UNIT 1 - ADVANCED LEVEL 
This can't be the house

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Barbara and Harry Sallis are trying to buy a house. Here they are looking at the house for which they have paid a deposit. The mood is SURPRISE.

Barbara:
Harry:
Barbara:
Harry:
Barbara:
Harry:
Barbara:
Man:
Barbara:
Man:
Harry:

This can't be the house!!
Good heavens!! It's a most peculiar place!!
Look at that carving over the fireplace.
Looks Chinese.
Weird!! There's a mixture of everything.
And how could anyone live in a house like this!!
I've never seen anything like it.
Good afternoon!!
Oh ... hello!!
Who are you? I'm the caretaker.
I ... I think we've come to the wrong house.

GLOSSARY
weird: strange 
caretaker: person in charge of a building

1.

 Why does Barbara think she's in the wrong house?

2.

 Why does she think the house is weird?

3.

 Why does the caretaker come?

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