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Lesson1
CONVERSATION 1*

JAKE: Hot, ain't it?

hot for years." Don't know
SLIM: Yep.2 Hasn't
what we're gonna
been this
do if we don't get some rain soon.
JAKE: Yep. Cattle dyin'" and people havin' to sell their
ranches-things are kinda bad.
LIM: I hear Les Ritter is buyin' up all the land.
JAKE: He's the only man that can afford to buy anything
these days. Look there, Slim, a stranger's comin'
into town. Looks like he's stoppin' at the saloon.
Maybe he's the n e w sheriff we' v e been waitin' for.
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SLIM:
JAKE: He don't look like nos sheriff to me, and he ain't
wearin' no badge either. Looks more like an outlaw.
SLI
IM: Don't be silly. There ain't no outlaws around here.
JAKE: Well, I'm gonna have a look.

cONVERSATION 2

STRANGER: Howdy, partner." I'm lookin' for a friend of mine

Les Ritter. Know 'im?10
BARTENDER: Sure, cowboy. Everybody knows Mr. Ritter. He runs
this town. Owns most of it too. He's in the back,
playin' cards.

STRANGER: All right, Ritter! Turn around and keep your hands where
can see
'em. Thought you could hide behind that beard and
mustache. But I know who you really are-Tex Younger.
YOUNGER: Now take it easy, kid. I c a n explain everything.
STRANGER: Explain what? How you robbed that bank and blamed me?
Well, l'm outa prison and now it's your turn to pay.
(He shoots Younger.)

JAKE: I always wondered how Les Ritter got so rich.

LIM: Yep. Didn't help 'im much in the end.
JAKE: Nope.13 Crime don't pay.
SLIM: Nope.
These conversations use expressions and informal English that you would hear in a western movie
guess their
meaning. If you can't, turn the page.

Vocabulary:
Around here/there: in this/that arca.
The back: The area behind something, usually the room behind the main room in a house or store
To blame: to say that someone clse did something bad.
Brave: When you do something even if you're frightened by it.
To buy up: To buy all or as much as you can of something.
Cattle: cows that you raise to sell, usually for food.
Dull: not interesting. (What a dull story) Not bright (thar's such a dull color)

To hunt: To look for (especially for animals that you can use as fxd) NOTT: To hunt for = to
try to find: I've hunted everywhere for a new cage for my bird.
Ranch: a large farm where you raise cattle.
Wild: Not planted by people (wild flowers grow in the fields), dangerous, not trained, not
living near peuple. (1ions are wild animals)
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Expressions:
Ain't isn't/aren't, hasn't/ haven't this is a very intormal word and is usually not used he
people who have a good education.
Yep: Yes.
Gonna: ging to

Cattle dyin the cattle are dying. When we speak informally we sometimes do not
say the g of in.
Kinda: Kind of. Here kind of is an adverb and means "a less
little than very" or "terribl"
Here, don't doesn't
Here, no: a. Sometimes people who don't have a good educaion use no instead of a/an or any
after a negaive.
Howdy, partner: lli, fiend. Howdy is a short, colloquial formof
cach other partner even when
who do you do. Cowboys often call
they've never mect.
in him
em: them
Outa: out of .
.

Nope: no.

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Oral Exercise: Iook at the picture above. Then answer the questions

1. What kind of movic are they making?

2. 1/What do you think the directoris saying?

3. 2/Why do you think the cameraman has stoppedP

4. 3/ Do they worry about what is happening around them? Why not?

5. 4/ Describe the outlaw. What do you think he's going to do?

6. 5/ What advice do you think the waiter is giving the cowboy?

7. 6/ What do you suppose the old man is telling the two cowboys?
8. 7/ What do you think the cowboy said when he saw the outlaw in the mirror?
9. 8/ What do you think the two cowboys are going to do if the outlaw starts a fight with them?

10. 9/Who do you think this is?

man Whae's he doing?

