TALKING ABOUT LIFE
T = Tom
W = Walter
T: Walter! Wow, it’s a surprise to see you again.
W: Tom! I can’t believe it. How long has it been?
T: I think we haven’t seen each other since high school.
W: Wow—that’s 15 years.
T: How have you been?
W: Great! How about you?
T: Just fine. By the way, did you go to college?
W: Yeah, I went to Vancouver University and my major was math. How about you?
T: Oh, I studied medicine at Western University.
W: What do you do now?
T: Well, I am a doctor.
W: That’s great. Where do you work?
T: I work at Central Hospital.
W: Oh, really!
T: Yeah. How about you? What do you do now?
W: Well, I’m a math teacher.
T: Where do you work?
W: I work at Maple Ridge High School.
T: Are you married?
W: Yeah, I got married five years ago. I have two kids now: a boy and a girl. Are you still single?
T: Well, I was married but I got divorced two years ago.
W: Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.
T: Yeah, but I have two nice kids.
W: Well, Tom it was nice seeing you again.
T: Nice to see you too. Take care!
W: You too.
TRUE / FALSE
1) Tom and Walter haven’t met for 15 years.
2) They both went to the same university.
3) Tom’s major was biology.
4) Tom is a doctor at Central Hospital.
5) Tom has been married for two years.
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TOM AND JIM ARE BEST FRIENDS
Tom has many friends, but his best one is Jim. Tom is now 17, but he first met Jim in his second year of elementary school, 10 years ago. Tom and Jim like to play tennis together, and now they play twice a week. They are both busy, though, so they don’t see each other any other times. Tom is from New York, in America, but Jim is from Manchester, England. So they like to talk about their different hometowns. Manchester is famous for soccer, so Jim misses watching British soccer games. Tom likes sports too, but he prefers baseball and basketball to soccer. While Tom and Jim are usually friendly with each other, sometimes they argue, especially when they play tennis, because both of them want to win!
QUESTIONS
1) Who is Jim’s best friend?
2) How long have they known each other?
3) How often do they see each other?
4) Where did they first meet?
5) Where are they from?
6) What are they interested in?
7) What do they have in common?
8) In what ways are they different?
9) What do they argue about?
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Topic Talk 9: Best Friends (page 17)
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Topic Talk 9: Best Friends (page 18)
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Topic Talk 18: Shopping (page 35)
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Topic Talk 18: Shopping (page 36)
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Topic Talk 21: Travel (page 41)
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Topic Talk 21: Travel (page 42)
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