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Linda Oh, I wanted to watch Casablanca on the TV last night but I didn’t get in time.
Joe Oh, you didn’t get to see it.
Linda No, did you see it?
Joe Oh, yes, it’s a brilliant film, it’s a wonderful film. Yeah, I watched it again, I watch it any time it comes on because it’s a classic film, I never miss it.
Linda Yes.
Joe Er …yeah, you should have seen it. I mean the acting is fantastic …
Linda Is it?
Joe …you’ve got Humphrey Bogart playing Rick who runs this bar in Casablanca on the north coast of Africa and Morocco. And, er …Ingrid Bergman comes in to the story, Clark Raines, Paul Heinrich they are all wonderful.
Linda Hmm, and what about the plot? The plot’s supposed to be very exciting, isn’t it?
Joe Oh, it’s an outstanding plot, really. It’s er … got everything you need, it’s a very emotional love story, Ingrid Bergman’s married to this chap, and they come in, and she sees Humphrey Bogart, who was an old lover, and it starts the whole thing all over again, and, it moves, you know, in the midst of this strange setting, very gripping stuff.
Linda Yes, and it’s supposed to have a very powerful ending as well, isn’t it?
Joe It does, it has a very memorable ending, indeed. It’s an ending the image of which has been used in many commercials, it’s that popular.
Linda Yeah. So what would you say is your favourite scene in the film?
Joe Oh, I think the ending without question. It is …it’ so moving, and Bogart is, er …and Bergman saying their farewell at this …at the airport, it’s an image you never forget, it’s, er …a love story that is …archetypal, it’s outstanding. No question, it’s something that you should certainly see.
Linda I really must get to see it, yeah.
Exercise 40 Pair work. Call your friend and invite him/her to the retrospective screening of Casablanca. Report what Joe said about the film convincing your friend that the film is worth seeing. Observe the rules of tense backshifting.
Exercise 41 Read the text. Find the reported speech and write down the actual statements .
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