Mr.Allen: / Hello, Lily. ↘ You’re | looking \ lovely | today. Waitress: \ Hello, Mr. | Allen. You’re / early for \ lunch. It’s \ only \ eleven \ o’clock. Mr.Allen: When ↘ I | come \/ later there’s / usually | nothing \ left. Waitress: → What would you \ like? Mr.Allen: → Leg of \ lamb, / please. Waitress: And / would you / like a / plate of \ salad? It’s / lettuce with | black \ olives. Mr.Allen: \ Marvelous! → I \ love / olives. Waitress: And ↘ would you | like a | glass of \ lemonade? Mr.Allen: → Yes \ please, / Lily. ↘ And a | slice of > melon ↘ and some | yellow \ jelly.
A spoilt little boy in a bicycle shop
Paul: → What a \ beautiful \ bicycle! Uncle Bill: \ Paul! → Be \ careful! Salesman: \ Excuse me, / sir. This ↘ child is ↑ too \ small to | ride this / bicycle. It’s a → very \ difficult / bicycle to… Uncle Bill: → Be \ careful, | Paul! Paul: You \ always | tell me to be / careful. → Don’t \ help / me. I → won’t \/ fall. Salesman: But, \ sir. This ↘ is a | very \ special \ bicycle. > It’s… Paul: \ Don’t / pull the | bicycle, Uncle / Bill. I’ll \ do it \ myself. Uncle Bill: → Be \ sensible, | Paul. → This \ gentleman > says it’s a … (Paul falls) Paul: It was → Uncle \ Bill’s | fault. → He was \ holding the / bicycle.
A walk in the woods
Gwen: ↘ Did you | see \ Victor on / Wednesday, Wendy? Wendy: \ Yes. We → went for a \ walk in the \ woods → near the \ railway. Gwen: → Wasn’t it \ cold on / Wednesday? Wendy: \ Yes. It was → very / cold and \ wet. We ↘ wore | warm \ clothes and → walked \ quickly to → keep \ warm. Gwen: It’s → lovely and \ quiet in the | woods. Wendy: \ Yes. ↘ Further | away from the | railway it was ↑ very \ quiet, and there were ↘ wild | squirrels \ everywhere. We → counted ↑ twenty \ squirrels. Gwen: → How \ wonderful! → Twenty \ squirrels! And ↘ did you | take / lunch with you? Wendy: \ Yes. About ↘ twelve we | had ↑ veal \ sandwiches and ↘ sweet | white \ wine, and we → watched the \ squirrels. It was a \ very | nice / walk.
A proud parent
Mrs.Randal: Are ↘ all the | children | grown / up now, Ruth? Mrs.Reed: Oh, \ yes. \ Laura is the \ cleverest | one. She’s a \ librarian in the → public \ library. Mrs.Randal: → Very \ interesting. And → what about \ Rita? Mrs.Reed: She’s a \ secretary at the \ railway | station. Mrs.Randal: And → what about \ Rosemary? She was \ always a | very | pretty | child. Mrs.Reed: \/ Rosemary is a \ waitress in a \ restaurant in \ Paris. She’s \ married to an \ electrician. Mrs.Randal: And → what about / Jerry and \ Roland? Mrs.Reed: ↘ Jerry | drives a \ lorry. ↘ He | drives ↑ everywhere in \ Europe. Mrs.Randal: \/ Really? → Which \ countries does he \ drive to? Mrs.Reed: / France and / Austria and / Greece and / Russia. Mrs.Randal: And does ↘ Roland | drive a | lorry / too? Mrs.Reed: Oh, /\ no. → Roland is a \ pilot. Mrs.Randal: /\ Really? → Which \ countries does he \ fly to? Mrs.Reed: \ Australia and \ America.
In the airport
Announcer: The ↘ 2. | 30 | plane to | New \/ York will → depart \ later this \ afternoon at ↘ four | forty \ four. → Passengers \ on this / flight are / forbidden to | leave the \ airport. Dr.Darling: \ Wonderful! ↘ I’m | going to the \/ bar to ↘ order some ↑ more | German \ beer. Mr.Martin: → Where’s the \ bar? Dr.Darling: It’s \ upstairs. There’s a \ bookshop \ too. And a \/ supermarket. This is a \ marvelous / airport! Mr.Martin: Oh, \ dear! I ↘ wanted to | get to | New | York \ earlier. \ Ah! Here’s an \ air | hostess. \ Excuse / me. I → don’t \ understand. ↘ Has there | been an \/ emergency? Air hostess: Oh, \ no, | sir. There’s → just a \ storm, and the ↘ weather | forecaster | says it will | get \ worse. So the \ plane will / leave a → little \ later this | afternoon. Mr.Martin: → Are you \ sure? Air hostess: Oh, \ yes, | sir. ↘ Our | departure | time is at ↑ four | forty \ four.
A stupid student
Jim: \ Excuse / me. ↘ Did you | use to | live in \ York? Jack: \ Yes. Jim: ↘ Did you | use to | be a \ tutor at the \ University? Jack: \ Yes. For a \ few / years. Jim: ↘ Do you | remember | Hugh / Young? He was a \ music | student. Jack: → Hugh \ Young? ↘ Did he | use to | have a | huge | yellow / jeep? Jim: \ Yes. And he ↘ used to | play ↑ beautiful \ tunes on the \ tuba. Jack: \ Yes, I / knew Hugh. He ↘ used to | be a | very \ stupid | student. ↘ Do you | have any / news of Hugh? Jim: \ Yes. He’s a \ millionaire | now in → New \ York. Jack: A \/ millionaire? → Playing the \ tuba? Jim: → Oh, \ no. ↘ He | produces ↑ jam in / tubes, and → tins of \ sausages and → onion / stew, and \ sells them in \ Europe. I \ read about / Hugh in the \ newspaper \ yesterday. Jack: \ Oh! Well, he \ wasn’t so \ stupid.
In a restaurant
Peter: ↘ What would you | like to \ eat, / Edith? Edith: A → meat \ sandwich. Peter: \ Jean? ↘ Would you | like a / meat sandwich or a \ cheese | sandwich? Jean: A \ cheese | sandwich, | please, / Peter. Waiter: → Good / evening. Peter: → Good \ evening. We’ll have one / meat sandwich and → two \ cheese | sandwiches. Edith: And → three \ teas, / please! Waiter: (writing down the order) → One / meat sandwich… → two / cheese sandwiches… and… → three \ teas.
An interesting film
Bill: → Is \ Tim / in? Lyn: ↘ Is he | coming to the \/ pictures? Mrs.Smith: → Tim’s \ ill. Bill: \ Here he / is! \ Hello, / Tim. Tim: \ Hello, / Bill. Lyn: → Are you \ ill, / Tim? Tim: → Is it an \ interesting / film? Lyn: It’s ↘ “Big | Jim and the \ Indians” Bill: And it \/ begins in → six \ minutes. Mrs.Smith: If you’re \ ill, / Tim… Tim: \ Quick! Or we’ll / miss the | beginning of the \ film!
