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14,"Speaker A: Yes. Okay, when we talk about uh components design, um it's really about the material and the and uh uh really the stuff we build uh the remote controls of. Um, a remote control consist of uh components and the components of a remote control consist of uh properties and material. We have to choose th uh these uh wisely and it could affect uh uh a kind of grow of in uh in buying uh the remote controls. Um, the components of a remote control are of course uh the case. Uh the properties of the case, um it has to be solid uh in hard material like uh hard plastic uh with soft rubber for uh falling and and uh uh yeah, it feels uh good in your hand. Mm the buttons has to be uh solid too, and the material is soft rubber. Uh I've got a uh email from the possibilities of Real Reaction. Um uh they're telling me that um when we build uh a remote control of um of plastic or rubber, the uh buttons have to be uh rubber too. Mm It's okay. Yeah. I when we use a rubbled a doubled curved case, we must use a rubber push-buttons to uh the the rubber double-curved case is a is a t uh three-dimensional uh curve in the in the design, which is uh necessary when we want to be trendy. Uh Um the energy source, uh I've got a lot of possibilities for that too. Um, uh the basic battery, which I thi prefer because of its uh its non uh non-depending of of of uh um Uh here you have to have a hand uh yeah, kinetic uh energy. Also in uh this one, like in the watches, but a remote control can lie on a table for a day, and then you push uh a button and so you don't have to uh walk with it all the all the time. Mm, solar cells are also uh a bit weird for uh remote controls. Um uh also the case material, uh I think that plastic is the is the best with rubber, because uh wood or titanium would also be a bit weird. Uh, they don't tell anything about the cost of uh titanium. Um the chip uh the chip set uh and the board is uh all off the shelf. Also, the speaker in the remote control, when we want to retrieve it. Um, the base station is also off the shelf, all the materials and the components are uh just available in uh in our uh factory. Mm, I've told about uh the three first points. Mm, the simple electronical chip uh is is available uh with the LED transmitter uh transmitter. Uh, it's all uh off the shelf and even the speaker and the wireless retriever are all uh available in our company. Um, another possibility. I uh yeah, I looked up on was uh the L_C_D_ displays. Could be uh something special to our uh remote control, and it's possible, but it only cost a bit more, but maybe it can be uh within the limits of twenty five Euros. Ah yeah. I th I got an email with uh some examples and it these were were the most trendiest one. You see uh a covers, which can be Um, I don't know. Um Yes. Yes, maybe we can uh bri uh bring a couple of uh couple of types of uh maybe a kind of uh whole uh um a whole set of uh different uh remote controls. Maybe we can bring a whole line uh with uh with a huge variety of uh uh house uh stuff. Like uh maybe radios and uh television also uh in this in this in the same style, but Yes, because we have to uh we have to we have to bring the logo and all the stuff uh back into it. Thank you. Uh-huh. Maybe we can bring t uh uh teletext to the t to the remote control. But you're the expert. You did the research. It's from your research. Grapes. For a big team of artists. But uh but I think we don't have to make we can't make all uh ten designs. We have to make one design I th I I think. But pictures of fruit, vegetables vegetables Yes, you can put a logo on top of it. Yes, it's really fruity. With a strawberry on top. Only if we Maybe maybe we can make a T_V_ guide on it, for the channel you're on. No, no, only the T_V_ channel with the with uh with uh four programmes. You can uh zap through them with the page up page down button. Yes, it can On your No, on your mobile phone you can y you can read text also. So why not on your remote? Uh, programme uh information or or or or g or a guide on t on teletext, yes. Also on the internet. But Yes, but you also want to know what's next. Yes, that's uh really possible. No. No uh um Y yes, you can use uh buttons uh uh w that are already uh on the remote control for double functions. Uh, then you push a button. The title and the information about the programme. But but uh yeah, what he said was right, about the televisions, they have to be uh customised to the But maybe in future it will be a giant hit, and when you are the first you have the biggest uh Yes, you can put uh a little L_C_D_ display on it with uh with lots of information. But uh I haven't thought about it. But whe but when you put a a a transparent uh plastic uh uh screen on top of it, it i it isn't vulnerable. You can throw with it and When when you put uh maybe a colour L_C_D_ t uh screen on it, it's very special and very trendy to have uh a remote control from But uh I've got a the email with uh with the possibilities. And L_C_D_ was a possibility for the remote control. So why don't we use it. No, but it doesn't sa say anything about a colour or But, mm, I alf I also got a possibility to put uh a scroll button on it. But I didn't think that Yes, but o on the No, when y But it look Yes, but that remote controls are already on the market. The simple Yes, but but when you want to have something special Yes, but you had a picture of it from another company. Yes, it was already made. Tha the remote control on the docking station. Yes, he have a picture of it. Okay. Mayb I will rule the world with it. Yes, maybe a bit of a cushion is Yes. Like a b yes. Maybe it but then we have to look that it uh w uh will not um be too childish to see. Yes, real real good colours. Hmm. But that's not really fruity. Uh fronts of the We can have uh different uh uh fronts of the telephone. Are these designs? Yes. It this a real uh young young and dynamic uh uh styles. Yes. Yes, But also w Yes, b bu but when we use s soft mm Mm. But it it then it uh you can't throw it it. It will uh make a huge noise or break other stuff when you throw with uh titanium with your remote control. No uh, titanium is a bit uh it's a bit harder. But also on the colours, the young Yes, but a titanium remote control, when you're uh watching T_V_ uh or your hands are a little bit sweaty, and the Yes. Sports and gaming. Define. Yes, it's w but it is uh plastic. Yes, w we can do that on the on the We can make this as a style too. Uh, this is uh just a No, we c we can make it from the same kind of plastic. Uh I don't have the information. Uh, I I didn't got it Yes. Like the M_P_ three player. Uh, in a lot of other uh in a lot of other product uh categories like uh even in b in bags industry. Uh, they began with uh t typical uh leather bags, but then they became stylish, with all all si all sort of colours, and w kind of fon of uh of fronts, like we can use on the telephone and it Like Eastpack uh began a revolution with it with all this uh kind of bags and and colours and and Yes, and and styles. They have uh also uh a kind of uh um uh roses on it, a and uh Then we can always uh use the same design for a greater resemblance, but with new uh with new colours, new yes. There there are three uh components three components type. You have the buttons, the the case uh itself, and the rubber and th Yes. Yeah, or or when you use the buttons as black, it you can use two colours as well uh But then you have to put uh up and down and uh left and right Okay. Uh What are we going to do now? I will make one in the next uh twenty minutes. Back to the pen.
Speaker B: Okay. Keyboard work. Yeah. Alright. That's true, I guess. Yeah. Huh. Yeah. Yep. Yeah, that'll be for the future, I guess. Yeah. Yeah. Definitely. Alright. Yeah. That's okay. Mm yeah. Then you and then you've got a flag s Very big R_C_. Yeah. No. Next channel, previous channel. I think it depends on the function. Well, if you save uh Perhaps uh s tiny buttons aren't user-friendly, then we wouldn't im implement that of course. Oh, that's right. Yeah. Yep. Those are probably the the th Yes. Those are probably the b four most most used buttons on the th in the remote control. Sorry? Yeah, sure. You don't care. No, sorry. Yeah. Oh. Go away. Come on.. Oh, great. Well, I've done some research again about trends on the internet. Um I've done some investigation, and uh well I uh got some information from fashion watchers from Paris and uh Milan. Some uh some findings the most important thing is fancy look and feel of the remote control. Uh, well, we were going to imply that, so that's nice. The second important thing is uh innovative technology in the R_C_. Uh, our market really likes really likes that. And uh the third point there in this uh order if of importance, the third point, is a high ease of use. And uh, well, for the idea, I've put some trends uh for the market of elderly people. Dark colours, simple recognisable shapes. So we probably won't do that. The younger market likes uh Well, the themes of of this year are uh surprisingly fruits and vegetables and spongy material. I found this image, which is uh Well, it symbolises the idea of fruits and vegetables. I don't see the spongy part in it. But with a little bit of fancy Exactly. I got some ideas Uh well, yeah, pictures isn't really good word, but um some symbols of fruits or vegetables maybe. Uh, catchy colours. Fruit is uh yellow, green, red, whatever. So, remote controls in in catchy colours. Uh, no, we don't want dark colours. No, I just put them there to uh, yeah, uh for general idea. And uh, the docking st uh I think the spongy material is is very irritating for the uh remote control itself. But to Yeah, the To implement some spongy thing, maybe we can do it in the in the docking station. At the bottom of the docking station or whatever. And uh, we could bring one line with a dark colour uh to um uh p uh yeah uh uh v how do you say? Yeah, also a bit for elderly people who are a little bit crazy and want maybe want a little younger design but still the dark colour. I mean it it it reaches a different market uh, but it it it doesn't cost really much effort to b to uh bring uh like a black R_C_ on the market or whatever. Yes. Yeah, there's there's always a Well there there's always empty space of course on a remote control. I mean I think this part of the R_C_ uh well the upper the upper part or whatever is uh is not not used with buttons, I guess. So you you can put some fruity things No, of course not. Especially i Yeah, yeah. Yeah, exactly. If we make it little bit greenish. A and we could use one of these for the uh w what is it? Uh Isn't Wha whatever. Yeah, sure. Yeah. Well, w we can uh w we can we can produce multiple uh multiple things. This is then the uh pear. I don't know the English word, so forget it. And um, maybe, yeah, a b a banana is uh is n not easy for a remote control, but m yeah. Mayb maybe two or three. Yeah. No sure, but but B but that's great, and and and what I was what what I was saying, the catchy colours Yeah. Yeah, uh not really. Pictures was a was a bad word, but Well we c yeah. Yeah, sure. Maybe we can if if we got our docking station over here. I can't draw with this thing, but I'll try. If this is our docking station, we can make our logo over here. It doesn't work. And then Well, the button button over here or whatever, I don't know. On the front, of course, because else you can't find it. Well, that were my ideas a little bit. I'll close 'em down. Um, go away. Conceptual design, yes. The agenda. Well, it's nice, of course. But I don't I don't know what to display on it. I mean Yeah, but it should be li like this big, and I don't think Yes sure, but it it has to to show an entire title of a programme or at least a q a quite quite large part of it and then you get a very large L_C_D_ screen, because Yeah, I don't know. Programme information. But Well a lot a lot of T_V_s indeed show uh when you uh zap to a But then we also uh w need to bring out a line of T_V_s which we were planning to, but whatever. Because the T_V_ has to send information back to the R_C_, and I don't know if that's possible. Yes, yes, o of course it's possible, but you gotta uh implement it in the T_V_s, and I don't think everyone's gonna buy a Real Reaction T_V_ within a month after the release of our uh remote control. Yeah. That's true, that's true, it breaks f yeah, it it it's not very solid, it's uh frag fragile. No. No. I don't think so ei either.. Ah. Bastard. Yeah, I guess. No. Yeah, that's true, if you uh Yeah. No. Well, I think it's uh I think it's pretty trendy, to be honest, uh but um I don't know if if if well, I'm coming back to the costs again, but I think uh we gotta build a b pretty cheap design to to stay within our limits. And I think uh especially colour L_C_D_, which is indeed pretty trendy. But I don't think Uh, I think it will be too expensive. Uh, did it say a price also uh for for uh monogramme uh L_C_D_ or uh coloured L_C_D_? Yeah really, if y if you c i I in in two thousand and four you can't uh put something on the market which is a monogramme. Really. Yeah. W we've we've gotta find a balance, of course. And I think We have a pear. Is that so? Was it it wasn't just a prototype? Exactly, I've never seen it in a store. I think it's a little too much, yeah. Okay. No.. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, for the spongy uh feel. Yeah. Yeah, airbag. If you drop it if you drop it the airbag comes out, yeah. Yeah. No. Yeah, b yeah, that's what w I I was pointing at. What? Oh, a bee. Oh. Yeah. Hmm. Well, we can as as I draw really nicely over there. We can put the logo on our uh on our base station. Uh, yeah. And maybe very very tiny on the remote control itself. But, i Yeah. I guess that's that's enough. That's way too Nokia. Yeah, definitely. Just bring more designs on the market. Why not, yeah. Sure. Yeah, that's true. Yeah, I think it I think it does. Yeah, o On the other hand, if you want to make fruit fruity stuff with uh Yeah, that's true, that's true. Yes. Yeah. What? Oh, yeah. Okay, yeah. Yeah, I see. Yeah, but but but Yeah, I th I think that's difficult, because uh that's different material, and then you gotta have like uh uh uh two material lines of of of Yeah, if it's just a colour uh which you uh which you change then, I guess it's it's nice to have one of these. Uh Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Uh yeah, yeah. Yes. New prints on it. Yep. How do you mean? Th th the uh base in a in another Yes. How the buttons yeah. Yeah. No, definitely not. Yes, definitely. No, I think that's too vulnerable. Yeah, but that's that's I was thinking that's gotta be on the television. Mm. Yeah, if it's c if Yeah, I think it's okay to to add a menu button for uh and if the T_V_ doesn't have a menu, then Yeah. Yeah, you can put that on the two eight four and six or whatever. Mm, yeah. A mute and a teletext and a menu. That's all. Hmm. Great. Yeah. Yeah, definitely. Are we gonna do something with the uh spongy thing there? Yeah, that's true, that's true. Yeah, it's kinda fruity, and with th with catchy colours uh uh w Yeah, definitely. Yeah. Okay. I guess so. Yes. Yea yeah. Yep. Something like that. I guess not. Do you, guys? No? In the shared folder. You'll see in you email, I guess. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. Construct one, yeah. Alright, shall we get back to work? Great. Yeah. Bastard. You lazy
Speaker C: Uh, okay. Again. Hmm. Mm-hmm. Uh, may be better, yeah. Yeah. Oh. Oh titanium is probably trendy, I think.. Well, maybe a little bit expensive. I don't know. Yeah, production cost. I Different colours also. Yeah. Okay. uh Ah. Well, I shall go to the next slide. Um um, I still don't have any information about user requirements. I was thinking about just uh the basic functions and I got uh Yeah, but but then wh I don't know when there are new user requirements. I ha I ha I have the I have nothing. Well, I have here a couple of basic functions I could think of. I dunno if they're maybe a little bit more, but Yeah. Yeah, I I uh well, I pointed them out here, just to make it a little bit easier. Um Another function uh is of course we already discuss it on the side. Um, I don't know what costs of it. Uh, I've no idea about it. Uh, I was also looking for what you said, for I got an email uh uh about uh L_C_D_ in in in front of the remote control. I don't know if that's a good idea, or maybe it's a little bit too much for twelve and a half. Production. If we got already uh something like a base. Yeah, I don't know. I d I uh ju I was just thinking about it. Then I got a pop-ups to go to the meeting. But The remote control. a little uh too A little bit A little bit too big, I think. Exactly. Um, yeah. Well, the functions are are not more to discuss, I think. It's it's just the base things we already discussed that the no V_C_R_ or that kind of uh, so that's very easy. Um Mm-hmm. Well, that's next channel. I mean next channel. Uh Um oh, I I got an email with with an uh a remote control with a base. So, it's uh just an idea. And I um uh thinked of the button sizes and I'm not sure uh if they have to be big or uh just small Well, I'm not a e I'm the expert for user-friendly, but not for trendiness. Maybe it Well uh okay, that's your point. Um, yeah. Yeah, okay. Yeah, I've nothing to s Uh, with a little bit larger, yeah. I thought so, but maybe with the Yeah, that groups. Large? Yeah. Most the most used uh buttons. True. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Uh, that was all y uh personal preference I didn't have. I didn't had any time left. So Yeah,. It's there. Yeah, click on it. Couple time. Well, how uh But how do we use uh fruits and vegetables in Christ's sake with remote control? Uh, make it a banana? Yeah, but th yeah, but that Yeah, but that's Yeah uh uh But d don't we need a creative artist or something like that to m make it to feel like a a a a vegetable or fruit? Yeah. But, we we have to um There have to be the the the the firm colours, our own uh colours has to be in it. Yellow, a Real Reaction. Uh, yeah. We uh f A yellow do Uh, yeah. Yeah, and the button then. Okay, yeah. Okay. Lazy. Yeah. Well well what would you display on it then? But is it isn't that a already on T_V_, a lot of new T_V_s? Yeah. Yeah, and we also have to yeah. And I also Yeah, I dunno.. Oh, okay. We can you away. Yeah, I don't know. Uh, uh I i if it's it's a simple p No, that that's right, and uh I also have to think about new functions, maybe buttons or something like that to control it. Kind of L_C_D_ or something or But how does it display then? W when I go to the second channel, what what does it show me? About that programme? Yeah. Is it fashion? I don't know. That's not up to you. That's up to market if i if it's trendy. Because our our motto is we put fashion Yeah, if you want to be trendy you have to be coloured. Coloured If you have black and white or something, or grey, that's It's too much uh maybe uh with with the L_C_D_ and the docking station and With one thing special. Not a whole package of specialty. And uh the Yeah. It's just an it's just an idea. It's a it's True. Well uh I uh Yeah, I dunno. No, it's too much. It's overdone. Democratically. With a spongy Bob feel. Yeah. Yeah, you just can drop it. Yeah. Yeah. But not black I think. Well if if it's fruit and vegetables, it have to be colourful. But can we ge uh uh Can we combine it or something? Uh with uh yellow and black? Make it a bee? A bee. Yeah, it's our yeah. We we have to use yellow. Different fronts. Yeah. Uh, you can you can l uh let choose the customer which colour he wants, yeah. Yeah, Three three or four uh four uh colours, or something like that. Well, yeah, the Three to one. That's And tita uh titanium, is uh is is it a no? Is It's just like that, th this titanium. No, not all, not all of them. Uh, I think titanium nowadays is way more often used than plastic. In trendy things. Yeah. It's cold in the winter. Yeah. You have that uh M_P_ three player of Nike, I saw. Isn't that titanium with a little bit of rubber? Isn't it Is plastic? Well, it's titanium looking. Yeah, he is. Here he is. Uh, the I don't know if you know the M_P_ three player of Nike. 'Kay, uh that that's very uh with rubber, so it's very rough. True. Yeah yeah, true. Yeah, maybe that's good idea, yeah. But if you want to la uh yeah, last longer than two weeks or something like that, you can maybe I don't know. What time does The rubber. Yeah. Uh no, not too much I think. Or you just make uh one colour, uh maybe with a a z a kind of like a big wave or something like uh In in another colour. Not more than two colours I think. It's a g a little bit too flashy. The funct yeah, I was I was thinking about th the st do we still want a joystick idea. Yeah. The volume, teletext and Yeah yeah yeah yeah, b Yeah, but wha what kind of menu? Is uh isn't that different from every television? Mute. Yeah. Okay, that's not mu not much functions. So Okay. Yeah. Too much colour, i it uh when you got it in a living room, it's too much maybe. It has to be Yeah. No. Oh, okay, yeah. Yeah. I hope so. And the other thing is that you don't have kind of prototype or something like that. You see a kinda prototype you can a little bit more uh Yeah. With you laptop? Yeah. Oh my God. Well you are. We're not.
Speaker D: Okay, all set? Welcome to the conceptual design meeting. The agenda. The opening. I'll again be the secretary and make minutes, take minutes, uh and it will be three presentations, just like the last meeting. So um, who wants to start off? Technical uh designer again? Okay. Uh, yeah. Uh, before we begin it, I want to say I've I've put the minutes of the uh second meeting in the shared folder, but they're still not uh quite okay. It uh it uh still some technical difficulties so the the first part of the minutes are very hard to read, because there are two documents that uh were layered over each other. So But uh, from now on I won't use my pen anymore, so will be p just ordinary keyboard. I think it will will be more uh easy for you to read the minutes. Twelve and a half. Actually What are those, t tooth uh brushes, or so But it's actually kind of uh well, it resembles the design I had in mind for this proj You know the the cartoonish Alessi kind of design. And we can we can steal their ideas. Huh. Well, it's a possibility, too. Uh-uh. Okay. Next time we're here. Oh, okay. Okay. Oh, we decided upon that in the last meeting. Didn't we? Oh, okay. Well, tha I didn't receive any new requirements or somethi Just no, but we decided to use only b basic functions only. Okay. Well we maybe we can think of that later. W just these are the ones you already summed up in the Okay. Yeah. That might get redundant also maybe. I don't know what kind of information it would Yeah. Yeah, it's okay. Okay. That's not It was not a good idea. Okay. No. No. But you do mention the next and previous uh button. Oh, okay, o okay okay. Huh. Mm-hmm. Well, w when we only use basic functions, we have the possibility to make the buttons larger. Well, I think we already agreed upon the fact that the the the skip buttons and the cha and the volume buttons, th th those two have yeah, they have to be large. Uh, I mean th th the the two two basic buttons, you know, the to skip channels and to uh I think yeah, I don't know why, but I think that is that's t trendy too, because that's the mo it it you know, it's uh acc acc um accentu uh, how do you say it? It puts an extra accent on the the on the simplicity of our remotes to j to make these two most basic functions extra big, like t Yeah. And you want to acc accentuate that, you know. So Okay. No uh, that's coo it's cool. Well maybe c then we have to do something with Sponge Bob then. It doesn't stroke with the with the dark colours. Not the dark colours? Okay. Okay. For diversity or something. Uh No, but I I I think that uh our design already resembles so a piece of fruit. It's like a pear or something. No, I don't think you have to do it like Yeah, but it that doesn't have to remind you, you know, like explicitly of s our f of a of a specific piece of fruit, but just, you know, like the the the the round curves. And so y I I think this y it already sem resembles uh something like a pear to me or something. Yeah. You do get the idea, eh? The fruity kind of round 'Kay. Yeah, uh yeah, I don't know. Uh, this is a b yeah. Yeah, yeah. Of course we have uh we have a very big uh the s Of d design team, yeah. Yeah, but It's pear, I guess. No. No, but I think it's it's already what we were were up to. Uh, it's it doesn't have to resemble uh what I already said, a specific piece of fruit, but just, you know, like a fruity thing going on. And it's it looks fruity to me. And uh, but I do like the yeah, I do like uh the f uh to the idea of making a a y uh, a catchy colour design and a d because I do I think a dark colour would be nice too. Maybe it's too much, you know. Okay, but what are the This is yellow. But I don't think our our company colours are this fashionable. Yeah, on uh n uh on the bottom of the remote you can do Okay. Okay, you can you open the conceptual design presentation? See what was on the agenda. This is his own remote. Because um, maybe we can start with the technical uh functions, but I don't think it's there uh, yeah um, do we want to um use an L_C_D_ display, for example? Me neither. Yeah, but it's so I don't think we should do it. Yeah, but no. I do I think it's a bit redundant, actually. And it's also not I don't th even think it it looks s like sexy or something, it's But you're already watching the T_V_, you're not gonna watch your remote control. I really understand you want to make your job more exciting by putting an L_C_D_ in it, but I I really don't think it's a good n goo because it also doesn't stroke with we wanted uh c When we talk about the materials, uh it's a good idea to use these plastic materials with soft rubber stuff on it. It was our idea, you know, to give it a more sturdy look and that you ca like you can throw with it. But I don't think a L_C_D_ display fits in that image. You know, it's like more vulnerable, and it adds nothing really, you know. Yeah, yeah. You could make it, but it's just it it doesn't I don't think it it's coherent with the design we're after. But that's my opinion. Well, you you y Okay, we can vote for it. You want the L_C_D_ display. I don't want to and he doesn't, so it's up to him. If we wanna And I've read somewhere that I've got some kind of veto veto uh rights. So I can also say But did we skip the Yeah, you could do m but what what i so what i but do you think we should We're not even sure what what information we want to display on it. So Nah, that's not gonna work. Yeah. Oh, well uh I've seen it done before. Do you know th like the the bigger rem uh universal remotes, they have d L_C_D_ displays, but then it's very functional to indicate which what uh uh device you are controlling. So it's that that's what I've seen. But it just it j it doesn't doesn't match with the our whole basic concept. Well yeah, yeah, okay. That's maybe not the most important, but it's just I don't think so. Yeah, well do you ha do you have to You haven't looked after the trendiness of L_C_D_ displays, have you? Yeah yeah yeah. Yeah, but we're gonna if it Then uh then you better don't yeah, d Uh uh I really don't feel the whole idea of an L_C_D_ display. I'm sorry. It can't co you cannot convince me. I don't know how well how to with you guys, but I don't really feel it. We already we're uh Yeah, we already have the the th th th base station gadgets, and want and it uh uh, do it has to be a simple design, which sturdy, which soft I don't think I j uh, and really, I don't see how the the L_C_D_ display is gonna add anything, you know, on a design level. Uh, I think it's slicker to have no L_ CEDs. Y we want to it's simplicity, w you have two big buttons and you can do whatever you want with these two buttons, so you don't need an L_C_D_. It doesn't fit in our philosophy uh behind the whole remote. Yeah, but we already have the docking station, which is It has to be developed, but no, but it that's that's our that's our killer feature. That's our what makes it special. Yeah, we're gonna develop our own r n docking station. Uh, but re we really have to cut this off, I re I know you I I I I I get the idea you really like it, you know, the the L_C_D_ thing, but I I think it's it's not a good idea, and we have already mentioned all the arguments. I don't uh, do you guys agre How do you guys think? I d Okay, we s skip the L_C_D_ display. I'm sorry, maybe you can do something if we are at your own place, or make it make it make it happen in your basement or something. But Probably so. Okay. But for the technical part. The m material, I think uh it was a good idea to use the plastic and uh the rubber. Uh Yeah yeah yeah, p Exactly. This is what it w Yeah, but it it was already what we're uh we're after, you know, to give it uh, you know, the soft touch in your hands and also to, know, like Yeah, that is y the b airbag kind of thing. You can st throw it at your little brother's head. Yeah. No no no, not that comfy. Yeah yeah. Yeah. Okay, that's a that's a good point. And that's why I like the dark t col dark colour bit, you know, because it may be the design uh, it's uh maybe it is a bit of the it's a bit nineties maybe, what we're what we're up to rat fun to this point. Yeah, that's that's true, but but it has to be a little big solid. It mustn't be too, n you know, th too overwhelming, then when you put it on your just Yeah. Yeah, maybe so. No, uh I don't like the yellow and black combination. But it is our company colours. Apparently. I don't like yellow, and uh maybe I don't know. But Okay, but what uh, what are other tef technical things we have to discuss? Should we do that? I don't think you we should do that. Maybe just bring it out in different colours, but not af that you can switch fronts afterwards, that's also too much. People don't wanna spend more money on their remote control, I guess. Yeah, yeah. But uh, without gon uh okay. So, are we through the technical part then? Okay. So we uh agreed upon uh n uh well, not u unanimously or how you call it, but Yeah. The materials you uh mentioned in your your personal preferences were all were quite okay. O o only only the last point your no titanium's not not out of question, I guess. But is it possible to use both the the plastic and so uh soft things and t p titanium, as well? Makes it in a homogeneous uh design. It will it will break other stuff w when it's plastic, as well. Yeah. No, but uh uh, you should ma Yeah. Okay, think of the possibilities and make it in completely titanium. Well would it be more trendy? More chic? Yeah, but I I really like the idea of the the the plastic and the big kind of thing. But the question is i then it's, you know, is is it fits in our s philosophy to make it uh sturdy and simple and uh, know, like uh When you make it titanium, it becomes more like some kind of gadget you actually don't need. And when it's big and plastic, it's like some fun stuff you can always have around. It's always fun to have something big and plastic around. Yeah, that's beautiful. Oh, maybe th maybe this is an No, I do like the idea of maybe a t titanium kind type of body w and then with s plastic colouration around it. You know, like the the soft stuff, but I don't know if it's possible. But you can't make the plastic give uh the ti titanium look. But make it just like shiny. Maybe we should uh shou And uh and maybe we sh should we t I don't know if we should talk about uh, how how much time have we got left? Forty minutes. Okay. You putting in different colours. Okay. Okay. Yeah, but w yeah. Well, it is. It's a possibility. But, let's think about the bas Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. But wha th our basic idea y I mean, you gonna we're probably gonna have like two type of materials, like the d d b the plastic uh enclosure and then the the pads that surround it. And and pro and lights. We have to incorporate the lights too. But, uh do w gonna gonna are we going to give it a two-tone colour look, like the the plastic mould is in in one colour and the s the cushion pads around it are in another colour? Is that the idea? Is that a good idea? How many colours are we how many colours are we gonna we're uh uh f uh f Only five minutes left, by the way. How many colours are we gonna give it? Like two-tone colour? T I think maybe the case itself should be in one colour and then the rubber of the buttons, and the cushions as well should be in another colour. Okay, but not more than Well, yeah, it's No. Maybe we should talk about it on a l in a later meeting. Okay. But we have to uh think of some other uh important things. Uh oh yeah, the the functionalities of the the buttons. No. I think this is okay, the so we have the basic. Then we have the numbers. We have the power button. We have we have a teletext button. And maybe want to access a a menu or something. Most T_V_s have a menu. Yeah, but I think you ha I really need a menu button. That's just i the only button only You know, I No, I think most T_V_s have an uh a menu nowadays to access the uh uh screen settings. And so But that that covers all the all the other settings. It covers everything then. No, you can use the And you al can also use the normal skip buttons for that. Th in that way we have like only the numbers, the power button, skip and volume, and then uh uh ten uh rem uh yeah, mute. A teletext and a menu, and then then i that's it. It's all we need. Okay, uh another stuf some stuff about the the the design of the docking station. Something important about a s uh, no, uh which sh uh should remind us of the remote itself, I guess. Uh, in one colour. Just use I think the spongy thing already um comes forward in the in the in the cushions, pads and things on the s uh side. And we will make it spongy and and uh and uh well, the fruity thing is just the shape should be fru i did I think this is kind of fruity, you know. Just round shapes with uh Yeah, but we're gonna have to we really have to think I think colours is very important, because it has to be flashy, but and but it d it doesn't have to be annoying, that when you uh, know, some things is just over the top, and when you have it on your table for more than two weeks, you it just gets annoying, because it's so big and flashy. Uh, it has to be some level of subtlety, but we have to still have to think of how we manage to uh to get to that. Okay. Guess we're through then. But we I think also we just so we have to do something with colour but also, I I think we have to keep the dark colour thing in mind. I think that's uh adds to the too much colour maybe m um But our des design experts will uh work that out. Okay, well I think the meeting will be over within a minute. So we will wrap up. Or is there anything we'd like to discuss? That's right. Okay. Okay. Well, you will read the minutes uh in the you can find them in the pro probably. Yeah uh no, for su for sure because I'm will now type them out. Uh, y yeah. I think uh But toilet paper roll and uh Okay. Yep. I was waiting for the l last message, but Mm yeah.","The industrial designer talked about the options available for materials and components. He suggested that the case should be double-curved, and be made from plastic and rubber rather than wood or titanium. He also recommended using basic batteries rather than solar or kinetic power. He also mentioned the possibility of using an LCD screen to add something special. The user interface designer went over the functions to be included in the remote. The group discussed using large buttons for the most frequently used functions. The marketing expert gave a presentation on trend watching. A fancy look and feel is most important to users, followed by technological innovation and ease of use. The younger market also likes the theme of fruit and vegetables and spongy material, which could be implemented through fruity colours and using a spongy material for the base. The group discussed how to incorporate a fruit and vegetable theme, as well as the company colours and logo. The group discussed whether to include an LCD screen, and eventually decided against it. The project manager closed the meeting and told the group they would receive emails about their tasks for the next meeting."
66,"Speaker A: Uh yeah, if I can pick up with all these bits and pieces, hang on. Uh right, so you want an animal and the characteristics of that animal. Do you have to be able to recognise what animal it is? Um Only animal I could thin I could draw. Its a sort of bunny rabbit cat. You can tell it's not a bunny rabbit by the ears. Um I suppose it should have a mouth as well, sort of Right, yeah. Um the favourite characteristics of the cat um the whiskers I think, um because they're the easiest to draw. In fact, I'll give it some more Oh, and the tail Yes. Um sure it's not to test our artistic It's a mouse. No it's not a mouse. It's a wombat. A what? A webbed foot. Webbed f Oh right. Gosh, why didn't I think of fish? That's even easier to draw than cat. That that that's the sorta product we're talking about, one that will work for a in a home environment, for a T_V_s and I think one that works would be good. Mm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 'Kay.
Speaker B: Are we all gonna draw a cat? That's not a mouse-y, no. It's a ratty. A ratty. It's clothes. That's it's clothes. It's a ratty with a with a with a very long tail. I love whiskers. Uh they're intelligent and they're cheeky and uh fantastic pets and very friendly. And they sit on your shoulder and whisper the answers to your homework in your ear when you're doing your homework. A shark? It is true that you always sit around you know, you're sitting on your sofa and you wanna change something, there's five different remotes, and one for the D_V_D_ and one for the video and one for cable and one for whatever else. But I presume this is t I presume this is just for television. I think one in b bright colours would be good. I think one that doesn't have lots of superfluous functions. Like I've got one at home that has well, apart from the obvious, channels, channel up, channel down, volume, you know, subtitles, mute, there's a lotta buttons that I've got no idea what they do, like. Mm. Ooh, closing the meeting. That was quick. Mm-hmm.
Speaker C: Uh yeah. Fine now. Oh, it's not liking us, it went that-a-way. Computer adjusting. Oh. Uh. Okay. So. Right. You ready back there? Uh okay. Welcome everyone. Um this is the kick-off meeting for the day. Um we're the new group uh to create a new remote control for Real Reaction. As you can see our agenda is to open up the meeting, um become acquainted with each other, um have a little training on tools, uh create a plan, discuss things and and we only have twenty minut twenty five minutes total. Okay. The new remote control is to be original, trendy and user-friendly. That, Steph, is your part, is the user-friendliness. The originality um is gonna take all of us. Um the trendiness we'll probably go look at for some marketing research information from you, Sarah. Um and we'll get on with it. Okay, so we'll have a functional design individual work um with meeting and then conceptual design t and then detailed design. Okay? Right. Everybody's supposed to try out the whiteboard. Kate, why don't you try it first, if you can either bring your things with you, I guess And while you're doing that we'll try and figure out how to hook these things on as well, 'cause we're all gonna have to be able to walk around. Uh I do not think so, I think it's just to try out the whiteboard. Ah. Uh-huh. Okay. Great. And the characteristics? Uh-huh. Okay. Fantastic. Since you're handy as well, why don't you do yours next, Steph. I think it's to get us used to using the pen. Uh no. A mouse-y? Oh. Argh. Rat. Not a mouse, a rat. And your favourite characteristics of that animal. Oh. Okay. Kate? Oh, a fish. Oh, okay. Fine. Favourite characteristics? 'Kay. So they have team elements. I'm afraid I'm with Steph. And I think your pen's running out of whatever. But I'm afraid I take the coward's way out, and the cat's looking the other way. He's hiding. Um cats are sometimes very independent. My parents had cats. Uh and they can mm decide for themselves what is best. Okay. Now um we have to get down to the nitty-gritty of how to make this and this remote control has to be sold um we're to sell it for twenty five Euros, with a profit aim ultimately of fifty million Euros. That tells you something about how many um we have to sell on an international scale. Um would be an awful lot of these, would be like what, a hundred million of them um to make twenty five Euros on each one and to make a total profit of fifty million. Um the production is to only cost twelve and a half Euros per item. Now if they cost twelve and a half, you're selling it for twenty five, you're making twelve and a half Euros each. Um and we're to make a profit of fifty million, that's t uh can you do the maths and how many are we selling? Mark-up? Okay. Yes, 'cause our market um is international and your problem is has to do with marketing of you know, you gotta know how many we're going to be selling to know how big a market you have to target and who is that. To give you a pretty good idea of where you're looking. Something like that? Okay. That's fifty million Euros. In order to make fifty million Euros, and you're only getting twelve and a half each That's a lot of selling. Two four To be fifty, be four million. You'd have to sell four million. Okay? Right. Experience with a remote control. Any of you use of remote control for a television or D_V_D_ or something? You're both nodding, all three. Well I've seen some remote controls that are for more than one device at a time, but I also have heard about them not working well or not well co-ordinated and you wind up working with this one for thi this three and then this one over here for another. And they don't always talk to each other. Don't know. Okay. Are there any um ideas for the remote? What would it be for and what group would be be for? We have to think about that one. Okay. Mm. Okay. Yeah. Um I know this sounds like it was very quick, but the I think that's the industrial design is the first one, that's Kate, for the working design. And user, that's you S Steph, for the technical functions design, and for marketing the user requirements specification. I think there's going to be a lot of we have to help each other and work through this as a group, and I think we all, you know, we like our kitty-cat and our rat and our fish, but I think we all have to like each other um to get this done. Uh as it says, we're gonna get individual instructions, but uh I don't think they allowed a lot of extra time, so I think a little bit of less of this and more at do will set us in good stead. Do you all agree? Alright. Um then I don't see any reason to prolong it and f we should finish this meeting at ni right now and go into other things. Alright, so this is the end of the first meeting. Thank you all.
Speaker D: Is this okay? I know. Thanks. Mm this is very representational fish. Um I like them because they're sleek and they have a lot of freedom but they also do n uh swim in groups, so. Do you have a favourite one? Uh yeah. I was just wondering if that's the um If fifty percent is normal B yeah. Um I would think would be more like sixty percent. But um let me I have two thoughts. One hundred, fifty percent. And and your question is how many do we have to sell? At twenty five. Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's um So that's four million of them? Yeah. And if we make Mm-hmm. Yeah. Four million. Hmm. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Y yeah. We could make a Hello Kitty themed remote. Yeah. We could totally go for the Japan-a-mation. Well I mean there's also the cachet that um uh the Japanese make great products. Electrical their industrial design is very good. Yeah. Well, that's a really good point, because I think one of the things that being somewhat computer literate, we tend to um go to menus and then make choices, you know, so if it's like an uh volume button, you know, you can go in and say mute or or volume. We don't need to have like the l the numbers if we also have uh uh channel up channel down. Mm. We can make it smart like an iPod, you know, make everything menus. Okay.","Um this is the kick-off meeting for the day . Um we're the new group uh to create a new remote control for Real Reaction . As you can see our agenda is to open up the meeting , um become acquainted with each other , um have a little training on tools , uh create a plan , discuss things and and we only have twenty minut twenty five minutes total . The new remote control is to be original , trendy and user-friendly . That , Steph , is your part , is the user-friendliness . The originality um is gonna take all of us . Um the trendiness we'll probably go look at for some marketing research information from you , Sarah . we'll have a functional design individual work um with meeting and then conceptual design t and then detailed design . Everybody's supposed to try out the whiteboard . Kate , why don't you try it first , if you can either bring your things with you , I guess we'll try and figure out how to hook these things on as well , 'cause we're all gonna have to be able to walk around . you want an animal and the characteristics of that animal . Its a sort of bunny rabbit cat . I think it's to get us used to using the pen . Not a mouse , a rat . a fish . And I think your pen's running out of whatever . we have to get down to the nitty-gritty of how to make this and this remote control has to be sold um we're to sell it for twenty five Euros , with a profit aim ultimately of fifty million Euros . That tells you something about how many um we have to sell on an international scale . would be like what , a hundred million of them um to make twenty five Euros on each one and to make a total profit of fifty million . Um the production is to only cost twelve and a half Euros per item . if they cost twelve and a half , you're selling it for twenty five , you're making twelve and a half Euros each . Um and we're to make a profit of fifty million , I was just wondering if that's the um If fifty percent is normal Um I would think would be more like sixty percent . you gotta know how many we're going to be selling to know how big a market you have to target and who is that . In order to make fifty million Euros , and you're only getting twelve and a half each four million . You'd have to sell four million . Experience with a remote control . Any of you use of remote control for a television or D_V_D_ or something ? That that that's the sorta product we're talking about , one that will work for a in a home environment , for a T_V_s and I've seen some remote controls that are for more than one device at a time , but I also have heard about them not working well or not well co-ordinated and you wind up working with this one for thi this three and then this one over here for another . that you always sit around you know , you're sitting on your sofa and you wanna change something , there's five different remotes , and one for the D_V_D_ and one for the video and one for cable and one for whatever else . And they don't always talk to each other . But I presume this is t I presume this is just for television . We could make a Hello Kitty themed remote . I think one in b bright colours would be good . I think one that works would be good . We could totally go for the Japan-a-mation . I mean there's also the cachet that um uh the Japanese make great products . I think one that doesn't have lots of superfluous functions . Like I've got one at home that has well , apart from the obvious , channels , channel up , channel down , volume , you know , subtitles , mute , there's a lotta buttons that I've got no idea what they do , like . that's a really good point , because I think one of the things that being somewhat computer literate , we tend to um go to menus and then make choices , so if it's like an uh volume button , you know , you can go in and say mute or or volume . We don't need to have like the l the numbers if we also have uh uh channel up channel down . Mm . We can make it smart like an iPod , make everything menus . closing the meeting . Um I know this sounds like it was very quick , I think that's the industrial design is the first one , that's Kate , for the working design . And user , that's you S Steph , for the technical functions design , and for marketing the user requirements specification . we have to help each other and work through this as a group , Uh as it says , we're gonna get individual instructions , and f we should finish this meeting at ni right now"
45,"Speaker A: All set? Okay. Cool. Right. So um basically I'm just gonna go over real quickly um some news I've just got from the board on how we're supposed to do with this um remote control. And then I'm gonna turn over to you guys to make brief presentations um on what you've found and then we'll have a bit of discussion. So basically uh what I've just found out from the board I dunno if you guys got this email as well but it needs to be television only. So no we're not doing D_V_D_, we're not doing anything else, it's just gonna be a television remote. Um it also needs to have the company colours included in it. Um so that's red and black. And it has to have the slogan, case you guys forget the slogan it's, we put fashion in electronics. Um and no teletext. I'm not sure what teletext is but I'm assuming you guys do, so we don't wanna include that um in this particular design. For reasons that I don't really know. There's but it's the board so there you go. So basically um given those guidelines which will have some effect on how we design we'll discuss it later I mean 'cause it's television only we'll be able to change our uh um well we can s sacrifice more function for a better television remote. Anyway. So I'm gonna turn over to the Industrial Designer uh to go ahead and make a presentation on Oh, right yeah. Yep. Might have to hit function F_ eight but it looks like it's gonna come up. Yep. Cool. Brilliant. 'Kay. Mm. 'Kay. Fair enough. 'Kay. Is is there a way that we can use um modern types of polymers, or mo modern types of plastics that maybe do have some kind of aesthetic value um like if a white like if we talk about like well like on the lapt on these laptops and other ones they use a a pretty nice, you can do i is there some kind of nice colo der quality plastic that we can work with? Okay, okay. Great. Thank you very much Nathan. Um if next we can have the um User Interface Developer go ahead and make a brief presentation that'd be great as well. S plug yourself in here. Mm. Um hit function F_ eight real quickly, hold down Mm. There you go. Sweet. Yeah sorry I couldn't get that g to use before. Oh yeah look at that. Mm-hmm. Nice. Okay. Great. Thanks for that Ron. 'Kay yep that's you. Give it a little bit. That's great. Thank you Sarah. Right. So um yep I'll just uh switch that back here. I'll finish up with just a bit of discussion plan on for the next phase. Right so I think we've covered most of these important questions through this um through you guys's presentations um we've got uh y the Industrial Designer suggests uh or pretty much emphatically suggested that we need to go with plastic. Um Sarah, she's recommended that we go for simpler functions, so fewer functions um but we need to decide who are we selling this to, you s your stats suggested that seventy five percent of people under thirty five wanted, thought about voice control, um so do we wanna go for that, or do we want to go for an older demographic, and my thought is um we've got w if we're gonna go for a sleek look I mean we are putting the fashion in electronics um. Yes. So maybe this we should look into this younger demographic. Um. So uh we need to wonder ah h about how we make it better and smaller and faster um think we're constrained to plastics very well, we've got this idea, Ron was saying we need to think about uh revolutionising the way it's looking um, which might be easier given that we're going for simpler function and that we're only going for a telly. Um so um. How th this voice operation thing is I think is a good idea um assuming that it's doable, um at least for the basic controls, maybe we can balance it that way, you know we can see. Okay you can't say record alias tonight at seven P_M_ but we might be able to say um volume up. Mm. Right. The difficulty wh would be in um I think like i you couldn't speak into the remote that you're trying to find. 'Kay you have something that picks up a voice from far away If it's hidden under the couch but then again you have this wee this wee thing you know that's just a little chip or whatever that has the page button, maybe that could be voice activated too. Yeah. Or an isolated magnet or something like, or you know something that wouldn't interfere I don't know that'd be the technical thing but yeah I like that, I like that, the voice recognition for the paging system. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Okay. Mm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Okay. Okay. Absolutely. Mm 'kay um well yeah I guess we'll cross that bridge um in a la slightly later stages of development um but yeah I know, that's perfectly viable question. Mm 'kay um so I'm seeing that we're gonna just basically focus on this young demographic group, aim it at them, but then in a sense that its bells and whistles are available for anybody who wants them but basically we'll make a sleek simple functioned um uh remote control. Um I think this voice recognition thing is a we've got a market for it uh I don't think there's too many, we'd more or less be cornering the market on it as well, we don't have many um. I appear to have lost my microphone. Mm. Right um we don't have many people or there's not very many competitors out there that do that so cool. Um right. I guess we've c we've touched on most of this. The idea of a paging function, a touch screen, and face plates. Um. The thing with I see would there not be a we'd have to maybe sacrifice the face plates for a touch screen? Okay. Okay. Okay. Mm. Okay. Okay. Right. Yeah 'cause then ha you would have to who all it's not like with cell phones like where you have a you know Nokia model X_ and then ten people make face plates for it, we'd be just our model of pho of t remote control. Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Alright well we can we can discuss that one further when we think about um whether th when we do costs and so forth, um. True, if plastic is dead cheap and if we're making the whole thing out of plastic anyway um yeah we'll cross that bridge later um but yeah we will have to evaluate what's most important. Um I think we've had a bit of discussion already on this thing, n s there any other questions comments that came up in these presentations? Yeah yeah okay. Um Yeah I think that would be best. Let's based on what sh on what you guys have all said to me let's go for a plastic built or uh b plastic cased 'cause tha tha that's easy on the cost, try to look for some kind of high quality recycled plastic as you recommended and I think that's a great idea. With a touch screen for the basic functions. Um And we'll yeah tha let's provisionally let's go for a touch screen one with several submenus um for possible extra stuff that one basically put the channel and the on and off switch on the touch screen. Um do we have Mm wait a minute it occurs to me that if we have a touch screen people are going to have to recharge their remote controls. Yet at the same time that might help for this whole complaint of it being lost. Mm-hmm. But then again that costs as well. Hmm. Do they? Okay. Well I I don't think yeah I can't see anybody buying a lap a remote control that they have to plug in so we'd have to see some kind of new battery technology. Okay so let's go with a um touch screen with um some kind of you know with with some kind of cutting edge battery technology Yeah well hey you know well it's it's worth looking into, if not we can always default to just doing a a well presented plastic simple you know so you know. Well yeah I mean you can put the we could I I dunno I mean I suppose we could put the the basics on the centre easiest you know, you know people know the channel and volume function make them large and easy to get at and then the the other the other bits and bobs you know go through menu um w we'll do the aesthetics. Okay so we'll touch screen and the battery, focus on um uh presentation. Um it's th uh with this voice recognition option as well um just as for the simple functions the um the on off, channels, volume, um and um a small paging function. Even if you can't do voice recognition for the paging you know just some kind of simple button that's just a I guess another infrared signal to the remote control and while to emit some kind of paging. Just a beep. Um right so any comments? Thoughts before we break into go into the next round of individual work on this. W it's my understanding that if you were going to do a skin you'd need to have some way for people to download or import skins into the remote control. Yeah I think perhaps good idea but yeah I think that that one m might just be um and they just yeah I think that one might just be out of the range for this particular a P_D_A_ would they would makes a lot of sense for a P_D_A_ 'cause you're gonna be using it to connect up to things anyway but I dunno, what do you guys think? Hmm. Mm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah I know I d it seems like it would suffice to have just the R_R_ on there. Jus But apparently not. So. Yeah. Well fair enough. Um and yeah that would help the battery life too and if it the remote they do have to press a button for the remote to turn on. But then again who wants to turn on a remote control. Kind of if i Oh to wake up okay or go into like a dormant mode. Okay. Oh yeah I like that I like the idea of um putting the logo in the boot up screen, nice. Um. Um cool so any last things before we break? Alright. Fair enough. Sounds good. I'm gonna save th a copy of this in case you guys need any reminders. I'm gonna save a copy of this and the minutes that I'll do it in a second and put them in the shared folder for later reference. Brilliant. That's fab guys. Cool.
Speaker B: Okay. Gotta plug you in. Very nice. For your first PowerPoint it's lovely. Fine. It needs, yeah. Cool. Looks like you're in okay. There you go. Right. Does that mean I'm up? I think so. Okay. Oh that would be perfect. Thank you. Slide show up and running. Or not. Uh. Oh there we go. Perfect. Okay. So this is me. Um basically I was looking through some marketing reports that we've got and we had a usability test where we were actually sort like watching a hundred people use T_V_ remotes and see what it is that they're using and then they filled out a questionnaire about what they like and what they don't about their general T_V_ remote control practices. Um pretty much through testing we were finding out that most of the time, everybody's used to using changing the channel, turning it on, using the volume, m the majority of the time that's all that's going on, the other functions happen, for some people they're important, but the primary uses are really really basic. Um and so big complicated remotes like one we saw in the last presentation are really not the general public's use, they're not using a lot of it, they don't need it, they even find it frustrating when there are all those buttons that they don't know what to do with. And um we also found out that uh fifty percent of our people, their the worst thing about a remote is how often they lose it. And then they can't find it in the room. So I think what we were talking about with a pager or something, will really come into play with a lot of these people. Um there's also a survey about what they liked about remotes, and pretty much they all think they're hideous and not very useful, and the younger demographics are all really interested in voice recognition options. I don't know if that's something we're ready to look into technically, that's up to the design people, but it is s something worth thinking about, especially since the younger demographic's obviously the one that's gonna keep growing, so if that's the direction we're headed in it's something to think about. Um but basically it really is the primary functions and getting it to look nice, which are the standards. So it's a good start for us. Need to unplug this? Need it back. There you go. Oh right. We're not catering to the pensioners of the world I don't think so. Right. Right. Uh. Right. Yeah. Oh. That could work. I like that. Yeah. Something very basic. Right. Is that only gonna be within our two hundred foot range then? Okay. Yeah. Mm. Yeah. K Yeah. True. Making it just an option? Yeah. Right. Are we still thinking about this screen sorry. Go ahead. The uh if we're gonna do this touch pad screen thing, it would be still, do we know if that's an option technically right now to that? Okay. Okay. We're doing okay. 'Cause it seems like an interesting option especially because then you could have like your primary screen just be these you know four or five basic functions, you can have menu options or something to have all these other complicated voice recognition, settings, things that you're not gonna use every day and that a lot of people aren't gonna use but it is an option there for this hi-tech market that sort of re is the sleek thing we're going for. True. Worth looking into. Yeah. True. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm. Yeah. Mm. Just the casing. Mm. Yeah. Right. Mm. Right. Well in the publicity of a face plate on a phone is you have it out and around, it is sort of emblematic whereas you're just sit at home, so unless somebody comes over to watch T_V_ True. True. True. Yeah. Oh yeah. True. 'Cause it would have a docking base? Yeah. Can we afford that? And will somebody buy it if we don't? Right. For twelve Euros? It is. Fair enough. The basics. Mm. 'Kay. Mm. And oh. Yeah the the fashion do. Yeah. Right, and then you're dealing with ports and cords and Yeah. For now. Yeah. Nice. Um. Well but if we're gonna use a touch screen where it's gonna come on like on your cell phone it'll have your your carrier provider name come up first like while it's loading and then it goes away, perhaps it could be like a temporary Comes on every time you turn it on and then that's it 'cause it is a bit much to have it like engraved on the back or something I think. Yeah. Y Yeah you would think. But. If it comes from above. Yeah. Mm. We're good? Yeah.
Speaker C: Th Well so. Here we have a uh my technical functions design presentation. Um so a few of the requirements we need here. Uh we n basically need to operate an electronic device, it needs to be universal um and possibly uh operate several different types of devices although we now uh find that uh that that's no problem. Um so some of my findings. Um basically wanna send messages uh to a television set. Um that would be any number of different things uh such as switch on the television, uh switch to the next channel, that sort of thing, I think we're all quite uh quite uh intelligent and know know what a normal remote control does. Um now some of the other things I found is a a complicated remote control sorry that we can't quite see my red there very well but uh this remote control has many functions um so it can do a lot of things but it uh it is quite complicated and most users will find it uh find that they won't use most of the functions because they don't know how to use them and don't wanna take the time to learn how to do it. As you also notice it's quite a boring design. Um. Another remote control, slightly different, it's a simpler remote control uh many less buttons but uh has many fewer functions, um m much easier for the user to manipulate and use. Um it also has a bit of a cheap look and it's also quite boring. So my personal preferences. Revolutionise the idea of uh a remote control. Um so attain the functionality of a complicated device but use a simple formatted display uh for the user to to work with. And I was gonna add another uh slide here but I didn't quite have time there. Um. Just incorporating some of the ideas that we had previously like uh having multiple face but it's uh. I can plug you in. Sounds good. A little sticky pad to stick on top of your uh television. And you just say something to into that and it finds your The other thing is we might be able to handle the simplicity of a remote control and kind of put the more complicated things into a voice control. So it could be sold to both the younger market and the older market. And the younger market could use kind of the voi voice control method and the older market might might k exactly and might consider the older market could use the simpler design with the traditional buttons and what not. 'S definitely an option technically. I've looked into uh costs of uh touch screen methods and what not, they seem to be uh you know almost as cheap as a button method at this point. Um I'm not sure that's sincerely correct, I think if you kind of take the example of a mobile phone that uh trying to pass a portion of the device is not interchangeable whereas the surrounding portions are interchangeable. We could have the casing, the the face plates. Well hopefully some people have people coming t over to w to hang out at your house and most people have their televisions in the living room. Uh. Sure. Well have we confirmed that we're gonna go ahead with a uh touch screen um Interface? So these new lithium batteries they last twenty years even with the touch screen? Those new ones. Be interesting. We put fashion into electronics. Yeah. Uh I I'm I'm in agreement with that, I'm wondering how we're gonna get uh we put fashion into electronics onto this device. I'm hoping for a subliminal maybe half a millisecond as it turns on. Mm-hmm. Well all you have to do is touch the screen and it automatically goes on. Yep. Goes into a sleep mode. I've put my files in the shared folder as well.
Speaker D: Okay. So do I unplug this bit here? Okay. Right. That's page one of my presentation. So the uh method. We're gonna have to understand how remote controls work and res uh successfully complete this project. Um remote control works as follows. This is all pretty basic stuff you guys. Um sends message to another system, so there's an energy source involved in that like a battery or solar power, something along those lines, there's an integrated circuit, which is the microchip, um and that actually compose the messages and usually the way a a remote control works is it sends infrared bits to another system. A user interface controls the chip, basically that's the casing and the buttons and um accordingly the messages as well. So my findings, um I just did a preliminary study here and uh I found that too much metal in remote design could potentially cause interference with the ability of the remote to send commands. And too much metal can cause remotes to behave unexpectedly by receiving false signals. Um too much metal is used sometimes and people pick up radio signals and the like, and there's also the possibility of the remote catching on fire and injuring the customer, just think of those lawsuits, that'd be really bad. Therefore I suggest primarily plastic construction. Um, components. Just some ideas that I had, um, energy source, it's kinda hip to be eco friendly so I thought maybe we could do something with solar power with an alkaline battery backup. Um the user interface, I was since we can't use metal I was thinking maybe a high grade recycled plastic. The chip, um, silicon based chip I don't really see any way around that, we can't really be different in that respect. Um, the sender well I'm thinking infrared 'cause it is the industry standard, multi channel, that's a word I made up, I don't really know what it means. Uh PAL and N_T_S_C_ compatible and uh probably a two hundred foot range. Uh and the receiver of course is any number of electronic devices. Um but in this case it'll only be T_V_s. Um personal preferences, I really think that we should use plastic as opposed to metal, um, the company simply can't afford this kinds of lawsuits which adm admittedly is gonna come at the cost of a certain aesthetic value, 'cause we were thinking Right. Yeah that shouldn't be a problem. Um for example the plastic they have on your laptop there is something that's perfectly possible for us to do. That's the end of my presentation. Is it plugged in well? There it goes. Computer adjusting. Mm. Mm. Right. I think it would be possible to uh combine the locator device and the voice recognition technology. With a simple command like locate. And then it could start to beep and therefore be found. Oh yeah I think that's very doable. Mm. It's a good point. Yeah. Mm. I was thinking uh Oh go ahead. Yeah. Gotta wonder though, if we're adding so much technology to this one remote, are we still gonna be able to meet out twelve pou our twelve fifty Euro you know goal for selling these things. It seems like, we're not gonna be able to handle all these functions with just one microchip. The microchip is probably the most expensive part of the the whole mechanism. So it's just something to consider. Back to the uh the cost the material. We have to ask whether we're going to include a certain number of face plates with the package? That's something I w for say we're including three or four face plates, it's gonna drive the cost up. And the other question is, if we do include them are we really in a position to evaluate that market? We haven't done any tests on face plates and whether See if there if there's even interest out there. Off the top of my head it sounds kind of like a gimmick that wouldn't really go anywhere. Yeah. Can we afford to include one of those? Right. Okay. Since we're doing uh touch screen, do we wanna look into the possibility of people being able to input different types of skins for the you know the actual interface part of it and things like that? Or is it just gonna be one touch screen for everybody. What what would be on that touch screen? 'Cause you said earlier that we have to think about company colours and um logo or something or motto, I can't remember exactly what you said. 'S too much. Think we just need to come up with a nice black and red interface on the touch screen. That'd be okay. Mm. True. People aren't gonna want their remote to boot up and to see flashing things come on. They just want it to be on and ready to go.","I'm just gonna go over real quickly um some news I've just got from the board on how we're supposed to do with this um remote control . And then I'm gonna turn over to you guys to make brief presentations um on what you've found and then we'll have a bit of discussion . what I've just found out from the board but it needs to be television only . we're not doing D_V_D_ , Um it also needs to have the company colours included in it . that's red and black . so we don't wanna include that um in this particular design . For reasons that I don't really know . but it's the board so there you go . given those guidelines which will have some effect on how we design we'll discuss it later I'm gonna turn over to the Industrial Designer uh to go ahead and make a presentation We're gonna have to understand how remote controls work and res uh successfully complete this project . Um remote control works as follows . Um sends message to another system , there's an energy source involved in that like a battery or solar power , something along those lines , there's an integrated circuit , which is the microchip , and usually the way a a remote control works is it sends infrared bits to another system . A user interface controls the chip , basically that's the casing and the buttons and um accordingly the messages as well . and uh I found that too much metal in remote design could potentially cause interference with the ability of the remote to send commands . And too much metal can cause remotes to behave unexpectedly by receiving false signals . Um too much metal is used sometimes and there's also the possibility of the remote catching on fire just think of those lawsuits , that'd be really bad . Therefore I suggest primarily plastic construction . Um , components . Just some ideas that I had , um , energy source , it's kinda hip to be eco friendly so I thought maybe we could do something with solar power with an alkaline battery backup . Um the user interface , since we can't use metal I was thinking maybe a high grade recycled plastic . The chip , um , silicon based chip I don't really see any way around that , Um , the sender well I'm thinking infrared 'cause it is the industry standard , Uh PAL and N_T_S_C_ compatible and uh probably a two hundred foot range . Um personal preferences , I really think that we should use plastic as opposed to metal , which adm admittedly is gonna come at the cost of a certain aesthetic value , Is is there a way that we can use um modern types of polymers , or mo modern types of plastics that maybe do have some kind of aesthetic value on the lapt on these laptops and other ones they use a a pretty nice , Yeah that shouldn't be a problem . Um if next we can have the um User Interface Developer go ahead and make a brief presentation that'd be great as well . Here we have a uh my technical functions design presentation . Uh we n basically need to operate an electronic device , Um basically wanna send messages uh to a television set . Um that would be any number of different things uh such as switch on the television , uh switch to the next channel , that sort of thing , some of the other things I found is a a complicated remote control but it uh it is quite complicated and most users will find it uh find that they won't use most of the functions because they don't know how to use them and don't wanna take the time to learn how to do it . Um . Another remote control , slightly different , it's a simpler remote control uh many less buttons but uh has many fewer functions , um m much easier for the user to manipulate and use . Um it also has a bit of a cheap look and it's also quite boring . my personal preferences . Revolutionise the idea of uh a remote control . Um so attain the functionality of a complicated device but use a simple formatted display uh for the user to to work with . Um . Just incorporating some of the ideas that we had previously like uh having multiple face I was looking through some marketing reports that we've got and we had a usability test where we were actually sort like watching a hundred people use T_V_ remotes and see what it is that they're using and then they filled out a questionnaire about what they like and what they don't about their general T_V_ remote control practices . Um pretty much through testing we were finding out that most of the time , everybody's used to using changing the channel , turning it on , using the volume , the majority of the time that's all that's going on , for some people they're important , the other functions happen , but the primary uses are really really basic . Um and so big complicated remotes like one we saw in the last presentation are really not the general public's use , they even find it frustrating when there are all those buttons that they don't know what to do with . And um we also found out that uh fifty percent of our people , their the worst thing about a remote is how often they lose it . And then they can't find it in the room . So I think what we were talking about with a pager or something , will really come into play with a lot of these people . Um there's also a survey about what they liked about remotes , and pretty much they all think they're hideous and not very useful , and the younger demographics are all really interested in voice recognition options . I don't know if that's something we're ready to look into technically , but it is s something worth thinking about , especially since the younger demographic's obviously the one that's gonna keep growing , Um but basically it really is the primary functions and getting it to look nice , which are I think we've covered most of these important questions through this um through you guys's presentations um we've got uh y the Industrial Designer suggests uh or pretty much emphatically suggested that we need to go with plastic . Um Sarah , she's recommended that we go for simpler functions , so fewer functions um but we need to decide who are we selling this to , you s your stats suggested that seventy five percent of people under thirty five wanted , thought about voice control , um so do we wanna go for that , or do we want to go for an older demographic , if we're gonna go for a sleek look I mean we are putting the fashion in electronics um . We're not catering to the pensioners of the world I don't think so . So maybe this we should look into this younger demographic . uh we need to wonder ah h about how we make it better and smaller and faster um think we're constrained to plastics we've got this idea , Ron was saying we need to think about uh revolutionising the way it's looking um , this voice operation thing is I think is a good idea um assuming that it's doable , um at least for the basic controls , you can't say record alias tonight at seven P_M_ but we might be able to say um volume up . I think it would be possible to uh combine the locator device and the voice recognition technology . With a simple command like locate . And then it could start to beep The difficulty wh would be in um I think like i you couldn't speak into the remote that you're trying to find . but then again you have this wee this wee thing you know that's just a little chip or whatever that has the page button , maybe that could be voice activated too . A little sticky pad to stick on top of your uh television . but yeah I like that , I like that , the voice recognition for the paging system . The other thing is we might be able to handle the simplicity of a remote control and kind of put the more complicated things into a voice control . So it could be sold to both the younger market and the older market . and might consider the older market could use the simpler design with the traditional buttons and what not . Are we still thinking about this screen if we're gonna do this touch pad screen thing , it would be still , do we know if that's an option technically right now to that ? I've looked into uh costs of uh touch screen methods and what not , they seem to be uh you know almost as cheap as a button method at this point . especially because then you could have like your primary screen just be these you know four or five basic functions , 'S definitely an option technically . menu options or something to have all these other complicated voice recognition , settings , things Gotta wonder though , if we're adding so much technology to this one remote , are we still gonna be able to meet out twelve pou our twelve fifty Euro you know goal for selling these things . It seems like , we're not gonna be able to handle all these functions with just one microchip . I guess we'll cross that bridge um in a la slightly later stages of development I'm seeing that we're gonna just basically focus on this young demographic group , aim it at them , but basically we'll make a sleek simple functioned um uh remote control . Um I think this voice recognition thing is a we've got a market for it I guess we've c we've touched on most of this . The idea of a paging function , a touch screen , and face plates . Um . we'd have to maybe sacrifice the face plates for a touch screen ? I think if you kind of take the example of a mobile phone that uh trying to pass a portion of the device is not interchangeable whereas the surrounding portions are interchangeable . We could have the casing , the the face plates . We have to ask whether we're going to include a certain number of face plates with the package ? Off the top of my head it sounds kind of like a gimmick that wouldn't really go anywhere . in the publicity of a face plate on a phone is you have it out and around , whereas you're just sit at home , we can we can discuss that one further when we think about um whether th when we do costs and so forth , um . but yeah we will have to evaluate what's most important . have we confirmed that we're gonna go ahead with a uh touch screen um Yeah I think that would be best . based on what sh on what you guys have all said to me let's go for a plastic built or uh b plastic cased try to look for some kind of high quality recycled plastic With a touch screen for the basic functions . Um let's provisionally let's go for a touch screen one with several submenus um for possible extra stuff basically put the channel and the on and off switch on the touch screen . it occurs to me that if we have a touch screen people are going to have to recharge their remote controls . Yet at the same time that might help for this whole complaint of it being lost . 'Cause it would have a docking base ? But then again that costs as well . these new lithium batteries they last twenty years even with the touch screen ? I can't see anybody buying a lap a remote control that they have to plug in if not we can always default to just doing a a well presented plastic simple Um it's th uh with this voice recognition option as well um just as for the simple functions the um the on off , channels , volume , um Even if you can't do voice recognition for the paging you know just some kind of simple button that's just a I guess another infrared signal to the remote control to emit some kind of paging . Just a beep . Since we're doing uh touch screen , do we wanna look into the possibility of people being able to input different types of skins for the you know the actual interface part of it and things like that ? Or is it just gonna be one touch screen for everybody . What what would be on that touch screen ? 'Cause you said earlier that we have to think about company colours and um logo or something or motto , it's my understanding that if you were going to do a skin you'd need to have some way for people to download or import skins into the remote control . Think we just need to come up with a nice black and red interface on the touch screen . it'll have your your carrier provider name come up first like while it's loading I'm wondering how we're gonna get uh we put fashion into electronics onto this device . Comes on every time you turn it on and then that's it 'cause it is a bit much to have it like engraved on the back or something I think . it seems like it would suffice to have just the R_R_ on there . People aren't gonna want their remote to boot up and to see flashing things come on . They just want it to be on and ready to go . But then again who wants to turn on a remote control . all you have to do is touch the screen and it automatically goes on . or go into like a dormant mode . I'm gonna save th a copy of this in case you guys need any reminders . and the minutes that I'll do it in a second and put them in the shared folder for later reference . I've put my files in the shared folder as well ."
78,"Speaker A: No. Ninja Homer, made in Japan. And there isn't uh d it doesn't open up to the advanced functions? So the advanced functions are still hidden from you, but they're hidden in the sense that um they're not in use. Um they're in the L_C_D_ panel and the jog-dial? Okay 'cause The L_C_D_ panel just displays um functionally what you're doing. If you're using an advanced function right, like um c brightness, contrast, whatever, it will just say You know it's like it only has four columns, it's a very simple L_C_D_ like, whereas many the minimum amount we need that the user will automatically know like this is brightness or this is contrast. It might even be one, a bit more complex L_C_D_ panel with pictures like maybe the sun or the, you know, the the symbols of the various functions. That's a number pad. Um they're al along this Yeah. You have this space here, and then you have this thing on the side as well, or at the bottom. 'Cause slogans are usually quite small, right, they're not like huge so they're s Say a button's about say a button's about this size, right, so you would still have plenty of space for a slogan, say even for that. Yep so that would be about a centimetre for a button, so one two three four centimetres. Plus maybe half o five six seven eight, about yeah nine total. Nine, ten. Yep. Excuse me. Sure. Oh we've discussed how h high it is, but how wide is it? No as in the height, but what about the width? Do we need five? I don't think five is be about th three and a half. Yeah, yeah. Okay things like um brightness, contrast, um maybe tuning the channels. Um. What else? Um the various inputs. Are you having a V_C_R_, are you having you know which input do you have? Um. Yep, colour, sharpness. Um a lot of these things will have to be um free and open for users to define them. Audio, we have like your basic y your base, your mid-range, your high range. Um. Yep, left-right balance, um maybe even pre-programmed sound modes, like um the user could determine like a series of sound modes, and then what could happen would be um when you click on that then it would go to that setting. Yeah. The battery. No. Um. We need an Yep. Yeah advanced chip. We need an advanced chip I think, yep. Let me just confirm that. Yes I think so. Yep. Yeah. Yep. Plastic. I think we're gonna have to skip the rubber. Um. Yep. For the case itself, one colour. It's one special colour. 'Cause the case unit itself, the rest of our components go on top of it. Yes. One and the L_C_ display. How many We've got push buttons as well. Okay let's just be safe and put like say four buttons for that one. Okay um and maybe a special colour for the buttons, so maybe four again. 'Cause that's one button by its the complexity of twelve buttons. So we're just estimating that yeah it would be less. No. Yep. Yep. How much would that save us? That will only save you one. The other thing could be that um you could take away the L_C_D_ panel and the advanced chip together, um because when you do something on the T_V_, the T_V_ responds and reacts as well, so the user could be looking at the T_V_ and pushing his thing so we may not need to so when we scroll we need just some way to get the T_V_ to respond, which I think is a technically doable thing so Yep. And the advanced chip goes away as well. Regular chip. Yep. So what that means is that um The twelve buttons that you see there. Functionally you're gonna have to intercept So four is a good estimate for Yeah, so you can't actually cut It's like three times the number of buttons, four, eight, twelve. It It needs to be more than one big button because if you open up your phone, underneath there's actually one button underneath, it's just that the panel itself is a single panel. We just report that it has to be over budget, or the colours, you could take away s colours for th for the buttons. Normal coloured buttons. No that's not the button we're talking about. That's the buttons only refer to the pad so Should we take that off uh? Hey it's back to the original. Um so then these just become normal coloured buttons, so that might be some some way of cutting the cost. Yeah. What do you mean by profile? No. We didn't have enough Play-Doh to make it three D_. So there's one more dimension to the thing which we need to to add, and you might want to add in the report, length, width, and height. Yeah. Yeah. Two. This is about this is about two. Slightly more than two, so Okay. I think that's something that's very hard to catch, so you you restrict the number of people who wanna try something. The the look and the colour is something which is cool, but I think that there's also that factor of if it's too unfamiliar then um because when you put it on the shelf Yeah button shape might be a good idea to change, rather than rather than positioning, 'cause I think positioning is we're kinda engrained into the the telephone kind of pad. Maybe we should do the design evaluation first. I don't think you need the power, so No, that's okay that's okay. No, the power cord itself. Yeah, so then you have a bit more freedom to You you still have your blue fingers. You killed a monster. I rate that pretty highly. Yep I'm fine with that. It's one to seven, right? Wait, what's the scale, one to seven, right? Okay, it's upside-down. Say it's more medium, but going towards a little bit higher than medium kind of thing. Yep. Lemon. Okay, the blue the blue colours and don't re don't actually represent the colour, except for the b the the red button, they because for want of a Yeah, the the yellow is more representative of the colour, but the button itself, the blue can be anything else. Yep, that's fine. Yeah, company logo. I think it'll be cost prohibitive, yeah. Yep. The cameras did. Yep. It keeps getting too big. 'Kay I'm I'm listening I'm just trying to incorporate the logo into the the thing, so I'm playing with the Play-Doh as well. Just in case you're wondering, why is he still playing with the Play-Doh? Just about right L_E_G_O_ Lego. You feel like you're caged within whatever y It's like a balloon in a cage, it can only go so big and not hit the side. The constraints do come in very fast. Yeah. I think another point is that the meetings um are more brainstorming sessions than meetings, so time is also a very s um strong factor, and structure. Because for a brainstorming meeting you want a structure that allows you to allows ideas to get tossed, um to be evaluated, and to be reviewed, and to get feedback and come back. And I guess that point about the room not being r very friendly to that, I think that's a very big thing, and I think the fact that we're wearing these things restricts I feel it 'cause I wear m my glasses, right, and that but that irritates me right it it it does actually you know affect how, w whether you feel comfortable to communicate. I feel like I'm hiding behind the equipment, rather than the equipment is helping me, and you know. Not not so much an atmosphere, the atmosphere is very relaxed, but the the gear yeah you know that creates boundaries to that um and and the time the time given also restricts Excuse me. I think controlling is not the right word, I think the interactions are very structured. I think structure is probably what you're saying that, each individual is structured to one particular task, and one parti rather than controlling. I don't think there's a sense of control 'cause all the decisions have been made in terms of a, like a consensus right, we go around and we think about it, but that you know process actually says you have to do it in a certain way. It doesn't tell you, you know, some ways that you might wanna be a bit more creative in terms of the process you know, not the I think you tried to use the common share folder to to to to communicate, but um it just comes back to us so slow in the email um it it doesn't have a, you know, a messenger will go. Yeah. Okay. I think the tools that they were given, the tool set that were given to us are fancy but they don't support collaboration, I think that's the word. They don't support the team working together, you know, they're still very individual tools. We had Play-Doh fun. No, not really. I think um the the focus of it a lot was the PowerPoint as opposed to the to the whiteboard, and I think that m um is also does you know hinder us and things I think. It will be cooler to have the whiteboard rather than the the PowerPoint, or maybe the whiteboard and the PowerPoint in the same place, you know in the centre of the I think that there were too many PowerPoints in the meetings. 'Cause the plug-in and the plugging spent we spent a lot of time doing that. And a lot of the information on the PowerPoints, I don't think, you know, we needed to actually it could have, we could have gone through it verbally, especially my slides, I felt that they just you know as opposed to having to present them. Yep clunky. Agreed. Having to tick it before you go off was a bit hindering as well, 'cause you're half way through a thought, and then you run out of paper and then you have to jump. But I think the pen is v is very intuitive, everybody knows how to use it, we don't have to worry. So I think the pen's good. It's about the best thing. Yeah we only needed one computer and And the computer may not um be conducive to a meeting because um you tend to look at your computer and wanna have the urge to check something, you know, it's useful but I think too many computers are just distracting. Um Yep. And we have Ninja Homer. Ninja Homer. See it looks like Homer Simpson but it's electronic so it's made in Japan. Yeah it's just a logo. Ninja Homer. The the red is supposed to represent the whatever else you wanna print on the side of it. You can wear Homer, you can throw Homer when you're frustrated, doh. It's clunky. Oh, I did learn something new, Play-Doh is useful. No it is it is. It is useful and in in in in in in in um conceptualizing, in being creative. 'Cause like you say, it's something you can put your hands on and feel and touch and get a sense for. Like we were playing with the Play-Doh and the ideas came with the Play-Doh rather than with everything else. You might wanna write that down. It's just, I'm just fiddling with the Play-Doh, and I'm going yeah yeah it's kinda cool. No, all Play-Doh is edible. It's just wheat, it's the stuff that your mom could make with preservatives and uh It's helpful to the creative process. Um it engages all your senses not just your sight, but your sense of feel your sense of touch. And it helps you to understand dimension as well. I think that that's very helpful because it it starts to pop up, whereas on a piece of paper, on a computer, on a board, um even with a three D_ graphic thing it still, it requires a lot of yeah tangible, that's a nice word. It becomes tangible. Nope. I think we could probably do it here as long as we don't collaborate. Can we turn off the microphones?
Speaker B: Okay we all all set? Right. Well this is the uh final detailed design meeting. Um we're gonna discuss the look and feel design, the user interface design, and we're gonna evaluate the product. And the end result of this meeting has to be a decision on the details of this remote control, like absolute final decision, um and then I'm gonna have to specify the final design in the final report. So um just from from last time to recap, we said we were gonna have a snowman shaped remote control with no L_C_D_ display, no need for talk-back, it was hopefully gonna be kinetic power and battery uh with rubber buttons, maybe backlighting the buttons with some internal L_E_D_s to shine through the casing, um hopefully a jog-dial, and incorporating the slogan somewhere as well. Anything I've missed? Okay um so uh if you want to present your prototype go ahead. Okay. Mm. Mm-hmm. So w what kind of thing uh is gonna be Mm-hmm. Okay cool. Oh right okay. Cool. Where are we gonna have the slogan? Okay cool. Okay. Okay. So if this isn't to scale, what kind of dimensions are you thinking about here? Mm-hmm. Six, seven, eight, nine, ten. So we're talking about ten centimetres. That would be good. So ten centimetres in height. Okay um. Yeah. That's great and it's very bright as well. So um okay. Okay so just could you just list all the things that it does s so I can write them in the report. Mm-hmm. Okay. Okay so that's like an okay button, right. Okay. Oh oh like depth of the actual thing. Oh is this k to get an idea of scale from your from your thing there okay. So you can power on and off, what else can you do? Okay. Okay jog-dial for volume. And what else do you do with the jog-dial? Contrast, brightness, yeah, and anything else? Well of the designers what are they? Uh-huh. Okay channel tuning. That's a good one. Okay auxiliary inputs. Sharpness. Okay what about uh sound settings? Uh d can you change any of those at all? Okay. Okay, is there anything else at all it can do? That 'cause that's that's fine. Just need to know so I can write it down. Okay um right I g I guess that's it, so we can now um We can now have a little look at the the Excel sheet and price listing, and see if we need to um if we need to rethink anything at all. So um for this first part here power-wise, have we got battery? Do we have kinetic as well? No. Okay, just battery. And that's because of cost restraints is it? Okay um what about the electronics here? Advanced chip. Okay um the case, what does it mean by single and double, do you know? So we want double-curved? Okay. Um. Is there any rubber at all in the buttons or any Okay, um and we wanted special colours didn't we? So I'll have to put that Oh no wait we ho how many colours have we got there? Just one colour, okay. Okay so interface-wise, is it this third option we have, the two of them there? Okay and then buttons, we have what, two colours? Like uh oh wait so push button and integrated scroll wheel push okay. Uh-huh. Okay. Okay. Four. So w why are we arriving at the number four? Where does the number four come from? Okay right, so we're writing down four. Okay. How about these? Are we wanting them in no they're just is everything gonna be plastic? Okay. So we're w w quite far over. Now we're gonna something's gonna have to go. Um we're at sixteen point eight and Well we h something has to go to the tune of two point t three Euro, so let me see, what are we I mean oh yes sorry, four point three. My maths is all out. Yeah. How much would that save us? One. Okay so So w what's our reviewed suggestion? Um take away the L_C_ display? To be replaced with a regular chip. Okay. And so we've got point three to get rid of. Um and we ha where are the four the four push buttons are where exactly now? Twelve buttons. Yeah. Do you think? Like is is that one big button or is it twelve buttons, how can it be something in between? Mm. Okay well we have point three to get rid of somewhere. Mm. No can do. Well do you want colour differentiation here? Oh yeah sorry yeah then. Right so Ah. That's it. Okay, ach that's a shame. Um right, so take away that completely? Ah. And now we're under budget. So we do have point five Euro to play with if we wanted. Um Doesn't say so. Yeah that's a good idea. Just one? Does that mean that one button has a special form or Yeah okay. Well well there we go. So I'm just gonna have to redraw this now. So we're not gonna have the L_C_D_ anymore, and we'll just gonna have an on t on the T_V_ it'll show you what you're doing, which I think is fair enough, and so this is gonna be one big thing here. Um. Right okay. So just to well to be thorough then, width-wise we're looking at about what three centimetres or something? Okay and then so height-wise How how tall do you envisage it being? About that big? About two centimetres, okay. Okay. Ach, that is Yeah. Okay we'll s we'll say two point five. Okay um so we have it within cost anyway. Um so yeah project evaluation is this point. Um. Right uh. Okay so can we close that? This is what it's the final spec that it's gonna be. Someone is gonna have to yeah that's fine that's fine. Okay. Right um. So at this point we uh, let me see, discuss uh how satisfied we all are with um with these four points, with the room for creativity in the project, and leadership and teamwork, and the stuff we had around us I guess. Um, let me see uh Yeah I wasn't really sure what that was Yeah, yeah go for that first. I wasn't entirely sure what uh who was supposed to be doing that, but y you go for it. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Oh there it is. Mm 'kay. Okay. Well yeah, I mean compared to most remote controls you see that's pretty good. I dunno like a six or something. What does anybody else think? Mm. Mm. Okay. I would say five or six. David? Okay. Oh yes sorry then, then I would say two or three. Yeah. Well it has the wee jog-dial but Mm. I'd go with three or four, maybe three. Yeah about three, okay. Well that's kind of But the yellow, I mean it could be a lemon yellow colour, couldn't it? Yeah. Mm-hmm. Well yeah, I mean it's really basic looking isn't it? I mean I'd give that nearly a one. Five? That's really low. Well Yeah I suppose mm 'kay. Yep. Gonna have that on the side, aren't we, like there or something? Out of forty nine, I guess. 'S pretty good. Uh yeah. Twice that, about thirty one. So yeah ab well yeah about sixty nine, seventy percent yeah. It's pretty good. Okay. Nobody saw it, honestly. Is that you all have all finished, or Uh-huh. Mm-hmm. Okay. Right. Okay, great um are you submitting the the um evaluation criteria or am I? I don't know what your instructions have been. Okay, uh just wondering if I need to include it in the minutes, because if you're submitting it anyway then Okay great. Cool. Um right, uh well next up then, because we've done finance, is the project evaluation. Oh right, okay. Right, okay. Um well do you wanna um just individually say what you think about about these four points and or not those four points, my four points, sorry, forgotten that. You got a different uh Oh yeah, they're good aren't they, yeah. Right okay, um yeah here we are. Uh as a note we'll do this alphabetically. Um do you wanna start Andrew? I don't know, just um your opinion on those four those four points really and how we used them. Yeah. Uh-huh. Well d do you feel though that that you were able to have quite a lot of creative input into the thing? But I don't I don't think it means the room as in this room. I think it means like you know Yeah. Room. Oh yeah. Well I dunno do you th I think it means um I think it means did you feel you were able to give creative input so Mm-hmm. Mm. Okay. Okay. Okay uh do you know what, actually let's take each point and everybody discuss it, I think. Yeah. So still on the topic of room for creativity uh next up is Craig. Yeah. Yeah. Mm. Yeah. So you think a more relaxed atmosphere would be more kind of conducive to creative thought or Yeah, but actual environment? Okay. Okay. Very good. Um what about leadership? I don't know if that means like, if I did a good job or something. I don't really know. From like your personal coach person and stuff like that, do you think maybe? Okay. Mm-hmm. Uh-huh, okay. So you think maybe a little too controlling or Okay. Uh-huh. Okay. Okay, uh what about teamwork? Yeah. Okay. Mm. Did uh did you guys get the email I sent you? Oh that's alright. I was wondering if that got there okay. Okay, um so um to s to to summarize the teamwork issue, saying that if we could communicate outside the meeting, you know just like quick questions, quick thoughts, whatever, it probably would be bit easier. Oh right, okay. Mm. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Right, uh anything else to say on teamwork at all? Okay, um what about the you know how we used the whiteboard, the digital pens, the projector, stuff like that? Um did anybody think anything was like really useful, anything was pretty un f unsupportive? Mm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. And point at? Yeah. Yeah. Ah. So do you think producing a prototype earlier in the process woulda been a good idea? Yeah. Okay. Alright. Okay uh Yeah. Yeah. Okay. What about the digital pens, did you find them easy enough to use? Yeah. Clunky, okay. Um Yeah. I know, I think at the very start of today I like wrote a whole load of stuff, didn't click note on one, then went back and wrote one tiny wee thing on the another page, but then did click note, and so I'm quite worried that I've just written over the top of it or something, but they'll have my paper anyway um and haven't done that since. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. Do you think the computers just provide distraction in a meeting? Okay. I know I I like to have things written down in front of me actually, like a lot of the stuff that was emailed to me I ended up you know like writing down there or something so I could look at it really quickly and not have the distraction of all of that, um I don't know about anybody else. Um what else uh any wh I do I'm not really sure what they're looking for when they say new ideas found. Um I don't know is could you think of like anything else that would have been helpful today at all? Mm. Yeah if we just had uh Mm-hmm. Yeah I I dunno I think it was quite good that we had time limits on the meetings because they really could have run on and like my experience with meetings is that they really do, and you can spend a lot of time talking about The only thing is though like when we had our meeting about the conceptual design, I thought there maybe another fifteen minutes would have been useful there but um yeah. I really thi i I think maybe if we'd like all been working in the one room, and they just said you know like every hour or something everybody make sure yo you know just have a have a short meeting and then just c just to have like something written down, just like you know a a milestone if you like um rather than having meetings, but There you go. Um so in closing, I haven't got my five minutes to go. Thin Oh there it i Five minutes to go. Wonderful. Okay um are the costs within the budget, yes they are. And is the project evaluated, yes it is. So now celebrate. Well apparently now I write the final report. What are you guys doing now? You dunno? That is lovely. So is that j is that just is that just a logo or does it do anything? Just a logo and then like Ninja Homer, right okay. I think it's quite nice. Oh no, that's cool, it's got I'm kind of I'm slightly gutted that we couldn't get plastic and rubber, I think that would have been nice. Ah well, maybe from now on real reaction should give us more money. Play-Doh s Really? Yeah. Did they? Okay. Play-Doh. Yeah, it smells funny doesn't it. Um Yeah like the stuff for I think it has to be, yeah. Yeah um so to wha what are your summarising words about Play-Doh? Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Tangible. Okay uh Mm. I don't know if there's anything else we needed to discuss. That that's about it really. Just sit still I guess for a little while. Um Well I dunno. Um I'm sure the little uh the little thing'll pop up any minute now. Yeah, yeah if the meeting's over then yeah I guess so.
Speaker C: Uh-oh. This is it? Um, there are a few changes we've made. Um, well look at the expense sheet, and uh it turned to be quite a lot expensive to have open up and have lots of buttons and stuff inside, so instead we've um this is gonna be an L_C_D_ screen, um just a a very very basic one, very small um with access to the menu through the the scroll wheel and uh confirm um button. Uh, apart from that, it's just pretty much the same as we discussed last time. You know, just like right inside there. Well we want the other buttons to be big enough to push easily with a finger so we reckon maybe that'll be about the same size as the palm of your hand. Well I'm We're gonna have again the the sort of the foggy um yellow from last time that lit up when you pushed the button. Um But um this button um, because it's red it's sort of very prominent, we're gonna use it as uh it can be the power button if you hold it for maybe two seconds it'll send a stand-by signal. Um apart from that it's gonna be used as a confirm button for the L_C_D_ screen and you use this as a jog-dial. I don't know. Didn't put five centimetres. Um. Something by there. Um you can skip straight to a channel using these buttons. Um, were gonna have the volume control here, but um because we've got the the L_C_D_ and the jog-dial we just thought we'd um use that as the volume. Um you can use it for um more advanced functions like contrast, colour and Um yeah. Um just whatever else we wanted to include as the advanced functions, um we didn't actually go through and specify the Uh what can a T_V_ do? Um. the the balance hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Um I think single would just be sort of one sort of oval whereas double is this sort of thing. Um we have um got some push buttons as well. 'Kay. So I reckon we've got one button for this thing 'cause it's just one big sheet of rubber. I'm not sure if that counts but You can see we're we're all very far beyond the Well we could take out ones by making it single curved, just fill in those bits. That is one. That's fair enough, yeah. That's um one piece of rubber but it's gonna have twelve button things underneath so Yeah w Um So I reckon Reckon that probably counts as a special form for the buttons. I think there's just one button so handy. Yeah. You see I envision it as being um quite deep sort of deep enough to be comfy to hold in your hands rather than being wide and flat. Yeah it works, yeah. See, about that thick. Yeah. Is it? Yeah. I'm seeing five then. One's high-ish isn't it? Ah, okay so yeah, two or three. Eight three. Yeah. Yeah one. Yeah I think it's about five. Yeah well we have to use uh plastic so it's probably gonna be I think I'd probably increase the cost. We've only got like what, ten cents left so Yeah. My leg. Um I agree with his point it's um it is quite a lot of fun t to go and then you have sort of hit the end then go right, gotta cut everything out 'cause we don't have enough money. Uh, reckon that was a bit hard because we could only discuss things in the meeting. If we could just go up to somebody outside the meeting and have a quick talk with them, that would've been a lot easier. Not just yet. Yeah. Oh they're a bit clunky. Good point. Yeah. Is this for the project or Oh yeah. Do we know what the other ones are? Oh wow. Hey yeah, I said Ninja Homer. Guess I'd forgot how good s Play-Doh smells. I think they're all non-toxic 'cause it's aimed for like two-year-olds. Yeah it's not very tangible.
Speaker D: Mm 'kay. Where are they? Ah, right. Great. Right. Okay. Right. Right, 'kay. Okay. Mm-hmm, and what is this here? Okay so the number pad is 'Kay, great. Mm. Yep. Looks good. Yep. Mm-hmm. Okay. Mm-hmm. About nine in total. That sounds good. Yeah. Yep. That'd be good, in fact a pen is about ten centimetres usually, so that would be that sounds like a really good size, if you see it there. Mm. Is it possible uh I'm just gonna bring up the idea of colours. Is these are these the colours that of production, or is this just what we had available? Right. Mm-hmm. How high is it? Yeah. Okay. Sure. Three and a half. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Mm-hmm, probably colour or sharpness. Mm-hmm. Audio. Mm-hmm. Mm 'kay. Mm. Or even clear. Uh how mm-hmm how are we going to achieve this high-end product if We only have very sparse Two point three? Four point three no? And then where is the Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah we could just go with um Hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm. How about with embossing the logo, isn't that going to cost us some money? Yeah. That's a freebie. Was the goal in your in your prototype design that it be as low profile as possible? Sort of flat as possible. Yeah. Yeah that's what I was thinking, to Sure, okay. Yeah alright yeah fair enough. Okay, just thought I'd ask. Mm-hmm. Hmm. Two's not very high at all though. Maybe a bit higher? Yeah. Maybe closer to three even or two and a half. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Um it's probably just I dunno if it's worth getting into, but um just in in that we want this to be stylish, should we think a little bit more out of the box in terms of a button grid, because I've seen there's lots of devices out there that that instead of taking your standard nine nine square grid, and they have it sort of stylized or in different concept that that Yeah. Sure, okay. Yeah, alright. Okay, sure. What about button shape? Square buttons? Okay. Yeah. Sure. Yeah. Mm 'kay. Do you want me to d um Do you want me to do my um design evaluation last? Or Evaluation. Okay. Sure. Um, alright so the way this works, I'm gonna need to plug into PowerPoint, I'll try and do it as quick as possible. Um, this is um I'll just go over your head if that's okay. What's that? I don't need the PowerPoint? Oh course, yeah that's true. Let me get that. A bit more. Okay, so what this is is a set-up for us to um uh use a kind of a like a The idea is that I've set up I've reviewed all of the um the points of discussion from the beginning, and used that as a criteria of evaluation for the um uh for the current design uh th or the plan, and uh so we can review that. Uh I think it's gonna end up being sort of elementary because we're sort we're in n we're not gonna probably use it to change anything but Doesn't seem like it's going, does it? Yeah, okay great. Uh and I'm gonna write up our results on the board, so this'll be a way for us to go through and decide if we're um sort of review where we stand with it. Okay, so um So to sort of b bring together two things, sort of design goals and also the market research that we had, uh when we rate this, one is v high in in succeeding or fitting to our original aim and seven is low, okay. So these i these i th are the and um we've been asked to uh to collectively rate this, so what we can do is try and just y work on a consensus system so we just come to an agreement. Okay? So the first one uh, stylish look and feel. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah um me uh my only reservation with it was that we basically went with yellow because it's the company's colour, and I don't know if yellow's gonna really be a hit. But What do you guys think? Okay. Okay let's go with five then. Fi oh uh just actually the opposite. The So it meant three, okay. Yeah, one is high. 'Kay Let's go with two point five then. Okay, um control high tech innovation. We had to remove Yeah, so we've had to remove a few of our features we wanted, but jog-dial 's good. Okay, three? Okay, um Style reflects a fruit inspired colour, design. I shouldn't have said colour, but just Sorta. Yeah. Okay. Right. Yeah, could be. Yeah. Okay. Okay so we'll go two. Yeah? Okay, and um design is simple to use, simple in features. F f yeah f fairly basic, you guys think? Yeah, one? Okay. Um, soft and spongy, have we achieved that? We've used mostly plastic in the end so it's going to be quite a bit of a compromise for price. Five? That's Um could we have used an entirely rubber frame to it? Was that an option? It would cost more than plastic. Okay, logo, we've got it in there, haven't we? Huh. And um it's within budget, yep. It is, isn't it? Okay, so we can say then that uh out of a possible or what would be our goal here? Yeah, out of forty nine with with zero being the highest. We are at uh two, seven, eight, ten, fifteen point five. So it's pretty good. Translates to something like about approximately seventy two percent efficacy of our original goal. Right? I think 'cause if you turn that into a hundred it would be about about thirty one, and then invert that, it's Oh right, about seventy, yeah seventy percent. Okay, good. That was just a little formality for us to go through. Yep, oh hundred pound pen. Sorry alright. No. Hmm. Yeah that's that's me. I did have one other um one other frame I thought, I mean I I d not knowing how we would deal with this information, I thought okay in theory this kind of a process would be about refining our design, revisiting our original goals. It's not something I need to p push through, but I thought should we thinking more about the dimensions, um sort of like more of a three dimensional shapes as well as opposed to just that flat um Could our design involve a series of colours so that it's more of like a line where we have like sort of the, I don't know like the harvest line or the vibrant, I dunno the Whatever just some theme and then we have different tones, lime green, lemon. It's just discussion. I mean obviously we can just abandon this, it's fine. I'm just thinking about what we originally set out to do. Um, yep so there. That's all. Um, I think to record it and uh I haven't been asked to submit it yet. Yeah. I will, yeah. Huh. Yep. I like those printer cables that just have the two little butterfly clips like that. It's really quick. To use. Sure, um so what is it you're asking of me now? Or sort of our work on setting this up. Yeah. Well, is it uh okay I'll just go through your system then. The the room uh is fairly institutional, but um the main thing is, I think um our use of this space is more just to report on things as opposed to be creative and constructive and it would probably help to um have l sort of a cumulative effect of we have ideas and we come back and then the ideas are still in discussion, you know, as in other words this this room is sort of a centre point of creativity, whereas in reality as we've gone through this, it's not really the centre point of creativity, it's more just a d debating Yeah, yeah but that's just the thing is the quest in terms of the the first point there, the room, it feels as though the creativity goes on when we leave, and then we come here and then we kind of put out our ideas and then, you know. Oh, oh right right, oh right okay room for creativ Oh right I just looked up and saw okay whiteboard, digital pens, the room. No, of course, yeah. Sorry. Huh. Yeah. Yeah I th okay on th um yeah dif answering the question uh in those terms I'd say that actually there's sort of a tease of creativity because we're asked to work through this, but actually the guidelines are fairly contrived in terms of um okay fashion trends, say fruit and vegetable colour scheme, but then i then we're told okay use the co company company colours. So what do we do. We're told okay um think in terms of style and look and feel and technology, but build something for twelve and a half pounds, so actually the creativity was more more of like a um a f sort of a f formality then an actual Yeah within the constraints the Yeah. Yeah, yeah. So Yeah. Yep. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, sure. Yeah. New creativity. Yep. Right. Mm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah, well well I mean my sense on that is sort of what kind of guidance and direction, encouragement Yeah from and you as well I think, just sort of acting as team leader. Um yeah I think I think it's I think it's good. I mean my personal views on on leadership is that effective effective leadership sort of um gives people a certain room for freedom and delegation, but then to come back with something that they take great ownership and you know, innovative thought with. In in reality I think here the the different elements of leadership such as the the original b briefing and then the personal coach and the and then you know having having you with your the meeting agenda is actually quite a quite a quite a con confining framework to work within. And so it is leadership almost to the point of sort of disempowering the the the team member, so But it's not bad leadership, it's just sort of s fairly strong, you know. It turns it turns the individual into more of like a um sort of a predetermined mechanism, as opposed to a sort of a free Yeah, oh yeah, without without a doubt. Yeah maybe not co confining. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Yeah. Um did, you wanna comment Craig? Yeah. Yeah. Fully agree. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, got the email. Yeah. Yeah, in it Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, exactly. Yeah, I mean if you Yeah, I mean sort of taking upon that idea, w the way I see this i is that it's uh the the s the structure in which we've we've approached this whole task is quite contrary to the p principle of teamwork because the the tasks were d d sort of um divided, and then the work went on in isolation I I don't know what you guys did while you were together, maybe that was a bit different, but um yeah, but um but actually if you if you imagine not entire the completely same task given to us but us said okay, first thing we have to do is come up with um let's say um a design concept, and we sit here together and do it, well that's what teamwork is. To s to say okay go off and don't talk to each other, it's actually p sort of predisposes you to quite the contrary of teamwork. Um not that we haven't done I think the best we could have done. I'm not dissatisfied with it. Mm-hmm. I think the whiteboard, for me, is the kind of thing I would use all the time, but it's um not quite as useful as to us as it could have been, maybe just in the way that we we use it, in the sense that once we have an idea out there or while work was going on in between meetings, that could have been up on a board uh you know as opposed to in like in text. Um, and then we could then keep our ideas sort of building on that. I know that people who design cars and you know in aviation they quite often just have a simple like fibreglass prototype and it's completely you know um abs abstract from the final product, but they use it as a kind of a context to sort of walk around and puzzle and and point and discuss and and and in a way everybody's as we discuss things in the in theoretically and out of our notebooks, we're just we're actually just each of us discussing something that's in each of our own minds. It wasn't until we had this here, you know, like at one point I peeked across and looked at Craig's paper and I'm like, now I know what he's thinking 'cause I saw his book. But the b the b whiteboard could've actually been this kind of continuing um Think could be, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, because the PowerPoint was provided to us while we had time to prepare, whereas I can imagine if I'd been encouraged to use Paintbrush, for example, or whatever, I would've actually used it, um 'ca you know, just 'cause that's sorta how we what we were set up to to use while we had our time. Mm-hmm. Yeah. No, not quite. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sure, yeah. Yeah. Yep. Mm. Mm. Yeah. Hmm. Hmm. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Hmm. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. And o on the topic of the technology, it just occurred to me that we actually didn't need to move our computers because each computer has all of the files. It just occurred to me that they all We only actually needed one computer. If there had been a fifth, that coulda just been sitting there ready to go the whole time. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yep. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Well, the w main one for me is that uh the process na in a natural f context would not have been interrupted by this necessity to discommunicate ourselves from each other. So, that's kind of a new idea for me is like just sort of that idea, well you know it's kind of s hard to keep f working forward on a team a team based project when when you're told you must now work away from your team. Oh yeah. Yeah, yeah. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Hmm. Great. So it So now we I I don't know. Hmm. What did you call it? Huh, huh. Logo. Huh. Mm. Mm-hmm. Fashion technology or something. Hmm, hmm, hmm. Hmm. Yeah, yeah. Mm-hmm. Hmm. Huh. Huh. Yeah. Yeah. No, it's true, yeah. Hmm. And some Play-Dohs are actually I think edible aren't they? Wow, hmm. Huh. Yep. Taste. Yeah. Mm-hmm, yep. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Do we retreat to our, to continue our r reporting or what i","Well this is the uh final detailed design meeting . Um we're gonna discuss the look and feel design , the user interface design , and we're gonna evaluate the product . And the end result of this meeting has to be a decision on the details of this remote control , um and then I'm gonna have to specify the final design in the final report . we said we were gonna have a snowman shaped remote control with no L_C_D_ display , no need for talk-back , it was hopefully gonna be kinetic power and battery uh with rubber buttons , maybe backlighting the buttons with some internal L_E_D_s to shine through the casing , um hopefully a jog-dial , and incorporating the slogan somewhere as well . Um , there are a few changes we've made . Um , well look at the expense sheet , and uh it turned to be quite a lot expensive to have open up and have lots of buttons and stuff inside , this is gonna be an L_C_D_ screen , um just a a very very basic one , very small um with access to the menu through the the scroll wheel and uh confirm Uh , apart from that , it's just pretty much the same as we discussed last time . the advanced functions are still hidden from you , but they're hidden in the sense that um they're not in use . Um they're in the L_C_D_ panel and the jog-dial ? The L_C_D_ panel just displays um functionally what you're doing . If you're using an advanced function right , like um c brightness , contrast , whatever , it will just say It might even be one , a bit more complex L_C_D_ panel with pictures like maybe the sun or the , you know , the the symbols of the various functions . That's a number pad . Where are we gonna have the slogan ? just like right inside there . Well we want the other buttons to be big enough to push easily with a finger so we reckon maybe that'll be about the same size as the palm of your hand . So we're talking about ten centimetres . We're gonna have again the the sort of the foggy um yellow from last time that lit up when you pushed the button . uh I'm just gonna bring up the idea of colours . this button um , because it's red it's sort of very prominent , we're gonna use it as uh it can be the power button if you hold it for maybe two seconds it'll send a stand-by signal . Um apart from that it's gonna be used as a confirm button for the L_C_D_ screen Oh we've discussed how h high it is , but how wide is it ? be about th three and a half . what else can you do ? Um you can skip straight to a channel using these buttons . but um because we've got the the L_C_D_ and the jog-dial we just thought we'd um use that as the volume . And what else do you do with the jog-dial ? Um you can use it for um more advanced functions like contrast , colour and Um a lot of these things will have to be um free and open for users to define them . Audio , we have like your basic y your base , your mid-range , your high range . left-right balance , um maybe even pre-programmed sound modes , We can now have a little look at the the Excel sheet and price listing , and see if we need to um if we need to rethink anything at all . for this first part here power-wise , have we got battery ? Do we have kinetic as well ? No . And that's because of cost restraints is it ? Yep . We need an advanced chip I think , yep . So we want double-curved ? I think we're gonna have to skip the rubber . um and we wanted special colours didn't we ? For the case itself , one colour . It's one special colour . We've got push buttons as well . So we're w w quite far over . Okay let's just be safe and put like say four buttons for that one . something's gonna have to go . Um we're at sixteen point eight and The other thing could be that um you could take away the L_C_D_ panel and the advanced chip together , so when we scroll we need just some way to get the T_V_ to respond , It It needs to be more than one big button because if you open up your phone , underneath there's actually one button underneath , it's just that the panel itself is a single panel . or the colours , you could take away s colours for th for the buttons . No can do . Um so then these just become normal coloured buttons , And now we're under budget . sort of deep enough to be comfy to hold in your hands rather than being wide and flat . width-wise we're looking at about what three centimetres or something ? How how tall do you envisage it being ? About two centimetres , okay . Maybe closer to three even or two and a half . Okay we'll s we'll say two point five . but um just in in that we want this to be stylish , should we think a little bit more out of the box in terms of a button grid , I think that's something that's very hard to catch , so you you restrict the number of people who wanna try something . What about button shape ? Square buttons ? Yeah Maybe we should do the design evaluation first . discuss uh how satisfied we all are with um with these four points , I've reviewed all of the um the points of discussion from the beginning , and used that as a criteria of evaluation for the um uh for the current design uh th or the plan , So to sort of b bring together two things , sort of design goals and also the market research that we had , uh when we rate this , one is v high in in succeeding or fitting to our original aim and seven is low , and um we've been asked to uh to collectively rate this , So the first one uh , stylish look and feel . I rate that pretty highly . Okay let's go with five then . Fi oh uh just actually the opposite . Let's go with two point five then . high tech innovation . so we've had to remove a few of our features we wanted , but jog-dial Yeah about three , okay . Style reflects a fruit inspired colour , design . the the yellow is more representative of the colour , Okay , the blue the blue colours and don't re don't actually represent the colour , so we'll go two . and um design is simple to use , simple in features . I mean I'd give that nearly a one . Um , soft and spongy , have we achieved that ? We've used mostly plastic in the end so it's going to be quite a bit of a compromise for price . Yeah I think it's about five . logo , we've got it in there , haven't we ? And um it's within budget , yep . out of forty nine with with zero being the highest . We are at uh two , seven , eight , ten , fifteen point five . So it's pretty good . I thought okay in theory this kind of a process would be about refining our design , revisiting our original goals . It's not something I need to p push through , but I thought should we thinking more about the dimensions , um sort of like more of a three dimensional shapes as well as opposed to just that flat um uh well next up then , because we've done finance , is the project evaluation . Um well do you wanna um just individually say what you think about about these four points and Well d do you feel though that that you were able to have quite a lot of creative input into the thing ? Yeah , yeah it feels as though the creativity goes on when we leave , and then we come here and then we kind of put out our ideas and then , you know . But I don't I don't think it means the room as in this room . answering the question uh in those terms I'd say that actually there's sort of a tease of creativity We're told okay um think in terms of style and look and feel and technology , but build something for twelve and a half pounds , so actually the creativity was more more of like a um a f sort of a f formality then an actual The constraints do come in very fast . it's um it is quite a lot of fun t to go and then you have sort of hit the end then go right , gotta cut everything out 'cause we don't have enough money . I think another point is that the meetings um are more brainstorming sessions than meetings , and I think the fact that we're wearing these things restricts it it it does actually you know affect how , w whether you feel comfortable to communicate . and and the time the time given also restricts In in reality I think here the the different elements of leadership such as the the original b briefing and then the personal coach and the and then you know having having you with your the meeting agenda is actually quite a quite a quite a con confining framework to work within . And so it is leadership almost to the point of sort of disempowering the the the team member , so But it's not bad leadership , it's just sort of s fairly strong , you know . I think the interactions are very structured . So you think maybe a little too controlling or Yeah , oh yeah , without without a doubt . I don't think there's a sense of control 'cause all the decisions have been made in terms of a , like a consensus right , we go around and we think about it , Uh , reckon that was a bit hard because we could only discuss things in the meeting . uh what about teamwork ? If we could just go up to somebody outside the meeting and have a quick talk with them , that would've been a lot easier . I think the tools that they were given , the tool set that were given to us are fancy but they don't support collaboration , I think that's the word . I mean sort of taking upon that idea , w the way I see this i is that it's uh the the s the structure in which we've we've approached this whole task is quite contrary to the p principle of teamwork because the the tasks were d d sort of um divided , and then the work went on in isolation I think the whiteboard , for me , is the kind of thing I would use all the time , maybe just in the way that we we use it , in the sense that once we have an idea out there or while work was going on in between meetings , that could have been up on a board uh you know as opposed to in like in text . I know that people who design cars and you know in aviation they quite often just have a simple like fibreglass prototype and it's completely you know um abs abstract from the final product , but they use it as a kind of a context to sort of walk around and puzzle and and point and discuss and in a way everybody's as we discuss things in the in theoretically and out of our notebooks , we're actually just each of us discussing something that's in each of our own minds . I think um the the focus of it a lot was the PowerPoint as opposed to the to the whiteboard , and I think that m um is also does you know hinder us and things I think . And a lot of the information on the PowerPoints , I don't think , you know , we needed to actually it could have , we could have gone through it verbally , What about the digital pens , did you find them easy enough to use ? Oh they're a bit clunky . Having to tick it before you go off was a bit hindering as well , But I think the pen is v is very intuitive , So I think the pen's good . And o on the topic of the technology , it just occurred to me that we actually didn't need to move our computers because each computer has all of the files . We only actually needed one computer . And the computer may not um be conducive to a meeting because um you tend to look at your computer and wanna have the urge to check something , you know , , the w main one for me is that uh the process na in a natural f context would not have been interrupted by this necessity to discommunicate ourselves from each other . well you know it's kind of s hard to keep f working forward on a team a team based project when when you're told you must now work away from your team . I think it was quite good that we had time limits on the meetings because they really could have run on I really thi i I think maybe if we'd like all been working in the one room , and they just said you know like every hour or something everybody make sure yo you know just have a have a short meeting and then just c And we have Ninja Homer . Well apparently now I write the final report . I'm slightly gutted that we couldn't get plastic and rubber , Oh , I did learn something new , Play-Doh is useful . It is useful and in in in in in in in um conceptualizing , in being creative . Like we were playing with the Play-Doh and the ideas came with the Play-Doh rather than with everything else . It becomes tangible ."
