1-04 Don’t Eat On Twilight Street

This is an audio for the Active Listening tasks (as directed by Sam).

There are a few things to remember about these audios: 

  1. Don’t do more than 30 seconds at a time
  2. Only listen to it once. In the parts you have trouble understanding, listen to them again and:
    1. Count the words in the sentencees
    2. Write down the words you hear and use your grammatical and lexical knowledge to guess the words that are missing 
    3. Make note of any words that have features of connected speech and identify what happened and why you didn’t understand
    4. Say those words out loud to yourself in the same way the audio said them: get used to hearing them 
  3. Make note of the parts you missed and bring them to class; try to figure out why you missed them or didn’t hear them correctly

First transcribe the audio as usual then use the transcript to check your work … or as Sam tells you. Good luck!

Transcript

Speaker 1:        Don’t eat on Twilight Street.

Speaker 2:        Where are you?

Speaker 3:        I’m in some restaurant.

Speaker 2:        Yeah? Which one?

Speaker 3:        Um … [Zon-ie’s 00:00:07].

Speaker 2:        [Zon-ie’s 00:00:07], where’s that?

Speaker 3:        On Twilight Street.

Speaker 2:        Twilight Street? I don’t think so.

Speaker 3:        I can see the sign from here.

Speaker 2:        Never heard of [Zon-ie’s 00:00:14], but don’t eat there.

Speaker 3:        I’m hungry.

Speaker 2:        Look, I’m tellin’ you, you don’t want to eat on Twilight Street.

Speaker 3:        I’m starved.

Speaker 2:        Stephanie, listen to me.

Speaker 3:        Boy, this service is slow. Hey, can I get a waiter?

Speaker 2:        There’s no Zon-ie. That’s zombies.

Speaker 3:        I can believe it the way the waiters are dragging their butts around here.

Speaker 2:        Stephanie, put [00:00:30] your cell away.

Speaker 3:        Now they’re giving me nasty looks. So what. Hey, can I have some service?

Speaker 2:        Stephanie, get up and get out of there.

Speaker 3:        Ah, that got their attention. They’re all shuffling over here in a hurry.

Speaker 2:        Put your cell phone away.

Speaker 3:        The whole staff crowding around my table.

Speaker 2:        Get out of there.

Speaker 3:        Hey. Ugh, hey, gimme back my phone.

Speaker 2:        Stephanie.

Speaker 3:        Don’t put it in a hotdog bun. What are you … mustard? What kind of creeps are you?

Speaker 2:        Stephanie.

Speaker 3:        No. Not Grey Poupon.

Speaker 2:        Stephanie.

Speaker 3:        Oh no. Don’t put sauerkraut on my cell.

Speaker 2:        Steffy.

Speaker 3:        What do you think … ugh.

Speaker 2:        [00:01:00] Oh. I tried to tell her. You don’t want to eat on Twilight Street.

December 28, 2019

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