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Making Breakfast - LINC 1.27

Published on Sunday, August 26, 2012 in , , , , , ,

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like   ·  have to   ·  Why don't you   ·  will taste   ·  I'll start   ·  Should   ·  some   ·  How about   ·  some   ·  any   ·  almost   ·  Would you like   ·  should   ·  should   ·  some   ·  Would   ·  haven't had   ·  I'll just put   ·  the one   ·  some  
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RICO: Is the coffee ready?
LINDA: Uh-huh.
RICO: Okay. Where's the cream?
LINDA: We ran out of cream. You'll use milk.
RICO: Okay, milk-here it is.
LINDA: some cereal?
RICO: No, I'm sick of cereal. I'm really hungry this morning. How about eggs?
LINDA: Mmmm-sounds great. Can you get them out of the fridge?
RICO: Okay. Should I use olive oil?
LINDA: No. Use butter. It better.
RICO: you like your eggs fried or scrambled?
LINDA: How about an omelet?
RICO: That's a good idea! I an omelet for a long time. Would you a cheese omelet?
LINDA: a Mexican omelet. With salsa and cream cheese?
RICO: Good idea! Here's the salsa. Where's the cream cheese?
LINDA: It be in there.
RICO: Oh. Here it is. One cream cheese coming up.
LINDA: Are you ready for coffee now?
RICO: Yes, please. Cup of coffee would be great. Where's the sugar?
LINDA: Oh. Here it is.
RICO: Thanks. Do we have whole wheat bread? That would be nice toasted.
LINDA: I already got it out for you.
RICO: And jam?
LINDA: Did you like the kind we had yesterday?
RICO: Black current?
LINDA: That's .
RICO: Okay. Now how many eggs I put in? Four?
LINDA: Add an extra egg. Make it five.
RICO: Okay.
LINDA: Would you like orange juice?
RICO: Ah, yes please. Just put these eggs back in the fridge.
LINDA: I start the toast?
RICO: Ah, no. set the dishes out? And I'll make the toast.
LINDA: Okay. Here are the plates, forks, and knives. Shall I set out the salt and
pepper?
RICO: I don't think so. This will be done to perfection!
LINDA: Great. Well, the plates and the cutlery on the table.
RICO: Okay. And the omelet. Ooops!
LINDA: Anything wrong?
RICO: Ah-I think I'll need an extra egg.
This exercise has been made using a free generator and script at Random Idea English
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A Hiking Trip - Directions - LINC 1.28

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see   ·  comes   ·  don't take   ·  should be   ·  wants   ·  we're going   ·  look   ·  spent   ·  eh   ·  want   ·  love   ·  going   ·  have to   ·  turn   ·  get  
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JOANNE: Nice day, ?
YUK: It's great. I it.
JOANNE: It a great hike. Stavros all Friday planning it out.
YUK: Oh, really? So, where are we ?
JOANNE: I think to the Sasquatch Meadows. But he to keep it a
surprise.
YUK: Oh, okay.
JOANNE: Here he .
STAVROS: So, guys-any idea where you to go today?
JOANNE: Not a clue. You?
YUK: No idea. I guess we'll figure something out.
STAVROS: Should we at the map?
YUK: Sure. Sounds good.
STAVROS: Well! How about Sasquatch Meadows?
JOANNE: Sasquatch Meadows? Sounds great!
YUK: Yeah. That'd be nice. How do we there?
STAVROS: Well, let's see. We'll start by going north, along the Fern Trail for about one kilometre. Then we should another trail crossing this one. That's the Heather Trail.
YUK: Do we there?
STAVROS: No, no. We the Heather Trail. We go for another two kilometres until we see a large rock on the left. We'll turn left there and take that trail.
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A Hiking Trip - Distance - LINC 1.29