114,"Speaker A: One question. Send. Submit. Mm. Yeah. I'll go first. Okay. I'll go first yeah. So. Huh? Okay, um Okay, um I wanted to explain the working design of the remote control. It's possibly very handy if you want to uh design one of those. Um well so it basically works uh as I uh uh r wrote down uh in this uh little uh summary. Uh when you press a button, uh that's when you do pr for example when you uh want to turn up the volume, um a little connection is made uh the the rubber uh button just presses on a on a little print plate uh which uh makes uh uh a connection that uh gives the chips, uh which is uh mounted beneath those uh that plastic of a rubber button. Uh senses that a connection has been made, and know and knows what button you pressed, becau uh for example the the volume up or volume down button. Um uh the the chip uh makes a Morse code uh like uh signal which uh then is si uh signalled to uh several transistors which makes uh which sends the signal to a little let. You know what a let is? Okay. And that makes uh the the infra-red lights signal which is sent to the television set. Uh which has a sensor in it to uh sense uh the signal of the infra-red. That's basically uh how it works. Um the findings uh uh that I found uh searching up some uh detailed information about the remote controls, are that uh they are very easy to produce, uh it is pis uh it's possible to uh make them in mass production because it is as eas it is as easy as uh printing a page, uh just uh fibreglass plate um is b uh is uh covered with uh some uh coatings and uh uh and chips. Uh and the technology's already available, we don't have to find out how remote controls uh have to work or uh how that how uh to make some chips that are possible to uh to to transmit those uh signals. Uh I made a little uh uh animation of about how a tran our uh remote controller works. we tel There. Okay. Uh well the sub-component, I suppose that you understand what a sub-component is, is f in this example it's the button. Uh when it is pressed down, um, the switch is ter is uh is switched on, so with uh the wire is sent to the to the chip in uh co-operation with the battery of course, because to make uh a a signal possible you have to have some sort of uh li uh a d ad uh electronic uh Yes, uh, okay. Um w after it's being composed by the chip uh the signal uh is transported uh to the infra-red bulb, and from there it signals a Morse code-like signal to the to the b to the bulb in uh in the television set. Okay. S Uh I wrote down some personal preferences about uh the remote control. Of course it is very handy if the remote control is hand held, so you don't have to uh uh wind it up or something, or just is it's it's very light to uh to make uh to use it. Uh I personally uh pref prefer that uh it would be p uh come available in the various colours, and uh easy to use buttons. But I suppose that the one of the other team members uh uh thought of that uh too. And it is possible for several designs and um easy to use b uh sorry, easy to use buttons. Perhaps soft touch, uh touch screen uh buttons because uh the rubber buttons are always uh uh they uh slightly uh they can be slightly damaged, uh so the numbers on the buttons are not possible uh to read anymore. And uh well as I said uh before th uh we can uh make several designs. Okay, well, that's my contribution to this meeting, and uh two of these this meeting. So. Okay. Hmm. Mm. Mm. Uh L_C_D_ screen as in uh touch screen? Okay. 'Kay. Okay. No. Yeah. Mm. Yeah for Standby options, yeah? Uh yeah. Two s two two digits, oh okay. Yeah I understand what you mean. Yeah. It makes it twelve, yeah. Indeed. Okay. Well, not really And and there are some models that don't uh accommodate that function. So d uh wh the Philip's television makes it possible in that indeed to uh press one and then two to make uh the uh tj to reach channel twelve. But uh all the television makes uh use of those button where you first press that button and then press two digits to uh to get Uh yeah, think so. Mm. Mm-hmm. Yeah, we we could yeah. But I think that uh that collides with our mission to make it very cheap. Because L_C_D_ screens are very expensive. A touch screen uh probably uh even more. So, true, true. But uh Well um is it possible to make an L_C_D_ screen uh, how was the information? So perhaps we should we should focus on that L_C_D_ screen. Yeah but uh will we not uh exceed our uh our uh production uh Is it possible to find out, anyway? You know? No, an L_C_D_ screen's just like uh like a drawn here. Um just uh displays several buttons, for example um if you wanted the minimal uh use b uh buttons, such as channel and volume, you just h uh displays four buttons on the screen and it's possible to p uh press them down, just like a touch screen. Yeah, we can make it possible to do that, yeah. Yeah yeah. Yeah, yeah. That's my uh Yeah. Twelve fifty. Um. Well I suppose wi if the mar if our um if the i if the young people are interested in L_C_D_ screens, we should make 'em. And if that is our d uh market share to uh and our goal to uh deliver those uh remote controls Yeah. Yeah. Mm. It's treasure. I hope we uh h and let's hope to reach those uh those sales. Yeah, can you um uh s I think that that they will send you some information about uh the cost of L_C_D_ uh screens. Uh so if you uh Yeah, so if you uh you receive an email about that, uh can you post it in the or shouldn't we post that in uh our projects mail uh folder. Because you are the the Marketing uh Expert. I uh Yeah sure, sure. Mm. It's looks fancy one yeah, of L_C_D_ screen. Mm yeah. And then not yeah. Um. Yeah. Mm. Okay? Yeah. Yeah. And there's also a A sh but in a sub sub-menu or something like that. Uh I think it's also important to uh make it possible to um how do you call it in English, uh, to not use batteries, and use ac uh bat uh batteries to uh to be yeah yeah sure. Indeed. So uh you can mount uh the the the uh uh the remote control to um to refill the Yeah. Okay, because i uh when you get an L_C_D_ screen, you run it on batteries, the batteries will be uh empty very soon, very fast. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Uh And go to standby mode when you don't use it, so that Yeah, automatically. After two minutes or three minutes, something like that. Yeah. Sure. Yeah. Mm. Yeah. No, when you when you're done with s uh w uh watching your television, you have to put it Yeah sure, of course. Yeah, but But you also forget to buy batteries, and then you can you can't use it, so I Yeah. High power user cell, i uh it should be uh a standard move to to put your remote control in the charger when you're done watching television, that's also a a a great advantage because you can't lose it anymore. Because you are obliged to uh put it in the charger and not to uh leave it in a couch uh between some cushions. Okay. Yeah it hasn't It doesn't have to be big. Yeah just just a cable, or a even a a a a a charger where you can mount it on. Something like that, just u Okay. Functional designs uh for the elderly uh you could make it possible to enlarge the screen, so make it possible to not uh display uh a button at ten points uh, or Yeah but it is uh one of the functions you have to uh specify. Because we can look at uh uh perhaps uh forty buttons at a screen, but the elderly only look at two buttons. Okay. Speech recognition? Hello. Twelve Euro twelve Euro fifty. Well, spread it by a big market. Well let's leave out all the remote controls and just put a microphone on top of the television to Yeah Yeah. Turn volume up. Hey, that that's an idea. Okay, well that should it has to be remote control, not Yeah. Sure why not why not Yeah, mm. Yeah. Perhaps the options should be uh Why not? Why not? Let's hope uh to have some uh d We should do it. Yeah. Sure. Yeah. Certain systems already exist, I think. True, yeah. Yeah. This should be uh accommodated with some software, uh, uh. Yeah. Right. Swahili. Swahili. Yeah. Indeed. Yeah. So we want to uh yeah it's international uh okay. Okay. Y it should be done. If it could be done, should be done. That's not so difficult at all, because I already use on several voice operated systems, and they are all possible to uh not all, but Yeah, sure, indeed. For speech recognition. Uh yeah. S Shortcuts. Uh. Mm. Sh Yeah, just just sub-menu. Yeah. Not directly uh available. Okay. Mm. Directly available. So does it confuse uh the user? Uh. I'll search um. If you want to use teletext, you can push the teletext button and then the options uh become available. No. Menu. Mm. There are a lot of options depending uh on what kind of television you got. 'Cause if you don't got a wide screen television you don't need the uh the screen settings uh for uh Yeah and if the television does not support such uh operations Yeah. Yeah. Colours I think the main colour of the remote control is uh the colour of the L_C_D_ screen. I Because we don't want a lot a devi yeah a device self s g Okay, so use uh very uh lot of peo Adjust with phones, yes Okay. Twelve Euro fifty. Well, make it available in different colours, you mean? Sure. Red, white, blue, black. Grey. Yeah sea view, yes, Simpson's versions and Leave. Yeah. Mm. No. Uh not button Yeah sure, of course you need uh a settings button, uh or a settings option for the remote control. Just tap it. Yeah, it should be in standby mode, but A A A normal button on the remote control, or norm? Yeah, because uh when you touch the L_C_D_ screen when it is in standby mode, it should pop on. Wh uh why would it be a a need to have a normal button? Mm. I think it looks a lot more fancy if you use uh if you don't have any buttons on the s on on remote control. Oh, okay Oh. Mm. Okay. Food. Yeah, think so.
Speaker B: Yep yep yep yep. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Well, shall I go first with the users? I think well okay no problem. Ja precies, ja precies, ja precies E_I_E_. Animation. Infrared light. To this meeting. Smoking. 'Kay. Check. Kijke 'Kay, so. We're going to j discuss the functional requirements of the remote, that m that means that functions user n want to have on the remote control, or just Yeah, and the users, actually. The methods I I prefer is we're going to look which section of the users we are going to focus a l on more. Are the younger people going to buy the remote control or the elderly people? And then tho that section we're going to focus and adjust the remote more to that section than the whole user section. Okay. Some data. Younger people, from sixteen to thir forty five um years are more interested in fj features like L_C_D_ screens, speech recognition e etcetera. And we possess about two third of the market from in that range of age. The elderly people, from forty five years to sixty five years are not that much interested in features, and we possess less than two third, that's two fifth, of the market share in that area. Goed so. 'Kay. Findings. Fifty percent of the users lose their remote often. So we don't have to make it very small, like uh like a mobile phone or something, but some somewhat bi bigger than small, so you don't lose it that much anymore. Seventy five percent of the users also find it ugly, and fif seventy five of the users zap a lot, so the buttons sh should be that small, or shouldn't be that complex because we have to search for the buttons, which one are you going to use. Next. Important issues about the remote. I think it would be better with a personal reference, but okay. Remote control has to have to have a low power usage, because s w seventy five percent of the users only zap one time an hour, so the power usage is also one one time an hour, or so, with a high power usage we would use a lot of but batteries. The volume button and the channel buttons are the two most important buttons on the remote control, so those they those have to h be find very easily. And have to be somewhat like bigger etcetera. It has also be have to find easily when the label is gone. My colleague also announced it that labels should be scratched off or would be s uh senden okay. So uh if that's k uh if that's the problem, you also have to find it easily on the remote. Buttons. Like what all colleagues said, have to have to be minimalized. or should be covered, or in L_C_D_ screen. L_C_D_ screen is easy because we have the L_C_D_ screen, we have the various options. Put one option and then you have the all the buttons of that options, so the other options would be gone. And you don't see the buttons. So L_C_D_ screens should be easy, but an L_C_D_ screen, the problem with the L_ sc L_C_D_ screen is that elderly people fr from forty five to for sixty five years don't use the L_C_D_ screen a lot. So we have to that keep that in mind that if you're going to implement L_C_D_ screen, you don't have to make it that hard to learn or to use. Yeah, touch screen, yeah. The last but not least, younger people are more critical about the features. Because they use the remote control often more often, and are more technical than the ol older people. And the older people spend more money, and easily on a remote control. So we have to keep in mind to to focus not a lot not that much on the younger pep younger people, but also somewhat on the elderly people. And on my personal preferences, I don't have any mo more time to come with that, but like I said, L_C_D_ screen is easily to use because you have you can implement a lot of buttons in one remote with not that much buttons. And it should be easy to use. Especially the volume buttons, the channel buttes buttons and the number buttons to zap through the channels. And that is it. Ja, Be television. Only the television. So yeah, then you can yeah. Requirements, no? Functions. Yeah, the basics then by a volume, channel, one till two zero numbers on it, oh teletext doesn't have to be? Um other functions. Yeah I had Yeah, yeah. I think it's I think it's easy to implement a button with a s s what which especially do that, because some T_V_s, if you press the t one and then the two, it be between five secs it make twelve, and that's that's not relaxed to user. Yeah. So that it easy and fast. Yeah. Our main targets' age are? were? Forty five plus, or? Forties, okay because because younger people as Uh younger people have now, sixteen till to twenty five age, are f eighty one percent interested in L_C_D_ screen. From twenty six to thirty five have sixty six percent, and thirty six to forty five, fifty five percent, so I think to um Because on most recog remote controls um the print plate will be broken how much, two years. You have to press h very hard to go to the next channel. With the L_C_D_ screen it's easier because you only have to wipe the screen to uh for fingerprint, and then you can use it again. Yeah, okay. Yeah but a you don't know True. Yeah, it only says that this perce percentage like L_C_D_ screen. Because, yeah and it says that younger age between sixteen and forty five highly interesting features more critical. And if the only f Yeah, because our target is sixteen to forty five. Yeah you don't know how much it costs. Yeah, you don't know how much it costs, the L_C_D_ screen. No, I don't have any costs here, I only have percentages. Yeah. Yeah, if you want to adjust, like for example, adjust the audio settings, you press audio on the touchscreen and you get the buttons for audio settings, so the other buttons are gone. I think it's the most easier thing, yeah. No. Yeah. Highly. Yeah, but Um, s forty six to forty five, thirty three percent, and sixty fifty six to sixty five twelve percent. But our our our what's it, project requirements are the new products should be reached for new markets, to customers that are younger than forty. No, that not now, but, so Yeah, but market share fro for for forty years and younger is higher than that of sixty five and younger. Yeah, i i if it Yeah, if it costs gets too much, too expensive, then yeah, we should be sticking to rubber buttons. N nothing, no costs at all. Yeah, in I think that should yeah I think we all get the costs of everything. Yeah, okay, I'll I'll post it. Yeah. Okay, L_C_D_, yeah. Then you have the seventy five percent of users find it r ugly. Yeah, and eighty percent of the users would spend more money with a when a remote would look fancy. Tha i l i it'll look fancy with L_C_D_ screen. Yeah. Yeah, just a the plain remotes, not not specific L_C_D_ remotes. So Mm-hmm. Yeah, of course. And then you have the other thing, that seventy five percent zap a lot, but that's not a f question with the L_C_D_ screen. Only thing you have to do is wipe the screen off once each time, to get all the fingerprints off it. Um Mm-hmm. The most important things on a f on an on an uh remote control are channel selection, volume con selection, and power s power usage. And a teletext, but that is not of the question. Other things are Sorry? Yeah, it could be. Yeah. Yeah, teletext. And other other less important things are screen settings, audio settings, and channel settings, but Less important. Yeah, should be there, but not press Yeah, sub-menu, yeah. Yeah, in a breath it's Charted. Yeah, but we don't we don't have any costs now, so Yeah. Yeah e e power supply is one of the most important things. Yeah, I think it's it's not that easy because I don't think people will like it who who uh that you have to turn it on first and then use it, so I think it's better when th the T_V_ shuts down, the remote shuts down. Yeah. Yeah. After two minutes, yeah two three minutes, yeah. Yeah. And then b that uh before an hour when its get again gets empty. Then you have plenty of time to recharge it, of put it in a recharger. Charger. Yeah, if it's. Uh. Yeah, because when you're watching T_V_, you're zapping and you have to put it in a recharger, and I don't think it Yeah, okay, but then we have to be sure that the the the the batteries go hours, six hours, five, six hours, then. Yeah, then you have a problem. Or we have to be sure that the batteries last couple of days when they're recharged. So. Yeah because you have b but you have L_C_D_ screen. High power usage. Yes. True. Yeah. Yeah. True. Yeah, you made a point there. Yeah, otherwise all your yeah. Just a small device. Plug it in, that's it. Yeah, like a like telephone charger or something. Yeah. Yeah. It has to be easy to use also, or things. Uh market share, speaker re speech recognition. I think. Also. Well I think that this should be standard. Large button large buttons. Yeah? Okay.. Yeah, it says also Yeah. Twelve. That's an also ninety one percent sixteen to twenty five, twenty six to thirty five years, seventy six percent, and thirty six to forty five, thirty five percent. But then I I I Yeah. Yeah. Ninety. Twenty five. channel. Yeah. Yeah, twelve. Yeah. Is this only would you would you pay more for speech recognition in a remote control. It's the only thing it says. I think an L_C_D_ screen should be suf sufficient. Yeah, it says a lot, but No I think I think it's better to have L_ L_C_D_ screen, because in the area of tw thirty six to forty five, we have about thirty percent of the market share in in our hands, and fifty five of those people want L_C_D_ screen and thirty five want speech recognition. So I think it's better to keep it with L_C_D_ screen. Yeah, if the costs al allow it. Nee. If it should be done, if it could be done, I won't matter. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. True. Yeah. True. But that should also be with f should be also with L_C_D_ screen. Because then I think in Chinese is different written, volume is different written than um Swahili or something. Ja, well possible. Yeah, yeah yeah yeah. 'Kay, what else? Yeah, we have to keep Yeah. I think it's difficult. Every language of dialects I think it's very differen difficult. Yeah. I think it can't be implemented, but maybe Yeah, 's an option, yes. Fifty Euro cents. Yeah. Mm, yes. No, but Curved? Um. I think we should we could that we could also implement a audio settings, screen settings and channel settings, but as sub-menus. D Mainly if you turn the uh remote control on, you have to u you have to see from one till zero, channel and volume. And if you want to use teletext screen or audio, then you can press it. It should be available but not not Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, but s Yeah. They'd have to be easy to use. The sign of it. Uh, no. What else can you do with a television? Uh play, pause, doesn't n need to be there. Yes, so this is your presentation. We could check the other remote controls with technical functions. Which ones were yours? Techni Ja ja ja ja ja. Technical functions. Yeah okay. Uh I think I go to have volume, mute but I Yeah. Very slow. Yeah, the zoom buttons. Yeah, b wide screen, high screen, different things you have, yeah different uh Yeah. Yeah it should be available, but then in separate screen settings or something. Yeah, screen settings, audio settings, teletext settings you have. Channel settings. So those four, and of course the main. Yeah. Yeah. Like tap screens or something or, I dunno. Something Yeah, if uh No, you don't yu a no you then you don't no ni don't then you don't use it. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So you leave it alone. Yeah. Or it could be possible to have a a standard version of the remote, an expanded version. Yeah. Colours. Yeah. Yeah, then defines itself. Because uh how many percent? Eighty percent? Would spend more money if it looks fancy. Yeah. Rasta colours. Yeah, see through version. Yeah. If you press a button, it turns green. Channel settings? Yeah. Mm. Yeah. Could be possible. Or like uh you have a menu button, you press Yeah, or otherwise you have a menu button, press menu then you have uh main uh menu search uh all the all the settings. Yeah, no problem. Yep. Um, I think b because we don't have a lot of buttons on the one screen, I think the buttons Yeah, but but or like you have you only have channel button or volume button. Those buttons you can you can Yeah. Yeah, th No, no normal buttons, yeah. Maybe only the on and o on and off button. But I don't think Mm, no. No no no, because we we discussed that you could charge it, otherwise is it it jumps to stand-by mode automatically. Yeah, but a T_V_ of course, th that's the I think that's a best thing is that to implement that one in the menu with the volume and channel. No. Yeah, you tap. Touch screen, yeah then it's turn turn off, turn on. No, just the remote. A television don't have to be on, that one you can press on, yeah stand-by, then press on remote, press on and then T_V_ should be available. Or not. Separate. Yeah, but I think the re the remote control, if you press tap the screen, it always should jump to the screen which has the volume button, channel button, and of course of also the on and off button. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah, if we can afford it. Yeah. Mm-hmm.
Speaker C: Good morning, again. All set? Good. Okay. Let's see what we can find here. Okay. A very warm welcome again to everyone. Um here we are already at our uh functional design meeting. Um and this is what we are going to do. The opening, which we are doing now, um and the special note, I'm project manager but on the meetings I'm also the secretary, which means I will make uh minutes as I did of the previous meeting. And uh I also put these as fast as possible in the uh project folder, so you can see them and review what we have discussed. Um if I'm right, there are three presentations, I guess each one of you has prepared one? Good. And um we will also take a look at new project requirements, um if you haven't heard about them yet. And then of course we have to take a decision on the remote control functions and we have some more time, forty minutes. But I think we will need it. Um well I don't know who wants to go first with his presentation. You can go first, okay. Is there an order? I haven't And one question, uh your name Denni, is it with a I_E_ E_I_E_, okay. Thank you. Sorry. Yeah, it's a little bug it's in the in the smart board. Okay, thank you. Yep. Please. Okay, thank you. Okay, thank you. Um, well thank you all, huh. I dunno uh did everyone receive an email with uh the new project requirements? No? Well, then I think it's a good thing that I made a separate slide of them so you can all read them. Oh, well not in this presentation. Hmm. Should be in there. Well, I can tell you them uh from my laptop. Um teletext does has become outdated since the popularity of the internet. So that's uh the first thing we I think we should pay less attention to uh teletext. Uh the remote control should only be used for the television, otherwise the project becomes more complex, which endangers the time to market, and of course would make it more costly, I think. Um our current customers are within the age group of forty plus, and new product should reach a new market with customers that are younger than forty, and you talked about that before. And uh a last point, but also very important, our corporate image should stay recognisable in our products, which means that our uh corporate colour and slogan must be implemented in the new design. So we have to keep that in mind. Um well uh according to our agenda it's then time to take a decision on the remote control functions. So, who has any idea about what should be on it, and what shouldn't? Yeah. Only be used for television. Well it says only for television here, huh. Makes it a lot easier, huh? Mm-hmm. Uh well new product should reach a market with customers that are younger than forty, and now we have current customers uh of forty plus. Mm-hmm. So we're going for an L_C_D_ screen? And hoping that when we produce a lot it won't be too expensive. Mm-hmm. Okay, so L_C_D_ it is? Okay. And what else? Yeah, okay. But for now it's L_C_D_. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, and maybe you can make something fancy out of an L_C_D_ remote, because it's new, as far as I know. Okay, what else does our remote need? Mute button. Mm-hmm. Yeah, and we could make an a a separate menu on the L_C_D_ uh screen for teletext. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. And maybe a low battery indicator? On the screen. So we are going for the for the recharger. Okay. Yeah, also. Okay, well I've Yeah, you have some more points. And you said something about speech recognition? Even bigger than for L_C_D_. But when you look at the percentages Speech recognition scores even higher, huh? Yeah, well, maybe because of the cost, but uh nobody knows uh how much uh it will cost uh. But would it be useful to imple implement both? On one remote? Or Yeah, I dunno. So, no speech recognition? Or Yeah, and then we have different languages. Okay, just make a separate remote for each uh Okay, so we only do this when we have enough money left. Okay. Well I've written down an an on or off button, volume selection, channel selection, uh the digits from one to zero, huh. Um or from zero to nine. Uh a digits button to switch uh between one and two digits, mute button, a separate menu for teletext, a battery indicator. Um we're going to use a docking station and uh probably L_C_D_ and if there's enough money, speech recognition. And uh the possibility to uh enlarge buttons or to have large buttons in general. Okay, so not too much teletext support, but in a separate menu, and Okay, but no more buttons or functions, or? Aren't we forgetting something very important? Ping. Yeah. And a see-through uh Okay, well that's the signal for las final five minutes. Um so I have uh the things I just read. Um then we have uh separate menus for teletext, screen settings, audio settings, and what else? Channel settings. Okay. No, we said teletext also a separate menu. Okay, but we can work that out later, I guess. So we're having a a general menu with the most used functions, uh teletext, screen settings, audio settings, channel settings, and maybe there are options for the remote itself? Like uh large icons or small icons and I don't know what else, but Yeah, but on the L_C_D_, huh? Right, yeah, okay. But we don't need a special we don't need a special options menu for the remote itself. Okay. Well maybe there should be a separate button apart from the L_C_D_, because you can't turn it on when the L_C_D_ is off. So how do you turn the thing on? There has to be a on button on the remote, huh? Tap the thing. Okay. And then the television is on also, or just the remote? Sure. Okay, well Yeah. So actually we're going to create a a button-less uh remote. No buttons at all. Okay, well that's might be a unique selling point, huh for a remote. Okay, well I guess we have to postpone further discussion to uh our next meeting, because we're running out of time. Um for now, we're having a lunch break, and then there will be uh half an hour for the uh next share of individual work. I will uh write uh minutes, if I can create them out of this. And uh put them in the the project documents uh folder. And here are the individual actions for the for the other roles. And of course specific instructions will be sent to you again by your uh personal coach. Luckily as we are. Okay, well thank you very much, for now, and uh have a nice lunch, huh?
Speaker D: Yeah. Choose a number? Yes. Well. Well everybody already has his presentation, so you can adjust it. Yeah. Oh right. There is something turning. Yeah, I've got it there too. Yeah. Shall I go uh next? 'Kay. So. Well uh, my name's, and I looked at uh technical functions design of the remote. Uh I did this by uh looking at examples of other remote controls, of how they uh they look, and information from the web that I found. Um well what I found was that uh th the actual use of the remote control is to send messages to television set, how you uh d what you described uh just early. And this can be all sorts of medsa messages, turn it on, turn it off, uh change the channel, adjust volume, that kind of thing. Uh play video, teletext, but also t uh play C_D_ if you use it your C_D_ player the remote control will that one. There are some uh examples of remote controls. You can see they are very different. The one has got all the functions that you could possibly need and an lot of uh buttons etcetera. And the other is uh more user friendly, little with big buttons. And uh not n all the the the the stuff you can do with it, but uh the the essential stuff is there. Um I guess you could better y you should look at a a user centred uh approach, because the customers have to use them and and if they don't think it's usable they won't uh buy it. A lot of buttons they may think from I don't need s as much as that. Uh, well perf personal preferences is is uh a simple remote, with uh the basic functions that you can need that you could use. But uh keep in mind the new functions of T_V_ what we discussed earlier, split screen and uh is that a function that you should have? Because all the T_V_s will have them. Or because of only a few and isn't really necessary. And then uh make it I would make so that you can could uh use it on more than one appliance. If you have one that uh uh does with the vi the the video, it could also work with uh with the stereo, because play is play and stop stop and that sort of thing. The shu c you could reuse the buttons so that you don't have to have a lot of buttons for uh anything. And it should be a user friendly, clear buttons, and not too much. And that is my presentation. You must still have it open. Yeah. Hmm. Mm. Oh right. No. Res I did not. Perhaps the rest? Oh. Mm. Well you said it should only uh work with one appliance? Or with one uh d che only the T_V_? And the video also, or not uh? Oh. Alright. Okay. Yeah. Then it should have uh on, off, and uh Yeah. And per perhaps uh No. Well uh uh yes yes s sh A button where you can uh change from one number to two numbers. Can you Don't know if that's got a name, but Yeah. S Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, so you should have that one on. Mute misschien also. An But, do you But if you would do an L_C_D_ screen do we have don don't you have any buttons? Or because if it only directs at the T_V_, then you only have uh I don't know what you want to do with the L_C_D_ screen. Yeah? Oh right, so you can Oh, yeah alright. So you can adjust which buttons you want on that s screen. Yeah alright, oh right. Yeah. Yeah. Would be yeah. Well we had twelve fifty, I guess, for uh production? Yeah. I dunno how expensive an L_C_D_ screen is. Any guesses? Yeah. But But he also said that we should not only focus on the younger people, but also on the older, and will they use it if it only has an L_C_D_ screen? Oh, so still a little bit people Yeah that's right. But you don't want to alienate the other uh But if they also buy it then it's alright. I guess. Yeah. Alright. An Yes. Yeah. Yeah. But perhaps later, so uh Yeah. I don't Well perhaps we should have a backup plan that we would use buttons if it's uh too expensive. Yeah. The L_C_D_? Oh that's a bit of a problem. Oh, that's a bit of a problem. Yeah, but they don't they don't like it. They think it's ugly. When it has an L_C_D_ screen. Oh, alright, I thought that you said that. Yeah. Yeah. A mute button. I think. And Yeah. But But shouldn't you put a button of for teletext on the for the people who want to use it? Remembering we have got a big remote that you have to fill. Yeah. Yeah, they are less important, but I think they should be there, or not? Like with a with a mouse, you have not, yeah. We should think of the twelve fifty we have but I don't know how much that's going to uh Yeah. You should Perhaps you should be able to to switch the control off. If you have an L_C_D_ screen that's burns all the time I dunno. You shouldn't on and off because that's ver extra, that you have t first you have to turn the remote on, and then you can uh I don't know. Nee that's that's uh yeah. But then you can't Yeah. Yeah yeah au automac matically, that it yeah. Yeah. If it's sensible. Yeah. Yeah, b when the batteries are low But you'll also forget to put it in, because you throw it on the couch and you don't remember. Yeah. That's right. Yeah. Well I think the batteries should should w should work a lot longer than a couple of days, or not? 'Cause Yeah, that's right, but Yeah. Right. But then you also have to s have somewhere where you can put a remo recharger near your couch because otherwise you have to walk a long way when you twoft want to turn on the T_V_. Yeah. I think everything has it for and I guess. Yeah. Alright. Yeah, twelve fifty, twelve fifty. So it's pretty big. Yeah. W I know let's do a speech. Yeah. Yeah. You can clap or something. Yeah. Now you shouldn't say the wrong thing, I dunno. But they want to talk into the remo remote control, or something, or? Oh, but do we want to implement that, or? Yeah. I know Mm. Well I don't know if that can be done with the cost of twelve fifty. With that uh Yeah, but how would you like to implement that, that you say volume up, and then it goes up, or? Uh. Then you also have to have different languages if we go international. Then uh it's y it's yours to do a French and Dutch and English and Yeah, that's right. Yeah. Yeah you can use icons for the a speaker and uh But if that's better than language for the for the remote. Then it's Yeah. Well, if it could be done, we Yeah. Yeah, that should be uh anything matters. Well, you sh you should to adjust the thing. Yeah. And you have to speak the so that it can understand. You could use that n as an option, if you have money left, or something. Yeah. Let's do speech. Yeah. Mm. Yeah. I With uh teletext if it wasn't ver very important, it was but You also now have colours. I don't know if we should implement that. Yeah, when you press the red button, you go to page one hundred two, and when you press the I don't know if we should implement that, because it says that teletext not really important, but yeah, the shortcut, and you can't go to sport. Yeah. 'Cause it should be there. So actually it is there but it's just not r ready there. You'll have to search for it. Yeah. Yeah, that's a I guess not. We've got anon Have got got two examples here, but I don't think there's anything we're missing. Well, we don't have the video orders Yeah, you could look here all the the Uh th th th th I don't know, technical functions. They're a bit small, you can we should stretch them, because I guess we've got them all. And for a T_V_? Can you zoom in a T_V_? Or that you can put 'em on uh on on wide and yeah. But that should also be a sub then, a sub uh menu thing. Yeah, so we should also implement se screen settings. Oh right. Yeah. Yeah, so you can program the Yeah, so the first you see the main, and the other ones you can uh go to uh Yeah. I hope we can do this. We don't have to use that top. Yeah. Yeah. And do we want them in different colours, or And and the buttons, should they have colours? Oh but we don't have any buttons. Yeah. They think it's ugly, right? Perhaps you can uh make adjustable fronts, like with the telephones. You can uh But I don't think that uh Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. A disco version. Five minutes? Oh yeah, right. So you can program the T_V_. Perhaps you should you'd throw them on on in one pile. So, options, and then you sub them. Otherwise you have all those teletext, perhaps teletext not, but Yeah, but I Yeah. Yeah. But I don't know. Or do we have any buttons? On the remote. Which one? But that's also in the L_C_D_, right? So we don't have any normal buttons that uh No, alright. Yet on and off is p is perhaps you kno No, no. Oh well, you should be able to set which T_V_ you have. If you have if you have uh Yeah. But isn't idea to use uh uh what you said, uh normal on and off button for the T_V_, that you don't have to use a Yeah but but not for the remote but for the T_V_, that you use But a not as normal button, in the L_C_D_, yeah. No you just tap I think. But Yeah a yeah. I don't know whether it's handy to have a n a normal on button, a r just uh rubber uh for for T_V_, so you can turn it on and then you can choose the channel. Otherwise you I don't know whether or not that's Yeah, yeah. To turn it on. Of or you should put it in the L_C_D_ screen. Yeah, I have, yeah. Well I I guess if you use the L_C_D_ screen, you first have to search where is the on button, then you uh you you then turn it, and then the T_V_ goes on. But if you have a normal on button on the on the remote, then you do the on, and then you search the channel which you want. Oh right. Yeah, I think so too. Otherwise y wet e k Yeah. Yeah. If we can afford it. Alright. Lunch. Should we put this back in our rooms, or uh? Yeah.","Um here we are already at our uh functional design meeting . I'm project manager but on the meetings I'm also the secretary , which means I will make uh minutes Um if I'm right , there are three presentations , And um we will also take a look at new project requirements , um if you haven't heard about them yet . Um well I don't know who wants to go first with his presentation . I'll go first . Okay . I'll go first yeah . I wanted to explain the working design of the remote control . Uh when you press a button , uh that's when you do pr for example when you uh want to turn up the volume , um a little connection is made on a little print plate Um uh the the chip uh makes a Morse code uh like uh signal which uh then is si uh signalled to uh several transistors And that makes uh the the infra-red lights signal which is sent to the television set . Um the findings uh uh that I found uh searching up some uh detailed information about the remote controls , are that uh they are very easy to produce , uh it's possible to uh make them in mass production Uh and the technology's already available , Uh I made a little uh uh animation of about how a tran our uh remote controller works . the sub-component , I suppose that you understand what a sub-component is , is f in this example it's the button . Uh when it is pressed down , um , the switch is ter is uh is switched on , so with uh the wire is sent to the to the chip in uh co-operation with the battery of course , Uh I wrote down some personal preferences about uh the remote control . Of course it is very handy if the remote control is hand held , Uh I personally uh pref prefer that uh it would be p uh come available in the various colours , and uh easy to use buttons . Perhaps soft touch , uh touch screen uh buttons because uh the rubber buttons are always uh uh they uh slightly uh they can be slightly damaged , uh so the numbers on the buttons are not possible uh to read anymore . And uh well as I said uh before th uh we can uh make several designs . and I looked at uh technical functions design of the remote . Uh I did this by uh looking at examples of other remote controls , of how they uh they look , and information from the web that I found . Um well what I found was that uh th the actual use of the remote control is to send messages to television set , adjust volume , that kind of thing . There are some uh examples of remote controls . You can see they are very different . The one has got all the functions that you could possibly need and an lot of uh buttons etcetera . And the other is uh more user friendly , little with big buttons . Um I guess you could better y you should look at a a user centred uh approach , A lot of buttons they may think from I don't need s as much as that . personal preferences is is uh a simple remote , with uh the basic functions that you can need that you could use . And then uh make it I would make so that you can could uh use it on more than one appliance . If you have one that uh uh does with the vi the the video , it could also work with uh with the stereo , you could reuse the buttons And it should be a user friendly , clear buttons , and not too much . We're going to j discuss the functional requirements of the remote , that means that functions user n want to have on the remote control , The methods I I prefer is we're going to look which section of the users we are going to focus a l on more . Younger people , from sixteen to thir forty five um years are more interested in fj features like L_C_D_ screens , speech recognition e etcetera . And we possess about two third of the market from in that range of age . The elderly people , from forty five years to sixty five years are not that much interested in features , and we possess less than two third , that's two fifth , of the market share in that area . Fifty percent of the users lose their remote often . So we don't have to make it very small , like uh like a mobile phone or something , Seventy five percent of the users also find it ugly , and fif seventy five of the users zap a lot , so the buttons sh should be that small , or shouldn't be that complex Remote control has to have to have a low power usage , because s w seventy five percent of the users only zap one time an hour , The volume button and the channel buttons are the two most important buttons on the remote control , so those they those have to h be find very easily . Buttons . Like what all colleagues said , have to have to be minimalized . or in L_C_D_ screen . because we have the L_C_D_ screen , we have the various options . but an L_C_D_ screen , the problem with the L_ sc L_C_D_ screen is that elderly people fr from forty five to for sixty five years don't use the L_C_D_ screen a lot . So we have to that keep that in mind that if you're going to implement L_C_D_ screen , you don't have to make it that hard to learn or to use . The last but not least , younger people are more critical about the features . And the older people spend more money , and easily on a remote control . Because they use the remote control often more often , and are more technical than the ol older people . So we have to keep in mind to to focus not a lot not that much on the younger pep younger people , but also somewhat on the elderly people . but like I said , L_C_D_ screen is easily to use And it should be easy to use . Especially the volume buttons , the channel buttes buttons and the number buttons to zap through the channels . I dunno uh did everyone receive an email with uh the new project requirements ? then I think it's a good thing that I made a separate slide of them Um teletext does has become outdated since the popularity of the internet . So that's uh the first thing we I think we should pay less attention to uh teletext . Uh the remote control should only be used for the television , otherwise the project becomes more complex , Um our current customers are within the age group of forty plus , and new product should reach a new market with customers that are younger than forty , And uh a last point , but also very important , our corporate image should stay recognisable in our products , which means that our uh corporate colour and slogan must be implemented in the new design . according to our agenda it's then time to take a decision on the remote control functions . you said it should only uh work with one appliance ? Yeah . Only be used for television . Then it should have uh on , off , Standby options , the basics then by a volume , channel , one till two zero numbers on it , A button where you can uh change from one number to two numbers . because some T_V_s , if you press the t one and then the two , it be between five secs it make twelve , I think it's easy to implement a button with a s s what which especially do that , and that's that's not relaxed But uh all the television makes uh use of those button where you first press that button and then press two digits to uh to get new product should reach a market with customers that are younger than forty , Uh younger people have now , sixteen till to twenty five age , are f eighty one percent interested in L_C_D_ screen . But I think that uh that collides with our mission to make it very cheap . A touch screen uh probably uh even more . perhaps we should we should focus on that L_C_D_ screen . you don't know how much it costs , the L_C_D_ screen . I don't have any costs here , But if you would do an L_C_D_ screen do we have don don't you have any buttons ? for example um if you wanted the minimal uh use b uh buttons , such as channel and volume , you just h uh displays four buttons on the screen and it's possible to p uh press them down , just like a touch screen . we're going for an L_C_D_ screen ? I think it's the most easier thing , but also on the older , But he also said that we should not only focus on the younger people , and will they use it if it only has an L_C_D_ screen ? But our our our what's it , project requirements are the new products should be reached for new markets , to customers that are younger than forty . but market share fro for for forty years and younger is higher than that of sixty five and younger . if it costs gets too much , too expensive , then yeah , we should be sticking to rubber buttons . I think that that they will send you some information about uh the cost of L_C_D_ uh screens . if you uh you receive an email about that , uh can you post it in the But for now it's L_C_D_ . Okay . it'll look fancy with L_C_D_ screen . Yeah . They think it's ugly . When it has an L_C_D_ screen . Only thing you have to do is wipe the screen off once each time , to get all the fingerprints off it . what else does our remote need ? A mute button . The most important things on a f on an on an uh remote control are channel selection , volume con selection , and power s power usage . And a teletext , but that is not of the question . But shouldn't you put a button of for teletext on the for the people who want to use it ? and we could make an a a separate menu on the L_C_D_ uh screen for teletext . And other other less important things are screen settings , audio settings , and channel settings , they are less important , but I think they should be there , but in a sub sub-menu or something like that . Uh I think it's also important to uh make it possible to um how do you call it in English , uh , to not use batteries , Perhaps you should be able to to switch the control off . power supply is one of the most important things . If you have an L_C_D_ screen that's burns all the time I dunno . because I don't think people will like it who who uh that you have to turn it on first and then use it , so I think it's better when th the T_V_ shuts down , the remote shuts down . And go to standby mode when you don't use it , And maybe a low battery indicator ? On the screen . of put it in a recharger . Charger . So we are going for the for the recharger . I think the batteries should should w should work a lot longer than a couple of days , uh it should be uh a standard move to to put your remote control in the charger when you're done watching television , that's also a a a great advantage because you can't lose it anymore . But then you also have to s have somewhere where you can put a remo recharger near your couch because otherwise you have to walk a long way when you twoft want to turn on the T_V_ . just a cable , or a even a a a a a charger where you can mount it on . Something like that , Functional designs uh for the elderly uh you could make it possible to enlarge the screen , so make it possible to not uh display uh a button at ten points I think that this should be standard . Large button large buttons . And you said something about speech recognition ? also ninety one percent sixteen to twenty five , twenty six to thirty five years , seventy six percent , and thirty six to forty five , thirty five percent . twelve fifty , twelve fifty . I know let's do a speech . But they want to talk into the remo remote control , or something , I think an L_C_D_ screen should be suf sufficient . But when you look at the percentages but uh nobody knows uh how much uh it will cost uh . I think I think it's better to have L_ L_C_D_ screen , But would it be useful to imple implement both ? Yeah , if the costs al allow it . but how would you like to implement that , that you say volume up , and then it goes up , Certain systems already exist , I think . Then you also have to have different languages if we go international . But that should also be with f should be also with L_C_D_ screen . you can use icons it should be done . If it could be done , should be done . so we only do this when we have enough money left . I've written down an an on or off button , volume selection , channel selection , uh the digits from one to zero , huh . Um or from zero to nine . Uh a digits button to switch uh between one and two digits , mute button , a separate menu for teletext , a battery indicator . And uh the possibility to uh enlarge buttons or to have large buttons You also now have colours . Curved ? we could also implement a audio settings , screen settings and channel settings , but as sub-menus . so not too much teletext support , but in a separate menu , We could check the other remote controls with technical functions . Aren't we forgetting something very important ? wide screen , high screen , different things you have , it should be available , but then in separate screen settings or something . Channel settings . Or it could be possible to have a a standard version of the remote , an expanded version . and the buttons , should they have colours ? Colours I think the main colour of the remote control is uh the colour of the L_C_D_ screen . Perhaps you can uh make adjustable fronts , like with the telephones . make it available in different colours , you mean ? signal for las final five minutes . we're having a a general menu with the most used functions , uh teletext , screen settings , audio settings , channel settings , Or do we have any buttons ? On the remote . you only have channel button or volume button . So we don't have any normal buttons But that's also in the L_C_D_ , Maybe only the on and o on and off button . But isn't idea to use uh uh what you said , uh normal on and off button for the T_V_ , But a not as normal button , in the L_C_D_ , maybe there should be a separate button apart from the L_C_D_ , There has to be a on button on the remote , No you just tap I think . because uh when you touch the L_C_D_ screen when it is in standby mode , it should pop on . I guess if you use the L_C_D_ screen , you first have to search where is the on button , But if you have a normal on button on the on the remote , then you do the on , I think it looks a lot more fancy if you use uh if you don't have any buttons on the s on on remote control . So actually we're going to create a a button-less uh remote . No buttons at all . that's might be a unique selling point , huh for a remote . postpone further discussion to uh our next meeting , for now , we're having a lunch break , and then there will be uh half an hour for the uh next share of individual work . I will uh write uh minutes , if I can create them out of this . And uh put them in the the project documents uh folder . And here are the individual actions for the for the other roles . And of course specific instructions will be sent to you again by your uh personal coach ."
27,"Speaker A: Okay. Good morning. Okay. Um green. An animal. Okay. Um Uh a wee rabbit. Yeah. Yeah, I think I think they're right, yeah. Uh I think most most things have already been said, like uh control multiple devices. And uh, yeah, infrared might be an issue. Uh well, he said about n abo what he said about pointing. But uh lots of devices already use infrared. So we'll probably have to implement that. Yeah.
Speaker B: Good morning, Mister P_M_. How are you today? How was your business trip to Boston? Is there a schedule for this meeting? I shall close the door. That's correct. Okay. Um is there any room for a little presentation? Uh maybe during the discussion uh section? Okay. Alright. I'm just uh guessing what should be my favourite animal. Well, I'll give it a try. Mm. Very good. I was very good in drawing. Well, I guess you uh get the idea. Beautiful. Yes, um I have some technical uh issues which I would like to present to you uh before we start the discussion, because uh there might be some uh influations influences. Okay? Okay. Um first about my role, role of the Industrial Designer. I would like to think about uh the implementation of uh of things, and the technical possibilities and impossibilities. So if someone of you comes up with uh ideas, uh I'll try to translate them in technical functions, but uh there might be some impossibilities. So that's one. Uh I also will propose some uh um uh some implementations for that, but well, these are quite the same. Sorry about that. Um and I also will remind people of some new technical possibilities which are available and which might be interesting to implement in our product. I have some uh initial ideas about some things um which are maybe nice to take with you in the upcoming uh discussion. One thing about uh interopera operability. Um I think a modern uh remote control should uh control a device diverse subset of equipment. Uh for instance, uh D_V_D_ players, cell phones, video and audio equipment. So one re uh one remote control for all your equipment. Well, there should be some interoperabi interoperability between them. I think it could come in handy. We should discuss that. Um and we should think about the way how these things uh should communicate with each other. We're not uh living in the uh nineteen eighties anymore, so infrared is not uh is not really uh hot uh technical stuff anymore. But you should uh think about the things like uh Bluetooth. Mm-hmm. But it's cost-effective. Yes. Mm-hmm. Well, not all, not all. So that's the point. So Maybe, but that's uh something we should discuss and uh about every everybody should think about it. So that's just my role, I'll just uh give you uh everybody some technical input, and I think now the time is to have a little discussion about what uh the product should be and how it should look, but take these things into account when you start the discussion. Yes, so one thing uh one remote control should uh control one or more uh pieces of equipment, and the way of communicating with these equipments. Okay. That's it. Yes, I think it should be something like that. We're not developing this product for a specific vendor, are we? No, we're just developing this product, and we want to sell it to a very broad uh public, so it should fit to every device. Yeah. Mm-hmm. And you you see uh the buttons as a as a means of doing this? Or are there any o other controls? Are there only any other cont Well, I I've seen these remote controls with uh this little stick uh which you can move forward, sidewords. You know these things. And um it's very easy for a user to to switch w yes, to to switch b uh between uh channels or uh change uh between tracks on a on a C_D_, on on a chapters, you know, on a D_V_D_ player. So maybe that's an idea, I don't know. Mm-hmm. Okay. Mm-hmm. Uh is that uh are there restriction for the range, the operating range too? So when you're not able to point at the device um the range is very limited. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Okay. Okay. Okay. Do do you Um well yes, I had, uh about three minutes ago, but I've seem to forget them forgot them. Um oh yes, I remember. Um you said something about visibility in the dark. Um uh would it be nice for a user to have display on this uh remote control, on which you can see functions? Which makes it easier to operate it. I I don't know. Mm-hmm. Okay. Mm-hmm. Okay. Okay. Yes, but there's a cost limitation too. Well, that's more So that's a big problem, I think. I think the the financial part of this project uh implicates that it's not going to be a high high-end product. The cost price is very low. Um Okay. Very good point. Yeah. Okay. Mm-hmm. Okay. Okay. Hmm. It's use uh a lot of uh well Well, cell phones have uh integrated Bluetooth also and, well, it's it seems to work uh quite okay. So uh technically it will be possible. No, you cannot. Okay. Okay.
Speaker C: G good morning. Oh yeah. Are you ready? You should put the laptop uh right into the square. For i for the cameras, yes. Good morning, Sebastian. I'm fine. Um well, actually I didn't go, didn't feel like it. So Do you want to open it as read-only. Um I guess I should close it here. Okay, the waiting is for our Marketing Expert, Ruud. Um project kick-off. Yes, there is actually. Um I will li list the agenda for today. For this meeting. Good morning, Ruud. Uh it's important um yeah, great. It's important that the laptops are um exactly on the square, um for the cameras. Okay. Okay. Um we're here to develop uh a new product. Um I'm sure you've had a mail from our account manager about it. Um and um this is the first meeting to to generate some uh uh some ideas about it. Um you are here in a specific role. Uh Ruud is here as the Marketing Expert, Roo is here as the User Interface Designer and Sebastian is here uh in the role of Industrial Designer. Is that correct? Okay. Um we're going to do um uh uh a little tool training uh for the tools we are going to use uh during uh the meetings we are going to have here. Um then I will tell you a little bit about my idea of the project plan, uh and we will have a discussion. Uh this meeting should take no more than twenty five minutes, so we should keep that in mind. There is? Yeah, there is. No problem. Um okay, this new product we are are g are going to develop, um it's a remote control, a television remote control. Um and first of all it should be original, it should be trendy and user-friendly. Those are kind of easy um uh uh goals, um and I'm sure we can find more goals for the for the product we are going to develop. Um we will discuss uh later on more ideas about uh how the remote should look and how it sh it should function and all those kind of things. The market, we should have a look at the market. Um we are going to use a a pred a project method uh during uh this development, um which consists of three different design stages. Uh the functional design, the conceptual design and the detailed design, um all of these stages um um mean that we do some individual work, prepare, and then uh meet to discuss our uh uh the the the progressions, yes. Um the first stage, the functional design um we are going to search for the user requirements, and we will um make a specific uh specification of that. Um the second is the technical functional design, um what effect should the remote have? Well in this case control t the the television I think. Um and the last one is the working design. How exactly does it work in the technical sense. Um the other design stages, uh we will discuss that later. So we'll kop it keep it with the functional design. Okay, um before we think about remote control we will um work with some of the tools we have uh here. Um as you see now I can give a presentation. Um it's also possible to use this one as well. You can uh uh display pr uh two presentations if you want to. Um to um presentate, to show us uh a file you'll need to uh place it in your project documents folder, which is on your desktop, at least it should be. Um then we have this electronic white-board system. Um yeah, I will show that now. Um you can draw on the board using this pen. There are little um uh sensors, so do not grab it here, but a lit more a little bit more to the uh to the end. Um well, it it's on the um eraser now, so we click the pen button. Okay, so not too fast writing. Um you can insert a new um slide or or white-board uh uh file um by either using the insert function or by clicking the next button or the blank button. It's quite the same. Um all our um whi um uh SMARTboard um notes should be kept in the same file. So do not m make a new file. Just use this one uh during the day. Um you can use the eraser to make something go away. Yes. Yeah. Yeah, in the meetings, only in the meetings. It's really like like a regu regular whiteboard. Um you can choose the format, um sorry. Uh Let me see. Um Well I guess it's maybe because I'm not s uh pen selected. Yep. Current colour, you can choose another colour. And um for example black, and you c I can choose the line width. Um so now I d have a different line width and uh colour. Okay. Quite easy, if you uh do have any questions, just c ask me. Um to um oh well, I'm I wrote down the documents uh should be in the project documents folder if you want to uh discuss it with us. Um as a little training um I will ask Ruud first to draw uh uh your own animal on a new slide uh with uh a different colour and a different line width than the one uh now selected. A rabbit. Okay, well great. Um Roo, could you do the same please? But a different animal with a different colour and a different line width. Sebastian is thinking about the animal. Okay. It it should be a cat. Okay? I'm guessing a horse. Yes, okay. Beautiful. Okay, so um you can use this at any time during the presentation if you want to. Um any questions well, just just let me know. Um okay, back to our project. Um the remote control we are going to develop um will have a selling price of about twenty five Euros. Uh the profit we are looking for for this product is fifty million Euros, which is quite a number. Um we uh we will focus this internationally, so the product will be sold um, if there is market uh interest, uh in in more than one country. And um the production costs should not be more than uh twelve Euro fifty, so we should keep that in mind by uh w w during the development, um because uh, well, those are important numbers. Um then the discussion, maybe the time for Sebastian to show his presentation. Limitations. Okay. Okay, great. Yeah. Okay, so the the main por uh the main points you are uh telling us are focus on the inter uh operability, and Okay, and and uh Okay. Okay, good. Um that was your presentation? Okay, okay. Um okay. Great. Um I'll go back to my own presentation. Um Mm. Okay. Um I I do think it's time now to to discuss uh mm some things. Um Sebastian told us a few things about the technical implemen uh implications. Um there are other things like um how to make it trendy, which is I think uh um most uh Ru uh Ruud's uh role. Um the way how it should be controlled by the user, which is uh Roo uh r uh during this part. Um so let's start with you. H how do you think the remote should um function for the user? Yep. Okay, so we're we're going business to consumer, not we're we're it's not a No. No. Yeah. Uh Ruud, y do you agree? Okay. Okay. Yeah. So is that ease of use or uh is that more like um Okay. Uh-huh. Maybe not even pointed. Yeah. Okay Uh Okay, gentlemen, um uh just a reminder, we d we have five minutes left for this meeting um okay. Okay, s yeah. Yeah. Okay. Uh I'll write down glow in the dark. Is tha Okay. Okay, um uh I just want to hear uh Ruud's um input for this meeting. Um do you have anything already w um ab idea about how the market uh will respond to the such a product? Or what we should take um in account when developing such a product? Mm-hmm. Because? Mm-hmm. Okay. Okay. Okay, Sebastian, did you have any other ideas? Okay. Yeah, yeah, okay, because because we wa we want to develop a trendy product. So Yeah, twelve Euro fifty, yeah. Okay. Okay, okay. Okay, um I ha I have one point f um which which comes in mind now. Um uh d I think the device should either be rechargeable very easily um or it should not consume too much um power. Because it's very annoying if you need to change the batteries every s uh uh every other week. So um maybe we could um for example uh only light the buttons that are um uh applicable at that moment or yeah. I dunno, it's uh that's more Sebastian's uh um Well does it? I'm not sure. Uh Yeah. Okay. Gentlemen, I'm afraid we do not have any more time. Um so we will go back to our own uh work. Um next meeting starts in thirty minutes and um, well, you know your o your individual actions or your personal coach will probably email you about th it. Um so this was it. See you in thirty minutes.
Speaker D: Good morning, Flores. Marketing Expert. Right. For the cameras Alright. Geez. You have the same message of uh Windows cannot um sen oh stand-by. Close the the window. So That's right. Ruud. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Alright. Okay. Progressions. It's for the vision. Yeah. Sensors. But we all use the same white-board file So we can work together on it while we're or should we only use it in the in the meetings? Yeah, okay. Yeah, alright. Yep. It's a bunny. But of course, Flores. Blank. Yeah, I'm think about it too. Format. Well, it looked more than a bunny than a cat, but it works, right? With a very small legs. You should feed that uh that animal. Okay. Okay. And for a cell phone? Yeah, okay. Yeah. But Yeah, but the infrared, it's uh, well, a little bit old-fashioned, if you would call it like that. But all the T_V_s are uh equipped with infrared, so y you you can Most of them. Or you shou sh use a you should equip infrared and Bluetooth together in one remote. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Well, I had a few uh things in mind. Um well, the interoperability, just like uh Sebastian said, um the remote should work on different T_V_s or even different uh um Yeah uh, what is it, devices? Um so i i I think it's a universal remote control for customers to buy just new in uh a store. It's not for uh for uh for uh Philips or whatever to buy our remote for their own product, right? Yeah, I do I don't know that. It's no I have uh don't have the information for it. No, okay. Yeah. Um Well, the techni fu technical function uh what you said is just by pressing the button you should change the state of the T_V_. That's just the basic f technical function. So that was my really my part for uh this session. Um Well, that's just the fu the technical function is pure what should the remote control do, wh what is his task uh as an uh as an uh device. It just should change the T_V_'s state. So that's it. Um but furthermore Yeah. Yeah, with buttons. Yeah, or maybe you want a touch-screen or But Yeah. They're very vu vulnerable. Yeah. Yeah. And for other user interface I had um, well, it's more industrial thing. Uh point at a T_V_, I think it's it's quite disturbing when you always have to point directly to the T_V_, so you must point everywhere, so maybe infrared is Yeah, just don't even point it, so in that case infrared should uh maybe uh be restriction to that. Yeah, if you g if you go to radio or or yeah. For T_V_, you're always in in the neighbourhood of a T_V_, so I don't think think the range should be a problem to that, but if you want to uh get it working with a radio, and you're in outside your garden with just one uh speaker, then maybe the range should be uh But Yeah. Two more things. Um You should able to feel the buttons without uh it mis um you have to know what you do without looking at the buttons, so it should be as user interface um for feeling should be uh good to understand. You must feel the buttons for volume or whatever, I think. And of course you don't always know where all buttons are, so it should be visible al um in dark too. So when it's dark Those are two really uh user interface Yeah. That's perfect. Yeah. Yeah. Well, maybe I um but it it can be quite simple, you can just have white buttons with a black mark on it. The uh the the digits in black. Uh then it's already visible in dark. So it it don't have to be a lightning or or a fancy well, it can be for design, of course. Just remind something. The digits of uh the the painting on the buttons should not fade. You have a m uh Always have s the soft buttons, always uh clear the the the paint on it. The marks. Yeah. But um Necessary, yeah. Yeah. But then Bluetooth uh might be problem. 'Cause I think Bluetooth uh Yeah, I know it from the cell phone. But you can't you can't use Bluetooth all the time, twenty four hours a day. Does it It's over? Okay. Great.","Okay , the waiting is for our Marketing Expert , Ruud . Is there a schedule for this meeting ? Yes , there is actually . Um I will li list the agenda for today . For this meeting . It's important that the laptops are um exactly on the square , um for the cameras . Um we're here to develop uh a new product . this is the first meeting to to generate some uh uh some ideas about it . we're going to do um uh uh a little tool training uh for the tools we are going to use uh during uh the meetings we are going to have here . Um then I will tell you a little bit about my idea of the project plan , uh and we will have a discussion . Uh this meeting should take no more than twenty five minutes , Um is there any room for a little presentation ? Uh maybe during the discussion uh section ? No problem . this new product we are are g are going to develop , um it's a remote control , Um and first of all it should be original , it should be trendy and user-friendly . Um we will discuss uh later on more ideas about uh how the remote should look and how it sh it should function and all those kind of things . Um we are going to use a a pred a project method uh during uh this development , Uh the functional design , the conceptual design and the detailed design , um all of these stages um um mean that we do some individual work , prepare , and then uh meet to discuss our uh uh the Um the first stage , the functional design um we are going to search for the user requirements , Um the second is the technical functional design , um what effect should the remote have ? Um and the last one is the working design . How exactly does it work in the technical sense . Okay , um before we think about remote control we will um work with some of the tools we have uh here . You can uh uh display pr uh two presentations if you want to . to um presentate , to show us uh a file you'll need to uh place it in your project documents folder , Um then we have this electronic white-board system . you can draw on the board using this pen . There are little um uh sensors , it's on the um eraser now , so we click the pen button . you can insert a new um slide or or white-board uh uh file um by either using the insert function or by clicking the next button or the blank button . Um all our um whi um uh SMARTboard um notes should be kept in the same file . So do not m make a new file . But we all use the same white-board file Um so now I d have a different line width and uh colour . Current colour , you can choose another colour . I wrote down the documents uh should be in the project documents folder Um as a little training um I will ask Ruud first to draw uh uh your own animal on a new slide uh with uh a different colour and a different line width than the one uh now selected . Uh a wee rabbit . Um Roo , could you do the same please ? But a different animal with a different colour and a different line width . It it should be a cat . Okay , so um you can use this at any time during the presentation if you want to . the remote control we are going to develop um will have a selling price of about twenty five Euros . Uh the profit we are looking for for this product is fifty million Euros , we uh we will focus this internationally , And um the production costs should not be more than uh twelve Euro fifty , maybe the time for Sebastian to show his presentation . Yes , um I have some technical uh issues which I would like to present to you uh before we start the discussion , I would like to think about uh the implementation of uh of things , and the technical possibilities and impossibilities . So if someone of you comes up with uh ideas , uh I'll try to translate them in technical functions , but uh there might be some impossibilities . Um and I also will remind people of some new technical possibilities which are available I have some uh initial ideas about some things One thing about uh interopera operability . Um I think a modern uh remote control should uh control a device diverse subset of equipment . Uh for instance , uh D_V_D_ players , cell phones , video and audio equipment . Um and we should think about the way how these things uh should communicate with each other . Well , there should be some interoperabi interoperability between them . We're not uh living in the uh nineteen eighties anymore , so infrared is not uh is not really uh hot uh technical stuff anymore . But you should uh think about the things like uh Bluetooth . Yeah , but the infrared , it's uh , well , a little bit old-fashioned , if you would call it like that . But all the T_V_s are uh equipped with infrared , so you should equip infrared and Bluetooth together in one remote . but that's uh something we should discuss but take these things into account when you start the discussion . Um I I do think it's time now to to discuss uh mm some things . Um Sebastian told us a few things about the technical implemen uh implications . Um there are other things like um how to make it trendy , which is I think uh um most uh Ru uh Ruud's uh role . Um the way how it should be controlled by the user , which is uh Roo uh r uh during this part . H how do you think the remote should um function for the user ? Um well , the interoperability , just like uh Sebastian said , um the remote should work on different T_V_s or even different devices ? I think it's a universal remote control for customers to buy just new in uh a store . Yes , I think it should be something like that . It's not for uh for uh for uh Philips or whatever to buy our remote for their own product , right ? Okay , so we're we're going business to consumer , Yeah , I do I don't know that . We're not developing this product for a specific vendor , are we ? don't have the information for it . we're just developing this product , and we want to sell it to a very broad uh public , And you you see uh the buttons as a as a means of doing this ? Or are there any o other controls ? Yeah , or maybe you want a touch-screen or I I've seen these remote controls with uh this little stick uh which you can move forward , sidewords . And um it's very easy for a user to to switch to to switch b uh between uh channels or uh change uh between tracks on a on a C_D_ , And for other user interface I had um , well , it's more industrial thing . Uh point at a T_V_ , I think it's it's quite disturbing when you always have to point directly to the T_V_ , so in that case infrared should uh maybe uh be restriction to that . so you must point everywhere , Maybe not even pointed . So when you're not able to point at the device um the range is very limited . For T_V_ , you're always in in the neighbourhood of a T_V_ , so I don't think think the range should be a problem to that , but if you want to uh get it working with a radio , and you're in outside your garden with just one uh speaker , then maybe the range should be uh You should able to feel the buttons without uh it mis um you have to know what you do without looking at the buttons , so it should be as user interface um for feeling should be uh good to understand . And of course you don't always know where all buttons are , so it should be visible al um in dark too . Uh I'll write down glow in the dark . Okay , um uh I just want to hear uh Ruud's um input for this meeting . Um do you have anything already w um ab idea about how the market uh will respond to the such a product ? Or what we should take um in account when developing such a product ? Uh I think most most things have already been said , But uh lots of devices already use infrared . And uh , yeah , infrared might be an issue . like uh control multiple devices . we'll probably have to implement that . Um you said something about visibility in the dark . uh would it be nice for a user to have display on this uh remote control , on which you can see functions ? but it it can be quite simple , you can just have white buttons with a black mark on it . The uh the the digits in black . Uh then it's already visible in dark . So it it don't have to be a lightning or or a fancy well , it can be for design , of course . because because we wa we want to develop a trendy product . Yes , but there's a cost limitation too . So that's a big problem , I think . twelve Euro fifty , yeah . I think the the financial part of this project uh implicates that it's not going to be a high high-end product . The cost price is very low . The digits of uh the the painting on the buttons should not fade . Always have s the soft buttons , always uh clear the the the paint on it . Um uh d I think the device should either be rechargeable very easily um or it should not consume too much um power . Because it's very annoying if you need to change the batteries every s uh uh every other week . maybe we could um for example uh only light the buttons that are um uh applicable at that moment or But then Bluetooth uh might be problem . It's use uh a lot of uh Well does it ? I know it from the cell phone . Well , cell phones have uh integrated Bluetooth also and , well , it's it seems to work uh quite okay . But you can't you can't use Bluetooth all the time , twenty four hours a day . Okay . Gentlemen , I'm afraid we do not have any more time . so we will go back to our own uh work . Um next meeting starts in thirty minutes and um , well , you know your o your individual actions or your personal coach will probably email you about th it . See you in thirty minutes ."
59,"Speaker A: Yes. 'Kay, we've made a prototype. Um, we've got uh uh our aspects from the last meeting. Uh, especially we looked at the form, material and the colour. Um, we've uh drawn here the p prototype. The logo is uh is uh is pretty uh obvious to see on the on the remote control, but it is necessary when you want to build your uh company f to a level higher. Um, our interface elements, there are shown in the in the drawing. Maybe you can uh point them uh The functions. But uh that It's uh here then, in the middle. Yes, um we've disc Most of the users Yes, y there there will be a p a little a little P_ on that and a little uh yeah. Yes. It's a television. Yes. Yes, yes, you have you have a lot of standard buttons that has to be uh on it, uh th with the one and a double uh uh yes. Yes, you have televisions, then you have to, you know, you have to uh press Yes, but but a lot uh Yes, but some televisions don't accept uh that that No, no, but s Yes, but some some old televisions uh you have to uh click on uh a special button, uh then you go to a a next level, you can push two buttons. You want Yes, but some television don't support it. No, a remote can Yes, so they need no, they need No, but uh Yeah, it And the button for the SCART uh audio video uh external input. No, no. Uh, remote control sends one signal at one button uh press. Uh, some N some televisions when when you want to go further than uh ten No, you have to you have to uh give the television uh two or more signals. When you uh press one button, you give one signal. And the older televisions need more signals to go a level higher. But When you make the technology that that it will uh give more signals, it could work, but Just a basic idea of of of the most uh most y most common uh and simple uh operations on the remote. Yes. It's here on the We came uh Yes. But maybe we can maybe we can make the docking station uh uh a bit standard for for uh the other products we sell, because Real Real Reaction sells more products than only remote controls. So maybe we can uh use the docking station, for example, uh M_P_ three players or or uh uh hearing devices. Yes, but when you put that same volt voltages on it, you can put uh when the when the when uh o the the the lowest part of it, when it's o the same as the other products, you can put it all on the same uh Yes, but we can make No, we can make uh make the most lowest part all the same. When when the the recharger has a has a bit what points out, we can place all on top of it. Just have to be big enough for the biggest No, when you make it large enough no it it will not. But then it's a little bit But it's just an idea. But it's flat it's flat as as this, so we can p make all the products as flat as this. Yes, but when you make uh uh a bit of big Yes, little holer littler Uh, little products go deeper in it. Yes. And uh uh the f the look and feel would be great on this uh remote control, because uh you always uh will uh pick up the remote control in the in the smallest uh area. Then your uh left thumb of uh your right thumb is uh near the programme uh button, which is the most common used uh function, and all the other buttons are available for your uh thumb. So it's it's it's really good design. Yes, uh on the side uh there will be a strip of rubber, and in the middle uh there is uh a hard uh a hard material, a bit hard plastic with a light uh behind it. Yes, we can make also n neon lights on it, or or the buttons that can make uh light on it. Yes. But, it will also uh uh use batteries, and do we want to The all the aspects of the interface buttons were uh Yes. Yes. Yes, maybe we can use on the on the lights on the side we can use uh uh multiple uh lights, so it will uh Yes. No. Yeah. I think I think the the fronts will give it a more uh uh uh less uglier uh side, because you can uh make it in your own yes, you can make it in your own uh more to your own personality or or house style. Yes. Or forty. I think two or three. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. It's all about the buttons. Also, the the the buttons of the one, the two, the the digits, o they're used uh uh Can yes, three, two. But you can't make a remote control without them, because Yes. Yes. A one. We we've tried to make it uh the the best trendy look uh ever. Yes. Yes. No. No, not L_C_D_, so. But that that's not innovative. Lights lights are Six. Because we've tried to make it a little bit innovative, but it but it With the lights it it's it's kind of future But still you can retrieve it when it's when it's gone, with the with Yes. The docking station is a is a little bit innovative. It's a part of the remote. And with the speaker on the there's also a speaker. Okay. But the retrieval or the Yes, how would you innovate a remote control more? To put it on your head. Yes. Yes. You like the buttons. Yes. In in and comparing with uh people of th of the age above? We don't know. But Yes, two, but only in c when you compare it with with elderly. This is just guessing. Make it a two. When it succeeds, uh it can get a two, mu A logo. Yes, uh encrypted uh with Yes. Yes. Is there something after this uh meeting? Or Okay. Yes. Uh it's it's one one chip, but but you have to choose one from it. The simple chip is e enough I I think, but with the lights with the lights and the retrieval, it can be uh No, uh I Yes, my my my uh The the email I got said uh simple chip, but when we put in the speaker and the retriever uh device, it will uh cost a a bit more, like I think the advanced chip maybe. Bec No, the they didn't know about a retriever or a speaker uh in it. Then it's a simple chip. Yes, I I I s I That will be enough for future uh recommendations. I don't know it uh either. Yes. Otherwise, you get uh a standard uh plastic colour. Standard rubber. St Yes. No, it's only uh when you use push-buttons, it will cost that much. If you use a scroll-wheel Maybe it's the kind of push-buttons. You can have f four kind of push-buttons. Rubber. You can have uh Different, yes. Why is that so uh expensive. So, whe when you so then it It's eighty percent of the price of the of the amount of When you have the same amount of button, you have to put in wi in your carton. Board. And then throw it But whe I've seen one uh one remote control with only the pu yeah, only with uh page up, page down and volume, but but Uh, it's it's still for little children. They can handle that remote control, but but it isn't fo Yes, it's for it's li uh it's just for a little Otherwise, it Otherwise it would be the Special form also, it says. What is the normal material? Sh yeah. Classic? Oh, plastic. But we can uh sell the remote control and uh sell the docking station yes. And and but we don't have to tell it, but what we can say of can um almost make it impossible to buy a remote control without the docking station. No, but you otherwise you can't retrieve it. But for two Euros and thirty cents, we uh we don't get a docking station. For For two Euros. It isn't in my information, so I don't know it uh either. It isn't in my information, I uh I I've got a schematic view of the remote control, but nothing about uh advanced chips or Uh I've got here in uh I will put a I will put a page on it. When my mouse works again. My mouse is uh Yes. Oh. Ah, I've got it. I will put uh my email on the the network. It's on it. Yes. Um Yes, that was mine. But that was my second Mm But this is the same uh This is o only the possibilities. Yeah. We can use a simple, a regular, or advanced chip. Ah, okay. With the light. L_C_D_. Maybe you can say against the remote uh page uh f uh page up, page down. All in twelve Euros. Twelve Euros and fifty cents. And the lights. Where uh are the lights? But but sometimes you put a Kinetics aren't uh nowadays only used in watches and that's because you're always walking. Uh solar cells are useless. Fo for a docking station. With a cable, with uh buttons on it, with retrieval uh device in it. Wi with a button to wi with a button to retrieve it, so it will beep. Uh, so it's uh wireless technology. Look at the case, the case the case of of uh of uh No, then we have to sell it for thirty Euros. It's the Maybe we can uh can do it both. Maybe we can do it both uh in the in the in the remote. Battery and kinetic. Yes, but when it's then when it then you have to shake it uh and all when it's when it's empty. You asked for three d No, that's n that's not true. Uh, a watch is uh kinetic because you walk all the time. Yes, solar cells are also stated. Why don't we use solar cells then? That's true. Oui. You can do it for fifty cents. The c The case the case alone is is is uh the case alone for uh remote control is at least one Euro. Then we have one Euro thirty for the whole docking station. But now Great. It's great. Our remote control. Yes. Seventy Euros. Why not a hand dynamo then? We're done. Is this it? Okay. Yes. Where's the champagne? I don't uh hear a bell. Bye. Uh-huh. Just fill that one in.
Speaker B: Okay, welcome to the detailed design meeting. Again, I'm gonna take minutes. Oh, we're gonna have a prototype presentation first. Uh, who's gonna give the prototype presentation? You two guys? Okay. Go ahead. Oh no, the the the mute button misses now. Do y do you did we want to have a m mute button? Huh. Wait, there's was one thing I wanted to ask. Uh, there are different ways for remote controls to uh do uh like uh d I call it teens and twenties. Uh, y th th th the two numbers. Yeah, but do we have do we need extra buttons, for example some uh some have to Yeah, but you don't you don't actually need them, becau b l a lot of remote controls work that y when y that you when you fir you push the one first, then you have a couple of seconds No, I don't think so. Nah, I don't think so really, because you have a I know some remote controls that don't have these buttons, but you still can, know, obviously you can still select the twenty uh a number in the twenty or in the ten. No, I think uh I really think it's n because you can when when you put a button on it with like one and uh then a dash, it's the same thing as when you just push the one, because it i it first gives you the functionality of that that uh separate button you also had to uh apply. Yeah, because that's i it's for television. It's exact the same thing. No, listen listen. When you push the button, the remote control gives a signal. I in th in the first place it gives a signal which it would also send when you put a separate button on it. The one with dash, that signal gi and when y whe when you don't push another button on the remote control within five seconds, then the remote control gives a signal for channel one. I think it works that way, really. Yeah, but it's exact the same that w would appear when you put a separate button push a separate button. Yeah, but you don't underst uh you don't understand my point. I think it's exact the same thing when y No, but then they would a would also support that button, because it's the same thing. Listen, with that that's that special but button you're talking about, eh? That's just a signal to recei ju they send a t signal to the v tv T_V_ that they have to put a one in on your screen and a dash, which you can pu so you can uh still put another number on it. When you don't have that separate button, and you push y one, it's exactly the same thing. Do y you the remote control gives that same signal as it would give when you only had Yeah. But you give the input. You push the one. That's the same thing as the button with the one and it yes it it is. Think about it. And it's the same thing what happens and a g remote control gives another signal after five seconds that is just one. Yeah, that's true. Yeah, but I m uh but it's I I know for sure that some televisions that w th th the remote control supplied, only ha has the c these buttons with a one and a dash and a two and a dash, but when you use a bu a n remote control that doesn't sport these buttons, it still works. But okay, we we'll impl No, we'll apply them then for now. Yeah, app just apply them next to the zero, the one and the two. Yeah, I think so. Yeah, for now, if we don't know for sure whether Yeah but okay. What I said about uh the remote control sending another signal, that that might not be true, but I still think i it it all T_V_s in some ways support it, I don't know. I think it's more c is m maybe we don't uh we both don't really understand how it i how it really works, but I think there's more to in than wha than what you just said. I do think that uh m T_V_s support mur multiple kind of remote controls. M Th won't work wi with uh to have that special button. Okay, well we'll see. But Well let's ha let's talk about the docking station later, because uh maybe we have we have to uh consider the docking station anyway, because we have some uh cost issues still to come. But we have to look n I don't know. Yeah. Okay. Yes. That's it? I think added lights are gonna be a problem too. Okay. For now, uh this is uh is good enough. Yeah, what was uh on the Okay, but in the oh yeah, the colour, because we're gonna use uh one colour for the the plastic enclosure and one colour for the rubber, isn't it? Then we're gonna do the buttons in the i are we're gonna have rubber buttons. And they're be a they'll be in the same colour as the rubber on the side. Okay. And I think we should use a a darker colour for the um plastic, and maybe some more m brighter and flashy stuff Yeah, we'll talk about the lights later. 'Cause I also don yeah, it's depends on the costs and such. But uh, and we have to agree uh upon the exact colours, but may I dunno if that's important, but we'll talk about that later. Okay, for now this is this is okay. Um, the next p y you gonna give a presentation too? Uh, I have to see the agenda. Detail design. Evaluation criteria. Okay. Okay. Yeah, I think four maybe would be appropriate, because it's Yeah, maybe it really depends on taste. Uh, I mean it's kind of, our design. It's so if maybe a lot of people find it really ugly, you know, o other people find it really cool. I don't know or uh I don't know how you Casting. Yeah. Yeah, but we d we didn't we're we're not planning to use fronts, I believe. With a colour a co a colours. Oh, okay. Okay, but Oh, maybe we should do three or something that w you know, our Yeah. Uh, I was thinking about four, so I think three is uh Yeah well, let that let's make that a one. That's one thing for sure. Yeah, two or a one, I guess. It's something we really put work into. Yeah. But Well maybe a two, because of the menu button or something. And telete Yeah, we don't know if the uh they're necessary. I think a two. Came a long way, but not we didn't not uh No, w w it can also always be more simplistic, but two is yeah. Yeah, uh a t I think a two. Yeah yeah, y i it's hard to say from this picture. But I do think it's more But I do think that it's more trendy than beautiful. So so I think maybe it has to score higher uh on this than on the A th a three. I i uh when you compare to the Uh uh what's the difference with Okay. No. Yeah, but we uh you mean the rubber stuff? Yeah, but we have t we have to talk about the lights uh. And I don't u also it's also really not innovative, it's more No, six. Or seven maybe, yeah. Or six. Yeah, mine is seven. Uh it's uh depends on the on the maybe No, I think I think actually it's a seven maybe, but there's nothing innovative about it. N no no, t. Yeah, I mean the dock station, but but uh, I think the the docking station, it's gonna be a kind of a problem. But Well, let's leave it open for uh for us later to see what, because we have to reevaluate anyway. Well I i yeah. No? Okay, for now it's a six or a seven uh, sev six maybe, because Yeah, but I don't I don't know if it's very inno yeah. Yeah, v Yeah, more through uh like function T_V_ functionalities and no no, you know what I mean. You have must be innovative technology for remote controls, but more in how you control stuff, not in how you find your yeah. Yeah, it's that's that's think about it la later on and uh Yeah, as a a one or a two ma uh at least. Yeah, it's good. No, I would have seen that one before. Oh, you skipped one uh Uh, here. Remote control will be bought by Yeah. Definitely. Well Uh, just in general. Yeah, a two. Yeah, but I think I think two. Uh, that is not the question. It's just w it will be bought by people under forty. Yeah, you can yeah, you can be very picky about it. Ah yeah, just make it we'll make it a two. Oh no. Yeah. Yeah, you have make an slogan is quite obvious. Oh the oh sorry, no, not not the slogan. Yeah, you can put that on the side if if we would like to. Yeah, and I will I th still think it's gonna be a two or a three. Maybe a three this time. And uh Uh, it's a one or a two. Yeah, make it a two. It's not that bad. Yeah, and that's mostly the inno when we uh score higher on innovative technology, we would score two, which is uh quite a great score. Okay. Uh, this is was uh the evaluation? Because I I still think that the most important part of this meeting still has Yeah. Still opened or uh Yeah. Okay, finance. Because um I received uh a spreadsheet. Yeah, but I uh actually don't need this presentation, I guess. Oh. I'm gonna open the spreadsheet and we're gonna work this out together, because I didn't really fin uh I have a. Didn't really finish it. Well, we uh We'll see. We'll stumble upon some problems. I probably have already opened it here. try it again. First of all, the mm all the docking station and costs and such are not included in this list. But let's let's st start with beginning. We include one battery. I i uh I'll explain its Uh, the the components are listed over here. Uh, price is given. We um yeah, we we uh indicate the amount of components of the specif specific component, how much we need of them. And then uh, we'll uh calcula Don't watch the number yet. I don't know if it's filled in properly. Okay, we need one battery. One battery. I think one battery is enough. We don't need kinetic, solar cells, hand dynamo. A s okay, this this is a p first problem. Uh, I think we should know how many simple chips, regular chips Okay. But Where did we find this information? Was it I think it was uh your job in the first uh meet Uh, f your first presentation to make this clear, but then you had some t time problems. But do you th you do you know what chip we need? Maybe you can uh look it up right now. Okay, but okay. When we don't when we leave the uh retriever and such aside, what then it would be a simple chip. And with the retriever, it would be an advanced chip. Okay. Yeah, but it will it will it will be cause a lot of problems. The sample sensor sample speaker. What is it m is that the speaker we were t I don't know what it is. Okay, we went for the double-curved case made out of plastic and rubber. And with a special colour. I guess that's what we were Yeah, I don't know about the special colour, but I think w uh Yeah, I think we uh we have special colours. Okay, then the push-button, I was just counting them. Uh, I think you have to indicate the amount of push-buttons we want to use, isn't it? Well that's bit of a problem, because I re but I really don't understand that, because I can imagine a remote control with far more push-buttons, and it wouldn't be possible according to this uh sheet. Yeah. Ah. Yeah, it wouldn't Fill in the number of components you plan to use in the and the total cost I don't know. I And I count them like this. One two three uh four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve and thirteen. Because Oh, this is oh, this is one, okay. Twelve, okay, then it would be eighteen, because uh, I uh rated them as uh um as uh uh uh separate buttons. Yes. And plus these two, f uh plus the mute button, and it's will be uh eighteen. Yeah, I don't understand. Y I do I don't get the point, because it's would be s relatively so expensive, just these m small buttons. Well, okay, well well let's make it just one. Here, now it's now it's already s shall we just give our own interpretation to, because else we would really have a problem. It would be impossible to make it And and less buttons than this isn't possible. This is the most simple yeah, it is possible, but I've never seen one before. Yeah, without the numbers. That's possible. Yeah, we could skip the numbers. Then uh, teletext would also be im impossible. Okay, we'll we'll just okay. But then still, when we there's no room for a docking station or something. Tha w Le let's see th we have uh oh yeah, button supplements. We'll give the buttons special colour. We'll give them a special form. Uh, I think we should mark the special form thing, because it this will be some special forms incorporated in these big buttons, I guess. Because the buttons will be uh d will be matching colour between the buttons and the rubber surroundings. I think that's the what they mean by a special colour. I think all the special colour things have to be marked over here, because that's what we were planning to do, making it Yeah, special material r also, because i has rubber. And the buttons have to be rubber. 'Kay, but the problem now is that the There's no such thing as a docking station in this list, but we can all imagine that it would be impossible to make a docking station for thirty cents. Separately. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, but I do like the idea, but we yeah. It uh but it then the docking station isn't relevant for this project anymore, but we can but then you still have to use we have to find out what chip we u need. I think we can agree on this. I I think the special colour thing has to be uh marked. 'Cause I think we uh Yeah, I think that's what what what they uh mean But can we find out uh about uh this chips? Because when we don't need a d a docking station, then probably we also have only we also need a simple chip. And maybe then we can do something extra. Oh, n uh oh, still oh, it's gonna get more expensive with. Two. Then we have some money left. We can put then We can put a scroll-wheel on it or something. Yeah, well who knows. Or a little bit of tin titanium. Yeah, or we can ki do the kinetic cells. That's also maybe an idea. Yeah that's what then what he has to find out. Maybe you can uh find it in your email right now, then we know then we exactly know what it will cost us. Maybe is that that's nice to know. Yeah, bu bu but when we yeah, but when we skip when we um when we don't use the do we're not gonna make the docking station, then we still yeah, we need something else maybe to make it kind of special, because that was our our special feature. Yeah, okay, you can also do that, but maybe It still is a special remote control cons uh you know, wi its form is special and material. Yeah, but for two Euros, then we have still maybe we have to use the advanced chip, then two Euros isn't even possible. Yeah, then because then we'd thirty cents left. Yeah, but yeah, I don't know, because maybe d uh yeah, we have to find out with the simple chip. Yeah, and w and and we uh need f and what is this? Sample sensor sample speaker. You can look at it for s presentation. S technical functions? Oh. Oh, oh oh. Hey. Oh. Mm. I don't think here it's in here already. It's nothing about s yeah. No. But i in the presentation of yours, there was also something about different components. Which one was it? Functional requirements? Ah. Ah yes, it was the second one. Yeah, it was your second your first presentation. Sorry? Uh, this is n this is not this n that's not the right one. I don't oh. No, this is the other one. Or maybe something is uh maybe there's something abo in in these Here. You know that a push-button requires a simple chip, but a scroll-wheel, it it me requires Okay, so we only need a simple chip. No no, that's just a simple chip. A scroll-wheel it s uh only states that a scroll-wheel requires a regular chip, and that a display requires an advanced chip. So, we don't need any of them. And what's the sample sensor slash sample speaker? Okay. Back to the costs. So we're gonna use the simple chip. Nah, there is some money left to be spent. Okay, but what we have to think about now is that is is it still a special remote control? But I mean it isn't it hasn't got any innovative technology, we aren't gonna apply any uh innovated innovative te technology anyway, I think. I don't I don't see any possibility to do so, because it would wouldn't fit our defi design philosophy. But what w is there some extra maybe I think maybe the kinetic thing is something. Instead of the rechargeable the rechargeable thing was something to um know, so y so people wouldn't have to worry about their batteries anymore. Maybe we if we put the kinetic thing in it Yeah, you leave the p yeah, I know, but still I they will think about that. I mean if you u The uh it's made for s people well, the they don't if it was uh uh r useless technology, they wouldn't put it uh as a possibility. And i it it th th the the target the target uh group are people who zap regularly and throw with their remote control as a matter of speaking. Because I think it when when there w was a remote control where it was useful to have a kinetic uh uh power source, then it would be this one. Because it's one it gets thrown around thrown around a lot and it gets used a lot Hey that maybe that's cool that's a cool thing about it, you know. You don't use batteries. I've never seen it before in a remote control. No, we we we can't make a docking station anyway. Yeah, we can als or uh also m we we can make one we can still make Yeah, but be serious, then uh the docking station will be a fifth of the price of the remote control. Yeah, but we uh we don't inc we haven't looked at the these costs of the speaker and other stuff. I don't think it's realistic for you to do so. Oh, because we We well look at all the special stuff we have. Colour a the colours are special, the form is special. It th this is whole concept. Uh maybe it with the kinetic thing, I think we could do uh do a compromise uh with the kim kinetic thing. Uh, no. Yeah, I don my suggestion is to just forget about the whole docking station thing and make it uh like a Uh uh I I I I still fee I also feel this concept of making it kinetic, because of the you know, it g it gives something dynamic to the remote control. No, that wouldn't n no. Yeah, and it is also not a good it's not you have to really do it only kinetic, you don't want it to think about batteries anymore. No no. Yeah, it's great. No no no. No no, this is very sophisticated technology technology. When you use it your remote like once a day, or maybe even less i i it It We can make it yeah no. Becau be but a remote control gets why do they state that this technology can be used if it Yeah, m but a w uh uh n uh a calculator also works on r on solar cells. Because I think the d whole dynamic part, do you know, appeals to me qui uh thinking of our design philosophy, you know, with the rubber parts and uh sturdiness of the thing, and y when you move it around a lot, then people find the idea funny that when I move my remote control around and Yeah, but you don't have to. Trust me. The idea of this technology is that you don't think about it, it just happens. Okay, then we d Okay, well y we don't have to do it, but what that would just have a lack of key features, you know. You m have to put something on your box. You have to make people buy it and uh We can really can do the docking thing, uh it's not yeah, uh we can do it, but it's would be a easy way out. Okay, but we have to grou to agree upon something, because uh we only have a minute left or so. No no, it's not possible. Okay, w b we can s we can leave it on be well then then th it's this is then then our concept is ready. Yeah, we make some extra profit of it. Huh, any ideas? No no uh there's still there's still someth concept and something special left. I mean we're gonna it's gonna excel in in on in the the range in the field of design and and uh looks and feel. That's what it's makes it special. Yeah, and I would li I would have liked a kinetic part as well, to give it some just to give it some extra special feature, and uh I know it will work, but uh it's it's an They're they're not putting technologies on this, but if it if it was impossible to to make it happen. Okay, well we leave it like this. Then it's c then we're yeah. Okay, project e uh well, we were gonna what look take a look at the last sheet. Yeah, we have to Yeah, it's Uh, I don't know.
Speaker C: . coffee. Uh, well the uh all the functions are discussed uh I think the most of the functions are uh uh obvious. Uh, it's a little bit. Uh, power button. Uh then the the the nine uh channels. Uh the volume uh uh at the side, and the other side is the programmes. And then we had uh just uh two buttons, we place them in the middle, uh the menu, and for the teletext I thought that was th Oh, the mute button. Yeah. Well, yeah mo uh mo Yeah, well most of them are right-handed. Yeah well, I don't have time in uh anymore on the Oh yeah, just progr programme above, I think. Yeah, true, yeah. Uh Uh I think so. Zero? May maybe here? Yeah. And then a second. Is it depending on television? Yeah. True. But the ex Yeah. You uh you can wai when you push the one you can show on the telly a one and just a dash, and then wait uh two uh seconds or something We'll discuss them in the usability lab. Uh eva evaluation. I don't know uh I don't know if if it's it's necessary. Yeah? Okay. Ach. Yeah. Yeah. Well it yeah, uh there's nothing I think it's pretty basic, the the there's no fu there's one there's one button, that's wha there's there's there's one function and that's n the one button when you want to find it. You can. But i i i it's backwards. But it's it's backwards. It's leaning. It's leaning backwards, I think, in the in the docking station. That's text. lights? Mm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. No, not fronts. Different designs. Different colours maybe, yeah. We can make it a one. Mm yeah. I agree. Um, I uh I go for the positive. So I go for two. Okay, three. Yeah. Two. One. One. Okay yeah, I'll I'll agree. I'm the I'm the usability, so Yeah. The Well Yeah, well menu Yeah, maybe. Yeah, true. Yeah, I agree. Mm two. Because we got Well. Yeah. Uh, I will I will make it a three, because uh yeah. I I th Yeah. True, yeah. Yeah. No. We're not well, maybe the the the on the side. And the light maybe. But Well, six. No, six. Six. Yeah. Innovative in generally or just f original for A docking station is innova Okay. Six. Yeah, a two. More two. Yes. Yeah, I think two, yeah. I agree. Two. We don't have the slogan though. The logo. Underneath it or something. A three. Three. Yeah, a three. Yeah, two. Two. No. Okay, yeah. Shoot. No. Well, special colour.. I don't Mm okay. Whoa, it's a little That's huge. No. We have the simplest buttons. Uh, one til nine. Is that one or is that nine buttons? Yeah. Is it cents, the the the fifty cents a button? No way. It's way No, no no. Yeah, uh That's still four. Yeah, that's no option, that's no option. A special colour, why a special colour? But wha what s what special? Okay, yeah. Uh, yeah. Plastic. Plastic, I think. Plastic. Yeah. Se no no no. And then we can get a docking station. But what what can we do But uh what can we do with the simple chip and what's difference with a regular chip and a advanced chip? If if i Regular chip and because we don't have uh special functions to use uh in advanced chip, for example. Yeah. We'll go back uh tomorrow. That's the question. If we do i do we need an advanced chip, or is it okay f No. No no, they were uh mine, yeah. Died. Yeah, it's open. It's circuit board. It's only just basics for for At the end circuit there is an infrared LED. Components design. Components design maybe. N on top. Working design. Yeah, but it's the the other one. Was it working design or components design? Chip set. The display requires an advanced chip. Requires. Little lights. Yeah, but that that's just the same as the the LED. Yeah. No. I think uh the uh normal uh simple chip will be okay. Yeah. Yeah, true. Well, that's not too what we want. So, simple chip is okay. Yeah, lights, yeah, there's no category. Can we do it wi within two two Euro? Mm-hmm. But it's original. But then we could make a docking station. Wow, w why no li Look at now, we got two two thirty left. Ca can't we make a docking station of that? I don't know. Well, we we uh Yeah, then we don't have any innovation things. No, we only make less profit of it. No. Cheap remote control. It w it won't tell, but No, uh, n no Yeah, we just have to go all what we did today again. You have to do it over. Yeah. the No, but no. Yeah, yeah. No. Yeah? We can do it here then. Can we can't we do it here? Yeah, we're doing now. But it's. Oh, okay. Nice.
