PDC ORAL II DIALOGUES FOR DICTATION PROF STELLA

FALL:​ ​\ ​ ​ ​RISE:​ ​ ​/ ​ ​ ​FALL-RISE:​ ​ \/

1.​ ​Bus or taxi?

A- Is ​ ​/ ​THAT ​the bus we are waiting for? //

​ HING​ without my glasses. //

B- Don’t ask ​\/ ​ME​. // I can’t see a ​\ T

​ UM​ber? //
What’s the ​\ N

A- ​\/ ​THAT’S​ the thing: // I don’t have mine ​ ​\ ​EI​ther. //

B- Oh ​ ​\ ​DEAR​, // we’ll have to take a ​ ​\ ​TA​xi. //

A- No ​ ​\ ​FEAR​! // Too ex​ ​\ ​PEN​sive! //

B- It’s seven ​ ​\ ​MILES​. // You don’t expect me to​ ​\ ​ ​WALK ​all the
way there, ​ ​\ ​DO​ you? //
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2.​ ​ Potatoes again

A - What d’you ​ ​ ​FAN​cy for dinner? //

B - Baked po​TA​toes might be nice. //

A - Didn’t we have some ​ ​ Y

​ ES​terday? //

B - ​MASHED ​potatoes, they ​ ​ W

​ ERE​. //

A - Do we​ ​ ​HAVE​ to eat potatoes every day? // ​(exception: complaint)

​ OU​ ​like to have? //

B - What would ​ Y

​ AS​ta. //
A - Well if you ask ​ME,​ I’m all for some good old ​ P

​3.​ ​Chocolates

​ EY​ Mom. // Are these chocolates for ​US​? //

A -​ H

B- No, they ​ ​ A ​ OUCH​ them. //

​ REN’T​. // Please don’t ​ T

​ RE​ they for then? //

A - Who ​ A

​ IRTH​day today: // they are for ​HER.​ //

B - It’s your aunt’s ​ B
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4.​ ​New shoes

A-​ ​ HOES​. //
I’ve just bought some new​ S

B-​ ​ AVE​ you? //

​H

A-​ ​ ES​! // And ​A​nna says // she thinks they are very ​ S​ MART​. //
​Y

B-​ ​ OES​ she? //

Oh ​ D

A-​ ​ OOK​! // I’m wearing them ​ N

​L ​ OW​. // What do you
THINK​? //

B-​ I don’t think I’d have chosen them my ​SELF​. //

A-​ Oh ​ ​ ​WOULDN’T​ you? //

B-​ ​ ​S ​ O​! //
​ O​rry! // ​ N
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5.​ ​Lazy husband

A- ​RO​nald, // you ​PRO​mised to fix that kitchen tap / ​A​ges ago.

What’re you ​WAIT​ing for? //

B- ​SO​rry dear, / I’ll do it to​MO​rrow.

A- Why to​MO​rrow? // Why don’t you do it to​DAY​? //

B- I ​CAN’T​ dear; // I don’t have the right ​TOOLS​ now. //

6.​ ​Something lighter

A- I ​loved​ that Italian dish we had last night. //

B- So did ​I​ dear. // Let’s have fish and ​CHIPS​ tonight, / ​SHALL​ we?

A- I don’t know about ​THAT​. // I rather fancy something ​LIGHT​er…

// maybe just fruit ​JUICE​ / and ​SA​lad. //
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7.​ ​Ladies’ boutique

A- Good ​MOR​ning! // What can I ​DO​ for you? //

B- I just ​LOVE​ that green one in the window. // D’you have it in

BLACK​? //

A- What ​SIZE​ are you looking for? // A ​THIR​ty, / ​RIGHT​? //

B- No, it’s not for ​ME​: // it’s for my ​SON​. // He must be a forty-​EIGHT​,
/ I ​GUESS​. //

A- ​SO​rry, madam, // we are a ​LA​dies’ boutique: // we don’t have

A​nything as large as that. //

8.​ ​Silver gadget

A- What’s that silver ​GA​dget on your desk? //

B- Oh! That’s just a scientific ​CAL​culator. //

A- What on earth d’you ​NEED​ one for? //

B- My ​JOB​, of C
​ OURSE​. //

A- But you don’t ​HAVE​ to do a lot of sums on your job, / ​DO​ you? //
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B- ​AC​tually, / I ​DO​. //

9.​ ​A tough one

A- Time is nearly ​UP​. // You’ve not ​FI​nished yet, / ​HAVE​ you?

B- I ​HAVE​. // I’m just ​CHECK​ing now. //

A- ​GOOD​! // Don’t for​GET​ /that you have to do point ​TEN​ too.//

B- I’m afraid I ​CAN’T ​do that one Miss. // It’s too ​HARD​ for me.//

A- ​ALL​ right then; // just do as much as you ​CAN​. //

10.​ ​ The new ones

A- ​LOOK​! // These are the ​NEW​ ones. //

B- ​ARE​ they? // Can I have a ​LOOK​? //

A- ​SURE​, // here you ​ARE​. //

B- Bright green and ​Or​ ange? // I can’t wear ​THAT​! //

A- They ​DO​ feel / soft and C

​ O​zy, though. //

B- But you don’t ​LIKE​ them, / ​DO​ you? //

A- ​AC​tually, / I ​DO​. //
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B- ​COME​ on! // You must be pulling my ​LEG​! //

11.​ ​Lifeguard

A- ​LOOK​ Chris! // I’ve just bought myself these ​SWIM​ things. //

Don’t they look ​COOL​ on me? //

B- ​GO​ggles? // What on earth did you get ​GO​ggles for? // I bet you
can’t even ​SWIM​. //

A- As a ​MA​tter of fact, / I ​CAN​! // I used to be a ​LIFE​guard, / you

KNOW​. //

B- ​DID​ you? //

A- Well I didn’t get to ​WORK​ as one, // but I did get my cer​TI​ficate! //

12.​ ​Car expert

A- Is that your ​SIS​ter’s car? //

B- No, it ​CAN’T​ be. // Hers is ​SIL​ver, / not ​GREY​. // And it’s a

FIAT​, / not a ​FORD​. //

A- ​REA​lly? // I got it all ​WRONG​. //

B- Not much of an ​EX​pert in cars, / A

​ RE​ you? //

A- Can’t say I ​AM​. // I do know about ​BIKES​ though. //

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