Living English: The day after tomorrow

Jan 162013

Living English: The 42-part series looks at the English language used in everyday situations such as checking into a hotel or describing people.
Episode 12: Anne and Sarah plan a meeting. To make plans or arrangements we have to find out the time that is best by asking.

Episode 12 – Transcript and Notes

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Episode 12 – Transcript

ANNE and SARAH plan a meeting.
SARAH is working at her computer. ANNE knocks at the open door.

SARAH
Come in Anne.

ANNE
Good morning!

SARAH
Good morning. Are you feeling better today?

ANNE
Yes thank you.

SARAH
What’s on the agenda?

ANNE
I’m thinking about this trip to the wineries. I want to meet your main suppliers and talk to them about the market.

SARAH
Great. They’ve been dying to meet you. When do you want to go?

ANNE
As soon as possible. How about tomorrow?

SARAH
I can’t tomorrow. I’ve got some other appointments. What about the day after tomorrow?

ANNE
Yes, that’s good. It’s Monday today, so that will be Wednesday. What date is that?

SARAH
The fifth of November.

ANNE
Okay. What time shall we meet?

SARAH
I’ll pick you up at nine o-clock.

ANNE
Good. How many wineries do you think we’ll be able to see?

SARAH
I’m not sure, four or five. Definitely our biggest suppliers, and maybe a few surprises.

ANNE
I can’t wait. Will it take all day?

SARAH
Most of the day. I’ll start ringing now, and let them know we have a very important client all the way from Singapore.

ANNE
Thankyou. I’m looking forward to it.

SARAH
Me too.

Episode 12 – Notes

	1. MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
	To make plans or arrangements we have to find out the time that is best by asking: When do you want to go? When do you want to meet? When asks about the time.
	Want to asks about what the person you’re asking hopes to do. Often that person will reply: When do you want to meet? As soon as possible. This means that they want to go very soon or in the next few days.
	To work out what day and time is best for both people you need to make suggestions. You can say: When do you want to meet? As soon as possible. What about tomorrow? or When do you want to meet? As soon as possible. How about tomorrow? Tomorrow is the day after today. If today is Monday, tomorrow is Tuesday.
	SARAH When do you want to go? ANNE As soon as possible. How about tomorrow?

	2. SHALL
	We use the word shall when making suggestions about the future. What time shall we meet?
	ANNE What time shall we meet?
	We use the word shall in questions about what is going to happen. It has the same meaning as will.
	You could say What shall I wear to the party? or Where shall we go?
	The word shall is only used with I and we. What *shall I* wear to the party? Where shall we go?

	3. ORDINAL NUMBERS
	These sorts of numbers tell us the order of things in time. Monday is the first day of the week. Tuesday is the second. Wednesday is the third. Thursday is the fourth. Friday is the fifth. Saturday is the sixth. Sunday is the seventh. Sunday is also the last or final day of the week. All of the adjectival numbers except for first, second and third have a th on the end. For example ninth tenth eleventh twelfth thirteenth fourteenth fifteenth sixteenth And so on. Numbers with a v – five and twelve – change their vs to fs and drop the e when adding th five/ fifth, twelve/ twelfth. Numbers such as twenty, thirty and forty change their ys to is and add eth twenty /twentieth thirty/ thirtieth forty/ fortieth And so on. For numbers such as twenty-three and thirty-one we say and write twenty third thirty first We also write these numbers like this: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 20th 21st And so on.
	Listen to the ordinal numbers. first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth eleventh twelfth thirteenth fourteenth fifteenth sixteenth seventeenth eighteenth nineteenth twentieth twenty first

	4. DATES
	When we say a date, for example November 5, we use the the fifth of November and the ordinal number for the day the *fifth* of November and say of the fifth of November and then the month: the fifth of November
	SARAH The fifth of November.

	5. AT, ON & IN
	When we talk about the time, we use the words in, on and at in different ways.
	For exact times we use at: I’ll see you at nine o’clock. The meeting is at eleven o’clock.
	For days and dates we use on: I’ll see you on Friday. Let’s meet on Monday. Let’s meet on the fifth of November.
	We often use at and on like this: I’ll see you at nine o’clock on Friday. The meeting is at eleven o’clock on the fifth of November.
	We use in to talk about the amount of time that will pass before something happens. I’ll see you in a week’s time.
	SARAH I’ll pick you up at nine o-clock.


	6. FRACTIONS
	Fractions are numbers that are less than one.
	We call something like this complete circle a whole.
	This is a half of a circle. We can also say that it’s one half of a circle or use the symbol ½ .
	This is a quarter of a circle. We can also say that it’s one quarter of a circle or use the symbol ¼ .
	This is an eighth of a circle. We can also say that it’s one eighth of a circle or use the symbol 1/8
	Except for a half and a quarter the numbers are the same as the numbers we use for dates and the order of things, but we always say an or a or one before them: an eighth / one eighth / 1/8 a sixteenth / one sixteenth / 1/16 a twentieth / one twentieth / 1/20 We say an eighth because eighth begins with a vowel sound. We will explain how to use an and a in episode 14.