In the Department Store

CUSTOMER l: I want 1 to buy a skirt.

ASSISTANT: a) Skirts are upstairs on the next floor.

CUSTOMER 2: Where can I get some 2 __________ food?

ASSISTANT: The cafeteria is on the first floor

CUSTOMER 3: Where's the b) __________ juice, please?

ASSISTANT: The c) __________ counter on your left.

CUSTOMER 4: This of 3 __________.

ASSISTANT: Try the supermarket in the d) __________.

CUSTOMER 5: Could you 4 __________ me where the… erm… travel agent's is?

ASSISTANT: Yes it’s right next to the e) __________ on the third floor.

CUSTOMIR 6: I want to buy a f) __________ How do I get to the… the… um… sports equipment.

ASSISTANT: Take the lift to the sports department. It’s on the 5 __________ floor.

CUSTOMER 7: Where's the 6 __________ , please?

ASSISTANT: It’s on the next floor opposite the photographer’s.

CUSTOMER 8: What's the 7 __________, please?

ASSISTANT: It’s g) __________ twenty-two minutes to ten.

Practise reading the dialogue aloud.

141. Role play

Practise with a group of 4-5 people. Take turns to be the assistant at the information desk in a department store. The others ask questions. You can sometimes choose to check the information (either straightaway or later) by asking the same question again with a different intonation.

First practise the word stress in these words you may use.

restaurant telephone travelagent's supermarket sports department toilet cafeteria photographer's fruit juice computers notebooks printers photocopiers cricket bats football boots hot water bottles blankets heaters

142. Track 44. Listen to the dialogue and act out. Mind pronunciation of sounds.

Tall Trees

Chorus

Tall trees, tall trees, big, tall trees

Tall trees, tall trees,

The cost of California is a beautiful sight,

with the tall trees, tall trees,

big tall trees big tall trees, tall trees

Sound [d]

143. Track 45. Tick the words a) or b) that you hear in the sentences.

I a) wiring	□	b) riding	□
2 a) cart	□	b) card	□
3 a) bat	□	b) bad	□
4 a) sent	□	b) send	□
5 a) sight	□	b) side	□
6 a) try	□	b) dry	□

First practise the target sound /d/ in some words from the dialogue.

/d/ is often quiet at the end of a word or before a consonant.

stayed repaired It rained. bad cold They played cards.

What happens when /d/ at the end of a word is followed by a vowel?

They stayed at home. They repaired it today. It rained all day.

I had a bad cold. They played a game of cards.

Practise these words with a louder /d/ at the beginning and a quieter /d/ at the end.

did decide decided damaged David Donald

Look at the words in the box below and decide whether the sound /d/ is loud (L) or quiet (Q).

EXAMPLE bad (Q) Daisy (L)

nobody( ) darling ( ) bad ( ) date ( ) played ( ) dancing ( ) phoned ( ) tried ( ) today ( ) cards ( ) Daisy( ) listened ( ) don't ( ) rained ( )

144. Track 46. Read the dialogue below and guess the missing words with the sound /d/ l-7 have a louder /d/. a-g have a quieter /d/. Number 1 and a) have been done as examples.