and people feel happy when they walk out of the theater.
A-7 . Improve Your Monitoring: /sh/ and /ch/
1.ship–chip _√ sh ____ch 4.dish–ditch ____sh _√ _ch 2.sheer–cheer ____sh _√ _ch 5.wash–watch _√ sh ____ch 3.sheet–cheat ____sh _√ _ch 6. mush–much _√ sh ____ch
A-7 Improve Your Monitoring
1. Please have a chair while you wait. √ share chair
2. I’d like some chips with my lunch. ships √ chips
3. I’d like to wish you good luck. √ wish witch
4. I watched the basketball game. √ washed watched
5. Can you cash this check? √ cash catch
6. Did you catch a fish? √ cash catch