DESCRIPTION: Talking about TV, movies, and restaurants; giving opinions and recommendations; past ability with "could"; indirect speech; prepositions of time; main-idea reading and listening practice.
INTRO: In this lesson you'll learn to talk about TV, movies, and eating out — to say what things were like, what you "could" do, what people "told" you, and when things happen. First, words for talking about television. Listen and repeat each sentence.
INTRO: Fred and Fran compare notes on free time. Fran spends half her evenings at the movies; Fred remembers having evenings once. Listen and repeat each line.
Fred: You do? That's almost half of the evenings in a week. I could do that when I was younger, but I can't anymore. I'm too busy with other things now.
Valerie: Do you spend much time in front of the television? {bk11-l4a-f3-07.mp3}
VOCAB: wonderful
Victor: Oh yes! As a matter of fact, I frequently watch TV four or five hours a day. And that's almost every night after work. I think TV is wonderful. {bk11-l4a-f3-08.mp3}
Valerie: I could do that before, but I can't now. I'm too busy. I have lots to do when I get home from work. {bk11-l4a-f3-09.mp3}
Victor: I think that when you enjoy something you can find time for it. {bk11-l4a-f3-10.mp3}
VOCAB: to recommend
Valerie: I guess you're right. Do you recommend any programs? Which ones do you like to watch? {bk11-l4a-f3-11.mp3}
VOCAB: to love
VOCAB: great
VOCAB: terrible
Victor: I love the funny shows. I think they are great because I like to laugh. I don't see many programs that I think are terrible. I guess I'm easily satisfied. {bk11-l4a-f3-12.mp3}
INTRO: In this part you'll learn to say what a show is like — "funny", "frightening", "wonderful", "terrible" — and to recommend one. Start by reading the advertisements for six very different movies.
INSTRUCTION: Read the advertisement for each theater.
Narrator: A Love Story. They want to marry, but he must leave. Now their love is strong. What will their feelings be when he returns? {st-page_128_005.jpg}
Narrator: THEATER 6: A BOY'S BEST FRIEND {st-page_128_006.jpg}
Narrator: Everyone will love the story of young Billy and Bowser, the big brown dog who followed him everywhere. {st-page_128_006.jpg}
NOTES: theater = a place or building for movies or other entertainment
INTRO: Meet Don, a man with one great love: the movies. Listen and repeat each sentence about him.
INSTRUCTION: Repeat each word and sentence.
REPEAT
LINE: Movies are Don's great love. {page_078_001.jpg} {bk11-l4a-f5-01.mp3}
LINE: In fact, he spends many happy hours at the movies. {page_078_001.jpg} {bk11-l4a-f5-02.mp3}
LINE: He doesn't like movies that frighten him. {page_078_001.jpg} {bk11-l4a-f5-03.mp3}
VOCAB: entertaining
VOCAB: adventure
LINE: He finds that adventure movies are the most entertaining ones. {page_078_001.jpg} {bk11-l4a-f5-04.mp3}
# Source: LLA 4A Figure 5 (paragraph)
$DIALOGUE Don Loves the Movies — the Whole Paragraph
ID: 4a-f5-b
INTRO: Now hear the whole paragraph about Don at once.
INSTRUCTION: Listen to the paragraph.
LINE: Movies are Don's great love. In fact, he spends many happy hours at the movies. He doesn't like movies that frighten him. He finds that adventure movies are the most entertaining ones. {page_078_001.jpg} {bk11-l4a-f5-05.mp3}
# Source: LLA 4A Figure 6
$SELECT True or False About Don
ID: 4a-f6
REFERENCE: 4a-f5-b
INTRO: Decide whether each statement about Don is true or false. The paragraph is there to check if you need it.
INSTRUCTION: Tap True or False.
