Episode 18

I. True or false

1. Philip had investments in foreign markets.

2. He thought that he would be forced to sell at a loss.

3. He had a problem with his lawyer's house.

4. It looked as if the seller might decide not to sell.

5. Philip's daughter wanted to leave school to get a job.

6. His daughter is 19 years old and is in a university.

7. Philip wants her to get married and then finish school.

8. Cynthia's mind was made up to get married.

9. The young man she wants to marry is a stranger to Philip.

II. QUICK REVIEW: Write the words that best complete the sentence.

1. Philip's investments in some of the foreign ____________________ were looking less and less ____________________.

2. Philip was afraid that if ____________________ did not improve, he would be ____________________ to sell at a considerable ____________________?

3. The bank had failed to ____________________ him of certain ____________________ in the wording of the contract.

4. Now it looked as if the ____________________ was going to fall through because the ____________________ might decide not to sell.

5. His ____________________ had called from the university the ____________________ before and had told him that she had fallen ____________________ in love.

6. Finish school ____________________ and then you can ____________________ married.

7. Cynthia did not want to ____________________ the matter at all and in spite of his pleading ____________________ told him that her ____________________ was made up.

8. That's one ____________________ spot in all the mess of the ____________________ few days.

III. CLOSE ATTENTION: Write the word that immediately precedes or follows the words below to fill in the blanks.

1. appeared so ____________________

2. had bought ____________________

3. couldn't be ____________________

4. going to fall ____________________

5. ____________________ 19 years old

6. matter at ____________________

7. nothing but ____________________

8. ____________________ young man

9. ____________________ all this

IV. RECALL: Answer the following questions based on what you remember.

1. What was wrong with Philip's foreign investments?

2. What was the problem about the house?

3. Where was Philip's lawyer?

4. Why does Cynthia want to leave school?

5. What did Philip tell Cynthia to do?

6. How does he feel about Cynthia's young man?

Episode 19

I. True or false

1. Dan jogged before he went to work.

2. He needed exercise because of his sedentary job.

3. His excess fat was bad for his heart.

4. He had been jogging for more than a year.

5. His doctor was angry with him about the jogging.

6. Dan thought about jogging four miles.

7. He thought jogging five miles was not possible yet.

8. He wore cap and gloves because of the chill.

9. When he started, the sun was just rising.

II. QUICK REVIEW: Write the words that best complete the sentence.

1. Before he went to ____________________, Dan usually jogged for about ____________________ miles.

2. His doctor had ____________________ him about his excess ____________________ and the danger it could ____________________ for his heart.

3. His physical ____________________ pleased him and his doctor had ____________________ him for his faithful ____________________ to reduce his ____________________.

4. He felt ____________________ enough to jog five ____________________, but realized that he would ____________________ himself.

5. He pulled on his ____________________ suit, put on his cap and ____________________, and opened the front ____________________ of the house.

6. Dan took three deep ____________________ and started ____________________.

III. CLOSE ATTENTION: Write the word that immediately precedes or follows the words below to fill in the blanks.

1. needed the ____________________

2. steady ____________________

3. ____________________ fine

4. ____________________ had complimented

5. for some ____________________

6. ____________________ more energetic

7. increasing the ____________________

8. still rather ____________________

9. over the ____________________

IV. RECALL: Answer the following questions based on what you remember.

1. How far did Dan jog in the morning?

2. Why had he decided to jog?

3. What posed a danger for his heart?

4. How long has Dan been jogging?

5. What did Dan wear for jogging?