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10 LANGUAGE SUMMARY Ellips 1 Reduced relative clauses Wbisrise 5 page 180 Exercise “Ellipsis means leaving out one or more words when they are obvious from the context: In informal speech, it is common to miss out the beginnings of certain phrases when itis clear who or what is being referred to. This often happens with: + imperative be. (Be) careful (Be) quiet! + pronouns. () don’t think so. (/) don’t know. + pronouns + be. (t's) nice to meet you. (V'm) sony. + pronouns + be + articles (It'sa) nice day. (I's) pity. _(It’sa) good thing you were here to help. + auxiliary verbs + pronouns. (Have you) got the time? (Areyou) coming? (Have you) finished? Words are often missed out after an auxiliary verb to avoid repetition ifyou're not prepared to lend me the mo sure Jeffrey i (prepared to lend me the money). Ifa verb is followed by an infinitive with to, we include the to but omit the verb. then!'m There's no need to stay if you don’t want to (stay) I If something has already been mentioned earlier in the conversation, then itis often missed out: 1 Would you like a glass of juice?’ Ves, please ‘Apple juice or orange juice?" ‘Orange juice, please. In more formal speech and writing, we often miss out words in relative clauses. ‘The relative pronoun and verb be can be omitted. Students (who are) taking the exam need to register before the 12th May The songs (which were) written by Clyde tend to have ore frequent chord changes. Note that where the main verb is an -ing form, this an active form. When the verb is a past participle, this is a passive form. ‘An -ing form can sometimes be used with state verbs in the active voice: Please ret .quipment which-belongs to the. A urn all equipment belonging to the club. If the relative clause contains an adjective, then in a reduced relative clause the adjective moves back to attributive position: Employees who are experienced do not need train Employees experiencedde not need training. X Experienced employees do not need training. 7 ub, Substitution is when a single word is used to replace word or phrase, often to avoid repetition. + One is used to substitute a single, countable noun. I'd love to have a dog, but Mum won't let me have one. + Ones is used to substitute plural, countable nouns. Which shoes look better, the brown ones or the black Somes used to substitute uncountable nouns. Thisice cream is gorgeous! Would you like some? + Dofdoes substitutes a verb + object. | don’tlike football, but my wife does. Ihave to get up really early tomorrow.’ don’t! + Sosubstitutes a clause. ‘Does this bus go to the station?" think so. NOT 4.thinkthis bus goesto-thestation + SojNeitherINor + auxiliary + subject substitutes a whole clause. ‘We're going to Spain for our holidays.'‘So are we! holiday this year.""Neither/Nor am |.” tnetcie 3 pag Personal pronouns Ifa pronoun is used in isolation, we always use the ‘object pronoun form. Who would lke to start?""Me!' NOT! Similarly, in modern English we use object pronouns as the complement of a phrase. Who left the door open?’"it was me." NOT Kewas4- + When the sex of a person is not clear or unimportant, we can use: either he/she or his/her depending on the likelihood of the person being male or female One of the teacher's main responsibilities isto make sure her students are learning, the plural pronoun they or them, There's someone waiting to see you.’‘What do they want? Can you ask them to wait for a moment?” You is often used to mean’people in general. You never know what you're going to find. + The pronoun one is used in more formal contexts with the meaning of ‘people in general’. ‘Asone walks through the city, one is constantly reminded ofits turbulent history If the speaker is not stated, they is used. They re building a new sports centre opposite the station, + Itand there can be used as the subject of a sentence, There are plenty of reasons why Who's that?"