Speaker D: . Alright, I Yeah. Alright, and uh you gotta point out which is the volume um uh button and which is the programme button. Yeah, but you you gotta make it clear on the on Yeah, and a and a triangle on that. Yes. Next to that I kinda miss a zero actually. All n no, that's um kinda dependent on the television. I think Yeah, I think you should add A cross, or whatever. Yeah, line. No, that's dependent on the television. I do know so. Yeah. Yes, but uh uh no uh remote control nowadays are um they come with the television. Or actually, the other way around. But Yeah. Yeah, well but su If No no no. So some television respond differently. Look, if uh i i Yes. Yes, that's true. No No, it it it works uh if you haven't got uh a special button for it, uh if you push a one, then on your television there will appear a one and a a line, which is an empty space. Yep. True. No, s some some televisions need the input first uh and and you c No, that's not true. It's simply not true. It's simply not true. Uh No, remote control doesn't give signal after five seconds. Remote control is a stupid thing. If you push a button, it sends it immediately to to the television. No, definitely not. Definitely not. Yes. Uh, you can access that uh via zero, and then minus, I guess. Yeah. Yep. Okay. I kinda miss the docking station. No nothing really trendy about it. The button. Yep. I think that's very difficult, because of different shapes of uh uh devices. Yeah, of course. Mm-hmm. Well it it got it it has got to fit into the shape, of course. The technology and the voltage can be the same. That's uh that's true. But uh i if you all make the m having a bottom like this, then they all fit. Yeah, that's true, but uh Yes, but uh I I g Shouldn't it fall then? It isn't going to fall down? That's a bit uh yeah, I think No, but if if like this, I'll I'll point it out, if you got uh a a a base a base like this, I won't draw it really. If you got a base which is uh as big as this Yeah sure, but if you got if you got a tiny player, it can Yeah. Uh, wha what you could do if you uh from the bottom oh, right, help. Uh, you could make like a hole in it, you know, of uh in in the Yeah. That i that is possible, yep. Yeah, sure, you're right. Oh. I don't like the colours. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Alright. The light. Okay. And other lights? No, o on the on the front. Yeah, okay. Maybe the uh the logo. Yeah, why not? Of course. Okay. Uh, in the same colour as the side. Yeah, I think I think that'll be good. Yes. Yep. Yeah. We will. Well, uh yeah, I I'm gonna do something right there, yeah. We gotta do that on the right the most right-most screen, because the leftmost Yep, that's me. Alright. I will be needing that image, so leave it please. Um Go away. Right, we're gonna evaluate that design according to a few points. Um, we g the four of us are going to do that um together. I wanna have a colour over here, come on. Right, the remote is not ugly, a bit weird sentence, but the positive things has to be on the left, so I said not ugly instead of ugly. Uh, what would you say, we we gotta give points to uh to all of these to evaluate uh that design, and please forget the drawing skills of these guys. The remote control is not ugly. How do you feel? Yes. Background colour. How do you guys feel? The different designs. Yes. Okay. No, not not fronts, but different designs. And that's still uh uh, yeah, is is uh is a little personal touch, I guess. What? Yeah, wha wha what would you uh guys uh think? Personally. Personally. Yes, but what is it? Guido? Two or three. I was I was thinking about three, so I guess three is uh a bit uh oh, what am I doing? I'll mark it. The remote control's uh uh that n makes uh zapping easy. Yeah? Antek, you agree? Yeah. You're not Antek. I totally agree. The remote control the remote control's relevant buttons are prominently visible. Yeah, I yeah. I would say a one because uh every button is uh uh relevant. And our oh yeah, it's a b yeah. Yeah? Alright. That's a one? You agree? The remote control hasn't got too much redundant or unneeded buttons. I think we totally succeeded there. Oh Yeah, that's true. That's true. the the yeah, m well, you d you've got a point. Two or three? Two? Antek. Nay that that that's true, that's true. They're definitely needed. So we put it on a two? The remote control has got a really trendy look. Maarten. Yeah. Ever, yeah. Guido. Yeah, uh I agree. I agree. I was planning to give it a two, uh where I give the not ugly uh oh, yeah, that's true. You agree on the two? Great. Remote control hasn't got too much redundant or unneeded buttons. Uh, I copied that one. Well, uh forget that. Um Go away. Remote control has got innovative technology implanted. Yeah, and the light. Well, I g It's not seven? Why uh why not a seven? How? Yeah, you think the lights are innovative? Well, it's n true. Uh, I agree, m but I'll Yeah, you you didn't draw the docking station. Yeah, it it's I think I think with its I think more m Uh that that's n No uh, well, the agenda says evaluate now, so I think we It's it's a six. That m f Yeah, for the retrieval function. Yeah. I think that's very innovative for a remote control. Yeah sure, but But I d I definitely don't think it's a five, but Remote control is easy to use. I think a two. Yeah? Come on. The remote control hasn't got uh. I've just filled uh Go away. I found twelve questions so much, but it still is ten. It will be bought by people under the age of forty. No no no. No, just if they if they buy it. Yeah, what do you think? Antek? No, that's no comparison. And I don't mean two people. W w Right, the rem The remote control has recognisable corporate image, colour, logo or slogan. Oh, the slogan. Can we see the slogan? Are we gonna do that? Three? I agree. Because of the slogan Remote control's got a basic design intended uh for novice users. Two? Two. Alright. We gotta add up the scores now to see our total average. Four, five, seven, nine. Forget that. Fifteen, seventeen, twenty one, twenty four, twenty six. Twenty six. It's a two point six. Alright, we yeah. Yeah. True. This was my evaluation. So We did a pretty nice job until now. Um, is this your Whatever. Well, I think we gotta fill out another questionnaire. Yeah. A five. A five. Doesn't matter. We probably will. The amount, yeah. I don't know I haven't got an idea on on which we need to use, really. Yeah. Yeah. And how do you know? I mean, you got that email. Did it point out what to use them for? Alright, well, point out the advanced chip for now, I guess. I don't know. I don't know if it's very special. Alright, that's okay. No. I don't think so, because it says amount. The the the yellow row is the amount of To n that's total of four buttons. I think that Eighteen. One two three four five, si Fifty cents for one single stupid button. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. I can't I I I couldn't understand it if it was fifty cents per uh uh per button. Really. Yeah, yeah, No, really. Yeah, but I d I wouldn't want to own that. Really. Yeah. I don't think the special form is really true. Is it? Yeah, I dunno. Plastic. No. Yeah, I really don't get it. I mean if it's a simple chip, then we suddenly got two Euros and thirty cents. Yeah, yep. I think so, too. Oh, I don't know. Uh why? I mean i i if you if it would cost two Euros, that had a total a total thing, it would be nice too, I mean uh we're not gonna add uh a trip to Hawaii to it. I like the hand dynamo part. We can make a plain docking station for two Euros. I mean Wi wi without recharge Yeah, but but we can make a docking station for two Euros uh if you don't put the recharge function in it. I mean, it has a shape. Of course it has a shape, but i i Why should that not be possible? No, for for the uh for the docking station if you do if you choose the simple chip. Yes. Dead. Reanimate it. What the hell are these? Oh, whatever. This isn't helpful. No, that was my presentation. It's already open. It's at the bottom. It's uh at your task bar. Oh. Sorry. Okay, sorry. Yeah, nice. I it doesn't say anything. That's not needed. A display uh is, of course, uh for showing letters. For showing text. I don't think that uh just a l a little light Yeah, I agree. Yeah, I guess so too. Next channel. No. Well, we might want it, but Yeah. Great. Delete. Yeah. Well, there're three, I guess. I think we can make a docking station. Yeah. No, that's true. M bu Or the hand dynamo dynamo Yeah. Yeah, but but if we ca I don't know if Five minutes. That's not true. We can make a docking station for two thirty. Two thirty. We can make a docking station. Sure. Sure. The power device is is i i is very cheap. That's just a regular uh power cable and whatever. So. Yeah. Well then it's a useless project. Can't we uh Can't we say fifteen Euros? No, sta yeah I mean No. You can sell for twenty seven and a half. Then you make as much profit as you would with twelve and a half production costs. I don't think No. Thirteen twenty. And I think only Yeah, but only kinetic, then you gotta You you gotta throw uh throw it through the room like twenty times an hour, really. No. Yeah, it's funny for a week. I guess something like that, where you have to move it around very frequently, is demotivating. No, I I don't move my uh my remote control very much, seriously. Well, we've got more than fifty Cents. Yeah. No, we won't, but that's um something else. No, this not gonna sell. No. Of course not. We come back tomorrow, okay? We can't do anything else. Warning, finish meeting now. Yeah, sure. No, we can't. Yes, yes. Celebration. I don't see why, but I think we gotta fill out another questionnaire, to be honest. No, not yet. Alright, I'll see you guys in a minute. I don't think so. I don't know. I don't I don't think so.","The project manager opened the meeting. The user interface designer and industrial designer presented the prototype design. The remote has buttons for power, mute, teletext, volume and channel up/down, and nine numbered channel buttons. The group discussed what buttons would be needed to enter channels 10 and above. They discussed adapting the docking station so it could be used with other products but did not make a decision. The remote is plastic with different coloured rubber strips on the sides and rubber buttons. The marketing expert led the product evaluation. The group were generally satisfied with the design but did not think the remote was technologically innovative. The overall score was 2.6. The group worked out the manufacturing costs. The group had problems figuring out the cost of the docking station and buttons, and did not know which kind of chip to use. They discussed using kinetic energy to make the remote more technologically innovative but decided against it. They eventually decided that they could not afford a docking station. They did not have time to evaluate the project process before the end of the meeting."
48,"Speaker A: It's sitting down. Yeah I'll have a go. Thanks. Alright, okay. Well since you guys have chosen the ones I wanted to do, I'll have to have to go for something a bit random. And also, my drawing skill isn't that great so, yeah. Okay, now I'm gonna have to change what is was originally gonna be because that looks like a beak now, so. Yeah, it can be a crocodile, it can be a crocodile. Well it was it was an at first firstly it was an attempt at a T_ Rex and then it sort of changed into a pelican but it can be a crocodile now actually. Yeah and uh I'll have to think on the spot of uh things that it is. Um uh scary, uh strong, yeah that's about it I think. Uh uh Wo Hmm. Okay. Uh S Uh Okay, some sort of bird. Ah eagle, right okay. They're good at golf. Yeah, no yeah, an eagle. It's about mm, mm yeah. Yeah, yeah, something like that, so that yeah about seventeen, seventeen Pounds, something like that. But Havi having said that though, if you wanna get one of those the the ones on the market at the moment they're s they're about twenty pounds anyway. So, it'd still be yeah, we had to buy one. Hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah uh. Use all the ones at the same time. Yeah, 'cause you Yeah. Mm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, my grandad's actually better than me at using teletext, so. Yeah. Yeah, what it just needs to be as long as it's sort of self-intuitive and you can can work out what everything's doing, 'cause I mean, menus on sort of new phones now they've sort of got all these pictures and stuff which makes it fairly obvious what you're trying to do. But I don't know how Oh yeah. Yeah, I don't I don't know how for twenty fi, or twelve Euros fifty how much of a excellent screen you could get, you'd you'd have to sort of keep it down to a black and white L_C_D_ thing anyway, I'd assume. Y Yeah. No uh uh Yeah. Just just a quick thing about the um about what you're saying about the uh does does it need to be fashionable? The sort of I I had a quick look at the company website and it's like the the uh we put the fashion into electronics, so I think think the whole design thing might be qui I mean you don't you you can still have plastic and it'd look quite good but Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
Speaker B: Hmm hmm hmm. Yeah. Okay. Yep, yep. Okay. Tu tu tu tu Hi, good morning. 'Kay. Oops. Mm. Oh sorry. Mm-hmm. Yeah, me. Cat. Where did this come from? Uh, yep. Thank you. Uh, maybe you can guess what I'm trying to make? Yep. It's actually sitting, so it's sitting, it's not standing. Okay, I see it as one thing it's very supportive. It's your best friend and your you can talk to a dog, it can be your best friend, it doesn't discriminate between you, based on what you are. Second it's loyal and third thing it's got intuition. dogs can som sometimes can make out between a thief and a person so basically these are the three unique features I think belong to a dog. Thank you. Okay. Sorry. Does it look like a dog actually? Mm. Eagle, okay. One point four or something like that. One point four Euro would make a Pound or something like that. Yeah. Okay, pretty huge margin. So then Mm-hmm. Yeah, that c Okay, you wanna integrate everything into one like Okay. So simplification of symbols you could think of. Mm-hmm. Menu, alright. Uh uh Right, I was thinking on the same lines you, instead of having too many b buttons and make it complicated for the user, may h maybe have an L_C_D_ di display or something like that, like a mobile, yeah and with menus. And if it's s somewhat similar to what you have on mobile phone, people might find it easier to browse and navigate also maybe. You mean to save it lesser number. Right. Mm-hmm. Okay. Mm, okay. S It might it might save a b bit of space, it's i instead of looking bulky, it might look small. But it might have its cost implications. Right. Okay. Mm, yeah.
Speaker C: Are we we're not allowed to dim the lights so people can see that a bit better? Okay, that's fine. Am I supposed to be standing up there? Okay. Yeah, I've got Yes. Okay. Hello everybody. Um I'm Sarah, the Project Manager and this is our first meeting, surprisingly enough. Okay, this is our agenda, um we will do some stuff, get to know each other a bit better to feel more comfortable with each other. Um then we'll go do tool training, talk about the project plan, discuss our own ideas and everything um and we've got twenty five minutes to do that, as far as I can understand. Now, we're developing a remote control which you probably already know. Um, we want it to be original, something that's uh people haven't thought of, that's not out in the shops, um, trendy, appealing to a wide market, but you know, not a hunk of metal, and user-friendly, grannies to kids, maybe even pooches should be able to use it. Okay, um, first is the functional design, um this is where we all go off and do our individual work, um what needs need to be fulfilled by the product, um what effects the product has to have and how it's actually going to do that. Um, conceptual design, what we're thinking, how it's gonna go and then the detailed design, how we're actually gonna put it into practice and make it work. Okay, right. We're gonna practice with the pens and draw our favourite animal on the white board, I'll go first, and um sum up the characteristics of that animal. So Okay, I'll leave space for everyone else. Um What's missing? We're running out of blue. Okay. I'm not gonna ask you to guess, I'm going to tell you that's supposed to be a tiger. And I see them as majestic, and independent, and proud. Now, who would like to go next? 'Kay. Is that your lapel then? There you go. Okay, thank you. Okay. Well, as you can see, the quality of the work today is um Gonna be a bird. Is it gonna be it's gonna be a bird. That's lovely. Okay it's fine. Technical help. Hmm. Okay, yeah. A seagu right, not a seagull. Eagle. Mm-hmm. That's lovely. Okay. That was fun, right. Um finance-wise, we've got a selling price at twenty five Euros, which I don't actually know what that is in Pounds, at all. Any ideas? D fifteen? Seventeen. Okay, that's expensive. I think so, I think so, I'll be able to um pull it up, or I could put it in the shared folder or something. Really? Mm. I think Yeah, um production cost's at twelve fifty, so half of the selling price is taken up by building it. Um, and profit aim is fifty million Euros, which is uh Yi yes, um yeah, I presume so. Um Mm-hmm. No, yeah. So yes, yes, I don't think we have to I don't think it's a case of worrying about different languages and things like that, um making that a key point, just that it's going to be in the international market like Australia, America, things like that. Okay. What are your experiences with remote controls? I mean I've got we got um we had three videos, a T_V_ and a sort of amp thing all set up so we got one of the universal remote controls, um that you programme each of your things into, but that kept losing the signals so we'd have to re-programme it every now and again. I think it was quite a cheapie as well, so that might have had something to do with it, but that was quite good, the fact that you could You didn't have six remote controls sitting in front of you. Mm. Yeah, the main that's the main stuff anyway, I mean and you don't want to I hate I hate looking at a control and seeing a million tiny little buttons with tiny little words saying what they all do and just sitting there searching for the teletext button or something like that. Yeah. Um. When they're when you've got the main things on the front of it and a section opens up or something to the other functions where you can do sound or options kind of recording, things like that inside it. 'Cause it doesn't make when you pick it up it doesn't make it really complicated to look at, it's obvious what you're doing, um. What about the older generation? What about granny and grandads? Um, my grandad can answer his mobile phone, but he couldn't even dream of texting or something like that. I don't think they tape things, I don't think they use Mm, yeah, the age gap. Mm. I don't know, I d I don't like the, you know the new phones that have kind of got a Windows-based running system. I find it really confusing, I kept getting lost in the phone, I di I've not got a new one but uh my friend got a new one and I was trying to do things with it and I just kept getting lost, but that's just me. Yeah. Teletext has got that option as well. Yeah. Or what about kind of a dual function? In that you've got the basic buttons just for your play, volume, programme things and also and then a menu to go into with obvious pictures, obvious symbols and that's where you control recording and things like that. Mm-hmm. I think that's a cost thing, I don't I don't know how much we're gonna know about Yes, no that's important. Okay. Mm. Yeah. Um, right, okay we've got half an hour before the next meeting, so we're all gonna go off and do our individual things. Um I think that's probably about it and then we'll come back and liaise again and I get to do another fantastic PowerPoint presentation. Sure. Okay. Mm. I would it would probably. I mean there's Sky remote controls and everything. They're kind of moulded and look a bit different, and the Telewest remote controls are silver plastic, which looks a bit smarter, so yeah I guess that's stuff we can think about. Okay, so let's break it up there. Okay? So, see you in half an hour. I think so, yeah.
Speaker D: So we've got both of these clipped on? She gonna answer me or not? Right, both of them, okay. God. Jesus, it's gonna fall off. A kind of dog? Sorry? Uh. Mm-hmm. Please, please leave me a space at the bottom, I'm little, you can get to the top, with standing on a chair. I think it's outstandingly good. Crocodile? O Beauti that's Okay. Um, I'm very impressed with your artistic skills, mine's are dreadful. Oops this is now coming apart, let me just put the top in. I hope that clicks in, I'll just I'll hold it on, okay. Oops, oh dear, what happened there? Hopefully that'll stay on, two-handed version. Okay, uh Again this is off the top of my head, I was gonna do a big cat too, um. Oh dear, it doesn't look what like what I want it to be. Uh. It's not a vampire bat honestly. Uh and somewhere there's a body behind. That's my dreadful that's the worst yet, that's it's meant to be an eagle you can tell it's a flying animal could have been a seagull, I never thought of a seagull. An eagle, um again I'm thinking on my feet goodness. I suppose they're all so independent, I'd put that one down again. Da dum um. Indepen independent, right, did you say they're good at golf? Are they? Oh. Oh right, okay, I'm not good at golf. I'd say they're quite free-spirited, flying around everywhere, doing their own thing. And uh, birds of prey aren't they, oh dear, intrepid. I'll put that, intrepid. There we go, hope that pen's gonna be okay. Whoops. Seventeen. Seventeen Pounds. Should we be making notes of this? We can just refer to this later can't we? Yeah, okay. Okay. Right. So so I suppose later it depends if we want to undercut the price, we d or or is it going to make our product look a cheapie-cheapie option? Mm. Mm-hmm. In our first year? Mm-hmm. You've got market range international and you did say earlier it's got to be a um accessible and usable by sort of all age groups just t we're not focusing on business market, any particular thing, it's everyone user-friendly to everyone. Okay. Big target group. No. Mm. Alright. Mm-hmm. Right. Mm-hmm. My experience has only been being given the remote control with the object I buy, not doing any tampering with it and programming, using it to programme T_V_ and uh uh videos and things. But basically on, off, volume up and down, channel one, two, th that basic functions, I don't think I could go any further with it than that, so, I suppose it's got to be something usable by someone like me as well. Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm. And symbols that you don't necessarily understand, symbols you're meant to understand that you don't. Oh yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm-hmm. Actually that just raises a point, I wonder what our design people think, but you know on a mobile phone, you can press a key and it gives you a menu, it's got a menu display, I wonder if incorporating that into the design of a remote control might be useful, so you've got a little L_C_D_ display. With menus, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Can he programme his remote control or is it basic with that too? Right. Right. So that's a problem regardless of of any design modifications you you come up with, that's gonna be a problem anyway with the older generation perhaps, and that's another issue how we tackle that. Mm-hmm. Right. Mm-hmm. Is it possible that that for the older generation you could have like an extra button that you press for large print like you do in large print books? Obviously it displays less on the screen, it displays less on the screen but as long as they can read it that's the main thing. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm. The other thing is, just ch chucking into mobile phone f design features again, it could have a flip top remote control so that when you flip over the top, your screen is you can have a bigger screen in the the flip over. Yeah? Mm-hmm. Yeah, like smaller. And there's no reason we need to make it look as fashionable and stylish as a mobile phone, it can still be lightweight plastic, you know? Something that's easily moulded and produced. Sorry I'm treading on your territory guys. Ah right. Okay. Sure b y yeah. But yeah, I mean it doesn't have to be that, you know th that was my main point, we don't have to use metal, I don't know if using plastic does make it cheaper, I presume it would. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right. Okay. 'Kay. Do we go back to our room? Yep?","The Project Manager gave an introduction to the goal of the project, to create a trendy yet user-friendly remote. She presented a long-range agenda for the whole project. The group introduced themselves to each other and practiced with the meeting room tools by drawing on the board. The Project Manager presented the project budget, the projected price point, and the projected profit aim for the project. Then the group began a discussion about their own experiences with remote controls to generate initial design ideas for making the product user-friendly. They discussed grouping features into a menu and adding an LCD display. They also discussed the look of various materials that may be used in the design, in keeping with the company's goal to create fashionable electronics."
94,"Speaker A: Okay. Good morning everybody. Oh, everybody is not ready. Alright. Okay, let's go. So, we're here today to to have our first kick-off meeting about uh this new project we're going to tak to talk about in a few minutes. Um so I will be uh Sebastian the Project Manager. Um you are the Okay. Okay, very good. Thanks for being here. Um so let's have a look to the the agenda. So, we are going to go through this agenda uh and mainly first to uh to make to to be used to the tools uh available in this nice and smart meeting room we have here. Um then we'll go to uh the plans for project and have general discussions about it. So, the goal of this project is to uh developed a new remote control. Um it should be original, trendy, and also user friendly. As usual we will follow the the project method um that we are using in the in our company. It is in three step as you know. First the functional design. The second's a conceptual design, and then the detailed design. During each step uh of each design we wi you will work uh s separately, individually on uh your specific tasks and will m we will meet to um to discuss and take decisions about uh what you've you've you did and what uh we will do next. So first, we have to to train ourself with all the um the tools availables in the in this nice meeting room and uh particularly the the white board so uh we are going to go through the white board and take some um s some notes or do some drawings. So who want to start? Mister. You have one in mind? Okay. Th thank you. Very interesting. Guillermo you want to? It would be very funny for us. Oh. Okay. Thank you. Hemant. Poor elephant. Yes. We have to I have to catch you, sorry. We have to to go through the meeting. Thank you. Yeah we'll discuss a f a fly or do we'll do another meeting abo on elephants. So so another important part of the project is about money, uh and about so about finances. So we should target selling price of twenty-five Euro for this remote control and uh we have um which which would generate a profit of of um fifty million Euros, okay. And we should target the inter an international market. O this is the next topic we have to discuss exactly, so let's go to it. So um we should decide which kind of remote control we want to uh we want to uh we want to go. Should be should should it be um specific remote control to some specific device? Should it be a universal one? And uh etcetera. So um so I'm waiting for your for your inputs very quickly because we have only three three minutes to go. Okay. Okay I think this is more a job to our market person yeah. So it should be the topic of maybe of the next meeting just to to have an overview of this and uh in which direction we should go. So we need to close the meeting. Uh we'll have a new meeting soon and uh so the work every every of you ha have t d to do. So um you have to work on the on the working design, you have to uh work on the technical functions, and uh you have to work on us user requirements specs, alright? Um you will receive some information by emails, i as usual. Thanks for coming today. Thanks.
Speaker B: Uh almost. Ready. I'm uh Michael. I'm the user interface designer. Ah well if no one else wants to, yeah. Okay so, want me to draw my favourite animal. Let's see. Well, I don't really have a favourite animal, but um uh I think I have one in mind, so uh I'm gonna about the uh spider because you can actually draw it pretty well in the corner of a white board. The spider has a spider lives in a web and uh it has eight legs, and uh it can move all about the web in two dimensions. Unless it's a three dimensional web which y they have sometimes. There are some spiders that live in like that have like uh kind of a a big ball of a of a web. And uh the other thing is some spiders can actually uh fly like uh they have uh they let out like uh a stream of like the web building material but it's it acts like a parachute so they can actually kind of go and find new uh build a new web somewhere else. So I think they did this in uh in Charlotte's Web that movie that little uh well it's actually a book first but uh um at the end all the the spiders kinda flew away. So, that's my animal. Maybe it's happy 'cause it just ate someone. So you don't like pink panthers? So is this uh an Indian or an African elephant, 'cause you haven't drawn the ears? Okay. We can discuss that off-line. So could I just ask one question, um is this a stand-alone unit that we're gonna be selling? So it's gonna be you already have a T_V_ but you're buying an extra remote control for it or something? Okay, alright. Okay well, so, it seems the the first thing that they've kinda specified is the price like based on how much profit we wanna make, which seems to a kind of a little strange if we don't know what the the product is yet, but I guess if that's if that's the requirement that we need to to design the the product to actually fit that that price bracket so, I guess we're gonna need to find out what's actually you know, what people ar are willing to pay for um what kind of product they're expecting for twenty-five Euro because it seems quite a lot for a remote control, so it's Yeah. Okay. Alright.
Speaker C: Hi I'm Guillermo. I'm the Marketing Expert. 'kay I dunno why, but when I was a child I I wanted to be a a panther not a pink panther, or maybe yes. Uh yeah yeah. Okay it's a friendly panther. Yeah maybe. Um. Actually, honestly I I I dunno what's what's his it's be behaviour, I dunno if if it's the male who who hunts or it's the female uh, I I I have watched that lions di didn't hunt it's the the female lions who who hunt, so but I like it because it's fast, and it's black as well, so it can he it can hide itself very easily and it's it's it looks like um powerful, strong, uh I dunno. I I watch a a film about a black panther when I was a child and I was in that age when everything was shocking me a lot. Okay. I like it. Yeah.
Speaker D: Good morning. And I am Hemant, the industrial designer. But don't you think it's very difficult to draw a panther? So bad I don't like it. Um sure. Oh yeah. Thanks. This lapel is coming out once in a while. It's not very strong. Okay. So, not the favourite animal, but I think I'll draw elephant. I'll try to draw elephant. It's a problem. Okay, thanks. Okay so, elephant goes like this, and then it has four feet. I don't know whether there's any dist there should be any distance or not, but I think this is the easiest. And then we have it's trunk. And yep something like this. An eye, cute. Yeah, so and sometimes they have a hump. It seems that uh elephants are pretty friendly and they they have one very important way a different way of walking. So when they walk, wherever they are going to put their first feet, the second feet will always be. When they'll come to that position the second, the third feet will be there. That's the way they walk. And that's very peculiar about them. None of the other animals walk like this. And they are very useful to human beings. At least few few hundred years ago when there was no means of transportations or something, or when they had to carry huge um loads from one place to another, elephants were very useful. And they are found in um usually the warm countries. And um they are the biggest terrestrial animal. That's what I know about them. So, that's what I wanted to tell about elephants. There are two kind of uh yeah, they are very different, Indian and African elephants. So Indian elephant is having one bump, I think, and the African have two. And then there's a difference in the trunk of the animals, these elephants who are Indian and So at some for some elephants it's the trunk is having one Do we have some message there? Wind up? Okay, some other time. Thank you. Thanks. Marketing person. Mm-hmm. Thanks.","So , we're here today to to have our first kick-off meeting about uh this new project we're going to tak to talk about in a few minutes . Um so I will be uh Sebastian the Project Manager . I'm uh Michael . I'm the user interface designer . Hi I'm Guillermo . I'm the Marketing Expert . And I am Hemant , the industrial designer . Um so let's have a look to the the agenda . uh and mainly first to uh to make to to be used to the tools uh available in this nice and smart meeting room we have here . Um then we'll go to uh the plans for project and have general discussions about it . So , the goal of this project is to uh developed a new remote control . Um it should be original , trendy , and also user friendly . As usual we will follow the the project method um that we are using in the in our company . It is in three step as you know . First the functional design . The second's a conceptual design , and then the detailed design . During each step uh of each design we wi you will work uh s separately , individually on uh your specific tasks and will m we will meet to um to discuss and take decisions about uh what you've you've you did and what uh we will do next . so uh we are going to go through the white board and take some um s some notes or do some drawings . Okay so , want me to draw my favourite animal . Well , I don't really have a favourite animal , but um I'm gonna about the uh spider I dunno why , but when I was a child I I wanted to be a a panther So , not the favourite animal , but I think I'll draw elephant . Do we have some message there ? I have to catch you , We have to to go through the meeting . We can discuss that off-line . so another important part of the project is about money , So we should target selling price of twenty-five Euro for this remote control which which would generate a profit of of um fifty million Euros , okay . And we should target the inter an international market . is this a stand-alone unit that we're gonna be selling ? So um we should decide which kind of remote control we want to uh we want to uh we want to go . should it be um specific remote control to some specific device ? Should it be a universal one ? so , it seems the the first thing that they've kinda specified is the price like based on how much profit we wanna make , but I guess if that's if that's the requirement that we need to to design the the product to actually fit that that price bracket So it should be the topic of maybe of the next meeting just to to have an overview of this and uh in which direction we should go . So we need to close the meeting . So um you have to work on the on the working design , you have to uh work on the technical functions , and uh you have to work on us user requirements specs , Um you will receive some information by emails , i as usual ."
111,"Speaker A: That's the same as uh on the top of it uh with the the round uh button. But uh we don't uh we don't uh we do think it's um well what if with ease of use, w which prefers the which the the customer of the user prefers. Plastic or rubber. Well, yeah. And a button for disabling the voice recognition. Yeah. That's the basic idea, yeah. Of our prototype. So just walk through it step by step. I mean, is it fancy, everything I believe uh I believe it's fancy. Oh, sorry. Twenty two. Yikes. Why does the price and and the s oh, one uh exa yeah. The number of uh yeah. And and does it But that's that's only for the buttons. So the button we can use plastic. And the pla uh And a plastic b just plastic buttons, a plas uh instead of rubber. Yeah, too bad. Mm-hmm. Um the yellow rubber, I think so. I'm into it. It's trendy trendy, fun yeah. Well, just give it a two. It's not the ultimate uh fancy two, but Yeah, but that's sti that's uh Looking at the user uh needs, we only uh don't we don't have the double-curved case. We w we do have uh the rubber, we do have the colours. That's two out of three. So I believe uh we are close uh to two. But that's not in it. Ov or can we Okay. And the scroll uh wheel. The solar not many remotes have the solar, I think. Yeah. Well yeah, the voice recognition of course is hard to learn, I think. Well, hard it's not for the for the e for the elderly. They won't use it. I think I think a three. Wouldn't give it more. Yep. If you make it a four it will be three in general. If he makes it a four. Not a three. Darn. Nee. A seven, a three No. A four and a three together. Yeah, you have a two, he has a two. Three? And a three? Nee. I know. Yes. So if you want to have the conclusion as a three three. Then you would make a four. If you fill out a four Yeah, we haven't re uh re uh really worked it out, but you c you can you can just say find and he repeats find. Yeah, but that's the that's the the basic idea of the the speaker uh But even without it Yeah. Me too. Was it one of our options? So, in the in Yeah. But I think in this case in this case we've done the best we could. I wan I'll take one. It will be a one. Yeah, but it ha doesn't has the digits. I believe it's If you uh ask yourself it offers enough features, I don't I don't think it is it has all the features um a normal remote has. Yeah. I'll give a two. But we could couldn't uh what what's the selling price? Fifty? Uh twenty five. And costs were twelve fifty. But even now, if only our production costs w uh were exceeded the double, Think. Production cost was were t uh was twenty two? So uh selling price uh would be uh yeah. That's price, but w w No. An original remote control of any T_V_ kind, uh a Phillips remote control, y you pay uh Yeah, I kn I know uh from a few years ago, it it it costed hundred Gilders. Four six seven eight. Nine divided by six. Hmm. Yeah, I think uh The process was good. But w um we weren't aware of the prices of the costs. And and that was the the big deal. I if we knew that before, we c we could have made the the choice between what yeah. No, no. Fantastic. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Response and Uh it it has yeah. Yeah, it's not accurate. The p the pointing of the pen is not um the place where it it writes its um uh where it uh Yeah, where it draws. It's uh the drawing on on the b on the board is r right from the pen. So uh You to take in account that your you m yeah uh It's too slow Hmm. Yep. If it has O_C_R_, uh I think uh I would use, but uh I I just uh took notes for myself and and and that's it. It w it w yeah. It was necessary for me to uh Yeah, because if I want something on the computer, I just type it. I type faster than I write. So Economic. Yeah. But y you can if you save this image, you can open it in your shared work folder. So it's almost yeah. Yep. Mm-hmm.. A and the function of of filling an an uh an oval or an an object. I it's not possible yeah. Oh it looks like paint actually. Great. It was a privilege working with you. To private rooms? But you see the problem, y you can't continue your uh your line. Well, it's fluffy alright. Spongy. A giraffe? Right.. Leave it here. That's alright.
Speaker B: Like this one. It's important. Uh I think th this is device which which has a learning curve. Um novice users u use this device as uh normal users use uh a c a remote control. And after a while they start to develop uh some skills in the the voice recognition functions, and then they will not use this dial as often. But other users who are new to this device need something like that. They n they need to understand what uh how to change channels and uh change the volume, so it's easier for them Yeah, maybe so. Yes, it's Well, it's it's it's another approach, it's more that our um. There are there are many ways of doing uh things uh on such a device. It's it's quite easy. Yes, rubber? There are plastic or rubber. Uh yellow with uh grey or black or something like that. Whatever cost uh cost uh the least. No. Uh maybe we should uh think about these buttons. But Yes, but it but these are tasks that are only executed once, I think. Or not? Well okay. Okay, yeah, that's right. Or something li like that. Yes. Is it spongy? I believe it's fancy too. Okay. Well it's very expensive. Okay. Okay. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Hmm. Okay. But I'm afraid it's not complete. Because we use spec uh specic uh special materials, the last item. And you have not added one item there. So it's c way too expensive. But it Yes. Well, b basically it when when this is our only option, we should even consider changing the casing, because I think there's very little added value in uh an enhanced case with these dull functions. So Type of m maybe another market segment. Yeah. Yes. That's maybe that's better. Maybe we could uh we should go for straight and simple, but that's not what uh has been asked. So we should kick the board's uh Well Hmm. Yes. Well, maybe it's good to do it anyway, because if we evaluate it, we we can also determine if our objectives are good. So Is it fancy? I think so. But it's not that fancy. I mean I think uh I think it would have been more fancy if we used the titanium housing the casing. It would be even more oh, you really like titanium. I'm I'm into it. It has flavour. Yes, that's right. You should taste it. It has to do with fashion, I guess. So do Okay. Yes. I think I th I think it would have been I would have think uh it could have been more fancy by using the double-curved case. It would have been even more fancy, but we decided not to, because if we use a double-curved case, we could not use solar. So Yes. Yes, I agree too. It's okay. We did yes, we did good. Well, let's let's this product. So I I I think it is. I think it's innovative. No. It could have been a little bit more innovative u by using the kinetic uh energy source, but it's it's way too yes, but I think uh it's a two. Well, but there are two parts in this remote control. What you see here is is the basic part. Everybody can use it, so that's easy to use. That's for a novice user. When you have a more advanced, elaborate user, well, such a user really would like to explore all these additional functions. So in that in that way it is advanced, and I think it's easy to use for for both uh types of users. So uh It's maybe it's not very uh easy for Okay. Yeah, that's right. You're right in that, but I I guess uh an advanced user will will find the voice recognition function easy to use, because he is already he or she is already an advanced user. So After all, I think personally I would give a two. But So, it's two, two and three. Two threes. So that's ten. So that's w No, two and a half. Six and four. Six and four is ten. Divided by four is two and a half. So Yes. Four? Two? Divided by four. That's not even But that's not possible to fill in, so we have to round it. Yes. It it most definitely is it's very easy. Yes. Maybe Uh I I think I think something like that. Maybe you have to uh programme it once, so to that l respond to uh a certain word or a certain sentence, something like where are you, and then it will sing I'm here. So something like that. So, I th Yeah, me too. Well, it can be. There are cases um in which the outside casing is um can be uh how d how do you prono is is moldable. No, it's not one of our option, but when you look in the market, when you look Uh yes, but that's not that's not uh what they are talking about, I think. Because we compare all these uh characteristics characteristics with uh market uh with with the real market. So there are uh remote controls out there which are a lot more spongy. They're out there. Yes, but it's not good enough, so it's a two. You take one? What do you give it? No no no. Uh I'll I'll change it, I'll make it m my my mark will be a four. Basically it's it's completely programmable. You can add very m much functionality by uh using the voice recognition mode. So it's quite advanced. Yes. Has uh the signals sent to it. Absolutely. Yes. But that that's its power, I guess, because uh a regular programmable uh remote control contains, well, uh really a lot of buttons. At at least uh forty buttons. So it's it's quite s complicated to get uh to get used to. And this is quite s simple. You can use your voice to to programme it. It's Yeah, I'll give it a one. Yes. I I've I think we've uh succe succeed in in developing a product that's actually quite good, but not for this kind of market, and not for this kind of price. So Hmm. Yes. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yes, I agree. I Yeah, okay. But Yes. M about fifty Euros. That's quite ex well, it's not it's not very expensive for a remote control that that has this functionality. Yes, it's more than fifty Euros. It's quite expensive, yes. Yes. Yes, but you can you c Yes, but you can learn this thing, all these functions. And it's easier to use because those uh remote controls don't offer voice recognition and this one does. So I think it's worth its price. Well, it's it's about one point five. Something like that. Well Well, I think Mm. Actually, we had Yes. We had we had too little information actually. So And uh um the the the well, looking at room for creativity, there was w way too the the choice of components was way too narrow. So there was not really a process of uh Well Yes. Well, in the first meeting we we already were very creative. We we thought of possibilities who are not possible uh with the the current uh offer of uh manufacturing components. So We're tempered by that, yes. Yeah, okay. I think we're a good team. Yes. Well, I tried once, but that was not allowed. I think so too. Uh. The digital pen was okay, but SMARTboard was really bad. It it's The response is very slow and the possibilities are very limited. It's not accurate. Maybe it's it needs to be calibrateds. It is? Okay. Okay. I I think so too. Yes. Yes. Mm-hmm. But I think it's a great solution for uh for uh a known problem, uh writing down some notes, some some inf uh information, and then um forgetting your notebook somewhere and losing all that information. Because you have everything in one place and it's quite easy quite easy it's it's possible to make this information digital and share it with others in a quite easy way. I think it's a good product. I only think it's th the the shape of the pen is too big. It's not quite uh ergonomic. Eco ergonomic. Yes. Yes, yes. That's quite what PowerPoint does. An object, yes. Yes. The drawing cap capabilities are very limited. And and uh w you were when you're using uh Windows, you're used to a certain interface and certain buttons, uh which you can use for drawing. And a lot of these buttons don't appear here. So it's Not not uh n not way. It's quite uh limited. Okay. Oh, very good, celebration. Pop uh pop up the champagne. Okay. I see some action over there. Okay. uh we're done, we're finished, I believe. So, are there any more cycles in this process? I think not. But um how much time did we get for this meeting? And how much time is left? Ten minutes. Okay. Okay. Well, I think we we we all know what the redesign should be. A simple, dull, uh one-coloured box. No, it's it's just the same product that is already on the market. What is that? It's a giraffe eating a eating leaves from a tree. So you're actually promoting Bluetooth. Or blue tongue. Blue tongue. Okay. Let's wrap it up. Thank you Mister manager. Now, let's have uh a bottle of champagne..
Speaker C: Okay. Could could I see the scroll bar as uh as as a sort of shortcut? A a and the voice recognition as well, th maybe you could uh could uh Yeah. Okay. Okay, good. And and the case is is rubber? And the buttons? Okay, and uh the colouring? with with grey or black. Okay, we'll we'll come to that later. Um okay. Anything else to add or Yeah. M uh yeah. M m but maybe you do want a programme button to uh for example activate the voice recognition, or train the voice voice recognition. Yeah al although by pressing the button for I n don't know two, three seconds, you could also say it you'd disable it with a little beep and and but o okay, that that's not really really important. The basic okay. Okay. Um you thought of some evaluation crit criteria? Okay. You are nameless. No. Okay, so this these are the cr uh the criteria. Okay, well the then we'll switch to my presentation. Um The production costs. The costs are not under Can I Um this is the Yeah, it's it's w way above um uh above the the the twelve Euro fifty. And what makes it very expensive is uh for example the solar cell. So I guess we should skip that, because it's not that important. Yeah, the the price, the the number of items and the the sum. Um well, this is what I would call our luxury model. Um if you would if you look at the uh w w w what we could do to make it more um to make it just between the twelve Euro fifty, um then I did the following changes. Twelve Euro forty cents I came up with by leaving out the solar cells, um by not using the voice recognition feature, because it's uh it's a four Euro uh addition to the price. Um Yeah, I believe Uh, push-button, well It makes it the thirteen yeah. Push-buttons are buttons are are not the most expensive, but do add extra cost. So um yeah, th this design is not um within our price model. Um Yeah. It's still too expensive, yeah. Um I I guess if we leave the if we leave this one out, um oh. And uh maybe not use the special form. It becomes a very dull remote control, I know. But it's the board decision. Um And um yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I know. Maybe we should look at an uh focus on another uh Yeah, m uh maybe not not all that fancy, but just way way more easy uh uh um basic and uh m maximise the profits and um Yeah. Yeah. I know, I know. Yeah. Although I think we yeah, but we could still make uh a remote control that ap uh um applies um more to young people uh by giving it another colour already. Um so it is possible to make uh uh a device that attracts a little bit more to young people. Um but uh I agree it's it's not a fancy high-tech uh device. Definitely not, no. It's not that innovative. Or however you s pronounce that. Um so, okay. Um Oh, this is the wrong one. So uh that means redesign. We do not have the time o uh now to to redesign the product. Um but we can evaluate the process and um uh uh the satisfaction on how things went. Um I'm not sure if we need to evaluate uh the device first. I guess Yeah. Yeah, that's true. We l we can learn. Yeah. Yeah. I agree. Well I d it is it is Yeah, I think so. You like the rubber, uh Roo. Yeah. No, I'll I'll I'll give it a two. You like tita That's a flavour as well. Right. Um Yeah, I know, but but it but that's fancy in the way um I mean fancy has has a lot of Yeah. Yeah. It applies. It yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I I agree. Well, with the voice recognition feature and uh No, we are evaluating this this uh design now. This prototype. Yeah. That would have been a thrill. Yep. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. Yeah. Yeah. Uh I'm doubting doubting as well. Um Yeah. Okay. Uh two or three? Three? Wha wh what would be your guess? I mean ease of use um does not only apply to the most basic functions. It's the uh it's it's overall. Is the device easy to use? Yeah. Yeah. Um Okay. Uh Roo, a three? Ruud? Okay. So I could make it e easy? Roo. No, I haven't said anything yet. Okay, but if I would say a three, then it's six, and four is ten. Divided by four is two point five. But I'm filling in a three. Does it will so it will be a two point five. Yes, it is. I have a veto. Exactly. It's not about the content, it's about okay, um is it easy to f Yeah, definitely. Yeah, or beeps or yeah. I'm here, I'm here. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I uh we should not uh stay too long on this subject uh because of the time, but I personally give it a one. Um Sebastian? Right, well. The feel of the remote control is spongy. Well, uh it can't be more spongy. So No okay, but but for the options given, it's the most spongy one. Yeah. Yeah. They're out there. Yeah. I'll give it a one. Yeah, I know, but you have to name a fig uh a number. Because we need to go on in for the time. You are okay. The remote control offers enough features. Well, Ruud, what what do you think about it? Yeah. Yeah, I know. What what we didn't talk about is um uh I think it has. Yeah. Bec because you can um we didn't talk about it, but you do have uh remote controls that are able to adapt another signal. So, you place a a regular uh remote control in front of the other one, hit the one or the two or the three, whatever, and it r records the uh the um the the signals. So you could uh uh uh enter any comment you like, as long it's able to as long as our device is able to reproduce the infrared signal. So I think th this uh this is uh a a remote control with a very high level of features. Although there are i a few buttons, but the inside is is quite uh advanced. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. Yeah. Okay, um let's give it a number. I'll give it uh a one. For for the for this t uh type of market, I think it's a one. Yeah. So high quality, low acceptance. The product is is is uh b high qua uh has a high quality and and is uh advanced. But whether or not our clients are are um willing to pay twenty five Euros for this kind of device is doub is well, is not sure. D do you agree? Yeah. Maybe we should have a radar uh function. Twenty five Euros. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Bu but well yeah, I know, but you're paying for th for the brand, because there are uh remote controls which control your stereo, television, D_V_D_, C_D_ player, for under twenty five Euros. Yeah.. Yeah. Okay. Um you had an overall rating. Um That's counting. Okay. Okay. Um we'll go further on with the the rest of the evaluation. About the project itself, not about the product. Um What did you think about uh the process, the project process? Ruud? Try to translate that. Any any other Uh, Roo? Roo. Yeah. Better decision. Yeah. Less. Yeah. So we could we we could be we could've been creative. But um it was tempered by the choice of components and the the price. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, Roo? Any other thoughts on that? Ruud? You agree, okay. Uh leadership. Okay, Roo's on for his promotion. Okay. I think so too, it's it's it's uh of course a laboratory environment. I missed it um to be able to contact you in between and uh say uh, hey Roo uh. Um Yeah. So um Yeah, but but si uh w w w when taken in account the the situation, uh I think we performed pretty well. Yeah. Um the means, the SMARTboard, the digital pen. Did you like 'em? Because of the response or Okay. Uh Okay, so it it had to be um better aligned, or what's the word? Uh yeah. It it was calibrated just before this meeting. Uh the one before, the third meeting. So uh it's not the calibration, it's the thing itself, I think. Uh Ruud, w uh did you use the pen a lot? Or not at all? Not at all. Okay. I thought it was quite a handy uh thing, although I would like to see um O_C_R_. Yeah. To digitise them. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I know. Yeah. Okay. Um What w Uh Ruud, what did you think about the SMARTboards? Yeah. Okay, you can't really decide. No. I missed a feature to easily select uh a slide and uh distribute it to the laptops. I think that would be very easy if you could say okay, I want to use this for my own work or my own presentation further on or Or the other way around, that you could show but m I know. I know, but I know, but we couldn't use that feature, so I missed it. We weren't able to do that. At least the um I wasn't explained how to do such a th Okay. Yeah. Okay, so y it it's not even as advanced as paint. Yeah. Okay. Uh no. Yeah, the project is evaluated. Um but, well, we need to redesign uh the product. Celebrate. Okay. Um you're dismissed. No, I think we are uh ready. Private room, Roo. That sounds quite scary. No, let's find uh the way to.. I don't believe so. Well, maybe we'd get an email. Thank you for your Forty minutes. A minute or or ten maybe. M Yeah, ten or five. So, we can uh redesign our uh Uh I would like to Oh. Yeah. Yeah. It's blue tongue. Yeah. This is a new model. But Blue tongue. It's spongy.. That is uh it's a new feature next to Bluetooth to um disable all Bluetooth devices. Um Yeah, we're done here. Gentlemen, thank you for your cooperation. Yes.
Speaker D: Well, you could use two of them to programme the um channels on the two channel button, 'cause you have to assign two channel new channels. You Yes. Uh my name is not name but Uh well, I used the the uh documents. And these uh were the most important criteria. It should be. yeah, that's uh how the fashion guys uh state it. Fancy look and feel. So Uh well appar Yeah, but apparently uh we shouldn't evaluate yet. So Yeah, I think these are the most important criteria. So uh that's about it. Um well, since we're not gonna manufacture it anyway Uh Yay. Is it? Is it fancy? So uh one? Is it uh And w yeah, w what they want wanted was uh colours and soft materials. So in that way It it's fancy. Okay, and uh was it innovative? Yep. Yeah, and uh So uh also a uh two? Is it easy to use? Well the p the most important function is easy to use. The the zapping, channel switching, volume. But the more advanced functions are probably a bit harder. Good question. Uh I'll go uh for the two. Hmm? Huh? Yeah. I yeah. Yeah, two, two, three No. Is it easy to find? Yeah, I agree. No. Uh this this was a most spongy option. Well yeah, it depends, 'cause it's the most spongy we could but yeah. Well, if I give it a one there'll be one hell of a calculation. So I'll just give it a two and make this a one point five. Well, the basic layout doesn't offem offer much, but the voice recognition could add a lot. So Yeah, depends. Uh depends on what you uh implement in the speech feat Signal. Um I think think a one, 'cause v with a voice recognition you could add anything you want, so that's like um Maybe even because it doesn't look advanced. Yeah, but uh with these ratings uh should be about one point s seven, yeah. Ye The prices. I agree. Draws. No. Not really. Oh, I only use it to draw a rabbit, so can't say much about it. No, or the other way around. Yeah. And no added value. At all. So In interesting design. Oh uh it it does uh have a natural uh feeling. So Yeah..","Um novice users u use this device as uh normal users use uh a c a remote control . And after a while they start to develop uh some skills in the the voice recognition functions , and then they will not use this dial as often . Could could I see the scroll bar as uh as as a sort of shortcut ? And and the case is is rubber ? And the buttons ? Plastic or rubber . Uh yellow with uh grey or black or something like that . Whatever cost uh cost uh the least . M m but maybe you do want a programme button to uh for example activate the voice recognition , or train the voice voice recognition . okay . Okay , yeah , that's right . Or something li like that . al although by pressing the button for I n don't know two , three seconds , you could also say it you'd disable it with a little beep and and Yes . The production costs . Twenty two . And what makes it very expensive is uh for example the solar cell . um then I did the following changes . Twelve Euro forty cents I came up with by leaving out the solar cells , um by not using the voice recognition feature , th this design is not um within our price model . So the button we can use plastic . But I'm afraid it's not complete . And uh maybe not use the special form . And a plastic b just plastic buttons , a plas uh instead of rubber . It becomes a very dull remote control , I know . But it's the board decision . Maybe we should look at an uh focus on another uh uh maybe not not all that fancy , but just way way more easy uh uh um basic but that's not what uh has been asked . Um but uh I agree it's it's not a fancy high-tech uh device . Definitely not , no . because if we evaluate it , we we can also determine if our objectives are good . just give it a two . was it innovative ? we are evaluating this this uh design now . This prototype . I think uh it's a two . Is it easy to use ? so it will be a two point five . Is it easy to find ? we haven't re uh re uh really worked it out , but you c you can you can just say find and he repeats find . but I personally give it a one . The feel of the remote control is spongy . and make this a one point five . The remote control offers enough features . I'll give it uh a one . For for the for this t uh type of market , I think it's a one . I I've I think we've uh succe succeed in in developing a product that's actually quite good , but not for this kind of market , and not for this kind of price . But whether or not our clients are are um willing to pay twenty five Euros for this kind of device is doub is well , is not sure . Maybe even because it doesn't look advanced . it's not it's not very expensive for a remote control that that has this functionality . Um you had an overall rating . Um it's it's about one point five . Something like that . we'll go further on with the the rest of the evaluation . About the project itself , not about the product . The process was good . But w um we weren't aware of the prices of the costs . And and that was the the big deal . We had we had too little information actually . looking at room for creativity , there was w way too the the choice of components was way too narrow . in the first meeting we we already were very creative . Uh leadership . Fantastic . I think we're a good team . the means , the SMARTboard , the digital pen . Did you like 'em ? but SMARTboard was really bad . Uh . The digital pen was okay , although I would like to see um O_C_R_ . But I think it's a great solution for uh for uh a known problem , uh writing down some notes , some some inf uh information , and then um forgetting your notebook somewhere and losing all that information . I only think it's th the the shape of the pen is too big . I missed a feature to easily select uh a slide and uh distribute it to the laptops . The drawing cap capabilities are very limited . And and uh w you were when you're using uh Windows , you're used to a certain interface and certain buttons , uh which you can use for drawing . we need to redesign uh the product . I think we we we all know what the redesign should be . A simple , dull , uh one-coloured box . it's it's it's another approach , Although I think we yeah , but we could still make uh a remote control that ap uh um applies um more to young people uh by giving it another colour already . Is it ? Is it fancy ? I missed it um to be able to contact you in between and uh say uh , hey Roo uh . Um"
21,"Speaker A: 'S to do now is to decide how to fulfil what your stuff is, so in that sense so it does kind of make sense, yeah. Yep. Yep. Yep. Mm-hmm. No. Yep. Mm-hmm. Yep. It's probably not sending. Yeah. Yep, there it is. And the Play-Doh 's yellow. Cool. Mm-hmm. Mm 'kay um. Oops. Yeah okay. Let me just get this going first. Ah there it is. 'Kay, that should be it. Okay um I guess the same thing again, I started with something very basic. So just so you guys have some idea of what's involved in my process, um and then you can just work through it and we 'll either modify it or start from scratch um depending on what your needs are. Um the components are exactly the same. Um I think, like what you guys said, um the most input that's needed is basically in the user interface. The rest of the components um they do have an impact in terms of cost and complexity. Um like you said time to market was a problem, um and how many components are physically in there in cost. And the power is basically a factor of that. Um and the lower components, the power, the logic, the transmitter, and the infrared, um they affect you in terms of the size of your device, um and that would have some inte impact on how y I think more how you hold rather than um the actual use using the the remote control because um like we've said we've defined, like we only want the basic things that to be visible, and the rest of them we try to hide. So um you know it's just a matter of working out space. So I guess three things, um cost, um complexity, and the size. These are the three things that um will have an impact on you. So just go through it in the components. Um these are the options that are available to you, um I'm not very sure about the voice thing 'cause I got another email and it was in fact quite sketchy on what n the voice options are. Um it said it could talk to you, but it never said anything about being able to listen. I it said something about a sensor but never clarified that. So maybe if you well I could see the other email that they sent you, um 'cause they got back to me with like different requirements, or different offerings of what components availa Okay so your basic components are buttons, okay and you have a wheel available, like a mouse scroll wheel, okay there's an L_C_D_ display, um I think these are quite standard things. No um they're well in the sense that these are all the options available for you. I'll explain to you the complexity and the cost thing again a bit later. Okay um then there's um how the case actually looks. It can actually be flat or it can be curved, um and then the different types of materials that you can use, um I don't think you can use them in a combination, um but um I could check back for you, but I don't think you can actually use them in a combination. Um I think plastic and rubber would be fine, but plastic, rubber, and wood, I wasn't I'm not very sure about the titanium. They had some restrictions on using the rubber and the titanium. Um the rubber was a restriction on the kind of power source you could use, but the titanium had a different kind of things on the shape of the thing, so I think that there is some restriction on um I think you could probably group plastic and rubber together, wood and titanium, but you know it might be easier from a cost perspective and a complexity just to use one. You know as opposed to two. Um and the other components are logic chips, um again I'll I'll go back to the component chips. The com how complex or how easy the logic is, it depends on how many functions you have on the on the unit um and that impacts cost. Um I don't think the logic chip has a issue about size 'cause they should be about the same size. Power consumption should be about the same. Um I think the main impact is complexity, um and the other thing is um the power options. Um the first one is a standard battery. Okay the second one I think is more of a gimmick then actually a useable thing, it's a wind-up you know, a crank. Yeah but that that might be something I think that's more of a look and feel decision because I don't think you can have one power source if you're using the alternative power sources. I think whatever it is you still need a battery 'cause I don't think anybody wants to keep doing one thing. Okay the other ones are a solar powered cell, which may not be a great idea in Europe or any country that has seasons 'cause half the year you'd be dead. So like what I said, you probably need like a battery and something else. Um and the kinetic one I guess for me is the most interesting one because it's movement and people like to fiddle with their and it's a nice sales gimmick I think. From a marketing gimmick it it's a technology thing, it's a shake it it doesn't work, shake it, knock it or something. You know you know you have you had those balls, you know those stress balls where you bounce the ball and it and it lights up and it goes, you know that might be a gimmick combined with rubber. You know just to if you get frustrated wi remote control you can throw it, kind of you know just uh you know um so. Um okay my from my role, I don't think that personal preferences but role preferences, I think um something comfortable to hold, um small and slim I guess that's more in the sense of small and slim in terms of comfortable not so small you can't, you know like a phone or something, too small phone. Um and the other thing is from a production point of view um the less components we use and the simpler the components means you reduce your cost and you increase your profit. Um and also the time to market and the complexity of developing designing and debugging it um so. Um okay let me just go back and talk about some of the restrictions. Um The user interface restrictions basically means that if you use more complicated features, like the buttons are standard okay, the L_C_D_ panel and the scroll wheel you need more complicated logic. Um the case okay with a rubber case you can't have the solar panels. Okay with the titanium case, let me just check that um, titanium case can't be curved, it has to be square. Okay um there's no restriction on the plastic, and it can't be curved on the wood. So that's again, I don't think you can use them in a combination, um especially the titanium I I suspect they're very fixed to a particular need. So um mixing them may not be a good idea um yep. That's it. Um I think we could because the L_C_D_ panel requires power, and the L_C_D_ is a form of a light so that Are you thinking are you thinking of of a light in the sense of um a light light, or a light in the sense of it glows kind of you know Frankenstein, it's alive. Okay. Okay. Okay. Um that's why I think the option of the the kinetic thing which basically means as long as you shake it like a watch, like an automatic watch um it's probably sensitive enough when you fiddle it. So you could trigger that to a light, like I said the bouncing ball thing, or you could trigger that to use that to power the light as opposed to so when they pick it up, right, and then that that sorta triggers the glowingness. I think he made that. Is there a particular shape that you're interested in? Like does marketing have any research on does it need to be long? Does it need with a square thing wha Yeah 'cause that will n help narrow down the choice of Like fruit. I'm thinking fruits in my head, but that's tacky. Do we need an L_C_D_ display? What what's the functionality of that? Yeah but the question is what are we using it what would we what would we achieve from it? Putting in lights is cheap but putting in an L_C_D_ panel just to make it glow is a bit of a Mm-hmm. I think that will be a problem because we don't have an input device to get the listings into it, so um it's a bit nuts to get the Monday Tuesday Wednesday you know. Um I I'm not saying there's no need for an L_C_D_ display, but um it's what's what what would it tell the user, 'cause the L_C_D_ tends to be an output as uh as opposed to an input so um does the remote control need to talk back to the user? We have the option of the speaker as well the sa the same thing goes for the speaker, is there a need for the remote control to to talk back? Um You could put a game on it. When the T_V_ dies you can play with the remote control. Where would you physically position the buttons? Um I think that that has some impact on on on many things. Um maybe you wanna draw onto the Yep. No, like I said we have a h hybrid kind of thing, so it's not gonna charge the battery, it's just Yeah. Yep. Yes yes. Or even a clear case. Um you know a a glowing a a glowing yellow type case where the yellow is showable, but in the dark it sort of, it's alive. Um in in a slight subtle way. Yeah yeah. Yeah. Or or there might be a light running through it like a mouse. You know you have cordless mice and they don't eat that much power right. So the power the battery in that sense, maybe you have one or two stratig strategically placed lights that sort of Yeah but because the case is transparent so it gives it a little bit of a glow, doesn't make it freaky. The question is when you're rolling it, how do you wanna roll it? Do you want 'em to roll it like that? Do you want 'em to roll it like that? 'Cause in a mouse your hand's in a position to roll it, whereas the other thing about having it jog dial this way, it tends to get moved accidentally. That's a very unnatural motion to yeah. Can you imagine you have to scroll a lot. Um it might work for volume, and maybe some of the brightness controls and stuff like that, but not for channels right. If you have a Telewest box you've got like, you don't have to buy all the channels, you've about fifty channels, can you imagine trying to. Um and I don't think having that you know too quick too slow kin it's confusing to the I dunno. But users tend to tend to want to use that and once they lose out on the user experience they're like Because that's becomes the most accessible thing in front of Yeah. So you wanna expand the shape of the That that might have one problem in terms of um in terms of whether you're left handed or you're right handed you might be locking yourself in. Could I just could I just jump in and suggest something quickly? Um I think one thing would be the jog dial 'cause that's gonna have quite a big impact on the thing um Yeah that's what I was thinking the a slide, because then you you don't have to put the hand. I think incorporating a logo is quite straight forward. There's lots of space for it um Yeah but it's also a a marketing and a function Yeah. Feel like fruit. Fruits kids. No like Yeah yeah. Yeah yeah kinda like that yeah. Play-doh time. You got to choose first. No, we're kidding. Okay, can I just swipe your power cable, I don't think it matters. Okay lemme okay, I'm gonna pull everybody out first and then put in whoever needs to be left. It's you. Argh. This is a real hassle and a oops. I'm gonna take the microphones, 'cause it's too lazy t take them off again. Cool.
Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah, sure. It kinda does make sense, doesn't it, because when we get into the end of meeting we're kind of talking about action and design as opposed to background. Everything I have is kinda background. Mm-hmm. Uh that sounds. Sure. Okay. Sure. Yeah, cool. Why don't I get that? Hmm. Okay. Okay. Um alright so c is it function F_ eight? Hmm. Come on. I think it's working. Okay great s so let me just start this. Okay great. So um uh s move on. Uh-huh oh where'd it all go? It's not good. Okay lemme just see where I can find it. This looks more like it. I think I just opened up the template. Sorry about that. Okay alright so let's have a look here. Okay so this was the method that um I've taken. Uh basically what I wanna do here, before we get into it uh too far, is I want to show you all the background information I have that I think we need to acknowledge if we want this to be successful. And uh and then sorta g go through some of the way that I've dealt with that information, and then sort of bring us all together into it to see sorta see how this fits in with the overall vision. Um so I've tried to take a whole lot of market research and summarise it for us, and then ide identify uh trends that are are sort of in sync and are important to our our uh p project plan that we have so far, and then uh initiate a kind of discussion on design options so that it sorta helps us to to narrow in on on aspects that will inform other uh other elements of the of the project. Does that make sense, tha that sort of strategy? I thought that that will impact on the rest of what we do, so that's why I suggested we get in this. Okay so out of um different uh figures and ratings ob uh of people in general, um consumers in general, the number one thing that was found was that uh the br t television remote control, a fancy look and feel, okay, and not, it specified, not a functional look or or feel, uh b f f fancy. Um however, this is where we kinda have to be very, I think, creative about it. Number two was that it be innovative. Okay so that tells me that we have to find a way to be innovative without a adding just unnecessary um sort of functional bits to it. Uh and third priority uh for ease of use, so again that kind of gives us a general picture of how it has to be, um quite user friendly while still having technology. So it I'll just say right away as a bit of a foreshadowing into how we proceed with this in terms of m marketing, is that I think um what we should think about is how the um about how the innovation uh contributes to the look and feel, and not so much to the functionality of it. For example like when you pick it up and push it like it all lights up or something, you know what I mean, like, or it's got something else to it that just seems innovative because obviously the thing that the message here is ease of use. So how do you make innovation make something more more easy to use? Well that's I guess where we're gonna go with this. Okay then there's the other aspect of the back the the market um research I have here is on fashion style, okay, which as we've agreed is a priority. Uh top European fashion trend um that I read about says there's this emerging theme of fruit and vegetables, okay, especially in clothes and furniture. And when I first saw that I thought hmm, well do we want to actually try and think about this trend and how we add something to it, or we get right into it, or we completely steer away from it, do you know what I mean? So my my feeling is that we w do want to observe this trend, but we want to think also about the fact that it sort of has to fit in with something which is not specifically electronics. Um 'cause I think what we're in what we're in is partly sort of home decor, partly something like a computer, um so I think we might wanna be careful about how you know how quickly we create like a remote control in the shape of an apple or something, I think that would be pushing it. And then in terms of m material trends are for things to be soft and spongy and sort of, you might say ergonomic or or friendly to handle, which is which also in indicated that last year this was this was not the case. So um probably a lot of the competition on the market will be still in last year's mode, so if we try and really capitalise on that, I think that'll be in our favour. Um So these this is the summary of everything. Um style is number one uh thing in the in the market of who we're selling to. Uh innovative design technology's also a must in that it's seen it'd be seen to be uh cutting edge, uh but ease of use t has to be insured throughout. That was like the number three thing. And then at the end there are vibrant natural colours um that's the way I interpreted it anyway, softness in materials, shape, and function, and so I've written at written at the bottom to give us sort of a context of discussion, Mac iPods, something which is, I'd have to say very high-tech, ten gigabytes, whatever, but when you hold it in your hand there's like no buttons. You know what a Mac iPod is? I'm thinking however Mac iPod is sort of last year's because it's very hard and sort of glassy and glossy, so I'm thinking if we imagine that we're taking some of the features of a Mac iPod and we're then making it s more of like a more of like a comfortable type of or more of like a maybe more vibrant to friendly thing to have. Um and then so this is w with all that information what I'm what I'm suggesting in this slide here is that we we take these ideas, and as we get into more the more um techni like sort of production side of things, that we think about shape, materials, and themes or series that go throughout. Sort of like a I dunno like um we think of some kind of a thin theme that unifies it all, that we agree on, uh sorta like a marketing identity. Um Does that make sense? Yeah. So so like I threw out a few ideas there just to kinda get us thinking along those lines like lemon, lime, I dunno, green colours, pe whatever, it's just an idea, 'cause I'm thinking that some of these ideas will seem quite coherent if we use them in terms of their what people associate this them with in terms of texture, shape, colours, things like that. Like um the ones the ones which I'm most fond of in terms of giving like a theme to it would be like um like lemon or something like that, you know something which is, like you see a lot in in other areas. Like I see lots of websites and things that seem to associate with like lemon and lime and So anyway it's just just an idea. I'm thinking maybe we could incorporate some of these features into a fairly um into something which is which seems to have something to it which is almost gimmicky because like um like something to do with like lighting within it. Like you know just within the simple sense, when you pick up a phone and touch a button it uh lights up, q usually the buttons light up. How can we build on that? Maybe like it could light up in different colours or something or or people could buy the buy the control and then it comes with different like covers or something so. Anyway those are that's all I have, but uh hopefully we can we can revisit those ideas when we get into Yep. Did you press F_ eight? Yeah. Okay, do we have a corporate colour scheme? I didn't know. Okay. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm. Great. Lots of good information there. It's a shame the cable wasn't just in the middle of the table, huh? Just um It takes a second, doesn't it? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm-hmm. They're standard, aren't they? Yeah. Hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Hmm. Hmm. No. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Hmm. Yeah. Hmm. Hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm mm-hmm mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. It can't be curved. Okay. Uh question on can I ask a question? Okay. Can we uh power a light in this? Can we get a strong enough battery to power a light? Okay. So maybe one of the things we can just try and include is a really good battery. Well I mean I'm thinking it might be That for uh this to be a high-tech thing it's gonna have to have something high-tech about it and that's gonna take battery power, and to make that to make that a realistic goal I think one of the issues that will come up later is, can the battery power it? Illuminate the buttons. Yeah it glows. Well m I'm thinking along the lines of you're you're in the dark watching a D_V_D_ and you um you find the thing in the dark and you go like this, and that's what everybody does. Oh where's the volume button in the dark, and uh y you just touch it, or you just pick it up, and it lights up or something. Like a phone, yeah yeah. Whereas with phones, people charge them once a week. We're gonna need to put in a really good battery so people don't have to charge their r remote control every few days. But are people gonna wanna shake their movie controller? Right. Sure. Okay. Right. Mm-hmm. Okay, great. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. What's that? Yeah. Okay. Well I mean I'm thinking that what we need to do is have something that kind of unifies a lot of the different concepts, and if we think that what we are w our number one marketing motive is um the look and feel. So for the look and feel to seem coherent and not just sorta bits and bits and pieces of of concept and technology or or whatever or fashion, then we should have it kind of come back to one thing that we kind of all sorta can visualize. Um maybe what we could do is t th think about a concept which touches b back to the on the um the colour, you said company colour yellow. I mean if we think of something, like I was saying also lime and lemon you know, what can we come up with something where we we try and associate it with with like the series. We just come up with something like that we kind of use it as a theme to inspire the shapes and things. Yeah. Yeah. No no no not at all. It's more more just that we we think about like what it is we're trying to achieve, so and then we have one one sorta theme that we stick with. Do you know what I mean? Right, sure. Yeah. Um can we yeah like to and wha like do you have a Can you like yeah just t we can visualize it. Okay. Okay. Yep. Mm. What would it achieve? Well L_C_ well I'd when you used to mention the L_C_D_ I'd think I wonder what that would be about. And the th the thing I could see it helping with would be if it was somehow connected with um listings. So as you scroll through, 'cause we said we might have a jog dial, so as you scroll through your stations you can y it actually tells you what it is. Right, okay. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm not real Mm-hmm. No. Mm mm. Well i I was just Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, sure. Um I've had kinetic things before, and the the the one issue we need to keep in mind with them is that you're committing the user to moving it, and watches yeah Sure, okay, right, okay. Support for it. I mean just it's just worth pointing out because like I've I've known I've known people to have kinetic watches that they wear all the time, and it's just like magic because it's always powered and there's no battery. I've also known people to have things like like a jewellery watch they wear from time to time, and they eventually just say it's just too much of a nuisance because I don't wear it all the time. Like remote control is similar, you're away on vacation, I dunno whatever, you something, and it just starts to get worn down. So we should think about Yeah. Yep. And this size here, I'd suggest this be small, like quite small. Um just a a lot of the um I mean one of the things running through my mind right now, I realise we're being efficient to wrap up the meeting and have lots of decisions made, um but we are leaning quite a bit to the side of being low-tech, rubber buttons plastic frame, it's almost like we're reproducing the same old remote control that's out there. Should we think about how we are actually getting this high-tech user friendly uh um theme like what is it that we're u we're using to to achieve those goals? Like Okay so so backlighting, that would be good. Yeah clear, that'd be Okay. Yeah sure. Yeah that'd be really good. Yeah. Sure. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Sure. Yeah they they emanate a light through it. 'Kay. Yeah, mm-hmm. Um and then the other thing that we we're s we've committed ourselves to achieving is simplicity, and so I'm thinking maybe should we try and think about having something like um some kind of an innovative concept about how the um the volume and the channels are controlled, 'cause that's the main thing people will f wanna do. Could we use like a jog dial, like a nice just sort of round, somewhere on it where you just roll it? Or Yeah. Mm-hmm. Well why don't we do it like a mouse then? Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah, sure. Mm. Yeah. But that's not a bad thing is it? Because when you think about it, the alternative is to go push the button. Jog dials are much easier than that. You just roll. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah like I mean if we if if we keep coming back to this board here, I wouldn't be surprised if we could take this idea, imagine that, I dunno, that it's within the shape of the hand, it's quite small I dunno. Yeah. It's small, and that we've got like the the l slogan somewhere like on the casing at the side, and that yeah well I mean isn't that what we just h said said we s just have to decide now? Yeah. And then like a jo And then like a jog dial somewhere that fits in with the shape of it like I dunno like here, in with the It would get bumped, it's doesn't really fit with your hand. Yeah. Or maybe just fit it in like down the middle here. A jog di Yeah. It's kind of yeah Yeah. Huh. Um Yeah I think the jog dial, you know it just after you drew that, what if it was flat and you just spun it, that'd be great. Yeah. Yep. Sure, yeah, yeah and materials we sorta said we'd do plastic and rubber, didn't we, and I think maybe we should try and stay away from just the big protruding rubber buttons, 'cause that'd just be so standard. Something a bit more flush, yeah, or maybe have rubber incorporated into the case as well, so that it has and also t plastic I've seen can get really textured, so you can get plastics that actually feel soft in your hand. They feel kind of like um, you get pens now and then that you'd think that they were rubber but they're not, they're actually just plastic that's textured, kind of a little bit like Okay. Okay.
Speaker C: Okay. Okay, well Okay. Okay we all ready to go? Well how um on the in this meeting then if we um I'll just just recap on the minutes from the last meeting. And we uh decided on decided on our our target group being fifteen to thirty five, and we decided that it was gonna be non-rechargeable battery-powered, that we're gonna group our audio-visual and other functions into into those categories, um. And I told you guys about the three new requirements about ignoring teletext, ignoring everything except the T_V_, and trying to incorporate the the uh corporate colour and slogan. Um so that was the last meeting. Is there anything have I forgotten anything? Is that everything? Okay. Um so if we have the three presentations, and then if you have anything to kind of that you know you're gonna want to discuss, maybe just make a note of it, and we'll have all the discussion at the end. That might be a better idea this time. And so if we start off uh with Andrew and then Craig and then David, if that's alright. Um and then after that we'll have to make some decisions about stuff, right. So if you wanna take this. Screwed in quite tightly. Uh what did uh how did we leave it with speech recognition now? We did we say we were gonna try maybe incorporate it but we hadn't made a definite decision on that? Right. Oh I should also point out that um the you know the kind of final objective of this meeting is to reach a decision on the concepts of the product. So um that's kind of the end result hopefully. Uh-huh. Hopefully appear in a wee second. Up there we go. Oh no. Oh right. Here we go. Okay. Mm-hmm. Aye a fair point definitely. Okay. Aye right. Uh-huh. Okay. Okay okay. Mm-hmm. Mm that's true, yeah. Mm 'kay. Great. Okay. Yeah. Ah. Okay. That's great. Uh-huh. Okay great. Um thank you for that. Uh Craig do you wanna uh plug yours in then? Mm. Not quite. Oh something coming now, yeah. There we go. Mm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Okay. I think it's yellow because like the website is yellow and there's a band at the bottom is yellow, so yellow, lemon, you know definitely food for thought there, but keep going and we'll discuss it after. Mm-hmm. Mm 'kay. Mm. Aye that's a good idea, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Yeah that that was very good, and uh now with David. I know it'd be handy, wouldn't it. Do y do you wanna sit in the the line of sight of this um Yeah. Mm-hmm. Hmm. Mm. Mm-hmm. We you couldn't have like plastic and rubber? Yeah. Mm 'kay. Okay. Mm-hmm. I'll clear one of these things for you. Just by moving it yeah. Mm. Mm-hmm. Mm. W yeah. Uh yeah yeah, I see. Yeah. I know what you mean yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm. Okay. Okay. Right. Okay. Right can I Yeah well yeah it's just I'm quite keen to get the discussion going with the time we've left so but yeah you c ask away. Mm. Why what kind of light do you want are you thinking of? Uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah yeah yeah. Like a phone yeah, like the backlight in a phone. Okay cool. Yeah. Mm. Mm. Okay. Okay. Right okay um well let's just go right back to the marketing ideas for a start, and just giving an id idea on the time, we've got about fifteen minutes to play with at most. So um yeah so just t to bear in mind that the ultimate goal of this meeting is to reach an decision on the the the concepts of the product. So back to your idea about um incorporating the idea of like fruit and veg, and the corporate colour, and things like that. Um I mean what does everybody think about Does anybody have any ideas of about how we can fit all that in together? I mean that's kind of the user interface type of thing, what are your thoughts on that? So maybe do y are we thinking something that like s could sit in your hand comfortably, or do you th you'd hold onto comfortably or So something quite curvy? Okay um right okay. Colour-wise I mean you made a re uh was it you or uh I can't remember who made the point about how if you've a nice bright colour you'll not lose it, was that Whose about how if you have a bright colour you'll not lose it so much. Um and when the corporate colour is yellow, I mean maybe we could think about about the colour of the whole product being yellow I don't know. Um And then obviously the uh the materials when it has anybody got like an overall picture in their mind about what what might work? That's all. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Okay. Right. Oh you know like in circular in shape or Choice of material yeah. 'Cause I I I was kinda thinking about as well you know how you get these shock resistant mobile phones, and they're plastic but then also have like rubber on the outside, and it kinda feels it feels kind of warmer to the touch. It feels a bit more comfortable, and maybe we could incorporate plastic and rubber into it. And then then we could have curved shapes, 'cause wood or titanium, yeah, it's gonna have to be boxy and rectangular and I think we might be moving away from that you know so um Well I'm do we really want it in like the shape of a lemon or no I don't think we do either. Okay right well um so thoughts about the actual shape of the thing. A snowman shape? Uh-huh. That's quite a distinctive shape, that would be good wouldn't it. Yeah so yeah should we go with that? Do you wanna draw it on the board? Ooh that'd be good. Mm-hmm. So call it the snowman-shape trademark. Yeah that's cool. Um and I mean colour-wise what does everybody think? I think it is quite important to get yellow in there somewhere. I mean do you want the whole thing yellow, maybe like yellow and white do you want something Uh-huh. Okay cool. Um and also I mean how are we going to incorporate the slogan in? The fact that it talks to you, I mean it might be quite cool if when you first start using it it says, what is it, putting fashion into electronics or something, I dunno. Or when you like or if you turn it off or something if it can speak if it could actually say the slogan it might be a bit more powerful than just having it written on it somewhere. I d I d any thoughts on that at all? I know. Um unless an a I mean if you also would that work if we wanted to incorporate um an L_C_D_ display, where would we put that? Would we put that on the inside or It's bound to increase the cost of it a lot, I would've thought. Yeah. Mm oh yeah that's true. Yeah. So so no need for an L_C_D_ display? I think that would make it very complex. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know if there is really, no um I would say no need for a talk-back. Uh does anybody disagree with that? No? Easy. Okay um right so you're gonna have the three different sets of of functionalities, um I mean do you wanna group them into s head of the snowman, body of the snowman, inside of the snowman, is that what you're thinking? Okay. Okay right um what else do you need to talk about? So I'm just gonna um pop this in here 'cause I have a slide about decision making which I'd forgotten about. Oh sh God we've got five minutes um okay uh back we go. Um energy what do you think that's suggesting we're how we're powering the thing? I really like the idea of this kinetic thing where you'd have the back-up of the battery, but have have kinetic power, I mean what does anybody think about that? Okay. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Well I suppose that if you're if you're away and you're not using it, then you're not using any power either. So you'd have the battery as the kind of to keep it ticking over idea I'm really sorry we're gonna have to wrap up quite quickly, we don't have as much time as I thought. Um so I think that's what energy is referring to here. Chip on print, is that that's an industrial design thing, is it David? Okay um as for the case, kind of discussed that Yeah I know we're gonna have like rubber buttons that feel kind of Okay. Mm-hmm. Mm 'kay. Could have things like backlighting the buttons and stuff like that. Aye that would be a good idea. S so like cur slightly transparent case, so it's yellow, like tinted yellow, but you can maybe see through it. Is that what you mean? Okay. Lights. Okay. Mm. Yeah. Yeah if you are holding it in your hand you could you could do that, couldn't you? If you're holding it in your hand you could Do you think? Okay. Mm. Yeah okay okay um Yeah. Okay. Okay. Just Okay um right well wouldn't it we do need to make a decision on whether we want to incorporate a jog dial in nice and quickly. Um I'm all for them actually, I think they're quite you know th very quick to m to use. So does anybody oppose the idea of of incorporating one into the design at all? No. And the other thing was um can we think of any way of getting the slogan into this thing? Uh-huh. Uh-huh ooh okay, we really gotta wrap up so yeah. Okay well if we can do that, great. Yeah okay. Yeah let's let's try and get the slogan on there um, and Mm. Okay. Right I'm gonna have to I'm really gonna have to hurry you on here 'cause we're we're actually over time. Um is there anything anybody's unsure about? Just for in closing just the next meeting's gonna be in thirty minutes, and so you can see in the screen here what each of you are gonna hopefully be doing, uh I know that the designers are gonna be working with Play-doh on that. So um that'll be that'll be good. Um and I'll get the the minutes up as soon as possible. Anything at all you think we haven't discussed that we need to? Is everybody kind of happy about what they're gonna be doing? Okay. That's kind of a design thing that you guys can can discuss, yeah. Okay. Yeah. To make something flush with the case? Okay right. Okay. Sp kinda grippy? Okay. Okay I'm gonna have to I'm gonna have to call this to a close 'cause we're way over time. So um that's really good, like we've s had much to talk about that um pretty much run out of time to do so. So off you go and design stuff wooh. Yeah quite jealous actually.
Speaker D: Is it working? And so think of this concept. Um to research it I've um had a look on the the homepage again. It's provided me with more examples of um previously existing c remote controls. Um there's a wee bit of discussion about the other existing ones there, um so I've taken the um suggestions from them and tried to incorporate them into this um So then this we're looking for um suggestions on size th um size of control and the buttons, um the shape of the control, and whereabout the buttons should be located on the control. Um what I found from the research is that most the current controls are just basically big bricks with loads of buttons all over them. Um they're not very attractive to look at, and they're not very comfortable to hold, they're I just hold 'em like big bricks, and they're very easily lost. Um they tend to be very dark colours, so if there are shadowy places down the side of couches you can't really see them. Um the the controls themselves tend to use a very inconsistent colour scheme. Um for instance, the stand-by button isn't always red, uh it really should be. It's uh something the user then uh identify with. This is a red switch off, that's how it should be. Um I'm not sure if there's any other examples of that, but something to look out for. Um there's a problem that I've I've got couple of preferences for the the end control um I get 'em with the the red colour button for stand-by and s the other examples of that um The buttons should be large. They shouldn't be tiny little things like you get on some mobile phones. They should be easy to press, very comfortable. Um one of the examples given on the homepage was um there's an up and down volume button but both of them have a V_ on them, so the up volume button looks like it should be a down volume button, that's kinda confusing. Um should avoid s things like that. Um if the the corporate colour scheme allows it we should have a very bright colour so that it can be easily identified anywhere. Um obviously trying trying to avoid being tacky there, but it could um tie-in very easily with your your lime and lemon idea. Fantastic. Um any extra features we add beyond the basic ones should be m hidden, they shouldn't be on the um shouldn't be visible without something be opened or some sort of special extra effort. Um if we did decide to go for voice activation there sh should always be a button as alternative, possibly hidden in the the opened up section um making that something is wrong with it or with somebody's voice, maybe they got a cold or Um we should definitely avoid the big square block look. That's just wrong. And um we got an email uh from I think it's the the research department, and they've said th the voice control um can now talk back if you ask it a question. So it sh it could be good to have them um confirm any action you take and possibility. Right and these are problems I've had with it. Um I don't know where the slogan should go, or really what the slogan is. I think it's um, fashion into electronics. And we don't know how flexible the colour scheme is. I mean you say you wanted the the corporate colours, but they don't say you know if we can use any other colours at all or That's it. I think I'm cool. Right. Right. Um I think we could go for like um maybe not a p a fruit shape but a very sort of curvy type shape. Um you could have the same sort of texture and colour as a fruit. Um probably something that s sits in your hand comfortably, sort of feels right in your hand. See I'm I'd quite like a sort of uh snowman type shape. Um so a p sort of larger bit sits in your hand, and then you got maybe another bubble at the top for just any other function you need. Um something like that um you got two groups there um maybe it could fold up and you get a third group inside or uh you have volume controls about there. So I reckon it'd look quite nice if we just had um this here, had a sorta background yellow, and then have sort of a nice bold colour for the buttons. I think that might scare me. I think that'd probably scare me. You turn it on your control possessed s. Um Nah. Um well I think the advanced ones the the ones you don't usually use could be hid inside. B um I think the we had were fairly basic ones, they'd have to go on the the front somewhere. Um Yeah I think so yeah. Mm. Well, but then for um for skipping a large amount of channels you do have to uh to skip the channel button, the number part. Uh but Yeah. Mm.","The project manager recapped the decisions made in the previous meeting. The marketing expert discussed his findings from trend watching reports, stressing the need for a product that has a fancy look and feel, is technologically innovative, is easy to use, and incorporates some aspect of fruit and vegetables in its design. The interface specialist presented research on the appearance of current remotes, concluding that current remotes are generally unappealing in terms of look and usability. The interface specialist presented ideas on how to remedy the unappealing aspects of current remotes in the team's design and also how to incorporate the corporate color scheme into the design. The industrial designer presented options for materials, components, and batteries and discussed the restrictions involved in using certain materials. The team then discussed options for the shape and color scheme of the remote, as well as what components, batteries, and materials to use."
18,"Speaker A: This is it. Yes. Yeah. That's on the rub rubber part. Yeah? Alright. Do we Do we change the Do we change the the order? Or are we going to uh ev evaluate it first? Okay. That's uh um That can be none. Um, we gonna do the evaluation now, together. But I have uh a introduction how it works. So, it will come up. Uh-oh. Okay. Um, yeah. Well, we uh uh, I have um thinked a few evaluation uh criterias, uh based on um our marketing strategy, on uh the latest trends, on user preferences. Uh, we have a seven point scale from uh true, as well. To false, seven? And on base of each c uh criteria, we need to um give a rating. We can uh Well, it look like this. But we gonna uh do it here, they said. So, you hope found out how to do it with a Word document. Yeah. Okay, yeah. Yeah. Um, well uh we have the Word document You So we open up that blank here. Um Think I can Uh, what this just an example. So, this not very important. But um, if I can get a number in here. Hmm. Well, uh we can't do that. Um, so uh you have to think of it as uh the remote control is techno technologically innovative. Uh, and then we have to uh agree on the rating together. And in the end, we will c uh count an average of all rating. The first uh on each item. Yeah, I think it's uh Uh, well technologically using, it's not uh it doesn't contain many new features. Only the L_C_D_. So, it Um, I think I will give it a yeah, yeah, yeah, a four. Hmm. So now i I think you uh see it um its statement. And you true or false. And true is one. So, yeah. Yeah. 'Kay. Um, well It's a one. The first item. So, okay the second item. Um, this product is for all sorts of customers. Well, it's a statement which uh I disagree with, because we uh really aim uh at at young market and I think the way it looked uh c uh totally in yellow, it's not uh really aimed for all customers. It doesn't look like that. That's uh a six. Four. Uh, okay. Mm. That's uh the motto of our company. Yeah, well do we do this with uh this product? I um Yeah. I think if we do this, as it's uh uh c uh it's really orientates on the design. Um, so I would give it a two. Two. Uh Okay. Okay. Yes, I'll think of that too. Yeah, agree? A three. Yeah okay. The next element um is the product looks good. Well personally, I do not prefer a um remote control that's fully in yellow. So, I would give this a five. We have to do our uh Two or three? Two. Okay. So, well we gonna do the next part. Uh, yep. Uh uh, the next statement. It has not too much buttons. Um, yeah, I I have uh said is not because uh a low number is better. And in the end we calculate an average. So, um that's why it's a negative in it. Um, well this one of our aims not have too much buttons. So, um uh did we uh do that? Well, uh if we go to uh this fashion, I We still have caused uh a lot of uh buttons for the numbers. But you can you can go for that. And um that way, you don't have a lot of buttons over. So, I would give this a two. One. Um, but where where is the? So Yeah, did we implement uh the sound? Yeah. It won't. One. Okay, um well we aimed for the younger market. Uh yeah, did we achieve that. I think with the way it looks and um it is designed, I will give it a two. Yeah. Uh, yes. That that was uh, yeah, one of the most important things that uh Trendwatch said. I didn't uh say it in my presentation. But um, well does it have that? I would say yes. So um Well, let's also give this a two. T Yeah. Okay. Two. And um, then the last one I could think of, uh it goes with the latest trends. If we looked at the latest trends for the uh younger people, and they ate uh fruit and vegetables, well it has a um a nice colour, uh well compared to food but we didn't uh We did not paint any uh fruit and vegetable on it for something like that. So, I would did not give this uh a one or two. I We'll go for a three. Yes. A three. Okay. So um, come back to the presentation now. So, we find yourself there, and now we have to calculate an average rating. So, we will do that. Yes. By nine. Yeah. Um, uh okay. Two. Come on. So uh, that's a pretty low rating, I think. So, according to our uh own evaluation uh we did a good job. Oh. Nah. How am I doing? Yes. And I closed your slide-show. Which one was the last for you? Uh, dreaming. Next. Finance. Yeah. One... We would have uh n For a remote control. I've For a remote control, I think it is. If we would have uh uh normal buttons instead of uh the joystick. For up down left right. The advanced chip was for the L_C_D_ wasn't it? If uh If we have the n no buttons If we have we have uh not a joystick but buttons, we would have uh, we have thirteen Euros? And then uh we move the the colour. What will that be? Yeah. still, he waited at the No. Project. Yeah, I think you have to compare it to if you would have a normal um normal project without laptops uh and without these devices. I think um Well, the laptops if you have them out front of you, you sometimes looking at that instead of the presentation. Um, well uh the draw-board, well you can draw things. But it not really going very convenient. Uh, maybe it will be easier if you have a smaller monitor and uh you would also see there. And with a normal mouse. Um, and uh the project. Yeah, I agree on what was said uh mainly. Uh, yeah but you always have that some people are talking more than others. And maybe is then um the task of the the project manager to also uh ask more to the people uh less talking. To tell their opinion. Yeah. Okay.
Speaker B: I don't care. Huh? Big.. Yes. Up is channel up. Down is channel down. To the right is volume up. To the left is volume down. The R_R_? I'll get it. I think the scroll-button is something also uh new. What uh not anoth uh, not a lot of uh a lot of uh remote controls have. I think technologically I'll give it an seven. Si six six. Sorry, six. Oh, true or false. Oh, uh I'll I'll give it uh a t a two. Sorry. Five. Mm-hmm. Maybe version uh three point O_ uh has other colours. Four. Me too a two, because only the battery is not uh techin uh technologically high standard. But the rest of it is. So, I think a two. It it will be fashion. 'Kay. Three is okay. Oh, we'll wait outside. I give it a one. Say two. Two. One. Uh Just a small thing. Ah. Yellow. Looks like a pistol. Uh It won't get between uh the pillows uh on the couch. Uh Yeah, o one. Yeah. Me too. Two. Yeah? Yeah. I gave this a one because of the rubber. It feels soft. Uh, it looks like a l uh uh b uh, a bit like a joystick. It's Yeah. Yeah, f very fancy trendy. Two is okay.. Oh. I go for two because uh the the shapes are still round. Uh, the latest trends are soft things, you know, like uh I said in my presentation. Uh But the the colours are um basic, like yellow, red, um blue. Something what also younger people want. It's also a trend, so I'll give it a two. Two. Yeah, I think. Cheapest there is. Expensive. Well, it's the most advanced. Advanced. Uh, yellow. One. Joystick uh thing. We're not gonna make it. Yeah. Wh What what are the costs? Fifteen. A special colour. Uh, I don't think it's a very special colour. Yellow? Uh, is it a special colour? What? Yeah. And what if we use only one sort of um Um just only plastic or only rubber? One Euro discount. If we change the joyst uh the joystick thing into a button up, button down, button right, button left. And then we'll lose fifty cent in what? Uh uh-uh. No. And if you say it's just a r uh normal colour it's a normal colour, wh No one will see it. Normal colour, and the the joystick away, and put the button up, button down, right, left. And it's twelve Euros, I think. No. Uh, no, no, no. Uh Oh, wait wait wait. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. If we lose the L_C_D_, then we have an uh regular chip and no L_C_D_. Uh, yeah. Then you'll have to m uh see the menu on the television. And you don't have the L_C_D_. So, the T_V_s has to uh have to be up-to-date. Yeah. Yeah. Huh. No knew that. Yeah, then it's twelve Euro fifty, then it's okay. So, all the buttons has to have to be the same colour. But then the print on it will g um change it. Make it uh for everybody to see what button it is. Uh l How you call it? Recognisable, yeah. Yeah? Okay. Oh, well that's clear. And the joystick away. And its buttons. Yeah. About the process. Went good. Uh I think uh the creativity uh was good enough. We have a gun instead of a remote control. Um Uh leadership. Yeah, you were the project project manager, and uh had the final vote. So yeah that was clear. Team-work okay. Everybody uh has something uh to say about it. And uh no, uh o only the the drawing uh was very difficult. But, nah. New ideas found. Nope. No. Yep. Beer. Yeah? Okay then.
Speaker C: Okay. So, now um, last time. Can you uh push the button? One time please. So I'm still the secretary. Now uh, I ask you to presentate the prototype. One of your you two. Yes. The prototype. Well, thank you. Uh, now Yes. Okay. Mm-hmm. Okay. And the buttons? And the joystick is for the volume and the channels. Okay, so if joystick and L_C_D_. What's the R_R_ d Okay. Very good. So, we have So, what they say on the side is put fashion there. Yes. It's good. So, that's it. That's prototype. Now, the finance. We don't know if it's th it if it's okay. So, I'm gonna look. We have Sorry? Finance is um Yeah it's No, first uh Yes. We have to evaluate the product yet. Sorry. Criteria. No, it's okay. Oh, it's okay. What do you think? Yeah. Two. You? Me too. So it's a three. So it's a Yes, it's for the younger g group. So it's uh half half of the people. So I think it's four. No. Yes. So, I think it's four. Okay. Give it a four. Yep. We put the fashion in electronics. Uh, I say uh a five. It's not fashion, it's new. It must be a fashion. But it isn't. Yes. It w If it's not a fashion we can put it in it. So, it must be a fashion. I think it's a five. No. Oh. I use my feet though. Okay. Well, I say three. So, counting then is two and a half. Okay, two. You? Me too. One. Next, six. It does not get lost easily. No, we did not. So, but can it get lost if it's such a thing? I don't think so. Yes. Not a not a normal shapes. So No. It won't get lost. So A one? Okay, a one. Next. Yeah me That was our target. Two. Yep. Right. There's a fancy look-and-feel. Okay. I say a two. It's a a bit personal. If it's fancy. So I think s two is better. No, it's new. Innovation.. Okay. Me too. Three. Yeah. Effort is three, ten and twelve. Thirty, forty, fifty,. Twenty one. So, it's uh two and three nine two and one third. Yep. Uh, nah. Okay. So, it's good. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Back to my uh Yep. Next please. So, now uh we have a product. Very happy. But uh, is it cheap enough? Um, so if uh I'll have a look. We have a battery. One battery. Okay, one battery. Electronics. Advanced chip. Yeah it's the most advanced. Chip-on-print. We have that one. We have the simple, regular and advanced. We have the adva advanced. 'Kay, so uncurved or flat. Nope. Single curved or double curved? We have double curved. So Then we have plastic, wood, rubber. we have half rubber, half plastic. No titanium. Special colour. Yes, yellow. Interface, push-button. Scroll-wheel, integrated scroll-wheel push push-button, or L_C_D_ display. So, we have the L_C_D_ We have two scroll-wheels? Or one? And it's not really a s Yeah, it's this one. Now, uh button supplement. Special colour. We already Uh, that's the from the for the buttons. The buttons are regular colour. So, then uh then then then then then then Then Uh, no. It's too expensive. So, we have to change something. Fifteen Euros. Yeah, well uh when we lose one scroll-wheel, it's okay. 'Cause we can't lose the battery. We can't lose the advanced chip. We can't lose the double curve. We have rubber, special colour. Oh, no, we No, it's uh Sorry? Um, then we uh lose two Euros. Then we have thirteen Euros. Half a Euro too much. Exactly the special colours. So That's one Euro. So, I don't think that's good. Mm I think we have to keep the L_C_D_. If Yes. Then it's only thirteen Euros. So uh yeah. Yeah. Then you have Or you have to cut this off. Then it's not good anymore. So, wait. Okay. I'll have a look. We Yellow rubber. Yeah, normal. Uh One minute, please. Uh Is it maximum. Um Yeah, it's normal colour. But if you lose the joystick, it's still uh an advanced chip? Or it's then a regular? So, the advanced is for the L_C_D_ and the regular for the joystick. And what if we lose the L_C_D_? Yeah, regular chip. But Is it a good design? Mm, yes. Then it's okay. Okay, so no joystick. Oh no, but we then we get push-buttons from half a Euro. Uh, yes, yes, yes, yes. No joystick. Push-buttons. No special colour. Twelve and a half Euros. Then it's okay. So, we have to change that a little bit. And you cannot use the red and green button. Because if you give them a s uh colour, you have to pay point two Euros. Yes. Yes. So So Well Now we have to change that, but that's okay. Rubber. What's the normal colour? So And Where's? Yeah. So, now it's Yeah. It is. But then it will be just that ones. Now it's Very good. Now, uh project eva evaluation. Well What do you think of it? Uh About the project. Okay. And you. Okay. Okay. Well, what do I have to say. I think it was good. Not too many discussions. So, it's good for the speed. So, I think we're ready. Good price. Evaluation ready. Ready. That's it.
