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C Thanks very much. Liam, this is my
sister, Amy.
L Hello, Amy. Nice to meet you.
AMY Nice to meet you too.
L Didn't we meet at Carol and
Matt's wedding?
C Yes, that's right, you did. You sat at the
same table, I think.
A Oh, yes, I remember. You're a lawyer,
aren't you?
L Yes, that's right.
A How do you two know each other?
L Carol and I work together.
A Oh, right.
C Well, I do most of the work, [start of
'9!.]g.> 1.2 11] Liam just sits at
his desk chatting to people on Facebook
all day.
L Hey! That's not true. Well, not all the
time anyway. [end 0£f)j.]g.>1.1
99] Oh, I'm sorry, there's an old
friend I need to say hello to. It's great to
see you again, Amy.
A And you. See you later.
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L Yes, see you.
C Shall we get some food?
ANSWERS 2 college 3 company 4 married
5 windsurfing 6 normally
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A MAN Where did you first meet your
husband, Helen?
HELEN We were standing at a bus stop and
he said hello.
B WOMAN How did you meet your
wife, Ray?
RAY We first met when she was renting a
room in my sister's flat.
C WOMAN Where did you meet your
wife, Colin?
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COLIN I was travelling back from China and
we met on the plane.
travelling back from China -+ I was / waz/
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travelling back from China -+ I was /waz/
travelling back from Chlna and we met on
the plane. I standing at a bus stop -+ We were
/wa/ standing at a bus stop-+ We were / wa/
standing at a bus stop and he said hello. I
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renting a ro·om in my sister's flat-+ when she
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was /waz/ renting a ro·om in my sister's flat
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a r6om in my sister's flat.
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ANSWERS 1 were waiting 2 was raining,
offered 3 were sitting, gave 4 got
5 saw 6 was talking, didn't say 7 was
waiting, stopped 8 offered, invited, was
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WOMAN How did you meet your wife, Ray?
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RAY We first met when she was /waz/ renting
a room in my sister's flat in Brighton.
W Was /waz/ it love at first sight?
R Yes, it was /woz/. Well, for me, anyway.
W So, what happened?
R Well, Claire wanted to improve her
English, so she was /waz/ working in the
shop at the museum for the summer. But
she said she wasn't practising her English
because most of the people who came to
the museum were /wa/ tourists. So I said,
"Look, I want to practise my French, so
let's meet for half an hour every day. We
can have fifteen minutes speaking French
and fifteen minutes speaking English."
W Right.
R So we had lunch in the park near the
museum every day and just talked to each
other in English and French.
W Did you ask her out?
R No, I was /waz/ too shy.
W So, what happened?
R Well, three weeks later her summer job
finished and it was /waz/ time for her
with her and while we were / wa/ waiting
to go back to Paris. I went to the airport
for her flight I gave her a present. It was
and I suddenly thought, what if I never
/waz/ an English dictionary. She laughed
see her again. I felt really sad.
W And was /waz/ she sad too?
R Yes, she was /woz/. She was /waz/ crying
when we said goodbye. Anyway, she gave
me her address and asked me to visit her
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sometime.
W So what did you do?
R Well, I went straight home, packed a bag,
got my passport and I took a train to
Paris.
W Not the same day!
R Yes, the same day. And her plane was
/ waz/ delayed so I got to Paris first. When
she arrived home, I was /waz/ waiting by
R Yes, I was /woz/. But I was /waz/ also
the door to her flat.
W Were / wa/ you nervous?
in love! And er ... a year later we got
married .
W Very romantic! Was /waz/ the wedding
in Paris?
R Yes, it was / woz/.
W And were /wa/ both your families there?
R Yes, they were / w3:/. It was a great day .
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In the nineteen seventies .the actor Anthon)'
Hopkins got a part in a film called The Girl
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from Petrovka. The film was based on a
bo•ok also called The Gtrl from Petrovka by
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Geo rge Feifer. H~kins wITTited to read
the boo k before filming started so he went
to London to buy a copy, but he co•uldn't
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find one in any of the bookshops he tried.
Whlle he was wai ting for his trai n home, he
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saw a oo on a seat near im - amazmg y,
it was a copy of The Girl from PetrJvka.
There was nobody sitting on the se•at,
so Hopkins picked it up and opened it.
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Inside the book there were lots of
handwritten notes. Hopkins to•ok the
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book home and read it. That was t e rst
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extra.ordinary coincidence connected to
the bo.ok, but later there was another.
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The film company didn't start making The
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Girl from Petrovka until two years later.
When they were filming in Vienna, Gl orge
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Feifer, the author of the book, came to
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visit the actors. He told H opkins that he
didn't have a copy of his bo.ok beca·use he
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lent his personal copy to a friend. Then the
friend lost it somewhere in London. Fei fer
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was very unhappy about this because the
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bo.ok had lots of his personal notes in it.
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After Feifer told Hopkins this story,
Hopkins smiled and handed him the bo.ok
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from the station in London. "Is this your
boo k?" he asked. Fei fer opened the bo•ok and
he was amazed to se·e his own handwritten
notes on the pages. It was the same bo•ok he
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lent his fnend two years earlier.
DAMON Hi, are you Jackie?
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JACKIE Yes. Hello, you must be Damon.
D Yes, nice to meet you.
J You too. I'm a bit nervous, actually.
D Yes, so am I. ... Would you like another
coffee?
J Yes, please. A cappuccino.
D Would you like anything to eat?
J Er, no, thanks. I'm not hungry.
D Nor am I. I'll go and get the coffees then.
J Thank you ...
D Here you are.
J Thank you.
D So, Jackie, what sort of things are you
interested in?
Well, I really Jove cooking.
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D So do I. What kind of things do you
J I cook a lot of Japanese food. I actually
cook?
went to Japan last year.
D What a coincidence! So did I. Where
did you go?
J I went to Kyoto.
D What was it like?
J It was incredible! The people are so polite
and friendly. And you, where did you go?
D I was in Tokyo. I had a great time. I didn't
want to come home.
J No, nor did I. But did you have problems
with the language?
D No, I can speak a bit of Japanese.
J Oh, I can't. I really want to learn, though.
D There are some good Japanese courses
online.
J I know, but I prefer classes because I like
going out and meeting people.
D Do you go out a Jot, then?
J Not really. I manage a restaurant so I
don't go out much in the week.
D Nor do I. I often work in the evenings too.
J You're a piano teacher, aren't you?