Programme 16
Text Three
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Intermediate English Course Programme 16 Text Three |
| Mike | Do you think I can borrow the car tonight, Mum? |
| Mum | No, you can't. Your father and I will be using it. We're going to the annual general meeting at the bridge club. |
| Mike | But they aren't holding the meeting tonight. |
| Mum | Aren't they? How do you know? |
| Mike | I heard Dad telling Mr. Janes it had been postponed for a month. |
| Mum | Well, he didn't mention it to me. If that's the case you can use the car, but you're not to cram it with too many of your friends again. There must have been eight or nine of you in it last week. You'll spoil the upholstery, and besides it's against the law. |
| Mike | Well Pete's car had broken down, so ours was the only one available. Anyway there are only seven of us this week. |
| Mum | That car's only meant to take five people. You are not to go far in it, or you'll break the springs. |
| Mike | We're only going to a party at Topsham. I'll drive slowly and gently. |
| Mum | Another of those parties! You're to be Home at mid- night, or your father and I will be worried to death that you've had a crash. |
| Mike | Mum, the party will hardly have started by mid- night. Just go to sleep and forget about me. |
| Mum | If you're late in, you are not to make a noise... And you're not to drink any alcohol or the police will stop you and you'll lose your licence. |
| Mike | For god's sake, Mum, you must think I'm 9 years old, not 19! |
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