Lesson12 Section1 A Dialogues Dialogue1 Doyouthinkyoucouldstopwhistling I mtryingtowriteanessay Oh I msorry Ithoughtyouwereintheotherroom Dialogue2 IsitalrightifIleavemyrucksackonthebackseat Yes ofcourse Goahead AndwouldyoumindifItookoffmyshoes Myfeetarekillingme Well I dratheryoudidn t It saratherhotday Dialogue3 Hello Charles Ihaven tseenyouallday Whathaveyoubeendoing ActuallyI vebeenworkingonmyfirstnovel Oh yes Howfarhaveyougotwithit Well Ithoughtofagoodtitle andImadealistofcharacters andI vedesignedthefrontcover Haveyoustartedwritingityet Oh yes I vewrittentwopagesalready Onlytwo Well yes Ihaven tquitedecidedyetwhathappensnext Dialogue4 Isawanaccidentyesterday Whatwereyoudoingatthetime Iwasqueuingforthecinema Andwhatdidyoudowhenyousawtheaccident IrushedforwardtoseeifIcouldhelp Dialogue5 Hmm Youareagoodsquashplayer Howlonghaveyoubeenplaying Ihavebeenplayingsincethebeginningofthelastterm Whataboutyou Me Oh I vebeenplayingabouttwoyearsnow ButI mstillnotverygood Dialogue6 I vegotawatchwithasilverstrap That snothing I vegotonewithagoldstrap I vegotawatchthattellsyouthedate That snothing I vegotonethattellsyouthedateandtheday B RestaurantEnglish Dialogue1 Woman Lookattheseglasses thisone sevengotlipstickonit Waiter I mverysorry madam I llbringyoucleanonesrightaway Dialogue2 Man Ah HeadWaiter Iwanttohaveawordwithyou HeadWaiter Yes sir Istheresomethingwrong sir Man Somethingwrong Ishouldthinkthereissomethingwrong MywifeandIhavebeenkeptherewaitingnearlyanhourforourmeal HeadWaiter I mterriblysorryaboutthat sir Ourstaffhasbeenkeptunusuallybusythisevening I llseetoitpersonallymyself Now ifyouwouldn tmindjusttellingmewhatyouordered Dialogue3 Woman Thiscoffeeispracticallycold Waiter Iamsorry madam I llbringyouafreshpotstraightaway Section2 A Description ThistableshowsthenumberofcommutersintocentralLondonbetween7 00amand10 00amdaily Thetotalnumberis1 023 000 Ofthese 405 000travelbyunderground that s29 ofthetotal and28 travelbyBritishRail that s391 000peopledaily 10 usebothrailandunderground and10 99 000people travelbybus Thatmeansatotalof788 000people 77 onpublictransport Theremainderuseprivatetransport 197 000comebycarandtherestcomeeitherbymotorbikeorbicycle Thismeans4 comebymotorbikeorbicycle and19 bycar B Conversation Mrs Nicholaswentawayforafortnight Beforeshewent shecalledinatthelocalpolicestationandtalkedtothepolicemanonduty Mrs Nicholas I mgoingawaytotheseasideforafewdaysandI dlikeyoutokeepaneyeonmyhomewhileI maway Policeman Certainly Madam What syournameandaddress Mrs Nicholas Thename sNicholas andtheaddressis14SpringVale Policeman Thankyou You lllockallthedoors andmakesureallthewindowsareshut won tyou Mrs Nicholas Ofcourse Policeman Andyou llremembertocancelthemilk Mrs Nicholas Yes I vealreadydonethat Policeman Andthepapers Mrs Nicholas Yes Policeman Andyouwon tleaveanyladdersabout Mrs Nicholas No wehaven tgotabigladder Policeman That sfine Areyoufriendlywiththepeoplenextdoor Mrs Nicholas Yes weare Policeman Well Ithinkyou dbettertellthemyou regoingaway too Askthemtogiveusaringiftheyseeorhearanythingsuspicious Mrs Nicholas Yes Iwill Thankyou C AParty ThereisapartyinprogressandonepersonAisstandingbythedrinkstableservingdrinks BapproachesandAoffersheradrink B Aha Ithoughtyoumightbehere A Ah hello Howareyou B Notbad Howareyou A Allright Isuppose B Whatareyoudrinking A Somesortofwine Doyouwantsome B No IthinkI dpreferbeer Havetheygotany A Yes there ssomeoverthere Bpoursoutadrink B Well whatdoyouthinkoftheparty A It snotbad I mnotreallyinthemoodforaparty though B Why sthat A Idon tknow really IsupposeI mabittired DuringthelastexchangeChasapproachedthetabletogetadrink AoffersCadrinkbutaccidentallydropsit A Oh sorryaboutthat C annoyed Ishouldthinkso A Don tworry It snottoobad C Whatdoyoumean It sgoneallovermytrousers Ionlyboughtthemlastweek A There snoneedtoshout C loudly I mnotshouting A Yes youare C veryloudly No I mnot B wantingtocalmthesituation Look look whydon tyoudrythemwiththis C ignoringB Youshouldwatchwhatyou redoing A Whatdoyoumean Itwasyourfault B Howaboutanotherdrink CignoresB C Anyway don tIknowyou B Doyouwantanotherdrink CignoresB A Youmightdo C Youdidn tgotoSt Mark sSchool didyou A Yes Ididactually C Yes Iremembernow Youweregoingoutwiththatawfulgirl weren tyou A Whatdoyoumean C Youknow theonewiththebignose Whathappenedtoher A Wegotmarried actually Infact that sheroverthere C Yes Section3 Dictation 1 Awomanwentintoabarandaskedforaglassofwater Thebarmanpointedagunather Shethankedhimandwentout 2 Amanwasfoundlyingdeadinthemiddleofadesert Hehadapackonhisback 3 Awomandialedthenumberonthetelephone Someoneansweredandsaid Hello Sheputthephonedownwithahappysmile 4 Amanisfounddeadintheroom Thereisnofurniture andallthedoorsandwindowsarelockedfromtheinside Thereisapoolofwateronthefloor 5 Thereisamanonthebedandapieceofwoodonthefloor Thesecondmancomesintotheroomwithsawdustonhishands smilesandgoesoutagain