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LISTENING: Going to a Cinema

A. Listen and read along. Listen to the conversation between two people. What are they talking
about?

Jack : Hi, Ismael. How are you?
Ismael : Hi, Jack. I'm OK but I’ve got loads of homework.
Jack : Me too, but would you like to come with us to the cinema tonight?
Ismael : Who's 'us'?
Jack : Me, Jamie, Nicola and Selina.
Ismael : OK, and what's the film?
Jack : We don't know. We can't decide. There's that new horror film, 'Light
and Dark'.
Ismael : No, no, no! I don't like horror films
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B. Listen for more. Listen to the recording and complete the dialogue based on the words in the
box.

sporting event big feast game potluck

American football super bowl party barbecue

Todd : Hey Katie. I'm having a party, _____ ____ ____ at my house on Sunday in a
couple of weeks. Would you like to come over?
Katie : Okay. But I have absolutely no idea what a Super Bowl is.
Todd : Well, you know, the Super Bowl is a big _________ and we have it once a
year. But it's okay if you don't know anything about _____________
because actually, the Super Bowl is kind of like our unofficial holiday.
Katie : Okay.
Todd : Yeah. So what happens is, is everybody comes over to somebody's house,
and you have a big party and you watch the game but nobody really
watches the game. There's lots of other stuff going on so it's should be
good.
Katie : Do you have like Super Bowl food that you eat?
Todd : Exactly. Exactly. So it's kind of like a __________. So we'll have, you know,
like hamburgers and stuff we'll _________. And we'll have lots of like chips
and dip and stuff like that. So you don't have to bring any food but
it's _________. So if you do want to bring something, yeah, I would
recommend it.

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