Anna: Hello! I have great news.
My best friend from my hometown is coming here -- to Washington, D.C.!
I can’t wait to catch up with her!
Oh! _________1.___________ Her train arrives in 10
minutes!
Anna: Penelope!
Penelope: Anna! I am really ________2.________
to see you!
Anna: Me too! How was your _______3.________?
Penelope: It was fine.
Anna: Let me help you with your _________4.___________.
Penelope: I’m really ________5.__________to be in Washington, D.C.!
I can’t wait to hear about … everything!
Anna: I have so much to tell you.
Let’s go to my ________6.__________.
We can talk over a hot cup of tea.
Penelope: I love your apartment
building, Anna. Is your rent _________7.__________?
Anna: Well, I have a roommate. So,
we split the rent.
Penelope: Oh, that’s right. Is your
roommate _________8.__________?
Anna: Marsha is the nicest person I know in this _______9.________.
Sometimes she worries too much. And she says
I’m the messiest _______10._______ she knows.
But we are great roommates.
Penelope: So, Anna, is it hard to
make friends in D.C.?
Anna: At first it was hard. But
now, Marsha is a good friend. And there’s Pete.
Of all the people I know in D.C.,
Pete is the most ______11._________ and also the silliest.
Penelope: He ______12.__________ ______13.___________.
Anna: Jonathan and Ashley are two
other good friends of mine.
In the city, they are the _____14.______ people I know.
They always help me when I need it.
Penelope: Your friends sound great!
So, tell me about your job.
Anna: I love my work! I make a ______15._______ show
called the “Time Traveling Treehouse.”
Penelope: Anna, that is the best job for you!
Do you remember when we were little?
We played in that old
treehouse behind my ______16._______ house for hours!
Anna: I forgot about that! We thought it really time traveled!
Penelope, it is really good to talk to you. New friends are good.
But old friends are the _______17.________.
Penelope: I know. Our hometown
isn’t the same now. You are not there.
Anna: No crying. Why don't you move
here and live with me and Marsha?
Penelope: Anna, I can’t leave our
hometown. You forget -- I love my job, too.
Anna: I didn’t forget. You are the
most _______18._______ turkey farmer I know!
Penelope: Thanks, Anna.
Anna: Come on. Let’s go eat dinner
at one of D.C.’s most famous ______19._______.
Penelope: Awesome!
Anna: That’s the restaurant,
Penelope. I’ll be right there.
Anna: I have a great apartment. I love my work.
And I have awesome friends -- both old and new.
I am the _____20.______ woman in
Washington, D.C.
Anna: Until next time?