IEC, Unit 14. Class of Sept. 12/13

LISTENING EXERCISE, UNIT 14
Questions:

1. Who is Jason Miller?

2.How can listeners get two movie tickets?

3.What can Maria hear?

4.Where does she think the person is?

5.Why does she think that the person cannot be a taxi driver?

6.What is the person’s profession?

7.What does Steven hear?

8.What are some of the professions that he guesses?

9.Why can’t a person be a basketball player?

10.What is the person’s profession?

11. What comes next in the radio show?












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J=Jason, M=Maria , S=Steve

J: This is Jason Miller and you’re listening to XRT at 96.3 FM., and it’s time for our contest What’s that Job? You’ll hear someone doing their job. Guess which jo it is, and you’ll win two movie tickets. Let’s go to Maria on line one. Hello, Maria. Are you ready to play?

M= Yes, Jason, I think so.
J: Then listen.

M: Well, the person is somewhere noisy. I hear people walking and someone shouting. The person might work in a train station or an airport. Can I hear some more, Jason?

J: OK.

M: Well, I heard traffic and whistle. The person is definitely outside somewhere. He might be in a car… but he can’t be a taxi driver because people don’t drop coins in a machine to pay a taxi driver. I think the person must be a bus driver.

J: That’s right. A bus driver. Excellent, Maria. You’ve won two tickets to the movies.
Now, let’s go to Steve on line two. This one is a bit more difficult, Steve. Are you ready?

S: Yeah, I’m ready.

J: OK. Listen to this and tell me what this person’s job is.

S: Well, I hear cheering and clapping, so he could be a lot of things. He might be an actor in a theater. He might be a musician at a concert, or maybe a golfer. Hmm… He can’t be a basketball player – it’s noisier than that at a basketball game.

J: You’re close. Listen some more.

S: Well, he must be playing some kind of sport. Is he a volleyball player?

J: No, sorry, Steve. Time’s up. Let’s listen to the whole sequence.

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He’s not a volleyball player. He’s a tennis player. Sorry, no movie tickets this time, Steve. OK, We’ll play more of What’s that Job? Again a littleb bit later, but right now it’s time for the latest weather and traffic report. Remember, this is 96.3….
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For an extensive sound effects library, you can visit this web site, and look for "HUMAN SOUNDS"
http://members.tripod.com/ushk/sounds/sounds.html

For the grammar part: Modal Verbs of Probability (must be, might be, can't be) please refer to your books, page 146, or click on the following links:
http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blmodalprob.htm
HOMEWORK: All of Unit 14