NewconceptEnglishAprivateconversation•LastweekIwenttothetheatre.Ihadaverygood_______.Theplaywasvery________.Ididnote_______it.Ayoungmanandayoungwomanweresitting______me.Theyweretalking________.Igotvery____.Icouldnot_____theactors.Iturned_____.Ilookedatthemanandthewoman_______.Theydidnotpayanya________.Intheend,Icouldnot______it.Iturnedroundagain.“Ican’thearaword!”Isaida__________.•“it’s______ofyourbusiness,”theyoungmansaidr________.”thisisa______conversation”Breakfastorlunch•ItwasSunday.Inevergetup____onSundays.Isometimesstayinbed_____lunchtime.LastSundayIgotupverylate.Ilookedoutofthewindow.Itwasraining_______.”Whataday!”Ithought.“It’srainingagain.”Justthen,thetelephone_____.ItwasmyauntLucy.”I’vejustarrivedby_____,”shesaid.”Iamcomingtoseeyou.”•“ButI’m________havingbreakfast,”Isaid.•“Whatareyoudoing?”sheasked.•“I’mhavingbreakfast,”I_______.•“Dearme!”shesaid.”Doyou______getupsolate?It’soneo’clock!”Pleasesendmeacard•Postcardsalways_______myholidays.Lastsummer,IwenttoItaly.Ivisited_________andsatin______gardens.Afriendly______taughtmeafewwordsof______.Thenhe_____tmeabook.•Ireadafewlines,butIdidnotunderstandaword.EverydayIthoughtabout_________.Myholidayspassed_____,butIdidnot______cardstomyfriends.OnthelastdayImadeabig______.Igotupearlyandboughtthirty-sevencards.Ispentthe____dayinmyroom,butIdidnotwritea_____card!Lesson4Anexcitingtrip•Ihavejust________aletterfrommybrother,Tim.Heisin______.Hehasbeenthereforsixmonths.Timisan________.Heisworkingforbig____andhehasalreadyvisitedagreat______ofdifferentplacesinAustralia.HehasjustboughtanAustraliancarandhasgonetoAliceSprings,asmalltowninthe______ofAustralia.HewillsoonvisitDarwin.Fromthere,hewillflytoPerth.Mybrotherhasneverbeen_______before,soheisfindingthistripvery______________.Lesson5Nowrongnumbers•Mr.JamesScotthasa_____inSilburyandnowhehasjustbought______garageinPinhurst.PinhurstisonlyfivemilesfromSilbury,butMr.Scottcannotgetatelephoneforhisnewgarage,sohehasjustboughttwelve______.Yesterday,apigeoncarriedthefirst______fromPinhursttoSilbury.Thebird_____the______inthreeminutes.Uptonow,Mr.Scotthassentagreatmany_______for_____________andother_______messagesfromonegaragetotheother.Inthisway,hehasbegunhis____private“telephone_________”Lesson6PercyButtons•IhavejustmovedtoahouseinBridgeStreet.Yesterdaya_______knockedatmydoor.Heaskedmeforamealandaglassofbeer.In_______forthis,thebeggarstoodonhis______andsangsongs.Igavehimameal.He____thefoodand____thebeer.Thenheputapieceofcheeseinhis_____andwentaway.Latera_____________toldmeabouthim.Everybodyknowshim.HisnameisPercyButtons.He___________everyhouseinthestreet_____amonthandalwaysasksforamealandaglassofbeer.Lesson7Toolate•Theplanewaslateand__________werewaitingatthe________allmorning.Theywere________a________parcelofdiamondsfromSouthAfrica.Afewhours_______,someonehadtoldthepolicethatthieveswouldtryto_____thediamonds.Whentheplanearrived,someofthedetectiveswerewaitinginsidethemainbuilding______otherswerewaitingonthe______.Twomentooktheparcelofftheplaneandcarrieditintothe______House.Whiletwodetectiveswerekeeping_____atthedoor,twoothersopenedtheparcel.Totheir_____,the______parcelwasfullofstonesandsand!Lesson8Thebestandtheworst•JoeSandershasthemost_______gardeninourtown.Nearlyeverydody_______for“TheNicstGardenCompetition”eachyear,butJoe_____everytime.BillFrith’sgardenislargerthanJoe’s.BillworksharderthanJoeandgrowsmoreflowersandvegetables,butJoe’sgardenismore_______.Hehasmade_______pathsandhasbuilta_____bridgeovera______.Ilikegardenstoo,butIdonotlikehardwork.EveryyearIenterforthegardencompetitiontoo,andIalwayswinalittle______forthe______gardeninthetownn!Lesson9Acoldwelcome•OnWednesdayevening,wewentotheTownHall.Itwasthe____dayoftheyearandalarge______ofpeoplehad________undertheTownHallclock.Itwould_______twelveintwentyminutes’time.Fifteenminutes______andthen,atfive_____twelve,theclock_____.Bigminute_____didnotmove.Wewaitedandwaited,butnothinghappened.Suddenlysomeone_______.”It’stwominutes____twelve!”Theclockhasstopped!Ilookedatmywatch.Itwastrue.Thebigclock_____towelcometheNewYear.Atthatmoment,everybodybeganto_____andsing.
