An Email from A Friend

An Email from A Friend

​Preparation task

Choose the definitions with the correct vocabulary​

Multiple Choice

…… to oversee

• to regularly check the progress of a project

• in some way, sort of

• several days continuously

Multiple Choice

…… to be posted

• to think, to suppose

• to be sent to a place for a job

• one out of every two

Multiple Choice

…… kind of

• to be sent to a place for a job

• several days continuously

• in some way, sort of

Multiple Choice

…… a whirlwind

• something that is fast, exciting, and unpredictable

• to regularly check the progress of a project

• one out of every two

Multiple Choice

…… to figure

• to think, to suppose

• to move or travel to a different place, often quickly

• one out of every two

Multiple Choice

......... to be off to

• to move or travel to a different place, often quickly

• something that is fast, exciting, and unpredictable

• several days continuously

Multiple Choice

…… days on end

• to be sent to a place for a job

• in some way, sort of

• several days continuously

Multiple Choice

…… every other

• to think, to suppose

• one out of every two

• to be sent to a place for a job

​Reading text: An email from a friend

​Hi!

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I’ve been meaning to write for ages and finally today I’m actually doing something about it. Not that I’m trying to make excuses for myself, it’s been really hard to sit down and write, as I’ve been moving around so much. Since we last saw each other I’ve unpacked my bags in four different cities. This job has turned out to be more of a whirlwind than I expected, but it’s all good!

​I went from London to Prague to set up a new regional office there. You know I’d always wanted to go, but maybe I was imagining Prague in spring when I used to talk about that. Winter was really hard, with minus 15 degrees in the mornings and dark really early in the evening. But at least it was blue skies and white snow and not days on end of grey skies and rain, like at home. It’s tough being away from home over Christmas, though, and Skype on Christmas Day wasn’t really the same as being with everyone.

​From there I was on another three-month mission to oversee the set-up of the office in New York. Loved, loved, loved New York! It’s like being in one big TV show, as everywhere looks just a little bit familiar. I did every tourist thing you can think of when I wasn’t working and must have spent most of my salary on eating out. It was really hard to leave for the next job, especially as I kind of met someone (!) More about Michael later ...

​So then I was posted to LA, which felt like a whole other country compared with the East Coast. I could definitely get used to that kind of outdoor, beach lifestyle, but I didn’t spend as much time getting to know California as I could have because I was flying back to see Michael every other weekend. He came to see me when he could, but his job means he’s often working at weekends, so he couldn’t make the flight very often. Those three months flew by and then I was off again, to Frankfurt, which is where I am now. And … so is Michael! He got a month off work and we’re trying to work out how we can be in the same place at the same time for a while. We figure the first step in that direction is getting married, which is also why I wanted to write – I can’t get married without my oldest friend there! The wedding’s going to be at home in London in September and I hope you can come!