Tickets to the theatre Mr. Morton, the manager of a big company, always came to his office in Manhattan in his own car.
Once, when he went out of his company to go to a small restaurant for lunch he didn’t find his car in the parking lot.
Mr. Morton phoned the police who promised to find the car as soon as possible.
At the end of the working day when Mr. Morton left the company to go home he was greatly surprised to see his car in its place.
When he got into his car he saw two tickets to the theatre on the seat, and a note: “Sorry for the trouble. We needed your car.”
Mr. Morton and his wife decided to go to the theatre that night. The tickets were very expensive and the play was very popular. It was difficult to get the tickets for it.
Mr. Morton and his wife enjoyed the performance very much.
When they returned home they saw that somebody had been in their house and the thieves had taken all the valuable things…
Vocabulary: Urgently – терміново;
expensive – дорогий;
to get the tickets – дістати квитки;
performance – вистава;
thieves - крадії
valuable – цінний
LISTENING COMPREHENSION VARIANT 93
1. Listen to the text and decide if the statements are true or false. Mr. Morton was a manager in a big company.
Mr. Morton bought his car near his company.
Once he left his company to go to a small restaurant.
His car was in the parking lot as he came after lunch.
Mr. Morton saw his car in its place near his company at the end of the working day.
He couldn’t get into his car and he was very surprised.
In the car he saw two tickets and a note.
The Mortons decided to go to the theatre.
Mr. Morton didn’t like the performance very much.
When Mr. Morton came home he didn’t find all things in it.
