Monday, July 26, 2010

English Conversation

Everyday English
Improve English through everyday English listening and English conversation.

I have written a detailed book English conversation for all occasions, to learn English as Foreign Language. These tutorials on English Conversation have been prepared from my well known book English conversation for all occasions, which I wrote for Indian students to practice English.
English Conversation for All Occasions is a unique spoken English book of its kind, specially written to help Indian students. A quick look at the titles of the lessons would convince the reader that the book has been prepared by visualizing all types of situational conversations, which he may confront in his daily activities. Whether one converses with his family members or moves about to mix in society, he will not feel tongue-tied for want of appropriate words or expressions. In a post office or barber’s shop, at a hotel or taxi stand, every person who has read this book, will be able to speak English fluently and with confidence.

Good knowledge and satisfactory conversation drill is important in English speaking. These tutorials would not only prove an asset to the reader speak English fluently in his daily life, but also on special occasions like interviews for jobs, etc. He would be able to face the interviewers with equanimity and confidence.

All the lessons have been designed in a programmed fashion. Word-meanings, Phrases and exercises have been added at the end of every lesson to help the students master the topics.

All the lessons should be read along, not once but many times, so that the conversation comes easy to the reader when he faces spoken English situations. The author would feel rewarded for his labours, if the book helps men and women to face social relations with confidence.

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Thursday, September 10, 2009

English conversation-Answering the telephone

Answering the telephone


Telephone ringing sound.

Telephone Operator is answering the telephone.

Telephone Operator: Rama’s store. Good morning.

Telephone caller: Is that Rama’s store.

Telephone Operator: Yes. Whom do you want to speak to?

Telephone caller: May I speak to Miss Annie.

Telephone Operator: In which department of marketing organization, does Miss Annie work.

Telephone caller: Miss Annie is working In department of general sales.

Telephone Operator Right, I’ll connect you to department of general sales.

Telephone Operator : Answering the telephone call from the department of general sales of Rama’s stores) yes sir.


Marketing Manager: Please get me Mr. Raman for Travel India

Telephone Operator: Do you know the Telephone number or I should find telephone number sir?

Marketing Manager: No. Please look up the phone numbers directory.

Telephone Operator: I’ll do that. I’ll call you back later.

phone numbers directory

 finding telephone address from telephone number directory
finding telephone address from telephone number directory

There is another incoming telephone call.

Telephone Operator: Rama’s store. Good morning.

Telephone Caller: What is your telephone number please?

Telephone Operator: I am speaking from telephone Number 445689

Telephone Caller: Is it 454589?

Telephone Operator: No. Sir, You have the wrong phone number.

Telephone Caller: Sorry. But you are sure that you are not speaking from Ayurveda Drugs?

Telephone Operator: I am sure Sir

Telephone Operator Answering telephone call

Telephone Operator Answering    incoming call.
Telephone Operator Answering incoming call.


Telephone Operator: now calls up Mr. Raman at Travel India. She dials telephone number 619434.

Travel India 619434

Telephone Operator from Rama’s store: Is that Travel India?

Travel India Yes.

Telephone Operator from Rama’s store May I speak to Mr. Raman. Mr.Kukreti from Rama’s store would like to speak to him.

Travel India: Just a minute please.

Telephone Operator from Rama’s Store (Ringing Mr.Kukreti) Your call to Mr. Raman of Travel India, Sir.

Travel India (Ringing the internal telephone of Mr. Raman) Sir; there is a call from Mr.Kukreti of Rama’s store for you.

Mr. Raman All right. Please put him on. (Click on the phone) Hello

Answering the Telephone

Mr.Kukreti Answering the telephone ,Hello Mr. Raman Kukreti from Rama’s store. How are you?

Mr. Raman well, thank you. What can I do for you Mr.Kukreti?

Mr.Kukreti I want an cheap first class ticket to Bangalore and return

Mr. Raman When do you want to travel By air India flight

Mr.Kukreti On Friday, 23rd by the evening flight if that is possible.

Mr. Raman Right. I’ll check on that and give you a telephone call. Should I send airline ticket to your office?

Mr.Kukreti Yes, that will be nice. Incidentally, please bill the cost of the tickets to Rama’s store.

Mr. Raman I’ll do that. Thank you. Good bye.


Air travel ticket

The telephone board has two outside telephone lines. A sales girl is used to making long distance calls.

Salesgirl (Tapping the phone) please connect me to telephone 351476.

Telephone Operator Whose telephone number is that, Madam?

Salesgirl Friend, don’t be so sticky. This is a personal call

Telephone Operator I’ll put it through, but don’t take too long over it. Here is your phone number ringing now.

Salesgirl Hello? Please call Sujata from upstairs.

There is a long wait.

Answering Telephone call

Sujata Hello. Is that Bela?

Bela Yes. How was the bonus party?

Sujata All right.

Bela Then?

Sujata Then what? I’ll tell you about bonus party when we train to travel in the evening. What are you doing?

Bela Nothing much. What is home information?

Sujata I’m getting so bored sitting at home.

Telephone Operator (Interrupting the conversation). Please try to finish. I have lots of official calls to make.

Bela All right. Tell me about the movie trailer you saw day before yesterday?

Sujata I’ didn’t enjoy it at all.

Bela Why? The movie was a bad print ?.

