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Hello again!
Now we're going to watch our story 'That's life!'
And this story is about five young people from different countries, from Canada,
from Australia, from England and from America.
Now they meet and become friends and all sorts of different situations develop
over a period of time, and they will use the language that we are going to learn
here, in this live TV studio.
This is where we are going to do out lessons together .
So let's go and join them now,
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Hello. Im Jack.
Hello!
My name's Anne.
Nice to meet you.
lt's a pleasure.
So, this is the house...
-lt's really beautiful!-Yes, it is.
but... but it's very difficult to keep clean.. .
Sorry... not a good start...
Don't worry...
Your accent is very clear.
Where are you from?
Im from Oxford.
Wow! Oxford!
100% English!
100% English!
Yes... and you are American, is that right ?
Yes, but my family is from ltaly, Bologna.
Oh! ltaly is wonderful!
My sister is in ltaly at the moment...
Where?
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She's in Rome,
studying ltalian painters.
She's really happy: ltalians are so friendly.
-Oh... That's Alice...-Hi...
She is also part of the 'family'.
Oh, it's nice to meet you Alice!
So this is Jack, the new flatmate.
Yes, and he is from...
Nice to meet you, Jack...
Im from Sidney, in Australia,
and you ... are... a Capricorn!
Yes! Amazing!
l come from America. Im from New York!
Wow, the Big Apple!
Yes... Okay...
Ehm... can l put my things in the bedroom ?
Let me help you!
Hey... this is nice!
Im glad you like it.
lt's a Mexican hat.
You look great!
And what is this?
lt's an African mask.
So, all the things that l said then, had the verb 'to be' .
So, let's look at the verb 'to be'. Here we are !
l am, you are, he is, she is, it is, we are, you are, and they are .
Now, when we speak in English, we contract the form so that 'l am'
becomes 'Im', 'you are' becomes 'you're', 'he is' becomes 'he's' ,
she is... she's, it is... it's, we are... we're, You are... you're, they are... they're .
Ok? So, they're is quite a difficult pronunciation... they're.. .
they are... they're. Now, let's look at the sentences :
Im your teacher, you're my student, he's good-looking ,
she's a puppy, it's a Japanese hat,
we're a team, you're interested, and they're very good .
Now, in our story 'That's life!' there were some phrases
using the verb 'to be'.
For example, Anne said: Im Anne, Im from Oxford. And then Alice said :
you're a Capricorn, you're American. Other examples were :
he's from New York, she's really happy, it's a Mexican hat, it's an African mask ,
it's really beautiful, ltaly's wonderful, we're flatmates, you're students ,
and they're so friendly. Ok?
Now, that's the verb 'to be'. Be careful with the pronunciation you're ,
we're, they're.
Now, you're going to see the first episode of 'That's life!' again ,
but this time listen very carefully and see
if you can recognise all the parts of the verb 'to be' .
She's in Rome,
studying ltalian painters.
She's really happy: ltalians are so friendly.
-Oh... That's Alice...-Hi...
She is also part of the 'family'.
Oh, it's nice to meet you Alice!
So this is Jack, the new flatmate.
Yes, and he is from...
Nice to meet you, Jack...
Im from Sidney, in Australia,
and you ... are... a Capricorn!
Yes! Amazing!
l come from America. Im from New York!
Wow, the Big Apple!
Yes... Okay...
Ehm... can l put my things in the bedroom ?
Let me help you!
Hey... this is nice!
Im glad you like it.
lt's a Mexican hat.
You look great!
And what is this?
lt's an African mask.
Let's now go to our language screen and look at those words together .
Now, if you look, on the left you can see the countries
and on the right you will see the nationalities
or the languages, because they are the adjectives .
Alright? Let's look together.
So, Australia is the country, Australian is the nationality.
Brazil is the country, Brazilian is the nationality or language,
for example: China, Chinese.
England, English.
France, French.
ltaly, ltalian.
Japan, Japanese.
Portugal, Portuguese.
Spain, Spanish.
Switzerland, Swiss.
The United States, American.
Ok, so those are some of the more important countries and nationalities .
Good! So we've studied the verb 'to be' ,
and countries and nationalities,
and this is the end of our first lesson.
But come back for more, because this is the programme ,
the live programme where you can learn English.
See you soon. Bye!
Hello...
My name's Jack.
Im the new flatmate. lt's nice to meet you .
Hello Jack! Im Peter Nash.
And Sharon?...
Okay, and this is Sharon.
lt's a pleasure.
How are you, Sharon?
Fine, thanks.
Oh, good, you're friends!
But so guys...There's work in the kitchen for everyone.. .
Please help me.
Sure.
Here's the form. Im not very good with computers .
Okay,
let me see...
Yes,
it's simple...
What is your last name, Alice?
My last name is Dubois.
-And where are you from?-Im from Australia,
but Im proud to have French blood!
Really?
Yes!
My grandmother was from Avignon!
Fascinating...
And how do you spell your last name?
D-U-B-O-l-S.
Dubois,
and the name is A-L-l-C-E.
Okay.
What's yourjob?
Well... actually... Im a student,
but l consider myself a painter...
Yes, l know...
And what's your address?
The same as you!
Forty-Five Trinity Lane!
Right!
How old are you?
Im twenty-eight years old.
Are you married?
Well,
Im on the market...
are you interested?...
You know, Alice, l only love my music...
A-N-N-E.
And what's your family name?
-My surname?-Yes.
Right.
Baxter.
B-A-X-T-E-R.
And what's your phone number?
lt's o four five four seven eight six two o nine seven .
O four five four seven eight eight two o nine seven .
No, it's
O four five four seven eight six two o nine seven.
Right.
You have to remember,
this is your telephone number too!
You're right...
Are you married?
No, Im single.
-A pretty girl like you is still single?-Stop it Jack, please !
Yes,
for the moment Im single.
...Next question, please.
Where are you from?
There are a lot of questions!
Now, at home, take a piece of paper and a pen, and write this word .
You're ready? Right!
W
...just a minute
W-E-A-T-H-E-R
R, that's difficult!
Let me see what you got!
Did you get this?
Weather.
lt's difficult, especially this... R? lt's difficult .
So what l want to do now is, we go to the screen and
l will explain how the alphabet is divided into different groups ,
to help you remember.
Ok? So let's look at the screen!
The first group is with the sound 'ei' and the letters are A H J and K ,
alright?
The second group is with the sound 'l' at the end; so the letters are
B C D E G P T and V. Ok?
The next group is with the sound 'eh'
for example: F L M N S X and Z, /eh/ in the middle. Z, alright ?
Next group is 'ai' the sound 'ai' and the letters are l and Y .
The next group is 'ou' which is the letter? O.
And then 'u' the sound 'u' and the letters are Q U and W .
And then the last one is 'a' and that is the letter R .
And that's difficult.
Now, look at the screen and let's have another test .
So, write this word. Ready?
K-l-look at the screen. T-C-H-E-look at the screen N.
And what did you get? Did you get the same as me ?
This is the word.
Kitchen! Not easy, is it?
lf you follow that system, it really works.
Now, we also heard them using numbers.
And l want to look at that with you now, at the screen again .
So, the easy numbers witch Im sure you know already :
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten .
From one to nine we use on the telephone .
And we also say on the telephone o or zero, the American say zero .
Let's move on.
Eleven, twelve,
now these are interesting numbers that's follow, listen:
thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen .
Nineteen, now all of those numbers finish with teen and if you are the age
from thirteen to nineteen, then you are called a teenager .
That's where it comes from, teenager.
Ok? Great!
and Im late!
l've an appointment at 8 o'clock!
Maybe it's here on the table...
Hmmm, no, the watch isn't here.
behind the apples,
next to the pasta?
Ah,
there it is!
Thanks, Alice.
You're welcome, Anne.
Bye!
Oh no,
it's late
Alice, what time is it?
Just a moment...
lt's half past seven.
Half past seven? My train is at 8 o'clock!
Hurry up, Jack! You're late!
Okay,
okay...
Where are my keys?
They're here, on the table.
Thanks Alice.
for example 'it's half past three'. And 'it's a quarter to nine' .
Those are the examples. Alright?
Just a minute!
Hello? Hello? (Im sorry) Yes! Yes! Yes!
About the romantic weekend in Paris?
Yes, yes. Im very, very interested ,
Yes! lt's my boyfriend's birthday.
Ok. What time is departure?
Departure at nine fifteen, okay.
And what time is arrival? Ten thirty, ok, that's good .
Ten thirty, great. And what about the romantic dinner for two ,
yes, in the evening eight...ok! Yes, eight o'clock that's perfect .
And then there was a boat trip on the Seine, what time is that ?
Eight forty-five? ln the morning? That's a bit early, ok, but that's fine !
And our departure from Paris? When is that?
Ok good. Three forty in the afternoon.
Fantastic! Yes! Thanks great. l love it, yes, l'll book it .
Ok, great, thank you very much, thank you. Yes bye .
Fantastic, that is a holiday that l've booked for my boyfriend and l ,
for his birthday for a romantic weekend.
Now, did you hear when l was speaking l was using digital time
in English? Now let's look at that on the screen. Digital time .
Well it's very easy because you just read the numbers, so for example :
'nine fifteen' is 'nine fifteen' look at the screen, 'ten thirty', 'eight forty-five' ,
so very easy; if you know the English numbers, digital time is very easy .
Now, in English we use the twelve hour clock, so we say, 'ten o'clock
in the morning', we don't say 'ten o'clock a.m.', we say 'in the morning' .
we say 'three forty in the afternoon'
not 'p.m.', ''three forty in the afternoon''. Ok ?
And then we say 'seven o'clock, seven o'clock in the evening' ,
we don't use p.m., so seven o'clock in the evening. And then for example
'eleven fifteen at night'.
So, 'in the morning', 'in the afternoon', 'in the evening'
and 'at night'.
Ok? So, that is telling the time in English, that's both normal time
and digital time.
So, l think you'll find that useful.
Good, well, keep studying and remember to come back and be
with us again at 'English2day' where you'll be learning English live .
So see you very soon. Take care, bye!
Good evening everyone.
Welcome to our TV programmes. Im Eric Brown.
And Im Lucy Ross.
Well, Lucy and l are the presenters of all the programmes !
Are you nervous Lucy?
Yes, l am! This is my first time on TV !
So, to start let's look at some useful questions when you meet someone
for the first time, and how to answer their questions .
What's your name?
Im Lucy
Where are you from?
Im from Edinburgh.
How old are you?
Im 28. Or Im 28 years old.
This is perhaps not always a good question to ask
the first time you meet someone!
What do you do?
Which means: what's yourjob?
Im a journalist.
Notice we say ''a''journalist.
Im a student.
Im a doctor.
Most of these questions
can be asked and answered with the verb ''to be'' .
Another question is:
What are your interests?
l like the cinema.
When you say what your interests are
you can also use the verbs
He is English.
His mother is from Spain.
She's Spanish.
And his father is from America.
He's American.
Ok, well that's all for now.
This is how it works, after every programme
Eric or l will repeat some of the most useful expressions
from our discussions
and look at topic-related vocabulary with you. See you soon !
Good morning, good morning from Lucy
and welcome to 'Talk Cinema',
the programme about the cinema.
Here in the studio is Sanjeev Gupta,
our cinema expert.
Hello, Sanjeev, how are you?
Im fine, thanks and good morning to all our viewers .
Ok Sanjeev, what are you talking about today?
Well, about a great Hollywood star
George Clooney.
Oh, George Clooney?
Yes, George Clooney. Are you a fan, Lucy?
Yes, of course l am.
you really will learn the English language and you'll have fun .
Learning English with 'English today' is easy ,
just like watching television:
now, in every DVD you will see some programs
led by our presenters Lucy Ross and Eric Brown ,
about cinema, music, sport,
the weather, travel, as well as cooking and the news .
Just like a real TV network!
And along with this programs you can also enjoy a story 'That's life!' ,
which tells the adventures of five young flatmates.
Now, in each TV programs there will also be
an English language lesson:
we'll take you through a full immersion course,
which will help you learn the language step by step ,
in an enjoyable and stimulating way.
A really innovative method
where you are at the centre of the learning process .
So, are you ready to look at today's programs?
Now, in this DVD you'll see three episodes of our story 'That's life!'
and then two special TV programs. The first, 'Welcome to the team'
the second, an interview about the famous star
George Clooney.
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this is it!
Look at what?
My office!
Here, near my bed...
Oh, l see...
By the way,
where are the office supplies?
The computer supplies are
in that cupboard over there.
The folders, pencils, pens, etc. are here
in this cupboard.
And
l also have two chairs!
-Oh good! Are these for everyone?-No, they are not!
Don't touch anything, please!
Okay. So, you say you have all of the office supplies ?
No, not really...
There isn't a fax machine...
There aren't all the programs l need on my computer.. .
And l guess you have an answering machine...
ls it useful?
l don't need an answering machine.
l answer the telephone myself...
Okay, you're right.
This office is nice,
and if you need a fax machine l have one in my apartment .
Oh, thank you!
Wait a minute,
something is missing...
Where is the coffee machine? All offices have a coffee machine .
Im afraid there isn't one here.
There's a staff kitchen
on the other side of the house,
in the kitchen!
Hey,
take your dirty napkin away from my kitchen!!
lt's nice to have you as my new office neighbour!
Hi again!
Anne's a bit difficult isn't she?
Now this is a lesson about 'some' and 'any' .
Remember Peter said:
'can l have some coffee and some biscuits?' .
Well l want to talk to you about that right now.
Now in order to understand 'some' and 'any' we have to understand
the difference between countable objects and
uncountable objects, so these things here are
ingredients to make a wonderful English lemon cake .
Let's divide them into countable objects and uncountable objects ,
let's start with these... now these are lemons ,
countable means you can count them, uncountable means you
can't count them, can you count these?
Yeah! One, two, so these are countable, so 'there are some lemons' .
Now... what about these? these are nuts, can you count these ?
Yeah! One, two, three...etcetera, so there are also countable ,
so we say 'there are some nuts on the table' .
Now what about this? This is marmalade...
now can you count marmalade? Well you can count the container ,
Now from that last conversation we learned that Sharon works too much
and Peter sings too much.
How about you? Do you work too much?
What time do you get up in the morning?
Six forty-five?
Seven o'clock?
Seven fifteen?
Seven thirty?
Well Im going to describe my typical day and Im going to use
the simple present to do that, alright?
Well first l wake up at six forty-five, but l don't get up .
l listen to the radio and l listen to the news,
then after l slowly get up, that's difficult,
and l take a shower, l take a shower.
l get dressed and then l go for a walk with Zukie !
Then we have breakfast together, she has dog biscuits
and l have toast, marmalade and butter,
then l go to work on my scooter.
Now my boyfriend has a different day,
because he goes to work at eight o'clock at night ,
remember, he's a jazz musician?
Now did you notice l said 'he goes to work'
that's because with the third person we add an S, 'goes' .
Yes l do, l use my hands, and l also use my feet, very important .
Next one:
Do you work with other people?
Yes that's very important, l work with other people .
Alright next one: Do you use music in yourjob?
Music? Yes, now music is very important for me, music .
And the last question:
Do you wear special clothes?
Well yes, for my job l have special clothes,
l have special shoes, particular shoes.
And l do my hair in a special way.
So l use my hands, and my feet, l work with other people ,
l use music, l earn a lot of money,
l wear special clothes and l travel a lot...
so what's my job?
No!... No!... No!
lt's difficult...
Shall l tell you?
Im a prima ballerina.
l won, you lost, no London, no flight to London ,
next time, there'll be another quiz, alright ?
Good, so let's look at the grammar that we just used
for asking questions, ok?
So have fun studying and l'll see you again very soon... Bye !
Oh girls, we're talking about jobs.
Tell me about your job, Sharon.
What do you do at the moment?
Ah, that's an interesting question!
Really? Why do you say that?
Well, you know, l have a degree in archaeology,
but now Im doing something quite different.
Do you have a part-time job?
No, unfortunately it's a full-time job.
l work for a travel agency.
Oh... What do you do?
l give tours around the city.
l bring tourists to monuments and museums and other interesting places .
Oh, that's nice!
Could l have you as a tour guide for one day?
Im sorry,
l only work with groups.
Usually with Japanese people.
Oh, well, Im a black belt in karate...
Very funny...
but it's not enough...
lt's too bad...
Anne,
stop cleaning for a moment.
Sit down and tell me about your job!
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
l work in a publishing company.
Oh, you work with famous writers!
Not exactly,
l don't work with the writers,
l just read their proofs and correct them before printing .
Ah, by the way, do you know Paul Taylor? He works with you, right ?
Yes, yes, but we don't work in the same department .
He works in the advertising department.
But we are good friends.
Every weekend we play tennis together .
Play tennis?
Im jealous!
Do you play tennis, too?
Do you want to play with us?
Well, just joking. l don't play tennis that well .
Only karate.
Jack! 'l don't play tennis very well, l only do karate' .
He doesn't play tennis very well? lt's easy !
Men... now... anyway,
And... They're planes are safe and they are usually on time .
Very interesting! Very, very interesting!
-Thank you Marie...-Thank you.
-And thank you Tom.-Thank you.
And goodbye.
And see you again soon on another edition of 'Let's talk' .
Well, low cost airlines really make travelling easy!
For many people flying is very simple, like taking a bus !
Now let's take a look at some very useful vocabulary
and expressions you just heard.
The check-in is the place where you show your passport
and leave your luggage, in English it is also a verb,
we say 'l check-in at 7'
or 'Where's the check-in for Berlin?'
When we talk about cheap prices, we mean
it doesn't cost very much and expensive means it costs a lot .
My ticket to Berlin is 6oo euros,
it's expensive!
Your ticket is 1oo euros,
it's cheap, her ticket is 3o euros, that's very cheap !
To say what airline we use we say fly with,
followed by the name of the airline 'l fly with Air Liverpool' ,
or the type of airline 'l fly with low cost airlines' .
And what about when you want to ask if the plane is late ?
We can say: are the flights on time?
lf the flight is at 7 and it goes at 7, it is on time .
But if the flight is at 7 and it goes at 1o, it's late .
Marie said 'l buy my tickets online' .
This means she uses the internet to buy her ticket ,
what other things can you do online?
Here are some examples:
l reserve hotel rooms online.
l don't call the hotel on the phone to reserve a room ,
l use the internet.
l check my bank account online:
l use the internet to see how much money l have in my account .
l pay my bills online:
l use the internet to pay the electricity bill ,
the water bill, the gas bill.
Wow we can really do a lot of things online!
Ok just two more things before we say goodbye;
the first is frequency, when we say how often we do something .
l asked Marie:
How often do you visit him?
And she said:
Twice a month.
Well...
lf you want l can take her out sometimes...
Oh, Jack, you're such a good friend!
Maybe you can help me with my audition too!
All right.
Hello and welcome back to 'English 2day',
your live TV programme where you can learn the English language .
Now in that last episode of 'That's life!'
we learned that Peter can windsurf a little,
Peter can play basketball, he can do karate. But he can't play chess ,
cards or table games.
Jack can swim, can play tennis, can play chess, can do karate ,
but he can't play basketball.
Now, they were talking about ability and we use the verb 'can' to do that .
So, girls, let's talk about your boyfriends.. .
What can your boyfriends do?
Can they cook? Can they clean the house, like Anne ?
Can they make you happy?
Let me tell you about my boyfriend. Well, he can cook very well ,
wonderful South American dishes, delicious !
He can surprise me, he brings me flowers and chocolates ,
he can make me laugh! And what else can he do.. .
Well actually he can't sew, mind you, not many man can, so that's not really
and l'd like to look at those with you now on the screen, ok ?
So, let's go to the screen and see those written ,
because they're very, very useful and important
when you're socializing with friends.
So the first one is: 'why don't we' or 'why don't you' :
'Why don't we go to a show?.' 'Why don't you take a rest?' ,
'Why don't we take a holiday?' and 'Why don't you come with me?'
Alrigh number one.
Number two: 'how about', plus the verb plus lNG, you notice that ?
'how about doing something?' And it's the same with 'what about' ,
the same construction 'what about doing' so it's a gerund form .
The examples are: 'How about eating in an ltalian restaurant?' or ,
'How about inviting Jack?', that's Sharon's idea,
or 'What about going to the seaside?' or 'What about seeing a film?' ok ?
