eng7-L4· Unit 6· ~18 min

Listen to a conversation about films

Listen to City Cinema's recorded information about menu choices, hours, prices, festivals, cafés, and further information.

The recording is an automated City Cinema message. It first gives two telephone-menu choices, then opening hours and the normal ticket-price range. Next it announces the season for film festivals, this week's films and prices, and a student discount. It finishes with the new and old cafés and directs listeners to the website. Listen for the noun attached to each number so that menu numbers, times, prices, and durations stay separate.

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Key terms

operator — the person callers can choose to speak to
price range — the lowest and highest normal ticket prices stated
student discount — this week's lower ticket price for students
schedule — cinema timing information available on the website
Announcement map
SectionListen for
Telephone menupress 1 or press 2
Opening9 a.m. and 11 p.m.
Ticketsmovie, time, normal range, weekly price, student price
Festivalspring and British films this week
Cafés and websitenew café location, old café closure, more information
✎Label a number before answering
  1. 1Hear: Notice the number and the words immediately around it.
  2. 2Label: Decide whether it is a menu option, time, price, or number of months.
  3. 3Check: Reject options that use the right number for the wrong category.
🚫Prices differ by context

The normal range, this week's general ticket, and this week's student ticket are three separate facts.

💡Temporary closure

The old café is unavailable for a stated period; the new café has a stated location.

Rules

  1. 1Attach each number to its label: menu choice, clock time, price, or duration.
  2. 2Press 1 is for cinema information; press 2 is for the operator.
  3. 3The normal ticket price varies by movie and chosen time.
  4. 4Keep the regular price range separate from this week's standard and student prices.
  5. 5Every spring describes festival frequency; this week describes the British-film programme.
  6. 6Distinguish the new café's location from the old café's temporary closure.

Practice

4 easy · 4 medium · 4 hard

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