English Listening B2 Section 1 - Episode 10 - Track 02
Fill in the Blanks Exercise
Alex: Well, that's the first and last time I'm
on stage! I mean, it was like, a total disaster!
Katy: Oh, no. What
? Did you mess up your lines?
Alex: No, I'd practised, like, a thousand times! But my partner did and it all got really
. She kept coming out with the wrong lines and sometimes forgot what she was supposed to be saying
!
Katy: Oops! That happened to me once. I mean, I was the person
the lines. So embarrassing. The play ran for a week and every time I had to go on stage, I could hardly stand up, I was
so much. I was just so scared I'd mess up - and I did, every time! I could tell the other guys were frustrated with me, but they were nice enough not to give me a
about it. I mean, it wasn't exactly a professional performance. It was just awful, though. Every day I had to go on stage, it was like the
of my life!
Alex: Poor you. I guess I should be kinder about my partner-I suppose she had
.
Katy: Yeah-I mean, you feel as if you're going to
of fright. And I knew my lines, they just wouldn't come out of my mouth. It's like I had a
block.
Alex: Hmm... well that does sound awful. But anyway, on top of that, my costume
to pieces! I mean, it literally fell off on stage!
Katy: Noooo! I helped to make those costumes! How
!
Alex: Well, it wasn't too bad. It was only the
. And I think someone else made mine, actually. But then, some of the scenery
. There was this tree thing in one corner of the stage and bang! It fell over, just like that.
Katy: No way!
Alex: Yes, way! We had to just
it there until the interval and the props guys sorted it out then. Oh, and listen to this!
Katy: Go on.
Alex: The lighting failed at one point. Like, there was no light
on stage. We were in the middle of a scene and the lights just went out.
Katy: I bet your time on stage seemed to go on
! How did the audience react?
Alex: Actually, some of them got up and left which wasn't very nice to see - but totally understandable. I'd have wanted my
. But the rest were so kind and just pretended the disasters weren't
.
Katy: That's the good thing about audiences - they do want you to do
.
Alex: Yeah, they were very
!
