El Monte-Rosemead Adult School

Unit 1 Transcript

Page 2 Joe Johnson
Hi.
I am Joe Johnson.
I am single.
I am 21 years old.

I come from a farm.
My family lives on the farm.
I live in the city.
I moved to the city 5 years ago.
The farm is far from the city.

I work in the city.
I like the city.
I like the people in the city.

Page 6 Maria Rosario
Hello.
My name is Maria Rosario.
I am 35 years old.
I am a teacher.
I am single.
Maybe I will have a husband someday.

I live in a house.
My parents live far away.
I have one brother.
His name is Robert.
He lives near our parents.

Robert is married.
He has a son.
His name is Tony.
I visit them on the weekend.

Unit 2

 

Page 10                                       Grace McDonald

 

I am Grace McDonald.

I am married.

I am 67 years old.

My husband is 65 years old.

 

My husband’s name is Fred.

He does not work now.

He is retired.

He stays home.

He helps me.

 

We have a son and a daughter.

They do not live with us.

My daughter is 33 years old.

She lives in a house.

My son is 27 years old.

He lives in an apartment.

We do not have any grandchildren.

 

 

Page 16                                 Bill Miller

 

I am Bill Miller.

My wife’s name is Faye.

We have two children.

Allen is 23 years old.

Beth is 18.

 

I am a farmer.

My grandfather gave the farm to my father.

Allen likes the farm.

I will give the farm to him

 

This is our daughter Beth.

Beth is pretty and smart.

She is engaged.

Unit 3

 

Page 18                                           Rose Sullivan

 

My name is Rose Sullivan. I have two daughters.

This is Ellen. She is 7 years old.

This is Ruth. She is 5.

 

I am divorced.

I do not have a husband.

It is a sad story.

 

Jim and I were married for 9 years.

We were not happy.

Sometimes Jim did not come home.

I was alone with my daughters.

I was unhappy.

I did not like my life.

 

 

Page 22                                   Tom Baker and Lisa Washington

 

I am Dr. Tom Baker.

I am a doctor.

I am 42 years old.

I am married.

 

This is my wife. Her name is Lisa Washington.

We do not have the same last name.

Lisa likes her family name.

I like my family name.

We have been married for 10 years.

We do not have any children.

 

Lisa is a manager.

She works in a department store.

We are busy and happy.

We like to do many things together.

Unit 4

 

Page 27                                                 Maria’s House

 

I live in a house.

My house has many windows.

My living room is very large.

I have many houseplants in my living room.

 

My favorite colors are blue and pink.

My curtains and carpet are blue.

My dining room has blue flowers on the walls.

My kitchen is blue.

 

My bedroom walls are pink.

My curtains are blue.

My bed covers have blue flowers.

I think my house is beautiful.

 

 

Page 32                                        Grace and Fred’s House

 

Fred and I were married 42 years ago.

I was 25 years old and Fred was 23.

We lived with my parents.

Their house was very small.

Fred didn’t like my mother.

My mother didn’t like Fred.

 

We save our money for 9 years.

We bought a house.

Our house is on a quiet street.

We have a front yard and a back yard.

We have three bedrooms, a kitchen, a dining room, a living room, and a bathroom.

 

Fred and I are old.

Fred doesn’t cut the grass.

I don’t like to clean the house.

I want to move.

I want a small apartment.

Unit 5 

                                          

Page 36                                                            Joe’s Apartment

 

My apartment is on the second floor of this building.

I live with a roommate.

His name is Paul.

I don’t see him very much.

He has a girlfriend.

 

I like my bedroom.

I have pictures on the walls.

I like baseball.

I keep my baseball things in a corner.

I sleep on a mattress on the floor.

It’s comfortable.

 

The living room is very big.

We don’t have a lot of furniture.

We bought some old furniture.

We have a TV, a stereo, and a radio.

Our apartment is really nice.

 

 

Page 40                                                     Rose’s Mobile Home

 

My daughters and I live in a mobile home. It’s small.

We have one bedroom.

They sleep in a bunkbed.

Ellen and Ruth don’t have a dresser.

They keep their clothes in boxes.

I’ll buy a dresser next year.

