LANGUAGE 13/2019 Spotlight 43
- I’m so annoyed!
What do Cory and Natasha say to express their annoy-
ance? Put the words below in the correct order to form
sentences from the dialogue.
A. fed | getting | I’m | it | up | with
.
B. always | do | does | have | he | that | to | why
?
C. and | I’m | it | of | sick | tired
.
D. a | beyond | joke | that’s
.
E. does | he | he | is | think | who
?
- Calm down!
What does Natasha say to calm Cory down when he’s
complaining? Fill in the missing letters in the words
below. We’ve given you the first and last letters.
A. Oh, c e on!
B. He’s o y having fun.
C. Look on the b t side.
D. It could be w e.
E. At l t he hasn’t cut anyone’s hand off.
The party is in full swing. Everyone’s having a
great time, but Cory is concerned that one of
their guests is spoiling the party atmosphere.
Cory: Have you seen what my brother’s
doing? I’m getting fed up with it.
Natasha: Oh, come on! He’s only having fun.
Cory: He’s taking things too far — again. Why
does he always have to do that? I’m sick and
tired of it.
Natasha: What’s he doing this time?
Cory: He’s eating spare ribs and throwing the bones
on the floor...
Natasha: What?
Cory: ...and making sexist comments to your friends.
Natasha: That’s beyond a joke. Who does he think he is?
Cory: He thinks he’s a Game of Thrones villain at a great
feast.
Natasha: Well, look on the bright side. It could be
worse. At least he hasn’t cut anyone’s hand
off or tried to feed a woman to a bear, as
Locke did in season three.
The sentences in
exercise 5 are light-hearted
or informal. In a professional
situation, you will, of course,
need something more polite
and helpful, such as: “I’ll
sort this out for you
straight away.”
beyond: be ~ a joke
[bi(jQnd]
, da hört der Spaß auf
feast [fi:st]
, Fe s t e s s e n , Fe s t m a h l
fed up: get ~ with sth.
[fed (Vp] ifml.
, von etw. die Nase voll
haben
light-hearted
[)laIt (hA:tId]
, unbeschwert, locker
sick: be ~ and tired of sth.
[sIk] ifml.
, etw. gründlich satt
haben
sort: ~ sth. out [sO:t]
, etw. klären, erledigen
villain [(vIlEn]
, Schurke, Bösewicht 4. I’m so annoyed!A. I’m getting fed up
with it.
B. Why does he always
have to do that?
C. I’m sick and tired of
it.
D. That’s beyond a joke.E.
Who does he think he is?
- Calm down!A. come B. only C. bright D. worseE.
least
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