Unit 12 Page 123 Lesson C3C

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1. Listening

What do they say next?

C. Now listen to the complete conversations, and check your answers.

1: Did I tell you my purse was stolen one time?

Really? No. What happened?

Well, I was walking home one night after class, and a young woman ran up to me and took my purse. I had everything in it, including my car keys.

Oh, no. That’s terrible.

Yeah. It was awful. The thing was, I wasn’t really scared but angry, you know? Anyway, now I never walk home at night by myself. I’d rather be safe than sorry.

Oh, I agree. The thing is, people need to feel safe when they go out at night.

2: Did you hear the news about Sally? Her car was broken into this morning, near school. The side window was broken.

No, really? Did they take anything? I mean, did she have anything valuable in it?

No, she was really lucky. The thing is, she took the radio and her CDs and everything out of her car before she came to class today. I mean, she doesn’t usually do that.

Yeah, that was lucky…

Yeah. And you know what? Sally said she had a strange feeling about that car this morning.

Really! You mean, like she knew something bad might happen to it?

Yeah. So the funny thing is, her prediction about her var turned out to be true.

3: I hear you can get some pretty bad hurricanes around here.

Yeah, that’s true. Sometimes we get hit by a big one.

Wow. I bet that’s kind of scary.

Yeah, it is. But you know what? The weather is really beautiful here most of the year. The thing is, hurricane season is mainly in September and October. Then if there’s a bad storm, it’s not safe to go out.

Huh.

Yeah. Sometimes there’s a really big hurricane, and then you have to leave town.

Really?

Yeah. Like, you know, we had a pretty bad one two years ago. The scary thing thing was, we didn’t have electricity for three days.

4: The strangest thing happened last night.

Oh, yeah? What’s that?

Well, you know Jenny…

Your friend who works in the bank?

Uh-huh. Well, she went out with some friends from work, and she had her purse with her, you know. The thing is, they were walking by the river after dinner, and guess what?

Uh-oh. Her purse was stolen?

No, it fell in the river!

You’re kidding. How did that happen?

Well, they were all talking and laughing, you know. And then they walked over the bridge, and Jenny stopped to look at the water, and then her purse fell into the river. And you know what? Everything was gone- her money, credit cards, keys, everything.