Lesson 152

   Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises

    Phonetics: Contraction, Liaison and Weak Form

   1. A: Hello, Charles, I ____ ____ you all day. What ____ ____ ____ 
____?
      B: Actually, ____ ____ working on my first novel.
      A: Oh, yes, how far ____ ____ ____ ____ ____?
      B: Well, ____ ____ ____ ____ good title, and ____ made a list of 
characters, and ____ designed the front cover.
      A: Have you started ____ ____ ____?
      B: Oh, yes, ____ ____ two pages already.
      A: Only two?
      B: Well, yes, I haven't quite ____ ____ what happens next.
   2. A: 821-0537.
      B: Hello. ____ ____ speak to Mandy please? This is Mrs Ford here.
      A: This is Mandy speaking.
      B: Ah, Mandy, good evening. Look, I ____ wondering if ____ like 
to come to a party ____ having on Friday ... ____ ____ many coming from 
the office ...
      A: Oh, that sounds nice, ____ love to ...
      B: ____ ____ also wondering if the other three in your flat ____ 
like to come too ... ____ holding it in the country cottage, about 
8:30.
      A: That's very nice, thank you very much Mrs Ford. Erm ... I'm 
afraid Sheila ____ ____, as ____ ____ ____ Amsterdam then ...
      B: Oh, that's a pity...
      A: But I'm sure the others ____ like to. What ____ ____ thing 
should we wear ...? Quite formal, I suppose ...
      B: Oh, didn't I say? Well, if you don't mind, we thought a fancy 
dress party ____ ____ rather fun, so ____ ____ your best, ____ ____?
               Score: ____

    Part Ⅱ  The Phone Call

      Student Evaluation

  My general Impression Content:
   ____ helpful _____ adequate 
   ____ inadequate
  Level Of Difficulty:
   ____ easy ____ fair
   ____ difficult
   My Major Problems
   ____ understanding meanings
   ____ selecting major points
   ____ organizing facts
   ____ retaining concepts
   My Comprehension Score
   __________________________

Exercises:

Ⅰ.   While the speaker was waiting for his flight, he had to ..., but 
.... While ..., he listened ... . The speaker became impatient because 
.... Finally, the old man ... and he said ... .

Ⅱ.  ____ was kind of funny ____ he was an old ____ and he was talking 
____ his wife and he ____ talking about his trip. ____ he said, uh, 
that he, uh, he ____ having a good time ____ he talked about the ____ 
and he asked about ____ weather back there. And ____ the time he was 
____, uh, to his wife ... I ____ it was to his ____, but while he was 
____ to his wife, he ... he ____ eating a sandwich and, uh, ____ 
coffee.
    And this went ____ and on and on, ____ I really was getting ____ 
because this phone call ____ had to make was ____. And, uh, maybe I 
waited ____ ... oh, ten, fifteen, twenty minutes. ____ finally the guy 
hung ____ and he turned around ____ he ... he had seen ____ standing 
there, and he ____, "Well, I'm sorry, uh, that ____ took so long on 
____ phone, but I was ____ dinner with my wife."

     Part Ⅲ   Unique Mail Service

      Vocabulary

   1. suite
   2. zip code
   3. lobby
   4. bulletin
   5. access
   6. essence
   7. short of
   8. certify
   9. consent
   10. up-beat
   11. transient
   12. rational
   13. carbon
   14. Westwood
   15. John Doe

                Notes

     The first organized system of post offices in America was created 
by the British Parliament in 1711 and the mails were carried over post 
roads. Postage stamps were first used in the U.S. in 1847. The postal 
savings system started in 1911, and parcel post in 1913. Mail service 
by railroad was instituted in 1862, and airmail in 1918.
    The U.S. Postal Service now operates as an independent agency 
within the government, with the goal of becoming self-supporting by 
1984; it has operated at a deficit for many years.

        Student Evaluation

  My general Impression Content:
   ____ helpful _____ adequate 
   ____ inadequate
  Level Of Difficulty:
   ____ easy ____ fair
   ____ difficult
   My Major Problems
   ____ understanding meanings
   ____ selecting major points
   ____ organizing facts
   ____ retaining concepts
   My Comprehension Score
   __________________________

Exercises:

    Westwood Mail Services

    Nature: _____________________
    Location: ___________________
    Facilities:
    Mailboxes with keys, ________
    Office hours:
    _____________________________
    _____________________________
    Charge: 
    _____________________________
    Customers:
    1. __________________________
    2. __________________________
    3. __________________________
    4. doctors, lawyers, individuals having own business
    5. __________________________
       __________________________
       __________________________

    Services:
    1. mail checking service
       (telephoning or personal checking 24 hours a day)
    2. __________________________
       __________________________
       __________________________
       __________________________
    3. __________________________
    4. signing for ______________
       __________________________
       __________________________
    5. __________________________
       __________________________
    6. __________________________
       a. during office hours:
       __________________________
       b. after office hours:
       __________________________