| LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION | |
| Practice Speaking – Select a Conversation Partner | |
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| Stacey: Hey Pete. How are you doing? Pete: Honestly, I am having a bad week. Stacey: I’m sorry to hear that. What’s going on? Pete: Do you remember when I told you that I was working on an important project for my new company? Stacey: Yes, I remember. You said that you were really excited about it and that it could help you get a big promotion next year. Pete: Well, the project just went down in flames. Stacey: That’s awful. What happened? Pete: There were a lot of problems, but to make a long story short, one of our important partners pulled out of the project. Stacey: I’m sorry to hear that, but don’t worry. I’m sure there will be other projects in the future. | |
Key Vocabulary | |
| 1. to go down in flames: to fail in a big way; to fail spectacularly | |
| • Our project went down in flames. | |
| • His career went down in flames. | |
| 2. to have a bad week: to experience 7 days of hardship, failure, and difficult things | |
| • I have had a bad week. I can’t wait for the weekend. | |
| • Our sales team is having a bad week. | |
| 3. to make a long story short: to summarize something briefly | |
| • To make a long story short, we failed. | |
| • To make a long story short, I my job yesterday. | |