SHOW_PROMPT
PROMPT: Don likes to go to the movies. {bk11-l4a-f6-01-q.mp3}
OPTION: t | True {bk11-l4a-f6-01-a.mp3}
OPTION: f | False
ANSWER: t
PROMPT: Don doesn't spend much time at the movies. {bk11-l4a-f6-02-q.mp3}
OPTION: t | True
OPTION: f | False {bk11-l4a-f6-02-a.mp3}
ANSWER: f
PROMPT: Don's favorite movies are frightening movies. {bk11-l4a-f6-03-q.mp3}
OPTION: t | True
OPTION: f | False {bk11-l4a-f6-03-a.mp3}
ANSWER: f
PROMPT: Don feels that adventure movies are the most entertaining. {bk11-l4a-f6-04-q.mp3}
OPTION: t | True {bk11-l4a-f6-04-a.mp3}
OPTION: f | False
ANSWER: t
# Source: ST §Do You Want to Hear a Great Story? (word-bank cloze recast as a select over the printed box)
INTRO: Here's the word box: "funny", "great", "variety", "love", "wonderful", "laugh", "terrible", "frightening". Pick the word that completes each sentence.
INSTRUCTION: Tap the word that completes the sentence.
INTRO: Here's how people ask about a movie — and how they answer when it was great, dull, or two hours of their life they want back. Listen and repeat each exchange.
LINE: What's your favorite TV program? I enjoy the old movies on Channel Three the best.
LINE: What did you think of the eight o'clock movie? I thought that show was boring.
LINE: Which TV schedule do you like to use? The one in the Times; it's easiest to read.
LINE: Do you like to watch football on TV? Yes, but if you ask me, there're too many commercials.
LINE: Which news program do you usually watch? Channel Two. They have more world news.
LINE: What do you think of the Saturday children's shows? I feel some of them are too frightening.
# SKIPPED (book): "THE MOVIE WAS BORING, BUT THE MUSIC WAS GOOD.", "HOW IS THE FOOD AT ALDO'S?", and "WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE GAME LAST NIGHT?" — open, co-constructed dialog completion tasks; too unconstrained to grade solo.
# SKIPPED (book): Function "WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE SHOW?" and Listening Skill "WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE MOVIE?" — partner role plays with no solo path.
INTRO: In this part you'll learn to talk about restaurants — the food, the prices, the service, and the waiters you'd rather forget. Richard Roper reviews restaurants on TV. This week he found one he loved. Listen and read the story.
Narrator: Richard Roper is a reporter for Channel 35. He visits different restaurants every week; then he tells about them on the Wednesday evening news program. Here's this week's story:
NOTES: reporter = someone who writes news stories
Narrator: Hello again! I tried two restaurants last weekend. I was very satisfied with one and very unhappy with the other.
VOCAB: to serve
VOCAB: reasonable
Narrator: The first place, Rosa's Restaurant, serves wonderful food at reasonable prices.
VOCAB: to entertain
Narrator: The most expensive lunch is only $5.95. Dinner costs more, of course, but in the evening Rosa entertains the customers with fine music.
VOCAB: dish
VOCAB: prompt
Narrator: I ordered the beef and rice dish. The waiter was both polite and prompt.
VOCAB: promptly
Narrator: He brought a salad right away and served the other food just a few minutes later. He also brought my check to the table promptly.
Narrator: This restaurant should be more popular. It was reasonably full when I was there, but it wasn't crowded. I strongly recommend a visit to Rosa's.
Narrator: I tried to start a conversation with the people at the table next to mine, but they couldn't hear me. I think it's impolite to talk too loudly, so I stopped trying.
VOCAB: rude
Narrator: The service at the Red Room was slow, and the waiter was rude.
INTRO: In this part, two ways of talking about the past. First: "can" is for now, "could" is for back then. Here's how to say what you were — or weren't — able to do.
INTRO: Second point: reporting what someone said. When you report speech, the verbs step back into the past — and the pronouns change too. Here's the pattern.
**Indirect Speech** reports what another person has said. For this reason, it is also called reported speech. The speaker's exact words aren't repeated in indirect speech:
1. Present tense verbs change to the past tense.
2. Pronouns and possessive adjectives change from first or second person to third person (unless someone is reporting his own words).
