Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.
Preparation
Transcript
Selina: Patrick? Is that you?
Patrick: Selina! Hello!
Selina: Well, well. Patrick Eastwood. How have you been?
Patrick: Good. Great, actually. How are you? I haven't seen you for ... how long?
Selina: It's been ages. At least fifteen years. Wow.
Patrick: Yeah. Wow.
Patrick and Selina: So, what are you doing here?
Selina: Sorry, you go first.
Patrick: OK. What are you doing here? I thought you'd moved to London.
Selina: I was in London for a couple of years. But it didn't work out.
Patrick: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Are you ... OK?
Selina: I'm fine! The dream job wasn't really a dream, you know? Um ... and London is great but it's so expensive. I mean, just the rent on a flat is ... uh … crazy expensive.
Patrick: I see.
Selina: So, I came back. I've been back now for almost five months. Living back home with Mum and Dad. Which is err ... interesting. Um ... but anyway, what about you?
Patrick: Me? Oh, nothing new. You know me – 'Patrick the predictable'. I never left here.
Selina: Oh. And is that ...?
Patrick: Oh, I'm very happy. I'm married now. We've just celebrated our tenth anniversary.
Selina: No way! You? Married? To …?
Patrick: I don't think you know her. Her name's Marigold. And we've got two kids. They're five and eight years old.
Selina: Married and with two kids? Wow!
Patrick: Don't look so surprised!
Selina: No, no … I'm just amazed how time flies! I'm happy for you. I really am.
Patrick: Thanks. You should really come round to the house one day.
Selina: That would be great. Let's swap numbers and ...
I moved to another province three years ago. So, I don't see them much. I missed them but technology always helps! I talk to them by cell phone or we make video calls on WhatsApp. Honestly, it's not the same, but it's a way to keep in touch with them
I always moved of the city when I was student, so I never met my colleagues. Honestly I don't remember a lot of them. But, now on the university a have friends and we go to drink, share the experiences and visit one each other.
I'm 28 and it is early enough to live these situations, but I believe that is one of the saddest situations that a nostalgic person can experience.
Hmm, Actualy I've lost contact with some of them. except for one friend we still meet sometimes by chance, I miss the others. I wish we could meet someday
Thank you for the activity! I am from Mexico, so I never listen British English. This listening was easy and with many good expressions. I feel like I can learn more from this type of practice
You missed some stuffs like it should be " I've never listened " and you also missed this "I feels", I'm just confuting to practice my English my buddy. If I was wrong please notice to me.
Well, sometimes. We usually get in touch when it's my high school's anniversary. We meet on that date and spend a pleasant time, but then, we only get in touch to send greetings for our birthdays.
Hmmmm,not really,I am still with contact with some of them and the other I lost thier contacts unfortunately,but I do really miss them and I hope that soon I will return back to my home country and meet them all.
It's good to meet your old friends
Yeah!! I mean we haven´t seen each other face to face for a long time but we always keep in touch, like I have her number, then we talk every time about whats new in our lives. Her name is Sofia and we know each other since the elementary school, but one day I had to move and I changed my school, so we stopped to talk for some years, however when I was in the High School she call me at the Instagram and made me a DM, then we start to talk again and she said me that she was going to USA for making an Exchange Programm, then she invited me to go on a party in her house, it was like a ´´goodbye party`` cause she was arriving to other country in a few days. After that party we became more and more close, so today we dont talk every day but I can say that we are very close, because when we have time we always send some messages!! I admire her very much, and I always want her as my friend!!