Spotlight – September 2019

EVERYDAY ENGLISH 9/2019 Spotlight 55

3. Up to the top
   Stuart and Marie have arrived on the island.


4. Back at the beach
   Stuart and Marie are having a picnic on the shore of Loch Lomond.

Marie: Look at this beach. What a

beautiful spot! It’s like para-

dise.

Stuart: It would be if it were a bit

warmer. But you can’t have

everything, I suppose.

Marie: There’s no pleasing some

people. Are you hungry? Do

you want to have something

to eat now or later?

Stuart: Later. I’ve just stuffed myself

with shortbread. Why don’t

we go up to the summit and

then come back to the beach

for our picnic?

Marie: OK. That way, we can work

up an appetite.

Stuart: We’ll get a great view of the

loch from the top. Are you OK

carrying the backpack, or do

you want me to take it?

Marie: No, I’m fine. I’ll let you know

if it gets too heavy.

Stuart: Off we go, then!

Marie: It’s just after three now. The

boat should be on its way

back.

Stuart: Is that it over there in the

distance?

Marie: Yes, I think so. What a pity!

I could stay here all day.

Stuart: Me, too. I’d like to come back

here and go kayaking. Maybe

we could explore the other

islands.

Marie: I’d love that. We could come

for a long weekend.

Stuart: Let’s look into it when we get

back. We could maybe even

stay at the youth hostel. That

shouldn’t be too expensive

and it’s always good fun.

Marie: Good idea. Come on! Let’s go

for a paddle before the boat

gets here. I’ll race you to the

water.

Stuart: (splashing) Oh my God! It’s

freezing!

Marie: (laughs) That’s Scotland for

you.

Tips

⋅ Here, spot means a particular area or

place.

⋅ You might say you can’t have

everything to show that you can

accept a situation that is not perfect.

⋅ Someone might say there’s no

pleasing some people when

everything seems to be fine and yet

someone makes a complaint.

⋅ You can say that you have stuffed

yourself (ifml.) if you have eaten a lot

of food or too much food.

⋅ When you work up an appetite, you

develop a feeling of hunger, often

through physical exercise.

Tips

⋅ If a boat is on its way back, it is

making a return journey. People can

be “on their way back”.

⋅ What a pity! is used to show that you

are disappointed about something.

⋅ A long weekend is a holiday of three

or four days including a weekend.

⋅ When you look into something, you

find out the facts about it.

⋅ When you go for a paddle^ (UK),

you walk in shallow water without

wearing shoes or socks.

1.A. hike B. AheadC. spotD. paddle2. A. onB. onC. ofD. on

physical exercise
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, körperliche Betätigung

shallow [(SÄlEU]

, seicht, flach

summit [(sVmIt]

, Gipfel

suppose [sE(pEUz]

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Answers

Exercise 1

Fill in the spaces below using words from the dialogues.

A. That’s enough time to go for a h and have

a picnic.

B. A of us, you can see Inchcailloch.

C. What a beautiful s!

D. Let’s go for a p before the boat gets here.

Exercise 2

Add the missing prepositions.

A. I came here holiday with my family when

I was about four.

B. It makes me want to read up Scottish history.

C. We’ll get a great view the loch from the top.

D. The boat should be its way back.