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Authors: Richard Vaughan
leave the nightclub?
30. What time did Natasha get home?
31. What did she do before she went to bed?
32. How long did she talk to her mother?
33. Did she have to get up early or late this morning?
34. What was she glad about this morning?
17. AKI MORITA
Last Friday, Aki Morita had a meeting with his boss and with his boss’s boss. He knew he was going to have the meeting but he thought that the subject of the meeting was going to be about a new supplier. However, when he got to the meeting room, Aki’s boss offered him a coffee and told him that the meeting was about Louisiana. At first, Aki didn’t understand. Then he remembered that Honda was building a new factory in the United States, in a city called Baton Rouge. He didn’t know why his bosses wanted to talk about the new factory in Louisiana, but he tried to be calm. His direct boss told him that Honda wanted a good man to go to Louisiana to organize the quality department. He told Aki that it was necessary to establish the same quality system in the United States that, thanks to Aki, was so successful in Japan. Aki didn’t know what to say. He immediately thought about his family. He asked his boss about the duration of the stay in Louisiana and his boss told him that it was for three years or maybe more. Aki speaks English well but his wife doesn’t. His two children are young and they have English classes every day at school. He told his bosses that he wanted to discuss the matter with his family. They said that they needed an answer by next week. Aki went home after the meeting. He got home at 9:30. His wife was busy helping the children with their homework. Aki decided to tell her about the offer… or order… to go to the United States, the next day, which was Saturday.
1. When did Aki have the meeting?
2. How many other people were there in the meeting?
3. Who did Aki have the meeting with?
4. Did he know about the meeting in advance?
5. Did he think he knew the subject of the meeting?
6. What did he think the subject was going to be?
7. Was the meeting in an office or in a meeting room?
8. When he got there, what did his boss offer him?
9. What did his boss say the meeting was about?
10. What was Aki’s first reaction?
11. What did he remember?
12. Where was the factory going to be exactly?
13. Was Aki nervous?
14. Did he understand the reason for the meeting at first?
15. What did his boss tell him that Honda needed?
16. What kind of department did they want to organize?
17. Did they want to establish the same quality system?
18. Was the system successful in Japan?
19. Who did Aki immediately think about?
20. What did he ask his boss about?
21. How long will the stay in Louisiana be?
22. What can you say about Aki’s English?
23. What can you say about his wife’s English?
24. What can you say about the age of his children?
25. What kind of classes do they have every day?
26. Do they take the classes at home?
27. Where do they take their English classes?
28. Did Aki accept the offer during the meeting?
29. What did he tell his bosses?
30. When did they say they needed an answer?
31. Did Aki visit a supplier after the meeting?
32. What did he do after the meeting?
33. What time did he get home?
34. Was his wife at home when he got there?
35. What was she doing when he got there?
36. Did Aki tell her about the meeting?
37. When did he decide to tell her?
38. Did he consider the situation an offer or an order?
39. Was the next day Tuesday?
40. What day was the next day?
18. PIERRE MONET
Pierre Monet considers himself an artist and a technician in the difficult job of translating. He was happy because he was going to meet the Prime Minister of France the next day. The Prime Minister wanted to congratulate Pierre on a job well done. For Pierre, it was simply another translation job and he did it like he did every translation. This time, however, he had done a special job. Last Tuesday, he received a document
30. What time did Natasha get home?
31. What did she do before she went to bed?
32. How long did she talk to her mother?
33. Did she have to get up early or late this morning?
34. What was she glad about this morning?
17. AKI MORITA
Last Friday, Aki Morita had a meeting with his boss and with his boss’s boss. He knew he was going to have the meeting but he thought that the subject of the meeting was going to be about a new supplier. However, when he got to the meeting room, Aki’s boss offered him a coffee and told him that the meeting was about Louisiana. At first, Aki didn’t understand. Then he remembered that Honda was building a new factory in the United States, in a city called Baton Rouge. He didn’t know why his bosses wanted to talk about the new factory in Louisiana, but he tried to be calm. His direct boss told him that Honda wanted a good man to go to Louisiana to organize the quality department. He told Aki that it was necessary to establish the same quality system in the United States that, thanks to Aki, was so successful in Japan. Aki didn’t know what to say. He immediately thought about his family. He asked his boss about the duration of the stay in Louisiana and his boss told him that it was for three years or maybe more. Aki speaks English well but his wife doesn’t. His two children are young and they have English classes every day at school. He told his bosses that he wanted to discuss the matter with his family. They said that they needed an answer by next week. Aki went home after the meeting. He got home at 9:30. His wife was busy helping the children with their homework. Aki decided to tell her about the offer… or order… to go to the United States, the next day, which was Saturday.
1. When did Aki have the meeting?
2. How many other people were there in the meeting?
3. Who did Aki have the meeting with?
4. Did he know about the meeting in advance?
5. Did he think he knew the subject of the meeting?
6. What did he think the subject was going to be?
7. Was the meeting in an office or in a meeting room?
8. When he got there, what did his boss offer him?
9. What did his boss say the meeting was about?
10. What was Aki’s first reaction?
11. What did he remember?
12. Where was the factory going to be exactly?
13. Was Aki nervous?
14. Did he understand the reason for the meeting at first?
15. What did his boss tell him that Honda needed?
16. What kind of department did they want to organize?
17. Did they want to establish the same quality system?
18. Was the system successful in Japan?
19. Who did Aki immediately think about?
20. What did he ask his boss about?
21. How long will the stay in Louisiana be?
22. What can you say about Aki’s English?
23. What can you say about his wife’s English?
24. What can you say about the age of his children?
25. What kind of classes do they have every day?
26. Do they take the classes at home?
27. Where do they take their English classes?
28. Did Aki accept the offer during the meeting?
29. What did he tell his bosses?
30. When did they say they needed an answer?
31. Did Aki visit a supplier after the meeting?
32. What did he do after the meeting?
33. What time did he get home?
34. Was his wife at home when he got there?
35. What was she doing when he got there?
36. Did Aki tell her about the meeting?
37. When did he decide to tell her?
38. Did he consider the situation an offer or an order?
39. Was the next day Tuesday?
40. What day was the next day?
18. PIERRE MONET
Pierre Monet considers himself an artist and a technician in the difficult job of translating. He was happy because he was going to meet the Prime Minister of France the next day. The Prime Minister wanted to congratulate Pierre on a job well done. For Pierre, it was simply another translation job and he did it like he did every translation. This time, however, he had done a special job. Last Tuesday, he received a document
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