Decide:

a. Use the right word or expressions

1. The outlaw and his friends
(ran / made up) the saloon.
2. Nothing ever happens here. It's such a (wild / dull) place.
3. The (hero/heroine) of the story is a beautiful young woman.
4. (Take it easy/Blame yourself), partner," said the bartender. "or else
you'll have to leave"
5. The sheriff (bought
up/blamed) the poor stranger, but it was the outlaw who.had robbed the bank.
6. The cowboys were very (common/brave) and helped the sheriff hunt for the outaws.
7. T hear Tex Lester owns a
(saloon/ranch) around here where he has a lot of cattle.
8. I've always heard that in the end (it's my turn/crime doesn't pay).
9. He likes music, but he didn't enjoy
playing the (badge/piano)
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correct forms ot the verbs in th.
tenses and auxiliary
verbs? Use the these
D. Do you remember all of the verb
sentences you will
have a choice.)
Sentences (NOTE: In s o m e

I. (to wear) this bread and

mustache since I (to leave) prison.
2. The sheriff (to fall) on the floor when he (to be shot)

3. 1 (( to play) with those weapons ifl (to be) you.

4. (to hear) he's kind of dull, but I promise to be nice to him if he (to come) to see us.

5. Plcase (to vIs1t) us whenever you (to be) in toWn.

6. The detective told us he (() to sec) a crime like that before.

7. Mrs. Baker told the children it ( ) to be) that cold since 1970.

8. You mush (to be) quite tired after such a long trip.
9. Let him (to hunt) lions if he (to want) to.

10. You (to run) the saloon for me

while I (to go away) on business?

Speaking: Tell the following stories. Use the present tense.

1. A stranger came to town and shot the sheriff.
(then tell what the
people did).
2. A traveling salesman's car broke down and he walked to a
(tell what happened). ranch, where he asked to use the
telephone
3. A lion got out
of its cage. (tell what happened)
Reading:
It is
dul, hot, summer afternoon in the
a

except the sheriff, who is resting on a chair in front

dusty town of Sunset Plains. There is no one on the street
of the town jail. His hat is over
his stomach. his face and his hands are on
Suddenly, three outlaws come out of the saloon and
sheriff watches them from the
corner of his
move
slowly toward the jail. As they go, the
the speed of an angry snake he eye. Then, like a
hunting lion, he throws himself forward, and with
lets them feel the
the dust off his poison of his guns. He gets up slowly, puts away is
clothes, picks up his hat, and walks away. Another guns, shakes
can be told about the Wild
West, where the good guys win and the bad day's work is done, and another
exciung story
guys always lose.
Stories like this are quite common in
the many western movies and
becn written about lite in in the thousands of books that have
the late nineteenth century. One of the first
1922), a newspaper that described the incredible was the National Police Gazette
(187
cowbors. However, most ot the stories written aboutexperiences
of people in the
West, especially lawmen and
these western heroes are
for example, hid himself and the shot three men who absolutely false. Wild Bil Hickok.
were unarmed.
sho: tirst, and killed men who had their hands Wyatt Earp and his brothers started a tught.
up. Jesse James even shot
Bur Bat Masterson never killed anyone people who were begging for their hv
-maybe because he was such a lousy
shot
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The West was definitely a strange world, where there wasn't really much difference between the lawmen
and the outaws. But the truth isn't aways interesting, so the cowboy and the lawman became real American
Heroes. They offered a wonderful opportunity and a lot of money - to writers of books and shows for the
radio, television, and movies. Today, the American West belongs to the whole world. In fact, these days western
heroes may not even speak English and may drink sake or Mexican beer instead of whiskey.

About the reading

1. What is Sunset Plains like?

2. What do you think the outlaws planned to do?

3. What was the sheriff doing?

4. What did he do to the outlaws?

5. Is this a true picture of the West at that time?

6. What do you think it was really like?

7. What was the difference between lawmen and outlaws?

8. If most of the stories about cowboys are not true, when did they come fromn?

Writing!
1 The first paragraph of the reading is the end of a western. Make upa story about what happened before
the outlaws left the saloon.

2. Describe a western movie that you've seen or a book that you've read abour the West. What do / don't
Are westerns made / written in our country?
you like about westerns?

Talk about a hero from our country.

3.
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of You
This Is a Very Good Photograph

George took this photograph.

This photograph was taken by George.

A. This is a very good photograph of you.

B. I think so, too.
A. Who took it?
B. Im not sure. I think it was taken by my Uncle George.

A. Thie is a sad poem.

B. think so, too.
A. Who wrote it?
B. I'm not sure. I think it was written
by Shakespeare.

AG

1.. This is a very cute photograph of 2. This is an excellent magazine

your children. article.
take write
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This is a beautiful sonata. 4. This is really an exciting movie.

compose direct

5. This is a very funny political 6. This is a very fine portrait of you.

cartoon. paint
draw

7. This is a very useful machine. 8. This is an impressive bridge.

invent build

9. This is a magnificent building. 10. This is a very talented elephant.

design train

12. This is really a crazy fad

11. This is a very strange computer.
begin
program
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Been
Fed
He's A r e a d y

