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Fred: That’s very nice! When?
Jack: I hope you can come next weekend.
Fred: Isn’t that when you are planning to move?
Jack: Er, yes. I thought you could drive your truck when you came to visit.
Fred: Ha, ha! Jack, if you want me to help you move, all you have to do is ask. I’d be happy to help.
Training 3
Fred: “I heard that Jack was moving. I was quite shocked, when I heard the news, because I am his best friend. But he had never told me that he was planning to move! So I went up to him and asked why he hadn’t told me about it. He said that moving was very busy work and he didn’t have time to do anything. He told me that he had meant to call me. To be honest, I don’t really believe him. But it doesn’t matter much, though. Moving in is very tiring work indeed. He invited me to his new house for the following weekend. But he had already told me the date when he was planning to move and it was the same weekend! When I told him that, he said I could drive my truck when I came to visit. I was a bit hurt that he asked me to help that way. I would agree to help him anyway if he wanted me to.”
1. What is Jack going to do? 2. Did he tell you about it? 3. What could be Jack’s reasons for not telling you about the moving? 4. Do you believe Jack? 5. Does it matter that Jack didn’t call you? 6. Which weekend did Jack choose to invite you to his new house? 7. Why did Jack invite you to visit him that weekend? 8. Why did you feel hurt?
Training 4
Jack: “I met Fred in the street yesterday. We used to be friends back in high school and he still thinks that I am his best friend. He asked me when I was going to move, and I said next week. The thing is I am tired of living in the city, the kids need more space, so we’re moving to the suburbs. I think living in the suburbs is much quieter and healthier. You can really feel at home there without all that city noise and rush. And the children can play safely in the garden or in the street. Fred seemed upset, because I hadn’t told him that we were moving. I didn’t know what to say, so I lied. I told him that I had meant to call him, but there was so much to do I didn’t have any time. Then I invited him to our new house. I thought if he drove his truck, he could even help me move. I hope he doesn’t think that I only invited him because I needed his help.”
1. Were you happy to meet Fred in the street? 2. When are you moving? 3. Why are you moving? 4. Where are you moving? 5. Is it an easy thing to move to the country? 6. Why was Fred upset? 7. How did you explain that you hadn’t called Fred? 8. Did you tell the truth? 9. Why did you lie? 10. Where did you invite Fred? 11. What was your real reason to do it?
5. DAILY ROUTINE
1.
Lucy: My father has the weirdest routine.
Alex: I bet my mother has a stranger daily routine.
Lucy: Oh yeah? What does she do every day?
Alex: Well, she sleeps until four in the afternoon. Then she drinks four cups of coffee and writes for four hours.
Lucy: Four must be her favourite number.
Alex: After that she spends an hour in the garden, and another four hours working. Then she does whatever she wants for a while, then she goes to sleep.
Lucy: That’s strange, but my father is stranger. He wakes up at three in the morning and runs six miles. Then he makes himself breakfast and goes to his office. He’s a businessman. He stays there from six in the morning until eight at night.
Alex: That sounds terrible. Has he ever complained?
Lucy: No, I think he likes it.
Alex: I know my mum loves her routine because it is uniquely hers.
Training 1
Lucy: “My father used to have the weirdest daily routine. He used to work for sixteen hours a day, seven days a week. He used to have a four-hour night sleep. He used to go to bed late and get up very early. That was the hardest period in his life – his firm almost went out of business during the recession but he managed to save it. He would get up at three in the morning. He would run six miles. Then he would take a shower and make himself breakfast. He would go to his office at six. He would work there non-stop until eight at night. At home he would have dinner and work for another two hours. He would watch the latest news on TV at eleven o’clock and crash out. My father still works hard but not as hard as he used to.”
1. What kind of daily routine did your father use to have? 2. How many hours a day did he use to work? 3. How many hours a day did he use to sleep? 4. When did he use to go to bed? 5. When did he use to get up? 6. Why did he have to work so hard? 7. What would he do in the morning? 8. What would he do during the day? 9. What would he do in the evening?
Training 2
Alex: “My mother used to have a very strange daily routine. She used to go to bed in the morning. She used to get up late in the afternoon. She used to work eight hours and she used to sleep twelve hours a day. She used to write four detective novels a year. She would get up at four in the afternoon. She would drink four cups of coffee and she would write for four hours. Then she would spend an hour in the garden and after that she would write for another four hours. She would do whatever she wanted for a while and would go to bed at four in the morning. My mother loved her daily routine because it was uniquely hers. Her daily routine is different these days. She still writes detective novels but not as many as she used to.”
1. When did your mother use to go to bed? 2. When did she use to get up? 3. How many hours did she use to work? 4. How many hours did she use to sleep? 5. How many detective novels did she use to write? 6. When would she get up? 7. How many cups of coffee would she drink? 8. How long would she write? 9. Why did she like her daily routine?
DAILY ROUTINE
2
Greg: Telephone! The telephone is ringing! Uncle James! Telephone!
James: I can hear it. I’m not deaf! I just don’t want to pick it up.
Greg: But why?
James: At this time of day I always listen to the football results. Every day at 3.30. I don’t want to change that! So please, let me listen to the radio.
Greg: What a strict timetable he has. He acts as if he has a full day while he’s sitting getting bored all day… Okay. The football’s finished. End of program! It’s time for a cup of tea, isn’t it?
James: Yes, that’s right. I’m sorry, I’m an old man. If I don’t keep living in my regular old way, my days will just slip away. So I have to be careful.
Greg: I understand. It just seems so strange to me. Today young people live in such a different way, not planning too seriously, and if we have to change our plans, it doesn’t really matter.
James: I’m sure your life is happier, because your plans are achieved more easily, so you‘re more easily satisfied.
Greg: Maybe. Well, I’m sorry, Uncle James, but I have to go now. I have a meeting with my old schoolfriend, Roland, and I can‘t turn up late. You know, we’ve been meeting at the same time for 10 years. So it can’t be changed so easily, can it?
Training 3
James: “I am not young any longer, you know. So, since I retired I have had to keep my life busy not to get bored. I have my own old ways how to live my life and I don’t want any young know-alls to teach me. So if I don’t answer the phone while I am listening to the football results that’s the way it should be! I have been listening to the football news at this time of day for 20 years and it’s too late to change my daily routine. Besides, if I don’t keep living in my regular old way, my days will just slip away. Of course, my nephew Greg is too young to understand it. He thinks I am going mad. But if there is anything driving me mad it is the way the young change their plans and forget their promises!”