INTRO: First Annette talks to her instructor, Mr. Reed. Then she reports the whole conversation to Kenneth — listen for how every verb slides into the past.
RUBRIC: The backshift is the point: the reported clause must use a past-tense verb and correct third-person pronouns — a present-tense verb in the reported clause fails. "That" is optional; accept natural variants of the model answer.
INTRO: In this part you'll learn the little words that pin down time — "at", "on", "in", "until", "since". Start with Sally's housework plan: a different job every day, and a free weekend as the reward. Listen and repeat.
INTRO: Here's the full toolbox: which preposition goes with clock times, days, dates, and stretches of time. Read it once now — the next activities will make it stick.
INTRO: One more skill for this part: joining two sentences with words like "while", "before", "until", and "because". Read the pair, then say the combined sentence aloud and compare it with the model.
INSTRUCTION: Combine the two sentences using the word in parentheses.
INTRO: One last skill for this lesson: finding the main idea — what a paragraph is really about, not just one detail from it. Listen to a short paragraph about Anne's car.
INSTRUCTION: Listen to the paragraph.
LINE: The motor in Anne's car was making a noise. {bk11-l4a-f2-01a.mp3}
LINE: She didn't know the cause of the noise. {bk11-l4a-f2-01b.mp3}
LINE: She decided to take it to a garage. {bk11-l4a-f2-01c.mp3}
LINE: She thought her car might need service. {bk11-l4a-f2-01d.mp3}
# Source: LLA 4A Figure 2 (main idea 1)
$PRODUCE Main Idea — Anne's Car
ID: 4a-f2-1-q
REFERENCE: 4a-f2-1
INPUT: type
LONGFORM
CHECK: llm
INTRO: In one sentence, type the main idea of the paragraph you just heard. You can listen to it again if you need to.
INSTRUCTION: Type the main idea of the paragraph.
RUBRIC: Accept answers that express the core idea, such as "Anne's car might need service" or "Something might be wrong with Anne's car."
PROMPT: What is the main idea of this paragraph?
RESPONSE: Anne's car might need service.
# Source: LLA 4A Figure 2 (paragraph 2)
$DIALOGUE Good Stores — a Short Paragraph
ID: 4a-f2-2
INTRO: Here's a second paragraph, this time about good stores and unhappy customers. Listen for the big idea.
INSTRUCTION: Listen to the paragraph.
LINE: Good stores try to satisfy unhappy customers immediately. {bk11-l4a-f2-02a.mp3}
LINE: When a customer finds something wrong with a service in a store, or with something he buys there, he may not come back there. {bk11-l4a-f2-02b.mp3}
LINE: The salespeople in a good store will give him an exchange, a refund, or credit. {bk11-l4a-f2-02c.mp3}
LINE: They'll do it with a smile, too, because they want to keep the customers happy. {bk11-l4a-f2-02d.mp3}
# Source: LLA 4A Figure 2 (main idea 2)
$PRODUCE Main Idea — Good Stores
ID: 4a-f2-2-q
REFERENCE: 4a-f2-2
INPUT: type
LONGFORM
CHECK: llm
INTRO: Same job: type the main idea of this paragraph in one sentence.
INSTRUCTION: Type the main idea of the paragraph.
RUBRIC: Accept answers that express the core idea, such as "Stores need to keep their customers happy" or "A store should satisfy its customers."
PROMPT: What is the main idea of this paragraph?
RESPONSE: Stores need to keep their customers happy.
# Source: LLA 4A Figure 2 (paragraph 3)
$DIALOGUE Driving Lessons — a Short Paragraph
ID: 4a-f2-3
INTRO: One more paragraph, about people who learn to drive in school. Listen for what all the details add up to.
INSTRUCTION: Listen to the paragraph.
