FINAL MONTH - WEEK 1

Conversation 1.1 - listen

Man: So, nice to meet you.

Woman: You too!

Man: Where are you from?

Woman: From? I’m from here! Well, near
here. I live just outside the city in the
suburbs with my family.
Man: (1) .........................
Woman: Who has time for hobbies? Um, I
guess I like studying.
Man: Studying?
Woman: Yeah, well that’s what I do most of
the time. I want to work – get a good
job later, so studying is what I’m into
right now.
Man: (2) ...................................
Woman: Thanks! How about you?
Man: Me? I like to draw and design stuff . . .

Conversation 1.2 - listen

Woman 1: So, do you live by yourself or with
your family?
Woman 2: I live alone. (3) .........................
Woman 1: Downtown?
Woman 2: Yeah, right. It’s not so convenient,
but um, it’s OK. I miss my family
sometimes.
Woman 1: Really?
Woman 2: Yeah, except for my brother and his
guitar – it’s so noisy.
Woman 1: Pardon me?
Woman 2: I said I don’t miss my brother. (4) .........................
Woman 1: Because you have your own place.
Woman 2: That’s right.

Conversation 1.3 - listen
Woman: So, how about you? Do you live near
here too?
Man: No! I wish! My home, my family is
way out in the country.
Woman: A rural area? You couldn’t get an
apartment close to here?
Man: (5) .........................
Woman: Oh my gosh! 2 hours.
Man: But it’s OK. I can watch movies and
TV programs on my video player.
Woman: Ah, so you’re into movies . . . cool.
Man: I used to play video games with my
brother at home, (6) .........................
Woman: Yeah, I see.

Conversation 1.4 - listen
Woman: I saw you on the train earlier today.
Man: Oh yeah?
Woman: (7) .........................
Man: No, no, no. Actually, I live in a
neighborhood.
Woman: Pardon me?
Man: I said I live nearby, with my family.
Woman: (8) .........................
Man: I was hanging out with my friends a
little while ago. That’s pretty much
what I do in my free time.
Woman: Hanging out with friends? Me too. I
don’t like being . . .
Both: Alone.
Woman: Exactly!

Conversation 2.1 - listen
Man: How many people are in your family?
Woman: There are five people in my family.
My parents, and my older sister and
my younger brother.
Man: (9) .........................
Woman: Like? Wow . . . that’s a tough question.
I don’t know. He’s . . . um . . .
Man: A cool guy?
Woman: No, definitely not cool! I’d say he’s
average. (10) .........................
Man: Mm-hmm. Is he tall?
Woman: Tall? Um . . . he’s not so tall . . . same
height as me.
Man: Handsome like me?
Woman: You’re not handsome! And he’s not
handsome. He’s just . . .
Man: Average, yeah.

Conversation 2.2 - listen

Woman 1: You said your grandmother lives with
you.
Woman 2: Yes. I love her so much. She’s always
doing nice things for me. (11) .........................
Woman 1: How would you describe her? What
does she look like?
Woman 2: Look like? That’s an easy question.
She’s slender and pretty.
Woman 1: Pretty?
Woman 2: Yeah, she was an actress when
she was young, and she did some
modeling.
Woman 1: Cool. (12) .........................
Woman 2: Well, she’s not, ah . . . she’s very
active. Always busy with her friends,
doing things to help people. I think
she has a job or is doing some
volunteer work, or something.
Woman 1: I think we expect grandmothers to be
doing quiet things, like reading books
or just watching TV.
Woman 2: But that’s not my grandmother at all.

Conversation 2.3 - listen

Woman: . . . me and my sister. So, there are
just the four of us.
Man: (13) .........................
Woman: Do I get along with – wow, that’s a
difficult question.
Man: Really? Why?
Woman: Well, she’s older, two years older, and
she’s really a good student. Makes
good grades. Always winning this
contest or that competition.
Man: (14) .........................
Woman: Yes! That’s it. Mom and Dad just like
her better, I think.
Man: No, no, no, don’t say that.
Woman: I know! I shouldn’t say that. Maybe
I’m a little bit jealous. She doesn’t
even work hard. I have to work
harder, much harder to study than
she does.

