tailieunhanh - New english file upper intermediate student's book part 14

Three minutes is enough time to talk to someone,1 says Adele Testani, who runs a speed dating company, 'because you can get an idea of what a person is like in that time and you can eliminate them if you see immediately that they're not your type | Listening 1-3 Interviewer . and with me I ve got Emily and Alex. Emily what kind of questions did you ask Emily Well the organizers of the event suggested a list of topics you know sort of pre-prepared questions but I thought that they were very er artificial you know strange. So I asked quite normal questions like Why did you come tonight or er Have you been speed dating before or er What do you like doing in your free time I found that the conversation ran more smoodily when I asked people these kinds of norma questions. Interviewer How about you Alex Alex Yes same as Emily really. I also asked quite normal things like What do you do Have you done this before Do you enjoy living in Oxford Things like that. Interviewer Did other people ask you interesting questions Alex Yes some were quite interesting. Ones 1 can remember are If you were an animal what would you be Or If you had to choose a different career from your current one what would it be One woman even said I ve heard that you were in prison once - is that true I don t know where she got that from Interviewer And you Emily. Were you asked anything unusual Alex Not really The most common questions were Are you American or Where are you from The second most common was Why do you five in England Although one person did ask me If you could be invisible for a day what would you do Interviewer How did you answer that Alex I said I d go to work and play tricks on my colleagues in the office like hiding things Interviewer How many matches did you get Alex I chose six men that I would be happy to see again and of those six four of them had chosen me too so I got four matches. Alex I got three. Interviewer Did you go out with any of the people Alex Yes I went on one date with a guy who teaches biochemistry at university. It was a bit of a disaster though because earlier that morning I d been to the dentist and I d had an injection so by the time that we met for coffee 1 had terrible toothache and I was in agony. I .