So, three ways 'why don't we go...', 'what about going...' ,
'how about going...', so remember you'll find those very useful
when you're socializing with your friends.
Now let's go back to our friends and see Jack and Peter who are talking
about his audition, and then afterwards l want to tell you some other things
about the verb 'can, alright?
So see you later... bye!
Hi, Sharon,
how are you?...
Im fine too.
Well, Im alone,
Anne is out for a business meeting.
Oh, Peter is too?
He is at an audition? Today?
Well, why don't we have lunch together?
Now! Yes!
Yes! No, something simple...
Okay!
Great!
-Hi, Jack, what's up?-Oh, you're here...
Hmm... Im preparing lunch...
-Anne is out and Sharon is coming...-Great! Im hungry !
-Hi, Jack.-Hi.
Alice is here...
Yeah... She's in her room.
Sorry about that.
l would like to be alone with you but... You know.. .
Yeah, l know...
Okay... Sharon... Im the cook. What would you like ?
Why don't you cook some pasta?
Sounds good. What kind of pasta do you have?
Well, we have macaroni, spaghetti...
and the form is 'would like' plus the verb. 'Would you like to go?'
orjust simply 'Would you like some wine?' you can say .
Now the question is important because we don't contract the form ,
let's look at the examples on the screen:
'Would you like to come out with us this evening?' ,
'Would you like to come out?' Okay?
'Would they like to have some wine?'
'What would you like to order Mr. Monkey?'
And 'Where would you like to go this weekend?'
So the question form 'What would you like to do?'
or 'What would you like?'
Then the positive form now, in the positive form we contract .
You know, very often we contract in English.
So 'l would like' becomes 'l'd, l'd, l'd like' .
And, in fact, Jack said 'l'd like to be alone with you'. Remember ?
Other examples: 'They'd like to have dinner' ,
'They'd like to have dinner'.
So you see the pronunciation it's not easy,
'They would' becomes 'they'd', ok ?
'He'd like to buy a TV'. He would, he'd like to buy a TV .
'She'd like to visit her friends this weekend', 'she'd like' .
So 'l'd like, you'd like, she'd like, they'd like'. Alright ?
The contractions.
And in the negative we also contract and we say 'She wouldn't like'
'would not like' becomes 'wouldn't, wouldn't like' ,
difficult isn't it English pronunciation?
So 'She wouldn't like to stay for the weekend .
And l wouldn't like to do that'.
So very very important this form 'l'd like to' because very often we talk
about our preferences and, as we said, our wishes .
Great! Now let's go back and watch our friends in 'That's Life!'
and afterwards l want to tell you something you don't know about
'some' and 'any', ok?
See you later... Bye!
What's on tonight?
Hmm... Just a moment.
-Can you hand me the TV guide?-Oh... Here you are .
What would you like to watch?
Let's watch a documentary.
Oh, documentaries are boring. Why don't we watch 'LA Kids' ?
Please... More soap operas... l can't stand soap operas .
How about watching the news?
Fine... Let's watch the news and then maybe a film .
Right. That's a good compromise.
Shall we make something to eat?
What would you like?
politicians are trying to pretend they know what they are doing !
Alice, you are such a sceptic!
That's the way l am.
What's that?
lt's a book Im reading.
What's it about?
lt's a story about a woman, a young woman...
Who can't stand her father.
That sounds interesting.
Yes, it's not that bad...
Alice, what's wrong?
Do you want to talk about it?
No, Im so tired now,
Im going to bed...
Good night!
'Night!
Hello again e welcome back to 'English 2day' for some more English .
Now in that last episode of 'That's Life!'
did you notice that Anne said 'What are you doing?' ,
and Alice said 'Oh, Im just relaxing, Im just relaxing, Im watching TV' .
Now, they were using the Present Continuous tense ,
and that is a tense that we use to describe something
which is happening now at this very moment, ok?
Well, all verbs that end with letter E are exceptions, look what happens .
'Have', for example, ends with E.
You eliminate the E and you add 'lNG'. So 'have' becomes 'having'
without the E, ok?
Other examples are 'live', 'living';
'dance', 'dancing'; 'make', 'making'.
So all verbs which end in E, you eliminate the E, add 'l-N-G' .
Then another group which is important is a group where
the verbs end with a consonant-vowel-consonant .
What does that mean? Well... give me example of.. .
let's have the example of 'stop'.
Now stop is S-T-O-P, so the end of the verb is T-O-P, okay ?
So it's consonant-vowel-consonant.
So with these verbs we double the last consonant
and it becomes 'stop', 'stopping'.
Now notice that in English pronunciation when there's
a double consonant we don't hear it in the pronunciation .
So for example we don't say 'stoPPing' or 'swiMMing' ok ?
Not like other languages.
So the pronunciation stays the same but we double the consonant .
Examples are: 'stop', 'stopping'; 'plot', 'plotting';
'swim', 'swimming'; 'get', 'getting'.
Alright? So those are the different ways of spelling
What?
We have to be strong, and try to keep calm!
-What are you talking about?-She's coming! Tomorrow morning !
Who, for God's sake?
Aunt Mary! The owner of the flat!
-So what?-Your auntie!
-What's so terrible about her?-Let me explain:
imagine me in fifty years...
You mean... You... Old... With your manias.. .
Your cleaning obsessions?...
Oh my God! Okay okay, don't panic!
So, what do we have to do?
Let me see...
What do you have scheduled for today?
Today is a busy day! l have to finish my painting !
No way! Painting means brushes, colours... Dirt and mess everywhere !
As for me... Let's check my date book...
Date book? l don't believe it!
You mean, you don't have a PDA?
Please, Alice. l have a program on my laptop, l don't need a PDA as well .
Im just surprised, that's all. You are usually highly technological .
That's not entirely true...
l like to use paper and pen as well.
Alice,
you have to clean the living room.
You have to throw all these magazines out,
put all the CDs in order,
clean up the carpet
and dust the furniture.
-Do l have to mop the floor as well?-Of course !
As for me, Im cleaning the bathroom
and all the windows...
Well, l want you both in the living room at half past six
-for a detailed report, ok?-Yes sir!
l don't know about you Mr. Monkey
but there's something l just can't stand, is cleaning the house, just awful !
Hello camera one, how are you?
l was just talking to Mr. Monkey about what they're doing
in 'That's Life!'... cleaning the house, can't stand it !
Now, did you see Anne organizing everybody, responsibilities, duties ,
well she was using some language that l want to study with you now .
Did you hear this sentences?
Jack said so: 'What do we have to do?'
and Anne replies, to Jack,
'You have to clean up the kitchen,
you have to sweep and mop the floor and you have to clean your bedroom' .
Like a child!
And Alice, she says... she says:
'She has to clean the living room,
she has to throw all the magazines out
and she has to put the CDs in order'.
Like... organize them.
And this is the use of the verb 'have to' plus the infinitive ,
talking about duties and responsibilities.
So let's look at other situations using 'have to' .
For example, l have a very important responsibility in my life and.. .
you know who that is?
Yeah... Zukie, you know, it's a great responsibility if you have a dog ,
let me tell you about it.
For example, l have to take her for a walk at least twice a day ,
l have to feed her, give her food, what else?
l have to keep her company too,
because when she's alone she often barks, you know 'barks'... ?
So l have to keep her company... what else ?
Oh yeah... lf l go on holiday, l have to find her kennels ,
kennels is like a hotel for dogs,
so that she is looked after, so she's a great responsibility .
Think of my boyfriend.
Now, he's a professional jazz musician, and he has responsibilities ,
And goodbye!
And see you again soon for the next edition of 'Let's talk' !
Let's have a closer look at the expressions
from our debate about work.
As Marie and Tom just said, many people work too much ,
so they are stressed and tired.
Do you work long hours?
'To work long hours' means you work a lot of hours in a day .
A lot of people take work home, this means if you don't finish your work
in the office you take it home and finish it there .
Can you take work home in your job?
This is different from homeworking.
'Homeworking' means you work from home. You have a computer
at home with lnternet access and you do your job at home .
'Flexible working hours' means you don't work
from nine to five every day, you work eight hours a day ,
but you can decide when you start and finish.
'Part-time work' means you don't work every day,
perhaps just two or three days a week or only in the morning .
lf you work part-time then you have a part-time job .
'Full-time work' means you work eight hours a day, five days a week .
You work full-time, you have a full-time job.
Notice how we say: in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening .
We use 'in' for parts of the day but we say 'at night'
and we say 'at weekends'.
ln American English you can also say 'on weekends' .
Let's take a quick look before we finish at some vocabulary :
A mobile phone is the phone you can take everywhere with you .
ln American English it's called a 'cell-phone'
and in British English it is a 'mobile phone' .
A company is a business or organization where people work .
And a worker is someone who works in an office or factory .
Notice this work comes from the verb 'work' = 'ER' .
ln English it is common to add 'ER' to a verb to form the name
of the person who does it.
For example 'teach'= ER = teacher; 'sing'= ER = singer
and 'play'= ER = player, like 'football player'.
That's all there's time for now,
l'll see you next time!
Bye, bye.
Hello, everyone and welcome to 'Let's talk' ,
the Saturday evening debate with our two commentators, Tom and Marie .
Good evening! Hello!
Tom and Marie, tonight l'd like to hear your thoughts on.. .
on these new ways for people to meet their ideal partner .
What do you mean Eric?
What's this?
A what? lt's a napkin, a napkin... So, take a napkin, Alright ?
Put it down, open it up, like this.
So we have an open napkin, anyway.
Now, take the bottom of the napkin and fold it over a little bit, like that .
Ok? Then fold it again like that.
Then fold it again and again, and again,
until you reach half way and press it down like that, press it down. Alright ,
now, take the whole napkin, lift it up,
and put it in this position you turn it over.
Press that down.
Now, take the bottom of the napkin and fold it in half over ,
like this, again press it down well.
Now take this part of the napkin here on the right and fold it right down ,
along the folds on the left.
Press down.
Then take all of it up like this,
and fold this bit over so you create a support, like that.
Then... turn it around and...
there you have something nice to decorate your table with ,
a romantic dinner, for example. Alright?
So, l gave you instructions in order to do that ,
and we are going to look at that on the screen
'you were', see how it changes, 'you were at the party last night' ,
'he was at a meeting on Tuesday.'
l was, you were, 'he was, she was... fine yesterday' .
For example
'lt was beautiful', 'we were at school on Monday' ,
'you were happy', and 'they were in London two weeks ago.'
So you see:
l was, you were, he/she/it was, we were, you were, they were .
Be careful about that it's easy to make a mistake.
Now, what about the negative form?
Well 'was' becomes 'wasn't'.
Listen to the pronunciation 'wasn't'. 'wasn't', Ok? So :
'l wasn't on time this morning', 'you weren't here yesterday' ,
'he wasn't at the party last night', 'she wasn't very happy'
and 'it wasn't difficult'.
'We weren't at work on Saturday',
'you weren't on time for work',
and 'they weren't on holiday last month.'
So 'wasn't' and 'weren't'.
Question form, listen to these: 'Where was l yesterday?' ,
'Where were you last night?',
'Where was he, was he, last week?',
'Was she at work yesterday?',
Well summer's approaching and... and the summer holidays are too !
So, have you got any suggestions for the holidays?
Well... let's see... are you bored with your usual holiday ?
Are you tired of beaches or trips to the mountains ?
Would you like to say 'no' to museums, city tours and shopping ?
Well why don't you try something new and exciting?
What exactly do you have in mind?
How about a holiday hunting for ghosts in a castle in Great Britain?
Hunting for ghosts in a castle,
that's certainly a change from lying on a beach! lt sounds exciting !
lt is exciting! Something really different!
Just right if you love adventure.
Mmm... but what do you have to do?
Do you spend all the time looking for ghosts?
No, not all the time!
ln some ways it's like a normal holiday.
ln the morning you have a traditional English breakfast,
then you go for a walk or visit a local town.
ln other words, you do the things you always do
when you visit a foreign country.
But... the fun starts in the evening!
You have dinner and then the ghost hunting starts.
With the help of one or two 'ghost experts'
with a difference!
Well, if you're curious about ghosts and you love adventure ,
this could be just the holiday for you!
Thanks Christine for this unusual holiday idea!
You're welcome, goodbye.
And goodbye to all travellers! See you again soon!
Do you believe in ghosts?
To believe in ghosts means you think that ghosts exist.
lf you do then you say 'l believe in ghosts' .
We say that a castle is 'haunted'
when it has a ghost, or more than one !
We say it's 'a haunted castle'.
Now, there are lots of different kinds of holidays
and the holiday Christine just told us about is an adventure holiday .
Looking for ghosts in a castle is an adventure!
But personally l prefer beach holidays,
they are definitely more relaxing.
Or perhaps you prefer city holidays.
A city holiday is when you visit a city.
So let's look at some of the things
you can do when you have a beach holiday :
You lie on the beach in the sun and relax .
This is called sunbathing.
Good evening.
Well, this evening let's talk about the differences
between the generations.
What do you think about this issue, Tom?
l think that over the last 50 years lifestyles have changed a great deal ,
there's been a lot of progress, new technologies have helped here ,
think about health care, it's very good today ,
television and internet tell people
about the world and what's happening.
So lots of progress, do you think life is easy today ?
Yes, l think it is! There are lots of opportunities for everyone .
Let's take travel as an example.
ln the past it was impossible to travel a lot ,
today we can fly to lots of cities in Europe and it's very cheap .
Im sorry, l don't agree with you Tom!
l mean it's true that lots of things are easy now ,
but there are also lots of things to worry about and there's lots of stress .
ln the past life was simple!
lt was all about the family and family values.
Do you think that people today are confused about how to live life ?
That's exactly what l mean!
Today people marry when they're 30 or 35 ,
when my grandmother was young it was usual to marry young
read, read.
Notice that now, read and read are written exactly the same
but the pronunciation changes in the Past Tense. Read, read
say, said
send, sent
speak, spoke
tell, told
think, thought. Watch that again O-U-G-H-T, O-T.
Write, wrote.
Ok, so, some of those are the most important irregular tense verbs
that you will hear, alright?
Now let's go and join our friends again in 'That's life!' .
And the girls are looking at an album of photographs .
Listen to them carefully
and see how many Past Tense verbs you can pick out .
Ok? And then we'll continue with our studying of it after ,
they're very important, these verbs... see you later, bye !
Hey Anne...
Thanks a lot for the tip on the bookshop.. .
Oh my God! Anne!
What's happening here?
Make-up... Let me see...
New hair-style, new dress...
l... l do mind!
No way, Im sorry, Sharon! But no!
Why not?! What do you care about it?!
And you? What do you care about it?!
Hey girls, what's happening here?!
Nothing, at all!
Why??
Hello again and welcome back.
That's quite a triangle, isn't it?
ln the story...
Now let's continue with the Past Tense
and let's look at questions and negative forms.
Fortunately they are very regular because we just use the auxiliary 'did' .
Remember in the Present Tense we used 'do' and 'does' ?
Well, in the Past Tense we only need 'did' and in the negative 'didn't' .
So things are easier, ok?
Now, l want to do a little exercise with you to practise questions .
l will say a sentence in the positive form
and l want you to formulate the question.
Let me give you an example. l say:
'l went out last night.' Went, the Simple Past of 'go' exactly .
So the question is: 'Where did you go?' Alright?
Now l want you to practise to formulate the questions,
next example.
'l saw a good film.' 'l saw a good film.'
'What film...' alright, 'did you see?' Very good, see, saw, very good .
'After we went to a pizza place.'
'Where...' Exactly!
'Where did we go?' The infinitive 'went, go' .
'Where did we go?' Next one.
'l had a four seasons pizza',
Question? 'What type of pizza... did you... have?' Exactly !
'Have' is the infinitive of the Past Tense 'had' great, next one .
'We drank some beer.'
'What...' good, 'did you drink?', 'What did you drink?'
Great. Next one.
'We talked about the film.' 'We talked', regular, 'about the film.'
'What... what did you talk about?'
So it's a regular verb, we take off the ED, the infinitive 'talk' ,
'What did we talk about?' Great!
Next one: 'We left the restaurant at eleven thirty.'
'We left the restaurant.' 'What time... did you leave?'
Very good, 'leave' is the infinitive of 'left' ,
'What time did you leave the restaurant?'
And the last one, be careful here.
'lt was very good.'
What? 'Did it be?'
you put 'should' first and then the subject so the examples are :
'should l see a dentist?', 'What should l do?' and ,
'should we practise English every day?' 'Yes, we should.'
Good.
So that is the language that you can use
whenever you want to give advice to somebody in English .
'Should' plus the infinitive,
so 'should you come and see me everyday?'
'Yes, you should!'
Ok and you should come to the next lesson so l'll see you there.. .
Take care, bye!
Hello, hello and welcome to 'Music World',
and welcome to Tony Moore, our music expert!
ln this week's edition we want to celebrate
the life of a great musician from Liverpool,
maybe the greatest pop musician of all time! Right Tony ?
Yes, that's right. And of course we're talking about John Lennon !
Yes, John Lennon, a famous singer and songwriter ,
but also sometimes a controversial figure.
Ok Tony, let's look at the important moments of his short
but very successful career!
Well, John was born on October 9th 194o in Liverpool .
He had a difficult childhood, his parents separated
For many years he only slept six hours a day, he was a real workaholic .
So he also helped coffee producers too !
l guess so.
After he became a multi-millionaire with Windows what did he do next ?
He turned his attention to the lnternet.
lnitially he didn't think the lnternet was important,
this was a business mistake.
Microsoft developed lnternet Explorer 4
and three years later Microsoft won the browser war
and destroyed its competitors.
So today almost every computer in the world uses
a Microsoft programme.
That's right!
Well, Bill Gates is a very, very successful businessman .
ls there anything about him to make him likeable or just a bit human ?
Well, his charity work, this is very important for him .
Bill and his wife Melinda now work for
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation;
in 2ooo Bill gave half his fortune to the foundation to fund charity work .
This is fantastic. Bill Gates, a successful man ,
with very good business skills, but with a big heart too !
Well, today we have learned about
one of the most important business leaders of our age .
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Well, there's the new film with Schwarzenegger .
-That should be good.-You're joking, right ?
No, Im not. What would you suggest?
How about going to the disco?
The disco? Are you crazy, Alice?
That's not even music... That's simply noise !
Come on, Peter! lt's Saturday night, we have to do something special.. .
Something exciting!
And going dancing is surely more exciting than going to the cinema !
l agree with Alice! Let's go dancing!
What about a third choice?
l guess Anne is right! Why don't we try to find a good compromise ?
Come on, guys! How boring and old-fashioned you are!
...And you are more frivolous than l am, Alice!
Come on guys! Don't argue now, please!
Let's vote on it!
Well, Alice and l want to go dancing. Peter and Anne don't.. .
How about you, Sharon?
l don't know...
Well...
The disco is probably more entertaining than the cinema.. .
Great! Okay, guys. Three against two... Let's go dancing !
Hello and welcome back to 'English 2day' for some more English .
Now... What would you prefer?
Discotheque or cinema? Dancing or a film?
Well we are going to look at comparatives now.
l have to buy a camera, and l need to choose one ,
l have to make a choice so l have to compare two different types ,
here l have two types look, this one here and this one here .
Now, they are quite different.
Listen to the language l use when l compare them okay ?
Why do you say that? The mountains are beautiful and spectacular .
l prefer the beach... lt's more relaxing and entertaining !
Oh, l don't know. l think the beach is more boring than the mountains .
-Why do you say that?-Well, think about it.
Lying on the beach every day.
lt's much more interesting to be walking in the countryside .
Yes, but it's usually colder in the mountains.
l think the beach is also more romantic .
Girls! Stop talking nonsense! How do l look ?
You look very pretty, Alice!
Thanks Sharon. But you look better than me.
No, how can you say that?
You are much more tanned than l am.
Yes, but you are in better shape.
And me? How do l look?
You are very pretty too, Anne.
Im sure Im not nearly as beautiful as you !
Come on, guys! Stop making stupid comparisons!
Let's just say that we are all different...
Hey girls! Okay, are you ready? l need your advice.. .
Which shirt is better according to you?
The red one! lt's much better than the blue one for a disco-night .
And you, Sharon? What do you think?
l don't really care about the weather... l just want to enjoy myself !
