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Additional Lessons |
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Lessons
The following classroom lessons are great for students
who want additional conversation, listening, and reading
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Conversation Lesson -
Advanced
Level. Dialogs for everyday use.
Short situational dialogs for students of English as
a Foreign (EFL) or Second (ESL) Language with a
written conversation and a conversation notes
section.
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 Conversation Lesson
16 - At the Post Office
(Advanced -
Conversation, Reading)
Dialogs for everyday use. Short situational dialogs for
students of English as a Foreign (EFL) or Second (ESL)
Language. |
At the Post Office
POSTAL CLERK: What can I do for you today?
CAROL: I need to mail this package to New
York, please.
POSTAL CLERK: OK, let’s see how much it
weighs … it’s about five pounds. If you send it express, it will get there
tomorrow. Or you can send it priority and it will get there by Saturday.
CAROL: Saturday is fine. How much will
that be?
POSTAL CLERK: $11.35 [eleven thirty-five].
Do you need anything else?
CAROL: Oh, yeah! I almost forgot. I need a
book of stamps, too.
POSTAL CLERK: OK, your total comes to
$20.35 [twenty dollars and thirty-five cents]. |
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Conversation Notes |
- What can I do for you today? Notice that this question
starts with “What,” so the intonation drops at the end of the question.
- Or you can send it priority … Notice the stress on “or,”
which emphasizes that there is another possibility.
- $11.35 ... $20.35 Notice the two different ways the
postal clerk says the price. First he says eleven thirty-five (without the
words dollars and cents), then he says twenty dollars and thirty-five cents.
- Oh, yeah! is an expression used here to mean “I just
remembered something.” It’s often followed by “I almost forgot.”
- Your total comes to … is a way of saying “the cost is
….”
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Source: U.S. State Department |
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