Conversation 2.4 - listen

Man 1: Do you see your dad very much?
Man 2: Yeah. He doesn’t work late every night,
like other fathers do. He’s usually at
home the same time every night.
Man 1: (15) .........................
Man 2: That’s an interesting question. He’s
bald, but I have hair! So, we don’t
look alike that much.
Man 1: But, I mean, you know . . .
Man 2: I think I look like my mother. She has
small eyes, and so do I. And we have
the same nose.
Man 1: So you look like your mom.
Man 2: Look like my mom, (16) .........................

Conversation 3.1 - listen

Man: So, where do you want to go now
that we’re here? The department
store or the used store?
Woman: It’s really hard to say . . . this is the
best consignment shop in town.
Man: Everyone who’s careful about money
shops here. But the department store
is one we can trust – you’ve been
shopping there all your life, you had
your first part-time job there.
Woman: (17) .........................
Man: And we know if we get something
we don’t like, we can just take it
back to the department store. The
consignment store has a no-returns
policy.
Woman: Wait a minute. What are we here
to buy, again? You said you needed
shirts?
Man: No, shoes.
Woman: Shoes? Duh! Who on earth would
buy used shoes? (18) .........................
Man: But you’re always talking about
saving . . .

Conversation 3.2 - listen

Woman: I see. You really want to look sharp,
don’t you?
Man: Oh, you betcha. This is a very important event . . .
Woman: Event coming up and you know that
if you look your best, you have a
better chance of getting the job than
another person.
Man: And, so . . .
Woman: So, you want to get a suit and new
belt from that fancy brand store,
which has got all the famous names
and logos and labels with a really nice
white business shirt – classic look.
Man: (19) .........................
Woman: Expensive than Wonder Mart, which
we’re not going to, because it only has
colored shirts. If you’re going to look
good for a job interview, you need
something classic.
Man: All right! I’ve got it! I got it! (20) .........................

Conversation 3.3 - listen

Woman: You are the best, Dad, helping me
out like this.
Man: It’s no problem, no problem. You and
your new honey have to have a nice
place to raise a family.
Woman: Well, I was thinking . . . We’re going
to need a new sofa, some tables and
chairs, and some curtains.
Man: Just to get started!
Woman: But we’re also going to need a new
57-inch flat-screen 3D TV and (21) .........................
Man: And all that!
Woman: Plus all the electronic goodies for the
kitchen, because you know how much
I love to cook. I simply must have a
great kitchen.
Man: Then our first stop today is Electric
Avenue (22) .........................
Woman: You are the best, Dad. The best!

Conversation 3.4 - listen

Woman: The problem with shopping for
Devon is that she loves books and
music.
Man: I know. You know, her collection, of
all that, spreads from her living room
down the hallway, into her office at
home.
Woman: Oh, and (23) .........................
Man: That’s a risk you have to take. No one
ever said friendship would be easy. All
right, we’re here.
Woman: Bookstore to the left of me, music
store on the right. Hmm. Ah, I got it!
Here’s something I’ll bet she doesn’t
have.
Man: What?
Woman: (24) .........................
Man: Great! Let’s go and get it.

News Flash 1.1 - listen

The price of a Shell gas cylinder will be (25) ......................... by 70 rupees with effect from midnight tonight. Shell Gas Lanka Limited has agreed to reduce the price of gas following an agreement with the consumer affairs authority. According to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Ravi Karunanayake, the agreement was signed by the chairperson of the consumer affairs (26) ......................... and the managing director of Shell Gas Lanka at the Ministry. Minister Karunanayake said he has also drawn his attention towards a further 25-rupee reduction by the 15th of next month. Meanwhile, the CPC (27) ......................... this morning that the price of petrol will be reduced by 2 rupees a litre affective from tomorrow. However, the prices of diesel and kerosene will remain unchanged.

