Customer: Mm, she has so many necklaces. I was
thinking of a pair of earrings, possibly.
Sales assistant: Does she have a favourite colour?
Customer: Mm, she likes blue …
Sales assistant: What about this pair? They have some
beautiful little blue stones.
Customer: Mm ... They’re quite nice, I suppose.
Sales assistant: They’re silver, and they’re handmade,
so you won’t find anything like them
anywhere else.
Customer: Oh, really? So, how much are they?
Sales assistant: Well they were thirty pounds, but actually
we’ve got a sale on at the moment, so
they’re a little cheaper – only twenty
pounds. So you can save ten pounds!
Customer: Great. I’ll take them.
Sales assistant: And would you like me to gitwrap them
for you?
Customer: How much do you charge for that?
Sales assistant: For £4 we give you a pretty box and your
own choice of wrapping paper. Or for
£5 you can have our luxury wrapping
service, which includes a silver box and
silver ribbon. And if you would like a card
to write your own personal message,
that will be £2 extra.
Customer: Well, it’s a special birthday so I’ll take
the luxury option. But I already have a
card, thank you.
Sales assistant: That’s fine. I’ll do that for you now. And
how would you like to pay – cash or card?
1 B
2 B
10 Transcript 07 Customer: Oh, really? So, how much are they?
Sales assistant: Well they were thirty pounds, but actually
we’ve got a sale on at the moment, so
they’re a little cheaper – only twenty
pounds. So you can save ten pounds!
1 30/thirty
2 20/twenty
3 10/ten
Option In exercise 10 you might want to point out the stress on
‘were’ This word would not normally be stressed so it is a
clue that the earrings are no longer £30.
