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W: What animal do you like best, Bill?
M: The panda. It’s very lovely.
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M: Do you go to any club after school, Lucy?
W: Yes. I learn dancing every Friday afternoon.
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W: It’s raining outside.
M: Oh, let’s close the windows.
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M: What present will you buy for your mother’s birthday?
W: I am going to buy her some flowers.
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W: I hear that you are going to take a taxi to the old town in London, aren’t you?
M: No, I will go there by car.
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W: Would you like a glass of milk or a cup of tea?
M: Either.
W: Here you are.
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W: Tom, is your sister a nurse?
M: No, she works in a middle school. She likes her students very much.
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M: Excuse me, may I come in?
W: Oh, Jim. Come in, please. You are late again. Why?
M: Because the traffic is too heavy.
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W: Leo! What are you going to be when you grow up?
M: I’m going to be a pilot or a soldier. But my father wants me to be a doctor.
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W: Is this car yours, Joe?
M: No, mine is black. Isn’t it Jill’s? Hers is blue.
W: Yes, but hers is light blue while this one is dark.
M: Then it must be John’s, I think.
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M: Hello, the International Friends Club. Can I help you?
W: Oh, hello. I’m from England. I’m new here in Washington. I read about your club in the paper today. Could you tell me more?
M: Well, we’re a social club for people from different countries.
W: That sounds interesting. What kind of service do you offer?
M: We have social get-togethers, sports events and language evenings.
W: Could you tell me something about the language evenings?
M: Yes. Every day except Thursday we have a language evening. People can come and practice their languages. We have different languages on different evenings: Monday, Japanese; Tuesday, Hindi; Wednesday, Chinese; and Friday, French. On Thursday, we usually have dinner together.
W: Well, I really need to practice my Chinese.
M: OK, you can come at any time.
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W: Can I help you?
M: Yes, I’m looking for a gift for a Japanese family here that I’m going to stay with. What do you recommend?
W: Pen sets are always a good gift.
M: Is that too small? You know, I’m here to learn Japanese in a college for a whole year. I think it’s a long time and it’ll be a great trouble to the family, so I’ll...
W: Well, I see, but we Japanese consider it important to respect each other, rather than expensive gifts.
M: Yes, all right. Let’s see pen sets. There’re sets with a pen and a pencil, and bigger sets with four pens.
W: The Japanese word for “four” sounds like the word for “death”. It means bad luck.
M: Thanks a lot. In that case, I’ll take the single pen and pencil set.
W: Good choice. These sets make very good gifts. After all, pens write in any language.
M: Right.
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Hello, I’m John Smith. As the head of School Daily, I’d like to introduce you to our newspaper. We’d like some volunteers to help us improve our paper. Experience is not important, but writing and typing are important. We want some people to rewrite articles. We need an expert to take photos. We also need several engineers who know how to plan printing work since the paper comes out five days a week. Our paper is popular among the students and many people in the city are interested in it as well. So we need some students to send the papers. There is some money for you according to how much you work for the paper, but you don’t expect to get rich. Good marks are a must for working on the paper. This isn’t something you do for the money. Mostly it’s just for fun. Anyone who is interested in joining us should fill in an application form after the meeting. Don’t forget to write down your name on the form. Be ready to start working right away. Thank you for listening.