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CGSound Bites. Read and listen to conversation
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between two colleagues.
MEG: What's all that racket?
PAT: Carla. Yelling at Phil. She's really ticked off at him.
MEG: Oh, Carla's always ticked off about something or other.
She needs to get hold of herself. What's she so angry
about now?
PAT: Well, it seems she confided in Phil, and.
MEG Big mistake. Phil can't keep a secret.Everyone knows
what a gossip he is.. So what did she tell him?
PAT: Shame on you! Well,she told him she'd been offereda
new job and that she was thinking of taking it.
MEG: No kidding. Where?
PAT: Hey,Idon't feel comfortable talking behind her
that it's out in the open, why dont you just ask
back
Now
her yourself?
DAnswer the questions.
1. Why is Carla mad at Phil?
2. Why do you think Pat says, "Shame on you!" to Meg?
3. What was Carla's secret?
4. What do you think will happen next?
EIn Other Words. Read the conversation again.
Then say each of these statements another way.
1. "What's all that racket?" r u c giS
2. She's really ticked off at him." rake 2ngu
3.She needs to get hold of
herself.o COrlE a
4."Well, it seems she confided in Phil."
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5. "Everyone knows what a(gossiphe is.
6 . "I don't feel comfortablealking behind her back."
"Carla's yelling at Phil. She's always
ticked off about something."
STARTING POINT
ir Work. Discuss the possible consequences ofeach of these problems in a person's life.
Disorganization
Low self-esteem
The inability to follow through
Procrastination
Poor test-taking skills
Getting angry easily
sedentary lifestyle
Insomnia