Dreams and Ambitions

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Unit 13

• Dreams and Ambitions

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Unit 13 Part A Describing Past Events

• W Hi, Phil. How did your weekend go?
• M Fine. I went back to visit my hometown.
• W Lucky you. What did you do there?
• M I went for an autumn walk in

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Unit 13 Part A Describing Past Events

• the hills with some of my cousins.
• W Was it good?
• M Yes, the trees were amazing. The whole
  hillside was fiery red.
• W How wonderful! Do anything else?

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Unit 13 Part A Describing Past Events

• M We went on a river trip practically the whole
  day Sunday.
• W Did you like it?
• M Very enjoyable. By the way, Laura, what about
  your weekend?
• W Dont ask me, Phil.
• M What happened?

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Unit 13 Part A Describing Past Events

• W I came down with the flu. I could do nothing
  but lie in bed.
• M Oh, dear.

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Unit 13 Part A Describing Past Events(Exercise)

• 1. Where did Phil go last weekend?
• He went for a visit to his hometown.

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Unit 13 Part A Describing Past Events(Exercise)

• 2. What did he do there?
• He went for an autumn walk in the hills.

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Unit 13 Part A Describing Past Events(Exercise)

• 3. What did he do on Sunday?
• He went on a river trip.

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Unit 13 Part A Describing Past Events(Exercise)

• 4. What did Laura do last weekend?
• She did nothing but lie in bed.

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Unit 13 Part A Describing Past Events(Exercise)

• 5. What happened to her?
• She came down with the flu.

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Unit 13 Describing Time

• Hello, my name is Barbara Smith. Im the
  personnel manager of the Garden Hotel and Im
  going to tell you what I did yesterday. I got up
  at 715 and left home for work at 755. After a
  35 minutes drive I arrived at my office at about
  830. The first thing I did was to turn on

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Unit 13 Describing Time

• my computer and check my mail. At 9 sharp work
  began. I interviewed two candidates in the
  morning, one at 930 and the other at 1030. At
  1220, I went down to the cafeteria for some
  lunch. In the afternoon I interviewed two more
  candidates. One at 2 oclock and

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Unit 13 Describing Time

• the other at 315. At 4 oclock I attended a
  staff meeting, which lasted for about three
  quarters of an hour. By then it was time to go
  home. The traffic was so bad that it took me more
  than an hour to get home. It was already 730
  when I finally sat down to my dinner, completely
  tired out.

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Unit 13 Text Larrys Dream

• Larry had always wanted to become a movie star.
  His hopes for success were dashed again and
  again, however. Hollywood just did not seem
  interested. But Larry refused to admit that his
  chances of getting into movies were practically
  nil. Someday, he told

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Unit 13 Text Larrys Dream

• himself, his big opportunity would come.
• To keep body and soul together, Larry found a job
  parking cars for one of Hollywoods big
  restaurants. The pay was basic but since the
  guests were quite generous with tips, he managed
  to make a living.

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Unit 13 Text Larrys Dream

• One day he recognized an important film director
  driving into the park lot and getting out of his
  car. Larry had recently heard that the man was
  making a new picture.

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Unit 13 Text Larrys Dream

• Larry got into the car and prepared to drive it
  on into the lot and park it. Then he stopped,
  jumped out and ran over to the director. Excuse
  me, sir, but I think its fair to tell you that
  its now or never if you want me in your new
  picture.

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Unit 13 Text Larrys Dream

• A lot of big companies are after me.
• Fascinated by Larrys abrupt statement, the
  director stopped. Yes? Which companies?
• Well, replied the would-be star,

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Unit 13 Text Larrys Dream

• Theres the telephone company, the gas company,
  the the electric company, to mention only a few.
• The director laughed, then scribbled something on
  a card and handed it to the young man.Come and
  see me tomorrow.

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Unit 13 Text Larrys Dream

• Larry got a small part in the directors next
  film. He was on his way!

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Unit 13 Text (Exercise)

• 1. What helped Larry to carry on with life when
  his dream was dashed again and again?
• His belief that one day he would become a movie
  star.

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Unit 13 Text Larrys Dream(Exercise)

• 2. What job did Larry find in order to support
  himself?
• Parking cars for one of Hollywoods big
  restaurants.

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Unit 13 Text Larrys Dream(Exercise)

• 3. Was Larry well-paid and how did he manage to
  make a living?
• No, his pay was only basic. But he got generous
  tips from guests driving into the restaurant.

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Unit 13 Text Larrys Dream(Exercise)

• 4. What happened one day that changed Larrys
  life?
• Larry parked the car of a famous film director
  and was able to introduce himself to the man.

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Unit 13 Text Larrys Dream(Exercise)

• 5. Why was the film director interested in Larry?
• He was amused by Larrys unusual/clever way of
  recommending himself.

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Unit 13 Text Larrys Dream(Exercise)

• 6. Larry said Some big companies are after me.
  What can be the two meanings of this statement?
• A. Some big film companies are interested in
  me.
• B. Some big companies are pressing me for paying
  their bills.

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Unit 13 Part C Jeffrey Zaslow

• Jerrey Zaslow, the advice columnist for the
  Chicago Sun-Times, grew up in suburban
  Philadelphia. His biggest ambition in life was to
  be a writer. I never wanted to be anything
  else, he says. I was ten or eleven when I saw
  Gone with the Wind and I

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Unit 13 Part C Jeffrey Zaslow

• wrote my own Civil War story.
• After earning a degree in creative writing at
  Carnegie Mellon University, he got a job at a
  newspaper I Orlando, Florida. He made his mark
  with his article on the rough working conditions
  endured by the people inside the

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Unit 13 Part C Jeffrey Zaslow

• Mickey and Minnie costumes at Walt Disney World.
  Later he became a staff writer for the Wall
  Street Journal.
• In 1988, when the famous advice columnist, Ann
  Landers, quit her job at the Chicago Sun-Times,
  the

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Unit 13 Part C Jeffrey Zaslow

• paper launched a nationwide contest to find her
  replacement. Jeffrey Zaslow applied. Among the
  12,000 contestants, women outnumbered men nine to
  one, and most of them had seen a lot more of life
  than Zasalow, who was 28 and not married. When he
  reached

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Unit 13 Part C Jeffrey Zaslow

• the semifinals, his editors at the Journal ran a
  headlineWhy Hell Never Make It. But Jerry did
  make it in the finals.
• Today, thirteen years later, his column, All
  That Zazz, is read by thousands of readers in
  the Chicago area. His years in the

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Unit 13 Part C Jeffrey Zaslow

• advice business left him with a deep appreciation
  for people and their problems. He is also greatly
  moved by the generosity, sincerity and good
  nature of his readers. Wonderful people. he
  says, do outnumber terrible people in this
  world.

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Unit 13 Part C Jeffrey Zaslow

• I have much more faith in my fellow man than I
  had before. And Ive read plenty of letters to
  back that up.

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Unit 13

• Thank You! (???)