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Student’s Book Audioscript Unit 9 Page 100, Exercise B, Listening Comprehension Conversation One A: Fran, can you give me a hand? B: Sure. What’s up? A: Well, I just want to copy this text. B: Oh, that’s easy. Just select the text and click on this icon here. A: Ah. Thanks. Conversation Two [A = Portuguese] A: Dave, I’m going to need some help here. B: No problem. What do you need? A: I just want to see what’s on the next page. B: Oh, that’s easy. Put your cursor on the scroll bar and scroll down. A: Thanks a lot. Conversation Three A: OK, Beth. I’m finished. B: Great! Did you remember to save? A: Yikes! I always forget! Thanks. B: No problem. Conversation Four [B = Eastern European] A: Rick, can you help me out here? B: Of course. What are you trying to do? A: Well, I just want to open a new file. B: OK. Just click on this icon here. A: Oh, that’s right. Conversation Five [B = Japanese] A: Uh-oh. B: What’s the matter? A: I just selected some text and clicked on this icon. It’s gone. B: No problem. That was the cut command. You just need to click on the paste icon. A: Ah, there it is. Thanks! Conversation Six A: OK, I’m done. B: So you’re ready to print? A: Uh-huh. What do I click on? B: Right here. A: Got it. Thanks.
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Page 104, Listening Comprehension One George Thomas I think I probably spend at least ten hours a day online. I know that’s hard to believe, but I’m pretty much what you’d call a computer addict . . . no doubt about it. I’m always surfing the Internet to see what’s new. I’m a news junkie, so I visit CNN.com several times a day to see what’s in the news. And I belong to a bunch of online groups. There are usually new messages posted every day, but I’m not that interested in responding. I just like to read. My friend, Nick, usually sends me instant messages throughout the day, so of course I have to respond to those. I end up fooling around most of the day— a lot more than I’m working, I’m afraid. It’s a good thing no one knows. Well, OK, you know. Two Sonia Castro [Spanish] I joined Facebook a few months ago and I’m like totally into it now. People are constantly inviting me to be their friend, so I’ve got more than a hundred friends on my Facebook page now. I check it a lot each day to see what’s new . . . and there always is something new. And I love that you can upload into the photo section. I’ve been wasting a lot of time scanning tons of photos . . .. photos of my family, photos of my friends, photos of my cat . . . I used to spend a lot of time surfing the Net, but now I spend most of my time on Facebook. Three Robert Kuan [Chinese] I really don’t have a lot of time for fooling around on the Internet. I’m the kind of guy who sends a few e-mails to his friends and family once in a while . . . and when I need to use the Internet, I’m in and I’m out. I don’t like surfing around . . . to me it’s just a total waste of time. Mainly I just use my computer for work. There are a few programs I have to use . . . you know, Word, Excel . . . And of course people in the office communicate a lot more by e-mail than they do in person . . . or even by phone. Four Nadia Montasser [Arabic] I find the Internet really convenient. When you want to buy something, you can do some quick research and find out which product is the most popular or if there are any problems with it. There are a lot of things I used to do by mail or in person, but now I just do them online. I generally buy most of my music online now—it’s easy to pay online and download the files onto my MP3 player. And there are a lot of things you can buy at a lower price if you do a little research. You can compare prices really easily.
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Page 108, Exercise A, Listening Comprehension Conversation One [A = Spanish] A: You know, I was planning to buy a new C40 computer, but I changed my mind. B: Why? The C40 is a good model. A: I know, but I’ve heard that the X8 computer comes with a better monitor. B: Really? The C40 monitor is just as large as the one that comes with the X8. They’re both 21 inches. A: True. But the X8 monitor has a brighter screen. Conversation Two [A = Japanese] A: I’m thinking of getting the Hip Web Camera. What do you think? B: Well, I’ve heard the Hip isn’t quite as expensive as the Pentac Web Camera, but it’s just as good. A: Really? Are you sure? B: That’s what I’ve heard. Check it out for yourself. Conversation Three A: Didn’t you get a new Mundite CD drive? B: Yeah. I replaced my old one. A: Are you satisfied? B: Well, to tell the truth, Mundite’s new CD drive is not as fast as the old one. A: Really! Conversation Four A: I’m thinking of getting the new Play Zone 3 computer game for my kids. Is it any good? B: My son really likes it. Actually, so do I! I think it’s almost as much fun as Play Zone 1 and 2. A: Almost as much fun? That doesn’t sound so good.
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