This trip is my father's birthday present to me .
l want to go to Europe's most interesting city,
but also to the most special and the most entertaining one !
l see... Well, l think all three are interesting cities !
Hi guys, what are you doing?
My father is going to give me a trip for my birthday .
So Im choosing where l would like to go...
Oh, really? That's great!
Are you going alone?
No, my father promised to come with me.. .
Well, do you already have an idea of where you want to go?
Not yet! l can't make up my mind between Vienna, Prague and Madrid.. .
Tom was making some 'precious' suggestions.. .
... But she isn't taking my advice... As usual !
Well, l think Prague is probably the oldest city ,
but Vienna is the most interesting one.
There are a lot of important meetings in Vienna, and lots of museums, too .
Well, Madrid also has a lot of museums. Do you agree with that ?
Yes, that's true...
But Madrid is certainly the hottest city !
Oh my God, Anne! You are like Tom! You both talk nonsense !
l think you two should go out together...
and Jack then said 'you're the funniest roommate that l've ever had' .
And so these are all examples of exceptions in the superlative form .
l want to go to the screen now
and look at those because they're not that easy .
So, look at the first example, with adjectives ending in Y ,
we remove the Y, as we've learned before, and we add l-E-S-T .
So, 'funny' becomes 'the funniest',
'easy' becomes 'the easiest'.
So the examples are:
'you're the funniest roommate, l have ever had',
for example, or 'Naples is the noisiest city in ltaly' ,
or 'it's the happiest day'.
Alright? So, those are two syllable adjectives ending in Y.. .
Now look at the exceptions,
remember we have already learned that 'good' ,
'bad' and 'far', are exceptions in the comparative,
now look at the superlative:
'good' in the superlative becomes 'the best' .
So it's good, better, the best.
'Bad' in the comparative is 'worse', remember ?
The superlative is 'the worst'.
Notice the T. Bad, worse, the worst, don't forget to pronounce the T .
And then 'far':
So, e-learning:
the new independent way of studying with advantages
and disadvantages! My philosophy course?
Hmm... l'll have to think...
So, goodbye to our commentators Marie and Tom .
-Goodbye.
And goodbye to you.
And see you the next time on our discussion group 'Let's talk' .
Well, l'd like to take an e-learning course
but Im not sure that l have the motivation l need.
Notice how we say 'to take a course'.
For example...
To take an English course means to study English.
To take a distance learning course means to study from home .
lf l take an e-learning course l can study at home
and send my work to my course tutor via lnternet .
The course tutor is the teacher for the course .
Most people go to university.
To go to university means to study full-time at a university .
We can also say someone is at university.
For example 'Im at university'
means Im studying for a degree at a university.
A degree is the qualification
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Really? Im not sure... Look... Maybe this one looks better.. .
Don't panic, Peter! Everything is going to be all right tonight !
l don't know... Actually l've a sore throat... And Im losing my voice.. .
l'll sing badly tonight, Im sure!
Come on, Peter! You will sing very well!
Now, 'l'll' it's the abbreviation of 'l will', 'l'll buy it!' .
We use this form when we make a spontaneous decision .
lt's nothing planned, it happens spontaneously .
lt's called in English 'a snap, snap decision', alright ?
Let's continue, so l see the dress and l think :
l'll buy it! Great! Then l look at the price...
One thousand five hundred euro?
Crikey!
And l think:
l won't buy it! Negative of will, 'l won't buy it'.
But then l think: no, wait a minute,
l haven't bought myself anything lovely for a long time!
Maybe my boyfriend can help me...
So l decide: l'll buy it!
l go into the shop, l talk to the shop assistant and l say :
'That dress, l like that dress, can l try it?'
She says: 'Yes, yes, sure!'
So l put it on, look at myself in the mirror and think :
'Fantastic, l'll take it!' So l go to the shop assistant and l say :
'l'll take it'!
She says: 'Fine, Madam, how would you like to pay?'
How would l like to pay?
Cash? Must be drinking!
Im jealous of Peter!
Oh, come on, Jack... You only care about business.. .
Sure, that's what they all say...
But, you know... l...
Im interested in you... And... Sharon...
Are you... Are you really interested in me?
Anne, who were you talking to on the telephone ?
Mary... She wanted to know what time the party is going to start .
l think it will start at about nine o'clock, won't it?
Well, girls... l have to go finish my presentation .
-See you later. Bye!-Back to work.. .
You'll never quit, will you?
What a shame that Jack isn't coming...
He's a very interesting person...
l wonder if you are falling in love with him!
Come on, you can tell me!
Okay... But don't tell anyone!...
Yes...
He's quite handsome...
Do you think he likes me, Sharon?
What a question! lt's none of my business!
Don't be so difficult, Sharon!
l was just asking confidentially your opinion.. .
Well John, which sport are you going to talk about today ?
Today l'd like to talk about rugby.
Fantastic! Im a real rugby fan! l think it's a really exciting sport !
John, a question, where did rugby start?
Well, you know Rugby is a town in England, near Birmingham .
Yes...
There's a famous school there called 'Rugby School' ,
it's one of the oldest schools in England. lt opened in 1567 .
Anyway, boys at this school started the game.
Really... And where is rugby played today?
lt's played all round the world but there are eight main countries ,
these are lreland, Wales, England, Scotland, France, Australia ,
New Zealand and South Africa.
And it's becoming more popular today in ltaly and Argentina .
Who plays rugby?
Mainly men, but there are more and more women's teams .
Really women?
That's a surprise!
That's right!
There are more than 4oo women's teams in England today !
l see. John, can you explain to our viewers how to play rugby ?
Of course! Remember, rugby's very different from soccer ,
the ball's oval, like an egg.
There are 15 players in a team and the players can carry the ball .
ln fact the aim is to run fast with the ball in your hands.. .
And what about a 'tackle'? What's that?
To stop a player of the opponent's team running
with the ball you 'tackle' him...
You catch his legs and pull him to the ground .
That sounds dangerous!
Yes, it can be. There are lots of injuries in rugby .
lt's a very physical game...
How do you score?
Well, you run with the ball and put it down
on the ground at the opponents' end of the pitch .
Of course your opponents do everything
they can to stop you from reaching their end of the pitch !
You score a try if you cross the try line
and put the ball down on the ground,
you can also score points by kicking the ball between the two goalposts .
The goalposts are very high, if you do this you score a goal .
So, there are tries and there are goals?
That's right...
Just one more question, what are 'scrums'?
Scrums are special to rugby, players from the two sides
push against each other to try to get the ball.
Nothing!
Totally relaxing doing nothing!
l agree with you, Jack. Total relaxation.
Now, that's a great idea!
... And maybe eating something nice and tasty...
Hem, Anne, why don't you
prepare us one of your lovely lunches?
No way, guys! You don't
want to go out, you hate cleaning the house ,
you don't like playing games...
So in other words, you want
to do nothing while l have to cook?!?
And you know what l say? l also enjoy doing nothing !
That's what Im going to do.
Watch out couch! Here l come!
Hello and welcome back to 'English 2day',
that live TV programme where you can learn the English language .
And in this lesson l want to do some revision on the things that people
don't like about the English language: the auxiliaries!
Now, the exercise is simple:
we're going to look at some of the auxiliaries
that we've learned up to now, what are they ?
Well... we have learned 'am', 'is', 'are', 'do', 'does' and 'did' .
Hmmm... Could you tell me a little bit about your hotel, please ?
Hum, our, our clients are used to the very best .
And do you also have a swimming pool?
Oh... A sauna? Great!
And as far as entertainment is concerned ,
do you have a lounge with live music?
Could you hold a moment, please?
Sharon, stop humming, please!
l can't hear anything!
Hmm... Ok, well... Thank you very much for your help ,
l'll let you know as soon as possible. Right. Good bye .
What are you doing, Anne?
My boss asked me to book two rooms for two of our most demanding clients .
They would like a quiet hotel, near our publishing house ,
and, of course, with all the creature-comforts .
So Im making a few telephone calls.
Anne, listen to this song for a moment.
lt's Ray Charles' last recording... lt's fantastic !
l've got a lot to do, Sharon!
Just for one minute, Anne... Come on!
Im afraid l can't now.
Why don't you go over to Alice's ?
She's having a shower...
You know... When Alice gets in the bathroom she takes at least two hours !
Well, do whatever you want...
Just please, get out of this room!
Anne, what's the matter today? Why are you treating me so badly ?
That's enough Sharon! l know everything about it!
-Everything about what?-...That you've got a lover!
A lover?? Are you going crazy, Anne?
Oh, don't try and pretend with me, Sharon!
-And l call you a friend!-But it's the truth!
And who is my romantic lover, by the way?!
You know... Im talking about Jack!
-Jack? What are you talking about?-The photograph...
The one where you and Jack are kissing!
lt's not what you think, Anne!
A-ha... So you tell me! You know, a picture says more
than a thousand words!
That photo is from three years ago. We were engaged .
Oh, what? You and Jack were engaged?
l know, l know... l wanted to avoid stupid gossip.. .
And also because of Peter.
So now you're telling me... Well... l can't believe it !
l know, l didn't wanna hurt your feelings.
See, now you are angry with me! That's why!
Well you're right, Sharon! l am mad at you! And now l look like a fool !
-Im sorry Anne, really!-Oh, my hair!!...
-What's going on?! lt's Alice...-Oh, my God!!...
Come on, let's go see what's happening!
Hello again and welcome back to 'English 2day'.
Did you see that last episode of 'That's life!' ?
Poor Anne! Well, sometimes the truth is difficult to hear, isn't it ?
Yeah... sorry, sorry l've got to turn my phone off !
This is live television programme... just, just one moment .
Hello? This is Louise speaking, Pablo?
Im afraid he's not here at the moment...
yes, but just one moment, just one moment,
l'll find... l'll try and find out, ok. Put it on hold.. .
Hello? Yes hello, could l speak to Pablo please ?
Well could you put me through to him?
No... Ok, yes, l understand, no, no it's not important don't worry ,
alright thank you very much, thank you, yes alright, bye !
Hello? Yes hello Im afraid, he's not available at the moment.. .
Yes, would you like to leave a message?
Sharon called, ok, would you like him to call you back ?
Yeah, alright, ok, yes, l'll tell him, right, thank you ,
thank you very much, goodbye, goodbye!
Sharon? Who's Sharon? Where were we?
and these are verbs which help to change the meaning of the verb
which comes after, they're called 'modal verbs'
and here we were using verbs of obligation, very interesting ,
let's look at the screen and see those.
Now, let's first go back to permission, remember ,
we talked about 'can', is a form of expressing permission ,
and l was giving him permission to do things, for example ,
'You can eat whatever you want', 'You can go for walks'
and 'You can't', however, that's not giving permission
'You can't go monkeying' or 'You can't go to work', alright ?
Then l talked about obligation and this is very interesting ,
l used the verb 'must'. 'Must' followed by an infinitive without 'to' ,
so for example, 'You must finish the tablets',
'You must relax', 'You must stay at home for three days'
and 'You must look after yourself.'
Now that in English is how you express obligation ,
something which you are obliged, forced, to do, alright ?
lt's a strong verb in English.
Now the opposite 'mustn't' means prohibition, if you do that... Ok ?
So very strong verb 'You mustn't drink alcohol',
'You mustn't do anything energetic'
and 'You mustn't jump about', alright?
So 'must' and 'mustn't', 'must' obligation, 'mustn't' prohibition .
which is a small cup with stem to serve fruit salad or ice cream ,
a 'pint', which is a unit of liquid measure equivalent to 568 ml ,
a UK pint, or 55o ml, a US pint.
A 'tablespoon' is also used as a unit of measure .
ln order to express appreciation about food ,
we say 'tasty', 'delicious', 'yummy', 'mouth-watering' .
Lisa said 'in-season berries', to mean fresh fruit .
Otheruise we say 'out of season'.
Not to be confused with the word 'seasoning' ,
which means adding salt, pepper and other spices to food .
A 'berry' is a small fruit, such as a strawberry ,
blackberry, raspberry, blueberry .
Another useful term is 'serving', you can also say 'helping' ,
it refers to individual portions of food .
Well, l hope you've had a good time and l'll see you next time !
Now let's watch the whole episode together ,
watch the subtitles carefully
because the language points that we've studied together
are highlighted, ok? Enjoy your viewing!
Hello and welcome to 'English today',
this is DVD nine and it's the first DVD of your lower intermediate level .
And in this DVD we'll begin with another three episodes
of our story 'That's life!',
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Would you like to come along?
l'd like to make dinner for Jack's aunt.
l also want to invite Sharon and Peter.
My lesson is at three. l don't know what time l'll finish .
Don't worry. Im going to do some work before that .
l don't think l'll finish before five... So, what do you say ?
Yesterday...
Remember when l WAS WAlTlNG for you outside the gym ?
You saw that director, didn't you?
The one who wants to put on a musical in Japan ?
Yes, that's the one.
-Well... He asked me to audition...-And... ?
Well, we had a meeting... And the audition went very well !
lt's a shame you weren't there. l was fantastic!
Let me tell you what happened.
FlRSTLY, WHEN l arrived they WERE REHEARSlNG
the first scene of 'My Fair Lady':
a girl WAS SELLlNG flowers on the street,
people WERE PASSlNG by without noticing her,
two men WERE WATCHlNG the scene laughing all the while .
THEN l sat down because l didn't wanna interrupt anything !
AFTER THAT, all of a sudden, the director noticed me.. .
He called out to me and asked me to play one of the roles .
And here comes the best part.
FlNALLY, WHlLE l WAS SlNGlNG, he interrupted me and he shouted :
'Great, my boy, the part is yours!' Can you believe it Sharon? ?
l got the leading part!
Im really happy for you, Peter!
-You should be happy for both of us!-Why is that ?
So l spoke to Sharon...
And what did she say?
She told me everything!
Tell me the truth Jack...
Are you still in love with her?
Well...
l have to admit that seeing her makes me feel.. .
But... What about me, Jack?
l thought...
l thought there was something special between us !
And there is, Anne! l care very much about you, but.. .
... But?
Well...
l thought we were just friends!
Oh... Okay, Jack... l understand now!
Wait, Anne... l didn't mean to hurt your feelings.. .
But it doesn't matter Jack!
Just remember: Sharon is going to Japan!
Hello again and welcome back for some more English .
ln that last episode there were some interesting sentences .
Jack said: 'Why were you so nervous?',
'Why were you so nervous?'.
This word 'so' plus an adjective, and Sharon said :
'They sang with such deep voices', yes in fact in Tibet the monks ,
they sing in their boots, they sing... incredible sound .
You notice in this example we take out 'a', or 'a' or 'an'
which is the indefinite article and it becomes
'They sang with such deep voices',
'They wore such strange hats' alright?
So 'so' and 'such', 'so' we use with adjectives ,
'such' we use with the noun and its adjective alright ?
So, Tibet is so interesting
l recommend you go there for a trip, ok .
Great, well l look forard to seeing you in the next lesson
for more English, take care and keep practising, bye !
Good morning. Welcome to this week's edition of
'The Travel Programme' and welcome to Christine Oteng ,
our travel expert!
Good morning, Lucy.
Well, Christine statistics from the lnternational Tourist Office show
that Japan is the 'in' destination at the moment for holidays .
That doesn't surprise me. Japan's a fascinating country !
Yes, Im sure it is but tourists do worry about high prices in Japan .
lt's true, Japan can be expensive but there are ways to save money ,
visitors can save on accommodation for example .
What do you have in mind?
And we say 4o euros 'a night', this means for one night .
ln London the earlier you book a room, the cheaper it is .
'To book' means to reserve.
So, you should book early,
this means you should reserve the room as soon as you can .
Because if you book at the last minute it's more expensive !
'At the last minute' means very late, just before you leave .
So, now let's look at some hotel vocabulary:
'A double room' is a room with a double bed ,
a bed for two people.
'A single room' is a room with a single bed, for one person .
Usually in a hotel room there is 'a wardrobe',
the place where you put your clothes.
An 'en-suite bathroom' is a private bathroom ,
for your use only.
ln low-budget hotels you often have to share
the showers and toilet with other guests.
'Guests' are the people who stay in a hotel.
'To share' means that it is not only for you .
When it's cold you use the heating to make a room warm .
ln summer when it's hot you use the air-conditioning
to make a room cool.
That's all for this time!
Good morning.
Alice, is Anne at home? l just met the postman and this package is for her .
No, she's not in now. My! What a large package!
Please, be careful! l think it contains fragile objects .
l've got an idea: let's go get something from the local Take Out place .
Then we can pretend that we cooked dinner .
She might be happy and forget about those plates...
That's a great idea! Let's get going!
Hello and welcome back again to your live English language programme ,
and l want to talk to you more about 'can'.
Now, how do you express 'can' in the future or in the past ?
'Can' in the future, do we say 'l will can' ?
What do we say in the past?
Now this is interesting because it's very strange ,
we use the verb 'to be able to',
that's what l want to look at now with you on the language screen .
'To be able to', isn't that strange ?
We have learned to use 'can' in the present ,
we've had examples like 'l can cook', 'Can you cook?'
and the negative 'l can't cook'.
Now when we talk about ability in the past everything changes ,
and we need to use this verb 'to be able to' .
When that goes into the past we say
'l was able to cook yesterday',
you see the verb 'to be' goes into the past
'l was able to cook yesterday' strange?
Another example, the question:
But, l warn both of you that l want more discipline in this house !
You can't do what you want all the time...
We need some rules!
Don't roll your eyes while Im speaking to you!
Okay, okay Anne! You're right!
Rules are important, but it's also important to laugh a little !
Hi and welcome back, this is a box which my mother sent me
and she said there are some useful things for me, so l was just looking .
Come and have a look with me.
What's this?
Well it can't be a shoe, can it?
lt's not a shoe, can't be a shoe because it's made of metal ,
it's made of metal, well it might be some sort of lamp or something like ,
it looks like an Aladdin's lamp, a special lamp ,
no but it can't be that... Look, here there's a sort of metal groove ,
probably for cigarettes, that's it,
it must be a cigarette holder and a type of ashtray ,
an oriental ashtray, how unusual, that's very typical of my mother !
Useful though. Now, did you see the language that l used ?
l said: 'lt can't be a shoe', when l say 'lt can't be' means it's impossible ,
it's impossible, it's too small and it's metal, so it can't be a shoe .
So Im talking about probability and possibility.
Then l said: 'Well it might be a magical lamp',
because l can't see myself, can't be a mirror, what can it be? Oh l know !
lt might be for under glasses, you know what l mean ?
When you lay the table and you have glasses,
sometimes you put it under to protect the tablecloth .
Look what l have here? So this for example.
Yeah but it's a bit strange isn't?
l mean... no it can't be, it can't be that, really ,
not made of metal like this... lt must be.. .
l don't know again!
Wait a minute, here's the box, 'a drop-stop' a drop-stop ?
lt must be something for pouring then, oh look, you put it... Let's try ,
l just... So happen to have a bottle here, and it says :
'Put it on the bottle' like this,
a drop-stop so it stop things from dropping
and pour out the liquid and there are no drops, let's try that, let's try.. .
That works! lt doesn't drop!
So it must be something for stopping drops, you can see, fantastic !
My mother is a genius, she is full of amazing ideas, thanks mum .
Let me show you the language that l was using then .
We were talking about probability and possibility and,
the first thing that we can talk about
is when you are expressing strong probability,
is when you think almost certainly you know what something is ,
So 'l used to smoke', 'l used to play tennis', 'l used to wear fur' .
Pronunciation 'used'.
Now in the negative we use the auxiliary 'did' so
'l didn't use', notice we take off the D
because it's the infinitive, 'l didn't use to take vitamins'
and 'l didn't use to listen to the opera'
and the question form is easy, it's
'Did you use to do a lot of sports?'
'Did you use to stay in bed until midday?'
l remember that.
So if you think about your lives and about habits
that you had in the past and you don't have now,
when you talk about those to people, that's what you use .
'l used to smoke but l don't anymore',
'l used to play tennis, but now Im too busy' alright ?
So very important for describing past habits 'used to'. Great !
That's the lesson for now and l'll see you again very soon, bye !
Good morning, Alice.
Where were you last night?
-We were getting worried...-Good morning.
l'd prefer not to talk about it...
Why, what happened?
Well, l took part in a young artists competition...
