ACTIVITY
1: READING COMPREHENSION
Read the conversation about “cold callers”-people who
telephone you without permission in order to sell you something.
https://blog.3clogic.com/is-cold-calling-a-thing-of-the-past
COLD CALLERS
Beth: Aaagh! That was another cold caller!
Andy: Might have guessed. You were being incredibly
rude.
Beth: Well, what do you expect?! I can’t be bothered
to be polite to them. They will keep ringing when I’m trying to work!
Andy: That is one of the biggest
problems of working from home. How on earth do they get your number?
Beth: You might well ask! But then a lot of them are
crooks. That was someone pretending to be calling from Microsoft saying there
was a virus on my computer and wanting me to give them access to it. I didn’t,
of course.
Andy: I should think so too!
Beth: Well, it’s a scam I’ve heard about. They mess up
your computer and charge a fortune to put it right. Mind you, there may well be
a virus on my computer-how should I know? I had to laugh when she said, “Your
computer’s working very slowly, isn’t it?” I did think…as always…“You can say
that again!
Andy: Maybe we should register with that organization
that’s supposed to stop cold calls?
Beth: We might as well-it’s free and it can’t do any
harm. But I think it only reduces the number of calls you get.
Andy: Well, we’ll see.
Are these
sentences TRUE or FALSE?