‘It's Maria,’ NOT lam/She's Maria Itcan also be used to refer to'the situation’. lear that I'm nat interested, ready made it quite C2 Jn, ack 2. Reciprocal pronouns ‘We use reciprocal pronouns (each other, one another) when an action involves two or more people or things doing the same thing to each other. The important thing isto try to understand each other. Some verbs take a preposition (with orto. ‘My two cousins haven't spoken to each other for ye ‘One another is alittle more formal and old-fashioned. ‘Do you promise to love one another for ever? 3. Reflexive pronouns Wbiercise 5 page 157" Reflexive pronouns emphasise that a person is doing the action to him/herself, not to another person or thing, Here are some extra towels for you to dry yourself. We can also use reflexive pronouns to emphasise who ‘the pronoun refers to. 4 this/that, etc. ‘When we refer forward to something we are going to say, or something that is going to happen we use this. thate to tell you this, but. ‘When we refer back to something we sald, or something that has already happened we use that. Sorry about that. lt won't happen again. (On the telephone in British English, the speaker uses this to refer to him/herself; we refer to the other person as that. Hello, this is Alan here. Is that you, Richard? 5 Referring to other parts of a written text In written texts, pronouns are often usec things in the text mentioned previously, later and outside the text. Pronouns are often used to refer to things previous ‘mentioned in the text, in order to avoid repetition This is called anaphoric reference. misunderstood. ia took her phone off the table and smashed it into pieces In the example above, could refer to the phone for the table. In this case we would avoid using 2 pronoun in order to make the meaning clear. Pronouns can also refer to things mentioned later in the text Tis is known as cataphoric reference. This is often used as aliteray device, to encourage the reader to continue reading the text. When she got home, Ca fellasleep 149 ELLIPSIS AND SUBSTITUTION Al | O GRAMMAR PRACTICE Match sentences 1-8 to responses a-h. Then cross out ‘words/phrases that can be left out. You need to tidy your room. Here you are, sir, two bottles of water. Its tipping it down* outside twas lovely to see Sally again, wasnt it? Have you sent Judy the templates yet? Excuse me, is Briggs Street near here? Could you give me a lift? How many times have | told you not to leave the back door open? 2 No,|'m just going to send Judy the templates. Yeah, it's a good thing | brought an umbrella, ¢_ No, we only ordered one bottle of water. d_ have no idea, I'm sorry. fe I'msorry,| don't drive. already have tidied my room. | didn't leave the back door open, it was Shelly. Yeah, it's a pity she couldn't stay longer. stoping down» ing bey 2 Rewrite the sentences using a reduced relative clause. 1. They watched the street performers who were dancing energetically at the traffic lights 2 The woman who was found guilty of the murder was sentenced to life imprisonment. 3. Ofall the films that were directed by Shane Meadows, this is my favourite. 4 Despite jumping off the train which was moving, the stunt man was uninjured. 5 Allnew members receive a welcome pack which contains a badge and a handbook 6 Do you see that woman who is wearing the black dress? That's Paula. 7 Dogs that are small don't need so much space to run around in. 8 The information which was sent out in the email was wrong. 9 ve never heard of the woman who is giving the talk today. 3. Replace any repetitive words/phrases in the conversations with the words in the box. so(x3) do did(x2) does one ones nor 1. A: My friend Mark works in the same building as you. B: | know he works in the same building as me—1 met him in the lift the other day. 2A: I'l probably go to the supermarket. IF you go to the supermarket, could you buy milk? 3. A: That man who just went by was the lead singer of The Octagons. B: | thought he was the lead singer from The ‘Octagons ~his face looked familiar. 4 A: We didn't understand a word of what he said. B: | didn't understand a word, Nobody told me he only speaks Russian. 5. A: We saw that new comedy at the cinema. B: Really? We saw that new comedy at the cinema ‘on Sunday! Where were you sitting? Great. | didn’t expect them to provide me with lunch, but they provided me with lunch B: And what was on the menu? 7 As Do these shoes look OK?" B:_| think the blue shoes would look better with those jeans, Was it this necklace you wanted to look at? 3: No, it was the necklace with the diamonds. hope Daniel passes his driving test this time. B: I hope Daniel passes his driving test this time, too. 4. Rewrite the sentences, making any changes necessary to make them true for the place where you live. 11 You're always bumping into people you know. 2. Ifsomeone new moves in, the neighbours make an effort to get to know them, 3. There has been a big increase in crime. People are finding it difficult to get work at the moment, It’s quite easy to find your way around. You can always find somewhere interesting to go out. They've pulled down a lot of old buildings recently. There are quite a lot of people living on the streets. Put the words in the correct order. Then think of a context for each. 1. for / stick / need / up / more / yourself / you / to 2 at / just / other / looked / they / each 3. to/to/ trying / other /nice / we're / be / each 4 any/we/ each / more / don't / other / love 5. the/ ones /1/ black / myself / prefer 6 really / by / you /it / do / did / yourself / ? 