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14 October 2014
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Audio 1clip 1

Publican: Hello, Mr. Michel.
Ulli: Hello, have you got a table left for me?
Publican: For you - always! Over there.
Ulli: Great! A beer please.
Publican: Ok, a beer. [to Nico] And you?
Nico: A beer as well - Kölsch.

Ulli: Perfect timing.
Publican: Cheers!
Ulli: Cheers!
Nico: Cheers!
Anna: Hello you two - there you are!
Ulli: Hello, Anna.
Publican: What would you like?
Anna: I would like a white beer.
Publican: One white beer.
Ulli: And please let us have the menu, we would like to eat something.
Nico: What is white beer?
Anna: White beer is a type of beer - like the one over there.

Publican: What would you like?
Anna: I would like fish - the plaice please.
Ulli: Nico?
Nico: I will take the potato cakes.
Ulli: Me too.
Woman: I would like to pay!
Publican: I will be with you in a second.

Waiter: Did you enjoy your meal?
Man: It was excellent, thank you!
Waiter: Can I bring you a dessert?
Man: No dessert for my colleague, but I will have the apple strudel with cream please. And two more coffees.
Waiter: Won't be a second.

Audio 2 clip 2

Woman 1: Can I invite you to a coffee?
Woman 2: Can I invite you to dinner?
Man: Can I invite you to the Melle restaurant?
Woman 3: Can I invite you to the Thüringer Hof?

Woman 1: Please take a seat. Can I offer you something?
Woman 2: Yes, I would like a nice white wine.
Man: Yes, I would like a beer.

Audio 3 clip 3

Man: My hobbies are sport, reading - in sport, handball and football especially.
Woman: My hobbies are swimming, now in the summer cycling, I like to read and I often go out with friends.


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