Unit 3 Talking about PeopleSection 1 Tactics for ListeningPart 1 PhoneticsA
Listen and repeat1
A: Where were you at one o’clock
B: At one o’clock
At my mother’s
A: Let’s ask him to let us go
B: He won’t let us go
A: I saw them together
B: Where did you see them
Complete the following short dialogue as you listen to the tape
Pay specialattention to the weak forms, link-ups and contractions
Friend: Hi, Linda
I hear you and John got married (l) last month
Linda: Yeah, wedid, (smiling) Three weeks (2) ago
Friend: Well, congratulations
Linda: Thank you
Friend: Did you (3) have a big wedding
Linda: No, we got (4) married at City Hall
We didn’t want to spend very muchbecause (5) we’re saving to buy a house
Friend: Where did you (6) have thereception
Linda: Oh- we (7) didn’t have