Marianne’s Journey: Part 9 (Stage 11, Lesson 9)

Marianne and her friend Jill talk about Philip. Philip tells Marianne that he will be away for a while in France on business. Marianne is busy with a new job and while he is away she doesn’t think about him as often as she used to.

1 . As palavras e expressões abaixo estarão na parte 9 da história. Consulte as que você não conhece no Word Bank.

crazy | For heaven’s sake! | conference | chance | on business | private

2 . Complete as frases com as palavras e expressões do exercício 1.

1 ……………………… ! Whatever is the matter with you?

2 He was a very ……………………… person and didn’t talk about himself very much.

3 Stop making that noise. It’s driving me ……………………… !

4 Why don’t you go to Australia? You may never have the ……………………… again.

5 I’m sorry but I won’t be able to come because I’m taking part in a ……………………… next week.

6 No, I’m sorry he’s not here at the moment, he’s away ……………………… .

Do you know?

● Eurostar: este é o nome do trem de alta velocidade que liga a França e a Grã-Bretanha por meio de um túnel submarino.

● The Resistance: refere-se a um grupo de homens e mulheres franceses
que trabalharam secretamente contra a ocupação alemã da França durante
a Segunda Guerra Mundial.

3 . Leia o quadro a seguir. Depois ouça a história e preencha as lacunas
(1–5) com as frases (a–e).

a) I got on with the rest of my life.

b) Tony always used to make me laugh.

c) In French the headline read something like, ‘Family Blanchard remembered for their Resistance work.’

d) The good thing was that I didn’t feel so sad any more about Tony.

e) I was travelling on Eurostar.

4 . Responda às perguntas a seguir. Ouça a história novamente, se necessário.

1 What is the headline that is referred to in this part of the story?

2 How do you know that Marianne could understand some French?

3 Who does Jill suggest may be an ‘item’?

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Word Bank

private(adjetivo) = privado, reservado

chance(substantivo) = chance, oportunidade

on business (substantivo) = a negócios

occupation (substantivo) = ocupação

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Respostas:

Exercício 2

1 For heaven’s sake!

2 private

3 crazy

4 chance

5 conference

6 on business

Exercício 3

1 a

2 d

3 b

4 e

5 c

Exercício 4

1 ‘Family Blanchard remembered for their Resistance work.’

2 The newspaper was French and Marianne was able to translate the headline into English.

3 Marianne and Philip.