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Reporting a Break-in - LINC 3.14
Published on Friday, July 20, 2012 in Community, LINC, LINC-3
Watch the video. Listen and repeat to improve your pronunciation. Complete the exercise below.
do our best • is broken • what they took • so quickly • call in • Breaking into • such a mess • to lock • must have broken in • was going to • may have taken • makes me • what to say • work stored • valuables taken • carefully • must have happened
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| ESTER: I don't believe this. Who would do a thing like this? |
| LLOYD: This is terrible. people's homes is the most disgusting thing. They left . |
| ESTER: I feel like I want to cry. |
| LLOYD: Did they take anything special? |
| ESTER: Yes! My grandmother's candlestick holders. I mean, what are they going to do with something like that? |
| LLOYD: They stole your computer from the bedroom, too. |
| ESTER: Did they take the TV, too? |
| LLOYD: Yes, they did. And the VCR. |
| ESTER: I don't know . |
| LLOYD: That's probably the police. I'll get it. Okay. |
| ESTER: Thanks. |
| OFFICER: Hello. I'm Officer Rankin. |
| ESTER: Hello. Thank you for coming . |
| OFFICER: No problem. Ester? |
| LLOYD: Yes, please have a seat. |
| OFFICER: Thank you. |
| LLOYD: This is very upsetting. They this afternoon. |
| OFFICER: Yes, it is upsetting. I understand. Ester, were you home during the day? |
| ESTER: No. I was at work. Ah, my shift is between 8:30 in the morning and five o'clock. |
| OFFICER: And were you here today, sir? |
| LLOYD: No, I came in about thirty minutes ago. I take Ester out for dinner. |
| OFFICER: So that means no one was here between ... |
| ESTER: Between about 8:15 (eight-fifteen) and 5:30 (five-thirty). |
| OFFICER: Okay. Now, do you have an answering machine? |
| ESTER: Well, I did. Until this afternoon. |
| OFFICER: I see. And did you for messages during the day? |
| ESTER: Yes, I called in twice. Once about noon and again about three o'clock, on my coffee break. |
| OFFICER: And the machine was still here? |
| ESTER: Yes, I had two messages in the morning, and one message in the afternoon. |
| LLOYD: So the break-in between three and 5:30 (five thirty). |
| OFFICER: That sounds reasonable. Unless the burglars were here already when Ester called in this afternoon. |
| ESTER: Oh, that really gets me. |
| OFFICER: How do you think they got in? |
| ESTER: The lock on the front door . I think they forced it. |
| LLOYD: What I don't understand is—how did they get into the apartment building? |
| ESTER: I'm always very careful the doors. |
| OFFICER: Locks aren't always burglar-proof. And there are many ways they can get into the building. |
| ESTER: When I got home this afternoon and saw all of this, I called the building manager. But he was away for the day. |
| OFFICER: The burglars advantage of that. |
| ESTER: I guess. |
| LLOYD: Do you want to know ? |
| OFFICER: Yes. And your insurance company will need a list of stolen property, as well. |
| LLOYD: Well, that's okay. |
| OFFICER: Did they take any jewellery? |
| ESTER: No, but they took a pair of silver candlestick holders. They were my grandmother's. |
| OFFICER: Oh, that's too bad. Were any other ? |
| LLOYD: They stole her computer. And she had lots of on the hard drive. |
| OFFICER: No backups? |
| ESTER: Not everything. I know, my fault. I should do it. |
| OFFICER: Yeah. Ah, anything else? |
| LLOYD: Well, they stole the TV and the VCR. |
| OFFICER: Oh. Have you noticed anything else missing? |
| ESTER: Not so far. No . |
| OFFICER: You should check the whole apartment . |
| ESTER: Of course. |
| OFFICER: Well, at least they didn't damage too much. |
| LLOYD: Well, they left quite a mess in the bedroom. |
| OFFICER: Oh. Can I take a look at that? |
| LLOYD: Yes, of course. It's this way ... |
| OFFICER: Just relax. We'll call dispatch right away and fill out a report. |
| ESTER: Thanks. It just so upset. |
| OFFICER: We'll to catch them. And maybe you'll get your candlesticks back. |
| ESTER: I hope. |
This exercise has been made using a free generator and script at Random Idea English
Video courtesy TRU University – Open Learning Division
Video courtesy TRU University – Open Learning Division
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Travelling to Lima - LINC 3.15
Published on Thursday, July 19, 2012 in LINC, LINC-3, Travel
Watch the video. Listen and repeat to improve your pronunciation. Complete the exercise below.