7 herself / happened / what / blames / she / for 8 together / on / pull / come / yourself Complete the sentences with this or that 1. I shouldn't have said 1'm really sorry. 2 Hiis Carla? is Yasmin 3. You might not agree with ___, but | think we need to trust Kevin a bit more. 4. Good afternoon, is New Telecom and we'd like to offer you savings on your phone bill. 5 You're not going to believe but we won! 6 I can't believe Marta said ___to the teacher! How rude! Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences. 1. You don't have to go if you don't. 2 Someone wants to speak to you. It said it's important. 3 I'mglad you said you don't trust her. So don’t I! 4 Itwasn't me who ate the last biscuit, Dad — it was she! 5. If you've never seen him perform live, then I'd recommend seeing The Greentones. 6 We make our own cheese here at Gopledown farm. Would you like to try ones? 7. Sue and Fiona haven't spoken to each another for years. 8 ‘Are Keith and Val going to give us a lift?’ I think do." 9 Did you do this all by himself? What a good boy! 10. I'm Pete. Nice meet you. 8 What do the pronouns in bold in the text refer to? The legend of Prambanan temple Ifyou've never seen lit, then Candi Prambanan (Prambanan Temple) is well worth a visit. 2It stands on a site about 2) km east of the Javanese city of Yogyakarta and is one of the largest Hindu temples in south-east Asia. Historians have several theories about when it was built, but none of them are as interesting as the legend of the slender virgin. Legend hhas it that after “her father was killed in battle, Princess Rara Jongerang was required to marry Prince Bandung, who had won the battle and killed her father. “She reluctantly agreed, but only if She built a temple with 1,000 statues before dawn. Prince Bandung asked the spitits for help and when *they had built 999 statues, the princess lit a huge fire to the east of the site. Because *they thought it was the sun rising, the spirits flew away and the prince failed to build all 1,000 statues, ‘The prince was furious and turned *her into stone in revenge, and she became the last of the statues — some say the most beautiful of Searvausuns YaPROLOPadLerae ti ee Find out first View ‘la Work in pairs. Look at the list of ways in which 3 © Watch the video about how insurance people sometimes make fraudulent insurance companies detect fraudulent claims then answer dims, Can you add any ideas? the questions below. * Sell a car for scrap and claim it was stolen. + Exaggerate the value of household items on a home insurance claim, + Following a burglary, claim for items that were not actually stolen, + Falsely claim for unnecessary riedical treatment following a minor accident 1. How does the software communicate with the phone operator? 2 What is Steve Hayes’ job now and who did he work for previously? 3. What does the man on the phone do in the end? + Set fire to the offices of a failing business in 4, Watch again and answer the questions. Oceana 1. What do HR and SNS stand for? 2 What methods were used to assess claims before b_ Work in pairs. Why do you think insurance this software? companies want to prevent this kind of fraud? 3. What isthe person on the phone trying to claim for? 2a Work in pairs. Do you know or can you guess the 4 How does Steve try to catch him out? answers to these questions? 5 Work in pairs. How do you think ie-detector 1 How do insurance companies try to prevent echidna bt Rue? people making fraudulent insurance claims? 