Speaker D: Oh this, you mean? Yes, well uh this is it. It's uh it's uh it's yellow. And uh, this is rubber. And and and this too. The the sides. And the rest is hard plastic. And uh We uh we had some uh We had a new idea that that this can uh can be uh uh turned inside. And then it covers the these buttons until here or something. And then you can still use the the power button and the mute and the the joystick. So, you can still operate uh all the things. Because you don't always use the menu. And then it can break. Uh, well uh Big buttons. And everything is blue, except the power button. And the mute. Of uh yeah, and the mute and the the other button. Yeah. Channel higher channel button. Uh, yes. Yes, that's uh Very obvious. Yeah. R_R_'s the l the the the the company uh logo. Uh, yes. Yes. That's about here. Oh. Three. Mm Mm, four. Yeah, but it's it's Yeah. I mean it still has l large buttons and not m many buttons. So I mean, the colours are for young people, but older Yeah. Yeah. Maybe. Yes. Two. Then make it th three.. Yes, a one. I like it. One. Yes. Yeah, but uh Yeah. Yeah. Yes, a one. Yeah, okay. Mm, three. Yes. Mm-hmm. Mm, yes. Mm, yeah. Mm, yeah. Yeah. Okay. All the same uh Mm, yeah. Recognisable. Like what Yeah. Mm, yeah. Okay. Yeah, well the same. I I espe I especially uh liked the the means, the the SMARTboard and uh Yeah, it uh It brings up new ideas when you work with uh with it. Yeah. Mm-hmm. No..","Now uh , I ask you to presentate the prototype . This is it . It's uh it's uh it's yellow . And uh , this is rubber . And and and this too . And the rest is hard plastic . the sides . We had a new idea that that this can uh can be uh uh turned inside . And then it covers the these buttons And then you can still use the the power button and the mute and the the joystick . So , you can still operate uh all the things . Because you don't always use the menu . And the buttons ? Big buttons . And everything is blue , except the power button . yeah , and the mute and the the other button . And the joystick is for the volume and the channels . Very obvious . Up is channel up . Down is channel down . To the right is volume up . To the left is volume down . Okay , so if joystick and L_C_D_ . What's the R_R_ R_R_'s the l the the the the company uh logo . That's on the rub rubber part . So , what they say on the side is put fashion there . So , that's it . That's prototype . Now , the finance . Do we change the the order ? Finance is um first uh Yes . We have to evaluate the product yet . Sorry . Um , we gonna do the evaluation now , together . I have um thinked a few evaluation uh criterias , uh based on um our marketing strategy , on uh the latest trends , on user preferences . Uh , we have a seven point scale from uh true , as well . To false , seven ? And on base of each c uh criteria , we need to um give a rating . Um , well uh we have the Word document Uh , what this just an example . So , this not very important . But um , if I can get a number in here . Um , so uh you have to think of it as uh the remote control is techno technologically innovative . Uh , and then we have to uh agree on the rating together . And in the end , we will c uh count an average of all rating . Yeah , I think it's uh Uh , well technologically using , it's not uh it doesn't contain many new features . Um , I think I will give it a yeah , yeah , yeah , a four . I think the scroll-button is something also uh new . I think technologically I'll give it an seven . So now i I think you uh see it um its statement . And you true or false . Oh , true or false . Oh , uh I'll I'll give it uh a t a two . Two . It's a one . The first item . Um , this product is for all sorts of customers . Well , it's a statement which uh I disagree with , because we uh really aim uh at at young market and I think the way it looked uh c uh totally in yellow , it's not uh really aimed for all customers . That's uh a six . Mm , four . So I think it's four . I mean it still has l large buttons and not m many buttons . Maybe version uh three point O_ uh has other colours . We put the fashion in electronics . Yeah , well do we do this with uh this product ? I think if we do this , as it's uh uh c uh it's really orientates on the design . Um , so I would give it a two . Me too a two , because only the battery is not uh techin uh technologically high standard . Uh , I say uh a five . It's not fashion , it's new . Then make it th three . The next element um is the product looks good . Well personally , I do not prefer a um remote control that's fully in yellow . So , I would give this a five . I give it a one . Well , I say three . Uh uh , the next statement . It has not too much buttons . I I have uh said is not because uh a low number is better . Well , uh if we go to uh this fashion , I We still have caused uh a lot of uh buttons for the numbers . So , I would give this a two . One . Me too . One . It does not get lost easily . Yeah , did we implement uh the sound ? Yes . No , we did not . So , but can it get lost if it's such a thing ? Ah . Yellow . I don't think so . It won't get between uh the pillows uh on the couch . A one ? Yeah , o one . Okay , um well we aimed for the younger market . Uh yeah , did we achieve that . I think with the way it looks and um it is designed , I will give it a two . There's a fancy look-and-feel . That that was uh , yeah , one of the most important things that uh Trendwatch said . Well , let's also give this a two . I gave this a one because of the rubber . Yeah , f very fancy trendy . It's a a bit personal . If it's fancy . So I think s two is better . uh it goes with the latest trends . No , it's new . Innovation . If we looked at the latest trends for the uh younger people , and they ate uh fruit and vegetables , well it has a um a nice colour , uh well compared to food We did not paint any uh fruit and vegetable on it for something like that . We'll go for a three . I go for two because uh the the shapes are still round . But the the colours are um basic , like yellow , red , um blue . Something what also younger people want . Two . So um , come back to the presentation now . So , we find yourself there , and now we have to calculate an average rating . Effort is three , ten and twelve . Thirty , forty , fifty , . Twenty one . So , it's uh two and three nine two and one third . So uh , that's a pretty low rating , I think . So , it's good . So , according to our uh own evaluation uh we did a good job . Next . Finance . So , now uh we have a product . But uh , is it cheap enough ? We have a battery . Cheapest there is . Electronics . Advanced chip . it's the most advanced . We have the simple , regular and advanced . We have the adva advanced . We have double curved . we have half rubber , half plastic . Special colour . Yes , yellow . So , we have the L_C_D_ We have two scroll-wheels ? Or one ? One . And it's not really a s Joystick uh thing . Now , uh button supplement . Special colour . The buttons are regular colour . It's too expensive . Fifteen Euros . So , we have to change something . well uh when we lose one scroll-wheel , it's okay . 'Cause we can't lose the battery . We can't lose the advanced chip . We can't lose the double curve . We have rubber , special colour . Uh , I don't think it's a very special colour . Yellow ? Uh , is it a special colour ? For a remote control , I think it is . If we would have uh uh normal buttons instead of uh the joystick . For up down left right . Um , then we uh lose two Euros . Then we have thirteen Euros . Exactly the special colours . Half a Euro too much . Um just only plastic or only rubber ? One Euro discount . I think we have to keep the L_C_D_ . And if you say it's just a r uh normal colour Normal colour , and the the joystick away , But if you lose the joystick , it's still uh an advanced chip ? Or it's then a regular ? The advanced chip was for the L_C_D_ If we lose the L_C_D_ , then we have an uh regular chip and no L_C_D_ . Then you'll have to m uh see the menu on the television . And then uh we move the the colour . No joystick . Push-buttons . No special colour . And you cannot use the red and green button . So , all the buttons has to have to be the same colour . What's the normal colour ? Very good . Now , uh project eva evaluation . process . Went good . I think uh the creativity uh was good enough . Uh leadership . Yeah , you were the project project manager , and uh had the final vote . Team-work okay . New ideas found . Nope . I I espe I especially uh liked the the means , the the SMARTboard Yeah , I think you have to compare it to if you would have a normal um normal project without laptops uh and without these devices . Well , the laptops if you have them out front of you , you sometimes looking at that instead of the presentation . Um , well uh the draw-board , well you can draw things . But it not really going very convenient . Uh , maybe it will be easier if you have a smaller monitor Um , and uh the project . Yeah , I agree on what was said uh mainly . Uh , yeah but you always have that some people are talking more than others . And maybe is then um the task of the the project manager to also uh ask more to the people uh less talking . I think it was good . Not too many discussions . So , it's good for the speed . So , I think we're ready . Good price . Evaluation ready ."
50,"Speaker A: Okay. Okay. Next.. What do you mean there? Okay. You can disconnect it there no? Then you can connect this one or this one yeah. All to your computer. Oh yeah. Okay. Hmm. Yeah. Well it would be f No you can't. Oh. Well, it depends you know like there is uh it's a very small vocabulary that you want to do the operations like you want to say on, off, one, two, twenty three, yeah. It's it's going to be li it's not going to be s so easy but u usually it's going to be more of an isolated case but it's but I don't know with twenty fi Okay it's uh decline. Okay. Okay. Now you can move I think yeah. It's a channel selection, a module, this and this function, go to the. Yeah. But is it uh can you just buy it on the market and f plug it in or you want to ma Well it to du it's just you had to change the frequencies. Yeah. But you should be careful, people are sometime becoming problem, like a guy has recently designed a remote uh uh uh which could switch off any other T_V_s, so basically through all the things. So maybe we should think of yeah. Yeah so you can just go on the street and then switch off everyone's T_V_ and you can just walk away You don't have to be near the T_V_ at all. Yeah so. Okay. So I can take I think mine now there. Okay so voila. Hmm I can take mine it's okay, voila, mm so mm. Okay. It's on the desktop. Technical function. Okay. Like so. Well. So um I'm going to talk a little bit about the technical function so wha what actually it's about what is the user going to do, I think my last presented what is going inside, so what's the user is going to see from the outside and how he is going to use it. So well the approach is that uh basically the idea is to send a message to the T_V_ set, as Mael has pointed, and it will be decoded by the T_V_ and usually we it is easier to have uh keys or buttons with which people can uh press and then um changing a button will basically uh change the message which is being sent to the T_V_ and uh um a and basically it sends an internal signal and decoded by the receiver. So p as um Anna has said that this ki people are interested in things which are you don't need to k press the keys, people are can have a speech recognition but this is uh s a question which will we have to see later. But in the present scenario is that you have certain keys and you press it like your mobile phone, and it sends a message to the T_V_. And um so generally mm I don't have some figures sorry but um so there are two kinds of uh remote if you popularly in the household, actually so you have a standard T_V_ remote where you have just a on, off button and play, uh volume change and uh keys for the number and more than one digit option. And if you see for example righ right now uh uh even the one uh on more than one digit option is for two digit channel which is like ninety nine, but tomorrow you might have one fifty channels you know to browse or two hundred channels to browse who knows, but uh uh. Then there is uh this is the standard one with without any fancy thing you know like i it doesn't have teletext option, it can without any, it's a very simple thing, um which which you can vouch. And then you have uh what's the v video remote file which is like usually it has almost all the keys over there and, but it then it has other options like stop uh and then you play the movie or uh or fo fast forward the movie or something like that so i it has those so these are the standard uh commonly found remote controls in the uh market. And then whi which is generally used by the people. And then well personal preferences I would uh basically think of having a kind of aim for the next generation thing where the we could have both the uh the f a T_V_ and the remote video remote control because uh some of the keys in the video's remote control and the T_V_ they could be integrated together so that uh we could um aim for the like in the f coming future um that type of uh applications with Yeah. Yeah. Um actually um you could you could think of um having s a y you can have a key which could tell y it could go to the video thing but um uh yo you you you still can't um in that case when it you use that the function should be able to take up the V_C_R_ option and you could play it or You can also think about having like um I in a few days you will be ha in in few ye coming years you might even have a system where you have a separate uh sitting setup box and uh you have uh um something like uh uh you do you do you suppose you are not able to watch some programme and actually it downloading all the time for you and uh you can just you know uh when you come back you could just switch on that thing and uh watch a program. In that case you want to browse faster, browse slow, you want to have those kind of functionalities. It's the next generation thing, but it is going to come in couple of years. It's goi Yeah it's Yeah. Yeah. So it's going to record your things and you and you you need basically the functionalities what you need in both uh uh video as well as in the standard T_V_ thing. No no we are not making a universal remote, we are just looking at uh giving a scenario, I have a T_V_ and tomorrow I am going to have set up box which is going to sit there and uh it's going to do that job for me. Yeah. So Okay so that p ends my presentation. Well. So we can always discuss about it for example uh the presently the video market actually uh this demand, video over-demand or what we call it as, it's presently booming up actually so it i like people are providing like uh things like uh uh movies, you can select actually so you want to watch a movie and uh your p your provider gives a list of movies, and then you select those list. And it basically you go off, it downloads the movie, it gives for you and then when you come you want to loo watch it on your T_V_. And thi this is going to come. Yeah it can be streamed online for you and you can say what time I want to watch the movie and Yeah so. Yeah. Yeah. Um. Yeah it's uh well you you can follow the ideas how you want to keep the keys, you know right now if you take it you have like zero, one, two, three like a keys separately, but suppose if you take the the present trend of mobile phones there are like big thick keys you press on the top, it takes one number, you press on the bottom it takes another number, and uh basically uh uh so the space covered so that you don't see two separate keys there actually so it it is like uh um i i it is like uh Yeah so. So for example uh Well uh Okay, it works. Fine. So, for example you have uh presently uh keys like one, two, three like this, actually, and uh uh four five six like that and uh you can have keys like this in form like uh keys like that Forty minutes? Yeah so you you you can have uh keys like uh which are which are like so. too sorry, so we basically don't change the uh original order of them but then the keys are more spacious, they don't look uh so there there is a very sligh thing, so if you press on the top it takes the one, it takes the three, uh four, sorry four here uh five and six, so the keys can be it looks you know not very much cluttered but it looks nice for you don't have too many keys but you can have a lot of options t if you press on the to Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Well Well I it's fine with me like the price as long as it is uh not too expensive. Uh and it d uh Our provin Mm. Uh yeah, that's that's what we needed basically. Uh that's needed right now. And uh basically you can look to the standards of other Actu Yeah. Yeah you can also browse through all the standards you know, where are the limit of standards for all of them and you can just browse through them. Okay. Okay. Voila. Hmm. So. Well. Oh I don't have anything right now. We can we'll we'll go and we'll I'm sure we'll up something good for the Yeah so we meet in well what are our Okay. Cool. So see you later.
Speaker B: Mm-hmm. What's the agenda for this meeting? Okay. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm. Yeah. That's the big question yeah. No, I don't. I wasn't. No. I c I can talk about it but I have no slides or anything. Mm-hmm. Well I've just been um presented with some research we've done in a small focus group so, a hundred people, just asked them about their remote control usage habits and what they want in a remote control. Um. It's probably can't email this to you, I've just got a web page with some data on it. Um basically it's saying that users generally dislike the look and feel of their remote controls. Um seventy five u seventy five percent of users find most remote controls ugly. Um. Eighty percent of users would spend more money when a remote control would look fancy. Um. Current remote controls do not match well the operating behaviour of the user. Uh seventy five percent of users said they zap a lot, so they use their remote control quite frequently while they're watching television. Uh. Fifty percent of users say that they only use ten percent of the buttons, so they've got a remote control with a lot of functionality but really most of the time they only use a small part of that. Um. I have an a web page yes. Yep. Yep, sure. Mm-hmm. So basically um there's a breakdown of how much they use the different functions on a rem remote control. Um, power and volume selection are only used a few times within this uh per hour. Um, channel selection is used a hundred and sixty eight times um and then there's things like channel settings, audio settings, which are only used very infrequently. Um. Teletext is used um fourteen times in the hour, so it is used but not nearly as much as the channel selection is used. Um. An interesting thing that this report has brought up is that um fifty fifty percent of users report that the remote control gets lost a lot of the time in the room, so some way of some way of locating the remote control would be very useful to a lot of users. Um. Thirty four percent said it takes too long to learn to use a remote control, they want something that's easier to use straight away, more intuitive perhaps. Um. Thirty four percent said it took too much time to learn to use a new one. Yep. Um. And thirty twenty six percent said remote controls are bad for R_S_I_. I don't know how we'd go about combating that. For R_S_I_? Respet Repetitive strain injury. So. But Mm. Yeah. That's what the report says yeah. Um and then it's got a demographic breakdown on Uh I should be able to actually, if I email it to you now. Oh no, yeah. Yeah. Um, s hang on. Well. Oh I need to muck around with this. It's probably easier if you put it on yours and then I'll just email it to you. It's just a web link. One thing it goes on to talk about, which is interesting, is the hang on a minute. Mm-hmm. Yep. Um, one thing is interesting is talking about um speech recognition in a remote control. And who would pay more for that and whether people would find it useful. Yes, I'll just get this up. Well potentially yeah, um I think even for interesti yeah I think that would not work so well. You wanna have both options. Mm-hmm. Mm. Yeah. Mm. Yeah. Um Well This is now talking about um who would pay for speech recognition in a remote control, who would pay more for it, um. Ninety percent of the fifteen to twenty five year old market said that they would pay more, it goes down from there, seventy six percent for twenty five to thirty five, thirty five percent for thirty five to forty five, um twenty two percent for forty five to fifty five and then eight percent for fifty five to sixty five. Yeah. But we sh Yeah, it really depends where we're gonna be targeting this product, um, which we'll be talking about later I think. Did you get the email? Yep, that one. Just follow that link. It'll be in a different window, yep. That's left that one. Yep. Mm. So that's the figure that I was just talking about there, with the different demographics. Another thing it's talking about there is the L_C_D_ screen but there's no figures apparently on that. Sorry? Oh. Mm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm-hmm. Well. You drew it a long time ago? Ninety one. Ah. That's handy. So if the b T_V_ in the next apartment's really loud, you can just turn it off. Yeah. I like that idea. Mm-hmm. Yep. Mm-hmm. Okay. How would that work? So you've got say maybe a V_C_R_ and a T_V_ which are separate, so you on my one at home I've got a V_C_R_ remote which then changes the channel on the V_C_R_ and doesn't do anything on the T_V_, so is it gonna be like a switch on the remote that says t use the T_V_ or use the V_C_R_? or does it know which one you want to use? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm. Mm. Mm. Mm. Mm. Yeah. Mm. Yeah. That's fair enough. Mm. But I don't think we're trying to make a universal remote here. That's, yeah. Mm. Mm. Because y Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm. Yep. Mm. Mm. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Hmm. Mm. Mm. So D_V_D_s and V_C_R_s? Mm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm. Mm. But I think taking the idea of getting inspiration from mobile phones is interesting, especially if we're going after a younger market, that's the the the mm the new and the funky things, that's, yeah, there's lot there's lots of pretty mobile phones, not too many pretty remote controls. That's Mm. Mm-hmm. Okay. How much longer have we got for the meeting by the way? 'Cause we haven't talked about demographic at all and it's a very important issue. Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm. Mm. Mm. Yeah. Which I think is quite tricky. Um, basically we're trying to get people to buy a remote control wouldn't they already have a remote control with their television when they buy one? But it's not going to have more functionality, 'cause it's only a low market, it's a cheap-end remote control, we can't beat modern functionality, we might we'll be able to beat them on th the look of it, th the design of it but that's not a big seller, if they're not just going to buy a new remote control just 'cause it looks pretty, they have to actually need it as well. So I'm not sure how we can get people to buy this thing. Mm. Yeah. But why are they buying one in the first place? Mm. But if people are buying a new remote control for functionality they'll buy a universal remote. I've got friends who've got so many things they need a universal remote, otherwise they're using five different remotes for their all their things. In that case they wouldn't buy our product, because it doesn't give them what they need in terms of functionality. Well, we can't, with the price range. We We're not building a universal remote, we're not building a high end product. Mm. Mm-hmm. Mm. But yeah. If we're getting into universal remote territory, we're getting to L_C_D_ screens and things like that which would drive the cost up a lot. For universal remotes If you mm. And quite complicated to use, yes. Mm-hmm. Not as flexible maybe, yeah, but s yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. But if we're going for the say fifteen to twenty five age group then not many of them would actually own T_V_s to use a remote control on. Okay. So they're yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yep. I don't know really what the the price range for remote controls is. Are we gonna be at the very bottom of the price range, or are we kind of middle to bottom? I don't know. Mm. Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm-hmm. Mm. Yeah. Yeah. So I guess what I'd like from a universal remote is maybe choosing between three devices, being able to switch between them, there may be stereo, V_C_R_ and T_V_. And just be able to s use them all from the same remote, but not at the same time. Mm. Mm-hmm yep. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Speaker C: So I see all everybody's here, 'kay. And we can start meeting. The I will uh present here agenda with with with with slides to you. Um as you can see here. So first uh just to mention I will take notes uh of this meeting and uh I will try to work them out and give them to you. I've also made notes of the previous meeting and um I was about to send them you but then uh I had to go to this uh meeting so you will get them too uh Um. Yes. Indeed. Um. Then I hope you all have uh worked out some some uh some some presentations about uh about well you the the task given to you in the previous meeting. Um. W We will uh in a minute we will uh start with them. Um, we will see in which order we will handle them of. Um then I will uh bring in some some some new requirements I I got uh from the uh account manager, I try to work them out, they were quite abstract, and we can have maybe have com some discussion about it. Uh Um about the functions and Well in this meeting we should really try to reach a decision about the target group and the functionality of the Yes I mean well yes w who are we going to uh to well to sell this, the customers, indeed yes. Think that's that's important matter. Uh. So And then uh we will close this meeting uh and after this meeting we'll uh we'll have a lunch. Good. Um. Maybe um why uh Anna can you c do you have a presentations? You don't have presentation? Uh you want a table to to uh Yes yes maybe maybe you can uh can just talk about it or maybe you can use the whiteboard if necessary um. Mm-hmm. Mm. Do you Do you have this uh information on the web page you said? Yes, mayb maybe you can can send an email to me later uh. Uh about this. Mm. Mm. Yes yes, I have that too. Mm. Mm. They think that or do their doctor the doctor says? But it's it's the opinion of the uh of the users huh? So mm. You can maybe just just Hmm. Mm-hmm. D do you have numbers o o on that? Well it would it would be a solution for uh when your remote control is lost, I mean when it has speech recognition then uh i then it doesn't matter where it is, my well it's we should be in range, or maybe it can respond and produce sound, so say where it is. But the these are all quite fancy features I'm not sure whether we will we can make this for for twelve Euro fi and fifty cents. Mm. Yes, that that that that's mm. Do you have some more important facts or can we go to the next presentation? Mm. Mm-hmm. Decline with age, mm. Mm. Yes. We will talk about it later. Okay. Mm. Okay. um Uh maybe uh Mael c c can you give uh uh your presentation uh? Oh, this is Mm-hmm, y y you can move, uh. Yes. You can you can sa take my chair. Mm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Uh-huh. Is huh overwhelming. No. And and why do you want these kind of component? I mean, are they cheap, or are they uh reliable? What were your Mm. Yes. It it it's more clear now I think. So Mm-hmm. What I w what I was thinking about uh the the the schema uh about uh the sender and the receiver, I mean can you can you get back to it? Yeah uh, the receiver is of course already in the television and we are not uh able to change it. So we we must adapt to the to the receiver. I I suppose there is a standard uh way of communicating to televisions uh. Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm. Mm. Mm. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Mm. Yeah yes I I I I I feel I I I think M Mael will will consider this uh th these things. Maybe Maybe we can go to to your presentation uh Matthew. I I I assume you were finished here. Uh okay. Oh. I Uh, sorry? I know where it is. It's uh Yes. It's uh Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm mm mm mm mm. Mm yes, but I think it's i i it's already there, I mean the hard disk uh recorders uh I I've seen them in the shop. W w w w we need to decide on on on on in how far we go to in this. Mean, you can go pretty far I f I think with with with functions and possible uh future p uh prospects yes. But it's good to keep in mind. Mm. Very well. Good. Um, so u um I have uh received some some some some well points of of thinking over of my account manager and uh I would like to share them with you. Um first thing is uh teletext is a well known feature of televisions but it's it's getting used less and less. That's that's especially because of the internet of course. So we should think about it um. Do we include it, and do we give it a prominent uh prominent uh place on on on the on well huh on the remote mot control itself. Uh as uh a in any case it's it's not used, well very much, but it's it is still used. Um further yes we must think, uh do we stay uh to to television only, the television as we as we all know it with with broadcasting signals and you can't go back uh huh, or do we uh uh go further as Matthew indicated by supporting uh uh recording uh devices? Uh indeed indeed. And and and the hard disk recorders. Um, furthermore, uh, w we need really need to interest uh y younger customers and then with younger customers I mean people uh below the age of forty, and our our current customers are mainly forty plus uh which well Forty. So that's to that's I mean there's a market but uh they will grow older older and you'll al always need to have the the future with younger people. Um therefore, younger people like trendy trendy designs, so that's w we should make our our our R_C_ as trendy as possible but it should also be uh have a reliable image, so when it looks too too spacey or too fancy people will think well does it work at all. Hmm. Ma Maybe Maybe you can draw it on the on the board uh Hmm. Yes yes mo Yes it's recognisable Mm mm. And and they are skilled uh by using it. Mael can you hand me over this uh? Uh thank you. Mm well I think fi five min Mm-hmm. Okay. 'Kay I I think now that the idea's clear. Uh we should now uh try to decide um on our target group. Of course they have already one. So our our our remote control has to be better. Mm-hmm. Mm. I well I think many people said uh in your in in your research uh uh uh the appearance of the uh R_C_ is is important when they are buying one but Indeed. So that will be about functionality Mm. Mm-hmm. Mm. So your you think we should go for a more u universal high-performance What do What do you think about What componen I don't know. I don't know whether that's necessary. Is the L_C_D_ screen I think thi this could be this could be a market because uh universal remote controls uh tend to be uh quite expensive. S so we can try to go in between, and offer a product which is not as expensive and not as complicated but but still but still people have the idea this is more functional than a normal uh uh R_C_ because it has more uh it it is in some kind universal. Mm yes but w we're targeting I think on more on the on the twenty to forty group. People yes. Who just have or already have a job and have the money but may not want to spend that much money on a on a universal universal control. Uh well I think uh when we think it over I thi I think we are trying to offer the a kind of universal control for for less money. So d Do you agree? Mm-hmm. You think it's possible for the twelve Euro fifty? Okay. Um so then we we decide on on on going to this more universal kind of control. Mm. Mm. Okay. Yes. Mm mm mm mm. So given we are going for this uh uh universal type uh m maybe it is good when you try to find out which components you therefore need and y you will try to get more specific uh user interface content and uh maybe you can look on on what trends are in this uh in this type of market. So anyone uh has a point to bring in or shall we no. Okay. W yes, we uh we can have lunch now. So um Then th th the next meeting will uh after lunch you have uh we have uh thirty minutes of work and then we have the next meeting. But you will be informed via the computer. Okay.
Speaker D: Yep. Perfect. So y you are the secretary also. Right? Okay. Perfectly yeah yeah of course uh-huh. You mean the social target group who we wants to target? Oh the customers, okay. It's it's easy to learn or how do you say it's Okay too much time to learn. Okay. Not enough Maybe y y you cannot put this webpage online on the Ah it's it okay it's a webpage on the C_ it's a file okay. O otherwise you yeah. You can connect this one. Yeah. So these are important numbers that Matthew and I need to take into account for our functional um Yeah Yeah these numbers have have to be have to be taken into account for the uh both yeah user interface and functional design. Because if there are many numbers and we need to select to to constraint uh our design based on what is more important. Speech recognition in Ah okay. So that we don't Do we not need any button on the remote control it would be all based on speech. Okay. Interesting idea. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And we don't know where the state of the art of speech recognition is, maybe you know? But it's quite noisy if there is the T_V_ uh shouting. Okay. So you had to to to summarise maybe the Mm. Mm-hmm. I thi You us yeah yeah. Okay perfect. ... Mm 'kay. Yeah. Mm I okay I stay I can move as far as Maybe I take your chair? I okay. So I think as everybody knows uh I'm the uh Industrial Designer. And uh in this presentation uh this group presentation um is gonna focus on the working design of the the remote control. Um I'd like first to give a quick a very simple introduction, how does it work, so that everybody knows even if you don't have a very uh technical background uh what is it because I think in the product it is important. So basically um the basic function of a remote control is to send uh messages to another system that is fixed. And so an energy source feeds an integrated circuit, the chip, that can compose messages, usually uh through a um infrared bit and uh the user interface controls the chip and accordingly the the messages, alright. So my method for um designing the yeah the work design uh yeah first the the main point is that I would wish to to make a really functional product. I would prefer to have very functional um capabilities rather than fancy stuff that in fact is not used and doesn't work. So for that yeah as it's important to take into account the user requirements from the Marketing uh Expert uh Anna and um w to to we should agree on what are the technical functions uh for this remote control and I show you the the working design. So um basically uh here is a really large view of what we want. Uh we want an on off button, it can be uh it's simple but it's it's important, and also uh the to both channels as well as other buttons that come after, right. So the components I quickly draw here, is that in this part you have the remote control the the sender and on the other part the receiver so that's my method is um will be to well my aim would be to uh design the and choose the chips and the infrared um components to build the remote control right. So of course we need energy sources and uh uh the receiver a a receiver. This is very quick uh design, uh you stop me or interrupt me if uh you don't agree on it on that. And um so what I have found and after a lot of work actually I I draw this I draw for you this uh schema that can be maybe too technical for you but is very important for me you know. And uh that's it so I won't go into details about that but uh these are my preferences to use uh that kind of components. So. So the the main components you see here are the cheapest I have found and yeah th you have always a compromise with uh reliability and uh i if it's expensive, but uh this one was not this one also really uh reliable um so yeah that's it for the working design, uh I hope you get clearer view on uh what what a remote control is uh in terms of uh technical components but maybe yeah No no no no we we will uh This is a preference but we can always change uh Yeah. Of course yeah. Yeah. We will use uh infrared protocol uh using yeah infrared and uh and of course we need to adapt to that protocol that already exists and but we what we can do is uh uh adapting the the chips inside uh to the best uh chips and uh infrared bubbles. Um. Okay. The frequencies? Yeah yeah. Of course yeah in the chip you have it yeah. That can control o other things. Yeah. Of course yeah we should take that into account in the uh Yes. Okay. Mm-hmm. Yep. These are kind of next generation functionalities. Mm 'kay. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Or even you don't need to download it, it's streamed uh online uh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Fourteen or for O okay. So Mm-hmm. Yeah. Because they are already used to that, you know, product. Yeah. Mm-hmm. ... Yes. Mm-hmm. Yep. Yeah we have yeah twelve point five Euros uh per uh per R_ s R_C_ and I think uh with this now you know that chips are very uh cheaps and uh we can include it in our control some new new features. Yeah. And um But yeah that's Ye I don't think L_C_D_ is not necessary well, th for long term. Yeah. Universal. Yeah. Mm. Yeah. Yeah because we have to take into account that we are gonna b we are gonna sell uh four aro around four million so when we speak about these numbers uh the price of a chip is uh price of a chip is very cheap. So I'm okay for designing um a ne uh less yeah a a kind of universal uh R_C_ yeah. Yeah. Yeah that's needed, yeah. And if we want to get the market, we really need that. Yes. Exactly. Is that okay for you? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Oh that's that's fine then. Yeah. Okay perfect.","I will uh present here agenda with with with with slides to you . first uh just to mention I will take notes uh of this meeting I've also made notes of the previous meeting and um I was about to send them you but then uh I had to go to this uh meeting So y you are the secretary also . Yes . Indeed . Then I hope you all have uh worked out some some uh some some presentations about uh about well you the the task given to you in the previous meeting . Um . W We will uh in a minute we will uh start with them . Um then I will uh bring in some some some new requirements I try to work them out , they were quite abstract , and we can have maybe have com some discussion about it . Uh Um about the functions in this meeting we should really try to reach a decision about the target group and the functionality of the You mean the social target group who we wants to target ? Yes I mean well yes w who are we going to uh to well to sell this , And then uh we will close this meeting uh and after this meeting we'll uh we'll have a lunch . uh Anna can you c do you have a presentations ? I c I can talk about it but I have no slides or anything . Yes yes maybe maybe you can uh can just talk about it or maybe you can use the whiteboard if necessary um . I've just been um presented with some research we've done in a small focus group a hundred people , just asked them about their remote control usage habits and what they want in a remote control . Um . I've just got a web page with some data on it . Um basically it's saying that users generally dislike the look and feel of their remote controls . Um seventy five u seventy five percent of users find most remote controls ugly . Um . Eighty percent of users would spend more money when a remote control would look fancy . Um . Current remote controls do not match well the operating behaviour of the user . Uh seventy five percent of users said they zap a lot , Uh . Fifty percent of users say that they only use ten percent of the buttons , so they've got a remote control with a lot of functionality but really most of the time they only use a small part of that . Do you Do you have this uh information on the web page you said ? I have an a web page yes . mayb maybe you can can send an email to me later uh . Uh about this . there's a breakdown of how much they use the different functions on a rem remote control . Um , power and volume selection are only used a few times within this uh per hour . Um , channel selection is used a hundred and sixty eight times um and then there's things like channel settings , audio settings , which are only used very infrequently . Um . Teletext is used um fourteen times in the hour , so it is used but not nearly as much as the channel selection is used . Um . An interesting thing that this report has brought up is that um fifty fifty percent of users report that the remote control gets lost a lot of the time in the room , so some way of some way of locating the remote control would be very useful to a lot of users . Um . Thirty four percent said it takes too long to learn to use a remote control , they want something that's easier to use straight away , more intuitive perhaps . Um . And thirty twenty six percent said remote controls are bad for R_S_I_ . I don't know how we'd go about combating that . Um and then it's got a demographic breakdown Maybe y y you cannot put this webpage online on the Uh I should be able to actually , if I email it to you now . these numbers have have to be have to be taken into account for the uh both yeah user interface and functional design . and we need to select to to constraint uh our design based on what is more important . Um , one thing is interesting is talking about um speech recognition in a remote control . And who would pay more for that and whether people would find it useful . it would be all based on speech . Interesting idea . I think that would not work so well . You wanna have both options . it would it would be a solution for uh when your remote control is lost , I mean when it has speech recognition then uh i then it doesn't matter where it is , my well it's we should be in range , or maybe it can respond and produce sound , so say where it is . I'm not sure whether we will we can make this for for twelve Euro fi and fifty cents . And we don't know where the state of the art of speech recognition is , there is uh it's a very small vocabulary that you want to do the operations like you want to say on , off , one , two , twenty three , But it's quite noisy if there is the T_V_ uh shouting . This is now talking about um who would pay for speech recognition in a remote control , who would pay more for it , um . Ninety percent of the fifteen to twenty five year old market said that they would pay more , seventy six percent for twenty five to thirty five , thirty five percent for thirty five to forty five , um twenty two percent for forty five to fifty five and then eight percent for fifty five to sixty five . it really depends where we're gonna be targeting this product , um , which we'll be talking about later I think . Another thing it's talking about there is the L_C_D_ screen but there's no figures apparently on that . I think as everybody knows uh I'm the uh Industrial Designer . And uh in this presentation uh this group presentation um is gonna focus on the working design of the the remote control . Um I'd like first to give a quick a very simple introduction , how does it work , the basic function of a remote control is to send uh messages to another system that is fixed . an energy source feeds an integrated circuit , the chip , that can compose messages , usually uh through a um infrared bit and uh the user interface controls the chip and accordingly the the messages , the main point is that I would wish to to make a really functional product . I would prefer to have very functional um capabilities rather than fancy stuff that in fact is not used and doesn't work . as it's important to take into account the user requirements from the Marketing uh Expert uh Anna we should agree on what are the technical functions uh for this remote control and I show you the the working design . Uh we want an on off button , it's simple but it's it's important , and also uh the to both channels as well as other buttons that come after , the components I quickly draw here , in this part you have the remote control the the sender and on the other part the receiver my aim would be to uh design the and choose the chips and the infrared um components to build the remote control of course we need energy sources and uh uh the receiver a a receiver . what I have found and after a lot of work actually I I draw this I draw for you this uh schema And uh that's it so I won't go into details about that but uh these are my preferences to use uh that kind of components . And and why do you want these kind of component ? and yeah th you have always a compromise with uh reliability and uh i if it's expensive , this one also really uh reliable that's it for the working design , What I w what I was thinking about uh the the the schema uh about uh the sender and the receiver , can you can you get back to it ? the receiver is of course already in the television So we we must adapt to the to the receiver . I I suppose there is a standard uh way of communicating to televisions uh . We will use uh infrared protocol uh using yeah infrared and of course we need to adapt to that protocol that already exists but we what we can do is uh uh adapting the the chips inside uh to the best uh chips and uh infrared bubbles . it's just you had to change the frequencies . But you should be careful , like a guy has recently designed a remote uh uh uh which could switch off any other T_V_s , so basically through all the things . we should take that into account I think M Mael will will consider this uh th these things . I'm going to talk a little bit about the technical function so wha what actually it's about what is the user going to do , basically the idea is to send a message to the T_V_ set , and usually we it is easier to have uh keys or buttons and then um changing a button will basically uh change the message which is being sent to the T_V_ as um Anna has said that this ki people are interested in things which are you don't need to k press the keys , people are can have a speech recognition but this is uh s a question which will we have to see later . there are two kinds of uh remote if you popularly in the household , you have a standard T_V_ remote where you have just a on , off button and play , uh volume change and uh keys for the number and more than one digit option . And if you see for example righ right now uh uh even the one uh on more than one digit option is for two digit channel which is like ninety nine , but tomorrow you might have one fifty channels you know to browse or two hundred channels to browse who knows , this is the standard one with without any fancy thing like i it doesn't have teletext option , And then you have uh what's the v video remote file usually it has almost all the keys over there but it then it has other options like stop uh and then you play the movie or uh or fo fast forward the movie or something like that so i it has those personal preferences I would uh basically think of having a kind of aim for the next generation thing where the we could have both the uh the f a T_V_ and the remote video remote control because uh some of the keys in the video's remote control and the T_V_ they could be integrated together How would that work ? so is it gonna be like a switch on the remote that says t use the T_V_ or use the V_C_R_ ? you can have a key which could tell y it could go to the video thing in that case when it you use that the function should be able to take up the V_C_R_ option in in few ye coming years you might even have a system where you have a separate uh sitting setup box suppose you are not able to watch some programme and actually it downloading all the time for you when you come back you could just switch on that thing and uh watch a program . In that case you want to browse faster , browse slow , you want to have those kind of functionalities . These are kind of next generation functionalities . I mean the hard disk uh recorders uh I I've seen them in the shop . and you and you you need basically the functionalities what you need in both uh uh video as well as in the standard T_V_ thing . But I don't think we're trying to make a universal remote here . W w w w we need to decide on on on on in how far we go to in this . for example uh the presently the video market actually uh this demand , video over-demand or what we call it as , it's presently booming up actually you want to watch a movie and uh your p your provider gives a list of movies , and then you select those list . I have uh received some some some some well points of of thinking over of my account manager first thing is uh teletext is a well known feature of televisions but it's it's getting used less and less . That's that's especially because of the internet of course . Do we include it , and do we give it a prominent uh prominent uh place on on on the on well huh on the remote mot control itself . further yes we must think , uh do we stay uh to to television only , the television as we as we all know it with with broadcasting signals and you can't go back or do we uh uh go further as Matthew indicated by supporting uh uh recording uh devices ? Um , furthermore , uh , w we need really need to interest uh y younger customers and then with younger customers I mean people uh below the age of forty , and our our current customers are mainly forty plus younger people like trendy trendy designs , so that's w we should make our our our R_C_ as trendy as possible but it should also be uh have a reliable image , right now if you take it you have like zero , one , two , three like a keys separately , but suppose if you take the the present trend of mobile phones there are like big thick keys you press on the top , it takes one number , you press on the bottom it takes another number , so that you don't see two separate keys there actually Ma Maybe Maybe you can draw it on the on the board uh Mm . But I think taking the idea of getting inspiration from mobile phones is interesting , especially if we're going after a younger market , that's the the the mm the new and the funky things , for example you have uh presently uh keys like one , two , three like this , actually , and uh uh four five six like that and uh you can have keys like this in form like uh keys like that there's lot there's lots of pretty mobile phones , 'Cause we haven't talked about demographic at all How much longer have we got for the meeting by the way ? you you you can have uh keys like uh which are which are like so . so we basically don't change the uh original order of them so the keys can be it looks you know not very much cluttered Uh we should now uh try to decide um on our target group . Um , basically we're trying to get people to buy a remote control wouldn't they already have a remote control with their television when they buy one ? So our our our remote control has to be better . 'cause it's only a low market , it's a cheap-end remote control , we might we'll be able to beat them on th the look of it , th the design of it they're not just going to buy a new remote control just 'cause it looks pretty , they have to actually need it as well . I think many people said uh in your in in your research uh uh uh the appearance of the uh R_C_ is is important when they are buying one Mm . But if people are buying a new remote control for functionality they'll buy a universal remote . I've got friends who've got so many things they need a universal remote , So your you think we should go for a more u universal high-performance We We're not building a universal remote , we're not building a high end product . we have yeah twelve point five Euros uh per uh per R_ s R_C_ now you know that chips are very uh cheaps and uh we can include it in our control some new new features . If we're getting into universal remote territory , we're getting to L_C_D_ screens and things like that we can't , with the price range . I don't know . I don't know whether that's necessary . because uh universal remote controls uh tend to be uh quite expensive . S so we can try to go in between , and offer a product which is not as expensive and not as complicated because it has more uh it it is in some kind universal . But if we're going for the say fifteen to twenty five age group then not many of them would actually own T_V_s to use a remote control on . but w we're targeting I think on more on the on the twenty to forty group . People yes . Who just have or already have a job and have the money but may not want to spend that much money on a on a universal universal control . I don't know really what the the price range for remote controls is . Are we gonna be at the very bottom of the price range , uh when we think it over I thi I think we are trying to offer the a kind of universal control for for less money . Well Well I it's fine with me like the price as long as it is uh not too expensive . because we have to take into account that we are gonna b we are gonna sell uh four aro around four million then we we decide on on on going to this more universal kind of control . And uh basically you can look to the standards of other And if we want to get the market , we really need that . I guess what I'd like from a universal remote is maybe choosing between three devices , being able to switch between them , there may be stereo , V_C_R_ and T_V_ . And just be able to s use them all from the same remote , but not at the same time . you can also browse through all the standards you know , where are the limit of standards for all of them and you can just browse through them . so when it looks too too spacey or too fancy people will think well does it work at all . uh m maybe it is good when you try to find out which components you therefore need and y you will try to get more specific uh user interface content and uh maybe you can look on on what trends are in this uh in this type of market . and we'll I'm sure we'll up something good we uh we can have lunch now . after lunch you have uh we have uh thirty minutes of work and then we have the next meeting . But you will be informed via the computer ."
116,"Speaker A: Okay. Everybody ready? Uh I think the first thing we do is introduce ourselves and everybody's name and what your function is? So maybe we start with you? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Okay. Mm-hmm. And your name is? Okay. Very good. And as you already know I am Betty. I am the project manager for today. So why don't we look at the presentation to see what we really are supposed to do. Um. Yes y opening, acquaintance, tool training well, the tools are, I think, we already I guess the tool is really our the computer, as far as I can see. Uh we get ins each of us will get instructions and we'll take it from there. Project plan, that falls under the same heading pretty much. Um, I don't think we have any great discussion at this point. Um. Here is what this thing should be. This thing we are gonna um uh design is a new remote control. Uh should be original, trendy, and, of course, user friendly. So maybe you wanna make some notes of that. Okay? All right. Here is what the functional design is supposed to achieve. Um. That is it's gonna be individual work and then at the meeting we'll discuss what uh we have come up with. The same goes for the conceptual design, there will be individual work whic and then discussion afterwards. Detailed design, same thing basically. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I can't write with this thing. Yes. Yeah, okay. All right? Then, tool training try out the white board, participant can draw their favourite animal. Does anybody want to go and see how the white board works? So that in case we have to, in the next meeting, present something on the white board. You wanna go Eileen and Whether you without hanging yourself. And remember you have to press so it works. Mm-hmm. Fat, a fat cat. Okay. And you're Francine, right? Would you like s like just to see um how it feels, so that you have a little idea? In No, no. No, that's okay. I don't know, we'll get to that later. Okay. Okay. Here's the project finance uh which, of course, we all have to think about when we design this thing. Um selling price is supposed to be twenty five Euro. Uh profit aim for the company is fifty million Euro, the market range unlimited meaning international and the production cost should not exceed hopefully should be less than twelve fifty Euro. Mm-hmm. So these are all things, of course, to remember with the budget and when you design to materials, cost, etcetera. Now, uh the discussion I guess is um does anyone of you have experience with remote control? I exp I s 'cause we we use 'em we use 'em, right, everyday. And um now having used a remote control for years does anybody already have like an idea like things you didn't like with it, things you would like to change, things you would like to improve with this thing ye any first ideas? Would you like it to be smaller, bigger, have more have more buttons on it or maybe clearly better marked buttons, you know, things like that? Small, right. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. So it should be a multi-functional uh gadget that would um control all your household uh uh machines basically. Well. It should be something new it should be s it it should do something different than than just what we have. Now, of course, the other thing to think there is maybe the design. Like trendy no like f for earlier we saw maybe it should be something trendy you know. Maybe it should different colours or materials or you know. Um so yeah shapes right, you know, like kidney shape feels better in your hand or something, you know. Yeah. Yes. That is true, because they put a newspaper or they put it behind a plant or, we you know, whatever. And and they suddenly the phone rings and they want to turn the T_V_ off and they say, where the hell is my my remote control yeah? Well or yeah or if it's really, if it's really in a dark spot that it gives out a a sound or a signal. Yeah. Mm-hmm. So if lost If lost uh signal with b throw signal, you know. Exactly, I mean just that's what I'm saying. I'm just saying throw signal meaning just whether it's a beep or whether a light or Okay, my my idea is maybe that the minute it's really hidden, in in other words if it's like in a dark spot, uh meaning you know like a newspaper is on top, a sweater is on top or it it's behind a plant, at that moment it's it's like, it's like um, what you call it a light s sensors, you know? In in that moment it has a sensor, i it it gets a certain darkness, it ge has a sensor and it gives out a signal whether that be a light signal or a beep, I mean, that we can discuss that later, you know. That's right. You know there would be right you have to have some kind of sensor and I I think uh voice or clapping it's not specific enough. Uh I know there are the lamps and stuff, you know, you can clap on and off, but I think they only work to certain degree and What with Oh yeah well, but then those people we can't help everybody. Okay we have uh yeah, we have to move along, but I think we have some good good points to start with here. Okay, the next meeting will be in thirty minutes. I think you all did you get uh notices on your computer for this? Okay so well, you got the notice um uh. The working design, I guess that's the function I_D_ uh who is this? The industrial designer That's you. Okay. So, we looking for a working design when we come back. Then And then the technical funct you are the technical function, so so you are the working design. So you have a working design and then a functional design. And the marketing manager is coming up with some user requirement specification, like friendliness, and what we just discussed in general. That would be your idea. And, of course, price. That it, that it, that the price is a good price. I mean, the price is given, but, that was That's right. That's right. And, you know, specifi you you will get specific um instructions for that. I think that's the end of the show. Yeah. So um we have well, we have a twen two two two three minutes. Um any questions at this point? Or uh suggestions? I think basically basically you will get instructions to work with and if you have any questions uh, uh I guess, you can uh Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Okay. Then uh we see you in about thirty minutes. And see what we can come up with. Okay?
Speaker B: Okay. I think so. Yeah, that's a good plan. And I'm a marketing person. I wanna figure out how to sell them. My name is Eileen. Okay. Mm-hmm. No. Mm-hmm. Okay. Mm-hmm. Mm 'kay so Three different types of design that we're gonna be concerned with okay. Functional, conception and detailed. Maybe we should redesign it. After we've finished the remote control we'll get to that. Okay, I'll see what I can do. See if I r See if I remember how to draw a kitty cat or a rabbit or something. So that it will record okay. Um uh um traditional kitty cat. I've a very fat cat. And it likes to sit like that. Okay. Am I supposed to wipe off that or okay. Okay. Uh, okay. I hope the kitty cat is hungry 'cause I don't like snakes. Mm-hmm. Okay. Mm 'kay that should keep everybody on their toes and challenged. Profit. Um is fifty mm. Oops. At um twelve fifty Euros per Well who knows if we get a really good designer maybe we can do that. We certainly can try to I agree with her that to market something successfully it should do some more things. That's right. Yeah okay, friendly shape, that would help. I think another thing that would help is um if it beeps when you clap, because I think one of the big things that happens is people lose them. They can't find it. Mm-hmm. So some Uh so, so it's really the beep or, or a light should blink. Mm 'kay. And do you think a good c c um clue for that is that it would respond to a clap or it would respond to your voice or it would respond what what should you have to do to make it beep or blink? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Okay so Okay. So the light sensor would activate the signal. Mm-hmm. But it could be someplace really obvious and you still wouldn't be able to find it. Well, because you're s because you're silly. Because people are silly. I mean it could be on well, i if it were like on top of your bookcase and you usually kept it on the coffee table um, you know, well maybe we have to move along, okay. Mm-hmm. We have to justify that price by having sufficient features to make it sell at that price. Mm. Okay, I think I have enough to think about 'til our next meeting. How about you people? Really? Okay. 'Kay. Alright, well uh Okay, very good.
Speaker C: Okay. Yeah, my name is Francina. And I'm uh an user interface my role is uh the main responsibility is user interface. And my role is to design uh a television remote control. Yes, I'm Francina. Yes, sure. No, Okay. What should I draw? I'm going to draw a snake. How does it look like? Yes. Yeah, I Yes, I I feel that all the remote should be very compact. Yeah, those which we get here nowadays it's very long. And um and it should have multi-purpose. Like uh the remote control which we use for T_V_, it shou uh it should be used f uh for some other purpose also, like controlling the uh temperature inside the house or for air-conditioners, or for heating system. Yes, exactly Yes. Yes. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah, design should be, yeah it should be different. All the almost all the remotes Yes, exactly. Are different shapes. Yes. Yes. Or a b Should ha A fluorescent signal, yeah. Yes. Yeah. And uh Yes. Then, in that case Yes. Okay. Okay. Yes. Yes. Okay. Yes.
Speaker D: Yeah. Yeah. Uh I'm Jeanne-Oui. Um uh my role is industrial designer and my responsibilities are uh uh um deal with the technical-functional designs and specifications of user interface and dealing with user interface design. Snake. Yeah, of course, using remote control. Yeah. Uh. Yeah. Yeah. Audio player. Oh. Okay. Hmm. Divides us Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, of course. Yeah, maybe ten I do yeah, colours and al shapes also. Yeah. Yeah of course yeah. Yeah. Yeah, some beep or something like that, so that we can go Yeah. Yeah, maybe it should have a light so that we can, we can just recognise where it is. Yeah, yeah. May not be beep. Beep or uh it's a light, maybe it's a light. Yeah, probably yeah, probably it's a yeah, yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah, of course, that didn't I i we can't do it. Yeah, good point. Me yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it's functional de yeah, exactly, technical. Yeah. Uh working design, yeah, it's it's uh mainly technical-functional design. Yeah, functional design, and you Yeah. Yeah, even I have. Yeah, even I have, I think, yeah. Yeah, so let's see. Hmm. Yeah.","Uh I think the first thing we do is introduce ourselves and everybody's name and what your function is ? Yeah , my name is Francina . And I'm uh an user interface And I'm a marketing person . My name is Eileen . Yeah . Uh I'm Jeanne-Oui . Um uh my role is industrial designer And as you already know I am Betty . I am the project manager for today . This thing we are gonna um uh design is a new remote control . Uh should be original , trendy , and , of course , user friendly . That is it's gonna be individual work and then at the meeting we'll discuss what uh we have come up with . Here is what the functional design is supposed to achieve . The same goes for the conceptual design , Detailed design , same thing basically . Then , tool training try out the white board , participant can draw their favourite animal . You wanna go Eileen and And remember you have to press so it works . Here's the project finance Um selling price is supposed to be twenty five Euro . Uh profit aim for the company is fifty million Euro , the market range unlimited meaning international and the production cost should not exceed hopefully should be less than twelve fifty Euro . now having used a remote control for years does anybody already have like an idea like things you didn't like with it , things you would like to change , things you would like to improve with this thing Yes , I I feel that all the remote should be very compact . And um and it should have multi-purpose . Like uh the remote control which we use for T_V_ , it shou uh it should be used f uh for some other purpose also , like controlling the uh temperature inside the house or for air-conditioners , or for heating system . At um twelve fifty Euros per Well who knows if we get a really good designer maybe we can do that . It should be something new it should be s it it should do something different than than just what we have . Yeah , design should be , yeah it should be different . Maybe it should different colours or materials or you know . I think another thing that would help is um if it beeps when you clap , Well or yeah or if it's really , if it's really in a dark spot that it gives out a a sound or a signal . maybe it should have a light so that we can , we can just recognise where it is . and I I think uh voice or clapping it's not specific enough . The industrial designer That's you . Uh working design , yeah , it's it's uh mainly technical-functional design . so so you are the working design . So you have a working design and then a functional design . And the marketing manager is coming up with some user requirement specification , like friendliness , and what we just discussed in general . Then uh we see you in about thirty minutes . I think basically basically you will get instructions to work with"
7,"Speaker A: Hello. Dang it. Alright. What? I've got a touch-pad. Do you know how how I can wake it up? No, my laptop. You with your brilliant ideas. I don't know if I can touch the power button. Do you know how how I can wake it up? Oh. Come on, move it. Now, wake up, bitch. Yeah, so did I. I closed it. That wasn that wasn't very smart, I guess. Come on. Get back to me. Yes. I closed it. No, I didn't restart it, I just closed it. Yes. Alright. Great. Thanks. Mm-hmm. Yes. Yes. Nobody, I guess. Format. You know, I thought of that actually. Yeah. Its simplicity. Yeah, whatever. I'll go next. Thanks. I haven't got a favourite animal too, so Oh. What should I draw? Thank you, I'll draw a penguin. Yeah. I'll draw a penguin. Whatever. I can't draw, so you can start to laugh already. Whatever. Something like that. Come on. Mm hmm hmm, orange. Whatever. Oh, it's better than your bird. Everything's better than your bird. Whatever. Hey, it's blue. No. Whatever. Um, I like its ugliness and uh Yeah, whatever. The way it walks or whatever. Your turn. Drawing. Or a line. I mean a bird. Hmm. It's a handicapped cat. He's crying because it's ugl because of his ugliness. I wouldn't call it training, but Alright. I don't th I don't think the four of us got problems with remote controls, but if you see elderly people, all these buttons, and then they buy new T_V_ because their previous one was stolen or whatever. And then a totally different remote control with with different functions on different places, and half of the functions a are removed, or whatever. Uh, so I think what we need is is a clear uh remote control with uh grouped buttons, you know. All th all the buttons which apply to the text functions in in one uh Well, one area or whatever, not like the button to enter text on top of the remote control and the button to um, yeah, to minimise it to this this or whatever o o other functions totally somewhere else. I think we should group them. And same for the for the volume buttons and the the t Well I was I was thinking uh since a T_V_ is uh mostly used together with a V_C_R_ or D_V_D_ player or recorder, and not with a stereo, I think it should be good to include functions for V_C_R_s and D_V_D_ players, recorders. Yeah. I don't know. Hi-fi set is uh not often used uh as I know of in combination with television. Yes. Yes, it is only for television, but uh Well well we we're gonna brainstorm about that. If we think it's useful, we do it. That's right. It's a television remote control. But I was thinking since it is useful with D_V_D_ Yep. Yeah, also no one's gonna buy it. I guess. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, way too high. Yep. Well that's an idea of course, yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Yes, what the market wishes. Yeah. You just got a message. And it said uh five minutes, so we got four and a half. No. He's the whatever. Team Leader. He is the whatever. Yes. Project joc project documents is for showing uh on the white-board. Yeah. Yes. Alright. Okay. Yeah. No. I don't think so. Yes? Great. Yeah. Good luck. I will need it.
Speaker B: I've lost my screen. Uh Yes. I closed the No. Yes. Antek. 'Kay. I'm going to draw a cat. I don't know why, but a cat is a very uh smart animal. And you can have them at home. Which is not as the case with uh with bingwings and Ye yes, yeah. It's not very uh very good drawn, but you can see a cat from it. It's Ah, it's not scared. He's crying but Uh it's i most cats are small. You can handle them. Yes. Yes, Yes, that's uh something extras. Yeah. Only the experts. Uh, to go with to go with fashion and Team Leader. No. Oh.
Speaker C: And then you have to place your laptop exactly on the marked spot. It's important to place your laptop exactly on the marked spot over here. No. Yeah. Try the power button. Huh. Yeah, my name is name. Yeah? Everybody's ready? Great. Well, welcome to the kick-off meeting. I uh forgot to put my name over here, it's uh it's Martin. Uh, so you all know. Well, this is the agenda for today. Well, the opening is what I'm doing right now. Uh, we gonna do some acquaintance acquaintance things. Uh give some um examples of the tool training, project plan discussion and the closing. We have twenty five minutes. Okay, the project aim is to design a new remote control. Uh, some of the oje objectives are that is has to be original, trendy, and user-friendly. So now we all know what our goal is. Um, I oh forget I forget the whole acquaintance part, but we we all know each other. We all know each other's names. Joost, Guido, Antek. Okay. I think we uh al already uh been through that part. Okay, it consists of uh three levels of design. Uh we begin with the functional design, then we go to the conceptual design and the detailed design. Every uh level of design consists of some individual work, and we uh close it with a meeting. You all received an email with a example of our explanation of what uh the particular level of design uh means to the different uh functions, and uh you p you probably read that already, so I don't have to tell you about that. Okay, first we're gonna um uh gonna try some different things with the tools we have over here, so you get acquainted with these uh um uh meeting tools. We have the smart-boards, uh the thes those two boards. This is the presentation boards, wh which one I'm using right now. You can uh um there's a document folder called um the sh shared document folder. You can upload your uh documents to that folder and then you can open them over here, so you can do your PowerPoint presentations on this screen. We also have the white-board. Uh, we're gonna skip through th No, no. Just on the on the screen over there. Oh, no. Probably is, but I don't know if the software is on the laptop. Is is if it's mainly a thing for in the meeting, so I don't think it's I don't know if it's important. This an explanation of the smart-boards. There is a tool-bar over here. It's quite simple. You have the the pen function, eraser function. It's like a very simple uh paint application. Uh, we well, we use the same file during uh the whole day, and uh you can make new sheets by uh by pu puttin pressing on the blank button. It works like this. Oh. If pen is selected, yes. Oh, no no. It's not But it is pen. It's not working like a pen yet. Huh. Huh. It's doing some stuff now. So you can use a pen. You can use an eraser. And you can make new uh fi uh new blanks, and you can change uh the line width and the colour of the pen by pressing on forward, which y you have to select pen format. And then select current colour or line width. So, it's quite easy. Uh well, now you're all uh acquainted with the different tools. Right, we're gonna try out the electronic white-boards. Uh, every participant should draw his favourite animal and some of its favourite characteristics, on blank sheets with different colours, with different pen widths. Uh, I'll start off then. I'll use this uh same sheet. Alright. Oh, let me think. Different colours. Oh. Well, I'm gonna draw um a p piranha. Uh, a fish. Uh. Mm-hmm. I'm gonna use some different colour now. Some a little white. Looks like a fish. Think it is. Oh. Oh. Uh, colour. This is black? I think so. Oh. Oh, this is just uh useless uh drawings but Oh teeth. I need teeth. Well, they're not supposed to be green, or whatever colour this is. Okay. What was uh I have su to sum up its favourite characteris Well, I like its uh sharp razor sharp teeth. Plus, uh the the big uh forehead and uh a small uh, well a small actual face. And I like its overall uh aggressive look and Well, that's what I like about uh piranha. I think that's kind of what uh the intention should be. Well, who wants to be next? You go, Guido? Okay. Uh, make a new sheet. Uh, it's by pressing on blank. Yep. Yep. And uh so in the format menu you can choose the different uh colours and uh pen widths. Well, tell us something about uh your favourite characteristics of these uh particular birds. Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. No, uh it's clear. N no no. We get your point. Okay. Who wants to be next? Oh. I'll do so. Okay. Well, you can have a piranha at home. Huh. I don't think uh I don't think uh Darwin would agree with that.. Okay. What do you like about it then? Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. Okay, and then we are uh through the tool training, I guess. Okay, this is uh something about the project finance. The selling price of our remote control is gonna be twenty five Euros. And our profit aim is fifteen million Euros. We're very ambitious on this one. The market range is international, so it's gonna be sold world-wide, and the production cost should be a maximum of twelve Euro fifty per remote control. So that's clear. Yeah? Okay, we're now gonna discuss some stuff when well, we're gonna brainstorm about uh what kind of kemoro romo remote control it's gonna be. Uh, well tell me about your experiences with the remote controls. Do you have uh know what good experiences with remote controls? Or do they annoy you sometimes? Are they difficult to understand, or maybe they don't interact with different kind of uh equipment very well? Yeah, okay. Okay. Different functions of of uh Okay. Yeah. Okay. And uh, is it gonna be a remote control that's um what it can be used for different kind of equipment, like your T_V_ and your home stereo? Uh Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. But uh, the D_V_D_ players and home cinema sets often double as stereo hi-fi sets probably. It's what, from my experience. Okay. But we gonna Oh, it is only for televis So wha what What wha what uh what document But, where where did it uh Where did you find that? Oh, okay. Yeah, but most television remote controls support other functions as well. So we can No, we have to think about that. Okay, uh but uh we've gonna put some a uh is is it so user-friendliness, is a is a pri priority in this case, or Okay. Well, this the maybe is uh some aspect of the uh, or or some point at at which we can excel by making it very useful. That w Well, then you're you're the usability uh man, so this uh gonna be a very important task for you then. Okay. Well, other ideas? How can we make it trendy or something? Do uh by just sh shape and the look of it? Maybe a can opener underneath it? I don't know. Or someth something special, like uh M_P_ three player inside of it, or uh Oh, well then the production costs are gonna be too high probably. Okay. Maybe with different type of fronts or uh Well, m has to be something spectacular or uh one which makes it We gonna skip back to the goals probably. Uh, original, trendly, and user-friendly Well, we al also already talked about user-friendliness. No, well something trendy and original, well that that goes hand in hand I guess. When something is original, it tends to be trendy, probably, or we should make it combination of that. 'Kay, so you the um technical part of the process is something you're gonna look after for, so you have to think about what kind of uh equipment you want to uh, you know, you want to manage with it. Well, and that's an important part for you then, with gogors regards to the user-friendly part of it. Well, and you uh should look out for what makes it trendy. Well, you know, y like some special feature. Or some Does it does it gets some gadgetness or something. Okay. Well, the closing. Next meeting starts in thirty minutes. Individual, I think so. The the Industrial Designer will w or the working design, of course, we will uh Already s said that. The User Interface Designer is it a User Inter User Interface the technical functions design. And the Management Expert of uh the Marketing Expert. User requirements specifi Well, this one was already clear to us. Specific instructions will be sent to you by your personal coach. I don't know how much time we have left. Oh, not many I guess. We started at twelve. Oh, and what does it said? W Okay, well um No, we're uh ahead of schedule then. Yeah, close it. I'm gonna make some minutes or take some minutes. And uh it's it's clear you can put the stuff in the project documents presentations. You can all Or we're all uh Yeah. Yeah, but we're all familiar with uh uh Microsoft PowerPoint, are we? Yeah, okay. I'm gonna wri uh write some stuff down and then we're ready. Or we can leave already I guess. or uh or sh or should we uh or is important that we leave at exact uh Okay. Yes. We'll see each other in uh thirty minutes. Yeah, good luck.
Speaker D: Okay. No, that's okay. Joost, your mouse. No mouse needed? Mm. A touch-pad? Slap it. Is Um F_ five. F_ five. I don't. You've got your name. Hope it working. Never close your laptop. Yeah. Okay. What is your name? Antek Ahmet. And Joost. Okay. Yeah. Yes. Can we see the white-board on our laptops? No, I saw I saw the file, the smart-board that X_B_K_ but Okay. With that pen? Mm. Mm. Little bit slower. piranha. Okay. Oh. Yellow Hmm. Different. Okay. I will try. Yeah. I will try. Uh Blank? Okay. Then pen again? Okay. Okay, um control. Uh Ah, purple. Um, I don't know what my uh favourite uh animal is, but the easiest animal I can think is is a bird. Uh I will That's my bird. Yeah? Isn't it quite it's a little bit light. Uh, another colour maybe. A red one. A small one. Uh, line width. Two? Three. Oh that's okay. That's another one. Ano Uh uh it's a Yeah, it's uh the most simple uh animal I know, I think. Um, I don't know. Maybe because uh there's there's some s uh free uh maybe in the sky or something like that. Maybe a little bit. Yeah. I don't know. So more uh birds? Okay, okay, okay. M Pictionary. A cow. Okay. Yeah, it's little bit hard. Orange, of course. Uh yeah. Yeah. True. A little bit. Yeah. Don't mess with my birds, yeah. cat. Okay. Okay. Hmm. Different. Yeah. But isn't it It's only for television, I thought. Not I thought it was only for television. So so we probably don't have to have to uh have the functions for D_V_D_ player or V_C_R_. Uh, in the email. I thought it said uh Yeah, television remote control. True. Yeah. True. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. True. Oh my God. Okay. For the bear. Uh I I uh, no I think it Uh, I th I think yo we have to keep it simple, to get a whole market. It's international, so we have to use a standard. Hmm. Use friendly. Yep. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Interface d Oh, I don't I didn't get a message. Oh, the Project Manager. Okay. Okay. Yeah. I don't think Oh I will need it.","Do you know how how I can wake it up ? I've lost my screen . Uh Never close your laptop . Well , welcome to the kick-off meeting . Well , this is the agenda for today . examples of the tool training , project plan discussion and the closing . Okay , the project aim is to design a new remote control . Uh , some of the oje objectives are that is has to be original , trendy , and user-friendly . Um , I oh forget I forget the whole acquaintance part , but we we all know each other . Uh we begin with the functional design , then we go to the conceptual design and the detailed design . Every uh level of design consists of some individual work , and we uh close it with a meeting . Okay , first we're gonna um uh gonna try some different things with the tools we have over here , so you get acquainted with these uh um uh meeting tools . This is the presentation boards , wh which one I'm using right now . there's a document folder called um the sh shared document folder . so you can do your PowerPoint presentations on this screen . There is a tool-bar over here . It's like a very simple uh paint application . and uh you can make new sheets by uh by pu puttin pressing on the blank button . and you can change uh the line width and the colour of the pen by pressing on forward , Right , we're gonna try out the electronic white-boards . Uh , every participant should draw his favourite animal and some of its favourite characteristics , Well , I'm gonna draw um a p piranha . Uh , a fish . And uh so in the format menu you can choose the different uh colours and uh pen widths . but the easiest animal I can think is is a bird . and then we are uh through the tool training , I guess . Okay , this is uh something about the project finance . The selling price of our remote control is gonna be twenty five Euros . And our profit aim is fifteen million Euros . The market range is international , so it's gonna be sold world-wide , and the production cost should be a maximum of twelve Euro fifty per remote control . well , we're gonna brainstorm about uh what kind of kemoro romo remote control it's gonna be . I don't th I don't think the four of us got problems with remote controls , but if you see elderly people , all these buttons , and then they buy new T_V_ because their previous one was stolen or whatever . Uh , so I think what we need is is a clear uh remote control with uh grouped buttons , you know . And uh , is it gonna be a remote control that's um what it can be used for different kind of equipment , like your T_V_ and your home stereo ? Well I was I was thinking uh since a T_V_ is uh mostly used together with a V_C_R_ or D_V_D_ player or recorder , and not with a stereo , I think it should be good to include functions for V_C_R_s and D_V_D_ players , recorders . I thought it was only for television . So so we probably don't have to have to uh have the functions for D_V_D_ player or V_C_R_ . Yeah , but most television remote controls support other functions as well . Or someth something special , like uh M_P_ three player inside of it , or uh Okay . Maybe with different type of fronts or uh I'm gonna wri uh write some stuff down I'm gonna make some minutes or take some minutes . The the Industrial Designer will w or the working design , of course , The User Interface Designer the technical functions design . And the Management Expert of uh the Marketing Expert . User requirements specifi We'll see each other in uh thirty minutes ."
131,"Speaker A: 'Kay. It's perfect. Where? It's here. Okay. Yeah. 'Kay. I have slides. Ah, that is three. Product prod Yep. Okay. Okay. So, this is our product or prototype. This is made by clay. Yeah. Uh the basic colour is uh yellow and red. Yellow is uh our company colour, uh red it's uh is more attractive. So we used two basic colour, yellow and red. And the shape, there's two basic shape. The first is a circle and the second is a triangle s piece. It's we call it a mushroom design. It's looks like some mushroom, so we call it mushroom design. So this is a introduction of our product. Next a mo Okay, yeah, so next slide. So there are several key features of our pr prototype. The first is that it is fuzzy. I'm sure this would be the unique design the market. Yeah, so it's a fuzzy design, and a unique design. Um, and uh the second key feature is that uh s circle channel um selection. In the traditional key uh traditional controller use button to to select the channel but now we have a s circle, so we can turn this ball to t to select channel. So it's quite convenient for user to use it. Yeah, s okay. Uh the third feature is a stable triangle base. Uh this sta uh this triangle base is very stable, so uh so it's it's um it's unlikely you cannot found it. So it's v Um, you can put it in the table so you can turn the the ball to cha to select the channel and there's some cute button. You c can can you can see the the shape of the buttons n is a mushroom, so Yeah, everything's mushroom. Mush Mushroom design, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, th that's why if you put it in the table, be careful, somebody will eat it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, no this our only two slides. Yeah. So we cut it to see. Okay. So where's the battery battery? Base. Here? Okay. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I think so. Yeah, the shape is unique, and the colour So it depend on how d do you define fancy. Uh so, my mush. Mm. Yeah. Hmm. Uh, for turn turn the ball. If you want to turn the ball, it's very it's very convenient for you to to to turn the ball to change the channel. Uh. Ah, it's embedded, your microphone. Th this th th there's two two functions. This is microphone array Okay. 'Kay. Yeah yeah yeah. Yeah, this is microphone array, in fact. There four microphone. So they they they they there's a microphone array. Yeah, yeah. So you can capture voice yeah, you c Yeah, so you can capture s voice from different directions. Yeah. Yeah, I agree. Yeah, it's very easy. You can use this in this way. Yeah. Th this is the base. So you can turn to change the channel. You just tu turn d d Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, no, no. I if y uh if it depend on the the angle you turn the I if if this is a channel one. So it c it could be channel two, channel three, channel four, channel five. So change. Yeah. Y uh fifth channel divided by the num by the by three hundred thirteen degree. So you got how many degree you you it No no, you don't have to y no it's uh when you when you stop t uh when you stop, the the turn, then the angle you stop is the angle you is the channel you It's it's very easy, because you kn you know how many channel are there in the Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can do it. I think so I think so you can do it. I think so, you can just change. There's uh also a number, you know. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And also you can, if you i You ca you can turn this. Or you ca you can you can also turn this. For this you can tune it's for tune. You you if you want to skip from channel one to channel two, you you skip this. If you want to from uh skip from channel one to channel ten you tune this. It's like fine, from coarse to fine. This is coarse, this is fine. So it's coarse to fine design. Yeah. Yeah is is this is, from one channel to maybe to ten channel. This is from one channel to Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Mm-hmm. Yeah, agree, agree. Uh w w what do y what uh you compare with traditional uh um tr traditional controller? I think it's easier than traditional controller. If you use traditional controller you have to put a button, but now you don't have to put button, you have you just turn the turn the ball. There's two kind of balls, the smaller the the the so you can c you can c you can control the scale. But in the traditional controller, how do how can you control the scale? Yeah, yeah, yeah, y you you can do it, but you can also do it in the b if you you do not wa if you do not want to browsing all the channel you can just p there's also a button here. Yeah, this function is just for your browsing, from one channel to th the next one, the next s sn s, the th the third one. Yeah, yeah. Y one to ten, ten to twelve, uh ten to t uh twenty. Ten to twenty and this one, t one two three four five six, like this. Uh there's different scale, so you can you can choose how much do you want to sc Mm-hmm. I i this is just a base. You can just Yeah. You use your y So th this is a d next generation controller. Yeah. Okay okay, okay. Four. Okay. Okay. Three? Trois. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Mm. Okay. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. The solar cell is too expensive. Mm. Yeah, we have four. Five. No. No no. No no no, it Okay. No. We have change the electronics to from from the the the sample sensor to regular chip. Oh. We have to delete the the sample sensor, I think. Yeah it's the one it's m maybe we ha we have two versions, the first version, the basic version. Advanced version we have speak. Plastic is free. Wait. We we can we can we c yellow. How about we change the sale? Ah we have one Okay. Okay. Agree. Cou could we have look Could we have look at the p the the prod the p the cost? Okay. So let's say Wha what yeah. Which part is the most expensive part? Yeah, I think it's not t t Cheaper. Okay. Yes. Of course. This is my job. Yeah, it's uh it's good, to to create a control instead of a computer. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, but y you know the traditional T_V_ it's um Yeah yeah it's flat, yeah the shape is very boring. Could we come up with new T_V_ with such as this kind of T_V_? So you can you have base, triangle base so you the T_V_ you can Yeah. Yeah. Because the T_V_ you also Yeah. Yeah. Mm. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. And you can celebrate your leadership. Yeah. Yeah, it's your job. Sell it. Yeah. Okay and the twelve fifty twelve uh twelve Twenty five Euros, yeah. Twenty five Euros. No, it's not so expensive. Okay. Okay. Mm. So we have to give a So we have give him give it a cute name. Mush mushroom controller. Pa Pine apple. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Twenty five Euro. Okay. Yeah you told me you h you d you d you lost your control your T_V_ so so you need to buy one. Okay. Traditional one? Yeah. So this one and this one. What do you choose? What do you choose? Okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So buy one. Yeah. Prototype, yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay. Thanks.
Speaker B: Your judgement it's is biased. So, we are So let's go for our detailed design meeting. So I will still play the role of the secretary, and we'll have um first the project presentation by our User Interface Designer, David Jordan, and our Industrial Designer, Baba. So we'll have to evaluate the uh your proposed remote control, and um have an idea of the price that uh this thing will cost. And in case if we're we all agree on the fabrica of um building of this remote control, we'll evaluate the um production. So maybe I will let the our two designers talk about so their You have s oh, sorry. Oops. Looks strange. Okay. Genetically modified mushroom I will say, but keep on speaking. Oh. Maybe, I hope so. Chan Yeah, okay, but don't touch don't destroy your prototype. Everything's mushroom. So we can call our remote control the mushroom. Okay. Oh. Fruits and vegetables. Vegetables. Mushroom is a vegetable. It's vegetable. So th it's something eatable. Next slide. Mm-hmm. In the base. In the basement. In the basement. And where is the solar solar cell? Where is the solar cell? Oh. Do you think it won't be It won't cris increase the price? Okay, we'll see after. We will have first to so, mister money, what's your opinion according to this remote control? Mm-hmm. Maybe if you change if you take the buttons out, and maybe do things like that It would be bet more like a lemon? Yeah. Looks like more fruit. Maybe a pineapple? And you know, you have the finger here, with the buttons? It looks more like a pineapple. Sorry. What's the use for that? And where is the voice recognition? Okay. Okay. Is it better like that? Looks okay, let's say it's a pineapple now. It looks like a now you took it. It looks like a pineapple with cherry on top. Mm uh Seven is the ma the maximum? Three, I will say three. Isn't it bitter like that? Feasible? You said previously that you there's um microphone inside an Oh. Okay, and you have the there's the technology inside that recognise simple vocal comments? And you can turn it so maybe it's techno technologically innov innovative? We have tactile buttons. Oh, yeah. Maybe two? Two? I would say two. You agree? It's better like that, isn't it? Okay. Oh, ok I understand. You take take the remote, so and you can turn like that to change the channel? I think it's quite easy to so s zapping, but maybe it will be too fast. Yeah, you have a, like that, and so on. Oh yeah. Yeah but y but you have to go through all the channels if you want to go Mm-hmm. Yeah, but when you're zapping you're changing from one channel to the other, so you're passing through all the channels. So, when you say I want to go to the channel number twenty that's you've decided to go to channel twenty, so you can say channel twenty, or channel four, because you really want to go on this channel. But if you really want to to do zapping you you don't really know what you want to do, you can turn it. Just go through all the channels and maybe stop if there is something interesting? Seems to be good. Good choice, mister David Jordan. yeah, what's what's this cherry? Okay. Yeah, th you have the vocal commands. On off. Most of the time you have the yeah it's a sleeping remote control. That's true. W that why we have the solar ti yeah. So three. Do you agree? Three? And what's your opinion? It's not what you said previously. Previously you said that turning this was the fine Fine to coarse. And from ten to ten channels here. Okay. Oh Yeah, no no, no. You can't put it out. It's just your turning from the base. You need to have everything in hand. If you want to turn, you can't use it and turn. It's impossible. You need to put it on and turn. Yeah, but nobody would be able to take it in the pocket and bring it in the kitchen and say I've lost the remote control. Nobody would take it. So nobody w will lost lose it. S maybe we can change from th Four? Easy to use, four. Gonna say four. Trois. Three. So, th the project is accepted? But I d m I think that it will be good to do some more work to transform this into a pineapple. If you re we really want to have a fruitful remote control. So uh mm mm. Mm. Okay and we we had a project prototype presentation with the evaluation. So as we all agree to accept, under certain conditions, the prototype, we'll have look to the final sh financial view. So we need to calculate the production cost. As I said in the first meeting we need to have so a remote control that would cost not more than twelve and point fifty Euros. And if not if it's not the case y you would have to redesign it. So, just have a look at the okay here is the Excel sheet, so so it has the energy source. We have hand dynamo. No, we don't use that. We have battery, right? Kinetic, we don't have it, I suppose, but we have solar cells. Um, how many do y do you need, solar cells? Do you think one would be enough, or such as as number of branches? Three? So, electronic. Single simple chip on print? Just one would be necessary? One? Zero for the others. And sample sensor, sample speaker. One? As we have voice recognition, I think. So the case. Okay, just keep on going, just to have an idea. Well uh yeah, but what what about case? Uncurved, flat, single curved, double curved. I think it's more like double curved. One? Uh wood? Uh do we need special colour? Y maybe, two? We have two special colours. Push button. Okay. Scroll wheel. We don no. It it's more like integrated scor. Yeah, maybe two scroll wheel, as we have the coarse coarse to fine scroll wheel. So, no button supplements? Okay. Okay we I think we have problem. I think we s if we keep on adding things so we have to Maybe if w t if suppose if we change and we g put just one? Has it changed. Okay. Yeah, but we have you the the voice recognition, no? Okay. Or it would be better. So, do we need special colour? Because we have red. Red and yellow. I think so we need if we try to have a kind of pineapple bee. Yeah. An but we have integrated scroll wheel with push dut button. And I think this is one. Integrated scroll wheel push button. So we'll we have only one? And push button. So if we have all integrated i in the scroll wheel and push button, it's uh Something flat. S uncurved. Yeah, maybe not. Yeah. Mm. Nearly. Maybe don't bat no battery, only solar cells. I think there's a problem with the push push button. We only need maybe just one. Just one. Yeah. So yeah, you will have So one button, and s scroll wheel with push button on it. So So, yeah. It think we we've done good job, as the cost is twelve fifty e Yeah, but it's under or equal. It's not written. Sometimes it's under or equal. Twelve fifty. Yeah, I think. I think, yeah. But it would i be interesting for our marketing team, to make a lot of advertisement concerning these solar cells to be Yeah but it will be technologically innova innovative, so. So it's easy to use and powerful, as the remote control a has only one button. Easy, powerful. So I don't think we need to redesign the p the product. Yeah. So Now So So did you enjoy your clay modelling? Yeah? Was it a nice way to create your remote control? And for the marketing guy? And new ideas about new products, maybe, wi which would be fashion and uh and yellow. Yes, just lemon. Squared? Ah, the lemon T_V_ with the pineapple remote control. Oh, that's interesting. You could f we could do a kind of fruit collection of electronics things. Electronic device. Maybe Yeah, maybe la next year it will be insects. Customable T_V_. Ah such yeah. You've already said mobile phones. Yeah, and following Mm. It's interesting, maybe we can create a a line of uh T_V_ with uh a a tr So I think the costs are within the budget. We're just at twelve fifty Euros. So do you think you can celebrate your creation? Oh, thanks a lot. Thank you, mister David Jordan. The thing now is to to sell it. It's maybe a little bit expensive. Maybe what you can do a test. Put it outside, and if bees come, it's really fruit. But don't put sugar in it, it's not working. Yeah, but the colour, I think the colour is more is most important, because I I don't think you have ever seen something like that before for a remote control. Yeah, but we decided to have something yellow and red, for the costs. So maybe we can just integrate it on th on one side, the double R_. So we have the logo, we have the colour, and we have the fashion in electronics, so we have the slogan too. Yeah th no, it's the it's the pineapple control remote control. It's a pineapple now, it has changed. It's a pineapple. Pineapple. With cherry on top. Will you buy one? Try to. Okay uh One thing I like is the shape, because you know it's not like the uh the remote controls you can put in your pocket, on uh in your jacket. I prefer the laser remote control. No. Oh. Maybe next if we decide to do something we'd can put light inside. Yeah. I think it it would be interesting to just to see if we can if people will buy this one, and maybe add some features to it after yeah. So Champagne, mister Baba. So Okay, I will close this. Mm. So I think we have finished the designing and the evaluation of our remote control and we have a nearly final product. Final prototype, right. So, thank you very much. Very productive.
Speaker C: Mm-hmm. So, ready? Sorry, I I um I'm afraid Uh thi this remote control will stay a prototype. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Effectively one slide and maybe we can discuss everything. Okay. Yeah. Uh Yeah, yeah I'm sure. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. Yeah but it's not like really mushroom because you have uh you know uh like lemon shape, you know, centre is yellow and t d To integrate, you know yeah. I don't think I hope nobody will eat it. You know, to integrate the fruit aspect, you know the the in Really? But Fruit and vegetable, so mushroom was a kind of you know uh Mushroom? Oh, uh I'm not sure. We can it's a veg a kind of vegetable, but you know we we integrated them with different colour. I I think we take into account what you said about fruit and vegetable you know. This, you know, very enlighted colours, you know. And inspired colour and and very sophisticated material, so. And so So what we w what I can add is that, you know he talk about what is outside, so what is inside is what we dis what we talked before about, you know, the chip, it is a low level chip, and You know, we don't need to k. You know wi the low level chips inside and you know the L_C_D_ button and the i The battery it is under. It is in th in in the base, yeah. In fact this this this this is a kind of you know revolutionary solar receptor that we can put outside and I don't think so, but it it's might be okay, so. I it might be okay. So Yeah. So, four point three point five, it means it's acceptable. Oops. I think you have nice colours. I don't The sha the bowl shape people like. Is it really fancy? But it's you have the lemon aspect of this th this this thing. Do Don't do that, please. I it's it's i this shape is a lemon like, so Yeah. Because i Less button. Yeah, but you don't have any button now. That's uh yeah, is that that's a good idea. So that's great. That's great. I have no idea, so. I have no idea what If it is fancy or not. So we can we can say t The colour, is the colour acceptable? So the shape now. It's too much red? In the basement? I will give I will I'll gi I'll give two or three. Three, it's okay. Three, three. Three is fine for me. What other Is it easy to use? Ye uh Embedded. It's a micro array, okay. Oh yeah, yeah. And I think you you've never seen a rou a round remote control, so it is I W Yeah, but I see, you have microphone array embedded. You have That's good. And you have, you know this ki this solar receptor that, you know Yes. Yeah. I think technically it's acceptable, so Yeah. Two, yeah, two. It's it's fine, so. Most Eh, for th the vocal command yes, it's might be easy. But it's just speaking. You just need the command. As a principle. I think maybe if you he If you hear some click Yeah, it would Oh yeah, that's difficult. That's dif that's difficult. Yeah but y how you need to know I I think something that Yeah. And you you can I think you can if you have a scale, so Yeah, it's a bit difficult. I think b but the the vocal command is easy too. You can say fifty and fifty it's okay, so Uh, yeah, and y that's yeah. Yeah. To see uh yeah uh Yeah. And but I'd It is a turn off t turn off button, maybe. Yeah, yeah yeah. That's that's very technologic, so. Yeah. S But I di I didn't see where the t f the turn off t turn on turn off button so much activates maybe one of the Uh it's k on off, yeah. Yeah, sleeping. To compensate. Yeah. Easy to use, it's very relative but three it's fine, I think, it's reasonable three. Three f three for me, it's o it's okay. Four or three. Maybe you can vote to see how many everybody gives and no and just take the mean. Will you give four? Five? Yeah, so maybe if Yeah but y you know You just push two button, zero and and one. And that's Are there some buttons? Okay. In fact on a flat place You can Oh ye yes, that's right. Oh my God. yeah maybe, maybe may it's the next prototype, maybe we cou Four. Maybe four, it's okay. I'll put four. Yeah, four it's more reasonable. You can you can erase with this er yeah. Yeah, four it's more reasonable, so. So it's nine, nine over three. Oh yeah, it's. It need maybe some wo further work, but it's Yeah, uh s yeah. Might it might be fine. Yeah, b I think Yeah, yeah. That's the finance. Yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah, we have battery. No, um solar cells, yeah. Uh I think in each ball you have three three uh yeah, three, yeah. Three three solar cells. S s simple, simple, yeah. Yeah. Mm. One maybe, yeah. Yeah yeah yeah. Is it Is sh it Wooden. Is Yes a wooden pl I and that's There's no wood, so plastic just only, I think. Double curve, yeah, double curve. One, you have. But it's yeah, a a rubber uh Yeah, yeah. Y y yeah, yeah. Five? I think that this will be like a scroll wheel, actually. Y you tu you turn you turn it, so Yeah, true. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Okay, yeah, yeah. Scr L_C_ display, maybe. Interface. It's okay. fine. Yeah, it was stage one, so. So I think you can transform the wood into plastic, maybe. Because uh it seems that this can be yeah, wood into plastic and it it should be fine. Yeah, red and yellow. Fancy. One. I can remove maybe f you have five with push buttons, so we can just, I dunno, try to modify some of them to have yeah. Double curve. We can transform the double curve into single c yeah. F some Single curve. Single curve should be fine, so. Oh, what It's it's a bad idea, so. Two? One. That's fine. That's fine. One s one scroll wheel, so And the vocal chord, it's fine. It I th it's fine. It's fine. It's under or equal. It's fine, so It's fine, twelve fifty uh The solar cells, r is i is it? Yeah, to be able to si to sell it. Yeah, with mi It's it is really really uh really very very expensive, though. Maybe if uh okay. Yeah, yeah. It's easy to use. It's very easy to use. No. We've done it with it is under the if it was low, high or so. So So what are we going to do with this project evaluation? Okay, okay, it's fine. Yeah, I think I find it really funny and amazing and interesting to go through all the process to from the beginning to the end. And designing, looking at the chips, the solar cells and uh and it was very informative for. Yep. Okay, okay. Yellow. I think you can think about a yellow T_V_ now after a fruit T_V_ or I dunno. It can be an interesting I don't know Yeah, just a lemon T_V_ it'd be yellow lemon. It's flat, uh Yeah, that's right. It's really boring, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's that would be really interesting, actually. Device devi The fruit? Yeah. Yeah, it's But I think it's good to follow the f flow and you know make it now and after, you know, if the people change their mind you change also the product. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. That's a yeah, yeah. We can think about T_V_ with you know where you can change you know the aspects o like for the cell phones, you know. Yeah, you customise it every ti so every ti if people change, you just change the appearance, and y y you can keep Yeah, you can keep the global appearan The mood of persons, the fashions uh We int Yeah, T_V_, yeah. A T_V_ for autumn and a T_V_ for winter, you know, so it's So what i and do w is it Okay. Yeah, the pr at Yeah but I think f it's really a celebrating object. So it's yellow and very a very ha it's very happy, so. Uh it's it's a pr it's like yeah. Yeah, right, go and sell it. Goo and good luck, so It should be fine. Wh really? It should be it should be fine, you know, actually. S I I think I like the the colour a the colour are very good, so actually so It's perfect, and I p is th y the the yellow ball thing that Uh f like y we can we can put some uh double R_ Okay yeah, yeah. That's actually good idea, so It's not a mushroom. It's a pineapple remote controls. Yeah, pineapple remote remote control. Oh, that Oh unid uh unidentified remote control, so That's that's pineapple remote control. I think it's fine. Yeah. Yeah I will try I'll try. I can hel I will try versions so to see how easy easy to manage Yeah I always lose my Yeah, so so i if it is a universal one I can use it with my T_V_, so it would be I think I would choose this one because of the colour. It's it's will enlight your house, your home and your T_V_, so. Yeah. Yeah, yeah that would be uh an idea.. Yeah that's that fine. So we can celebrate now. That's our new product. Yes. It's it's fine. It's I like it. Next time. Well, I'll buy one here. Yeah. No? Okay. Okay. Final prototype, yeah, ye yeah. Okay. Okay. S so who is going to take the remote control?
Speaker D: No not really. Just Crap. Okay. 'Kay, so whe where is the remote control? Yep. What slides? Yeah. Yeah, because mushroom was not in the trends. I mean there was fruits yeah. Yeah. I don't think it is. Mm-hmm. Yeah. But anyway this is not a mushroom anyway, so it's fine. No, I mean, yeah yeah. Inspira inspiration is True. But we say uh we sa we said solar. Yeah. I mean, we gonna try to measure how good it is instead of just talking about uh we had three keys key points to uh for this remote control design, and first one was uh fancy look and feel. So w we'll try to judge this feature uh with a one to seven scale, one being uh no, I think. Uh just let me check. One one being true, and seven being false. Okay. Ouch. So Do we have a fancy look and feel, according to you? But is it Uh I'll agree it's unique, but is it really Yeah I mean, fancy was was defined by s fruit and vegetable look. Yeah. I dunno where the lemon is, but I mean it's not obvious. If I dunno, maybe improving the texture of like having it less smooth or Yeah. I dunno. Yeah, it's getting Okay. Yeah, that's Wait th that's the second point. First one is we have to judge the fancy look and feel. I mean No, the colour is okay, that's fine. I mean it's but I would say there is more too much red. Um if Right. So, from one to seven? No, seven is false and one is true. Three? Okay. Three. Then uh let me The other criterion is is it technologically uh technologically in innovative. Yeah bu but when you say technologically it's more uh I dunno, in the core, or single. Mm-hmm. No, that's good. Yeah. Yeah, th that's another really good point. Maybe okay. So using the same scale, two? Okay. Now maybe the most critical one. L last one w I would like to judge is is it easy to use? Yeah but this this turning can you can you just re explain me the Please. Yeah. Yeah but how how intuitive is it to turn things to change channels? Like if you want to go from Yeah but imagine you y Yeah I'm I'm no I'm not definitely convinced it's it's the best way to if you wanna jump from, I dunno, one to twenty? How can you go directly to twenty, for example? Yeah. Yeah. I agree. I agree. But I mean if you're fro from two? Yeah ju just imagine you have fifty fifty channels uh We're not talking Yeah. Yeah. How d how do you know this angle is th is the correct one? So you you count one degree, two degrees, no. I don't think so. Yeah voc vocal command is okay. But w we've said previously that maybe it's not going to be th l the main And this would be more for browsing, ah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah, I mean you're famous. You. Mm. Okay the uh th this looks better. Yeah. Yeah, but it has to be on to recognise fas Ah, that's not the ecological part, yeah. Solar. So, which number? So reasonably, is four, is one? So, three. Uh we wouldn't say, I mean, those are sort of agreed but this one would be more five to me. I'd like I mean this is the just a prototype. I'm not really convinced it's so easy to use, but I don't know. Yeah. So you have yeah. Uh by pushing zero after after the first one. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah, if you're changing your mind. Fine to coarse. Okay. But this this has to stay on the table, right? This has to stay on the table. Yeah but then uh when you turn turn it Just It's Yeah. You know tha that's the weak point, because with a traditional one you just have one hand. Sure. Yeah, you would never you would never lose this one, yeah. Yeah. Four. Uh it's even easier to maybe. Ok Mm. So, average? Three? Okay, so Yeah, especially on the easy to use target. Okay. Mm-hmm. No. So we are all already nineteen. Yeah. That's gonna be double curved, yeah. Rather four buttons. Oh no, interface. Yeah, yeah that's special colours, sure. Yeah tha that's wheel. Yeah. I think the price is okay. Um, no. Yeah w one of the m key point is solar cells. Yeah. No y i it did change, but just imagine we have Yeah. Yeah but this one one of the feature we were not really Yeah. Yeah, if Yeah. Yeah, that's one of the requirement. We could turn we could turn everything in either yellow or black. Black then is a regular colour, so. Yeah, one. Yeah. So push button then it's it's the next expensive one. Yeah, thi this might be. Close to. Okay, so what's the bottleneck? Double curved. Yeah, but flat Case, what's the ca And then one Euro left. Um. Um So we have one button, one wheel. It's good they're not charging anything for that. Yeah y actually it's wrong. We're not under twelve Euros and a half. Okay. Okay. Solar cells. Yeah. That's nice argument, but if it's it's still four our of twelve. Yeah. Yeah but we just have one button. Easy. I don't know about powerful. Yeah. Mm. Uh that's what we've just done. Yeah. Um okay. Well I think we have just have to discuss if I dunno. Uh tha that was good but we should have more brainstorming like meetings, maybe. 'Cause we just presenting one is presenting his stuff next one his stuff and then we try to combine afterwards, so it um. Yeah, but just don't trust too much the trends. 'Cause fruit and vegetables it won't last for ten years uh. Maybe two years it's dead. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, but this is good because it's not a long long life product. T_V_ is more like fifteen years, maybe, so. If you have a lemon lemon T_V_ for fifteen years Yeah, yeah. Tha that would that would make it. Yeah. Yeah. Hmm. Yeah. It's party party remote control. Yeah. Uh-huh. Twenty five Euros. Yeah, I think it's It's cheap, yeah. No, I I'm not so happy about the fruit shape, you know. Yeah. No, the colours are uh it's perfect, yeah. True. Uh yeah, another thing is the logo is missing still. Uh Still that was one of the requirements we had. It's yeah but it I don't think it's such a problem just putting the logo somewhere. Yeah. Mm. Yeah. Cute na You cannot say mushroom because it's not the trend. It's not the trend. Yeah, but just flying saucer, or I would say flying saucer. It's more appropriate, somehow. Mm. Mm. Yeah but that's going to be expensive, you know. We had some problems going to twelve Euros and uh I dunno. Yeah, afterwards, if if it's a new trend. Okay. We should celebrate. Mm. Yeah. Our final prototype which yeah.","The User Interface Designer and the Industrial Designer presented their prototype for the remote. The prototype was yellow and red and was shaped like a mushroom. The team then conducted a product evaluation of the prototype. Overall, the team found the prototype to be technologically innovative but had some issues with the prototype's appearance and its usability. The team decided that the prototype required further work. The team then discussed the production costs of the remote and what features they should retain or lose in order to maintain their target cost. In discussing the production costs, the team settled on what features they wanted in the remote, while staying within the boundaries of their budget, and decided it was not necessary to completely redesign their product. The team then engaged in a project evaluation in which the team discussed the process of creating their product."
9,"Speaker A: Right. I'm Manuel and I'm the Industrial Designer in in this project um. In the functional design phase I'm I'll be dealing mostly with the requirements, um we'll discuss what the prog what functions the the product has to fulfil and so and so on. Um I suppose we'll work pretty much together on that one. Um um in the conceptual design um I'll be pro mostly dealing with properties and materials um of our product. And uh the detailed design in the detailed design I'll be concerned with the look and feel of the product itself, um so we're pretty much working together obviously on the design front here. Okay. Mm. Mm, mm. Right. So Mm. Well there are of course certain restrictions, you can't have it be any form and fulfil all functions at the same time, so there are always the some restrictions we have to apply here. Um however um one question is how stable is that thing supposed to be, that refers to the material, pretty much um. What are we gonna build that thing out of? How sturdy is it gonna be? Do we want it to last longer or rather have people whatever, have to buy one every half a year? Right. Right. One problem you'd get with this design is um the ball is a nice idea because of it's stability really, but of course, since it's a ball, it'll roll, so we'd have to have it flat on one side at least, down here somewhere, take away that part. That's one of the big issues. Also also you risk the hinges here. That's that's um a problem. That's that's interesting of course, but that's of course a weak point, yeah. E No no, uh uh. N n Uh, I'm your Industrial Designer, so i b well, the point is that well maybe I dunno. The shape is perhaps not the most ideal. As as stable as it is, there must be a compromise between um stability and design here, so. Mm. Mm. Well with the one-handed design you also have the the problem of the size w 'cause you know from cell phones, they can be too small. So if the remote is too small it if it's small it probably looks better, but may not be th as functional. So for that there's So The question is also, I dunno, d do you really always want to open that thing when you have to use it? It's probably going to lie around opened all the time anyway, so I don't know if a lid is a good idea. From stabil stability point of view uh it certainly is, but also you have to face it and take into account the more of these things break by accident, uh the more we sell. So it's don't make it too stable uh. To the other design. It looks cool. Uh functional. Right. Right. Question is what makes those game pads functional? W I think that's pretty much the form for full hand. So it's a round shape underneath that makes it comfy, right, makes it nice, so that's the essential part. Except for that I think we'll not probably not get a get away from some longer design. 'Cause you also have to know which way around to point this thing. You know, all that dif batteries right, and Batteries go weak as well, so um after a while you have to point it towards the uh towards the equipment you wanna control with it, right? So, have to m show which is the front, which is the back. I suppose you could do that. O of course the more technology you stick in that, the more it'll cost, so. Course you can do that. I mean of course it'll be evident after a while or if you look at it, it'll it'll be evident which way around to point it, since you have the the numbers and the and the the buttons and stuff, but um it's rather about an instinctual thing, like you just grab it, you don't have to s look at it, you know, which way around to point it. Otherwise the design of or the the point of putting two sensors on both sides um would probably work. Mm. Let's. Obviously Alright.
Speaker B: Okay. Oh, that's not gonna work. Oh, alright. Okay. Okay. Um alright. I'll just put that there. Uh as you all know we're here to create a brand new fantastic remote. Uh I'm Nick Debusk, I'm the Project Manager. Uh we'll just get started with everyone kind of letting each other know who they are and what you're doing, what your what your role is um. Go ahead. 'Kay. Okay. Um so we've got our opening, our our agenda is the opening, uh acquaintance which we've kinda done. Uh tool training, project plan discussion and then closing. Uh grand total of twenty five minutes we have here. Um so we are putting together a new remote control. Um we want it to be something original. Um of course we're a not only a electronics company but a fashion um conscious electronics company, so we want it to be trendy um and we want it to be easy to use. Um we've got the functional design, conceptual design and detailed design um which basically is is the three of you um. And w uh well um functional design um. Um do we have um any ideas of of maybe d let's just throw out some ideas of what kind of remote control we want to have, and then we can go into how we're gonna design it and and how we're gonna do the detailing on it. So we want it to be um a T_V_ remote or I I mean do we want it to to do other things besides just be a a television remote? 'Kay. Mm-hmm. 'Kay. I I think yeah, yeah, r universal remote. Um this is my first uh go-round with creating a remote control, so I think we're all in the same boat here. Um Okay. So we should we should set our remote control up to where it has a uh like a tracking device or or like a a It makes a noise, there's a button on the T_V_ that you press and 'Kay. Yeah. Do we want so they're kinda like long and rectangular. Do we want something crazy? You know, we want something new that's gonna stand out. A m a modern so our remote should be 'Kay. Um. Okay so yeah, so we want it to be sturdy, we want it to to hold up to somebody's child, you know, throwing it across the room or, as you said, people kinda throw it, so ball-shaped, uh you know, if it were ball-shaped maybe, then it 'Kay. Um so we want it to be modern, fun, sturdy, um So our form and our function. Um we want it to be um easy to find. Um What else it what else do we want it to to do? So we want it to be universal. It's something that we're supposed to sell for about twenty five Euros um and you know, goals for profits are I think somewhere around uh fifty million Euros, what they wanna make on it, so. 'Kay. So marketing, you know, how maybe uh marketing, you could s find out what is the most universally um appealing remote control out there. 'Kay. Um Do you guys have any ideas for what it should look like? Maybe we could draw it up on the on the board over there. Some ideas? We want it to be a b a ball, you know, we'll draw up we'll draw up the ball and maybe th um where the buttons are located. Uh-huh. How would we go about um making you know getting rid of our weak points? What I mean would we just have a flat spot on the bottom of the ball? Not to put you on the spot, but What did you say your title was again? You're the the Industrial Designer. Okay. Yeah. It's not new, it's not innovative, it's you know, everybody does long remote because it's easy, it's it's stable um. So if no, go ahead. Something with a grip. Yeah. Because even I suppose even with the ball it's it might not be the easiest to hold onto um. So perhaps the the joystick the the keyboard idea might work better. But then again, people like to use one hand to flip and one hand to hold their soda, so maybe maybe we I feel like I'm just shooting everything down here. Uh um Yeah. Okay, so unfortunately we've got about five minutes here to come up with our um remote control idea and start rolling with it. Um we've talked about our experiences with remote control and um we've got a couple ideas um. Let's see here. What if we had what if we had not only um say we went with the ball the ball function um, but maybe we give it sort of grips along the side s um to make it easier to hold on to. So you know um s so it's easier to hold onto that way. Course that'll then remove some of our our ball. Unless this unless this part were raised, so say the cover flips over and covers that part. So the grip is No, that wouldn't work either um. But if we're gonna make it flat on the bottom, then that eliminates our ball anyways. So if it were flat on the bottom and then had the sorta grips on the side here I guess, um and then flat uh And then we have the problem with the hinge. So if we're flat on the bottom, it's not gonna roll away, it'll stay where we want. Mm, that's true. So we don't have it flip open. We just have a ball Okay, so then we forget the ball. It looks cool, but it's really not it's not functional um. So we've got our sort of keyboard kind. What if we flipped it around here, so that it were um Sorry, that doesn't look anything like what you had there. Um so it's up and down, you hold it this way. Course then it's it's like the rectangular again, only with a couple of jutting out points. But it's one-handed um. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, because it doesn't have a cord, like joysticks do. Is it possible to have it to where it would work with a like a sensor on either side? So that either way you're pointing it it would work. More expensive and yeah. 'Kay. Um True. 'Kay. Are we out of time? Okay, well, just to finish up, should we s go with this plan, start making some Are good ideas, what are not. Uh. Must finish now, so. And then marketing will look and see what uh what people want. Okay. And Project Manager will design a better meeting for next time around, be a little bit more prepared. And uh alright, good meeting.
