Intermediate English Course Programme 3 Text Two

A little Gossip

Mrs. Jones	Good morning, Mrs. Smith. What beautiful weather again!
Mrs. Smith	Yes, lovely? What a splendid summer we've had so far this year!
Mrs. Jones	Yes, but some people are complaining about the heat and grumbling because we haven't had much rain for the gardens.
Mrs. Smith	Some people are never satisfied.
Mrs. Jones	By the way, have you heard that young Patrick Ellis has had another accident in his car?
Mrs. Smith	A How awful! Is he badly hurt?
Mrs. Jones	Well, they took him to hospital but I don't think it was serious because he's coming home again today.
Mrs. Smith	I suppose he was driving flat out again. Only yesterday I was telling Mrs. Tailor how madly he drives. And all his friends are just the same.
Mrs. Jones	I know. What wild things young men are these days!
Mrs. Smith	Mm... I've got some news for you, too. Have you heard that Eva Browning is getting married for the third time on September the tenth?
Mrs. Jones	Fancy that! She only got her second divorce in the spring. What a dreadful woman she is!
Mrs. Smith	Her first marriage only lasted six months - and that was only in 1972, wasn't it?
Mrs. Jones	Yes, that's right. At this rate she'll lose count of her husbands before she's forty.
Mrs. Smith	She may lose count, Mrs. Jones but we certainly won't.

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