2 How do they detect the small percentage of fraudulent claims amongst the majority of genuine ones? b Go online and check your answers or ask your teacher. Search: detecting insurance fraud / suspicious insurance claims / preventing insurance fraud oi © FIND ouTMorE 8 Choose one of the crime-prevention methods from the search boxand find out more about it. Prepare a short informative presentation for your class. Cover the following points ‘where appropriate. + what itis * how it works + benefits / examples + what critics say Search: CCTV / suneillance society / facial-tecognition so‘tware / predictive policing / DNA evidence / technology and crime-prevention World view 6a_© Watch six people discussing whether or not technology will make crime easier or more difficult in the future. Match the people in the box to the ideas below. Present your research 9 Give your presentation to the class. Use the prompts below to help you. Eben Heather Imogen Keith Jurgen Ciara + Most of you will have heard of a? Social networking makes it easier for criminals to + Some of you may not have heard of get together. * But / So what exectly is it? Basically it’s. 2. The pace of technological advance makes the * So how widespread is its use? Wel, prospects of crime very worrying, * And what are the benefits of using this 3 The internet makes new types of crime easier, technology? ore however technology should make it easier for the * Critics often argue that police to trace criminals 4 The internet is such a great unknown that itis hard to predict how it will turn out. 5 Certain traditional crimes may become more difficult for criminals to get away with. 6 Criminals themselves are stil finding out what is and is not possible. 7 Everyday entertainment devices make it possible to track where you are. 8 In order to prevent cyber crime we are in danger of losing personal rights and freedoms. * My own feeling is that this technology Tip Write important words, quotes, facts, etc.,on cue cards which you can use to help you remember what ‘you want to say. But dont read from the cards and always look at your audience. Cee eee ue eee) Peterlee ‘Compare answers in pairs and then watch again to check What other points and examples do the speakers mention? Use ellipsis and substitution to sound natural perros Discuss. Do you think technology will make crime easier or more difficult? Are you worried about cyber crime in the future? Pee Eee ants Cee Ae ee ec about crime and technology 10 VOCABULARY PRACTICE ts to ery easy idn't Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences. 11 Since there were no witnesses, the attacker got away withit / passed it off. 2. Michiko's behaving very badly. t's time you told her a few white lies / home truths. 3. Accusations of plagiarism / making an excuse severely damaged the professor's reputation. 4 Alot of newspapers are more concerned with telling fibs / spreading malicious gossip about celebrities than reporting the news. 5 Marco was devastated when he found out his wife had been cheating on him / testifying under oath. 6 There were only about 100 people there, not 1,000 - you're committing perjury / exaggerating, Match each of the descriptions (1-5) with two phrases {from the box. ‘committing forgery exaggerating plagiarism committing perjury tellingafib telling tales embellishing the facts telling a white lie telling a few home truths _ testifying under oath 1 They involve copying someone's work or ideas. They happen in court. 3. They involve making something sound more important than its. 4. They are things children do. 5. They are both told for good reasons. 3. Add well in the correct place in responses a-f. Then ‘match them with sentences 1-6. \'m really sorry ! wasn't there yesterday. ‘What's the matter? You look aul! {'m afraid this level of service just isn’t acceptable. How was your presentation this morning? ‘What's Greg like to work with? ‘What time did you get home lastnight? ‘2 [really don't feel. | think it was something | ate. It went, fortunately, and the boss looked pleased. He's great. As as being clever, he’s a really nice guy. 4. You could have called to say you weren't coming! fe I'mnot sure, but it was after midnight. £ Said! It’s about time someone complained. Goad mo eeerireer et et ona eect eee ae Se ee Pe eu eee Se ee eee re ene eae er ener “ ee ee eee to protect sb’ identity to make sure no Coe eae en a ee eee een Ao Sa eae to reconcile (two things) [7] to find a way in which two ideas. situations or facts can both be true or acceptable: The possibilty undercover working secretly it order to catch criminals or find While workingas an undercover detective, he Ds 4. Complete the sentences with words/phrases from the box above in the correct form. 1 {can confirm that we now have a reliable source on the other side who is_us with accurate 2 When the real thief was arrested, the police the ___against Phil immeciately 3. The plans have met with strong opposition from environmental 4 Let's sit down and tak about thi find a way to_our differences. 