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How Long g Have You u Been Her re?

AR RE YOU READY Y FOR THE LES SSON? Les sson 1, How Lon ng Have You Be een Here?, will ta ake you somew where you may know very we ell: the INS office e. You'll listen in n on a conversa ation between tw wo people waitin ng in line, which is something g people unfortu unately do very often, and whic ch is also a situa ation in which Americans like l to make "sm mall talk."Then, you'll learn som me vocabulary th hat will come in handy h at the INS S or anywhere you y have to fill out o forms. But th hat's not all. Les sson 1 also inc cludes: The e Present Perfec ct Tense vs. The e Simple Past Te ense Using/or and sinc ce with the Prese ent Perfect and d Sim mple Past Tens ses Phrasal Verbs with h pick Idio omatic Express sions for Saying g Goodbye Fin nally, at the end of the lesson you'll read a culture note about casual c greetings and acq quaintances. Bu ut let's start with h a pronunciation warm-up. Rea ady?

1A SA AY IT CLEAR RLY!
Turn on your CD to t review the pro onunciation of-e ed, a very impor rtant ending in En nglish.

1B EN NGLISH AT WORK W
Dia alogue: Making g Small Talk Sergei, a Russian immigrant, is waiting w in line at t the INS. The line is very long, and it's mo oving very slowly. Peter, an Am merican standin ng in front of Se ergei, turns aro ound and stri ikes up a conve ersation. Sergei is surprised by his friendliness s. Peter Peter I guess we didn't have e anything else e to do today, did d we? Sergei What? I said I guess g they thin nk that we didn n't have anythi ing else to do today. t It's just tha at we've been in n this line for a very long time. lt seems like e we aren't going g anywhere e very fast. Yeah. I know. I've been here since about 9:30. Wha at about you? I think I got here just a few minutes before you did d. I decided to pick p up a green-c card application n for my wife. I should've got tten it off the In nternet. That wa ay I could have e just stayed ho ome. Say, where are you from m? Me? I'm m from Russia. Oh, whe ereabouts? I lived in n Moscow for most m of my life e, but I moved around a little. . I was in the military.

Sergei Peter

Sergei Peter Sergei

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Sergei Peter Sergei Peter Sergei Clerk Peter Sergei

Int teresting. I've never n been to R Russia, but I've e always wante ed to visit. It seems s like suc ch an interestin ng country. How long have yo ou lived he ere? I'v ve lived in San Diego for only a few weeks, but b I've been in n the U.S. sin nce August. We ell, welcome to o San Diego. I g guess the weather must be a bit wa armer than whe ere you're from m, huh? Ye es, that's true. I've gotten use ed to it. Ha ave you visited d the zoo or Ba alboa Park yet? ? No o, but I really want w to go to Ba alboa Park. I've e heard about all the flo owers and mus seums that are there. ne ext! He ey. That's me. Gotta G go. See y you around. Oh h. OK. See you u.

1C BUILD B YOUR R VOCABUL LARY

Perhaps you need n to go to the e I. N. S. to fill o out some forms. Here are some e terms you would see if yo ou were to fill ou ut an application n to register for permanent resid dence. Many of these words have oth her meanings, b but these are the e usages you will w see on I. N. S. forms and other legal do ocuments. To be cited. To T be summoned to appear in c court. The police e could cite you u for littering if you throw tra ash out of your car. c To be indicted d. To be charge ed with a crime. Richard Haywa ard was indicted d for espionage whe en he was caug ght selling U.S. d documents to a foreign governm ment. Ordinance. A law or regulatio on, usually pass sed by a local go overnment. The e city council passed d an ordinance permitting p the u use of marijuana a by cancer patients. Beneficiary. A person who is or will be the re ecipient of some ething of value from f someone who has died. Harol ld and Gerry we ere the sole ben neficiaries of the eir mother's modest estate. . Rehabilitation n. Treatment to help someone r return to regular, acceptable, or o normal behavior or abilities. Recovery y from drug abu use or physical injuries. It was difficult d to convince the governor g that Sa am had been su uccessfully rehabilitated and wa as ready to leave jail and return r to society y. Clemency. A lesser l penalty th han what a court originally sugg gested. Thinking that Ralph Smith ha ad suffered eno ough for the crim me he committed, the judge gra anted him clemency and gave him a sho orter prison sent tence. Amnesty. A pa ardon given to a large group of f individuals. Th he government granted amnes sty to all illegal immigrants i who o had come to work w in the fields s. Procure. To obtain, to buy, to o take possessio on of something g of value. Profe essor Hodges wante ed to procure some ancient artif facts before retu urning from his sabbatical s in Africa. To engage in. . To become inv volved in something, to do something. Teresa would never engage in illegal activiti ies, even if she disagreed with a law. To induce. To o influence some eone to do something. Robbie's s older brother induced i him to steal mo oney from their parents.