Sujata No, My mother was in a bad mood, because one of the potatoes turned out to be rotten?

Bela What have potatoes got to do with the movie?

Sujata Nothing. But my mother was in bad mood over the potatoes.

Telephone Operator Please finish. I am disconnecting now.

An outside call comes in. Answering the telephone.

Telephone Operator Good morning, Rama’s store

Telephone Caller What is the matter with your telephone I’ve been calling your number for the last half an hour and it has been engaged all the time!

Telephone Operator Sorry Sir. The number may have been busy. May I help you, Sir?

Telephone Caller Well, hurry up and get me Mr.Kukreti.

Telephone Operator I’m sorry sir, he has just gone out.

Telephone Caller Yes, please tell him that there are no seats available on the Friday evening flight to Bangalore. We have booked him provisionally for Saturday morning. Please request him to confirm this new schedule.

Telephone Operator Are you Mr. Raman from Travel India? Right Sir. I’ll convey your message to Mr.Kukreti as soon as he comes in.

Telephone Caller Thank you.

Telephone Operator You are welcome sir.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

English conversation-Lift to Supermarket

Lift to supermarket

Reena after drop off at the Regal bus stop wanted a lift to supermarket. She is waiting for bus to supermarket & stops a passing car and hitch a lift to her place of work.

Reena (Thumbing down a car). Excuse me Sir,
Which direction are you going?

Car driver:Why? What do you want?

Reena I was wondering Sir, Whether you could. Very
kindly give me a lift?


Car driver: where do you want to go?

Reena: I want to go to supermarket.


hitching a lift to supermarket


Car driver:I am not going in that direction of supermarket, nor do I have the time to go out of my way to drop you.

Reena That’s all right then, sorry to have bothered you

Car driver:(Driving off and muttering under his breath). These girls these days! They just stop anyone hitching lift! Bhu! What cheek!

Reena (Stopping the next car). Excuse me sir, would you be going towards the super Market?

Car driver:Yes, that is on my way. Do you want a lift?

Reena Yes, thank you very much Sir.I am going for shopping at supermarket.

Car driver: Get in the car . The door is unlocked.

Reena (Getting into the car). It is very kind of you to give me a lift. Just drop me at the turning to the Super Market please.

Get in the car

Car driver:Do you always hitch a ride to get to any work?

Reena Yes I do hitch a ride quite often. You see the bus express, I take doesn’t take me, close enough to my place of work or supermarket.

Car driver:I can see that you have problem. Isn’t there another bus to which could drop you within walking distance of your place of work?

Reena Yes, I guess there is a bus to connaught place which goes a bit further than the bus I took today. But that bus comes very infrequently. So I find it easier and quicker to come by bus to Regal and then to take a lift to the Super Market.

Car driver:you’ve got to be very careful these days. It is very unwise to sit in a car with a stranger. How do you know that this unknown person may not kidnap you?

Reena I suppose you are right. There is some risk involved in thumbing a lift. But normally, I only stop the car with respectable elderly looking gentleman.

Car driver:Why don’t you make it a point to stop only women driver or cars which have women occupants?

Reena There is a difficulty in that. At this time there are very few women riding in cars. Another thing is that women drivers hardly ever stop to give lifts.

Car driver:How about the boys? Do they find it easier to hitch-hike? It is safer for them anyway.

Reena It’s the same for girls and boys. People tend to feel sorrier for a girl and are likelier to stop for a girl than for a boy. In experience, I’ve noticed that people give lift to two girls or two boys or a boy and a girl, that is, to two person at a time few people will seat four or five people in their cars.

Car driver:Well, here we are. This is the Super Market.

Reena Thank-you very much Sir.

Car driver:That’s all right. But do be careful about asking for lifts, will you?

Reena Yes Sir, I’ll do that. I’ll be cautious in future.

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

English conversation - At flights airport

At flights airport

Airport Porter

Ranjan has arrived at the flights airport to catch flight B A 201 to Calcutta.

Ranjan: porter ! Porter?

Porter: Yes sir. Only one bag? What flight and flights airlines sir?

Ranjan: Domestic travelto Calcutta.

Porter: This way sir. Please pay Re 10 for porterage at the airline ticket booking counter.

Porter: airline luggage counter One piece sir? Here is your travel baggage ticket?

Rajan (To the poter). Has the flight to Calcutta been called yet?

Porter Yes sir. Please stand in that line and wait for your turn.


Voice on the P.A. system your attention please. Calling all passengers traveling by Bharat Airlines Flight No.201 to Calcutta. Passengers are requested to check in travel baggage at the ticket counter. Thank you.

Man at the Ticket counter: your air ticket to Calcutta , sir. Please place your luggage suitcase on weighing machine . As per the airlines luggageregulations, baggage allowance is only 20 kg.

Ranjan: Where is the weighing machine..I have some excess baggage

Man at the Ticket counter Just at your right hand side. Thank you sir. Here is your excess baggage ticket, Do you have any hand baggage.

Ranjan Yes, one piece.

Man at the Ticket counter Here is a baggage tag for your hand baggage. Please keep theexcess baggage ticket carefully sir. You’ll require it to claim yourexcess baggage at Calcutta. Here is your flight ticket and your boarding card. Thank you. Next please.

Airport Ticket Counter

Ranjan sits on a couch in the waiting lounge.

