READING PRACTICE : JIM STONE

My name is Jim Stone. Yesterday afternoon I left the house at about 3 o’clock in the afternoon and didn’t get home until 5:30. I went to see a friend of mine. My friend, Nancy Smith, was in the hospital, and I went to visit her. We talked all afternoon. We talked about a lot of different subjects. We talked about the weather and we talked about our old friends. I asked her if she knew anybody in New York, and she said she did. Then I asked her about her friends in New York. I asked a lot of questions. She answered all of my questions. Then she askedme if I spoke French, and I said I spoke a little French. She wanted to know if I spoke French with an American accent, and I said I did. Then she asked me if I knew anybody in Paris. I said I had four or five friends in Paris. I answered almost all of her questions. Finally, I asked her if she wanted to watch television for a while, and she said she did. I said I had to go, and then I said good-bye. She asked me when I was coming back to visit her, and I said I didn’t know. She said good-bye and I left the hospital at about 5 pm.