Listening audio
Listening level
Basic
B. Discussion. Remembering with regret.
Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements.
1. The beer is just
; they used to be
.
2. The pubs used to be
comparing with
.
3. The young people don't work so
as the young in the past.
Listening answers
Two old men are talking about the days gone by. Listen. —The beer's just like water. They don't make it as strong as they used to. —No. Things aren't what they used to be, are they? —The pubs aren't any good nowadays. —No. But they used to be good when we were young. —The trouble is that the young people don't work hard. —No, but they used to work hard when we were young.