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Rumours 2

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C. Listen and check your answers.

D. Listen again and answer the questions.

1. Who is celebrating their 18 birthday soon?
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2. What do his friends want to do to celebrate?
3. How do they plan to sort out the guest list?
4. What did Reida overhear that morning?
5. How does she describe the guy?

6. Why is Aleesha annoyed?
7. Why did Amina and Zahra argue?
8. Why does her friend think it’s a good thing?

E. Complete the sentences. Then listen again and check your answers.
1. I mean, we have a lot of friends .
2. I heard Aleesha saying she has a on someone
in our class!
3. I can’t believe you’re about me behind my back!
4. We’re sorry – we just got in the excitement.
5. She told me she was going to with her fiancé, Raoul.
6. He looked really .
7. So I thought they’d just .

8. Don’t worry, it’ll all .

F. Discuss with a partner.

a. Why can’t you trust a blabbermouth?
b. Have you ever got in trouble for spilling the beans about something?
c. How do you feel when people keep you in the dark?
d. Are you good at keeping things under wraps?

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