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let's   one   per   take   goes   makes   to go   could be   looks like   how about   to take   been waiting   is   can stop   been   are  
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STAVROS: Hi, Yuk. Have you long?
YUK: No. A few minutes.
JOANNE: Nice hat!
STAVROS: Great day for it, isn't it?
YUK: Yeah!!
STAVROS: So ah-well, which trail do you want ?
JOANNE: How about this ?
STAVROS: What, the Loon Lake Trail?
JOANNE: Sure.
YUK: How long does it to hike that trail?
JOANNE: Oh, I think about an hour and a half.
STAVROS: you sure about that?
JOANNE: Well, it's about five kilometres.
STAVROS: Well, five kilometres. And our average walking speed about ....
YUK: Three kilometres hour.
STAVROS: That it 1.66 hours.
JOANNE: Which is about an hour and a half, right?
STAVROS: One hour and forty minutes to be precise.
JOANNE: Okay. An hour and forty minutes.You know, I've there before. It's a really nice trail. Loon Lake
is lovely.
YUK: Are you sure you want there again?
JOANNE: Well, maybe not. try something new.
STAVROS: Something new?
YUK: this trail? It leads to a lake, too.
JOANNE: Yeah, but it's kind of short. It would probably only take us about half an
hour.
STAVROS: Hmmm, well how about this one? It along Heron Creek. And we
at the waterfall.
JOANNE: Hmmm, 5.8 kilometres. That a nice hike.
STAVROS: Well, we there in two hours, give or take five minutes.
This exercise has been made using a free generator and script at Random Idea English
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Airport Welcome - LINC 1.30

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could go   ·  is   ·  to go   ·  close   ·  to get   ·  waiting   ·  could go   ·  can go shopping   ·  to buy   ·  is   ·  to see   ·  was delayed   ·  sounds   ·  are   ·  can relax   ·  go shopping   ·  to do   ·  thought   ·  haven't been   ·  suggest   ·  missed   ·  really   ·  like  
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CARMEN: Hi.
MANUEL: Hi. Sorry, the flight from Vancouver.
CARMEN: Thanks. That's OK. I don't mind . It's good to see you.
MANUEL: Yeah. It's good you.
CARMEN: I missed you.
MANUEL: I you too.
CARMEN: So how things?
MANUEL: You know how it -work, work, work.
CARMEN: Well, you're on vacation now. So you .
MANUEL: Yeah. So what's the plan?
CARMEN: Well, I we would take you back to my place. And then we could see.
MANUEL: Okay. First I need a couple of things. What time do the
stores close?
CARMEN: Tonight they at nine o'clock.
MANUEL: Okay. We'll later. First, I'd like something to eat. I'm really hungry!
CARMEN: Where would you like ?
MANUEL: I don't know. What do you ?
CARMEN: We to the new Vietnamese restaurant.
MANUEL: Great! I Vietnamese food.
CARMEN: Good. The restaurant right next to the shopping centre.
MANUEL: Okay. So, after we eat, we . And then?
CARMEN: Then? We to a movie?
MANUEL: Sure. I to a movie in a couple of months.
CARMEN: Great. What would you like after the movie?
MANUEL: Maybe cappuccino!
CARMEN: And kisses?
MANUEL: Cappuccino and kisses, delicious! Come on!
This exercise has been made using a free generator and script at Random Idea English
Video courtesy TRU University - Open Learning Division
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A Shopping List - LINC 1.31

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mine   ·  any   ·  a carton of   ·  any   ·  some   ·  Whose   ·  a couple of   ·  any   ·  a little   ·  any   ·  Lots of   ·  enough   ·  no   ·  any   ·  some   ·  a   ·  enough   ·  A kilo of   ·  some   ·  any   ·  some   ·  any   ·  a few   ·  some   ·  Lots of   ·  a few   ·  some  
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LINDA: So! turn is it to buy groceries?
RICO: This week? I guess it's .
LINDA: Oh, good. Do you know what we need?
RICO: No. But let's make a list.
LINDA: Okay. Let me see. We have cans of soup left, I think we need more.
RICO: Canned soup. Do we have crackers?
LINDA: Yeah! crackers. But, I don't think we have cheese.
RICO: Ah, yes, we, do. I bought yesterday.
LINDA: Okay. Do you think this is enough?
RICO: Oh, yes. I think that should be for a week, maybe two.
INDA: Okay. We'll need juice.
RICO: Right, juice.
LINDA: And, now. We have coffee. We only have tea bags left.
RICO: Okay, so we need tea. Do we have sugar?
LINDA: No. We need sugar. Get the cubed kind.
RICO: Cubed sugar.
LINDA: And salt.
RICO: salt. Oh! Do we have peanut butter?
LINDA: There's peanut butter left.
RICO: I think we should get more. So peanut butter. And jam?
LINDA: jam!
RICO: Good, I like my jam.
LINDA: What about dried fruit? Do we have ?
RICO: I don't think so.
LINDA: Can we get ?
RICO: Sure. I know you like your dried fruit for your little snack.
LINDA: Yes, I do.
RICO: Okay. What kind do you want?
LINDA: I would like some apricots or some peaches. But I don't want apples.
RICO: Apricots or peaches, but apples. Okay. Do we have raisins?
LINDA: I think we have .
LINDA: Oh, we just have left. Better put raisins on the list.
RICO: Fine. Raisins. Okay.
LINDA: And we'll need some eggs. And milk.
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Meeting a Neighbour - LINC 1.32