Speaker C: Uh, uh, um. Okay. I am Corinne Whiting and I will be the Marketing Expert and in each of the three phases I will have a different role. In the function design phase I will be talking about user requirement specification, and this means what needs and desires are to be fulfilled, and I'll be doing research to figure this out. In the conceptual design phase I will be dealing with trend watching and I'll be doing marketing research on the web. And then finally in the um detailed design phase I will be doing product evaluation and so I will be collecting the requirements and ranking all the requirements to see how we did. Mm. Huh. Ours too. Mm. Ch Like a tracking device? Mm. Be good. Lot more modern. Maybe like user-friendly, like a little you know, where you can use both hands, like a little keyboard type thing. Mm. Mm. Mm. Also since we're partners of the International Remote Control Association, maybe we wanna make it something that would globally appeal. That's more on the research end, but the marketing. Yeah. And maybe as far as design goes, maybe we could have different ones for different target audiences, 'cause maybe one won't apply to all of the countries we're targeting. Futuristic. Mm-hmm. 'Kay, I'll draw something. What? My idea was just to have it be kind of like a keyboard type shape, you know, like video games l so. But maybe I mean that would be kinda big and bulky. We could also try to do the hinge thing, so it could like flip out that way. I don't know. That's my idea. Yeah. Mm. Yeah. True. Mm. That's fine. You're the boss, you're allowed to. Yeah. Looks cool though. Yeah. Mm. Right. Yeah. Sorry to interrupt, but we have a warning to finish. Yeah. Mm. Great.
Speaker D: Hiya, I'm Ryan. Um I'm the User Interface Designer. Um likewise I've three different roles for each stage of design. Um the functional design is looking at the tex technical functions of a remote control. Um in the concept design, the user interface, how the user reacts with the the product. And the detailed design um sort of like the user interface design, what they might be looking for, uh things like fashions, what makes wha how we're gonna make it special. That's about it. Yeah. Yeah. Well uh s function of remote control is just just you know, change channels is its main function. Oh right. I suppose you c try make it a universal remote for could work on all sort of electrical products in in one person's house. But, you know, they all sorta have the same role changing channels, volumes and then programming. I think they all work on the same prin principle as well sorta like I don't actually know. But is it just infra-red? Is that standard? Ye yeah. Um one thing I thought of with the remote control is you always lose 'em. So if there's a g a way of finding it quite easily, I thought that'd be quite good quite a good feature. Oh you can get those key well you could whistle or make a noise and it'd beep. Yeah. Generally, all remotes are sort of quite similar in their appearance. Just long. Yeah. Black usually. Yeah. I think so. Maybe sorta spherical or something. A ball. Yeah. People I thought maybe, because people always tend to throw a remote control about the place to one another if it was in a ball, and maybe the actual controls are inside or something. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It could be cased on the outside and t everything could be inside. Ye Small. I'd I could draw sorta the ball idea. My original idea was just simply sort of a sphere, where maybe you this is where it's connected together, and then when you open it out, it could fol it could be maybe flip, like a flip phone, and then when you fold it out the middle Maybe a hinge that'll have to be the strongest part of it. If that if we did use a hinge, or if it was just two parts, and then you'd have just sorta you you you know, your buttons. Thing is inside I think, sometimes remotes have too many buttons, so maybe as simple as possible, um as few buttons inside as possible. Um, I dunno, what's the idea for. Just something maybe if you ha if it had like if some kind of like light or something or lights around it. It's looking a bit like something out of Star Wars at the moment though, to be fair. But yeah. That was that was a sorta simple idea I had and then you know you could about Right, it would almost be like a ball. So that was just just an idea I had. I don't know whether anybody else has other ideas? Yeah. Yeah. Maybe f yeah. Yeah, that's g that's a good idea. Yeah. The idea it didn't have to necessarily be f a hinge, that was just one idea though. Yeah. Well I I suppose that things become design. But I mean i I was trying to think of like the design of others. I can't think of anything other than a long rectangle for remote, maybe small, sort of fatter ones, but there's nothing being done sort of out of left field, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think definitely doing something different is a good idea. I mean maybe design something, that's sort of like uh I suppose not everybody's everybody's hand's the same, but something that would maybe fit in the hand easier. Yeah, with a grip. It still might be hard to it still not the ho easiest thing to hold, yeah. Like yeah. Yeah. It's d yeah. I think it's definitely got to be a a one-handed a one-handed job. Yeah. But then maybe to go back to the to th s something along those things then. Yeah. Put it Even if you designed it in some in a way that you know, isn't a rectangle, but still pointed in a direction that had definite points. So if that's your thing and you got something like that instead, and there's your s you kn you know which way you're gonna pointing it. Um Does it say what does it say for n it says on there what we need to do for the next meeting, I think. T","Uh as you all know we're here to create a brand new fantastic remote . Uh I'm Nick Debusk , I'm the Project Manager . Uh we'll just get started with everyone kind of letting each other know who they are and what you're doing , what your what your role is um . I am Corinne Whiting and I will be the Marketing Expert In the function design phase I will be talking about user requirement specification , In the conceptual design phase I will be dealing with trend watching And then finally in the um detailed design phase I will be doing product evaluation , I'm Ryan . Um I'm the User Interface Designer . And the detailed design um sort of like the user interface design , I'm Manuel and In the functional design phase I'm I'll be dealing mostly with the requirements , um we'll discuss what the prog what functions the the product has to fulfil and so and so on . Um um in the conceptual design um I'll be pro mostly dealing with properties and materials um of our product . And uh the detailed design in the detailed design I'll be concerned with the look and feel of the product itself , our our agenda is the opening , uh acquaintance which we've kinda done . Uh tool training , project plan discussion and then closing . we are putting together a new remote control . Um we want it to be something original . Um of course we're a not only a electronics company but a fashion um conscious electronics company , so we want it to be trendy um and we want it to be easy to use . let's just throw out some ideas of what kind of remote control we want to have , and then we can go into how we're gonna design it function of remote control is just just change channels is its main function . we want it to be um a T_V_ remote or I I mean do we want it to to do other things besides just be a a television remote ? I suppose you c try make it a universal remote But , you know , they all sorta have the same role changing channels , volumes and then programming . I think they all work on the same prin principle as well Um one thing I thought of with the remote control is you always lose 'em . So if there's a g a way of finding it quite easily , I thought that'd be quite good quite a good feature . So we should we should set our remote control up to where it has a uh like a tracking device you could whistle or make a noise there's a button on the T_V_ that you press and it'd beep . Generally , all remotes are sort of quite similar in their appearance . so they're kinda like long and rectangular . Do we want something crazy ? we want something new that's gonna stand out . Maybe sorta spherical or something . A ball . Maybe like user-friendly , where you can use both hands , like a little keyboard type thing . I thought maybe , because people always tend to throw a remote control about the place to one another and maybe the actual controls are inside or something . you can't have it be any form and fulfil all functions at the same time , Um however um one question is how stable is that thing supposed to be , How sturdy is it gonna be ? we want it to to hold up to somebody's child , you know , throwing it across the room so ball-shaped , uh you know , if it were ball-shaped maybe , It could be cased on the outside and t everything could be inside . we want it to be modern , fun , sturdy , It's something that we're supposed to sell for about twenty five Euros goals for profits are I think somewhere around uh fifty million Euros , what they wanna make on it , so . Also since we're partners of the International Remote Control Association , maybe we wanna make it something that would globally appeal . marketing , you could s find out what is the most universally um appealing remote control out there . And maybe as far as design goes , maybe we could have different ones for different target audiences , Do you guys have any ideas for what it should look like ? We want it to be a b a ball , I could draw sorta the ball idea . this is where it's connected together , and then when you open it out , it could fol it could be maybe flip , like a flip phone , Maybe a hinge that'll have to be the strongest part of it . I think , sometimes remotes have too many buttons , so maybe as simple as possible , um as few buttons inside as possible . if it had like if some kind of like light or something or lights around it . um the ball is a nice idea because of it's stability really , Also also you risk the hinges here . That's that's um a problem . so we'd have to have it flat on one side at least , down here somewhere , but that's of course a weak point , yeah . I mean would we just have a flat spot on the bottom of the ball ? The shape is perhaps not the most ideal . there must be a compromise between um stability and design here , so . I can't think of anything other than a long rectangle for remote , it's not innovative , everybody does long remote My idea was just to have it be kind of like a keyboard type shape , you know , like video games We could also try to do the hinge thing , so it could like flip out that way . but something that would maybe fit in the hand easier . I mean maybe design something , that's sort of like So perhaps the the joystick the the keyboard idea might work better . Because even I suppose even with the ball it still not the ho easiest thing to hold , yeah . I think it's definitely got to be a a one-handed a one-handed job . if it's small it probably looks better , may not be th as functional . say we went with the ball the ball function um , but maybe we give it sort of grips along the side s um to make it easier to hold on to . But if we're gonna make it flat on the bottom , then that eliminates our ball anyways . And then we have the problem with the hinge . The question is also , I dunno , d do you really always want to open that thing when you have to use it ? so then we forget the ball . So we've got our sort of keyboard kind . Question is what makes those game pads functional ? I think that's pretty much the form for full hand . So it's a round shape underneath that makes it comfy , Except for that I think we'll not probably not get a get away from some longer design . and Batteries go weak as well , Is it possible to have it to where it would work with a like a sensor on either side ? So that either way you're pointing it it would work . O of course the more technology you stick in that , the more it'll cost , so . but um it's rather about an instinctual thing , Otherwise the design of or the the point of putting two sensors on both sides um would probably work . just to finish up , should we s go with this plan , And then marketing will look and see what uh what people want . it says on there what we need to do for the next meeting , I think . And Project Manager will design a better meeting for next time around ,"
100,"Speaker A: Afternoon. Yeah, we had falafel. Mm-hmm. Spongy means it it's like sp But what's your suggestion how we can have some shape like that on the remote? Mm-hmm. Means buttons are in the shape of fruits, buttons are in the frape shape of fruits or something, apple, banana, something like that. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. That we can discuss afterwards. Banana. Mm-hmm. I don't th it will be rolling a lot. But it's just a speaker right? It's not a microphone. Mm-hmm. Actually I'm not reading microphone there, so that's why you can all have conversation, it just to speak to you. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Okay. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. In-house. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah okay, let's go ahead. Stable thing, that's right. To have, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Communicate. It's one way. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's right, yeah. So it's a speech synthesis kind of thing, something has been uh stored and it's just uh spoken out. Mm-hmm. Yeah. That's right. That's right. So this is going to be about the component design. So first thing is we need power source for the remote control. So I was of the idea that we can have two kind of power supplies, one is the usual batteries which are there, they could be chargeable batteries if there's a basis station kind of thing and on top of that we can have solar cells, when the lighting conditions are good they can be used so it'll be pretty uh innovative kind. Then uh we need plastic with some elasticity so that if your if the remote control falls it's not broken directly into pieces, there should be some flexibility in t Yeah. So there should we should think of something like that and then it should be double curve. The s science for the ease of handling and there are some other issues why we need double curve. Then controls for the traditionals u traditional users we can have the push buttons so that they don't feel that it's an alien thing for them. Double curve is, you have curves on both the sides if I'm right. So it's symmetrical kind of thing, whatever it is. So, it could be curve, so it could be convex, conve concave, depending on what what we want. So there are flats, there are single curve and there are double curves. These are the three things, and there are different materials, with plastic you can have double curve but with uh certain other materials we cannot have double curve. So there there was uh there were many other materials like wood, titanium and all those things, but plastic is I think is the most appropriate one, it'll bring the cost down and anyway it's Wooden cases Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Is it an e apple which has Banana is more handier as compared to this I think, and to capsicum. Okay, so push buttons for the traditional users so that they don't feel they are alienated, just and a scroll button with push technology for channel selection, volume control and teletext browsing. These are the three scroll buttons which are already available with us in the company and we we can go ahead with that. Yeah, we can go to the next slide. Then uh there are different kind of chips, one one is the basic chip and the regular chip and one an adva advanced chip. So we can have regular chip for control. Pricing is a factor for us, that's why we'll go for the regular chip. And uh regular chip supports speaker support, so this functionality could be used for tracing the mobile phone which has been misplaced. It could be a beep kind of thing. Yes, yes, that's right, it's it's onto the chip, most most probably, not not hundred per cent sure about that. That will be the volume control I think which which a user shou it it should be already pre-defined. It should be whatever will be the case, the chip is always going to be sitting inside. Mm-hmm. Uh, so we can have it at one of the boundaries so that things are slightly better. As or as hearing is concerned, we can have some gap at some place, so that That's right. Okay. Yeah. So these these were the component selection and these things. We can go to the next slide. And uh these were the findings which I I saw with the web web, that user wants to have control more than one device wants to control more than one device from the same remote control, so our T_V_ remote can have little extra things to support additional devices like V_C_R_ D_V_D_ players which are usually attached with the T_V_, because users are like this and they don't want to have one remote control for everything, so with this additional little, we might be having slightly better market for us. Mm. Of fruits. Mm-hmm. Remotes objects, okay. And uh as well as I could see on the web the scroll button is becoming really uh hot thing s and we should have it on the remote. So you're having a basis station. Okay. Your usually your remote sits on that. So you and it's that's why it can have chargeable batteries. Now let's say Basis station is with the thing. It's like a telephone handset is there and the basis station for the telephone hand set is there. So now what user gets additionally he doesn't have to buy batteries, they're rechargeable batteries, so over the period of cor time he'll recover the cost. So you're having the basis station and there is a button, if you press that button wherever the remote it'll start beeping so you know where the remote is. Uh Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Uh this is basis station is nothing more, just it's a wire which is coming from the main cable and uh you're having one socket on which the thing sits. That's right. But all these things are usually in-house so we don't have much problems. So component cost is going to be the least. Anyway, we are not using really advanced technology, L_C_D_ has already been ruled out, A_S_R_ has been ruled out. So it's the basic thing but very trendy and very user-friendly. And Mm-hmm. A yeah, otherwise it'll be mis means you don't get b any feeling then. It's neither a banana nor a And uh going to the last slide. Okay. Okay. Okay, so. Anyway, users'll be so the findings is users'll be very interested in our locator device to find their misplaced remotes. So that was very I thought it's a very good suggestion by everybody. That's it. Yep. Mm-hmm. That's right. The basis station. That's right. There's less space on this to put with the buttons. Uh what about a The base station. Right. Mm-hmm. Yeah. That's right, yeah, we need that, yeah. Basis station. Yeah, yeah. Turbo button. Okay. Uh for the remote? Remotes don't have power on off switch. Okay. S no, that'll be controlled by the those buttons'll be there already, yeah. Means on the remote. Because remote is going to have both the interfaces, scroll as well as buttons. They are not going to cost you much, everything is in-house and now you don't want the traditional users to be apprehensive of this. Oh, yeah. That's that's another issue which I didn't think of. But you know our targets are very high, means fifty million Euros is the profit which we want make. Twenty five. Twelve point five is the profit on one. Uh forty th four. Point point four million? Point four million. In the market. Mm-hmm. For the future prototypes. So meeting's over? Okay. Okay. Okay. Thank you. The problem is after all this meeting there is
Speaker B: Okay? Good afternoon. Hope you have good lunch. Oh. Nice. And you? Okay. So today is um our third meeting. It will be about the conceptual design uh. If I come back to uh the minutes of the last meetings um. We decided not to go for speech recognition technologies because of some reasons and we are not decided about u the use of L_C_D_ screen on on the remote control because of costs. So maybe we cou wi will be able to clarify this this question to today. Uh at the end of the meeting we should take decision on that point. So I hope uh that your respective pr presentations uh will help us. So each of you have some presentatio presentation to perform um who starts? So marketing. So you are you saved your y your presentation somewhere? So you're four? Which is trend watch. Okay. Mr Marketing Experts. So Mm-hmm. Next slide? Yeah. Okay. Mm. Drawings of bananas. Uh-huh. Well so this is in the next slide certainly. It's not? So maybe you maybe you can display a banana on the L_C_D_. Apple for channel one. Okay. That's a question. Maybe too long. A banana. Okay. Yeah and you you you will not have pla enough a lot of place to put a L_C_D_ on a banana also. Well, you're the Marketing Expert you should tell us if it is too much or not. So So you you you suggest to go f Okay. S so you're simply you're simply looking s to a remote control that looks like a banana with few buttons with only a few buttons. Okay good. So maybe you can go ahead? Okay. Thanks. Um. Okay, I'll give the floor. So you are User Interface guy. So you're three? And it's this one. Go for it. I there's something that I unclear really understanding. Is this a technology that recognize keywords speech keywords? And it's just to, it's just to playback something? Yeah yeah. So this is not s really to do to to do control. Yeah. This is just more like a poi pois yeah. Yeah yeah. So it it's c uh it it it is a uh uh easy uh a fancy thing that you you can bring to we can bring to the remote control that will not have any uh yeah comp completely pointless for the inter for from the interaction point of v point of view. Okay. Yeah yeah. So this is so this is this is much more than tak taking this technology, bringing it to the remote control and using it. So this is out of discussion. So if if if it is something that you can we can bring easily and to put it into the banana remote control No this is mm banana-bando, yeah. Uh then it could be cool yeah. Okay. Okay. It doesn't look like a banana at all. Yeah. But you you can fit i you're saying now you can fit it to Yeah. Mm. It's enough. Switch on. Yeah. Okay. So i it looks like we're going completely to forget about the L_C_D_ thing. I think that No we can we can't use that. We can't use that to to comman co communicate, it's just a thing No. Yeah. Yeah. A good good good thing. You want to g to move to your slides? You're finished? Yeah I think so. Mm-hmm. Mm. Exactly yeah. Oh, good idea. Very good. Okay, let's move on. So you're two? Okay. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Mm but i but there is no elasticity which could be Yeah but the components inside. Yeah. Very too expensive to do. And also uh Yeah but it's more easier to do a banana in plastic than uh in wood. Well it look like it looks like you are all targeting that yeah? Yes it is. Yeah? Pumpkin. Green. Um um um, yes I see. Pep pepperoni. Poivron. Uh pepper. But um they do d Yeah. Yeah. It's not re it you you think it's really fancy and fun? You think that young people that are Yeah. More than a banana? Yeah. It's kind it's kind of it's more uh it's really ergonomic, it's fit in the hand and you've a lot of surface to to put the controls. Okay let's move on. So time is running, let's move on. Okay. S objects. Crazy objects. Okay. Okay, good. Bu it's it's. You s you you thing. Yeah. Mm-hmm. You think that yellow it's kitsch. If you make something that looks like a banana it should have the colour of a banana. O otherwise Roughly. Yeah. Okay. Let's move on. Uh uh yeah. Before before st before ending the meeting I'd like to to draw some sketch about the pro future prot prototype. Go for it. Well no, not not you, you can finish your slides before Mm okay. Okay. That's all? Okay, so mm so well done for the presentations. So we need to take some de decisions about um about what we're going to do. So I I propose that you go to the whiteboard and we're going to report all the ideas we had we had during this these presentations just to draw some sketch about what will be the prod final product and uh where Superman go banana and uh uh extra func functionalities such as wheels, um the speaker unit um well not in order not to lost the um the device, I do I don't remember you call it? Basis station, yeah. Uh so um so we're going for a stylish banana shape. Yeah, right. We I if it i if it has really the model shape of a bana you could the the starting is good but it could it should have more the shape of a banana if you want to point really a at the thing. If you don't want to to to do that movement which is which is difficult if you don't have to do it in fact, it's better. So ti time is running, we have to we have to we have to to move forward. So let's skip to uh this uh this this this idea. Yeah. So we have this. We have a a basis um, how do you call it? A base station. We'll have a base station extra uh on the side. Yeah. Uh, we have a R_F_ for um for beeping for beeping. We need b R_F_ to beep. So we that means we need a button on th on the on the basis. Basis station, thank you. Can you go quickly please? Okay. So we are going to add uh also um you as you suggested the whee some wheels to control the volumes and channels and your tur turbo turbo uh button. Yeah, on the th yeah, maybe here. And the and the wheel a a at the level of the thumb for instance. And and you have two wheels. Okay right. Good. So no L_C_D_. Okay great. Um. Very good. Yeah. Oh, just the switch, no f not for the T_V_ for the T_V_. Uh so you On the side. Twenty five. Yeah. So. Well. No. Time is running, we have to close the meeting in a few minutes. So, okay, the next step, you can come back to your seat. The next step is to go for to f is to go to uh to building a prototype, based on this, okay? So next meeting you guys have to prepare the followi things. You have to uh work on the look and feel uh design and you have to work on the user interface, in fact you two you have to work together to model the first uh f first prototype. Uh Marketing Expert uh have to go to product evaluation. Okay? It's too difficult. It's not a possi it will not be possible to implement it for the next prototype, so t it's in the next prototype so let's skip it. Yeah, maybe, for the n if if if it it works well, we'll go for uh an orange one. Yeah yeah, honour the fruit. Okay. Thanks very much. We'll see n next meeting. Bye. Thank you.
Speaker C: Okay,. Yep. Four, yeah. Yeah that's me. Uh. Well I investigate the preference more d I investigate deeper the preference of the users. Uh so the the current investigation th uh th uh sorry the current the n current trends? Yeah? Okay. Okay. Well wha what I found um can you Yeah. Thank you. What I found in order of importance from less to more important is that people want an easy to use device. After they they want something new technologic technologically speaking, but the most what they what they find more more interesting, more or more important it's uh a fancy look and feel instead of uh instead of the current the current trend which was f the functional look and feel. So now more more cool aspect, ma more a cooler aspect uh rather than a device with many functions and many buttons with instead of i instead of ha of a device which can do many things, a device which is pleasant to to watch, to see. Uh also Well in in Euro in in Paris and and Milan the in Paris and in Paris and Milan the the current trend of uh of clothes, furniture and all this all this fashion it's it's fruit and the the the theme is fruit and vegetables. And also in the in the U_S_A_ the the current the mor the most popular feeling it's it's a spongy. Spongy means eponge? So maybe we should we should think in in this direction, so Fruit vegetables is the the new have you seen the last exposition of clothes in Milan? Yeah, I I didn't miss an I didn't miss and I saw that the fruit, there are many fr pictures of fruits and vegetables in the clothes. No no, not not yet, not yet. Yeah, yeah. So te textu textures, yeah. Yeah. Vegetable textures and all this kind. Uh yeah, yeah. Uh no no, it's not. It's And Um. I ha I haven't thought of any particular fruit, but the general aspect of the of the remote control may may could remind some kind of vegetable, some kind of instead of vegetable, some natur mm uh natural object or something. But yeah it it depends on the Yeah maybe the shape the shape No, not n not not too much focus, not too much focu not n not too s not too similar to a fruit because next year the ten the trend the trend will be different. So we shouldn't be at re really attached to to the trend but For instance, yeah. African or as an elephant? Well ma maybe we we should further specify what target are we focusing. I think in my opinion we should focus on on young people because they are more open to new devi new devices and also yeah according to the marketing report ninety p ninety five percent of young people was was was able to to buy a a n a cooler remote control. What? What? Yeah? Uh Is the new trend of the No I think we we should think about a a shape with it a device with a shape of some Yeah. Don don't you think we can find uh the shape of a fruit which is handy to use? Or m Maybe. Um Yeah. Yeah but I li I like your idea that we shouldn't have a lot of buttons b buttons so Uh do you want a an L_C_D_ with twenty five Euros? I think Well, according to the to the report people are more interested in in a fa fancy look and feel and in a technological inno in innovation, so, I will give more importance to the look and feel than rather than the new inputs and also it's I'm not convinced about this L_C_D_ because you need uh internet connection, you need more things, it's not just buying a new control re remote, you need buying control remote, buying uh more things. It's not so simple. For instance, yeah. Yeah for for for given an an example yeah. Yeah no, it's what I already said. Yeah but you can u Yeah but the can we use it for saying okay, channel fifty, channel twenty? M Mando. Banana-mando yeah. Looks like a tr look likes a a tro a tropical fruit. Yeah. What's a turbo button? It con it controls the speed? Yeah. So sounds crazy. I like crazy ideas. Yeah, of course. I I think we could use somehow the s coffee machine dialogue interface or so. You we can? We can't. Yeah, but we can say channel twenty five. No? It's not a lot one hundred templates, it's not Ah, it's designed for a cof okay. Is it design for a coffee machine? Okay. Yeah. Maybe you could ask your the you could ask the engineering department if we can Yeah. Yeah. Actually I was thinking that the the shape of a banana is not it's not really handy. Uh I don't know the name o o in English uh This it's not a fruit it's a vegetable. Green. And you put in the salad. Um Oui c'est ca Pepper. And it's al it also suits with the double curve for easy of No, I mean in a I'm sure it's fun. But banana is not so handy, I think that's handier. Yeah you're right. I think that would be funny at the beginning but after one month you will be tired of be surrounded of fruits. No but I think just one fruit to control everything. A power fr a power M a Mando, a Supermando fruit. Actually I I didn't understand very well this trace speaker lost control. So you you have to buy two things, the banana and the basis station. Yeah. Yeah but I'm a bit worried about the budget. Yeah. No, I I Maybe li like that. What about what about this shape? More or less. Yeah, but how many buttons do we need? What a What about Four millions? What about a I wo what about adding the this word spotting, keyword spotting recognition saying volume up volume down? It's too difficult but people like innovation and that's really uh innovative and I don't know if it would cost a lot, just a few five words. Okay. Plus plus, okay. Maybe objective banana? Thank you.
Speaker D: Hi. Uh, yes, I had something similar but non-vegetarian. Yeah. What what do you mean by fruit and vegetables and spongy? What you mean clothe No, I missed that one. Oh, they're okay so they're not like dressed as a carrot they just have like pictures of fruit on, okay. So we're not gonna have a remote control in the shape of of a banana, just maybe Okay and So which fruit are you thinking of? Oh, so you want the remote control to be the shape of a fruit, or you want just some kind of like fruit logo on the So something that looks half like a fruit and half like an elephant. But okay, I'm not, I'm not really sure if uh that would really appeal to everyone though, maybe just to fashion gurus, like maybe just like a little bit n a little fruit picture somewhere in the corner, but I don't know about uh I dunno how ergonomic a, an orange is. To fruit? But is it uh is fruit cool? Is fruit cool? Well I guess, you know, Apple has the iPod so, imagi just 'cause they have an apple on their on their product, doesn't mean fruit is cool. Okay, but it has to be easy to uh to use though and to hold you know, you don't wanna pear or a watermelon. Well, probably the only thing is a banana that I can think of, a cucumber. I dunno. Maybe. Too green. So, but I mean you also have to you have to also have, fit r all the buttons and you know. It's, it The thing is you have t normally with um with buttons, they have to be at some point attached to a circuit board so if you're gonna have things like on a cylindrical kind of device it may be difficult to kind of to build. Yeah. Well, this is Okay. Yeah. Yep. Yep. Okay. So. S next uh slide. Okay. So I received an email um around lunchtime letting me know that the brilliant minds at our technology division had developed an integrated programmable sample sensor sample speaker unit, um which is a way for you to have a conversation with your coffee machine and or remote control. It's no, what it is, it's it's very It has a has a microphone, has a speaker, it's got a little chip and it allows you t Well, it's a sample sensor sample speaker. Sample sensor sample speaker. It means that it can recognize, it can do like a match on a on a certain phrase that you speak and then can play back a phrase in response to that. But uh there's no kind of um understanding of the phrase. So, I mean, you know, I guess you could build that in, you could you could link the the recognition of a certain phrase to some function on on the remote control. But basically the thing is, we have this technology available in-house. So, um but the thing is obviously there's still gonna be a cost if you decided to integrate that because you still have to pay for the c production of the components, so um it it but it basically means we c we can kind of consider this from uh you know uh a theoretical or usability kind of viewpoint without worrying too much about you know how to develop it because we have this already done. Whilst you know, some people might get annoyed if we uh if we just dump it, It's it it's no, well, it's it'll recognize uh I guess keywords, but you know keywords in a certain order like a phrase. You train it for a certain uh, for a certain phrase, you say the the example they said that they have uh up and running with their prototype is um well they've actually integrated into the into the the coffee machine that uh that we're producing is, you can say good morning to the coffee machine and it can recognize that phrase and it'll playback good morning, how would you like your coffee? Yeah. So actually that was a bad example, 'cause it doesn't actually ask how do you want your coffee because it can't really understand the response, so. Only, like, only in the sense that it it can recognize a set a set target kind of word an It's designed it's designed as a fun kind of thing, but I guess you could use it as uh as a way to implement uh Completely pointless yeah. Yeah. Yeah, unless you know, you like having conversation with your remote control. Well yeah, that's the thing, if you can but you have to pro though I think it's a fairly simple design so you would have to record into the device every possible combination, you have to s tr train it to l to learn channel fifteen, that whole thing, not just the word channel and the word fifteen, it doesn't have that kind of logic in it. So Yeah, that would be some development work. Yeah. Banana-mando. Banana-man I uh I I I don't think it's worth it though, I think it doesn't really add much to the functional design and it's it's it's not mature enough to use as a speech recognition engine, so Um, yeah. So if we can just move on to the next slide, I've just done a quick mock-up of uh uh some of the features of our potential funky-looking uh remote control Well, you see, I was I was unaware at this point of th of the fruit focus, um, so at the moment it's more of a box focus. Yeah, well, this is actu this could be a genetically engineered fruit that's designed to be you know square so that it packs tighter in the boxes. But um, I've just indicated here, we could have actually two scroll wheels, 'cause I think the scroll wheel is a fairly um key part of, you know, I think everyone has has agreed that it's that it could be quite a useful um thing, so. But I think it's important, you know, to have two scroll wheels because, you know, you want one for for the channel, but you also want one for for the volume, because it's it's the volume i it's, you know it's very handy for it to have uh instant kind of uh feedback uh and response, so. But um, I've also included this turbo button because I think, you know, every design should have a turbo button, and well so this is you know, a unique problem with with televisions is that if you have this scro this scroll wheel for the television, the uh the tuner on the T_V_ is not gonna be able to to switch between stations as fast as you can scroll, so you know, the th the person might want to have a uh Might want to be able to scroll past television stations without seeing what's on them, in which case it just waits until you stop scrolling and then, you know, displays that station. Or they might want to scroll and and have a quick glimpse of it, even if it lags behind what they're doing. Yeah, so with this turbo button you can, say, skip over t channels if uh, you know, if I'm if I'm going if I'm scrolling past them and you know, it's um, you could have a little red light that comes up when they press it so they feel you know it's really going fast or whatever. So yeah, that's um, those are the two important uh features I think we need on the remote, but I mean we can discuss about what other kind of buttons we need, um. You know, i it could be, you know, if we if we wanna have like a very cheap kind of device, I mean, we could either consider that maybe we want to sell this as a very, if it's gonna be a banana, you know that's a pretty gimmicky kind of thing that doesn't have that much functionality, it's just you know a couple of scroll wheels and a button cause it's hard to get so many buttons on a banana and it's still very it may even be for most for some people more functional than their current remote, but if they have these scroll wheels, so, um you know, what other buttons do we want? I mean we could have well, I guess you need an on and off switch, but you could you could o you could turn it turn it on by taking the top off the banana maybe, you know, it's kind of like a spy kind of flick thing. That's why you're a marketing guru. Well, that's the thing, as have we decided that we can only spend, uh, twenty five Euro? Well not spend, but you know, charge twenty five Euro. But then you have to have a template for every channel, for a hundred channels, you have to be able to to recognize Mm. Well, I f I think it's probably more than, than our can handle because it's designed for a coffee machine, you know, to say hello in the morning. Well that's its current application, I would presume that it's kind of, they wouldn't design it to handle a hundred things th so. But uh Well I just I just made the point, I don't I don't know if that speech recognition is, you know, even if we can do it, I think it's not really appropriate for uh television environment. But um I did have one thing from a previous meeting, you were talking about um being able to find the remote control and I was talking about extendin being able to extend the remote control by having you know, a base station that can control other things as well. It might be useful to have some kind of base station, even if it's just you press on a button on it and uh and the remote control starts beeping, you know, this is a way of finding the remote. Y in that case maybe the maybe the speech recognition the speech thing could be useful just to say I'm here but uh it's probably a bit of overkill if you could just have a a beeping It's speech It's it's speech synthesis and s it's speech kind of, not really speech recognition, but kind of pattern matching, yeah yeah. I guess that fits in with the spongy kind of design philosophy. So, just one second, when you say double curve, what do you actually mean? You reckon you could like draw us a thing on the, on the whiteboard 'cause I'm not sure Okay, but like, kind of convex or concave? Mm-hmm. Okay. Okay. Although, you know, wood could be uh quite a stylish uh option, if you take like, nice quality kind of wood that's got a nice grain and you kind of put some, some varnish on. Well it depends, I mean, you have the outs the wood itself is not gonna break so you don't have to worry too much about the case being broken, it's the inside. Yeah but inside you know you could have you can still have some kind of cushioning that's not visible to the to the user. And I mean you could also, you can have just a very thin veneer of wood as well. That's true, but are we set on the banana idea? It's like a pumpkin or Green. What does it taste like? Ah yeah, is it what's it in French? Yeah, okay, so capsicum or pepper. Yeah. I don't know, it seems a little bit kind of bulky to me, like like with a banana you can have Well But like a banana you can you can be holding like this and have the scroll wheel kind of on top and just roll it back and forth like that, but with uh I don't know how you would hold a capsicum and So is that, when you say speaker support, you mean it just has some output pinned which which which kind of Okay, but the speaker is actually attached to the to the chip in some way, or is just the the signal? Okay. Okay. So are there any issues where we place this this chip to make sure you can actually hear the the speaker from the outside of the banana? Okay. Yeah, but the speaker, if the speaker is actually on the chip, then if it's too far away from the the casing, or if the casing is too thick, then you may not hear the the speaker. Yeah. Yeah. So that's something we have to keep in mind with the actual physical design is to keep the the speaker close enough to the outside. Although, if It depends, if we like, if we are concentrating on like a fruit design, then maybe maybe we wanna sell a collection of fruit, you know, like a different fruit for each device. Cause that, you know, that sometimes people like to collect um you know things that of a similar type. Well, you're the one who wanted to do fruit in the first place. Like a power fruit. Yeah. Well I think that's a pretty handy feature. I think it's kind of people would find that worth it even if it wasn't uh a recharging station, even if they didn't have to buy extra batteries, you know. So Although you do need to include R_F_ kind of circuitry in the remote. Okay. I'm just wondering actually, 'cause, you know, I this whole fruit thing with the banana, it's um it seemed like it first seems a bit kind of uh niche, like only a few people would really want a banana, but what if it was kind of uh a stylised banana? You know, rather than having it kind of you know yellow and really looking exactly like a banana, you could make it kind of silver. And um, you know to give you kind of the idea of a banana but without it looking you know completely kitsch. For better want of a better word you know? Well, you know, I don I don't know how many peop Well they Yeah, like this colour this colour Maybe, you know, maybe like still in the shape of a banana. No, exactly. Exactly. Um, but you know, just maybe maybe not exactly the same texture as a banana and just kind of, you know because the thing is it's gonna be a little bit difficult to make um to give like the texture of a banana anyway and to k to have the exact shape. I think if you're gonna not be able to do it properly you may as well do it in a stylised way that just looks a bit more kind of, you know, twenty first century rather than sixties or seventies. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, so, I guess you wanna hold like the way the end of the banana you wanna kind of hold as ma you maybe wanna kinda hold like a gun rather than 'cause you don't want it to point kind of towards the floor. So you know, so if you have like Okay, so So okay, so I guess we need, you know, something that can fit a banana shaped object. Okay, so it's uh Yeah. Alright, so we need uh okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, which I think it's it's probably best actually on the on the underneath of the the device, so you have Yes. Yeah, so you have the thumb kind of here. So yeah, you need one one here and one on on the other side, so you got volume an and channel. And, uh No L_C_D_. Oh we need a we need a power um on off switch as well. Yeah. Yeah. Where? Okay. Well, I dunno if the traditional user is gonna buy a a banana remote in the first place, you know. Y I mean you need to kind of keep it um Yeah, how many of these did we wanna sell? I can't remember, what was Yeah, but how many units did we need to to sell? Four point four million. That's a lot of fruit. Okay. Okay. Okay. Uh. That can be the t That can be like the turbo banana plus plus commando. Okay. Yep. We have to go design the prototype.","The project manager opens the meeting, stating that it is about conceptual design. He restates the last meeting's descision that they will not do speech recognition technology but says they still have to decide whether to use an LCD screen. Then they move on to the three presentations. The marketing expert is first to present, and he talks about making a pleasant-looking device, particularly one that favors current trends. They then begin talking about using a fruit, vegetable, or natural object as the shape of the remote, the logo, or for the buttons. Eventually they decide to make the device the shape of a banana. Next, the user interface specialist presents. He annouces that the technology division of their company has developed an integrated programmeable sample speaker unit, which would allow a person to have a conversation with the remote control. They have the option of using that technology. He shows them his plan what the remote control could look like and the features it might have. He suggests putting two scroll wheels- one for changing the channel and another for the volume. He also included a turbo button for speed, which he thinks every design should have. Since they can only charge twenty-five euro they decide to eliminate the LCD screen idea. After that the interface specialist talks about having a base station for the purpose of finding the remote control when lost. The user could simply press a button on the base station and the remote control would start beeping. Lastly, the industrial designer presents, discussing the power source of the remote control. He suggests that they could have one of two kinds of power supplies- the usual batteries or rechargable ones if there is to be a base station and they could place solar cells on top for times when the lighting is good. He talks about using plastic with elasticity so that the remote would not break into pieces if it fell, which relates to their earlier discussion about giving it a spongy design. Plastic is also less costly than other options of wood or titanum. In addition, he talks about giving the control a double curve, curves on both the sides so that it is easy to hold and handle. They do not yet seem set about the idea of making it a banana shape, and one group member feels that the shape is not handy. The industrial desiger tells them they will use a regular chip rather than the advanced one since pricing is a factor. They agree on having base station with the remote. They go on to have discussion, with one member suggesting that they make the banana more stylized so that it looks less like a banana- for example, it could be silver. After that the project manager has them discuss/reiterate the decisions made during the meeting:  no LCD screen, the remote will have a base station, a RF for beeping, a button on the base station to press, possibly a stylish banana-shape for the control, 2 scroll wheels to control the volume and channels at the thumb level, a turbo button perhaps underneath the device, on/off button for the TV."
88,"Speaker A: Um obviously it's gonna be bulkier than how it looks, because it's gonna be flat on one side, so the L_C_D_ will be s sticking down like this, won't it? 'Cause it you can't get it curved. Uh because of costs. And it's plastic as well, so it won't be as comfortable on the hand. Yeah,. One. Yeah. What about what if the the volume on the T_V_'s turned up massively and uh you just wanna turn down the volume can't find remote. Suppose you have to go to the T_V_ and do it manually. Mm. Like y you wouldn't hear the speaker. Mm. That's too expensive isn't it? Yeah. Fashion. So basically the only new thing is the L_C_D_ on the remote now. Oh, and joystick, yeah. So The L_C_D_ basically is the big selling point of the remote. But that's what makes it uh original though, isn't it? It can be s yeah, it can still be single curved, but You just. That's what we need for the joystick I think though. Costs four. Yeah. Are we going for a special colour at all? Well I was for a case. Or had you already incorporated that? Think it's ten minutes left. Special colour. Three. Are we going one on? I'd say we go two, 'cause like f the fanciest would be the double curved. Wouldn't it? With the articulators. With bells on it. No need for teletext. five? Six? Six,. Put a leopard print on it. Yeah we gotta. I'd say the colour of the border there world you'd find that, that's that'd stand out. Logo, brand. Mm 'kay. Yellow courgette. Well this this what we're gonna t this is their motto, like. And we're we're not doing well on it. Yeah, I'll go with five. 'S bad design, that thing. Mm, yeah. Well, it depends who your who's what the target people are, like you'd say maybe the fashion conscious women would be going, oh look at that, 's cool, it looks like a it's yellow, looks like a banana, it's cool it's gotta look good in the sitting room. Rather than the L_C_D_ whereas uh more technical like like more uh people in with the latest technology it's good, it's got an L_C_D_ screen 's only got two buttons and a joystick. So, which which kind of people would be more likely to buy it?. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Good. Very good. We're burs bursting with creativity. And the price was like it was twice the w assembly cost. And would it have to be twice that? It could be like coulda had the assembly like maybe fifteen Euro. We'll still settle for twenty five. Maybe. In the beginning, yeah.
Speaker B: That should hopefully do the trick, um. 'Kay. Sorry about the small delay. Falling a little bit behind schedule. And that's uh fifteen twenty five. Okay. So just to try and roughly go over what we agreed in the last one, um we're gonna go for something uh uh how was it? Uh The new black, I believe. Um something that looks good 'cause that seems to be in preference to actual functionality in the end, though we should never avoid functionality, of course. Uh many of our components are gonna be standard, off the shelf, but it seemed like we were gonna require at least an advanced chip and we were still very much for the idea of using an L_C_D_ display. Um other things were we were hoping to use rubber, most likely gonna be double curved, etcetera. Okay. So um due to your hard work, we might as well let the uh two designers go first, and uh show us the prototype. Quite how the best way to do this is, I'm not sure, but Okay. I'm afraid yeah. We'll go into that a bit more, but please go on. Mm. Okay, yeah. Great. Um. Yeah, okay. Excellent work. Um. Yeah, I believe so. So I mean I don't think anybody could actually stop a remote being lost, 'cause that would mean doing something about the human element, but I'd like to think that we've done something about finding the damn thing once we have. Mm. Um just before we go through all of the steps here, um well what we'll do is um if we can look at the criteria you're gonna evaluate, and then we'll come back to the product evaluation if that's alright. Yeah, is that Um so is there anything here that you that you wanted to cover as in the criteria that you've covered? And then we'll come back pretty much promptly to this. I is there any of these criteria that need any explaining? Or is there anything that yous thought tha really would stand out compared to the others? Okay. Okay. No and which we will do very very shortly. Um. Okay. Slight problem we had was that we have an amazing four Euros over budget for what we were hoping to do. Um most of it stems from the use of the L_C_D_ which I think in the end accounted for about half of our expenditure because of course we required a chip as well. Um the only way to get this down was either to ditch the a L_C_D_, at which point we've removed a large part of how we were gonna interface, require more buttons, etcetera. Or what we did was that we um we as in I as I was quickly going over it was altering the actual structure. Um changing it to plastic and a solid unit with a single curve design would allow us to come back into the um proposed costs and we're just scraping it in, we've got point two of a Euro left over there. So we're just managing it really. Even then as well, um there was no criteria technically defined for a joystick so I've used what I think's appropriate. With any luck that won't mean that we've incurred more cost than we can actually afford to. It blows a lot of our really good ideas kind of slightly to one side, for example the possibility of having a U_S_B_ connection is definitely not viable now. Um. That should still be viable. We've got an advanced chip, we've got the use of the L_C_D_. So being able to communicate in multiple languages is still very much a possibility. Um but what's something we need to decide on is how we're gonna go from here. We do need to try and come up with an idea which could be continued with other people if need be. Um. We can I can bring the excel up sheet up and uh show you if you wish um. I really think as m much as it pains me is that we might have to go with plastic and some kind of solid design, possibly meaning that the L_C_D_ wouldn't be in this perfect place. It might be s stuck like slightly between what would be good for left handed and what would be good for a right handed person. Okay. It very much is about making concessions, unfortunately. Um. Um b b b da is you mean on the plastic, or? Let's have a look. You now have as much information as I do. Um. So as you can see here, for example, the battery really not very little choice in that one. We've gone for one of the cheaper options as well. Unfortunately we require the advanced chip if we're gonna do what we're needing to. I've said single curved. We really do need it to be that way for the ergonomics of it. Um plastic for some reason incurs no cost, which I've had to very much make advantage of, despite the fact that rubber's only got a value of two Euros per unit. Problem comes here as you can see in the interface. Um if I've read this thing correctly, then we can save point five of a Euro here in that it's not per push button. That might make sense, because then a numeric keypad would come in at um what, four point five Euros, which is an awful lot, so that could well be wrong. Even if we save point five there, it would just mean that we're most likely placing it in actually just gaining a colour for the unit, which has had to be put to one side. As you can see, the use of an L_C_ display um advanced chip and what would determine the scroll wheel here as well because it's an integrated scroll scroll wheel push button that wasn't quite what I think they had in mind with a joystick. I that's something you'll have to take up with the bean counters. Um as you can see I mean that's taken up well over half of the price. So um I'm very much open to suggestions of where we go, but because we need to shed what was four Euros off of the um the price of for what we really desired, this one comes in under price as you can see, but this was the one that sacrificed the material for the case and for the actual case design. Uh no, we haven't, not That'll it literally would just be a button. We might have to It looks like almost nothing Mm. Oh good call, I missed that. that's a very valid point. So if we're gonna go with the L_C_ display, then that's I believe so, yeah. That would probably not be in keeping with the um the fashion statement and such, yeah. Being manipulated by the joystick, yeah. Which I'm defining as scroll wheel. Um. Yeah it's just because there was no actual definition for what a joystick might be, that that's what I've labelled it for the purposes of this evaluation. If we remove the L_C_ display, we could save ourselves a fair amount. Which you could It's a shame. We should possibly have If we could've increased the price we could've manufactured that and we could've got something far closer to what we were hoping to. Again, you'll have to argue with the accountants on that one. Um but for the purposes of this meeting, I'm we're gonna have to stick with these figures. So, I would say that it would seem like the general opinion is we're gonna keep the L_C_ display 'cause it's about what really separates us, despite the cost it's gonna incur. Um are people maybe not happy with, but are willing to go ahead with this in going for a plastic solid case, to keep the L_C_D_? It's hard to tell. Um I would say that you're at least gonna take double curved, and even then I'm not quite sure if that's incorporating the idea of articulation. Single curved with articulation? But the curves all o over hand, is it? We wouldn't actually save a lot by reducing it anyway, so I mean for the purposes of this meeting maybe we can state that single curve still allows articulation. Um unless we hear otherwise we could go ahead with that proposal. Which is what we can get onto now. As long as so are we gonna say w we have to keep an eye on the time as well, but we're gonna say um single curved design It could well be, but at a cost of Okay, yeah we'll definitely won't go with that one. Yeah, that's voice recognition, so. Um. So, okay yeah, battery definitely, It looks like it unless we can manage to put it in under point two Euros, um. Maybe even slight well oh yeah, pretty much point two Euros, I'd say. So we'll leave that one for now. we'll just have It's uh a case of um I'm uh slightly unsure. One point five of a Euro for one push button doesn't sound quite right. So maybe it's a case of a push button is maybe one or more. Um. At which point if Well you got point five there. It's literally a case of whether or not this is correct. I'm not quite sure if they're I don't think they mean point five Euros per button. So There we go. Black's probably the normal colour you'd say, yeah. I quite like that colour that you're fetching there, it's uh definitely for make it glow in the dark even better. So will we go with that then? It's not and we can see we'll come back to uh your evaluation which you're probably now going to pan us but there we go. Just to give you an idea, um you want to go maybe a bit quickly as well, I'm not sure how much time. We've not hit the five minute mark warning yet, but. Ten. Mm mm four? Three? Mm. Okay. Two buttons. Yeah. I'd say we're doing well there. Mm-hmm. As he models the I'd Yeah. Which is a shame. Mm. I'd be tempted with three, yeah. We'll get panned on the next one, anyway. Yeah, w It is, yeah. Don't blame them. Um because of the way that we've minimalised the number of buttons and such. Plastic, it sucks. But it's no worse than any of the other pl remote controls we have. Like yellow, yeah. It would also help keep the the product placement s yeah. Is it inspired by clothing fashion? Yes. It's kind o it probably Well I mean it's probably more fruit and veg than most other things out there bar fruit and veg, so, what, four? Is that being too generous? Oh dear,. What would you think yourself? Well, it's kind of curved and we can make it yellow, and that's pretty much banana like. Si it's got a curve to it. Am I do you think I'm stretching the uh the use of the banana? It's not bad and considering the don't pick the pen. Um. Y oh and you've knocked batteries out. Um right okay it's considering the price we had to get this in, to have a positive you know, even based on the four of us being heavily biased, um it was gonna be quite hard to get anything standing out I'd say possibly, based on um the the cost features. Maybe it's been targeted Hide it in the fruit basket. Probably the people technologically. They're usually the ones that buy pointless stuff. Mm-hmm. Okay. Um don't know how lo much longer we've got. At least five minutes I think. Um quickly we'll pop onto project evaluation. Um. So, we've got these uh four criteria here for uh satisfaction. Does anybody want to um um do you have any opinions on any of them? For example um we'll work backwards I suppose. The ability to work on this project using the technology we've been presented with. Um people made good use of the uh pen and paper? I would say I'm not quite sure what the advantage for us using a digital pen might be. Mm. It must It does seem like the paper's still a heavy consideration for taking notes. So maybe this is literally just a way around it. Um I dunno. How are people satisfied with the teamwork we've managed to display today? Leadership. As much as can be leadered in this uh thing. Um last one we've got is room for creativity. Now, I think we got Yeah I think of in the end, ideas that can be used sadly. Not so much that we weren't full of ideas, but of ones that are gonna allow us to actually build the thing. It's a bit of a pity. Um I would have to agree on that. I think we needed a larger budget. If you're going to aim your a um product maybe at the technological kind of sector, then you can afford to maybe jack the price up slightly from what it is. Because they will pay outrageous cash to first on the market. Mm. It could even That's true, yeah. Um I suppose these are all that will have to be taken up with a at a different group at I guess. As to a the costs involved. But I mean we've got a a prototype. So I dunno, I I think it's gone okay today, considering the information that we've had at our disposal, and um such. Probably would have mean we could have come up with a lot more solid design in the end, I would have to agree. It is very much a pity to um get so far into the stage and then find out that maybe some of your ideas are just a bit too expensive. Always hard to tell until you know the costs. Um. Okay. Are the costs within budget? Well, they are now that we have our slightly less than capable product. We've evaluated it, and we can say that we came out with a value of three. It's yeah? And then the final one where you get to call it Hal. But we'll go into that later. Right um is there anything else that anybody would like to to add, um anything they think that's not been covered, before I quickly write up a final report. Um I dunno, I mean we've got a product. We maybe aren't as happy with it as we'd like to be, but we've got something we think we can maybe stick onto the the market and sell. And of course something we have been avoiding talking about 'cause of we've no information is selling them directly to the manufacturers. There is a huge market. I mean we've briefly touched on it but we've no more knowledge then there's little we can say on that. Yeah. So um unless anybody's got anything they'd like to add, we can maybe round this up slightly earlier than we'd need to and then we can finish up the writing and such. Yeah? Uh thank you for your participation. That a question we can ask.
Speaker C: . Right. Yeah I've got a if you load up my evaluation document. Mm. Uh evaluation. Basic point uh have a list of criteria that we need to rate the prototype by. Um then we will it's a seven s um seven seven step kinda evaluation process. So um not seven steps, seven scale. So after we've finished doing all the ratings for each criteria, we average that and that will give us some type of uh confidence in our prototype. And uh the criteria based on Real Reactions' kinda goals and policies, marketing strategies, and also those I put together from the user requirements phase. 'Kay. Um if you flip the So, those are the criteria. And uh perhaps I could have put 'em a bit better, but you notice a few things that we've totally abandoned, which means that uh the product will score very badly on some of those points. Put it mildly. So we have um true? One, t Seven, eight, oh. Fourth. Okay, so we have to go through each point. If we imagine it's actually straight, and just give it a a score. So um how well would you say the prototype is uh how well have we realised the dream of being able to stop remotes from from being lost, or to be able to find them once they are lost. I mean, uh is the homing thing still the locator, is that still Sure. And Adam, we can keep that in? Okay. Sure. T Sure. Mm. Bright colour. So we still have that noise thing, yeah? Os on a scale of one to seven, how would you guys rate it for finding finding it once it's lost? Number one? Okay. Number number one for the first criteria. Yeah you can tell what room the mobile is Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. You wanna say something? That's fine. Oh that's that's fine. What do you mean cr is there anything I wanna Um, a few. Something I neglected from my initial research is that Real Reactions has a a goal strategy that all of the products be inspired by material fashion, and clothing fashion. That is why fruit and veg being popular in the home and in clothing was important and they want all their products to be somehow inspired by current trends in fashion. So they say we put the fashion in electronics, well they really mean it they they're very big on fashion, so. That's this bit right here. And uh this bit is this one easy to use for visitors or for anybody? I guess it's just the same as saying easy to use interface, so it's kinda condensed into one. And we can come back to it, you said. So. Different languages? Yeah. Mm. Do you have any data on how much um different prints cost? I mean can you get the entire thing printed with a design um?. Yeah, yeah. Why would why would that be more expensive than an individual push button and scroll wheel together? That's quite significantly expensive.. Yeah. We don't even have uh speakers here. The like uh we uh what about speakers and transmitters and stuff like that? Have we factored that in? Transmitter, receiver, speakers. Plus the extra device itself that's gonna be on a T_V_. Is that gonna be a button, or Yeah. I I mean it's not on here, but um. Did they s do we have to use an advanced chip for the L_C_D_? Okay. Well that's yeah. What's a hand dyna dynamo? You have to wind it up? Technology. Yeah. Okay. And we couldn't replace the joystick, right? Because we would need four extra buttons to replace it, up down left and right, and that would be more expensive than a but is a scroll wheel not just back and forward? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Um. Uh k Does this does this bear in mind that I mean it's a bit ridiculous that they're gonna charge us what is it, like this much money for three million if we're gonna buy three million components, you know. Mm. 'Kay. I think so. Yeah. Could we could we not get rid of the curvy the curvous the curvaceousness and focus on the menu being the best interface? 'Cause like we do we have re restrictions on software? Oh but there has to be joystick. Okay. Sure. Okay, my bad. So I think the product is not gonna perform so well for my criteria. Oh, wait a minute. Sample speaker? What is a sample speaker? Is that somewhat similar to what we want? Yeah. You got a email about voice response? I did not, so. We won't go with that one, did you say? I mean I we Okay, okay. So it looks like we're gonna get rid of the whole loca locator thing. Okay. Okay. Oh, special colour for the case. Mm-hmm. W what's the default colour? White or black? Right. Yeah. Yeah. Sure. Okay. Okay. So uh Right okay. Okay. 'Kay. Ability to stop remotes from being lost or to find them once they are lost. Um. Okay. Special colour. Uh uh four. Three if we're being generous, I feel. Think we're being generous here with three. Mm. Yeah. Okay. Reduce the number of unused buttons. We're down to t two buttons, is it? Okay, so that's a one. You know, where that's Okay, that was good. Easy to use interface, buttons menu, menus that's yeah that's good. 'Kay that's we're not doing so badly. Um easy to use oh okay, let's forget that one. Fancy looking. Sure. And we could do whatever we like with the L_ L_C_D_. Yeah let's just assume it's a good L_C_D_ display. Maybe I was panicking for no reason. Yeah, w maybe you'd be a bit too yeah. There we go. Yeah, that's m that's that's better too. More accurate numbers. Technologically innovative. Well, we're getting rid of the locator thing which which yeah. 'Kay. Yeah, mobile phones. And y what you're doing is moving the menu from the television to the remote control, so it's You say three? I might go as far as two on that. Three. Three. Okay. Okay. Materials that people find pleasing. Sponginess is what they really would have wanted, apparently. Yeah. That's true. It's not a step backwards. Yeah, okay let's give it a six. Okay, that's totally thrown everything off balance. Inspired by the latest interior and clothing fashion. W we could. What colour were we gonna make it? I know, but But um by this I think it's more a case of fruit and veg, Yeah. Mm. But Th th they're referring to the fruit and veg thing. Is this like a banana type colour? Could we stretch no still, it's not shaped like a banana is Oh is that 'cause it's flat? What is what fruit or veg is flat? Yeah. Or we might have to suffer badly for this one as well. Four? Oh that's it's very ambitious, yeah, um. Sure. Inspired by. Yeah. This is their strategy. I m imagine we actually had some money invested in this and the amount that we invest is gonna be proportional to the marks. Might we might wanna be a bit more skepible sceptical about this one. I would say I mean it's it's not at all, right? In any way or shape or form. We didn't m Okay, the the yellow banana like thing is I think is okay. Right five. Is that sound reasonable? Five. Yeah. 'Kay, so we have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. So five, seven, ten, sixteen, twenty one. Which gives us an average of three. It's well this would be in the middle. So we it's it's not bad. It's in the good section. Oops. Sorry. I'm I'm sorry. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Even if we were to increase this entire thing by by seven, we were to go down a grade to to four, we would have to do I mean we didn't we weren't that kinda optimistic too optim overly optimistic. You know like we didn't we didn't add we didn't subtract a whole seven points from these things, so I think we're definitely on the good bit. Even if we gave this one seven and this one seven, that's still only three extra points over seven. You know, it's yeah, we did it w it was okay. It was good. Mm-hmm. I think so. I mean my mum still has not learnt how to use text messaging on her phone, and she's had it for a long time, you know. She uses it to make phone calls and that's it. Yeah. So I think if sh if my mum saw a remote control like this with only two buttons and a joystick, I mean that'll probably be the first one she decides not to buy, you know. She'd be like is this a remote control, I don't how do you use it, and stuff like that. So even if it is really user friendly to us, but we're used to using menus all the time. Yeah. Yeah. I think it's totally uh radical to have a remote control with no no numbered buttons, yeah. But like radical good, maybe. Wrote nearly a page, but not. I think tracking. Yeah, that woulda been pretty good. I'd yeah I liked it, yeah. I li yeah, top marks. Well yeah. We we're not lacking in ideas, you know it's that was not the problem. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Maybe the counts wou woulda been better if we had a list or more Yeah, to begin with. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. And like response from consumers. Sure. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, let's Thank you. I was actually kind of upset you know at the budget, and that we had to cut a lot of stuff. It's like man, we we can't have the locator thing. And s yeah that's just bad. Do you think maybe the prices were were made?
Speaker D: Okay, it's a I think if we both step up and uh outline our ideas. Okay. Now do uh doing the prototype gave us a bit more insight into the ergonomics of the design. Um for one thing, it turned out that the only point at which it needs to be articulated for handedness is um is h i is down here for the uh L_E_D_. As it turned out, the whole thing transfers from the right to left hand fairly well from the point of view of operating the uh function buttons and joystick, though it might be an idea to be able to a adjust the positions for the base of the joystick just a little bit for uh ju just a thought. You could simply have a slightly ovoid shaped joystick that could then just be turn uh twisted round, so that the uh sticky uh so that the bit that sticks out a bit more is on one side or the other. But as you as you see with the uh with holding it in the left hand, the L_ uh the L_C_D_ is nowhere useful, so that would need to be articulated uh if we're going to retain ergonomic design. Um now I I got your note about uh keeping the cost down. Yeah. this design could be done with um with uh plastic casing. Though I would recommend around the grip part here in the middle, having maybe just a rubber grip over that which would allow for a slightly more sort of bio-morphic form, and a bit more ergonomic as well. As for the um as for the single curve, um well this edge and this edge, like I say it would be nice to have some curvature to it, but it's not absolutely necessary. Really the curve that's most needed is the underside so that the jo so that the joystick rests over the the edge of the hand like this. Um and you have the uh transmitter here and a wee speaker for the uh for the uh for the uh fi uh for the remote control finder. So. Any further comments? Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah, I mean the uh Yeah. Yeah. I mean with the with the rubber design it could i you know it could pretty much mould very much to the to the user's hand. One nice wee feature if we could if we could still do the rubber, I though of was to have the uh rubber extend beyond the end of the uh of the rigid substructure. So it has a wee sort of tail that you just drape over your wrist so it stays in position nicely. Mm. Lovely. Um. Okay. Yeah, that's still part of the design. Mm. Mm. And making it a bright colour helps with the personally I would have gone for purple. Mm-hmm. I'd say number one. I think w if it was just the sounder then th I mean something I've found with uh w w with say tr trying to find uh a cordless phone or a m mobile, you can hear it, but you can't quite pin it dow pin down where it is. Bu Yeah. Mm-hmm I suppose o one thing that could be done is h is have it um circular and have it s so that the uh the pink actually goes a bit over the pinkie finger. Mm. So that uh th Mm. Mm. yeah. Mm. Mm. I think if we remove the the L_C_ display then there was absolutely no point to any of these meetings and we just we could just put our branding on any other remote control. Mm-hmm. Um yeah I mean one thing, I mean ho uh how much extra would it be to to keep I mean keep the um the articulation? This is what I'm wondering. Oh no, I think I I it d that it needn't require it to be double curved. It's uh it's just it's just it's just that the case would come in t would be made in two parts and then joined together with an articulation. Mm. Yeah, I mean and I mean the uh I mean if you look uh if you look closer at the uh at the prototype here, the lines here along the grip are actually quite straight. Um I mean yeah, on the on the L_C_D_ I mean although we've done it with a curve it could just as easily be done um without curves. The curve that's really needed is up here, to put uh to keep the joystick in a good ergonomic position for it to have it rest on the top of the hand. Mm. Mm no that's that voice response thing that we got the email about. But I thought it was just completely pointless. Yeah. Alright. B i basically it was saying that our labs had come up with a chip that you could, you know, say hello to, and it would say hello back in a friendly female voice. Mm-hmm. Mm. Okay, well l let's say that and then we can have our special coloured case and then we at least have make it a little harder to lose. Because most m most remotes are a fairly dingy colour that gets camouflaged under any pile of crap in a living room. Or grey. Yellow. Okay. Three. I think we can do three. Th the special colour doesn't would I think make a difference. It makes it stand out from you know it's lost in a big pile of crap, it stands out from the rest of the crap. Two buttons and a joystick. Totally. It doesn't get much fancier. Mm. Mm. I'd give it a three for this for that. Yeah. I mean the menus thing is something you don't normally see on um on a remote, but you see it in a lot of other places. Mm-hmm. I'd give it a three. Mm-hmm. I'd s I I'd give it a six, to be honest. Well I I I would sa I would say give a s give a selection of colours. Um we went with yellow we went with yellow for the prototype 'cause we had yellow. If I were buying one, I'd go for purple. Leopard print would be cool. That's kinda i it won't be when it's been budgeted. I I think s I I think this isn't not particularly fruit and veggie. Um. Mm. I'd I'd I don't think fruit and veg is the sole criterion. Is the sole criterion for being um fashion fashionable or inspired by current fashions. Um I'd g I'd rate I'd rate this fairly highly from that point of view actually. Mm. Mm. Personally, I think given that the product um only replaces a single remote control that you've already got, are people really gonna shell out twenty five Euros for something that's only marginally good? Mm-hmm. I s I suppose one thing is that b because it's technically innovative, um for someone who's sort of technophobic, the fact that it simply looks unfamiliar would be daunting. Um. Yeah, got notes and doodles. Well I think this is a I think the digital pen's mostly for the benefit of the uh of the researchers studying this. It's all p goes into their corpus. Though it would have been nice to be able to transfer the um transfer our n our paper notes onto the uh computer ourselves.. Unti uh uh until uh until accounts came along, squish. Yeah. Mm. I mean I th I mean I think to r retaining the s the more sort of bio-morphic form in the articulation would gain more in s uh would gain more profit in sales than it would lose in uh in added expense. Such as it is. Actually I want th one thing I would say I mean something that could perhaps be part of the product mm the um m product testing market research process would be to uh produce mock-ups of both versions and see just how much of a difference the over going over-budget um m would make to sales. And we could even you know, market two versions. Wee cheapie version with the nice bio-morphic rubber. Yes. Mm. And I can get my bus. Okay. Thank you.","The project manager recapped the decisions made in the previous meeting and two team members presented a prototype for the remote the team is designing and discussed its ergonomic appearance and its features. The marketing expert began to lead the team in conducting an evaluation of the prototype but was interrupted when the project manager shifted the discussion to examining the production costs of the team's product. The original specifications of the team's product proved to be too expensive and so the team had to discuss which features to lose and which to maintain in order to meet the target cost. After discussing costs, the team returned to conducting their product evaluation. The prototype was evaluated on the basis of its ability to be located when misplaced, ease of use, appearance, technological innovativeness, and sponginess. Overall, the prototype received average marks. The team then evaluated the project process, finding that they were happy overall but quite displeased with the small budget."
73,"Speaker A: Okay. Hi Team. Hope you had a good lunch. Okay we're back for the conceptual design meeting. Um let's get started. 'Kay, here is the agenda for today's meeting. Um we're gonna open it and I'm gonna keep the minutes as Project Manager. We're gonna have three presentations, one from each of you again. And then we are going to come to decision on the remote control concepts and then we're gonna close it up. And we have forty minutes again. 'Kay, and just to reiterate um after this meeting the team will reach a decision on the concepts of the remote control. Okay. Let's go ahead and start off with your presentations. Who would like to go first? Okay. Um Courtney would you mind starting us off? Okay. Trend watching? 'Kay. Mm 'kay. Mm. Mm. Right. Yes. Right. Right. People don't buy a new remote every so often. Okay. Hmm. Very good. I like it. Okay, ready for the next slide? Op mm 'kay. Great. Great presentation. Ready? 'Kay. Which one is it? Interface concepts new. Y 'Kay. Sorry? Oh okay. Oh there we go. Sure. Mm 'kay. Mm. Mm. Okay. Okay. 'Kay. No. Mm. Or I like, you know, the black finish or the silver finish or whatever. Good lord. Okay. Ready? Oh, yeah. Okay. Great job. Okay. What's the title? Got it. Hmm. Interesting. Mm. 'Kay. No, okay. Mm. Hmm. Okay. Alright, well thank you for those informative presentations. Let's go back to um Now we have to make some decisions. Where were we? Sure. Mm. Right. Right. Mm. Hmm. Programme. If it's within our price to get that kind of chip that would, you know, technology Hmm. Mm. Hmm. Okay, that kind of brings us to this, let's let's see if we can decide what kind of energy source we want to have first and foremost. Um. Do we wanna go for batteries or a stand like the one that we saw illustrated earlier? The base, the charging base with rechargeable batteries? Hmm. Yeah, and we don't have multiple things that it has to control, it just has to control the T_V_. It's not gonna be a huge universal remote. What size battery and Right. I agree, it's either gonna be bigger with a base or smaller with just A battery like this guy. Alright, so what direction do you want to go in? You wanna vote? I'm kind of I'm kind of leaning in the direction of this kind of bigger and the base. That just seems so clunky and Okay. Hmm. Okay, so what kind of material do we want to be made out of? No. Oh what did you Oh sorry, go ahead. Right. What would you recommend? Mm. I I think we should just focus on one design and one concept right now.I'm not sure that we'll have the time and money to produce a whole array of remotes. If this was a successful remote, we might then produce a higher end version of it, I think. Okay, so we wanna go for plastic, or what would you recommend for materials? Hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm. Okay. They could buy cases, maybe, if they wanted. I think it's good to sell a basic thing and then sell options. Okay. Okay. Right. Right. Okay, and what kind of chip would we need for this guy? I don't think we should do voice, I think we should just do um the recognition for when it's lost, you know. could we Yeah. Hmm. Right. Oh dear. Okay. Okay. Alright. But it's not gonna be voice activated in the fact that you would say, channel up, and it would work, right? Just a Okay, alright. No. Mm 'kay. Uh and what size batteries, double A_, triple A_? Two? Could it run off of two They're more expensive though, too. Mm. Thoughts anybody? Okay. Yeah. Alright. Okay. So we've covered that first category, User Interface Concept, meaning design. Okay. I ki I kind of like your idea about the retro phone dial, and that the central button could have, maybe our logo on it? It might be the four way scroll, too. I mean if Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm. Yeah. Oh, I see what you mean. I think so. Yeah, I like that. 'Kay. Mm. Can we? So that you're just not holding it and it changes the chan Mm. Yeah. Hmm. 'Kay any other ideas? Oh, yeah. Latex covers. W I think maybe we should do it on a b button itself though, because if people are able to change the covers, I don't know, maybe the on-off button, something, some the menu button, I don't know, but you know if we're gonna put our company logo on there and somebody could just get another one. Are they all gonna have our company logo on them? Every cover? Yeah. If we want it to be visible and Um are all those those one that you showed where they were um s met silver-metallic looking? But those are plastic, right? They're not titanium. I kind of like that look. Uh but, or if it was really Yeah, for the base or if we're going for the retro look, I think, like a really shiny black would be cool. What are your thoughts? Gun-metal gray. There you go, gun-metal gray. Why? Mm. Right. On the back? It d visible Visibility though 'Cause if it was only on the back really the only time you're gonna see it is when you drop it or when you're changing the battery. I can find it again. Okay. And yours was called Interface Concept? This one? Well, for some reason I can't get it to just go to that slide directly. Mm. Okay, yes yes. Okay. Like a little cut-out kind of Okay. Anybody see anything that they liked in these ones? Mm. Mm. Yellow, I like that idea. Mm. Mm. I like the yellow illumination idea, very good. Okay. Any other ideas or thoughts? We all seem to be fairly in agreement about what we wanna do with this project so 'Kay. I think there will be time for that later. I'm guessing. 'Kay, well we're gonna wrap this up. Um next meeting is gonna start in thirty minutes, and here's what we're each of us going to do. The I_D_ is going to do the look and feel design, the U_I_D_ the user interface design. I think you're going to get a lot of, I mean, the final say on what buttons get put We'll all talk about it, but I think, that's pretty much what you're gonna do, right? I guess. 'Kay. And you're gonna do some product evaluation. Okay, and right now, the I_D_ and U_I_D_, you two are going to work together on a prototype using modelling clay. Yeah. Okay, and you should all be getting an email pretty soon. Alright. Well, thank you for a very productive meeting.
Speaker B: Just trying to move mine right now. They want everything, but simply. Okay. Yeah th I I can I can address some of that issue, I think, with uh my presentation. Okay. Mine will always read copy of something or other. I I copied mine before I sent it over. Hmm. Okay, my turn. Whoo. It'll be copy of component design. Yeah. Th that looks like it. 'Kay. So basic remote operation runs as follows, press button makes connection with the power source and the rest of the circuit, chip senses the connection, chip produces a morse code infra-red signal, specific to that button. So you press the button, it produces uh a signal that's encoded specifically for that button. Transistors amplify that signal and it goes to the T_V_'s centre, which interprets the signal response accordingly, changes channel etcetera. So that being said Next slide, please. Findings oh which were the required materials for the basic internal construction, so all the really simplistic functions that we just discussed, we need rubber for buttons, aluminium for battery y contacts, integrated circuit which consists of a diode, transistor, resonator, resistors, and a capacitator, all those basic things that make a circuit function. Um fibreglass and thin copper wire to create the actual circuit board itself. An L_E_D_, which is a light emitting diode, um contact discs for the buttons, plastic for the casing, and a power-source, whatever power-source we've actually determined we want. Next slide, please. Thank you. Uh personal preferences, uh to save money for the components, the remote should be mass-produced and basic materials should be bought en masse. Um if we find another company who can produce the required chips, casing, L_E_D_, any additional materials we decide we require at a less expensive rate than we ourselves are producing, we should go for it. Next slide, please. Um just talking to the um manufacturing division. They suggested power options, solar cells, hand dynamo, and kinetic power, so you shake it and it increases the power. Um I'm not sure how the hand dynamo works, they have yet to get back to me on that. So next slide, please. Suggested casing options. Okay. We can offer options for casing such as straight, curved, double-curved, you know, very specific to the customer. Options for materials, plastic, rubber, titanium, wood. I don't think anyone's gonna go for a wood one, because splinters Yeah. Um certain restrictions do apply here though. Uh latex, you can't do solar power with a latex one. So, if they want some a soft squishy rubber, they can't have the solar powered option. Double-curved, you can't do titanium. Um that would be two curvatures, so it would actually, if you the shape of your hand, you curve here and you curve here, so you could have two curves that match the shape of your hand to make it more comfortable to hold. Now if you wanted that, you can't do titanium. And uh so you functions what for the buttons, scrolling function could be very beneficial to us instead of actual buttons themselves. I think I have one more slide. No, I didn't. Um the manufacturing division also has said that um they have several types of chips and they've just developed a sample sensor or sample speaker chip, which we could utilise. Um push button requires a simple chip and scroll requires more complicated chip. So depends on what we decide we wanna do. In addition to that if we're offering all those different options to the customer for producing their remote, we're going to have to have multiples of each type, like a double-curved in rubber, um you know, each option should have a certain select number produced with all those options. So we'll have to mix it up, make sure we produce enough of everyone. But that could also drive up the price of the actual remote itself if they know that we only produced five thousand, you know, double-curved wooden remotes. And that's all I got. Well, we are making the chip. So, I mean But, I guess, we have to look at w what our production cost is for the chip itself anyway. Yeah. Yeah. I I thought offering some of those options for different materials that it could be made of different, you know I think we'd have to decide on the power options, maybe. So that we could reduce cost. Yeah. Okay. I think the p That's true. If we do a voice-activated locator, though, we're gonna be looking at a more substantial chip. So Honestly, I think the customer would be kind of irritated by the fact that it has a base if we did do a nice small, compact Mm yeah. Yeah. 'Kay so The only problem with that is if you forget to take it out of your pocket and it goes in wash. You know it happens. I've had three watches go that way too. Pieces everywhere. Well, we have lots of options. I don't think wood is a viable option. However, well, we only wanna sell it for twenty five Euro right? 'Cause I was thinking if we wanted to get the high in market then you could produce a few in titanium, make them a rarity so to speak. Yeah. Well the original Okay. Yeah. Good plan. Honestly I'd recommend like um uh since we're going with batteries instead of solar power, I'd recommend maybe a uh soft like latex, because we could produce, you know how cellphones have those overlays that you can change the colour. We could do uh one that fits in with the trends of the year so, because this year is all fruit, God only knows why, um we could do f a cherry cover for this year and then i if next year is stripes or solids, you know They could come back. And buy the extra case. So we could do like a b a hard base plastic, and then we could give two latex covers to start. How complicated Are we gonna go with the voice activated Well, we could give it a specific code, you know, remote missing. Yeah, see that would just irritate me. So I think having a key-phrase is much better. No. That would be like a mid-class um Yeah. So we don't actually have to go for Well, if they've just developed the sample sensor, sample speaker, it's a brand new chip. Why not introduce it in this way? I think, well, we could d r do two or we could do one small lithium, 'cause you know the lithium batteries are doing quite well in most other electronic products, right? So they're more widely available now. And they also have a longer battery life than most batteries. But if you only have to replace it every five years. Well, how about a initial, you get one battery when you buy it, 'cause I'm pretty sure we can get them pretty cheap on bulk. Yeah. In the sample ones that you showed us there was one that had the scroll buttons on the side, which I think if we make it curved like a hand like a hand-shape like if we put the the scroll-button on the side, that could be particularly useful. Well, if it's just up and down Volume or channel. I don't know. Mm yeah. We should probably make it that you have to depress it to activate it then, 'cause oth otherwise you're not just holding it and going like this, you know. Okay. We have to make sure that logo always sticks out when we put the latex covers on, so we'll have to like have a little square or something, so that the our logo's available. Yeah, I don't think we should do that, because that would just be icky. So I think maybe putting it on a button is probably a good idea. For our base one? It'll wear off. There's nothing saying that we have to put the logo on the front of the actual The only problem is we're using a latex overlay so it actually would go over top of everything and have holes for the buttons, so I was thinking maybe instead of doing that what we could do is leave a space for where the logo should be. Yeah. Great. Play Doh. Wonderful Ooh.
Speaker C: Okay hang on. See if it's there. I don't know. Hang on. Interface concepts, no? Either refresh it, or it sh Oh wait, maybe I didn't put it there. Hang on. Sorry, hang on. Don't know. Okay. Okay, um looking at the interface concept, it's gonna be mostly examples of possibilities of where we can go with this. Uh if you wanna start the next slide. Um uh can't really see, but there's two possible ways, on the r left, if you see on th on the sides of of the remote, you have the sort of scroll down, so you have that option right there. And then also there's the idea of the base. That's sort of like an idea there. And then on the right, we have what's really big trend right now, it's the iPod. It's becoming really and so you have this sort of very very simplistic menu section uh with the round buttons, and it's sort of like you have the both kind of trendy and hip, but also very sleek and um and very simple, but technologically advanced. So if you wanted to do that th if we could find a way of sort of like using that idea in a remote control then sort of look into it, but Anyway, next. Um there's the idea of like being able to do it by feel as well as by um by sight. You'd you know you're in the dark, you don't wanna be looking at the remote control. And the picture particularly is pointing out if you look at the top volume button it's a V_, and so yo you're kind of feeling a V_ like volume up. What it really is is a V_ and what it you think it is is down, because the down arrow. And so it's like a sort of a criticism you'd probably turn that o the other way up. Um but then you have you could either do it by raised type, which could be you know, iffy, um sort of old-fashioned in a way. Either that or just have it by shape, for example you have a specific triangular shape that you know you're looking at the up and down arrow. And then the round ones you sort of feel by, you know, that's the second one down, that sort of thing. So it's sort of looking into how we wanted t to do it by feel. Okay. Um this is sort of an example of going for a s certain demographic. Um this is particularly geared towards children. Um it's very cute, and we could probably change it to yellow, bright yellow for like a the for the company logo. Um and you have the shapes and it's very simplistic and friendly looking. Um and then the other thing that it would be able to do is just to pro be ab you program certain channels that only these children would watch, so it's like they ch watch, you know, the C_ Beebies or something like that, uh keep them away from other channels. So that's like another ar Um, I mean, these are three examples sort of looking at it. You have the wider section for the main controls there. Uh you could see how many buttons there are. And then on the left you have an example of the round buttons, and a simpler design. On the bottom we probably wouldn't need that, because it's more for like a D_V_D_ function which we are not gonna be using. Um. So again it's sort of like just give you ideas and then down at the bottom you have the logos and that's where you could put the R_R_, Real Reaction. And then finally these are like the sort of same examples, but also some more, just possibilities that we could go with. None of them I'm particularly keen on by the way. But it's sort of like just taking aspects out of that and saying, well out of this one we like, you know the round section of um, b or we'd like the the button size on this. Right. That's it. Right. Let me just add one more thing that I couldn't say before, and that's just that there's the new technology that they've developed on the voice recognition. Um. Right except that it's sort of odd, and I'm no not exactly sure why they are explaining it in the way they are, um there's a sample sensor and there's a sample speaker unit for So, you would say like, good morning, coffeemaker, and it would respond, good morning, Jill, but I'm not sure exactly how it's gonna work, 'cause do you programme do we program the responses and the questions. So does that mean that the user then has to ask the specific question, and can't change it in order for it to be recognised, or can it be altered in a certain way, or does the actually user program it, to say a channel means this. Right, so it's got like a limited memory and programme it. So it's sort of iffy, but that's kind of what you'd say. I always feel like first I wanna know what it looks like, before 'Cause if it's something really really small, then it's sort of harder to imagine a base for it, that was p quite a s substantial size sort of standing up Right. Well, the other thing is like even if it's got a few buttons, so we want it to be bigger than this, 'cause it still fits in your hand, so you still wanted something that's comfortable and substantial, but not necessarily full of buttons. Are you gonna lose it easier? Yeah. So i That's the other thing, it's like You know Are we gonna have certain chips that are gonna require bigger size period? But like, you know, if we get more complicated then it's gonna v be have to be bigger to just accommodate the chip size. So we sh Yeah. I'm a away from the base. Yeah. Smaller and smaller, yeah, yeah, yeah. You're kidding. Oh watches I've but I've never washed a cell phone. Well, titanium s I was saying that titanium, if we're being restricted then I would probably lean away from that. Yeah. That'll Yeah, exactly. The selling point, yeah. Are we restricted by this? Twenty five Euros So you're talking about like when it leaves our salesroom then it's all gonna be cherry-coloured or is it gonna be the kinda thing where people come back and swap it? Okay. The what the top face, right? Yeah. A tracker, yeah. Well, my little sister got for Christmas she got one of those key finders that's like a key-ring, and you have to whistle in a certain frequency for it to work. And then she would laugh and it would start going off in her purse, and you couldn't turn it off. So it became highly irritating. But then it Hmm. Okay. Well, that depends on what the energy is needed. As long as we sell it with it. Right, that's what I meant. What's it gonna Yeah, what's it gonna look like. Um. Well, my issue with that is if it got too big though, 'cause if you have the circle and the button in the middle, then is it gonna get wider than your your hands are, because w And then would the buttons be too small if it was enough to fit on it? Yeah. But is that for Which? Do we have both sides? Well, the other option is in instead of a scroll you just have the buttons up on the side which are on the side. Um what colour? Well I sort of like having the a yellow strip at the bottom with the R_R_ like that. And that's at the bottom of it. Which button? Yeah. Yeah. I'm just really wary of the putting anything on a button. What's the button Well, w w then what's the button do, and how do you know that that is what the button does? I guess. Just looking at examples, y you just don't ever see the logo on a button, it's always on the actual casing. But you don't But uh, yeah, you don't see it. Well, hang on. The other option is, I don't know if you can see it but it's like if Yeah, it's like the second to last slide. Interface, yeah. Yeah. Um. Okay, it's the very right one. You see at the bottom, it's kind of difficult to see, but you have like a d sort of s division between the bottom like, where the logo is, and if we have the replaceable section, it's like the top. It doesn't necessarily replace the entire top. And so you have that one piece that stays and the rest just sort of clips in. If c you envisioning it? And so that stays the same when you have the logo, and then you have this s slip that kinda clips in and that's the bit that changes. Hmm. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Right. That's like, you know, a a cellphone it's like the the screen is always just left opened. And so, what we are gonna do it like bright yellow with the R_R_? Yellow. Yeah. Oh, that one. Um. Ha hang on Let me catch up. Did we finalise what buttons we're including or we just everything that we said before? Yeah. Fun.
Speaker D: Yeah. Yeah. Okay, so trend watching. Uh since we do put the fashion in electronics, it is kind of important how our product looks. So I guess we can go ahead and go to the next. So what they want. Right now customers want fancy versus functional. Um basically about fifty eight percent of what they like of the product that they want, describing like the in order of how much they want, fifty eight per cent of the decision of what it should look like, fancy versus functional, and then it has to also be technologically innovative, and yet easy to use. So the customer basically is confused. They don't know exactly what they want. They want us to tell them. Yes. Exactly. So we can go to next. Okay. So in Milan and Paris recently the trends have been showing that clothing, shoes and furniture are basically just covered with fruits and vegetable patterns. So I don't know if we want to go with that um and also the spongy feel is in in contrast to last year. I don't know really, I mean I guess the spongy could relate to the buttons if we want to rather than like a hard clicky button that you find on like some mobiles and stuff, you'd want like a softer touch. I mean do you guys know what I mean. Yeah. Um. But as for the fruits and vegetable patterns, I don't know if we really want to go with that, because it is just a trend, and our product we want to stay around for much longer than just a few months, because Yeah. I mean that could just be a Spring thing right now. Okay. Awesome. Um so design preferences, um we need easy to read like large buttons, clearly labelled so that, I mean 'cause we talked about that being a problem. Um and then also buttons illuminating upon touch, you said that in your design, with the bulb. Um and that could also tie in with the colour scheme. Uh we need the Real Reaction logo and colour scheme obviously. That's one of our key goals, we wanna promote our product. And I was thinking about different types of designs and I came up with something. Actually right here. So what we could do is something like an old-fashioned telephone like this, where we put the buttons around, like we'd put a big on-off button or something else in the middle, I mean it could be the arrows or whatever for channel up and down, and then put the numbers around in like an old-fashioned dial shape. 'Cause then it'll appeal to older generation and like said retro's cool. So it's classically retro. So I mean that's just an idea if you guys like it. And, yep. And that's it. That's cute. Yeah. I have four of those remotes. Okay. That would be amazing, though, yeah. No, splinters would What is that? Mm. Right. Okay. Oh this the thing we were talking about earlier. Yeah, like using the menu to be like, enter your name into the screen like on the menu options. So that way the remote reads it. I feel like voice recognition would be, I don't know, w it would be too hard to really I mean we could do it, but Technology. And it is a growing trend, the higher technological, like the, I mean just like the more advanced it is, the better it'll sell. Yeah, 'cause we need to know how big it's gonna be and how heavy. Oh the base, yeah. W We need to decide, well so we can figure how big it's gonna be, like exactly what buttons we want and exactly It could be like this. Yes. I'd, well uh This one is really comfortable, like I like the sides whatever, because But if we have the um, the locator, then we don't have to worry about that. So we can make it small if we have a l locating device. Hmm. Two double A_s, for this size. Right. Yeah. Smaller, without Yeah. I think if we had a a locating device with the small one, I think that seems way more advanced. Yeah. Yeah, because I mean if even looking at cellphones right now, those trends the smaller the hotter it is, yeah Oh. Yeah. Ouch. A phone, whoa, that would wow, that would hurt. Yeah wood. Yeah, 'cause if it's gonna cost us more to produce a chip, titanium will be more expensive. Yeah. We could do that, because all our research shows that people are definitely willing to spend more if Good plan. Oh. Yeah, who knows. O or we could like take off this. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, because the soft latex definitely is squishy. That's in. Well I mean squishier than like, yeah, just a hard plastic. 'Cause that uh what it type of, yeah, for voice activation would it be like a certain term what we would say like, because people could just be talking and we don't want it going off all the time. So uh Ooh. Uh see I'm uh I'm strangely attracted to it, because I know that's it's definitely gonna be big, because it's, I don't know, it's just so high-tech. Oh, then maybe voice maybe voice activation won't be good. Yeah, n n no, we just want it to be a finder. But do can your can the department make Oh, brilliant then. Yeah, good point. I think triple A_, it'll be lighter. I mean more more come in a package. Yeah. That's a good point. We could think about it and come back to it next meeting. We still have one more meeting. Yeah, it could be whatever, as long as there's something big in the middle, because like the old phones, there's like that just like piece of metal or like a picture or something in the middle. Oh, that's true. Good point. So scroll buttons on the side and then buttons on top? But we definitely If we have scroll things on the side, we definitely have to have 'em labelled. Yeah, like on the side of it. Oh if it's just up and down. Well, you could do some on both sides. Yeah. That's squishy. That's squishy. have buttons. Yeah, that. Yeah. Yeah, or like a gun-metal grey, 'cause then it combines the silver and the black. Yeah, buttons wear off. Hmm. But we want it to be seen. We need it to be seen. Right. Yeah. Some of tho Well, some of those buttons though are blue-based. Um well, a lot of those buttons are blue-based. Well, kind of. Um and then if v we do have them illuminate upon contact, they could illuminate yellow. Like if we like the one all the way on the left, uh you ca you can see it on your computer better. Um where the button is actually blue, but the number itself is clear or white or whatever so if you pressed it would illuminate yellow. So we'd have blue and yellow for the touch buttons. Yeah. Mm yeah.","Okay we're back for the conceptual design meeting . Um we're gonna open it and I'm gonna keep the minutes as Project Manager . We're gonna have three presentations , And then we are going to come to decision on the remote control concepts Okay , so trend watching . fifty eight per cent of the decision of what it should look like , fancy versus functional , and then it has to also be technologically innovative , and yet easy to use . So the customer basically is confused . So in Milan and Paris recently the trends have been showing that clothing , shoes and furniture are basically just covered with fruits and vegetable patterns . um and also the spongy feel is in in contrast to last year . Um . But as for the fruits and vegetable patterns , I don't know if we really want to go with that , um we need easy to read like large buttons , clearly labelled And I was thinking about different types of designs and I came up with something . So what we could do is something like an old-fashioned telephone where we put the buttons around , like we'd put a big on-off button or something else in the middle , So it's classically retro . looking at the interface concept , it's gonna be mostly examples of possibilities of where we can go with this . Um uh can't really see , but there's two possible ways , on the r left , if you see on th on the sides of of the remote , you have the sort of scroll down , And then on the right , we have what's really big trend right now , it's the iPod . and it's sort of like you have the both kind of trendy and hip , but also very sleek and um and very simple , but technologically advanced . Um there's the idea of like being able to do it by feel as well as by um by sight . for example you have a specific triangular shape that you know you're looking at the up and down arrow . Um this is particularly geared towards children . Um and you have the shapes and it's very simplistic and friendly looking . and then down at the bottom you have the logos and that's where you could put the R_R_ , Real Reaction . But it's sort of like just taking aspects out of that and saying , well out of this one we like , you know the round section of um , b or we'd like the the button size on this . So basic remote operation runs as follows , we need rubber for buttons , aluminium for battery y contacts , integrated circuit which consists of a diode , transistor , resonator , resistors , and a capacitator , um contact discs for the buttons , plastic for the casing , and a power-source , whatever power-source we've actually determined we want . They suggested power options , solar cells , hand dynamo , and kinetic power , Um I'm not sure how the hand dynamo works , We can offer options for casing such as straight , curved , double-curved , you know , very specific to the customer . Um certain restrictions do apply here though . And uh so you functions what for the buttons , scrolling function could be very beneficial to us instead of actual buttons themselves . Um the manufacturing division also has said that um they have several types of chips and they've just developed a sample sensor or sample speaker chip , which we could utilise . Um push button requires a simple chip and scroll requires more complicated chip . Let me just add one more thing that I couldn't say before , and that's just that there's the new technology that they've developed on the voice recognition . um there's a sample sensor and there's a sample speaker unit for So , you would say like , good morning , coffeemaker , and it would respond , good morning , Jill , I'm not sure exactly how it's gonna work , 'cause do you programme do we program the responses and the questions . I feel like voice recognition would be , I don't know , w it would be too hard to really If it's within our price to get that kind of chip that would , you know , technology But , I guess , we have to look at w what our production cost is for the chip itself anyway . let's let's see if we can decide what kind of energy source we want to have first and foremost . Um . It's not gonna be a huge universal remote . 'cause it still fits in your hand , so you still wanted something that's comfortable and substantial , but not necessarily full of buttons . If we do a voice-activated locator , though , we're gonna be looking at a more substantial chip . Honestly , I think the customer would be kind of irritated by the fact that it has a base I think if we had a a locating device with the small one , I think that seems way more advanced . Okay , so what kind of material do we want to be made out of ? I don't think wood is a viable option . 'Cause I was thinking if we wanted to get the high in market then you could produce a few in titanium , I I think we should just focus on one design and one concept right now.I'm not sure that we'll have the time and money to produce a whole array of uh since we're going with batteries instead of solar power , I'd recommend maybe a uh soft like latex , because we could produce , you know how cellphones have those overlays that you can change the colour . um we could do f a cherry cover for this year So we could do like a b a hard base plastic , and then we could give two latex covers to start . Are we gonna go with the voice activated I think we should just do um the recognition for when it's lost , you know . because people could just be talking and we don't want it going off all the time . Uh and what size batteries , double A_ , triple A_ ? or we could do one small lithium , I ki I kind of like your idea about the retro phone dial , because w And then would the buttons be too small if it was enough to fit on it ? 'cause if you have the circle and the button in the middle , then is it gonna get wider than your your hands are , which I think if we make it curved like a hand like a hand-shape like if we put the the scroll-button on the side , Well , the other option is in instead of a scroll you just have the buttons up on the side which are on the side . Well I sort of like having the a yellow strip at the bottom with the R_R_ like that . I think maybe we should do it on a b button itself though , or if we're going for the retro look , I think , like a really shiny black would be cool . or like a gun-metal grey , I'm just really wary of the putting anything on a button . It'll wear off . so I was thinking maybe instead of doing that what we could do is leave a space for where the logo should be . Like a little cut-out kind of Um and then if v we do have them illuminate upon contact , they could illuminate yellow . The I_D_ is going to do the look and feel design , the U_I_D_ the user interface design . Okay , and right now , the I_D_ and U_I_D_ , you two are going to work together on a prototype using modelling clay . I think you're going to get a lot of , I mean , the final say on what buttons get put 'Kay . And you're gonna do some product evaluation ."
122,"Speaker A: I respond to either. No worries. Okay, first thing I want to address is um one of the points that Florence brought up, which was uh current cost of the competition devices, similar to the ones that Stephanie uh showed us and and they're uh twenty to sixty Euros, depending on uh branding. Some of them that have a higher brand recognition are on the more expensive end. But I think that with the current um price that we're searching for, we're well within, even on the lower end, of the uh of the market. But I'm going to move on to more interesting um more vibrant things. So, I investigated the remote control market in greater detail, and my uh the theme of what I was to work on was uh trend watch. And I know that you all are a distance from cutting edge marketing research, so you know, I'm just gonna try to cloak it in really professional terms here. What's hot, fruit and veg. Spongy. And this is all over the catwalks, Paris, Milan, and I'm talking about clothing, furniture, shoes. This is really interesting change from past years, because it is much more organic, um some would say approachable. And I think if we're to refashion our view of what we want in a remote control, we should perhaps think about incorporating technologically interesting fabrics and some of the bold colours into a simple handset. So. I also did a little research on um what again are the most important priorities in uh decision making about uh purchasing. Fancy. Functional is out. And f the fancy, and that's exactly the term, I'm I'm thinking polished, elegant, you know, kind of innovative, but a cut above. This is twice as important as the next finding, which is technologically innovative. This is interesting, 'cause I think in the last meeting we were talking about technology as being so important, but maybe what's innovative is having it simple with um with uh technologically superior fabrics or uh, you know, designed in interesting substances. Ease of use. Again, pretty low, I mean it's the top three, but each of the uh fancy and technologically innovative are far more important. So I think we should cloak the streamlined remote control device in a series of fruit fruit themed sleeves. Y yeah, you know Exactly. Exactly. I was thinking though that instead of having something uh like patterned, you know, so, you know, something similar to a summer dress. you know, it would have like fruit and veg, is that we actually make these spongy. They could be ini initially I thought we could start with kind of um fruit that would suit kind of uh a long uh hand-held, so banana, pineapple and pear. Um it could actually the sleeve could take up a lot of the development and the remote control, we'd just need to get reductionist on it. They could be interchangeable, they're spongy, that goes back to ergonomic, and the youngsters love 'em, fun for the whole family, everyone can have their own. So what we're talking about is changing. this concept. Everyone has a T_V_ remote, but then we add in the fact that they could each have their own individual fruit. That's what's hot on the catwalks. So, this is my This is what I'm thinking. Y yeah, but I think I think what this would allow is perhaps a person in the family who had the most opinion about it we all need a remote, but the person who is really perhaps active in personalising, I'm thinking the teenager, the someone fifteen to thirty five would go out and get this additional thing the same way as you mentioned that people would get the cell phone covers. Yeah. W and plus I think Uh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So this is an idea and I I you know, this is exactly what the research has uh has shown. So I really open this up to uh any other feedback. This spongy fruit and veg. Thanks. Alright. I I just have my ear to the market, guys. Is spongiest, yeah. That would add Mm-hmm. They are and they they would fulfil the uh first um priority, which is fancy. I think many of us would associate those with fancy. Something else we could do is uh call it something that's fruit and veg oriented. We could call it uh The name. Well it would be uh a a very simple product that would have a spongy sleeve that would be interchangeable. So That, you know, that might be And then we could keep it titanium. Yeah. Or s or smelly. Scratchy Uh well I was really thinking a lot about the I_ uh the iMac kind of gel gem tone. It's hot on the streets, guys. Mm. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Mm. That sounds good. Any idea you you mentioned that there would be a cost difference. Um do you have any idea if if this could if the fancy model could be done in twelve Euros fifty? Hmm. Because, you know what, I'm being quite serious when I say that that um the things I mentioned are hot. But I think the important thing might be to choose one. You know, if if what you're telling me is is um some of these things aren't just f aren't feasible, maybe we could something about naming, we could call it, you know, Blackberry. That's uh Alright, well let's see then. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, I'm trying to streamline mine a little bit. Yeah. Hmm. Yeah. Mm. Thank you, Kate. Mm. Oh I think um Florence resolved it by F_ eight again. Maybe. Mm. Hmm. It's a duplication. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. To uh m make it. Oh nice. Um Hmm. Mm. Wow. Do you think with um It seems that that uh you guys are quite keen on the plastic, perhaps the something reminiscent of the child's remote. Do you think we could put it in a in a fruit colour? And have it abstract. You know, we could call like a fruit name, but it would be a little more abstract. Mm-hmm. I'm just just throwing out ideas. Yeah. I'm thinking maybe we need to be a little bit more abstract if the design constraints are so Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Nice. Good point. I've used kinetic in terms of watches and it's very very uh handy, you don't even notice um that it's there. It's Mm-hmm. It could tie in with the fanciful design as uh, you know, throw the banana, you know, just gotta keep it moving. Be Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. But I could market that as a um as a a I was thinking actually a a cost saver down the road, in terms of battery, you know. Mm-hmm. You know, kind of the That's exactly what I was thinking. I'm sold. Mm. Kind of like an internal egg. Yeah. And with sports on television. You know. I su Then I'll just say I support either from a marketing point of view I support either decision that the designers make on that. No we can't, actually. That's why I was looking over your shoulder Mm. Sounds good. That's really all I got, guys.
Speaker B: Just just carry on. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Sorry. I'm glad to see the marketing budget is being so well spent on. I think that's a good idea. Don't you? Yeah, I I think we're gonna have some trouble when we get down to the component design on this. Spongy is gonna be difficult, I'm afraid. Yeah, I mean basically we can make these things out of wood, titanium, plastic or rubber. I suppose rubber is the closest to spongy, yeah. I was thinking titanium myself. Yeah. W w would it be helpful if um I described the components a bit, because I think it would give you um maybe bring this discussion back to Earth of what we can actually physically do. Right, well I I I think some of this um you're gonna be a little disappointed with some of the things I have to tell you, but I'm afraid this is the real world. So um I've been looking at the the basics of how these devices actually have to work in order to operate, and I've had some discussions with the ma manufacturing division, who have told me what's actually available, you know, what the current state of the art in components is, and some of the exciting new things they've got, but I'm not sure that it's quite what you want um. Now this isn't a very good overhead, but this is just to show you, this is the innards of a remote control um. I really need a pen or something but uh does my mouse work? No. Um oh yeah, can you see my little mouse pointer? Right. This is this is the a a a remote that's been opened up and that's the the back of the interface. And this is a push-button one, so you see these little little buttons here, they're little rubber rubber buttons that go through onto the the board at the back and they push these buttons here. Um and we that's the basic construction that we've got to got to accommodate. We got to have something that pushes the little buttons that um talk to the chip that encodes the message that sends the the message to the receiver. So um I wan I wanna go through not not just addressing the um uh the the points that you made, Sarah, but um doing my presentation in the order I wrote it. So first of all um I wanna talk about what possibilities we've got for the energy source. Um we can have your bog standard double double A_ batteries in a replaceable um little compartment. We can have a hand sorry a wind-up, yeah, which I think is quite an interesting concept for a sorry for a remote control, but i it maybe is doesn't quite go with the um the fruit and veg. Um one that one that I think is quite interesting is the kinetic energy source, where um you you actually get the energy by moving the device, which is quite a ni a nice and neat one. You have to it means that if it's sitting there for a long time it probably won't work, but you have to sort of throw it between your hands every now and then, it'll work. Or we we had talked about solar power, but I thing that we agreed that that's not so good in the dark. Now I'm afraid this is the options we've got on on the case. It can be made of plastic, rubber, wood o if you like, or titanium. Um and the nearest we've got to st to spongy there I guess is rubber, but um I'm gonna come back to the advantages of titanium, and basically it can have a flat surface, a curved surface or a double curved surface, but I think if we wanna use standard components, we're gonna have difficulty with anything much beyond that. Okay, what does the interface look like? Um well push button, that's that's the one we're all familiar with. Um we can have scroll buttons and the the scroll button can incorporate a push, so you can have it like on a mouse where you can use it to go up and down, change volume or channel or something like that and push to select something. Um you can have multiple scroll buttons, um this is maybe getting a little bit complicated, but um it's it the technology is there. And we can also incorporate an L_C_D_ display in the remote, but this will increase the cost. Um the electronics that actually makes the device work, we've basically got three, simple, regular, advanced, and the price goes up as we choose each of this. If we want the nice cheap one, the simple, then we can only have push buttons. All the other fancy interface designs go out the window, I'm afraid. Um pay a little bit more for a regular chip and you can have scroll buttons. If you want the advanced chip it obviously costs more, but it that's what you need if you want the L_C_D_ display. And the manufacturing devision tell me that they have recently developed um sample sensor sample speaker devices. Now I don't know what that is, but I think they think it's quite important and we might want to incorporate it somewhere. Um ou our real expertise is in push buttons, I have to say, but maybe you think that's old technology. And well I I think we've got two options. We can either go for a really cheap model, keep all of the costs down, um which means a flat plastic case with an ordinary battery and simple push buttons. Or we can have something that looks a bit nicer, I think it, um won't necessarily l uh look like a pineapple, but um that may or may not be a good thing. Sorry. Um but it could have an L_C_D_ screen and it could have multiple scroll buttons, and it could have the the company's new development of the um sample sensor and speaker. So, thank you. Yeah, I'm afraid I don't have that information available. Um manufacturing didn't actually give attach any prices to any of this, I'm afraid. Yeah mm-hmm. Banana? We we could we could do um a double curved rubber one, which would allow um say a banana, but um unfortunately I see from my notes that if we do that, we have to have a push button as the interface, we can't do anything fancier. Yep. I If you do F_ uh F_N_ F_ eight again, it's it'll I think it yeah, you you will do an Hmm. Hmm. Yeah. Yeah, I'd I'd certainly support that idea. It's difficult to make fancy shapes in it as well, we can't for example have a double curved case in titanium unfortunately. And the the having the the the screen on the television screen I think is a good idea, 'cause um otherwise we're we're putting up the price not only for putting building the L_C_D_ in, but for the electronics as well. There is that. Do you want scroll buttons in that as well? Mm-hmm. Right. Yeah. I think I think that's a g nice clean design, it's playing to our strengths which are in push button technology. Yeah. But we can implement it with simple push buttons, which is much cheaper. In fact Oh that's really nice. Hmm. Mm. We we could actually do it in rubber instead of plastic if you'd rather if you feel if you like the spongy Hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mm. Oh unfortunately I don't have costing information. I i in terms of workability, I I think the the two front-runners are the standard battery or the kinetic, but I'm sorry I don't figures on the difference in cost. And and how much you do have to keep it moving, 'cause I'm conscious that watching T_V_ can be quite a sed sedentary activity. Yeah. True, yeah, m more more environmentally friendly. Oh right, okay, I'd that that's something I maybe should have covered. Um chip on print is just a manufacturing technique um and I would certainly recommend it, I think, because I'm not sure I have an alternative. I i it it's just the way that the the the uh th the way it's ac it's actually built and you you print onto the circuit board like you might print onto paper. Well if if Sarah's keen on a spongy feel, the the rubber that we're talking about is the same as you have in those little stress balls, so it's yeah. Yeah. I'd I'd need to talk to manufacturing again about whether that's actually possible, but I agree, it's uh sounds like a nice idea if it is. I should I should r Which I think technically is just push button and uh I'd certainly support that that that brings the cost down quite a lot and it's something that we're an ex the company's an expert on. You know, I think the the company's s next project should to design a better overhead device that switches immediately.
