Inviting on the telephone
(Suggested answers to the exercise)
Bob: Hello.
John: Hello.
Could I speak to Bob, please?
Bob: Yes,
speaking.
John:
Oh hi,
Bob. It’s John here.
Bob: Oh,
John, hi. Long time no see. How’ve
you been?
John: Oh,
pretty good. How about you?
Bob: Oh, not
bad. You know… working hard as
always.
John: Anyway, I
was just wondering...
Are you doing anything tomorrow night?
Bob: Tomorrow
night? No. I don’t
think so. Did you have something in mind?
John: Yeah. I was thinking of going to see
the
new Lord of the Rings movie.
Would you like to come along?
Bob: Lord
of the Rings? Erm… actually I’ve
already seen it.
John: Oh,
really? Was it any
good?
Bob: Well,
to be honest, I didn’t think much
of it, myself. It was a bit
too long.
John:
So you
didn’t enjoy it?
Bob: No, not much.
Erm... listen, would you like to see something else? I heard
Spiderman's on at the ABC.
John:
Spiderman?
That sounds
OK. What time does it start?
Bob: Hang
on, I’ll just get the paper and
check. Let’s see… there’s an early
performance at 6 o’clock, and there’s a
later performance at 8:50.
John: Hmm... the 8:50
performance would be better for
me.
Bob: Yeah,
me too. 6 o’clock would be too much
of a rush.
John: Right, so what would
be a good time to
meet?
Bob: Let's
meet for a drink at, say, 8 o'clock and then go
to the
cinema.
John: Yeah,
sounds good. So, shall we meet in
the King’s Head?
Bob: The
King’s Head, right.
John: OK, see you tomorrow.
Bob: Yeah.
See you tomorrow. Bye.
John: Bye.
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