Practice this conversation

A - Hello, you're Gloria, aren't you? Mr Walker's small daughter?

B - Yes, I'm Gloria Walker. But I'm not small any more. I'm four and three-quarters.

A - Yes, you are quite tall, for four and three-quarters.

B - I'm taller than my friend Gordon, and he's five and quarter.

A - Does Gordon live next door?

B - No. We live at number forty, and he lives at forty- four.

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Say these phrases.

roast pork an open door a stone wall a cold hall

North Pole an awful joke a small hotel an important notice

UNIT 30

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Practice this extract from a radio programme.

JUDITH BROOKES: In the Food Programme studio today, we have two cooks, Julian Woolf and Susan Fuller. They are going to choose Christmas presents for a new cook. Julian Woolf, your kitchen is full of useful tools. If you could choose just two things for a new cook, what would you choose?

JULIAN WOOLF: I'd choose a fruit juice maker. You just put the fruit in and it produces fruit juice. It's super. And secondly, I'd choose a really good butcher's knife. Every cook could do with a good knife.

SUSAN FULLER: I'd choose a good cookery book, full of beautiful pictures. He could look at the book, and it would give him good ideas. And secondly, I'd choose a computer.

Notice the interviewer's rising intonation on the question.

SUSAN FULLER: I'd choose a computer.

JUDITH BROOKES: A computer?

SUSAN FULLER: Yes, it would be useful, to keep a record of recipes and menus.

In groups, each person should choose something from the list below to give a new cook. Think of a reason for your choice. Then make conversations like one above.

a corkscrew a big, blue, butcher's apron a pudding basin

a wooden spoon a souffle dish an ice cream scoop

Look at the recipe below. With a partner arrange the instructions in the correct order. Say the complete recipe.

Julian Woolf's Winter Soup

Cut the roots into small cubes.

When it's cool, put the soup through a sieve.

Put them in a pan full of water.

You can make this soup with any root vegetables - potatoes, carrots, parsnips.

Cook them until they are soft.

UNIT 31

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