This glossary presents occupations or professions that involve
providing customers with various kinds of personal services. Please
listen and repeat twice.
Este vocabulario presenta oficios o profesiones que implican el
suministro de diversos tipos de servicios personales. Escucha y
repite dos veces.
Activity 56:
Basándote en el vocabulario aprendido más arriba, selecciona de cada
menú los oficios o profesiones adecuados para completar estas oraciones.
Verifica luego las respuestas correctas.
1.
... organize events and celebrations.
2.
... plan the decorations for a home.
3.
...
make purchases such as gifts for you.
4.
... trace or study a family's history.
5.
... find jobs for people.
6.
... clean and polish automobiles.
7.
... predict future events.
8.
... use hypnosis to treat psychological
problems.
Dating service
Agencia de contactos
Escucha el audio y concéntrate en la entonación y ritmo de las
frases.
Ray:
This has got to stop! Another
Friday night without a date! What can I do?
Tony:
What about looking through the
personal ads in the newspaper? That's how I met
Stephanie.
Ray:
Actually, I've tried that. But
the people you meet are always different from what
you expect.
Tony:
Well, why don't you join a
dating service? A friend of mine met his wife that
way.
Ray:
That's not a bad idea.
Tony:
Also, it might be a good idea to
check out singles' night at the bookstore.
Ray:
Yeah. If I don't find a date, at
least I might find a good book!
VOCABULARY
without a date: sin pareja, sin una cita; Iook
through: revisar; ads = advertisements:
avisos; I've tried that: ya he intentado eso; what
you expect:
lo que uno espera; join:
inscribirse, hacerse socio de; dating service:
agencia de contactos; that way: de ese modo; check
out:
visitar, comprobar; singles' night: la noche de los
solteros (solos y solas); at least: al menos;
might find: podría encontrar.
Activity 57:
Basándote en la conversación anterior, selecciona las
opciones más adecuadas para cada oración. Verifica
luego las respuestas correctas ...
1.
Tony met Stephanie through ...
3.
A dating service is a company that ...
a website
on the Internet. a personal
ad in the paper. joining
a dating service.
allows
students to get scholarships. matches
up people's interests. attracts
people with similar hobbies.
2.
Ray doesn't like personal ads because ...
4.
"Singles' night" is a special evening when ...
people are
different from expected.
people match up his interests.
people are too similar to himself.
married men
can meet women. married women can meet men. unmarried
people meet other people.
Bienvenid@ a la sexta lección del curso Avanzado. En la página siguiente tres personas – una mujer y dos hombres –
aconsejan cómo combatir la timidez.
