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Week 16 Day 5: The Historical Past Tense (Part 2) – Exercise 2. Listening Practice
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Week 16 Day 5: The Historical Past Tense (Part 2) – Exercise 2. Listening Practice
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Question 1 of 3
1. Question
Comment Ed apprit-il la mauvaise nouvelle concernant Tom?
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How did the man learn the bad news about Tom?
by his brother
by his friend
by his wife
by his doctorTranscription:
- Ed : A propos de Tom, j’appris la nouvelle par hasard et je fus très triste pour lui.
- Sophia : Comment tu le sus ?
- Ed : C’est Clara, sa femme, qui vint me voir pour me prévenir. Autrement je ne l’aurais peut-être jamais su.
- Sophia : Clara te mit donc dans la confidence.
- Ed : Oui, elle resta un moment chez moi. Nous bûmes un café et elle me raconta les malheurs de son mari. Pauvre Tom…
- Sophia : Oui, il connut beaucoup de mauvaises choses cette année : la perte de son travail, le vol de sa voiture, la mort de son chien…
- Ed : Sa femme pense que lui et son frère naquirent sous une mauvaise étoile.
- Sophia : Je ne crois pas à ces choses-là, mais ça expliquerait tous ces malheurs !
- Ed: I learned the news about Tom by chance, and I was very sad for him.
- Sophia: How did you hear about it?
- Ed: Clara, his wife, came to see me to tell me. Otherwise, perhaps I would have never known.
- Sophia: So Clara confided in you.
- Ed: Yes, she stayed for a moment in my home. We drank coffee and she told me the misfortunes of her husband. Poor Tom…
- Sophia: Yes, he experienced many bad things this year: the loss of his job, his car being stolen, and the death of his dog …
- Ed: His wife thinks that he and his brother were born under an unlucky star.
- Sophia: I do not believe in those things, but it would explain all this evil!
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Question 2 of 3
2. Question
Clara, la femme de Tom, resta un moment chez Ed. Ensemble burent:
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Clara, Tom’s wife, stayed for a while with the man. They drank:
tea
hot chocolate
red wine
coffeeTranscription:
- Ed : A propos de Tom, j’appris la nouvelle par hasard et je fus très triste pour lui.
- Sophia : Comment tu le sus ?
- Ed : C’est Clara, sa femme, qui vint me voir pour me prévenir. Autrement je ne l’aurais peut-être jamais su.
- Sophia : Clara te mit donc dans la confidence.
- Ed : Oui, elle resta un moment chez moi. Nous bûmes un café et elle me raconta les malheurs de son mari. Pauvre Tom…
- Sophia : Oui, il connut beaucoup de mauvaises choses cette année : la perte de son travail, le vol de sa voiture, la mort de son chien…
- Ed : Sa femme pense que lui et son frère naquirent sous une mauvaise étoile.
- Sophia : Je ne crois pas à ces choses-là, mais ça expliquerait tous ces malheurs !
- Ed: I learned the news about Tom by chance, and I was very sad for him.
- Sophia: How did you hear about it?
- Ed: Clara, his wife, came to see me to tell me. Otherwise, perhaps I would have never known.
- Sophia: So Clara confided in you.
- Ed: Yes, she stayed for a moment in my home. We drank coffee and she told me the misfortunes of her husband. Poor Tom…
- Sophia: Yes, he experienced many bad things this year: the loss of his job, his car being stolen, and the death of his dog …
- Ed: His wife thinks that he and his brother were born under an unlucky star.
- Sophia: I do not believe in those things, but it would explain all this evil!
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Question 3 of 3
3. Question
Tom connut beaucoup de malheurs cette année: la perte de son travail, le vol de sa voiture…
CorrectIncorrectHint
Tom experienced many bad things this year: the loss of his job, his car being stolen, and…
his mother’s death
a divorce
his dog’s death
the leaving of his bossTranscription:
- Ed : A propos de Tom, j’appris la nouvelle par hasard et je fus très triste pour lui.
- Sophia : Comment tu le sus ?
- Ed : C’est Clara, sa femme, qui vint me voir pour me prévenir. Autrement je ne l’aurais peut-être jamais su.
- Sophia : Clara te mit donc dans la confidence.
- Ed : Oui, elle resta un moment chez moi. Nous bûmes un café et elle me raconta les malheurs de son mari. Pauvre Tom…
- Sophia : Oui, il connut beaucoup de mauvaises choses cette année : la perte de son travail, le vol de sa voiture, la mort de son chien…
- Ed : Sa femme pense que lui et son frère naquirent sous une mauvaise étoile.
- Sophia : Je ne crois pas à ces choses-là, mais ça expliquerait tous ces malheurs !
- Ed: I learned the news about Tom by chance, and I was very sad for him.
- Sophia: How did you hear about it?
- Ed: Clara, his wife, came to see me to tell me. Otherwise, perhaps I would have never known.
- Sophia: So Clara confided in you.
- Ed: Yes, she stayed for a moment in my home. We drank coffee and she told me the misfortunes of her husband. Poor Tom…
- Sophia: Yes, he experienced many bad things this year: the loss of his job, his car being stolen, and the death of his dog …
- Ed: His wife thinks that he and his brother were born under an unlucky star.
- Sophia: I do not believe in those things, but it would explain all this evil!