[00:00.00] Unit Six Shopping
[00:03.60]Part Two Listening-Centered Activities
[00:08.39]Listening 1
[00:10.19]Exercise 1
[00:12.06]Directions: Listen to the dialog and fill in the table with the information you get from the tape about the shoes Maria tried on.
[00:23.90]Maria Almar is looking round the shops in Athens before she catches the afternoon flight back to Zuric
[00:32.08]Maria is looking for a pair of shoes.
[00:35.17]Maria: Excuse me. Do you speak English?
[00:39.64]Assistant: Yes, madam. Can I help you?
[00:42.30]Maria: I'm looking for a pair of blue shoes to wear with a dress.
[00:47.81]Assistant: Blue?
[00:49.18]Maria: Yes, you've got some in the window at 1,450 drachma
[00:57.02]Could I try them on, please?
[00:59.90]Assistant: What size is it?
[01:01.67]Maria: 38.
[01:03.29]Assistant: Just a moment, please. Yes, here we are.
[01:07.61]Maria: Are they leather?
[01:09.70]Assistant: Oh, yes.
[01:10.99]Maria: I like the style.
[01:13.26]Assistant: Do they fit all right?
[01:15.42]Maria: They feel a bit tight actually. Have you a larger size?
[01:21.50]Assistant: We haven't got that shoe in a 39, I'm afraid.
[01:26.29]Maria: Have you anything similar in blue that would fit me?
[01:31.04]Assistant: No, we haven't. I'm sorry.
[01:33.96]Maria: I'll leave it then. Thank you very much.
[01:38.21]Exercise 2
[01:40.15]Directions: Listen to the dialog agai
[01:44.83]Work in pairs and role-play the whole dialogue between Maria and the shop-assistant assuming that there are shoes of size 39 in the shop.
[01:57.04]Listening 2
[01:59.05]Exercise 1
[02:00.71]Directions: Listen to the first part of the radio program and answer each of the folloeing questions with no more than 10 words.
[02:12.16]1) What's the title of the program?
[02:15.86]2) What's the purpose of the program?
[02:20.08]3) What's the program's telephone number?
[02:24.86]4) What's the name of the host?
[02:28.61]5) What's the guest's occupation?
[02:32.86]Welcome to At Your Service,the consumer program that gives you advice when something goes wrong with goods or services you've bough
[02:41.60]If you have a problem which you'd like us to help you with, here's the number to ring: 01-246804
[02:51.47]That's 01-246804
[02:56.94]My name is Jack Mills, and with me to answer your questions today is the head of the Consumer Aid Association, Mary Smith.
[03:06.30]Exercise 2
[03:08.39]Directions: Listen to the second part of the program twice and write"T" for true and "F" for false in the space provided.
[03:19.80]Jack: Now let's go staight to our first caller, Mr Black from Londo
[03:24.73]Good morning, Mr Black. How can I help you?
[03:28.30]Mr Black: Well, I was looking for a second-hand car and I saw this advertisement in the local newspaper and it was the car I wante
[03:38.30]It was &1,150 and it was described as perfec
[03:45.43]I went to see the car. It looked very good, so I bought it...Mr Black.
[03:51.59]Mary:could I interrupt?
[03:52.74]Mr Black: Yes, please.
[03:54.22]Mary: Did you pay the full asking price for the car?
[03:57.85]Mr Black: Yes, I paid 1, 150 for it. It seemed all right when I bought i
[04:05.88]But a few days later, I had some trouble starting it, and when it was started, it didn't run very wel
[04:14.45]So I took it to the local garag
[04:17.76]They had a good look at it and they said everything was wrong with i
[04:23.12]It had been damaged in an accident and the repairs hadn't been very goo
[04:28.81]So it wasn't worth the money I'd paid for i
[04:33.46]In fact, they said it was only worth 40
[04:38.89]That's a lot less than I'd paid for it
[04:41.92]So I went back to the man, but he didn't really want to know and I don't know what to do now.
[04:49.62]Mary: Mr Black, the most important point here is.
[04:54.08]Was the seller a dealer or was this a private sale?
[04:58.66]Mr Black: I don't think he was a dealer.
[05:01.18]Mary: Well, unfortunately, with private sales the buyer has very little protection under the la
[05:07.73]did the man say that the car was perfect?
[05:10.75]Mr Black: Yes.
[05:12.16]Mary: When you bought the car, you bought it understanding that it was faultles
[05:17.02]That there was nothing wrong with it at all?
[05:19.18]Mr Black: Yes, yeah.
[05:20.76]Mary: I'm sorry to be a little pessimistic, Mr Blac
[05:24.40]I think it's probably worthwhile making a claim under the Small Claims Procedur
[05:30.37]It may be your best choice.
[05:32.68]Mr Black: I see. Thank you very much.
[05:35.63]Exercise
[05:37.82]Directions:Listen to the whole radio program again and retell the main idea of the progra