LINE: People who learn to drive in school will be safer drivers than those who don't take classes. {bk11-l4a-f2-03a.mp3}
LINE: They'll learn to be cautious behind the steering wheel of a car. {bk11-l4a-f2-03b.mp3}
LINE: They'll follow signs and signals. {bk11-l4a-f2-03c.mp3}
LINE: They'll also be more careful at intersections and will slow down for pedestrians. {bk11-l4a-f2-03d.mp3}
LINE: All drivers should take lessons sometime. {bk11-l4a-f2-03e.mp3}
# Source: LLA 4A Figure 2 (main idea 3)
$PRODUCE Main Idea — Driving Lessons
ID: 4a-f2-3-q
REFERENCE: 4a-f2-3
INPUT: type
LONGFORM
CHECK: llm
INTRO: Last one of these: type the main idea of the paragraph in one sentence.
INSTRUCTION: Type the main idea of the paragraph.
RUBRIC: Accept answers that express the core idea, such as "Everyone who drives should take lessons" or "People who take driving lessons are safer drivers."
PROMPT: What is the main idea of this paragraph?
RESPONSE: Everyone who drives should take lessons.
# SKIPPED (book): ST Reading Skill "WRITE THE MAIN IDEA AND A TITLE." — open paragraph composition (learners write their own titles and main-idea summaries); deferred per guide.
# Source: ST §Which Summary Is the Best?
$SELECT Which Summary Is the Best?
ID: l4-s22
INTRO: Now pick main ideas instead of writing them. Read each paragraph and tap the summary that covers the whole paragraph — not just one detail.
INSTRUCTION: Tap the best summary.
SHOW_PROMPT
PROMPT: Linda knows how to study for a test. She starts getting ready for it early. She reviews the lessons in the textbook first. Next she looks at her notebook and memorizes the important things in it. After that, she usually writes questions and practices answering them. She always makes a good grade on a test.
OPTION: a | Linda always writes in her notebook while she's in class. Later, she uses it to study.
OPTION: b | Linda always makes a good grade on a test because she knows how to study for it.
OPTION: c | Linda always studies for a test by writing and answering questions about the things in the lesson.
ANSWER: b
PROMPT: When Karen went outside this morning to check the weather, the sky was clear. She decided to walk to work. She left her umbrella at home because she didn't think she needed it. About 4:00 the weather started to change. Soon there were big, black clouds in the sky. It began to rain while she was walking home, and her clothes got very wet.
OPTION: a | Karen didn't take her umbrella to work. It started to rain while she was walking home, and she got very wet.
OPTION: b | The sky was clear when Karen left for work this morning. Because it looked like a nice day, she decided to walk.
OPTION: c | While Karen was at work today, the weather changed. She wanted to walk home, but it was too rainy.
ANSWER: a
PROMPT: Do you usually spend too much money at the grocery store? Here are two things that may help. First, eat a good meal before you go. Don't shop for food when you're hungry, or you'll get more than you need. Also, plan your meals for the week ahead. Write everything that's necessary for those meals on a piece of paper, and don't buy anything else.
OPTION: a | Most people usually get hungry when they go to the grocery store.
OPTION: b | Eat a good meal before you go to the grocery store, and you'll feel better while you shop.
OPTION: c | You can save money by eating and by planning your meals before you go to the grocery store.
ANSWER: c
PROMPT: Yesterday after school, John and his friends played football in the street near his house. At six o'clock, John's mother told him that dinner was ready, but he didn't want to come inside. After waiting for half an hour, the family decided to eat dinner without him. John came home when it got dark, but everyone had finished eating by that time.
OPTION: a | John and his friends like to play football after school. They usually play in the street near John's house.
OPTION: b | John missed dinner yesterday. He was playing football and didn't want to come inside when it was ready.
OPTION: c | John's family always eats dinner at six o'clock. When he's not there on time, they don't wait for him.
ANSWER: b
# Source: ST §What Does the Word Mean?
$SELECT What Does the Word Mean?
ID: l4-s8
INTRO: Sometimes the sentence around a new word tells you what it means. Read each set of sentences — they grow longer and more helpful — then tap the meaning of the underlined word.
INSTRUCTION: Read the sentences, then tap what the word means.
SHOW_PROMPT
TEMPLATE: a. The *climate* is good.
TEMPLATE: b. The *climate* is good in my country.
