Expressways 2

To the Teacher ix Friends and Neighbors 1(20) Hello. I'm Your Neighbor Greet someone and introduce yourself, using wh-questions 2(2) Is There a Laundromat in the Neighborhood? Ask information about a neighborhood, using wh-questions and yes/no questions 4(2) Can I Park My Car Here? Ask permission to do something,using-can 6(2) Can I Help You Take Out the Garbage? Offer to help someone, using two-word verbs 8(2) Could You Lend Me a Hammer? Ask a favor of someone 10(2) I Knocked on Your Door Several Times Last Week Tell about things you did, using the past tense 12(2) Maybe You Should Call a Plumber Give advice to someone, using should 14(2) Do You Fix Kitchen Sinks? Call about a housing problem 16(2) Water Everywhere! Read about a housing problem Tell about a home emergency you experienced 18(3) Calling People Going Places 21(22) Could You Please Tell Me How to Make a Long-Distance Call? Tell how to make different kinds of telephone calls, using could and imperatives 22(4) I Want to Make This a Collect Call, Please Make collect and person-to-person telephone calls 26(2) May I Please Speak to Betty? Call people on the telephone, using will and time expressions 28(1) She Won't Be Back Until 3:00 Call people on the telephone and leave messages, using will and time expressions 29(3) When Is the Next Bus to Buffalo? Purchase bus, train, and airplane tickets, using time and money expressions 32(4) Please Fasten Your Seat Belt! Understand transportation safety rules, using imperatives and prepositions of location 36(2) I Want to Report an Emergency! Report an emergency, using the past tense and time expressions 38(2) Franco's Vacation Read about a train trip. Tell about a vacation you took 40(3) Food 43(22) Do We Need Anything from the Supermarket? Tell the quantities of food you need to buy, using partitives 44(1) What Do You Want Me to Get? Tell the quantities of food you need to buy, using partitives 45(3) I Want a Pound of Roast Beef Purchase food, using partitives 48(2) Your Change Is $2.75 Pay for food items and receive change 50(4) I'd Like a Hamburger and an Order of French Fries Order food in a fast-food restaurant, using may and partitives 54(1) I'd Like the Chicken Order food in a ``sit-down'' restaurant, using would and partitives 54(2) Would You Like a Few More Meatballs? Be a guest at someone's home for dinner, using would, count/noncount nouns, and adjectives 56(2) Can You Tell Me the Recipe? Give and follow recipe instructions, using partitives and imperatives 58(3) Saving Time Read about supermarkets and fast-food restaurants. Tell about places where you eat and shop 61(2) Rest Stop Role-Play Review of Exits 1,2,& 3 63(2) Personal Finances 65(22) I Don't Think We Can Afford It Evaluate the affordability of items in a store, using comparatives 66(4) Can You Show Me a Less Expensive One? Evaluate the affordability of items in a store,using superlatives 70(4) I Think We Should Stop at the Bank Budget your money, using should, have to, and going to 74(2) I'd Like to Deposit This in My Savings Account Accomplish everyday banking procedures, using imperatives 76(2) I'm Balancing the Checkbook Discuss balancing a checkbook 78(2) Why Are You Banging on the Vending Machine? Understand denominations of money, using should and the past tense 80(2) Did You Remember to Pay the Telephone Bill? Evaluate payment of household bills, using ordinal numbers 82(2) I Think There's a Mistake on My Electric Bill Deal effectively with errors on household bills 84(1) Bob Anderson and His Checkbook Read about how someone manages his living expenses 85(2) At Work 87(18) Could You Please Give This Report to Mr. Lewis? Make requests, using indirect objects 88(2) Would You Like Me to Set Up the Conference Room? Offer to help someone at work, using two-word verbs 90(2) You're a Very Accurate Translator! Give feedback, using adjectives and adverbs 92(2) Am I Typing Fast Enough? Ask for and give feedback, using adverbs and comparative of adverbs 94(2) I Won't Be Able to Work This Weekend Apologize, using able to 96(1) I'm Sorry That I Couldn't Work Overtime Yesterday Apologize, using could and able to 97(2) Too Many Excuses! Read about and evaluate someone's behavior at work 99(1) What Happened? Report an emergency at work, using reflexive pronouns 100(2) Could I Possible Leave an Hour Early Today? Ask permission to do something, using could 102(3) Rules and Regulations 105(22) Are You Allowed to Swim Here? Ask about what you're allowed to do, using impersonal expressions with you 106(2) You Aren't Allowed to Park Here Tell people what they aren't allowed to do, using impersonal expressions with you 108(2) ``No Right Turn on Red'' Understand traffic signs 110(2) Let Me See Your License Understand traffic violations, using the past tense and the past continuous tense 112(2) Rules of the Building Understand rules of an apartment building, using impersonal expressions with you 114(2) When Are You Going to Fix My Sink? Deal effectively with housing problems, using going to and will 116(2) You Must Always Wear Your Uniform Understand rules and regulations at work sites, using must 118(2) You Should Write to the Mayor Express opinions about issues that concern you, using should and ought to 120(2) There Ought to Be a Law Read about and evaluate what two people do to solve a housing problem 122(3) Rest Stop Role-Play Review of Exits 4,5, & 6 125(2) School, Family, and Friends 127(20) How is David Doing in Math This Year? Discuss school performance, using pronouns 128(3) Extracurricular Activities Read about several students'extracurricular activities. Tell about school subjects and extracurricular activities in your country's schools 131(1) This is Mrs. Smith, the School Principal, Calling Discuss school-related issues, using different verb tenses 132(2) Whose Things Are These? Decide which items belong to family members, using possessive nouns and possessive pronouns 134(2) How Much Longer? Ask how long family members will be busy, using the future continuous tense 136(2) Good News! Bad News! Share good and bad news about friends and family members, using different verb tenses 138(2) Did You Hear the News? Share information about work, school, and the community, using different verb tenses 140(2) I Really Like Your New Laptop Computer Give compliments, using adjectives and wh-questions 142(2) What Are You Going to Do This Weekend? Discuss planned activities, using might and will 144(3) Strategies for Communicating Saying Good-bye 147(20) I'm Sorry to Interrupt Learn how to interrupt someone politely 148(2) What Does That Mean? Ask for and give clarification 150(2) I Agree Learn ways to agree with someone 152(2) I Disagree Learn ways to disagree with someone 154(2) I've Really Got to Go Now Say good-bye to someone, using have to and have got to 156(2) So Long Say good-bye to someone, using have got to 158(2) In My Opinion Exchange opinions with another person 160(2) The Game of Language Read about people's communication strategies 162(3) Rest Stop Role-Play Review of Exits 7 & 8 165(2) APPENDIX 167(1) Grammar Constructions 168(11) Cardinal Numbers 179(1) Ordinal Numbers 180(1) Irregular Verbs 181(1) Scripts for Listening Exercises 182(7) Grammar Index 189(1) Topic Index 190