These gases are trapping more and more of the sun's energy
and the world's becoming warmer.
ls carbon dioxide one of these gases?
Yes, carbon dioxide, co2, is one of the main greenhouse gases .
Carbon dioxide is produced when we burn coal
and natural gas.
The problem is that over the years the concentration
of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
has increased enormously.
So, to stop global warming we need to use
less coal and natural gases?
Exactly! but not only that!
We also need to plant more trees
and we must stop destroying our forests
because they take carbon dioxide out of the air .
ls there anything else we can do?
Well, governments around the world need to encourage
the use of renewable energy sources.
Solar panels can use the sun's energy,
wind turbines can generate electricity from the wind
and hydroelectric power plants can use water to generate electricity .
Renewable energy is becoming popular today, isn't it ?
Yes, it is, but there's still a long way to go.
Ok, Susan one last question,
You take off the Y, insert an l and it becomes 'funnier than' alright ?
So, are you ready to try?
l will give you an adjective and you must tell me the comparative, ok ?
So 'cold', 'colder than' great, one syllable. Next: 'Good', 'gooder than?' ,
no, no... an exception 'good',
'better', do you remember those exceptions ?
Very important don't forget 'good' is an exception 'good', 'better than' .
Next: 'Likeable'...
Yeah 'likeable', 'more likeable than', great.
'Dirty'... very good 'dirtier than', 'bad'... yes 'worse' ,
remember it's an exception, 'bad', 'worse than' very good .
Next one: 'Far', it's another exception, 'farther than' ok !
'Hard', 'harder than', one syllable; 'difficult' ,
'more difficult than' great!
Now, superlatives, Im going to give you an adjective
and you give me the superlative, so 'tasty', 'it's the... tastiest' ok ,
'the tastiest' remember, with the superlative you put 'the' in front of it .
Next one: 'Beautiful' three syllables... 'the...' yeah 'the most beautiful' great .
Next one: 'Good', 'the best' wonderful !
Yes it's an exception, great 'the best'. Next one: 'High' ,
'the highest' great, 'noisy', 'the noisiest', 'bad' ,
'the worst' very, very good!
And, one more 'large', 'the largest' fantastic!
Today was awful... Im dead tired and l haven't had anything to eat !
Please tell Sharon and Peter...
Please give Sharon and Peter my regards.
Im...
Really not in the mood to chat this evening !
Jack: 'l haven't had anything to eat yet' that's just an excuse ,
but it's interesting for us, because he used the present perfect with 'yet' ,
'l haven't had anything to eat yet'.
And in this lesson l want to help you understand
when we use the present perfect, ok?
Now, remember when we studied the past tense ,
l gave you an acronym, this 'oil way', 'on, in, last, when, ago, yesterday' ?
Because we use the simple past with definite time in the past ,
well, l have another acronym for you,
to help you with the present perfect, and here it is 'Jeany' .
Now these represent time words which are indefinite ,
they describe indefinite time, so can you guess what they are ?
J... J is 'just', 'l have just seen him' means like two seconds ago ,
just now, recently, 'just'.
This one here, England? Used in question... lt's 'ever' ok ?
So 'Have you ever been to England?',
'ever' means sometime in your life, alright?
So 'ever'.
Notice that 'yet' is the exception and it comes after the past participle ,
so you need to remember that, 'yet' is the exception, alright ?
So try and learn this, 'just', 'ever', 'already', 'never', 'yet' ,
when you're in the bath, just repeat it, 'just', 'ever', 'already' ,
'never', 'yet', present perfect, alright?
lt will really help you when you're in conversation and don't worry ,
we haven't finished with the present perfect ,
we will be saying other things about it in the future,
so, happy memorizing! And l'll see you again soon, bye !
Hello and welcome to this week's edition of 'Let's talk' ,
the discussion programme with our commentators Tom and Marie .
Good evening everyone.
Good evening.
Tom, you went to London last week, didn't you ?
You told me you had a meeting with an important businessman .
Yes l did!
l interviewed the chief executive of a major UK financial group .
He works in the City.
So you visited the heart of international high finance, interesting .
Yes, it was interesting actually.
You know the City is very small but very important
in the world of finance.
l mean, did you know that the City of London, that's its full name ,
Exactly Marie!
Together with Tokyo and New York
the City is one of the world's most important financial centres .
lt's situated between the time zones of Asia and America .
ln fact, offices in the City don't have just one clock, they have at least four ,
with clocks showing the time for Tokyo, Zurich and New York .
So the City's open for business 24 hours a day !
Well, do only people from the world of finance work there ?
No, no! Lots of other highly skilled people work there .
For example many lawyers,
accountants and computer experts work there.
They help the banks
and insurance companies to work smoothly.
lt's worth remembering too that the City's a beautiful place to visit .
lt can be ultra-modern and medieval at the same time .
There are some beautiful old buildings, especially the churches ,
and some innovative new buildings
such as the Lloyd's insurance building and the Swiss Re Building ,
or the 'gherkin' as it's now known.
But remember: don't visit the City at weekends!
There's nobody there! And most of the shops and pubs are closed .
Thank you for that tip!
Well, the City is the financial heart of the UK
the present perfect, about how and when to use it. So, have fun !
your live TV programme where you can learn the English language .
That last episode... Im sure Jack can manage to convince Sharon
to go to Japan, what do you think?
We will see how that evolves, now let's go back to the present perfect .
Remember that we have learned so far that we use the present perfect
with 'jeany': 'just', 'ever', 'already', 'never' and 'yet' .
Well l want to give you two more acronyms
to help you understand when you use the present perfect .
And the first one is this: 'flot'. Now you see at the top we have 'for' ,
'for' is a time word and we use 'for' for a length of time, what's length ?
Length means a duration of time, so if you want to say
'ten years' for example, you would say:
'l have lived in France for ten years',
'for ten years' a duration of time or, for example, 'five minutes' ,
'l have worked here for five minutes'.
So 'for' we use for a length or a duration of time .
That's 'flot' F-L-O-T, 'flot'.
Now let's look at the second one 'spot'.
Now 'spot' starts with the word 'since'.
'Since' is a word that we use when we're talking about
an exact point of time.
So, let me give you an example,
if l say 'five o'clock' that is an exact point of time ,
so you could say 'l have been here since five o'clock' or 'for a year' ,
you can say 1973 'since 1973'.
So these two words are very important ,
'for' and 'since', 'flot', 'spot'.
'For' for a length of time and 'since' for a point of time .
Now let's do a little exercise to help you with that .
l will say something like 'two days' you must decide whether
to use 'for' or whether to use 'since' ok ?
So, 'two days' is it a length of time or a point in time ?
Length, so, 'for two days, l have been here for two days' .
Another example, 'Thursday', Thursday is a point of time so
'since Thursday', great. 'For a long time', 'a long time'... exactly ,
that is a duration, it's a length so it's 'for' l gave you the answer .
Another one, 'December'... good it's a point so
'since December' very good, this one, 'weeks'... very good 'for weeks' .
Ok fine, let's think of another one, '2oo1' .
That's a point of time so 'since 2oo1' .
Those are some examples, let's go to the screen now ,
and l'll show them to you in a written form, that's.. .
that way you can memorize them and fix them.
So 'flot' and 'spot'. There we have it, 'for' a length of time ,
'flot' so this is to express duration.
The examples 'l have lived here, l've lived here for ten years' then
'He's known her for ages' now 'for ages' means for a long time .
Then we had 'spot' which is 'since' and we use it for a point of time ,
the examples 'She's worked there since the seventh of June'
point of time, that's a date, and 'They've been here since 1978' a year .
So 'flot' and 'spot'.
Now the interesting thing is that when we ask questions
about that we use the word 'how long' for example
'How long have you been here?' and we use the present perfect ,
look at the screen, we say 'How long have you lived in Cambridge?'
And the answer would be 'l've lived in Cambridge for ten years'
or 'since 2oo1' you see? Now remember that 'how long'
is different to 'how many times',
'how many times' is one, two, three, four, five ,
'how long' is a period of time.
Another example 'How long has he worked there?' ,
answers 'He's worked there for ten years' or
'He's worked there since 1973' alright ?
Now just look at the examples we practised: we have 'for two days' ,
'for ages', 'for weeks', 'for a long time' duration ,
then 'since Friday', 'since five o'clock', 'since 2oo1' ,
'since l was young' and 'since December'.
Great! So there we have it, we have 'jeany': 'just, ever, already, never ,
yet', we have 'flot' and 'spot' which is 'for' and 'since' .
we take a simple verb like 'l go'. Now, if you want to use
'already' in the sentence, what do we use ?
Do we use present perfect or simple past?
'Already' is part of 'jeany', 'just', 'ever', 'already', 'never', 'yet' ,
so you need the present perfect and you say
'l have already gone'. Now, if you want to use 'last week', where is it ?
L, 'last' simple past, so you say 'l went last week' .
Now you try, l want to use 'just', which one?
'Jeany', 'just' so we say 'l have just gone', present perfect, ok next one ,
l want to use 'yet', now be careful, there are two Ys, this one is 'yet' ,
this one is 'yesterday' be careful.
So, 'yet' is negative do you remember?
lt's present perfect and the 'yet' is at the end of the sentence ,
so 'l haven't gone yet' alright?
That's more difficult, 'yet' so that's an exception .
Next one, 'when', 'when', simple past, for a question ,
very often 'When did you go?'.
Next one, 'never'... Right 'l have never gone' present perfect, fabulous .
'Two days ago'... Now, this is 'already' and that is 'ago' so
'l went two days ago' great, you're getting the hang of it .
'On'... Yes, so 'l went on Friday' for example .
'Yesterday', 'l went yesterday', and the last one 'in' .
Good, 'l went in June or in September'.
now do you notice that there are two verbs together there ,
'Jack offered to get some cake',
now 'offered' here is followed by an infinitive, that's one example .
The next example is, she said
'He promised to bring some before lunchtime' .
'He promised to bring some', 'promised' is followed by an infinitive ,
'promised to bring'. Then Anne says 'she loves reading' ,
'loves reading' now 'love' is followed by a gerund ,
then Sharon says 'Yes l imagine being a stage director is difficult' ,
'l imagine being' gerund.
So here we have 'offer' which is followed by an infinitive ,
'promise' followed by an infinitive,
'love' followed by a gerund and 'imagine' followed by a gerund ,
and you're probably thinking 'So how do l learn these?' .
Well, you have to learn them by heart as we say, there's no other choice .
So let's go to the board now and l will show you how it works ,
and unfortunately, like the simple past irregular verbs,
it's all a question of memory.
So, as we said, when you have a main verb followed
by another verb sometimes it's in the infinitive,
sometimes in the gerund, let's look at some examples .
'You managed to bake a cake' the verb 'manage'
is followed by an infinitive, 'Jack offered to get some' ,
look at this: 'lf you work with me' this is Alice's father ,
'l'll teach you all the tricks'. So we have 'if
then the present tense and then 'will' and the infinitive ,
which is probably different to your own language,
so be careful about that.
The other example 'lf you use a kettle,
you'll make tea faster' so present tense, future with 'will' ,
'lf you use a kettle, you'll make tea faster'.
'lf you don't clean it, the tea won't taste good' .
You see the negatives there?
'lf we don't' negative of the present,
'the tea won't' negative of 'will', 'taste good' .
Now we can sometimes change the second part ,
look at the next example: 'lf her father offers her a job ,
she might accept it'. Now, using 'might' gives the idea of uncertainty ,
but that's fine to use in the first conditional .
The other example: 'lf he accepts the job' ,
'lf he accepts the job, he might move', go to Japan, alright ?
So you can also use 'might'.
lf you stay with me in 'English 2day' you will learn
the English language, alright?
Great, well, l'll see you again in the next lesson, bye !
-Hi Jack, is Anne home?-No, she HASN'T ARRlVED YET.. .
l remind you it's a tense that you find in particular in the English language ,
not in other languages, so, here we have it.
'Sharon has been working as a tour guide for many months' ,
so an action starting in the past continuing now,
'He's been working here for five years' ,
'He's been' stands for 'He has been working here' .
'They've been playing tennis since May' ok ?
That's the positive form.
Now the negative form,
'Peter hasn't been paying attention to Sharon for a number of weeks' ,
that's the negative, that's true.
The question form is
'How long have you been doing your homework this morning?' ,
'Have you been doing' inversion,
'How long has she been teaching?'.
We use 'how long' very often
because we want to find out the duration,
when the action started and the action's continuing now ,
so what period of time. How long have l been teaching?' ,
then the answer would be 'l've been teaching for many years' .
l could ask you 'How long have you been learning English?' ,
you can say 'Well, l've been learning English for years'
or whatever the answer is.
Well, let's talk business tonight, let's talk about some important
developments in the global economy.
Let's talk about new markets and new commercial opportunities.
ln particular, l'd like to know what you think
about the extraordinary economic growth that's taking place
at the moment in some parts of the world .
Are you referring to China?
Yes, and also to lndia.
You know for the last five years the economies of these countries
have been growing at almost double digit rates.
ln 2oo5 the Chinese economy grew by 9.9% ,
the lndian economy by 8% .
Compare this with an average of only 1 .3% in Europe's Euro zone .
How do you see these developments?
ls this enormous economic growth an opportunity
or a threat for European producers?
Well, Im rather concerned about it.
And l believe that many European industrialists are concerned too .
These two Asian giants with their enormous populations
are threatening European manufacturing and jobs.
The fact is that labour costs are so low
in China and lndia that European manufacturers just can't compete .
Sorry Tom, but l really don't agree with you.
there are a few useful expressions for discussions l'd like to look at .
A polite way of asking someone's opinion is:
'l'd like to know what you think about'.
When you strongly disagree with someone you can say :
'Sorry but l really don't agree with you' or 'Just a second' .
But if on the other hand you agree you can say :
'l accept, that's true' or 'l agree with that...'
Well, that's all the time we have for this time.
See you soon!
Now let's watch the whole episode together ,
watch the subtitles carefully
because the language points that we've studied together
are highlighted, alright?
Enjoy your viewing!
Hello and welcome back to 'English today',
this is DVD thirteen and the first DVD of your upper intermediate level .
And in this DVD we'll begin with another three episodes
of our story 'That's life!',
followed by our special TV programmes which include
everything but the kitchen sink, featuring our culinary experts ,
and then there will be a discussion
about lndia and China,
do they represent a threat?
Or an opportunity?
Then in the grammar section we'll be studying
more about the present perfect
and the present perfect continuous tenses ,
and then we'll learn about the gerund and the infinitive
and we'll also study the first conditional, alright?
So, l hope you enjoy yourselves.
l think this is more exciting than 'The Bold and the Beautiful' .
-What's going to happen now?-l have no idea.. .
lf Sharon doesn't go to Japan,
l think she and Jack will probably get back together .
And how are you getting on?
lf l were you, l would forget Jack!
Oh, don't worry about me... l'll get over him .
Good girl! lf l were you, l would look after myself.. .
There are other fish in the sea. And you are such a great catch !
Thank you Alice but, to tell you the truth,
Im looking forard to not having a man in my life for a while !
Don't say that! l know you're hurt...
But what would you do if you met a nice, handsome, young man
who, by the way, loved cleaning as much as you do ?
Well, if he... lf he loved cleaning as much as l do.. .
l wouldn't let him go!
But, you know, men like that are pretty rare...
Anyway... Getting back to Jack and Sharon...
How do you think it will end?
Don't worry about that... l'll send you a letter with all the details !
Anne, Im going to miss you, you know...
Me, too...
But Im happy that you're going to work with your father !
lt's great that he wants you to come up with the stories for his films !
lt's what you really wanted, after all.
lt's true... lt's been such a long time since l got on so well with him.. .
And, of course, l can't wait to get on with the new film !
-Im so excited about it all!-Another star in the family !
Miss Dubois conquers Hollywood:
actors and actresses doing their best to impress her !
No one can keep up with her!
Especially because Mars is in line with Scorpio !
And what are you going to do now, Anne?
Well, the first thing l'll do is look for a new flatmate ,
so l can carry on living in this apartment.
You know how expensive it is...
lf l had the money, l would live here on my own...
But you're not alone... There's Jack!
And how long do you think he'll stay here?
As soon as Peter leaves, he'll...
He'll only be looking after Sharon and...
And her apartment!
Hello again and welcome back for another lesson
in your live TV programme of English language.
l want to look more closely at the dialogue that they just had ,
because they are using some very interesting verbs ,
Or rather...
Maybe we could...
Too many 'ifs' Jack!
Anyway, Im happy for both you and Sharon...
Really!
You know l adore 'love stories' with happy endings.. .
Hey, don't jump to conclusions!
-Sharon just left Peter...-Okay.
Let things take their natural course...
You know, as Alice would say if, if she were here .
l really miss her craziness and her jokes.
The house just isn't the same without her.
That's true.
She always had something to say.
l, l miss so many things...
Like Peter... l even miss his singing exercises !
But they were awful! Our poor ears!
l know, but l was used to them.
By the way, how did things turn out in the end between you two ?
Pretty well...
We had a long talk and
he understood it really wasn't my fault... That it was inevitable.. .
Peter was just too involved with his career to notice
Now l have a quiz for you, you've learned a lot of language up until now ,
and l want to see how much you remember
of what you've learned.
The quiz is this: l will say something which is wrong
and you with all your grammar knowledge must correct it.
Let me give you an example, l say: 'When have you gone?' .
Now, that's wrong because 'when' uses the simple past ,
so we correct it and say 'When did you go?' alright? So, that's the quiz .
Your turn, 'What means this word?', 'What means this word?' .
That's a question, with questions you need...
Auxiliaries, so 'What means this word?',
'What does this word mean?' yes! Next one 'Has he any brothers?' .
Question, good it's a question, auxiliary 'Does he have any brothers?' .
Next one, this is more difficult, be careful 'l live here since 1977' ,
'l live here since 1977' think of 'since', 'since'... !
Present perfect continuous 'l have been living here since 1977', great !
Next one 'What do you do tomorrow?'.
Yeah exactly 'do you do' is the present tense ,
'tomorrow' is the future so 'What are you doing tomorrow?' ,
or 'What are you going to do tomorrow?' futures, right .
Next one 'They haven't to work on Sundays' ,
'They haven't to work on Sundays' negative, wrong... Present tense ,
the auxiliary, exactly, 'They don't have to work on Sundays' great !
Next one 'Do she play tennis?', 'Do she play tennis?' terrible !
Yeah, exactly, third person so 'Does she play tennis?' excuse me !
Next one 'l call you later', 'l call you later' think of this... Snap decision !
So it becomes... Exactly 'l'll call you, l'll call you later' great !
Next one 'He just left', 'He just left'. Ok we have 'just', with 'just' we use
'jeany', 'just, ever, already, never, yet', present perfect, so.. .
'He has just left', 'He has just left' great !
This one here 'lf l would know, l would tell you' ,
not possible, second conditional
'lf l knew,' fantastic 'l would tell you'.
And the last one 'How much it cost?',
this is a typical mistake 'How much it cost?',
it's a question, you need an auxiliary!
So that's it 'How much does it cost?' Fantastic!
You're great, great students, keep on studying like this
and you'll be able to speak English like me
at the end of the course, alright?
Great well, take care, keep studying, see you in the next lesson, ok? Bye !
Good evening. My name's Nick. How do you do ?
How do you do, Nick? My name's Anne. lt's a pleasure to meet you .
The pleasure's all mine!
So this is the apartment... lt's very beautiful.. .
And so clean and tidy!
l love cleanliness...
l'd even say that Im a maniac for cleaning.
Really?!
Well, yes. My friends give me a hard time .
They say that Im the 'mommy' of the group.. .
ls that so?! My friends say the same thing about me !
Well, there's another thing Anne...
To tell you the truth it's a little embarrassing.. .
-l have another hobby which l adore...-What would that be ?
Well... l just adore cooking...
ln fact, could l take a look at the kitchen?
-Are you okay, Anne?-What?!
The kitchen... Do you think you could show me the kitchen ?
Oh, uh, Im sorry... lt's just that...
-Well... l love cooking...-Fantastic!
That way we can experiment and try out new dishes together! Okay ?
-So, where is it?-Right... Uhm...
The kitchen is in there.
Great! Roomy, well-lit and tidy... Just as l like it!
l've got to confess that the kitchen is key to whether
l come to live here or not...
