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10. Choose a role. Read the dialogue aloud, taking into account the changes
in voice volume ( high and low) marked before each line. TRACK 4
Now listen to Track 4.

Clerk: You’ll need two photos, one color Clerk: Well, most people pay between
and one black and white. Also, an ID. Your school $2.50 and $4 a year.
ID would be fine A proof of address, and… Teenager: All right. What are the office
Teenager: Oh…, what kind of document hours to get the library card?

can be used as proof of address? Clerk: Monday to Friday, from 8:30 in the

Clerk: It can be an electricity or phone morning to 2:00 in the afternoon and from 3:00

bill. And you can pay a voluntary fee. in the afternoon to 8:00 at night. Saturdays, from
Teenager: Sorry, I didn’t hear the last part. 10:00 in the morning to 4:00 in the afternoon.
Clerk: No problem. I was saying you could Teenager: Will it take long?

Clerk: Only the time it takes to type your
pay a voluntary fee. data in the computer and the printing time. At

Clues of the dialogue 11. Does something change if the interlocutors speak slowly or quickly? TRACK 3

Teenager: Ok, and how much do library
most, 10 minutes. Do you have any
users normally pay?
other questions?

Choose a role and perform the following dialogue with the speeds
indicated. Listen to Track 3. Now perform the dialogue in Activity 10,
using high and low voice volume and fast and slow pace.

Teenager: No thanks. I’ll come back with the papers later.

Clerk: All right. If you plan to come today, it’s almost 7, so you'd better hurry.
Teenager: Right…… Thanks!
session 4 12. With your teacher's help, discuss which words and expressions would change if

the clerk were a teenager.

Yes, definitely. But the question that follows
would change, too. Instead of asking “May
I believe the greeting
I help you? which is very proper, he would
would change if the clerk
say “Do you need anything?” or “What can
were a teenager. He
I do for you?” Those questions are more
might say something like
informal, but they are still polite.
“Hello!” or even “Hi!”

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