[00:01.160]--- Lesson 40 Food and talk
[00:06.840]--- First listen and then answer the question.
[00:13.080]--- Was Mrs.Rumbold a good companion at dinner?
[00:20.120]Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs.Rumbold.
[00:28.040]Mrs.Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress.
[00:35.960]She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her.
[00:41.360]Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating.
[00:48.120]I tried to make conversation.
[00:53.080]'A new play is coming to "The Globe" soon,' I said. 'Will you be seeing it?'^“
[00:59.880]'No,' she answered.^
[01:03.680]'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?' I asked.^“
[01:10.600]'No,' she answered
[01:15.360]'Will you be staying in England?' I asked.
[01:19.920]'No,' she answered
[01:24.200]In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.
[01:29.880]'Young man,' she answered, 'if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!'^“
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