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English Conversation Practice - Retirement Party for coworker
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CHARLIE: "Are you going to Bill's retirement party?"
LINDA: "No. Are you?"
CHARLIE: "I don't know. I don't think many people are going."
LINDA: "He isn't a very nice person and he's a mean boss."
CHARLIE: "I know. I remember when he yelled at me for being 10 minutes late to a presentation."
LINDA: "Weren't you in a car accident that morning."
CHARLIE: "Yeah. I was pretty angry."
LINDA: "He would yell at people for unnecessary reasons."
CHARLIE: "Why is the company throwing him a retirement party?"
LINDA: "I don't know. I think his secretary, Mary, is planning it."
CHARLIE: "She must be crazy."
LINDA: "Maybe she is happy he is leaving, so she wants to have a party."
CHARLIE: "That's funny. Then we should all go."
LINDA: "Maybe we should."
CHARLIE: "That's a sad way to retire."
LINDA: "What is a sad way to retire?"
CHARLIE: "To retire with no one liking you."
LINDA: "You're right. Maybe we should go to the party and say goodbye."
1. Who is retiring?
Bill
Linda
Charlie
Mary
2. What do people think of the boss?
He's very nice
He's mean
He's not smart
He's wonderful
3. Why was Charlie late for a presentation?
He overslept
He had a sick child at home
He was in a car accident
He got a speeding ticket
4. Who is planning the retirement party?
The boss
The secretary
The accountant
The vice president
1. Bill
2. Hes mean
3. He was in a car accident
4. The secretary