Luyện nghe chép chính tả – Level Intermediate – Lesson 11

11 Picnic preparations

Scott: Dave. I’m going to the supermarket to pick up food and drink for Saturday’s picnic later. Any suggestions?

Dave: Well, everyone has been talking about having a (1)………………………… down by

the river, so why don’t you pick up some hamburger and hot dogs?

Scott: Okay, but how much hamburger meat are we going to need? And hot dogs too?

Dave: Uh, I don’t know. How about (2)……………………….. of hamburger and a couple

packages of hot dogs?

Scott: Oh, that’s not going to be enough. Do you remember the last picnic we went on? Your roommate, Jim, ate about ten hamburgers by himself!

Dave: You’re right. Let’s see. I’d better write this down. Uh, let’s see about nine pounds of hamburger meat and, uh . . . , (3)………………………………. of hot dogs.

Scott: And you better pick up some chicken for those who don’t like hamburger or hot dogs.

Dave: Okay. How about five or six bags of potato chips?

Scott: Humm. Better make that eight or so.

Dave: Alright. Oh, and we’re gonna [going to] need some hamburger and hot dog buns. How about five packages a piece? I think that sounds about right.

Scott: Yeah, you’d better pick up some (4)…………………., catchup, and mayonnaise too.

Dave: Okay. What else? Uh, we’re gonna [going to] need some soft drinks. How about ten of those big 2-liter bottles?

Scott: Sounds fine, but be sure to buy (5)………………………………………

Dave: Okay. And what about dessert?

Scott: Well, maybe we could ask Kathy to make a few (6)……………………………… like she

did last time.

Dave: Well, I wouldn’t mind that, but you know, she’s been very busy working two jobs, so I’d hate to ask her, [Oh, hum . . . ] and uh . . . Hey, why don’t
you whip up some of your (7)……………………………………? [Well . . .] Hey, you could even

ask, uh . . . , what’s her name . . . yeah that new girl, Susan, the one that moved in across the street! [Well . . .] I bet she’d be willing to help you! [I don’t know . . . ] She’s
a (8)…………………………………….!

Scott: Nah, I don’t think I could ask her . . .[Ahh!] I don’t know her

(9)…………………………., plus . . .

PREP.VN

[ Door bell rings . . . ]

Dave: Hey, you don’t need to. She’s at the door!

Scott: What do you mean?

Dave: Well, I thought you two would (10)…………………………………, so I called her up
saying I was you, and I invited her over to watch a movie.

Scott: You did what???

Dave: Wait, wait, wait . . . [uhhhhh . . . ]

ANSWER KEY

(1) Barbecue (6) cherry pies

(2) three pounds (7) oatmeal cookies

(3) seven packages (8) real knockout

(4) mustard (9) phone number

(5) a variety of drinks (10) hit it off