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T You mean the house in Bishopston? Yes, I
think so. It's very similar to where we live
now, so all our furniture will fit in OK.
J And it's a bit less expensive than the
Redland house.
T OK, let's go back and see it again
tomorrow. Then we can decide.
J Right. I'll give the estate agent a ring.
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Have you got their number?
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other two places. I It was /w-az/ a lot
more spacious than /5-an/ I'd expected. I It's
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the same size as /-az/ our house. I The back
garden was /w-az/ far smaller than /5-an/
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I'd expected. I It was /w-az/ different from
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two. I It's as /-az/ small as /-az/ the one we've
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got now.
TIM Right, what's next?
JO .What about this old laptop?
T Actually, I'm going to give it to my
brother. He says it'll be fine for his kids to
use. He's picking it up tomorrow evening
after work.
J Yeah, OK.
T So that goes in ...
J ... the 'give away' pile, with the books.
T And what about that old printer?
J Oh, I think we should throw that out. It
doesn't work any more so we can't really
give it away.
T Right. So which pile?
J Put it next to that old TV and the videos.
T And what about these old letters? I don't
know why you've kept them. You'll never
read them again.
J Hmm ... Yes, you're probably right. OK,
I'll throw those away.
T Right.
J And what shall we do with all these old
photos?
T Oh, I'm in the middle of going through
those.
J But we never look at them any more.
T I know, but that's because they're not in
order or anything. I'm going to sort out
the rest of them at the weekend. Then we
can get rid of the ones we don't want.
J OK, so we're keeping these for now.
T Yes. So ... that pile.
J Yes, the one with the suitcase and the
lamp. And can we throw out your old
CDs?
T Sorry, I don't really want to get rid of
those.
J But you'll never listen to them again.
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You only listen to music on your MP3 JEAN Well er my most memorable birthday
player these days. was last year because I was ... um I was a
T Yeah, but I want to copy the CDs onto hundred years old! You see, my husband
the laptop. Then I can get rid of them. died um 13 years ago, but er you know
J Fine, put them in the 'keep' pile. You really life goes on, doesn't it? And it was ... um I
don't like throwing things away, do you? had a really lovely day. My two daughters
T That's not true. I'm definitely going to get organised a party for me and um I didn't
rid of this awful jumper. It's really ugly. have to do a thing. All my family were there,
J Er, that was a birthday present from my you see, including my four grandchildren
and my um seven great-grandchildren. There
mother.
T Oh, was it? Er, OK. I should probably weren't ... they didn't put 100 candles on the
cake, though, it wasn't big enough for that!
keep it, then .
J Not if you're not going to wear it. And er I got lots of lovely birthday cards,
T OK, I'll put it on the 'give away' pile. including um one from the Queen with a
We can take it to a charity shop. special birthday message inside, which was
J And what about your old tennis racket? wonderful.
You've got to throw that out. RUBY I'm er ... I'm a twin, you see, and so
T Actually, I'm going to give that to Julia every birthday is my sister Daisy's birthday
next door. She's going to start taking too. I never ... um I didn't enjoy birthdays
tennis lessons. very much when I was a kid because you
J You're joking! That old thing? It's twenty
know I always had to like share them with
years old! It's going to break the first time my sister. And we ... um we only had one
T Oh, it's fine for a nine-year-old. cake between the two of us! After we grew
she uses it.
up Daisy moved to Ireland so we like stopped
J Right, what's next? What about these
curtains?
missed her - I mean, it just wasn't the same.
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Anyway, last year it was our 3Qth so Daisy
and I had an old-fashioned birthday party at
1 I'm going to sort o·ut the living ro·om
• our parents' house, you know, with balloons
tomorrow. and er party games and um ice cream and
2 It's going to rc:in in a few minutes.
stuff. And it ... um it was the best birthday
3 I'll out away all the stllff we want to keep.
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dinner on Saturday.
STUART Well, I don't like ... er I hate
47 getting older, so I just sort of pretend that
ANSWERS 1 he'll use 2 I'll throw 3 He's it's a normal day. People send me ... um I
still get a lot of birthday cards, which is kind
coming 4 I'll put 5 I'm going to start
of annoying. But the best ... er my most
6 it'll look 7 we're meeting 8 I'll finish
memorable birthday must be my 4Qtb when
TIM Ok. See you later. Bye. my brother organised a surprise party for me.
JO Bye, darling. Right, now he's gone I can
I mean, it was nice of him, I suppose, but um
start doing this properly. Let's throw out
I wasn't very happy about it at the time. He
those smelly old trainers, for a start. And
had ... um he'd invited some of his friends
that broken tennis racket. Oh, and I'm
along, including um a woman called Patricia,
definitely keeping all my old love letters! who I thought was you know absolutely
gorgeous. Anyway, to cut a long story short,
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Patricia and I spent the whole evening talking
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ASHLEY My birthday's on um January 1 \
and um we started going out together soon
you know, New Year's Day. So it's ... I mean,
afterwards. So er birthdays can be good
it's always a bit strange because people kind
sometimes, I suppose!
of forget about my birthday. It's kind of like
- Happy New Year! - oh, and er by the way, 1
happy birthday, Ashley! The best ... er my KATHARINA Excuse me?
most memorable birthday was in 2000, you LISA Can I help you?
know, the beginning of the new millennium.
K Er, yes, I hope so.
We all ... er me and some friends went to L What do you need?
London to watch the fireworks by the river.
K Um, I'm sorry, I've forgotten what it's
Apparently there were like three million
called. It's a thing for making soup.
people there that evening! The atmosphere L Is this what you're looking for? A
was absolutely brilliant and it sort of felt as
saucepan?
if three million people had all come to my
birthday party!