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Grammar: make / let / be allowed to; modals of deduction (past)
Vocabulary: television; anger
a Read the dialogue and find out why Dana and Emily are upset.
Emily: What’s up with Dana? I asked her if I
could borrow her red shoes and she nearly
bit my head off!
Mum: It’s not you she’s cross with. It’s your
dad. She’s mad at him because he forgot to
record the latest episode of her favourite
serial. You know, that one set in a hospital.
Emily: Casualty! She must have been furious.
That’s her favourite TV show.
Mum: She was. She’s refusing to speak to him.
Emily: Well, it’s her own fault. Why does she
make him do everything for her? She should
learn how to set the recorder on the DVD
player herself.
Mum: Well, you know your dad. He won’t let
anyone mess with his TV control.
Emily: I suppose you’re right. No one’s allowed
to touch his remote control. Anyway, can’t
she watch it on the computer?
Mum: Well, she could, if the computer was
working.
b
Emily: What? It’s not working? Why not?
Mum: I’m not sure. It might have been
something I did while I was tidying up.
Emily: What do you mean?
Mum: Well, I accidentally knocked over a
vase with water in it. It went all over the
computer. And then it just stopped working.
Emily: What? The computer was on?
Mum: Well, no. But I switched it on to check
and it sort of just sparked a bit and then the
screen never came on.
Emily: You switched on a wet computer?
Don’t you know anything about water and
electricity?
Mum: I know. It wasn’t a great idea. I can’t have
been thinking straight. I’m sorry.
Emily: Well, that’s just great. How am I going to
chat with my friends now? And what about
my homework? I’ve got three compositions
to write.
Mum: What about pen and paper? It worked
fine for me when I was at school.
Emily: Ha, ha, Mum, that’s really funny.
Honestly, I don’t know how I’m supposed
to do anything in this family. Thanks a lot,
Mum.
Mum: It was an accident. We’ll get it fixed.
Don’t worry.
Emily: That’ll take weeks. I’m off to bed. I’ve
had enough of this house.
Mum: Oh, the pleasures of having teenage
daughters!
CD1 T05 Read the dialogue again and
listen. Who...
1 did Dana shout at for no real reason?
2 is Dana angry with?
3 doesn’t like people messing with the TV?
4 broke the computer?
5 needs the computer to do homework?
6 is Emily mad at?
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