Girl on the P.A. System All passengers traveling to Calcutta by Bharat Airlines flight No.201 are requested to proceed for airport security check. Thank you.

Ranjan (Inside the security check enclosure).

What do you want to check?

Security Inspector Are you carrying any fire arms or a pointed instrument?

Ranjan No i do not have any kind of fire arms.

Inspector (Feeling Ranjan all over). This is just routine, sir. We have to be careful about security , you know. What with all these hijackings going on.

Ranjan Yes, the newspapers are full of it these hijackings. I wonder how these people do it?


Airport Security Check

Inspector One cannot be too careful. Do you have any hand baggage ?

Rajan Yes, this attache

Inspector Please open it. Right, that is all. Here let me stamp your Boarding card. Thank you.

Ranjan passes through the security check enclosure and waits in another lounge After ten minutes.


Hand Baggage

Girl on the P.A.system Bharat Airlines Flight 201 to Calcutta is now ready for departure. Passengers are requested to proceed to the aircraft. Please keep your boarding cards ready.

Ranjan (To the passenger walking next to him). Excuse me sir, which is the aeroplane that we board?

Passenger The airport shuttle bus standing at the entrance will take us to the aircraft.


airport shuttle bus

Ground Hostess Good evening sir. May I see your boarding card, please? Thank you.

Ranjan Excuse me, where do I go?

Ground Hostess Please get into that bus

Ranjan (sitting in the Bharat Airlines bus, talks to his neighbour). I must say, I’ am most impressed with the efficiency of the Airlines. Air travel is so much more organized, faster cleaner than any other form of travel. Don’t you think so?

Fellow Passenger Yes. It certainly is the fastest way of getting from one place to another. I am a businessman. Very often I travel to Delhi by the morning plane, do my work in Delhi and then return to Calcutta by the evening flight.


Aeroplane moving towards runway

Ranjan Isn’t that wonderful? You can travel 20000 miles in a day and do a full day’s work as well.

Fellow Passenger Yes, but this business of Security check wastes so much time. Then the planes are not keeping to their correct timings. Sometimes it can be very frustrating and upsetting too.

Ranjan Here we are Sir. May I hold one of your luggage bags ?

Fellow Passenger No thank you I can carry my bag luggage. Thank you all the same for the offer.


flying aircraft

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

English conversation - Men haircuts

Men haircuts

Mr.Verma: goes to have his new haircut at a hairdressing salon in the business market near his house.

Mr.Verma: Good evening. I want a new haircut please.

Receptionist: Right Sir. Can you please sit in that salon chair?

Mr.Verma: Can you give me an oil massage, too?

Assistant Certainly Sir. It is a very good practice to massageone’s hair regularly. A gentle oil message helps to tone up the hair. It helps the blood circulation in the scalp.

Mr.Verma Ah! This is wonderful oil massage . So relaxing.


hairdressing salon

Assistant I notice you don’t wear your hair long? You have almost a short hair cuts.

Mr.Verma I don’t like this fad of men keeping long hair cuts.. These days one can’t make out the difference between a boy and a girl. In any case, all these long hair cuts are for the young and not for me.

Assistant But you are a young man yet, Sir!

Mr.Verma; You are quite diplomat, aren’t you?

Assistant; I think I’ll have to wash your hair first, before I cut it. Please bend forward. There you are. Do you want it dried before I cut the hair ?

Mr. Verma; What do you recommend ?

Assistant: May be, I’ll cut hair first and then dry it if necessary. How would then dry it if necessary. How would you like to have your hair cut. Sir?


wash your hair

Mr.Verma : Short haircut. You know one has to look dignified at my age?

Assistant: Right Sir. Do you want to use hair cleaner for your neck, too?

Mr.Verma Yes, You can start hair cutting Please.

Assistant (Finishing the haircut and holding up a mirror behind Mr.Verma). Is that all right, Sir?

Mr.Verma That’s fine. Thank you. I don’t think I need to have my hair dry, do you?

Assistant Perhaps, I’ll dry your hair with a hand dryer. It is cold outside and you might catch a chill.


hand dryer

Mr.Verma All right, young man.Use electric dryer. In olden days one never heard of hair dryers in a barber s shop.

Assistant These days everyone has to use a hair dryer, because the hairs are kept long. Long hair for men are set into shape with a electric dryer.

Mr.Verma :You would hardly be doing any business. Not many must be coming to have their hair cut.

Assistant On the contrary. Men with long hair have to send a lot of time in hair styling and they come to us often to have their hair washed, trimmed and set

Mr.Verma Do you dye hair, too?


electric dryer.

Assistant Yes, we do. For hair like yours, which are just beginning to turn grey, we recommend the use of henna (mehendi). This dyes your without any ill effects and is also a good conditioner .

Mr. Verma Mehendi or henna is a very old method of dying hair and was used by my grand parents.

Assistant To-day, the value of herbs lotions, oils, creams and beauty aids used by our grand mothers are being rediscovered. There you are, Sir. Your hair is all dry.

Mr.Verma Thank you very much. I enjoyed your barber stories & my chat with you. (gives him a tip and leaves).

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Sunday, August 30, 2009

English conversation - The Walk

The Walk

It is 5o’clock in the morning and Mr.Verma, is getting ready for the walk .

Mrs.Verma Is that you, darling. What are you doing up so early?

Mr.Verma :yes dear. Good morning..

