News Exercise #49

80 Years Married and Still in Love

Questions:
1) Opening sentence: “The ____ ____ of a____ ____ ____.”
2) Helen: When I worked in my mother’s shop, after ____ ____ ____ ____ my mother said to me, “Who’s____ ____ ____ ____ ____, you or me?”
3) Talking about her wedding day, Helen says “It went on for ever,” meaning it was very long. What was their schedule that day? (She only mentioned two things)
4) What did Morris say was his role on their wedding day? (1:00)
5) Helen said that it was important to be tolerant of each other, but he jokingly disagreed, and said, “The most useful thing is that ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___ ___, then ____ ____.”
6) When asked about her husband giving her presents, she said that he had done something once – what was it, and what was the problem with it?
7) In reply to the question “Do you have any secrets from each other?” Helen said “No,” but Morris said “____  ____!” What does it mean?
8) In reply to the question “Should people still get married and stay together for life?” Helen said:
“I think so. You know, you must have tolerance for each other. You____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____; and if ___ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____, so ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____.

Answers:
1) Opening sentence: “The newest members of a very elite club.”
2) Helen: “When I worked in my mother’s shop, after about 3 hours my mother said to me, ‘Who’s going to throw him out, you or me?'”
3) Talking about her wedding day, Helen says “It went on forever,” meaning it was very long. What was their schedule that day? (She only mentioned two things)
They got married at 1pm and then had a ‘wedding breakfast’, which was a 6-course meal.
4) What did Morris say his role on their wedding day was? (1:00)
“Basically, it was a question of standing around doing what I was told.”
5) Helen said that it was important to be tolerant of each other, but he jokingly disagreed, and said, “The most useful thing is that as long as I agree with her, then I’m safe.”
6) When asked about her husband giving her presents, she said that he did something once – what was it, and what was the problem with it?
“He once bought me flowers but they were all dead. I don’t know where he bought them.”
7) In reply to the question “Do you have any secrets from each other?” Helen said “No,” but Morris said “Not half!” It means “A lot.”
8) In reply to the question “Should people still get married and stay together for life?” Helen said:
“I think so. You know, you must have tolerance for each other. You mustn’t be hard on each other; and if you have to give in a little bit, so you give in a little bit.