5. The terrorist was finelly caught after agents managed to successfully __ the group. 6 Even though I've___ my ___overturned today, the court's original decision has ruined my life. . I'm sure we can ina safe m your ntemet re es and backed dere it al what vet mmed it Fe Thats OK CGeLuey, press Clea’ anything happening? Nothing It's dead as a dodo! {G:Hold down Clear’ and press "Deets 8 proces of tral and ‘or sometimes E Stilothing {G:0, tum tf and tur ton again That's better, {GeYoul have to scan everything again OK Sorry, madam, coud Irascan the items in your bag? F. Sure Here you ae. UNIT 10 RECORDING 1 “Tiss the te story ofan undercover polis oficer who felin ove with the peopl he was supposed tobe spying on. Names and some details have been changed to protect the ideatity of those volved. Jon K grew upon the outskirts of Leeds. The son of a wel-respected transport police officer he follwed his fathers example and joined the police force at the age of 27.Youll never be ich his ater tla hi bt Soul be proud of what you've done” Jon quickly impressed his superior Cficers and he began working as an undercover office helping to arest rug dealers. He got mare and had to chien, but his taste for ‘vente meant that he was an unconventional father. Heals loved {oing to punk ock concerts and he was an expert climber, which meant that be was fequenty avayon climbing trips ll ver Europe. Because he ‘as good at hisjob Jon was asked to join anew police unit part of whase ole was to spy on envconmental groups. He was given tralrng and anew “dent, He gre his har lon, go is ears pierced and had several tattoos ‘done He eared tobe vegan and when he was ready started to infiltrate ‘the activists was’ easy to be accepted at ist, but Jon's experience as a cimber proved very useful as the group frequently climbed towers and tall bugs in order to hang protest banners Sow the other protestors ‘ame to knw and tus Jon They nicknamed him Johnny Cash’ becuse tne many of ther, Jon alays Seemed to have as much money ashe eded For his par Jon was sympathetic tothe environmental movement. find what it was trying to achiev. Many of ts members were people mich like him and he justi his job by tellng himself that he wasn't harming the protestors by spyngon ther: quite the opposite infact. By providing the police wth ntligenceon thet actives he was helping to protect ‘ham Heel that ifthe police knew what te activists vere planing they ld make sure no one got hurt It wasnt long, however, before Jon began to question this view and wonder which side ws right. UNIT 10 RECORDING 2 in dinburgh in 2004, Jon joined thousands of ther activists a a protest. “protect his identity, acl police were nt tod that an undercover agent vas present. As the protestors pushed forward, Jon, who was a the front ‘ound himself under attack He was hit bya pobce baton, One of his fellow protestors jumped in to protect him and was lo hit Battered and bruised, Jon teft the protest ina state of confusion. The intelignce he wes providing ‘wes supposed to prevent violence happening, but instead, he had been ‘tacked by his poice colleagues and protected by the people he was spying fon it wasnt easy to understand. Iwas alo becoming increasingly dict for jon to econ histo ves Every few weeks he tured home to see his wife and children, but he was a diferent man from the one his wife had known. He grew vegetables the garden refused to eat meat and, eventually he and his wife Became tstranged They stayed together forthe children but thelr marriage was tectively over Around thistime, Jon ofl in love witha women nthe ‘movement They became inseparable and spent as much ime together 2 posible Being in love, Jon found i iu oie to her about his true identity. Despite this he career vas going well and his senor officers were pleased withthe intellgence he was ging ther. The ia tran however, fame in 2009, when jn was asked to secretly record = group who were ‘planning to shut dow anol fiery. Jon was tor because many ofthe protestors were is fends and he knew that his evidence might send some bf them to jai Reluctantly. he agreed, On the day thatthe activists planned to shut down the refinery the plce Bust nt the hall where the group were staying and arrested everyone ovr 100 people They eventually Charged jure 19 of them and, tos amazement, Jon was one of them, When the ashe his senor fcr why he was being charged they sid that ‘wes out other hands, Jn