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The New Dynamic English radio course will help you learn English through listening to conversations with Americans.
This week, on New Dynamic English, Kathy talks with Denise Collins, Mike Johnson, and Martha Harris.
Denise Collins likes to eat healthy foods, especially vegetables She's a very good cook. Tonight she's going to make spaghetti.
Mike Johnson rides his bike to work every day. When he rides his bike, he always has a bottle of water with him. He drinks eight glasses of water a day!
Martha Harris writes mystery stories. She uses a computer to write her stories. She also uses her computer for e-mail.
Visit this website each week for a new Study Activity. You can also listen to a new Daily Dialog. Try to answer the Question of the Week.
This week, Denise talks about healthy foods. She likes to eat healthy foods.
Now look at the Five Food Groups page from Woolworths web site.
Are these statements True or False?
| True | False | |
|---|---|---|
| x | Fish is good for you. | |
| Vegetables and fruits provide vitamin C. | ||
| Eating bread and potatoes will make you fat. | ||
| You should eat at least four vegetables each day. | ||
| Most people need 3-4 glasses of water a day. | ||
| Butter is more fattening than margarine. | ||
| Low-fat milk is good for children less than four years old. |
| Denise: | Tonight I'm going to make spaghetti. |
| Kathy: | What will you need? |
| Denise: | I'll need some tomatoes and onions. And some cheese. |
| Kathy: | How many tomatoes will you need? |
| Denise: | I'll need eight tomatoes. Eight large tomatoes. |
| Kathy: | And how many onions? |
| Denise: | Only one. I'll only need one onion. |
| Kathy: | And how much cheese? |
| Denise: | Only a little. I won't need very much cheese. Oh,... and of course I'll need a package of spaghetti. |
Fill in the blanks with "many" or "much."
| Kathy: | Mike, do you ever drink coffee? |
| Mike: | Yes, I do. I love coffee. |
| Kathy: | How many cups of coffee do you drink a day? |
| Mike: | Oh, I drink about two or three cups a day. |
| Kathy: | What about tea? Do you drink tea? |
| Mike: | Oh, I sometimes drink tea. |
| Kathy: | How much tea do you drink? |
| Mike: | I don't drink a lot. Sometimes I drink a cup of tea in the evening, before I go to bed. |
Make questions to go with these answers. Use "how much" or "how many."
| 1. coffee | How many cups of coffee do you drink? or How much coffee do you drink? |
Two or three cups a day. |
| 2. coffee | Quite a lot. | |
| 3. tea | Not a lot. | |
| 4. water | At least eight glasses a day. |
| Kathy: | Do you like e-mail? |
| Martha: | Oh, yes. It's very convenient and it's faster than the mail. If I send a message today, it arrives today. And it's less expensive. It costs less to send an e-mail message than to send a letter. |
| Kathy: | So you're really an e-mail fan. |
| Martha: | Yes, I guess I am. |
Unscramble these sentences.
| mystery Martha stories writes | Martha writes mystery stories. |
| computer e-mail for her she uses | |
| faster is the than e-mail mail | |
| writing it's convenient than more a letter | |
| too she gets many messages | |
| costs to less send message an e-mail it |
| Many farmers use chemical pesticides to kill insects. |
| These pesticides can get into the water. |
| There are natural pesticides which are safer. |
| Natural pesticides won't hurt people. |
| Some farmers use natural pesticides. |
| And some farmers don't use pesticides at all. |
| We would have less pollution with fewer pesticides. |
| The Washington dance company is larger than Chicago's. |
| The salaries are higher in Washington, too. |
| The dance company in Washington is bigger than Chicago's. |
| The ballet company in Chicago is smaller than Washington's. |
| The salaries in Chicago are lower than in Washington. |
| It might be better for Chris to move to Washington. |
| Brighton is about an hour south of London by train. |
| I'm here in Washington on vacation. |
| Were you born in England? |
| I was born in the United States. |
| Do you think you'll ever move back to the US? |
| I like living in England. |
| But I may move back to the US sometime. |
| Or maybe I'll move to another country. |
Listen to the dialog. Fill in the missing words.
| Tom: | I'm dying for a cheeseburger. |
| Lorrie: | That sounds good. |
| Waiter: | May I take your ? |
| Tom: | I'd like a cheeseburger and some fries, please. |
| Lorrie: | The same for me... but fries are so fattening... I'd like a small salad of fries. |
| Waiter: | Anything to drink? |
| Tom: | Just a of water, please. |
| Lorrie: | Some water for me, too, please , and... no cheese on my burger. |
| Tom: | No cheese?!! Lorrie, it's a cheeseburger! |
| Lorrie: | And, uh, ... just a meat. I'm on a diet. |
| Tom: | Lorrie, are you sure you want a cheeseburger? |
| Lorrie: | Oh, I guess not. Maybe I should just get a salad. But a cheeseburger sounded so good! |
Missing words from last week's Daily Dialog: call, write, think, forget
Listen to the New Dynamic English radio course on the Voice of America radio network, then answer this week's question.
What is Denise's favorite dessert?
Last week's Question of the Week: Who sent a postcard to Kathy and Max?
Answer: John Orwell send them a postcard.
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