haven't seen • Are you flying • don't have • doesn't work • I'm going • isn't • will that cost • would get • Is there • would be • I'll just check • have to change • do you mean • Are you travelling • are you thinking • rather go • would have to • seems • might miss • can get • to return
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| AGENT: When of flying? |
| MANUEL: Around the middle of next month. I an exact date. |
| AGENT: And you want to go to Lima? |
| MANUEL: Yes, that's right. |
| AGENT: Okay, just a moment. I'll just see what's available. on business? |
| MANUEL: No, to visit my family. |
| AGENT: That's nice. |
| MANUEL: Yes. I my mother and father in a couple of years. |
| AGENT: I'm sure they're looking forward to it. |
| MANUEL: Yes, they are. |
| AGENT: Okay, the best way is to fly from here to Vancouver, then to Los Angeles. And then catch a flight from there to Lima. |
| MANUEL: So, I planes in Vancouver and Los Angeles? |
| AGENT: Yes, that's right. I have seats on the 14th (fourteenth), and then the next flight is on the 17th (seventeenth), but it's nearly full. |
| MANUEL: On the seventeenth? |
| AGENT: Yes. alone? |
| MANUEL: Yes, I am. |
| AGENT: Then I you on either flight. |
| MANUEL: I think I'd on the seventeenth. |
| AGENT: Okay, and when would you like ? |
| MANUEL: In four weeks. |
| AGENT: Okay. Let me see. Four weeks later is the fourteenth. I can get you a flight from Lima, but the connection in Los Angeles very good. |
| MANUEL: What by that? |
| AGENT: I mean that you to L.A. late in the afternoon. You would have to wait about six hours before you catch your flight to Vancouver. |
| MANUEL: I understand. Can I stay overnight in Los Angeles and fly the next morning? |
| AGENT: Well, you could. But you pay more. With the stopover, it's an extra two hundred dollars, plus your hotel. |
| MANUEL: Oh, that's a lot. any other way to go? |
| AGENT: into it. You could fly through Mexico City. But then you only have half an hour between flights. |
| MANUEL: Hmm. That very short. |
| AGENT: Yes, it is. You your connection. And then you have to change planes again in San Francisco and in Vancouver. |
| MANUEL: I think the first flight was better. |
| AGENT: Would you like me to book that for you? |
| MANUEL: How much ? |
| AGENT: One thousand, one hundred and seventy-eight ($1,178), plus tax, which brings it to $1,295.46 (one thousand, two hundred and ninety-five dollars and forty-six cents). |
| MANUEL: And that's the cheapest rate? |
| AGENT: Yes, unless you go on a charter. A charter $788 (seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars), plus tax. It leaves on the 11th (eleventh). But it's only for two weeks. |
| MANUEL: No, that . I think the first flight was the best. |
| AGENT: I think so, too. |
| MANUEL: Okay then. Please book that for me. |
This exercise has been made using a free generator and script at Random Idea English
Video courtesy TRU University – Open Learning Division
Video courtesy TRU University – Open Learning Division
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Talking about Children - LINC 3.16
Published on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 in Community, LINC, LINC-3
Watch the video. Listen and repeat to improve your pronunciation. Complete the exercise below.
