4 Now listen to them talking, ‘Were your ideas correct? 5. Answer the questions about Per and Debbie, and Vincent and Rosa. } 1 When did they meet? 2 Why does Debbie like to chat on the Internet? 3. Where was Vincent's letter? What did it say? 4. Why couldn't Rosa read the letter? Do both couples have children? 6 Who says these sentences? Write B,D, VR in the boxes, | a CJ I'mreally quite shy. OI veas very shy. b CJ find it difficult to talleto people face to face. C1 Iflew to America and we set face to face. ¢ C1 [stood on something. i Istood there with some flowers. 4 O We chatted on the Internet for a year. C1 We wrote every week for six months Speaking 6 Imagine you are one of the people. ‘Tell the story of how you met your husband/wife. 7 Look at the questions. Tell a partner about you and your family. 1 Are you married or do you have a girlfriend/boyfriend? How did you meet? 2. When did your parents or grandparents meet? Where? How? EVERYDAY ENGLISH What's the date? 1 Write the correct word next to the numbers. fourth twelfth shth twentieth second thirtieth thirteenth hirty-irst fifth seventeenth tenth sixteenth first third twenty-first Ist th 17h and ___ oth 20th 3rd ath 2st 4h th 30th Sth téth Bist Listen and practise saying the ordinals. 2 Ask and answer questions with a partner about the months of the year. ‘Which isthe frst month? ) Ge) We write: 3/4/1999 or 3 April 1999 Wesay: ‘The third of April, nineteen ninety-nine? ‘Apri the third, nineteen ninety-nine! Notice how we say these years: 1900 nineteen hundred 1905 nineteen oh five 2001 two thousand and one 3 Practise saying these dates: TApril, 2Match 17 September 19 November 23 June 29/1/16 19/12/83 3/10/99. 31/5/2000. 15/7/2004 Listen and check. 4 GEBD Listen and write the dates you hear. 5 Ask and answer the questions with your partner, ‘What's the date today? When did this school course start? When does it end? When's Christmas Day? ‘When's Valentine's Day? ‘When's Mother's Day this year? When's American Independence Day? What century is it now? What are the dates of public holidays in your country? When were you born? When's your birthday? Unit 8 + How long ago? 65