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Page 88 - Exercise 5

Listening - How did you like it?

Part A - Listen to people talk about books, movies and TV programs. Which ones do you think they would recommend?

1 - What do you think of Sue Grafton’s books?

• I love those mysteries. When I started to read, A is for alibi. I couldn’t put it down. I stayed up till 4 o’clock in the morning to finish it.

• Wow. Have you read any of the other books in the series?

• Oh yeah B is for burglar. C is for corpse. I’m already up to K is for killer. Using the alphabet to build a mystery series is such a clever idea. I can’t wait to read all 26 books. I wonder what Z will be.

2 - How did you like the movie?

• Well, I walked out after half an hour.

• You did?

• Yeah, It was so dull that I started falling asleep and I have never seen such bad acting. I think I’m going to start reading movie reviews online, so I don’t waste my money.

3 - Did you see the documentary on TV last night? The one about Australia?

• I did. I learned so much. I didn’t know they had so many different kinds of animals there. And the photography.

• Yeah, it was something, wasn’t it?

• It was pretty amazing. It made me really want to go there and see it for myself.

4 - Are you reading that book too? It seems everyone’s reading it now. When did UFOs become so popular anyway?

• Actually, I just finished it. What a waste of time just the same silly stuff about visitors to earth from other planets.

• I know it said absolutely nothing new. You know, I’m sick of hearing stories about little green creatures. If they are real, how come no one can ever take a picture of them?