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Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla These are all dialogues of the third level.

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue

Dialogue 1

Listen to this conversation.  Oh hi Daniel, come in please. How are you?  Fine thanks. And you?

1. To come in

entrar

 Not bad. Would you like something to drink? Something cold? Maybe a beer? It's pretty hot today

2. Something

algo

3. Of course

por supuesto

 I'd like some mineral water, if you have some

4. Some mineral water un poco de agua mineral

 Of course

5. If

si ( indicando condición)

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish. 3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand 4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some words in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Hi Louisa, Come in please how are you? 2. Would you like something to drink or would you like to have something to eat now? 3. Would you like something to eat or would you like to have something to drink? 4. I’d like some mineral water if you have some. 5. I’d like a beer or a glass of soda if you have some 6. I’d like a cup of coffee if you have some 7. If you study English you can learn but if you do not study it is very difficult to learn. 8. If you live in Colombia you speak Spanish but if you practice other language you can master it 9. I’d like to speak with you if you have a little time to listen to me then we can go to a café and have a cup of coffee together. 10. It’s pretty hot today but I have a cup of coffee. 11. Mr. Martinez, Come in please. Would you like something to drink or eat it’s very late now. 12. I need you speak with the President if he is here in Bogota and you have the opportunity to see him. 13. Of course I’d like to have a beer, it’s very hot today. 1.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue

Dialogue 2 Listen to this conversation; Mr. Méndez has arrived at Mr. .Johnson's place.

     

1. Came 2. Late 3. I’m late

Oh hello Mr. Méndez. Come in please. Thank you. I’m sorry I’m late. That's alright. How did you get here? I came by bus. Mr. Mendez, this is my husband, Peter Pleased to meet you, Mr. Johnson.

past for /Come/ tarde estoy retardado / llegué tarde

Activity 5. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 6. 7. 8.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences 1. I’m sorry I ‘m late. There was lots of traffic on the way to here. 2. How did you get here? 3. How did you get to your school? 4. How did you arrive here? 5. How did you get to Medellin? 6. I got here by train. 7. I arrived here by plane 8. I got there by car but it was a long ride. It took about six hours. 9. I come here by bus but it was very slow. it took about two hours. 10. This is my friend. He lives here in Currulao and he speaks Spanish very well. 11. This is my English teacher. He speaks English very well. And I have learnt a lot from him 12. This is my school. The E.C.I I have studied here for about three years and I’ve learned a lot in this school.

13. Mr. Arredondo this is my friend Lionel he lives in Bogota but he came to visit this month. He is going to stay with us for about 15 days 14. I wanted to visit you but I didn’t have time. I was very busy. 15. I arrived here yesterday and I have a meeting today at eight o’clock. Do you know how do I get to the Pacific Hotel my meeting is there. 16. I know I’m late. But you know I sent my report yesterday morning. Did you already read it?

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Dialogue 3

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

Listen to this conversation

1. Good evening buenas noches

Good evening, I’m Charles Johnson Pleased to meet you, my name is Sofia Robles Where are you from, Sofia? I’m from Mexico, from Morella, and you? I’m from Boston. Oh really? I was in Boston last January, and it was very cold. It snowed a lot too  Yes, it often snows in January. Did you like Boston?  Yes, I did, but I’d rather go there in the summer

2. My name is… me llamo…/ mi nombre es…/ yo me llamo…

     

3. I’m from … 4. Really?

soy de.. En verdad/ en serio / verdad?

5. I was 6. Was

estuve/ fui/ era/ estaba/ pasado de to be

7. Where are you from?

De donde eres? De donde es usted?

8. I’d rather

preferiría

Activity 1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Good morning my Name is ________ _______ I’m from Colombia and I want you to know about my English learning process. 2. Where are you from? 3. My name is _______ ________ Im a student but I speak Spanish and English. Spanish is my mother language and I learnt English in my school. 4. I lived in Currulao when I was a little boy but now I live in Medellin. 5. I learnt English when I was in my school 6. I studied in the E.C.I when I was in high school and I started to learn English there. 7. I was in Bogota last year but I didn’t like it I moved back to Currulao this year. 8. I was in Apartado last week but I came back to Currulao. 9. I’m from Mexico but I’ve lived in Colombia for seven years. 10. I’m from Medellin but I studied here in Currulao all my school. 11. I from Currulao but I moved to Medellin when I was seven years old. I studied there. 12. I studied in Medellin but I am from Apartado. I played soccer and I came here to try to become a professional soccer player. 13. I was a good student and I came here because I got a scholarship.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Dialogue 4 Listen to this conversation:

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

 Hello, my name is Susan Johnson.  Pleased to meet you, Miss. Johnson. I’m Pablo Torres

1. To Call

llamar

2. To Tell

decir /contar

3. To grow

crecer

4. Grew

asado de grow(crecer)

5. Beautiful

hermoso(a)

 Please call me Susan. Tell me Pablo, where are you from?  I’m from Mexico. From Mexico City. And you, do you live here in New York?  Yes, I do, but I grew up in San Francisco.  Oh really? I was in San Francisco last month! It's a beautiful city! Activity 1234-

Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Where are you from? 2. I’m from Bogota. But I lived in New York for a few years. I lived with an American family and I learnt English there. 3. My name is_____ _____but please call me___________ 4. I was born in Currulao but I grew up in Apartado. 5. I’m form Apartado but I grew up in Currulao. I lived with my parents there. 6. I studied in the E.C.I but I learned English In Apartado 7. I live in Apartado now. But I grew up in Medellin with my family. 8. I was in Bogota last year but I didn’t like it. I’d rather live in Medellin. 9. I live here in Apartado but I grew up in Bogota. I studied there. 10. I grew up in Currulao But I moved here to Medellin three years ago. I work for a big company.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

Dialogue 5 Listen to this conversation:

 Mr. Robles, you speak English very well. Do you come to United States very often?  I try to, because my son is married to an American. They live in Seattle.

1. 2. 3. 4.

 Seattle? That's a beautiful city, but it rains a lot there.

Often frecuentemente/ a menudo Married to casado(a) con It rains llueve My son likes it a mi hijo le encanta/ a mi hijo le gusta

 Yes, I know, but my son likes it very much. Activity

1. 2. 3. 4.

Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea. Example sentences

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

My sister lives in Bogota she likes that city very much. I live in Currulao. I like it very much. My brother works in a school. He likes it very much I speak English very often. I work as a teacher and I like it very much Do you come to Currulao very often? Do you practice soccer very often? I don’t speak English very often. I only practice it in my school with some of my students who like English vey much. 8. Bogota is a beautiful city but it is very cold there. And it rains a lot there. 9. It rains a lot in Quibdo but it is a beautiful city. I go to visit it very often. 10. My family lives in Medellin. I come to visit them very often. I like the city it is very big and there are a lot of things to do there. We usually go to the big malls there. And visit the old churches around the city. we go to the theatre and watch a good playing. We also like to stay at home in Robledo or go out to have dinner at a good restaurant. I enjoy my staying in Medellin, but I don’t live in Medellin. I live in Turbo. I live in Currulao. It is a small village on the road from Turbo to Apartadó. Currulao is just on the middle of the way. Currulao is small but I like it a lot. I live with my father and he works in a farm. He supervises a banana farm in Nueva Colonia what is other small village in Turbo.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Dialogue 6

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

Listen to this conversation 1. Since     

Tell me, Mr. Robles, what do you do? I work for ICA, I’m an engineer. And how long have you been here in New York? Since yesterday, I arrived yesterday morning. Are you here for work or are you here on vacation?  On vacation. My sister is married to an American, and she lives here in the city. I try to visit her often.  That's why your English is so good.

desde

2. I’m an engineer soy ingeniero 3. For work

de trabajo/ por el trabajo

4. On vacation

de vacaciones

5. That’s why

esa es la razón / es por lo cual es por eso

Activity 1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2. 3. 4.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. What do you do? 2. What is your occupation? 3. I work for a school 4. I work for Microsoft it is a software company in the United States. 5. I’m a software engineer. I write software for computers and cellphones. 6. How long have you been in… 7. How long are you planning to stay here in the city? 8. I’m on vocation. I’m not here for work. 9. My brother speaks English better than me he lives with some Americans here in New York. 10. Are you going to stay on vacation a long time? 11. I’m still at school! But I’m not a student, I’m a teacher now. I teach French and Spanish. The students have classes from Monday to Friday, but I work every day! It’s a hard job, but I like it. And I don’t teach in July and August! 12. I work with my husband. We work in a hospital. I’m a nurse. I work in the evening and at the weekend. My husband isn’t a nurse – he’s a doctor. He works in the evening, too, but he doesn’t work at the weekend. We like the hospital. 13. I don’t like my job. I’m a waiter. I work in a busy restaurant. I work six days a week. I don’t work on Tuesdays. My job starts in the morning, and it finishes at night. It’s a difficult job.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

Dialogue 7

Listen to this conversation  Good evening, here is the menu and our wine list.  Thank you, what do you recommend tonight?  The steak is always very good.  All right, then I would like to order the steak.  And something to drink?  Yes, I’d like a glass of red wine. Maybe the cabernet souvignau. And a glass of water too, please.

Menu Recommend Stake Order Red wine Water Glass

menu recomendar bistec ordenar/ pedir vino tinto agua vaso / cristal /vidrio

Activity 1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2. 3. 4.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Do you have anything special tonight? 2. How much is a bottle of red wine please? 3. Can you recommend us something special? 4. Well we have a lot of delicious plates tonight but what I think is our special food is the steak. It is always fine and a lot of people come here to eat it. But we also have chicken and veal and of course our salads are delicious you can’t leave without enjoying them. 5. Ok I will have the steak. Let’s see how delicious it is. And bring me a good salad and a bottle of wine. I’d like some red wine but not too expensive please. 6. Do you want anything else? 7. No thanks that’s all for now.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Dialogue 8 Listen:

 Good morning, Susan.  Good morning, Tomas. How's it going?

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

Good morning How is it going?

Buenos días Qué tal? / Como van las cosas? Como esta?

Ha you seen..?

has visto…?

Meeting

reunión

 No, I haven't. Wait; are they over there, on that table?

Today’s meeting

la reunión de hoy.

There they are

allá están

 Oh yes, there they are. Thanks.

About

sobre/ de / acerca de

 Not bad, but have you seen my notes? My notes for today's meeting?

Activity 1.

Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.

2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Have you seen my t-shirt? I think I left it here but I cannot find it. 2. Have you ever been in Bogota? 3. I haven’t gone to Bogota. I have lived here in Currulao all my life. 4. I have spoken with my friends about today’s meeting. 5. You have not lived here in Currulao you have lived I Medellin, since you were a little boy. 6. I speak English now but I haven’t spoken English since I was a little boy. I spoke only Spanish when I was little boy. But I learned English in my School and now I speak two Languages. 7. My friend speaks two languages but he hasn’t spoken two languages all his life. When he was a little boy he only spoke English, he learned Spanish when he lived in Colombia. 8. Mary lives in the United States, but she has not lived in the United States all her life. She lived in Venezuela when she was a little girl. 9. They are in my house now but I haven’t seen them 10. She has not played with my friends. 11. In professional women’s tennis around the world there are two sisters who have already made history since their debut in 1994. They are Venus and Serena Williams. They were born in the United States, in the 80’s, and they live in Florida with their family. The Williams sisters have played in professional tennis matches since the 1990’s and by the year 2003 both had become No. 1 in the world.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

: Dialogue 9 Listen to this conversation  Susan, have you made our hotel reservations yet?  No, I haven't, not yet.  Why not?  I'd like to discuss our trip again. Do you really want to go to Philadelphia? Because I think I’d rather go to Washington D.C.  Why?  My sister lives there. It's a beautiful city too, and there's a lot to do there.  Well, I’d still like to go to Philadelphia. But maybe we can go to Washington now. And then to Philadelphia, in the summer.

