Raj | :- | I would like to have a loan for buying a bike. What is the procedure for it ? |
Manager | :- | Well, you can have it if you are employed and having a regular income. |
Raj | :- | Well, are there any application forms I have to fill? |
Manager | :- | Yes, you have to fill in this application form and get it attested by your employer. |
Raj | :- | What are your terms and conditions? |
Manager | :- | Oh, it is very simple. We take 14% interest on the loan. |
Raj | :- | What about installment? |
Manager | :- | The installment amount must be paid on the first working day of each month. |
Spoken English Examples
Real life conversations to practice spoken English.
With a Bank Manager; Getting a bike Loan.
With a Bank Manager; Getting a car Loan.
Mini | :- | I would like to have a loan for buying a car. What is the procedure for it ? |
Manager | :- | Well, you can have it if you are employed and having a regular income. |
Mini | :- | Well, are there any application forms I have to fill? |
Manager | :- | Yes, you have to fill in this application form and get it attested by your employer. |
Mini | :- | What are your terms and conditions? |
Manager | :- | Oh, it is very simple. We take 10% interest on the loan. |
Mini | :- | What about installment? |
Manager | :- | The installment amount must be paid on the first working day of each month. |
- With a Stranger; Introducing Yourself.
- With a Doctor; Headache and Fever.
- With Travel Agent; Tourist and Travel Agent.
- In a School Office; Principal and Servant.
- In a Book Shop; Buying a Dictionary.
- With a Bank Manager; Getting a Housing Loan.
- About a Project; Expansion of Proverbs.
- With a Priest; Swami and Feminist.
- About Aristotle; Alexander and Pythia.
- In an Interview; French Interpreter and Social Worker.
- In a Court; Advocate and Witness.
- With a Stranger; Alexander and Phythia.
Conversation in an Interview; French Interpreter and Social Worker
Social worker | :- | Where did you learn french? |
An African | :- | I used to be a cook in Paris. |
Social worker | :- | What made you give it up and come back to Africa? |
An African | :- | It was my health. |
Social worker | :- | Will you act as my interpreter and assistant for a while? |
An African | :- | What about my salary? |
Social worker | :- | You will have a salary, of course, though we can- not pay very much - 90 francs a month. |
An African | :- | I used to earn 135 francs in Paris. |
Social worker | :- | I am working here as a social worker to help you and your friends, not to make money. |
An African | :- | Sorry, Sir. I am ready to assist you. |
Conversation with a Stranger; Alexander and Phythia
Alexander | :- | Are you the phythia? |
Phythia | :- | Yes, I am. |
Alexander | :- | I am Alexander Of Macedon. |
Phythia | :- | I had guessed that . |
Alexander | :- | I look like my coins, do I? |
Phythia | :- | I have never seen one of your coins. |
Alexander | :- | There aren't very many to see yet. I admit. |
Phythia | :- | I ordered the doors to be barred. How did you get in here? |
Alexander | :- | I am very good at climbing. |
Phythia | :- | please leave me alone. |
Alexander | :- | I'll go in a moment. When I've got what I came for. |
Conversation about Aristotle; Alexander and Pythia
Alexander | :- | You think I'm mad, of course. |
Phythia | :- | No. Just very young. |
Alexander | :- | All idealists are a little mad. Aristotle is madder than anyone. |
Phythia | :- | He's your tutor, isn't he? |
Alexander | :- | He was. He's gone back to Athens now. He believes in the world state, too, you know. |
Phythia | :- | I see. And you are going to put his ideas into practice? |
Alexander | :- | Yes. He doesn't approve of that. |
Phythia | :- | I'm not surprised. |
Alexander | :- | In fact, he doesn't approve of me at all. He found me once reading a copy of the Iliad, and when he congratulated on my taste on literature and asked me what I liked best about it, I told him I thought it an invaluable military manual. |
Phythia | :- | Ha ha ... |
Alexander | :- | He was furious. No sense of humor at all. I loved Homer, as a matter of fact. |
Conversation in a Court; Advocate and Witness
Advocate | :- | You must remember that a man's life depend on your evidence. |
Witness | :- | I do remember it, sir. |
Advocate | :- | Is your eyesight good? |
Witness | :- | I have never had to wear spectacles, sir. |
Advocate | :- | You are a women of fifty five? |
Witness | :- | Fifty four, sir. |
Advocate | :- | And the man you saw was on the other side of the road? |
Witness | :- | Yes, sir. |
Advocate | :- | And it was two o'clock in the morning. You must have remarkable eyes! |
Witness | :- | No, sir. There was moonlight, and when the man looked up, he had the lamplight on his face. |
Advocate | :- | And you have no doubt whatever that the man you saw is the prisoner? |
Witness | :- | No doubt, sir. It isn't a face one forgets. |
Conversation with a Priest; Swami and Feminist
Swamiji | :- | There is neither death nor birth, neither a bound nor a struggling soul- this is the ultimate truth. |
Feminist | :- | An interesting thought! |
Swamiji | :- | Mira, what did you think of your readings of the book. |
Feminist | :- | Frankly, Swami, I'm very attracted to his teaching. But I found it too disturbing. |
Swamiji | :- | Is it because of this statement, "For all beings a human birth is difficult to obtain, more so is a male body; rarer than that is ..." |
Feminist | :- | I know it goes on. But I won't bother to finish it. |
Swamiji | :- | But you must, child. That's the crucial bit, about how liberation is reached. |
Feminist | :- | But I'm not going to. The point as far as I'm concerned is, what do you do with a women and one who will never be a upper cast? What happens to her knowledge? Is she just mere pollution? |
Swamiji | :- | I told you, Mira. Here, come and sit down. The male-female part was just a consequence of ... |
Feminist | :- | You mean people don't think like that now? Of course, They do! |
Conversation in an Interview; Manager for a Restaurant
Prasad | :- | Ranjith, where do you live? |
Ranjith | :- | I am living at Thana. |
Prasad | :- | How many years is it since you have taken your degree? |
Ranjith | :- | I am sorry to state that three full years have gone by after passing the examination. |
Prasad | :- | What were you doing all these years?. |
Ranjith | :- | I was hunting for a job applying for several posts and answering almost all tests for the last three years continously. |
Prasad | :- | It is a wonder that you didn't get a selection till now. When I passed the 10th Standard, I discontinued studies and started a restaurant. Now there are about two dozen emplyees under me. |
Ranjith | :- | That is well. You are lucky man. |
Prasad | :- | I am in need of a faithiful and capable manager in my place and I'm ready to pay $250 besides free boarding and lodging. If you have no objection I'm ready to appoint you today itself. |
Ranjith | :- | Thank god. I have none to consult and nothing to think. I'm ready to accept your kind offer. |