Oh, uh, well, Nick, are you pleased?
-l mean, with the apartment?-Oh, yes, it's very lovely !
forard to something.
'To get away from it all' means to have a holiday
and leave your daily life behind.
Today Christine gave us some tips on
how to be an ethical traveller.
A tip is a piece of advice, a suggestion .
First of all what is ethical travel?
lt's travel that respects the local culture and environment .
'Local' means from a specific place.
For example the local people are the people that live in a place and
the local culture is the culture from that place.
The environment is the world that surrounds us, all the social, physical and
cultural conditions of a place.
Christine gave us a golden rule, a rule that should not be broken .
The golden rule for an ethical traveller is in fact to respect
the local culture and environment.
She also suggested choosing a travel company that gives some of its
profit to local communities.
A community is a group of people living in the same area .
A travel company is a company that organizes tours
to various parts of the world.
And you should read up on the place you want to visit .
'To read up on something' means to research
That's right! And she's the one who organised this reunion .
Am l wrong or are you talking about me?
Sarah!!! At last!
Don't get up!
So, everybody ready for the toast?
Well, actually l am really tired.
l need to lie down.
Oh, Sarah, don't be a spoilsport!
We've been waiting for you... Come on ladies !
Wow, Anne looks more beautiful than ever...
Don't tell me you still think about her...
So, l propose a toast to our college days together !
Yes... And to this wonderful holiday !
Cheers!
Hi again! And welcome back to your live TV programme
to learn some more English language.
Now in that last episode Anne was quite surprised
that Michelle doesn't clean her flat herself, in fact she said ,
she said 'l see, so you arrange to have your flat cleaned' ,
'to have your flat cleaned',
now that means that somebody else cleans the flat for Michelle .
This is very interesting, well in fact that's what l do too ,
l don't clean my flat myself, somebody cleans it for me ,
So the verb 'have' goes into the past 'l had something done' .
And now let's look at the future 'Tomorrow Im going to have' ,
so here the verb 'have' goes into the future expressing an intention ,
so we have 'Im going to have my scooter repaired' alright ?
Object in the middle. 'Next week Im going to have my hair coloured' .
And 'Next week Im going to have my passport renewed' alright ?
So the 'causative have' very, very useful
and you don't find this in other languages,
so you need to practise it and remember, first the verb 'have' ,
then the object and then the past participle alright ?
So that's the 'causative have' and l think you'll find it very useful, alright ?
Great. So, see you again in the next lesson for some more language, bye !
Life's hard for musicians, you know Mike.
Sample recordings, auditions, the odd performance.. .
But never anything serious.
Always waiting for the big break!
You know, Paolo, l think no one has understood your talent yet .
You'll see, you'll be successful one day .
l certainly hope so! l need to make money somehow .
Why don't you get a job?
Something, until you make it as a guitarist.
What would l do?
Work in a bank like you?
Competitive by nature.
OK guys, let's have a chat!
Tell me what you've been doing since we last met.
Well, Paolo and l were talking about our work
and our hopes for the future.
Work, work, work...
Let's talk about something a bit more interesting.. .
Romances, passionate love stories, things like that.. .
You, for example Anne, have you got a boyfriend?
Me? Why me?
l have to go to the kitchen to check on the roast.
Come on, Anne! Don't be shy!
Answer Michelle's question!
Ok, well there is someone, he's not my boyfriend .
What's that mean?
He's my flatmate, his name's Jack
and he's going out with a friend of mine, called Sharon .
But l still hope l have a chance... l really do like him .
l think about him all the time!
Are you... in love?
Maybe... Yes, yes l think l am!
Wow! l adore passionate and tormented love stories .
l really got to go now and check on the roast, it'll be burning !
Two men meet in a ring that is about four and a half metres across .
The aim of the game is to force your opponent out of the ring
or make a part of his body, apart from the soles of his feet ,
touch the floor.
A bout can last just a few seconds or as long as three minutes .
Sumo wrestlers are very big but they can move very quickly .
Do you think l could be a sumo wrestler?
Well! lf you put on 1oo kilos, maybe yes !
Sumo wrestlers start their training when they're young boys .
lf they show promise they go to live in a traditional Japanese house ,
called a sumo 'stable'.
The young boys train a lot and look after the older wrestlers .
They prepare their food and clean their rooms for them .
Everyone in the sumo stable eats a lot:
they eat lots of noodles, rice, fish and chicken .
The traditional dish is called 'chankonabe',
and it's made with fish, meat and vegetables.
The wrestlers eat this with lots of rice
and they drink lots of beer too! Then they go to sleep .
So, that's how they put on so much weight!
Yes, the secret is to eat a lot and then sleep !
This helps the wrestlers put on weight.
And the wrestlers' hairstyles?
Stop playing around. Roll your sleeves up! The sooner we start working ,
the sooner we'll finish and will be able to relax by the pool .
Wait a minute! l was just thinking of going back to bed !
lf l'd known what was waiting for me,
l would have slept until midday!
Maybe we could ask Sarah to give us a hand .
Well, you must be joking! She just asked not to be disturbed !
And given her bad mood over the last couple of days.. .
We could ask Mike though.
No... l just saw him a few minutes ago.
l asked him where he was going and
he said he was going to the village to buy a newspaper .
He asked me if he should do some shopping ,
but l told him we'd all go to the supermarket together later on .
Fantastic! First cleaning up, then the shopping !
Just the sort of holiday that Im dreaming of!
Well... lt's only the four of us here! Let's share the jobs out .
Just a minute, just a minute... l've got an idea !
How about you and Anne having a cleaning competition, timed, in here ?
You clear one part and you the other.
Yes... And l can keep the time and
Paolo provide some beautiful background music!
At the end we'll see who's been the fastest and
So we start with 'if then the past perfect, which we learnt last lesson ,
then we use 'would' which we also use in the second conditional ,
followed by 'have' the infinitive, and then followed by the past participle ,
so let's see how that works.
'lf l hadn't gone' past perfect 'to the party ,
l would have gone to bed early' ok?
So, l went to the party and l didn't go to the bed early ,
so the consequence is 'lf l hadn't gone to the party ,
l would have gone to bed early', but l didn't go to bed early, ok ?
So, what was the consequence of that?
Now, imagine, l drank a lot of wine and l had a terrible headache ,
and you think 'regret!', 'lf l hadn't drunk' past perfect negative ,
'lf l hadn't drunk so much wine,
l wouldn't have had such a bad headache yesterday' ,
now that's difficult, look at that.
'Wouldn't have' negative 'wouldn't have' plus the past participle
of the verb 'have' so 'l wouldn't have had'. Now, this is not easy ,
it will take time for you to use fluently, you have to keep practising it ,
practise it in the toilet in the bath,
when you're walking down the street, ok?
Another example, now 'l didn't set the alarm so l woke up late' ,
'lf l had remembered to set the alarm,
l wouldn't have woken' past participle 'up late' ,
'lf l had remembered to set the alarm, l wouldn't have woken up late' .
Seems difficult, doesn't it? Takes practice, another example ,
l missed the bus, l didn't get up, the bus went without me ,
so third conditional 'lf l had got up earlier, l would have caught' catch ,
caught, caught 'the bus'.
'lf l had got up earlier, l would have caught the bus' .
lmpossible situation, can't change it.
'lf l hadn't been late for work,' because l missed the bus so
l was late for work 'my boss wouldn't have been so annoyed' .
'Wouldn't have been' you notice 'be' in the past participle 'been so annoyed' .
And the last one. Well, we lost the contract because
l went to the party, l drank too much wine
and l missed the bus, everything was late.
So 'lf l hadn't gone to that party, we wouldn't have lost' lose, lost ,
lost 'the contract', 'lf l hadn't gone to that party ,
we wouldn't have lost the contract' ok?
Terrible consequences of my irresponsible behaviour !
So, that's the third conditional, please don't worry ,
it is difficult, probably one of the most difficult things in the language ,
and it takes time to get fluent in it. But just keep practising ,
just take a phrase and say it to yourself often,
like 'lf l hadn't done that' or 'lf l had studied more ,
l would have passed the exam',
Again, we also have backs, your back is this part of your body .
So, it's one of the most sought after instruments in the world .
lf something is 'sought after' it means many people would
like to have it.
Well, l'd like to have the $3.5 million!! !
That's all we have time for this week;
take care and l'll see you again soon!
Good morning, welcome to this week's edition of 'Climate Change' .
ln the studio with me is our expert Susan Ferley .
Hello Eric and good morning everyone.
Well Susan, let's talk about the weather in Scotland today !
You know, Im planning to visit the west coast this summer
and l really don't know what kind of clothes to take with me .
lt's cold there, isn't it?
Not really... Take your swimming costume,
a beach towel and some sun tan cream.
You're joking, aren't you?
Not at all! The west coast of Scotland has beautiful islands
and lochs and gardens full of tropical plants.
Really?
Yes, they're full of tropical plants!
Tropical plants in Scotland? How is that possible?
lt's thanks to the Gulf Stream.
You know, it's one of the world's most important ocean currents .
lt carries large amounts of warm seawater from the Caribbean Sea
to the north-west of Europe.
This warm water brings about an increase in the temperature here
of about 9 degrees centigrade.
Without it the weather in Great Britain would be a lot colder !
l thought it was cold!
So the west coast of Scotland is a 'tropical paradise' ?
That's fantastic!
Well, let's not exaggerate! There are tropical plants
but it's not exactly like the Caribbean;
though the winters are very mild here.
At least they are for the moment!
Since 195o scientists have noticed that the flows of cold water
in the North Atlantic, that are associated with the Gulf Stream ,
have decreased by 2o% .
We're not talking about the Gulf Stream here
but this change could slow down the Gulf Stream itself .
What's behind this change in the North Atlantic ?
Well, the water in the world's oceans and
seas is constantly moving.
The speed and direction of these movements of water
are controlled by different factors such as the shape
of the ocean floor, the salinity of the water and the earth's rotation .
Well, scientists have noticed that the ice sheets of the North Pole and
Greenland are melting due to the greenhouse effect .
This is reducing the salinity of the water in the North Atlantic
and is reducing the flows of cold water
that help the Gulf Stream bring warm water to western Europe .
So, are you saying that the seawater and the temperature
in Great Britain could become colder?
Yes, this has already happened in the past.
Scientists have discovered that the Gulf Stream slowed down
or maybe even stopped completely about 1 1 ,ooo years ago .
This brought about a fall in the temperatures
in northern Europe of 5 degrees.
And could the same things happen again now?
Yes, scientists fear that a knock-on effect of the salinity reduction may
be the slowing down of the Gulf Stream again.
And what would the effects of this be?
The worst predictions suggest there could be
a new ice age in Great Britain.
Wow, that sounds frightening!
Well, perhaps Great Britain will become a new centre
for the winter sports.
Perhaps the Winter Olympic Games will take place in Scotland.. .
We'll have to wait and see! Thanks to Susan Ferley .
Goodbye Eric!
the full moon's high in the sky she returns here to look
for her young lover. She walks up and down the secret spot
where she used to meet him.
And where is this secret spot??
Well, we don't know, but Paolo told me that last year he'd heard
strange sounds coming from this house. We can start from here .
Where 'here'? How can we possibly if we can't see anything in the dark? !
Don't worry! l know this place very well!
Ok silence! Otherise we are not going to hear anything !
Did anyone ask Sarah if she wanted to come along with us ?
Of course we did. She isn't interested.. .
She doesn't believe in ghosts.
You still should have insisted.
lt's not nice to leave her by herself at night...
Can we please start searching again?
Ahh! Help, there's somebody here!
l don't see anything! Are you sure?
Someone touched me on my shoulder!
Yes Im sure!
They squeezed my shoulder.
lt's me!
What an idiot! Paolo!
Ok! Now that we've solved that mystery,
every day she passed through the room at four o'clock on the dot .
l believe in ghosts.
They're all in Scotland and Britain l think, in general .
Now, l want to do something with you in this lesson ,
related to English adjectives, if you look at this bag ,
if you want to describe this bag, you could say it's big ,
you could say it's brown, it's useful, it's casual .
So these are a few adjectives which you could use to describe the bag .
Now the problem is, if you want to use more than one
or two adjectives before the noun, how do you order them ?
Do you say 'it's a big, casual, useful, brown bag' ?
Or 'it's a brown, big, casual, useful bag'?
That's the problem. Well, in English there is an order, a specific order ,
which we now are going to look at on the screen together ,
so that you can decide every time you're using adjectives ,
what order to put them in.
Let's take the bag, so look at the screen,
the first adjective that we would say is the adjective of opinion .
So, adjectives of opinion are for example ,
'interesting, boring, fascinating' in this case 'useful', ok ?
Or even 'casual'. Then we talk about the dimension or the size ,
so it could be 'big, small, thin, thick', in this case the bag is 'big' .
After we talk about the age, is it 'new', is it 'modern', is it 'ancient' ,
is it 'old'? And l think we could say about this that it's a 'new' ,
more or less, a new bag.
So, so far, we have a 'useful, big, new bag' .
Then we talk about the shape. This bag is 'square', it could be 'oval' ,
it could be 'round'. So you've got shape, then we talk about the colour ,
for example 'pink, blue, light green, brown' .
After that the origin, is it 'French'?
'English, American, ltalian', ok?
And then the material it's made of, if it's 'wooden ,
plastic, woollen, cotton' in this case.
So, if we want to describe this bag using all those adjectives ,
it would become this:
it's, opinion, 'a casual, big, new... follow the screen... new ,
square, brown, ltalian, cotton bag' ok!
Now, we don't usually put eight or nine adjectives before the noun ,
but if you do want to use three or four, then that's
the order which you follow.
And remember that in English all adjectives go before the noun ,
not after, because in some languages you can put adjectives
before the noun and adjectives after the noun.
However, in English the rule is: adjectives always before the noun, ok ?
Great! So that's the lesson about adjectives
and l'll see you very soon, bye!
This is DVD seventeen and the fifth DVD of your upper intermediate level .
And in this DVD we'll begin with another two episodes of our story
'That's life!', followed by our special TV programmes
where our culinary expert will be talking about how to set the table .
This will be followed by a discussion about e-commerce
and about doing business on the internet .
Then in the grammar section we'll study
how to position adjectives in the English sentence
and also look at some of the main differences between American
and British English, alright?
So, enjoy yourselves and enjoy your viewing.
This is a magazine, now, l want to talk about the magazine in the present ,
and there are various things that l can say .
For example, 'this magazine is published in the United Kingdom' ,
'is published' the verb 'to be' plus the past participle .
Other things that we can say about it, 'the articles are written' ,
'are written by top writers'.
Now, notice that if you want to actually mention
the people doing the object, the action, you use 'by' ,
so 'these articles are written by top writers', ok ?
Top journalists. Another example, 'it's delivered worldwide' ,
'it's delivered worldwide', there again we don't know by who ,
but it's not important in this case, it's the action which is important .
So that's in the present, using the verb 'to be' in the present form 'is', 'are' .
Let's move on to the past tense now and take these shoes .
We can say about these shoes, 'these shoes were made in ltaly', ok ?
'These shoes were made', notice that the verb 'to be' is in the past
and it's plural because it's two shoes,
so not 'was made' but 'were made',
'these shoes were made in ltaly'. The other examples are
'they were designed by a top designer'
and 'only a limited number were produced'.
Alright, so the verb 'to be' plus the past participle .
Then if you think about the future, you can put the verb 'to be'
in the future, and let's think about a film that has some prospective
that is going to be made in the future.
Let's look at how we use that in the passive form :
'the film is going to be set in America' now that's a bit more complicated ,
the verb 'to be' goes into the future, but it's an intentional future ,
so it becomes 'the film is going to be set', means filmed, 'in Russia' .
'lt's going to be directed by Spike Lee' now, here the information
'Spike Lee' is important so we add 'by' ,
'it's going to be directed by Spike Lee'
and 'it's going to be released next summer' ,
released, taken to the cinemas, next summer .
So that's the passive form, as you can see, if you know the verb 'to be'
very well in all the different tenses, past, present and future ,
it's not difficult, and it's actually not different in English
to many other languages, alright?
So, that's the passive, see you again next lesson, bye .
So it's time to leave.
What a shame!
You're right. This week has just flown by.
l've had such a...
l've had a great time. l hope to see everyone again.. .
l hope to see you again very soon...
Listen Mike, about that, l want to clear up a few things with you.. .
but in a soft way, you prepare the other person psychologically for 'no' .
'Well actually l don't agree with you'.
Or you can say 'l agree with you up to a point'
which means partially, 'up to a point' right ?
Leaving, when you have to leave people it's often sad ,
you could say 'Well, we really must be going, it's late' ,
'We really must be going' alright?
Which displays a fact that you have to do it, you don't want to ,
but you have to, you have duties etcetera.
'We really must be going'.
Or another nice one is 'We must be on our way',
'We must be on our way' ok?
And then showing that you're sorry, as we saw in the episode
with our friends 'What a shame!',
'What a pity' ok, well... What a shame
and what a pity this lesson has finished,
but don't worry, there will be another one.
So l will see you again in the next one, take care until then ,
l must be on my way, bye!
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to 'Sports Special' !
Im Eric Brown and here beside me is John Forbes, our sports expert .
Today we're going to talk with him about golf. Hello John .
Hello, Eric, hello everyone.
Then you need a golf course: there are usually 18 holes on a course.. .
and of course you need a golf ball.
lt's seems easy to play golf, but how exactly do you play the game ?
You start each hole on the tee.
From here you use a driver to hit the ball
as far as you can towards the hole.
lf necessary you hit the ball again to get it onto the green ,
once on the green you use a putter to hit the ball into the hole .
lt's as simple as that!
Well, almost...
And be careful not to hit your ball into a bunker ,
an area of sand, it can be difficult to hit a good shot out of one of these.. .
Don't worry, l'll be very careful!
So, John, how do you keep score in the game ?
Well, each hole has a 'par',
the number of shots required to put the ball into the hole .
Let's say the first hole at the Old Course in St. Andrews is par 3 .
lf you complete the hole with 4 shots, you're 1 over par ,
if you complete it with 2 shots you're 1 under par .
The winner is the golfer who completes all 18 holes
with the fewest shots or the most shots under par .
And what happens if the golfer hits the ball into the hole with just 1 shot ?
This is called a 'hole in one' and it is a cause for celebration !
Well, let's say it's not the place to go for a food trip !
But if you like a drink now and again this is the right place for you !
Russians love vodka and they love inviting their friends
to drink with them.
And Russians can be disarmingly generous and hospitable !
But be careful: the vodka's easy to drink but don't overdo it
or you'll feel it the next morning!
Did you hear that? The vodka is good but don't drink too much !
And do enjoy St. Petersburg, a truly fascinating city to visit !
Thanks Christine.
Goodbye.
See you again soon to discover more interesting places
with 'The Travel Programme'.
So, St. Petersburg is at its best in midsummer .
Midsummer is the middle of the summer.
We say something is at its best when it's in its best condition .
The city is at its best because in midsummer the sun barely sets .
When the sun sets, it goes down.
The moment when the sun sets is called sunset or dusk .
'The sun barely sets' means it almost doesn't set, so it stays light all night !
So sunset is when the sun goes down.
When it comes up in the morning its called sunrise ,
it's the moment that the sun rises.
Electricity bill, heating bill, telephone bill... l can't believe there are only bills to
pay...
l'll open them later... Coming home from holidays is stressful enough as it is !
Hmm... Oh... Here's a letter from Sharon...
Let's see what she has to say...
l'll tidy up later.
'Dear Anne, l would have preferred to say goodbye in person ,
but you'd already left for your trip to ltaly.
Speaking of which... Did you enjoy yourself?
Unfortunately, things between me and Jack just haven't worked out.. .
Maybe we rushed everything, maybe memories with Peter were still too fresh.. .
l don't know... Anyway, living together just became impossible !
After thinking about things long and hard ,
l decided to accept my boss's offer to transfer to Amsterdam
to take charge of the new museum opening.
lt's a great city! ln any case, l need time to get my life in order, and.. .
Well, l hope everything's fine with you...'
-Ah!-Don't move!
Don't hurt me! There!
You'll find all my money there! Just, just take it and leave !
Relax Anne! lt's me, Jack!
Oh, Jack! Jack!
Are you crazy?! You scared me half to death!