To have To make To go To want To do To think Can Sister Beautiful (a) Still Summer

tener/ haber hacer ir querer hacer pensar poder Hermana hermoso (a) bello (a) bonito

To discuss

discutir / charlar sobre / debater / considerar

Not yet Yet

 Great! Now I can make the reservations!

aun/ todavía verano aún no./ todavía no ya/ todavía (se usa más que todo en expresiones negativas y al final de la frase)

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish. 3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand 4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea. Example sentences

1. We are planning to go on vacation but we don’t know where to go. my wife wants to go to Canada but I don’t want to go out of the country. I rather prefer to visit some places here in Colombia. I would like to go to el Eje Cafetero it is a very beautiful tourist destination in my country and many people from all around the world come to visit it. I also think Canada is very cold and I don’t want to stay in our hotel room every day. 2. I haven’t made our hotel reservation yet 3. We have gone to Bogota three times 4. I would like to visit Canada in the summer 5. My family is going to be on vacation next week.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue

Dialogue 10 Listen to this conversation.

1. To discuss debatir / charlar / discutir / platicar

 Peter, can we discuss our trip again?  Of course, why?  Do you really want to go to New York?  Yes, I do and I thought you wanted to go there too.  You don't think it's too expensive?  No, I don't, and I’d really like to see the city.  All right, then why don't you make our hotel reservations and I can buy the plane tickets?

2. Trip 3. Our

viaje nuestro(a)

4. Really

verdaderamente / de verdad / en realidad

5. Thought past for think 6. It’s es / queda/ está 7. Too expensive muy caro / demasiado caro 8. To see ver / visitar 9. Reservation reservasion 10. To buy comprar 11. Plane avion 12. Tickets tiquetes / boletos .

Activity 1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Do you have a minute please? I want to discuss our report I think you are giving private information on it. You know there are things of our company that you cannot inform about. Where you show what we do with the money we earn for example. It is not appropriated people know about it. 2. Did you make the reservation? 3. I think our trip to the United States is too expensive I would rather like to stay here in Colombia. 4. We have some beautiful places to visit in my country 5. When are you going to buy the plane tikes for our trip? 6. I want to stay in Miami for about a week so I need you to make the hotel reservation as soon as possible. 7. Why don’t you go to the bus terminal? and I can take a taxi car to go to the store. 8. I need to buy the plane tickets for our trip to New York. 9. Would you like to go with me to The United States?

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue11 Listen to this conversation  Your apartment is beautiful! How long have you lived here?  Since last month  Is there a yard?  Yes, there's a small yard at the back.

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Your su / sus / tu/ tus ( de usted/ ustedes) Since desde Last ultimo / pasado Last month el mes pasado Yard patio Is there? Hay? There is hay (una sola cosa o elemento que se toma por volumen)

 And where do you park your car?

8. There are

 In front. I can almost always park in front.

9. Back 10. To park 11. Almost 12. Always

hay (varias cosas que se pueden contar)

atras / espalda / dorso parquear estacionar casy siempre.

Activity 1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Dr. Fernando has been in the office since early this morning. He has already seen a lot of patients, and he will certainly see many more before the day is over. Dr. Fernando’s patients don’t know it, but he also isn’t feeling well. He has had a pain in his back since last Thursday, but he hasn’t taken any time to stay at home and rest. He has had a lot of patients this week, and he’s a very dedicated doctor. 2. They’ve known each other since 1999 3. they’ve been in love since last spring 4. Where do you park your motorbike? 5. There is a big apartment in front of the house. 6. There’s a small yard in the back of the house. 7. There is a new car in front of your house is it yours?

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Dialogue12

     

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

Listen to this conversation: Tomas, have you been to the Museum of Modern Art? No, not yet. Unfortunately I don't have much time. You really should see it. You're leaving for Mexico soon, aren't you? Yes, that's right. I’m leaving next week. Then why don't we go to the museum on Saturday? Maybe we can have dinner together too. I'd like to, that's a good idea.

1. Unfortunately

infortunadamente / desafortunadamente

2. Should

debería / deberías (se usa para sugerir algo respetuosamente)

3. You’re leaving for mexico

4. Next week 5. We 6. On Saturday 7. That’s

usted sale para México / usted parte para México la próxima semana nosotros el sábado

es / esa es / eso es / aquella es / aquel es

8. Good 9. Idea

bueno(a) idea

Activity 1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. There are a lot of people in the park you should go there and see what is happening? 2. Have you ever been in Chicago? 3. Have you been in Bogota? 4. You should study a little bit more if you want to pass the test. 5. You should stay at a hotel instead of go to bother your relatives. 6. Why don’t you visit your friend on Sunday? 7. That’s a good idea. 8. I think you are leaving for Medellin tomorrow, then why don’t you go to my house today we need to discuss about our business first. 9. Unfortunately we have to stay at work until seven in the evening but tomorrow I think we can have a cup of coffee together and we can talk about our trip to Mexico. 10. You can stay here. Unfortunately we usually close the store at six o’clock in the evening and it is already seven thirty.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

Dialogue13 Listen to this conversation

1. To help ayudar 2. How como 3. Get llegar / arrivar / conseguir / optener / lograr 4. Straght derecho 5. Ahead adelante / hacia adelante 6. After después 7. after that despues de eso 8. To take tomar 9. First primero(a) 10. To wait esperar 11. Wait a minute espera un minuto 12. More mas 13. Slowly despacio / lentamente 14. Pretty bello(a) / muy demasiado 15. Pretty far muy lejos / demasiado lejos

 Excuse me, can you help me? How do I get to Central Park?  Go straight ahead. Then to the left. After that, take the first right.  Wait a minute, please; I don't speak English very well. Can you speak more slowly?  Central Park is pretty far; maybe you should take a taxi.  That's a good idea, thanks.

Activity 1.

Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.

2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Can you help me, please? I want to go to the airport? 2. Excuse me; is there a hospital near here? 3. Sir, can you tell me the way to the zoo? 4. Excuse me, how can I go to the stadium? 5. Can you tell me how to get to the nearest toilet, please? 6. Can I ask you how to get to the nearest bus stop please? 7. Sorry but I don’t speak English very well can you please speak a little bit more slowly 8. I don’t understand you can you speak a little lauder please’ 9. How can I get to the department store in central park? 10. Take the third left and go for about half a mile. 11. Excuse me, I’m new here. Is there a bank on the corner of Bradley Boulevard? 12. Can you tell me where the bakery is? 13. I’m sorry to interrupt you…but I was wondering how do I get to St. Paul’s Hospital from here?

