General Listening Quiz

Listen to the recording on pizza delivery and read along with the conversation. Review the key vocabulary and the sample sentences.

Employee: Hello. Can I take your order?

Customer: Yes. I’d like a large pepperoni pizza with mushrooms and green peppers.

Employee: Would you like anything else?

Customer: Well, wait. Uh, can I make that a half-and-half pizza?

Employee: Sure. What would you like on each half?

Customer: Uh, what toppings do you have?

Employee: Well, we have Italian sausage, ham, mushrooms, onions, pineapple, black olives, green peppers, bacon, tomatoes, shrimp, clams, and squid.

Customer: Shrimp, clams, and squid!? What kind of pizza is that?

Employee: Uh, the manager spent some time overseas [Oh.], and thinks his new seafood pizza will be a hit with the customers, but to be honest, the “Swimmer’s Special,” as he calls it, is an acquired taste.

Customer: Uh, I’ll pass on that “Sink or Swim” special, but I’ll have pepperoni and mushrooms on one half and green peppers and Italian sausage on the other. Oh, and could I get extra cheese on that pizza?

Employee: Alright. Would you care for any bread sticks or a beverage with your order? [Well . . . I don’t know.] Actually, we have a Friday night special going on right now [Oh!], and if you order any large pizza and drink, we’ll throw in a free order of breadsticks, plus a three dollar coupon for use with your next order.

Customer: Huh, uh, sure, why not. And what drink comes with the pizza?

Employee: Either apple or orange juice.

Customer: I’ll take orange juice.

Employee: Okay. Your total comes to fifteen nineteen, which includes tax. [Okay.] And could I have your name?

Customer: Uh, yeah, Jay Han.

Employee: Uh? Did you say “Jay Hand”?

Customer: No, it’s “Han.” Actually, it’s a Korean name, but many people have difficulty making it out. Hey, maybe I SHOULD change my name to “Hand.”

Employee: Ah, names are important; don’t change it. [Okay.] Oh, and your address and telephone number?

Customer: It’s 1340 South 16 East, and the phone number is 340-1870 (three-four-zero-eighteen, seventy).

Employee: Okay. Let me repeat your order. A large half-and-half pizza. [Okay.] One half with pepperoni and mushrooms [Yeah.] and the other with Italian sausage and green peppers. [Yeah.] Orange juice and your free order of breadsticks. Jay “Han,” not “Hand,” [Yeah, that’s right.] at 1340 South 16 East, 340-1817. Is that correct?

Customer: Everything except for the phone number. It’s 1870, not 1817.

Employee: Alright. Thanks for your order. It should arrive at your doorstep in 30 minutes or less, or you’ll receive a free small pizza with your next order.

Customer: Great. Thanks.

• pepperoni (noun): a pork and beef sausage, sliced thinly for pizza 
  – My students ordered a pepperoni pizza for lunch.
• be a hit (verb): be popular 
  – Ordering pizza for the party was a hit.
• care for (verb): have a preference or liking for something 
  – Would you care for anything else today?
• acquired taste (expression): a taste that takes time to get used to 
  – Some people say that learning to like sushi is an acquired taste.
• beverage (noun): drink 
  – What kinds of beverages do you want to serve at the party?
• throw in (verb): add 
  – That pizza shop always throws in a free drink with every order.
• coupon (noun): a certificate used to receive money off on purchases 
  – Let’s use the pizza coupon that came in the mail.
• make something out (idiom): understand or figure out 
  – I couldn’t make out what the customer ordered because of the poor telephone connection.