TASK 1 Fill in the gaps with the adverbs you hear, then press "Check" to check your answers.
The story continues...'Oh, that's simple,' Lady Prescott replied. 'I fell
love. Strange though it may seem, I left Birmingham to be
Gerald Prescott - the gutless, brainless, spineless fool who is now governor of Newtown Prison. You look a bit surprised, Mr Carruthers. Then perhaps I should explain.
There was a time when my husband was a bright, tender young man. It's only recently that he's turned
a workaholic who eats, drinks and sleeps prison life.
I met him when I was just eighteen. I was
my last term
school and Gerald was studying
the local technical college. He was absolutely broke and so he'd taken a part-time job
a take-
restaurant called The Birmingham Big Burger Bar. The take-
was
Crawford Street. It was
my way home
school. One day, I went
to get some chips. Gerald was serving
the counter. He smiled
me and I felt a cold shiver run
my spine.
that I went
the take-
every day. I wasn't hungry. I just wanted to see Gerald. Anyway, one afternoon he asked me
and we went
a walk
the park. We got
really well and I started seeing him all the time. He used to walk me
school
the morning and he'd come and pick me
when the classes were over. And then - all
a sudden - I fell
love
him. I don't know why. It just happened that way.
When my father found
what was going
, he went crazy. He didn't want his only daughter going
someone who cooked hamburgers
a take-
. He told me that I had to stop seeing Gerald straightaway.
I had to make a choice. Should I obey my father and split
the person I loved? Or should I defy my parents and go
seeing him? It didn't take me long to make
my mind! I knew that I couldn't give Gerald
. And so I had to work
some way
deceiving my parents.
The plan was simple. I pretended that I'd obeyed my father. I said that I'd broken
Gerald. I cried
two or three days and went
ten packets of tissues. I stopped eating and slammed lots
doors. I put
a really good show. My parents were completely taken
.
But whenever my father's back was turned, I would slip
the house and go and meet Gerald secretly,
the park or
the take-away. When I came home, I made
some story or other to explain where I'd been. "I was
a friend's house playing records" or "I was visiting a museum
the centre of the town".
My father seemed happy that I'd suddenly made lots of new friends who had money
their pockets and didn't cook burgers. But he didn't know what I was really
...'
Lady Prescott suddenly broke
and -
the next minute or so - they walked
silence. Frederick looked straight
. He said nothing. There was no need to talk. They crossed a main road and walked
a school. And then, as they turned
a narrow side street, Lady Prescott picked
the story again...
TASK 2 Complete the following sentences with words/prepositions/adverbs from the episode.1. This little run-down s
on the edge of the city is where I grew
.
2. Lady Prescott put
the h
.
3. ...and took
her s
.
4. They've done
some of the h
.
5. I don't want them tearing
my c
.
6. There was a time when my husband was a bright, tender young man. It's only recently that he's turned
a w
.
7. I felt a cold shiver run
my s
.
8. And then - all of a sudden - I fell in l
him.
9. It didn't take me long to make
my m
!
10. I knew that I couldn't give G
.
11. By the time they arrived
the outskirts of Birmingham, Lady Prescott had calmed
a little.
12. And as we pick
the story again, our two characters have started to get
surprisingly well.
13. They set
across the market square
a tour
the town.
14. And now, Mr Carruthers, I'm going
a walk. Would you like me to show you
?
15. They've done
some of the houses ... like these ones here ... but most of the properties are falling
or falling
.
16. But after the votes are counted, they never seem to get
to it. It's strange that, isn't it?
17. One afternoon, he asked me
and we went
a walk
the park.
18. When my father found
what ...
19. ...was going
, he went crazy.
20. He didn't want his only daughter going on
someone who cooked hamburgers in a take-
.