Task Listening 14. Making enquiries in a department store.
Дата публикации: Nov 13, 2014 4:51:8 PM
- Excuse me, I wonder if you tell me where I can get tickets for some these concerts at the forum.
- Yes, certainly, sir. It's.. er.. upstairs on the fourth floor and you go stride through .. through the toy department.
- Uh-huh, yeah
- Very easy to find. You find the counter just there. They sell tickets for all music events in the city.
- Fine. So I go upstairs to the fourth floor
- Uh-huh
- Through the toy department
- Uh-huh
- And I'll get the tickets there
- Yes, that's right.
- Oh, thanks very much indeed.
- Hello, can I help you, madam?
- Erm, excuse me, I've got .. er.. a hair dryer and a radio which I brought with me from Japan
- Uh-huh
- But, there is some problem in England. Could you tell me where I can get someone to make them work?
- Someone to make them work?
- Yes.
- I don't understand. You mean them broken?
- They are not broken, I think, they're just for a different electric .. system.
- Oh, you need a transformer. Yes. Why don't you try the electrical department? Erm, where they sell plugs and batteries and things like that. It's very easy to find it. It's downstairs in the basement
- Uh-huh
- You go along to the escalator and stride down, okay?
- Uh-huh. Thank you very much indeed.
- Pleasure
- Could you tell me where is postcards sell, please?
- Yes, certainly, sir. There is on this floor in the st.. new department.
- Se.. department. Oh, no. Where exactly is that? Because I've been walking around but I can't see anything anywhere.
- Look, it's very easy to find. It's just down there where all these calendars .. and paper ribbons ..
- It's ..
- It's on the end of the counter.
- At the end of the counter?
- Yes, that's right.
- Thank you very much.
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- Excuse me, I wonder if you could tell me where I could get tickets for some these concerts at the Forum.
- Yes, certainly, sir. It's.. er.. upstairs on the fourth floor and you go straight through .. through the toy department.
- Uh-huh, yes
- Very easy to find. You'll find the counter just there. They sell tickets for all the musical events in the city.
- Fine. So I go up the stairs to the fourth floor
- Mm-mm
- Through the toy department
- Mm-mm
- And I'll get the tickets there
- Yes, that's right.
- Well, thanks very much indeed.
- Hello, can I help you, madam?
- Erm, excuse me, I've got .. er.. a hair-dryer and a radio which I brought with me from Japan
- Mm-mm
- But, they don't work properly in England. Could you tell me where I can get something to make them work, please?
- Something to make them work?
- Oh, yes.
- I don't understand. Do you mean they're broken?
- They are not broken, I think, it's just for a different electrical system.
- Oh, you need a transformer. Yes. Why don't you try the electrical department? Erm, where they sell plugs and batteries and things like that. It's very easy to find. It's downstairs in the basement
- Mm-mm
- You go along here to the escalator and straight down, okay?
- Uh-huh. Thank you very much indeed.
- It's a pleasure
- Could you tell me where the postcards are, please?
- Yes, certainly, sir. They are on this floor in the stationary department.
- Stationary department. Now where exactly is that? Because I've been walking around but I can't see anything anywhere.
- Look, it's very easy to find. It's just down there where all they sell calendars, wrapping paper, ribbons and such.
- Calendars?
- It's on the end of the counter.
- On the end of the counter?
- Yes, that's right.
- Thank you very much.