Chapter 17 ----A visit to a London flat [30 gaps]

Arturo's flat is in the ______ of a tall house in Greenwich just _____ of the river Thames. It's now Friday evening and Arturo has a ________. He is still with Rosa.

When they left the Study Centre, they stopped at a supermarket and _______food and drink for the evening meal. Then they went to Charing Cross Station and ________ a train to Greenwich.

Arturo's kitchen is very small, but there is a gas _______, a fridge, a ______ and a table big enough for two people. Rosa takes the shopping out of the bag and puts it on the table. Then she lights the _______ of the gas cooker.

"I hope you're hungry," she says, "because now I'm going to show you the quick way to make pizza. Mr Frost _______ me how to do it yesterday!"

Arturo is _______, but he is not giving Rosa his full attention. He is reading a letter which he found when he arrived home.

Rosa has got two pizza bases, four tomatoes, two _________, 100 grammes of ham and a small packet of Mozarella cheese. First, she cuts the __________ and meat into small _______ and puts them on the pizza bases.

Next, she adds the Italian cheese. She is going to _______ the two pizzas in the _____ oven. Suddenly, she hears music.

"Who's ________?" she asks.

"Peggy Seeger!" Arturo answers. "The song's ________ The Housewife's Alphabet." The ____ is an A to Z of all the jobs which __________ have to do.

Rosa enjoys cooking, but she is happy that she doesn't have to look after Diana's children this weekend. The Frost family are ________ the weekend with friends in Oxford so she will be _______ in their house.

"The pizzas only need 15 minutes in the oven. Can you help me _____ the table?" she asks.

Arturo is a waiter so this is not a _________ job for him, but his face is very _____. Rosa sees that he is not happy.

"What's the _______ , Arturo! Are all your family O.K.?"

"Yes, but my parents have some ________ problems. My father's lost his job. I have to return to Spain at the end of ____________."

Arturo is _________ about his father, but he is sad about leaving England. It is difficult for middle-aged men to find new _______. It is also difficult for young men to find new friends as __________ as Rosa.