Conversation2
Mark ：So did you ring the police?
Kate ：Yes. I went to the police station to report it.
Mark ：What did they say?
Kate ：No one’s found it. This woman said that Oxford has the fifth highest rate of bike theft in the country!
Mark ：You’re joking!
Kate ：That’s what she said.
Mark ：What else did she say?
Kate ：She told me that sometimes you do get bikes back – the thieves use them and then abandon them, apparently, and then people find them and report them.
Mark ：So you might get it back.
Kate ：I hope so, Mark, I really do. It’s just too much you know? But … um … what else? She told me to go to this sale they have of abandoned bikes. She thinks I might find it there. But it’s only every two months, I can’t wait till then! Honestly, Mark, I’m really furious!
Mark ：You can always buy a cheap bike on eBay.
Kate ：Hello … Speaking … You found it! Where was it? Is it …? Oh, that’s fantastic news! There was a lamp and a basket on it … Right … OK, thank you, I’ll be in tomorrow morning to pick it up. Unbelievable! This guy found it!
Mark ：Brilliant! Was that the police?
Kate ：Yes. What they said was, someone dumped it outside this guy’s backyard.
Mark ：That’s so strange!
Kate ：The lamp’s been stolen and the basket.
Mark ：Forget about it! You’re lucky to get it back!
5 Watch Conversation 2 again and complete the sentences.
Mark ：So did you ring the police?
Kate ：Yes. I went to the police station to report it.
Mark ：What did they say?
Kate ：No one’s found it. This woman said that Oxford has the fifth highest rate of bike theft
in the country!
Mark ：(1) !
Kate ：That’s what she said.
Mark ：What else did she say?
Kate ：She told me that sometimes you do get bikes back – the thieves use them and then
abandon them, apparently, and then people (2) .
Mark ：So you might get it back.
Kate ：I hope so, Mark, I really do. (3) you know? But …um … what else? She told me to go to this sale they have of abandoned bikes. She thinks I might find it there. But it’s only (4) , I can’t wait till then! Honestly, Mark, I’m really furious!
Mark ：You can always buy a cheap bike on eBay.
Kate ：Hello …Speaking … You found it! Where was it? Is it …? Oh, that’s fantastic news! There was (5) on it … Right … OK, thank you, I’ll be in tomorrow morning to pick it up. Unbelievable! This guy found it!
Mark ：Brilliant! Was that the police?
Kate ：Yes. What they said was, someone dumped it (6) .
Mark ：That’s so strange!
Kate ：The lamp’s been stolen and the basket.
Mark ：(7) ! You’re lucky to get it back!
Answers
2 Answers
1 It was good but too long.
2 It was a mountain bike and cost a fortune.
3 He will go down the street to see if he can see anyone with it, while Kate goes to ask the shopkeeper if she has seen anything suspicious.
4 She hadn't seen anything suspicious.
5 She advised Kate to report it to the police.
6 Bikes get stolen all the time around here.
7 They should go back to the college and report it.
4 Answers 1(c) 2 (d) 3 (b) 4 (d) 5 (b)
5 Answers
(1) You're joking
(2) find them and report them
(3) It's just too much
(4) every two months
(5) a lamp and a basket
(6) outside this guy's backyard
(7) Forget about it