Did you notice in that episode that Jack was trying to invite Anne
for a drink and he was using the language of making arrangements .
Well, that's what l want to study with you now in this lesson ,
and to do that l want to use the telephone.
Now, listen carefully to the conversation that l have, ok ?
Miracles can happen! Hello?
Oh hi Jane, how are you?
Yeah, fine thanks, very well...
Well lot's of work at the moment actually... Yes, l know ,
l look forard to the weekend too, just to relax a bit ,
and how about you?
Yeah... What's going on?
That sounds interesting, when?
Friday, oh no, not Friday!
l've got a concert, yeah, l've got a ticket to a concert on Friday ,
l can't make it, well what about Saturday?
What are you up to on Saturday?
Oh really? Sounds interesting... Anyone l know?
l haven't seen him for ages! Yes l'd love to !
Ok, what sort of time?
Yeah, alright... Well if you want l can give you a lift, yeah.. .
Let's say l'll pick you up at about... eightish?
Great!
Why?
To loose any skin. Dip quickly in cold water and then peel them .
And once peeled, what else?
Cut out stem ends and quarter them.
And you boil them again, don't you?
Right, first you add salt and basil, then pack the tomatoes into hot jars .
Don't forget to close the lids well!
Fantastic! And now... How do you make... Let's see, jellies ?
Oh, l have a pretty good mint jelly recipe.
You combine water, vinegar,
mint and sugar in a large saucepan and bring to a boil .
Then add fruit pectin.
How long should it cook?
Heat to a full rolling boil and boil hard for one minute .
Then what?
Just remove the leaves and pour into hot jars.
Then seal with paraffin. lt's easy!
This sounds much easier than l thought. l'll try it .
Thank you Lisa, for your fantastic tips on preserves.
And Im looking forard to seeing you next week .
Thank you. You're always welcome in my home.
Let's look at the language of the dialogue.
A 'preserve' is one of the various methods to store food for a long time ,
where dishes can be sweet and sharp, due to the addition of 'vinegar' .
Then, talking about food preparation,
Lisa used: 'chop', which means to cut into small pieces, or chunks; 'slice' ,
that is cutting into flat pieces; 'grind',
which means to cut into fine powder, as with coffee and pepper ,
and 'quarter', cutting into quarters, for example an apple or a tomato .
Then, regarding 'boiling', we say 'bring to a boil' ,
or to a 'full rolling boil', or 'boil hard'.
l've finished for today. Look after yourselves! Bye !
Hello again and welcome back to 'English today'
and this is DVD nineteen and the second DVD of your advanced level .
And in this DVD we'll start with another two episodes of our story
'That's life!' and then after we'll look at our special TV programmes .
There'll be a discussion about winning the lottery
and then in the cookery section we'll learn how to make preserves ,
to follow, in the grammar section,
we'll look at the language we use for making arrangements with people
and then we'll study some special question forms .
So, l hope you have fun.
Alright? So, those are all ways of asking for somebody's opinion .
When you want to give your opinion you can say
'l think', 'l feel', 'ln my opinion we should...' ,
'My view is that we should...',
'My view' or 'As l see it...',
'As l see it l think we should...' alright?
So that's giving opinions.
Now, often you want to talk about agreement.
Now, how do you ask a person for agreement ?
We don't say 'Are you agree?', many languages translate that wrongly ,
it's not 'Are you agree?'
but 'Do you agree with me?' alright?
'Do you agree?'. Be careful, 'Do you agree?' .
Another alternative is 'Do you go along?',
'go along' means 'have the same opinion' ,
'Do you go along with that?', alright?
Now, imagine that you want to agree totally with someone ,
'Do you agree with that?'.
Exactly, you can say
'l totally agree with you', 'l completely agree with you' ,
you can say 'Yeah, l go along with that', 'l agree with that' ,
you can also say 'That's right!', 'Exactly!'
or 'Absolutely!', those are all ways of agreeing totally .
Now imagine that you agree sort of, you agree partially .
The language here is 'Yeah, that's a good point
but l agree with you up to a point', 'l agree with you up to a point' ,
so that's partial agreement but not total agreement, alright ?
Now, disagreement. To be polite, you can say 'l can't agree with you ,
Im afraid'. lf you say 'l don't agree with you' that's quite aggressive ,
so it's better to say 'l can't agree with you ,
Im afraid' for example if you're in a meeting .
But if you want to be aggressive you can say
'l totally disagree with you' alright?
So that's an aggressive disagreement, and you could also say
'Oh come on!', 'Come on!' alright?
So, there we looked at exchanging opinions,
giving opinions, asking for opinions and then talking about agreement ,
agreeing totally, partially and disagreeing.
Im sure you'll find that very useful because it's what we do every day .
Alright? So happy practising and see you in the next lesson, bye !
Alice...
Are you feeling okay?
Hi Anne, Im just preparing a little lunch for Edward.
Edward? What's for the French accent?
l thought you said he was Canadian.
He is, from the French part. His mother is French, so.. .
the post office closes in half an hour and... l won't make it on foot.. .
-My car? You don't have a licence!-Oh, don't worry about it.. .
l have it, and, anyway, l always used to drive.
You know, my dad's got a car just like yours... Okay... Im off.. .
Tell Edward l'll be back in a flash...
Alice? Alice? But who's going to clean up this mess ?
Get used to it, Anne...
lt's the same old story!
Now Im late!
Oh, l can't believe l always get myself into these situations !
Im late and here l am helping Alice with her grand plan !
-Hi, Anne...-Huh, hello!
Hum, that smells great! My compliments to the chef!
Oh... No, no, no Edward, it's not like you think .
l have to go, l've got a meeting with my boss.
Alice's just gone out, she told me to let you know
that she'll be returning soon. Bye bye!
Well, Im starving! Mhh! What's this? A little note ?
'A little delight for the man who's got my heart raising!'.
What? What's this all about?
There must be some mistake... Oh well, yes, this is my napkin !
Who could have written this?
Oh my God... Anne?! But, but...
but in fact they're not, it's a normal way for the ltalians to gesticulate ,
so l had to get used to reading the language as not necessarily aggressive .
Alright, so that's some of the things
l had to get used to, alright?
Let's go and look at this grammatical form now
because it's not easy to use, alright? Let's look at the screen .
So 'to get used to' is followed by the gerund form ,
and it describes this process of changing and taking on a new habit ,
look at the examples 'Im getting used to speaking ltalian every day' ,
'used to speaking ltalian'. Now, we use the verb 'get', 'get used to'
because it describes the process,
and you can put the verb 'get' into any tense, present tense ,
past tense, future, no problem,
here we have it in the present continuous,
so 'Im getting used to speaking ltalian every day' .
Listen to the pronunciation, l said 'used' with T sound ,
'used' not 'used' or 'used'... 'used' that's very important ,
that distinguishes it from the other verb 'use', ok? 'Used' .
The next example 'l still haven't got used to driving on the right' ,
here we have it in the present perfect
'l haven't got used to driving on the right'.
Next example 'Don't worry, you'll get used to it' ,
for the future 'You'll get used to it' alright ?
Goodbye Eric.
Goodbye.
Goodbye everyone and see you again next week
for another edition of 'Let's Talk'.
So the change management process is the process
a company uses to change the way it operates.
Due to new technologies and new competition
many companies have to re-think their business plan .
'To re-think something' means to reconsider ,
to think again about a choice you made before.
A business plan is a strategy for running a company .
Remember 'to run a company' means to manage it .
Companies have to embrace change.
'To embrace something' means to accept it and put it into practice .
So 'to embrace change' means to start making changes .
Companies must face up to the fact that they have to change
the way they do business.
'To face up to something' means to accept a difficult situation that exists .
So how does the change management process work ?
First an analyst identifies the areas that need to be changed .
An analyst is an expert who looks at all the elements of a situation .
He analyses a situation.
Everyone in a company should be canvassed for suggestions .
'To break new ground' means to do something for the first time .
lt broke new ground because it was the first film
to shoot the action shots with real models.
An action shot is a scene of a film with action ,
for example a car chase or a battle.
And what are special effects?
They're visual effects added to a film after the shooting
has been completed.
The shooting is the filming process of a film .
The special effects used in the first Star Wars films
were not very sophisticated compared
with the computer-generated effects of today's films .
Computer-generated effects are special effects
that are made using a computer.
The soundtracks of the Star Wars films
have also become very famous.
The soundtrack of a film is its music.
ln the first films John Williams, the composer of the soundtracks ,
associated leitmotifs with each character.
A leitmotif is a reoccurring musical
or visual theme associated with a particular character ,
situation or emotion.
Well, we have, as usual, run out of time; so goodbye for now !
No words, no actions.
At this point, l think he was referring to something else entirely !
Or else, l just have to accept the fact that... He isn't interested in me !
Oh, don't get depressed, Alice! lf you want my opinion ,
l think you should have told him in person.
Face to face is always better than playing games .
At any rate, you've still got time.
Why don't you sit down and have an earnest word with him ?
No way! To be embarrassed further?
Anyway, there's something fishy about this whole story !
Either Edward is acting like a complete fool ,
or else he hasn't truly understood what l feel for him.. .
l need some clarity!
From now on Im going to scrutinize his every move !
Hi again and welcome back for some more English language !
Did you hear Alice talking about her regrets, do you know that ?
Regrets? When you do something you wish you hadn't done ?
That's a regret. Well, there are different ways
to express that in the English language,
she said 'l wish l hadn't written that card' ,
'l shouldn't have written that card' that's another possibility ,
there are in fact three possibilities in English of expressing regret ,
and l want to look at those with you, because they're quite complicated ,
And today?
Well, after so many years of difficult times the Royal Opera
is newsworthy simply because it isn't!
For the last five years the Royal Opera
has been putting on successful operas and ballets .
lt's been doing a fine job.
What's more the Opera House has kept its promise.
Now it's attracting new audiences to listen to opera
and some of the seats are reasonably priced .
So, how much the tickets cost?
The top price for a performance is usually $18o
but half of the seats cost $5o or less,
but the cheapest seats cost less than $1o .
Of course, they're not very close to the stage
but they are the cheapest grand opera seats in Europe .
On an average evening 48% of the audience is watching its first opera .
So, a wider range of people are watching opera now in London.. .
That's right, after a very difficult period the Royal Opera
is now running smoothly.
Another soap opera with a happy ending .
-So thanks Tony, and goodbye.-Thanks, goodbye .
And goodbye to all our music fans.
So, the Royal Opera House, a cultural icon with a difficult history .
their culture and the kinds of problems they face and you can help ,
in a small way, to solve some of those problems .
Certainly a holiday with a difference.
What sorts of places have volunteer holidays ?
There are two kinds of volunteer holidays really .
A lot of these holidays take place in developing countries :
in Africa, lndia and sometimes in South America.
Other holidays can be found in Europe and North America .
So there are lots of destinations to choose from.
And what sorts of things can you do?
There's an enormous range of activities to choose from .
ln the developing world a lot of the work is based around helping
on infrastructure projects, so you may help to dig a new well
or build a new footbridge or perhaps a children's playground.. .
Or you may decide to help out in a local hospital or in an orphanage .
All sorts of useful projects to improve the daily lives of local people
in small ways...
And what about the work in developed countries?
Well, here the work is slightly different .
lt's usually for charitable organisations like for example
the National Trust, an English charity that looks after many castles
and old houses.
lt also owns many areas of beautiful countryside.
Anyway, it's possible to do lots of interesting things for the National Trust .
What for example?
As you mentioned earlier,
helping to show tourists round a castle in the summer .
There is a beautiful fifteenth century castle on an island off
the north east coast of England, Lindisfarne Castle.
Well, they're looking for a couple to do this job for a fortnight .
Ok, l'll think about that!
But do you have to pay for these activities?
Yes, of course you have to pay!
Volunteer holidays in developing countries tend to cost more
because travel costs are higher and some of your money
will go to help the local community.
ln this way you help poor people twice!
Just one question Christine,
during volunteer holidays do you have to work all the time ?
Well, usually there's a split between volunteer work and sightseeing .
For example during a fortnight's holiday to Africa
you may spend the first week on your volunteer work
and the second week visiting game reserves, relaxing, shopping .
The sorts of things you normally do on holiday.. .
Good. So you have time for fun too.
Ok everyone, the next time you're trying to decide
-Uh-uh...-Anne!
Hi...
Im so happy you've accepted my invitation .
What a strange voice you have! l almost wouldn't have recognised you .
lt's the thrill! You can't imagine how l've longed for this moment !
Oh, really. You don't say... To be truthful, Im rather emotional myself .
-Oh, Im glad you feel that way!-Slow down boy...
-l really don't want to wake the others.-Oh, the others... Never mind !
-Who cares if they find out...-Well, actually, l'd rather they didn't.. .
You know how l am... Im shy and reserved.
Oh, what a pity! l know... And that's why Im crazy about you.. .
Reserved with the others, but you're a tiger when it comes to what you want !
Come again!?
Oh, you know exactly what Im speaking about !
Let's light a candle. l want to see your face.. .
Edward?! What are you doing here?!
Hey Alice!
Hi Alice. Take a peek at the paper... There's an article about Peter .
Whoopee! Glad to hear it! Who cares?
What fun you girls are... lt's quite the pleasure to hang out with you !
Edward, at least you'll be interested.
Would you like to read this article about our friend Peter ?
Actually, l wouldn't, Jack.
Would somebody explain what's going on?
-l have never seen so many long faces...-You and your expert advice !
What's eating him? Has he gone stark raving mad?
No Jack, l've gone stark raving mad!
Yet again l've played the fool! What an idiot!
Okay Alice, at least you'll explain what's going on, Im in the dark here !
lt's a long story, Jack. A horrible mess! All began with a misunderstanding.. .
Now, Im all ears. Go on, Alice! Do tell !
Hello again and welcome back.
l want to look at some more socializing language with you,
because very often you just don't learn that when you study in schools
and things like that, and it's very important
when you're travelling to be able to socialize and feel confident .
What Im going to do is, some of the things are new ,
some of the things you already know. Now,
Im going to say something to you
and l want you to think about how we use these particular phrases ,
alright? So, let's start. Now, if l say to you 'Never mind, don't worry' ,
'Never mind, don't worry', when do we use that ?
Yeah it's often in a situation where, for example ,
you disturb somebody you say, 'Im terribly sorry!'
because you pour red wine on their trousers or something like that ,
'Im terribly sorry!' the person apologizes and you say 'Never mind ,
don't worry' it means for you it's not important, ok ?
So 'Never mind, don't worry'.
What about this one, if l say 'What a pity!' or 'What a shame!'
when do l use that? 'What a pity!', 'What a shame!' .
Yeah, it's to express your disappointment when something happens ,
'You can't come tonight? What a pity! What a shame!' alright ?
So, disappointment, good!
Next one. This is difficult, this is new for you, if l say 'Just as well' ,
'Just as well' what does that mean?
You don't know, it's difficult! 'Just as well' has no sense, individually ,
l'll give you an example:
'lt's not going to rain tomorrow', 'Just as well' ,
and in that situation 'Just as well' means 'Im happy about that ,
that's good' alright?
So 'Just as well' is like saying 'That's good' alright ?
'Just as well', great!
Next one 'Sorry about that'. Notice we say 'Sorry about that' ?
Ok, that's when you want to apologize about something ,
'Sorry about that', very common, 'Sorry about that' .
Next one, this one 'Well, fancy that!', 'Well, fancy that' .
Now, this we use when we want to express surprise ,
'Fancy that! He won the competition!', 'Really? Fancy that!' ok ?
Good, next one 'You must be joking!', 'You must be joking!' .
Joking, now that is when you don't believe something ,
you want to express your disbelief. So, for example ,
'England won the world cup',
'Come on, you must be joking!'.
Alright. Now this one you do know so this is revision ,
when do we say 'Well, actually l'd rather you didn't' ,
'Well, actually l'd rather you didn't' ,
you know those golden words 'Well actually...'?
Yeah, somebody asks you something like
'Do you mind if l smoke?'
and you want to say no politely, not aggressively, so
'Well, actually' preparation, psychological preparation for 'no' ,
'Well, actually l'd rather, l would rather, you didn't',
'Well, actually l'd rather you didn't', very important .
These are nice 'Mind how you go, take care', very nice phrases those ,
'Mind how you go, take care'. We say those
But then this feeling grew and... And when Alice told me about Edward
l realized it should have been me to bring you those flowers !
Jack, if this is some kind of a joke, it's not very amusing !
No, no, no! lt's the truth! l swear...
We were made for each other...
l should have realized that sooner... Im sorry.. .
Jack!
So, Edward, are you going to explain why you called us all here today ?
What's so urgent?
Well, listen: something marvellous has happened, to say the least !
l must say Im a little unsure about what you term 'marvellous' !
Oh, let's put aside our differences, Alice!
We should all be happy today!
Oh! Just a moment.
Yeah? Oh, great, great... Don't worry, they're certain to accept.. .
l've already spoken with the group... Yeah.
They're bound to be here any moment...
We'll be sure to get the details later... Bye bye .
Edward, do you plan on telling us what's going on?
Well, you all remember that l was in touch with a producer
to propose what l've filmed with you in this house ?
-Yes, and?-He ate it up!
He loved you all, the house, your daily gossip, your relationships.. .
Oh, great, they've already arrived... Excuse me for a moment, l'll get it.. .
Who's arrived? Uh?!
Come, come in, come in... This way...
Edward, what's going on? Who are these people ?
Hold on now... Mr Martin, the producer, has accepted my proposal.. .
We are going to make some TV shows! Here! And you.. .
You are all going to be the stars!
You are bound to become famous!
And l've already come up with a title...
'At home with Anne!' What do you think?!
Oh my God!
Hello again and here we are at the last lesson,
and if you are still with me you are so dedicated
l would want to give you a medal, fantastic !
So in this last lesson l want to say a couple more things about probability
and improbability because it's very important to have
and to understand a couple of these words which
l don't think you've heard before.
So, we'll go to the screen to look at these words
because they're quite complicated.
So, probability and improbability, look at the screen.
We can use two words 'unlikely' and 'likely'.
Have you ever heard of those? 'Unlikely' and 'likely'?
That's right, Eric! But the Australian and the U.S. Opens
which were originally played on grass,
have now switched to surfaces requiring less maintenance ,
leaving only Wimbledon with the surface on which tennis originated .
And what difference does the surface make?
Actually it makes a big difference, Eric.
On grass courts, for example, serves can be very, very fast ,
over 21o kilometres per hour and the ball tends to bounce lower
than on other surfaces, giving attacking players an advantage .
And the alternatives?
One alternative is the clay surface of the courts of Rolland Garros in Paris .
Here, compared with Wimbledon, the game tends to be slower
and the ball bounces higher, giving the defensive players the advantage .
Fascinating. Ok, thank you John, oh... One last question ,
where exactly is Wimbledon?
Wimbledon is a pleasant, leafy suburb in South West London.. .
Obviously, it's famous all round the world for the tennis championships
that take place there every summer.
Ok! Thank you again!
Thank you! Goodbye!
And goodbye to you!
And see you again next week for another edition of 'Sports Special' .
Today's topic was one of the most important tennis tournaments
in the world.
A tournament is a sports competition.
Did you know the first Wimbledon tennis championship
took place in 1877?
'To take place' means to happen in a certain location .
A championship is like a tournament,
there are a series of games and there is a winner, a champion .
Today Wimbledon has nearly half a million spectators .
Spectators are people who watch something from a short distance .
And millions of viewers follow the championship on TV .
Viewers are people who watch something on TV ,
we can also say 'to follow something on TV'.
A person who plays tennis is called a tennis player .
Tennis is played on a tennis court.
The Wimbledon championships are played on grass courts ,
tennis courts with a grass surface.
They require a lot of maintenance.
'Maintenance' means care and looking after.
The other three famous Grand Slam tournaments
are all played on clay courts.
A clay court has a fine red earth surface .
The first shot in tennis is called a serve.
A series of shots between the players is called a rally .
Yes...
Well, they indicate a thick body of the wine .
Now, have a first sip, swish the wine around your mouth
and give us your first impression!
lt's... How can l say? Slightly bitter...
Seems like a fruity taste to me.
You see? You've already identified two wine flavours !
Now, take another sip, and see if you can taste the tannin .
Im not really sure...
ln the beginning it's difficult to define a wine.
