This glossary presents occupations or professions that involve
providing customers with various kinds of personal services. Please listen and repeat twice.
Este vocabulario presenta oficios o profesiones que implican el
suministro de diversos tipos de servicios personales. Escucha y
repite dos
veces.
Activity 56: Basándote en
el vocabulario
aprendido más arriba, selecciona de cada menú los oficios o profesiones
adecuados para completar estas oraciones. Verifica luego las
respuestas correctas.
1.
... organize events and celebrations.
2.
... plan the decorations for a home.
3.
...
make purchases such as gifts for you.
4.
... trace or study a family's history.
5.
... find jobs for people.
6.
... clean and polish automobiles.
7.
... predict future events.
8.
... use hypnosis to treat psychological
problems.
Dating
service
Agencia de contactos
PRIMER PASO: En esta primera etapa concéntrate en el audio
tratando de captar el sentido general de los comentarios. Por favor,
no leas ahora la transcripción que se encuentra más abajo.
Dating
service
Agencia de contactos
SEGUNDO PASO: En esta segunda
etapa, escucha el audio mientras lees la transcripción.
Concéntrate en la entonación y ritmo de las frases.
Ray:
This has got to stop! Another
Friday night without a date! What can I do?
Tony:
What about looking through the
personal ads in the newspaper? That's how I met
Stephanie.
Ray:
Actually, I've tried that. But
the people you meet are always different from what you
expect.
Tony:
Well, why don't you join a
dating service? A friend of mine met his wife that way.
Ray:
That's not a bad idea.
Tony:
Also, it might be a good idea to
check out singles' night at the bookstore.
Ray:
Yeah. If I don't find a date, at
least I might find a good book!
VOCABULARY
without a date: sin pareja, sin una cita; Iook
through: revisar; ads = advertisements:
avisos;
I've tried that: ya he intentado eso; what you expect:
lo que uno espera; join:
inscribirse,
hacerse socio de; dating service: agencia de
contactos; that way: de ese modo; check out:
visitar, comprobar; singles' night: la noche de los
solteros (solos y solas); at least: al menos;
might find: podría encontrar.
Activity 57:
Basándote en la conversación anterior, selecciona las
opciones más adecuadas para cada oración. Verifica
luego las respuestas correctas ...
1.
Tony met Stephanie through ...
3.
A dating service is a company that ...
a website on the Internet. a personal
ad in the paper. joining
a dating service.
allows students to get scholarships. matches
up people's interests. attracts
people with similar hobbies.
2.
Ray doesn't like personal ads because ...
4.
"Singles' night" is a special evening when ...
people are different from expected.
people match up his interests.
people are too similar to himself.
married men can meet women. married women can meet men. unmarried
people meet other people.
Bienvenid@ a la sexta lección del curso Avanzado. En la página siguiente tres personas – una mujer y dos hombres –
aconsejan cómo
combatir la timidez.