Mrs.Verma :Good morning. Are you getting ready for the walk?

Mr.Verma :I am going out for the walk, you go to sleep for a while. I am going for country walk today.

Mrs. Verma: Can you find your clothes for the walk?

Mr.Verma: Yes. Don’t worry. I had taken out my old pants and shirt for running and walking. I am also taking the walking stick for country walk . Thank you all the same.

the walk


Mr.Verma: Leaves the house dressed for the country walk. After a little walk off the house meets Mr.Bannerji.

Mr.Bannerji: Oh, Good morning Mr.Verma. Are you out to walk around for some exercise?

Mr.Verma :Good morning Mr.Bannerji. Yes, I thought it is good idea to walk around for some exercise get some fresh air early in the morning. May I join you on the walk?

Mr.Bannerji: Do come along. It is nice to have some company when we walk. My wife comes along with me sometimes for the walk but she is quite irregular.

exercise

Mr.Verma My wife cannot get outfor the walk early in the morning. We have a large family and she has to prepare breakfast dinner for the children and for me. Our children go for charity walks in the morning

Mr.Bannerji Isn’t it a glorious day. So refreshing for the walk..

Mr.Verma Yes. I feel much better after a good walk in the morning. I have to sit at a desk the whole day and a treadmill fitness and exercise before going to work helps. It clears my head and puts vigor into my body.

Mr.Bannerji Some people prefer to take a walk after dinner.

Mr.Verma I get fairly late coming back from office. Then I have my young son with his lessons in the evenings. We take a walk after dinner.

Mr.Bannerji My friend, Mr.Gurbachan, does some vigorous exercise in his bathroom after the walk before leaving for work.

Mr.Verma I am old to tire myself out with stretch exercise early in the morning. I prefer a country walk in the morning'

A walk gives me an opportunity to breathe in deeply the pure and fresh morning air. In the office I hardly get any fresh air to breathe the whole day.

Mr.Bannerji: These days, fitness walking is getting very popular. Nearly all men come out for a fitness walks between five and six in the morning.

Mr.Verma I notice that it is the middle age and older people, who are out walking in the morning.

Mr.Bannerji Yes, it seems like that. The young business executivesgo to dance parties so often that they can hardly get up in time to get to the office in time.That is the reason for their missing a fitness walks.

Mr.Verma: Also perhaps they are at the prime of their youth and do not feel the strain like us older men.They do need need to replenish the energy by the fitness walks

Mr.Bannerji: There is a young man whom I see at 5 O’clock every morning. He jogs two miles every morning.

Mr.Verma He must be under athletics training in his college or he must be a sportsman.

Mr.Bannerji Yoga is very much in fashion these days. People say that yoga is the best form of exercise. Yoga exerciseshelp to keep young and it does not tire out a person either.

Mr.Verma I understand that is true. The principle of Yoga is that the backbone is kept supple. But I am also told one has to be extremely careful about doing yoga exercises. I know of a man who sprained his neck doing yoga.

yoga beginners

Mr.Bannerji I suppose at first one must get a proper yoga teacher to demonstrate the correct way of doing exercises.

Mr.Verma Well, Today the walk was very refreshing and informative. I must go home now and get ready for office. See you again tomorrow
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Friday, August 28, 2009

English Conversation - Home kitchen garden

Home kitchen garden

Vikram How lucky you are to have a Home kitchen garden to play in! We do not have any place in front of our house to make a Home kitchen garden. Through my mother keeps plastic pots for planting flowers and growing organic vegetables in the driveway.

Ranjit We use the front Home kitchen garden for growing organic vegetables and flower plants particularly during the summer months, We sit on the lawn in the evenings. During winter sun holidays ,we have our lunch sitting out in the sun

planting flowers


Vikram Who looks after planting organic vegetables in the home kitchen garden?

Ranjit We have a vegetable gardener (Mali )who comes for an hour everyday, to mowing the lawn , pruning hedges, watering the plants and to gather dry leaves scattered on the lawn.

Vikram Can the vegetable gardener (Mali) do all that work in just one hour?

Ranjit No, he doesn’t do everything on the same day. My mother, my father, my grandfather and I, all help in after care garden.


home kitchen garden

Vikram Doesn’t your grandmother like growing garden?

Ranjit Oh yes, she does. She has a little tulsi plant in the flowers garden, to which she prays every morning. But she is too weak to do any work in the garden except watering the Plants.

Vikram Your garden designing was like this when you came to live in this house?


growing garden

Ranjit No, this was unoccupied house for a number of months before we all moved in. The grass on the lawn had all dried up and the flower had died. It seemed no one had been watering them. The landlord had taken unoccupied house insurance

Vikram You must have put in a lot of work to make such a pleasing green lawn and to plant colorful flowers which are blooming happily.

Ranjit My daddy looks after the lawn and vegetable Garden.My mother plants the flowers in home kitchen garden.


Bonsai

Vikram So your father must be watering the lawn a lot, to make sure grass grows green again.

Ranjit: Daddy wasn’t happy with the quality of the green grassalready planted, for it was full of grass weeds. Just before the rainy season, he called in some labourers and they dug up the whole lawn and removed all the old grass.

Vikram Then, how did he plant the new grass? Did he put in grass seeds?

Ranjit No, he didn’t put down grass seeds to grow the new grass. He brought tuffs of grass from the nursery and then planted them at short distances in lines.

