English Listening B1 Episode 08 - Track 05
Fill in the Blanks Exercise
Exercise (Track 5):
MIKE: Mike
.
ROB: Hello, Mike? It's
.
MIKE: Hi, Rob! Long time
. How are you doing?
ROB: Er, not bad, thanks. How's life in the
advertising?
MIKE: Oh, er, fine, I
. I've got a lot of work on at the moment, but between me and you, I've been finding it
to get down to things recently.
ROB: Maybe it's time
.
MIKE: Yeah, maybe. So, is this just a
, or, er, ... ?
ROB: Well, not exactly. I'd like to, um, talk to you about a
I'm working on.
MIKE: Really? What
project?
ROB: I'd prefer to tell you
, if that's OK.
MIKE: Sure.
?
ROB: The sooner, the better,
. What about tomorrow? Are you
lunch?
MIKE: Let me check... Sorry, I'm having lunch
tomorrow. I can't really get
that.
ROB: No, course
. Er, OK, how about some time
? I could get to your office by
.
MIKE: Sorry, I'll be interviewing people for our
programme then. Actually, that'll probably
the whole morning.
ROB: OK, what about the
? Say, four o'clock?
MIKE: No, sorry, I'll be in the
a meeting at four. Then I've got two more meetings
to. Maybe I could meet you
?
ROB: Sorry, I can't do the
, I've got to stay at home and
the kids.
MIKE: Oh,
.
ROB: Well, how about
morning, say, eleven?
MIKE: No, I'll be on my way
at eleven. I'm giving a talk at a
there.
ROB: Well, Southampton's not far from me, maybe I can
there.
MIKE: OK, that might
.
ROB: What time would
you?
MIKE: Well, I'll have arrived by
, but then I have to have lunch with
.
ROB: You are on the
all the time, aren't you? So what time's your
?
MIKE: It starts at two, so I'll have finished giving the talk by
– but then I'll have to chat to lots of people – you know what
are like.
ROB: Well, er, how about I
dinner?
MIKE: Yeah, fine. I'm staying in a
that night anyway and going straight to work
.
ROB: Great! Shall we say
?
MIKE: Yes,
.
ROB: Let me know where you're staying and I'll
you up.
MIKE: Will
. Er, Rob
ROB: Yeah
?
MIKE: What's this
about?
ROB: Tell you on
. See you then. Bye!
