Test Your English: Preparation Guide. Дворжец О.С - 82 стр.

J Well, I had a bad trick of                   breakfast was always on the        A  I didn’t speak enough in class,           D   Have you heard the latest
  standing before the fire and so              table waiting for David. When         the teacher talked all the time               news? They’re going to hold
  I burnt my frocks and I                      we go out, I take much longer         and several of the students                   an open air concert in Shet-
  scorched this one and though                 than she does to get ready, and       were better than me, so I                     ford to collect money for a
  it’s nicely mended it shows                  she’s also better at entertain-       didn’t like to say too much in                children’s charity.
  and Meg told me to keep still                ing than I am; she tells funnier      case I made mistakes and                  L   Oh? I heard it was all off.
  so that no one would see it.                 stories, she’s more polite,           looked stupid. Also, we were                  They were going to hold it
  You may laugh too if you                     she’s cleverer, more interest-        a pretty big group so it was                  here, but so many local peo-
  want it. It’s funny, I know.               J ing…                                  virtually impossible for all of               ple complained about it that
L I’m not laughing, Miss Joe.                  Oh Lord! It sounds as if              us to speak during the lesson.                they’re going to find some-
  Never mind the burn. I’ll tell               you’ve got a problem. Why          S Um, I see. What did you actu-                  where else.
  you how we can manage.                       don’t you just tell her what          ally learn?                               D   No! What are they complain-
  There is a long hall out there.            S you think?                         A I learnt all sorts of things –                 ing about? It’s all in a good
  We can chance grandly and no                 That’s just it. When she              loads of grammar, things like                 cause, collecting money for
  one will see it. Please, come.               phones me, she sounds                 past participles and tenses, that             children in need. What is
J Oh, thank you. Thank you,                    sweeter than sugar and she            sort of thing. I found that very              there to complain about?
  Lorrie.                                      goes on and on – it’s really          helpful. But, basically, I didn’t         L   Plenty. They were going to
                                               difficult, you know, to get a         really feel I learnt anything                 hold it in the field by the
T2      J = Jennifer                           word in edgeways. And with            there that I couldn’t have done               river. That’s very close to
        S = Sue                                David going on about how              on my own at home.                            people’s houses. The noise
J   Well, how’s married life ?                 wonderful she is, I’m sure he         I’m very sorry. We didn’t                     would be unbearable. And
S   It’s all right, I suppose, but …         J loves her more than me.            S know that the classes were so                  think of the mess, all that lit-
J   But what?                                  Well, if I were you, I’d …            large. The company spent a                    ter, the car parking prob-
S   It’s my mother-in-law! Before                                                    lot of money sending you on                   lems…
    we got married David thought              T3 A = Andy S = Susie                  the course …                              D   Just a minute, how can you
    I was perfect! Now we’re mar-            A I’m sorry I’m so late – there         Well, it wasn’t a complete                    be so petty minded? The vast
    ried, his mother, according to              was an awful traffic jam …        A waste of time. I did get out                   majority of people would
    him, is better at everything.            S That doesn’t matter. So, what         quite a bit in the evenings and               love it. There were going to
    And she’s always ringing me                 was your general feeling             had some fantastic food. I put                be some great musicians and
    up, telling me what to do.                  about the course?                    on five kilos. In fact, I’ve got              stalls with information about
J   Oh dear! Like what?                      A Well, er, I thought it was OK         to start a diet to lose some of               the different problems in dif-
S   Apparently, she’s a better                  and being in Spain certainly         it!                                           ferent countries. It was going
    cook than I am – she never                  did a lot for my conversa-           Well, at least you gained                     to be enjoyable and informa-
    burns the frozen peas! She                  tional Spanish … but …            S something from your trip!                      tive. What’s wrong with that?
    gets up earlier than me and              S What about the school?              T4 D = Dave           L = Liz               L   It was going to last all week-

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