My wife’s native language is English, but she speaks several languages.. Her father’s native language is English, but her mother’s native language is French.. I usually leave the house a
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Unit one: Bill Jones
My name is Jones and I am a student Actually, my first name is William “Bill” is short for William I was born in a little country town not far from here I was born on June 17, 1941 I have two sisters and two brothers My father’s name is George and my mother’s name is Marilyn I have many friends in this city Last year I was in the hospital during the month of July I was in the hospital for twenty-two days My friend, John, was in the hospital for two weeks last year He was
in the hospital during the month of March My friend, John, has a good radio and a phonograph
He has many phonograph records He doesn’t have a television set, but I have one My television set is a small one, but it’s a very good one During the week I get up before seven o’clock and I study all day I study engineering On Saturdays and Sundays I don’t get up early
Unit TWO: Mr W R Jackson
My name is W.R.Jackson My first name is Willard and my middle name is Ross I was born in November, 1937, in a small town near here My native language is English I speak a little Spanish, a little German and a little Japanese I don’t speak these languages very well I often make mistakes when I speak these languages My wife’s name is Jane Jackson Her family name was Smith My wife’s native language is English, but she speaks several languages She speaks French exceptionally well She speaks Spanish and Portuguese, too She speaks a little Arabic Her father’s native language is English, but her mother’s native language is French My wife’s father is
an engineer and so am I My wife’s father was in the hospital last year and so was I He was in the hospital for three weeks during the month of April, and I was in the hospital for two weeks during the month of July
Unit three: Walter Sullivan
My last name is Sullivan and I was born in American My first name is Walter My sister’s name is Margret and my brother’s name is Leo I speak French pretty well and a little Japanese Actually, my native language is English I’m studying French right now My sister, Margret, is writing a letter to a friend of hers in South America Her friend is an engineer He speaks Spanish He’s studying English now but he doesn’t speak English very well yet Her friend’s name is Mario
I don’t remember his last name At the moment, my brother Leo is reading a magazine The magazine is in French Leo reads French very well, and he speaks exceptionally well Right now, I’m thinking about my French lesson I have a lot of trouble with pronunciation I speak French with an American accent
Unit four: Joyce Lewis
Today is my birthday and I’m twenty-one years old My name is Joyce Lewis and my father is Dr.Frank Lewis He’s a doctor in this city and people think he’s an extremely good doctor My mother is a nurse She’s a very good nurse I have two brothers and one sister Right now my older brother is in the Middle East He speaks Arabic very well and has many friends in the Middle East My sister is a student, and my younger brother, Tom is a student too Both my sister and Tom want to be teachers They’re studying languages and both of them want to be language teachers My father’s brother, Uncle Charles, is a farmer My mother’s brother, Uncle William, is an engineer Both of my uncles are still very young People can’t guess how old they are Uncle Charles is thirty-five and Uncle William is thirty-six Uncle William was not well last year He was in the hospital for several weeks My father was his doctor My father was with my
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my uncle twice during the month of June
Unit five: Frank Ryan
My name is Frank Ryan and I am a teacher of languages I was born in 1940 in a little country town not far from here I have a brother who is three years older than I am and a sister who
is two years younger than I am My brother’s first name is Henry and my sister’s name is Nancy There are five of us in my family My father and mother get up early every morning My mother gets up at about 6 a.m and my father gets up at about 6:30 I don’t get up until 7 o’clock or 8 o’clock My brother gets up earlier than I do, and I get up earlier than my sister does Some days I get up at 7:30 and some days I don’t get up until almost 8 o’clock
After I wake up each morning, I get up and get dressed After I get dressed, I have breakfast Usually, I have a light breakfast but my brother has a big breakfast I have juice, cereal and coffee for breakfast Once in a while I have buttered toast too My brother, Henry, usually has juice, oatmeal, toast and two or three cups of coffee My sister, Nancy, just has juice and toast for breakfast We finish eating breakfast at about 8:15 or 8:30 every morning I usually leave the house at 8:50 each morning and get to work at 9 o’clock I work at the University Usually, I work hard all morning and go out for lunch at about 12:30 My brother leaves the house earlier than I do, and he gets to work at 8:45 each morning I finish working at about 5:45 p.m My sister finished working earlier than I do, and my brother finished working later than I do We usually have dinner
