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Unit 8: Did I ever tell you...?
8.1
1. Complete the anecdote below with suitable words. Then listen and compare your answers.
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| A. | Look at that car! | |
| B. | Yes, it's a real beauty. Porsche 911. | |
| A. | Did I ever tell you about the time I had a __________ in a Porsche? | |
| B. | No, I don't think so. |
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| A. | It was when I __________ a student. I was __________ in Europe and this chap in a Porsche stopped. He took me all the way across Austria. We __________ about 220 kilometres an hour all the way. | |
| B. | What about the __________? | |
| A. | Well, they __________ us about four times, but this chap just showed some identity card and they waved us on. | |
| B. | Was he someone __________, then? | |
| A. | I don't know, I didn't ask. I __________ he was some sort of high-ranking official. He didn't talk much, but we did get there very quickly. |
8.2
2. Look at these sentences from the anecdote in 1. It was when I was a student. I was hitch-hiking in Europe.
Make similar sentences using the prompts below. There are several alternatives. Then listen and compare your answers.
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88.5KB | A. while / live / Italy |
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73.6KB | B. before / start / work / here |
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66.4KB | C. after / leave / university |
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66.4KB | D. when / work / ICL |
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68.9KB | E. before / get / married |
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65.1KB | F. just after / children / born |
| I was... | ||
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69.1KB | G. look / job |
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66.4KB | H. do / Masters / the States |
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66.4KB | I. study / at Cambridge |
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66.4KB | J. work / small company / north |
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71.9KB | K. travel / Asia |
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82.6KB | L. stay / Continental Hotel / Prague |
8.3
3. The speaker ends the anecdote in 1 with a comment:
He didn’t talk much, but we did get there very quickly.
… we did get there very quickly is similar to we certainly got there very quickly.
Did adds emphasis to the verb get.
Did is stressed when you speak.
Make similar comments using the following prompts, then listen and compare your answers.
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| A. | we / have a good time / cost a fortune | |
| B. | he / get the job / have to marry the boss' daughter | |
| C. | we / get there in the end / sit on a bus all day | |
| D. | I / get a good job / have to leave the country / find one | |
| E. | she / make a success / business / her husband / leave her | |
| F. | he / sell more than anyone else / have a heart attack |
Unit 15: Time
15.1 1. Listen to the talk and number the speaker's slides in the correct order.
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