Unit 1 / Listening 4

When she got back from work, Caroline found the following message on the kitchen table :

Caroline darling,

I’m at the travel agents, booking a flight to Dublin. I have to leave tomorrow - Max Johnson has a new assignment for me. I know I usually get at least a couple of weeks between assignments, and I know you want us to spend more time together, but this assignment sounds strange and I want to see Max to discuss it with him. I’m so sorry, Caroline, but we can spend this evening together and have a wonderful time. The Tate closes at nine, and there’s an excellent Hockney retrospective at the moment. Why don’t we go? Afterwards we can have dinner at our favourite Indian restaurant, and then when we get home - well, I’ll let you imagine the rest!

I love you, Caroline.

Tom

Listen now to Tom and Caroline at the restaurant.

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints!

Caroline: Tom?
Tom: Yes?
Caroline: Do you know the of is going up these days?
Tom: Oh... No, actually, I don’t the property very .
Caroline: Do you remember that little house we in Wales?
Tom: The one for , you mean? Next to the with the little running in it?
Caroline: Yes. A place to relax, you said.
Tom: A little house. Yes, I remember. Why?
Caroline: Perhaps we should buy it.
Tom: Buy it? But... you in London. You London.
Caroline: I like the too. And property in London’s so . We can’t to buy a house - or even a - in London. But if we buy a house in the country, it’s an for the future.
Tom: But your job?
Caroline: I don’t have to work all the time in London. When I’m a I work at home, so if home is in Wales, that’s . Then when I’m ready I just come to London for the .
Tom: But travelling from Wales to London takes . The trains in Britain are and the roads are so . I know it’s a lovely house, and Wales is a great place to live, but honestly, it doesn’t very to me.
Caroline: Is it the house, Tom, or is it me?
Tom: What do you mean?
Caroline: You say in Wales isn’t practical. But I don’t think it’s a of where we live. If we want to live in Wales, we can. But living with me that you don’t find practical. what I think.
Tom: How can you say that, Caroline? You know it’s not !
Caroline: So why are you always travelling all over the place? We ever see other! And tomorrow you’re again to Dublin.
Tom: This is an exception. I always try to stay at home for a between assignments. But Max’s message sounded very strange. I want to what he wants. Listen, when I get back, we’ll go on holiday , all right? To Dominica, that? You saying you want to go there. So we’ll two weeks in Dominica. To from this British weather. That’s a promise.
Caroline: You know that it’s to a promise if you think you can’t it.
Tom: Yes, I know. I don’t make promises . I’m going to keep this one.
Caroline: And I promise you, Tom Hunter, that if you don’t keep it…
Tom: Yes?
Caroline: Let’s just that you are going to keep it, shall we? And I’m going to start for Dominica.
Tom: But I don’t know exactly when –
Caroline: Look. The coming to take our order. What are you going to have?
Tom: Oh… Right. Well, I think I’ll have my favourite. Chicken Rogan Josh.