Vikram It is wonderful how the new grass has taken root and spread itself out so evenly.

Ranjit My daddy spends an hour every day after he comes back from work, plucking out weeds. He also puts fertilizers sometimes and watering the grass every evening.

Vikram May I hold the water hose and water the lawn for you today?


Ranjit All right. And in the mean while I‘ll lightly dig up the flower bed.

Vikram Why? Are you taking out the flower growing in the beds?

Ranjit No. But my mother asked me to loosen the soil between the plants. If the earth is too hard the roots do not get enough air and water.

Vikram How beautiful the flowers garden looks! So many colours too, Pink, red, yellow, blue, green, mauve and white. The dark green hedge at the back of flowers garden looks like a high wall.

flowers garden

Ranjit On Sundays, grandfather cleans the lawn and the flower beds. He piles up the dried leaves in a heap and thenburns the dried leaves and the sticks.

Vikram That must be fun, like a big bonfire.

Ranjit It gives out a horrible blue smoke causing pollution which stings our eyes. Grandmother gets very irritated and coughs a lot.

Vikram It is getting dark and I’ll go home now. I’ve learnt a lot about how your daddy makes up his Home kitchen garden good by now.


pollution picture

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

English conversation - Beauty parlours

Beauty parlours

Reena has to go to, of her company and she decides to have her hair done up at beauty parlour. She telephones Susan’s beauty parlour in the city

Mrs.Verma Do you have a day off to-day, Reena?

Reena Yes mamma. I am going to bonus party of her company this evening with Ranjan. I think I’ll have my hair set to-day at beauty parlour in the city.

Mrs.Verma Yes. I think you do need to have your hair trimming as well ,at the beauty parlour.

Renna (Telephoning the beauty parlour. Hello, is that Susan’s Beauty parlour in the city ? Good morning. I want to make an appointment for a trims, spray shampoo and set, please.

Beauty Parlour Receptionist: All right, Madam. Would you like to have your hair trimmed by the beautician?

Reena: Is the beautician Lucy free at 11o’clock? Yes she is free. The beautician Lucy will do your hair trim

Beauty Parlour Receptionist: Yes, Madam. I’ll put you down for 11o’clock. What name did you say it was?


Beauty Parlour reception


Reena, Reena Verma

Beauty Parlour Receptionist: Right, Madam. We’ll expect you at 11o’clock this morning for your hair trim.

Reena leaves the house and takes her new hairspray with her. She arrives at Susan’s Beauty Parlour

Reena (To the receptionist). Excuse me, I have an appointment for a hair trim, spray shampoo and set.

Receptionist Good morning. Your name please?

Reena, Reena Verma.

Receptionist That’s right. We have put you down in our appointment book. Please take a seat for a moment, I’ll ring for the beautician Lucy.

The receptionist calls the beautician Lucy.

Lucy Hello, Reena. Nice to see you after a long time. Where have you been?

Reena I’ve been busy at the company office. Lucy first please trim my hair a bit. They have grown very shabby and the ends are splitting.

Beautician Lucy Come along.(Reena sits before the mirror). Would you like to have a short cut?

Reena No. I’d like to leave my hair long. Just cut off the ends which are splitting and shape the hair at the back a bit.

Lucy All right. You have such lovely straight hair. Long hair cut is in vogue these days. Your hair is soft and doesn’t fluff out. Just the right kind of hair to suit the current fashion trend. There that’s done. Now the shampoo boy will give you a shampoo.

Rollers and Curlers

The shampoo boy leads Reena to the sink and washes her hair out and wraps her

head in towel and brings her back to the beautician Lucy.

Reena It is so much easier to have one’s professional hair shampoo. It takes me so long to wash my hair at home.

Lucy I’ll have to use the big rollers on your hair. Do you want the ends turned out or turned in?

Reena Turned inwards, please.

Lucy Now I’ll put you under the dryer for forty-five minutes. Here are some magazines. If it gets too hot, just pull at this plug and the air will cool off. Are you comfortable? Would you like some coffee or tea?

Reena No, thank you. Can I take these ear covers off?

Lucy I think it is better that you keep them on. Or else, the hot air will burn your ears.

After forty-five minutes, Lucy takes Reena out from under

the dryer and takes out the pins and rollers.

Reena Did you apply a setting lotion?

Lucy No. Your hair doesn’t require it. Would you like a lot of back combing?

Reena No. Please don’t back-comb my hair at all. My hair fall when I comb them out later.

Lucy I’ll have to do a little bit of back coming anyway to style it. But only a little bit. This much won’t hurt you hair. A little back-combing is essential for soft hair like yours to give them some “body”. See that’s done. (holding a mirror behind Reena’s head) Do you like it?

Reena That’s lovely. Thank you.I wish to get beauty facial done,

beauty facial

Lucy Good.Would you like a pedicure or a manicure also? Nail beauty is very important for you.

Reena No, thank you. Not to-day. (Reena puts tip of Rs.50 on the table). Bye Bye, Lucy. See you next time.

Lucy Thank you Reena. Please come again for a beauty make up.

Reena pays for the work done on her and walks out of the beauty parlour.

pedicure or a manicure

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

English conversation- About Banking

About Banking

Reena has been asked by her boss to teach the graduate trainee in the banks accounts department of Rama’s store how to deposit money in current accounts with the bank checking account
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Bank Building


Mr.kukreti (Calling Reena on the phone). Good morning, Miss Verma. Could you please come over to accounts office?

