Concorde¡¯s Birthday

¡¡ CONCORDE, the world¡¯s fastest passenger plane, will soon be over 33 years old. It first¡¡ 44¡¡ on 2 March 1969 in France. Concorde was developed by both France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a¡¡ 45¡¡ of a supersonic passenger plane. In 1962 they started to¡¡ 46 together on the project. The plane¡¡ 47¡¡ over 1.5 billion pounds to develop. It is the most tested plane in the history. It was given over 5,000 hours of testing. Concorde flies at twice the speed of 48¡¡ . This means that it¡¡ 49¡¡ only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, compare with 7-8 hours in other passenger jets. Because of the five-hour time difference between the USA and Britain, it is¡¡ 50¡¡ to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can catch the 10:30am¡¡ 51¡¡ from London, Heathrow and start work in New York an hour 52¡¡ ! Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. Each Concorde is built at a cost of 55 million pounds. Twenty have been built so far. Air France and British Airway¡¡ 53¡¡ the most. They each have seven planes.

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Woman:¡¡ I learned a lot about international business.

Man: ¡¡¡¡ Is this your first meeting?

Woman:¡¡ Yes, it is.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ 36¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ I¡¯m Marie Pirelli.¡¡ Please call me Marie.

Man:¡¡¡¡¡¡ Okay¡­ Marie. My name is Mayumi Yamada.

Woman:¡¡¡¡¡¡ 37¡¡¡¡¡¡ I didn¡¯t catch your first name.

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Woman:¡¡ I¡¯m with Coca-Cola.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ 39¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

Man:¡¡¡¡¡¡ I work for the Sony Corporation.

36. A. Where are you from?¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. What¡¯s your name?

¡¡ C. It¡¯s very nice to meet you.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. It¡¯s a nice day.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

37. A. Nice to see you again.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. I¡¯m sorry.

¡¡ C. What a strange name!¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. I¡¯m happy.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

38. A. Who do you talk with?¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. What company do you work for?

¡¡ C. Where is your company?¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. When did you start to work there?¡¡

39. A. How are you?¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. How much is it?

¡¡ C. How do you do?¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. How about you?¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

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Woman:¡¡ Excuse me. Could you help me?

Man:¡¡¡¡¡¡ ¡¡¡¡ 40¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ What can I do for you?

Woman:¡¡ I¡¯m looking for a girl¡¯s ski jacket. I like this style.¡¡¡¡¡¡ 41¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

Man:¡¡¡¡¡¡ Let me see¡­ Size 4,6,8 ¡­ Here we are. Size 10.

Woman:¡¡ ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ 42¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ What other colors does it come in?

Man:¡¡¡¡¡¡ It comes in red, pink, light blue, and black.¡¡

Woman:¡¡ ¡¡¡¡¡¡ 43¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ How much is it?

Man:¡¡¡¡¡¡ It¡¯s $160.

Woman:¡¡ Oh, well, I¡¯ll have to think about it.

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41. A. What size do you have?¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. I don¡¯t think I need size 10.

¡¡ C. Is this one size 10?¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. Do you have it in size 10?¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

42. A. Oh, I don¡¯t really like red.¡¡ B. Oh, I don¡¯t really like yellow.

¡¡ C. Do you have a red one?¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. Do you have a yellow one?¡¡

43. A. The pink is nice.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. The yellow is nice.

¡¡ C. I can¡¯t decide.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. None of them is my favorite color.¡¡¡¡

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