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Dialogue 14 Listen to this conversation

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

 Excuse me; may I use your phone?  Of course, go right ahead. It's on the table over there.  Thanks. Do you know the area code for Boston?  I think it's 607. No, wait, it's 617.  Thanks a lot.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

To use Right On the table To know Code Area code Area To think

utilizar / usar derecho(a) en la mesa saber / conocer codigo codigo de area area penar / creer

Activity

1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2. Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish. 3. Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand 4. Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea. Example sentences

1. May I have a glass of water? 2. I may work this weekend 3. Sure. it is on the big table over there next to the computer. 4. May I speak with the principal here please? 5. You may use the bathroom it is in front of the library. 6. Do you know her phone number? 7. Do you know what her cell number is? 8. I think it is 3112346575. 9. No, I don’t know her cell number but you may call her brother, I know his cell phone number. 10. May you please go to the supermarket with me I need to buy a lot of things and I need some help with them. 11. I do not think the clowns are funny. Being a lion tamer is much more difficult than being a clown. Being a lion tamer is also much more important than being a clown. People don’t come to the circus to watch the clowns. They can see clowns on television. People come to the circus to see the lion tamer.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

Dialogue 15 Listen to this conversation  Susan, did anyone call this morning?  Yes, Mr. Ramirez called.  Mr. Ramirez? Uh, we have a meeting tomorrow. Did he leave a message?  No, there was no message, but I have his phone number.  Great, I’ll call him right back.

1. To call llamar 2. This morning esta mañana 3. We nosotros(as) 4. Meeting reunion 5. To leave a message dejar un mensaje 6. There was había 7. There was no no había 8. There wasn’t no había 9. Phone number número de teléfono 10. To Call back devolver la llamada 11. I’ll call him right back de una le devolveré la llamada/ lo llamare de vuelta

Activity 1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences 1. . The Vikings sailed the seas, attacked towns and stole treasures all over Europe between the years 800 and 1100. They started from Scandinavia and attacked many countries in Europe. 2. They also crossed the Atlantic Ocean and arrived in Iceland and Greenland. 3. The Vikings liked swords so much they often decorated themselves with gold and gave them names. 4. Women cooked food and made clothes, shoes and jewelry for them, their children and their husbands. 5. Last Summer I went to Nice. It's a great place to have a holiday. People are very friendly and hospitable. Especially, the port of Nice is a fantastic place to visit.

6. On the first day, we went to a restaurant with a terrace. It had a wonderful view of the sea. Also the dishes were absolutely delicious. On the second day, we went to two museums. First we went to an art museum. There weren't many pictures, but there were many contemporary art productions. I didn't like them a lot. Second we went to a very unusual museum of bric-à-brac. There was a lot of old bric-à-brac from different places of the World. It was really interesting to see. After visiting the museums, we returned to our hotel room as we were really tired. At last, we spent a whole day at the great beaches of Nice. We swam, sunbathed and had great time on the beach of Nice. It was a short but very entertaining and relaxing holiday. I definitely want to go to Nice again.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Dialogue 16 Listen to this conversation:

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

 Hello, this is Annie Johnson. I’m sorry I can't go to the phone now; please leave a message after the beep.  Hi Annie, this is Felipe Lopez. It's Wednesday afternoon, about three o'clock, I’d like to discuss our meeting next week. Please call me back, my number is (860 243).Eight-six-0-two-four-threethreeThanks.

Beep

tono / sonido

After

despues

Wednesday

miercoles

About

por ahi / eso de / sobre

Next week

la próxima semana

860243

los números de teléfono se mencionan uno a uno /8/ /6/ /0/ /2/ /4/ /3/

Activity 1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Voice massages : hello this ___I’ve been calling you for over an hour. I needed to tell you about our project and I sent it to you a while ago I’d like you to check it out and send me feedback about. 2. _____ ___ ___ here what’s the matter? You haven’t showed up at the school over the last three days is you sick or something? Please call me back as soon as possible. I am so worried about it. 3. This is ______ I can’t answer your call now could you please leave a massage.

4. 4. Mr. ______ this is ______ I’d like we to meet as soon as possible to discuss the issues of the next company congress. You know there will be a lot of people from all around the world and I think the place the congress will be held is not enough for it. Thanks a lot 5. This is ____ I am so busy now. Please leave a massage I will call you back as soon as possible. 6. Over 150 years ago, in the middle of the nineteenth century, the Austrian Monk Gregor Mendel provided us with the first scientific explanation for why children look like their parents. By experimenting with different strains of peas in his garden, he happened to discover the laws of heredity. 7. Freire believed that the challenge of transforming schools should be directed at overcoming

socioeconomic injustice linked to the political and economic structures of society.”

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla DIALOGUE 17

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

Listen to this conversation  Susan, can you do something for me?  Yes, what is it?  Can you make a reservation of the Parker House? Tomorrow our Mexican client, Mr. Torres, will be here for a meeting. It will be a long meeting, and I’d like to have dinner with him after that.  At what time?  Seven o'clock.  Of course. I’ll call right now

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Make hacer Reservation reservacion Client cliente It Will be sera After despues

Activity 1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Hello, Lamiah Restaurant. How may I help you?.. Yes, I'd like to reserve a table for Wednesday at 8:00… I have reserved a table for 2 seats this Wednesday at 8:00pm. Is there anything else? 2. Waitress: On that date, it appears that all our royal tables are full. However there is one remaining one left. May I know what time will you be here with us? 3. Customer: We stay there 6:00 PM. And by the way, could you also please make a note, that we will be celebrating my daughter's birthday on this date. Will it be possible to make a special disguise for Mickey Mouse and the entire Disney cast to sing her happy birthday? 4. When a couple or a party wants to enjoy a special occasion such as an anniversary, holiday or other celebratory event, they want to make sure they can get a table without waiting too long. 5. Susan, can you do something for me? 6. Can you make a reservation of the Parker House? Tomorrow our Mexican client, Mr. Torres, will be here for a meeting. It will be a long meeting, and I’d like to have dinner with him after that

7. You probably worry about how much time you or your children waste playing computer games. But in fact some studies show that these games can help us learn important skills. 8. Steve Smith from Devon in the UK met Carmen Ruiz-Perez from Spain 17 years ago when they were both in their 20s.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

Dialogue 18 Listen to this conversation  Sorry to bother you meanwhile.  That's all right, how can I help you?  A few people from the office are coming to our place this Saturday evening. Can you come too?  I’m sorry. I'd like to, but I can't. I won't be here on Saturday. A friend of mine has invited me to visit him in Boston this weekend.  That's too bad. Maybe some other time!

