SCHOOL DAYS • to get ahead - vést, být / dostat se do čela, dotáhnot to někam • to get on - dařit se (jak se ti daří, jak to jde), počínat si, vést si • to mess around - flákat se, neučit se, jen tak blbnout Vicki: we’re going to go back to school. Callum: because if you want to get ahead, you need a good education! Vicki: that’s right. Callum: yes..my education certainly helped me get ahead – it helped me to become more successful than other people. Vicki: it must have done, Callum, because now you’re working with me! Callum: and that really is getting ahead Vicki: so what were your school days like, Callum? Callum: well..I went to school in New Milton and yeah..I suppose I got on okay. Vicki: so you were quite successful. Callum: I got on okay, yeah. Sometimes I messed around. Vicki: ah, you were sometimes naughty, and just played when you should’ve been working? Callum: yes, I messed around sometimes, just like most kids. Příklady: 1. When I first started working here I put in lots of extra hours and did lots of training to try to get ahead. 2. How did you get on at the interview? Well, I’m not really sure, but I think I got on ok. 3. We weren’t taking the badminton game very seriously – we were just messing around really. VOCABULARY: education - vzdělání successful - úspěšný kids - děti extra hours, long hours - přesčas CVIČENÍ (přeložte): 1. Musíš tvrdě pracovat, když to chceš někam dotáhnout. 2. Jak to šlo/ jak to probíhalo u doktora? 3. Jenom tak blbli.