You will listen to a conversation between a man and a woman. They are speaking about their belongings.
Listen to the sample response. Fill in the blank with the word or phrase you hear.

 

MAN: Yikes! Look at all this . What's in that box? Can you check? We have so many things up here that we never use. I think it's time to some of them.

WOMAN: Just a second. Cool! My old . I haven't seen these since I was a teenager. I used to read them every .

MAN: Okay. They can go in . We already have too many books in the house. I don't think we need to these old ones.

WOMAN: Recycling? No, I can them! People collect old comic books. Some of these might be quite a lot of money. I'll check their prices online before deciding what to do.

MAN: Can you take a look at that ? It looks like the back is broken. I don't think anyone can sit on it . Maybe we should take it to the garbage centre.

WOMAN: I can it, I think. We could use an extra chair in the living room. It only needs a few small . Besides, my grandmother gave it to me years ago.

MAN: What's that next to the ? Is that a clock? I've never it before. It looks like something you would find in an old house.

WOMAN: It's a ! I got it in Canada. I bought it during a trip to a small mountain town. There were several beautiful clocks in the shop, but I liked this one .

MAN: Can I ask you a question? Why are you the plastic cuckoo clock? It looks a little to me. I don't think it matches anything in our house.

WOMAN: It isn't plastic. It's . Actually, it was kind of . The shop owner told me it was made by hand. That's why I don't want to throw it away.

MAN: Does it ? It's exactly six o'clock now and it's very quiet. I thought these clocks were supposed to make a every hour. Maybe something inside is broken.

WOMAN: Of course it works! Here, let me it. It's electric. It would be for the kitchen, don't you think? We could hang it above the table. Then we'd always know when it was time to eat.

MAN: Are you kidding?! Listening to that while I cook? I'd go . Hey! Where are you taking all that junk? Bring it back to the . I was hoping we could finally make some space up here. Instead, you're finding reasons to keep everything!

WOMAN: Junk?! You call this junk?! These are ! Every one of these things has a special for me. You may not understand why they're important, but I'm not throwing them away!

Question 1: What is the between the speakers?

Question 2: What are the speakers ?

Question 3: What does the man about the comic books?

Question 4: Why does the woman want to the old things?

Question 5: What does the man when he says he'd go crazy?

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