at about 7:15 and after dinner we read the newspaper for a while or listen to the radio Once in a while my sister talks on the telephone and my brother watches television We usually go to bed at about midnight
Unit six: Mr Jonathan Thomas
My name is Jonathan Thomas and I’m an engineer Usually, I get up early, have breakfast, and go to work at eight o’clock I work hard all day, finish working at about 5:30 p.m and go home right away I have dinner at 7 o’clock and usually go to bed around 11 p.m Yesterday, I didn’t wake up until 8:00 a.m I got up immediately and got dressed I had juice and toast and left
my house at 8:45 I was an hour late and didn’t get to work until 9 o’clock I worked all day and didn’t have lunch I finished working at 7:30 last night and went home at 8 p.m I was two hours late and didn’t have dinner until 9 o’clock After dinner I read the newspaper for a while and made some telephone calls I listened to the radio for two hours and went to bed at midnight I didn’t go
to sleep immediately I slept just six hours last night I didn’t sleep very well
Unit seven: Jim Stone
My name is Jim Stone Yesterday afternoon I left the house at about 3 o’clock in the afternoon and didn’t get home until 5:30 I went to see a friend of mine My friend, Nancy Smith, was in the hospital, and I went to visit her We talked all afternoon We talked about a lot of different subjects We talked about the weather and we talked about our old friends I asked her if she knew anybody in New York And she said she did Then I asked her about her friends in New York I asked a lot of questions She answered all of my questions Then she asked me if I spoke French, and I said I spoke a little French She wanted to know if I spoke French with an American accent, and I said I did Then she asked me if I knew anybody in Paris I said I had four or five friends in Paris I answered almost all of her questions Finally, I asked her if she wanted to watch television for a while, and she said she did I said I had to go, and then I said good bye She asked
me when I was coming back to visit her, and I said I didn’t know She said good bye and I left the hospital at about 5 p.m
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My name is Jack Martin I’m a lawyer and I work in an office near here I work from about
9 o’clock in the morning until 6 o’clock each day Actually, I work just five days a week I don’t
go to work on Saturdays or Sundays
Usually, I have breakfast and dinner at home I have lunch in a restaurant near my office In the evening, I sometimes listen to radio or watch television I never go to the movies Once in a while I go to a party at a friend’s house Every night I go to bed early and go to sleep immediately Usually, I sleep soundly all night
Last year I used to get to work at 8 o’clock every day I used to set my alarm clock for 6 o’clock each morning At 6:00, I used to get up immediately and get dressed quickly I used to have breakfast 6:30 every morning For breakfast, I used to have juice, oatmeal, toast, and coffee Then I used to have the house at about 7:45 I used to get to the office at 8 o’clock and start working immediately Every day I used to work until 7 or 8 o’clock in the evening
I didn’t get home until nearly 8:30 at night I used to have dinner quite late and go right to bed I didn’t have time to listen to the radio or watch television last year
Unit nine: Thomas Anderson
My name is Anderson and I’ve been here just a few days I’m from out of town I have several friends here in this city and I’ve come to visit them Actually, I used to live in this city many years ago I was born here and my wife was born in a little town near here We both went to school here and had many friends here We’ve lived in New York for more than fifteen years We live in the suburbs and I work in the city I have to get up early every day to go to work I work from 9 o’clock in the morning until a little after 6 o’clock in the evening My wife doesn’t work I’ve always gotten up early and gone to bed late I’ve worked hard all my life My wife and I speak several languages She speaks French extremely well She’s spoken French for many years I speaks German and a little Spanish I’ve spoken German all my life
Unit Ten: Donald Hamilton
While I was eating dinner last night, my brother was watching his favorite television show Just as I finished eating, my brother asked me a question He wanted to know where Mr Sullivan was born I said I didn’t remember where Mr Sullivan said he was born Then, my brother asked
me another question He always asks a lot of questions He wanted to know if I knew Bill Jones I said I knew Bill very well I’ve known Bill for more than ten years We used to work in the same office We used to have lunch together We used to leave the office at about 12 noon every day Once in a while Bill and I used to go to the movies in the evening After I answered both of my brother’s questions, he started watching television again Just as I was having a cup of coffee, Bill Jones called me on the telephone He asked me what I was doing when he called I said I was just having a cup of coffee He said he was going to the movies He wanted to know if I wanted to go with him I said I did My brother wanted to know if he could go, too I said he could go He wanted to meet Bill Jones