Unit One
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Carolyn Duval is moving from Vermont to an apartment in New York City. Today she meets her landlady, Sylvia Baxter for the first time and signs a lease. She also meets her new neighbor, Maggie Sloane. Carolyns apartment is in Brooklyn, New York, one of the boroughs of New York City.
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New words and Expressions
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Excuse me, is a polite expression used to get someones attention.
Could you ....? Is used to soften a request or make it more polite.
How are you? Is a formulaic greeting and not actually a question about the other persons health. Typical responses are "Fine", "Good", "OK", "Not bad" etc.
Neighbor, is a person or people living next door or in one building.
Nice to meet you, is short for Its nice to meet you.
Upstairs, is another floor above you.
Downstairs, is another floor below you.
Spell, is to say the letters (the alphabet) of a word one by one.
Figure it out
1.Listen to the conversation and say true or false.
1.Carolyn Duval meets Mrs. Baxter.
2. Carolyns last name is Duval.
3. Carolyn lives upstairs from Maggie.
4. Carolyn is Maggies neighbor.
2. Listen again and answer on your own using your personal information.
1.Are you Mrs. Baxter?
2. Could you spell your last name?
3. How are you?
4. C-A-R-O-L-Y-N?
5. Could you spell your first name?
6. Are you my new neighbor?
7. D-U-V-A-L?
8. Nice to meet you.
9. My names Khosro Gharib.
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Welcome to Willow Street.
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Comprehension Dialog.
George Arno, the owner of Arnos coffee shop meets Carolyn Duval who is moving next door. A coffe shop is a cheap restaurant that may serve anything from coffee and cake to complete dinners. The conversation is interrupted by Jeff Hunt. Jeff works at Arnos coffee shop with George and his wife Loretta Arno.
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New words and Expressions
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Moving in? is short for Are you moving in?
Just call me....is for another way of saying someones name in a friendly way.
Coming..... is short for Im coming.
I will. Here is short way of saying I will come.
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Figure it out
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Listen to the conversation again and say true or false.
1. Carolyn is moving to Willow Street.
2. Carolyn is George Arnos new neighbor.
3. Carolyns last name is Laval.
4. Mrs. Arnos first name is Loretta.
5. "Arnos" is a coffee shop on Willow Street.
6. Carolyn wants George to call her Mrs. Duval.
