Lesson 31

Read and say

A: Hello, Lucy!

B: Hi, Sally.

A: I called you last night, but there was no reply. Were you out?

B: Yes. We were at a Guangdong restaurant with my uncle.

A: So you had Guangdong food. How did you like it?

B: Oh, very much. We had a big dinner there.

A: What did you have? Did you have seafood?

B: Yes, we did. We had different kinds of seafood. By the way, why did     you call me?

Lesson 32

Practise

Uncle Mike comes to see the twins.

MIKE: It's so cold today.

LUCY: Yes, it's much colder than it was yesterday.

LILY: I called you an hour ago, but you were not in hotel. Were you out?

MIKE: No. I was in a meeting room. Why did you call me?

LUCY: We have a problem with this computer. We used it last night, but it didn't work. There was something wrong with it.

MIKE: Let me have a look. I think I can put it right.

Read

I am a businessman. My job is to sell computers. I work very hard. Every morning I get up at seven. I do some exercise and have a light breakfast. Then I drive to my office. It takes me forty minutes, so I usually get there earlier than others.

I am very busy. I think every minute counts, so I plan my work very carefully. I keep a diary to help me remember things. I meet and talk with many people. I make lots of telephone calls. I often go out and visit people. I travel to cities in the USA and many foreign countries like China, Japan and India.

Every year I have a long holiday. Then I can stay with my family. Last summer my family and I had a good rest. We went to a town near the sea. Every day we had a swim. When it rained, I did some reading or watched TV. We had a lot of seafood! We were there for half a month. We had a lot of fun.