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Text One W: Are you leaving for the railway station? It’s 10:30 already. M: No, I’m going to wait another 15 minutes. Text Two W: Hello, This is Rosy speaking. Is that Bill there? M: Yeah, Bill’s speaking. W: Bill, after I finish here at school, I’m going to the library. M: OK. I’m just going to stay at home. Text Three W: You’re Justin Crozier, aren’t you? M: Yeah. W: I don’t know how you’ll get through your teaching practice. M: oh, I’m sure I can manage everything. I always do it myself. I’ve planned all my lessons. Text Four W: I’m worried that man may soon run out of oil. M: Take it easy. By then we will surely be able to make full use of the energies provided by the sun, the winds or the waves. Text Five W: I hope to get a job during the summer vacation and earn some money. How about you? M: Since she doesn’t need a passport, it’ll probably be in about one week. W: That doesn’t give her much time to get organized. M: I’m going to take a composition course so I can graduate sooner. Text Six M: Do you still have any more questions? W: Yeah. My next question is why English people so often say something about the weather when they start to talk with a stranger. M: Well, of course, the weather in England is always changing. We never know what to expect. If you were in a country where the weather doesn’t change much, it would be hard to say so much about it. But you asked why we talk so much about the weather to strangers. That’s an interesting question. It’s probably because the weather is a topic quite safe to talk about.
W: It’s a way of reaching agreement. M: Yeah. I start by saying, “A cold morning, isn’t it?” The stranger says, “It certainly is.” I add, “It’s been cold all week.” The stranger says, “Yeah, we’ re having a very cold autumn.” W: So far you’ve agreed about everything. M: Yeah. Then we’re beginning to feel friendly towards each other. But if we begin with topics on which agreement will not be easy, like politics, for instance, we may not have become so friendly. Text Seven M: How long have you been out of the country, miss? Where did you go? W: I spent three weeks in Japan, and one week in Thailand. M: Do you have any plants, makeups or tobacco to declare? W: I have only two cartons of cigarettes. M: How much did you spend on buying different things while you were away? W: About $300. M: Please open this small suitcase for me……. OK, give this card to the official at the red desk. Text Eight M: We ought to get together again sometime. W: Well, then? M: What about next Monday? W: Monday is always a busy day. Why don’t we have supper in our favorite restaurant next Saturday evening? M: Saturday? Isn’t it too far away from now? Will Tuesday be OK for you? W: I’ll have to look after my elder brother’s baby son on Tuesday evening. M: Well, I hope you’ll be free on Wednesday. W: I think so. All right. Let’s meet in the restaurant then. M: I can pick you up at your company. W: That’s fine. Text Nine W: Have you heard Nancy’s boss will offer her a new six-week job in Madrid? M: She’ll really like that, especially since all of her expenses will be paid and she can practice speaking Spanish a lot. W: Yes, but most of all, she’ll enjoy herself having delicious dishes in different restaurants, as well as watching bullfights there. M: When will she be leaving? W: Since she doesn’t need a passport, it’ll probably be in about one week. M: That doesn’t give her much time to get organized. Text Ten An old friend from abroad, whom I was expecting to stay with, telephoned from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was still at the office at the time, but I had made arrangements for his arrival. After explaining where my flat was, I told him that I had left the key under the door-mat. As I was likely to be home rather late, I advised him to go into the kitchen and help himself to food and drink. Two hours later my friend phoned me from the flat. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my records after having just had a truly wonderful meal. He had found a pan on the gas stove and fried two eggs and had helped himself to some cold chicken from the refrigerator. Now, he said, he was drinking a glass of orange juice and he hoped I would join him. When I asked him if he had reached the flat without difficulty, he answered that he had not been able to find the key under the door-mat, but fortunately the living-room window just by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in. I listened to all this in astonishment. There is no apple tree in front of my living-room, but there is one in front of my neighbor’s.
