Answer — Exercise 4
9.3 - Sorry I'm late·Speakout Elementary - Students' Book
Question
- Look at the online diary extracts below. Why was the woman late each day?
- Listen to the woman talk to a colleague. Which two days does she talk about?
- Listen again. Which two things are different from the online diary above?
Answer
a)
- Monday → The train didn’t go very fast.
- Tuesday → She woke up late, missed the train and the next one stopped for twenty minutes.
- Wednesday → The train stopped twice, once for no reason and then because there was a cow on the line.
b)
Monday and Tuesday.
c)
- The recording says the woman was two hours late for work, but the text says one hour.
- The recording says the train stopped for forty minutes, but the text says twenty minutes.