Luyện nghe chép chính tả – Level Intermediate – Lesson 5

5 Snack foods

Dean: Hey, man. What’s up?

Tod: Ah, first of all, I put a buck in the (1)………………………………… for a seventy-five cent

candy bar, and the thing got stuck here in the machine. Then, I pressed the change button [Ah, man] , and nothing happened. [Wow!] Nothing came out. The dumb thing still owes me (2)………………………..

Dean: Well, did you talk to the man at the snack bar to see if he could (3)……………………. your money?

Tod: Yeah, I tried that, but he said he didn’t own the machine, and I’d have to call the phone number on the machine.

Dean: What a (4)…………………………

Tod: Hey, I have an idea. [What?] Why don’t we rock the machine (5)…………………………
until the candy bar falls?

Dean: Nothing doing. I don’t want to be (6)…………………………….. breaking the thing,

and besides, someone might call the cops.

Tod: Ah, don’t worry. I’ve done it before.

Tod: Oh well. Hey, hey, (7)……………………….. Hey, here, take my candy bar. [You
mean?] Yeah, the machine and I hit it off earlier today

ANSWER KEY

(1) vending machine (5) back and forth

(2) a quarter (6) responsible for

(3) refund (7) tough luck

(4) bummer