UNIT 3: WHAT TIME IS IT?
* Vocabulary:
- Ring (v): Call someone on the phone.
- Ring (v): Call someone on the phone.
- Private (adj): Personal; not for everyone to know.
- Detective (n): Someone whose job is to investigate crimes, etc...
- Investigation (n): An official examination of the facts about a situation, crime, etc...
- Appointment (n): A meeting that you fix in advance.
- Suit (v): To be what you like or what you want.
- Suit (v): To be what you like or what you want.
- Suit (v): Look good on someone.
JOHN: Hello, Barbour’s Private Investigation. John Barbour speaking.
ANNE: Hello. Can you find missing people?
JOHN: Sometimes we can. Have you lost somebody?
ANN: Yes.
JOHN: Perhaps you’d like to tell me about it?
ANN: Can I make an appointment please?
JOHN: When would you like to come in?
ANNE: Is tomorrow okay?
JOHN: Let’s see… Yes, I can see you at ten o’clock. Will that suit you?
ANNE: Okay, thank you. (consults business card) 23 Mitchell Street – is that right?
JOHN: That’s right. Second floor.
ANNE: Okay. See you then. Goodbye.
JOHN: Goodbye.
He puts down the phone and celebrates. In her hotel room, Anne puts the phone down, and rings again.
CLERK: Hello?
ANNE: Hello. Reception? What time is it please?
CLERK: It’s five o’clock.
ANNE: And what time do you serve dinner?
CLERK: The restaurant opens in an hour, and dinner is served between six and nine pm.
ANNE: And breakfast?
CLERK: Breakfast is served between seven and nine thirty am ma’am.
ANNE: Thankyou.
CLERK: You’re welcome.
Anne puts the phone down, then notices the photo by her bed and picks it up again.There is a tear in her eyes.
ANN: Yes.
JOHN: Perhaps you’d like to tell me about it?
ANN: Can I make an appointment please?
JOHN: When would you like to come in?
ANNE: Is tomorrow okay?
JOHN: Let’s see… Yes, I can see you at ten o’clock. Will that suit you?
ANNE: Okay, thank you. (consults business card) 23 Mitchell Street – is that right?
JOHN: That’s right. Second floor.
ANNE: Okay. See you then. Goodbye.
JOHN: Goodbye.
He puts down the phone and celebrates. In her hotel room, Anne puts the phone down, and rings again.
CLERK: Hello?
ANNE: Hello. Reception? What time is it please?
CLERK: It’s five o’clock.
ANNE: And what time do you serve dinner?
CLERK: The restaurant opens in an hour, and dinner is served between six and nine pm.
ANNE: And breakfast?
CLERK: Breakfast is served between seven and nine thirty am ma’am.
ANNE: Thankyou.
CLERK: You’re welcome.
Anne puts the phone down, then notices the photo by her bed and picks it up again.There is a tear in her eyes.
