Now Your Turn SAMPLE DIALOG A: Oh, Bobby, so youve come to see me again. B: How are you doing? Hope everyone is OK here. A: My God, I can hardly bear the life here. This nursing home is driving crazy. B: Whats wrong? A: You see, there are to many old...
IV. Speaking Out MODEL 1 Nursing home abuse is a national epidemic. John: Nora, what are you doing? What are these notes about? Nora: Well, they are for a 1,000 word essay on abuse on the elderly, due Monday. John: Thats a big topic. What made you de...
Task3: Fighting Teen Smoking Script The percentage of teens who smoke cigarettes dropped to 28% in 2003, according to a report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. That was down from 36% in 1999 as measured by the Youth Risk Behavior Sur...
Task 2: A Professional Gambler Script In a bar a guy told the bartender, Im a professional gambler; Ive made of lots of money from gambling. The bartender answered, I can hardly believe it. Your odds are fifty-fifty at best, right? Well, I only bet o...
III. Listening In Task 1: How to Solve Unemployment Problem Script Alan: I have a meeting with my accountant tomorrow morning. Shes preparing my income tax return, and I need to go over some of the receipts with her. Pamela: Income tax return! Dont y...
Task3: An office boy or a billionaire? A jobless man applied for the position of office boy at Microsoft. The human resource manger interviewed him, and gave him a test: clean the floor. You are engaged, he said, give me your email address, and Ill s...
Task 2: What do you know about business? Script Historically, the term business referred to activities or interests. By extension, the word became, as recently as the 18th century, synonymous with an individual commercial enterprise. When referring t...
News Report A Historic Settlement between the Law and Business Script Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman: We hope that when the state attorney general fully reviewed the settlement, they will also agree that its the right way forward. Litigation is never...
V. Lets Talk Script Martin: Dick, would you review the result of the survey on leisure sporting activities. We need to plan our proposal for this Fridays business meeting. Dick: Sure. Ive summarized the results in the handouts, broken down by custome...
Now Your Turn SAMPLE DIALOG A: I hear that your corporation has considered acquiring a software development company for some time. B: Thats quite true. Whats on your mind? A: Weve been looking for a merger partner. And we think our company would be a...