Somebody
has fed the dog.
fed.
has been
The dog
turned off the lights.
Somebody has t u r n e d off.
have been
The lights

A. Do you want me to feed Rover?

B. No. Don't worry about it. He's already been fed.

A. Do you want me to ring* the church bells?

B. No.
Don't worry about it. They've already been rung.
*ring-rang-rung

1. make the bed

2. send the packages
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3. do the dishes 4. sweep the porch

5. carve the turkey 6. hide* the Christmas presents

7. write down Mary's telephone number 8. freezet the leftover chicken

10.
TT
wake** the children up
9. take the garbage out

12. sing the National Anthem

11. teach two-word verbs today
hide-hid-hidden
tfreeze-froze-frozen
wake-woke-woken
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Repaired
Right N o w z A M E A R a n a r e e r . m a

It's Being
car.
Somebody is repairing mny
c a r is being
repaired.
My

AUTORFPAIR SHOP

A:
Hello. 1s this Joe's Auto Repair shop?
B: Yes, it is. Can I
help you?
Cs. please. This is Mrs.Jones. Im calling about my car. Has it been repaircc ye

B: No ret. lt's being repaired right now.

A: Tell
se.
me, when can I pick it up?
B:
me br at four o'clock. I'm sure ir'1ll be ready by then.
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A. Hello. ls this. --'s ?

B. Yes. it is. Can I help you?

A. Yes, please. This is I'm calling about my

(Has it/Have they) been-- yet?

B. Not yet. (It's/They're) being. right now.

A. I see. Tell me, when can I pick (it/them) up?

B. Come by at o'clock. I'm sure (it'l1/they'11) be

ready by then.

s Jeselry Store
TVRepair
Shop

1. wateh 2. Tv
repair fix

Tailor Shop s R t Shop

3. pants 4. poodle
take in clip
s Law Office

6.
5. will
rewrite
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Opinion?
What's Your
OWN:
ON YOUR
written in your notebook.
should be an examination
Answers
should be required to take buildings
Students allowed in public gs
shouldn't be
Smoking

students.
with other
about these issues
Talk

native language
be spoken
1. Should your
during English class?
dictionaries
ABCD(rve
M
allowed to use
2. Should students be
during the lesson?

3. When should young people be allowed to

drive?
drink?
vote?
go out on dates by themselves?

4. Should smoking be permitted in public

buildings?
5. Should everybody (men and women)
be required to serve in the army?
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Passive verb forms

If an agent is mentioned, it goes in a prepositional phrase with by after the verb (see also Unit 24).

Present simple
Active: tell(s) John tells me that you're thinking of leaving.
am/is/are told I'm told (by John) that you're thinking of leaving.
Passive:
Past simple
told John told me that you were leaving.
Active:
was/were told I was told (by John) that you were leaving.
Passive:
Present perfect
have/has told John has told me thar you are leaving.
Active:
have/has been told I have been told (by John) that you are leaving
Passive:
Past perfect
had told John had already told me that you were leaving
Active:
Passive: had been told I had already been told (by John) that you were leaving.
Present continuous
am/is/are telling John is always telling me that you are leaving.
Active:
am/is/are being told I am always being toid (by John) that you are leaving.
Passive:
Past continuous
was/were teling John was always telling me that you were leaving.
Active:
I was always being told (by John) that you were leaving.
Passive: was/were being told
Future simple
will tell I will tell John that you are leaving.
Active:
Passive: will be told John will be told (by me) that you are leaving.

Future perfect
Active: will have told By tomorrow I will have told John that you are leaving.
that you
By tomorrow John will have been told (by me)
are
Passive: will have been told
leaving.
Present perfect continuous (rare in the passive)
Active: has/have been telling John has been telling me for ages that you are leaving.
Passive: has/have been being told I have been being told (by John) for ages that you are leaving.

Other passive verb forms are very rare.

Modal verbs with passives

You should tell John.
Active: should/could/might/ought to (etc.) tell John should be told.
should/could/might/ought to (etc.) be told
Passive:
should/could/might/ought to (etc.) have told You should have told John.
Active:
Passive: should/could/might/ought to (etc.) have been told John should have been told.
You should have been telling
Active: should/could/might/ought to (etc.) have
John while I was outside.
been telling
Passive: should/could/might/ought to (etc.) have been John should have been
being told while I was outside.
being told