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W: The sports meet starts at 8:00.
M: In order to get a good seat, we must arrive there fifteen minutes in advance.
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W: Will you grab some peanut butter from the store, please? I want to make some cookies later.
M: Sure thing, honey. I'll grab some when I get coffee later. I think we're running low on milk, too.
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M: Did you get a present for Molly' s birthday?
W: Yes. You know she loves to listen to Johnny Holden --she' s got all his CDs --so when I saw this book all about his life, I knew that was the perfect present for her.
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W: I' m looking for a place to have my client' s art show. We are really hoping to attract a large audience.
M: You should try the Fairmont Hotel. It’s expensive to rent, but it's also right by the subway. It’s super convenient.
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M: Was that the telephone ringing?
W: I didn’t hear anything. Sometimes when the windows are open, you can hear the neighbors' phone.
M: Well. I' m expecting an important phone call, and I don' t want to miss it.
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M: Hi. Rose. I just came back to my office. I went out to lunch. Anything new?
W: Dan. I’d like you to come home. The storm is really terrible.
M: What happened?
W: The storm blew down the power line: the electricity went off The children are crying in the dark, and I don’t know what to do.
M: Oh, dear. I'll call the electricity company in a minute.
W: Would you come back right now?
M: Well, I' m leaving the office in half an hour.
W: Remember to get some candles on your way back.
M: All right.
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W: Oh. I wish that bus would come! My feet are freezing! I suppose I've been here for ten minutes or so.
M: That's long enough in the winter.
W: This morning, the sun was shining ... even though they were predicting light rain.
M: But it started to snow one hour ago. They're still predicting two or three inches.
W: Well, I won't go into the office tomorrow. I'll just work from home.
M: What do you do?
W: I' m a lawyer. My office is around the corner.
M: Oh. I work in the same building, in that travel agency next to the lobby. I've seen you walk by several times. Stop in and have a cup of coffee sometime.
W: OK. Thanks.
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W: OK. Now, let’s find a place to go for your holiday. Do you have any preferences ... France ... Italy?
M: Oh, not France. Last year it was absolutely packed with teenagers. It was very noisy. We want somewhere quieter this year.
W: All right. Was it seven or ten nights you wanted?
M: Oh, ten, please.
W: Right. Well, let's start with Italy. Umm, we've got ten nights for 345 pounds, from Manchester, on the sixteenth.
M: No, that's no good for me. We wouldn't get back till the twenty-sixth, and my wife's got to be back at work before that.
W: Umm ... how about Sweden? That would be 470 pounds, from Manchester again, on the eleventh.
M: Well, that seems too much.
W: All right. How about Spain?
M: Oh, that sounds great. We've never been there.
W: Let's see now. We’ve got ten nights, from London, on the thirteenth, for 385 pounds.
M: Oh, wait a minute. We'd prefer a flight from the North somewhere, Manchester perhaps. Er ... OK, in this case, Sweden then.
W: All right.
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M: Will you go to any evening classes at the community centre this year, Jess?
W: Maybe. Is the badminton club running this year? I enjoyed that.
M: Yes, but it is on Mondays now, at 6:30.
W: That's a shame. I have to work late at the swimming pool on Mondays. I could go, but I’ll arrive late. What's on Tuesdays? Is it tennis club again?
M: No. That's on Wednesdays this year. On Tuesdays it' s football.
W: Will you go?
M: To football? No. but I might go to tennis. I've just read my college timetable. I have Spanish grammar classes all afternoon on Wednesday. My brain always feels really tired alter those lessons, so I’ll enjoy hitting a ball hard after that!
W: Then maybe I won't go to that! It sounds like it will be dangerous if you' re there! Is there anything on Thursdays?
M: Mr. Brown is running his usual club again, just like last year.
W: Oh! Mr. Brown’s Thursday film club! I enjoyed that. We had some great discussions.
M: Yes. I' m hoping to do that this year too. And on Fridays, the local singing group will be upstairs and the guitar group is downstairs.
W: Oh, yes. I tried the singing group a few years ago, but the songs were quite boring.
M: Well, I guess I'll see you on Thursday evenings then!
W: Yes!
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Thank you for calling the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Here are the shows we'll put on this month.
On October 10 we'll put on
Comedy in the club Level. It'll begin at 7:30 pm and end at 9:30 pm. Local and nationally recognized comedians will make you laugh in the Green Room on that day. If you want a good laugh, don't miss it.
The
Young Irelanders will start on October 15. This talented group will perform some of Ireland's best traditional song and dance. Folk, jazz and popular music come together with song and dance as they make old traditions new.
On October 20 a few bands will get together at our theatre to play music in honor of' the Beatles, performing all the hits of this most popular band in the history of pop music. The show begins at 7:30 pm and lasts until 9:00 pm.
On October 27, Broadway superstar Brenda Braxton will give an amazing performance of Broadway classics from her well-known shows. If you like
Jelly's Last Jam,
Smokey Joe's Cafe, Chicago, and
Sophisticated Ladies, you won't want to miss her performance that night.
If you're interested in any of these shows, come and watch. You won't be disappointed
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