Reena Good morning, Mr.kukreti. I’ll be there in accounts office.

Reena enters accounts office office.

Mr.kukreti Ah! there you are. Miss Verma, meet Miss Hansa Mehta.

Miss Mehta, this is Miss Verma.

She’s been with us for some time and she’ll show you around this banks branch and explain to how you bank operations. Reena, please take Hansa to the bank hall and introduce her around. Explain to her all the bank procedures.

to be followed about cash payment and the export document, etc

Bank Staff

Reena Right Sir, I’ll do that. Come along Hansa. I was just going to the bank hall myself and I’ll take you along with me.

They both leave the room.

Hansa Thank you. I hope I won’t be too much of a nuisance. I really don’t know anything about banking. I want to open new checking account

Reena Don’t worry. You will learn checking banking as you get to handle the work assigned to you. This company banks with the Great National Bank at Central Street. Everyone at the bank is very helpful. Come let’s go. It isn’t too far and we can walk to the savings bank account section.

Hansa What do we have to do at the bank duty?

Reena We deposit check and cash earned at the store with the bank between twelve and one every day. First you go to the store cashier and collect the money to be deposited from the cashier. He also gives you payslips for the Cash deposit.

Cash deposit

Hansa I have a savings bank account of my own. I know that one hands in the pay in slip and the bank cheque to be deposited to the clerk dealing with one’s account. He receives bank cheque and stamps one part of the pay in slip and returns it to you.

Reena That is right. The procedure is the same except that in the case of the Store, where there are so many transactions every day, we have a checking bank account into which the bank cheque and cash collection is deposited. There is another thing you have to remember. The cash and bank cheque deposited are entered on different pay in slip.The cash deposited is presented to the cashier and not to the clerk.

Hansa What kinds of documents will be required to be deposited at the bank?

Reena You see, Rama’s Store has a large export business. We send consignments of fashion garments to a company in Britain. This British company has opened a “letter of credit” in favour of Rama’s store at the Great National Bank. But the money is paid to Rama’s store only when the consignment is actually shipped to Britain. You’ll have to present the shipping documents to the bank from time to time. When shipments are make so that Rama’s store’s account may be credited with the payment for the consignment of fashion garments ordered by the British firm

letter of credit

Hansa This sounds complicated. And where do I do all this?

Reena There is a separate department in the bank dealing with international trade. Then, there is a Foreign Exchange too.

Hansa Yes. At times, some of our customers pay us by Traveller’s cheques or with Foreign Exchange department . The store has to deposit this Foreign Exchange earned by it, with the bank with in twenty four hours.

Foreign Exchange



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Sunday, August 23, 2009

English conversation - Travel by Bus

Travel by Bus

Reena works at Rama’s store. Reena travels by a Bus to Rama'Store because there is no Rail Service there. She walks at 9AM from hometo take bus from a bus stand near her house and meets another Bus Traveler, a girl called
sudesh.

Annie: : Hello Reena.

Reena: Hello. When did the last bus come by from bus terminal?

Annie: Bus from the bus station came along about five minutes ago, but I couldn’t get on to it. There was such a frantic rush to get in.

Bus Stop


Reena: This is really awful. I wish people Waiting at the Bus Stop would learn to stand in a queue system.

Annie: You see everyone is standing at Bus Stop in a queue just now.

Reena: Yes, but when the bus draws up, the queue system is broken and even before
the passengers come out of the bus, those waiting outside are
crowding the entrance of the bus.

Waiting at the Bus Stop

Annie: Unfortunately, in the morning everyone is in such a hurry to take Bus to travel to their Work that ,they forget all rules of fair play and politeness and keep pushing to enter the Bus, It is really terrible.

Reena: Here is the bus to local queue system.

Conductor: Please wait for these getting off to descend first. Now, you can come in this Double Decker Bus.

Annie: One bus ticket to Regal, please.What is the Bus fare.

Conductor: Here you are ma’am. That will be Five Rupees.

Reena: Does this bus go to Rama’s store?

Conductor: Where is that?

Reena :That is close to the super Bazaar Bus Station.

Bus Station


Conductor This coach bus service will drop you about a kilometer short of the super Bazar. Shall I give you a Bus ticket for Regal as well?

Reena Yes, please. Here is Five Rupees.

Sudesh Haven’t you been on this bus route before?

Reena No, I’ve only recently taken up this job. For the last week I’ve been
traveling by a bus service which drops me near the plaza cinema.

Conductor Come along please, everybody up in front. Make room at the back of Bus coach..

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Double Decker bus

Reena: What is the Bus Timetable. How long does it take to get to the Regal? Do you have Bus map

Annie:No,I Do not have a Bus Map. At this time of the day, there is a lot of traffic on the roads and I expect it’ll take about forty-five minutes.

Reena: Where do you work?

Annie: I work as a business marketing manager at Bookghar.com , That is not far from where the bus Stop will drop us. What about you? How will you get to your Rama’s store?

Reena: Oh, I’ll manage somehow. There are many buses to my place of work.I’ll either walk or I’ll hitch a ride. I don’t suppose that a scooter man would go such a short distance.

Annie:It is getting quite chilly in bus travel these days.

