THE YOUNG AND PRODIGIOUS T.S. SPIVET( short 19/50 )
You reached the Office of Ms. Jibsen, please leave a message.
This is Jack Campbell speaking The President of the University of Montana.
I have some good news.
Mr.T.S. Spivet has managed to rearrange his schedule.
So, He will be leaving...first thing tomorrow.
He will not be reachable, but will make just in time to accept the baird award and make his speech or not.
Good night. I mean good morning...
I do not if you're aware anything, but ... you are talking to a trash can.
I was terrified at the thought of having to pack my suitcase.
Even packing for school everyday, took me at the very least twenty-three min.Maybe twenty-two min.
One Play and replay the scenario of the trip in my head.
Two To arrange all necessary items in order of importance.
Eight pair of underwear. Two sextants. Three burgundy sweaters. One thermometer, One hygrometer, One barometer. Only one telescope. One frontal headlamp officially known as Tom.
Five blank red notebooks and five blank purple notebooks One tape measure, and my set of Gillette pens Twelve handkerchiefs.
A box of raisins.Twelve carrot sticks.Eleven.
A self-defense handbook. My sparrow skeleton. binoculars. My Leatherman.
Three Avoid thinking about a scenario for which I will need a seismoscope for a woodpecker who would be pecking beak at the tree.
Four Pack everything and finally add my teddy bear Big Jojo.
At four o'clock in the morning, my suitcase was finally ready.
Points
reach sb
»Do you know where I can reach him?
schedule
»I have a hectic schedule for the next few days.
»We're working to a tight schedule (= we have a lot of things to do in a short time).
»Filming began on schedule (= at the planned time).
in time (for sth / to do sth)
• not late; with enough time to be able to do sth
»Will we be in time for the one o'clock train?
»The ambulance got there just in time (= to save sb's life).
terrified (of sb / sth) | ~ (of doing sth) | ~ (that...) very frightened
»to be terrified of spiders
»I'm terrified of losing you.
scenario
»Let me suggest a possible scenario.
»The worst-case scenario (= the worst possible thing that could happen) would be for the factory to be closed down.
»a nightmare scenario