Speaker 2: Listen to this telephone conversation. Listen to this telephone conversation. Hello, Mary.
Speaker 2: It's Peter. How are you? Hello, Peter. I'm fine, thanks.
Speaker 2: And you? I'm fine, too. Mary, would you
Speaker 3: like to have dinner
Speaker 2: with me tonight? Not tonight, Peter, but tomorrow night I'd
Speaker 2: like to. Okay. At what time? At eight
Speaker 3: o'clock? Eight
Speaker 2: o'clock is too late. Then at seven o'clock? All right.
Speaker 2: Tomorrow night
Speaker 3: at seven o'clock at the
Speaker 2: Park Avenue restaurant. And thank you. You're welcome. Goodbye, Mary. Goodbye,
Speaker 2: Peter
Speaker 3: Listen again. Listen
Speaker 2: again. Hello, Mary. It's Peter. How are you? Hello, Peter.
Speaker 2: I'm fine, thanks. And you? I'm fine, too. Mary, would
Speaker 2: you like to have dinner with me tonight? Not tonight, Peter,
Speaker 2: but tomorrow
Speaker 3: night I'd
Speaker 2: like to. Okay. At what time? At eight o'clock? Eight
Speaker 3: o'clock is too late
Speaker 2: Then at seven o'clock? All right.
Speaker 3: Tomorrow night at 7 o'clock
Speaker 4: at the Park Avenue Restaurant. And thank you. You're welcome.
Speaker 4: Goodbye
Speaker 3: Mary. Goodbye, Peter.
Speaker 4: Se acuerda de cómo se dice esta noche? Tonight. Tonight.
Speaker 4: Diga mañana por la noche. Tomorrow night.
Speaker 2: Tomorrow. Tomorrow night. Diga a las seis. At
Speaker 4: six o'clock. Pregunte,¿ más tarde no?
Speaker 3: Not later
Speaker 4: Diga, entonces, a las siete.
Speaker 2: Then at seven o'clock. Or at
Speaker 4: eight o'clock. Pregunte qué hora es ahora.
Speaker 3: What time is it now
Speaker 4: Pregúntele si él sabe qué hora es. Do you know
Speaker 3: what time it is? Do you know what time it
Speaker 4: is? Dígale que son las diez ahora. It's
Speaker 2: ten o'clock now. It's
Speaker 4: ten o'clock. Diga no, son las cuatro. No, it's four
Speaker 4: o'clock
Speaker 3: Four o'clock.
Speaker 4: Pregúntele otra vez,¿ qué hora es ahora?
Speaker 3: What time is it
Speaker 4: now? Diga, son las cinco. It's five o'clock. Diga, voy
Speaker 4: a comer a las cinco.
Speaker 2: I'm going to eat at five o'clock.
Speaker 4: Sin cambiar el orden de las palabras, pregunte,¿ Usted va
Speaker 4: a comer?
Speaker 3: You're going to eat? You're going to eat?
Speaker 4: Con quién? With whom? Él le contesta, con usted. Voy
Speaker 4: a comer con usted. I'm going to eat with you.
Speaker 4: Diga sí. A mí también me gustaría comer. Yes
Speaker 3: I'd like to eat too. I'd like Yes, I'd like
Speaker 3: to eat too.
Speaker 4: Diga, me gustaría cenar con usted.
Speaker 3: I'd like to have dinner with you.
Speaker 4: Diga, me gustaría cenar con usted esta noche.
Speaker 3: I'd like to have dinner with you tonight.
Speaker 5: Diga, en el hotel.
Speaker 4: At the hotel. En el hotel en Avenida Parque. At
Speaker 4: the
Speaker 3: hotel on Park Avenue.
Speaker 5: Diga
Speaker 4: bueno. All right.¿ Se acuerda de cómo se pregunta...¿ Va
Speaker 4: a tomar usted algo de vino? Diga no. Yo voy
Speaker 4: a tomar algo de cerveza. Diga hoy.¿ Se acuerda de
Speaker 4: cómo se dice, no soy norteamericano? Ahora trate de decir,
Speaker 4: no voy a cenar hoy.
Speaker 2: I'm not going to have dinner today
Speaker 4: Sin cambiar el orden de las palabras, pregunte,¿ Usted no
Speaker 4: va a cenar?
