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เรือ่ งท​ ่ี 14.1.1
The Office of the Past

Situation 1 Pranee and Rosemary, secretaries at the Sukhothai Trading Company are ex-
tremely busy. While hard at work, they complain about the working conditions.

Activity 1 Listening Comprehension
L isten to the dialogue between Pranee and Rosemary and fill in the blanks with

the missing words. Before you listen, read the whole dialogue to try to get the

general idea of the content.

Pranee: Good Heavens! It’s taking forever to type this letter.

R osemary: Rather you than me!

Pranee: This typewriter’s ancient: 1) .

Rosemary: 2) ! I used it last week and my fingers were sore for hours

afterwards.

Pranee: Not to mention broken finger nails. Oh dear! 3) ?

I’ve made a typo.

Rosemary: [Sound of door opening and closing] I’ve got some somewhere. Now where is it?

Ah yes! Here it is!

Pranee: I don’t know how you find anything 4) . There’re files all over

the desks, files on the floor. No wonder 5) to answer the

phone this morning! It was buried under a mountain of files.

Rosemary: Don’t forget there are three phones here! Sometimes

6) which one’s ringing. Anyway, here’s your white-out.

Pranee: Thanks!

[Phone rings]

Rosemary: S ukhothai Trading Company. May I help you? An appointment with Mr. O’ Conner,

the Production Manager? On Wednesday afternoon? Just a moment, please,

7) . God, where’s the appointment book?

It was here a moment ago. Ah, here it is. Wednesday afternoon… Wednesday