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lives   ·  came   ·  were   ·  have   ·  gets   ·  are   ·  am   ·  came   ·  is   ·  have   ·  lives   ·  move   ·  won   ·  moved   ·  I've lived   ·  doing   ·  was  
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MANSOUREH: That a good game.
MANUEL: I know, I know. I keep losing. I don't know what it is.
MANSOUREH: But you last time.
MANUEL: That's true!
MANSOUREH: Hey, Wendy!
WENDY: Hi, Mansoureh. How are you ?
MANSOUREH: Pretty good. Oh. Manuel, this my friend, Wendy. She just into our neighborhood. She in the house on Elm Street, by the school.
MANUEL: Oh. Well. Pleased to meet you.
WENDY: Same here.
MANSOUREH: Manuel in the apartment building around the corner.
WENDY: The one with the green door?
MANUEL. Yeah, that's the one. Did you just to the neighborhood?
WENDY: Yes, I did. I moved here a month ago. How about you?
MANUEL: Well, here about five years. I here from Prince George.
WENDY: I a cousin who lives in Prince George. It gets pretty cold in the winter.
MANUEL: Yeah, that's right. It's kind of a different cold than here though on the coast.
MANSOUREH: Yeah, the winter chill right into my bones.
MANUEL: Hmmm! So where you from?
WENDY: I from Italy. I mean, I to Canada with my parents when I was three years old. We moved to Port Alberni on the Island.
MANUEL: My parents came from Peru to Canada.
MANSOUREH: I didn't know that.
MANUEL: Yeah, I am first generation Canadian.
MANSOUREH: Well, I'm second generation Canadian. My grandparents came here
in the 1920's. And my parents both born back East, in Toronto.
WENDY: This is so neat. We so many different cultures and traditions here.
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Phoning Around for Repairs - LINC 1.33

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One moment please   ·  have reached   ·  Why don't you   ·  What's the matter   ·  I don't think   ·  There's   ·  Would you like   ·  Good idea   ·  Do you have   ·   had to fill   ·  Do you think   ·  Please hold   ·  Why don't we   ·  have to go  
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ESTER: Sorry about this. I the kettle from the bathroom tap.
PAUL: What's wrong?
ESTER: The kitchen tap is broken. I need some parts for it.
PAUL: Oh, that's inconvenient.
ESTER: It's okay. I just to the plumbing store on West Broadway. It's only about a fifteen minute walk.
PAUL: try Paul's Plumbing on east Fifth. It's only two blocks away.
ESTER: they will be open till five o'clock?
PAUL: give them a call?
ESTER: Good idea.
PAUL: Here they are “872-3766”.
ESTER: 872-3766.
VOICE: Hello.
ESTER: Hello. Is this Paul's Plumbing on West Fifth?
VOICE: No. This is Antonio's Bakery.
ESTER: Oh, I'm sorry. Wrong number.
PAUL: ?
ESTER: Oh, I dialed the wrong number.
ESTER: 872-3766.
RECORDED MESSAGE: The number you is not in service.
PAUL: Well, what now?
ESTER: It's not in service.
PAUL: Maybe they moved. Why don't you try 411-the directory assistance?
ESTER: Okay. .
OPERATOR: Be. Tel Directory. What city, please?
ESTER: Vancouver.
OPERATOR: Go ahead, please.
ESTER: a listing for Paul's Plumbing on West Fifth?
OPERATOR: . Sorry. There's no Paul's Plumbing on West Fifth. I am showing a Paul and John's Plumbing and Electrical in Surrey.
ESTER: No, that's it. It should be in Vancouver. Could there be a new listing?
OPERATOR: Yes. a new listing for Paul's Plumbing on Pine Street.
ESTER: Oh, that would be it.
OPERATOR: to try that?
ESTER: Sure. Thanks.
OPERATOR: for the new number.
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