Josh and Ethan: listen and complete

Ethan: Josh! Over here! Long time no , mate!
Josh: Ethan! You're back! Whoa, look at you, you're well !
Ethan: Yeah, I'll tell you everything. But you first. How was your ?
Josh: Honestly? It was alright… ish. We to Cornwall: me, my mum, my dad and my little , Ruby.
Ethan: Nice. How long did you there?
Josh: Two weeks. We a cottage in a tiny near Newquay. And there was no Wi-Fi, mate. Literally no Wi-Fi. I nearly .
Ethan: No way! So what did you all day?
Josh: Well, my dad surfing for me and Ruby. On the first day, I off the board about fifty times. And Ruby up straight away. She's nine! Ugh, it was so .
Ethan: Did you better?
Josh: Yeah, by the end of the week, I some proper . It was sick, not gonna lie. But then it for five days. Five days! We inside and board games with my parents. Dead boring.
Ethan: Did you fish and chips on the ?
Josh: Pretty much every day. And Cornish pasties, of course. ones, not the ones from the train .
Ethan: Is there a ?
Josh: Massive! A real pasty is , with beef, potatoes and onions inside. In the old days, took them down the tin mines for lunch. People say they the thick crust with their dirty hands, and it away at the end.
Ethan: Clever! And did you a cream tea?
Josh: Every afternoon! with and clotted cream. In Cornwall, you put the jam , then the cream. In Devon, next door, it's the other way round. People get really about it!
Ethan: Cornwall sounds like a different !
Josh: Kind of. There are black and white everywhere: the flag of Cornwall. And some people still Cornish, an old language.
Ethan: So, not that boring, then!
Josh: No, OK. But a seagull my ice cream in St Ives! It just it out of my hand.
Ethan: Seriously?
Josh: Swear down. Ruby it, and now my mum the video to everyone. Anyway, enough about me. You went to America, didn't you?

Ethan: Yeah, California! I went to a summer for three weeks.
Josh: Did you on your own?
Ethan: Kind of. I with a group from the organisation. We from Heathrow to San Francisco, and the flight eleven hours! We two hours late, and I watched four films in a .
Josh: Eleven hours? I'd go .
Ethan: The worst part was after we . The at passport control took , and the officer asked me loads of questions. But then a camp met us, and we to the camp in a school bus, like in the films!
Josh: Where the camp?
Ethan: In the , near Yosemite National Park. We in wooden , eight boys per cabin, in beds. And guess what? No . They took them on the first day.
Josh: Ha! So you had no Wi-Fi !
Ethan: Same as you, bro. But honestly, I didn't it.
Josh: So what did you all day?
Ethan: Everything! We went , canoeing on the , rock climbing… And one day, we the whole day in Yosemite. We saw sequoias: they're the trees in the world. Some of them are three thousand years old!
Josh: Did you any bears?
Ethan: Yes! A black bear right past our cabin one night. We had to put all our in metal bear boxes. Even our , because bears can it.
Josh: Toothpaste? That's mad.
Ethan: And every evening, we had a . We camp songs and s'mores.
Josh: S'mores? What are they?
Ethan: You a marshmallow on the fire, and you put it between two with some chocolate. They're really , but they're sick. You always want some . That's why they're called s'mores!
Josh: And the Americans? Were they ?
Ethan: Super . Everybody said "" all the time. And they loved my ! They asking me to say "water" and "tomato".
Josh: Classic.
Ethan: And the food words are so . Crisps are "chips", chips are "", and biscuits are "". On the first day, I asked for chips, and I a bag of crisps!
Josh: Did you do anything for the of July?
Ethan: Yeah, it's Day. There were over the lake, and everybody sang the national . One kid told me it was the day they got of us, the British!
Josh: Fair enough!
Josh: Mate, I'm so . Next summer, I want , not rain and seagulls.
Ethan: So let's go together! My lives in the south of France, near Montpellier. There's a right by the Mediterranean.
Josh: Wait, for ? Just us? No parents?
Ethan: Maybe my can come with us. He's nineteen, and he's got a . We could take the .
Josh: That would be ! I could bring my !
Ethan: There aren't many on the Mediterranean, Josh.
Josh: Then we'll just on the beach. I'll my parents tonight.
Ethan: . Oh, and my uncle says that in France, is at eight o'clock, not at six!
Josh: Eight? I'll ! Right, I've got to go. Back to tomorrow… Year Eleven, here we come. Laters!
Ethan: See you tomorrow, Josh! And out for seagulls!

Josh in CornwallWe (rent) a cottage in a tiny village.
On the first day, I (fall) off the board about fifty times.
Ruby (stand) up straight away.
By the end of the week, I (catch) some proper waves.
Then it (rain) for five days.
In the old days, miners (take) pasties down the tin mines, and they (throw) the crust away.
A seagull (steal) my ice cream, and Ruby (film) it.
Ethan in CaliforniaI (travel) with a group, and we (fly) from Heathrow.
The flight (last) eleven hours.
A camp counsellor (meet) us, and we (drive) to the camp.
We (sleep) in wooden cabins.
A black bear (walk) right past our cabin.
We (sing) camp songs and (make) s'mores.
I (ask) for chips, and I (get) a bag of crisps!