Speaker C: Yeah. Yes. Yep. Yeah, Right. Yes. So when your dad's sitting there, overriding your decision, going no we're gonna watch this, you can bring out your own remote and be like zap, no we're gonna watch this. Yep. And as for as for um well budgeting as well, if we're gonna have lots of different interchangeable components. Is this to the market? I was thinking titanium, I was thinking it's just I have been influenced by pictures of iPods, and they're also minimalist and shiny. Yeah, but it's kind of pointless, isn't it? Yeah. Let's delegate. Yeah, maybe. Or I think possibly it might be more useful if Kate went next. Um You can even have them in different flavours as well. So that if you just wanna sit there and chew on the remote, it could be like pear flavour, yeah. Scratch and sniff. A wind-up. Bear bear in mind it has to be the colours and styles of the company, so what I had been thinking was something chunky and yellow and plastic with black buttons with a logo on it. But um I I don't know how important that is to keep it exactly the colours of the Real Reaction company. It's just what I'd understood we'd be doing. That's before I heard about all this hot tips about the future, fruit-wise. Shall we wait 'til I've 'til I've showed you what well, my extensive presentation on what sort of interfaces are available. You did seem to include just in more detail what I've got though. So so mine's a bit pointless. Right. F_N_ and F_ eight, did you say? I don't have it on mine though. Should I do it again? Right then. I don't actually have a huge amount of different information then what Kate says, just that my method was to look at the, well, my my inspirations, which was a big collection of lots of different models of remote controls and other things that use a similar sort of thing, including M_P_ three players, uh like you know, hi-fi remotes, not just television and these things. Uh having a think about the feature of ea the features of each ones, um what functions we actually need, and then how to group and arrange these on the actual the actual plastic or rubber hand-held piece. Uh I've been especially interested in the iPod style scroll wheel, which Well, I couldn't find a the picture of the iPod w only linked to a web browser, so I couldn't copy and paste it, but it had a similar thing to this thing on the right. It has uh scroll wheels without without a display, but they they scroll like a computer mouse. So I was thinking that uh um a really simple a really simple interface with just a couple of scroll things on it um and then instead of a display the display could appear on the television screen. Like I guess an existing Sky or cable one does. Like, you know, you press enter and it comes up with what's showing on that channel at the moment, and you can do you can scroll along and it'll show you what's on in the next half hour, and you scroll up and you can see what's on the other channels while you're watching the same channel on the screen. Uh but I'm also equally taken with this chunky plastic kiddie remote, um which is really nice and fun and good to hold and nice, big, easy buttons to press, but still quite simple and quite cost effective. So what seems kind of ideal for me would be to just have a fairly simple, uh not fancy but not totally minimalist, I mean just pretty simple plastic, probably, I was thinking, yellow and black, just because that's the company's colours, with very very few buttons, but that would correspond to a screen that would appear on the television screen, like, you know, just small along the bottom instead of instead of having the iPod style display screen on the actual remotes, which is far too expensive. And when you've got a screen sitting there in front of you, you might as well have it appearing uh on the screen in front of you, it doesn't obscure much of the actual picture you're watching. And so on that you can, just much in the same way as an existing Sky remote, scroll along, scroll up and down. And uh and I definitely support uh the use of plastic and or rubber. I mean titanium would be great, but I think it might be a bit too expensive and too kinda spacey. If we're k trying to keep it colourful and slightly organic, then I think titanium's too futuristic. Yeah. Whereas a plastic's so cheap and easy and mouldable and everything else. Uh then And it's a little bit pointless as well I think. Like when when when you've got when you've got the screen there, it doesn't have to be anything fancy, just a little menu showing yeah, a menu, you go into one menu and then it can have your different options, whether you wanna change the settings or the you know, your information about programme that's on at the moment. I don't think that's to taxing to uh s engineer. Um. But as for actually arranging them let me go back to the to the picture of the kiddie one. And I quite like it, 'cause it's just smooth and hand-held and it's got these easily reachable buttons that quite nicely uh spaced out, so something a bit like that with buttons arranged in a kind of circle. Up, down, left, right. I I was thinking not actually scroll, like a like mouse scroll, but you know, a I can't quite d uh describe it. you see on the one on the right, down at the bottom, is the mouse. Yeah, see where the mouse is, like this s style thing where you c have up, down, left and right. And enter in the middle, so you pick your menu and then your different options and when when you click on each one, it you can go into a new menu for that. I'm getting a bit uh specific here. Really we'd have to use something to show you, but If I don't think I can get it up on the screen. Ah here we go. Right. Well, the iPod spinning wheel is uh really complicated. It does scroll, but it is hugely complicated. What else have we got? Them, they're terrible. But they all have this this feature of this uh It's not quite a scroll wheel, but it's a kind of selection in this circle, which I think is a really good idea. Yeah, like up, down, left and right. Which is good. And then and then Yeah, so I mean either a channel up and down, volume up and down, next appearing programmes up and down, uh and then also when you get into the different menus on the screen, it's got your things like settings and contrast up and down. So all you really need is these four buttons with the enter in the middle. And that's it. Look at look at this one. Almost impossible to misplace or l or lose. Might take up your whole living room. Possibly. Yeah. That also is possible. Just Uh just something else I need to bring to your attention is have you have you seen these on a remote? This is actually the volume up and down, but they both say V_ on them, which, when you first look at it, you expect that to be the down, because it looks like a downward pointing arrow, but it's actually the V_ to indicate that it's the volume, so uh we do need to avoid little ambiguities like these. But we wouldn't have a specific volume up and down. If we're having the scroll wheel, then it's gonna double up as all the other up and down functions. But then, that's complicated. It sounds great. I've never come across it before, but it sounds fantastic. Sounds like it could be g a really good economical it would make the whole thing a lot lighter, more convenient. Yeah. 'Cause it's really a quite attractive thought, isn't it? It's like yeah, a good selling point. But it does depend how much I mean how much it costs and how much more development and research it needs. Do your exercises while you're watching the T_V_. Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well. Do you not think it might need like a kind of a hard plastic inner shell with the actual delicate workings inside, and then a kind of spongy Yeah, s thick spongy cover, so it feels like the whole thing's spongy, but actually you're not damaging anything by squeezing it. Because I mean you could just get carried away with the with the tac Yeah. Well you do get a bit carried away with things that are tactile, you just wanna stroke them and squeeze them, and Just copy the one on the left. No um a scroll Well, like four buttons, up, down, left and right with enter in the middle, that will correspond to a menu on the screen. Yeah, I'd like push buttons with So push buttons No, it's still it's still plugged in on mine actually. Now it's gone again. Oh yes. Great. I don't think so. Play-Doh.
Speaker D: Hi Kate. Okay, carry on. Alright um this is the beginning of the third meeting, the conceptual design meeting. Um our agenda should be um that we're opening the meeting, I have the minutes from the previous meeting are on the shared f drive at this point. Um and we should each have a presentation to make. Um we have certain decisions to make and we have forty minutes total. It's twenty five after two at the moment, so forty minutes is five after three, um which I'll be keeping an eye on the clock for us. Okay. Um there are the decisions we have to turn to, but we'll come back to them in a minute after I take us to the minutes of the previous meeting. Right um as we remember, I opened the meeting, the four of us were present, the meeting the first meeting's minutes were reviewed and approved. Um Sarah, you presented a marketing research report um which pretty much rep represented that fifteen to thirty five year olds uh it has to be hand-held, power, channel, volume, number keys, possibly a speech recognition. And then Steph did a second presentation um that those functions plus streamlining them with big user-friendly keys that were easy to use. I think all of us agreed with those things. Kate presented a working design of going after going over the basics on the whiteboard um that it should be a simple mass-produced device, because of the twelve and a half Pence cost. Um but we did talk about possibly using rechargeable batteries and having a docking place as a selling point. Um and the new requirements that it for be for T_V_ only um and that it include the l so slogan and colour of the uh corporate design be included. Um the corporate image. So we agreed that the target market would be fifteen to thirty five with more money than sense, that were decision makers. Alternatively it would be a manufacturer to enclose it with the T_V_, but it still should meet those parameters. Um and that the function we agreed was volume, power, numbers, enter, channels, a way to move between channels, easy to use and hand-held. Um at that point we agreed that Sarah would look at the current cost of competition, what what do the current ones sell for. Um and Steph was gonna look at ec ergonomics. Kate was gonna look at cost and feasibility of the various possibilities that we discussed. And I was to type up these minutes and work on the final report. Is this a fair presentation of what our last meeting was? Okay. Right. So we're ready to close that and go back to our That one. Right. We're up to the point of the Go back. Um the three presentations. So we're going to pull the plug on me and turn to Sarah. Is that okay? Is that alright with everybody else? Especially since Kate asked to be last. Sarah, I'm sorry if I misspelled your name, I didn't know whether it was S_A_R_A_ or S_A_R_H_. You respond to whatever you get, huh? Okay. Um, did you do your Hit Ah, there it is. Ta-da. Mm 'kay. 'Kay. Mm. It sounds like the the uh covers that they use for the remote, you know, your t your cell phone. Mm. Hmm. Uh-huh mm. In most families, don't isn't the remote is a remote. Mm. Mm. Well actually some households do have three and four T_V_s and they would have a remote for each one, so. Hmm. Hmm. Are we talking about the device itself or the c or a cover for the device that would be an interchangeable cov cover as a separate product? Perhaps perhaps that desi that particular suggestion needs to go back to management and perhaps go to another group to actually design as a separate product. Wo would that be agreeable? Do you wanna be next or you want Kate to go next? Okay, we'll move the Mm. Mm. Alright. Remember, we only have forty minutes Hmm. Mm. Hmm. Hmm. Thank you, Kate. Yes. There we go. Do it again. Keep doing it until you get it in both you get it there, you get it yours without that one, and then you get it with both. Yeah. This time it should come up both. Okay. Mm-hmm. Mm. Hmm. Mm. Huh. It's a selection wheel. Okay. Okay. Or call it a or call it a banana and have it in yellow. Okay. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Mm 'kay. I wanna thank you all for all your presentations. We have about ten minutes left, in which time we have to make some decisions on the remote control concepts. Um and I think you all have been self-stimulating of working together. Um we need to come up with some specifics of the components, um the materials, things like making the decision on the energy um and the case and the interface type things. So let's Mm. Right. They want us to decide what form of energy are we going to use, which the choices that we've discussed were pretty much battery, kinetic or solar. Um this is where Kate's expertise comes in, and our decision making will be a little bit guided by Kate at this point. The You were saying that the kinetic would be useful, that is you just have to move it some and you'd be able to use it um as opposed to a battery that you have to either put it in a recharger or um keep replacing the batteries. Um or solar that you'd have difficulty with it if it's a dark day, that it'll die on you, and no way to do it. That's the day you wanna use the T_V_. Um so what's our pleasure here, what would be the cost consequences of each of the three? Okay. Mm 'kay. What's the uh feelings of the group on the kinetic? Hmm. Hmm. So the consensus seems to be use the kinetic if it's at all possible. It costs. Mm. Mm. Mm. Hmm. Yeah. Thanks for the reminder for five minutes to finish, thanks. Um the next thing that they wanted us to do was look at chip on print as a decision. Oh. Okay. What about the ca yeah. Oh, the way we uh-huh. Oh, okay. Um what about the case? I think they're talking there about do we want wood, plastic, titanium or rubber, and I think we've discussed not having titanium. One, it's too expensive, um and second, it won't do this double um curves. Um we've sort of eliminated wood. We said plastic or rubber. What's the pleasure? What about you? Cover. Uh-huh. Plastic inside. Hmm. Okay. Um the next part they want is the user interface concept. I'm sorry to push you, but we only have a couple minutes to finish with. Okay, and it says interface. What type and what supplements? Okay, um that's that. Um this is gonna sound weird, but the next meeting starts in thirty minutes. Whew. And they actually want a look and feel design, user interface design, you can look and see this as well as I can. Marketing they want product evaluation. Oh. Oh my, I'm sorry. Oh, okay. Sorry about that. missed that one. This ought to be fun trying to get this thing to work. Ah, ta-da. Ah. Yes, because I can't even see mine. Next meeting starts in thirty minutes, these are the individual actions. Yeah, right. Um the look and feel design is for Kate, uh Steph gets the user interface design, you get product evaluation. Um the two of you get to play with a Pla modelling clay um to do a prototype. Uh and everybody gets individual instructions in the usual way. Anything else we need to do? Go to it. And that's the end of this meeting. That's for her benefit.","The project manager opened the meeting and went over the minutes of the previous meeting. The marketing expert presented findings from trend watching reports and discussed her personal preferences in how to incorporate the results of the trend watching reports into the appearance of the remote. The trend watching reports indicated that products need to reflect a fruit and vegetable theme, sponginess, fanciness, and technological innovation. The team then discussed their target group and whether to use titanium or a spongy material in their design. The industrial designer discussed options for energy sources, materials, case shapes, and interface components such as buttons and LCD screens. The user interface designer examined the interfaces of existing products and discussed using menus within an interface using push buttons which operate like a scroll wheel. The team then discussed and made decisions on what energy sources, chips, case materials, and buttons to use."
137,"Speaker A: Just go to explorer. Or open. Participant two. Open uh. Slide show, view slide show,. One is a communication. Gateway arrays. It's a field programmable gateway arrays. Yeah. Or it's something like isn't hardware the first one? And the second one is for the software. Yeah to run th to make it run. That's it. No. Okay, and how about the battery power? Uh you mean that battery would be somewhere there and the remote contro the power to the battery comes through infrared? Into the more compact and uh okay,. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah, that's right. Having a charger rather than putting the battery cells always. People don't like it to have to buy the batteries when they run out. We just make a small charger and put it Bu Our remote, we do not want to make it P_D_A_. G Yeah, not the T_V_s. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, that's right. Oh, but you have a catch there, um assume that um if you want to go to if you are watching channel two and if you want to go to channel ninety nine, then. Uh-huh huh huh huh. Mm-hmm hmm hmm. But Yeah then yeah that's right. Mm hmm hmm. Okay. Okay. too small that it goes under the sofa and we can't find it. Yeah, that's. just give it a name and we call him. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, that's right. Okay, after having the inputs from industrial design and user interface, I think most of the points which I want to are already covered here. And to find the most interesting features what the users would be interested, then what we have done is we have put a feedback forms in all the magazines, and the users send the feedbacks, and based on that These are the findings which we got and yeah adding of a speech interface is always good for a T_V_ remote but the technology We already know that as discussed earlier An it does how feasible it is. Oh we can put an limited vocabulary as in the mobile phones. We just have the it's not going to take much space also. It's going to be very slim. And next one was the size of the remote control. It has to be of course a very slim and small one. And of course most of the people are interested in if it's less expensive, so this is an important criteria here is I mean we have to look for a trade-off. The features and the cost. Little bit more if it's with extra features. Okay. Yeah, yeah. That's right. I mean, for a lazy guys they could say nine and the nine channel comes. Or they say movie name or I don't go for movie names but only for the numbers on the channel, or volume up, volume down, brightness, contrast. So, I think this should be a good idea, to put this features. And the fourth one was the teletext in various languages. Mm, I think Yeah as discussed in the earlier meeting, but I think uh not much people are really interested in this point if it's not really required. I mean I mean yeah, it's for the um industrial design and users interface designers to decide if it's going to be working or not. I think I think as I discussed th that four points would be good for um marketing. The speech interface and uh less uh reasonable uh cost. And the lighting adaptation and the teletext. And regarding the teletext uh these are the subtitl these are the text information which you got on the televisions. If you are watching an foreign movie, you get subtitles sometimes. And uh if you are a French guy watching an English movie you would like to have it in French. And if I am a German then I would like to have the my options in German. So, the remote it should have some it should give me some flexibility of choosing the ch languages. That should be a good uh point. We already have some. Yeah, that's right. Yeah,. Okay, thank you.
Speaker B: Okay. Okay. Yeah, alright. So uh Well I have a PowerPoint pr presentation stored in my in my personal folder so I I I think you can reach it from here. Participant two. Yeah. Uh open. Right, so um I will talk about the the w working design and And um well I I will present my my first idea on how to build the our new remote control for television. So uh can you go one page down, please. So I think the first things to do is to define the hardware components neededs to achieve uh what we want to do. So uh mm I'm thin uh I think uh I I'll do a survey about what is uh what is available on the market and what what is the the cheapest possible things we hav we can use. Then uh I will try with the technical team to to build a prototype and to see uh with uh h how this little box would uh look look like. And how an and we can uh start troubleshooting first uh com communication problems or things like that. And when we are ready with this first prototype I I think we can add some software functionalities on a programmable chip like browsing by content or um things like that. Okay so can you go down uh So, wha what I think for now is we don't want to have a remote control w which is wired so uh I think we u we can use a battery for the. Then two programmable chips for both software functionalities and communication. And the communication with the T_V_ set is uh made through uh infrared communication So uh this is the the schema of the o of the future uh remote controls so uh you can you can see the components, uh battery and uh the two chips goes to the infrared uh connection to the T_V_ set. The one on top is for the um well the functionali the functionalities and the the th red um sorry the green one is is to well, putting things together, um f transform the data into uh qu into the format to to uh to communicate with the T_V_ set. And, that's it. I think we should use a F_P_G_A_ for for the functionalities which is easy to to t It's field programmable uh something array. Yeah. Well, uh a F_P_G_A_ is just a chip you can uh you can pr programme it uh wi with wh whatever you want. And uh well the Bluetooth chip is just responsible to uh make the communication uh between uh the two devices. No. Well, th the F_P_G_A_ will produce the the data to send. Yeah. Yeah. Alright and that's it for the working design. So if you have any questions? Uh no no no no, I think uh we have uh to to uh have uh embedded uh b batteries in in the yeah into the t. Yeah, yeah. And uh I I don't think it will need um very uh much power to make it run, so Yeah. It's a good idea. Yeah. That's a good idea. Also, but but I I I think uh the the goal is to sell our remote control. S okay, so charger for is the. Yeah. Of course. So we have to t We have to sell a T_V_ with the remote control too. I think there there is there is al there there is a a technology like show view who is already available on most of the T_V_ set on recorders or thing like that and we can try t to get this information on to the remote control to to do the processing on the remote control because Yes, that's a good idea, I think. We d we don't we we don't need really much buttons to i if we have a screen to navigate on on the T_V_ so uh Well, f four five buttons, it's sufficient. It's easy to build, it does not consume much power. Well, then y you you go to the main menu and uh you have uh go to channel and then uh you can Yeah. Maybe you. but uh I I think i i if you if you want to to make uh well a a big jump but uh well you you have to to have a a a device when you could you could Well, not a mouse but uh something that that says more clearly that uh right, left, up, down, well, the to have the ability to to to write something to the navigator, maybe directly, or So, we can think of buttons like in the telephone to send messages or things like that. But we'll see. Okay, so uh next presentation Mm. Well I I think it will be a, yes, a bit complicated to um make a speech recognisers runs on the small uh ts Yeah. And this can allow to choose the the program, for instance without uh adding uh buttons so it's a good idea. Yeah. Yeah, s s speech is a important extra feature I think Well, uh Well, we are we we just have to find a mean how to to add a m a a a microphone or uh well yes a microphone into the the remote control, so I well it will be alright. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I think it's a bit complex too For our next product, our new T_V_ set with uh automatical uh sound adjustment light. Function. Yeah, but well what about the the new project's requirement? I I I think we should give up with teletext, no? Yes. Well, so maybe we we can j we can already think uh about a way to to access the internet via the television. Because if Yeah, but uh we can think that in a few years there will be T_V_ set that can access the internet. So it's a good idea if i i if we i if if we uh think about how to to to build up our remote uh control w with this functionality in a w which will c which will come in a few years. So if we already have it in our remote control Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, to desi well, not not to implement it, but to well, to find a way to to add to add this functionality in a yeah, in an in an easy manner, if is possible. Yeah, yeah. Okay. So Okay, thank you.
Speaker C: Mm-hmm. Okay. Because it's open you mean. F_ five. Did you draw it? This. What is the other chip for? The one on top. For men. To the in Okay. Mm. What is F_P_G_A_? So why's it how is it different from the Bluetooth? Yeah. Programme it. Okay. Yeah. Uh So this are the they have to work together? Or? Do they have to work together or two separate choice Okay. Is the is the software par alri okay. Okay, okay. So you can control if you want, right? Mm. Mm. Mm. Mm. You can put it on the charger when uh you when you don't need to use it. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Mm. Uh mm. Y yeah, yeah. Because you are using because you are using Bluetooth, if some people have P_D_A_ they can use their P_D_A_ to control the T_V_ if they want to, right? I dunno. So is mine. Oh. Yeah, this your Yeah. So you can open uh three. Yeah. So So I'm working on the technical functions design. can you show the next slide. So the the purpose is to to find uh the important questions to ask is what effect should the apparatus have. So so I found on a webs on the internet yeah. I spent a lot of time searching and uh and I found that uh the function of remote control is to send messages to television set. For example switch on, switch off, switch the next channel and so on and so on. So I found two very good prototypes for for this interface from our competitors so can you Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ours is a bit uh different. So these are two example. One is from the other one is from, yeah, uh engineering centr yeah. This is the most competing prototypes I've found. But then uh loo but then I found if you look at you see on the left one there are too many buttons Yeah. O on the right I tried to play with the problem is that uh if I have hundred channels I have uh I have to choo press the other button to choose the hundred channels and I have to compose the number so it's very lousy. So you so you move to the next the next one. Yeah, so I talk about the problem. And then I I look at the user manual they are a hundred pages thick, so we don't want that. So I propose the easy to use uh prototype. You can navigate on T_V_ screen and we can the user's preference and we need to have the T_V_ connected to internet so we end in order to access the T_V_ programmes by X_M_L_ and we need some to do some preprocessing. From the technical aspect, the processing should be done on the T_V_ set than on the on the remote controller, right? And then we the speech recognition as uh Harry says we may just put in we may K_I_V_. Yeah, all the processing is done the T_V_ is a compu has some processing power the Yeah. Yeah because are you just wondering what controller okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Okay. So i the processing on on the remote controller so it can u be used in any T_V_, any conventional T_V_ sets? Mm. Okay. N yeah, that's all. The next one? So I come up with a simple design, just keep the v navigation buttons. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mm. Okay, that's all. Mm. Mm. No, because you choose by channel, so you choose by T_V_ program so you don't have hundred channels to choose from. If you go by channel, you don't have to do that. Ah. Ah, a big jump. A mouse or Yeah. Mm. Mm-hmm. Uh it's gonna be small. Yeah. So it'll beep if you wanna find it you just uh shout y h just it just has to re respond to you when you look for the device. I dunno how bu And responds to you, and I- mm. But I think if you to recognise numbers it's a well-studied problem. I if you just recognise uh numbers is a limited you have limited vocabulary Mm. Yeah. Mm. Mm. Mm. But Mm. Yeah. I no I I think that uh i if we go for quality people may tolerate for high quality and of course comes with uh reasonable cost. Maybe not less, but they may be willing to pay little bit more for comfort, yeah, extra features. Mm. Yeah. Mm. Mm. Mm. What is the teletext? Mm. It is interesting but we are only concerned with the remote controller. So you need s special T_V_ sets to do that? Or it's it's done via this remote controller? It's very complex. Mm. Yeah, then we can conclude that. Yeah. Yeah, but it's quite possible but maybe not in this project. Mm. Mm. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Mm. Mm. Using the T_V_ to access the internet? Or what? I didn't quite understand Yeah, okay. Yeah. The future demand, market demand. The functionality in the future. Alright. Yeah. Because all the T_V_ sets will be digital, right. All the programmes, everything will be in digital than analog. Th the system will change and we have to anticipate for those change. Okay. Thank you.
Speaker D: So we come again for the the second meeting. Uh for the aim of this meeting now is to to make presentation about uh the work for each one. And take the the decision about the the design and the functionality of the the remote control. And we have think I got a new project requirement. So I think uh teletext becomes outdated. So the popularity of the since the popularity of the internet, and I think we don't need lighting adaptive, so the remote control should be only used for the the television. And of course we should have our image in the in the design. So, let's start with the the industrial designer.. Or y you can use the whiteboard if you want. Here. Oh okay. This one. Do you want to open Ah. Wow. This. You can i yeah. Ma Yeah we can change the b. Yeah. Um. It's mine. Participant one, no? Mm. Oh we have so let's move to to user interface design. Participant During the weekend. That's good. Mm-hmm. This are usual functionality. Tasks. And they are small. Mm-hmm. Yeah. What do you mean by the pa pa processing will be done on the T_V_ than the So we should have specific T_V_? Or? We can use this. Yeah, we don't Yeah, I think so. J j just the remote control. Mm. Yeah, we. Yeah. Speech recognition. Keep the navigation but. So you are Mm. How the this remote? Yeah, of course small. Participant four. So Harry. Mm-hmm. But do you think what they sug suggested s possibility. Yeah. It Yeah. But is it useful or not u I don't know. There is in the Mm. I think i If it's necessary can you can do that. We can integrate small microphone in the remote so it's not really a problem. What about lighting adaptive options? According to the re to the new requirements I think we don't need that. Yeah. Mm. So we have I think we have s still we have couple of minutes. Mm-mm. So any things to to discuss? Or any suggestions? Expensive. Price. I think we we can we is the. Yeah. So you have to anticipate the the future?. In future. Okay. So let's go for the the lunch break, and we will meet after.","Uh for the aim of this meeting now is to to make presentation about uh the work for each one . And take the the decision about the the design and the functionality of the the remote control . And we have think I got a new project requirement . So I think uh teletext becomes outdated . and I think we don't need lighting adaptive , So the popularity of the since the popularity of the internet , so the remote control should be only used for the the television . And of course we should have our image in the in the design . So , let's start with the the industrial designer . Right , so um I will talk about the the w working design and And um well I I will present my my first idea on how to build the our new remote control for television . So I think the first things to do is to define the hardware components neededs to achieve uh what we want to do . I think uh I I'll do a survey about what is uh what is available on the market and what what is the the cheapest possible things we hav we can use . Then uh I will try with the technical team to to build a prototype And how an and we can uh start troubleshooting first uh com communication problems or things like that . And when we are ready with this first prototype I I think we can add some software functionalities on a programmable chip like browsing by content or um things like that . So , wha what I think for now is we don't want to have a remote control w which is wired so uh I think we u we can use a battery for the . Then two programmable chips for both software functionalities and communication . And the communication with the T_V_ set is uh made through uh infrared communication So uh this is the the schema of the o of the future uh remote controls so uh you can you can see the components , uh battery and uh the two chips goes to the infrared uh connection to the T_V_ set . The one on top is for the um well the functionali the functionalities One is a communication . and the the th red um sorry the green one is is to well , putting things together , um f transform the data into uh qu into the format to to uh to communicate with the T_V_ set . I think we should use a F_P_G_A_ for for the functionalities which is easy to to t What is F_P_G_A_ ? It's a field programmable gateway arrays . So why's it how is it different from the Bluetooth ? Well , uh a F_P_G_A_ is just a chip you can uh you can pr programme it uh wi with wh whatever you want . And uh well the Bluetooth chip is just responsible to uh make the communication uh between uh the two devices . So this are the they have to work together ? Or ? Do they have to work together or two separate choice Well , th the F_P_G_A_ will produce the the data to send . Or it's something like isn't hardware the first one ? And the second one is for the software . Okay , and how about the battery power ? Uh you mean that battery would be somewhere there and the remote contro the power to the battery comes through infrared ? I think uh we have uh to to uh have uh embedded uh b batteries in in the And uh I I don't think it will need um very uh much power to make it run , so Mm . You can put it on the charger when uh you when you don't need to use it . It's a good idea . Having a charger rather than putting the battery cells always . People don't like it to have to buy the batteries when they run out . We just make a small charger Because you are using because you are using Bluetooth , if some people have P_D_A_ they can use their P_D_A_ to control the T_V_ if they want to , right ? we do not want to make it P_D_A_ . Also , but but I I I think uh the the goal is to sell our remote control . So I'm working on the technical functions design . So the the purpose is to to find uh the important questions to ask is what effect should the apparatus have . So so I found on a webs on the internet and uh and I found that uh the function of remote control is to send messages to television set . For example switch on , switch off , switch the next channel and so on and so on . So I found two very good prototypes for for this interface from our competitors This are usual functionality . Ours is a bit uh different . So these are two example . One is from the other one is from , yeah , uh engineering centr yeah . This is the most competing prototypes I've found . But then uh loo but then I found if you look at you see on the left one there are too many buttons And they are small . O on the right I tried to play with the problem is that uh if I have hundred channels I have uh I have to choo press the other button to choose the hundred channels and I have to compose the number so it's very lousy . So you so you move to the next the next one . And then I I look at the user manual they are a hundred pages thick , so we don't want that . So I propose the easy to use uh prototype . You can navigate on T_V_ screen and we need to have the T_V_ connected to internet so we end in order to access the T_V_ programmes by X_M_L_ and we need some to do some preprocessing . From the technical aspect , the processing should be done on the T_V_ set than on the on the remote controller , right ? And then we the speech recognition as uh Harry says we may just put in we may K_I_V_ . What do you mean by the pa pa processing will be done on the T_V_ Yeah , all the processing is done the T_V_ is a compu has some processing power the So we should have specific T_V_ ? We have to sell a T_V_ with the remote control too . Yeah because are you just wondering what controller okay . I think there there is there is al there there is a a technology like show view who is already available on most of the T_V_ set on recorders or thing like that and we can try t to get this information on to the remote control to to do the processing on the remote control because So I come up with a simple design , just keep the v navigation buttons . Yes , that's a good idea , I think . We d we don't we we don't need really much buttons to i if we have a screen to navigate on on the T_V_ so uh Well , f four five buttons , it's sufficient . It's easy to build , it does not consume much power . Oh , but you have a catch there , um assume that um if you want to go to if you are watching channel two and if you want to go to channel ninety nine , then . Well , then y you you go to the main menu and uh you have uh go to channel No , because you choose by channel , so you don't have hundred channels to choose from . but uh I I think i i if you if you want to to make uh well a a big jump but uh well you you have to to have a a a device when you could you could but uh something that that says more clearly that uh right , left , up , down , well , the to have the ability to to to write something to the navigator , maybe directly , or we can think of buttons like in the telephone to send messages or things like that . Uh it's gonna be small . So it'll beep if you wanna find it too small that it goes under the sofa and we can't find it . you just uh shout y h just it just has to re respond to you when you look for the device . just give it a name and we call him . And responds to you , and Okay , after having the inputs from industrial design and user interface , I think most of the points which I want to are already covered here . Well I I think it will be a , yes , a bit complicated to um make a speech recognisers runs on the small uh ts But I think if you to recognise numbers it's a well-studied problem . I if you just recognise uh numbers is a limited you have limited vocabulary Oh we can put an limited vocabulary as in the mobile phones . And this can allow to choose the the program , for instance without uh adding uh buttons It's going to be very slim . it's not going to take much space also . It has to be of course a very slim and small one . And next one was the size of the remote control . And of course most of the people are interested in if it's less expensive , I mean we have to look for a trade-off . The features and the cost . I no I I think that uh i if we go for quality people may tolerate for high quality and of course comes with uh reasonable cost . Maybe not less , but they may be willing to pay little bit more for comfort , Little bit more if it's with extra features . Yeah , s s speech is a important extra feature I think I mean , for a lazy guys they could say nine and the nine channel comes . but only for the numbers on the channel , or volume up , volume down , brightness , contrast . And the fourth one was the teletext in various languages . we we just have to find a mean how to to add a m a a a microphone or uh well yes a microphone into the the remote control , so What about lighting adaptive options ? Yeah as discussed in the earlier meeting , but I think uh not much people are really interested in this point if it's not really required . According to the re to the new requirements I think we don't need that . but it's quite possible but maybe not in this project . So any things to to discuss ? I think as I discussed th that four points would be good for um marketing . The speech interface and uh less uh reasonable uh cost . And the lighting adaptation and the teletext . And regarding the teletext uh these are the subtitl these are the text information which you got on the televisions . If you are watching an foreign movie , you get subtitles sometimes . And uh if you are a French guy watching an English movie you would like to have it in French . And if I am a German then I would like to have the my options in German . So , the remote it should have some it should give me some flexibility of choosing the ch languages . Yeah , but well what about the the new project's requirement ? I I I think we should give up with teletext , no ? Well , so maybe we we can j we can already think uh about a way to to access the internet via the television . Yeah , but uh we can think that in a few years there will be T_V_ set that can access the internet . So it's a good idea if i i if we i if if we uh think about how to to to build up our remote uh control w with this functionality in a w which will c which will come in a few years . So you have to anticipate the the future ? well , not not to implement it , but to well , to find a way to to add to add this functionality in a yeah , in an in an easy manner , if is possible . Yeah . Because all the T_V_ sets will be digital , right . Okay . So let's go for the the lunch break , and we will meet after ."
20,"Speaker A: This is it. Yes. Yeah. That's on the rub rubber part. Yeah? Alright. Do we Do we change the Do we change the the order? Or are we going to uh ev evaluate it first? Okay. That's uh um That can be none. Um, we gonna do the evaluation now, together. But I have uh a introduction how it works. So, it will come up. Uh-oh. Okay. Um, yeah. Well, we uh uh, I have um thinked a few evaluation uh criterias, uh based on um our marketing strategy, on uh the latest trends, on user preferences. Uh, we have a seven point scale from uh true, as well. To false, seven? And on base of each c uh criteria, we need to um give a rating. We can uh Well, it look like this. But we gonna uh do it here, they said. So, you hope found out how to do it with a Word document. Yeah. Okay, yeah. Yeah. Um, well uh we have the Word document You So we open up that blank here. Um Think I can Uh, what this just an example. So, this not very important. But um, if I can get a number in here. Hmm. Well, uh we can't do that. Um, so uh you have to think of it as uh the remote control is techno technologically innovative. Uh, and then we have to uh agree on the rating together. And in the end, we will c uh count an average of all rating. The first uh on each item. Yeah, I think it's uh Uh, well technologically using, it's not uh it doesn't contain many new features. Only the L_C_D_. So, it Um, I think I will give it a yeah, yeah, yeah, a four. Hmm. So now i I think you uh see it um its statement. And you true or false. And true is one. So, yeah. Yeah. 'Kay. Um, well It's a one. The first item. So, okay the second item. Um, this product is for all sorts of customers. Well, it's a statement which uh I disagree with, because we uh really aim uh at at young market and I think the way it looked uh c uh totally in yellow, it's not uh really aimed for all customers. It doesn't look like that. That's uh a six. Four. Uh, okay. Mm. That's uh the motto of our company. Yeah, well do we do this with uh this product? I um Yeah. I think if we do this, as it's uh uh c uh it's really orientates on the design. Um, so I would give it a two. Two. Uh Okay. Okay. Yes, I'll think of that too. Yeah, agree? A three. Yeah okay. The next element um is the product looks good. Well personally, I do not prefer a um remote control that's fully in yellow. So, I would give this a five. We have to do our uh Two or three? Two. Okay. So, well we gonna do the next part. Uh, yep. Uh uh, the next statement. It has not too much buttons. Um, yeah, I I have uh said is not because uh a low number is better. And in the end we calculate an average. So, um that's why it's a negative in it. Um, well this one of our aims not have too much buttons. So, um uh did we uh do that? Well, uh if we go to uh this fashion, I We still have caused uh a lot of uh buttons for the numbers. But you can you can go for that. And um that way, you don't have a lot of buttons over. So, I would give this a two. One. Um, but where where is the? So Yeah, did we implement uh the sound? Yeah. It won't. One. Okay, um well we aimed for the younger market. Uh yeah, did we achieve that. I think with the way it looks and um it is designed, I will give it a two. Yeah. Uh, yes. That that was uh, yeah, one of the most important things that uh Trendwatch said. I didn't uh say it in my presentation. But um, well does it have that? I would say yes. So um Well, let's also give this a two. T Yeah. Okay. Two. And um, then the last one I could think of, uh it goes with the latest trends. If we looked at the latest trends for the uh younger people, and they ate uh fruit and vegetables, well it has a um a nice colour, uh well compared to food but we didn't uh We did not paint any uh fruit and vegetable on it for something like that. So, I would did not give this uh a one or two. I We'll go for a three. Yes. A three. Okay. So um, come back to the presentation now. So, we find yourself there, and now we have to calculate an average rating. So, we will do that. Yes. By nine. Yeah. Um, uh okay. Two. Come on. So uh, that's a pretty low rating, I think. So, according to our uh own evaluation uh we did a good job. Oh. Nah. How am I doing? Yes. And I closed your slide-show. Which one was the last for you? Uh, dreaming. Next. Finance. Yeah. One... We would have uh n For a remote control. I've For a remote control, I think it is. If we would have uh uh normal buttons instead of uh the joystick. For up down left right. The advanced chip was for the L_C_D_ wasn't it? If uh If we have the n no buttons If we have we have uh not a joystick but buttons, we would have uh, we have thirteen Euros? And then uh we move the the colour. What will that be? Yeah. still, he waited at the No. Project. Yeah, I think you have to compare it to if you would have a normal um normal project without laptops uh and without these devices. I think um Well, the laptops if you have them out front of you, you sometimes looking at that instead of the presentation. Um, well uh the draw-board, well you can draw things. But it not really going very convenient. Uh, maybe it will be easier if you have a smaller monitor and uh you would also see there. And with a normal mouse. Um, and uh the project. Yeah, I agree on what was said uh mainly. Uh, yeah but you always have that some people are talking more than others. And maybe is then um the task of the the project manager to also uh ask more to the people uh less talking. To tell their opinion. Yeah. Okay.
Speaker B: I don't care. Huh? Big.. Yes. Up is channel up. Down is channel down. To the right is volume up. To the left is volume down. The R_R_? I'll get it. I think the scroll-button is something also uh new. What uh not anoth uh, not a lot of uh a lot of uh remote controls have. I think technologically I'll give it an seven. Si six six. Sorry, six. Oh, true or false. Oh, uh I'll I'll give it uh a t a two. Sorry. Five. Mm-hmm. Maybe version uh three point O_ uh has other colours. Four. Me too a two, because only the battery is not uh techin uh technologically high standard. But the rest of it is. So, I think a two. It it will be fashion. 'Kay. Three is okay. Oh, we'll wait outside. I give it a one. Say two. Two. One. Uh Just a small thing. Ah. Yellow. Looks like a pistol. Uh It won't get between uh the pillows uh on the couch. Uh Yeah, o one. Yeah. Me too. Two. Yeah? Yeah. I gave this a one because of the rubber. It feels soft. Uh, it looks like a l uh uh b uh, a bit like a joystick. It's Yeah. Yeah, f very fancy trendy. Two is okay.. Oh. I go for two because uh the the shapes are still round. Uh, the latest trends are soft things, you know, like uh I said in my presentation. Uh But the the colours are um basic, like yellow, red, um blue. Something what also younger people want. It's also a trend, so I'll give it a two. Two. Yeah, I think. Cheapest there is. Expensive. Well, it's the most advanced. Advanced. Uh, yellow. One. Joystick uh thing. We're not gonna make it. Yeah. Wh What what are the costs? Fifteen. A special colour. Uh, I don't think it's a very special colour. Yellow? Uh, is it a special colour? What? Yeah. And what if we use only one sort of um Um just only plastic or only rubber? One Euro discount. If we change the joyst uh the joystick thing into a button up, button down, button right, button left. And then we'll lose fifty cent in what? Uh uh-uh. No. And if you say it's just a r uh normal colour it's a normal colour, wh No one will see it. Normal colour, and the the joystick away, and put the button up, button down, right, left. And it's twelve Euros, I think. No. Uh, no, no, no. Uh Oh, wait wait wait. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. If we lose the L_C_D_, then we have an uh regular chip and no L_C_D_. Uh, yeah. Then you'll have to m uh see the menu on the television. And you don't have the L_C_D_. So, the T_V_s has to uh have to be up-to-date. Yeah. Yeah. Huh. No knew that. Yeah, then it's twelve Euro fifty, then it's okay. So, all the buttons has to have to be the same colour. But then the print on it will g um change it. Make it uh for everybody to see what button it is. Uh l How you call it? Recognisable, yeah. Yeah? Okay. Oh, well that's clear. And the joystick away. And its buttons. Yeah. About the process. Went good. Uh I think uh the creativity uh was good enough. We have a gun instead of a remote control. Um Uh leadership. Yeah, you were the project project manager, and uh had the final vote. So yeah that was clear. Team-work okay. Everybody uh has something uh to say about it. And uh no, uh o only the the drawing uh was very difficult. But, nah. New ideas found. Nope. No. Yep. Beer. Yeah? Okay then.
Speaker C: Okay. So, now um, last time. Can you uh push the button? One time please. So I'm still the secretary. Now uh, I ask you to presentate the prototype. One of your you two. Yes. The prototype. Well, thank you. Uh, now Yes. Okay. Mm-hmm. Okay. And the buttons? And the joystick is for the volume and the channels. Okay, so if joystick and L_C_D_. What's the R_R_ d Okay. Very good. So, we have So, what they say on the side is put fashion there. Yes. It's good. So, that's it. That's prototype. Now, the finance. We don't know if it's th it if it's okay. So, I'm gonna look. We have Sorry? Finance is um Yeah it's No, first uh Yes. We have to evaluate the product yet. Sorry. Criteria. No, it's okay. Oh, it's okay. What do you think? Yeah. Two. You? Me too. So it's a three. So it's a Yes, it's for the younger g group. So it's uh half half of the people. So I think it's four. No. Yes. So, I think it's four. Okay. Give it a four. Yep. We put the fashion in electronics. Uh, I say uh a five. It's not fashion, it's new. It must be a fashion. But it isn't. Yes. It w If it's not a fashion we can put it in it. So, it must be a fashion. I think it's a five. No. Oh. I use my feet though. Okay. Well, I say three. So, counting then is two and a half. Okay, two. You? Me too. One. Next, six. It does not get lost easily. No, we did not. So, but can it get lost if it's such a thing? I don't think so. Yes. Not a not a normal shapes. So No. It won't get lost. So A one? Okay, a one. Next. Yeah me That was our target. Two. Yep. Right. There's a fancy look-and-feel. Okay. I say a two. It's a a bit personal. If it's fancy. So I think s two is better. No, it's new. Innovation.. Okay. Me too. Three. Yeah. Effort is three, ten and twelve. Thirty, forty, fifty,. Twenty one. So, it's uh two and three nine two and one third. Yep. Uh, nah. Okay. So, it's good. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Back to my uh Yep. Next please. So, now uh we have a product. Very happy. But uh, is it cheap enough? Um, so if uh I'll have a look. We have a battery. One battery. Okay, one battery. Electronics. Advanced chip. Yeah it's the most advanced. Chip-on-print. We have that one. We have the simple, regular and advanced. We have the adva advanced. 'Kay, so uncurved or flat. Nope. Single curved or double curved? We have double curved. So Then we have plastic, wood, rubber. we have half rubber, half plastic. No titanium. Special colour. Yes, yellow. Interface, push-button. Scroll-wheel, integrated scroll-wheel push push-button, or L_C_D_ display. So, we have the L_C_D_ We have two scroll-wheels? Or one? And it's not really a s Yeah, it's this one. Now, uh button supplement. Special colour. We already Uh, that's the from the for the buttons. The buttons are regular colour. So, then uh then then then then then then Then Uh, no. It's too expensive. So, we have to change something. Fifteen Euros. Yeah, well uh when we lose one scroll-wheel, it's okay. 'Cause we can't lose the battery. We can't lose the advanced chip. We can't lose the double curve. We have rubber, special colour. Oh, no, we No, it's uh Sorry? Um, then we uh lose two Euros. Then we have thirteen Euros. Half a Euro too much. Exactly the special colours. So That's one Euro. So, I don't think that's good. Mm I think we have to keep the L_C_D_. If Yes. Then it's only thirteen Euros. So uh yeah. Yeah. Then you have Or you have to cut this off. Then it's not good anymore. So, wait. Okay. I'll have a look. We Yellow rubber. Yeah, normal. Uh One minute, please. Uh Is it maximum. Um Yeah, it's normal colour. But if you lose the joystick, it's still uh an advanced chip? Or it's then a regular? So, the advanced is for the L_C_D_ and the regular for the joystick. And what if we lose the L_C_D_? Yeah, regular chip. But Is it a good design? Mm, yes. Then it's okay. Okay, so no joystick. Oh no, but we then we get push-buttons from half a Euro. Uh, yes, yes, yes, yes. No joystick. Push-buttons. No special colour. Twelve and a half Euros. Then it's okay. So, we have to change that a little bit. And you cannot use the red and green button. Because if you give them a s uh colour, you have to pay point two Euros. Yes. Yes. So So Well Now we have to change that, but that's okay. Rubber. What's the normal colour? So And Where's? Yeah. So, now it's Yeah. It is. But then it will be just that ones. Now it's Very good. Now, uh project eva evaluation. Well What do you think of it? Uh About the project. Okay. And you. Okay. Okay. Well, what do I have to say. I think it was good. Not too many discussions. So, it's good for the speed. So, I think we're ready. Good price. Evaluation ready. Ready. That's it.
Speaker D: Oh this, you mean? Yes, well uh this is it. It's uh it's uh it's yellow. And uh, this is rubber. And and and this too. The the sides. And the rest is hard plastic. And uh We uh we had some uh We had a new idea that that this can uh can be uh uh turned inside. And then it covers the these buttons until here or something. And then you can still use the the power button and the mute and the the joystick. So, you can still operate uh all the things. Because you don't always use the menu. And then it can break. Uh, well uh Big buttons. And everything is blue, except the power button. And the mute. Of uh yeah, and the mute and the the other button. Yeah. Channel higher channel button. Uh, yes. Yes, that's uh Very obvious. Yeah. R_R_'s the l the the the the company uh logo. Uh, yes. Yes. That's about here. Oh. Three. Mm Mm, four. Yeah, but it's it's Yeah. I mean it still has l large buttons and not m many buttons. So I mean, the colours are for young people, but older Yeah. Yeah. Maybe. Yes. Two. Then make it th three.. Yes, a one. I like it. One. Yes. Yeah, but uh Yeah. Yeah. Yes, a one. Yeah, okay. Mm, three. Yes. Mm-hmm. Mm, yes. Mm, yeah. Mm, yeah. Yeah. Okay. All the same uh Mm, yeah. Recognisable. Like what Yeah. Mm, yeah. Okay. Yeah, well the same. I I espe I especially uh liked the the means, the the SMARTboard and uh Yeah, it uh It brings up new ideas when you work with uh with it. Yeah. Mm-hmm. No..","The industrial designer and user interface designer presented their prototype design, made of yellow rubber and hard plastic, with large, mostly blue buttons, a joystick and LCD screen. Led by the marketing expert, the group evaluated the prototype on a scale of one to seven, based on a set of evaluation criteria. The overall rating was two. The project manager calculated the production costs, which were too high at fifteen Euros. The group discussed how to make the design cheaper, and decided to keep the LCD screen, but to remove the special colour and replace the joystick with regular push-buttons. Finally the project manager led an evaluation of the project process before closing the meeting. Overall, the group were satisfied with the creativity, teamwork and available equipment, although the marketing expert thought the SMARTboard and laptops were sometimes distracting and not that helpful."
46,"Speaker A: Okay, good morning. This is our first team meeting. I'll be your Project Manager for today, for this project. My name is Mark will be giving this presentation for you to kick the project off. That's my uh that's the agenda for today. Well, of course we're new to each other, so I'd like to get acquainted first. So let's do that first, I mean Let's start with you, can you introduce yourself? You're our Marketing Expert. Okay, excellent. And you are User Interface Yeah. Excellent. Okay. What should it look like? Okay. Oh, let's kick it off. Oh, there we go. So, our new project is about we need design a remote control for television set, so, which has to be original, trendy and user-friendly. I took this off our corporate website. It's I think well it sums up what we need to do. We're inspired by latest fashion, not only electronics, but also the latest trends in clothes and interior design. That's why our product will always fit in your home. So apparently we need to um be very at um very open to what's currently hot in the market. So that's what you need to do to bring us the latest info and what people want. So So we put the fashion in electronics. So that's what we need to go for. Anyway, we'll take this project in three steps, three pha uh three phase of design. First step will be the functional design. And that's basically what we're gonna do. Everybody has uh a piece of individual work and a meeting afterwards, so we can share information about So I'm gonna keep this short, since we had a technical problem. So skip through this. Uh. Okay. Every meeting we everybody can present their uh their views and everything, so to help with these, you have we have the SMARTboards here. We can use a regular PowerPoint presentation. I'm supposed to give you an introduction on this doodling board, so it's actually it's very easy. Like it says, very simple, you just take out the pen. Like you see here, I'll just take the take here. That's it, you just put it on the board. You see a pen here. You go here, just like using a pen. You can just draw whatever you want. It's like the eraser, can erase whatever you want. And so it will be easy just to illustrate your views, if you wanna change the format, you just either take out jus just like the pen, and whatever you want, your current colour, your line width, just to make the line bigger. So it should be really easy. This is to take the just take a new slide and back again. We're just gonna keep using this board all the time, so I think it will be it's very clear for everyone, I suppose. So I'll take this out. Okay. We'll use that later. Anyway. Yeah, just just just stuff that you wanna share, just put it in the in the project folder, like I put my presentation now. I'll put the the minutes of every meeting, I'll put them there too, so everybody can read up if they have to leave early or whatever. So next, been here. Well, gonna give the electronic white-board uh a shot. So basic idea is we have a blank sheet. Just try whatever you want, and like it says, draw your favourite animal. I think the creative genius should go first. So, draw us your favourite animal. Draw us a technical animal. Yeah, it's still erasing. So that's what we don't want. We want a high-responsive product. So It looks more like nuclear bomb. Let's go easy on it. Anyway, it should It It's supposed to be a dolphin, you like the freedom that it that it represents. What do you like? Okay. Well, our Marketing Expert. Show us an animal. Pick a pick a pick a clean sheet. Oh. Take a clean sheet first. Just press next. That's it. It's a cute elephant. It's a nice beard. Okay, so it's just a bee. So I suggest you make us the elephant in the market. The big and strong player in the market. This would be good. Okay, excellent. On to the next one. Press next. Yeah, it's up there. That's it. Sure looks smooth. What does it want? Okay. I agree. Yay, I'm supposed to draw the animal next. I introduce to the world the amazing ant. Great team-workers. Do everything to Uh really small, but together they're really strong. So I'm gonna give it a smiley face. Not sure where the p. Just put 'em here. Whatever. Think it need shoes. So I'm just too lazy to draw it all black, so That's the coolest ant ever. I love to draw ants. It's my hobby. Anyway Nah. Just I think it's very representative what we drew, I guess. Like you take just take your freedom and use a a trendy interface that you design for us. Just Yeah. You're supposed to make i make it different from uh from what other people have, and just make it a little distinct. Anyway. another beep to stop the meeting. See. Warning. Finish meeting now. Uh put this down. Examples. Well I guess we have a little little time extra, but Just a little quick discussion to to open open our work. So what do you guys think about The first idea is just very short. I'll start with you. What are y What are your first ideas for the new product? What The project I got was just for a T_V_ remote control. Yeah, I guess so. Okay, so very intuitive design, I guess. Yeah, we want I suppose we want almost everyone to be using it. So I think I mean, really disabled people, yeah, might be a problem, but I think it's a little take it into consideration. Um yeah. I think we really need to cut the meeting short. You have anything you wanna share quickly? It should be light, okay. Um, let's see, where did I Let's skip that. Oh, this is it. Sorry, I skipped this sheet. What do we This Quick What we're going to Selling price, twenty five Euros. That's for you. The production price, twelve and a half Euros, approximately. Just go go for that. We'll reach the uh reach that profit. No, it's not much to work on. I'm sorry, I skipped it. Anyways, that's Yeah, this is it. Do you have anything you you came up with yet? About uh marketing transfer, whatever? Marketing I'm not sure what you what you came up with yet. You have anything to share? Or else we'll cut the meeting just cut the meeting short since we're supposed to stop. Okay. Anyways, the the personal coach will give you the your p your personal assignments and everything. So we'll just meet back in here thirty minutes. I'm sure we have that. Yeah, thanks for attending. I'll see you back here in thirty minutes.
Speaker B: Morning. My name is Xavier Juergens, I'm the Industrial Designer, and there are three main questions that I have to find an answer to today. First one is uh what happens inside the apparatus, second is what is uh the apparatus made of, and the third is what should it look like. Uh-huh. Mm. Okay. Okay, you should press next. Okay. Okay, well the animal I'd like to draw is a tiger. My drawing skills are really bad, so. They are really bad, my drawing skills. I'm not sure how the legs should go, but Uh these are stripes. I've picked this animal because it's very fast. It is uh it knows exactly what it wants. Uh it hardly ever wastes any resources. Uh well, basically uh it hunts for prey, but it does it always in a very well-thought way. Uh it knows exactly what it wants. It never kills an animal uh just for the killing, so it's very efficient. And it tries to do everything as fast as possible. And it always goes for uh security, in seeking uh uh a hide spot and uh and doing everything, security, speed and efficiency is important. And I think uh those things we can use. Yeah. Oh. Hmm. Only one thing uh that has to be added according to me is uh the the material it is made of, it should be something light. That's it speaks for itself, but some uh Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay. Good luck everyone.
Speaker C: Good day. Nick Broer, User Interface Designer. I'm going to uh look at the technical design from the uh user point of view. The creative genius? Thank you very much. Well, I'm more into the technical aspects of drawing, so I'm not really good at drawing animals, but uh the animal which I Oh. Pen. Uh format. Else my animal will be like king-size. I pretty much like a dolphin, because of its uh its freedom basically. Let's see. A head. actually worked with this. It's like uh it's a very Uh high-tech. Bit low-responsive though. Prefer pen and paper. It doesn't look like a nuclear bomb. This thing isn't doing what I'm What I want. So Yeah, well it does look like a nuclear bomb. I'll just finish up real soon, because I'm So it doesn't really look like a dolphin, but then again, this is all new for me. Like the ocean, like swimming. Do that in my spare time, so that's basically an Now we can forget this ever happened. It's not really that responsive, no. And you was making comments on my dolphin. You picked a hard one, didn't you? Got it. You've done this before, haven't you? Well, I basically had a question. Do uh Are we going to introduce a multi remote control? Is it just the T_V_ or do we want to in Just for T_V_ remote control. Okay. Well, I was thinking about design remote control, with our uh motto and all. Uh thing to keep in mind is that we need to stick to what people are familiar with. No rational changes or whatever, 'cause it revolutionary changes, yes. Uh we might have to consider other design aspects of our product. So that was something I wanted to add, and perhaps some usability aspect. T_V_ is becoming central in most homes. Do we want people who are disabled in any way to uh, yeah, to be able to use it as well? Yeah. Okay, well that's not that much to work with. Mm, good luck.
Speaker D: Morning. Yes. Um my name is Dirk, Dirk Meinfeld. Um I will be uh Pr Project the Marketing Expert. And I will see what the user wants and uh what we can do uh with the new produ project product. Hmm. Hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Very nice dolphin. Um an animal. I like the elephant. What? Yeah. Um Oh yeah. Oh, a blank. Okay, next. Free, I like the elephant. It's big, it's strong, so uh uh Oh, it's a little bit You have to hold it, right? Hmm. It's a beautiful animal. Oh, you have to p press it pretty hard. With a smile on it, it's very important. Yeah. And uh not to forget its tail. Oh. Yeah, it's okay. Yes. I will beat the dolphin. No. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh yeah. Yeah. Experience with the tiger. What? They are Okay uh-huh. Oh. Mm. Okay. Uh hard worker. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Uh Yeah. But Yeah. Uh. Yeah. Selling price. international. Um about what? Marketing? Um no, not really yet, but I've some ideas and I will uh say it uh Okay. Okay. Yes.","I'll be your Project Manager for today , for this project . My name is Mark Um my name is Dirk , Dirk Meinfeld . Um I will be uh Pr Project the Marketing Expert . Nick Broer , My name is Xavier Juergens , we need design a remote control for television set , which has to be original , trendy and user-friendly . So apparently we need to um be very at um very open to what's currently hot in the market . First step will be the functional design . so to help with these , you have we have the SMARTboards here . I'm supposed to give you an introduction on this doodling board , just stuff that you wanna share , just put it in the in the project folder , I'll put the the minutes of every meeting , I'll put them there too , gonna give the electronic white-board uh a shot . So , draw us your favourite animal . It's supposed to be a dolphin , I like the elephant . the animal I'd like to draw is a tiger . I introduce to the world the amazing ant . What are y What are your first ideas for the new product ? The project I got was just for a T_V_ remote control . I was thinking about design remote control , with our uh motto and all . No rational changes or whatever , 'cause it revolutionary changes , so very intuitive design , I guess . Do we want people who are disabled in any way to uh , yeah , to be able to use it as well ? but I think it's a little take it into consideration . is uh the the material it is made of , it should be something light . Selling price , twenty five Euros . The production price , twelve and a half Euros , approximately . We'll reach the uh reach that profit . international . Anyway , we'll take this project in three steps , three pha uh three phase of design ."
72,"Speaker A: Mm. Yeah. S okay so I'll show you the the two prototypes. Here we have the first one with the beautiful uh L_C_D_ um display. You you can s here. And you can uh just um browse into the the navigation menu by uh joystick joystick-like uh button. You can uh choose the direction and if you just push on it it's considered like a enter function. You have on the mm on the side here the microphone for the for the speech recognition system here. And here the the switch that control if you want Well I I I think uh it's the Yeah but Yeah. Well so it's a microphone array. No it's just a single microphone, and you I I think uh we we put it here because I think when you when you are browsing your L_C_D_ you will be close to well it's better to to to place it here th than here, for instance. And here is a little switch that control if you want the the speaker uh recognition system to um to be on or off. And uh so this remote control comes up with its charger. Well this this prototype is um made for about uh well fi fi fifteen fifteen dollars fifteen dollars, but uh well it's not it's not uh yeah, but uh it's just a prototype and if we uh if we optimises the um the uh voila. Yeah the and the the production costs we we can achieve uh about ten dollars. How many, excuse me? Well uh f battery, we use uh about uh Yeah. Rechargeable of course, because we have the charger. Yeah and you just On uh yeah one battery. The excuse me? Oh yeah it's just a r uh simple battery a rechargeable uh if you uh like it's exist. Yeah. So and if you want to charge the battery you just put the remote control like that to plug in the the charger and uh leave it uh alone, it's alright. Then the next time you pick it, oh it works. Yeah just explain the button uh Norman. Yep. Yeah it's So we have the the second version also with the different uh button configuration. The second version is also simpler, we d uh we had just uh I have to put the microphone also. So basically th it's the same uh yeah. Basically it's the same uh things uh uh as uh I presented before. But here we have uh we have uh four buttons for navigation. Press one button uh acting as a a enter button. So um yeah according to what you said it's more robust to the user. And uh it's also cheaper to produce. We can produce uh such remote control for about uh four dollars. Yeah it's it's it's embed in the uh speech recognition system. So so Norman will explain to you. Yeah yeah of course mm. Thank thank you. And so mm-hmm. Alright please uh go on Norman with the special features. You also have the the the two other modules for the parental control that that you ca you can add up to the to your remote control i i if you uh if you want to to have more more power on what you do, and uh which channel you want to choose and so on. H here is just the the the module for the kids and th if the parents want to watch T_V_, up they come up with their modules, they just plug in it and they can have all the control they want here. We also have this module for uh old people with big buttons, clearly labelled, and it acts like the previous one, you just plug in and it works. The titanium and so it's very uh Well so the price to produce For uh the simplest one, say we start from four dollars to produce such a device. Uh it's about it The without without the charger it's about uh well two dollars to produce uh the microphone and speech recognition systems. Two dollars for the uh for the add-on modules, and finally three dollars for the charger. So if you uh sum up uh everything wi with the L_C_D_, which costs two dollar, you have two plus four plus four plus two plus two. It's about so the total cost if you if you want all the fuct functionalities will be about uh fifteen dollars. But it's just if you want all functionalities. Excuse me? Yeah. Well I think that the technical in innovation is is in the product itself since we haven't yet a remote who are allowing to to choose interactively with the T_V_ screen uh uh with just four buttons. Okay. A sponge. Hmm. Yeah. Well it doesn't look much fancy I'll I'll say three or four. Yeah. It's it it Technical aspects. Yeah a three. Uh four. I think it's it's uh more easy to make f fancy things when it's not complicated so removing the L_C_D_ um gives us a li more liberty to to have a fancy look. Well it's it's the same for both so I will give a five, six. Well five also uh Norman please. With lot of functionalities. Mm for both it's the the same innovations. six, let's go for six. Yeah. Talk about Yeah but you have the same programme on the T_V_ screen. If you have the L_C_D_, but if n Yeah. Yeah. Well I think both are really easy to use because there are few button buttons, and uh well t p the menu are clear, well-organised, so Well with little knowing of the technology you can you can easily use the product so I will give a six for the easy to use. Yeah, it's cheaper to produce. And uh if the the well if we have less technology we have more liberty to uh for the shape and uh things like that so Yep. Yeah. Six. Um six. Yes as you say, with better uh yeah. And to improve the the look. Yes and to give us more liberty to have a fancy look so so let's go back to our laboratory and Yeah. It's optional yeah, since well according to this study uh people more likes more to have a spongy uh remote control than Yeah. Well it's about the same because if Well you can if you had uh something li Oh no, because if you if you add uh something well yeah maybe because it's three different pieces uh to to to build but Yeah yeah yeah it's I think it's cheaper if you if you already built the all the functionalities um on the same module, but uh Yeah. Yeah. Well so Yeah yeah I think we are yeah but we are also the um well the components will have to change because uh we have to deal with the shape and um but I don't think it will uh increase the cost too much so Uh well but it's a bit complicated to if if if you need machines to different machines to um ah well Yeah yeah we can have the same global shape and then uh add on skins and with with this uh tex spongy texture uh things like that. Sponge. Okay. So we finished the prototype uh presentation if you have uh something else to say. That was good. Yeah. Fine yes uh. Very democratic. Thank you. Alright. Come up with new product. Yeah and also more well uh more seriously I think it's it's a good idea to have uh clear clear points whenever we do a meeting uh prior to the meeting to have uh well a list with the points who will be discussed or things like that, but I think it's alright. We achieved uh project goal I think. It's w yes, more or less. Yeah but Alright. So. So uh coffee machine. Okay.
Speaker B: Is it an only a single mic or a microphone array? Mm-hmm. Yeah. Okay. The cost would be le reduced. Is that two or one? Now what is the whole day rating for that? Whole day's rating. What type of battery? Something like a two A_, A_ three size batteries? Mm-hmm. And the L_C_D_ is this one, on the remote? Yeah. Uh-huh and also the switch. Okay. Mm-hmm. And I think you forgot a point here to have an button to find the charger, because that's a major that's a Okay and if you disable speech recognition system then? Mm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm. Okay. Yeah people are willing to pay more, but the company is not willing to invest more at the moment. Or uh Something like customised. Yeah. Mm hmm hmm hmm. Hmm okay. And this is other one? Mm hmm hmm hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah that's fine. Okay. Mm hmm hmm hmm. With the charger? I think we can use Excel. Yeah it's a nice input but we have an other inputs from the l public demands. I think we will just have a rough look and then we can make our statements, and we can finalise the product based on this discu I think we can just go to my presentation then. We can wind up. Or we could uh come to some f uh final conclusions. So the marketing made an evaluation criteria and these were some of the findings, and uh in the market the people are not really interested with L_C_D_, without L_C_D_, with speech recognition interface, or without speech recognition interface, but most of the people what they are interested is first thing is, they want to have an fancy look and feel, it should be very fancy with colourful and uh very handy to hold. And the second thing is it should be much more technologically innovative. Of course in that we could put L_C_D_ or recognition to be more technologically innovative. And the third one is easy to use. Okay and if we go to the next slide, here you can find these are the latest fashion updates, and so this in Paris and Milan they have detected this trends that the this year it's going to be an year of fruit and vegetable, so people are really interested to see if they have an remote in the shape of the fruit or a vegetable, or whatever they like. So I think it should be much more customised to make a different uh shapes. And the second thing is, and if the material, they really do not want it to be very hard, as in the case of very pl plastic or titanium, it should be somewhat spongy. Um. Yeah so uh so finally we have these three criterias. One is fancy look, second is innovative, and third is easy to use. So these are the f uh three criteria on which we are going to build our remote. So and we have an evaluation criteria for each one of these, say that we have a seven point scale, from one to seven, and for each of the product you could just give me the scale according to this. So now you have with L_C_D_ and without L_C_D_, so on this scale, if it is true, if it is if it has a fancy look you could just tell me one, or if it is false, it doesn't it looks uh it doesn't look much fancy, then you could just tell me seven. So We can make our study on this and No no we have you have designed two products now, one is with L_C_D_ and without L_C_D_. According to you, no according to you designers, how will feel does it uh with L_C_D_ and without L_C_D_? Okay let us make this L_ and without L_C_D_. On on this scale the L_C_D_ remote control. How do you look how does it look? D is it very fancy or doesn't look much fancy? And you both agree for that? So I take three on with L_C_D_? So without L_C_D_ how would you rate it? Four. And in the sense of innovativeness, with L_C_D_. Five with L_C_D_ and So without L_C_D_? No no according to design aspect we want to know how would you feel the innovativeness? With L_C_D_. And without L_C_D_? Okay. No actually uh to make it with L_C_D_ you make more efforts. So I there is high innovativeness included if you make it with L_C_D_ y then when it is without L_C_D_ there is not much innovativeness. So we can't go I mean that what you are sayin that's what the design No it's like this, I mean on the L_C_D_, according to what I understand from your model is, you have a joystick here, and you have L_C_D_, you just press your joystick, you get here a programme. Uh then No on the T_V_ you don't it doesn't display on the T_V_ now. L_C_D_? Then uh there is no meaning in having it on the T_V_. Or then again you have a channels, volume and all the stuff and what a I mean that depends upon your design, so I mean So without L_C_D_ you want to put it fi the same level of innovativeness? And which do you recommend e easy to use, with L_C_D_ or without L_C_D_? Yeah. Or we can just go back to the previous slide uh where we ha we have a few updates. So I mean in the product design you could just amend it to make some few changes according to fruit and vegetable or a spongy touch without L_C_D_ and without speech recognition. Even then our product is going to be very good. Yeah. Yeah that's right. Yeah yeah that's right. So without L_C_D_ I just take it five? Or you want it to be six? S s oh I think it's better to have this without L_C_D_. As our Programme Manager s Pro Project Manager says that without L_C_D_ it is going to reduce the cost also, and it's going to be much simpler to use. So. That's going to be an optional. If somebody wants to buy it they can have it, otherwise no. It's an optional. Yeah. Yeah, but I mean if you have an add-ons, the kids may just uh hide the parental module and so that their parents can't use it. In the same set, yeah, and and individual buttons to make them work. I mean how to how to how to make a marketing survey that uh how many married couple or how many couples have a T_V_ or to the number or singles who have a television. So based on that I think But you can make it on a single P_C_ with three different options. On the same P_C_B_ yeah yeah. Yeah that's right. I mean you could just provide with an optional. So it's something like a Microsoft product update. Updates and we sell it. We make updates and sell it. And uh what's the idea about uh the shape of the remote controls? Uh can they be made into a fruit and vegetable types? Do you require different types of P_C_B_s and Or uh it could be like this the P_C_B_ would be the same for all, but only the exterior uh shape is different o for all. Yeah, yeah that's right. Yeah that's right. I think you need to look into the material. Yeah yeah. I think the Project Manager would be interested to look about the financial issues in making these models. I feel it's fine, we know we don't need uh I think it's okay. This is fine for making a presentat for project presentations. And the leadership was excellent. Yeah that's right. Yeah that's right. And new ideas found. Any new ideas to make these presentations more interactive and more interesting? I mean uh what type of product would you think could we make this more interesting? Yeah that is within the budget. And the evaluation was Yeah that's right. And the next is celebration. So Yeah thank you, thank you very much.
Speaker C: So in last meeting we have discussed the conceptual design and we asked you to prepare a prototype for the for the remote control. So. So let's see the what did you prepare. Sh share folder for th your presentation? Because I have here Okay just one. Why you why you you put it in the the side? It's not a good place maybe. Oh it's very costly, microphone array. How much does it cost this one? Fifteen dollars? Ah it's above it's above the budget. How many b battery is there? Battery. So one one battery? It's kinetic reserve. Mm. I think it's not a good idea because after maybe one or two months of function is getting destroyed. If you Mm-hmm. No four dollars, it's good. And we will we will serve the charger with this? With the remote control. Okay so the price of the charger included in the Mm-hmm. The price should be below twelve and a half Euro. Well that's so We have we have just The price of selling is twenty five Euros. And the price of production That's for this basis function and if you want more you pay more. Yeah. Okay. But Mm-hmm. Titanium. What what's Maybe yeah. What's the price to p to produce? With with with the charge? Okay. We don't have charger. We don't have all the options. Charger we don't have charger here either. No it's it's below the the the budget. It's below the bu the budget. We Yeah. You. And you? Mm-hmm. Uh For L_C_D_. Without L_C_D_. Uh no innovative yeah. So let's remove it. But This is the problem. No it's just if I I see the the f the rate I think it's better to do it without L_C_D_. Because that's with L_C_D_ just will increase the price, and I thi i they have the same rate so without L_C_D_ it will be Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Without L_C_D_. Yeah. What a what what about the sys speech recognition? what about the integration of speech recognition? Ah so it's optional with the okay. I think it will be I think i I think it will be better if we have all these modules in the same remote control, because maybe parents will lose these uh Yeah. Or ma yeah. Or maybe parents they can for forget where they put it or, so mayb better if you have all this in the same Yeah. So you mean that even if these modules will be will be functional uh will be optional. Uh I think it inc increase. I think it i increases. Hmm. And and we we we we we we don't want that. So Project evaluation project satisfaction, for example. I don't know, we have to ask these question. We have to give answers so Project evaluation. Mm-hmm. Yeah I think so. He gave you the liberty to talk as you wants. Uh the teamwork was very very good. I was really I am very satisfying to work with with you. Oh. Less fancy. De Without without L_C_D_, without speech recognition, it will be simple. Yeah free free coffee. Yeah thank you for your work and
Speaker D: Okay. Yeah, so can you go out to the shared folder? Mm the shared folder. Yes. We have a presentation. Uh So I got the participant uh three. W uh. Three. It's the final design, yeah. S so so I discussed with Guillaume. Right. And uh so we have and we we are both agreed on some two versions of the prototypes, because we were no not decided whether we wanted to have an L_C_D_ or not because it's too expensive. So we come up with two versions. One with and one without L_C_D_s. Um but both comes with a charger and then detachable and uh or control module. And detachable big buttons for all people um. So. Mm. Mm. Mm-hmm. No i i it's the all around camer uh microphone isn't it. The the microphone picks up the speeches from anywhere. Yeah Mm. Yeah yeah. For the Yeah. Mm. Hmm. Is it n the two A_A_s batteries in it. A_A_ rechargeable batteries. Yeah rechargeable batteries. We have the charger so it's no problem. Actually uh it's a flexible thing. You just n uh Yeah yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mm. At uh yeah. I forgot to tell you there is only a single button there, b this button yeah alright. This button is like the mouse is like a joystick, you can move in three hundred and sixty degrees of direction so you can make a turn and it the additi functions associated to all the actions you ma you have a click you have a double click all in a single button. You can move up, down, left, right, or you can do a swing. So a swing to the left, a swing to the right defines other functions. So even though it's a single button, but it is pretty s flexible because of the three hundred and sixty degree movement. Yeah. This is the version y that comes with L_C_D_. Here I present another version without the L_C_D_. Mm. Uh okay this is new prototype uh. Yeah yeah. Mm. Oh no th actually th we'll come to that point in our Yeah. W w I'll I'll come to that point later on. Yeah. Th they either these with the uh the the charger any in either versions you they they ha they use the same charger yeah. Uh it's a standard module so you should get it for a cheap price uh. It's that same charger that you can use for the hand-phone but uh again depends on the types. I think we have to investigate more on that, but Yeah. Yeah but as the Marketing Manager says, people is willing to people are willing to pay more for good design. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah we'll we'll come up to that, the the the thing that makes this the controller cheap is that it is modular so you want more function you pay more. If you want less function i i if you want a reasonable price you pay for the functions that you add on to the system, so is uh modular. Yeah yeah, for example the L_C_D_, you can take it you can put it put it back in, or you can use the other one, or the speech recogniser with the microphone yeah yeah. You want a microphone to put in the speech recogniser you don't wan you pay less for the system you see. So It's pretty flexible in the yeah price. Uh yeah yeah you should present that. Yeah. Yeah Mm. Hmm. Yeah. Yeah the i the idea the the conceptual idea is that simplicity and powerful. Simplicity meaning that we have few buttons, powerful is that all the controls with the one you saw we saw earlier in the meetings with lots of buttons n but here you only have few buttons but you retain the mm the same powerful functionalities. But in addition with simplicity. So that's the best idea, the cond that that's our uh an innovation um uh i in this uh design here. Okay now we come to other important features that I did not tell you. The first one is the speech recogniser, again it's detachable or add-on. And then we also have security feature for example this here oop it's very robust, it doesn't break and the material, what's the material again? Titanium material. Again uh and the battery life is uh is an is an endurable one, again because this is A_A_ batteries you can choose the types of battery you want. Lithium-ion may be a good one, but you can replace it with cheaper one, again you pay for what you get, and then um y the other p points are robust and misplacement reminder. So when you finish watching your T_V_ and you the you t you turn off the T_V_, uh and then there's this message coming out that uh please put that back to the charger, so so that's the or is it that's the reminder part. Yeah and um And it also use a programmable channel and vocabulary, so we didn't define the vocabulary so it's up to the user to define so sorry? And then uh because of the chil because children are using the device so we have also a a of T_V_ programmes by genre, and this can be used by the adult or by the children. So instead of choosing the channel you are choosing the T_V_ contents of the night. So it's pretty powerful, and that's that's why the num buttons are reduced, because of this feature. Yeah. And and for the materials that is cheap to produce I think uh it's quite clear from yeah. And also like the and the fancy designs yeah. Maybe we can improve more on the design but uh this is the Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mm. Mm. Spongy spongy. Mm mm. Mm mm. But the the problem is that uh is it robust to mishandling? We have you should find a material that is robust at the same time spongy. Spongy. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm. So so is the e evaluation depending on us or other users? Yeah. But who will give the scoring uh we ourself or or a third party? Mm. Mm. Mm. I think we can improve on the design. Som someone um commented this is like a the stone age uh design. Um we have been focused all all this time on the on the technical aspect, functional aspect, but also the simplicity. As for the design maybe we c should hire a designer to help. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mm. Yeah from the innovation aspect I feel that uh what is most innovative of our prototype compared to the existing prototypes that we saw l in the last meeting is that um the retrieval of T_V_ programmes by content, because uh that is really innovative, and for now and another innovation we have is simplicity and simplicity, few buttons, we've uh A lot of functionalities. So that is uh that is uh for both th Our gi I think that the our our product is uh has the best in all well this is a biased judgement because we designed them. Yeah. Uh the innovation is v is very high I think. Both. For both. It's the same innovation. So maybe I can put six to seven. Both. Mm. Uh uh uh there w there was a there was a issue here is that what are what is the display on the L_C_D_? We haven't really uh determined what are actually actually it's good to have a L_C_D_ but what are we gonna display on a L_C_D_? Yeah? Yeah. Yeah but Yes exactly. But you cannot display all on a L_C_D_. Anyway for for the users who who who opt for L_C_D_ we'll give them the give them the L_C_D_, we give what the customer uh wants, right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah I think sorry. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mm. S Yeah. I have another thing to say about the easy to use aspect. I think the easy to use uh aspect is different for different people. For the young generation easy to use may be very complicated because uh they w they wants lot of controls with lots of buttons. For kids they want simply the s similarit for the old people they want simplicity, so that's why we have the parental module. Uh we can ha have build a more complex design if if they want it, but but uh what I'm trying to say here is that the um we have different sets of buttons for different kinds of people. So in terms of easy to use I think it's very user customisable. User customisation is very important yeah. Yeah so W uh I think it's the same. Yeah. Yeah. Mm. Yeah. To improve on the design. Huh? The speech recogniser is a add-on module. Right? Yeah. Oh. The problem is if i we are bla if a customer wants a certain component, and doesn't want the parental control because it's a couple who do not have children when you sell the product in the market you could meet any kind of people, and not all people will need all the functionalities we propose to them. So we might lose the customer because of this. I don't know, what do you think uh? Yes exa what do you think, I don't know. You are Marketing Manag. Yeah. Yeah. But the the question is n does those modularity increase the production cost or decrease the production cost? Mm. Mm. Yeah. Well well the other aspect is that if in the when they have the ar existing product you you gonna maintain the the you're gonna keep the same customer, because the same customer will come back to buy other add-ons. So so Yeah i i so if don't don't buy now they can buy i in the future. So in in that way you're actually keeping the cus the same customer, attracting them to come back in again and again. We're not trying to follow the Microsoft and we don't want to the m Yeah well if the buyers can be up the th would be can be upgraded, it would be a good thing right? Yeah, it depends on the v production. Mm. Mm. Yeah. What we can change is to propose the customers with skins. For example the i the mobile phones nowaday, they sell different kinds of skin and then people just feel that oh I have a new skin and looks better. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah you can pl in what material would that be in uh? Yeah or furry like a pet dog kind of thing. I suppose that you this criteria, is it? Room for creativity. This room is a bit small, but but I think it's okay for us to work with. Yeah mm. Mm. Yeah anyway we have the laboratory nearby to build our modules so it's okay. Good job good job. Thank you. Alright. Mm. Mm we I I know something, we need more cakes, more biscuits on the table while we have meetings. Mm. Mm. Alright then, we finished? Thank you very much.","The User Interface Designer and the Industrial Designer presented two prototypes, one with an LCD screen and one without. They demonstrated how to navigate through the menus and presented the voice recognition and energy source components and the charging stand. They discussed their modular design. They discussed the parental control module and the titanium casing. The production costs were below budget for the basic models. The Marketing Expert presented three important user requirements, and also the fruit and vegetable and spongy material trends in fashion. He then led an evaluation of the prototypes according to these requirements. The group did not feel that the remotes sufficiently met the criteria. They decided to continue working on the design and to take out the LCD screen and voice recognition. They discussed the modular design and its advantages in attracting customers. The group discussed how to incorporate the fashion trends; it was suggested that one shape was used, which could be customized with skins. The Project Manager led an evaluation of the group's experience on the project. The group was pleased with the teamwork and leadership, but one participant complained that not enough information was given about each meeting's agenda."
107,"Speaker A: Mm-hmm. Uh, they have another group and then uh uh uh Andre and Agnes will discuss about it with. You are the rep representative of this group actually. Hmm. Yeah uh, okay uh, me personally I would like to to to share the other peopl n uh the room with assistants as when you have problems of normal life, like uh the printer doesn't work, uh I don't want to ask this to my supervisor, so it's better to to be with a with an assistant to share the room. Mm-hmm. What uh I don't think it's a good idea to share uh t to ha to share the same desk. Uh I still would like to have my drawers and these things. It's It's funny that uh we move to another building because we run out of uh space and we will have the same problem. Ah okay. But uh usually, whe when new assistants come, they would like to share the room with someone that knows uh l uh it's related with the project, so he can Mm. No, okay. Mm-hmm. Is it allowed to smoke inside an office, if it's a one person No, not any more. Mm-hmm. Wow, there there's no place in inside the building? Wow, E_T_P_F_L_ is a c it's a non-smoking campus, but there are some places tha Yeah yeah yeah. W what abou what about the the the cafeteria? I mean, we are going to purchase a cafeteria with a projector and all this altogether or Reading room, yeah. It's altogether. So in the living room Bu I ju just before finishing uh, I mean, we have a cafeteria or we don't eat at all? A place n what mm uh we can take a coffee also. No? But they close at five or? Ah okay. Okay, okay. Yeah, yeah, this. Ah that's the main problem. Okay. Yes, I ha I have no constraints, so it's fine.
Speaker B: Okay. Oh yeah. Andre, just, yeah, just a a clarification question, are they number of people per room indicated strict, or can we play around with? I mean if there are two people, is it really that you can't put three or uh two and a half or uh how how was it calculated? 'Kay. Mm-hmm. I have everything. Okay, so Are you sure of that? Mm-hmm. Yeah, but counting the rea the the reading room. Mm-hmm. And Susan, don't forget the time we spend to for discussions about that room, so you should be able to valorize this if possible. But I still agree with you that the b the we are not so we are not so large, as far as space is concerned. Uh because fifteen people to put in there eighteen positions, so uh to the best uh if you take uh two people room for the reading room, then you have uh sixteen places. Mm. Yeah, that that also means that the growth will be zero. Visiting visiti visiting researchers, students coming for exchange students et cetera. We j we stay where we are. No the the the chances might be that there are more people to put in that space. Andre, sorry for interrupting, but uh one again clarification question, what is the real margin of manoeuvre that we have for these discussions, because uh at least we are half per cent uh fifty per cent of from E_P_F_L_ and uh sometimes you have meetings where w y the the decision is already taken, so uh um you can spend quite a lot of time discussing things, so what what will be the impact of what we will come out come up with? So, another way of a Another way of asking the question, is there any other group already working on uh on the how this should be uh should be allocated? Or are we the the one that is supposed to do the p the the p position for it? But wha why why don't they have any representative here. I mean Yeah, why do we do it separately? Okay. No, but you know that that's a standard thing. It's Suppose that somebody for some strange reasons want to be in the corner and we don't know about that, we'll put them put her or him somewhere else, then we will do plenty of work for nothing, because we'll not have this constraint. We'll not be aware of this constraint. Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I agree with that. That's Whe whe where part-time is important is that it's n an overlo load on a room, so um for sure if you have a part-time person, it reduces the the ranges of time where too many people in the room. As far as I am concerned I probably might be able to have a kind of a regular presence here. Um, the uh the thing that f in my case has to be taken into account is that I will have a lot of phone calls. So I'll be talking o o o over the phone all the time. So that's not necessary Well, it depends on I I have nothing against sharing a a an office with somebody. I d already did it before, so and it was perfectly fine. It just has to be somebody who can work while somebody else is having phone calls in the in the room, which is very d much dependent on people. Some people are not disturb at all by this. Some people just can't work. I'm not. But uh and uh what might happen, but it uh it will not be so heavy here uh at ISSCO is visitors. So that I will have more at E_P_F_L_, uh typically students coming in um or asking for things. As I'm not teaching here, I'm teaching at E_P_F_L_, this should shouldn't be a such a big load. So for me it it will be essentially I will not be I will not be able to be silent in the room, because I will be communicating also through vocal means, so Hmm. Yeah. Hmm. Do you go for boxes for instance? In the in the bigger rooms where, yeah You know like uh cubicles? Yeah. Hmm. You mean, you really want to have walls. Four walls. Yeah. Yeah, sure sure. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Hmm. Yeah. Yeah. I fully agree with that. That's uh it's much easier to me to uh to foresee having two people of the same position sharing a room, than uh Oh sharing with their students. Oh sorry, because but that that's uh it's it's tricky because of confidentiality reasons, as you said. Yeah, you you you are discussing a budget on the on the project, you over the phone typically you don't necessary want to have somebody who will be dependent on that budget being part of the discussion, so No. No, because pro project doesn't last in time. They will change. That's what The only thing that will not or that will change only progressively in time is the status of the people. Mm. Yeah, they will promote that. But still, th some things Well, yeah. Yeah. If if it if i if projects are what you have in mind, I think that uh meeting room is the the tool for that. If you need to have people in a projects talking together, they just have a meeting room if it's not too far away then then it's a very good good practice. Yes. That's why I was quite receptive to uh Susan's remark at the beginning is I wouldn't formulate it in a such a an extreme way as, do we really need the lounge? But uh I would p probably formulate it in the way that uh, do we want to have only a lounge or s something that can be used only as a reading room? Because because meeting rooms to me are very important tools to do uh collaborative work. But on the other hand we also have to relax, so that's Yes. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. 'Cause that's really my one of my worries with the plan that we have here is that it's it pr provides no possible possibilities of expansion. And this will happen. I mean you can't you can't prevent having visitors. And you shouldn't. Which for for fifteen people it's not enough. I mean uh Yeah it's We have we have four professors here and and and two researchers. Mm. It's bad it's bad. Because this is really related with security uh regulation as well. I mean you can't just put walls in in rooms without any specific authoris Yeah. Uh it's not necessary heavy in terms of work. It's heavy in terms of administrative authorisation. At least at E_P_F_L_. I think so. If you organise the desks in a in a intelligent way. Yep. Yeah, right, that's the point. No. Coffee machines are that made for that. No, that's that's proximity doesn't play a big role there. We can discuss with people that the the space is very small, I mean, altogether it's And uh you don't y you don't need to discuss about the projects, you f more need about th to discuss about where is the printer, how do I get furniture, I'm I don't have a a pencil, where is the the box with the pencils, and so on. This is not project related. Yeah. Yeah, that's true. No. It's non-smoking campus. Not even in the cafeteria? Downstairs? Okay. Wow. On the roof maybe. The balcony, okay. But Andre, uh just a Still some places where smokers can survive. But Andre, just a comment abou about your your previous uh request. I I don't think that anyone will provide you information such as who doesn't want to be with whom. That's a typical uh output of ex uh research in expert systems. These are the rules that you never get. But uh you can get them through a proposal. So you propose a set-up, where people are with other peoples and they will find politically correct ways to tell you that uh they don't want to have a view on the mountains, but they prefer to have view on the old town, so they would be in the toilets. They would um p prefer to be in another room. Yeah. Yeah. But that's a sec s that's the admin that's the admin uh so it's part of the work. Yeah. And that that's a problem, you're right, because because we don't have a one person we d we don't have enough one person rooms for uh accommodating the uh the admin place. And uh if you put two person persons or three persons for the admin space, who who who else would you put in there? Because we don't have any assistant manager or we don't have We have only one half part half-time uh admin and no other non-researcher positions, if I'm not mistaken. And this is really a piece of a problem. Maybe you could put some visitors, but um I know. It's not very uh realistic in a in a in an admin room, but uh Yeah, because You can't put a researcher there. That's just Either you lose one position or you find another admin or assistant manager. Yeah. Yep. No that's not sure that's not sure. Uh the there are To me there are two options possible is either you we can take one of the one person rooms for the admin, because some of, typically, the professors have good reasons for sharing. Sharing either with a colleague or sharing uh with some of their uh one of their P_H_D_ students. In that case it's it's realistic. Then we could very very simply uh allocate the one pers one of the one person rooms for the admin. And that would solve the problem. The other thing is to take a two person room for the admin. That could be the one uh close to the uh close to the here in the centre so uh the Yeah. But tha No no no, the other one, the the one op Yeah, here, this one. But then uh that the the question of what do we do with the second position there remains fully open. So I would be I would be more of the opinion to to see whether it's it's so evident that, let's say the at least the two full full-time professors that are here on the list, we have one here, but uh Maggie is is not present. If they really Yeah, and Pierrette. If if if because of personal preferences they would be happy with a two person room, which might or might not be the case. I mean it's it's certainly not uh something that we should impose, but we can ask. Yeah, but that's not realistic either. I mean, you have you have a fore foreign researcher coming visiting you and you will put put him in the admin office? Uh you'll not do that. I mean uh, maybe you can do that with an exchange student, that's But you can't take a senior visitor and uh him in the in the secretary. Uh you're here. As Susan said, p Yeah? Is that so? Oh. Yeah. Okay. No no, that's it. As we said, it's it's really a matter of personal preference, it cannot be something else. It cannot be imposed for sure. It's uh job. Again uh uh um, Andre, I think that the only realistic way we can do is to speak for our for ourselves. I can tell you according to what I know now where I would like or would be ready to be, but I really don't see how I could decide for uh Maggie or Pierrette or whoever else on the list, that they should be there. Yeah, b why why couldn't we do like couldn't we do it like for for the the set-up of meetings. You you everyone received that and uh should provide Yeah, I would like to be here. And then you will have this multi-constraint problem and uh you work during two hours and you come up with the optimal solution. Yeah, I would I would ask for their place. I mean that's that's that's the important thing you want to know. Uh it's a reading room. Reading room, it's not a cafeteria. But that that's an open question whether it's a it's a it's a it At the origin it was supposed to be a f pure reading room for relaxing, uh reading the newspapers, et cetera, et cetera. Uh there has been a very long discussion about that. I stinct uh this discussion is still vivid, that some of the people, I bel belong to these people, would like to have a mixed room where you can have a reading room for sure, but also meeting room if necessary. Or, as uh Susan said, a room an emergency room where you can put uh some visitors in a decent environment for for for for work, because you don't have any other place to do it. But that's that's really an open discussion and that d I think no decision, no final decision has been taken about that. Yes. Yes. The one that I don't want to have in the next room? Okay. Okay. That would be great. That would be great. C that that of course is one of the main well not main but one of the important features that we need to know about. Yes. Yes. We don't have cafeteria. No, there is no coffee in the reading room. That was the wrong We we did not have any money for buying the coffee machines, so Five. And you can bring your coffee in the reading room. T to try the coffee? Wait, wai wai wai wait. Next Tuesday. Uh, well well well well, not so easy, eh? Next Tuesday we have a meeting, yeah. That might be Where is the meeting? It's Unimail? Okay, so, yeah yeah, then it could be that That yeah. That that would be great, because that would allow us not to move, or not to travel twice. Yeah, after lunch. Right. Yep. Okay. Thank you.
Speaker C: And don't forget the I have a copy. Yeah. Two Six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen. Do we really need that? Okay. Yeah. Yeah. And if we don't get this space then what happens? These, yeah. Okay. Yeah, why didn't we have a meeting together? Well, certainly we have to ask uh Pierrette and uh and Maggie, since they're not here, because they also have a lot of students that they have to see as we do, and so that's another consideration, too. Oh great. Ye mm before um talking more about individual preferences, is there any possibility, what they have done in the uh faculty of law, for example, that they actually split rooms? And so we would take uh uh one of the two people rooms and split it. And you would see that you would have the same size office, but that would give the privacy. Um insofar as in just about every other faculty in the building, every professor has their own office. And it's it's really it goes a bit far that uh we have to have this uh all this sharing uh. So one option and that but that we would need to ask about if we could uh split one of the rooms uh That doesn't really solve it uh I mean there's there's really a difference to having to have your own Yeah, and sometimes you have uh you need to have private uh discussions with somebody or whatever, so Well, I I think it's uh really a matter of personal preference. As you know um, I prefer to have uh my own office. Um, I also have uh a lot of phone calls and y you know, have to see people, and with the other work that I'm doing with the rectorate uh, that is really confidential information that I'm treating. So I That I have to be really careful about too. But it's a personal preference uh. Insofar as what we've had up until now, both Maggie and Pierrette have been happy to share with others. So I mean I think that we should still check with them Well, not sharing with each other. They each share with an assistant. Yeah. Paid on that Mm-hmm. Yeah, and also some of our the people mentioned here are working on more than one project too. So For example, uh Marianne de uh, she's also working with me on the virtual campus project, so she that one wasn't mentioned, but I'm not saying that I necessarily want to be with her in the office, but uh it's just to say people are working on uh sometimes more than one project uh Yeah. Yep. Well, yeah, we'll skip that for now. No I d um the lounge okay, but I think we need to also see it as a overflow place when we have um uh visitors for any length of time, so they actually have a place to work. No, you want to have visitors. Yeah. Yeah. Yes, but we have more space here than what we currently have, so it's at least some Mm-hmm. No. No, because they can share their ideas across the project, yeah, I would say. No, and if you look now at their uh the the current division of the offices, for example, uh Bruno and Agnes are sharing an office and they're working on totally different projects and and they're they're just fine with that. Well, there there were, but they sort of disappeared as of October when the no smoking rule came in, because before we were grouping the smokers and now that there's no smoking, uh I guess that's not very important option, though Well, except for that maybe you don't even want anybody smoking on your balcony, so No. No, n it's in in principle it's a it's a no smoking building. You can smoke outside. So you can go outside onto the balcony to smoke. Not even in the cafeteria. No. Full no smoking building for all of the six thousand students. Yeah. Yep. There is the there's that terrace. No. The other way. No, we we do have one constraint that's difficult, which is uh Gisella, because when she's there she's very noisy. She's on the phone a lot It's just it's by Yeah. It's by nat uh by the nature of her work that uh a lot of it is communication. Yeah. Yep. I think that's a excellent idea. Why don't we ask about that? I mean there is certainly enough space uh down the hall, wi if all of those uh uh offices that are, where half of them are also half time, and they're very under-used. So um And Pierrette too. Yeah, with with younger people, yeah. No. So we we invite invite and then we say, okay you can sit with Gisella. Um Except for in every other faculty. Yes, it is so. Every other faculty as far as I have seen their offices and the people that I know and that's in um in law, uh socio-economics, uh okay? It's a They all have their own office. I mean in in the in the law faculty they're at best there half time. We're gonna have to. Okay, I'll ask um uh Maggie and Pierrette uh if they have uh any preferences. Yeah. No. Yeah, since they're not at the meeting I think it's in out of courtesy we should first ask them. He means reading room. No. Coffee machines. No, there's the cafeteria is downstairs, but they close at five. Yeah, but there's the two machines, and they're uh the vending machines where you just put the money and and you can get Yeah. Yeah. Wait. Wait, wait. Tuesday um Ch Um we have the don't forget we have the other meeting the M_D_M_ meeting in the morning, so it would have to be in the afternoon. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. At nine thirty, but we could do we could have this meeting then in the afternoon. Nah? Yep. Okay. Yeah. Okay.
