Review Four. Listen to a letter from John to his brother Rob.
[00:20.98]Dear Rob,How are you? And Wanda and the kids?
[00:29.15]I'm very busy with "Hello American."
[00:34.01]We're on the air three hours a day,and we're working on a weekend show too.
[00:41.46]I'm still dating Susan.
[00:45.92]We go out three or four nights a week. In fact,we're very serious.
[00:53.86]My big news is this.
[00:58.02]I have a new job offer from a television station in Denver.
[01:04.26]It's for a new show,and the job looks good.
[01:09.41]The salary is eighty thousand dollars!
[01:14.14]The problem is Susan.
[01:17.61]What should I do about her?
[01:21.08]I love her.I don't want to leave her,but it's a good job.
[01:29.13]Should I take the job,or should I stay in Stamford?
[01:34.90]I don't know what to do.
[01:38.85]Love to you all,John
[01:43.89]Now some pronunciation practice.
[01:48.72]There are some informal expressions and special idioms in the letter;
[01:54.89]let's practice those first.
[01:58.54]Repeat after John.
[02:02.38]the kids on the air a weekend show
[02:12.05]dating go out in fact very serious big news
[02:27.91]job offer looks good do about you all
[02:40.86]OK.Now let's try repeating the sentences.
[02:46.50]Some of them are long.
[02:50.16]Say as many of the words as you can.
[02:54.55]Just listen,and then repeat all the words you can remember.
[03:00.40]How are you? And Wanda and the kids?
[03:07.66]I'm very busy with "Hello America."
[03:12.24]We're on the air three hours a day,and we're working on a seekend show too.
[03:21.30]I'm still dating Susan.
[03:25.24]We go out three or four nights a week.
[03:29.82]In fact,we're very serious.
[03:33.89]My big news is this.
[03:37.73]I have a new job offer from a television station in Denver.
[03:43.79]It's for a new show,and the job looks good.
[03:50.95]The salary is eighty thousand dollars!
[03:55.49]The problem is susan.
[03:59.36]What should I do about her?
[04:03.91]I love her. I don't want to leave her,but it's a good.
[04:15.58]Should I take the job,or should I stay in Stamford?
[04:23.03]I don't know what to do.
[04:26.58]Sam,what is the name of Rob's wife? Wanda.
[04:34.23]How many hours a day is "Hello America" on the air? Three.
[04:42.98]What else are they working on? A weekend show.
[04:50.64]Who is Jonh dating? Susan.
[04:56.99]How often do they go out?
[05:00.85]Three or four nights a week.
[05:04.61]What is Jonh's big news? A new job offer.
[05:11.67]A new job offer from what? A television station.
[05:19.03]Where? Denver.
[05:24.68]What's the salary? Eighty thousand dollars.
[05:31.23]What's the problem? Susan.
[05:36.88]Why? He loves her,and he doesn't want to leave her.
[05:44.74]But?... It's a good job.
[05:51.50]Well,Sam,John doesn't know what to do.
[05:56.34]He loves Susan,and he deoesn't want to leave her.
[06:01.38]But the job offer is a good one.
[06:05.22]What should he do? What do you think,Sam?
[06:10.49]What should Jonh do?
[06:14.26]Really? Hmm. Interesting. John say"
[06:21.34]I don't know what to do.
[06:24.68]He doesn't know what to do.
[06:28.94]What to do. Repeat.
[06:33.51]what to do I don't know
[06:39.36]I don't know what to do.
[06:43.30]Let's practice some "I don't know" sentences. You hear a question word...
[06:50.85]What. and a verb... Do.
[06:56.18]And you say,"I don't know what to do." Then you hear the sentence.
[07:03.76]I don't know what to do. Let's try it.
[07:09.32]What ... do. I don't know what to do.
[07:17.08]Where...go. I don't know where to go.
[07:25.23]What ...eat. I don't know what to eat.
[07:32.88]When...go. I don't know when to go.
[07:40.75]How ...say it. I don't know how to say it.
[07:48.51]How...say it in English. I don't know how to say it in English.
[07:57.75]OK,Sam,now let's do a little changing,from I to she.
08:04.60]Let's practice some "she" sentence. You hear:
[08:10.66]I don't know what to do.
[08:14.11]And you change the sentence to:
[08:18.15]She doesn't know what to do. Begin.
[08:23.61]I don't know what to do.
[08:27.38]She doesn't know what to do.
[08:31.14]I don't know where to have dinner.
[08:35.19]She doesn't know where to have dinner.
[08:39.16]I don't know how to get there.
[08:43.00]She doesn't know how to get there.
[08:46.84]I don't know how to get there from here.
[08:51.20]She doesn't know how go get there from here.
[08:55.56]This is the end of Review Four.