Lesson Seven ENTERTAINMENT (I)
Part B Macro'Listening (Tapescripts, Notes, Exercises with Key) Dialogue
Let's Go to the Movies
Tapescript
Wife I'm tired of watching television. Let's go to the movi~ tonight.
Husband All right. Do you want to go downtown? Or is there a good movie in the neighborhood?
Wife I'd rather not spend a lot of money. What does the paper say about neighborhood theaters?
Husband Here's the list on page... Column 6. Here it is. Where's the Rialto? There's a good movie there.
Wife That's too far away. And it's hard to find a place to park there.
Husband Well, the Grand Theater has ,Gone with Wind
Wife I saw that years ago. I don't want to see it again. Anyway, it's too long. We wouldn't get home until midnight.
Husband The Center has a horror film. You wouldn't want to see that.
Wife No, indeed. I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.
Husband That' about all there is. Unless we change our minds and go downtown.
Wife No, we just Can't afford it. There must be something else we haven't seen.
Husband Here, look for yourself. I can't find anything else.
Wife Look at this!
Husband What?
Wife In the television schedule, there's a baseball game on television tonight.
Husband I wasn't looking for a TV program. I was looking at the movie ads.
Wife I know, but I just happened to notice it. New York is playing Boston.
Husband That ought to be good. I wouldn't mind watching that
Wife O.K. Let's stay home. We can go to a movie Friday.
Passage
Clowns Are Fun
I. Tapescript
Clowns like to make people laugh. They paint their faces and put on funny noses. Sometimes they put on a sad face but most of the time they put on a happy face. They also wear funny clothes.
Most clowns work in circuses. They do all kinds of silly things to make the audience laugh. They run, jump, fall down, turn somersaults, and roll over. They ride donkeys backwards. They push each other in wagons or wheelbarrows. Sometimes they shout and sing. Clowns are funny men, and occasionally, women, too! A circus is not a circus without clowns!
Children especially enjoy watching clowns. A clown named Cookie often visits hospitals to entertain sick children as well as older people. Sick people need to laugh. It helps them to get better faster.
There is an old saying: 'Laughter is good medicine. |