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Ten Days in Manchester
An interactive intermediate business English course featuring Tony Marshall and May Hunter
 
Days:
 
Day 5
 Audio

It's Tony's fifth day in Manchester. Today, he's not at the conference because he has to visit Anita Handley. He decides to walk to her office, but he doesn't have a map.

Find out about his day by listening to the first part of his diary. Afterwards, answer the questions and then read the transcript.

Audio listen to the first part of Tony's audio diary

Transcript read the first part of Tony's audio diary

 

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Questions - part 1
1. What does Anita do?
Anita Handley a) She is May's colleague
b) Anita is Tony's boss
c) She is a manager of a travel company in Portland Street
d) She is a manager of a travel company in Princess Street
 
2. What did May do during the morning?
a) She went to set up an agreement with Anita
b) She stayed at the exhibition
c) She went to meet her boyfriend
d) She took a walk down Princess Street
 
3. Why did Tony go to see Anita's company?
a) They want Anita's company to help with their marketing in Britain
b) They want Anita's company to buy holidays in South America
c) He is interested in joining Anita's company
d) He was invited to have lunch with Anita
 
Tony's off out into the sunny streets of Manchester - without a map! How will he manage? Find out by listening to the second part of his diary and then answer the questions below

Audio listen to the second part of Tony's audio diary
Transcript read the second part of Tony's audio diary

 
Questions - part 2
4. What did the woman in Princess Street tell Tony?
a) To turn right into Portland Street
b) It was going to rain later
c) To turn left into Portland Street
d) To turn left into Princess Street
 
5. How long did Tony spend discussing business?
a) Two hours exactly
b) All through the morning
c) Just a few minutes
d) More than two hours
 
6. What did Tony and May do in the evening?
Tony and May a) They went to a nightclub
b) They went to the theatre
c) They visited Anita
d) They had tea at Piccadilly Gardens
 
It looks like Anita is just the partner for 'Comfort Tours'. And Tony was able to show May some of his dance moves - a good day all round. Now listen to the directions that Tony was given by visiting the Dialogue page

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