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Bother molestar / incomodar Meanwhile mientras tanto / un ratito Help ayudar / servir Can poder Can’t= cannot no poder Come venir Won’t=will not No. (expresión para negar eventos que sucederán en el tiempo venidero)

8. Invite invitar 9. Has /have tener / haber 10. Other otro / otra 11. From de / desde 12. A few unos cuantos / unos pocos

Activity 5. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 6.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

7.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

8.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. I’m sorry but, can you come with me to my office. I want to share with you some important information. It is about our project here in this city and I would like to know your point of view about it. 2. Today a few people from the United States are coming to visit in our place and as you know your English is pretty good I would like you to stay with us for a couple of hours. 3. I am sorry I’d like to but I cannot I need to finish this important report for our boss and she needed it yesterday and I haven’t finished it yet. 4. Sorry for bothering you but a friend of mine is coming to visit me today. he is arriving at ten and I would like to take him to my house from the airport so I need you to take any message if someone calls. 5. I would like to invite you to my place a few people from Currulao are coming to visit today and I want you to practice your Spanish with them. 6. I can’t go with you a friend of mine is visiting us and I don’t want she to gets boring at home alone. I want to take her for a trip around the city 7. Can you help me there is an English information on my computer and my English is not very good can you translate it for me?.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Dialogue 19 Listen

       

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

Manuela, your niece is coming soon, isn't she? Yes, she is arriving on Saturday. I don't remember, why is she coming to the US? She wants to visit some colleges. She'd like to study English here. Oh, really? Yes, and she wants to travel too. From here she'll go to Boston, and then, maybe to Canada, Montreal

1. 2. 3. 4.

Niece Remember College Travel 5. She’ll=she will

sobrina recordar Universidad viajar expresión que indica una acción futura (que ella realizara)

Will expresión para hablar de eventos futuros 7. Go ir 8. She’ll go irá / ella irá 6.

Activity 1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. My niece will go to Boston next moth but she doesn’t know where she is going to stay because my brother is going to New York and he is going to stay there for about two months or so. 2. I’m writing about the plans for your visit this weekend. We’ve planned lots of activities but it all depends on the weather. We may go up to the mountains to show you some of the local area, so bring your walking shoes, we cannot go there if it rains, but it probably won’t rain. We’ve had some really good weather recently so it will probably be really sunny. But you never know in the UK, do you? Maybe I’m not going to work on Friday when you arrive. I don’t really know yet. But I’ll see you in the evening, in any case. And Jill will definitely meet you at the train station 3. The council is planning to use this area for urban development. They are going to build a large number of new houses as well as other facilities, such as schools and a shopping centre. They are also going to create more roads and provide public transport to the area. They will allow a few companies to build facilities near the new development. 4. The council is going to create a large park for people to enjoy. They plan to clean up the area and provide facilities such as picnic tables, barbecues and a playground for children. They are going to build several new roads to the park, but they won’t allow the construction of houses, schools or shops in the green area. 5. The council is planning to sell the green area to private developers. The developers want to build a small number of large, expensive houses. They are going to build new streets and a small park. The park will be exclusively for residents. The council is going to provide a bus service to the area for people who work in the houses.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Dialogue 20 Listen to this conversation

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

 Hi Carlos, come in and sit down. Carlos, this is my nephew, Tom. Tom, this is a colleague of mine, Carlos Martinez.  Pleased to meet you, Tom.  Pleased to meet you, Mr. Martinez.  Carlos, we were just talking about Mexico.  You were talking about Mexico? Why?  Tom just graduated from college, and he'd like to go to Mexico.  He'd like to teach English there.

1. Nephew sobrino 2. Just exactamente / justo / expresión de énfasis 3. About de / sobre / relacionado con/ por ahí 4. Graduate graduarse 5. Teach enseñar / educar / orientar un tema educativo

Activity 1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. We've just started," Joe answered. "We'll know more when we get back tonight. Come on over tomorrow and we'll talk. 2. The museum is open late tonight," said the curator. "I suggest that you bring your curios around about nine o'clock, after closing time. There won't be anybody in the building and I'll have a chance to look at them. 3. "What's going on here?" he demanded. "This room is private. You're not allowed 4. There are a lot of important things to be found… How about the four of us going on a trip together? 5. When Mr. Hardy came home a little later, his family told him about the threatening telephone call. The boys, however, did not mention the arrow warning in the presence of their mother and Aunt Gertrude. They knew it would only add to their concern. 6. I think Joe and I should go back tonight to the place where we had the picnic," Frank told his father. "In the darkness we'll have a better chance to sleuth without being seen. And there might be some clue we missed this afternoon." 7. Social networking sites appeared just before the beginning of the century and took the internet, and the world by storm, just a few decades ago, and people wrote letter or called each other regularly to keep in touch. Then e-mail came, and today social networking sites allow users to communicate instantly with friends and family.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Dialogue 21 Listen to this conversation

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

 Mary, how was your trip to Philadelphia?  It went pretty well, and the meeting with our new clients was very worthwhile.  That's good. Did you have time to see the city?

 Not much, next time I'd like to stay longer.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Trip viaje Meeting reunion Client cliente Worthwhile valer la pena See ver Longer mas tiempo

Activity 1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. "You may well be surprised at my coming back in this way and at this hour. I hardly know you. I was never in your rooms before tonight. But I looked for you at school, and you said you remembered me. Of course that's no excuse; but will you listen to me--for two minutes?"

2. "Because you'll probably show me the door," I cried bitterly; "and you will be justified in doing it! But it's no use beating about the bush. You know I dropped over two hundred just now?"

