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nervously and opened the door. Guess what? There
 Lead in was no one in the class. Suddenly, I realised that it
was Saturday. While I was going back grumbling, I saw
the headmaster again. He was smiling at me and said
“Are you making practice to be on time?” All in all, I
Discuss the following questions with your friends. humiliated myself because of my habit of being late.
1 What does the expression ‘those were the days’ Barış, 27

mean? When I was a student, I used to work as a cashier at
2 Are you familiar with the proverb ‘Sweet is the a shop after school. It was a great experience for me.
memory of past labour’? Do you agree with I used to learn something new, every day. There were

that? Why/ Why not? funny and humorous moments, too. If I am to tell the
most unforgettable one for me, I guess, it is the one
with a weird man who wanted to buy a pair of shoes.
One day, I was at work, dealing with customers. A
Reading middle-aged man entered the shop and asked one of

the sales assistants where the winter shoes were. She
showed him the department. After he tried some of
a Discuss the following questions with your them on, he decided on a pair. He came to the checkout
partner. with a big smile on his face and gave me the shoes.
1 What is the funniest experience you have While I was packing the shoes, he said “They are forty

ever had? Turkish Liras, aren’t they?” Being surprised, I checked
the price and told him that they cost 120 Turkish Liras.
2 Look at the photos. Try to guess what the He unpacked the shoes, showed me under them and
following anecdotes are about? What can said “But here it says Size 40”. I couldn’t tell anything
you tell about their feelings looking at the for a few seconds. Then, I smiled and explained him

photos? the meaning of ‘size’ in English. I can’t forget that
moment and the disappointment on his face.
b Read the anecdotes and try to guess the meanings
of the highlighted words.

Abigail, 22

I didn’t use to be on time anywhere in the past and
that led to many problems. When I was at high school,
I was always late for school and my teachers were
complaining about that. The headmaster warned me
not to be late. I was really trying to come on time,
but couldn’t help it. One day, when I woke up, there
were just ten minutes left for school time. I jumped
out of bed and put my clothes on. I left the house
quickly and ran to school. When I entered the school
garden, I was ten minutes late. I went into the school,
hoping to get into the class before the teacher. I saw
the headmaster at the end of the corridor, but went
directly upstairs to the class. I knocked on the door

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