II. Listening Exercises

Listen to the phone message again by pressing the Play Audio button and read along with the conversation. Review the Key Vocabulary and the sample sentences.

Waiter: Hi. Welcome to Heavenly Pies. May I take your order? Woman: Uh . . . yes. I'd like the chicken fried steak. Waiter: Okay. Would you like fries, bread, or rice with your meal? Woman: Umm. I'll take the rice? Waiter: Would you care for anything to drink? Woman: Yeah. I'll take a medium Sprite. Waiter: I'm sorry. We only have large or small. Woman: Well, in that case, uh, I'll have a small Sprite. Waiter: Okay. A small Sprite. And what kind of dressing would you like with your salad. It comes with the fried steak. Woman: What dressings do you have? Waiter: We have French, Italian, blue cheese, and ranch. Woman: Oh! Ranch, please. Waiter: Would you like anything else? Woman: Well, I'd like to see you pie menu. That's the main reason why I like to dine here. Waiter: Oh, I'm so sorry, but we aren't serving pies today. Woman: Huh? Waiter: Well, you see, Dave, our baker, slipped on a banana peel back in our kitchen two days ago, and injured his back. [Oh] He'll be out for at least two weeks. In the meantime, we're serving ice cream sundaes instead. Sorry. Woman: Wow. I'm sorry to hear that. I hope he gets better soon.

Key Vocabulary [Top]

• meal (noun): a portion of food served and eaten at one time
  - This restaurant serves delicious meals at a reasonable price.

• care for (verb): informal, to want or wish for something
  - Would you care for another drink?

• dine (verb): to eat dinner
  - How about dining at my house tonight?

• injure (verb): to cause physical damage to someone
  - He injured his back when he tried to lift those heavy boxes.

Vocabulary Activities [Top]

Now, do these exercises to review the vocabulary. Then, return back to the Post-Listening Exercise to use the vocabulary in real conversations.

• Mixed-Up Sentence
• Sentence and Vocabulary Matching
• Text Completion Quiz