This is, without a doubt, a round, full-bodied wine .
Now, l noticed you chose this glass for red wine .
What are those glasses for?
This glass, for red wine, is called a 'Rhine glass' .
This tulip-shaped glass is for white wines.
And that flute is for sparkling wines.
And those items over there are the basic wine utensils, aren't they ?
Yes. This is a corkscrew and this is a foil cutter .
Other useful objects are a drip catcher and a decanter .
Well, Im sure there's a myriad of things that we could say about wine ,
but unfortunately our time is up.
Lisa, thank you for being such a great hostess.
My pleasure.
Anne, please, sit down. lt's alright. How are you today ?
Im a little nervous. And this isn't a good start!
That's alright. Well Anne, where are you from?
-Im English. Im from Oxford.-Great! A true Brit!
Can you speak any other languages? French? German? Spanish ?
l can speak French, a little Spanish, and a few words of ltalian .
My sister is in Rome studying History of Art...
-Okay...-At university...
Okay, okay, very interesting! And can you use a computer? The lnternet ?
Im not a genius with the computer, but l can use one .
Great, Anne! l have your CV here.
And l see you already work here. What do you do exactly ?
l do this and that. And l usually work from home.
l have an office in my room with a big desk, and two chairs and.. .
Fine, fine... That's... That's fine, Anne. Do you live alone ?
No, l... l share a flat with my Australian friend Alice .
And there's a new flatmate now. His name is Jack, he's from New York .
-He's very nice...-That's... That's fine! That's fine !
Great, Anne you're... You're very well prepared.
You, you have a good education...
And you're very precise! You're just the person for this internship !
Oh, thank you Mr. Stevens! Thank you so much for this opportunity !
Good. Now, let's see if you know the names ofjobs and professions .
l will mime a job and a profession. You try and guess what it is. Alright ?
Number one. What's this? What's my job?
Ladies and gentlemen, what would you like to eat this evening ?
What am l? Awaiter. Exactly, a waiter.
Now, this one. What's my job?
Difficult job. Im a computer technician.
A computer technician. Okay?
Next one. This one.
What's my job? Im a...? Im a...?
No, Im not a policeman. Im a policeman, a policeman .
Be careful of the pronunciation.
Next. What's my job?
Hello? Yes, yes, yes, thank you.
What's my job? Im a... Difficult one...
Secretary. Listen to the pronunciation. Im a secretary .
Next one, let's see. Here, this one here .
What's my job? Im a...
Im a conductor. Im a conductor. Alright .
And this one, this one here.
Im a scientist. Again a difficult pronunciation. Scientist .
This one here. That's seventy-eight... For the chips... For the chicken.. .
That makes...
That'll be seventy-nine euro, madam. Thank you.
Exactly, in a company.
Im a policeman. Where does a policeman work ?
ln the police headquarters, headquarters. Alright ?
Next. Im a secretary. Pronunciation: secretary. Where do l work ?
ln an office. Okay?
Im a conductor. Where do l work?
ln the theatre. ln the theatre.
Im a scientist. l work in a laboratory. A laboratory, difficult pronunciation .
Next. Im a cash assistant. l work in a supermarket, or in a shop .
Im a tourist guide, l work in a tourist centre.
Im a lawyer. l work in a law court, a law court .
Im a painter, l work in a studio.
Im retired. l don't work, l stay at home.
Okay? Now, those are the different, some different jobs and professions .
Now let's look at some of the questions that you can ask people
about theirjobs.
Let's look at the screen again.
You could ask, for example: do you enjoy, do you like yourjob ?
Or you could ask: do you have responsibility in yourjob ?
Or what about this? Do you have a good salary?
Does your salary reflect yourjob?
Or training, training, education. Do you attend training courses ?
Another one, this: do you have promotion prospects ?
Promotion prospects.
Another one: are the working conditions good ?
Are the working conditions good? Like holidays, for example .
Then: do you meet a lot of people? Do you meet a lot of people ?
And one more: is yourjob creative? ls yourjob creative ?
So, some of... Those are the questions you can ask in conversation
talking about jobs.
Good. Well, that's the end of the first lesson ,
and l look forward to seeing you in the second. Bye .
Right, this way.
Anne, this is Gary.
And this is Rachel.
-Hello! Pleased to meet you.-Hi.
Rachel is a very important team member at our publishing house .
She knows everything about the company .
-She was our first employee... ln 1985!-1985 !
And she can answer any questions you may have.
Okay, Anne, you're in good hands. Have a productive day !
Alright Anne, are you ready?
Well, Mr. Stevens founded this publishing house in 1985 .
Oh, just a moment.
-Okay, Im ready now.-Okay...
Our first product was a children's book.
lt was very successful and sold more than three million copies .
We had 20 different translations.
Over time, the company changed and diversified ,
and we have now fiction, cook books, and tourist guides .
Cook books and... Im sorry l didn't catch that.. .
Tourist guides.
We also have an Encyclopedia of History and one of Art History .
Sometimes we publish economic texts.
And our catalogue with over 10000 titles makes us
one of the most important publishers in the country .
We also employ more than 150 people. ls everything clear ?
Yes... l think so.
Okay, as you know this is Gary.
He works in the advertising office where he develops new client contacts
and keeps in touch with our authors.
Pleasure to meet you, Anne.
lt's so nice to have such lovely colleagues in this company !
Fine, Anne. Okay, let's move from theory to action .
This is your desk, here's your computer. You know how to use one, don't you ?
Yes, yes. As l told Mr. Stevens Im not.. .
Okay, okay! No need to waste time, okay !
Over there is the fax and the photocopier.
-Alright...-Okay.
Great. So, what can you tell me about this new product ?
This is a revolutionary new tennis shoe.
lt's extremely durable thanks to our high quality materials .
We're interested in the South-East Asian market.
We believe that these shoes are the right product for that market .
And where are they manufactured?
Right. That's our strength. We have factories
that meet all work-standards and regulations in the countries
we would like to target.
And what is your role Mrs. Lee?
ln the past, l was responsible for the Southern European market .
Just last week, l took on a new role
to test and distribute our products into the Chinese market .
-lt's a very challenging position.-That could deliver positive results .
Together, we can do great things, Mrs. Lee .
Well, goodbye, Mrs. Lee. This meeting has been very profitable ,
for both of us. Let's talk soon.
Thank you, Mr. Chang! And yes, let's meet again soon .
Great. Bye-bye.
Now, we just saw Victoria doing a presentation of her company Spector ,
and l would like to look at the questions that we usually ask about companies .
Let's look at those together on the screen .
So, the first question we usually ask is about the type of company .
And, as l was saying, over the years and following changes in the market ,
our company has diversified and extended its line of products .
We've purchased the latest technology offering our customers
the best package available on the market today.
ln 2000, we moved to a larger office space in order to improve production .
Our new headquarters are located in Rodney Road
and we have approximately 55,000 square meters at our disposal .
-Oh that's a huge space!-Yes, that's right, it's very big .
Anyway, our first success was with brochures, marketing flyers, pamphlets ,
and company catalogues. We also provided business cards
and general printing services.
Over time, we moved into book publishing as digital technology
and expansions in the market gave us the skills to enter the market .
Currently, we are equipped to provide highest quality publishing
at an extremely competitive price.
Our current capacity is more than 100 million pages per year .
So, Anne, have you understood everything?
Would you like to sum up what Mr. Richardson has said ?
-Me?-Yes, could you?
Alright, l'll try.
Established in 1985 by Charles Emerson, Montex has successfully grown
and adapted to changing client needs.
ln 2000, the company transferred to Rodney Road where ,
You know, Mr. Stevens, l am studying the editor's manual that you gave me ,
but... But l haven't got to the letter 'O' yet!
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ke't fiatal karriere'pt lnnyal tallkozhatnak,
e's rajtuk keresztl a ce'ges e'letet
e's a munkahelyen hasznlt szkincset tanulmnyozhatjk .
Mindegyik DVD-n van egy msor,
ami munkahelyi ke'pesse'gekre koncentrl e's bemutat modern strate'gikat ,
amelyek segtenek nknek, hogy munkahelykn sikeresek legyenek .
Ezen a DVD-n az On the job t epizdjt ltjk,
melyet az tletele'ssel foglakoz zleti ke'pesse'grl szl msor kvet .
tn megne'zzk, hogyan besze'ljnk a munkrl ,
jellemezznk egy ce'get, a szervezetet e's annak fejlde'se't .
Ve'gl megne'zzk, hogyan besze'ljnk piacokrl.
J szrakozst!
So, in that scene you saw Mr. Richardson talking
about the history of his company.
Now, to help you understand the language
l would like to talk to you about my brother,
because he has a company of his own which he opened in 1993 .
And it's really interesting because one day,
when he was in a cafe' with a friend of his, he had an idea .
They were sitting at a table and between them they had an object ,
something like this.
lt was transparent, with petals inside it, and he thought :
'well, wouldn't it be fantastic if they could fix that idea?'
So, what he did is he designed a prototype. This is the example .
And he made the first prototype of Plexiglas,
and you can see inside there are real natural objects in the Plexiglas .
Then, he did some market research to see if people would like objects like this ,
and he found some potential customers.
So, then he looked for some suppliers, people who would sell him the Plexiglas .
Then he needed the money, so he asked some banks for financial support .
And he set up, or he established a company .
He formed a partnership with his friend, and then he invented a name .
Now, the name of the company is 'Decoreat'.
So, it's Decor-, which is like 'decoration',-eat, which is 'eat'. Decoreat .
Then he rented an office, he hired a secretary for administration ,
and he launched the first product.
Now, that was... That was in 1993,
and the company has now developed a lot.
And let's look on the screen, because it's interesting :
when you talk about company history you use the Simple Past tense ,
but when you talk about how a company develops
we move into the Present Perfect.
And listen... Listen to me! l don't care if your friends aren't studying today
just because it's a holiday tomorrow. Do you understand?
Tomorrow we're going to see your grandparents
so you have to study today!
That's enough of this story, John!
No, that's not true! Im a good mother and l love you !
But it doesn't mean l don't have the right to tell you what to do .
Listen, l don't want to talk about this anymore... Goodbye !
Pardon me... Just a little domestic problem!
Oh, yes Mrs. Lee, we all know that kids cause more problem than work !
You're right, Mr. Chang! Kids...
Anyone who understands them is a genius!
So, in that scene there were some examples of the language we use
when we talk about markets.
To help us understand that language more let's go to the computer and see it .
So, if a company wants to go into a new market,
we talk about it as 'entering a market',
or even 'penetrating a market'.
Now, if a market has been there for a while ,
we say that the market is 'established',
or it's 'well-established'. But often markets change.
lf they improve, we talk about the market situation 'growing or increasing' .
But if the opposite happens, we say that the market 'shrinks' ,
So, Anne,
how did your meeting with Mr. Stevens and the Montex representative go ?
Quite...
Quite well, actually it was very interesting !
Did they come to any agreement?
For the moment, Montex is going to print 3,000 copies of our next series of
cookbooks.
Mr. Stevens wants to give them a trial-run and see how they work .
lf they meet their deadlines and price competitively ,
who can keep men like Gary at a distance. ln any case, l just wanted to warn
you.
Im sure you'll agree with me once you get to know him.. .
Yes, to be honest, l am a bit worried.
Profits are down 8 per cent over the last few months .
And just yesterday l read an article in 'Media World' that confirmed my
suspicions.
Forecasts for the publishing market are quite pessimistic,
and the general feeling is that things are going to continue to go downhill
based on current trends. The next five years could see a further drop of 20 per
cent.
lf we leave out best sellers and fiction,
then the entire publishing market has taken a direct hit,
-or better is in a downward spiral.-What about sales?
For the moment they're stationary, but we won't be able to improve them .
ln fact, we'll have to stop publication of our Encyclopedias of History and Art
History
with awful consequences for those working on this project .
Are you saying that we'll have to lay people off?
No, no, not for the moment.
But if things continue like they are, we will have to let some of our people go !
Oh my God! There must be something we can do to keep from cutting staff .
Im meeting with Mr. Stevens this afternoon to discuss the situation .
We're going to focus on new objectives for the company in both marketing and
sales.
Perhaps we will develop a new line of economic paperbacks which might help
sales.
But the other publishers are already doing that successfully .
l think we'll need to develop new products to
opportunities.
So, there you heard them talking about the crisis that the company is going
through.
And unfortunately that happens, often when there's an economic crisis in the
country.
So, let's look at the language that we use to describe a period of crisis in a
company.
And let's use the screen to help us.
So, what usually happens is that there's a bad forecast, the future doesn't look
good,
and there are negative trends, negative tendencies.
So, what happens? Things start going downhill, we say .
A hill is like a small mountain. Things start going downhill .
And then the company goes through a period of crisis .
Then, if it's really bad, we talk about the company being in deep crisis ,
that's the worst situation to be in.
But if it's not so bad, it's just temporary, we can talk about a passing crisis ,
a passing crisis.
And then, when things get better again, we usually say 'to recover from a crisis' .
Now, a crisis can actually have quite an effect on employment .
And now l want to look at the language that we use in English to describe
employment.
lt's very interesting because we have many different words to describe that ,
and maybe in your language is too. So, let's look at the screen .
Think of an employee. When an employee goes into a company for the first time ,
we say in English that he or she joins the company .
Now, when they decide to go, they leave the company, or they resign .
We say 'they resign', that's because they don't want to work anymore there .
The pronunciation: resign.
Now, if they reach a certain age, they retire, retire .
lf they decide to retire before the age of 65, or 60 ,
we say 'to take early retirement', early retirement .
So, those are the words which are usually related to the employees .
But what about the companies?
Well, companies, when they take people, companies recruit .
That's difficult to pronounce: recruit. Companies recruit employees .
Another word is 'hire', 'to hire'. Another verb is 'to take on' .
Now, the opposite is when they send people away, we say companies 'sack' ,
which is a strange word, isn't it? 'Sack people'. They fire people .
And in fact, as l said before, in English we use 'hiring and firing'
as the term for employment. So, they sack, they fire, they dismiss people ,
they let go, they let people go, they cut staff, or they lay off .
That's another term that we use, 'lay off'.
So you can see there are many many different terms that we use for employment
description.
Good. Well, that's the language of crisis, and the language of employment .
So, that's all for now.
And l'll see you again in the next lesson for more Business English. Bye .
Uh, right. Anne, are you ready for your next telephone call ?
Oh, yes.
Okay, you need to get in touch with Mr. Bradford .
He's a great author who has worked with us for years.
He's... He's quite friendly and he's quite a wizard at the stove .
He opened a restaurant a few years ago, but he sold it to move on to writing
cookbooks.
He knows a thousand tricks in the kitchen and he can make anything taste
great...
-Even tomato soup!-Come on, stop it, Gary!
l've only had half a sandwich today and hearing about tasty treats is driving me
crazy...
l know, l know... Speaking of eating... When are we going to have dinner together ?
Mr.
Bradford?
Hello,
this
is
Anne
Baxter
from
Pilgrim
Now, these phones work on batteries, so you need these to keep them running .
This is a 'battery recharger'. A recharger, alright ?
Sometimes you don't want to listen to the speaker on the phone with... By your
ear,
so you can use these. These are 'earphones', or 'headphones', alright ?
Sometimes you need to know the number of somebody ,
so you can look in this book which is called a 'telephone directory'. Telephone
directory.
And if you want special services you can use a book called 'The Yellow Pages' .
Alright? So, that's some of the basic language related to telephones .
Now, we want to learn some phrases which are useful for you
when you start a telephone conversation.
And let's now use the screen which will help you understand and use that
language.
The first thing you do is you... Answer. So what do we say, when we answer ?
Well, we can say this:
hello? Pilgrim Publishing House. This is Louise. Can l help you ?
Alright? So, look at the screen.
You say the name of the company: this is Pilgrim Publishing House .
Your name: this is Louise. How can l help you? Or: can l help you ?
Notice, l said 'this is Louise', not 'l am Louise' ,
because 'this is' is the language we use on the telephone in English .
So, 'this is', not 'l am'.
So, you introduce yourself. You say: hello, this is Jane Holmes, for example .
Notice again, l say 'this is'. You don't say 'l am' .
Now, if the other person doesn't know you, you can say :
l was given your name by... Mr. Smith, for example. Alright ?
l was given your name by Mr. Smith. Great.
Now, you want to speak to someone, so you ask: hello, could l speak to... ,
may l speak to..., can l speak to... ?
Three possibilities: 'could', 'may' very polite, 'can' less formal .
So: can l speak to Mr. James, please ?
Now, if he is in another office, you can ask for his extension number ,
so you can say: could l have extension 573, please? Extension 573 ?
Another thing is you can ask to be connected, and in English the verb is :
could you put me through to Mr. James?
Could you put me through to-that means 'connect'-Mr. James? Alright ?
You can also say: l'd like to speak to Mr. James. There .
The next thing is asking for people to wait, because you have to connect .
You can say: just a minute. Just a moment, please. One moment, please .
Hold the line, please. Hold on, please. 'Hang on' is more informal .
So you see, there are many ways of waiting for time passing .
Then, the next important thing is when you make a telephone call ,
sometimes you need to check that it's convenient, especially on mobile phones ,
because people answer when they are walking in the street, etc .
So, it's good to say: is this a bad time? Or: am l disturbing you? You see on the
screen?
This is Rachel Gorden, Mr. Stevens' assistant. lt's a pleasure to meet you, on the
phone.
No, Im sorry. Mr. Stevens isn't in at the moment. He just left .
Yes, l know it's four o'clock. No, unfortunately, he was called away unexpectedly .
Would you care to speak with me?
No, don't worry there are no secrets between Mr. Stevens and myself .
Yes, he telephoned to find out if you had already begun work on our order .
And l think he also wanted to know about the means of delivery .
Fine! Uh, Mr. Stevens will be pleased!
Yes, l've taken note of everything.
ln any case, l'll have him call you tomorrow morning .
When will you be in? At 10. Okay. Fine, goodbye Mr. Emerson .
l look forward to meeting you in person.
Ah! lt's for Anne!
Hello? No, Im sorry she's not here right now. Who's this ?
Alice, this is Gary! Right, the joker!
Which, by the way, was Anne's idea.
No, l didn't want to go along, but she insisted .
No, l don't know where she's gone. Perhaps to make some photocopies .
Would you like to leave a message?
Okay, l'll tell her to ring you as soon as she returns! Are you at home ?
No, your cell phone. Okay, alright, bye... Hey hey, Alice.. .
Ehm, you know, you seem like a really nice girl, even if we don't know each
other.
Well, l can't complain. lf you don't mind, l've got quite a lot to do !
You didn't feel that way a year ago when we first met .
Listen Mrs. Baker, that was a very difficult period for me .
-l wasn't happy with my job and...-Don't worry Lee! Im not here to visit the past
-but, rather, to talk about the future!-What?
l've recently heard quite a bit about you.
l know that you've done great things to improve the bottom line of Spector .
As a matter of fact, that's why Im here today. l'd like you to come and work for
us.
-Thank you Mrs. Baker, but...-Just a moment Lee, let me have my say .
lf you came to work for us, you'd not only have the opportunity to work
for a successful company,
but you'd also have a brilliant career with full satisfaction ahead of you .
Im flattered. But as l said, Im very pleased with my present employment .
And if l were to propose a position as business development manager ,
-would you consider my offer?-Mrs. Baker, please .
lf l were to come and work for you, l'd be doing my company a disservice .
Just think it over Lee.
lf you accept, you'll get a much higher salary than your current one .
Of course, l forgot to mention the company car and mobile phone ,
not to mention an impressive percentage of sales .
That's enough, Mrs. Baker. Your offer is very tempting .
And if l were free, l would certainly accept. However, things have changed
greatly.
l am very satisfied with my job here.. .
Mrs. Lee l've brought you this brochure. l was just.. .
Fine, l'll leave. Mrs. Lee, just think about what l said. l'll be in touch .
Hi Anne, have you got a moment? l just have to show you a few things .
Alice, how many times have l told you to call before you come and visit me at the
office?
lf my boss finds out, l'll be in trouble.
Yes, l know. You're right. Im sorry. Anyway, you are on your coffee break.. .
And l just need some advice. Im going out with Philip tonight .
You know, the handsome guy l met at the library last week ?
-Oh...-l told you about him, didn't l?
l don't know, Alice. l've lost count. Every week there's a different guy .
