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English Conversation Practice - Worthless Stocks
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Jennifer: Why does the CFO look so upset?
Adam: The stock market crashed.
Jennifer: What about the employees' stocks?
Adam: Our stocks are worth nothing.
Jennifer: Are you serious?
Adam: Yes. The company stocks have no value.
Jennifer: What am I going to do?
Adam: What are we all going to do?
Jennifer: That was going to be my retirement fund.
Adam: I was going to use that to pay my son's college tuition.
1. How does the CFO look?
Happy
Handsome
Upset
Tired
2. What are Adam and Jennifer discussing?
Stock market
Raises and bonuses
Spouses
A project
3. How much are the company's stocks worth now?
Double
Same
No change
Nothing
4. What were Adam and Jennifer going to use the stocks for?
Retirement
College tuition
Both A and B
None of the above
1. Upset
2. Stock market
3. Nothing
4. Both A and B