Гроза, 9. Students book. Unit 1. Lesson 6. Exercise 1c

Mrs Jefferson doesn’t like Ellie Baker. / Janet didn’t obey Mrs Jefferson.
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Mrs Jefferson: Just wait until your father gets home!
Janet: Why? What have I done?
Mrs Jefferson: I saw you!
Janet: Saw me? Saw me doing what?
Mrs Jefferson: I saw you talking to Ellie Baker.
Janet: When?
Mrs Jefferson: You know very well. You were standing talking to her by the traffic lights on your way home from school. And you were there for ages. That’s why you are late home.
Janet: Who saw me?
Mrs Jefferson: I saw you myself. I was in the dry cleaner’s across the road. I was in the queue for a long time and you were still there when I left.
Janet: We weren’t doing anything!
Mrs Jefferson: No, but you were talking to her – Ellie Baker.
Janet: Mother, what is wrong with talking to someone in the street. We were talking about the school day. We were wondering if Ellie would get the leading part or whether Mr Barnes would give it to Sharon.
Mrs Jefferson: I don’t care what you were talking about! You know very well what your father and I think about her. I’ve told you before that we don’t think she is the sort of girl you ought to make a friend of. Anyway, I don’t want to argue about it any more. I want you to drop her.
Janet: I can’t just drop her just like that! How can I? We meet every day. We’re in the same class.
Mrs Jefferson: I don’t mind talking to her in school. I don’t want you to see her out of school, that’s all.
Janet: But she is my best friend. Anyway, I can’t just say “Buzz off’. I like her. I like being friends with her.
Mrs Jefferson: I don’t know why you can’t have nice friends. What about that nice quiet girl you were friends with last year? What was her name?
Janet: Kathy.
Mrs Jefferson: Yes, Kathy, she was nice. Yes, I liked her. Good-mannered girl. What was wrong with her? You dropped her soon enough when Ellie came along.