News Flash 1.2 - listen

The international news on Yes FM is brought to you by Celtel. Check your horoscope on your Celtel and Celcard. Call 541541 for details. At least 24 people are missing and hundreds of huts were flattened after a (28) ......................... storm swept across a small island in Bay of Bengal today. The official said the storm with winds of about 60 miles per an hour struck St Martin Island around dawn, adding that waves partly submerged the island which is just off the coast of Myanmar. The island belongs to Bangladesh and is 550 kilometres south east of capital Dakar. The (29) ......................... said rough sea's magnitude was too dangerous to launch a rescue mission for the moment. The storm which has been growing in the Bay of Bengal for the past weeks hit the island as it made landfall in southern Myanmar today. That was the (30) ......................... news brought to you by Celtel. Get it straight from the stars. Get details of your horoscope on your Celtel and Celcard. Call 541541.

News Flash 1.3 - listen

Yes FM's local news is brought to you by Ceylinco Cancer Detection Centre, now offering chemo therapy infusion facilities in a (31) ......................... environment with no waiting time.
The threat of floods still prevails in certain areas of the Ratnapura, Kalutara and Galle districts according to reports. Our reporter in the Kalutara area says that the towns of Thebuwana, Neboda and Bombuwela are still under water. However, the flood waters in the areas such as Baduraliya are said to be receding. According to a reporter the water level of Kalu Ganga has (32) ......................... significantly and although the estuary of the river has been dredged several times, the movement of water out of the river is still slow, and therefore, the flood waters take a long time to subside. Meanwhile, the Ratnapura District Secretary Malini Premaratne says that although the flood waters in the Ratnapura town have receded, the situation still prevails in Kiriella, Ayagama and Elapatha areas. Premaratne points out that it is still difficult to enter the areas of Kiriella and Ayagama in (33) .......................... Therefore, the relief supplies to these areas are being distributed by air. The Ratnapura district secretary also says that they have made arrangements to face the possible threat of disease and contamination as waters recede. The Ministry of Social Services has so far confirmed that 237 people have lost their lives and over 177 000 families have been displaced due to the floods and landslides.

Song 1.1 - Blue Night - MLTR - listen

Lately, you have been asking me
If all my words are true
Don't you know I'll do (34) .................. for you?
Sometimes I haven't been good to you
Sometimes I've made you cry
And I am sorry for everything
But I promise you, girl
I promise you this

When the blue night is over my face
On the dark side of the world in space
When I'm all alone with the stars above
You are the one I love

So there's no need to worry, girl
My heart is (35) .................. for you
And no one's gonna take it away
'Cause I promise you, girl
I promise you this

When the blue night is over my face
On the dark side of the world in space
When I'm all alone with the stars above
You are the one I love

Your (36) .................. is calling to me in my dreams
My love is stronger than it's ever been

When the blue night is over my face
On the dark side of the world in space
When I'm all alone with the stars above
You are the one I love

When the blue night is over my face
On the dark side of the world in space
When I'm all alone with the stars above
You are the one I love
When I'm all alone with the stars above
You are the one I love

Song 1.2 - Paint My Love - MLTR - listen

From my youngest years

Till this (37) .................. here
I've never seen
Such a lovely queen
To the deepest love
I've never felt
Crazy like this before
You should paint my love
It's the picture of a thousand sunsets
It's the freedom of a thousand doves
Baby, you should paint my love
Then I met you, girl
It's like (38) .................. home
To a place I've known
You should paint my love
It's the picture of a thousand sunsets
It's the (39) .................. of a thousand doves
Baby, you should paint my love
The days before all fade to black and white
Since you came into my life
Everything has changed
You should paint my love
It's the picture of a thousand sunsets
It's the freedom of a thousand doves
Baby, you should paint my love
You should paint my love
It's the picture of a thousand sunsets
It's the freedom of a thousand doves
Baby, you should paint my love

Song 1.3 - Nothing to Lose - MLTR - listen

There are times
When you make me (40) ..................
There are moments when you drive me mad
There are seconds when
I see the light
Though many times you made me cry

There's something
You don't (41) ..................
I want to be your man

Nothing to lose
Your love to win
Hoping so bad
That you'll love me in
I'm at your feet
Waiting for you
I've got time
And nothing to lose

There are times
When I believe in you
These moments when I feel (42) .................. to you
There are times I think
That I am yours
Though many times I feel unsure

