Audioscript part – Photographs Try It Out p5 Track 1

Questions 10 through 12 refer to the following speech.
[F-Au] OK, so we have a big night tonight. The restaurant is fully-
booked. We have three tables of six all booked for between 
seven thirty and eight. We also have a group of twelve coming at 
seven o’clock. That’s the Tomlinson’s, for a 50th birthday party, I 
think. Jo and Karen, you’ll be looking after them. That’ll be a big 
job. We’re going to be busy, so let’s get the tables ready now, 
make sure everything is in place. I’ll go and tell the chef. We 
have half an hour before we open.
Making Inferences
Practice Inferring Meaning p120 
Track 104
1. [F-Br] Thank you so much to everyone for this wonderful party. 
I’ve really enjoyed celebrating my birthday with you all. 
And I appreciate the effort you put into keeping this a 
surprise… which it was! I’ll certainly remember this day for 
many years.
2. [M-Au] And finally, I really must mention Megan. As you all know 
by now, Megan won the Jameson contract. It’s something 
we all wanted, and we all tried to win, but only one person 
can have the contract and Megan is the lucky woman who 
finally succeeded. She’s sure to get a huge bonus at the 
end of the year. Well done to her.
3. [M-Cn] Your attention please. The parking lot at the front of the 
company is for customers only. Any employees who have 
parked there please move your cars to the staff parking lot 
at the rear of the building as soon as possible. Thank you.
4. [F-Am] This isn’t the worst situation the company has ever faced, 
but it isn’t good. Our stocks are down again this month. 
Orders have fallen and soon we’ll need to think about 
restructuring. Hopefully we can get through this.
5. [M-Br] As you know, the weather has been extremely hot in recent
weeks and we’ve had many requests from customers
 
asking for air conditioning in the lobby and other public
areas. Well, we have a surplus from the last quarter so I
don’t see why not. I’ll look into costs right away.