Page 84 Exercise 2a

StoryCorps’s aim is to give people a chance to record their stories in order to share and
preserve them.

Perhaps Gweneviere Mann decided to record her story in case she forgets it some time
in the future, due to her memory loss.

Page 84 Exercise 2b
1 the date ✓
2 her name
3 her phone number
4 whether she has had a meal or not ✓
5 what city she lives in ✓
6 how to get home from work
7 who her boyfriend is
8 who colleagues are ✓
9 how much time has passed ✓

Page 84 Exercise 2c
1 Ordinary people, people with memory loss, veterans, immigrants, etc.
2 She always has a card in her pocket with the date on it.
3 She might eat the same meal (e.g. lunch) more than once.
4 After she had a stroke after an operation.
5 She is afraid she will wake up at 80 and not remember the last 40 years of her
life.
6 Yes, they do.
7 San Francisco.
8 A colleague. The colleague was blonde but Gweneviere’s mother is dark.
9 Look at any of the distance signs along the way.

Page 85 Exercise 3b

1 would
2 lived
3 if; was
4 not to

Page 85 Exercise 3c
1 The doctors said: ‘Your condition will improve in a couple of years.’
2 After her stroke Gweneviere always used to say: ‘I live in San Francisco.’
3 She often used to ask Yasir: ‘Is that woman my mother?’
4 She told Yasir: ‘Don’t let me look at any of the distance signs along the way!’