How to Use the Present Perfect Tense

Intro

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• hustle and bustle
• impatient
• retail
• bother

• caroling
• spirit
• cheer
• festive

• stressful
• can't stand

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There are a lot of reasons to love Christmas. The beautiful lights, the happy children, the caroling and the presents are just a few. Many people look forward to Christmas and love to get in the Christmas spirit. But not everybody is filled with holiday cheer at this time of year. Some people even hate Christmas and would rather skip all the festivities if they could. Find out why Jeff is one of those people.

Dialog

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Devan

Jeff

Devan:  I’m so excited that Christmas is coming up. It’s my favorite holiday. I love everything about it. I love caroling, I love the lights, I love all the cheer, and…

Jeff:  Yeah, you sound pretty festive alright.

Devan:  Yeah, I couldn’t be more excited. What about you?

Jeff:  I couldn’t feel any more opposite. I can’t stand it. Every job I’ve had for the last seven years has revolved around the busy Christmas season, or as people like to say hundreds and hundreds of times over the months surrounding Christmas, “the holidays.” The holidays, the holidays.

Devan:  And that’s not fun? Isn’t there a lot more hustle and bustle at work, and Christmas cheer, and everybody’s laughing and happy?

Jeff:  No. Just a lot of stressed out, impatient people for three months.

Devan:  Huh. I’ve never thought about it that way. I guess I’ve never worked in retail. I’ve always been the person probably bothering people like you.

Jeff:  Well, I don’t work in retail right now, but I did, and that was pretty bad.

Devan:  Thanks, Jeff. That was really depressing. You kind of ruined my Christmas spirit.

Jeff:  Yeah, no problem, Devan.

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