Platform Four

Kayla and Tom meet unexpectedly at Paddington Station in London after twenty years apart.

Platform Four

Listen and choose the right answer

Where did Kayla and Tom last see each other?

• At a conference in Leeds
• At graduation in Bristol
• At a station in Manchester

What job did Tom spend ten years doing before writing fiction?

• Corporate consulting
• Digital marketing
• Landscape architecture

What coincidence do they discover during their conversation?

• They both live in the same apartment building in London
• They are both writing a novel about the same university night
• They both missed the exact same train to Edinburgh

Why do they have time to talk more at the station?

• Kayla's train to Manchester is delayed
• Tom's meeting was cancelled
• They decide to miss their trains on purpose

Listen again and complete the sentences

• Kayla: I know, it's been ages. When I ____ the last twenty years, it feels like an entirely different stage of life.
• Tom: Tell me about it. We've certainly been through a lot of ____ since those reckless university days.
• Kayla: Ain't that the truth. After I left Bristol, I moved to Edinburgh and tried to ____ as a corporate consultant.
• Tom: Really? You always said corporate life was soul-destroying. Did you manage to ____ it?
• Tom: Exactly. I decided to ____ my whole life in Leeds, move back down south, and finally write fiction.

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