Speaker D: Um, so hi everyone. Thanks for coming to this meeting. Um well as you all know the topic of this morning's meeting is uh the fact that we're moving and we are going to get more space. So that's a very good piece of news. Uh but we also have to find out how we use this space. So um if you want, I'll just give a brief overview of what's happening and then we can uh talk about, well, arranging these new uh the new office space. So um in case you haven't seen the the documents uh let me just uh show you very briefly the the configuration of the the space. So um well, there is nothing much to say. Well you know how many of us are are present and you know that we are um a bit tight actually in our present location. Uh that's why actually the university finally um allocated us this uh this part of uh the Unimail building. So it's at the sixth floor. And it's uh sort of contiguous rooms as you you can all see from uh from here. Um so the the the one P_, two P_, three P_ means the the number of persons. As you can see we have several corridor um with a number of uh of uh of rooms, of one person rooms, two person room and and three person rooms. Um actually I think Agnes did this nice drawing so she even put the the view, so we have the old town on one side, and the mountains on the other two sides. Uh we have some bathrooms for us. Uh and a courtyard which actually means a sort of uh shaft, because uh the court is uh down at uh the first floor. Well, it's a bit difficult to say, because um in fact we have some constraints in terms of furniture. Uh they are here. So um well, your your person Your your question actually is answered maybe by the third item. So each person should get um, well, it's a sort of desk, it's made of two pieces and it looks like a corner. With, of course, a chair. Uh a filing cabinet that goes under the desk uh and, well, we can put hanging shelves over the the desks. So I'm not really sure it's possible to get three um three desks in a two person office. But um we could try. What's What should be said here, I don't know if, well, you I I will maybe distribute now documents if you don't have them. Maybe it's easier. Do you need something, Martin? Um, I can keep this for you. Uh so it's it's Yeah, you have a copy, Susan. You too David, I think. So in fact there are more places than people, so we won't be that constrained. Uh as you know some of us and some of you here actually, Martin and David are part-time. So it it's for the moment quite comfortable. Normally we should even get an extra uh an extra place for, you know, temporary people coming to work on uh on projects. Uh yeah, I uh yeah, I counted so we have um fifteen pers physical persons and about uh sixteen, I think, uh persons oh, actually, eighteen persons in the offices. Exactly, it so one of the issues uh here, it's probably not on the slides, is that we would like to have uh, unlike what had until now, a lounge or reading room uh in one of the the offices. So in one of the rooms. Um, I think quite a lot of people e expressed the need for that. So if we could do it, then I think it would be much nicer. Um let me also uh st say something Yep. Yeah, I I think so. Mm-hmm. Well, sixteen slots for fifteen people. So it's still should be feasible. That's Yeah, I think that's quite important to manage some space. Maybe we can think of, yeah, some two or three, yeah, for visiting people. Correct. Mm-hmm. Okay, so let me finish with the the constraints which are almost done. So we also need to to find the a spot for the photocopier, the fax machine, and the printer. The fax, you know, is very small, but um the photocopier is quite huge, and the printer is uh well ab this size. Um okay, the offices comes with white boards. Not very uh very important. Uh the furniture that w each each person has and uh you have a list of people. So the thing uh you you ought to know is that we're not the only ones that w we're thin that that are thinking about uh for well, about putting people i in these rooms. Um there is another group that is also having discussions. So the idea is that today we'll just try to f start seeing the main constraints and then you have time to to go and think about it uh ask the people you know, your assistants, for instance, and at the next meeting we'll try to to come with one solution. Uh, the other group will also propose a solution and then there will be another negotiation. So w Uh if i if we don't get these? Um, well basically they are promised to us so uh Do do you think there are chances that they take from us one of the rooms or uh Yeah, I I I think it's uh Uh, yeah. Yeah i yeah, that's one of the the problems. I think maybe we should take this into account and maybe think of some of the bigger rooms with four people, one being temporary or or part-time. Um okay, so maybe we could try to to see now what would be the main options. Say the general uh, well, arrangement options. Do you think that we should put people, say, according to projects for instance? In in the table that um that we have, uh we also have the uh uh the p the main projects on which the people are working. So how Yeah. Mm-hmm. Oh, actually what is fixed is the n the number of rooms. This we cannot really change. I mean at least not us, it would be much more difficult to get another another room for instance. But what is absolutely n not fixed is the arrangement of the people in the rooms. So basically we are all the permutations are possible at the moment. Um Well, what we are looking for is a solution that suits everyone and that makes the maximum of people happy. So uh the other group is, uh I don't think we have to see them as competitors, but they are just trying to to find another local optimum. Or l uh Uh Yeah. Yeah uh uh we Yeah. I I think that's Yeah, there is no real competition between the two, but we'll just try to find at least two solutions and see how how close they are, actually. It's it's I think well the m the people who who decided this thought it was the best solution to, mm well, you know, find two two kinds of opinions. Yeah. Well, we could have been eight h sitting around here and and talking, but I think it's it's more difficult. Mm-hmm. Well Exactly, I think So so today the goal is not to to find the solution today, but to set some constraints and then go and see the people and find out if they have any preferences. Obviously we won't be able to accommodate all the the preferences, but at least we'll find the most uh the most important ones. P s I think Mm-hmm. Yeah, I think so that's one of the things I think we know that they have students, we don't know exactly if they prefer for instance to be alone, or to well, to be with their assistant, or even with another person working on the project. So that would have been maybe, yeah, another solution is to ask everyone to provide uh an arrangement, but uh I think that's a bit uh a bit hard then to to work out. Um so since all of you have a copy of the uh, well, of the drawing, I think for the next time, m maybe you could come with a concrete proposal with uh names on it. But let us try to see today whether we prefer to organise people, say, by projects or just professor and assistant. So what would be f, say, first your preferences, since Let's let's start with us, maybe today. Um what do you think about it? Would you prefer to be alone, would you prefer to be with your assistant. You who are part-time, do you think you can come here on a very w well regular schedule or is it part-time, but variable during the week? Uh-huh. And since you're coming on the uh half-time, do you think you will be able to group your presence here, say Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning, or is it going to be m much more random? Okay. Yeah, I think so too. Um so Martin, you are also uh half-time and, well, the third person is Gisella. I think it's quite clear that mm each person should have their own desk and Yeah. It's no no way we we could put two persons at the same desk. Yeah, I think grouping Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Are you disturbed by the phone calls of other people? Okay. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Like cubicles. Mm-hmm. Yeah, I I I will try to find out whether we can separate. I think for the moment the answer at least is no, because um it's not only, well, making a wall, but also b mm making a new door. So it's quite a lot of uh of work, but uh I will try to find this out for the next time. Um, so at least for the moment, as you can see there are uh I can show them here on the screen. So there are these two rooms on the left that uh accommodate one person. So at least some of the professors, since you are four, uh could could go uh well, could take these uh these rooms. And quite a lot of rooms with two persons. Uh how do you feel Susan about the professor sharing the room with her assistants or the one which is the most involved in in the teaching? Hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's um that's true. Um, okay. Um, maybe we could s look a bit at the projects. Do you think it's a good idea to put together in the same room as much as possible people from the same project, since they talk quite a lot of to each other? Mm-hmm. Okay. Well, yeah, and some of the P_H_D_ students will hopefully finish their P_H_D_ at some point. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Uh-huh. Okay, yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Well, actually, so the lounge could serve as some kind of meeting room, but there are also more formal meeting rooms available in in the building, as we now know. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. So I think we need a Yeah, and and I think also we need a separate discussion on the furnishing of the lounge, which is a whole other topic. Uh-huh. Um Yeah, yeah, for the moment actually I think only one slot would be fully free. Uh that is Yeah. Yeah, that means one visitor at a time. Or one intern. Yeah, that's Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah, it's already in progress. And you're you're working Uh I think, yeah, w Okay, so one of the things I have to do for the next time is fin find out about the separations between rooms and Yeah, I think it's quite a heavy transformation of the building. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And okay, I'll try to find out. And the other question is, can we squeeze maybe four people in the uh or at least four places in the three three P_ room? Yeah, hopefully visitors don't need as much say filing space, or um Yeah, they don't have that many papers. Uh okay. So that's uh I have to to ask, so you don't really feel um very strongly attached to this uh grouping by projects idea? Mm-hmm. Um Yeah, exactly. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah, they they can change. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah, I think that's that's going to be one of the the main things we'll have to ask is whether people have strong preferences either in staying with someone or in uh not staying. Um, are you aware f of any strong constraints right now? Oh. Okay, yeah, that's true. So smoking is now um no longer a constraint. Yeah. Yeah. That's the new regulation. Uh on the balcony, actually. Yeah. Normally. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. O on the toilets or Mm-hmm. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yes, Martin said also for him and, yeah, especially for her. Yeah the in she's the interface. So Mm-hmm. Yep. Mm-hmm. Yep. Yeah. Yeah, I think Yeah. Mm-hmm. I think putting Gisella with the other admin of the school is not an option, because we weren't offered Yeah, it would be nice, but uh Okay, I'll try to find out, but uh I th Yeah. Okay, we'll try, but all these, yeah, are say sort of difficult questions because they involve changing also the offices of the school and, you know, people just don't wanna change in general. Um, let's see, maybe we can find some temporary well, at least a proposal for Gisella. So, since the one-person rooms are quite, well, sort of um desired by a lot of people, she should probably No, y Yeah. Okay. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Uh, the the middle one here? Okay. This one. Okay. Mm-hmm. Well Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah, well Mm-hmm. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah, because in this case, yeah, Gisella could take one of the the two person rooms and the other place would be for some kind of visitor, that I or Ah. Okay. Uh. Yeah, or an intern. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Okay. Okay so this sets a bit the stage for uh for Gisella then. Uh yeah we'll try to to find out. Um, actually, yeah, maybe we should remind that quite a lot of professors at the at the school actually share their office with their assistant. So b it looks like sort of an implicit tradition. Maybe not to be followed. Okay. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Um, okay so I think Well, this sets a bit uh the stage. Uh could we try So could you try please to uh Do you want an extra uh piece of paper? Maybe try to, well, think on your own and then talk a little bit just to the people around you. Mm-hmm. Yeah. No the point was to try to, well, just talk to them, to David, or Mm-hmm. Yeah. So w w w will you ask people just for their place or also for the other people's place? Because Uh-huh. Well, but that's Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Okay, th then Okay then for the next time, um try to come up either with your own preferences, that's quite easy probably to state now that you know the constraints, or if you can poll a little bit the people around you, that would be I mean, even Well, just discuss i Yeah, for instance, I mean No, no, I was thinking just ask people around you what they think about this. And I think, yeah, it will be nice to to come with maybe a sketch of of these. If you can do slides, it's even better, but uh don't be that formal. And uh we'll try to at least build up one coherent proposal, and we'll merge it with the other one when the other one uh is available. Um. Oh, great. Mm-hmm. Perfect. Yeah. And I'll try to Fine. What do you mean by cafeteria exactly? What Yeah, w we can bring your coffee in the reading room, but So so since maybe, you're a part-time here, and part-ti part-time at E_P_F_L_, there are at least two um coffee machines in the building, one at the third floor, one at the first floor. And we can bring our coffee. No uh automatic uh coffee machines. So uh yeah. But, in Uh-huh. Mm-hmm. Yeah, vending machines. Mm-hmm. Okay. Yeah, maybe this is not a very bad timing. Could we try to meet uh next Tuesday? Um, next Tuesday maybe at t maybe a bit later? Maybe at eleven o'clock? Come on, try try to be nice. Gi give me a reasonable date. Yeah, for me it's a good timing. Uh-huh, okay. Okay. Mm-hmm. Very well. So about two o'clock? Would that be okay? After lunch. It's not a very demanding meeting, so um Perfect. Um, then let me close this. And uh good luck for your arrangement games.","The project manager opened the meeting and described the layout of the new location the group might be moving to. The project manager answered questions regarding the number of people per office and whether a lounge was necessary. The project manager discussed constraints regarding furniture and equipment and addressed the issue that the group may not get the space they are after. The group then discussed how to arrange people within the proposed space. The group discussed grouping  professors and their students together, grouping members of the same project together, the potential disturbance of phone calls to people sharing an office, physically splitting up offices for the sake of privacy by erecting walls, creating a meeting room for people of the same project to converge, how to accommodate visitors, where people can go to smoke, where to place Gisella, and how to allocate space to admin. The group also discussed the possibility of having a cafeteria and the locations of coffee machines."
129,"Speaker A: Mm. Mm. Mm. Mm. P Well the only problem I can think of with that is if you've got a lot of people that don't wanna be bothered learning how to use new rem remote controls. If you just kind of take away everything that they're used to knowing, that's gonna be quite a change. It might Mm. Mm. Yeah. Yeah. But look at the importance of them. The volume settings. Yeah. They're not used often but they are quite important when they're used. Yeah. Mm. Mm. Mm. Mm. Hmm. Oh, you have to hit like function and F_ something. F_ eight. Dunno. Oh yeah, it's going. Oh yeah, they might be movable. Oh yeah, they're all they're not connected to anything on the table, you just leave 'em on and walk around with 'em. Mm. Mm. Yes, mm. Which one does this plug into? That one. I can't did you could you see it on you screen when it That's not cool. Oh well. Anyways. Um alright, yeah, so um I'll just do my presentation on the working design uh. Oh there we go. Okay um just at the m yeah the whole sort of method of how the remote control works. Uh the basic function of the remote control is to send messages to another sh system, the the T_V_ or the D_V_D_ player or whatever. Um and it does this uh by well, you need to start off you need an energy source and this energy source will feed into an integrated circuit chip and the circuit chip is the part that actually composes the different messages uh within the remote um which will then be sent to the uh the television, the D_V_D_ to tell that what to do. Um and you need a user interface, which controls the chip and thus the messages and uh the user interface is that's basically just you kn the s sorta design of the actual remote which you hold in your hands and what buttons will be on it. Um Oh shoot. Okay. Uh just general findings. Uh what we need uh technically speaking for the remote control is some sort of energy source, uh some sort of user interface, which I think we've mostly been talking about the user interface and the design of that. Um a circuit chip within that to uh control and send the messages and um a sender and receiver. And um oops. Uh-huh. This is just sort of a little schematic diagram of what we're looking for. Uh this just kinda represents the energy source which feeds into the circuit chip uh which maybe then we could have that feed into a switch which would send signals f to um a subcomponent and on to a light bulb between so it'll light up once we start once you start pressing buttons. Um also send signals to the um infrared bulb, which will be the part that actually what? Sends signals to the the television. And then you've got your happy little T_V_ watcher there. And so my personal preferences I I just think we need sorta big uh energy source that won't die out, uh perhaps some sort of rechargeable battery or a battery dock you could place it in, so it'd constantly be charged, so you wouldn't have to uh be worrying about it running out of batteries and not changing channels for you. Uh a wide range uh sender-receiver, so that you can hit the buttons from basically anywhere in the room, and the channel'll still be changed. Uh also definitely a user-friendly interface um and I think we've all sort of mentioned adding a a locating device on it, so when it does get stuck under the couch cushions, as they inevitably do, you can find them easily. And that's pretty much it. Mm. Mm. Mm. Just having one that's guaranteed to last five to ten years? Oh, cool. Yeah, fair enough. Mm, mm. Mm yeah. Mm-mm. Mm. 'Cause I only remember to charge my cell phone uh when battery dies. And that's pretty much yeah. Yeah, when it turns itself off, that's when I plug it in, yeah. Yeah, think that's a good idea. Mm. They usually have the little light uh source, I dunno what the heck they're called, the but yeah, the little cells that Yeah. Mm. Most of them, don't they have sort of a combination of the two, like when there is light, they'll work off the light, and if there isn't, they'll kick into this battery, so we can maybe do something like that whereas there is a battery, but if there's enough light, then it's using the light, so that it's not actually draining the battery all the time, but you will have the battery there for when you need it. Mm. Mm. Oh, it depend if it's uh depends who who's using it, who's just sitting there clicking clicking clicking clicking, yeah. Yeah, then they're clicking a lot, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mm. Mm. Yep. Hmm. Mm. Mm. Yeah. Okay. Cool.
Speaker B: Okay, welcome to the second meeting of this uh design group. Um I'll briefly go through the uh notes of the of the last meeting uh just done in in note form and I haven't attributed anything to individuals, because we're working strictly as a team here and uh n nobody's working equally, so uh. Um we we s we saw that the the problems with existing remote controls were the uh b a boring shape and boring colour. Um and and we s we saw that the um what we needed to do was to to make sure the device um controls several items, that switching was easy, that you shouldn't need to point the thing at uh anything in particular, um that it need to be contoured to make it interesting, that the keys might be concave, simply because that hasn't been done before that we know of. Um should have interchangeable fascias so people can personalise it, um illuminated so that people can see it in dark rooms. Um and that people might want it as as in addition to their existing remote controls. Um and that it sh it should just always work, whenever you uh um mm uh use it. And that it shouldn't be too small, mm that it it gets lost. Um. Now uh uh I'll shortly ask for for three three presentations. Uh before I do that, however, I will go through some new project requirements that um the the management have placed on us and uh will be challenging in terms of what we discussed at the first meeting. Um the uh the ma the management has had it's own thoughts on this and uh the they don't necessarily agree with with what we uh we thought. Um and and then we'll as a result of that we will then talk through the the functions that we see the the device um actually b carrying out, and we have uh forty minutes to do this in and I uh Anyway. Okay. Now, the n the new requirements are um the the management team see that um teletext is no longer of any importance given the uh the rise of the internet. Um and and they want it only to cover televisions. Um now, what is not q quite clear from their directive is whether they mean th they don't want it to cover teletext or whether they don't want it to cover, you know, videos, D_V_D_s, um satellite boxes, which uh I mean we saw as being fundamental to the uh to the exercise. The um the actual wording of the directive is that it should cover television only. Um and on that basis um I I think we we need to bear that in mind, um but possibly uh keep at the backs of our minds that the reality that people even when they uh no longer they don't look at teletext anymore, they certainly do look at other things. Um the device has to incorporate the company logo and colours. Um the the logo uh being at b the bottom of the screen there, the the the two R_s in grey against uh a yellow background. Um now this doesn't necessarily mean that we have to give up some of our ideas about making it attractive to the t to the market. But uh do do introduce some some constraints as to how we might do that. Um it also has to be simple, which to some extent goes along w with the first one, and that we've already said that it must be simple 'cause that's what people want anyway. Um but they also want it to be simple to get it to the market quickly, which um mm uh is is is their choice, but uh um we we need to talk that through. Um okay, so uh after the meeting it'll be summarised and uh um notes sent out and uh etcetera. Okay, so we'll first of all mm have individual reports from everybody. Um again I there is no order of precedence here um so I I I'll leave it up to you to who who who thinks they would like to go go first? P fine. Oh sorry, you can indeed. Oh, if you click on the um uh the one that that looks like a projection screen, no the one to the right of that. That one. Mm. Mm. Gosh, must be some telly addicts out there if they get R_S_I_ from their television remote, is all I can say. Mm. Right. Mm. Yeah, I must say that um the uh I c can't remember what um f you know phone service I was using the other day, but that had sorta speech recognition which worked uh remarkably well, so that is indeed a uh um a thought and it it cuts out uh I was was gonna say, you can't get a lot of R_S_I_, j just get jaw ache. Okay, sorry. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I mean Yeah. Mm. Hmm, hmm. Uh. Should we actually bite the bullet here? If people really don't use those buttons to any extent at all um remove them altogether. We we could actually have we could actually have a remote control with um I wonder whether we could get the remote control with no buttons at all if we went for voice recognition, given that um the Um now the the age structure we were looking at um I mean w we had usage by age structure, what we didn't have was what proportion of people using remotes were in those particular age groups. Now do we know whether they Forty no sorry for forty five to fifty five age group, uh to put myself right in the middle of it, um u use remote controls to a great extent. Yes we That would 've speech recogn right. So, we're looking at um well again, we don't know the relative proportion the relative numbers in the age groups. If we wanted something different, truly different, then the buttonless remote control w would be it. But if you just lift it up and say, channel one or B_B_C_ It c well it I can I can see technical problems with that in terms of the, you know, the sound from the television, because if somebody actually on the television says uh uh, you know, I_T_V_ and you're watching B_B_C_ then then it might um change itself, so it probably needs to be um possibly actually need a button on it just to activate it. Or or something just to identify that you've lifted it up and it's use. And and then just say, oh I don't know, a thought and and then uh I mean that that would certainly be uh truly different. Um 'cause uh you know audio settings, nought point eight percent. I mean if they weren't there, would people miss them? Vol volume, yes um th w we need to s identify things that people actually need and and it's a function of frequency and relevance. And um I would say ignoring ig ignoring power for the moment, um the channel and volume and th w w given given that we've been told to ignore teletext. Uh channel and volume are the only ones that uh would appear to be essential. Um. So we if we can design something that that looks interesting, know, or looks different, um incorporates the the logo and and the colours and um we can still have our interchangeable fascias even if it's the yellow and grey, um and uh I dunno, buttons or or buttons as an option. Do, please. Mm-hmm. You cer certainly could. Depe uh i depends whether um if we want to make this so simple that anybody can walk into the room and lift it up and say B_B_C_ one. Um okay, I mean you could print actually print it on the uh device itself. Um. S th this I th that's always gonna be a problem I think. Um and I I I s so I suppose one um could make it so desirable that if people lose it they immediately go out and buy another one. Anyway, sorry, carry on. Do you want to just carry on with or no no, no uh b I was in the middle of in the middle of your report there. Mm okay. Mm-hmm. S s we could we could make it dual function voice recognition and still have buttons on it um 'cause we're Certainly could. Yeah, yeah. The I mean the the advantage of doing away the buttons altogether is it makes the thing cheaper. No, it cou certainly opens up the possibility for making it uh, you know, visually very distinctive. Um 'cause you know, it does not have to be a oblong box. Mm, yeah. Okay, who sorry, have you have you finished there Andy? Yep, yep. Um given that we've already had a extensive discussion uh. Ah, there we go. Alright. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm, yeah. Okay, can I um I'm actually gonna use the um it's gonna cause great technical problems over here. I'm actually gonna use the Yes, rather than the uh the the traditional in fact, um I won't even go that far. Um something like this shape, you know, sort of something that you can that's sort of a more vertical shape, um that you you sort of hold in your hand, um, well I'm trying to think uh uh uh l uh l such as I mean um something you hold up like that, possibly with a couple of buttons like that, but with the the entire top with the, you know, the uh the infrared or whatever source. Uh so that you know, it's flying off in all directions, so that uh um uh again the n need to look at the the the technicalities of um actually achieving that in terms of whether the, you know, the power requirements of the uh such a source, um you know, compromise the our our need for uh you know, it it being um mm permanently uh you know, available. Uh whether whether different technology um I mean th all all these remotes are presumably infrared, and like they have been for a long time. Uh we we possibly need to be looking at at at something different, um you know, short range, not like the old uh radio remote controls where you'd change next door's telly when you change yours. Um but uh uh I think basically i if we're going for i if minimum number of buttons is our priority, then we should, as I say, r know, really bite the bullets and and reduce the buttons to absolute minimum, you know, possibly with backup channel and volume buttons and on off. Um and nothing else. Um so that it can al it could uh almost end up like that, but again, except that um you know the risk of losing it. Um anyway okay um so Kate, wh what are your uh your thoughts on this? Okay. Uh it seems seems to me there are a number of fundamental decisions to make before we um I think your point about the the big energy source is uh a very valid one. Um I don't suppose we've got any statistics on the the life expectancy of uh remote controls, particularly sort of independent ones. Um given you know, the number of things you buy these days, which you know, have a a a lithium whatever battery in, that's uh, you know never needs replacing. Um perhaps we should have the the disposable remote control, uh um you know, one some sort of typical usage. You know, the the the battery will last know, five, ten years. By which time I mean when all's said and done, the digital television will be taking over in that time scale. Um uh uh p perhaps we should, know, reduce the uh, you know, the sort of moving parts even more by not even having a battery compartment and uh Yeah, and if if anybody manages to run it down, we'll we'll give 'em a new one. Um it's, you know, it's what it saves in cost and you know there there's a well, it's actually a marketing gimmick. I mean it's hardly a gimmick, it's uh it's totally practical. Uh so I th think you know the idea of a rechargeable one is um uh unless you're really high tech and it sort of just recharges itself if it's n by, you know, magnetic waves or whatever, if if it Yeah. Are are people really gonna use it though? Um. I I th I think Yeah, it's um I mean I know that somei times my my wife goes out in the morning and says oh I should have put the phone on to charge and then then she's had those for so long that if she hasn't worked that out by now. Um. When it yeah, wh when it's died is a problem. Yeah, yeah, yeah, so uh um what so wh what what do we think about the um the the permanent mm battery? Is the uh you know, we we we are really going for the ultimate in ex uh external simplicity here. Um you know, cut cost within the manufacturing and uh you know, if we have a high tech interior, then then that that sh may well be cost effective. I mean th th certainly. Um I can't think of anything off the s top of my head, but there are certainly things that you buy. I mean calculators for example. Som well some do, I mean th th but there are battery ones that um are you know, sort of permanently sealed. In in fact I'd Yeah, uh uh Yeah, I I mean th th this needs going t into the technology a bit. I mean the the actual time that a remote control is actually operating I would think is i is is probably, you know, no more than minutes in its entire life. Um. If, but I say if if people are getting R_S_I_ from it then uh then uh then then perhaps we're looking at the wrong market n Right. Oh, I must admit I hadn't um I'd I'd missed that. That does sound excessive. Yeah. Well that's right, and and I I don't I don't even know whether the I don't even know whether the s the signal lasts as long as you actually keep the button pressed, or whether it's just a sorta tenth of a second, no matter how long you press it for, I don't know I don't actually know. Um. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm. Right, so I've got a message to say five minutes, I dunno how long ago that appeared. Um 'cause we're we're getting um right, so I'd I need to sum up very quickly here um. We're looking at extreme simplicity. We're looking at a radically different shape. Possibly no buttons at all um, but if you can incorporate um channel change and volume buttons um in into the design, then then that's fine. Um in the I mean the the role of the of the um the user interface des designer becomes b you know more important here, because, you know, shape is no longer an a uh um a serious constraint. But we clearly only need th the main buttons, although, uh if clearly only need the main functions. Um I don't see why we shouldn't go for voice recognition um and the the only buttons that I think we need are channel control, volume control and on off. Um it needs to incorporate the corporate logo, uh the the grey and yellow colour scheme and there's no reason why we can't introduce um interchangeable uh covers. Um uh d so does that accurately summarise what we've discussed? Right. So uh Yeah. We are doing just the television. No. I think that's quite clear from the the information that we've been given, no? Right. Oh yeah well th that's one I s that's one I sent you, which which was my interpretation of uh of the uh what came down from from head office. Um That's that that that that's their uh their view. Okay, so uh we can all give some thought to that uh for for the next meeting, thank you very much indeed.
Speaker C: Uh I don't mind. Uh can I steal the cable? Cheers. I got a how do I start there? That one. Cool. Well these are functionality requirements from the our our guys down in the the research lab. Took hundred people and covered all the aspects of what um is needed by people and what they want to see. Um everything kinda from functionality and how individual functions are how mu how how often they're used and how much their necessary and stuff. And general opinions about current current remotes. See that, as we kinda noticed, seventy five percent of people find their remote controls ugly. So some kind of a new style should be incorporated that's less ugly. Uh along with um looking less ugly, if it looks better, eighty percent of people said they'd spend more money on it. Which is a a plus for us, if we can make it look better, it'd be uh more cost effective and we can put the price up. Current remote controls do not match the operating behaviour of the user. I can empl I kinda take that to mean as um they they don't uh they, yeah, they only use they only work for the television or yeah like as in in my flat I've got six remote controls for a stereo system, a digital box, a D_V_D_ player, a video player and T_V_. If it was uh I mean th my behaviour is to use multiple things at the same time and multiple remotes aren't really matched well to my behaviour. Uh again, seventy five percent is seventy five percent of users say they zap a lot. I took to mean that they just they use it a lot, they use it regularly rather than standing up and manually change channels or volume. And uh yeah, uh I think the big issue is fifty percent users only use ten percent of the buttons, 'cause uh wh if we got a remote that like well we'll have some buttons taken off by the lack of teletext, but uh oh and we're going to see uh on the uh that some of the functions like audio settings aren't h hardly ever used and used very aren't considered relevant by the user. So I think maybe fewer buttons, which also make the design look sleeker, I dunno. Uh um yeah and uh frustrations of like people losing remote control. I dunno maybe some kind of system of you press a button on the T_V_ or maybe that's b it would have to incorporate, but like some kind of system where you can f use something else to find the remote control. Maybe like it'll beep or something. And um, yep, the uh time taken to learn new remote controls is Uh don't want to make it too complicated, easy to use for uh new like first time users and stuff. And uh repetitive strain injury, I suppose we should make it more comfortable and make ma possibly even use have to make it, yeah, fewer buttons, like I was saying about the whole mice the mouse idea of it feels more comfortable. Maybe don't even have to hold it as such. But uh yeah. It also asked um if we would if people would pay more for speech recognition and younger people say they would. And uh there was another section on our on the report for uh L_C_D_ displays, but the data wasn't there, so. I don't actually know what the results for that were, so. May be incrementally emitting, but yeah. And uh it would cut out the R_S_I_ as well if you Yeah, um oh yeah, so possibly the speech recognition is possibly something could add into the design. Oh, I've got some other things I couldn't fit onto this presentation. Um. You see this okay? Almost no? It's sorry it's a bit. I'll read out to you. Uh functionality, uh like people's opinions on functionality, the relevance to the remote and how often they're used. So um like the power. Using the using the d swi the power switch to switch on T_V_ is a high relevance of nine, but it's not frequently used. You see what I mean? Whereas channel selection, which is very high relevance is used the most. So m we can maybe even start to cut down on or I was possibly even thinking of a design that maybe some of the buttons are hidden from everyday use. Maybe like uh a folding ledge or something. So that we can maybe go into the channel settings and the audio settings, which are low relevance and rarely used. And keep the v volume selection and channel selection very easily Oh yeah. Yeah, like the one that like slides back and the buttons are concealed underneath. Just remove them completely? Uh yeah. Um no this is for pay more for speech recognition. Yeah, that's true. Or even I mean you could even just have it left on. You could just put it down once on top your T_V_ and never have to Yeah. B_B_C_ one. Oh yeah. Mm-mm. Relevance of two out of ten, yeah. Yeah. Stand out. Uh I just had a thought actually, sorry to interrupt. Uh you were saying about um it could technical problems of like uh someone on the television saying a channel number and it changed we could maybe have like an activation word. 'Cause I've seen I've seen this used on computers before, where you just you address the remote, you address the computer, and then give it a command. Oh I see. Oh yeah, I see. Mm-hmm, yeah. I mean I'm just thinking of the point of view of peop you could still like lose this remote. Mm. Oh no I I interrupted you, sorry. Oh okay. Um well, I was just kinda wrapping up there. Yeah, I was thinking um, yeah, maybe such things are relevant. We could make things much more f I think the the eighty percent of people would spend more on uh a remote uh that looks better, combined with uh decrease the or take out the limited functio functions that we don't really use much. alright take out teletext, but as for channel settings and stuff it might it might um turn people somewhe peop some people that want the whole functionality away. But, since if we're marketing a more kind of fashionable approach then it'd it would be fashion and fashion over practicality. Oh, we could, yeah. We c yeah, we could even have it as like a yeah the buttons control this and the voice functions control the f things that you would do all the time, so. So uh yeah, if we could uh power on and channel selection and and volume selection, wouldn't have to really Yeah and probably it would look better as well. Yeah. yeah. Lined with numbered buttons and Uh yeah, yeah, that's everything. Do you want the cable? F_ eight. Uh, give it about twenty seconds, or so. Yeah. Hmm. Mm-hmm. It could have like uh know like a cordless phone in your house it s got like a base that sits there all the time. I suppose, yeah. Yeah. Uh. That sounds pretty good, yeah. Mm-hmm. W like like this um this uh market research thing says number of times per hour that it's used, channel selection a hundred and sixty eight times per hour. Yeah. But then again, if you think it of the amount of, you know amount of use it's like That's it's less than a second, um. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah, like in the email of television only. In fact they're in the constraints email that I got. Didn't you mention the teletext, just television only? Oh okay. Oh yeah.
Speaker D: Sorry. It could be oh uh I was just gonna say uh maybe like the flip phones that they use? Have you seen the new mo mobile phones that flip out and they have the like texting, and then the numbers on one side, so you could have the most used buttons on top and flip it out or something. Yeah. That might be the Maybe i Yeah, have a big kind of like the satellite box or the cable box and have it just go on the T_V_ and then it doesn't matter where in the room you are, you won't lose it. No. Oh. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. Okay well, I can do mine. Yeah, let's see if I can make this work. Um. Oh. Is it doing Okay. Oh okay. Okay, so this is just about the technical functions. So the method, I looked online for examples of other similar products and then just kind of was trying to brainstorm some possible design ideas and um identify what the necessary things are, what people are what you really wanna have a remote control do. Um and then there are two different kinds that I found. There's a user centred one and an engineering centred one which I will have pictures of and then we kinda have to decide which one this should be. So these are the two different ones. This one um this is the user centred, it has uh quite a few mm uh um fewer buttons and then this is the engineering centred, which has a lot more buttons, and probably this is one that people complain about, about having too many buttons that you don't use. So basically, what a remote control is is you it's to send messages to the television set, you know, turn on, off, switch the channels and the volume and things such as that. And so for this product it's gonna be television only, and then it has to have the uh logos for the company and the colours. And so, for my personal preferences, I think this one is easier to use and has quite a you know, fewer buttons. Um we want something that sends messages easily to the television and I was kind of wondering about this example that they have. It looks kind of narrow at the top, and I was thinking maybe if it were wider at the top, then that would be easier. Um and so we have to decide what's gonna make our product different. E the unique style, maybe have it light up so it's visible in the dark, um the changeable face-plates, and the lighting up and visible I was when we were talking about havi losing it, maybe to have a button on the television that you press and it maybe if it makes a noise or lights up or something like that, so it's easier to find if someone has hidden under the couch or something like that. So that's my presentation. Yeah. F they probably clip to you. Oh. Hmm I think it's all there. H Oh yeah. That's kind of strange. Yeah, people are pro I would think that people might forget I mean people forget to put their cordless phones back on there, so. Yeah. No. Um. Do they make batteries that last that long? Yeah, they have that little solar Yeah. Mm. Yeah, some people are Yeah. Yeah. Per hour? Wow. That's a lot. Yeah. Though I think with digital T_V_, like I know on my cable box, you're not supposed to do that because the channel can't keep up with it if you just press it like that, so you're supposed to use the menu and go through the different channels that way instead of Uh-oh. Yeah. Um Oh I just have one question. So are we doing just the television or are we doing so not D_V_D_ players, we okay, okay. Okay. Yeah. Oh okay. Okay.","welcome Um I'll briefly go through the uh notes of the of the last meeting we we s we saw that the the problems with existing remote controls were the uh b a boring shape and boring colour . Um and and we s we saw that the um what we needed to do was to to make sure the device um controls several items , that switching was easy , that you shouldn't need to point the thing at uh anything in particular , um that it need to be contoured to make it interesting , that the keys might be concave , Um should have interchangeable fascias um illuminated Um and that people might want it as as in addition to their existing remote controls . And that it shouldn't be too small , mm that it it gets lost . Um . I'll shortly ask for for three three presentations . Uh before I do that , however , I will go through some new project requirements that um the the management have placed on us Um the uh the ma the management has had it's own thoughts on this and uh the they don't necessarily agree with with what we uh we thought . the n the new requirements are um the the management team see that um teletext is no longer of any importance given the uh the rise of the internet . Um and and they want it only to cover televisions . what is not q quite clear from their directive is whether they mean th they don't want it to cover teletext or whether they don't want it to cover , you know , videos , D_V_D_s , um satellite boxes , which uh I mean we saw as being fundamental to the uh to the exercise . The um the actual wording of the directive is that it should cover television only . Um the device has to incorporate the company logo and colours . Um the the logo uh being at b the bottom of the screen there , the the the two R_s in grey against uh a yellow background . this doesn't necessarily mean that we have to give up some of our ideas about making it attractive to the t to the market . Um but they also want it to be simple to get it to the market quickly , but uh um we we need to talk that through . these are functionality requirements from the our our guys down in the the research lab . Took hundred people and covered all the aspects of what um is needed by people and what they want to see . Um everything kinda from functionality and how individual functions are how mu how how often they're used and how much their necessary and stuff . And general opinions about current current remotes . See that , as we kinda noticed , seventy five percent of people find their remote controls ugly . Uh along with um looking less ugly , if it looks better , eighty percent of people said they'd spend more money on it . Current remote controls do not match the operating behaviour of the user . I kinda take that to mean as um they they don't uh they , yeah , they only use they only work for the television as in in my flat I've got six remote controls for a stereo system , a digital box , a D_V_D_ player , a video player and T_V_ . Uh again , seventy five percent is seventy five percent of users say they zap a lot . fifty percent users only use ten percent of the buttons , we'll have some buttons taken off by the lack of teletext , but uh oh and we're going to see uh on the uh that some of the functions like audio settings aren't h hardly ever used So I think maybe fewer buttons , which also make the design look sleeker , frustrations of like people losing remote control . maybe some kind of system of you press a button on the T_V_ it would have to incorporate , but like some kind of system where you can f use something else to find the remote control . Maybe like it'll beep or something . the uh time taken to learn new remote controls is And uh repetitive strain injury , I suppose we should make it more comfortable like I was saying about the whole mice the mouse idea of it feels more comfortable . Maybe don't even have to hold it as such . It also asked um if we would if people would pay more for speech recognition and younger people say they would . And uh there was another section on our on the report for uh L_C_D_ displays , but the data wasn't there , I must say that um the uh I c can't remember what um f you know phone service I was using the other day , but that had sorta speech recognition which worked uh remarkably well , And uh it would cut out the R_S_I_ as well if you possibly the speech recognition is possibly something could add into the design . I've got some other things I couldn't fit onto this presentation . Uh functionality , uh like people's opinions on functionality , the relevance to the remote and how often they're used . like the power . Using the using the d swi the power switch to switch on T_V_ is a high relevance of nine , but it's not frequently used . Whereas channel selection , which is very high relevance is used the most . I was possibly even thinking of a design that maybe some of the buttons are hidden from everyday use . Maybe like uh a folding ledge or something . So that we can maybe go into the channel settings and the audio settings , And keep the v volume selection and channel selection very easily uh I was just gonna say uh maybe like the flip phones that they use ? you could have the most used buttons on top like the one that like slides back and the buttons are concealed underneath . If people really don't use those buttons to any extent at all um remove them altogether . I wonder whether we could get the remote control with no buttons at all if we went for voice recognition , what we didn't have was what proportion of people using remotes were in those particular age groups . Forty no sorry for forty five to fifty five age group , uh to put myself right in the middle of it , um u use remote controls to a great extent . again , we don't know the relative proportion the relative numbers in the age groups . If we wanted something different , truly different , then the buttonless remote control w would be it . the only problem I can think of with that is if you've got a lot of people that don't wanna be bothered learning how to use new rem remote controls . But if you just lift it up and say , channel one or B_B_C_ You could just put it down once on top your T_V_ and then it doesn't matter where in the room you are , I can I can see technical problems with that in terms of the , you know , the sound from the television , because if somebody actually on the television says uh uh , you know , I_T_V_ and you're watching B_B_C_ then then it might um change itself , so it probably needs to be um possibly actually need a button on it Or or something just to identify that you've lifted it up and it's use . w we need to s identify things that people actually need and and it's a function of frequency and relevance . if we can design something that that looks interesting , um incorporates the the logo and and the colours and um we can still have our interchangeable fascias even if it's the yellow and grey , um buttons or or buttons as an option . Uh you were saying about um it could technical problems of like uh someone on the television saying a channel number and it changed we could maybe have like an activation if we want to make this so simple that anybody can walk into the room and lift it up and say I mean I'm just thinking of the point of view of peop you could still like lose this remote . Do you want to just carry on with I was just kinda wrapping up there . eighty percent of people would spend more on uh a remote uh that looks better , take out the limited functio functions but as for channel settings and stuff it might it might um turn people somewhe peop some people that want the whole functionality away . S s we could we could make it dual function voice recognition and still have buttons on it um this is just about the technical functions . the method , I looked online for examples of other similar products and then just kind of was trying to brainstorm some possible design ideas Um and then there are two different kinds that I found . There's a user centred one and an engineering centred one these are the two different ones . This one um this is the user centred , it has uh quite a few mm uh um fewer buttons and then this is the engineering centred , which has a lot more buttons , what a remote control is is you it's to send messages to the television set , turn on , off , switch the channels and the volume and things such as that . And so for this product it's gonna be television only , and then it has to have the uh logos for my personal preferences , I think this one is easier to use and has quite a you know , fewer buttons . Um we want something that sends messages easily to the television and I was thinking maybe if it were wider at the top , then that would be easier . the unique style , maybe have it light up um the changeable face-plates , maybe to have a button on the television that you press and it maybe if it makes a noise or lights up or something like that , when we were talking about havi losing it , rather than the uh the the traditional Um something like this shape , sort of something that you can that's sort of a more vertical shape , uh uh uh l uh l such as I mean um something you hold up like that , possibly with a couple of buttons like that , again the n need to look at the the the technicalities of um if minimum number of buttons is our priority , then we should , as I say , r know , really bite the bullets and and reduce the buttons to absolute minimum , possibly with backup channel and volume buttons and on off . Um and nothing else . I'll just do my presentation on the working design uh . Uh the basic function of the remote control is to send messages to another sh system , the the T_V_ or the D_V_D_ player or whatever . Um and it does this uh by well , you need to start off you need an energy source and this energy source will feed into an integrated circuit chip and the circuit chip is the part that actually composes the different messages uh within the remote um which will then be sent to the uh the television , the D_V_D_ to tell that what to do . Um and you need a user interface , which controls the chip and thus the messages and uh the user interface is that's basically just you kn the s sorta design of the actual remote which you hold in your hands and what buttons will be on it . Um Uh what we need uh technically speaking for the remote control is some sort of energy source , uh some sort of user interface , which I think we've mostly been talking about the user interface and the design of that . Um a circuit chip within that to uh control and send the messages and um a sender and receiver . This is just sort of a little schematic diagram of what we're looking for . my personal preferences I I just think we need sorta big uh energy source that won't die out , uh perhaps some sort of rechargeable battery or a battery dock you could place it in , so you wouldn't have to uh be worrying about it running out of batteries and not changing channels for you . Uh also definitely a user-friendly interface um and I think we've all sort of mentioned adding a a locating device on it , I think your point about the the big energy source is uh a very valid one . Um I don't suppose we've got any statistics on the the life expectancy of uh remote controls , particularly sort of independent ones . you know , the number of things you buy these days , which you know , have a a a lithium whatever battery in , the the the battery will last Um perhaps we should have the the disposable remote control , know , five , ten years . uh uh p perhaps we should , know , reduce the uh , you know , the sort of moving parts even more by not even having a battery compartment Just having one that's guaranteed to last five to ten years ? it's actually a marketing gimmick . it's uh it's totally practical . Uh so I th think you know the idea of a rechargeable one is um uh unless you're really high tech and it sort of just recharges itself if it's n by , you know , magnetic waves or whatever , It could have like uh know like a cordless phone in your house it s got like a base that sits there all the time . I mean people forget to put their cordless phones back on there , 'Cause I only remember to charge my cell phone uh when battery dies . what so wh what what do we think about the um the the permanent mm battery ? Uh . That sounds pretty good , yeah . Do they make batteries that last that long ? but there are certainly things that you buy . I mean calculators for example . Yeah , they have that little solar Most of them , don't they have sort of a combination of the two , when there is light , they'll work off the light , and if there isn't , they'll kick into this battery , so we can maybe do something like that I mean the the actual time that a remote control is actually operating I would think is i is is probably , you know , no more than minutes in its entire life . like like this um this uh market research thing says number of times per hour that it's used , channel selection a hundred and sixty eight That does sound excessive . We're looking at extreme simplicity . We're looking at a radically different shape . Possibly no buttons at all um , but if you can incorporate um channel change and volume buttons um in into the design , then then that's fine . Um I don't see why we shouldn't go for voice recognition um and the the only buttons that I think we need are channel control , volume control and on off . and there's no reason why we can't introduce um interchangeable uh covers . Um it needs to incorporate the corporate logo , uh the the grey and yellow colour scheme Yeah . We are doing just the television . are we doing just the television so not D_V_D_ players , I think that's quite clear from the the information that we've been given , we can all give some thought to that uh for for the next meeting ,"
103,"Speaker A: Hi. Yeah, good. Hmm. Yeah. Going to the nex next. Mm. Mm-hmm. Yeah, maybe. Participant two. Uh the next one, sorry. It's it was the old one. Components. Um this time I'm I'm going to um concentrate more on the components and the technical side of the remote controller design. Uh, can you go on to the next slide, please. I have just brief uh down few uh components which we require for the remote control uh construction. Uh the first one is case to keep all the components like integrated circuit, battery, etcetera, etcetera, it's like Uh it can be a plastic one, hard plastic, so that it can be strong, even if you just uh uh, you know, if you if it falls down, then it doesn't break. So it should be strong. And uh uh there are no harmful materials used in that. And it should be recyclable. Uh and uh, yeah, and also uh using of colouring compon components like uh if we want to have different colours, blue, red, green, so uh uh we have to use uh some colouring compone compone components. And uh the second important thing is uh uh uh integrated circuit. Uh which uh we can use a highly sophisticated one because it's like the it's like the heart of the remote controller. If it is not efficient then everything wi is going to be uh like um the lef ess less efficient so it you should we should have a highly sophisticated one. And it should be resistant to high as well as uh low temperatures. Suppose if it is thirty-eight degrees outside forty degrees outside, it should it should uh be able to re uh resist the uh temperature uh uh highs and uh high temperatures and low temperatures. And uh it should be with uh um equipped with timer and alarm facility. And the uh other component we should uh we have in the remote controller is a resistor uh which is like uh uh i it is very very much important for the electricity uh flow through through through the uh remote controller and uh also a capacitor which is a b which is a m I think it's it's like a battery, capacitor. Can you go on to the next slide, please? Uh a diode, a transistor, a resonator, these are all this uh technical uh electri electronic compons uh components which are which we have to use in a remote controller. A battery uh, I would like to suggest one thing uh if we uh if we will be able to make a res rechargeable battery then we sh we need not go for a high performance battery, even if it is a low performance battery it ca it can't l it can't charge much. It it it's not a high voltage battery. Then also we can If it is a rechargeable one, then uh people can use it for a long time, so in that way we can cut cut the cost, but w uh uh that we have to make the battery as rechargeable one. And we we have a circuit board uh in a remote controller. Can you go to the next slide, please. And how it works, how the remote controller works. When you press a button Thank you. Uh when you press a button, when you do that, you complete a specific connection that means when you when you press a button there will be a s a small circuit underneath the button, and it will send some signals through the wires, and then uh the chip will send start connection and knows that which button is pressed. Suppose you have pressed channel one button, number one you have pressed, then the uh chip will know that the number one button was pressed. It pros produces a mors morse code line signal specific to that button. Every button, every individual button, has its own morse code. Suppose uh the uh user has pressed butto button one, then it will have a spe the circuit will generate a specific morse code to b that that button, and the transistor will amplify the signal and send then to the L_E_D_ which translates the signal into infrared light. Like you have got a signal by pressing a button. That's a d a morse code has been generated by the integrated circuit. Now, that signal, that morse code, has to be amplified by the transistor. That is the use of transist transistor we which we use in the remote controller. It will amplify the signal and it will send it to the L_E_D_ and which translates the signal into an infra infrared bits. The sensor on the T_V_ can see the infrared light, and seeing the signal seeing the signal re it reacts appropriately, that when it sees the amplified mo morse code signal, then it will uh it will uh know which uh what what action it has to uh do. Then it will do the appropriate action. So uh this is how the remote controller works. Can you go to the next slide, please. Yeah, I have few pictures. When you look at the uh um remote controller uh it's it's it this is a normal remote controller. And to the next slide, please. And where we had a a few buttons and all. And uh if you open the remote controller you have this circui circuit board and few electronic components, like you can see a chip there which is having eighteen pins, and also a capac uh a capacitor, three resistors and also a resonator uh um mm yeah, and di and a diode transistor. The electronic components uh all of the electronic components have all those uh things like a chip and d diode transistors an Yeah, di um can y uh you can see the T_A_ double one eight three five labelled uh chip um. Uh you can also see the uh uh the green two green things are uh these are they are they are resistors, and uh just beside that you can see a transistor, and a uh uh cylinder shape, uh that one is a capacitor. Uh and also there are uh um resistors uh sorry, ther there is a diode. Can you go go on to the next slide. So uh this is the circuit board. The green one is a circuit board. Actually, uh building a circuit bo board is pretty pretty uh easy and also it's a it's a l l inexpensive. Uh it's it costs less than what you print on a paper, because uh uh when you when you are building uh some circuits some um uh circuits and also wires, it's it's better to go for printing, because uh you can build these kind of k circuit boards on a on a bulk and it's just printing, nothing like uh, you know, you don't need to use wires and all. It's not exactly wires we are using. It's just printing something on a board. Tha tho those prints will acti act as wires and ci uh circuits. So th that green uh thing is a circuit board, and also you can see uh there are b s like uh um access for buttons, like when you press a button, the circuit under the button will be activated uh th it will it will he get some signals from it and it will uh it will ch its ch se send a signal signals to the, yeah, um integrated circuit. Can you go to the next slide, please. Uh so this is these are the circuits un underneath the buttons. Uh can you see the black uh, round marks? They they are the circuits. Next, please. And um like uh we have uh designed uh before we have seen some uh few things like instead off buttons we have some scrolls. Uh b but a b a push-button requires a simple chip underneath it, but whereas a scroll wheel requires normally a regular chip which is a higher price range. Like for s scrolls we have to go for a sophisticated and and k uh uh uh full a complete chip. Uh and a as energy source we offer a basic battery, a more ingenious uh hard dynamo, um a kinetic provision of energy, more than what is that you shake casually to provide energy. So that also we can have in a battery, uh or we can use solar sells. Uh. Yeah. Uh yeah uh the product can be de delivered into different cases. Uh usually, the cases and card flat that w we see usually uh d uh a normal remote controller. Um. Yeah. Yeah, maybe d uh I have just one more slide, I think. Um. Like we can have a ma material such as plastic, rubber, wood, titanium, but titanium we can't use. Um and also for electronics we can use a simple and regular um re or an advanced chip on the print, um also infra it includes the infrared se sender. Um yeah the uh for the movie just to j develop uh samples and so spe sample speaker. An Yeah, that's it. It's all for me now, thank you. No, no, no, th the the the scrolling wheels are different, like you can go for a sw switches like buttons or scrolls, uh which which we used to do before ten ten years before, I think. Now, nobody uses that because you need you need a a k sophisticated chip and all. So I think it's better we go for uh um ordinary buttons. Yeah uh yeah, push-buttons. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah, but w Yeah. Yeah, but but I what I'm uh very very much doubtful how how uh far it will work, because a speech recogniser like i it it has its own uh uh problems, issues. Yeah, it's not distance problem it it's recognising a person's voice, like maybe different people will be having different voices, so it like it's uh everything so i So to get a good recogni recognising system, it's a costly thing, I think. Mm-hmm. Yeah, but Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And also strong. Trendy, yeah. Uh. Um like the switches, like we use buttons for user interface. Push-buttons. Yeah. Mm yeah. Hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Thank you.
Speaker B: Hi. Mm-hmm. Interface designer. Yes. Yes. Okay, I can start first. Okay. Now my slide, please. Three. Participant three. Yes. Okay. Now as an interface designer, I would give more emphasis on the interface, how the remote looks like so that it is sellable, it is attractive to customers. Next, please. Okay. Now the function of a remote is to send messages to the television. This messages could be uh switch on-off message or switch to next channel message or swapping the channels or switching onto a particular channel, like you can have the numbers one, two, three, four, up to nine. Pardon me? Yes, nine numbers. And then you have swapping of uh button by which using which you can swap the channels if you don't want to see the third channel you can swap it to the fourth channel or vice versa. Then it should have a next button, and next button channel by which you can keep on uh v uh mm eh scrolling the channels one by one. Next slide, please. Then you should have a button which should which ca which can be used for increasing or decreasing the volume. Then, there should be a button which can give subtitles for a particular program which is going on a television. For example, if you are watching a French program and you would like to have a subtitles in English, then there should be a channel which can trigger this mechanism in the television so that the user can see uh the the subtitles on the screen. Then there should d uh there should be some buttons which can control features like the colour, colour of the picture, the contrast, sharpness, brightness of the picture. Now there should be a memory switch. There should be a mute button. Suddenly if if if uh uh viewer he gets a telephone call, and if he want he doesn't want to switch off the uh T_V_, but he he can reduce the sound, he can bring the volume down and he can watch he can uh while talking he can watch the T_V_. Now the most important feature I would like to have in my remote would be the speech recognition feature. It's an integrated progra programmable sample sensor speaker unit. So a remote can be th can be uh designed which can have the voice recognisers, you can record your own voice which can be recognised by as voice recogniser in the television, for example, if you want to see we if you want to see the ninth channel if you say just say ninth channel, uh th now the the uh yeah, the remote will automatically it will switch to the ninth channel. So the T_V_ will have some recogniser which will recognise the user's voice and accordingly it will change its functionalities. So this is one of the very important feature a remote control can have. So this is one one of the interface which can be created. A very simple interface which has all the t uh uh important features. Then, please, next slide. Then, these are some of the remotes which are different in shape and colour, but they have many buttons. So uh sometimes the user finds it very difficult to recognise which button is for what function and all that. So you can you can design an interface which is very simple, and which is user-friendly. Even a kid can use that. So can you go on t t uh to the next slide. Yeah, so this is one of the interface or one of the remote which has this vi voice recogniser. And this has multi-purpose use, it can be used for T_V_, it can be used for cable-satellite, it can be used for V_C_R_, D_V_D_s and audio. And this has in-built voice recogniser. Can you go on to the next slide? Yeah, now this is an interface for a chil uh for a remote uh uh which a child can use. Uh this is user-friendly, it's very attractive and uh children can use it as well as they can play with it. And this comes with different colours, different shapes. And this this uh child uh interface has minimum buttons and all the important uh buttons are there in this small, compact, attractive child interface. Next slide, please. Now this is a big over-sized remote which cannot be misplaced or it's impossible to misplace. this. So this is No this is a very big, you cannot misplace it anywhere. So this is a jumbo universal remote control and it's impossible to im misplace or lose. This i this is one such interface which can be created. And the personal preference uh would be a spe uh uh to incorporate speech recognisers uh which will respond to user's voice for a particular uh function. Thank you, that's Mm yes. Okay. Okay. We can. It works. Mm yes. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Transmit. Okay. Okay. Push-buttons. 'Kay. Mm-hmm. Uh yes, I would like to include this feature which is called as voice recogniser. This could be uh one feature which could be sellable. Mm-hmm. No, it's it's, uh yeah, it it's like your recording of uh all uh um a question already, and then you're expecting an answer from th For example, you have a T_V_ system, I'm the user and my family members are the user, I will already record uh a question like, uh good morning, like around eight o'clock I want to see the news in the television. So I'll say just good morning and the T_V_ will switch on. It will recognise my voice and will switch on. Battery. Yes. Yes. And compact. Trendy design and compact. Yes. Push-buttons. And Supplements like different types of features buttons, like can have a f mute button or a swapping button. Recogniser. Yes. Yes. Okay. Okay. Okay. Thank you.
Speaker C: Hi. Yeah, I think that pretty much is it. Yeah. Mm-hmm. You don't know me. I could lose that in a minute. Well, um looks like we still have quite a choice of things out there. Um what uh I'm No suggestion's bad. But uh we're gonna have to narrow it down a little more. I don't think that we can get uh The T-shape is good, the child one is good, the too big to misplace, I think it's just funny. Um I don't think that's gonna be our impulse purchase at the checkout counter. It's it's gonna be a little bit too unwieldy. Yeah mm. Mm-hmm. Have to come back to that later. Okay. No, I think her presentation was good, and she really explored all the options. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Good point. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yes. Yes. Okay. Hmm, that's interesting. Uh yeah, on the scroll and the push-button, um ca you can achieve scrolling by repeatedly pushing a button? Mm-hmm. Um. We'll just go for push buttons for in the interest of cost. Okay. Okay. Go right to my first my next slide. Um alright, my method is uh I'm interested in what the competition is doing, and wanna see how we can make ourselves different from the competition, so I've really been looking at the press and the ads that are out there for other remote controllers. I s I spend a lot of time on the internet um surfing around doing the same thing. And then when I'm out um in people's houses or at meetings or anything like that, I try to notice what kind of remote controls people have, and if it's convenient in the conversation I ask about it. And I would encourage you all to do the same. Um and my findings from this is that, you know, small is beautiful. Um people like something that really fits in their hand. Simple is beautiful. They don't want to have to squint at small print um, they want buttons whose functions are obvious, and they want um as few buttons as possible, and they don't care for the mode thing. They want each button to do something. And eye-catching is important. It's gotta look cute, it's gotta look appealing. Go ahead, I'm trying to finish fast for you. Um and our preference is, as far as I'm concerned, are we got to get to the market before the competition. Ours has to be look really great and it has to come out before the others, so that we have a leg up on time to sell it and push it before other people get out their Christmas item. And we should develop one or two features we can really dwell on in our ad campaign. If we try to tell people it has too many great features, um the consumer just gets confused and we don't get anywhere. So we've gotta narrow our selection down to li two things, I think, that we gonna say are really great about our our our new product. And I've been looking around um at what designs every year different things are popular. And in my research this year I found out that fruit and vegetable shapes are really popular. And people are tired of hard plastic and hard metal. They are more back into soft feel, spongy feeling things, things with maybe a little cloth on them. So those are things maybe we wanna look at as far as saleability of the item. Mm-hmm. You wanna try to come back to yours, and limit yours a bit? Okay. So speech recognition is most important as far as you're concerned? Yeah h that could that could that could be our star feature. That that be really good, yeah, I agree with that. Distance problem? Uh. I think I think battery, and I think we all agreed on that. That that's that's gonna be most cost-effective and the best thing. Yep. Bright, colourful, trendy trendy design, and strong. Mm-hmm. Well, I think that Yeah, or or like her speech recognition would also be a supplement. Her speech recognition feature would be a supplement. Okay, so why don't we put down speech recognition if possible pending some more research from our industrial engineer on how expensive that is. Okay. Wherever they're hiding?
Speaker D: Okay. Hello everyone. Um how uh how we doing? Uh first we going uh over the minutes of the last meeting, more or less. Um in the last meeting uh the marketing manager had presented uh her method of working, meaning gathering i suggestions from everyone to see how she best could market uh this this product at the within the budget uh that was given. Uh in general the idea is that it should be something that is not difficult to use. Um it's also an item that people lose a lot. So we should address that. And, of course, it should be something s s that is very simple to use. In addition to that to make it sell, of course, uh the marketing manager w wishes that it be very attractive, or like she says put some sizzle into it in one way or another so that the people are buying it now because, in particular with smaller items, that's a very important fact, 'cause um if they say, well, I go home and think about it, that won't work. Um also mentioned was it should be uh it should have a very short learning curve. And maybe it could be sold by using a slogan. Our technical manager has then said that she feels it should have a chip that has infra-red bits and it has an interface controls w interface that controls the chip. Therefore, messages uh will be controlled in the same manner. There should be extra features like lid buttons, maybe a beep. If too many buttons are pressed, mm uh uh child lock um and uh maybe a display clock so that people could um you could see the time, you know, what show they want to watch. Also mentioned was uh maybe different shapes. So the components of the thing should be button, bulbs, infra infra-red bulbs, battery, chips, wires, and maybe some kind of a holder uh for the for the uh item. Francino who is our um interface designer um uh has mentioned that the that it, of course, should have an on-off button, and also has mentioned an interesting feature that it should have maybe a channel lock. Particularly with maybe small children that they couldn't uh watch a channel that is undesirable. It should be compact. Her personal favourite was it should be T-shaped. And maybe have an anar alarm-clock. And the material should possibly be not of non-allergic nature. Uh the different systems uh that exist are infra-red or radio-waves. Uh maybe it should have uh electri electrici electricity saving feature. And even possibly a timer to so that people can program their favourite uh uh program on th right from the remote. Uh are we all in agreement that that's about what we discussed last time? Okay. Okay, then we I'm looking for three presentations. And uh I don't know whether the order matters much uh, I don't I don't think so, so whoever w wants Yeah, okay. Okay, your slides. Okay. Oh, come on, close already. And that's number two, right? Three. Okay. Nine what? Nine channel uh switches? Nine channel switches? Is Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Right. Mm-hmm. Okay, thank you very much. Uh any comments on uh her presentation? Yeah, I I th I think No, I think the these are her presentations, but uh as far as the decision making we getting to that after after but if I just wanted to know whether anybody had any any anything to add to her presentation. Mm right. Mm-hmm. Ho who wants to go next um? Mm-hmm. Okay, and you Uh okay. Oops. The components design. Mm-hmm. Okay. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Go away. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Okay. And you have more pictures. Uh we have five minutes to the end of the meeting. Okay, well thank you. Any particular comments by anybody? We don't have a lot of time left and we will still have to make a decision, and the marketing expert has to present her her thing. Uh okay. Okay. Uh that concludes the presentation of everyone. And what we really have to decide in this meeting is um the concept of the remote. And uh so what do we think on the concept of the remote? Y Okay. Mm-hmm. I think that's Mm-hmm. Well, you you teach You have to teach uh Okay, before we get too far off here um, the components of the concept is the energy. What kind of energy do we foresee? Battery. Battery. Okay then chip on print. Okay. And the case. And I think we all agree on the case, we wanna have something uh maybe bright, colourful. Mm-hmm. Trendy design, compact and strong. User interface concept, uh interface type, supplements. That will be your area I think, right, Jana. Put uh k I guess uh for yeah. And Not sure what they mean by supplements. Oh, like Oh. A what? Right, right, right, mm-hmm. Right. Okay. Uh our next meeting will be in thirty minutes, and the uh I_D_ is to this is the individual actions to be taken until then, to have the look and feel design, and uh the U_I_D_ is supposed to uh come up with the user interface design, and the marketing expert with the product evaluation. In this phase, the two of you, Jana and Francine, have to work together on a prototype using modelling clay, it says here. You will receive specific instructions will be sent to you by your coaches. Um if you have any questions, you know, you you can always uh contact me um or uh or your coach, I suppose. Um so um I think we conclude the meeting here and we come back in uh uh thirty minutes, according to our timetable here. Thank you very much.","The project manager opens the meeting by going over the minutes of the last meeting. The interface specialist begins her presentation by highlighting important remote functions and showing examples of remote interfaces. The group comments on her presentation, and then the industrial designer begins presenting. She talks about the technical electronic components of the remote, explains how a remote works, and shows a few pictures revealing the insides of a normal remote control. She suggests giving the remote a strong shell so it is durable, using a rechargable battery, and not adding a scroll wheel because it requires a sophisticated chip. The marketing expert presents, talking about user preferences for a small, simple, eye-catching, cute, appealing, and functional remote. Fruit and vegetable shapes are popular this year, so a soft, spongy remote perhaps covered with cloth could make the item marketable. The group discusses the issues surrounding speech recognition, noting that if it is good quality it could be costly. They about the power source and review the objectives of the product. The project manager closes the meeting by telling each member what task she is to complete."
13862856,"Hannah: Hey, do you have Betty's number?
Amanda: Lemme check
Hannah: <file_gif>
Amanda: Sorry, can't find it.
Amanda: Ask Larry
Amanda: He called her last time we were at the park together
Hannah: I don't know him well
Hannah: <file_gif>
Amanda: Don't be shy, he's very nice
Hannah: If you say so..
Hannah: I'd rather you texted him
Amanda: Just text him 🙂
Hannah: Urgh.. Alright
Hannah: Bye
Amanda: Bye bye",Hannah needs Betty's number but Amanda doesn't have it. She needs to contact Larry.
13729565,"Eric: MACHINE!
Rob: That's so gr8!
Eric: I know! And shows how Americans see Russian ;)
Rob: And it's really funny!
Eric: I know! I especially like the train part!
Rob: Hahaha! No one talks to the machine like that!
Eric: Is this his only stand-up?
Rob: Idk. I'll check.
Eric: Sure.
Rob: Turns out no! There are some of his stand-ups on youtube.
Eric: Gr8! I'll watch them now!
Rob: Me too!
Eric: MACHINE!
Rob: MACHINE!
Eric: TTYL?
Rob: Sure :)",Eric and Rob are going to watch a stand-up on youtube.
13680171,"Lenny: Babe, can you help me with something?
Bob: Sure, what's up?
Lenny: Which one should I pick?
Bob: Send me photos
Lenny:  <file_photo>
Lenny:  <file_photo>
Lenny:  <file_photo>
Bob: I like the first ones best
Lenny: But I already have purple trousers. Does it make sense to have two pairs?
Bob: I have four black pairs :D :D
Lenny: yeah, but shouldn't I pick a different color?
Bob: what matters is what you'll give you the most outfit options
Lenny: So I guess I'll buy the first or the third pair then
Bob: Pick the best quality then
Lenny: ur right, thx
Bob: no prob :)",Lenny can't decide which trousers to buy. Bob advised Lenny on that topic. Lenny goes with Bob's advice to pick the trousers that are of best quality.
13729438,"Will: hey babe, what do you want for dinner tonight?
Emma:  gah, don't even worry about it tonight
Will: what do you mean? everything ok?
Emma: not really, but it's ok, don't worry about cooking though, I'm not hungry
Will: Well what time will you be home?
Emma: soon, hopefully
Will: you sure? Maybe you want me to pick you up?
Emma: no no it's alright. I'll be home soon, i'll tell you when I get home. 
Will: Alright, love you. 
Emma: love you too. ",Emma will be home soon and she will let Will know.
13828600,"Ollie: Hi , are you in Warsaw
Jane: yes, just back! Btw are you free for diner the 19th?
Ollie: nope!
Jane: and the  18th?
Ollie: nope, we have this party and you must be there, remember?
Jane: oh right! i lost my calendar..  thanks for reminding me
Ollie: we have lunch this week?
Jane: with pleasure!
Ollie: friday?
Jane: ok
Jane: what do you mean "" we don't have any more whisky!"" lol..
Ollie: what!!!
Jane: you just call me and the all thing i heard was that sentence about whisky... what's wrong with you?
Ollie: oh oh... very strange! i have to be carefull may be there is some spy in my mobile! lol
Jane: dont' worry, we'll check on friday.
Ollie: don't forget to bring some sun with you
Jane: I can't wait to be in Morocco..
Ollie: enjoy and see you friday
Jane: sorry Ollie, i'm very busy, i won't have time for lunch  tomorrow, but may be at 6pm after my courses?this trip to Morocco was so nice, but time consuming!
Ollie: ok for tea!
Jane: I'm on my way..
Ollie: tea is ready, did you bring the pastries?
Jane: I already ate them all... see you in a minute
Ollie: ok",Jane is in Warsaw. Ollie and Jane has a party. Jane lost her calendar. They will get a lunch this week on Friday. Ollie accidentally called Jane and talked about whisky. Jane cancels lunch. They'll meet for a tea at 6 pm.
13716964,"Benjamin: Hey guys, what are we doing with the keys today?
Hilary: I've got them. Whoever wants them can meet me at lunchtime or after
Elliot: I'm ok. We're meeting for the drinks in the evening anyway and I guess we'll be going back to the apartment together?
Hilary: Yeah, I guess so
Daniel: I'm with Hilary atm and won't let go of her for the rest of the day, so any option you guys choose is good for me
Benjamin: Hmm I might actually pass by at lunchtime, take the keys and go take a nap. I'm sooo tired after yesterday
Hilary: Sounds good. We'll be having lunch with some French people (the ones who work on the history of food in colonial Mexico - I already see you yawning your head off)
Benjamin: YAAAAWN 🙊 Where and where are you meeting?
Hilary: So I'm meeting them at the entrance to the conference hall at 2 pm and then we'll head to this place called La Cantina. Italian cuisine, which is quite funny, but that's what they've chosen
Benjamin: Interesting 😱 To be honest, Hilary, I almost feel like changing my mind. Wanting to take this nap might end up costing me to dear
Hilary: Oh come on 😂
Benjamin: All these terrible obstacles on mu way to bed might just prove to much to take
Hilary: We'll try to avoid talking about their subject of research. Oh wait, no, I'm actually meeting them because I wanted to chat about their research lol
Elliot: 🙉
Hilary: Do join us, we're going to have fun. And then you'll take the keys and take this most deserved of naps
Elliot: Sounds like a plan 😂
Hilary: 😎
Elliot: See you at 2 then xx",Hilary has the keys to the apartment. Benjamin wants to get them and go take a nap. Hilary is having lunch with some French people at La Cantina. Hilary is meeting them at the entrance to the conference hall at 2 pm. Benjamin and Elliot might join them. They're meeting for the drinks in the evening.
13731487,"Max: Know any good sites to buy clothes from?
Payton: Sure :) <file_other> <file_other> <file_other> <file_other> <file_other> <file_other> <file_other>
Max: That's a lot of them!
Payton: Yeah, but they have different things so I usually buy things from 2 or 3 of them.
Max: I'll check them out. Thanks. 
Payton: No problem :)
Max: How about u?
Payton: What about me?
Max: Do u like shopping?
Payton: Yes and no.
Max: How come?
Payton: I like browsing, trying on, looking in the mirror and seeing how I look, but not always buying.
Max: Y not?
Payton: Isn't it obvious? ;)
Max: Sry ;)
Payton: If I bought everything I liked, I'd have nothing left to live on ;)
Max: Same here, but probably different category ;)
Payton: Lol
Max: So what do u usually buy?
Payton: Well, I have 2 things I must struggle to resist!
Max: Which are?
Payton: Clothes, ofc ;)
Max: Right. And the second one?
Payton: Books. I absolutely love reading!
Max: Gr8! What books do u read?
Payton: Everything I can get my hands on :)
Max: Srsly?
Payton: Yup :)",Payton provides Max with websites selling clothes. Payton likes browsing and trying on the clothes but not necessarily buying them. Payton usually buys clothes and books as he loves reading.
13814882,"Rita: I'm so bloody tired. Falling asleep at work. :-(
Tina: I know what you mean.
Tina: I keep on nodding off at my keyboard hoping that the boss doesn't notice..
Rita: The time just keeps on dragging on and on and on.... 
Rita: I keep on looking at the clock and there's still 4 hours of this drudgery to go.
Tina: Times like these I really hate my work.
Rita: I'm really not cut out for this level of boredom.
Tina: Neither am I.",Rita and Tina are bored at work and have still 4 hours left.
13680876,"Beatrice: I am in town, shopping. They have nice scarfs in the shop next to the church. Do you want one?
Leo: No, thanks
Beatrice: But you don't have a scarf.
Leo: Because I don't need it.
Beatrice: Last winter you had a cold all the time. A scarf could help.
Leo: I don't like them.
Beatrice: Actually, I don't care. You will get a scarf.
Leo: How understanding of you!
Beatrice: You were complaining the whole winter that you're going to die. I've had enough.
Leo: Eh.","Beatrice wants to buy Leo a scarf, but he doesn't like scarves. She cares about his health and will buy him a scarf no matter his opinion."
13809974,"Ivan: hey eric
Eric: yeah man
Ivan: so youre coming to the wedding
Eric: your brother's
Ivan: yea
Eric: i dont know mannn
Ivan: YOU DONT KNOW??
Eric: i just have a lot to do at home, plus i dont know if my parents would let me
Ivan: ill take care of your parents
Eric: youre telling me you have the guts to talk to them XD
Ivan: thats my problem
Eric: okay man, if you say so
Ivan: yea just be there 
Eric: alright",Eric doesn't know if his parents let him go to Ivan's brother's wedding. Ivan will talk to them.
13680771,"Wanda: Let's make a party!
Gina: Why?
Wanda: beacuse. I want some fun!
Gina: ok, what do u need?
Wanda: 1st I need too make a list
Gina: noted and then?
Wanda: well, could u take yours father car and go do groceries with me?
Gina: don't know if he'll agree
Wanda: I know, but u can ask :)
Gina: I'll try but theres no promisess
Wanda: I know, u r the best!
Gina: When u wanna go
Wanda: Friday?
Gina: ok, I'll ask",Wanda wants to throw a party. She asks Gina to borrow her father's car and go do groceries together. They set the date for Friday. 
13729249,"Martin: I won two cinema tickets!
Aggie: oh cool, how come?
Martin: online. on fb, the movie mag organized it
Aggie: so what did you do
Martin: just write a short review and that's it
Aggie: well done :) so what and when. and where?
Martin: the new film with Redford
Aggie: i guess i heard sth
Martin: it's pretty cool i heard. till the end of the week
Aggie: sounds good. we'll find time XD",Martin wrote a short review and won 2 cinema tickets on FB. Martin wants Aggie to go with him this week for the new film with Redford.
13680137,"Charlee: I'm in class. Theatre in Portuguese lol
Curtis: Realllly?
Charlee: Yes. One of my subjects at the university that I attend is portuguese theatre. We are preparing a performance
Curtis: What performance is this? Are you devising it?
Charlee: A polish one translated into portuguese
Curtis: Thats quite cool. Who is the writer?
Charlee: Mrożek",Charlee is attending Portuguese theater as a subject at university. He and other students are preparing a play by Mrożek translated into Portuguese.
13864627,"Mary: Are you going by car or train?
Tom: Ella rented a car
Ella: this makes all of this much faster
Mary: good decision","Ella rented a car, this makes things much faster for her and Tom. "
13681139,"Luke: are you still looking for someone to join netflix family?
Paul: yes, 1 person :)
Luke: i am the one!
Paul: sure, i will send you the login and password on sunday
Luke: ok we can talk tomorrow
Paul: i don't really remember it now
Luke: send me also the bank account details so I can wire you the money every month. Are you paying for this or someone else?
Paul: I do, and I keep track of everyone accessing so you should not expect any bans :D
Luke: easy mate :D you still on holidays with your girl?
Paul: last dinner :( tomorrow we are out
Luke: how long have you been there?
Paul: less than 8 days :/",Paul is going to share his Netflix account with Luke. In exchange Luke is going to contribute to the subscription. Paul will send Luke his bank details. Paul is on vacation with his girlfriend till tomorrow.
13680757,"Greg: Hi, honey. I need to stay after hours :-(
Betsy: Again?
Greg: I'm sorry!
Betsy: What about Johnny?
Greg: Well, could you pick him up? 
Betsy: What if I can't?
Greg: Betsy?
Betsy: What if I can't?
Greg: Can't you, really?
Betsy: I can't. Today I need to work long hours as well. Tuesdays are your days in the kindergarten.
Greg: Talk to you later. I'll see what I can do.
Betsy: You'd better think of something.
Greg: Oh. Just stop it now.","Greg and Betsy have a lot of work today, so they cannot pick up Johnny from the kindergarten. However, it's Greg's turn to do it. Greg will try to find a solution."
13716777,"Ethan: somethin for Scott <file_photo>
Toby: haha, totally
Marshall: pretty much sums it up
Scott: you know you're exactly fuckin the same
Toby: oh we know honey bunny
Marshall: we just enjoy making fun of YOU
Ethan: xD
Scott: oh fuck y'all
Toby: <file_gif>","Ethan, Toby and Marshall are making fun of Scott."
13828901,"Igor: Shit, I've got so much to do at work and I'm so demotivated. 
John: It's pretty irresponsible to give that much work to someone on their notice period.
Igor: Yeah, exactly! Should I even care?
John: It's up to you, but you know what they say...
Igor: What do you mean?
John: Well, they say how you end things shows how you really are...
Igor: And now how you start, right?
John: Gotcha! 
Igor: So what shall I do then? 
John: It's only two weeks left, so grit your teeth and do what you have to do. 
Igor: Easy to say, hard to perform.
John: Come on, stop thinking, start doing! 
Igor: That's so typical of you!  ;)  ",Igor has a lot of work on his notice period and he feels demotivated. John thinks he should do what he has to do nevertheless. 
13728509,"Clara: Hi, what you up to?
Neela: Not much, chilling out.
Clara: Just rewatching Dear White People on Netflix, love it!😍
Neela: Oh yeah, heard of it, but not seen it yet? Any good?
Clara: Well, yes! I just said it was, LOL. It's about a fictional Ivy League University and the students in one House of Residence.
Neela: Why is it called Dear White People?
Clara: That's the name of the radio show the main character, Sam, presents on college radio.
Neela: Yeah, but why is it so good?
Clara: Well, it's mainly stories from the perspective of black students there, which I find very interesting. The characters are strong and likeable too.
Neela: I suppose it's rather different from the UK, then?
Clara: It seems so, as there is a lot more racial awareness and discrimination there than here. It all kicks off when there is a Blackface party held by an elite group of white students, which gets out of hand.
Neela: How's that?
Clara: Well, obviously, the black students try to break it up and there's also an incident where one guy, Reggie, gets a loaded gun pointed at him by a campus policeman after he gets into an argument with a white student. It may be at another party, though, I'm not sure of that.
Neela: Oh, that sounds pretty strong stuff. What else happens?
Clara: Well, there is a young black guy called Lionel who is coming to terms with being gay and is finding his voice as a journalist. He unearths corruption at the uni and he and Sam also uncover some conspiracy theory stuff about secret societies.
Neela: Well, I must say, it does sound good, I'll check it out soon!
Clara: Definitely, there is supposed to be a Series 3 coming up next year, really looking forward to it!
Neela: Well, thanks Clara, I'm just watching the rest of a movie and I'll try Dear White People.
Clara: Don't blame me if you get hooked and stay up till 4!
Neela: See ya, love!
Clara: Bye!",Clara is rewatching Dear White People and strongly recommends it to Neela.
13728442,"Ernest: hey Mike, did you park your car on our street?
Mike: no, took it into garage today
Ernest: ok good
Mike: why?
Ernest: someone just crashed into a red honda looking just like yours
Mike: lol lucky me",Mike took his car into garage today. Ernest is relieved as someone had just crashed into a red Honda which looks like Mike's. 
13728958,"Deirdre: Hi Beth, how are you love?
Beth: Hi Auntie Deirdre, I'm been meaning to message you, had a favour to ask.
Deirdre: Wondered if you had any thought about your Mum's 40th, we've got to do something special!
Beth: How about a girls weekend, just mum, me, you and the girls, Kira will have to come back from Uni, of course.
Deirdre: Sounds fab! Get your thinking cap on, it's only in 6 weeks! Bet she's dreading it, I remember doing that!
Beth: Oh yeah, we had a surprise party for you, you nearly had a heart attack! 
Deirdre: Well, it was a lovely surprise! Gosh, thats nearly 4 years ago now, time flies! What was the favour, darling?
Beth: Oh, it was just that I fancied trying a bit of work experience in the salon, auntie.
Deirdre: Well, I am looking for Saturday girls, are you sure about it? you could do well in the exams and go on to college or 6th form.
Beth: I know, but it's not for me, auntie, I am doing all foundation papers and I'm struggling with those.
Deirdre: What about a tutor? Kira could help you in the hols.
Beth: Maybe, but I'd like to try working. I'm 16 soon, I'm old enough.
Deirdre: I know. Look, pop in tomorrow after school and we'll have a cuppa and a chat.
Beth: Yes, thanks auntie. I'd really like to try the beauty therapy side.
Deirdre: Its not for the squeamish, mind. Massage, pedicures, not to mention waxing!
Beth: Oh yes, I was chatting to a friend about it yesterday!
Deirdre: Maxine manages the beauty side, you can meet her tomorrow and we'll see how it goes.
Beth: Yes, I'd really like that. 
Deirdre: We can try a few hours on a Saturday for a couple of weeks as work experience. I'll give you a tenner or so per session to start off for your lunch, coffee and bus fare etc. If you like, we'll take it from there.
Beth: OK, I like the sound of it! See you tomorrow Auntie! Love you!
Deirdre: Bye, lovely girl! Xx",Beth wants to organize a girls weekend to celebrate her mother's 40th birthday. She also wants to work at Deidre's beauty salon. Deidre offers her a few hours on Saturdays as work experience. They set up for a meeting tomorrow.
13862397,"Gloria: This exam is a bit of a lottery in fact
Gloria: You can't really get prepared, it's all about experience
Emma: But there are some rules and some typical texts right?
Gloria: You can see some texts from previous years
Gloria: <file_other>
Emma: Wow that's very useful
Emma: I have never seen this site
Gloria: Yes it's very good
Gloria: Actually it's good to read all the texts because you will see that some phrases repeat very often
Emma: How much time do you have for all 4 parts?
Gloria: 4 hours
Emma: Is it enough?
Gloria: Well it has to be
Gloria: Would be perfect to have 2 more hours... But on the other hand it would be really exhausting
Emma: 4 hours and no breaks?
Gloria: No breaks :/ So it's really important to be really focused and try to write as fast as you can
Gloria: And read it carefully and correct during the last hour
Emma: I'm going to read everything from that website, it's great",Gloria has an exam soon. It lasts 4 hours. Emma sent her a link to a website with some texts from previous years so that she can prepare for the exam better.
13829966,"Adam: Have you talked to May?
Karen: Yes, yesterday, why?
Adam: I just talked to her and I must admit I worry about her
Karen: Me too, I suggested she should see a specialist, but she wasn't very happy about it
Adam: No wonder...
Karen: I know, but I think this is serious. She's saying she's depressed, like everyone around, but in her case it may be true
Adam: She was telling me she doesn't feel like doing anything, she's bored all the time, she never feels happy. It sounds like a real, typical depression
Adam: She also told me that she has trouble sleeping. I asked her to go out for a beer or anything basically, but she doesn't want to leave the flat
Karen: Oh my, it sounds really serious. I don't what to tell you
Adam: I was wondering how I can help her
Karen: Honestly I don't know if we can help her, Adam. I suggested a specialist because these are very sensitive issues and I'm afraid we may unintentionally make it worse
Adam: Yes, but she doesn't want to see a specialist. Basically, she doesn't want to see anyone
Karen: Hm... I don't know... How about I call someone for advice? So we could know what to do
Adam: Sounds rational, do you know anyone you could call? Don't mention her name
Karen: Of course I won't! I have a friend who's a psychologist, we can trust her. I'll let you know
Adam: Thank you Karen!",Adam and Karen are worried that May suffers from depression. Karen will call her friend who is a psychologist and ask for advice. 
13864400,"Anne: You were right, he was lying to me :/
Irene: Oh no, what happened?
Jane: who? that Mark guy?
Anne: yeah, he told me he's 30, today I saw his passport - he's 40
Irene: You sure it's so important?
Anne: he lied to me Irene",Mark lied to Anne about his age. Mark is 40.
13716103,"Augustine: Guys, remember it's Wharton's bday next week?
Darlene: yay, a party!
Heather: yay! crap we need to buy him a present
Walker: he mentioned paper shredder once
Augustine: wtf?!?
Walker: he did really. for no reason at all.
Heather: whatever that make him happy
Darlene: cool with me. we can shred some papers at the party 
Augustine: so much fun
Heather: srsly guys, you mean we should really get office equipment???
Darlene: Walk, ask him if he really wnts it and if he yes then we get it
Walker: i heard him say that. wasn;t drunk. me neither.
Darlene: but better ask him twice
Walker: will do
Augustine: 2moro ok?
Darlene: and sure ask ab the party!","Next week is Wharton's birthday. Augustine, Darlene, Heather and Walker want to buy him a paper shredder. Walker will make sure if Wharton really wants it. "
13716128,"Ollie: Okay, Kelly! Ur up nxt!
Kelly: Me? I don't wanna.
Mickey: C'mon!
Jessica: Yeah! What's yours?
Kelly: Fine. It's a sculpture garden in Finnland.
Ollie: What's scary about sculptures? Wait! Do they resemble vampires and stuff?
Mickey: Nah, I'm sure they look rly nice.
Kelly: It's not the sculptures, it's the amount of them and their faces!
Jessica: Faces? What faces?
Kelly: Well, they resemble ppl in different activities like hugging, training, doing sport and so on. But the faces are just morbid and there's like a hundred of them. All staring at you!
Ollie: Another one?
Mickey: Certainly!
Jessica: Well, Ollie, ur turn!
Ollie: Nagoro village in Japan!
Mickey: Y?
Ollie: Well, maybe it's not scary, but it similar to Kelly's place. It's just creepy as hell.
Jessica: Bt y?
Ollie: Imagine a village with ppl living in it. And in the same village u have these human-sized figures. And there's more of them than the ppl that actually live there!
Kelly: Creepy AH!
Mickey: WTF?! Y would ppl even do that?
Jessica: Idk. Idc. Never. Going. There.
Ollie: See! Mine was the worst!
Jessica: Bt not the scariest!
Ollie: Point taken.
Mickey: Listen, guys, fun talking to u, bt gotta go. 
Kelly: Yeah, me too. Bye!
Jessica: Bye!
Ollie: Cu!","Kelly is scared of sculpture garden figures in Finnland, she finds figure's faces morbid. For Ollie it's Nagoro village in Japan, it's creepy. "
13682496,"Myah: <file_photo>
Selah: I can't see the phone number very well. Rewrite it plz
Myah: <file_photo>
Selah: The phone of that person is off",Selah called a person that did not pick up.
13730015,"Eric: Hey Bella, What happened today in boss's room?? Was he angry??
Bella: NO NO!!! He wasn't angry at all.. He actually appreciated on our brave deccision to dismiss the request of client..
Eric: REALLY!! He appreciated this decision..
Bella: Yeah he really did.. I too was astounded by his reaction...
Eric: What could possibly lead to this?? I mean , they were potential clients...
Bella: What he told me was that he was looking forward to bring in new clients which were our current client's competitor..
Eric: Oh that could possibly be the reason.Well anyways you got appreciation xD congo	
Bella: hahaha Blessing in disguise xD",Bella and Eric dismissed a request of a client. Their boss appreciated the decision. He brings in new clients.
13731152,"Ben: Where are you?
Emma: at the rare of the bus
Ben: why?
Emma: there are some free seats here
Emma: so I can have a nap even
Ben: good idea
Emma: when are we going to arrive to NY?
Ben: around 4.30 PM
Emma: if traffic is not crazy
Ben: right, we will see
Emma: could you come here and wake me up around 4.15?
Ben: sure
Emma: thanks!
Ben: sleep well
Emma: I'll try",Emma is about to take a nap in the back of the bus to New York. Ben and Emma will be there around 4.30 pm. Ben will wake Emma up 15 minutes prior to their arrival.
13716107,"Jesse: I have an idea that'll cheer u up!
Melvin: What is it?
Jesse: I was thinking about doing something 4 the less fortunate this year. 
Lee: Gr8 idea! Anything in mind?
Maxine: So no presents 4 me? :(
Jesse: U'll get ur presents, no worries ;)
Maxine: Phew! Was getting a bit worried for a moment ;)
Melvin: Bt what do u have in store?
Jesse: Well, have u heard about the Refuge?
Lee: No. What's that?
Melvin: That's the Christmas foundation to help women and children?
Maxine: I think I've heard of them. So what about them?
Jesse: That's right! They help women and children who escape from abuse. And every year they post wish lists of such ppl online and I thought that we could choose one and chip in. 
Melvin: That's a great idea!
Lee: Count me in!
Maxine: Me too.
Jesse: Have a look at these 3 lists: <file_other> <file_other> <file_other>
Lee: I think the second one would be the easiest to arrange.
Maxine: Agree.
Melvin: What about number 3? A bit ambitious, but if we pull together, we'll manage.
Jesse: Actually, I'm in for the 3rd one.
Maxine: I think the 2nd list would be better. The items cos more or less the same and we can easily divide it.
Melvin: But if we agree to chip in the same amount of money, we can deal with the 3rd one easily. 
Lee: Come to think of it, the 3rd one is not that bad. A bit of planning and logistics and were good to go. 
Jesse: So it's settled?
Melvin: Yup.
Lee: Sure. 
Maxine: Fine.","Jesse, Melvin, Lee and Maxine are going to take part in the Christmas charity action of the foundation called Refuge, which helps women and children who escape from abuse."
13728966,"Mary: hey, im kinda broke, lend me a few box
Carter: okay, give me an hour, im at the train station
Mary: cool, thanks",Mary ran out of money. Carter is going to lend her some in an hour.
13828761,"Charlotte: Hello Paula, a funny question: how do you pronounce 'Natal lily', the name of the plant? It refers to the region of ZA and not to the word 'natal' as in 'his natal day', right?
Paula: Hi Charlotte, 'nu tell', 'nu' as in 'number'.
Charlotte: And the stress on the second syllable? Or the first?
Paula: 2nd
Charlotte: Thank you dear.
Paula: <file_other>
Charlotte: Lovely to hear your voice!!
Paula: :$
Paula: <file_other>
Charlotte: :X","Paula helped Charlotte with correct pronunciation of ""Natal lily""."
13728735,"Jack: Cocktails later?
May: YES!!!
May: You read my mind...
Jack: Possibly a little tightly strung today?
May: Sigh... without question.
Jack: Thought so.
May: A little drink will help!
Jack: Maybe two!",Jack and May will drink cocktails later.
13828647,"Margaret: Honey, buy me some painkiller.
Jack: What is going on?
Margaret: Terrible headache!
Jack: Maybe you should rest!",Margaret is suffering from a terrible headache and wants Jack to buy her some painkillers. 
13680875,"Andrei: hey, did you pick up the film equipment for tonite's shooting?
Serge: no, im on my way there now.
Andrei: cool. do you happen to have your credit card with you? we have an outstanding bill to pay with the company.
Serge: yeah, i do. not a lot of available credit on it, but we'll see when we get there.
Andrei: OK, thanks. theyll be glad when we pay it. its long overdue.
Serge: ill let you know if it works out. getting of the metro now
Andrei: ok",Serge is on his way to pick up the film equipment for the shooting tonight. Andrei and Serge are late with a large payment to the company. Serge and Andrei will try to use the credit card to pay the company.
13829728,"Janice: my son has been asking me to get him a hamster for his birthday
Janice: should i?
Martina: NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
Martina: i got one for my son and it stank up the whole house
Martina: so don't do it!!!",Martina advises against getting a hamster. 
13864532,"Daniel: have you guys played DA?
Mary: which one?
Daniel: Inquisition
Mary: damn yes
Mary: love it to bits - team Dorian <3
Lucas: is it any good? I played just DA II
Mary: is it any good?! it's fucking brilliant!!!
Mary: Dan, are you playing?
Daniel: just started and I'm not sure, trying to get used to the mechanics
Mary: you have to give it a go, I was sceptical at first, but... omg, wait for Dorian
Lucas: Is it better than 2?
Mary: oh yes",Mary has played DA Inquisition. Lucas has played DA II. Daniel started playing DA Inquisition.
13818537,"Judy: Why am I always attracted to jerks??
Janice: It didn’t work out with Andrew?
Judy: He just wanted to fuck me
Judy: When he got what he wanted he stopped calling and texting.
Janice: And Bruce? He’s not a jerk.
Judy: He’s sweet. Maybe too sweet for me…
Judy: He’s a lovely and caring guy but I don’t feel the butterflies… ",Judy thinks she's always attracted to bad guys.
13810120,"Riley: Chloe is on tv!!
James: on which channel?
James: never mind i've found it
James: what is she doing? i don't get it
Riley: this is a programme in which women undergo a complete metamorphosis.
Riley: OMG she looks drop dead gorgeous!",Riley and James watch Chloe on tv undergoing a metamorphosis.
13731040,"Tina: I'll tell you something, this Emirate staff looks amazing, as movie stars
Ala: Oh yes, I know, that's for purpose 
Ala: It's how it's suppose to be
Ala: They pay a lot of attention to the image
Tina: Looks nice, pleasure to observe
Tina: And I sucked at the airport, they've kept us one hour in the plane and finally I'll catch the evening flight back home
Tina: Could You imagine?
Tina: And you know, this way we had such a talkative pilot :-)
Ala: Oh, poor you
Ala: Pfff
Ala: And I'm on my way to a meeting
Tina: THE meeting?
Ala: Yes, keep your finger crossed
Tina: Sure, let me know how did it go
Ala: Ok darling, in touch",Tina will catch the evening flight back home. Ala is on her way to the meeting. She will let Tina know how it went.
13728229,"Sebastian: It's been already a year since we moved here.
Sebastian: This is totally the best time of my life.
Kevin: Really? 
Sebastian: Yeah! Totally maaan.
Sebastian: During this 1 year I learned more than ever. 
Sebastian: I learned how to be resourceful, I'm learning responsibility, and I literally have the power to make my dreams come true.
Kevin: It's great to hear that.
Kevin: It's great that you are satisfied with your decisions.
Kevin: And above all it's great to see that you have someone you love by your side :)
Sebastian: Exactly!
Sebastian: That's another part of my life that is going great.
Kevin: I wish I had such a person by my side.
Sebastian: Don't worry about it.
Sebastian: I have a feeling this day will come shortly.
Kevin: Haha. I don' think so, but thanks.
Sebastian: This one year proved to me that when you want something really badly, you can achieve it.
Kevin: I want to win lottery and I never did :D
Sebastian: If you devoted your life to analyze all of the winning numbers, and with your math skills you could win.
Kevin: Devote myself and million dollars for lottery tickets.
Sebastian: Something like that xD
Kevin: I'm happy for you man.
Kevin: I really am
Sebastian: Thanks. It means a lot my friend :)","Sebastian is very happy with his life, and shares this happiness with Kevin."
13680571,"Frank: Son, will you come home this weekend?
Son: not sure yet. Something happened?
Frank: Of course not. Your mother miss you.
Son: I miss her too.
Frank: So will you com?
Son: I will try.
Frank: Good, I will tell your mother that you will come
Son: oh, dad.. ok I will come.",Son is coming to see his parents' this weekend.
13829773,"Ola: Hello Kate, sorry for not keeping in touch properly. As expected, we have hardly any connectivity here in Cuba. But we're doing fine and enjoying our trip. How are the things at home?
Kate: At long last! Started to worry. Nothing new happening, if you disregard all that Xmas craze. Momo has recovered from her injury and frolicking again.
Kate: <file_photo>
Kate: Good old Momo! Yes, it is your scarf!
Ola: NO!!! It's one of my favorites! The one from Laos!
Kate: Too late. Momo thinks it belongs to her now. Get yourself a new one. They surely have nice ones there.
Ola: Not at all. Only cheapish cotton blouses with horrible multi-coloured embroidery or some equally horrible crochetted tops. No shawls or scarfs.
Ola: <file_photo>
Kate: Wait a sec!
Kate: <file_photo>
Kate: Isn't it similar?! Mum would probably like it. Why don't you?
Ola: Not a bad idea. But the quality is usually crappy.
Kate: And if you go to some boutique shop or something? Not at a market as in your pics?
Ola: I might try and find some. Would you like one too?
Kate: Not really. And Mum would prefer to be the only one with an authentic Cuban blouse :))
Ola: OK I'll have a look. Greets to everyone at home pls.
Kate: Take care!","Ola is in Cuba and is enjoying her trip. She has problems with connectivity there. Momo has recovered from her injury. Ola doesn't like the clothes in Cuba. Ola will try to find a blouse for mum in Cuba, as Kate suggested."
13829332,"Mike: Do u have new John's number?
Ann: No, u should ask Mary.
Mike: Ok, thank u :*",Mike will ask Mary for John's new number.
13862428,"Joseph: It's fuzzy but I think you can recognize what's that(^_-)-☆
Joseph: <file_photo>
Ella: Ooooo
Ella: Baby cows??(/◕ヮ◕)/(/◕ヮ◕)/(/◕ヮ◕)/
Joseph: Wujek Janek has tween cows:D
Ella: Twins* darling xD
Joseph: Oh yeah, sorry Twins*
Ella: Good for him!! So cool❤️❤️
Ella: Wanna touch them❤️❤️❤️",Joseph has sent Ella a photo of Wujek Janek's twin baby cows. Ella is delighted.
13716025,"Josh: Stephen, I think you've accidentaly taken my notebook home
Stephen: wait lemme check
Stephen: nope, I don't see it anywhere
Jack: oh shit, I've got it xDDD I don't even know why
Josh: xDDD ok, no problem, cool I know where it is
Jack: I'll bring it tomorow",Josh thinks Stephen accidentally took his notebook. Jack has it and will bring it tomorrow.
13810245,"Lola: hey girlfriend, what's up?
Adele: Oh, hi Lols, not much.
Adele: got a new dog.
Lola: another one?
Adele: Yup. a pup biscuit lab. 4 months. Chewy.
Lola: how did the others react?
Adele: the cats keep their distance, Poppy and Lulu seem to mother him. Speedy wants to play.
Lola: no fighting? that's new.
Adele: they say puppies are accepted by other animals more easily than older dogs
Lola: especially girl dogs, probably
Adele: with the other ones I had to wean them because I took them in as adult dogs. And girls like to fight. like crazy.
Lola: doggies, right/.
Adele: that too :P
Lola: haha. true though.
Adele: I know, right. Anyway, called him Bones. He's so plump it kinda fit.
Lola: cute. can't wait to see him.","Adele got a new biscuit Labrador Chewy that is 4 months. Her cats keep their distance, and Poppy and Lulu seem to mother Chewy and Speedy wants to play."
13863202,"Kristian: Adidas Or Nike?😃
Tabora: Adidas(＾ｖ＾)
Kristian: Watermelon or orange?😃😃
Tabora: Orange(＾ｖ＾)
Kristian: Superman or batman?😃😃😃
Tabora: Batman(＾ｖ＾)
Tabora: What are we doing now?
Kristian: Just playing games😃😃😃😃
Kristian: Wanna keep going?😃
Tabora: Sure! It is kinda fun!(*^0^*)
Kristian: Films or books?😃😃😀😀😀😀😀😀
Tabora: Films!(＾ｖ＾)
Tabora: When is my turn?",Kristian and Tabora are playing a game about what they like best.
13829473,"Cathy: Just realized I left my sunglasses at yours
Broke: Yes, they are waiting for you to pick them up
Cathy: Might come round at 10 tonight if that's alright
Broke: Yeah okay, see ya",Cathy will pick up her glasses tonight at 10.
13819035,"Petra: I need to sleep, I can't stand how sleepy I am
Andy: I know, and it's so boring today, nobody's working at the office
Ezgi: I am working! lazy pigs
Petra: I'm sleeping with my eyes open, kill me
Andy: ask the fat woman from HR
Petra: she would kill me on spot without batting an eye
Andy: she always repeats she has a black belt in karate 
Petra: it's hard to believe she can move, but let her have whatever belt she wants
Andy: LOL
Petra: sooooo sleepy","Petra is very sleepy at work today, Andy finds the day boring, and Ezgi is working. "
13728057-1,"Nick: You look absolutely gorgeous and have a lovely smile. 
Nick: Would love to get to know you a bit more. How about we meet up for a drink sometime?
Jane: Hmmm... You're shooting a bit above your range aren't you?
Nick: Why would you think that hon?
Jane: Because I'm not that desperate.
Nick: That was a bit below the belt.
Nick: You're nice but you're not THAT hot.
Jane: Oh is your poor little dick shriveling at the thought?
Nick: Actually I'll take it back. Forget about the drink.
Nick: Forget I ever wrote to you.
Jane: Bye loser!
Nick: Fucking bitch!
Jane: You're welcome!",Nick finds Jane pretty and invites her for a drink to get to know her better. Jane rejects Nick and is unpleasant to him. Nick suggests Jane to forget about their conversation.
13865165,"Adam: My friend told me he saw Tim with a guy.
Nate: And?
Adam: <file_photo>
Nate: omg
Julia: Yeah, what a shocker
Adam: ??? You knew?!
Julia: I thought everyone knew
Nate: I had no idea
Nate: Did he tell you anything?
Julia: That he’s gay? God no
Adam: Why didn’t you tell us?
Julia: First: I assumed you knew
Julia: Second: Why would I? it’s not my business
Nate: I think he should’ve told us ;/ not cool
Adam: yeah, I made a completely idiot out of myself defending him
Julia: Against whom? I’m not surprised he didn’t tell you
Nate: Well, it’s not fair, we’re his friends
Julia: And? Does it change anything?","Julia knew Tim was gay, while Adam and Nate didn't. "
13817042,"Lilly: sorry, I'm gonna be late
Lilly: don't wait for me and order the food
Gabriel: no problem, shall we also order something for you?
Gabriel: so that you get it as soon as you get to us?
Lilly: good idea!
Lilly: pasta with salmon and basil is always very tasty there",Lilly will be late. Gabriel will order pasta with salmon and basil for her.
13730929,"Cara: hey
Cara: are you at home
Celine: hey Cara
Celine: No i'm not
Cara: okay then, i just wanted to pass by
Celine: im sorry, i can drop by in the evening if you dont mind
Cara: its fine, call me then if you decide to come
Celine: ok","Celine is not at home, but she will call Cara before visiting her."
13863033,"Craig: Man, u there?
Derek: Yeah, tell me
Craig: I need help with my computer
Derek: What happened?
Craig: I don't know exactly but it's not working
Derek: Well, ok... give me 20 minutes, got to get to my car
Craig: Ok, thanks
Derek: No prob",Derek will be at Craig's in 20 minutes to help him with his malfunctioning computer.
13829923,"Emma: Hi neighbour :)
Emma: Do you want to take a stroll with the little ones?
Abigail: Hey Emma :) I don't think that's a good idea.
Abigail: My smog alert app is showing that the norms have been exceeded by 30% today :O
Emma: Oh my, that sounds serious.
Emma: I need to install that app.",Abigail is not going to take a stroll with the little ones. Her smog alert app is showing that the norms have been exceeded by 30% today.
13729905,"Paul: What color flowers should I get
Cindy: any just not yellow
Paul: ok, pink?
Cindy: no maybe red
Paul: just tell me what color and what type ok?
Cindy: ugh, red roses! ",Paul will buy red roses following Cindy's advice.
13829307,"Mary: Hello, I think you've left your credit card at our shop
Jenny: Thank you for getting in touch! Thank you so much!
Mary: No worries :)
Jenny: When can I pick it up?
Mary: Whenever you come, it's safe with one of our cashiers :)",Jenny has left her credit car at the Mary's shop.
13611548,"Gary: Hey, don't forget about Tom's bday party!
Lara: I won't! What time should I show up?
Gary: Around 5 pm. He's supposed to be back home at 5:30, so we'll have just enough time to prep things up.
Lara: You're such a great boyfriend. He will be so happy!
Gary: Yep, I am :)
Lara: So I'll just pick up the cake and get the balloons...
Gary: Thanks, you're so helpful. I've already paid for the cake.
Lara: No problem, see you at 5 pm!
Gary: See you!",It's Tom's birthday. Lara and Gary will come to Tom's place about 5 pm to prepare everything before Tom gets back home at 5:30. Gary has already paid for the cake - Lara will pick it up and she will also get the balloons. 
