Module 6  War and Peace

interviewer：and did any of the bombs drop near you?
alice：not 0n the ______ night，no.and i often wonder why.i suppose because we weren’t near any  _____and we weren’t near the ______.a lot of bombs fell on the _________.
interviewer：and later?
alice：later，yes.a bomb fell on our street.
interviewer：did you see it?
alice：n0.we were in the air.raid shelter.otherwise 1 wouldn’t have ______.  actually，we were in the
    underground station.that’s right，the underground station.if.i remember rightly，we_____do that.
interviewer：really?
alice：yes.the government thought that it wouldn’t be safe，so they ______.  a lot of people thought it would be the safest place，so they _______.after that，a lot of people went there.
henry：and they were right.it was _______ in the underground.
alice：yes.you felt much safer in the underground.there were shelters above the ground as well.and it was______there.
interviewer：henry，what’s your strongest memory?
henry：0ne night，my father and me_____the house later than everyone else.we had to run about half a mile to the underground station.and it was one of the worst nights.the sky was full of planes，and you could ____falling bombs.that was ____.i’11 never forget hearing that sound.
interviewer：what else do you remember，alice?
alice：the firemen.
interviewer：the firemen?
alice：yes，they were wonderful.as soon as there was a fire，a fire engine arrived.i can_____.very_______ men.
interviewer：how often did the bombers come?
henry：every night.
interviewer：really?
henry：yes，and not just once a night.i remember counting the time between the raids one night--there was a raid every two minutes for about an hour.
interviewer：thank you both for______.
alice：you’re welcome.
henry：we should thank you.we_____the opportunity to talk.
suggested answers:
  (1)experienced  (2)memories  (3)the house shook  (4)in the distance  (5)on fire
  (6)turned pink  (7)annoyed with  (8)weren’t supposed to  (9)covered  (10)the sound of（11）would have killed me  （12）excited  （13）first  (14)factories  (15)docks  (16)docks(17)survived  (18)weren’t supposed to  (19)put chains on the doors  (20)broke the chains(21)much safer  (22)much noisier  (23)came out of  (24)hear the sounds of  (25)terrible (26)remember them shouting to each other  (27)brave  (28)sharing your memories with us (29)appreciated