There's something
You don't understand
I want to be your man

Nothing to lose
Your love to win
Hoping so bad
That you'll let me in
I'm on your feet
Waiting for you
I've got time
And nothing to lose

I'll always be around you
Keep an eye on you
And I won't let you run
'Cause you are the only one

Nothing to lose
Your love to win
Hoping so bad
That you'll let me in
I'm at your feet
Waiting for you
I've got time
And nothing to lose

Song 1.4 - Sleeping Child - MLTR - listen

The milky way upon the heavens,
I sing for you,
I sing for mother,
We're (43) .................. for the world,
And for the people everywhere,
Gonna show them all we care,

Oh my sleeping child,
The world's so wild,
But you built your own (44) ..................,
That's one reason why I'll cover you sleeping child.

If all the people around the world,
They had a mind like yours,
We'd have no fighting and no wars,
There would be (45) .................. peace on earth.

If all the kings and all the leaders,
Could see you here this way,
They would hold the earth in their arms,
They would learn to watch you play.

Oh my sleeping child,
The world's so wild,
But you built your own paradise,
That's one reason why I'll cover you sleeping child.

Cover my child,
I'm gonna cover my sleeping child,
Keep you away,
Keep you away from the world so wild,
Keep you away from the world,
Away from the world so wild,

Oh my sleeping child,
The world's so wild,
But you built your own paradise,
That's one reason why I'll cover you sleeping child,
You built your own in paradise.
Oh my sleeping child,
The world's so wild,
But you built your own paradise,
That's one reason why I'll cover you sleeping child.

Song 1.5 - Actor - MLTR - listen

He takes you out and he takes you up
'Cause he can show you so much
I go to bed and tomorrow again
There's a lot of work to be (46) .................. 

He gives you gold and he will promise you
The whole world will be yours
I just can't tell you I love you so
Even (47) ..................  my odds are low

I'm not an actor, I'm not a star
And I don't even have my own car
But I'm hoping so much you'll stay
That you will love me (48) .................. 

The dirty games in the name of jokes
This is the world he knows
Watching the stars satisfies my soul
Thinking of him makes me feel so cold

The fancy cars and the restaurants
You're just so fond of the man
Sometimes I wonder if you are blind
Can't you see he's got dirt on his mind

I'm not an actor, I'm not a star
And I don't even have my own car
But I'm hoping so much you'll stay
That you will love me anyway (anyway)

I'm not an actor, I'm not a star
And I don't even have my own car
But I'm hoping so much you'll stay
That you will love me anyway

I'm not an actor, I'm not a star
And I don't even have my own car
But I'm hoping so much you'll stay
That you will love me anyway (anyway)

I'm not an actor, I'm not a star
And I don't even have my own car
But I'm hoping so much you'll stay
That you will love me anyway

I'm not an actor, I'm not a star
And I don't even have my own car
But I'm hoping so much you'll stay

