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Daily Life - High School Reunion (C0287)

A:    I hate coming to high school reunions.

B:    It will be great honey. We will get to see your old

classmates and catch up to see how they have been doing.

A:   Yeah  I  guess  so.    Oh  look!    There  is  Robert

Matthews! Rob!

C:    Hey Bill! Wow great to see you!

A:    Likewise!  It’s been a long time!  This is my wife

Dorthy.

C:    Pleasure to  meet you.   So  Bill,  how  have you

been?

A:   Can’t complain!  We have 2 children who are in

college  and  my  business  is  going well.    What about you?

C:   Ah you  know  me!   I am a dedicated  bachelor.

I  never  married although  I do  have a beautiful daughter with Mary, you remember her? We were high school sweetheart, didn’t really work out be- tween us, but I really can’t complain either.

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A:   That’s good. Have you seen Frank? I was hoping

he would come tonight.

C:   You didn’t hear? Frank passed away last year. A:   Are you serious?

C:    Nah!  I’m just yanking your chain.  He’ll be here

soon. I saw him just last week and he told me he would show up.

Key Vocabulary

catch up P meet each other

dedicated A have  strong  loyalty  to someone or something

likewise

A also

yank

P deceive  someone  in  a

your friendly or playful way

chain

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high

school

sweet-

heart

N

the   person   who   you loved in high school

Supplementary Vocabulary

reminisce V to   reflect   and   muse about old times

stereotype

N to generalize a particu- lar person or group;  a generalization, a simpli- fied image

jock

N an  athlete,  stereotypi- cally  popular  but  not very smart

nerd

N a stereotype of someone who  studies  well  but lacks in social skills

cheerleader

N a   person   who   leads the  cheering  at  sports events;   a  person  who rallies the crowd

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