begon to suspect he was being setup, He new that he couldnt go t court and be chorged Because his deity was ase ‘nde did ely exist he would be found out He also knew that he pice éopped the charges agaist his frend inthe movernen would recom sispiius Fo the fist time, jana no idea what he should do UNIT 10 RECORDING 3 ‘ne week before on was due to goto court al charges aginst him were dropped. He had hoped that the chargesagsnstthe other 18 woul also be eropped but this didnt happen and Jon was now under suspicion ‘tem bth sides. The poice word that ne was too deeply involved with ‘the activists and the activists worried that he was linked wath the poli. Everything quickly fell apart for Jon. He was told by his superior officers that is mission wes ending and that he ha to get out as soon a he could ‘When he asked whats next job wouldbe, he was told that there was ro werk fori nthe police force. Having spent many years undercover, the had no relevant sls forthe modern workplace and he was no longer ‘uusted by his flow officers. jn resigns His father's words, that he would be proud of what he had done seemed tng hollow nis ears Eventual, he cided that he had no option but toretur to his fe as an eco-activist However his gitind fund his paspor in his real name and the rath about his identity quickly came cut. Se vas heartbroken and his frends in ‘the protest movement tured aginst hn. With l is ridges burned and ‘th ne one to help i, he fled to Canada and contemplated ending ill. ‘One day however an ld frend from the protest movement gotin touch tndoffered him a chance for redemption. He asked Jn if he would return te the UK and help defend sic of those who had been arrested trying to ‘close down the ol rsinery on sad yes nd as a result of his help, charges gains these wee dropped and te cawictons of 1S other activists were ‘verturned. The faut from the ase rade headlines around the wor The fovernment ordered an independant ingly int the spying operation end Jon's exitiend sued the palce forthe distress the had caused hero slloving and encouraging one of ther fiers to form a relationship wth her Som after, Jon himalf decided to sue the police for fang to protect fim from fling is love with the people he was sent to spy on. UNIT 10 RECORDING 5 'A. AcRght s01'm gong to start with ils and abies thet have And {you may not know this about me but Lam a qualified nal technician. 501 can put on fale nals and ca also do manicures and pesicures and all ofthat. Thats my stone. And my second ones that sm an “ecomplshed baker ~ ve won pzs for my cakes | do cupcakes, | do fllsort of baking thats my second one. ‘and my third one f that m an extremely fast touch type and learnt at schoo and kept it up, for seretrial work ‘And my nest sil and ably tha: have ican make jewelry —1 rnoke alt of my own jewelery and can string beads onto necklaces tnd 3007, ‘And um alo learn accountancy and book-keeping and passed anexam inthat. And -how mary Rave | done? One, two three." five And my final kl and ably that have i can train dogs an The trained quite a fw not jst my oon. but frends. ‘Um. there you go thats that’ ally sis Which anes ae les? 8: Oh my goodoess, um {You can hve some questions. Bight, so, withthe book-keeping, what exam did you say you took for that? ‘Alsat a GCSE in accounts. Bee, OK 1: Of, Hat question two. (C-Um, these dogs, what were you actually taining them to do? ‘A They can well can teach themt9 st, walk, heel and they can fetch ‘and hey can le down, And if theyre ie, reeves theyre very. vey God at tu ke that, 0 'm vey good a retievers. That's your specialty 2: Specifically might, Bt can justak you, if you wer going to stand do my nals what would you, what would be the est thing that you would do? Ac Right wel it would dependif you wanted false ais or you wantes ipsta manicure 8: No quite Uke somecan you do acrylic? | Audio script 2: Yeah, cantando bre glass. 1 Oh fibre glass. 1: Yeah, so weld start by buffing the malls 2 Yes.ight ‘A: That would be the fist thing do Bean 2: And then you use resin whichis tke a gle & Mm (So, you say you're an accomplished baker. Yeah. And id you train for this andif so, which college di you go to? 8 ‘A: Wel tut id train fort formal but my mother was 2 supreme Baker and she wen lads of competitions, so she trained rmeup, Cisee ‘A: For about a year. OK. thats four questions ~ you've ony got one «question lef Who is gong to ask me something? GI was wondering about the touch typing what, do you know how many words you do pr minute? (Forty-five words pr minute? 