VI. Barry and James are talking about cars. Complete the conversation. Work in pairs and change your roles.

B Have you got a car, James?

J Yes, I have.

B What ________________

J It’s Volvo.

B _____________________

J I’ve had it for eighteen months, I think.

B _____________________

J $5,5600. It was second-hand, not new.

B _____________________

J It hasn’t done a lot, actually. About 10,000. I only use it at weekends.

B _____________________

J In 1999. I passed first time. I was lucky.

B _____________________

J Yes, I have. It was a rainy evening last November, and I skidded into the car in front. Nobody was hurt, fortunately.

VII. Choose one of the first two cars advertised below. Then look quickly at the rest of the advertisements, and find the cheapest car with all of these:

GUARANTEED USED CARS

NOT JUST AS GOOD AS NEW – BETTER THAN NEW!

Nissan Stanza 1.6GL, 5 door, sky blue, radio-cassette, sunroof, 34,000 miles,

$2,100.

MG Maestro 1.6i, 4 door, cherry red, air conditioning, 5,500 miles, $6,200.

Saab 900 Turbo, 5 door, Admiral blue, electric sunroof, radio-cassette, only

1,500 miles, $9,200.

Volvo 34DL, 5 door, deep red, sunroof, radio-cassette, 8,000 miles, $7,000.

Renault 11 TSE, 5 door, white, sunroof, radio-cassette, electric windows,
17,000 miles, $4,200

Mercedes-Benz 500SEL, 4 door,

diamond blue metallic, electric

sunroof, air conditioning, 28,000

miles, $22,500

Jaguar XJ6 3.4 automatic, 4 door, ruby red, stereo radio-cassette, electric sunroof, electric windows, fog lamps, only 4,000 miles, $15,650.

Volvo 245DL, 4 door, deep red, radio-cassette, fog lamps, sunroof, electric windows, 6,000 miles, $8,500.

Peugeot 505, 5 door, royal blue, radio-cassette, 4,200 miles, $6,850.

Ford Capri 2.8i, 4 door, dark red,

fog lamps, radio-cassette,

125,000 miles, $900.

Metro 1.3L, 5 door, light blue, fog lamps, 17,000 miles, $3,800.

Nissan Sunny 1.5GL, 4 door, green

metallic, fog lamps, radio-cassette,

35,000 miles, $3,200.

VIII. Study these ways of describing size and dimension.

IX. A. A transport manager is thinking of buying some pick-up trucks for his fleet. Act out the conversation with the salesperson. Ask and answer questions about the size and dimension of the truck below.

B. Work with a partner. You look at the information below. Your partner uses the information from File I, page 43. You want to transport some large steel components to a customer in Rome. Ask a salesperson questions about the trucks.

Your information

The components are in 6 wooden boxes.

The dimensions of each box are: Length – 4 m, Width – 2 m, Height – 2,5 m

The cubic capacity of each box is 20 m³ Each crate weighs 1,500 kg.

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