TALK TO SOMEONE - 1.1

1. What’s your name?

2. Do you have a pet name or a nickname?

3. What do your friends call you?

4. How old are you?

5. When were you born?

6. Where were you born?

7. Where do you live?

8. Where do you live in Ratnapura?

9. Whereabouts in Ratnapura do you live?

10. Where do you come from?

11. Where are you from?

12. How many people are in your family?

13. How many people do you have in your family?

14. Do you come from a large family?

15. How old are your parents?

16. What does your father do?

17. What does your father look like?

18. What’s your father like?

19. Do you have siblings?

20. Where did you study?

21. What were your O/L results?

22. What subjects did you do for your A/Ls?

23. When did you sit your A/L exam?

24. What were your results?

25. Are you selected to university?

26. Have you been selected to university?

27. Can you go to university?

28. What are you doing these days?

29. Do you have hobbies?

30. How do you spend your leisure?

31. What do you do in your free time?

32. Do you have a lot of friends or just a few friends?

33. Do you have pets?

34. Do you speak any other languages?

35. What sports do you play?

36. Do you play tennis?

37. Can you play the violin?

38. Can you play any musical instrument?

39. What kind of person are you?

40. What kind of person do you think you are?

41. How would you describe yourself?

42. Do you think you’re friendly and supportive?

43. What do you want to be when you grow up?

44. What’s your future ambition?

45. What are your future plans?

46. What are your plans for the future?

47. What are you going to do when you finish this course?

48. Where do you see yourself in five rears’ time?

49. Have you attended any English classes before?

50. Have you finished any English courses before?

TALK TO SOMEONE - 1.2

1. හෙලෝ.
2. අපි කලින් හමුවෙලා තියෙනවද?
3. ඔයා හිතන්නේ අපි කලින් හමුවෙලා තියෙනවා කියලද?
4. මම මාවම හඳුන්වා දෙන්නද?
5. මම මගේ හඳුන්වාදීම කරන්නද?
6. මම මං ගැනම කථාකරන්නයි යන්නේ.
7. මම ඔයාලට කියන්නයි යන්නේ මං ගැන.
8. මම හිතන්නේ නෑ අපි කලින් හමුවෙලා තියෙනවා කියලා.
9. මගේ නම කපිල පෙරෙරා සහ ඔයාගේ නම මොකක්ද?
10. මම කපිල පෙරෙරා සහ ඔයා?
11. ඔයා ...? / ඔයාගේ නම?
12. මොකක්ද ඔයාගේ නම?
13. හමුවීම සතුටක්.
14. හෙලෝ කමල් ගුඩ් මෝනිං.
15. කොහොමද ඉතිං?
16. අද මොකද උනේ?
17. අද දවස හොඳින් ගතකලාද?
18. අද කාලගුණය කොහොමද?
19. අද කාලගුණය මොනවගේද?
20. වේලාව කීයද?
21. දවසේ ඔයා කැමතිම වෙලාව මොකක්ද?
22. අද දිනය මොකක්ද?
23. මොකක්ද වැදගත්ම දිනය ඔයාගේ ජීවිතයේ?
24. අද දවස මොකක්ද?
25. සතියේ ඔයාගේ කැමතිම දවස මොකක්ද?
26. මොකක්ද මතකහිටිනම දවස ඔයාගේ ජීවිතයේ?
27. මේ මොන මාසෙද?
28. අවුරුද්දේ ඔයාගේ ප්‍රියතම මාසය මොකක්ද?
29. මේ මොන අවුරුද්දද?
30. මොකක්ද ඔයාගේ ජීවිතයේ අමාරුම අවුරුද්ද වුනේ?
31. සෘතු හතර මොනවාද?
32. මොකක්ද අවුරුද්දේ ඔයාගේ කැමතිම සෘතුව?
33. කොහොමද කාලගුණය ඔයාට බලපාන්නේ?
34. මොන වගේ බලපෑමක්ද කාලගුණය ඔයා කෙරෙහි ඇතිකරන්නේ?
35. ඔයා රැකියාවක් කරනවද?
36. මොකක්ද ඔයාගේ ජොබ් එක?
37. ඔයාගේ ජොබ් එක මොනවගේද?
38. ගුරුවරයෙක් වෙන එක මොන වගේද? / ගෙදරින් ඈත වැඩකරන එක මොන වගේද?
39. ඔයාගේ ජොබ් එකට අයත්වෙන්නේ මොනවාද?
40. මොනවද ඔයා කරන්නේ ඔයාගේ ජොබ් එකේ?
41. මොනවද ඔයාට කරන්න තියෙන්නේ ඔයාගේ ජොබ් එකේ?
42. ඔයා පාරිභෝගික පැමිණිලි එක්ක කටයුතු කරනවාද?
43. ඔයාට හොඳට ගෙවනවද?
44. මම ඇතුලට එන්නද?
45. මම මෙතනින් වාඩිවෙන්නද?
46. චුට්ටක් එහාට යන්න?
47. මට ඔයාගේ ප්‍රතිඵල ලේඛණය බලන්න පුළුවන්ද?
48. මට වැඩිපුර තොරතුරු ගන්න පුළුවන්ද?
49. මට ඔයාගේ සම්පූර්ණ නම දැනගන්න පුළුවන්ද?
50. තේ ටිකක් බොනවද?