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UNIT 2.4 page 11, exercise 3

2 1 A:
So first of all, this man came into the room. Nobody knew who he
was, but he looked very excited, and he started looking in all the
closets. [PAUSE]
2 A:
He met this girl in college. They got engaged after just one week.
2.1 page 8, exercise 5 I was just amazed when he told me! And they got married about
a month later. We all thought it would be a complete disaster.
1 We climbed to the top of the mountain. [PAUSE]
2 I decided to go to Michael’s house. 3 A:
I started talking to this woman on the subway. For some reason, we
3 Eduardo looked at the photograph. talked about where we were born, and it turned out that, not only
4 The cook experimented with new dishes. were we born in the same place, she was born in the same hospital
5 I traveled to Rome by train. on the same day! [PAUSE]
6 In the evening, we watched TV. 4 A:
I started my career in engineering at a company in Detroit. I was
7 We opened our presents together. really lucky because a good friend of my parents was an engineer
8 She worked all day yesterday. and he gave me lots of good advice, and even arranged for me to
work for his company over the summer. [PAUSE]
2.2 page 10, exercise 5 5 A:
I’ve always loved the singer Natacha Atlas, and I go to a lot of her
1 How do you spell your name? concerts. Last time, I waited at the stage door. When she came out,
2 Do you like cheese? she was really friendly, and she gave me two free tickets to her next
3 Is their house very big? show. [PAUSE]
4 When is her birthday? 6 A:
My sister quit school without getting her degree. She’s really
5 Where do you live? intelligent, but the teachers were horrible to her. They said she’d
6 Did you see Peter? never have a career, and she believed them. [PAUSE]
7 Was Anna very angry?
8 Who did you go on vacation with? 2.5 page 11, exercise 4
1 A:
So first of all, this man came into the room. Nobody knew who he
2.3 page 11, exercises 1 and 2 was, but he looked very excited, and he started looking in all the
closets.
E = Emma, D = Dominic B: What did he do then?
D: Hi, Emma. You went on an interview yesterday, didn’t you? How did it 2 A:
He met this girl in college. They got engaged after just one week.
go? I was just amazed when he told me! And they got married about a
E: Not bad, thanks, but you’ll never guess what happened on the way month later. We all thought it would be a complete disaster.
there. Remember I told you I bought an expensive new jacket to give B: What happened?
myself confidence? 3 A:
I started talking to this woman on the subway. For some reason, we
D: Yes? talked about where we were born, and it turned out that, not only
E: Well, I was sitting on the train, doing some last-minute preparation on were we born in the same place, she was born in the same hospital
my laptop when the train suddenly stopped, and I spilled hot coffee all on the same day!
over my new jacket. B: You’re joking!
D: Oh no! 4 A:
I started my career in engineering at a company in Detroit. I was
E: You should have seen what I looked like! I felt terribly upset. really lucky because a good friend of my parents was an engineer
D: That’s awful! So what did you do then? and he gave me lots of good advice, and even arranged for me to
E: At first, I just wanted to get off the train and go home. But then I thought, work for his company over the summer.
there has to be a way to fix it. So I went to the bathroom and washed my B: Great!
jacket in the tiny sink. 5 A:
I’ve always loved the singer Natacha Atlas, and I go to a lot of her
D: Really? Did that work? concerts. Last time, I waited at the stage door. When she came out, she
E: Pretty much, but the jacket got soaking wet. was really friendly, and she gave me two free tickets to her next show.
D: So you wore a wet jacket to your interview? B: Lucky you!
E: No, I dried it under the hand dryer. It took ages – the other passengers 6 A:
My sister quit school without getting her degree. She’s really
must have wondered what on earth I was doing in there all that time! It intelligent, but the teachers were horrible to her. They said she’d
was still slightly damp when we got to the station, but at least it didn’t never have a career, and she believed them.
look too bad. B: That’s awful!
D: Oh, you poor thing! How stressful!
E: It was, but strangely enough, once I got to my interview, I felt relaxed. 2.6 page 11, exercise 5
After that disaster, I think I stopped caring. So, in a strange way, it was a
good thing! 1 Something similar happened to me when I was a student.
D: Yes, I see what you mean. Actually, that reminds me of something 2 That reminds me of the time I lost my passport.
that happened to me a few months ago … 3 You’ll never guess what happened to Regina yesterday.
4 Let me tell you about my flight to Tokyo.
5 Can you imagine how scared I was?
6 I felt nervous about meeting her.
7 Did I ever tell you about the time I met Zac Efron?
8 It was so amazing to discover we have the same name!

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2.7 page 12, exercises 1 and 2

S = Sam, T = Tom, M = Maria

S: Hey Tom, what’s on today’s show?
T: Today, Sam, we’re talking about really embarrassing things that we’ve
done. To begin with, I’m gonna play you an interview with Maria.
Something happened to Maria months ago that still makes her go
bright red when she thinks about it.
S: Cool, let’s hear it!
M: So, I was on a train to Boston and the train was, like, really full, so I sat
down next to this old lady and we started talking. She was all dressed up,
so I asked her if she was going somewhere special. She said it was her
ninetieth birthday, and she was on her way to a party at her daughter’s
house. I was, like, totally amazed by her age. Honestly, I thought she
was about sixty.
T: Are you getting to the point, Maria?
M: Oh sure! So, we were talking about all kinds of things. She grew up in
the same town as me, she’d been a nurse when she was younger, and
so on. She was very friendly – she shared her candy with me and, as I
say, we had a nice talk. And then the train slowed down and we both
got up to leave. When she was on her feet, she suddenly didn’t look as
young, so I thought I’d help her. I took her bag and gave her my arm as
she stepped off the train onto the platform. Then, just thinking about
this makes me want to die, you’ll never guess what happened next …
T: What?!
M: I don’t know how it happened, but somehow I dropped her bag and it
fell on the track.
T: What!? Actually under the train?
M: Well, kind of – so that I couldn’t get it back, anyway.
T: Oh, no! What did the lady say?
M: Oh, she was really annoyed with me. I felt terrible. Luckily, a man who
worked at the station had a special stick that he used to pick the bag up
off the line, but it was awful. And to make matters worse, a bottle in the
bag had broken and the medicine from it had spilled and made a real
mess. I felt so bad! Anyway, so then ...

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