Practice English Listening A2 Exercises – What happened?

A

Claire

He likes her as a friend but not as a girlfriend.

The problem is the talked a lot about herself (and not about him).

Nina

Richard likes her very much and wants to see her again.

The problem is Nina doesn’t think he’s her type.

B

Claire

friendly, extrovert, slim, not very tall, long dark hair, pretty, funny, a great sense of humour, talkative

Nina

Attractive, short dark hair, tall, Hungarian, fantastic (English), shy, beautiful Hungarian accent

Claire

I was very optimistic when I went to meet Claire. My first impression was that she was very friendly and very extrovert. Physically she was my type – she was quite slim, and not very tall with long dark hair – very pretty. And she was very funny too. She had a great sense of humour. We laughed a lot. But the only problem was that Claire was very talkative. She talked all the time and I just listened. She wasn’t very interested in me. At the end of the evening I knew everything about her and she knew nothing about me. Claire was the kind of woman I could have as a friend but not as a girlfriend.

Nina

When I first saw Nina I couldn’t believe it. I thought ‘Wow! Thanks mum’. She’s very attractive – she’s got short dark hair – and she’s quite tall. She’s Hungarian, from Budapest but her English was fantastic.

At first she was a bit shy but when we started chatting we found we had a lot of things in common – we both like music, food, and travelling. We got on really well – we didn’t stop talking for the whole evening. When it was time to go I knew I really wanted to see Nina again and I asked her for her phone number. But she just smiled at me and said in her beautiful Hungarian accent, ‘Richard, you’re really sweet but I’m sorry, you’re not my type.’