【正文】 rmance is sold out. Henry: Well, have you got any tickets for the 5 pm performance? Clerk: Yes, we have tickets at pounds, pounds and 6 pounds. Henry: I39。s two tickets at pounds. Saturday, 5 pm performance. What39。ll collect the tickets before 3 pm on Saturday, won39。ll try again. (Sound of dialing and ringing tone.) Sue: 3346791. Clara: Is that you, Sue? Sue: Who39。t you remember me? Sue: Clara! Of course I remember you. How are you? I haven39。s one reason I39。s a good one. I39。ve just been sacked? Sue, you39。s probably why I39。s talk about you. You said you needed some advice. Clara: I certainly do. I wanted to ask you about interviews. Have you had a lot of them? Sue: Yes, I have. Too many. Clara: So, could you tell me the sort of questions you39。whys39。hows39。wheres39。t go away, Sue. I39。m still here. Clara: Sorry, I didn39。s very boring, but here you are: I39。m paid in my present job? How much I expect to be paid in the new job? Oh yes. I39。m married. (Sound of pips.) Clara: That39。ll write to you soon ... and many thanks. 14 I am not going out with Gee again. Last week he invited me to go to a football match. I do not like football, so it was silly of me to say yes. We did not have seats, so we had to stand for two hours in the rain. I was cold and wet and I could not see a thing. So I asked Gee to take me home. He got very angry and said some very unpleasant things. Last week the sun shone and it got quite hot. I decided to put on my light grey summer trousers. But I got a shock. I could not put them on. They were too small. It is possible that they got smaller during the winter, but I do not think so. I am afraid I got bigger. So I am going to eat less and I am going to take more exercise. I am definitely going to lose some weight. LESSON 7 — Is that Mrs. Brown? — No, it isn39。s Mrs. Bright. — Is she English? — No, she isn39。t any, I39。s nice and sweet. Is yours sweet, too? — No. Mine is rather sour. — Oh, I39。s in Scotland. — Who is the man over there? — It39。s your bag. — This is not my bag. It39。s. — I39。s not mine. — Whose book is it, then? — It39。s, I think. — Whose bicycle is that? — Which one? — The old green one. — Oh, that39。s. — What are you looking at? — I39。s a picture of my girlfriend. — Are there any oranges in the kitchen? — No, I39。t any. 16 — Are there any bananas, then? — Yes. There are plenty of bananas. — I want some butter, please. — How much do you want, Madam? — Half a pound, please. — Thank you, Madam. 1. I really need some new curtains but I39。t sew. 2. My problem is that I can39。m afraid my radio isn39。t really like the country. It39。s not enough movement, not enough action, not enough to do. But I39。s big enough for me. During the summer I may spend three or four hours out here. But even in the winter I may e out here for an hour or two at the weekends, if the weather39。s a good place to sit with my typewriter. And it39。t it? (Sound of radio playing. Telephone rings.) Betty: Listen, Mum. The phone39。 (confused pause) Uh ... good evening. Is that 7896 double 4 3? Betty: Yes, it is. Would you like to talk to my mother? Male Voice: Well ... I39。ll tell her. Julie: Mrs. Henderson speaking. Who39。m your new neighbor. I moved in yesterday. Julie: Oh, good evening, Mr. Murphy. Wele to Oak Lane. Can we give you any help? Male Voice: Sorry to bother you, Mrs. Henderson, but I39。m never too busy to help a neighbor, Mr. Murphy. What would you like to know? Male Voice: Well, first, could you tell me what time the milkman calls? And which day do the dustmen e? Who39。t you e to tea tomorrow afternoon? Then we can meet you and answer all your questions. Male Voice: That39。clock. We look forward to meeting you. Goodbye. Male Voice: Goodbye, Mrs. Henderson. (Receiver being replaced.) Everything changes. Once a lot of people went to the cinema to see silent films. Then when talking pictures started nobody wanted to see silent films any more. But people still went to the cinema and everybody knew the names of all the great film stars. Now we have television. People sit at home night after night watching their favorite programs. But what is going to happen to the cinema? Dear Mr. Scott, Thank you for your letter of 15th January. You say that you telephoned our office five times in two days and did not receive a reply. I am sorry about this, but we have had problems with our telephone. Yours sincerely, D. Renton LESSON 8 — Here es my secretary. She is an extremely goodlooking young woman, don39。t very good at her work. — Perhaps you are right. But I like her all the same. — Good evening, and how have you spent the day? — I serviced and cleaned the car till lunch time. — And what did you do after lunch? — I took the family into the country for a piic. — Hello, Tony, where have you been? — Swimming. — Who did you go with? — I went with Mark and Elizabeth. — Hello, why haven39。t brought my lighter. 18 — I would lend you mine, if you like. — Thank you. That39。s wrong? — I39。s a good idea. I will. — Excuse me. But is it half past four yet? — I39。t got a watch. Try the man with the walking stick. He has one. — Thank you. I will. — I39。t do that. — Why can39。t got enough money. — What are you going to do this afternoon? — I39。m going to paint the front door. — I39。t. — Why not? — Because it39。t mind. Thank you. — Did you buy anything when you went to Paris? — Yes. I bought a briefcase. — What39。s a large, leather one. — Did you take a bus to the meeting place? — No. I went in Richard39。s car, too? — No. She took a taxi. — Excuse me, sir, is this your cigarette lighter? — I beg your pardon? — I said Is this