Beth: Yeah, Bill. Very funny!
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5 Listening Jumping to conclusions
B Listen to the explanations for the two events in part A and take notes. What did happen? How similar were your explanations? 1.
Boy, did you hear the explosion this morning? I bet half the city heard the boom. A lot of people must have though it was a bomb! Those guys from the demolition company sure did a good job. The whole building came down with only one blast. It only took them a few seconds to reduce the school to this. And once the site is cleared, they’ll be able to start work on building the new school. You can be sure it will be a lot nicer than the old one. 2.
I’m so embarrassed! I can’t imagine what people must have thought when they saw me out on that ledge. See, my cat had gone out the window and was too scared to come back in. He was just sitting there on the ledge, crying. I knew I had to go out and get him. So I crawled out the window and picked up the dumb cat. I crawled back, put him inside, and was about to climb back through the window myself when it slammed shut and locked! What a nightmare! I called down to some people in the street for help, and the fire department had to come to get me down. P82
7 Conversation
Brent: How was your dinner party?
Adam: I think it went pretty well. People really seemed to enjoy themselves. B: That’s good.
A: Yeah, but we shouldn’t have invited my wife’s boss again. We can never get him to leave! B: Really? How late did he stay this time?
A: Until two o’clock in the morning! And we both had to get up early the next day. B: Oh, he shouldn’t have stayed so late. That was really inconsiderate. You should have asked him to leave earlier.
A: Well, it’s pret