curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-talk-about-past-experiences/671f761703824805c35c2eda.md
Listen to the audio and answer the question below.
What is Maria asking Brian about?
She is asking if he still gets excited about technology.
Maria is referring to how they used to feel in the past, not the present.
She is asking if they used to dislike new technology.
Maria mentions getting excited about new technology, not disliking it.
She is asking if he remembers how they used to feel excited about new technology at work.
She is asking if he remembers the latest tech updates.
Maria's focus is on their shared feelings about new technology in the past, not current updates.
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The phrase created by using get followed by an adjective describes a change of state or becoming a certain way. For example:
They always get excited when a new Python update is released. - Get excited means to become enthusiastic or thrilled. This means they are always filled with enthusiasm when a new Python update comes up.
He got tired after working on the project all night. - This means he wasn't tired before, but he is tired now, after a whole night of working on the project.
In Maria's sentence, she is asking if Brian remembers the enthusiasm they used to feel about new technologies while working together.
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