And what's so important about him that you couldn't wait to see me ?
-What if l wear this tonight?-lt's nice. Red suits you .
Really? But if l wear this, l'll have to find the right black shawl .
By the way, can you lend me the one you bought last Saturday ?
Alice, it's brand new. l haven't even worn it yet!
Come on Anne... l told you that this date is really important to me .
-Okay... What if l wore this one?-Hum... That's pretty, too .
Yes, but if l wear this one, it would go better with your blue hat .
-Could you lend it to me? Please, Anne!-Oh...
Oh, Alice no, not that one! lt was a present from my sister. Im very attached to
it.
-Oh, please Anne. Come on, help me. Please!-Okay, okay !
lt's impossible to talk you out of anything anyway !
But if l'd known you were going to borrow my entire wardrobe ,
l would have immediately told you l was very busy !
-Thanks Anne, you're the best.-Yeah...
Okay, Im going now... Ehm, by the way...
What would you say if l told you l had broken your camera ?
-You've done what?-Oh, come on, Anne. Im joking !
l think work is making you just a little bit too nervous. Bye !
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lf you have an accident, you won't be covered for legal expenses. Now, that's a
problem.
The First Conditional is grammatically formed like this:
'if', plus the Present Tense, and then the Future, 'will' or 'won't' in the negative .
Let's look at another example. You see? Number two is: accident, stop work .
So, the First Conditional sentence would be:
Well, the first thing is... You can say: could you repeat that, please ?
You notice we say: could you repeat that?
Not 'could you repeat, please?', but 'could you repeat that, please?' .
That's one thing. Another thing, if they're speaking too softly ,
you could say: could you speak up, please? Could you speak up, please ?
Another thing, they're talking too fast, too fast, so you say :
could you speak more slowly, please?
And then, if you didn't quite hear it, you can say: sorry, l didn't catch that .
l didn't catch that. Alright? So, that's problems with understanding .
Now, problems with spelling.
Sometimes people say their name, and you can't really understand the name .
So, you can ask them this: excuse me, could you spell your name, please
They say: yeah, J-O-H-N.
Now, it's useful if you repeat what they say, just to check understanding .
So, you can say: ha, ha! So, that's J-O-H-N. Okay ?
Or you can say: l'll repeat that... J-O-H-N. Alright?
So, problems with spelling. The next thing is problems with these .
Now, since the introduction of these, we have new language which we use on the
telephone.
Things can happen. For example, you could be on the phone and it's.. .
You say: the reception's bad. Okay? The reception's bad .
Now, if you are listening maybe the other person sounds like this.. .
You say: you're breaking up... You're breaking up... l'll call you back .
What's up Anne?
Im sorry, Anne. Im writing the contracts to send out to the authors .
Have you spoken to Mr. Bradford yet?
No! Could you give him a call? Im really very busy at the moment .
Okay, could you at least tell me where you are with him ?
Has he sent us the materials?
-Gary? Hello! Gary!-What?
Please, can you tell me what is so entertaining about drawing up contracts ?
-Why?-Because you're glued to your computer ,
-and you keep laughing like a fool!-Im just in a good mood today .
Come on Gary, Im not stupid! What are you doing?
Okay, you've caught me out! Im chatting!
lt's great fun. Would you like to give it a try?
No, thank you very much. And you shouldn't be chatting at work anyway !
-Mr. Stevens might notice...-Now why would he?
lf he walks in the door, l'll just close the window and continue typing up the
contracts.
Anne, relax! Let's chat a bit together.
No! Im afraid l can't. Somebody needs to work around here !
Now could you explain how l should proceed with this ?
You spoke to Mr. Bradford. So, could you give me some details on your agreement ?
Ever since l was a teenager! And that's also why l wanted to leave this job !
Numbers just don't go with my creativity!
And what about now, Victoria? Do you still doubt about yourjob ?
-And what about your expectations?-Well, now things are different !
l've taken on a role with more responsibilities ,
and Im working on important projects like this one .
lt's been a double victory for me.
Not many women have such prestigious positions. And Im quite proud of that !
l finally have the chance to demonstrate all my abilities,
and l have no intention to renounce that.
You have to believe me Mr. Chang !
l have no intention whatsoever of betraying my company !
l believe you, Victoria! l certainly appreciate your sincerity .
You're quite a capable young woman!
And Im certainly very pleased to have solved this little misunderstanding !
Do you remember how Anne said in the first scene: 'l don't agree' ?
Now, in English we say: l don't agree.
We don't say 'Im not agree', as in many other languages .
l don't agree. That's one way of disagreeing .
And do you remember how Victoria said in the second scene ?
She said: 'l don't understand what you're getting at'.
Now, that's one way of asking for clarification.
So, l'd like to look at this language with you now .
Now, if l say something like this, l say... Let's look at the screen.. .
l say: l think we should increase our investment in management training .
Now, this is something l could say in a meeting :
l think we should increase our investment in management training .
Now, sometimes after saying something like that, you want to explain it a little bit
more,
and there are phrases we can use in order to do further explanation .
For example, l could say: what Im trying to say is, l don't think we spend
enough money on training. So: what Im trying to say is.. .
Now, another possibility is: what l mean is...
And one more is: the point Im making is...
So, it becomes: l think we should invest more money in management training .
The point Im making is, our company just doesn't do enough training .
Alright? So, that's explaining a point.
Now, what about clarifying? l say that, to somebody ,
and then l want to check that they've understood, so l could say: is that clear ?
ls that clear? Or: do you understand what l mean? Do you understand what l
mean?
Then, in the audience, or in the meeting, if they're not quite sure ,
they can ask you for clarification, and different ways of asking clarification are
these.
For example, you could say: l don't quite follow you. l don't quite follow you .
'Follow', the verb 'follow', one possibility.
Or: well, what exactly do you mean? What exactly do you mean ?
Or: l don't see what you mean. Notice that we use also verbs of sight .
l don't see what you mean.
Or: could l have some more details? Could l have some more details ?
Or: what are you getting at? Now, that's slightly more complicated .
'Get at' means: what are you suggesting?, what are you insinuating ?
Alright? So, these are ways of asking for clarification .
Now, very often in a meeting you want to be able to agree or to disagree .
Now, ways of agreeing... l say, for example :
l think we should invest more in management training .
And you say: l completely agree with you. l completely agree with you .
Notice we don't say 'l am agree with you', but 'l agree with you' .
You can say: yeah, l see what you mean.
You can say: l see your point. l see your point .
And you can say also: yes, l agree up to a point .
Which means: not completely, but mostly yes.
Now, maybe you want to do the opposite,
so l say: l think we should invest more in management training. And you
disagree.
You can say: yeah! l see your point but l think we should invest more in
marketing.
Or you can say: Im afraid l can't agree with you. l can't agree with you .
Or you could say: are you sure about that? Which is more indirect .
Alright? Then, the other thing is giving an opinion. Giving an opinion, well.. .
Different ways of doing that are number one: in my view.. .
You notice 'in my view'? We're using verbs of sight, that's interesting, yeah ?
ln my view l think we should invest more money.
Or, you could ask a question: don't you think we should invest more money in
training?
Or you could say: l think it would be a good idea to invest more .
So, that's you giving your opinion, your idea.
Then obviously, it's important to create an atmosphere of sharing ideas ,
so you want to ask other people about their opinions .
So, you could say, for example: what do you reckon?
'Reckon' is another verb we use in English for 'think'. What do you reckon ?
Or: what do you think about that? What do you think about that ?
What's your opinion?
Alright? So, these are very important things: it's explaining, clarifying ,
agreeing, disagreeing, giving opinions, asking opinions .
lt's very important: you use the language every day, alright ?
So, that's the language for this lesson, and l look forward to seeing you in the
next. Bye.
Hello and welcome back to Business Talk
Hi there
Well, today we're going to talk about giving good
presentations in English.
Yes, giving a presentation can be a frightening prospect but ,
if you understand the psychology behind this business skill ,
it really is quite simple.
Personal introduction
lntroduce subject and purpose
Outline the main points
Point 1
Point 2
Point 3
Summary
Conclusion
And what about the language?
Remember KlSS keep it short and simple.
Simplicity is essential in every aspect of the presentation ,
in its organization and the language we use.
Short, well structured sentences that mark the beginning
of each part of the presentation are helpful to keep you on track
and keep your listeners' attention.
Did you notice in Eric's presentation he marked the start of
each new section of the presentation very clearly .
Let's look at the language he used and how each point
corresponds to the outline we've just seen :
l'd like to talk about a problem we had last week .
My aim is to stop this problem happening again.
First Im going to give you some background information,
Then l'll fill you in on the details,
and finally we'll look at some possible solutions .
00:08Who's
and l. Why?
00:13They've just telephoned complaining that they haven't received anything
yet.
00:11Anne
00:19Well,
00:22That's
00:26The
00:29Anne,
00:39Hello,
00:44This
00:46l'd
'Fast' claims that the goods were signed for by the consignee .
01:17Rachel, go get the bill of lading. We need to look into
01:22what caused this mistake.
01:12Well,
01:25Gary,
01:29Certainly!
01:43Merchandise
01:46And
01:49EU?
01:54Excuse
01:56Good
02:22Hello,
02:26Hello,
02:30l
02:32Yes,
02:37Unfortunately,
02:41But,
02:45And
02:48Could
02:52The
02:54According
02:58Can
03:03Customs?
03:17France?
03:31No,
03:35we're
03:38Im
03:40Well,
03:43Im
03:45But,
04:00Life
04:07Maybe
04:11What
04:15We
use the same couriers and are both having problems with deliveries !
04:19What
04:22Mrs.
a strange coincidence!
04:56and
04:58Just
05:02Did
05:06The
05:30-And
05:34l
didn't know! l swear it! Up until now, l've never taken care of shipments !
06:05But...
Orange, China?
see what can happen if the goods are addressed to the wrong place .
06:09You
06:23and
06:27But
06:32Other
06:36There's
F-R-E-l-G-H-T.
06:48Yeah, all four of them we use: 'products', 'goods', 'merchandise', and
'freight'.
06:44'Freight':
06:54So,
06:59a
let's look at that process now, and imagine that we are a buyer ,
potential buyer,
07:25So,
08:00the
08:05with
their conditions.
we have the enquiry, then the quotation, and now the order .
08:34After the goods are then packaged, and they are prepared
transportation,
08:29So,
for
08:50And
08:55You
09:02Now,
on where the goods are going and what the goods are. Okay ?
09:13So, we decide to make the order. Now, the actual process involved
09:21at the beginning of payment starts with what we call a 'pro-forma invoice' .
09:07depending
09:28A
09:34but
has all the details of the transaction, but it's not yet the real invoice .
09:43And that's often given to shipping agents
09:46who are doing the transportation.
09:36lt
09:49The
10:00the
10:06also
10:10And
10:16lt
10:19Then
10:24and
10:27Now,
the safest way to pay for goods is still the 'Letter of Credit' ,
this is used extensively because it's the safest way, because... Why ?
10:34and
10:39Because
10:45the
when the two banks agree it's a much safer condition of payment .
10:54And, as you heard in the video, you heard the words
10:57'consignor' and 'consignee'.
10:48And
the seller is the consignor, and the consignee is the buyer. Okay ?
11:06l hope that gives you some idea of what the whole selling-and-buying
11:11transaction is about,
11:00Well,
11:12and
also the main documents that you need in that process. Okay ?
11:18Great!
great opportunities.
11:41l also participated in a very important conference
11:44on the current state of affairs
11:46-in the international book market.-Oh! Do tell, Gary .
11:50Hum... Yes, okay, but just a brief summary because l've really got to get
going.
11:55Mr. Stevens wants a report on the trade fair ASAP
11:58and l've been away for three days ,
11:39to
12:08The
12:11one
12:14And
12:16Excuse
12:23Hum,
12:27Using
12:30he
cut a long story short, the current crisis has been around for a while !
12:49Unfortunately, yes! Just the other day, a friend of mine from Amsterdam
12:53in the publishing trade was telling me that his company has had to let
12:57fifteen people go since the beginning of the year .
12:43To
13:09We've
13:12lt's
the latest technologies that will offer the most success in this market .
13:17-What
13:20We
13:23ln
afraid l don't agree with you, Gary. lnternet, e-mail, CD ROM, DVDs ,
13:34and all electronic gadgets put together will never substitute the joy
13:39of reading a book.
13:28Im
know, l know, Rachel, you are a Luddite. But this is the future .
13:44The owner of a multimedia publishing house from Stockholm told me
13:49that they were able to greatly lower production, distribution
13:40l
14:10l
14:44Oh!
Hi Victoria!
14:50Why
meeting?
14:54The meeting that Mrs. Collins called with all the department heads
15:00to come to grips with the situation and, l quote :
15:03'to discuss the means with which we can improve both production
15:07and company efficiencies.' No one told me anything !
14:52Which
15:11l
15:26Come
15:29Not
15:34what
16:25-l
16:42You
17:15No!
17:28Did
you hear what she said? She said: Im writing my letter of resignation .
17:33Now,
17:37it
18:08Look
18:11And
18:16lt
can be small, it can be large, but it's a stand. Also we use 'booth' .
18:23Now,
18:27because
18:58Now,
as they walk past, you often want to invite them on to the stand .
19:05Sometimes
19:07but
19:10So,
19:16'Have
19:18Now,
a look around'.
another thing we use, which is very nice, is :
19:22please,
19:25Please,
19:28'Browse'-which
19:35Now,
19:38if
19:42lf
19:59what
discount', okay?
20:09Or: what discount do you offer on 'up-front payment'
20:15-which is an American term20:17or 'cash in advance'-which is the British term ?
20:06'Price
that means: you pay up-front, you pay before receiving the goods .
20:21So
20:28Now,
20:31it
20:46Which
20:50it
21:06Now,
these might be familiar to you, they are the specific lNCO terms .
21:11'lNCO
21:17Let's
21:22The
21:26And
21:28well,
21:52Other
21:59Can
possibilities are, they will ask you: what are your delivery conditions ?
you shorten your delivery time? Now, 'shorten' means 'reduce it' .
can you shorten your delivery time to, for example, fifteen days ?
22:12And another thing is transportation: which freight forwarders
22:06So,
22:17-do
you remember that?22:18shipping agents... Which shipping agents or freight forwarders do you use ?
22:24Now,
22:28then
22:30or
when you've talked and when it's time for the client to leave ,
22:55Then,
23:00you
23:04here
23:08You
23:13Notice
23:17'you
23:19Then,
23:23let
23:26Or:
23:31'Query'
23:34Don't
23:39And
23:53And
23:55Okay,
thanks very much and see you in the next lesson. Bye .
24:14Paul!
24:15Don't
24:20Yes,
Mrs. Collins has arrived, the work climate has become unbearable !
24:29She never misses an opportunity to humiliate me
24:32and to assign me the most demeaning tasks .
24:23Since
24:34And
24:37Well,
24:41This
24:47A
24:51Precisely!
24:54l
24:59But,
25:39What
26:00ln
26:05-The
26:43l
26:47No
26:51l
laugh but now that you won't be here l'll have to double the work !
27:17By the way, they don't happen to need someone else at that publishing house
27:24you were speaking about?-So, you're a secret author as well ?
27:11You
27:28No,
27:32For
27:38That
27:41What
27:52Yes,
l see, l understand.
27:59But
28:04Good.
Lee!
28:19Mrs.
28:21-You've
28:25l
28:29According
28:44However,
28:50things
28:54many
28:59And,
29:04Please
29:20But
29:24-and
29:28But
29:31Are
29:36Yes,
29:40Ever
29:43You
29:59You,
30:17As
30:46-Certainly,
31:11Excuse
31:14Today's
31:18Great!
31:30l
31:33Ah,
31:37The
31:40Mr.
Stevens asked me to show you the office and explain everything. So.. .
31:44Over
31:46This
31:51You'll
find the coffee machine down the hall, but, please remember.. .
31:55Few
31:58This
32:02How
32:13Happily
32:18Well
32:21Gary's
the kind of guy who can't control himself with attractive women !
32:27Ehm...
Thank you for the compliment, Rachel! Let's get down to work !
32:35Here
you can see, we've consistently improved our bottom line in all sectors .
32:43Even if, as far as Im concerned, we need to move more aggressively
32:46into the market.
32:38As
32:47What
33:06Certainly,
33:28Perhaps,
33:30Im
33:32l've
33:36Listen,
33:39and
33:41Im
33:56Statistics,
34:01And
34:04See
you later!
34:08Oh,
34:11Im
34:15l
34:19l
34:21No,
it doesn't sound familiar! Actually, l have a son so l don't get out much .
34:27But
34:30Just
34:33We
34:36We
34:40Oh
34:43You
34:48Gosh!
34:51Well,
34:54-So,
What a coincidence!
34:57Today
35:00Well,
35:03Yes,
35:05And
as a matter of fact!
35:10And he's probably told you that he loves working with charming young girls
35:15such as yourself.-Yes, and how do you know? .
35:09Yes,
always uses the same line. He did the same with me. How original !
35:18He
35:24Well,
35:27And
35:30Yes,
35:34And,
36:54dvzlm
37:10utn
37:13az
37:16nemzetkzi
37:20e's
37:25J
szrakozst!
38:26Okay?
38:31First,
38:36to
you need to greet them. So, you could say, for example :
38:56good morning everyone-which is quite informal38:59good morning everyone.
38:52Then,
39:00More
39:04That's
39:10So,
more formal. So, you greet them. Then, you introduce yourself .
39:30So,
39:38Then,
say:
39:45the
the purpose,
39:52or the objective of my presentation today is to talk about the marketing
strategy.
39:51or
39:59So,
40:06You
40:11or
an outline...
40:13Now,
40:46l'll
40:51Now,
40:58'areas',
41:05because
41:10So,
41:15items,
41:21Then,
41:24because
41:26firstly,
41:32l'd
42:02So,
firstly... You could say: firstly, secondly, and finally. Or: last of all .
42:11So,
42:14firstly,
42:19Now,
42:48Then,
43:07please,
43:13Okay?
44:02So,
44:04or
44:07Now,
44:11you
44:13good,
44:21Another
44:46So,
44:50to
show that you're going to deal with it, but then say :
44:53can
44:55And
of course, if you say that, make sure you remember that question .
44:59Make
45:03Then,
45:08l'd
45:12Or:
45:17Or
45:22'ln
45:29thank
45:32'Thank
45:47Or,
46:00So,
46:37and
46:39So,
46:45And
46:48the
46:52which
46:57and
47:00So,
intensive reading.
47:03Now,
47:15or
47:18The
47:22to
47:26for
47:29to
47:33business
47:36So,
skimming.
47:42The second one is 'scanning'. Now, we use scanning in order to extract
47:49particular information, a particular piece of information .
47:41That's
47:54So,
47:59you
scan it.
48:01lf
you want to... think about travel, if you want to see what train ,
48:17when
48:19you
48:37So,
for example, it could mean for you reading a market strategy book ,
48:43or
a novel,
48:45or
48:49So,
48:53And
48:57And
49:03And
49:21or
is intensive reading.
49:27So, remember that when you're in your workplace
49:31it's important to be able to move
49:33between skimming, scanning, extensive reading ,
49:25That
49:37and
intensive reading.
49:39Sometimes
49:44so
49:48Remember:
49:53and
49:57and
50:01Go
50:59We
51:09But
51:13We
51:14l
have to do something.
think my company would prefer to look for another supplier in that case .
51:52We
51:56The
51:58Carol,
52:01Let's
idea!
52:05Why don't we try to break down your costs and see if we can help you
52:08make some savings?
52:04Good
52:09Well,
52:14How
52:16lf
we can order in bigger quantities surely you can save on the fuel .
53:09l'd
53:11Unfortunately
53:14Im
53:17Well
53:21Could
53:23Yes,
sure.
53:54Fine.
Let's meet at the restaurant. l can take a taxi from the hotel .
54:27How
about...
54:28How
don't we...?
54:34Why don't we try to find a restaurant that your wife likes
54:37Let's...
54:32Why
54:39Let's
54:43Shall
we...?
54:59so
55:01The
55:05Use
open questions.
55:14Did
55:16They
55:19which
55:21Prepare
55:26That's
55:28Oh,
interesting! Congratulations!
55:34Most
55:39l
55:42Thank