Part Two Sharpen Your Listening

Part Two Sharpen Your Listening

Dialogue 1

Listen to the dialogue twice, and then f ill in the table with the information you got from it.

Shopping List

Dialogue 2

Listen to the dialogue twice, and then f ill in the blanks with the information you got from it.

Sales Clerk:Excuse me, what can I do for you?

Kang Lin:I want something for my 1)_____________.

Sales Clerk:Show me your 2)_____________.

Kang Lin:Here you are.

Sales Clerk:OK.Let me 3)____________.You can get all the things in the supermarket.

Kang Lin:Where can I get them?

Sales Clerk:4)_____________, please.Here we are.

Kang Lin:It is very kind of you.Thanks a lot.

Sales Clerk:5)_____________.Do come again.

Passage

Listen to a short passage about Wal-Mart store , and then f ill in the blanks with what you’ve heard.

Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart store in 1) .He began to use computers to 2) the flow of goods.By 1985, Sam Walton was the 3) man in America.And he opened more Wal-Mart stores.Wal-Mart is bigger than 4) supermarket.It has more than 4,000 stores in the United States and nine other countries.It employs more than one million workers.It is America’s largest private 5) .Wal-Mart reported earnings of nine billion dollars last year.

New Word

*cabbage / 'kæbɪdʒ / n.白菜

Video

Watch the video clip, and answer the 5 questions by f illing in the blanks.

1.What did the girl buy in the video?

She bought a pair of ______________________________________________________________________.

2.What did the girl think of the new shoes?

They were _______________________________________________________________________________.

3.How much should the girl pay for the shoes?

________________________________________________________________________________________.

4.How much money did the girl give the shopman?

She gave him ____________________________________________________________________________.

5.Where did the girl put the shoes?

She put them in her _______________________________________________________________________.

New Words

forbidden / fə'bɪdn / a.禁止的

spice / spaɪs / n.香料

dirham / dɪə'hæm / n.迪拉姆(摩洛哥货币)

After-class Activity

You’re required to make an oral presentation on the topic How to Shop in the Supermarket based on what you’ve learnt so far.Follow the tips below.

● Content:main aisles / sections; finding your way around the supermarket; explaining what you want; checkout cashier; special offers, etc.

● Try to practice the expressions you’ve learnt.

● Make an outline or write a draft first.