3. How was your trip to Bogota? 4. My trip was very good I visited a lot of places in the city and I want to other cities nearby. 5. I didn’t have time to see the city. I had meeting during the day and I had to work on reports during the night it was a very hard time but worthwhile

6. I would like to go back again but if I can stay there a little bit longer. 7. I heard the doorbell ring just a minute ago. I guess Aunt Gertrude wouldn't let him in." They watched the stranger who strode down the walk. The man seemed greatly agitated. When he reached the pavement he hesitated, looked back at the house, snapped his fingers, stamped his feet, and then suddenly turned down High Street toward the river. He had gone no more than a few paces, however, before he turned back and passed the gate once more. He was an elderly man, plump and very well dressed, with a flushed, cleaned heaven face.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Dialogue 22 Listen to this conversation.

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

 Hi Jorge, I'm sorry I'm late.  That's ok, come in and sit down.  Thanks, there was a lot of traffic today, especially in the highway.  Oh really? Most Sundays it's not too bad.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Sit down There was Traffic Specially Highway Most

siéntese hubo / había trafico especialmente carretera / autopista mayor parte / mayoría

Activity 1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences 1. Just then the boys heard the crash of glass and immediately clicked off their flashlights. Someone had broken a windowpane, and at this moment was no doubt reaching inside for the lock. Any minute one or more men might mount the stairs and enter the study! 2. For the first time the boys noticed a small safe standing against the wall opposite them. Frank and Joe were fearful the men would detect their hiding place, but the attention of the burglars was focused on the safe. In a moment they squatted and the boys got a good glimpse of their faces. Both were swarthy and hard-looking. 3. Ten minutes later Frank and Joe were asleep and did not waken until ten o'clock. At once Frank got up and opened a wooden chest of sports equipment under which he had hidden the box containing Mr. Wright's invention. It was still there. 4. While they were having breakfast, Frank came up with the idea of a unique hiding place for the invention. "Let's put it in the well under the spare tyre in the boot of our car," he said 5. Mrs. Hardy remarked that since the boys would be away, she would spend the night with a friend. "Your aunt plans to visit Cousin Helen in Gresham, anyhow:" 6. "Well . . . we don't think of them as crates. When properly rebuilt, most antique planes are as safe and reliable as the day they were originally made. I own one myself. It's outside on the ramp. Would you like to see it?" 7. Mr. Weber led the boys to the airport ramp. A short distance ahead stood an orange-and-white biplane. The boys peered into the two open cockpits. 8. The pilot smiled. "Compared to modern planes, mine doesn't have many instruments. But since we fly the antiques only for fun, we don't need elaborate equipment, such as that required for allweather operations.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Dialogue 23 Listen to this conversation.

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

 Jorge, are you really leaving next week?  Yes, I am. Our project here is finished, and we have a new project in Montreal.  I'm leaving for Montreal on Saturday.  You're going to Montreal? I didn't know that.  I know, they told me just a few days ago.  Do you speak French?  Only a little, but my English is much better.

1. Week semana 2. Finish terminar 3. our project here is finished nuestro proyecto aqui ha terminado 4. project proyecto 5. I didn’t know that no lo sabia 6. They told me me digeron 7. Tow days ago hace dos dias 8. French Francés (persona de Francia) idioma Francés 9. much better mucho mejor 10. better mejor

Activity 1.

Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.

2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Jack the Ripper is one of the most infamous killers in history. He was one of the first examples of a serial killer. A serial killer is someone who murders more than three victims, one at a time, and in a short space of time. 2. The identity of Jack the Ripper was never discovered. He murdered five - or possibly six women in the East End of London in 1888. Why he did it is still a mystery. The case has inspired many films, books and TV shows. Please be warned, this article is not pleasant reading 3. In London in 1888, between August and November, there were five brutal murders. All of them happened in the very poor Whitechapel area of London. All the victims were prostitutes. All of the women, apart from Elizabeth Stride, were horribly mutilated. It was this mutilation that caused people to call the killer 'Jack the Ripper'. 4. The first murder took place on 31 August. Her name was Mary Ann Nicholls. At about 11pm on 30 August, she was seen walking on Whitechapel Road. She was next seen at 12.30am, leaving a pub on Brick Lane, in Spitalfields. Mary’s body was found at about 3.40am, on the ground very close to the London Hospital. Her throat had been cut and there were horrible injuries to her abdomen. 5. The police believe that Martha Tabram, who was stabbed to death on 6 August 1888, was the first victim. Martha Tabram had been stabbed 39 times. People thought it was Jack the Ripper for four reasons. First, the murder was extremely violent. Secondly, there was no motive. Thirdly, she was murdered close to Whitechapel. Finally, the date of her murder was very close to the other killings.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

Dialogue 24 Listen to this conversation

1. Will

 Hi Julia, how are you?  Fine thanks. and you?  Not bad. Ann will be here in just a minute.  Come in and sit down.  Thank you. What beautiful flowers.  They're from our garden. Can I get you something to drink? Some coffee or tea? A Coke?  No thanks, I'm fine

expresion para indicar eventos que sucederan en tiempo venidero

2. Just a minute un minuto 3. Come in

entre

4. What beautiful flowers que flores tan lindas(hermosas) 5. Garden 6.

jardin

Can I get you something to drink?

Puedo traerle algo de beber

Activity Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 1.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

2.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

3.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. It may seem incredible but there are still people who have never had any contact with modern civilization. Who are they? Where do they live? How many of them are there? How do we know? Uncontacted peoples are also known as isolated people or lost tribes. They are communities who live, or have lived, in isolation without contact with globalized civilization. Few people are still totally uncontacted by global civilization, however some remain. 2. Indigenous rights activists say that uncontacted peoples should be left in peace. They say that contact will interfere with their right to decide their own futures. Most uncontacted communities are located in the forests of South America and New Guinea. We know they exist because they have been seen from planes and other contacted tribes have met them. 3. There are more than 100 groups of uncontacted peoples worldwide, however we don’t know the exact numbers. There could be almost 70 isolated tribes in the Brazilian rainforest and another 15 uncontacted tribes in Peru. The Javari Valley, on the border of Brazil and Peru, is home to seven contacted peoples and about seven uncontacted Indian groups 4. One of the most isolated people in the world are the Sentinelese, who live on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean. The Sentinelese have strongly resisted contact by outsiders. The Sentinelese are a hunter-gatherer society, who live by hunting, fishing, and collecting wild plants. There is no evidence that they farm or use fire. 5. Anthropologists believe that the Sentinelese are directly descended from the first human populations to leave Africa. They have probably lived in the Andaman Islands for up to 55,000 years. Their language is different even from other Andaman islanders and this suggests that they have had little contact with other people for thousands of years. However, this does not mean that they live just as they did 55,000 years ago. There will have been changes in their society, just as in the rest of the world.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Dialogue 25 Listen to this conversation

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

 Ramon, what do you do in your spare time? Do you play any sports?