Reena: Shall I ask the Bus driver to lower the window? Yes? (To the
Bus Driver. Excuse me, please. Would you mind very much if
we shut this window? My friend here has a cold. Thank you so much.

Annie:That was kind of you. What is the quarrel going in the bus coach ?

Reena: It appears that there is some unpleasantness between a passenger
and the bus conductor. The passenger is offering the bus conductor a
hundred rupee note for bus fare and the conductor hasn’t the change.

Annie:There is one thing that one must do when travelling by bus service and that
is, keep change handy with you.Every one carries change in metro Rail Service.

Reena: Well, the conductor ought to have change, but I suppose one can’t
expect him keep changing hundred rupee notes every now and then.

Annie:Look, there is an old lady who hasn’t found a seat. I wish these
young healthy boys would get up and offer her a reserved bus seat.

Reena: You keep sitting; I’ll let the old lady have my seat. (To the old lady).
Madam, would you care to sit here?

OLD lady Thank you every much, child. I was falling over every time the bus
moved off or came to a stop. Thank you, thank you.

Annie:Reena come, may be all three of us can squeeze in.

Reena: No, don’t bother. I can stand. It is only a short way off now.

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Friday, August 21, 2009

English Conversation - Marketing Office

Marketing Office

A scene in Ranjan’s marketing office. Ranjan works in the marketing departments . He has the Office Keys. His colleagues in the marketing office,are Prema and Niren sen. Mr. Prasad and Mr.Kuldip singh are, members. Mr.Chatterji is the senior marketing manager. Ranjan is the office assistant manager of marketing office.

Ranjan (Entering the office) Good morning Prema and a fine morning to you Niren.

Prema Hello Ranjan. How are you to-day?

Niren Good morning. Did you finish the survey of electric goods dealers yesterday?

Ranjan Yes.I interviewed for survey question ,ten no. twelveelectric goods dealers in the chandni chowk area, to find out the comparative sales reports of various of marketing brands of electric bulbs. How about you? Did you finish covering the south Delhi market

Niren Yes. I’ve got all the survey questionnaires filled out.

Prema Then perhaps both of you can give me your survey reports, so that I can compile management report on your findings.

Ranjan I have to have my management report typed.

(Ringing the telephone-is that Mr.kuldip singh?

Mr.Prasad No, Mr.Verma. This is Prasad, Good morning Sir.

Ranjan Where is Mr.Kuldip singh?

Mr.Prasad He hasn’t come in yet, Sir. Can I do anything for You, Mr.Verma?

Ranjan No. But please tell Mr.Kuldip singh to see me as soon as he comes in, Right?

Mr.Prasad Yes. Mr.Verma (Ranjan rings off).


marketing office.

Is Kuldip singh late to marketing office?

It isn’t like him to be late. He used to be one of our most conscientious workers but he seems to be taking a easy now-a-days.

Prema Well. I hope he isn’t ill or anything like that. There is loads of work to be done to-day. Mr.Chatterji has called all three of us for a staff meeting of marketing office at 4o’clock this afternoon to discuss this market survey report.

Ranjan I think I’ll have to tighten up the office discipline among the staff.

The door opens. Mr. Kuldip singh enters in with some office papers in his hand.

Kuldip Singh I ‘m terribly sorry. I’am late for the staff meeting ,Sir. I do apologize.

Ranjan What happened to you, Mr.Kuldip Singh?

You’ve been late to work thrice this week.

Kuldip Singh I missed my bus Sir.

Prema you have a lot of work about customer service satisfaction survey to do today.


staff meeting

Niren Have, you typed out the letters about survey management, I gave you yesterday?

Kuldip Singh Yes, Mr.Niren, here are the papers of meeting agenda also..

Niren Thank you (reading the typed letters about survey management,). Who typed these letter?

Kuldip singh Mr. Prasad did. Aren’t they done properly?

Niren Please send Mr.Prasad to me when you go back to companies office.

Mr.Prasad enters the marketing office.

Mr.Prasad You sent for me Sir?

Niren About these letters that you typed yesterday, the typing is all right but I’d appreciate if you would use a webster dictionary to check on the correct spellings of words.

Mr.Prasad I’m sorry Sir. I’ll use online dictionary to recheck the spellings and retype the letters on office computer.

Niren I’ve corrected the spellings, this time. But do be careful in future, will you Mr. Prasad?

Mr. Prasad Yes Sir, I’ll be careful.


office computer.

Mr.Prasad leaves the marketing office room.

Prema One has to have a particular skill in getting work done in marketing office these days.

Ranjan The secret is to be polite yet firm with the junior office staff. Unfortunately if one is too friendly with the staff they tend to take it as a sign of weakness.

Prema Oh, but there is no call to be pity with the staff.

Niren There is no cause to act superior if the companies office staff do their work conscientiously. Nevertheless some authority has to be maintained. Though one does not have to be a slave driver nor need one wreck the nerves of the staff members with scoldings.

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

English conversation - Doctors Clinic

Doctors Clinic

Vikram has had a bad fall. Mrs.Verma takes him to emergency Doctors Clinic

Doctors Clinic Receptionist Good morning, Madam


Doctors Clinic

Patients waiting to make appointment
Patients waiting to make appointment


Mrs.Verma
Can I see Dr.Raman? My son his hurt his knee.

Receptionist Did you make an appointment, Madam?

