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Intermediate-I’m Sorry I Love You V(C0054)

A:Honey,of course I forgive you!I love you so much!

I’ve really missed you.I was wrong to get upset over nothing.

B:I’m sorry I haven’t called or anything,but right af-ter you decided you wanted a break,I was called up north to put out some major forest?res!I was in the middle of nowhere,working day and night, trying to prevent the blaze from spreading!It was pretty intense.

A:Oh,honey,I’m glad you’re okay!But I have some exciting news...I think I’m pregnant!

B:Really?Wow,that’s amazing!This is great news!

I’ve always wanted to be a father!We’ll go to the doctor?rst thing in the morning!

C:We have your test results back and,indeed,you are pregnant.Let’s see here...everything seems to be in order.Y our approximate due date is October twenty-seventh two thousand and nine, so that means that the baby was conceived on February third,two thousand and nine.

B:Are you sure?Are these things accurate?

C:Well,yes sir,they are.

A:What’s wrong?Why are you asking these ques-tions?

B:This baby isn’t mine!I was away the?rst week of February at a training seminar!

A:I...I...no,it can’t be...

Key Vocabulary

accurate Adjective having no mistakes or

errors

conceived principle

verb,past

simple

be created

due date phrase date when the doctor

thinks the baby will be

born

everything seems to be in order phrase everything is okay,ev-

erything is normal

?rst thing in

the morning

phrase early in the morning

break common

noun,sin-

gular temporary stop in a ro-mantic relationship

in the middle

of nowhere

phrase far from a city or town

blaze common

noun,sin-

gular a large,strong,danger-ous?re

Supplementary Vocabulary

?re?ghter common

noun,sin-

gular a person whose job is to put out?res(male or female)

the boonies phrase a place far from cities or

towns(informal)

?rst thing in the afternoon phrase early in the afternoon,

before anything else

pregnancy test common

noun,sin-

gular

a medical test done to

see if a woman is preg-

nant

check-up common

noun,sin-

gular an appointment to see the doctor to make sure the person is healthy