pick up • no point • really improved • to get tired • going to be • seems to help • hard to find • seem to be • comes easy • what you mean • afraid of • Have you had • make an appointment • to like • seems as though • Most of the time • I wish • I wonder if • interested in • difficult to get • hardest thing • the easiest thing • should have
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| TASHA: So, how does your daughter like school this year? |
| JOYCE: Well, most of the time she seems it a lot. She seems very interested in math. |
| TASHA: Oh, Lisa's math, too. Math for Lisa. |
| JOYCE: Maybe she's an engineer. |
| TASHA: Maybe. But reading is still a problem for her. |
| JOYCE: What do you mean? |
| TASHA: , she just doesn't like to read. |
| JOYCE: her eyes checked? |
| TASHA: Yes, we did last year. |
| JOYCE: What did they say? |
| TASHA: Well, they said they're okay. But sometimes they're getting worse, because she seems just after a few minutes of reading. |
| JOYCE: Maybe you her eyes checked again. |
| TASHA: Maybe we should. I'll for her next week at the eye doctor. |
| JOYCE: Good. |
| TASHA: If that isn't the problem, well, maybe we'll just have to get some extra help for her. |
| JOYCE: Well, reading doesn't a problem for Linda. She seems to like to read. The for her is her spelling. |
| TASHA: Oh, that's funny. Usually, a child who likes to read has very good spelling. |
| JOYCE: Sometimes I think she just doesn't concentrate. |
| TASHA: What do you mean? |
| JOYCE: Well, sometimes it she just doesn't sound the words out properly. |
| TASHA: We've been practising at home with Lisa. Practising a lot. |
| JOYCE: Well, maybe that's the problem. |
| TASHA: What? |
| JOYCE: We're not practising enough at home. |
| TASHA: Oh, it's the time. |
| JOYCE: I know . Between school and all the other things. Piano, gymnastics ... |
| TASHA: And soccer and dancing lessons. Tell me about it! |
| JOYCE: Lisa's interested in dancing? |
| TASHA: Yes. Lisa loves dancing. |
| JOYCE: How often does she dance? |
| TASHA: Her classes are usually twice a week. Now she wants to swimming. |
| JOYCE: Swimming? Linda used to be the water. |
| TASHA: Oh, and what happened? |
| JOYCE: Well, she had a really great swimming teacher last summer. And now she's a lot. |
| TASHA: Oh, that's great! It isn't to find the right teacher. |
| JOYCE: That's right. |
| TASHA: And how about her piano? |
| JOYCE: Most of the time, she loves it. But lately it's been her to practise. |
| TASHA: Well, they usually just don't have time. |
| JOYCE: Usually. |
| TASHA: Lisa were interested in music. |
| JOYCE: But she likes to dance. |
| TASHA: That's true. But she just doesn't like piano. To her, dancing is much more fun. |
| JOYCE: Well, if kids aren't interested in something, there's trying to force them to do it. |
| TASHA: Isn't that the truth. Remember your own childhood? |
| JOYCE: Sure do. |
This exercise has been made using a free generator and script at Random Idea English
Video courtesy TRU University – Open Learning Division
Video courtesy TRU University – Open Learning Division
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Watch the video. Listen and repeat to improve your pronunciation. Complete the exercise below.
