Exercise 1

Choose the TRUE statement(s) from the list below.

Be careful, there may be more than one correct answer!

Bob and Icarus haven't been working across the hall from each other for a long time.

Bob claims to be unaware about the incongruities on his expense account.

Bruno, Bob and Icarus celebrate the resolution of the problem over a drink.

Bob's son had a mild illness.

Choose the TRUE statement(s) from the list below.

Be careful, there may be more than one correct answer!

Bob and Icarus haven't been working across the hall from each other for a long time.

Bob says that he and Icarus have been working across the hall from each other for "over" 13 years which indicates that they have been working across the hall for "more than" thirteen years. This is a long period of time.

Bob claims to be unaware about the incongruities on his expense account.

Bob refers to the charges by saying, "Well, I can't imagine what they might be". This is Bob's way of saying that he doesn't know anything about the charges. The verb "to claim" describes the act of declaring or stating something which may or may not be true. Example: The president claimed he didn't know anything about the tax deficit.

Bruno, Bob and Icarus celebrate the resolution of the problem over a drink.

This is incorrect. Bruno, Bob and Icarus discuss the problem of Bob's expense account, but they haven't resolved the problem yet. To "resolve (a problem)" is to "answer" or "fix" it. The drinks served at the end of the dialogue are to accompany the meeting.

Bob's son had a mild illness.

Bob says that his son "just had a minor case of the flu", which means that he had a minor viral infection (usually with the following symptoms: fever, sore throat, muscle pains, and a headache). A "mild illness" refers to a sickness which is moderate or not serious.

Exercise 2

Choose all the TRUE statements according to this broadcast.

There may be more than one correct choice!

Moira is an expert on the subject of worldwide climate change.

San Francisco is the coldest it has been in a century.

Candy doesn't see the link between worldwide climate change and the weather in San Francisco.

Brent thinks the weather in San Francisco is normal.

Choose all the TRUE statements according to this broadcast.

There may be more than one correct choice!

Moira is an expert on the subject of worldwide climate change.

Talking about worldwide climate change, Moira says "I'm no expert Candy...", which means that she is NOT an expert on the subject of worldwide climate change.

San Francisco is the coldest it has been in a century.

A "century" is a period of a hundred years. Brent says "The temperature has dropped below zero for the first time in a hundred years", which means that "San Francisco is the coldest it has been in a century".

Candy doesn't see the link between worldwide climate change and the weather in San Francisco.

Candy believes that the term "global warming" indicates only an increase in temperature. Although "warming" does mean to heat up, and indicates an increase in temperature, cold weather is also an indication of climate change, which Candy doesn't understand. She asks Brent, "It's freezing in San Francisco and you think it's connected to global warming?"

Brent thinks the weather in San Francisco is normal.

Brent reports that the "temperature has dropped below zero for the first time in a hundred years". He then asks "Could this be a symptom of global warming?" which indicates that he thinks that the weather is unusual or NOT normal.

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