Conversation 2

Mark ：So did you ring the police?

Kate ：Yes. I went to the police station to report it.

Mark ：What did they say?

Kate ：No one’s found it. This woman said that Oxford has the fifth highest rate of bike theft in the country!

Mark ：You’re joking!

Kate ：That’s what she said.

Mark ：What else did she say?

Kate ：She told me that sometimes you do get bikes back – the thieves use them and then abandon them, apparently, and then people find them and report them.

Mark ：So you might get it back.

Kate ：I hope so, Mark, I really do. It’s just too much you know? But … um … what else? She told me to go to this sale they have of abandoned bikes. She thinks I might find it there. But it’s only every two months, I can’t wait  till then! Honestly, Mark, I’m really furious!

Mark ：You can always buy a cheap bike on eBay.

Kate ：Hello … Speaking … You found it! Where was it? Is it …? Oh, that’s fantastic news! There was a lamp and a basket on it … Right … OK, thank you, I’ll be in tomorrow morning to pick it up. Unbelievable! This guy  found it!

Mark ：Brilliant! Was that the police?

Kate ：Yes. What they said was, someone dumped it outside this guy’s backyard.

Mark ：That’s so strange!

Kate ：The lamp’s been stolen and the basket.

Mark ：Forget about it! You’re lucky to get it back!

Answers

4 Answers  1(c)   2 (d)    3 (b)    4 (d)    5 (b)

5 Answers

 (1) You're joking

 (2) find them and report them

 (3) It's just too much

 (4) every two months

 (5) a lamp and a basket

 (6) outside this guy's backyard

 (7) Forget about it