Complete the following interview with suitable sentences from the box. Then, performthe complete interview with your friend. Adam Smith: Hello, Adam Smith speaking. Am I talking to Donna Strickland? Donna Strickland: Yes, I am. Adam Smith: Hi, I'm calling from Nobelprize.org, the official website of the Nobel Prize in Stockholm. Donna Strickland: O.K. What can I help you, Sir? Adam Smith: (1) Donna Strickland: Thank you very much. Adam Smith: What was your immediate thought on hearing the news? Donna Strickland: (2) Adam Smith: I knew it was the right day---it would have been a cruel prank, but that is what I was thinking. Were you sleeping when the call came? Donna Strickland: (3) Adam Smith: Yeah, you bet. Anyway, it's fairly amazing. I don't know if there's another case of somebody being awarded a Nobel Prize for their very first scientific paper. That's an extraordinary Donna Strickland: No, I don't know that either. [Laughs] No, I know, I sort of feel like I just lucked into this whole thing. I have to say that. (4) Adam Smith: You must have been a naturally gifted experimentalist. Where did it come from, you think, the gift? Donna Strickland: I don't know, I mean it was . . . it was just a fun thing to do, and so I enjoyed putting many hours into it. (5) You know, it was a fun time in the field of short-pulse lasers, and it was a fun group to be in and . . . · I don't know, I put in the long hours and it was fun most of the time. Most of the time! Adam Smith: It's the classic vision of the experimental physicist, sort of tinkering around in the lab. Donna Strickland: That's right. Adam Smith: Of course, you are the first female Laureate for 55 years. Donna Strickland: Yes, and Goeppert-Mayer, yes, I couldn't think of her name. Adam Smith: That's right. Donna Strickland: Marie Curie everyone comes to, but I was thinking, "Oh, I even quoted her." I cited her work in my thesis. (Adopted from: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/201 8/stricklandlinterview/ (July 26, 2019)) The most appropriate phrase to fill in the blank number (5) is ….

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Complete the following interview with suitable sentences from the box.
Then, perform the complete interview with your friend.

Adam Smith: Hello, Adam Smith speaking. Am I talking to Donna Strickland?

Donna Strickland: Yes, I am.

Adam Smith: Hi, I'm calling from Nobelprize.org, the official website of the Nobel Prize in Stockholm.

Donna Strickland: O.K. What can I help you, Sir?

Adam Smith: (1) ____

Donna Strickland: Thank you very much.

Adam Smith: What was your immediate thought on hearing the news?

Donna Strickland: (2) ____

Adam Smith: I knew it was the right day---it would have been a cruel prank, but that is what I was thinking. Were you sleeping when the call came?

Donna Strickland: (3) ____

Adam Smith: Yeah, you bet. Anyway, it's fairly amazing. I don't know if there's another case of somebody being awarded a Nobel Prize for their very first scientific paper. That's an extraordinary

Donna Strickland: No, I don't know that either. [Laughs] No, I know, I sort of feel like I just lucked into this whole thing. I have to say that. (4) ____

Adam Smith: You must have been a naturally gifted experimentalist. Where did it come from, you think, the gift?

Donna Strickland: I don't know, I mean it was . . . it was just a fun thing to do, and so I enjoyed putting many hours into it. (5) ____You know, it was a fun time in the field of short-pulse lasers, and it was a fun group to be in and . . . · I don't know, I put in the long hours and it was fun most of the time. Most of the time!

Adam Smith: It's the classic vision of the experimental physicist, sort of tinkering around in the lab.

Donna Strickland: That's right.

Adam Smith: Of course, you are the first female Laureate for 55 years.

Donna Strickland: Yes, and Goeppert-Mayer, yes, I couldn't think of her name.

Adam Smith: That's right.

Donna Strickland: Marie Curie everyone comes to, but I was thinking, "Oh, I even quoted her." I cited her work in my thesis.

(Adopted from: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/201 8/stricklandlinterview/ (July 26, 2019))

The most appropriate phrase to fill in the blank number (5) is ….