Devoir de Synthèse N°2 Anglais Bac Lettres (2009-2010)
Beveley Minett and Sandy McFarlane clicked on eBay and have never looked back. 1- The pair, both 43, were already seasoned seller trading tips with other users in one of the site‟s chat rooms when they first started communicating. Divorced mum Bev, from Worcs, remembers how she and Sandy, from Glasgow, were online rivals- until they saw photos of each other. Bev recall:” We both had our own little following of people who would ask us for help and there was a bit of rivalry between us. In fact, the very first time we communicated he had a right go at me for something and after that I gave him a bit of wide berth. There was certainly no flirting between us- if anything he was a bit mean and moody.” 2- Then they posted up pictures of themselves and suddenly Bev and Sandy saw a whole new side to each other. Shocked Bev, who has sold heaps of her unwanted clutter to buyers all over the country since first registering with the site, recalls:” I‟d never pictured he looked like he did and couldn‟t help thinking „He is a bit of alright‟”. Sandy, who runs his own company using eBay as a market place for IT components, was equally obsessed. He says:” I saw the picture of Bev and thought she was really good looking. I thought „I will have a bit of that‟”. 3- The couple began e-mailing each other more and more and soon they were chatting on the phone. After one conversation which lasted all through the night they decided they had to see each other in the flesh. So Sandy who is also divorced and has a nine-yearold son, Mathew, flew to the Midlands to see Bev. Bev, who has a seven-year-old son, Joel, remembers:” When I met Sandy at the airport I was very nervous. I was thinking „What am I doing? Shall I just run away now? What if he is the scary monster from hell?” 4- Bev says:” we just hit it off straight away. By the end of the weekend he didn‟t want to go and I didn‟t want him to go. We realized we didn‟t want to be without each other. Within about two weeks he had moved his