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Speak Now 4: Lesson 5-8: Tom and Kate

Practical English Conversations3:00

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Hey Alex, my friend Anna just opened a cafe and is having a little get-together there. How about joining me, huh?

Oh, I'm not really in the mood to go out tonight. I think I'll just stand and read or something.

Are you sure? I just don't get why you'd want to stay home all alone.

Come on, you know me, I'm kind of a homebody.

Give me a break, Alex. You're no homebody. It's Anna, isn't it? You don't really like her, right?

Oh, well, she's smart and creative and everything, but she just seems kind of, I don't know, mean.

Oh yeah, I used to think that too, but then I realized that she's just really sarcastic and, you know, sometimes she can actually be kind of sweet.

Maybe I should get to know her better, but not tonight. I'm pretty beat.

Okay, well, swing by if you change your mind.

Excuse me, but you look really familiar. Have we met before?

Uh, I'm not sure.

Well, how do you know Anna?

Oh, we're old friends. We grew up together. How about you?

And as my exercise buddy, we run together and sometimes we play tennis.

So, well, maybe I know you from work. What do you do?

I work for an advertising firm.

Oh, really? That's so cool. How did you get interested in that?

Well, I'd always loved watching commercials and looking at ads.

Really? Me too. I used to record all my favorite commercials.

No way. You know, I'm starving. Are you up for getting a bite to eat?

Sure, great idea. Uh, what kind of food are you in the mood for?

Uh, well, um, we could go out for shabu-shabu.

Oh, well, actually, I'm not really crazy about cooking my own food at a restaurant.

Oh, that's no problem. I'm up for anything. What kind of food do you like?

Well, this might seem kind of boring, but what I really love most is pasta.

You're kidding. Pasta is just about all I eat.

Wait a minute now, I know why you look familiar. Aren't you Eric Martino's old roommate, the one who eats nothing but pasta?

Yeah, I am. But how did you know that?

Have we? He's my brother's best friend. He's posted lots of pictures of you on Facebook and he always used to complain that all you ever cooked was pasta.

Wow, small world. Hey, let's text him a picture of the two of us. That'll surprise him. You?