General English Level 4 V 3
UNIT 03 Dreams and plans TOPIC 03 Maybe
Listening LISTENING 01 Maybe you can give me some advice
Jin Hee and Steve are sitting in a café having a coffee. Jin Hee sees a story in the paper about the new sports centre. She shows it to Steve.
Jin Hee:
Hey have you seen this story about the sports centre?
Steve:
Yeah, I read it this morning. What do you think?
Jin Hee: It sounds great, doesn't it? It says here that it will open in March, that's only six months away!
Steve: I know, I'm not sure that it will, but I hope it does. If we can get a room, we'll have our meetings there. Are you still going to move your Tae Kwon Do classes there?
Jin Hee: Oh I don't know. Actually, I want to talk to you about that. Maybe you can give me some advice.
Steve: Of course, what's the problem?
Jin Hee: Well I'm not sure if it's a good idea to move my classes. I know that the new centre will be nice and big but I'm not sure that all my students will want to move. I have a good class at Harry's Gym and if I move the class, I might lose students. What do you think I should do?
Steve: Umm, why don't you ask your students what they think?
Jin Hee: Yeah, that's a good idea but I don't want Harry to know about it. If he knew, he wouldn't be very happy.
Steve: Oh you shouldn't worry about that. Harry would understand - it's business and you need to do the best thing for your class.
Jin Hee: You're right. If I had more information about the centre, it would be easier to decide. You know, like how much the rooms cost and what days they are available.
Steve: Well, if I were you, I'd speak to Jenny at the council. She's very helpful. She'll give you all that information.
Jin Hee: Oh OK. I'll do that. So do you think I should say anything to my students?
Steve: Yeah, just tell them that you are thinking about starting a class at the centre and ask them what they think. You don't need to tell them everything.
Jin Hee: I suppose so.
Steve: Hey, have you thought about teaching two classes? If you taught two classes, you could have one at the new centre and keep the class at Harry's.
Jin Hee: That's not a bad idea. If I did that, it would keep everybody happy. You're a genius Steve! You ought to get a job as a counsellor. You give very good advice!
Steve: You'd better watch out or I'll start charging you!