to hear • too much • Do you think • Could you explain • I've been teaching • agree with • seems normal • too strict • Are you thinking • has been telling • to be • gets along well • if she wants • she's been watching • should help • the best way • to share • who were invited • to keep • as creative as • worried about • isn't she • she has made • satisfied with • just seems • she's been having • should watch • interested in • to meet • having • should spend • diligent student
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| MS. FIRLOTTE: Hello, are you Linda's parents? |
| ANTHONY: Yes. I'm Anthony Ming, and this is my wife, Joyce. |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: It's a pleasure you. I'm Maria Firlotte. Please have a seat. |
| JOYCE: Linda us a lot about you, Ms. Firlotte. |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: Well, here for five years. And I have a good rapport with the children. |
| JOYCE: Yes. |
| ANTHONY: So, how is Linda? |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: I have to say, I've seldom had a student Linda. |
| ANTHONY: Creative? That's a surprise. |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: Well, that's to describe her. |
| JOYCE: how she's creative? |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: Sure. Did you ever read any of her stories? |
| JOYCE: Well, I've read some. But they were homework assignments. |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: Here's one Linda wrote just last week. |
| JOYCE: Can I see it? |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: Sure. It's about a happy girl and an unhappy girl to a birthday party. |
| ANTHONY: And what happened? |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: The happy girl helps the unhappy girl. So they're both happy in the end. |
| JOYCE: Linda's been feeling unhappy? |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: that she's writing about herself? 2, L1NC 3.17 |
| JOYCE: Well, I'm a little her. She's moody sometimes, ? |
| ANTHONY: Yes, she is. She likes to herself sometimes. |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: She's usually very cheerful at school. She with everyone. |
| ANTHONY: That's good. |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: She's always very polite. |
| JOYCE: I'm glad that. |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: I wouldn't worry about her moods . It at that age. |
| ANTHONY: I guess so. But I think we more time with her. |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: That . |
| JOYCE: Yes. |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: As far as Linda's school work goes, she's very consistent. Mind you, a few problems in geography lately. |
| ANTHONY: What kind of problems? |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: Well, she a bit unprepared in class. |
| ANTHONY: She seems doing homework all the time. |
| JOYCE: Well, not all the time. Lately a TV show that she likes. |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: This is always a difficult age. Sometimes, even good students are interested in doing anything but their homework. |
| ANTHONY: I think she no more than an hour of TV a day. |
| JOYCE: Well ... that may be a little bit . |
| ANTHONY: But she needs more time to do her homework. |
| JOYCE: I that. |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: She should study at least an hour a day, to have good study habits. |
| ANTHONY: I agree. |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: Now, do you have any other questions? |
| JOYCE: Yes, I have. Are you her participation in the class? |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: Well, at the beginning of term, she was a little shy. But great progress. |
| JOYCE: That's good to hear. |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: As I said, she is a very . |
| ANTHONY: Well, thank you, Ms. Firlotte. |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: You're welcome. |
| JOYCE: We'll make sure Linda studies her geography. |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: And encourage her in her creative writing. |
| JOYCE: I am very reading her stories. |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: Just ask her. I am sure she will be happy them with you. |
| JOYCE: I'll do that. |
| MS. FIRLOTTE: It's a real pleasure Linda in the class. |
This exercise has been made using a free generator and script at Random Idea English
Video courtesy TRU University – Open Learning Division
Video courtesy TRU University – Open Learning Division
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Parent-Teacher Meeting
Published on Monday, July 16, 2012 in School
Watch the video. Listen and repeat to improve your pronunciation.
can understand · would be · can pronounce · needs to · for coming · don't worry · fine thanks · can practice · a shy boy · a few · help him · his progress · too · so much · let's talk about · morning · does
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| MRS. GILROY: Good Ms. H. |
| TEACHER: Hi Mrs. Gilroy. How are you? |
| MRS. GILROY: I’m . How are you? |
| TEACHER: I’m fine thank you. So your son, Diego. Um, in reading is very good. |
| MRS. GILROY: Oh, good. |
| TEACHER: Mm-hm. He English well, and he many words...Yeah... But he improve in math. |
| MRS. GILROY: Okay, what can I do to help? |
| TEACHER: Well, you with him and with his homework every night. |
| MRS. GILROY: Okay, I’ll try to practice with him. |
| TEACHER: That great. Um, so, do you have any questions for me? |
| MRS. GILROY: Yes, actually, I was wondering, Diego have some friends at school? |
| TEACHER: Well, Diego is , but he has close friends. |
| MRS. GILROY: Yeah, I was a little worried about him because he’s so shy. |
| TEACHER: Oh, . He’s doing fine. |
| MRS. GILROY: Oh, good. |
| TEACHER: Okay, I think that’s all. Thank you . |
| MRS. GILROY: Thank you . Bye-bye. |
| TEACHER: Bye. Take care. |
| MRS. GILROY: You . |
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