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INTERMEDIATE 2 – ACTIVITY 11 – TRACK 5 –
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Complete the dialog with the missing words
Bridget: This place is a mess! I thought you
said it was ready to go.
Jonah: well,
it is ready to go. Just a little paint and we`re all set. Just take a look at
this place.
Bridget: look at this place? How can I? the
lights don`t ……………. .
Jonah: you`re
right. Let`s see …yeah, this light ………….. needs to be changed. But just this
one. The …………… of the lights work just fine.
Bridget: well, that`s good.
Jonah: but
look here in the bathroom.
Bridget: what?
Jonah: the
shower. See ……….. there? It´s all ………….. . We won`t have hot water for showers
tonight. The shower needs to be……………, that`s for sure.
Bridget: no hot water in the shower?............!
I guess I´ll use the kitchen sink to bathe.
Jonah: we`ll
get it fixed today…maybe. If not, we can go over to my mom`s to shower.
Bridget: fun.and…look at this curtain.
Jonah: what´s
the problem with it?
Bridget: what`s the problem? I think it`s ………………. to be white but it`s so dirty, it`s
gray,brown and, over here, yellow. Nasty!
Jonah: I´ll
say.
Bridget: this curtain needs to be ……………. away,
I`m afraid. I`ll buy a new one tomorrow.
Jonah: I
hate to break it to you, but there`s another thing.
Bridget: I`m afraid to ask. What?
Jonah: yesterday
the ……………………. showed me the washing machine. He said it was
fine but it made an incredible amount of noise. The landlord had to shout while
it was ………… so I could hear him.
Bridget: what`s the matter with it?
Jonah: it`s
just really old. It needs to be ……………………
. The landlord agreed that it was a bit noisy and is willing to talk
about replacing it, at last.
Bridget: and look over there at the carpet. What
is that?
Jonah: oh
my. Someone must have ………..……. paint on the carpet over there. It`s stained.
And , it smells funny.
Bridget: the carpet definitely ……………… to
be washed, no question about it.
Jonah: do
we have to pay for that?
Bridget: I´ll talk to the landlord. You talk to
him about the washing machine.
Jonah: ok.
Bridget: by the way, you ……………..
turn the air conditioner on, didn`t you ?
Jonah: yeah.
Bridget: it´s not making this place ……………
cooler.
Jonah: you
are kidding me! not ……………… the air conditioner works? Hang on.
Bridget: what?
Jonah: yeah,
it´s not cooling anything. It feels hotter than before.
Bridget: so the air conditioner needs to be
fixed too.
Jonah: I
guess so.
Bridget: it looks like we have our work cut out
for us here at this place.
Jonah: let`s
not …………….. any more time talking about
it. You start taking that curtain down and I`ll go talk to the landlord.
Bridget: ok. Can you hand me those …………………… gloves?
Jonah: sure!
