LESSON EIGHT
[00:14.89]Listen and repeat these groups of words.
[00:20.45]tall          as tall as          not as tall as
[00:28.92]active        as active as        not as active as
[00:37.59]healthy       as healthy as       not as healthy as
[00:45.32]quiet         as quiet as         not as quiet as
[00:53.58]intelligent   as intelligent as   not as intelligent as
[01:02.96]friendly      as friendly as      not as friendly as
[01:11.92]NOw we're going to make comparisons between a boy and a girl.
[01:17.56]I say"Old.The boy is ten years old."
[01:24.22]The girl is also ten years old.
[01:28.66]And you say,"The boy is as old as the girl."
[01:35.14]I say,"Heavy,The boy weighs eighty pounds.The girl weighs ninety pounds."
[01:45.30]And you say,"The boy isn't as hevay as the girl."
[01:51.78]Remember your sentene always starts with"The boy...Ready?Let's begin.
[02:00.92]Old.The boy is ten years old.The girl is also ten years old.
[02:11.08]The boy is as old as the girl.
[02:15.52]Heavy,The boy weighs eighty pounds.
[02:21.27]The girl weighs ninety pounds.
[02:25.92]The boy isn't as hevay as the girl.
[02:30.99]Tall.The boy is four feet tall.
[02:36.92]The girl is four feet two inches tall.
[02:42.35]The boy isn't as tall as the girl.
[02:47.99]Active.The boy is active,The girl  is active too.
[02:56.54]The boy is as active as the girl.
[03:01.58]Healthy.The boy is healthy.The girl is very healthy.
[03:10.43]The boy isn't as healthy as the girl.
[03:15.11]Quiet.The boy is quiet.The girl is quiet too.
[03:23.47]The boy is as quiet as the girl.
[03:29.53]Intellgent.The boy is intellgent.
[03:34.99]The girl is intellgent too.
[03:39.64]The boy is as intellgent as the girl.
[03:44.31]Friendly.The boy is friendly.The girl is very friendly.
[03:52.96]The boy isn't as friendly as the girl.
[03:58.32]Now listen to a conversation between two men,
[04:03.28]Tim and Al Notice how often they use the experssins
[04:10.36]the same as and different from.
[04:16.42]Tim,what's your middle name?It's Robert.
[04:21.88]Really?Timothy Robert Novak.
[04:26.92]That's interesting.My middle name is the same as yours.
[04:32.56]I'm Alfred Robert Rossi.
[04:36.72]And isn't your height the same as mine?I'm five ten.
[04:42.88]No,my height is a little different from yours.I'm five nine.
[04:49.83]What's you weight?A hundred and sixty pounds.
[04:55.11]That's the same as mine.
[04:59.26]And our ages are the same.I think?I'm twenty-eight.
[05:04.82]No,that's different from mine.I'm only twenty-seven.
[05:10.99]Well,your age is almost the same as mine.
[05:16.26]OK,now listen to some information from that dialogue abouot Tim adn Al
[05:23.81]Use that information to say how Tim is different from
[05:30.16]or the same as Al.For example,you hear,
[05:36.82]"Tim's middle name is Robert.Al's middle name is also Robert."
[05:45.47]And you say:
[05:49.54]Tim's middle name is the same as Al's.Ok,let's begin.
[05:58.32]Tim's middle name is Robert.Al's middle name is also Robert.
[06:06.79]Tim's middle name is the same as Al's.
[06:11.64]Tim's last name is Novak.Al's last name is Rossi.
[06:19.38]Tim's last name is different from Al's.
[06:24.42]Tim's height is five ten.Al's height is five nine.
[06:31.86]Tim's height is different from Al's.
[06:36.90]Tim's weight is a hundred and sixty pounds.
[06:42.83]Al's weight is also a hundred  and sixty pounds.
[06:48.42]Tim's weight is the same as Al's.
[06:53.07]Tim's age is twenty-seven.Al's age is twenty-eight.
[07:00.44]Tim's age is diffenent from Al's.
[07:07.49]Now you're going to talk about how some thing are the same as mine.
[07:13.74]and other things are different from mine.

[07:18.88]I say,"Jeff's tie is red and blue.My tie is also red and blue."
[07:27.74] And you say,"His tie is same as yours."
[07:33.90]I say "Susan's sweter is wool.My sweater is cotton."
[07:41.95]And you say,"Her sweater is different from yours."Ready?Begin.
[07:50.80]Jeff's tie is red and blue.My tie is also red and blue.
[07:59.27]His tie is same as yours.
[08:05.93]Susan's sweter is wool.My sweater is cotton.
[08:13.37]Her sweater is different from yours.
[08:17.74]Mike's car has two doors,My car has for doors.
[08:25.29]His car is different from yours.
[08:29.96]John's doctor is Doctor Ford.My doctor is Doctor Ford.
[08:37.83]His dotor is the same as yours.
[08:42.27]Her English book is blue,My English is red.
[08:49.53]Her English book is different from yours.
[08:54.39]To end the lesson,listen to each of these sentences.
[09:00.34]Then say if what you hear is true of false.
[09:06.59]If it is false.correct the sentence.
[09:11.34]For example,I say."Mary's fingers are very long.
[09:19.20]Her mother's fingers are short.
[09:23.46]Mary's fingers look the same as her mother's."And you say:
[09:32.00]False.Her fingers look different from her mother's.Ready?let's begin.
[09:41.04]Mary's fingers are very longHer mother's fingers are short.
[09:48.49]Mary's fingers look the same as her mother's.
[09:54.05]False.Her fingers look different from her mother's.
[10:00.29]My aparment has three rooms and a terrace.
[10:05.65]Your apartment has one room and no terrace.
[10:11.32]My aartment is different from yours.True
[10:18.27]Rita's rent is $400 a month.Jeff's rent is $350 a month.
[10:28.24]Jeff's rent is the same as Rita's.
[10:33.21]False.His rent is different from Rita's.
[10:39.27]John has a wife and five children.
[10:43.71]Ed has a wife and four children.
[10:48.07]John's family is as large as Ed's.
[10:53.43]False.His family is larger than Ed's.
[10:59.20]Jane weighs 100 pounds.Mike weights 100 pounds.
[11:06.36]She weighs as much as he does.True.
[11:13.12]My apartment is on Bedford Street.
[11:18.87]Your apartment is on state Street.
[11:23.23]Our apartments are on the same street.
[11:28.20]False.Our aparments are on the different street.
[11:34.05]This is the end of Lesson Eight.