English For Today chapter 1: Attention, Please

Attention, Please

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Labels: Railway Station Description: A signpost with an arrow labelled "Railway Station"; a smiling girl points along the arrow while a man with a suitcase listens beside the post.

Learning outcomes

After we have studied this unit, we will be able to

• follow instructions, commands, requests, announcements and act accordingly
• use sounds, stress and intonation
• ask and answer questions

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Lesson 1: In the Classroom

A. Listen and say.

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Description: A teacher stands at the left of a classroom, facing rows of seated students at desks; a cupboard stands at the back.

Teacher : Good morning and welcome everybody.

Students : Good morning, teacher.

Teacher : Are you ready for the class?

Students : Yes, teacher.

Teacher : Have you got your new books?

Students : Yes teacher. We have.

Teacher : Good! Please remember to bring your English book every day. And speak English with me and with your classmates.

B. Read the conversation and act it out in pairs. Discuss this question with your partner.

What does the teacher ask the students to do?

C. Now answer these questions.

1 Do you speak English with your teacher? If you do, when and how often?

2 Do you speak English with your friends and classmates? If so, how often?

3 If you speak English outside the class, where do you speak it?

4 Do you watch any English programmes on TV? What programmes do you watch?

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Lesson 2: Outside School

A. Listen and read these short conversations.

1. Fahim : Can I borrow your pen, please?

   Tamim : Yes, of course, you can. Here it is.

2. Radif : Could you please help me with my maths?

   Rahin : Sorry, I can't. I'm not good at maths.

3. Sister : Would you turn the television off? I'm doing my homework.

   Brother : Sorry, I didn't notice that. Please go on with your studies.

B. Complete these dialogues using suitable words.

1. A: _________ you lend me your English book for a day?

   B: Sorry, I _________. I need to read it tonight.

2. A: Could you give me 50 taka?

   B: Sorry, I __________.I have only 20 taka with me.

3. A: ____________ you give me your calculator, please?

   B: Yes, ____________ . ____________.

4. A: _________ you get me a notebook and a ballpen from the stationer's?

   B: Yes. Of course, I ____________ .

5. A: Can you put my box in the car, please?

   B: Yes,__________ . I will.

C. Make requests using the clues.

1. You want someone to help you with the washing.
2. You want someone to give you change for a one hundred taka note.
3. You want someone to wait a minute.
4. You want someone to carry your bag.
5. You want someone to call you a rickshaw.

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Lesson 3 : In the House

Keywords : mop (v), mop (n), detergent

A . Listen and read the dialogue.

Mother : Reza, will you come here, please?

Reza : Yes, Maa.

Mother : Look, the kitchen is very untidy. I want to make it neat and tidy. Would you give me a hand?

Reza : Sure.

Mother : Could you take the pots and plates from the table and put them in the cupboard?

Reza : OK.

Mother : First I'll sweep the floor. Will you bring me a broom, please?

Reza : Here it is.

Mother : Thank you. Now I'm going to mop the floor. Could you get me a mop and bucket and some detergent?

Reza : No problem. Here they are.

Mother : Thanks, dear.

Reza : Welcome.

B . Act out the dialogue.

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C. Match the sentences in column A with suitable answers in column B. Some answers in B may match more than one question.

Now make dialogues using the table and act it out.

D. Suppose your friends/relatives are coming to visit you. Write a dialogue between you and your brother/ sister on making your room. You can use words from the box.

take out, bring, push, move, hang (some pictures)

Lesson 4: In the Street

Key word : crossroads

A. Listen and read.

Asif : Excuse me! Could you tell me the way to the railway station, please?

Passer-by : Oh, it's not very far. Go along this street and you'll come to a big crossroads. Turn left. Go along about two hundred metres, and you will see a tall building. Go past and the station is on the right.

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Labels: Railway Station Description: A woman in a sari points along a road towards a signpost reading "Railway Station"; a young man stands beside her, listening.

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Asif : Go along---come to crossroads---turn left---go about two hundred metres-tall building --station on the right. Thank you very much.

Passer-by : It's OK.

Note : 'Excuse me' is a polite way of drawing somebody's attention. 'It's OK': You can also say, 'You're welcome'.

B. Look at the map. Suppose, you are now on Park Road and you want to go to Mosque Road or Zilla School. Ask your partner how you can go there. Start like this:

S1: Excuse me. How can I go to Mosque Road?

S2 : Oh, it's quite far ...................

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Labels: North Road, Zilla School, High Street, Mosque Road, Lake Road, Lake, Tannie Road, Colony Road, Park Road, Park Description: A street map showing roads and places. Zilla School is at the top left, between North Road and Mosque Road; High Street runs down its left side. Lake Road runs diagonally from Mosque Road to a large oval Lake on the right. Colony Road lies below Mosque Road. Park Road runs horizontally across the lower part of the map, with the Park below it. Tannie Road runs diagonally at the upper right.

C. Work in pairs. Ask for and give directions to a place in your own upazila, town or city.

D. Listen and practise saying these words.

station building crossroads

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Lesson 5: At a Bookshop

A. Look at the picture and answer these questions.

1. What is it?
2. Where can you find it?
3. Is there a bookshop near your house or school or in your upazilla/town? Tell us about it.
4. Can you guess what these two persons in the picture are talking about?

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Description: A bookshop with shelves full of books. A young male shopkeeper stands behind the counter holding a book; a girl with a bag on her shoulder stands at the counter facing him. Two books lie on the counter in front of them.

B. Listen to the teacher / audio and answer the following questions.

Listening text: 1

1. What do you mean by 'in stock' and 'out of stock'?
2. Who are talking in this conversation?
3. Where is the conversation taking place?
4. How many books does the student want?
5. What books does she want to buy?
6. How much do the books cost?

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C. Work in pairs. One of you is a customer and the other is a shop assistant.

The following dialogue is not in the right order. Write the dialogue in right order and act it out.

a. Thanks b. Hello. Can I help you? c. Yes. An eraser too. d. Fifteen taka, please. e. Here they are. f. Sure. Anything else? g. Here is the money. h. How much? i. Can I have a pencil?

Lesson 6: In a Restaurant

A. Answer these questions.

1. Have you ever eaten at a restaurant? If yes, where, when and whom with?

B. Listen to the teacher / audio and answer the following questions.

Listening text: 2

1. How many people are sitting at the corner table?
2. How many menus does the waiter bring them?
3. Why does Tuhin ask for a menu?
4. What is the waiter ready for?
5. How many items of food have they ordered?
6. Who wants some chips? How many of them will eat ice-cream?
7. Why does Mr Khan like mineral water, not any soft drinks?

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C. Work in pairs. Write a dialogue between a waiter and a customer in a restaurant, giving and taking orders for the following food items. When you finish writing, act out the dialogue.

rice, fish curry, dal, vegetables, fresh juice, mineral water