Dialogue 10. THE WONDERS OF THE MODERN WORLD

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 534.

Phonetical excercises

1 Press your lips / сожми губы (12)

2 Bite your lower lip / закуси нижнюю губу (12)

3 Drop your lower jaw/ «урони» нижнюю челюсть

3 Spread your lips / растяни губы, сделай «оскал»(12)

4 Make a “tube”,fix it/ вытяни губы «трубочкой», задержи их в таком положении (12)

5 Spread your lips / Make a “tube”/ «оскал»/ «трубочка» 12)

6 Touch your alveols/ дотронься языком до альвеол (небольшие бугорки за зубами) (12)

7 Move your tongue back and forward/ двигай языком по нёбу вперед и назад (12)

8 Blow a “candle” / задуй свечу (12)

9 move your tongue between your jaws двигай языком между зубами (12)

P = Peter S = Sam K = Kelly

PI was just reading this article about the wonders of the ancient world. A lot of them were buildings. I was thinking, what would your wonders of the modern world be? Not necessarily buildings, but things that have changed our way of life.

SWell, to me, air travel is the thing that's really changed my life.

PYeah.

SFlying is so cheap now that you can travel almost anywhere, in your own country or anyplace in the entire world. For people who love to travel, the airplane gives you freedom and extra time.

KThat's true, it's pretty easy get somewhere by plane.

PI suppose so. But what about all those airport delays?

SWell, sure, that's the bad part. With all the people traveling these days, airports are overcrowded and planes get delayed a lot, even canceled. And all the security precautions can slow things down, too.

PI'll say.

SBut overall, it's the safest way to travel.

KFor me, well, I was thinking the cell phone is the most wonderful thing.

SReally? I don't even know how to use one.

KOh, I couldn't live without mine. It's so convenient! I can call my friends anytime and they can always call me. Or if I'm in trouble I can call for help...

PYou mean like calling your parents?

KYeah, like parents ... and if I'm running late, I'm able to call a friend if I'm, like, on the bus or something.

SBut the problem with cell phones is that people use them too much for every little thing. It's practically glued to their ears.

PBoy, do I hate it when people shout into them in a public place and everyone else has to listen to the conversation. Especially in restaurants.

KAnd movie theaters!

SWell, good manners aren't a wonder of our world!

PYou know, I think the most amazing wonder is e-mail. It's changed the world, and it's totally transformed my business. Everybody at work is always on the computer, responding to e-mails, sending e-mails ... That's where most of our business is done now, through e-mail. You're sending reports, you get information. But the bad part is that you're glued to the computer and people expect things to be done right away.

KYeah, people are shocked if you go through a day without checking your e-mail.

SI'm glad I didn't have e-mail when I was working!

PAnd when you go on vacation and then you come back, there's, like, 200 e-mails waiting for you—all of them urgent.

SI guess it's like any other tool or device. If it's used correctly, it's very useful.