listening included Reading 9 a How do you think people usually meet friends and partners nowadays? Number the phrases 1-5 (1.= the most popular). Then compare with a partner Do youagree? A] atwork B _| at school or university C1 onthe internet (eg. on forums, on social networking sites, etc) D_| inabar, club, ete E __| through friends b_ Read and listen to an article about Sonya Baker and Michael Fazio. Why did their relationship nearly never happen? cone infront of his lane, He thought, It willbe like putting a candle ina window: Sonya saw it, and their romance started up again.‘ almost crashed my car on various occasions, she said, ‘trying to ross several lanes to get tohis exit’ Finally, she found the courage to give Michaela piece of paper with her phone number as she passed through the toll. Michael called her and for their first date they went to see the film Cool Runnings, and then later they went toan opera, La Bohéme, and toa Yankees game. ee Camel Hal he ages mt tn 10 4 eo oka erence reuters att erect tee Beas ea etree Ercnrenser epee ate “what ae you dng any? Verse Peete eeetiae Be eee eee ined Puc andVerd whe Mhals lve wos the New Yok arcs Butt They are now married and living in Kentucky, where Sonya is a voice and music professor at Murray State College and Michael runs an activity centre at a nursing home. It turned out that she had given him her number justin time, Ashort while later she moved to New Jersey and ‘stopped using the New York State Thruway, ‘Imight never have seen him again, she said conversations suddenly came to an end when Michael changed his working hours. ‘He used ‘to work during the day,’ said Sonya, but he changed tonight shifts. Although Michael still looked out for Sonya's white Tayota Corolla, he did not see her again for six months When Michael's working hours changed back to the day shift, he decided to put a traffic Glossary a tollbooth a small building by the sie ofa road ‘where you pay money touse the road Carnegie Hall frou concer hallin New York City [New York State Thruway motorway [New York Yankees hosel eum based in the Bronx in New York a traffic cone a plastic object, often red and ‘white, used to shove where vehiclescam or ean't go ¢ Read the article again and number the events in the order they happened. A _ Michael changed his working hours. F __| Michael changed his working hours ag B __ Michael tried to find Sonya. G1. Sonya chatted to Michael. C _) They got married. H__| They stopped seeing each other D __ Sonya moved to New Jersey 1 | They had their first date. E __ Sonya gave Michael her phone number J 1 Sonya and Michael moved to Kentucky ‘Apter Tnes