1: Yeah that’ your lot Any ideas? (C:So what do you think. guys? ‘eM trey she was pretty convincing about ral after Sarah, ‘wast she? (C:And also convincing about the ub typing Deveah, G There was no hesitation. ‘Dz Na‘ With dogs was less convinced alittle wishy-washy What do you think? 1: agree with that and thought the, um, the making jewelry was slightly wishy-mashy D:Yeah, {€:Do you think? D And the baking She's fr to thin to be an accomplished bakes ‘GU, nos we ecko dogs is ely, do we think tha? ‘A: Are you going fr that? : Um. dont now. 1 hinkso.n0? Jewelry then? Bid. Id uy the jewelery. dit buy the jewellery, so thats GOK jewellery That sit. = De Jewellery was one thing The dogs, was, wasnt convinced that she's she's a dog trainer. B: | ould sy bookkeeping ce Maybe : What andthe ther ie? Um. ‘C.K every dogs and book-keeping Yeah happy to go with he. 5: Um ‘0K, shal tll you how many you've got ight? Bum. uhhh B: Yeoh You got right, DeAha Not bad. Oh what ae they? ‘A: There's tila le chee. So I didn tan dogs. dont know how to do that at all Ard dont make jewelry. B:N,0K 50. {Bt Id take a GCSE in acounting 1: No, i's the nals then No, the nals she was. Ne, DEN, she she no [A/No, ost takes move than an hour to do that. Di oes it? 8: Unhuh, DOK, con, 1D; Sounded prety comincing to me ‘Ive oly go one et, go for one. What were the ater tings? ‘A: Youve go baking, touch pital technician. DM. ‘Gd go forrai ifyouthnkt’..you know mor than me, : She sounded pretty convincing to me, but if you're sure. ‘Asis that what you'e gong fr? am atralned nal technician, but ‘havent won awards for Baking cakes or anything. Boh. Desh, you see? Yeah yeah. Aelddn tri, ‘8.0K, 501'm gona tell you what |i lst weekend Um my wife and | went up to Newcartle for, fora twenty furchour vss it was pretty, pretty quick, but we got onthe wan at about $ocack an, ‘Uihad a very good journey up there And, uh, we wet to stayin this hotel and, um, we gt chatting to the receptionist and she a it ‘was abit of que night so she upgraded ust the honeymoon suite, ‘which was frankly gorgeous. Um, we went outta, um have look a Tynemouth festa jst ‘outside Newcastle there’ thi atastie musical Festival going on, ‘Um, the bands were prety good, but ely, what ed most was ‘theice cream on sale they hed this ite authentic old-fashioned ice eam slr Um, the ice crams ware £1, which, fan, you ont se very often these days ‘Um, that evening we had a huge meal 2 ell lovely, lovely meal in _a restaurant Um, ad, uh, and then got the train hore the net ay ‘The trouble with the tain home was that typically there were delays, ‘there wer some, uh, ldo now. problems withthe signaling or something, nd we ended up having 2 Fourhour journey back to London, s0 abit of shame atthe en there. Any ideas? BOK 0. {I hough as gonna sete myzelt. 3 Yeah, well el see about that, 2:04. : 'B: Um, so what were your top three bands atthe music festival? 2 Un, wel belive tort there was band called Aswad uh, which _you may have uk, may remember ae quite od Un, the other band {realy thed were the um they were called The Caling belive, but they ea local loa band kindof a funk out — they they were pretty good. Um, ant really remember the other nas ofthe, the bands bt the, there were some very good ones. There was 8 kind of. asort of Crbbean-sounting band which which | ely ed, 1: Great, OK. Um what abou the name ofthe restaurant? 2: The name ofthe estaurant was called The Bhulish and it wasa sort cf. was very dark, very trendy, but umm, people are ther teling tus that, that’s wher al the foobar oo eat, so we felt quite, um, quite posh, bu it was very. very nice meal 1: Of, um, and uh, how would you describe the, uh the bathroom nthe honeymoon suite? ‘A: Opulent um ther were sort of gold taps end it wasnt so much cof a bath—it was mre tke Jcuz twas uh twas absolutely gorgeous! I could very much ge used to that. 1: And, uh how long was your journey to Newcastle? ‘&-Up ther, we hours twenty minutes To comeback four hous 1: Ok,hmm.. Um, dont, ont lle you went ths musi esta, ‘A: Rumble Yeah that's, we wer actualy onthe ouside oft nly ad, ‘um, but someone, ys nays new I was, was stuck there when you asked me names ofthe bands Ok, yeah, ‘Good work, good work. 3: Yeah, and then um. dant blieve you were upgraded to that honeymoon ste, ‘Ah, again rubled- cai believe itt 8: Happened agin. Uh, an you mentioned that icecream just it

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