Curso de Inglés V

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8. (A) A conversation Among friends (Listen & Read)

Andrew:	What happened to you yesterday? We waited all morning for you and in the end we had to cancel the excursion. Pete is going to try and get the deposit back, but he'll have to invent a good excuse. Where were you?
Beatrice:	I'm sorry I didn't phone to tell you that I wasn't coming yesterday but you won't believe what happened to me. Even I still can't believe it. I'm so shaken. I could be in prison now if it hadn't been for a nosy neighbour.
Andrew:	What?
Beatrice:	I was just about to leave the house when there was a knock at the door and when I opened it there was a policeman standing on my front door step.
Andrew:	What did he want?
Beatrice:	He told me that I was under arrest on suspicion of murder.
Andrew:	I can't believe it! You? You can't even bear to kill a fly.
Beatrice:	Well, I was taken to the police station and they questioned me for hours about my movements on the 6^th December. You know that I can never even remember where I was the day before, never mind over a month ago. So of course all my answers were very vague. When they asked me where I had been that day, I had no idea. They asked me if I knew the Bloomsbury area well and of course I had to say yes. You remember that I used to live there a year ago when I was studying. They asked me if I had a blue Ford Focus and, would you believe that at first I said no! I was so nervous that the first thing that came in to my mind was my little red Mini that I had only sold last week. I still can't get used to the idea that I have changed cars after 15 years! So of course, the police already knew that I own a blue Ford Focus and they couldn't believe that I could have made a mistake like that.
Andrew:	But how did they discover that you hadn't had anything to do with the murder? Because you hadn't, had you?
Beatrice:	Andrew, how can you doubt me after all the years you have known me!
Andrew:	I'm sorry Beatrice. Of course I don't really think you are capable of anything like that.
Beatrice:	Well, the police were questioning all the neighbours of the murdered woman and it turns out that she had a next-door neighbour who spends all her time looking out of her window and watches everything that goes on in the neighbourhood. She swore that she hadn't seen anyone except a tall, slim blond woman of about 25 or so go in or out of the house all day on the 6^th December. She said she knew it was the 6^th because it was a Saturday and the murdered woman always went away at the weekends and it had struck her as peculiar that she should be at home on a Saturday.
Andrew:	Amazing. How can anyone remember things like that or be such a busy body as to control other peoples movements like that?
Beatrice:	Well, in this case, thank goodness they exist. Because I obviously don't fit that description, being short, overweight, ginger-haired and over 50. The neighbour confirmed that the woman arrived in a blue "car" and gave a positive identification when they showed her a picture of a Ford Focus and a totally negative identification when they showed her my photo. Well, to cut a long story short, another witness who was passing in front of the house at the time, had heard the shots and given the description of the car parked in the drive of the murdered woman's house. But she was a bit short-sighted and she had confused the number plate of the car. The nosy neighbour helped a police artist to make a picture of the new suspect and when they checked number plates of other blue Ford Focuses with similar number plates to mine, the data base showed a photo of a woman who fitted the description given by the neighbour perfectly. I don't think I'll ever get over the shock of this.
Pete:	So what happened to Beatrice yesterday? What excuse did she have this time for not turning up?
Andrew:	A very good one apparently! You won't believe it. I told her that we had waited all morning and that we had had to cancel the excursion. I also mentioned that you were going to try and get the deposit back, but that you would need to invent a good excuse for the cancellation and she certainly gave me a good one.
Pete:	Well, go on. Surprise me then.
Andrew:	Well, first of all she apologised for not having phoned and assured me that I wouldn't believe what had happened to her. She swore that she was just about to leave the house when there was a knock on the door. She said that when she had gone to open the door she'd found herself face to face with a policeman, who informed her that she was under arrest on suspicion of murder.
Pete:	Well, this is definitely the best excuse ever!

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8. (B) A conversation Among friends (Listen & Repeat)

