The other day while I 1.
(walk) downtown, I 2.
mine who I 3.
(meet) an old friend of
(not see) for years. The last time: 4.
him he 5.
(speak) to
(work) as the manager of a big shoe factory he 6.
from his father who 7.
(inherit)
-(work) there all his life. His father 8.
- (be) a great
man who 9.
(use) his knowledge very well.
Well, we 10.
(go) to the next cafe and 11.
(order) some coffee. 'How 12.
(you / do), Carl? I 13.
(not see) you for quite a long time. I 14.
(think) you 15.
(move away) years ago.'
You're right. Actually, I. 16.
(move away) six years ago, but then: 17
(return) because of my business.' 'Oh yes, the shoe business! 18.
-(it / go) well?'
No, not very well, I'm afraid. We 19.
(have to close down the factory and we 20.
(give) a sack to all our workers. We 21,
(not be able to) export any
shoes last year as the prices of other shoe manufacturers 22.
(be) much more competitive
than ours. So we 23.
- (not can) sell our products any more. Besides, we 24.
(have) some financial difficulties. I 25.
(be) out of my job for six
months now.'
What 26.
(you/ do) since it 27.
- (happen)?
'I 28.
(look) for a good job which 29.-
- (not be) so stressful as the
previous one.'
What 30.
(you/do) if you 31. _
(not find) it?'
"I think I 32.
_(start) another private business. This time it 33.
(be) a
computer business. I hope this time next year I 34.
(work) in my own company as a
manager, of course.
'Oh, I 35.
(completely / forget) I 36.
(have to) buy some food at
the supermarket. I 37.
(leave) immediately. It 38.
(be) really nice to see
you again.' It 39.
(be)nice to see you, too. Bye!'
