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M: Excuse me, could you tell me where the ATM machine is?

W: Look, it’s on the right of the department store, opposite the cinema, next to the traffic lights.

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M: Professor Goodwin, I wasn’t in class yesterday because I had a cold. Could you give me a make-up test?

W: Of course. Come to my office at four o’ clock,and we will do it then.

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M: So when can I speak to Mr. Hammon? Is 1:30 OK?

W: I’m afraid not. It’s 1:00 now. You can try again in about 1.5 hours. He will have come back from his lunch by then.

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M: Oh, my! I can’t go on.

W: Me neither. I’m freezing all over.

M: It’s like the whole world is freezing. I guess we can’t do anything until the sun shines.

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W: I heard you were having problems meeting your school fees and may not be able to study next term.

M: I was having some difficulties but I have received a scholarship and things are finally looking up.

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M: Betty, where are you?

W: Sh! You will wake our baby.

M: You know what? I’ve got a raise in salary, betty! Mr. Smith has been watching my work, and

he thinks I should get a raise in salary.

W: Wonderful! You can buy a new computer now.

M: And you can buy a new bed.

W: And a comfortable sofa, a cupboard and ...

M: I shan’t have enough money to buy all that. I think we should paint the wall first.

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M: Hey, Marrissa. You seem kind of mad.

W: I am. Have you heard about the new policy on the library books? It’s just stupid.

M: Oh, you mean the thing about having only a week for keeping borrowed books? Well, yeah...

What’s wrong with it?

W: Are you serious? We can only keep books for a week? How do they expect me to read a book

in a week?

M: The school’s just probably concerned about reading material getting lost. They just want to

prevent any more additional cost.

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M: Do you like musicals, Mary? I went to see Cats three times when it played in Tokyo.

W: Yeah, it set a new box-office record with the number of ticket sales.

M: By the way, what shows are playing now on Broadway? If there’s a good one, I’d like to get two tickets in advance.

W: The producers is on. Getting tickets can be tough. You can get them on the Internet, but I am not sure you can get the date you want.

M: OK, I’ll try my best. Mary, the hotel we are going to stay in is the Hotel Ritz. I also found a museum, an amusement park and a theatre within an hour’s ride from the hotel.

W: Really? In fact, I’ve never been to New York. Could I hire you as my guide?

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M: What’s that website?

W: People send in the names of teenagers who’ve done something great. Everyone votes, and the teenager with the most votes wins.

M: Who’s that boy in the photo?

W: He’s a teenager named Charlie Watson. He has his own soccer website. He designed it himself and did all the work. He’s only 17, and he already has a million dollars. There’s also a boy named Felipe Flores. He climbed the highest mountain in the Andes.

M: So, who are you going to vote for?

W: I’m not sure. There are two I really like.

M: Who are they?

W: One’s a girl named Anna Philipova. She’s 13 years old. There was a terrible fire in her home, and she walked right into the burning building to rescue her two little brothers. She got them both out alive, but her hand was badly burned.

M: Wow! And who’s the other?

W: The other’s a 16-year-old boy named Malik Monroe. He gave three million dollars to hospitals and schools in Africa last year.

M: How does he get the money?

W: He organizes big concerts in schools and colleges all over the USA.Then he gives all the money he gets from the concerts to hospitals and schools in Africa.

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W: Hello I’m Kate Assadi, and I’m here to talk about my hobby, which is skydiving. In the UK, this is still seen as something done by crazy young people! But in the USA, skydiving is a hobby that has been taken up by people from all ages groups, by anyone looking for excitement, from twenty-year-olds to people enjoying an active retirement.

I wanted to do skydiving as a teenager, but my parents wouldn’t give their permission. So, my first jump was as a university student, when I was able to get a discount. Immediately, I was attracted! I couldn’t afford to do it regularly though, until i started working as a lawyer.

Why do I do it? Well, skydiving makes you feel great—you forget all your problems. There aren’t really any health benefits. Although I know several businessmen with stressful jobs who do skydiving to help them relax. Of course, some people start skydiving to help them get over a fear of heights. In a word, skydiving’s great. It gives you a whole new idea on life!