Speaker 3: You're not going to have dinner
Speaker 4: Conteste, no. Hoy no. No, not today. No voy a
Speaker 4: cenar hoy.
Speaker 2: I'm not going to have dinner today
Speaker 4: Diga, hoy voy a comer a las tres.
Speaker 2: Today I'm going to eat at three o'clock. Today I'm
Speaker 2: going to eat at three o'clock.
Speaker 5: Diga o a las dos. Or
Speaker 4: at two o'clock. Diga de acuerdo, entonces a las dos.
Speaker 3: Ok then, at two o'clock
Speaker 4: Así se pregunta ¿cuánto? en inglés. Listen and repeat. How much?
Speaker 2: Much. Much. How much?
Speaker 4: How much? Pregunte, ¿cuánto? How much? En inglés, sería un
Speaker 4: poco brusco preguntarle a alguien simplemente, ¿cuánto? Así que aprendamos
Speaker 4: una manera más suave de preguntar,¿ cuánto le debo? Escuche simplemente.
Speaker 2: How much do I owe you? Debo. Listen and repeat.
Speaker 2: I owe. O. O. I owe. Yo le debo. Listen
Speaker 2: and repeat. I owe you.
Speaker 4: I owe you.¿ Cómo se dice yo le debo o
Speaker 4: le debo?
Speaker 2: Cuánto le debo? How much do I owe you? How much?
Speaker 2: How much do I owe you?
Speaker 4: Pregúnteme otra vez cuánto me debe usted.
Speaker 2: How much do I owe you?
Speaker 4: Así se dice un dólar. Listen and repeat. One dollar. Dollar. Dollar.
Speaker 3: One. One. One dollar.
Speaker 4: Pregúnteme cuánto me debe usted.
Speaker 2: How much do I owe you?
Speaker 5: Diga un dólar. One
Speaker 3: dollar. One dollar, sir.
Speaker 4: Pregunte,¿ cuánto le debo hoy?
Speaker 2: How much do I owe you today? How much do
Speaker 2: I owe you today?
Speaker 4: Trate de decir ocho dólares.
Speaker 3: Eight dollars. Dollars. Eight dollars.
Speaker 4: Así se dice once dólares. Listen and repeat. Eleven dollars
Speaker 3: Eleven. Eleven.
Speaker 4: Diga once dólares.
Speaker 3: Eleven dollars.
Speaker 4: Pregunte ¿cuánto?
Speaker 2: How much?
Speaker 4: Cuánto
Speaker 2: le debo? How much do I owe you?
Speaker 4: Así se dice doce dólares. Listen and repeat.
Speaker 3: Twelve dollars. Twelve. V. V. Well. Well. Twelve
Speaker 4: Diga doce dólares.
Speaker 3: Twelve dollars.
Speaker 4: Ahora diga dos dólares. Diga tres dólares. Doce dólares. Diga
Speaker 4: once dólares.
Speaker 3: Eleven dollars.
Speaker 5: Diga un dólar.
Speaker 3: One dollar. One. One dollar
Speaker 4: Así se dice trece dólares. Listen and repeat.
Speaker 3: Thirteen dollars.
Speaker 6: Teen. Thirteen. Thirteen. Thirteen.
Speaker 4: Diga trece dólares.
Speaker 3: Thirteen dollars.
Speaker 4: Pregunte cuánto me debe usted.
Speaker 2: How much do I owe you?
Speaker 4: Conteste 12 dólares. Conteste 13 dólares. Diga 8 dólares. Diga once dólares.
Speaker 5: Diga diez dólares.
Speaker 4: Diga doce dólares. Diga dos dólares. Nueve dólares. Diga seis dólares. Pregunte, ¿cuánto?
Speaker 4: How much
Speaker 5: Diga siete. Seven.
Speaker 4: Seven. Lo siento. Por favor, repita. I'm
Speaker 3: sorry. Please repeat.
Speaker 4: Trate de preguntar,¿ le debo yo cinco dólares?
Speaker 3: Do I owe you five dollars? I owe you. Do
Speaker 3: I owe you? Do I owe you? Do I owe
Speaker 3: you five dollars?
Speaker 4: Pregúnteme si yo quiero cinco dólares.
Speaker 3: Do you want five dollars? Do you want? Do you
Speaker 3: want five dollars
Speaker 4: Diga, por favor, escuche.
