VIDEO SCRIPTS A2  STUDENT'S BOOK

T: Oh. I understand. How about having dinner and then going bowling
UNIT after your call? About seven?

3 P: Good idea. Can we try that new restaurant?

T: Sure. See you later.
E: Hey Penny, Marc and I want to go to a new restaurant after work tonight.
Would you like to come?
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P: Tonight? I’m sorry, I can’t. I have plans. Another day perhaps?
Page 28, exercises 2 and 3 E: That’s too bad. Well, if your plans change, let me know.
P: Sure. Thanks, Ethan! Hey, Ethan, wait a minute.
P = Penny, E = Ethan E: Yeah?
P: Oh, ten o’clock! Time to have a coffee. Something is wrong with my P: Um, do you have plans after dinner?
watch. It says five minutes past ten. But the clock on the wall says it’s E: Well, Marc and I want to go bowling.
seven minutes past ten. Well, this is annoying. What time is it? What? P: Wait! Taylor and I also want to go bowling. But I need to call my mum
This clock says it’s quarter past ten. So my watch is ten minutes slow. My first.
mum gave me this watch for my eighteenth birthday. It’s a bit old, but I E: Are you both free for dinner? Let’s go together.
love it. I don’t like thinking about home when I’m at work. Today is my E/P: There’s a new restaurant …
mum’s birthday. She wants me to video chat with her tonight during her E: You see, I’m really good at bowling.
party. I love chatting on video with my mum and dad, my brothers and P: Great. You and I can be a team! So, can we go at seven o’clock?
my grandparents. The time difference is difficult. Sometimes my parents E: Sure. Why not? I can text Marc right now. There’s no time like the present.
forget that London is five hours ahead of New York. Hmm, is that clock P: Um, what time is it, really?
right? Now it says twenty past ten. Ethan wants to read tomorrow’s E: What does your watch say?
script at about ten minutes to eleven. P: Oh, no! It’s still half past ten!
E: Penny? What time is it? E: See? Time stops for you, Penny!
P: I don’t know.
E: What do you mean, you don't know? Look at your watch!
P: Well, it doesn’t work. It’s wrong. But I love wearing it because my mum
gave it to me. And today is my mum’s birthday and I can’t be with her.
E: Oh. I'm sorry, Penny. Are you OK?
P: I’m OK. Thanks, Ethan. So, by my watch, it’s twenty-five past ten, but I
think it’s really twenty-five to eleven.
E: Um, my phone says it’s 10:40. But I set it ten minutes ahead so I’m never
late, so that means it’s really half past ten.
P: Wait! What? Ugh! Let me look at my mobile. This says twenty-five to
eleven. Why are some clocks right and others wrong?
E: I don’t know. Maybe time stops for you! Well, I’ll see you later.
P: It’s very strange. Now my watch says half past ten. And my mobile says
twenty-five minutes to eleven. It’s so confusing.

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Page 28 and 29, exercises 4 and 5

P = Penny, E = Ethan, M = Marc, T = Taylor

E: Hi, Marc! What’s up?
M: Hey, Ethan. Would you like to go bowling tonight? There are new
bowling lanes at City Center.
E: Bowling? Sure, I like bowling. What time is good for you?
M: Uh, let’s say bowling at 7:30?
E: Half past seven? Sure, that sounds great. Do you want to have dinner
first?
M: Yeah, I’d love to. I’m always ready for a good meal!
E: That’s because you’re always hungry.
M: OK. How about we meet at 5:30 in front of our building?
E: Cool. See you.
P: Hello?
T: Hey, Penny. This is your favorite roommate!
P: Hi, Taylor. You’re my only flatmate!
T: So, do you want to go bowling tonight?
P: Bowling? I don’t mind bowling, but I’m sorry, I can’t.
T: Oh, that’s too bad.
P: Um, well, I’d love to, really, but it’s my mum’s birthday. She wants me to
video chat, so I need to be home by six o’clock.

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