WARM-UP VIDEO FOR LINKING BETWEEN WORDS

Instructions. What do expressions 'even now', 'in New York' and 'and not' have in common? The sound 'n'!In fast speech, these expressions might be difficult to catch because they last sound of the first word links with the first sound of the second word, and so they sound more like 'evenow', 'inew York' and 'a not'. Listen and fill the gaps with two words that link together.

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Exercise. Complete each gap with suitable words and expressions you hear from the video.

her." So, he said, "We'll re-convene at 2o'clock." So, I go over to the liquor inspector and I said, "Have you got any feeling?" He said, "Jim, I don't, but wait till after lunch, I think there's gonna be a change." What we (1) ………….. is McGugan went down about four blocks or four doors down and there was a restaurant he went to everyday and had four scotches at lunch. they went to their lawyer and they wanted to call it Parthenon Pizza, to start with. [laughter] JT: Thank God, we never got that one. The (2) ………….. was Santorini Pizza where were they were from. And somebody said to them, you actually have to have three names. A fellow lived upstairs by the named Bill Boston. I think about this, in two more years, we're They got to have some sales. JT: It's hard for me to walk in... If I had walked in to my partners to buy Boston Pizza and said, "Gee, I (3) ………….. what... There are no sales, but we've got a great idea." Probably got it shot down. I would've been still being a policeman somewhere or retired. But that's what you have to have. Make sure you have sales. You've got the passion to JT: It was the first in the first show. That's been a very successful business. In fact, we're meeting up with them tomorrow in Toronto here and they're out of Hamilton. The other one's Frogbox, I (4) ………….. if you remember Frogbox. I was involved with Brett on that one. There's a bunch of... They're not gonna make me big money, but what it does is, it gives me a partnership with a lot of the people that I think are great people to work with. fact that I went in and got professional help from a professional to look at my numbers and say where I was wrong. 'Cause you're so focused on your business every day. I walked in, I didn't (5) ………….. whether there was a light bulb burnt out in our place. I was focused on working in the business and making sure that worked. JT: What I wasn't looking at was my bottom line. And you remember when you get a statement, that's your report card. That's all it is, is a report card, and you'd better get one. And I've often said these businesses... The one interesting business I went into (6) ………….. Brunswick was 13 million... I think they were as high as 13-14 million a year and they had dropped down to 9 million, and they couldn't...And it was still dropping. And I asked who you started with, I mean of course you've done so much more, but they came here with nothing after the war from China, washed dishes, and became one of the largest restaurant accounts (7) ………….. America of Chinese food. We were in Edmonton, so that might have been our restaurant that you went to. [laughter] and then my dad went on, and partly because of the things that my parents did and we did, he got the Order of Canada. So, I put to you this, I head up a management group and our concern is that Canadians are, just as you said, it's about cash, hard work, (8) ………….. we've reached the point where tainted, corrupt and different whatever politicians and people are just destroying the goodness of generations. Maybe I'm wrong, I'd love your comment. And if so, what can we do? I (9) ………….. if that's too broad, but for what it's worth. JT: I travel around the world. I've been fortunate to travel around the world. I've been to Russia, I've been to China, spent... In China when you were about half your age now. I was back taught. He said, "Jim, the rules don't have to be changed in the United States, they just have to be adhered to." People were flipping houses and doing all kinds of stuff. There's guys... You just read, I (10) ………….. if you read the Wall Street Journal today, I did, and there was a guy that ran one of the biggest brokerage houses went to jail for two years. It's a tough... That's what I look at in my business, my time left on this Earth is gonna be making sure... You know what, I call it the Monopoly game. I'd be very fortunate to make all kinds of money. And I can't tell you how much I'm worth because I (11) ………….. , I don't ask. I work hard every day and I buy another business every other day. And I look at that stuff and I'm having fun with it. The day it isn't fun, I'm outta here.

Key: Look at the key and say aloud the script from the video to improve your English.

her." So, he said, "We'll re-convene at 2o'clock." So, I go over to the liquor inspector and I said, "Have you got any feeling?" He said, "Jim, I don't, but wait till after lunch, I think there's gonna be a change." What we (1) (didn't know) is McGugan went down about four blocks or four doors down and there was a restaurant he went to everyday and had four scotches at lunch. they went to their lawyer and they wanted to call it Parthenon Pizza, to start with. [laughter] JT: Thank God, we never got that one. The (2) (second name) was Santorini Pizza where were they were from. And somebody said to them, you actually have to have three names. A fellow lived upstairs by the named Bill Boston. I think about this, in two more years, we're They got to have some sales. JT: It's hard for me to walk in... If I had walked in to my partners to buy Boston Pizza and said, "Gee, I (3) (don't know) what... There are no sales, but we've got a great idea." Probably got it shot down. I would've been still being a policeman somewhere or retired. But that's what you have to have. Make sure you have sales. You've got the passion to JT: It was the first in the first show. That's been a very successful business. In fact, we're meeting up with them tomorrow in Toronto here and they're out of Hamilton. The other one's Frogbox, I (4) (don't know) if you remember Frogbox. I was involved with Brett on that one. There's a bunch of... They're not gonna make me big money, but what it does is, it gives me a partnership with a lot of the people that I think are great people to work with. fact that I went in and got professional help from a professional to look at my numbers and say where I was wrong. 'Cause you're so focused on your business every day. I walked in, I didn't (5) (even know) whether there was a light bulb burnt out in our place. I was focused on working in the business and making sure that worked. JT: What I wasn't looking at was my bottom line. And you remember when you get a statement, that's your report card. That's all it is, is a report card, and you'd better get one. And I've often said these businesses... The one interesting business I went into (6) (in New) Brunswick was 13 million... I think they were as high as 13-14 million a year and they had dropped down to 9 million, and they couldn't...And it was still dropping. And I asked who you started with, I mean of course you've done so much more, but they came here with nothing after the war from China, washed dishes, and became one of the largest restaurant accounts (7) (in North) America of Chinese food. We were in Edmonton, so that might have been our restaurant that you went to. [laughter] and then my dad went on, and partly because of the things that my parents did and we did, he got the Order of Canada. So, I put to you this, I head up a management group and our concern is that Canadians are, just as you said, it's about cash, hard work, (8) (and now) we've reached the point where tainted, corrupt and different whatever politicians and people are just destroying the goodness of generations. Maybe I'm wrong, I'd love your comment. And if so, what can we do? I (9) (don't know) if that's too broad, but for what it's worth. JT: I travel around the world. I've been fortunate to travel around the world. I've been to Russia, I've been to China, spent... In China when you were about half your age now. I was back taught. He said, "Jim, the rules don't have to be changed in the United States, they just have to be adhered to." People were flipping houses and doing all kinds of stuff. There's guys... You just read, I (10) (don't know) if you read the Wall Street Journal today, I did, and there was a guy that ran one of the biggest brokerage houses went to jail for two years. It's a tough... That's what I look at in my business, my time left on this Earth is gonna be making sure... You know what, I call it the Monopoly game. I'd be very fortunate to make all kinds of money. And I can't tell you how much I'm worth because I (11) (don't know) , I don't ask. I work hard every day and I buy another business every other day. And I look at that stuff and I'm having fun with it. The day it isn't fun, I'm outta here.

Sources: 

Channel: torontopubliclibrary Jim Treliving | Part 3 | October 25, 2012 | Appel Salon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1WNVegUB8Y

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