5.

Crossing cultures

1. Perspectives/ If I moved to a foreing country

Listen to the people talk about moving to a foreing country.Would you have any of the same
concerns?

" One thing I´d really miss is my mom´s cooking"

" I´d be worried about the local food. I might no like it.

"Getting used to different customs might be difficult at first"

"My room at home is the thing that I´d miss the most"

"Not kmowing the prices of things is something I´d be concerned about"

" Moving to a country with a very different climate could be a challange"

"I´d be worried about getting sick and not knowing how to find a good doctor"

"something I´d be nervous about is communicating in a new language"

Grammar Focus

When you visit someone, it´s the custom to bring a small gift

When you visit someone, you aren´t supposed to arrive early

If you want to bring someone, you´re expect to call first and ask

If you want to bring someone, you´re supposed to check with the host

If you want to bring someone, It´s not acceptable to arrive without calling first
Class 23 Perspectives

1.I ordered a jacket online, but whe it arrived, I found the lining was torn.

ask for a refund

send it back and get a new one

2. I bought a new table from a store, but when they delivered it, I noticed it was damaged on the
top

ask for a discount

ask the store to replace it

3. A friend sent me a vase for my birthday, but when it arrived, it was chipped.

Tell her about it

say nothing and repair it yourself

4. I lent a friend my sunglasses, and now there are scratches on the lenses

say nothig

ask him to replace them

5. I took some pants to the cleaners, and whe they came back, the had stain on them

wash them by hand

ask ckeaner to wash them again for free

Describing problems 1

With past participles as adjitves

The oven needs adjusting

it needs to be adjusted

Everything keeps burning

the alarm needs fixing

It needs to be fixed

The alarm keeps gonig off

listen to another tenant calling Ms. Lock. What´s the tenant´s problem?

briefcase

Listen to three customers return an item they purchased. What´s the problem? take notes. Then
complete the chart

with the lock

will the store exchangeit?

I can´t get it close properly

what you mean the lock seems to be jammed

stiching

2.I wonder if you could take a look at these shoes I bought here. They´re pretty new but they seem
to be falling apart. let me see yes this doesn´t look right the stiching is coming out how long did yo
say you´ve had them? only about one month. here´s the receip. well let me exchange these for
you. I´m sorry for the inconveninece.

3. Excuse me, how can I help you? you see the this shirt I bought it here a few weeks ago. but the
first time I washed the color changed it went from bright red to light pink, how did you wash it?
Well I just tossed it into the washing machine with my other clothes what temperature Did you
use? I usually my cl0thes in hot water so I guesst hot wel did you sheck the washing instructions
umm maybe not well

you see here on this label it says wash in cold water onlu uhhh So I´m really sorry but since you
didn´t follow the washing instructions Ican´t really do anithing for you

Tenant: Hello

Ms.Lock: Hello

Tenant: Is this manager?

Ms Lock: Yes

Tenant: This isn´t lock is Loula Harris an apartment 216

Mr Lock: Yes How can I help You? Ms Harris

Tenant: I having a problem with the electricity

Mr Lock: What sort of problem whit the electricity?

Tenant: Well, it keeps going off and coming back on again.

Mr Lock: I see is it just light or is it the appliances too.

Tenant: Let me check. The refrigerator is ok. So it must be just the lights.

Mr Lock: I guess the fuse box needs to be cheked. I´ll come up an take a look it right away.

Tenant: Thanks

Listen de three people talk about their jobs. Complete the chart

What does de persona repair? What is the typical problem?

1. I work in the watch repair center at a large deparment store I repair all kinds of watches but
nowdays most of them a pretty easy to fix because they all run on batteries the most common
problem is they need a new battery since that only takes a minute or so to fix I always have plenty
of time to tell me watch jokes like this one, what time is it? It when an elephant sits on yout watch
time to buy a new watch an here´s another one. What time is it? The big hand is..

2. I repair luggage mostly suitcases I have a little shop at the airport people spend a lot of money
on luggage and often all it takes is one flight for a suitcase to get damaged the most typical
problem I guess is the wheels I fix the the wheels on about 20 suitcases a week It´s not surprising
really with the way those baggage handlers throw people´s luggage around you´d think they were
playing ball the way they toss the suitcases.

3.I repair household appliances the most frequent calls I get are from people who are having
trouble with the garbage disposal system in their kitchen sink usually the thing gets jammed
because people put too much food into it at one time or something metal o plastic has fallen down
into it it´s usually pretty easy to fix a garbage disposal but every once in a while you run into
situations that aren´t excatly typical. One time a little girl put her doll down into the disposal she
thoguht the doll would enjoy the ride she couldn´t get it back out again and she was afraid to tell
mother so when the mother went to use the disposal it made a horrible noise and them died and
so did the doll.

1. She: Hello mr. Smith I was wondering if you could change the light bulb out front it went out
again.

He: I´ll take care of it later. I´m really busy right now at besides it´s still outside.

She:But it´ll dark when I get home tonight

He: I´d love to help but somebody borrowed my ladder

She:Well you know what have a chair and if you give a light bulb I wouldn´t mind doing it myself,
okay

He:Okay, here take a light bulb from one of my lamps so you know it works.

She: Thank you

2. He 1: Excuse me, Mrs Smith

He2: Yeah
He1: I was Wondering if you could do something about my next doorn neighbor´s dog it´s been
barking and keeping me up all night.

He 2: dogs bark that´s what they do

H1: Yes, but they don´t have to bark all night this is three nights in a row.

H2: Have you seen the size of that dog you want me to go up there that dog could hurt me.

H1: Well, I need my sleep

H2: Lock,lock, I tell you what I´ll call your neighbor on the phone and ask if he can keep hos dog
quiet

H1: Okay, thank you

3. She: Mr Smith

He: Mrs taylor

She: I have a problem

He: Waht is it now

She:It´s my kitchen window it´s jammed shut I can´t open it anymore

He: Mrs. Taylor I´m not sure how I can help you

She: Can you at least try to open it for me

He:That´s nor really part of my job maybe you could try putting some vegetable oil on it

She: I don´t think so I´ll call my cousin George to come over to take a look at it he´s a weight lifter

Taller unidad 6

1. The jacket is too short.

It needs to be lengthened.

It needs lengthening.

2. The screws on these glasses are too loose.

They need to be tightened

They need tightening

3. The blades on these scissors are too dull.

They need to be sharpened

They need sharpening

4.This faucet is too tight.

It needs to be loosened

It needs loosening

5.The pants are too long.

They need to be shortened

They need shortening

6.This street is too narrow.

It needs to be widened

It needs widening

1. My new glasses already have a scratch on one of the lenses. How did that happen?

2. Your computer screen is so dirty. It needs to be cleaned

3. Something is wrong with your TV screen. It keeps flickering It's time to get a new one.

4. I hate this printer. It keeps jamming. The copies won't come out.

6. The buttons on this remote control keep sticking. Do you have something to clean it with?

8. Your bathroom faucet keeps leaking. Do you want me to try and fix it?

dying
jamming

sticking

jamming

leaking

- El comité informa que la minuta del contrato por administración delegada entre Inverurbe
y Proyectamos Group se encuntra lista para firma, pendiente reunión entre los socios y el
constructor para definir porcentaje de honorario.