Andrew:	What happened to you yesterday? We waited all morning for you and in the end we had to cancel the excursion. Pete is going to try and get the deposit back, but he'll have to invent a good excuse. Where were you?
Beatrice:	I'm sorry I didn't phone to tell you that I wasn't coming yesterday but you won't believe what happened to me. Even I still can't believe it. I'm so shaken. I could be in prison now if it hadn't been for a nosy neighbour.
Andrew:	What?
Beatrice:	I was just about to leave the house when there was a knock at the door and when I opened it there was a policeman standing on my front door step.
Andrew:	What did he want?
Beatrice:	He told me that I was under arrest on suspicion of murder.
Andrew:	I can't believe it! You? You can't even bear to kill a fly.
Beatrice:	Well, I was taken to the police station and they questioned me for hours about my movements on the 6^th December. You know that I can never even remember where I was the day before, never mind over a month ago. So of course all my answers were very vague. When they asked me where I had been that day, I had no idea. They asked me if I knew the Bloomsbury area well and of course I had to say yes. You remember that I used to live there a year ago when I was studying. They asked me if I had a blue Ford Focus and, would you believe that at first I said no! I was so nervous that the first thing that came in to my mind was my little red Mini that I had only sold last week. I still can't get used to the idea that I have changed cars after 15 years! So of course, the police already knew that I own a blue Ford Focus and they couldn't believe that I could have made a mistake like that.
Andrew:	But how did they discover that you hadn't had anything to do with the murder? Because you hadn't, had you?
Beatrice:	Andrew, how can you doubt me after all the years you have known me!
Andrew:	I'm sorry Beatrice. Of course I don't really think you are capable of anything like that.
Beatrice:	Well, the police were questioning all the neighbours of the murdered woman and it turns out that she had a next-door neighbour who spends all her time looking out of her window and watches everything that goes on in the neighbourhood. She swore that she hadn't seen anyone except a tall, slim blond woman of about 25 or so go in or out of the house all day on the 6^th December. She said she knew it was the 6^th because it was a Saturday and the murdered woman always went away at the weekends and it had struck her as peculiar that she should be at home on a Saturday.
Andrew:	Amazing. How can anyone remember things like that or be such a busy body as to control other peoples movements like that?
Beatrice:	Well, in this case, thank goodness they exist. Because I obviously don't fit that description, being short, overweight, ginger-haired and over 50. The neighbour confirmed that the woman arrived in a blue "car" and gave a positive identification when they showed her a picture of a Ford Focus and a totally negative identification when they showed her my photo. Well, to cut a long story short, another witness who was passing in front of the house at the time, had heard the shots and given the description of the car parked in the drive of the murdered woman's house. But she was a bit short-sighted and she had confused the number plate of the car. The nosy neighbour helped a police artist to make a picture of the new suspect and when they checked number plates of other blue Ford Focuses with similar number plates to mine, the data base showed a photo of a woman who fitted the description given by the neighbour perfectly. I don't think I'll ever get over the shock of this.
Pete:	So what happened to Beatrice yesterday? What excuse did she have this time for not turning up?
Andrew:	A very good one apparently! You won't believe it. I told her that we had waited all morning and that we had had to cancel the excursion. I also mentioned that you were going to try and get the deposit back, but that you would need to invent a good excuse for the cancellation and she certainly gave me a good one.
Pete:	Well, go on. Surprise me then.
Andrew:	Well, first of all she apologised for not having phoned and assured me that I wouldn't believe what had happened to her. She swore that she was just about to leave the house when there was a knock on the door. She said that when she had gone to open the door she'd found herself face to face with a policeman, who informed her that she was under arrest on suspicion of murder.
Pete:	Well, this is definitely the best excuse ever!

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8. (C) YOU ARE "Beatrice & Pete" - TALK TO "Andrew"

Andrew:	What happened to you yesterday? We waited all morning for you and in the end we had to cancel the excursion. Pete is going to try and get the deposit back, but he'll have to invent a good excuse. Where were you?
Beatrice:	I'm sorry I didn't phone to tell you that I wasn't coming yesterday but you won't believe what happened to me. Even I still can't believe it. I'm so shaken. I could be in prison now if it hadn't been for a nosy neighbour.
Andrew:	What?
Beatrice:	I was just about to leave the house when there was a knock at the door and when I opened it there was a policeman standing on my front door step.
Andrew:	What did he want?
Beatrice:	He told me that I was under arrest on suspicion of murder.
Andrew:	I can't believe it! You? You can't even bear to kill a fly.
Beatrice:	Well, I was taken to the police station and they questioned me for hours about my movements on the 6^th December. You know that I can never even remember where I was the day before, never mind over a month ago. So of course all my answers were very vague. When they asked me where I had been that day, I had no idea. They asked me if I knew the Bloomsbury area well and of course I had to say yes. You remember that I used to live there a year ago when I was studying. They asked me if I had a blue Ford Focus and, would you believe that at first I said no! I was so nervous that the first thing that came in to my mind was my little red Mini that I had only sold last week. I still can't get used to the idea that I have changed cars after 15 years! So of course, the police already knew that I own a blue Ford Focus and they couldn't believe that I could have made a mistake like that.
Andrew:	But how did they discover that you hadn't had anything to do with the murder? Because you hadn't, had you?
Beatrice:	Andrew, how can you doubt me after all the years you have known me!
Andrew:	I'm sorry Beatrice. Of course I don't really think you are capable of anything like that.
Beatrice:	Well, the police were questioning all the neighbours of the murdered woman and it turns out that she had a next-door neighbour who spends all her time looking out of her window and watches everything that goes on in the neighbourhood. She swore that she hadn't seen anyone except a tall, slim blond woman of about 25 or so go in or out of the house all day on the 6^th December. She said she knew it was the 6^th because it was a Saturday and the murdered woman always went away at the weekends and it had struck her as peculiar that she should be at home on a Saturday.
Andrew:	Amazing. How can anyone remember things like that or be such a busy body as to control other peoples movements like that?
Beatrice:	Well, in this case, thank goodness they exist. Because I obviously don't fit that description, being short, overweight, ginger-haired and over 50. The neighbour confirmed that the woman arrived in a blue "car" and gave a positive identification when they showed her a picture of a Ford Focus and a totally negative identification when they showed her my photo. Well, to cut a long story short, another witness who was passing in front of the house at the time, had heard the shots and given the description of the car parked in the drive of the murdered woman's house. But she was a bit short-sighted and she had confused the number plate of the car. The nosy neighbour helped a police artist to make a picture of the new suspect and when they checked number plates of other blue Ford Focuses with similar number plates to mine, the data base showed a photo of a woman who fitted the description given by the neighbour perfectly. I don't think I'll ever get over the shock of this.
Pete:	So what happened to Beatrice yesterday? What excuse did she have this time for not turning up?
Andrew:	A very good one apparently! You won't believe it. I told her that we had waited all morning and that we had had to cancel the excursion. I also mentioned that you were going to try and get the deposit back, but that you would need to invent a good excuse for the cancellation and she certainly gave me a good one.
Pete:	Well, go on. Surprise me then.
Andrew:	Well, first of all she apologised for not having phoned and assured me that I wouldn't believe what had happened to her. She swore that she was just about to leave the house when there was a knock on the door. She said that when she had gone to open the door she'd found herself face to face with a policeman, who informed her that she was under arrest on suspicion of murder.
Pete:	Well, this is definitely the best excuse ever!

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