 

I sleep in the living room.

I have a sofa bed.

I open it at night.

The sofa becomes a bed.

I’m lonely.

I don’t like to live alone with my daughters.

Page 44                                            Lisa and Tom’s Condo

 

Lisa and I work downtown.

We bought an apartment downtown.

Our building is very large. There are 30 floors.

There’s a swimming pool in the basement.

There’s a garage, but we don’t have a car.

We don’t like to drive.

 

Our condo has 8 rooms.

Our living room is big.

We have an office. Sometimes we work there.

There are two desks and many books.

 

Another room is a den.

We watch TV and listen to music there.

We also have a kitchen, a dining room, two bedrooms, and a bathroom.

We like our condo.

Unit 6

 

Page 48                                             The Miller’s Farm House

 

Our house is very old.

My grandfather built the house in 1890.

The house had two rooms.

There was a fireplace.

My grandmother cooked food in the fireplace.

The house didn’t have a bathroom.

There was an outhouse.

 

My father made the house bigger in 1920.

My father built the second floor.

The bedrooms are on the second floor.

My father put electricity in the house.

My father put a bathroom inside.

 

I want to buy air conditioning this year.

Next year I want to buy new windows.

We like our house very much.

Unit 7

            

Page 54                                                    Joe’s Day

 

I wake up early everyday.

I live near a park.

I like to jog in the park.

I usually jog for 45 minutes everyday.

I even jog in the winter.

After I jog, I take a shower.

 

I work in a gas station.

I work the day shift.

I work from 8:00 to 4:00.

 

After work, I play baseball.

I always have a good time.

After the game, I meet my friends.

We usually go to a restaurant.

We drink beer and eat pizza.

Sometimes, we go to a disco.

We talk to the women.

I like to meet pretty women. I like to dance.

 

 

Page 58                                                 Beth Miller’s Day

 

I get up at 6:00. Mom and I make breakfast.

After breakfast, mom washes the dishes and I dry them.

Mom sweeps the floor and I make the beds.

Mom washes the clothes and I hang them up outside.

 

At 1:00 dad drives me to work.

I work part-time in a store.

I’m a cachier.

 

My boyfriend picks me up at 6:00 and he drives me home.

Sometimes, we eat dinner at my house.

Sometimes, we eat dinner at his parents’ house.

Sometimes, we stay in town and see a movie.

Unit 8

 

Page 62                                               Maria’s Day

 

I wake up at 5:30 every morning. I feed my cat.

Then, I take a shower, put on my make-up, and dress for work.

 

I’m a math teacher. I teach 7^th grade.

I start work at 8:00 and finish at 3:00.

After work, I go to exercise class. Then, I go home.

 

I usually eat a salad for dinner. I’m on a diet.

After dinner, I go to a French class.

I study French for two hours.

I get home at 9:00.

I check my students’ homework.

Sometimes, I watch TV.

I read in bed and fall asleep about 11:00.

 

 

Page 66                                              Grace’s Day

 

Fred and I wake up early every morning.

We can’t sleep much. I make breakfast.

 

Fred loves to fix old cars.

Every morning, he goes to the junkyard.

He buys many old car parts in the junkyard.

He brings them home.

He works on his care all day.

Sometimes, his friends come to visit.

They talk and fix the car.

They have a good time.

 

These are my neighbors Mary and Ann.

They are sisters. They live together.

Every afternoon, I visit them. We talk and watch TV.

On Wednesdays, I go to an ESL program.

I’m a volunteer. I help the students.

The school doesn’t pay me.

I like to help people.

Page 70                                                        Rose’s Day

 

Everyday, I wake up at 6:00.

I make sandwiches for my daughters’ lunch.

They take their lunches to school.

 

At 6:30, I wake up my daughters.

They make their breakfast.

They usually eat cereal and toast.

I make dinner in the morning because I’m not home at night.

I leave at 7:30.

I drive Ellen and Ruth to school.

Then, I go to the factory.

At 4:30, I leave the factory.

 

I drive to my second job.

I’m a waitress.

I don’t like the job.

My neighbor takes care of my daughters at night.

I come home at 11:00.

My daughters are sleeping.

My days are long.