TAPE SCRIPT LOOK AHEAD XI
Unit 1
GETTING STARTED
Part B. Active Listening.
Listen to Mike, talking about whales. While listening, complete the missing
words with the words you
hear.
hear.
Whales are sea-livings
mammals. They therefore breathe air but cannot survive on land. Some species
are very large indeed and the blue whale, which can exceed 30 meters in length,
is the largest animal to have lived on earth. Superficially, the whale looks
rather like a fish, but there are important differences in its external
structure; its tail consists of a pair of broad, flat horizontal paddles (the
tail of a fish is vertical) and it has a single nostril on top of its large,
broad head. The skin is smooth and shiny and beneath it lies a layer of fat
(blubber). This is can be up to 30 centimeters in thickness and serves heat and
body fluids.
Say It Right
whales
mammals
breathe
breath
survive
species
exceed
Ways to say it: Expressing
feeling
Study the following dialog.
A : Could you tell me how big the blue whale
is?
B
: Well, let me tell you. The blue whale is the largest animal ever
known. It exceeds elephants and dinosaurs in size. A blue whale may weigh up to
115 tons.
A
: Wow, that's an amazing fact.
Expressing surprise:
·
No. I don't believe it. -
Oh, no. That's not true.
·
Are you serious? - Really?
·
Are you joking? - It's
surprising that ...
·
Are you kidding? - What a
surprise!
·
You must be joking. - This
is really a surprise!
·
Wow! - Incredible!
GET IT RIGHT
Ways to say it:
Expressing warning
When we are going to give
warnings to other people we can use these expressions:
Informative notices:
- Out of order.
- No vacancies.
- Sold out.
Do this:
- Please queue other side.
- Keep right.
Don't do this:
- No smoking.
- No littering.
- No parking.
- No exit.
- Don’t lean out of the
window.
- Please do not disturb.
- Please do not feed the
animals.
- Keep off the grass.
- Silence. Examination is in
progress.
- Don’t leave bags
unattended.
Watch out:
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