| LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION | |
| Practice Speaking – Select a Conversation Partner | |
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| Erin: How was your trip last weekend? Jacob: It was terrible. Erin: What happened? Jacob: First, on our way there, our car broke down. We were stuck on the side of the road for 5 hours. Erin: What was wrong with your car? Jacob: The battery died. Anyway, after we fixed the battery, and finally arrived, it started to rain. We checked into our room and realized that there was a hole in the ceiling and water was leaking into the room. But we couldn’t change our room because all the rooms were full. Erin: That’s awful. Jacob: On top of that, my daughter got sick and cried all night. Erin: Sounds like you went through hell. | |
Key Vocabulary | |
| 1. to go through hell: to experience a very hard and bad time or situation | |
| • He went through hell to become successful. | |
| • We went through hell yesterday. | |
| 2. to break down: to stop working; to stop operating or functioning properly | |
| • Our car broke down on the highway. | |
| • My computer just broke down. | |
| 3. to be stuck: to be unable to move or leave a place | |
| • Our car was stuck in the mud. | |
| • We were stuck in the hotel because of all the snow. | |
