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Listening: Whose turn is it?

Audiție: cine a organizat petrecerea. Asculți un nou dialog despre neînțelegeri legate de o aniversare în familie și verifici adevărul unor afirmații pe baza detaliilor din conversație.

Аудирование: кто организовал праздник. Вы слушаете новый диалог о недопонимании из-за семейного юбилея и проверяете правильность утверждений на основе прослушанной аудиозаписи.

Whose turn is it?

Justin, Melissa, and Amanda are standing outside their mother's house in Seattle, arguing about her seventieth birthday dinner.

Listening: Whose turn is it? — You might have told me!

Whose turn is it?

True or false?

Justin assumed Melissa was booking the restaurant for their mother's birthday.

  • True
  • False

Melissa organized the entire surprise party herself.

  • True
  • False

Amanda bought an expensive three-tier cake from a bakery in Bellevue.

  • True
  • False

Their mother spent her seventieth birthday at home waiting for them.

  • True
  • False

The siblings discovered the party through an Instagram photo.

  • True
  • False

Listen again and complete the sentences

  • Melissa: Me? You must be joking! I'm always the ____ in this family, but this is ridiculous. You might have told me that you assumed I was doing it. I've been swamped with work all week.
  • Amanda: Are you serious? She didn't invite us? After all our ____ and worrying about her special day, she went behind our backs?
  • Melissa: And look at the caption: 'Celebrating seventy with my real friends. No family rows allowed.' Ouch. That's a serious ____ .
  • Melissa: Let's just cut it right here on the front porch and eat it ourselves. Frankly, it's the only way to ____ with our own sugar cravings.

Sources: photo by Rachel Claire on Pexels

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