Unit 29: How many and how much?
1. We need a lot of ...
Francis | Hello. Good afternoon. Mrs. Taylor, Mr. Taylor. Where are you going on holiday this year? You usually go to ... Bournemouth. |
Mrs. Taylor | And it usually rains. This year we want some sunshine. |
Mr. Taylor | Yes, we're going to France and Germany ... |
Mrs. Taylor | ... and Switzerland and Italy. And we need some money. |
Mr. Taylor | A few French francs and a few German marks. |
Mrs. Taylor | No, Henry. We need a lot of francs and marks and Italian lira. |
Francis | You need traveller's cheques, Mrs. Taylor. You can change then for lira or francs or marks. |
Mrs. Taylor | Good. We'd like some traveller's cheques. |
Francis | And you need tickets, too. I can book your hotel for you. |
Mr. Taylor | I'd like to go camping. |
Mrs. Taylor | We are not going camping, Henry. We're staying in hotels. Good hotels. |
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Jane | I've got a cold. |
Brian | I know. But you've got some tissues. |
Jane | I've not got many. This box is empty. |
Brian | Here's another box. |
Jane | There are only a few in this box. I need more. |
Brian | More? We bought five boxes yesterday. |
Jane | I had a lot of tissues yesterday. I've not got many now. There are only a few in this box. I need more tissues. I'm cold and I'm wet. |
Brian | Here's a towel. |
Jane | That's your towel. Where's mine? |
Brian | There's only one towel, I'm afraid. But we've got a lot of clothes here. |
Jane | You've got a lot of clothes. Only a few of these are mine. And what's this? |
Brian | Oh, it's a tent. We've brought another tent. We've brought two tents. |
Jane | Two? Oh ... |
2. How much we've got?
Mrs. Taylor | How much luggage have we got? |
Mr. Taylor | I haven't got much, but you've got a lot. You've got three big suitcases and three small ones and these boxes ... |
Mrs. Taylor | That's not very much and this isn't full. We can put more in here. What's that? |
Mr. Taylor | It's a television. |
Mrs. Taylor | You won't need that! |
Mr. Taylor | Well, it's mine. And I want to take it. |
Mrs. Taylor | Why are you taking these umbrellas? |
Mr. Taylor | Perhaps it'll rain. |
Mrs. Taylor | We are having a holiday in the sun. We won't need umbrellas. Why are you taking these? |
Mr. Taylor | We need to open bottles of wine. And cans of food. We'll need this can opener. |
Mrs. Taylor | We'll eat in restaurants. Leave the can opener here! |
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Jane | Is the coffee ready? |
Brian | No, there isn't any coffee, I'm afraid. The jar is empty. And there's very little milk. There's a lot of tea. You don't like tea. |
Jane | How much sugar have we got? |
Brian | Not much. |
Jane | Have we got any food? |
Brian | Only a little. We didn't bring much food. There isn't any coffee, but there's a lot of tea. Not much sugar. Only a little sugar. We need more sugar. We haven't got enough. I'll go and buy some. |
Jane | Would you get me more tissues too, please? I'll stay here. I'm writing a letter. |
Brian | Do you need any stamps? |
Jane | No, thanks. I've got enough. Oh! |
3. A bottle of milk and a packet of sugar.
Shopkeeper | Can I help you? |
Brian | Yes, please. I want some coffee, some milk and some sugar. |
Shopkeeper | Here's half a kilo. Half a kilo of coffee. |
Brian | No. That's too much. Have you got a smaller jar? |
Shopkeeper | Is this small enough? |
Brian | Yes, thank you. May I have some milk? |
Shopkeeper | A bottle of milk. Is one bottle enough? |
Brian | Yes. |
Shopkeeper | And you'd like some sugar? A small packet? This is half a kilo. |
Brian | Yes, that's enough. And I need some tissues. A big box of tissues. No, would you get me two boxes, please? |
Shopkeeper | A bottle of milk, a packet of sugar. Half a kilo of sugar. And two boxes of tissues. |
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Mrs. Taylor | What's wrong? |
Mr. Taylor | I don't know. |
Mrs. Taylor | Things always go wrong on our holidays. We're 80 kilometres from Dover. |
Mr.. Taylor | Is there a garage near here? |
Mrs. Taylor | I don't think so. What shall we do? |
Mr. Taylor | Look, there's a camping site. It's only four hundred metres from here. |
Mrs. Taylor | And it's full. |