TEMPLATE: c. The *climate* is good in my country in the winter.
PROMPT: The climate...
OPTION: a | is the food.
OPTION: b | is the engine.
OPTION: c | is the weather.
ANSWER: c
TEMPLATE: a. Jim looked at his *atlas*.
TEMPLATE: b. Jim looked at his *atlas* and turned the pages slowly.
TEMPLATE: c. Jim looked at his road *atlas* and turned the pages slowly. He studied the highways and cities carefully.
PROMPT: An atlas...
OPTION: a | is a clock or watch.
OPTION: b | is a book of maps.
OPTION: c | is a large dictionary.
ANSWER: b
TEMPLATE: a. The street is *dangerous*.
TEMPLATE: b. The street is *dangerous* at night.
TEMPLATE: c. The street is *dangerous* at night for anyone who is alone.
PROMPT: Dangerous is...
OPTION: a | narrow.
OPTION: b | crowded.
OPTION: c | not safe.
ANSWER: c
# Source: LLA 4A Figure 4
$SELECT Where Are They?
ID: 4a-f4
INTRO: To finish the lesson, a listening game: hear a scrap of conversation and work out where the people are. Ten rounds, and then you're done with Lesson 4.
INSTRUCTION: Tap the correct answer.
PROMPT: A hamburger, please. Anything else, sir? {bk11-l4a-f4-01-q.mp3}
OPTION: a | at a snack bar {bk11-l4a-f4-01-a.mp3}
OPTION: b | in a clothing store
OPTION: c | in a classroom
ANSWER: a
PROMPT: I want this candy bar. Pull this knob. {bk11-l4a-f4-02-q.mp3}
OPTION: a | restaurant
OPTION: b | snack bar
OPTION: c | vending machine {bk11-l4a-f4-02-a.mp3}
ANSWER: c
PROMPT: How fast are you going? The speed limit: 55 miles per hour. {bk11-l4a-f4-03-q.mp3}
OPTION: a | on the highway {bk11-l4a-f4-03-a.mp3}
OPTION: b | in an airplane
OPTION: c | at a soccer game
ANSWER: a
PROMPT: Can you loosen this? Where's the wrench? {bk11-l4a-f4-04-q.mp3}
OPTION: a | changing a tire {bk11-l4a-f4-04-a.mp3}
OPTION: b | at a vending machine
OPTION: c | eating a hamburger
ANSWER: a
PROMPT: It stalled again. You may need a tune-up. {bk11-l4a-f4-05-q.mp3}
OPTION: a | the living room
OPTION: b | the car {bk11-l4a-f4-05-a.mp3}
OPTION: c | a hospital
ANSWER: b
PROMPT: I want to return this. Do you have your sales slip? {bk11-l4a-f4-06-q.mp3}
OPTION: a | restaurant
OPTION: b | garage
OPTION: c | department store {bk11-l4a-f4-06-a.mp3}
ANSWER: c
PROMPT: Let's go to the department store first, then the clothing store, and then downstairs to the variety store. Okay? Allright. And then we'll come back upstairs to the cafeteria. {bk11-l4a-f4-07-q.mp3}
OPTION: a | in a mall {bk11-l4a-f4-07-a.mp3}
OPTION: b | in a garage
OPTION: c | downtown
ANSWER: a
PROMPT: Do you have an appointment? Yes, I do. She's going to give me an examination. {bk11-l4a-f4-08-q.mp3}
OPTION: a | the classroom
OPTION: b | a doctor's office {bk11-l4a-f4-08-a.mp3}
OPTION: c | a restaurant
ANSWER: b
PROMPT: I want to make a deposit. Did you fill out a deposit slip, sir? {bk11-l4a-f4-09-q.mp3}
OPTION: a | the classroom
OPTION: b | a bank {bk11-l4a-f4-09-a.mp3}
OPTION: c | a mall
ANSWER: b
PROMPT: Whose fault was it? The man in the white car, officer. He ran a red light. {bk11-l4a-f4-10-q.mp3}
