F 1. Jack and Rebecca live in the country. (They live in a flat, so probably they live in the city.)
T 2. The guests are surprised to see that Jack and Rebecca live in such a nice place. ( Ann: What a super flat you've got, Jack! Sheila: Yes, you never told us you lived in such luxury. It's so cosy!)
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3. Jack's spaghetti is very delicious. (Sheila: Mm! This spaghetti is
really good.)
F 4. The guests know Jack is a good cook. (Sheila: I didn't know you could cook.)
Exercise B: Listen to the dialogue again and answer the following questions.
1. What did the guests think of the flat?
(They thought the flat was super, luxury and cosy.) 2. How many friends did Jack invite to his home? (Two, Ann and Sheila.) 3. What did they have for dinner? (They had spaghetti.)
4. Why did Jack cook it instead of buying it? (He thought it was cheaper.)
5. Who gave Jack the recipe? (He got the recipe from a book.)
Dialogue 2 Back form Work
It is seven o'clock. Clive Sutton has just arrived home from work. Clive: It's not good enough, you know. Cathy: What's wrong, Dad?
Clive: When I came in, the house was a disgrace. One of you was lying on the settee* and the other was nowhere to be seen.
Cathy: It wasn't my turn to tidy. It was Emma's.
Emma: I did it yesterday. Besides, I had a lot of homework to do. Cathy: When I came in, you were in your room listening to records. Emma: At least my room's tidy. Yours is a real mess.
Clive: Look! I don't care whose turn it was yesterday or today. It just won't do! I expect you to sort out* your jobs between you. You're both old enough now. When I came in, the break-fast dishes were still in the sink and there were clothes lying all over the furniture, waiting to be ironed.*
Emma: I'm always doing the ironing. Cathy used to help with it, but now she says she's too busy.
Cathy: I've got exams this year. You haven't.
Clive: Girls, girls, that's enough. Have either of you eaten yet? Emma: I've had a sandwich. I'm trying to lose some weight. Cathy: And I don't feel hungry.
Clive: Well, I do. In future, make sure one of you makes a meal. We've got to live, you know. And I've got to work to keep us. If you want spending money and holidays, you'll have to do your share of the housework!
Emma: I'm sorry, Dad.
Cathy: Me too. Look, Emma, why don't we make a list of jobs and put it on the wall?
Exercise: Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T or F in the space provided. Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false.
T 1. The house was a mess when the father came in. (Clive: When I came in, the house was a disgrace.)
T 2. The children do the chores by turns. (Cathy: It wasn't my turn to tidy. It was Emma's.)
F 3. When the father came in, one of the girls was lying on the settee and the other was doing her homework. (Clive: One of you was lying on the
settee and the other was nowhere to be seen. Cathy: When I came in, you were in your room listening to records.)
F 4. When the father came back, the girls had done the washing-up. (Clive: When I came in, the breakfast dishes were still in the sink ... )
T 5. Emma usually does the ironing. (Emma: I'm always doing the ironing.)
T 6 Both of the girls are students. (Emma: I had a lot of homework to do. Cathy: I've gotexams this year.)
T 7. Emma is probably on a diet. (Emma: I'm trying to lose some weight.)
T 8. The father has to cook dinner for himself. (Clive: Girls, girls, that's enough. Have either of you eaten yet? Emma: I've had a sandwich. Cathy: And I don't feel hungry. Clive: Well, I do. In future, make sure one of you makes a meal.)
T 9. The girls will sort out the housework between themselves. (Cathy: Look, Emma, why don't we make a list of jobs and put it on the wall?)
Part 2 Passage The “Lost” Receipt TAPESCRIPT
As my train was not due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some magazines to read on the journey, I made my way to
the luggage office to collect the heavy suitcase I had left there three days before. There were only a few people waiting, and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt did not seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the contents of the wallet, and railway tickets, money, scraps* of paper, and photographs tumbled* out of it; but no matter how hard I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.
When my turn came, I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me suspiciously as if to say that he had heard this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case. I told him that it was an old, brown-looking object no different from the many cases I could see on the shelves.
The assistant then gave me a form and told me to make a list of the chief contents of the case. If they were correct, he said, I could take the case away. I tried to remember all the articles I had hurriedly packed and wrote them down as they came to me. After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. There were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moment, it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up, he could have easily claimed* the case already. This had not happened fortunately, for after a time, I found the case lying on its side high up in a corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant was soon satisfied that it was mine and told me I I could take the case away. Again I took out my wallet: this time to pay. I pulled out a ten-shilling note ; and the \receipt slipped out with it. I could not help