Practice the dialogue and pay attention to the underlined stressed words.
A WALK IN THE WOODS
VIRGINIA I saw … William again on Wednesday, Winona.
WINONA Oh? William again … (Winona laughs) … Well, what happened?
VIRGINIA We went for a lovely walk in the woods.
WINONA Oh? In the wet? Wasn’t it very wet on Wednesday?
VIRGINIA It was very cold and wet. But we were wearing very warm clothes and we walked quickly to keep warm.
WINONA Is that the woods next to the railway? It’s not very quiet.
VIRGINIA Yes. But further away from the railway it was very quiet and there were wild squirrels everywhere. We counted twenty squirrels.
WINONA Twenty squirrels? And what did you do for lunch? A picnic with the squirrels?
VIRGINIA It was too wet. Afterwards we went to a restaurant. It was twelve o’clock. We had walnut cake and sweet white wine. It was wonderful.
WINONA So? William again … Well … ?
VIRGINIA Well? (Virginia and Winona laugh.)
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