Mrs.Verma No. But then I hadn’t expected my son to have a fall and hurt himself. I couldn’t make an appointment for child accident, could I have? But I must have the child’s wound dressing urgently.

Receptionist Don’t get excited, Madam. The doctor does attend to emergencies, though normally the doctor is so busy that he can only see patients who have made prior appointment.

Mrs.Verma Then what shall I do? Shall I go to urgent care hospital?


Receptionist Please wait here, Madam. I’ll fit you in between the appointments. In the mean while, please fill in this form. Is the child’s knee painful bleeding ?

Mrs.Verma No. The bleeding has stopped.

Receptionist Please wait in the waiting room and I’ll

Call you the moment the doctor is free.

Mrs.Verma and Vikram join the group of people sitting in the waiting room. Dr.Raman comes to the door.

Dr.Raman Mrs.Verma?

Mrs.Verma Yes. That’s me. Good morning,



Doctor Patients discussion

Dr. Raman I understand your son has had a fall and has nasty bruise. Come along young man. I’ll have a look at you.

An elderly woman gets up and hurries forward towards the doctor.

Elderly woman Oh Dr.Raman, you can’t see him first. It is my turn. I’ve made an appointment.


Dr.Raman Hello, Mrs.Sonu, I know it is your turn, but this child needs immediate attention. I’ll see you right after child’s wound dressing.

Dr.Raman It won’t be long, Mrs.Sonu. Please excuse me for a few minutes. Mrs, Verma, please bring your son into the treatment rooms.

All three of them go into the treatment rooms of Doctors clinic.

Dr.Raman (Examining the wounds). This is a nasty

Cut, but not too serious. There is nothing to worry about. I’ll clean it, put some tincture iodine on it and do bandage dressing lightly.

Vikram Oh! That hurts.

Doctor is examining the patient

Dr.Raman You are a young child. I’ll give you an injections to ward off any infection. There you are. That is a good boy.

Mrs.Verma Will he be all right doctor? Aren’t you going to give any prescription medicines?

Dr.Raman There is no need for any prescription medicines. He’ll, be all right. The knee will be all right. The knee will be a bit stiff for a few days. In case gets fever or the pain is too severe, give him one of these tablets?

Mrs.Verma After how many hours do I give him one of these tablets?

Dr.Raman Don’t give him a tablets unless he feels very uncomfortable with pain. Give the tablet, if he gets fever. Then come and see me again at Doctors clinic, in the morning. These tablets are only a precaution.

Mrs.Verma Do you think he’ll get fever, doctor?

Dr.Raman No. Don’t worry. I think he’ll be all right. But in case he does get a temperature, then come back to me again. Well, young man, be careful the next time you get off a bus.

Mrs.Verma Where do I pay your consultation fees and for the medicines?

Dr.Raman At the reception counter, Madam. Goodbye.

Mrs.Verma Thank you very much, doctor.

Vikram Thanks, Doctor Raman

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

English Conversation - Marketing Shop

Marketing Shop


Mr.Rao, the salesman for Technical sales, has to deliver some fluorescent tubes to Vasant Vihar Marketing Shop . Mr.Rao, who is not too familiar with the roads and retail markets in Delhi, asks about how to get to Bright Lights shop in the Vasant Vihar market.

Mr.Rao Excuse me, could you please tell me how to get to the lighting shop called Bright Lights shop?


Marketing Shop

Passer-by Bright Lights shop? Where is this Marketing Shop situated?

Mr.Rao This shop is in Vasant Vihar retail market. Where is that Vasant Vihar?

Passer-by Vasant Vihar is one of the residential colony in south Delhi


Mr.Rao How far is it from connaught place ? Do you think I could walk to Vasant vihar retail markets?

Passer-by Oh no. I don’t think you can walk to Vasant Vihar retail markets carrying that heavy looking parcel. It is about ten kilometers away.

Mr.Rao I didn’t realize it was so far away. I think I’ll hire a scooter rickshaw to take me to the Vasant Vihar retail markets. Which is the shortest route to Vasant Vihar?

autorickshaw

Passer-by Perhaps the travel route would be to down Janpath to the Central Secretariat. Then take the road leading to Teen Murti. From Teen Murti, take the straight road called shanti path till you come to the crossing or Ring Road.

Mr.Rao Is Vasant Vihar retail market is near Ring Road?

Passer-by It is a little beyond the crossing of ring Road and Shanti path. You ask the scooter driver on straight ahead on Rao Tulla Ram Marg till you come to a big detailed road map which reads Vasant Vihar.

Mr.Rao And there about is the retail market in the colony?


Market shops

Passer-by As soon as you enter the vasant Vihar residential colony, take the first turing to the right. After approximately 200 yards, you’ll hit the retail market on the right hand side of the road.

Mr.Rao Thank you very much for guiding me about the shortest route to Vasant Vihar retail markets.

Passer-by That’s all right. The scooter stand is around the corner of the next building.


autorickshaw in front of Market shops

Mr.Rao Thank you again. It is very kind of you to help a stranger.

Mr.Rao reaches the Vasant Vihar retail markets by autorickshaw

Mr.Rao Excuse me, is there a shop called Bright Lights shop in this market?

Passer-by Yes, there is.

Mr.Rao Could you tell me where it is, please?


Market Shops


Auto Service & Auto Repair



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