Choose one of the given situations with your friend and take a recording of your own voice with paying attention to the given limit of time. Try to create more real atmosphere

Choose one of the given situations with your friend and take a recording of your own voice with paying attention to the given limit of time. Try to create more real atmosphere

Listening text 1

Length: 1:10 min

Speakers: Receptionist and a guest

In a hotel (at the reception desk)

Guest: Good morning. Can I have two single rooms with a shower, please?

Receptionist: We are rather full up, but I’ll see. How long do you intend to stay?

Guest: I expect we’ll be here for a week or so.

Receptionist: You can have a double room with a shower on the second floor.

Guest: How much is it?

Receptionist: It’s sixty pounds a night, including breakfast.

Guest: All right, I’ll take it. Can I pay by credit card?

Receptionist: Yes, you can. Will you fill in the form, please?

Guest: Surname, Christian name, nationality, permanent address, place and date of birth,

signature. Is that all right?

Receptionist: Yes, that’s all, thank you. Here is your key.

Guest: Can you wake me up at 6 a.m.?

Receptionist: Yes, I can.

Guest: Thank you.

Listening text 2:

Length: 2.40

Speakers: Alex and Rod

In a café (talking about favourite books)

Tapescript symbols:

[…] means that the speakers overlap each other

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Rod: Hi Alex, good to see you again.

Alex: Good to see you as well.

Rod: Er you know, we were talking last time about er about reading you know, I was wondering what kind of books you read?

Alex: Well these days I don’t read much fiction, but I think it is mostly like military things

military literature, documentaries different sorts.

Rod: Really! Military literature? What kind of military literature?

Alex: For some reasons I’ve got a fixation on the Japanese army, maybe it is a bit weird

but that’s…

Rod: Wow wow the Japanese army erm so do you find a lot of books in English on that

topic?

Alex: Well not so much, the only books in English I’ve got I think I’ve got my collection of

Iris Murdoch.

Rod: Ah, Iris Murdoch. That’s not exactly the Japanese army.

Alex: No no, but that’s the only thing of fiction which I am reading … from time to time at

least.

Rod: And Iris Murdoch… a particular liking for her, why?

Alex: I don’t know really … maybe it is one of the first books in English that I’ve read and it

made sense to me.

Rod: Aha…