Escucha el audio y concéntrate en la entonación y ritmo de las
frases.
Ms. Lock:
Hello?
Jack Berg:
Hello, Ms. Lock. This is Jack Berg.
Ms. Lock:
Uh, Mr. Berg ... in Apartment 205?
Jack Berg:
No, in Apartment 305.
Ms. Lock:
Oh, yes. What can I do for you?
Does your refrigerator need fixing again?
Jack Berg:
No, it's the oven this time.
Ms. Lock:
Oh, so what's wrong with it?
Jack Berg:
Well, I think the temperature
control needs to be checked. Everything I try to
cook gets burned.
Ms. Lock:
Really? OK, I'll have someone look
at it right away.
Jack Berg:
Thanks a lot, Ms. Lock.
Ms. Lock:
Uh, by the way, Mr. Berg, are you
sure it's the oven and not your cooking?
VOCABULARY
need fixing: necesitar reparación (hay que hacerlo
reparar); oven: horno (a gas o eléctrico);
what's wrong with it?:
¿qué problema o inconveniente tiene?;
temperature control:
regulador de temperatura;
needs to be checked:
necesita ser revisado (hary que hacerlo revisar);
gets burned:
se quema; right away: ya mismo, de inmediato; by
the way:
a propósito; cooking:
forma de cocinar.
Second tenant
Segundo inquilino
Escucha el audio y concéntrate en la entonación y ritmo de las
frases.
Ms. Lock:
Hello?
Mrs. Harris:
Hello. Is this the manager?
Ms. Lock:
Yes, this is Ms. Lock.
Mrs. Harris:
This is Mrs. Harris in Apartment
216.
Ms. Lock:
Yes. How can I help you, Mrs.
Harris?
Mrs. Harris:
I'm having a problem.
Ms. Lock:
What sort of problem?
Mrs. Harris:
With the electricity.
Ms. Lock:
What sort of problem with the
electricity?
Mrs. Harris:
Well, I don't seem to have any.
Ms. Lock:
I see. Do you mean for the lights
or is it the appliances, too?
Mrs. Harris:
Let me check ... [refrigerator door opens]
No, the refrigerator is OK, so it must be just the
lights.
Ms. Lock:
I guess something must be wrong
with the fuse box. I'll come up and have a look at
it right away.
Mrs. Harris:
Thanks so much.
VOCABULARY
manager: administrador/a, encargado/a;
sort of problem:
tipo o clase de problema;
do you mean for the lights?: ¿se refiere a las
luces?; appliances:
electrodomésticos;
something must be wrong:
debe haber algún problema;
fuse box:
caja de fusibles;
I'll come up:
subiré.
Activity 69:
Basándote en la conversación anterior, selecciona las
opciones más adecuadas para cada oración. Verifica
luego las respuestas correctas ...
1.
What apartment is Jack Berg in?
4.
Jack thinks that the temperature control ...
Apartment
205. Apartment
216.
Apartment 305.
needs to be
checked. needs
to be replaced. needs to be
burned.
2.
Which household appliance isn't working?
5.
What is Mrs. Harris' problem?
The
refrigerator.
The oven.
The stove.
No
electricity for the appliances. No
electricity for the lights. No
electricity at all.
3.
The problem is that ...
6.
Who is going to help Mrs. Harris?
everything
gets burned. something
is wrong with the fuse box.
the stove needs fixing again.
The manager
herself. Mr. Lock, the manager. Someone
will look at it right away.
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