3/12/13

Historias y Humor: The Two Ronnies (listening comprehension exercise)




I invite you to listen again to The Optician's by the Two Ronniesand then fill in the gaps in the text below (the first half of the sketch): 


ClientHello? (1)------- there?

ClientAh! Good morning!


ClientI'm sorry I meant...


Client: (2)------! sorry, sorry, sorry, I meant to..., I meant to...


Optician
Good morning, Miss Prindergast, you're (3)------!


Client
: Ah, good morning.


Optician: Oh, I'm sorry. Good morning, sir.


Client
Good morning. Erm, (4)------ I have 2 pounds of potatoes please?


Optician
No,no,no sir, this is an (5)------, sir.


Client:
 Eh what?


Optician:
 Opticians. Look, it says (6)------ over the door.


Client
Oh sorry, so it (7)-----!


Client
Well it doesn't (8)------, because I was coming here anyway. I've got it down on my list: (9)----- and opticians. You see?


Optician
Oh, I see, yes.


Client
It was the (10)----- idea, actually.


Optician:
 Oh yes, well, do sit down, (11)----- you?


Client
Thank you very much!...You're...you're (12)----- here, aren't you?


Optician
Yes, I've been here about 6 (13)------, yes.


Client
Yes, I thought I hadn't (14)---- you before.


Optician
The other lady left to (15)------- married.


Client
: But, you're not a lady, (16)------ you?


Optician
No, no,no, I just (17)----- her job.


Optician
Would you (18)------ for a cup of tea? I've just made one.


Client:
 That's very (19)-----, yes.


Optician
Now tell me, what's a...what seems to be the (20)------?


Client
Well, I've just got the feeling that my (21)----- isn't quite what it used to be.


OpticianYes? Whatever (22)------- you think that?


Client
Well, I started (23)----- into people at the office, you know? - people I work with.


Optician
Oh, really?


Client
Yes.


Optician
Yes, what (24)----- of people?


Client
Well, the people I (25)----- the office with, you see? I kept bumping into them and I (26)----- I hadn't seen them properly for a long time.


Optician
Oh, dear...Do you (27)------ sugar?


Client: No, no sugar (28)------- me thank you.


Optician
Right, here we are then, you have that. Do sit down and we'll see if we can work something (29)----- for you, shall we?


Client
Thank you very much. It can be (30)----- inconvenient, you know?, spectacles. I don't know, do you (31)---- them at all?


Optician
Er...well I must confess, yes I do I wear them, yes - but only for reading and for (32)---- things, you know?


Client
Yes, well I...I was passing by, so I thought I'd just sort of (33)---- in, you know?


Optician
Yes, yes, well you obviously (34)---- something a lot stronger.


Client
Yes, I (35)----, thank you very much!


Optician
Well, I tell you (36)---- we'll do.


Client
Yes?


Optician
We'll just have a look at some eye (37)----, shall we? And we'll just (38)---- your eyes.


Client:
 Right, yes.


Client
Is there a.....is there a (39)---- in here?


Optician
No, no, no, that was me. I was just...well I was just (40)---- myself, you know?


KEY


(1) anybody; (2) Oops; (3) early; (4) could; (5) opticians; (6) so; (7) does; (8) matter; (9) greengrocer's; (10) wife's; (11) will; (12) new; (13) months; (14) seen; (15) get; (16) are; (17) took; (18)  care; (19) nice; (20) trouble; (21) sight; (22) makes; (23) bumping; (24) sort; (25) share; (26) realised; (27) take; (28) for; (29) out; (30) rather; (31) wear; (32) seeing; (33) pop; (34) need; (35) do; (36) what; (37) charts; (38) test; (39) dog; (40) scratching






    

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  1. Talking of Ronnies, here's a recent interview with Ronnie Corbett you may enjoy reading: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2524844/I-rarely-drink-spirits-I-wine-strong-I-enjoy-glass-Under-microscope-comedian-Ronnie-Corbett.html

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