Script

1. A: Say, I can‘t read this number at the end of your address. Is it your phone number?

B: No, that‘s my postal code. It‘s 655-5670.

2. A: [talking on the phone] Okay, I‘ll call and get tickets to the concert. Oh, do you have the number of the ticket agent? 555-3421? Okay, great. I‘ll call. Oh, wait a second. What‘s the area code? 213, I got it!

3. A: Barb‘s on vacation but I need to get in touch with her.

B: Oh, well, she can get e-mail even when she‘s at the beach. Send it to barb@your

4. A: I need to get in touch with Hewlett Packard. I‘m having problems with this printer. Don‘t they have a website?

B: Yeah, I think it‘s

Real World Listening

1 Predict

Answer

Dad asks: Did I call the right number? Do you have a place yet? What‘s your e-mail addressf?

1 Get the main ideas

Answers

1. A Japanese woman.

2. At a school in Japan.

3. yes, she does.

4. Yes, he is Because she hasn‘t contacted him since she went to Japan.

5. Yes, she is.

Script

Woman: Moshi-moshi. Gengo sentaa…

Father: Hello…Hello…Veronica…Veron…Ve-ro-ni-ca Smith…Is Veronica Smith there, Please?

Woman: Ah, Ah…Veronica-sensei…Veronica-sensei? Ah, wait a moment, please…

Father: [muttering to himself] Wait a moment? What‘s going on?

Veronica: Hello.

Father: Hello, Veronica. Is that you?

Veronica: Yes, Dad. It‘s me.

Father: Where is this place? Somebody was speaking Japanese to me. I mean, did I call the right number?

Veronica: Dad, you called the school number. And you‘re lucky I‘m here now. Dad, I told you. Don‘t call the school number. Remember?

Father: Yes, but you didn‘t give me your home phone number. Why didn‘t you call me.

Veronica: I just got here a few days ago… okay, let me give it to you. Are you ready?

Father: Uh, ready. Ready. Okay.

Veronica: Okay. It‘s 798-55-4123.

Father: 798-55-4123.

Veronica: Oh, oh, wait. Dial the country code. And that‘s 81…and then… and then the number.

Father: Why is the number so long?

Veronica: Because it is, Dad.

Father: Do you have a place yet?

Veronica: Yeah. Let me give you the address. Are you ready?

Father: Um…yeah. Okay. What is it?

Veronica: It‘s one dash one dash one fifty-five… Uegahara B356.

Father: Uh, w-wh-wait. Wait, One…one what? Why is it so long?

Veronica: Dad, I‘ve got to go. I‘ll send it to you by e-mail. Bye. [kiss sound]

Father: But, what‘s your e-mail address?

Unit 3 Don‘t you wish we could live here?

Vocabulary Task

Answers/script