Speaker 3: Please, listen
Speaker 4: Le debo yo cinco dólares?
Speaker 3: Do I owe you five dollars?
Speaker 4: Diga, no señora, cuatro dólares.
Speaker 2: No ma'am, four dollars. Four dollars.
Speaker 4: Diga, y siete dólares. And seven dollars. trate de decir,
Speaker 4: yo le debo trece dólares. I
Speaker 3: owe you thirteen dollars. I owe you thirteen dollars.
Speaker 4: Diga, no, trece no.
Speaker 2: No,
Speaker 4: not thirteen. Pregunte,¿ le debo yo 12 dólares? Diga, no, 11 dólares.
Speaker 2: No, 11 dólares.
Speaker 4: Diga, por favor, escuche. Pregunte,¿ entiende usted? Conteste, sí, yo
Speaker 4: entiendo ahora.
Speaker 3: Yes, I understand now.
Speaker 4: Trate de decir, yo le entiendo. I
Speaker 3: understand you. I understand you now
Speaker 4: Se acuerda de cómo se dice un dólar? One dollar. One.
Speaker 4: One dollar. Yo le debo un dólar.
Speaker 2: I owe you one dollar. I owe you one dollar.
Speaker 4: Now listen.¿ Qué le dije yo? Yo le pedí que
Speaker 4: escuche ahora. Usted va a platicar con el hombre. Ahora,
Speaker 4: escuche y conteste. Escuche y conteste.
Speaker 2: No, no muy bien.
Speaker 3: No, not very well.
Speaker 4: Ahora, el hombre va a proponerle diversas cosas que ustedes
Speaker 4: pueden hacer juntos. Siga contradiciéndolo cada vez. Si él quiere cerveza,
Speaker 4: usted quiere vino. Si él quiere hacer algo hoy, usted
Speaker 4: quiere hacerlo mañana. Si él quiere hacerlo a las seis,
Speaker 4: usted prefiere hacerlo a las siete. Ahora, escuche y conteste.
Speaker 2: Listen and answer. Would you like to have something to eat?
Speaker 3: No,
Speaker 2: gracias. No, gracias.¿ Querría que tuvieras algo a beber?¿ Algo
Speaker 2: de vino? No, me
Speaker 3: gustaría un poco de cerveza.
Speaker 2: Un poco de cerveza, por favor. Bien, ¿cuándo? ¿Hoy?
Speaker 3: No, not today. Tomorrow. No, not today. Tomorrow.
Speaker 2: Tonight?
Speaker 3: No, not tonight. Tomorrow night.
Speaker 2: At what time? Five o'clock?
Speaker 3: Not at 5 o'clock at 6 o'clock.
Speaker 2: Then at 7 o'clock?
Speaker 3: No, not at 7 o'clock at 8 o'clock.
Speaker 2: No, at 10 o'clock, please.
Speaker 3: Not at 10 o'clock. At 11
Speaker 2: o'clock. All right. Tomorrow night
Speaker 4: at 11 o'clock. Goodbye. Ahora, usted va a platicar con una señorita.
Speaker 4: Ella es una vendedora en una tienda. Usted compra algo
Speaker 4: y no está de acuerdo con el precio que ella
Speaker 4: le propone. Opóngase a cada precio que ella le proponga,
Speaker 4: sugiriéndole pagar un dólar por debajo de cada precio propuesto
Speaker 4: por ella. Empiece preguntándole a la vendedora cuánto le debe.
Speaker 2: How much do I owe you, miss? How much do
Speaker 2: I owe you?
Speaker 3: It's $
Speaker 2: 13
Speaker 3: sir.
Speaker 2: No, miss. I owe you $ 12.
Speaker 3: No, señor. Te
Speaker 2: pido $ 11. Te pido $ 11. No, no $ 11. Te pido $ 10. No,
Speaker 2: no $ 11. Te pido $ 10.
Speaker 3: No, sir,
Speaker 2: not ten dollars. You owe me nine dollars. No, miss,
Speaker 2: not nine dollars. Eight dollars.
Speaker 3: Okay, then. Eight
Speaker 4: dollars. Usted le da ocho dólares. Escuche y conteste a
Speaker 4: lo que ella le dice.
Speaker 3: Thank you, sir.
Speaker 4: You're welcome.