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Ten Days in Manchester
An interactive intermediate business English course featuring Tony Marshall and May Hunter
 
Days:
 
Day 7
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Tony and May have been in Manchester for six days. Today, the seventh day, is their day of rest. But what can they do with one day off?

To find out, listen to May's audio diary and then answer the questions. Afterwards, read the transcript.

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

Transcript read the first part of May's audio diary

 

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Good Day

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Questions - part 1
1. What happened yesterday?
Anita Handley a) They had a successful meeting with a British company
b) They found an agent to represent them in Britain
c) They had an unsuccessful meeting with a British company
d) They had a long meeting with an Irish company
 
2. What did they decide to do on their day off?
a) Buy a car and go out of the city
b) Rent a car and take a trip into the countryside
c) Take a taxi to the Lake District
d) Go by train to the Lake District
 
3. Where do Tony and May want to go?
a) The Lake District
b) The Peak District
c) London
d) The Peak Lake
 
A lovely trip out to the Lake District, but this is a bad day, so something must go wrong. Find out what by listening to the second part of May's diary. Afterwards, answer the questions and read the transcript.

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

 
Questions - part 2
4. What happened to the car they rented?
a) It went too fast
b) It crashed into a tree
c) It broke down and wouldn't start
d) It was very slow
 
5. How long did they have to wait for help?
a) For twenty minutes
b) Two hours
c) One and a half hours
d) For about one hour
 
6. Why did Tony and May get very wet?
Some keys a) Tony had problems finding the car keys
b) Tony had locked the car keys in the car
c) Tony and May fell in the lake
d) May could not find the car keys in her coat pocket
 
As expected, the lovely trip turned very bad and Tony was most to blame. Listen into the conversations between May, Tony and the car rental man by visiting the Dialogue page.

Dialogue Go to the Dialogue page


 
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