1. Spare time

tiempo libre

2. Sport

deporte

 No, I don't. I'm not very good at sports.

3. I’m not very good at sports

 You don't play tennis? That's too bad. I really like tennis, and there are some nice courts nearby.

4. There are

hay

5. Nearby

cerca

6. Pretty well

muy bien

7. Some time

algun dia / alguna vez

 One of my colleagues plays pretty well, I think. Maybe you can play tennis with him some time.

no soy muy bueno en los deportes

Activity 1.

Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.

2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences 1. We all like to look good; however a growing number of people are now having cosmetic surgery in order to improve their physical appearance. Although some people need reconstructive surgery after illness or accidents, many people are now choosing to have an operation solely for cosmetic reasons. 2. Nose reshaping surgery, also known as rhinoplasty or a 'nose job', is one of the most common cosmetic surgery procedures across the world. The majority of people who have a nose job do it for cosmetic reasons (to look good). However, other people request it to fix breathing problems and to help alleviate snoring. 3. Rhinoplasty was first developed in ancient India, by the physician Sushruta. The surgeon and his medical students developed plastic surgical techniques for rebuilding noses and earlobes. These had been amputated for religious, criminal, or military punishment. Nowadays, most ‘nose jobs’ involve making the nose smaller or slimmer. Many patients want their surgeon to remove unwanted lumps or bumps. 4. A lot of people want to lose weight. Achieving the look they want needs healthy eating and regular exercise. However, even after exercising and eating well, some people have areas of fat around their bodies. Liposuction surgery, also known as fat removal surgery, is designed to help remove these areas of fat and reshape particular areas of the body. 5. The usual areas of the body that can be treated with liposuction surgery include: arms, thighs, stomach, hips, buttocks, knees and the chin. However, liposuction surgery can be done to any area of the body. Liposuction is often used at the same time as other cosmetic surgery procedures such as the tummy tuck, breast reduction and male chest reduction. 6. Another well-known cosmetic procedure is the ‘face lift’. Signs of ageing such as lines, wrinkles, loose skin, crow’s feet and brown spots are part of getting older. Many people try to reverse these signs of aging with the help of face lift surgery.

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Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Dialogue 26

Listen to this conversation

 Well Ann, what are your children doing now?  My daughter has a job as a computer programmer. She lives in San Francisco. And my son is in college, at Boston University.

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue. 1. Doing haciendo 2. What are your children doing now? ahora, que hacen Tus hijos?

3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

 What's he studying?  History, he'd like to be a history teacher.  Really? I didn't know that.

Programmer College Studying History Wanted To be a teacher

programadora Universidad estudiando historia querido / deseado ser professor

 Oh yes, he’s always wanted to be a teacher. Activity 1.

Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.

2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. What are you going to give your wife for her birthday? 2. Eric and Susan are very good friends. They grew up together, they went to high school together, and they went to college together. Now Eric lives in California, and Susan lives in New Jersey. Even though they live far apart, they're still very good friends.

3. They write to each other very often. He writes her letters about life on the east coast. They never forget each other's birthday. Last year he lent her money when she was in the hospital and she gave him advice when he lost his job. Eric and Susan like each other very much. They were always very good friends and they still are. 4. Carlos and Maria are our very good friends. For many years we went to church together, we took vacations together and our children played together. Now Carlos and Maria live in Florida, and we still live in Wisconsin even though we live far apart we're still very good friends. 5. We communicate with each other very often on internet. We send them messages about life up North. And they send us messages about life down south. We never forget each other's anniversaries. Last year we sent them Wisconsin cheese. And they sent us Florida oranges we also help each other very often last year we leant them money when they bought a new van, and they gave us advice when we sold our house and moved into a condominium we like each other very much we were always good friends and we still are.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

Dialogue 27

Listen to this conversation:  Good afternoon, my name is Julia Vega. I reserved a room for two nights.  Oh yes, Mrs. Vega. You have room 278. It will be ready in just a few minutes.  Fine, where can I park my car?  We have a parking garage. If you'd like, you can leave your luggage here and go to park your car. The room will be ready when you come back.  Here's your key card.  Ok, thank you.

1. 2. 3. 4.

Reserve reservar Night noche Ready listo(a) Park parquet / parquear / estacionar 5. Parking garage garaje 6. Come back regresar 7. Key llave

Activity 1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. He had no public employment; he had never been entered at any of the Inns of Court, either at the Temple, or Lincoln’s Inn, or Gray’s Inn; nor had his voice ever resounded in the Court of Chancery, or in the Exchequer, or the Queen’s Bench, or the Ecclesiastical Courts. He certainly was not a manufacturer; nor was he a merchant or a gentleman farmer. His name was strange to the scientific and learned societies, and he never was known to take part in the sage deliberations of the Royal Institution or the London Institution, the Artisan’s Association, or the Institution of Arts and Sciences. He belonged, in fact, to none of the numerous societies which swarm in the English capital, from the Harmonic to that of the Entomologists, founded mainly for the purpose of abolishing pernicious insects. Phileas Fogg was a member of the Reform, and that was all. 2. ‘We are going round the world.’ Passepartout opened wide his eyes, raised his eyebrows, held up his hands, and seemed about to collapse, so overcome was he with stupefied astonishment. ‘Round the world!’ he murmured. ‘In eighty days,’ responded Mr. Fogg. ‘So we haven’t a moment to lose.’ 3. Hong Kong is an island which came into the possession of the English by the Treaty of Nankin, after the war of 1842; and the colonizing genius of the English has created upon it an important city and an excellent port. The island is situated at the mouth of the Canton River, and is separated by about sixty miles from the Portuguese town of Macao, on the opposite coast. Hong Kong has beaten Macao in the struggle for the Chinese trade, and now the greater part of the transportation of Chinese goods finds its depot at the former place. Docks, hospitals, wharves, a Gothic cathedral, a government house, macadamized streets, give to Hong Kong the appearance of a town in Kent or Surrey transferred by some strange magic to the antipodes.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

