Episode 8

I. True or false

1. Dan Garrett received an award of $5,000.

2. His company gave him the award.

3. The award was presented at a breakfast in Dan's honor.

4. The award is called the Lotus Award.

5. The award is given to all salespersons every year.

6. Garrett started working for the Lotus Company after college.

7. He is now a sales manager.

8. He has worked for the company for 50 years.

9. Garrett has a family.

10. He lives in Chicago.

II. QUICK REVIEW: Circle the words that best complete the sentence.

1. Chester Powers is (president, general manager, vice-president) of the Lotus Company.

2. Dan Garrett has won the "Supersales Award" for the past (ten, six, three) years.

3. A banquet (dinner, luncheon, supper) was held in Garrett's honor.

4. The salesperson with the greatest number of sales in a (12-year, 12-week, 12-month) period wins the award.

5. Garrett started with the Lotus Company as a (teacher, trainee, technician).

6. Garrett is sales manager for Lotus Company's Great Lakes (operational, national, regional) sales office.

7. He plans to spend his award money on (a course, a vacation, a car).

8. Garrett has (no, three, two) children.

III. CLOSE ATTENTION: Write the word that immediately precedes or follows the words below to fill in the blanks.

1. was announced ____________________

2. for the third year in a ____________________

3. was presented with a ____________________

4. ____________________ in his honor

5. the greatest number of ____________________

6. has steadily moved ____________________

7. when asked ____________________

8. ____________________ a long vacation

IV. RECALL: Answer the following questions based on what you remember.

1. What company does Dan work for?

2. What's the name of the award?

3. When did Dan receive the award?

4. How long has Dan worked for Lotus?

5. What is his current job?

EPISODE 9

I. True or false

1. The day was cloudy.

2. The Carruthers were enjoying a good swim.

3. They wanted to get a good tan.

4. The ship's captain interrupted their sleep.

5. Nick went to get some orange juice.

6. Nick and Jan had saved money for a vacation.

7. They both had jobs.

8. They had started a special vacation fund.

9. Nick and Jan didn't want to think about work.

II. QUICK REVIEW: Write the words that best complete the sentence.

1. It was a lovely ____________________, bright and clear, with not a ____________________ in the ____________________.

2. They were hoping to get a good ____________________ before the end of the ____________________.

3. A quiet ____________________ interrupted their reverie.

4. They both worked and had ____________________ to save something each ____________________ for their special "____________________ in the Sun Fund."

5. A gentle sea ____________________ played across their lazy ____________________.

6. Life is too short to think about the ____________________ of work.

7. I think it's ____________________ to take a little ____________________!

III. CLOSE ATTENTION: Write the word that immediately precedes or follows the words below to fill in the blanks.

1. the morning sun on the ____________________

2. ____________________ and soaking up the warm ____________________

3. the orange juice they had ____________________

4. managed to save ____________________

5. across their lazy ____________________

6. ___________________ nothing - especially ___________________

7. ____________________ to take a little ____________________

IV. RECALL: Answer the following questions based on what you remember.

1. Where were the Carruthers?

2. Who interrupted their reverie?

3. How long had they been saving for the vacation?

4. What did they want to think about?