Dialogue 28

     

Listen to this conversation: Ann, do you know where I can open a checking account? You can go to my bank, it's US Trust. There's one just around the corner, in Harvard Square. How late are they open? Most days they close at 4, but in Thursdays, they open till 6 o'clock. Then maybe I can go after work today. I think you'll need some identification. Maybe you should take your passport with you.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Open Checking account Bank Just around the corner

Until After Identification Passport Take

abrir cuenta corriente banco a la vuelta hasta despues identificacion pasaporte tomar /llevar

Activity 1. Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can. 2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences 1. The development and widespread use of computer technology and the internet have transformed how we communicate, how business is conducted, how information is dispersed, and how society is organized. Prior to approximately 1980, in-depth information about any one subject matter was attained through laborious research involving countless visits to libraries and via repeated interviews with persons of known reputation and reputable expertise. Now, a great deal of information is available at the click of a mouse button, all attainable from within the confines of one’s own home or from the use of a computer in an office. Previous labor-intensive support jobs, such as loading and unpacking of trucks, luggage handling at airports, and food manufacturing, once performed by a large middle-class workforce, are now performed routinely by robots which are monitored by computer-controlled systems. 2. Our lives have been simplified by the advent of computer and internet technologies, but likewise these benefits which have been ushered in by the technology revolution have had an averse affect on the core of our interpersonal-relationships. Mere communication is no longer via postal mail or face-to-face contact, but rather via electronic email, personal internet message boards, and by virtue of hand-held personal electronic assistants. Although computer technology has brought us to within a mouse-click of any sought-after piece of information, this technology boom has sequestered us to the confines of our computer desks and homes and has removed us away from those traditional settings were personal and communication skills are developed.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Dialogue 29

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

Listen to this conversation: Seen

visto

 Sorry to bother you Nancy, have you seen my notes? Did I leave them in your office?

Notes

apuntes

 I'm sorry, what did you say?

Leave

dejar

 My notes. My notes from the conference. Have you seen them? Did I leave them here?

Say

decir

Conference

conferencia

 Yes, here they are.

Here they are

aqui estan

 Great, thanks. Activity 1.

Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.

2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Modernity spread from Europe across the world. Its roots were in the Renaissance and its development can be charted through the centuries the emergence of capitalist economies, colonial expansion, protestant non-conformism in northern Europe, territorial wars, the Enlightenment and the industrial and urban age of the 19th century. Languages in Europe during this period became ‘modern’: codified, standardized, languages which symbolized and helped unify national identity often at the cost of other language varieties spoken within national borders. The rise of modern languages brought with it modern concepts of the ‘native speaker’ and its counterpart: the notion of a ‘foreign language’. Before the 18th century there was no concept of ‘foreign language’ as we know it today. THE END OF MODERNITY 2. Many of the extraordinary and rapid changes we have seen recently in the world can be understood as the old order, as represented by modernity, being swept away by a new one – as equally powerful as modernity was. The structures, attitudes and needs of modernity have been undermined by globalization, new technologies (especially those related to communication), and the changing demographic shape of the world. This book shows how these developments have come to a head in the last few years – in many cases since the start of the 21st century. It, of course, is in the nature of things that precursors can always be found. Major trends now were minor trends at some earlier stage, though their importance may not have been recognized. Some argue, for example, that globalization started in the 15th century with the development of capitalist economies, nation states and national languages. By the 19th century, scholars were well aware of the potential impact of new technologies, such as the electric telegraph, on social, political and economic life. Some analysts prefer to talk about ‘late modernity’ rather than ‘postmodernity’ emphasizing the continuity with the past rather than the novelty of the present.

Paul Pimsleur Autor. Recopilación y adaptación Eladio Vergara Padilla Dialogue 30

Vocabulary: clue words for understanding the dialogue.

Listen to this conversation:

 Well Nancy, is everything ready for our meeting?  Yes, It is. Oh, a woman called about half an hour ago. She said her name is Ana, and she'd like you to call her back.

1. Everything 2. Call 3. Sister

todo llamar hermana

 That's my sister; her daughter is coming to visit next month.  Oh really?

1.

Activity Listen to the dialogue or read it until you learn it and you are able to say it as natural as you can.

2.

Read the sentences given as examples directly in English without rewriting them in Spanish.

3.

Use a dictionary if there is any word that you don’t understand

4.

Create some more sentences using the examples as a model, you can change some word in the example sentence but your new sentence has to express a complete and clear idea.

Example sentences

1. Everything is ready for our meeting today but someone call a few minutes ago she said if is possible to you to call her back immediately her name is Rosa Rodriguez and she is from Mexico. 2. My sister just graduated from college and she is going to work for a big company in Bogota. 3. My brother is coming to visit us today he is going to spend a week here. 4. A woman called a while ago and she said she needed to talk to you as soon as possible her name is Carmen Gutierrez. 5. My sister lives in Colombia but her daughter lives in Chicago and she is coming to visit this week. 6. I’d like you to call me back as soon as you listen to this message we need to talk about our meeting today. 7. A fifteen-year-old boy was injured in a car accident when the minivan he was traveling in was hit by a pickup truck at an intersection. The boy was taken to a nearby hospital. The paramedics said that it appeared that the boy had nothing more serious than a broken left leg, but that internal injuries were always a possibility. The boy was conscious and alert. His mother, who was driving, wasn’t uninjured. She said that the truck appeared out of nowhere, and she thought she was going to die. She turned the steering wheel sharply to the left, and the truck hit her minivan on the passenger side. 8. My deer student if you had the opportunity o finish this level then let me tell you that now you can understand, speak, read and write a lot of English but this is not the en d you still have to continue studying in order to learn a little bit more and get better every day. Congratulations