13680802,"Laura: Where are you?
Paul: Almost there.
Laura: Which is?
Paul: Close to the Mac.
Laura: That's so far away!
Paul: 15 mins
Laura: I am not waiting any more, see you some other time.
Paul: Please, wait!
Laura: I've waited 30 minutes, 15 minutes ago you wrote you were almost here. This is too much.
Paul: I am so sorry.
Laura: I am not. ",Paul is late for a meeting with Laura and she refuses to wait any longer.
13818220,"Salma: <file_video>
Salma: the latest cat meme
Hugh: oh sweet, I can never get enough of those lol
Hugh: <file_photo>
Salma: hahaha same",Salma and Hugh like cat memes.
13819911,"Matt: results should be announced soon
Matt: probably today 
Oliver: they posted it
Oliver: <file_other>
Peter: I didn't get into Stanford :(
Matt: let me see
Matt: yup, I did
Oliver: me too
Oliver: barely
Peter: I'm happy for you guys
Matt: chin up! there are many other options
Oliver: exactly, don't give up
Peter: thanks guys, that means a lot
Peter: send your documents asap
Peter: otherwise you'll stuck in the queue
Matt: thanks for a heads-up
Oliver: yea, we owe you one
Peter: I have to look for other university
Peter: see ya
Matt: bye","Todays results show that Matt and Oliver got into Stanford University, Peter did not. "
13864554,"Jake: we don't have english today
Nadia: whooooah!
Vanessa: cool! you sure though?
Jake: Smith called in sick, they couldn't find a replacement, oh yeah",English classes were cancelled because Smith called in sick and replacement could not be found.
13715960,"Brandon: Shit, I've lost my credit card!
Brandon: I blocked it in the bank but it will take time before I get a new one
Brandon: can you lend me $ 100 guys?
Luke: sorry man, Im broke:/
Brandon: I see
Ian: what a misfortune, dude
Ian: I can lend you $$, no problem
Brandon: thanks, dude!","Brandon has lost his credit card and blocked it in the bank. It will take some time before he gets a new one, and he needs money. Luke is broke, but Ian will lend Brandon some money."
13716051,"Inez: My dears, our evening inspired me to create this group conversation to plan further Food Evenings :)
Inez: This is my proposal for the next one: <file_photo>
Alicja: Wow, I will actually feel happy going to work thanks to this :D
Gosia: Happy going to work and even happier leaving it haha
Alicja: Just too bad that the time between 9 and 17 will be wasted :P
Patrycja: I really liked our evening, even the pizza was delicious :) How did you girls like it?
Inez: I loved it, Gosia really chose a great place :)
Gosia: I am an expert at eating :D
Alicja: Have you been to this restaurant Inez sent?
Gosia: No, it is quite new. But I heard good opinions! :D
Patrycja: And it fits with our theme of exploring world cuisines :)
Alicja: First Italy, now Korea! :D
Inez: So when could we do this again?
Gosia: I am not sure, but we have to before the holidays!
Patrycja: We should have less work in two weeks, we could go again on Wednesday?
Alicja: Sounds good to me!
Inez: Me too :D",Patrycja and Inez enjoyed the Italian evening. Gosia chose a great place. Alicja hasn't been to the new restaurant. They all want a Korean evening on Wednesday in two weeks time.
13680457,"Ana: You sleeping?
Catherine: Not yet.
Ana: Wanna go visit grandma tomorrow? I miss her.
Catherine: Yeah that would be nice :) I'll call you when I wake up
Ana: Oki :) sleep well, good night.
Catherine:  Good night, u too.",Ana wants to visit grandma tomorrow. Catherine will go with her. She will call Anna when she wakes up.
13821684,"Joyce: Check this out!
Joyce: <link>
Michael: That's cheap!
Edson: No way! I'm booking my ticket now!! ",Edson is booking his ticket now.
13817976,"Jane: google maps says it is at least 3h <file_other>
Steven: I used to make it in 2, trust me :D
Jane: but it's almost 300km..
Steven: the road is new , we will make it ^^
Jane: I don't want  to stress out , let's meet at 4:30 instead of 5, ok?
Steven: ok, if u reaaly want, we can meet at 4:30
Jane: thx! 
Jane: I will wait at the main entrance or where?
Steven: main entrance is good for me;-) 
Steven: cu",Jane wants to leave at 4.30 instead of 5 because Google Maps suggests the 300 km drive should take them at least 3 hours and she doesn't want to be late. She will wait for Steven at the main entrance.
13612149-1,"Morgan: Hey gorgeous, how’s your day?
Suzanne: Nothing special, it’s just one of many boring days at work. But… better now though!
Morgan: Are you working at all? 😉
Suzanne: I’m trying 😉 But you aren’t helping me, at all
Suzanne: I’m just taking a well-deserved break 😉
Morgan:  I miss you Suzie
Suzanne: I miss you too Morgan
Morgan: Do you feel like going to a concert next week? Maroon 5 is playing at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Morgan: As it happens, I’ve got two tickets 😉
Morgan: Do you want to go?
Suzanne: Really? OMG! That’s wonderful!
Suzanne: Thank you sweetheart!
Morgan: Oh, nothing. I just want you to be happy 😉",Suzanne is at work and is having a break now. Morgan invites Suzanne to a concert of Maroon 5 which takes place next week at the Hulu Theatre at Madison Square Garden. Suzzanne agrees.
13818620,"Liam: <file_other>
Liam: have you read this one?
Julia: wow, I didn't even know that it existed
Julia: thanks! The last one I read was Die again
Liam: this one is like from 2014?
Julia: yep
Liam: I've heard that city library is organizing a meeting with Tess
Julia: really? That would be really awesome
Liam: just check it out on their facebook",The last one Julia read was Die again from 2014. There's going to be a meeting with Tess organized by the city library. 
13810034,"Ali: I think I left my wallet at your place yesterday. Could you check? 
Mohammad: Give me a sec, I'll have a look around my room.
Ali: OK.
Mohammad: Found it!
Ali: Phew, I don't know what I'd do if it wasn't there. Can you bring it to uni tomorrow?
Mohammad: Sure thing.",Ali left his wallet at Mohammad's place. Mohammad'll bring it to uni tomorrow.
13680607,"Laura: where will we go tommorow?
Linda: maybe this italian restaurant?
Laura: hmm ok
Linda: i love their pasta
Linda: and brownie :)
Laura: i thouht you dont eat sweets
Linda: this brownie is not so sweet",Linda and Laura are going to an Italian restaurant tomorrow.
13821155,"Natalie: Well well weeeeeell, I see somethings going on here at last
Martin: (Y)
Adam: any confirmed data?
Anna: Hello everyone!!! Id love to invite everybody to my bday. I would be extremaly happy if you could come 6th of November at 1930
Martin: <3
Margot: <3
Mia: (Y)",Anna organises a birthday's party on the 6th of November at 19:30.
13681586,"Mia: babe, do you mind if i go out after work tonight?
Elliot: yeah, sure. go for it ;) 
Mia: thanks, babe. it's gonna be girls night out 
Elliot: what're u up to?
Mia: well, you know we gonna grab some drinks have some nice time outside of work
Elliot: don't be too late please and if you need me to pick u up just give me a ring ","Mia is going out after work tonight with her female friends. If she wants, Elliot will come and pick her up."
13681541,"Jayden: But I don't need kids. Kids means over. At least for a woman
Brennan: Over what ?
Jayden: The end of normal life. Being pregnant, suffering because of this etc
Brennan: Hmm so I need to look for another mother to my kids then. Haha
Jayden: Being obligated to be with the. 24h. Men have only sex and they wait for kids while women suffer
Brennan: I don't agree...
Jayden: I wish I could do the same. Then probably i would say the same like u.
Brennan: Guys like me would be there through it all to reduce the suffering
Jayden: Physical suffering. No one can do anything with this. I wish I could just have sex and wait for a baby while having a normal life. Not getting fat, having the same body, the same breast and not disgusting ... Not feeling sick, not having pain, being able to do every day stuff even like walking...
Brennan: It's gonna happen eventually
Jayden: I was I'm a store, behind me there was a pregnant woman, she dropped some money and she couldn't even take them from the floor... I had to help her
Brennan: That's because she's about to give birth
Jayden: I hope that maybe soon they will be possible to have a child without being pregnant. Yes! And she's suffering
Brennan: Any I'm sorry for feeding you with my bullshit
Jayden: While a man is doing his normal stuff. U mean the conversation?
Brennan: I hope you find a guy that can give you the sex you want and not get pregnant
Jayden: Would be awesome
Brennan: I'm gonna go to sleep now. Good night
Jayden: I said I don't want to have any children now! Maybe in the future when I have a good job, I'm financially independent. Good night",Jayden explains Brennan why she doesn't want to be pregnant.
13680611,"Steve: BTW, USA won last night!
Gulab: I forgot to check!
Steve: England playing tomorrow at 2:00!
Gulab: That's right, Croatia?
Steve: Yep.",USA won last night. England is playing against Croatia tomorrow at 2.
13729722,"John: Ela i am coming in 10 mins please give me my walle outside t i forgot it
Ela: yes just saw it when you are here call me
John: but your phone is busy thats why i messaged keep it free please i am getting late
Ela: oh yes was talking to mom ... its free now
John: ok",John forgot his wallet. He wants Ela to give it to him outside in 10 minutes.
13730529,"Mary: Did you tell your sister I am doing online job?
Mark: yes !
Mary: why
Mark: because she keep saying your good for nothing?
Mary: dint I tell you I don’t care?
Mark: what happened?
Mary: see I don’t want to prove anything to anyone..
Mark: I know… but I was just feeling proud so it was kind of show off…
Mary: she is asking everyone… and trying to get to the people I am working for
Mark: really!! I am sorry for that…
Mary: don’t be! I understand your feelings…  but u know how she is…
Mark: I know!! :? 
Mary: don’t be sad now its ok.. she cant do much about it… chill its ok but just be careful
Mark: I will be ..
Mary: btw it feels good that she is so jealous :P
Mark: lol my aim was to make her feel jealous
Mary: but i dont like it that she tries to contact the people i am working for ... what does she want?
Mark: may be she wants to confirm if its true... because its not easy to digest that your working from home and earning well!!!
Mary: whatever i just hate her
Mark: chill now .... :) love you
Mary: i am chilled :cool: ... love you too honey",Mark told his sister that Mary is doing an online job. Mark's sister is contacting people to confirm it. Mark thinks she's jealous. Mary hates Mark's sister.
13813575,"Fiona: Are you free?
Tina: Yes, what's up?
Fiona: I'm trying to prepare a nice dinner for Chris and I thought that maybe I could prepare this tart of yours :)
Tina: I'm flattered!
Fiona: Well, it IS delicious :) Could help me do it?
Tina: Sure! It's not difficult. Do you have anything ready?
Fiona: I must admit I bought the crust...
Tina: Oh, ok :P Pity, but well, it's too late now.
Fiona: I tried making the filling once, but I finished with lemony scrambled eggs...
Tina: It happens, don't worry. The thing is that once you start adding eggs you can't stop mixing it, otherwise you'll end up with scrambled eggs.",Fiona wants to prepare dinner for Chris. She is thinking of Tina's tart. She will help her make it.
13865384,"Peadar: So who's coming for a drink later then??!
Clare: Oh lols soz I'm not in town
Annette: A drink?!!?!!
Peadar: A drink!!!
Annette: I’m home sick soz huns
Annette: Got lung lurgy
Oli: Are people at Jesus bar now?
James: Heading to Jesus bar now! Come join :) turn left as you come into college
Anne: Woops.. . Sorry guys I double booked myself!
Helen: Yes! Jesus bar, from around 9.15 ish
Peadar: Was that just a question oli😋 or did you mean... I'll join ye😁
Oli: I cycled and ran around the bar, but couldn't find anyone 😢
Clare: You cycled around the bar?
Oli: To the bar 😅
Helen: 🙈😍😇",Annette is sick. James is going to the Jesus bar. Oli couldn't find anyone near the bar.
13728017,"Ryan: I have a bad feeling about this
Ryan: <file_other>
Sebastian: Ukraine...
Sebastian: This russian circus will never end...
Ryan: I hope the leaders of of nations will react somehow to this shit.
Sebastian: I hope so too :(",Ryan and Sebastian are worried about the political situation in Ukraine.
13729058,"Finn: Hey
Zadie: Hi there! What's up?
Finn: All fine. You? 
Zadie: Not bad, thanks 
Finn: Look, I was thinking of going to this neighborhood called Elephant and Castle tomorrow, it's apparently full of Latin American stuff. Fancy joining? 
Zadie: Sure! But what's ""stuff""? 😂
Finn: lol So apparently it's a place were random people from ""Latin America"" (meaning fuck knows which countries) started running small businesses and restaurant, and a nice little community was formed
Zadie: Oh cool 
Finn: Then capitalism came and it's all going to be demolished soon, so it's like the last chance to go
Zadie: What a shame :( Yeah, I haven't had Latin American 😂 food for ages so I'm totally up for it
Finn: Can't wait to taste this cuisine of unspecified Latino origin lol
Zadie: 😂😂😂
Finn: But we can specify time and place if and only if you wish 
Zadie: I might be tempted to lol I'd say early evening, 2-ish?
Finn: Yeah, that's fine by me. So most of the places we want to visit are in this Elephant and Castle shopping centre. Shall I see you at the main entrance, wherever that is 
Zadie: 2 o'clock at unspecified main entrance then? Sounds good to mw
Finn: Yer
Zadie: Cool, see you there! And thanks so much for remembering about me 💜💜💜
Finn: Thanks for saying yes to such an ill-defined plan lmao 
Zadie: Ha ha You know I love those
Finn: See you tomorrow then 
Zadie: Yep Call me if you get lost
Finn: I will I will 🤙 byeeee 
Zadie: Toodles",Finn and Zadie are going to Elephant and Castle tomorrow at 2. They will meet at the main entrance.
13611803,"Harry: and? have you listened to it?
Jacob: listened to what?
Harry: to the song i sent you 3 days ago -.-
Jacob: oh shit, i completely forgot...
Harry: ofc again
Jacob: don't be like this :* i'll do that later tonight
Harry: heh, okay
Harry: i'm really curious what you'll think about it
Jacob: i'll let you know, a bit busy right now, speak to you later!
Harry: okay",Jacob hasn't listened to the song Harry sent him 3 days ago. Jacob will do it later tonight and let Harry know what he thinks.
13729817,"Ray: u in ur room?
Max: no whats up
Ray: someone locked the door from outside -_-
Max: wtf xD
Ray: yeah dude cmon u gotta let me out
Max: but im out
Ray: are u kidding me
Max: sorry man XD
Ray: dude i have to pee
Max: HAHAHAHHAHAHA XD
Ray: thats not funny >.<
Max: it actually is xD
Ray: can u ask someone else to do it
Max: yea let me see if my roommates there
Ray: HURRY
Max: hes coming
Ray: tell him to HURRYYY
Max: hes on his way 
Ray: he opened it, thanks
Max: enjoy XD",Ray is locked in the room from the outside and he has to pee. Max's roommate will come and let him out.
13728051,"Kim: What kind of gift would you like to get?
Kim: Mom's asking.
Harry: Haha. No need for a gift for me :D
Harry: But you can tell your mom I just bought a new sofa and I need pillows.
Harry: If she asks for the colour, tell her that grey is the best :D
Kim: Sure! Thanks for info :) ","Kim is about to tell mom that Harry bought a new sofa, and he needs grey pillows."
13810694,"Josh: I need to buy an iPad?
Josh: do u think apple it's a good choice?
Brian: Nope, u gonna pay to have the sign of apple  on yr fucking iPad.
Josh: so what would u recommend?
Brian: u mean brands?
Brian: Samsung, Xiaomi, Sony
Brian: depends on yr budget..
Josh: let's say 2000..
Brian: what about this ? <file_other>
Brian: or this <file_other>
Brian: actually, if u want samsung I can get it cheaper for u
Josh: oh, good
Brian: call me after work, ok?
Josh: ok","Josh wants to buy a tablet and doesn't know which brand he should choose. According to Brian, other brands are better than Apple and he can get a Samsung tablet cheaper. Josh will call Brian after work to talk about it."
13820547,"Olafur: are we doing anything for New Year's Eve?
Nathalie: I was thinking about something classy, like opera or sth like that
Zoe: how much does it cost?
Olafur: opera is not for me
Nathalie: so what do you propose?
Nathalie: it's 100$ 
Olafur: I was thinking about partying somewhere
Nathalie: partying sounds fun, as long as it will be classy
Zoe: <file_link>
Zoe: Breakfast at Tiffany's party sounds classy
Olafur: <file_link> 
Olafur: is it classy enough?
Nathalie: :O
Nathalie: this club is AMAZING
Zoe: whoa
Nathalie: we'll going to Soho then
Olafur: we just need to hurry up and buy some tickets soon
Zoe: sure","Nathalie, Olafur and Zoe are planning the New Year's Eve. Nathalie wants something classy. Olafur doesn't like opera. They want to go to the Breakfast at Tiffany's party in Soho."
13731456,"Frank: wat are u doing??
Andy: watching Arrow B)
Frank: dont u have a quiz tomorrow :/
Andy: yeah, so? :3
Frank: so go study for it 
Andy: its a small quiz
Frank: so it doesnot matter??
Andy: it does, but ..
Frank: but??
Andy: i'll study for it tomorrow
Frank: yea like ur gonna wake up on time for that -_-
Andy: dude your not my dad
Frank: -_-",Frank tries to encourage Andy to learn for the tomorrow's quiz.
13728313,"Kim: Hey, listen, have you got any idea where I can get some fresh ramal fish in Warsaw?
Margot: Hi, I don't know about ""fresh"", but you could try the marketplace at Polna street. 
Margot: Other than that, I haven't got a clue...
Kim: Already tried Polna :(
Margot: Ah!
Margot: Hm...
Margot: And did you check Internet for fish market in Warsaw?
Kim: Yeah, there's none.
Kim: Or I didn't find it. 
Margot: You could have a look at restaurants' menus. And if you find it there, you could ask about their source. 
Margot: Although I'm not sure they'd eager to give you such infromation. But you can always try..
Kim: Great idea, I haven't though about this! Thx!
Kim: I'll try. After all, I have nothing to loose. 
Margot: Btw, is there a special occasion you want to cook it for?
Kim: Yes! Acctually I'll grill it ;)
Kim: And it's a surprise, so I'm not giving away any details!
Margot: I'm so curious!
Margot: I understant it's sth good, so I'm happy for you girl :)
Kim: Indeed, it's good. But you won't get any more infromation from me now.
Kim: All in good time :)
Margot: Cruel you! Find that fish!!! ;)
Kim: :D",Kim needs to get some fresh fish in Warsaw. Kim will ask at restaurants about their source. Kim is planning something special but won't share any details with Margot for now.
13730868,"Tom: Ben. We've decided. 2pm in the Oval Room.
Ben: Ok, I'll be there
Tom: Take all your papers, it's going to be a fight! And remember: take no prisoners, shoot to kill!
Ben: hahaha, we have to win this battle.
Tom: We will, the justice is on our side.",Tom will meet Ben in the Oval Room at 2pm and tells him to bring the papers. 
13862919,"Ashleigh: Looks like we're going to the cinema!! 
Ashleigh: <file_gif>
Peter: You got the job??
Ashleigh: I got hte job! :D
Peter: <file_gif>
Ashleigh: <file_gif>",Ashleigh got the job.
13682034,"Danna: How's your Saturday?
Reed: It was alright thanks
Danna: Good
Reed: Yours ?
Danna: Boring
Reed: Why?
Danna: I'm angry I called maybe 5-8 of my friends and they aren't around or are busy.
Reed: Shame
Danna: So it's is the next boring weekend for me
Reed: That sucks
Danna: The only thing I can do is watching TV -.-
Reed: Haha lucky you
Danna: Yeah haha
Reed: I don't have tv, our subscription expired and they never renewed it. They want us to pay for it so fuck it
Danna: Yeah. What are you doing?
Reed: I'm in bed
Danna: Work tomorrow?
Reed: No. Off tomorrow
Danna: Nice
Reed: Indeed",Danna has a boring weekend and is watching TV. Reed is in bed. He has a free day tomorrow.
13814407,"Antonio: Is everything okay? You've been quiet lately
Alivia: Oh, hi, yeah, I've just been working on my thesis
Alivia: Or rather trying to work, it's not going too well
Antonio: Oh :( Problems finding research materials?
Alivia: Well
Alivia: That isn't really as big a problem, the worst part is actually sitting down and writing
Alivia: I find the topic interesting and all, I don't mind reading articles and books
Alivia: But when I'm supposed to write, it's like I blank out and can't type a single word w/o thinking I sound stupid...
Antonio: I know the feeling...
Antonio: You should probably stop thinking about it so seriously, just write and you can edit it later
Antonio: Once you get past the initial difficulty, it'll get better, at least that's what it was like for me
Alivia: I'd like to think so... Thanks... I'll try. And thanks for your concern <3",Alivia has been taciturn lately. She was trying to write her thesis. She can't focus on writing. She'll try to follow Antonio's advice to start writing without overthinking.
13728444-1,"Maddie: I'm in Asda, do you need anything?
John: could do with a white bread and some apples 
Maddie: ok. Gala?
John: yes please ta",Maddie will buy a white bread and apples on John's request.
13829161,"Elliot: i can't talk rn, i'm rly busy
Elliot: can i call u back in about 2 hours?
Jordan: Not really, I'm going to a funeral.
Jordan: I'll call you tonight, ok?
Elliot: sure
Elliot: whose funeral is it?
Jordan: My colleague's, Brad.
Jordan: I told you about him, he had a liver cancer.
Elliot: i'm so sorry man, i hope u're ok
Elliot: i'll call u at 8 pm","Elliot can't talk to Jordan now, he's busy. He'll call him back at 8 pm. Jordan is going to Brad's funeral. He had liver cancer."
13680110,"Flo: OMG, I can't get into the salon until the 6th!
Gina: What? Why?
Flo: They're just too busy. I'm going to be gray! LOL!
Gina: Get you a touch-up kit at Tesco!
Flo: Gonna have to!",Flo cannot get an appointment at the salon until the 6th. Flo worries she's going to be gray. Flo will have to get a touch-up kit at Tesco.
13862785,"Rob: hey, pick up your phone :)
Ann: can't - meeting :)
Rob: sorry...
Ann: no problem - super boring one :) 
Ann: what you need babe?
Rob: I'm at the grocery store and was wondering if we need anything
Ann: some food :)
Rob: yeah, I figured that smartass :)
Ann: :*
Rob: details? so that you won't moan we don't have anything to eat :)
Ann: from what I remember we have everything for supper and lunch tomorrow, maybe some fruit and vegetables?
Rob: anything in particular?
Ann: cucumber, tomatoes, bananas, apples and whatever you like
Rob: ok","Rob is doing shopping at the grocery store. Ann ordered him to buy a cucumber, some tomatoes, bananas and apples."
13681246,"Marvin: When's the last time you got laid ?
Melany: I don't even remember..
Marvin: Hmm so there must be lots of cobwebs between your legs now huh hahaha",It's been very long since Melany last had sex. Marvin made an inappropriate joke about it.
13715777,"Eric: <file_video>, check it out :D
Samantha: HAHA, what is our favorite professor?
Eric: Talking about this recent scandal on the news :P
Noah: ""I am the smartest person alive, I knew this will happen"" :D
Samantha: Hahaha, now I don't even need to open the video","Eric, Samantha and Noah's professor is commenting a recent scandal on the news. "
13729335,"Jacky: I think you were right yesterday. 
David: What about? I'm right about most things :P
Jacky: Yeah, whole you ;)
Jacky: About taking the blame etc. 
David: Okey, I remeber. We'll talk later?
Jacky: With pleasure. I'll call you when I get home.","According to Jacky, David did the right thing taking the blame. They will talk when Jack comes back home."
13827914,"Chris: Hi there! Where are you? Any chance of skyping?
Rick: Hi! Our last two days in Cancun before flying to Havana. Yeah, skyping is an idea. When would it suit you?
Rick: We don't have the best of connections in the room but I can get you pretty well in the lobby.
Chris: What's the time in your place now?
Rick: 6:45 pm
Chris: It's a quarter to one in the morning here. Am still in front of the box.
Rick: Gracious me! Sorry mate. You needn't have answered.
Chris: 8-D
Rick: Just tell me when we could skype.
Chris: Preferably in the evening. Just a few hours earlier than now. And not tomorrow.
Rick: Shute! Only tomorrow makes sense as there's no workable internet in Cuba.
Chris: Could you make it like 3 pm your time?
Rick: Sure.
Chris: Perfect. So talk to you tomorrow.
Chris: Give my love to Helen please.
Rick: I will. Thx.",Rick and Helen are in Cancun. They're flying to Havana in two days. Chris and Rick will talk on Skype at 3 PM in Mexico.
13864619,"Ying: <file_photo>
Ying: my 10 years challenge everyone
Helen: wow
Norma: :O
Zazu: dude...
Zazu: I'm impressed","Ying sent a photo of his 10 years challenge to Helen, Norma and Zazu."
13612174,"Daniel: Yo, at what time do you get out of work?
Missy: At 6.
Daniel: Drinks after dinner?
Missy: Totally!
Daniel: Cool.",Daniel will see Missy after 6 for drinks.
13682284,"Pete: Did you clean the hamster cage?
Adelle: No. Is it my turn?
Pete: Yes. After school, no excuses.
Adelle: Fine.",Adelle has to clean the hamster cage after school.
13862773,"Randolph: Honey
Randolph: Are you still in the pharmacy?
Maya: Yes
Randolph: Buy me some earplugs please
Maya: How many pairs?
Randolph: 4 or 5 packs
Maya: I'll get you 5
Randolph: Thanks darling",Maya will buy 5 packs of earplugs for Randolph at the pharmacy.
13729857,"Jane: hey david, you're coming home for christmas next week right?
David: of course
Jane: good
Jane: do you know what your dad would like for christmas?
Jane: i can't think of anything
David: you should get him an ipad
David: he can read books, email, watch movies, play games
Jane: ok, that sounds good, where can i get one?
David: i'll order it online and have it shipped home
Jane: thanks for your help
Jane: and please let me know when you'll get here once your travel arrangements are set.",David is coming home for Christmas next week.  Jane has no idea what to buy their father so David is going to order an ipad online.
13731140-1,"Isabella: Hi Betty!
Isabella: It was very nice to listen about your work yesterday. Thank you for sharing that!
Isabella: If you wanted to do sth together, let me know. 
Betty: Thank you! ","Isabella is grateful to Betty for sharing the information about her work yesterday. Isabella offers Betty her company, should Betty want to do something together."
13680398,"Hollie: How are you?
Amy: hey
Amy: i'll get back to you later, working now
Hollie: Ok.","Hollie says hello to Amy, but Amy is busy working and can't chat right now."
13730772,"Huda: going swimming wanna join?
Alex: sure.. what time?
Huda: in 2 hours 
Alex: ok i will be there then
Huda: see ya",Alex will go swimming toghether with Huda in two hours. 
13819021,"Janet: I am ashamed. Who voted for this pussy? It's your fault.
Alison: Remember the Wizard of Oz? He might have melted.
Nicole: He’s a sissy boy.
Cheryl:  RAIN omfg thats so shameful and disrespectful 😡
Buff: Pussy in Chief.
Linda: Trump is selfish and inconsiderate.
Janet: What an embarrassment to our nation and the world!!!
Roz: Where is Elsie? I miss you vomit 😊
Cheryl: WTF EVER trumpola didnt want to mess up his pity full comb over.....
Janet: Trump = snowflake
Linda: Baby. He’s a spoiled brat baby. Nothing about Donald Trump to be proud of or want to defend.
Arlene: HIs hair and makeup would have been ruined!
Roz: Exactly 😊
Leslie: Which adviser, who he doesn't listen to anyway, thought missing this ceremony was a good idea? Shameful!
Eric: What a pussy. We should grab him and kick him to the curb.
Sue: All the other leaders managed to make it, so there is no excuse, for me.
Roz:  It's all about the hair.
Sue: afraid the colour of his orange hair would run????
Linda: Never heard of an umbrella :)","Janet, Nicole, Alison, Arlene, Leslie, Ros, Eric and Sue are all complaining about Donald Trump and his absence at the ceremony. "
13611559,"Teacher: Rashi, why are you so low? 
Rashi: Ma’am I’m a bit confused about my career. 
Teacher: What is your confusion?
Rashi: I was discussing with my friends about the career options. 
Teacher: Hmm.
Rashi: There are too many to choose from.
Teacher: Choose a career based on what truly interests you. 
Rashi: I have many that interests me. How does it determine the career?
Teacher: The passion you have for what you do drives you to success. 
Rashi: But what about earnings?
Teacher: Remember at some point of time one should learn to balance  between duties and success.
Rashi: How do I do that?
Teacher: Choose a career which interests you, get experienced and try to progress and widen the scope after a while.
Rashi: Hmm, ok.
Teacher: Something like earn and learn sort of..
Rashi: You are so right. I will remember this.
Teacher: So hope I managed to answer your questions.
Rashi: Yes mam! Thank you very much! 
Teacher : You are most welcome, Rashi.",Rashi is confused by too many career choices. Teacher advises him to choose something he has passion for and what interests him.
13862818,"Corbin: Is this the department in charge of school violence?
Dimitri: Yes, it is.
Corbin: I want to report school violence in our school.
Dimitri: Okay. What school are you in?
Corbin: Jungang high school. The student who is victim of the violence is my friend.
Corbin: They are not hitting him any more. But you should help my friend.
Corbin: If they notice I was the one who reported, they will hit me as well.
Dimitri: First, calm down. Give us your phone number. You will be safe.
Corbin: 486-984-324 It is.
Dimitri: Don’t worry. I will call you now, ok?",Corbin reported to the department in charge of school violence that his friend has been beaten.
13829829,"Marta: Hey hey :)
Marta: 😊
Marta: Do you happen to know a good technician, that fixes PC's? 😑
Joel: Hello! No, sorry. I only know of the guys in IT, back at the office. However Pablo, the best one on the team, he is on vacation this week..:/
Joel: Ask Cynthia or Elena, they might know someone.
Marta: Ok, thank you! Yes, I will give them a try 🤞","Marta needs help with the PC. On Joel's advice, she will contact Cynthia or Elena as they might know someone. "
13611640,"Ann: What should I prepare 4 my dad's birthday?
Fiona: How old is he?
Ann: turning 50
Fiona: wow, a round birthay, it must be sth big
Ann: I know, but I don't have any idea
Fiona: surprise party?
Ann: My dad hates dose
Fiona: ok, so what does he like?
Ann: I don't know, he watch a lot of military movie
Fiona: well, a movie ticket is probably not what you thought of
Ann: not even close
Fiona: Maybe some event. U know like bungee jumping or parachute jump
Ann: that would be nice but he's afraid of heights
Fiona: damn, maybe sth you can do together
Ann: well I was plannig dinner with the whole family, but that's not enough
Fiona: yes, there should be sth special also
Ann:  I know, but I'm out of 
Fiona: Let me think. Nothing with heights but maybe sth on the ground? Racing? Horse riding?
Ann: ok, it's a good direction. Maybe some team play, we could go with the whole family
Fiona: u said he likes military... maybe paintball? 
Ann: I don't know how my mum will react but I like it :D
Fiona: I guess she's not into military
Ann: not really, no. But it's dad's birthday so she has to accept it. Thx for the help
Fiona: no problem",Ann doesn't know what she should give to her dad as a birthday gift. He's turning 50. Fiona tries to help her and suggests a paintball match.
13828103,"Lincoln: Heeyyy ;* whats up
Fatima: I talked to Jenson, he’s not too happy ;p
Lincoln: the place sucks??
Fatima: No, the place is ok, I think, we can go there, it’s about Alene
Lincoln: typical, dont worry about it
Fatima: He thinks she may have a depression :[
Lincoln: nothin new, everyone has it, she needs a doctor then
Fatima: But she won’t go ;/
Lincoln: so she’s destroying her life fuck it its not your problem
Fatima: It is, they’re both my friends!
Lincoln: you better think what to do if they break up
Fatima: Ehh yes Ill have a problem ;//
Lincoln: both blaming each other and talking with you about it, perfect
Fatima: Alene is just troubled… She’d been through a lot…
Lincoln: everyone has their problems, the question is are ya doin sth about them
Fatima: She has problems facing it, don’t be surprised :[
Lincoln: then it is her problem
Fatima: You are so cruel at times… o.O
Lincoln: maybe, for me its just a common sense
Fatima: Why can’t everyone be just happy???
Lincoln: youll not understand, you had good childhood, nice parents, you have no idea
Fatima: Probably, true… Well I can be just grateful o.o
Lincoln: do that and stop worrying about others, youre way to bautful for that <3
Fatima: :*:*:*",Fatima is worried about Jenson and Alene. Alene has issues. Lincoln doesn't want Fatima to worry about others too much.
13829756,"Lisa: I have to clean the house.
Bob: Yes, it's very dirty.
Lisa: You can help me.
Bob: Why me?
Lisa: Because you helped make it dirty.
Bob: What do you want me to do?
Lisa: I want you to clean the bathroom.
Bob: Oh, that's easy.
Lisa: Clean the sink, the tub, the counter, and the toilet.
Bob: That's a lot of work.
Lisa: Tell me when you finish.
Bob: I don't think so. You'll just give me more work. ","Bob is going to help Lisa clean the house, he will clean the bathroom. "
13729790,"luke: Hey, was just thinking, we should avail ourselves for team selection tomorrow regardless of our injuries
martial: thats what i was thinking also
luke: we should let Jose know that tomorrow
martial: the first thing in the morning infact
luke: the fixtures are really piling up and we need to help the team
martial: yeah, thats for sure, we are a family
luke: we will the coach know that we are ready to play
martial: despite the little pain, me i'm ready
luke: me too
martial: so we meet up at carrington and go to his office very early
luke: yeah, both of us
martial: ok, we'll go together
luke: cool 
martial: ok",luke and martial want to help the team and play despite their injuries. They will meet at carrington and go to the coach's office.
13812001,"Julie: <file_photo>
Emily: <3 Julie Love, i'm sending tons of kisses :* :* :* 🎄🎄🎄
Julie: Merry Christmas and a lovely mood throughout  the whole year, darling
Emily: Thank you, for you too <3
Julie: Thanks :* <file_photo> <file_photo>",Emily and Julie wish Merry Christmas to each other.
13828618,"Frederick: do u like ur new next door neighbors?
Frederick: they seemed really cool yesterday when we ran into them
Ricky: they're nice people but they're incredibly noise
Ricky: they also have parakeet that wouldn't stop squawking all night long hahaha
Frederick: sucks to be you",Ricky's new neighbours are nice but loud. They own a parakeet that makes a lot of noise throughout the night.
13729101,"Brenda: Hello, is this Sandra Donovan?
Sandra: Yes, well that was my maiden name, it's Sandra Taylor now.
Brenda: It's Brenda Riley, we used to work together in the clothes factory!
Sandra: Oh my God! Bren! How are you, it must be 25 years!
Brenda: I'm fine, I live in Stoke now, moved away from Brum in the late 90s.
Sandra: I still live in Kings Norton, same house, same husband! I've got 4 grandchildren now, ages 2, 4, 9 and 15! How about you?
Brenda: Unfortunately, my husband Bill died 5 years ago, I have only one grandchild, she's 7, my little angel, she doesn't remember her Gramps. 
Sandra: So sorry, love, I remember your Bill, he had long black hair and massive sideburns, didn't he?
Brenda: Well, yes, about 45 years ago, he was bald when he passed away. He loved to dance, he did Northern Soul, we both did actually. Went up to Wigan on weekends, happy times!
Sandra: Oh yes, I remember that craze, bit energetic for me! We liked disco instead! We had some great dinner dances with the factory, do you remember them?
Brenda: Yes! Us all dressed up with our long dresses and the men with their frilly evening shirts, lovely memories!
Sandra: Do you still see any of the girls from Lister's?
Brenda: No, but I heard that Marigold Carter died, very sad.
Sandra: Hey Bren, I've had a brainwave! How about we organise a reunion for the Lister's girls, look on social media for them?
Brenda: Actually, I was thinking along those lines! Do you fancy meeting up, just you and me? I can come down to Birmingham anytime.
Sandra: That would be lovely! Can you manage it next Saturday? We could meet about 11ish and go for lunch and a good old trip down memory lane!
Brenda: Oh yes! I'd love that! I'll get back to you about train times soon!
Sandra: Ok! Bye love!",Sandra and Brenda used to work together in the clothes factory 25 years ago. Sandra still lives in Kings Norton. Brenda lives in Stoke now. Her husband Bill died 5 years ago. They will meet in Birmingham for a lunch next Saturday about 11. They want to organize a reunion for the Lister's girls. 
13731428,"John: wanna go see ""A Star is Born"" on Wed?
Joan: sorry can't
Joan: super busy 
Joan: don't have time for anything :( 
John: that's a shame
Joan: I'm free on Thursday
John: I could do Thursday
Joan: ok! so around 8pm?
John: sure sounds great
John: I'll see where it's palying and send you the details
Joan: ok great!","Joan and John are going to watch ""A Star is Born"" on Thursday around 8 p.m."
13680972,"George: Hi Donna. I've been trying to catch you.
Donna: What about?
George: A rather delicate matter.
Donna: Did you catch AIDS?
George: Very funny!
Donna: It is, isn't it?
George: I don't think so.
Donna: Too bad. So what do you want?
George: Could we meet and discuss it somewhere?
Donna: Like where?
George: Like in a coffee shop or somewhere.
Donna: You sure a coffee shop is better to discuss delicate matters.
George: Come to think of it, you are right. It's not.
Donna: See? So what's up?
George: Couldn't you come to my place tonight?",Donna will pay George a visit tonight to discuss a personal matter.
13863010,"Louis: Gotta go, my mom's calling me
Fabian: Ok, see ya
Louis: See ya",Louis finishes the conversation with Fabian because his mother is calling.
13681192,"Crystal: <file_photo>
Irene: He's so big!
Crystal: <file_photo> 
Crystal: I know right!
Irene: and so cute!
Crystal: he got so big he doesn't fit his clothes anymore
Irene: time to go shopping with my little boy <3
Crystal: yeah im just gonna go brankrupt
Irene: Let me take him, I also promise to buy him something
Crystal: you really wanna do that?
Irene: why nont? I'm his aunt!
Crystal: well yeah it's just such a drag
Irene: you were always a bore when shopping :P just let me take the little man
Irene: well have fun!
Crystal: ok ",Irene will take Crystal's son shopping for clothes.
13864835,"Tony: <photo_file>
Amy: Sweet little cat <3
Lucas: Adorable!! ",Tony sent a photo of his cat to Amy and Lucas.
13727809,"Matt: Hey
Matt: I got my ticket for Dawid Podsiadlo!!!
Matt: So stoked!
Thomas: Whooaa that's great!!
Matt: I will see you there then! 
Thomas: Yes for sure
Thomas: Remind me before 
Thomas: Like the day before k? 
Matt: For sure 
Matt: Who you're going with 
Thomas: by myself for now
Thomas: I meant until now haha
Matt: Right on 
Matt: I am so stoked tho
Thomas: Me too 
Matt: I might ask a few more people if they're coming ;) 
Thomas: Maria was interested I think 
Thomas: But I am not too sure
Thomas: i will ask her","Matt got a ticket for Dawid Podsiadlo's concert. Thomas is going, too."
13727769,"Chris: Oh, and we pushed some girls into the pool :)
June: That's not nice!
Chris: Depends how u look at it ;)
June: How come?
Chris: Well, we got them to undress, 'cause they were soaking wet :)
June: Ur awful!",Some girls had to undress because they had been pushed into the pool.
13865290,"Jeff: Should we go to the village party?
Lia: I'm too tired after hiking
Mico: I'd like to go, there may be some hot boys!
Lia: I doubt
Jim: like a real village boy?
Jim: who doesn't even speak English?
Mico: yes, the dummer, the better
Jim: haha, stupid fucks good, they say
Mico: I confirm!
Lia: not my cup of tea
Mico: I'll go there, who wants to join?
Jeff: I'll go as well
Mico: wanna drive?
Jeff: so you could drink?
Mico: would be nice, hahah
Jeff: not excited, but ok
Mico: thanks!",Mico and Jeff will go to the village party. Jeff will drive.
13828832,"Paul: hey Matthew did you find anyone to couch the game Saturday?
Matthew: hey Paul, no still looking 
Paul: my plans changed so I can do it if you need 
Matthew: ahh yes that be great! thank you 
Paul: no problem see you Saturday ",Paul can couch the game on Saturday as Matthew hasn't found anyone to do that yet. 
13716127,"Luke: my train arrives at 3 pm
Luke: anyone can pick me up?
Jacob: i am at work till 5
Fred: i can pick you up at 3:15 approximately
Fred: is that ok?
Luke: yes i will wait! thanks Freddy",Freddy will pick Luke up at about 3:15 pm.
13729042,"Ryan: You're going to the casting? 
Ryan: So you think you can dance 🤩
Jack: I am! 
Jack: this time im going
Ryan: U should go really
Jack: I know, wanna come with me? 
Ryan: I thought about it! 
Jack: Nice well! I will meet you there! 😝😝😝",Ryan and Jack are going to the casting for a dance show.
13818511,"Joanne: What are your plans for the holidays?
Evelyn: Nothing. I’ll stay at home and rest.
Joanne: You must be exhausted after the past few weeks
Evelyn: It’s been hectic
Joanne: I’m going back home.
Evelyn: To France?
Joanne: Yes. Not that I want to go…
Evelyn: Why? You always liked spending Christmas with your family.
Joanne: I did. But my parents separated a few months ago
Joanne: It is still pretty tense…
Evelyn: I’m sorry to hear that
Joanne: My dad left my mum for his secretary
Joanne: Such a cliché 
Joanne: My mum is devastated
Joanne: So I’m basically going to cheer her up 
Joanne: It’s really hard for her now
Joanne: For me it’s also not easy
Evelyn: I can imagine!
Evelyn: If you want to bring your mum over here we could spend Christmas together.
Joanne: Thanks, that’s really sweet. But I don’t think she’s in a condition for that. She’s been very depressive lately. ",Joanne is going to go back home to France for the holidays. She's going to cheer her mum up because her parents separated a few months ago. Evelyn offers Joanne to spend Christmas together if she brings her mum over here. 
13829996,"Carla: Hey
Carla: how are you today?
Raul: not too well
Carla: what's wrong? did you sleep?
Raul: it was a really crappy night
Raul: and yesterday evening
Raul: and today morning
Raul: i started off with a fag
Raul: i don't even know what triggered me off 
Raul: yesterday Jen had to go to a friend
Raul: she'd broken up with her bf and Jen went to sit with her
Raul: and she stayed for the night
Raul: so i thought it's be a good evening just for myself
Raul: but i was just so pissed off all the time
Raul: and then i had those weird dreams of my uncle
Carla: shit ;/ sounds awful
Raul: yeah it was :/
Carla: ;*",Raul's had a bad night and day. 
13728493,"Angie: Hello. I'd like to make an appointment. 
Ms. Quinn: Hello. Of course. What's your medical issue?
Angie: It's kind of private...
Ms. Quinn: I understand. No chats are recorded. And I need to know what you're coming in with to direct you to the correct doctor. 
Angie: Well, fine. I have severe stomach pain.
Ms. Quinn: When did it start?
Angie: Like an hour ago. I took some pills but to no avail. 
Ms. Quinn: I understand. Do you have your doctor?
Angie: Yes. Doctor Cartman.
Ms. Quinn: He's not in today. Doctor McCormick can see you in an hour. Will that be fine?
Angie: Yes, thank you. I'm on my way.
Ms. Quinn: I've signed you up and I'll tell the doctor you're coming. ",Angie's having an appointment with Doctor McCormick in an hour. She has strong abdominal pain.
13729529,"Kelvin: Excuse me Miss. When do we sit for our CAT 2?
Naheeda: Can we have it during the statistics class?
Kelvin: I don't think so because we will be having the statistics CAT.
Naheeda: Okay it is up to you guys to choose the time then.
Kelvin: Okay. Wait I will talk with the other class members then I'll tell you their decision
Naheeda: Okay then don't take too long.
Kelvin: Sure",Kelvin and the other class members will discuss the time for their CAT 2 and share their decision with Naheeda soon.
13716897,"Linda: hey have we decided on a lunch place yet?
Ronnie: thought we were going for sushi
Linda: Karen said she hates raw fish or something
Karen: nah I'm ok with sushi, just thought we would go for smth cheaper this time ;p 
Karen: hard times are a-coming xd
Ronnie: been craving sushi all week long :( but i sooo get, K, maybe we should dial it down with the fancy places
Linda: hey there is this pasta joint right next to our apartement
Linda: you get it in like takeout boxes. we could take these out to the park
Ronnie: so down with that!
Karen: same here! let's wait for Amanda tho
Linda: @Amanda are you ok with pasta for lunch?
Ronnie: let's hope she checks her fb this time haha
Amanda: hey guys, yes! whatever works for me :)","Karen wants something cheaper than sushi for lunch. Linda, Ronnie and Karen will get takeout pasta boxes to the park."
13730939,"Marty: Hiya, I have a favour to ask... can you pick up Marcel from school?
Christine: Sure, you ok?
Marty: Not really, I think I have sprained my ankle...
Christine: Oh no, have you seen see a doctor?
Marty: I was gonna see how it went today and might go tomorrow...
Christine: Are you sure? I'm happy to take you now if you want?
Marty: Nah, it can wait, that'll leave us in trouble with the kids...
Christine: OK, I'll pick up Marcel then.
Christine: Do you need anything from the shops or something?
Marty: No we are good thanks. we'll have pizza night, Marcel can sort us out...
Christine: I'm on a late shift tomorrow, shall I take Marcel in tomorrow morning? I'll take you to the doctor afterwards if you want?
Marty: That would be awesome, thank you for your help...
Christine: No problem, you'll have to call the school though.
Marty: Good one, will do that now...
Christine: See you around 4.
Marty: Thank you so much!",Marty thinks she has sprained her ankle. Marty wants to go to the doctor tomorrow. Christine will pick up Marcel from school today. Tomorrow Christine will take Marcel to school and Marty to the doctor. Marty will call the school. Christine and Marty will meet around 4. 
13813429,"Peyton: I have been asking you to bring that video game for me
Cameron: Honey, I am not having enough time to come home
Peyton: When would you come home?
Cameron: I will have to stay out of town for another week i guess
Peyton: Cant you just deliver that game through the courier? :P
Cameron: Dont be mean :/
Peyton: Get the job done and come to home then. ASAP :P",Peyton is expecting Cameron to bring the video game. Cameron will probably be out for another week.
13828511,"Willyx: how did your job interview go?
Alicja: it's tomorrow :D
Willyx: sorry
Alicja: it's ok :)
Willyx: let me know how it went
Alicja: sure",Alicja's job interview is tomorrow. She will inform Willyx how it goes.
13729320-1,"Paul: I just came back home
Paul: What a busy day
Paul: I forgot about my physiotherapy 
Emma: Oh no
Paul: It's ok, I'll schedule a new appointment
Emma: I'll be home after midnight
Paul: Do you want me to prepare some food for you?
Emma: That would be lovely","Paul forgot about his physiotherapy and he will schedule a new appointment. Emma will be home after midnight, so Paul will prepare some food for her."
13729210,"Sean: I overslept :/
Sam: Again??
Sean: I know.",Sean overslept again.
13680312,"Chris: <file_photo>
Chris: Maybe not he best photo XD
Chris: and im the middle one here
Chris: and you can bring swimming trunks as well because there's opportunity to go to jacuzzi in our garden :))
Tom: a jacuzzzzzi????
Chris: oohhhh yeeaahh
Tom: O my godddd.
Tom: Is it big enough for a few people? I feel I woul feel wierd out there on my own :)
Chris:  Yeee, for 5-6 people no problem.
Tom: So you and your brother will join me? :D
Chris: Yes hahaha meybe we can invite someone else or only our little group.
Chris: An maybe watch sth on TV or just make a conversation hhahaha
Tom: Wait you've got a tv outside????
Chris: well we can bring it there :P
Chris: From our living room
Tom: Do you have WiFi?
Chris: Yes
Tom: Nice, I only get 6GB on my phone when I get outside Ireland
Chris: Yeah, kind a low amount
Tom: Can't wait!
Chris: Me too! :)",Chris and Tom are planning a meeting at Chris' place. Chris has a Jacuzzi in his garden. Chris has WiFi and can bring his TV outside. Tom has a low internet limit whenever he's outside of Ireland.
13730736,"Harry: heyyyy are you there??
Cindy: Yes dear what is it?
Harry: Can you call Ela and tell her i need to talk urgent please pick my call.
Cindy: what happened now? an other fight :O
Harry: please tell her
Cindy: MAN! you guys... am i some kind of a messenger service here?
Harry: PLEASEEEEEEEEE ?
Cindy: ok doing.... but thats the last time.
Harry: Yes like always:P
Cindy: Hate you seriously man.
Harry: Thank you
Cindy: Done you can call her now.",Ela is not taking Harry's phone calls. Cindy calls Ela at Harry's request.
13829218,"Adam: Did you take the dog for a walk?
Mike: No, I did not have time,
Adam: Ok, I'll take him with me.","Mike didn't have time to take the dog for a walk, so Adam will take it with him."
13729697,"Sophie: When r u going to Poanań?
Murphy: On Tuesday. 
Sophie: And you're coming back the same day?
Murphy: Yes, in the afternoon, but I don't know the exact hour. ",Murphy is going to Poanań on Tuesday and coming back on the same day in the afternoon.
13729407,"Monica: How are you doing?
Gaia: I'm fine, mum.
Monica: All good at the university?
Gaia: A lot of work, but all good.
Monica: I guess you'll have a lot of exams this term
Gaia: 6
Gaia: But only one is really hard ",Gaia has 6 exams this semestre. One is very difficult.
13680992,"Mr. Williams: Ms. Blair, would you like to go for a coffee?
Ms. Blair: I thought you'd never ask.
Mr. Williams: That's outstanding. Do you have a favourite coffee place?
Ms. Blair: I actually do. It's near the square in a side alley.
Mr. Williams: I think I know which one. Let's say 2 p.m.?
Ms. Blair: Sounds great. See you there :)",Mr. Williams invites Ms. Blair for a coffee. They will go to her favourite coffee place near the square in a side alley at 2 p.m.
13810012,"Serena: Have you been to the doctor lately?
Jeff: No, why?
Serena: Just wondering what he says about your skin condition?
Jeff: It's fine right now. 
Serena: That's good!
Jeff: The cold weather sets it off and if I eat too much of the wrong foods, but otherwise fine.
Serena: So you don't have to be on meds?
Jeff: Not all the time. Why?
Serena: Tina has the same thing and takes meds on the daily.
Jeff: She must have a different kind than me or a worse kind.
Serena: I guess so.
Jeff: It sucks, but it doesn't have to be every day.
Serena: That's good. I'll tell her. That will cheer her up!
Jeff: Good! Tell her to hang in there. She can call me if she has any questions.
Serena: Thanks!",Serena's skin condition is fine now and she doesn't have to take medication. Tina has a similar condition but takes medication on a daily basis. Tina can call Serena if she has questions. 
13821805,"Kristina: Girls!
Kristina: America's top model 
Kristina: on tv
Kristina: Watching? 
Jannette: omg
Jannette: Im not home yet
Kristina: New season ye!!
Estefania: Hmm 
Estefania: yeah Im watching this rn 
Kristina: Tyra Banks
Kristina: She never gets old
Estefania: I wanna look like her haha
Jannette: K I just got home 
Jannette: Had to run 
Jannette: <file_photo> 
Estefania: Hahaha","Kristina, Estefania and Jannette are watching America's Top Model."
13819314,"Marco: Are you coming to Bologna this fall?
Daniel: accidentally, I am flying today thought Bologna but only became I have to change there
Marco: wow! how long will you stay at the airport?
Daniel: 2 hours only
Marco: ok, that may be too short for me to see you
Simone: I may come in December for a weekend, if you want to host
Marco: with pleasure! and always, as I always tell you :)
Simone: great, I'll let you know",Daniel is going to Bologna today. He has to transfer there for a further flight. He will stay at the airport for two hours. Simone will visit Marco in December.
13829353,"Mike: will call u back in 2 hrs, ok? 
Mike: can't talk right now, sry
Mike: *sorry
Dale: cool, no problem
Dale: until then",Mike will call Dale back in 2 hours.
13729285,"Gemma: How's it going?
Timmy: A bit down 2day.
Gemma: Y?
Timmy: Oh, bad day at work. Can u imagine? Boss snapped at me!
Gemma: That bitch! What did u do?
Timmy: Nothing. Minding my own business, doing work stuff and suddenly starts shouting and screaming. Doesn't matter. How about u?
Gemma: Well, I think this might cheer u up a bit :)
Timmy: What is it?
Gemma: I'm organising a bbq at the weekend :) wanna come?
Timmy: Love to! What do I bring?
Gemma: Some wine will be fine.
Timmy: What about food?
Gemma: Others and I will cover it.
Timmy: Others? I thought it was a date :P
Gemma: U remember I have a bf, right?
Timmy: Yeah. Just messing around ;) how many ppl?
Gemma: Don't know yet. ",Timmy had a bad day at work. Timmy will bring some wine to Gemma's bbq at the weekend.
13812250,"Pat: Hi, it's Pat here. I have a slight delay, a couple of hours, so I will come in the evening, around 9pm. I hope it is not a problem...
Bart: Hi, no, not at all :) you didn't catch the train?
Pat: hehe, no. I thought today i was free from work, but i got another project to finish. So i will be tomorrow morning. Im sorry for those changes, i myself am surprise.
Bart: hahaha a tiny regret. Will you manage to get here on your own?
Pat: yeah, its ok. what would you suggest? if you could come and unlock the door, it would be great, but i can walk around the city as well.
Bart: of course I will open it for you. I can work in the morning from home. No problem. So we see each other tomorrow?
Pat: Thank you so much! haha
Bart: Are you a painter?
Pat: I hope I will eventually get in that train. Nope.
Bart: I thought you were.
Pat: this project is a stage project :)
Bart: Ah alright, youll tell all about it tomorrow :))
Pat: OK,, later",Pat will arrive at around 9 pm. Bart will open the door and work in the morning from home. 
13730167,"Erin: hey what's up. what you're doing today? Would you find some time to do the interview? :)
Ashley: Hi! I’m free whenever
Erin: Great, are you at the camp?
Ashley: Yep, I’m here now.
Erin: Ok I can come over there
Ashley: Sounds good. Just shoot me a message and we can meet at the pool or restaurant
Erin: Alright!
Erin: Is the wifi good today?
Ashley: Yeah pretty decent, but usually it's less spotty in the restaurant area
Erin: Ok I see, so the restaurant it is
Ashley: Alright
Erin: I'm on my way!
Ashley: I'm sitting in the back",Erin will meet Ashley in the restaurant for the interview. 
13865416,"Maria: hey guys!
Maria: everything ready for the conference?
Kate: yes, almost
Tommy: I think we will have a good panel
Sam: I really hope there will be some people
Tommy: we should have good audience
Maria: Are you preparing a power point?
Tommy: I'll have a prezi
Maria: you're paying for it?
Tommy: it's good, worth the money
Maria: how much is it?
Tommy: I believe $10 a month for academics
Maria: not that bad","Maria, Kate, Tommy and Sam are going to a conference. Tommy will use Prezi instead of Power Point. He has a Prezi subscription for $10 a month."
13828681,"Maxwell: Thank you for tonight, payment as usual?
Jeanice: Yes, 8 hours
Maxwell: What would I do without you…
Jeanice: That’s my job :D
Maxwell: But you can do your job good or bad… I’m grateful I found you
Jeanice: Me too, our cooperation is very good ^^
Maxwell: And the kids… They really like you
Jeanice: I know, they’re cute
Maxwell: Wait, I heard there was some problem with Marcus at school…
Jeanice: Nothing very serious, he argued with a friend but they didn’t fight
Maxwell: Oh, ok, the teacher sounded like it was something terrible
Jeanice: In a way it was, he didn’t want to stop when a teacher reacted and he was pretty aggressive
Maxwell: That’s worse… Have you noticed him behaving in a strange way recently?
Jeanice: Not at all, cute as usual. But… he gets very angry for stupid reasons
Maxwell: For example?
Jeanice: You know, his sister taking sth from him… He’s not aggressive but more… loud than usual, if you know what I mean
Maxwell: Yes, I understand, I need to do something about it. Anyway, thank you for informing me.
Jeanice: No problem Mr. Hall, I’m always here to help ;)
Maxwell: We could grab a coffee some time and talk through all the issues.
Jeanice: Yea, maybe, I have to go,  I'll let you know
Maxwell: OK, thanks, you're the best :)","Maxwell pays Jeanice for 8 hours of babysitting and is grateful he found her. His son argued with a friend at school, and got agressive when the teacher reacted. Jeanice hasn't noticed if he has acted strangely recently. Maxwell and Jeanice can grab a coffe some time to discuss all the issues. "
13864454,"Mike: Let's go for a beer
Tom: Now?
Mike: Yes
Ben: Ok","Mike, Tom and Ben will go for a beer."
13828973,"Leah: i've just met the creepiest guy on the earth :|
Samantha: :o i'm all ears
Leah: last night i went to the poetry reading
Leah: this guy approached me, introduced himself and we started talking
Leah: he was rly boring, but, you know, i didn't want to be rude, he didn't seem to be a psycho, so i kept talkig to him
Leah: at one point he mentioned that ""we have something in common"", because we both speak german
Samantha: charming :D
Leah: i was like: ""erm, ok, how do you know about this, i don't know you, i didn't tell you about this""
Leah: he just brushed it off and kept talking
Leah: at one point he asked me about an event i had attended and he NAMED ALL OF MY FRIENDS THAT HAD COME WITH ME
Leah: of course i didn't tell him about it
Samantha: wow, that's creepy as hell
Samantha: what did you do?
Leah: i asked him once again how did he know about all this stuff and he said that he googled me out
Samantha: WHAAAAT?
Samantha: i googled people out before, but i’m not that stupid (and creepy) to tell them about it :o
Leah: right?!
Leah: and now the best part
Leah: he googled me out, because he thought that i had a crush on him, because 2 weeks earlier  I LIKED A POST ON FB announcing that he was going to accompany poets on the guitar during the poetry reading
Leah: can you believe this?!
Samantha: LOOOOOOL
Samantha: men are fckin weird
Leah: AND he tried to walk me home, even though i told him straightforward that he was a creep
Samantha: girl, you're lucky that he didn’t kill you, what a psycho
Samantha: i would totally freak out",Leah met a creepy guy last night at a poetry reading. He knew she speaks German and named all the friends who went to a past event with her. She didn't tell him any of this. He googled her before. Leah had liked a post mentioning him 2 weeks earlier. 
13728295,"Dave: Hey, is Nicky still at your place? Her phone is off
Sam: She just left
Dave: Thanks!",Nicky has just left Sam's place. Her phone is off.
13863025,"Ken: Fuck you, you pimp
Greg: What?
Ken: Fuck you man, I want my money back
Greg: Was your account hacked by some prankster?
Ken: No, I'm the prankster, just having a laugh at your expense
Greg: Well, fuck you too then XD",Ken is trying to play a prank on Greg.
13728896,"Alexander: Personal request to send me message when you will be in taxi
Alexander: If any problem, call me
Tom: ;)
Tom: Thank You, I appreciate it
Alexander: Taxi confirmation below
Alexander: <file_photo>
Tom: Thank you for the transport, we arrived safely, although without luggages :/
Alexander: Good but bad
Tom: Yeeees","Tom arrived safely, but without his luggage."
13830023,"Asher: Have you seen there're 5 (!) bouncy castles in the hall?
Asher: And a HUGE bouncy dragon!! :o
Asher: <file_photo>
Shane: wow! :D it looks fantastic :o
Asher: What’s the occasion?
Shane: the university organised a carnival party for children :)
Shane: or at least this is what i heard in the dean's office
Asher: That's so cool! :>",The university is throwing a carnival party for kids.
13830056,"Ian: Honey, do not you know where my green folder is?
Sophie: Green?
Sophie: I have no idea.
Ian: I was sure I left it on the dining room table.
Sophie: Maybe Alex put it somewhere.
Sophie: Ask her.
Ian: ok, thx :*",Ian is looking for his green folder. Sophie hasn't seen it but maybe Alex will know.
13809969,"Adrian: Can you talk?
Simon: Not really, anything important?
Adrian: Not that much.
Simon: I'll be free at 5
Adrian: i'll you then",Simon will talk to Adrian in 5 minutes.
13727853,"Jen: I think I'm through with the dickhead. He's being a pain again. I'm going to tell him to move out.
Jane: Did he at least give you back the money he owes you?
Jen: No. He's freeloading and said he has no intention of giving back my money because I don't deserve it with the way I act.
Jane: He has a nerve doesn't he? How dare he?!!!
Jen: I've learnt to hate him with a passion. He's like vermin that you can't cull.
Jen: Abusive, nasty, annoying, irresponsible. He disgusts me.
Jane: Get rid of him! I told you right from the beginning that he's no good.
Jen: Yeah you were absolutely right.. as always.
Jane: I hate to say it but I can smell a fucktard a mile away.
Jen: I seem to pick them, don't I?
Jen: Sometimes I think it is my fault. If only I could be a better person, if only, if only....
Jane: You know that way of thinking will get you nowhere fast. It's self defeating. That's what the abusers want you think that you're bad and you deserve every bit of abuse that they dish out.
Jen: What if he doesn't leave? I'm afraid of asking him to leave 'cause it will only cause another fight.
Jane: You can't spend your whole life walking on eggshells.
Jen: Yeah, you're right... but how do I get out of this mess?
Jane: I think you've got to cut your losses and just move on.
Jen: Easier said than done.
Jane: I know. You've gotta do it Hon. If you don't things will only get worse. Think of how much worse they've already got since you met him.
Jen: Yeah you're right. Sometimes I just don't have the strength. 
Jane: I believe in you. Please do it! Remember I'm always there for you.",Jen is about to break up with her boyfriend. Jane knew from the beginning that they were not a good match. Jane is going to support Jen.
13828797,"Dean: Hey sweetheart
Dean: What's for dinner tonight :D
Poppy: Hey
Poppy: Dunno?
Dean: What do you mean you dunno :D
Poppy: Well, I'm not preparing anything tonight
Poppy: So I dunno
Dean: Nooo whyy I'm starving
Poppy: Grab something on the way back home
Dean: I guess I will!
Dean: What would you like me to get for you? :*
Poppy: Nothing I won't be home tonight
Dean: ???
Dean: You won't?
Poppy: Yeah I won't
Dean: What's up?
Poppy: Nothing
Poppy: I'll see you tomorrow
Dean: Where are you going to be tonight then?
Poppy: Not telling
Dean: :O
Dean: Why
Poppy: Because it's a secret
Poppy: :O
Dean: :O
Poppy: :O",Poppy is not going to be home tonight but she won't reveal the reason to Dean. She won't be making dinner so Dean has to get something on his way home.
13729708,"Gab: Ah that's better. Now we can message all we like.
Kat: :-)
Gab: So when can we meet up for a drink?
Kat: Fairly busy at the moment so I'm not sure when.
Gab: I'd love to meet you in real life.
Kat: I don't meet strange men from the internet.
Gab: Why not?
Kat: Not that sort of gal.
Gab: But you're talking to me, aren't you?
Kat: Yes, but that's different.
Gab: How so?
Kat: Just is.
Gab: But it would be so much nicer to do this cuddled up right next to you...
Kat: I think this was a mistake.
Gab: Are you there?
Gab: Where did you go?
Gab: Kat?",Gab wants to meet Kat in real life. Kat doesn't like Gab's insisting so she won't to talk to him at all.
13681082,"Agatha: My presentation is ready as we speak :)
Adam: oh cool, what course?
Agatha: Economics.
Adam: Is it interesting? I mean... your presentation.
Agatha: Definitely, I used recent research.
Adam: Sounds like you know what you're doing :P
Agatha: I'm just really into economics :)
Adam: no doubt about that",Agatha is proud of herself because she has finished her presentation in Economics. She is very interested in Economics.
13810132,"Sally: Hey! Imagine Dragons are coming to us!
Tim: So I've heard.
Sally: And you didn't tell me?! 
Tim: Come on. It's just a band...
Sally: It's not JUST a band, you jerk!
Sally: <file_video>
Sally: I've already checked the ticket availability. There are still some tickets for the standing area at our ABC Theatre. Shall we go together?
Tim: How much are they?
Sally: 70
Tim: When is the gig?
Sally: 12 July
Tim: Well, I may go.
Sally: Your enthusiasm is infectious, really... Try inviting me for some sports events and you'll see how happy I'll be.
Tim: Ok! Let's go! It'll be an unforgettable evening!
Sally: Jerk! I've aready bought the tickets, so put it in your diary
Tim: Done. ","Imagine Dragons have a concert at ABC Theatre on 12 July. Sally wants to go with Tim. She bought tickets, they cost 70."
13829686,"Andrew: Hello Bez, this morning I wanted to take your car and go to Krizingen but it showed ""low  brake fluid level"". So I went only to the garage next to Willig and they said it's ok, probably a display error. Do you want me to have the car checked properly? Have you got a contract with some garage in particular?
Andrew: Kate took your car today, just to check, and everything was fine. It must have been in fact display error.
Andrew: Hi Bez, when are you back? What date?
Bez: Hello Andy and Kate! Sorry for not replying immediately. We have here no wifi internet connection. I'm in a hotel lobby now and use a ""phone credit"".
Bez: The car should be ok as it passed general inspection only in June. I usually go to a garage in Crinch. But don't bother as long it shows no more alarms.
Bez: Apart from that is everything alright? Automatic lights going on and off? One downstairs, one upstairs.
Bez: Please don't forget to give the plants in the basement an occasional drink! Thank you.
Bez: I'm home on the 21st in the evening. Could you please switch the heating on a bit on that day?
Andrew: Hello Bez, just as we thought. No internet. Everything is fine here, also the car. The plants in the basement are watered once a week but not too much.
Andrew: <file_photo> Your natal lily has just started to flower.
Andrew: and look at this:
Andrew: <file_photo>
Andrew: Greetings from your frost-bound garden!
Bez: Thank you Andy!",Andrew has discovered an issue with Bez's car in her absence but it seems to be ok. He will also take care of her plants until she is back on the 21st. 
13612210,"Keith: Hi there kiddo, when are you planning to visit you old parents? :)
Laura: Hey Dad, I'm not sure yet. I've been pretty busy recenlty.There is this big project coming…
Keith: Oh, I understand, all work and no play…XD
Laura: Daad! Don't be mean! You know I treat studying seriously!
Keith: I know, you take after your mum :) By the way I think she bought some b-day gift for you…
Laura: Next Saturday it is then :D 
Keith: I'll tell mum, she'll be really happy:)
Laura: And please cook your lasagne!  I miss it  so badly …
Keith: I'll se what I can do Pumpkin, le'ts stay in touch :)",Laura is going to visit her parents next Saturday. Keith might make a lasagne for her. Laura's mom has a birthday gift for her. 
13812772,"Miriam: heyo
Miriam: when do you get back?
Pegah: hey hey
Pegah: I'm in class till 15:00 and then I work from 17:00 till about 21:30
Pegah: so I'll be back at 22:00 D:
Miriam: oh damn
Miriam: that's late!
Pegah: I know :( but I need as many shifts as possible
Pegah: I'm gonna be a zombie all week :(
Miriam: ok, well I asked coz I invited a few people over
Miriam: and was hoping you would be there too
Pegah: awwww
Pegah: well I can have a cup of tea with you when i get back lol
Miriam: I'll save you some wine as well :) ",Pegah is in class till 15:00. She will work from 17:00 till around 21:30. She will be back at 22:00. Miriam invited people over and wants Pegah to come. Pegah will have a cup of tea with her when she gets back. Miriam will save Pegah some wine.
13681309,"Pam: Hey Robert, you said you cold help with Tom's birthday?
Robert: Sure, what do you need?
Pam: I have to go shopping, cook and clean and I figured out I don't have time to pick up the balloons
Robert: from where?
Pam: there this store in the city centre that sells these awesome floating balloons
Robert: No problem just text me the address
Pam: bless you!
Robert: ;)",Robert will pick up floating balloons for Tom's birthday.
13716296,"Shelly: This year I'm volunteering at the food shelter!
Tracy: Good 4 u!
Jody: Gr8!
Shelly: How about u? Any volunteer work?
Tracy: Nah. Not into that.
Jody: Sure! Every year I do some charity 4 Xmas :)","Shelly is voluntering at a food shelter and asks if others do some volunteer work. Tracy is not into that, but Jody always does some charity for Christmas."
13729524,"Max: I know I will never be famous music producer
Max: But check this out
Max: My latest project
Max: <file_other>
Jim: I'll listen to it when I get home.
Jim: Knowing you I'm sure it's good.
Max: Thanks
Max: Let me know what you think later
Jim: I will",Jim will check out Max's latest music project when he gets home.
13828739,"Kane: have you heard the new 30 seconds to mars album?
Shannon: no, is it good?
Kane: you should so check it out
Shannon: ok thanks for the recommendation
Kane: no prob",Kane recommends the new 30 Seconds to Mars album to Shannon.
13727631,"Andy: Hi nephew!
Paul: Hi uncle!
Andy: Are you home? I'm nearby and thought I would drink coffee with you :)
Paul: Yup. I'm home. Feel free to come!
Andy: If that is ok I will visit you in about 1 hour. 
Paul: Sure. A lot of political cases for us to talk about :D
Andy: Haha. No.
Andy: Too much politics with Hannah's father.
Andy: I have enough arguments over politics forever.
Paul: Hahah. Ok. Waiting for you then.
Andy: See you.",Andy is going to visit Paul in about 1 hour.
13680506,"Caroline: ""I am this close to tugging on my testicles again""
Megan: Friends, right?
Caroline: Bravo! Who said it?
Megan: Ross or Chandler... Ross!
Caroline: <file_gif>",Caroline and Megan play a guessing game - they need to guess which film a quote comes from.
13810947,"Ron: check your email :P
Josh: what did u send me?
Ron: sth you want to have.  
Ron: Check :D :D",Josh should check the email from Ron. 
13681439,"Phil: can you go out today?
Phoebe: no
Phoebe: my mum is still angry
Phil: why?
Phoebe: i used her perfume
Phil: so what?
Phoebe: i used it and broke it
Phil: really?
Phil: xd lol
Phoebe: not funny
Phoebe: it was very expensive
Phoebe: besides, our whole house stinks
Phil: so it was not so beautiful perfume?
Phoebe: it was, but not 100 ml for 80 square meters",Phoebe cannot go out today because she broke a bottle of her mother's expensive perfume. Phoebe's mother is angry. The smell of the perfume in the apartment is too intense now.
13728634,"Rob: Are we meeting up 2morrow?
Eve: How about Sunday
Eve: stores are open so we can go then
Rob: Ok I just don't know what time they close
Eve: we have ot go in the moring 
Eve: I have some stuff to do around 3
Rob: ok",Rob and Eve will meet on Sunday morning to go to the shops. Eve has something to do at about 3. 
13728288,"Betty: <file_photo>
Sandra: Hahaha!
Betty: This guy has totally nailed it!
Sandra: I have a special place in my heart for men that take care of animals.
Betty: I know! He and his cat look so cute!
Sandra: Haha! I'm sure he could've taken good care of us too!
Betty: :) :) :)
Betty: Sandra you naughty girl!
Sandra: Oh stop it. We both know that you think that too.
Betty: Maybe a little.
Sandra: Btw, my ex just messeged me. He said he had been thinking about our split-up recently and he stated that it had been a mistake.
Betty: Seriously?! After 3 months?
Sandra: Yeah. The worst thing is that I think that too :(
Betty: You are not thinking of getting back to him are you?
Sandra: ...
Betty: Come on! He was such a jerk back then! Don't you remember how sick you felt when he left you?
Sandra: I know but
Betty: No buts! I'll be at your place at 6. I'll bring the wine!",Betty shares a photo of a man with a cat with Sandra. Sandra's ex wants to get back. She misses him. Betty comes over with wine at 6.
13730105,"Anna: Still, great app! And it's for men too! U choose ur sex and then add photos of clothes :)
Peter: Is there a minimum number of clothes I should add?
Anna: No! And there is no maximum! You can add as many as u want!
Peter: So if I only add 3 items, I will always get the same results?
Anna: Ur still making fun of me!
Peter: I just don't get it. Every morning I approach my wardrobe, open it, choose the clothes I want to wear or prepare them the previous day and that's it. I don't need an app to tell me what to wear with what.
Anna: Okay... Let's play a game. 
Peter: You're not going to make me cut my fingers off?
Anna: No ;) how many pairs of trousers do u have?
Peter: 5 or 6.
Anna: How many shirts do you have?
Peter: T-shirts or regular shirts?
Anna: Shirts. Let's focus on ur work look.
Peter: 3 or 4.
Anna: What about jackets?
Peter: 2.
Anna: Great! Now imagine I have 12 shirts, 10 pairs of trousers, and 6 jackets. And I have to decide what to wear in a split second.
Peter: All right. It's slowly dawning on me. ",Anna likes a new app in which you can virtually try on clothes. Peter is not quite convinced it is necessary.
13717162,"Dan: <file_photo>
Hulk: omg! Did it hurt?
Dan: no. I got an injection with anaesthesis. But its not working any more and it hurts:(
Pete: you're quite swollen
Dan: Its nothing compared to yesterday!
Hulk: you're kidding
Hulk: were you even more swollen than this?
Dan: Yes
Pete: Jesus",Dan's had an injection with anaesthesis because he got swollen. He feels it's not working though and it still hurts him.
13727567,"Judah: Hello
Archie: Hey
Judah: So what time are you arriving from Southampton?
Archie: Around midnight; I'll be travelling to yours by bus, so it might take an hour or so
Judah: No worries. Call me on the phone if I happen to be dead by the time you get here
Archie: Lol Will do!",Archie is arriving from Southampton around midnight. He will travel by bus. He will call Judah.
13729057,"Biwott: Did you watch the series I told you
Chloe: No not yet.
Chloe: I have been busy this week but I will watch it during the weekend
Biwott: 👍",Chloe will watch the serious recommended by Biwott at the weekend.
13716791,"Lauren: ladies, i'm thinking of getting a tattoo
Nelly: oh cool i'd love to get one too
Tessie: ru thinking of sth specific?
Nelly: neh, probably i won't get one ever. i'm afraid of pain
Lauren: i'd like to get sth small on my leg.
Tessie: where exactly?
Lauren: above the ankle. sth small. a bird?
Tessie: i know a couple of guys who do it. let me know
Lauren: gr8. i'm like 87% sure yet",Lauren want's to have a small tattoo above her ankle.
13729824,"Wendy: I think the upstairs toilet might be blocked.
David: Oh NO! NOT AGAIN!
Wendy: I'm not sure if it is but it is not draining very well.
David: Then it probably is blocked.
David: You haven't like flushed any tampons or pads down there?
Wendy: Of course not!
Wendy: I know not to do that.
Wendy: Do you think I'm that stupid?
David: Didn't say that. I was just checking.
David: That toilet is a major issue ever since we got the house.
Wendy: Yeah, where are the good old days of renting where you ring the landlord and it is his problem! :-P
David: Hahaha! True!
David: Did you call the plumber already?
Wendy: No. I don't think we can afford to pay the plumber this month.
David: Fuck! Don't you have anything left in the kitty?
Wendy: Well I did but then it was my sisters birthday and I had to get a present...
David: So, what are we supposed to do now then?!
Wendy: Wait until next paycheck? Fix it ourselves?
David: Great :-/  just fucking great. grrr!",The toilet upstairs is blocked again. Wendy and David can't afford the plumber as Wendy spent the money on her sister's birthday present.
13681892,"Kaylen: In ur country there is  left-hand traffic?
Rowen: Yes we drive on the left
Kaylen: Hehe ok
Kaylen: <file_photo>
Rowen: You look gorgeous!
Kaylen: Thank you. I'm sure I wouldn't be able to drive there then
Rowen: Haha. You're welcome
Kaylen: Or I would have to close my eyes while driving hahhaha
Rowen: Hahaha",Kaylen wants to know if there is left-hand traffic in Rowen's country. He confirms there is. She thinks she wouldn't be able to drive there.
13864540,"Tom: I have to go there:
Tom: <file_other>
Jonathan: this is insane, you know it, right?
Tom: I know, I love insane things
Oscar: are you kidding?
Tom: not at all
Oscar: I'm not spending a fortune to get to a piece of land in the middle of nowhere
Kit: But the idea is amazing
Kit: is it the real Robinson Crusoe's island??
Tom: it seems it is!",Tom wants to go to Robinson Crusoe's island.
13680525,"Emely: Hey. Could u help me with one task? I have to fill in the gaps and I find it a little bit strange task
Titus: How is that strange ?
Emely: I have problems to so it haha. Can I send a photo of this task and then I will wrote u my answers? There are 10 sentences
Titus: Ok I'm doing something now but I can look at it quickly if it won't take up a lot of my time
Emely: Ok
Emely: <file_photo>
Titus: Can't really see that
Emely: A) a cash cow b) hoes down the drain c) nepotism d) a golden opportunity e) a sweetheart deal f) win-win g) grease sb's palm h) a license to print money i) in full swing j) implementation
Titus: But I cannot read it
Emely: Really? I can see it very well on my phone
Titus: That sounds about right
Emely: So u can see it?
Titus: Barely
Emely: Oh ok","Titus agrees to help Emely with a language exercise. Emely sends Titus a photo of the filled out exercise, but he has trouble reading it."
13863152,"Aldo: Hi, did you get my email?
Marco: Yes I did, thank you
Aldo: I hope you like my article
Aldo: It took me weeks to finish it
Marco: Ok, I'll print it and read it right now
Aldo: Thanks
Marco: How many pages is it?
Marco: Ok, got it, it's 12
Aldo: Yep, 12
Marco: Ok",Marco will read Aldo's 12 page article that he spent 2 weeks writing.
13729679,"Harris: How are U?
Lena: Fine, U?
Harris: Been better.
Lena: ?
Harris: My friend Aoki died yesterday.
Lena: O No!
Harris: Yeah.
Lena: What happened?
Harris: Not sure yet. Thinking the worst...
Lena: O how awful!
Harris: Yes.
Lena: You just never know.
Harris: True.
Lena: Had you seen her lately?
Harris: Not for a few months. She lives in Michigan.
Lena: Oh, that's far.
Harris: Not too far but far enough.
Lena: Right.
Harris: Got to go, mom's calling.
Lena: K bi. Feel better!
Harris: K will do","Harris' friend, Aoki, who lives in Michigan, died yesterday. Harris hasn't seen her for a few months."
13813794,"Hannah: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :))) 
Brooklyn: Same to you! Have you made any New Year's resolutions? ;>
Hannah: A whole list ^^
Hannah: New year, new me :D
Brooklyn: Really? :D So how you're going to change your life this year?
Hannah: First, I'm gonna lose weight and exercise everyday (or at least 3 times a week).
Hannah: Second, I want to learn how to cook and start meal prepping
Hannah: Finally, I'm gonna find my future husband (or at least start using dating apps):D
Hannah: And you? Have you set any goals for 2019?
Brooklyn: Hmm, interesting :D especially the last point ^^
Brooklyn: Yeah, just one - not to make any resolutions.
Hannah: Whyyyy??
Brooklyn: I just don't believe that a new year means a fresh start.
Brooklyn: Every past year I told myself I would lose weight, quit smoking, start going to the gym etc. And I'm still a fatty, who smokes like a chimney and rarely leaves their couch.
Hannah: You're a little ray of sunshine, aren't you? ;)
Brooklyn: :p And you're an undaunted optimist. What makes you believe that everything is going to change for the better?
Hannah: I don't know, I just like to think that we get numerous second chances to change our lives, to make right what's wrong.
Hannah: That's it, I don't have any better explanation.
Brooklyn: Well, you haven't convinced me. :) Nevertheless good luck with all your resolutions. ;)
Hannah: Thanks! :*","Hannah's New Year's resolutions are: work out, cook for herself, start dating. Brooklyn didn't make any. In the past she had, but she never fulfilled them. "
13682006,"Trevor: I've got a bit of a problem, Uncle
Richard: Have you, Trevor?
Trevor: Yes, Uncle I need to get you advice on how to break this to Dad
Richard: You haven't gone and got that Abigail up the duff have you?
Trevor: That's the long and short of it, Uncle.
Richard: Shit. How did that happen?
Trevor: Well, it's her father's fault, Uncle.
Richard: Her father's fault? And him a church pastor?
Trevor: Yes, Uncle. She has sneaked me into the house really quietly and we are in her bedroom doing it.
Richard: Fucking hell. Do go on.
Trevor: And we haven't got any condoms so I am planning to pull out at the last moment
Richard: Unbelieveable: Bloody idiot. What then?
Trevor: So I am just pulling out and all of a sudden in bursts her father and delivers me such a kick up the arse that I am back in there coming.
Richard: So you say it is all his fault, then? Incredible.
Trevor: Yes. 
Richard: So maybe we can get him to pay the child support instead of you then, eh?","Trevor got Abigail pregnant. When they were having sex without protection her father, a church pastor, kicked Trevor in the butt and Trevor came inside Abigail. "
13728809,"Julia: I mean I like my Instagram. And my Snapchat. Oh and Twitter. And sometimes Facebook.
Gail: So do I. But this doesn't mean I'm addicted. 
Julia: Neither am I. I like looking at photos of my friends and sharing stuff with them. And I think they like it when I post stuff.
Gail: I certainly do. And I like to spy on ppl :)
Julia: Rly?
Gail: Yeah! It's a lot of fun! Like I was spying on Em and turns out she's into some guy from work ;)
Julia: Rly? Intriguing.
Gail: I know! :) and Jessica is thinking about going on diet.
Julia: Wasn't she on one already?
Gail: Nah. Whenever she posts a lot of fitness-related stuff, she's just thinking about, but doing nothing rly. 
Julia: I always thought she was training day and night!
Gail: Nah. That's just how she is. The more she posts, the less she does. Like she had a phase for animal shelters. Remember?
Julia: Yeah. She just wouldn't shut up about it. She posted every single thing she could find on the subject!
Gail: Right. And turned out that was everything she did. Never visited one. Never donated a dime. Never did anything.
Julia: And all the time I thought she was so active and pro-active and charitable. She had me fooled ;)
Gail: U see? Spying on ppl is fun :)
Julia: Speaking of which, did u spy on me?
Gail: No, y would I?
Julia: It's fun?
Gail: Oh no! Don't get me wrong! We talk all the time, so no need to spy on u ;)
Julia: Gr8.
Gail: Besides ur pretty straightforward.
Julia: What do u mean?
Gail: When ur eating, u post food. When ur training, u post fitness materials or photos. When ur relaxing, u post a bunch of stuff.
Julia: I know :) that's y ppl like what I do, 'caus I genuine :)
Gail: Yeah...
Julia: What's that supposed to mean?
Gail: Hillary thinks u overdo it and have no life in real life.
Julia: That bitch!
Gail: I know!",Jessica posts a lot regarding subjects she does nothing about in reality. Julia posts in a more genuine way. But Hillary thinks she does it to death and lacks real life.
13716618,"Anne: I hate that bitch!
Catherine: What did she do again???
Nora: Who's the bitch?
Nora: Sorry I missed something
Catherine: Miranda!!! 
Catherine: We all hate her
Anne: Yesterday she called Tom, was all sweet with him you know how she can be....
Catherine: No way she did it!! How dare she!! She knows you guys are dating.
Anne: I think that's why she did it. She wants to take Tom away from me.
Nora: Oh, come on! She's not his type! ",Miranda called Tom yesterday and spoke to him in a sweet way. Anne is angry with her because Anne is dating Tom.
13821297,"Ella: Hey my dear family, could i ask you to confrim that youre coming and if you have any dietary requirements through this link. I need this information for the catering company. HUgs <file_other>
Barbara: Done!!!
Eva: <3
Barbara: I flled out for mom too
Ella: I saw that
Barbara: (Y)",Barbara and Eva described their dietary requirements in the website given by Ella.
13727877,"Joshua: Hi sister, when will you be arriving
Sarah: i will reach New York this coming Thursday.
Joshua: That's great. See you then.. I will be waiting for my gift
Sarah: yeah sure.. hahaha",Sarah will arrive to New York on Thursday. Joshua expects to get a gift.
13821268,"Allison: Hey girls! 
Maya: hey!
Sarah:  hey, why you so cheerful?
Allison: Guess what!
Allison: I've got a scholarship!
Maya: no way! you have made it!
Sarah: shut up!
Allison: yeee, and it is the highest posible rank i could get
Maya: we so proud, when do we celebrate!?
Sarah: <file_gif> 
Allison: Whenever you want! thank you <3",Allison has got a scholarship.
13611693,"Abdellilah: Where are you?
Sam: work
Abdellilah: What time you finish?
Sam: Not til 5
Abdellilah: Are your bringing him over tonight:
Sam: No in the morning:
Abdellilah: ok, what time?
Sam: About 9. Is that ok?
Abdellilah: ok - see you then",Sam won't finish work till 5. Sam is bringing him over about 9 am. Sam will see Abdellilah in the morning. 
13680969,"Betty: What's on at the cinema tonight?
Phil: I don't know. I haven't checked it either.
Betty: I'm looking at the website. There are two comedies and one thriller which seem interesting.
Phil: Choose. I'm fine with whatever.
Betty: What if you get bored?
Phil: I won't. Don't worry. Just choose.
Betty: Ok. So the thriller. We watch lots of comedies at home.
Phil: Fine :-) Could you book the tickets if you're already on the site?
Betty: Sure.
Betty: Done :-)
Phil: When and where would you like to meet?
Betty: How about 6pm near the theatre?
Phil: It may be a little difficult for me. 6.30? 
Betty: Ok. I was thinking about a short walk before the movie but we can have a stroll afterwards as well :-)
Phil: Thanks :-)
Betty: Shall I prepare dinner or do you fancy eating out tonight?
Phil: Dinner with you at home.
Betty: Ok. I have a few ideas for our menu :-)
Phil: Won't it be a big problem for you? 
Betty: Not at all. Pleasure.
Phil: :-D Thanks and see you :-)
Betty: :-*",Betty and Phil are meeting at 6.30 to watch a thriller at the movies. They will have dinner at Phil's afterwards.
13730168,"Robert: Happy Christmas! Wishing you and Elena all the best for the Christmas season and a Happy New Year!
Serge: Thanks, you too, Robert.
Robert: By the way - please cancel the phone number for me that starts with 713. The one beginning with 304 is the only number for me now.
Serge: OK, Robert. Is all OK?
Robert: Well, I will tell you more in a few weeks, but in short from today I am looking for a new job.
Serge: What? They sacked you? After your huge success in the Ukraine?
Robert: That's life.
Serge: Those fucking bastards.
Robert: Well, I could see it coming, ever since the merger. The Swedes didn't even bother to find out what people did before they started laying them off.
Serge: Send me your CV, I know one Belgian guy who is thinking of opening a new factory here. Can't promise anything, but at least I can try.
Robert: Serge, I really appreciate that.",Robert has a new phone number starting with 304. Robert has lost his job and is looking for a new one. Serge offers to pass on Roberts CV to a contact. 
13681928,"Lily: I spent an amazing night with this guy
Kate: What's his name?
Lily: Thomas
Kate: Is he English?
Lily: He is Romanian, but from an extremely rich family, it seems
Kate: What does he do in London?
Lily: LSE
Kate: of course, so predictable 
Lily: Hahah, but I expected him to be more banal and boring
Kate: but?
Lily: to be more mediocre...
Kate: in size, in passion or in wallet?
Lily: In everything. I've had so much pleasure that I have a headache
Kate: I'm glad to read that. You deserved some fun after the last weeks.
Lily: haha, I agree!",Lily spent an amazing night with Thomas. Thomas is Romanian and comes from a very rich family.
13730545,"Sam: hi, i need a help
Sarah fashion: hello how can i help?
Sam: Actually i was looking for a nice black dress for my wife, i mean i dont want the in-store product..
Sarah fashion: Yes sir, we make dresses on order as per customer requirements.
Sam: yeah i saw that option on the web page, actually its a surprise gift for her, but i have no idea what should be the requirements of the dress.
Sarah fashion: oh in that case why dont you choose something ready made sir
Sam: Actually i want something different for her something she has not seen before
Sarah fashion: that nice, do you have any sketch in your mind it would be easier to help 
Sam: yes that it should be a dress, black in color decent and elegant, and.... thats it :(
Sarah fashion: :) dont worry Sir we will try to help you as much as we can but you have to choose between the choices we give you
Sam: Sure.
Sarah fashion: Would you mind coming to the store? or you want to place order here only?
Sam: i was wondering if i could get help and decide i would place order right here...
Sarah fashion: Sure sir i am sending you few pictures you can mix and match the designs and that way we would be able to create a new design?
Sam: that sounds like a good idea..
Sarah fashion: <file_photo><file_photo><file_photo><file_photo><file_photo><file_photo><file_photo><file_photo>
Sam: wow! they are all so good but they are available for every one right?
Sarah fashion: yes sir!
Sam: ok so i want the cut that is in <file_photo> sleeves like this<file_photo> length and buttons <file_photo>
Sarah fashion: Nice choice sir, your product number is 898998 now you can order on the website with this product number and the same procedure would be applied to your order.
Sam: Thank you so much, i didnt know it was so easy.
Sarah fashion:  Your welcome sir, We are glad your liked the service and we hope you like the dress too. 
Sam: :)",Sam wants to buy a custom dress as a surprise for his wife. It should be black and elegant. The store employee sent him some pictures for reference. Sam decided on the features he likes. His product number is 898998 and he will place the order on the company's website.
13681194,"Kamden: Hey!
Mckinley: Hi!
Kamden: I haven't seen you in a while - i've mostly been off social media. Maybe you'll let me have a little peek?
Mckinley: You aren't on fb anymore?
Kamden: I use chat on fb. I'm not big on social media use
Mckinley: Hmm...
Kamden: It helps me keep up with good friends
Mckinley: But you always can open it and check my photos lol
Mckinley: Yeah I use fb mostly to keep contact with people
Kamden: It's true. But I guess it would be more enticing to get it from you. 😏 Yeah it's my main reason. But I spend zero time therecc
Mckinley: Lol I'm not a phone selfie person
Kamden: Thats a shame. Lol
Mckinley: Lol",Kamden hasn't used social media recently. He uses messenger only and wants to get Mckinley's photographs.
13612013,"Jason: Yo, what are you doing after work?
Mike: Going to the gym and then home boy.
Jason: You eating at home?
Mike: Yep, bring your food and come over.
Jason: Will do. Afterwards we play some Destiny 2 on ps4?
Mike: You bet ya, that game is so addictive!
Jason: Ok cya later then!´
Mike: Oh yeah👌","After work, Mike is going to go to the gym and then home. He invites Jason to bring some food and come over. They can play 2 on ps4."
13731393,"Daisy: hey whats up
Linda: Not much
Linda: Im just packing
Daisy: off on a vacation
Linda: didn't I tell ya?
Linda: I'm moving
Daisy: really?
Daisy: what happened?
Daisy: you had a great place!
Linda: got a new job
Linda: I'm moving to Ohio
Daisy: OHIO!
Daisy: that so far away :(
Linda: yeah well
Linda: It's just for 6 months
Daisy: and your apartment?
Linda: my brother is going to live there
Daisy: can we meet up?
Daisy: before you go?
Linda: ehh I have like no time for anything
Linda: maybe you can come by
Daisy: Sure!
Daisy: I'll help you pack :D
Linda: that would be great! ",Linda got a new job and is moving to Ohio for 6 months. Her brother will stay at her current apartment. Daisy will come by Linda's place to meet her and help her pack as she is too busy to go out.
13681560,"Hayden: Anyway I have 1 month to write my thesis. And then I need to decide what studies I should choose and I have a problem because I don't know what I can do in the future to make good money
Margaret: You'll find something
Hayden: And the only studies I'm interested in are African studies but I'm not sure I can make big money later on haha except for working in the embassy or something like that. I was thinking about working as a flight attendant. It would be easy for me to get that job since I can swim (and here it's obligatory) I'm even a water rescuer. I know English italian and polish and a bit of german.
Margaret: So go ahead for it
Hayden: But to be honest , I don't think so that job is so great. I can't work there forever and I'm not that sure I wanna risk every time hahah since flight accidents happen
Margaret: Hahahaha you shouldn't think about that
Hayden: But I don't wanna die hhahahahah
Margaret: It would be good you would get to travel a lot",Hayden must write her thesis in 1 month. She wonders what degree course would be the most beneficial for her. She's interested in African studies. Hayden claims she could be a flight attendant as she can swim and knows foreign languages.
13828403,"Alan: <file_photo>
Alan: look what I just found :)
Robert: dude, that's just nasty and you know it :) 
Robert: it has no sugar, no taste, and additional cinnamon flavoring
Alan: yeah, I know - that's awesome :)
Robert: you sir have a very strange tastes :P
Alan: well, and I found a perfect company for it <file_photo>
Robert: oh, that's more like it!
Robert: but does the whiskey go well with the cinnamon? flavored whiskey is the worst... 
Alan: Actually it does taste surprisingly well. The cinnamon is not overpowering. If you put enough whiskey that is :)
Rob: Lol, thought so :)
Rob: I just wish the brought the old cherry flavor back...
Rob: not the useless no-sugar stuff
Alan: Ah, that is true :)",Alan has found some cinnamon whiskey and sends Robert photos of it. 
13680216,"Yaz: Going to slimming club tonight?
Mary: Well, I don't want to, but I really should. I've been so bad, though!
Yaz: Me too, choccies, wine, cake, you name it!
Mary: Well, we should bite the bullet. She'll tell us off, I expect. Feels like being back at school!
Yaz: Well, she IS our old cookery teacher! See you at 6ish, pick you up!?
Mary: Yep! See you then!",Yaz and Mary are meeting tonight around 6 and going for the slimming club together. They expect to be scolded for eating too much. 
13716003,"Ellie: hey, are you at the university?
Aaliyah: yep
Camille: I'm sick :/
Ellie: shiet....that's bad
Ellie: Aali, where are we having our classes now?
Aaliyah: 342 on the second floor",Ellie's class is in 342 on the second floor.
13829937,"Nathan: <file_video>
Aaron: OMG!!! 
Aaron: 😂😂😂😂
Aaron: looool
Aaron: do you know her mate? 🤣🤣
Aaron: my cat's face looks like that when he's taking a dump..🤣🤣🤣
Aaron: <file_gif>
Aaron: the angels must be weeping 🤭🤭🤭 
Aaron: <file_gif>
Aaron: <file_gif>
Nathan: Hahahaha
Nathan: She's having a spiritual moment 😉
Nathan: No clue mate, Dan sent it over
Nathan: A tragedy to say the least 😂😂
Aaron: <file_gif>
Aaron: looking for Jesus
Nathan: 😂😂😂
Aaron: hilarious..hahahaha",Nathan and Aaron are discussing a video which Nathan sent. 
13812140,"Emma: You havent been back yet? and where's shake
William: I have been in que for past 20 minutes. Too much rush here
Emma: Ok Hurry up. We cant wait anymore :( 
William: Dont worry. Its my turn up next
Emma: :D 
William: Coming back in 5
Emma: Ok waiting",William is coming back in 5 minutes as he had to queue for 20 minutes.
13818707,"Bob: did you reserve the tickets for tomorrow?
Melanie: Jake promised me he will do that
Melanie: he has some workplace discount on them
Bob: Jake are you here?? Did you reserve the tickets?
Jake: yes I did, 3 tickets for tomorrow, 7 pm
Jake: and we got a 30% discount on them too :)",Jake reserved 3 tickets for tomorrow 7 pm. He got 30% discount.
13716495,"Freddie: What are you watching on Netflix? I've just finished Mad Men.
Kelly: I've just finished The Crown. 
Freddie: There should be new episodes coming soon.
Kelly: OMG! i can't wait! :)
Freddie: Try Outlander or The Tudors in the meantime.
Jim: i'm watching I, Zombie.
Bob: try Grimm or Sabrina. They're both great!
Kelly: they are all horrible and disgusting! 
Bob: i think they are funny. They're just TV shows don't take them too seriously. x 
Greg: I'm watching House of Cards though must admit the new series is boring.
Mike: i agree. not the same without Kevin Spacey! You should try The West Wing if you enjoy political dramas.
Greg: Netflix original Bodyguard is supposed to be good from what I've heard.
Mary: I'm a bit ashamed to confess i enjoy stuff like Pretty Little Liars or Gossip Girl ;)
Nancy: don't be ashamed i enjoy them too! and my favourite one is Desperate Housewives!!!
Mary: I know! I watched it twice!
Alan: I'm catching up with Friends.
Nancy: OMG! i used to love Friends!","Freddie, Kelly, Jim, Greg, Bob, Mike, Mary, Alan and Nancy are watching different shows on Netflix."
13729128,"Sonia: hey remember last year when you guys went to San Sebastian
Toni: yup 
Toni: hi
Sonia: how was that airbnb place you stayed in
Toni: it wasnt bad
Toni: maybe a bit small for the three of us
Toni: but it was next to the Playa de la Concha
Toni: and anyway we just used it to sleep
Toni: u guys going?
Sonia: yeah in a month or so
Sonia: we r still planning
Sonia: we checked some hostels and so but they r pretty expensive
Sonia: plus we rather have more privacy
Toni: well i can definitely reccomend the airbnb place
Toni: i can get you in contact with the landlady too if u want
Sonia: that would be sweet
Toni: its this old basque lady, widow, pretty lonely but nice
Toni: she even made a tortilla for us
Sonia: so shes in the appartment too?
Toni: yes she rents a room in the appartment
Sonia: oh
Sonia: hm I dont know
Toni: well think about it and let me know",Sonia is going to San Sebastian in a month. Toni enjoyed her the airbnb place there. Sonia isn't convinced about it and will let Toni know.
13729680,"Malik: have you heard of that paleo diet?
Malik: i need to lose some weight and i really want to try it
Samantha: i've heard of it but i've also heard about the keto diet
Samantha: AAAAANNNDDDD... i also need to lose weight lol
Malik: what are you talking about?!? lol
Malik: you're so skinny
Samantha: whatever :-)
Malik: should we try one of those together?
Malik: it's always easier when someone's doing it with you
Samantha: YES!!!!
Malik: we can also go for runs together like we used to :-D
Samantha: let's do it!! i'm so pumped!
Malik: so paleo or keto?
Samantha: what's the difference?
Malik: i think they're practically the same, but you can't have dairy on paleo
Samantha: can you have dairy on keto?
Malik: i think you can, i'm no sure though
Samantha: ok let me go online and read more about this
Samantha: and i'll text you back later with more info
Malik: ok
Malik: are you excited??
Samantha: i really am!!!!!!!!! :-D","Malik and Samanta want to lose weight. They will try to keep a diet, keto or paleo, and go for runs together."
13865119,"Derek: It's been a long day
Phil: Same here
Cynthia: good or bad?
Derek: Very busy
Derek: I closed some deals but I had a lot of stress also
Phil: Lucky you
Phil: I couldn't close any deal
Phil: It annoys me 
Phil: Some customers are negotiating for days, weeks
Phil: And then they pull out 
Cynthia: Maybe they're just fishing
Cynthia: Want to compare offers 
Phil: That's what they do ",Derek closed some deals today. Phil didn't manage to do it.
13813011,"Nova: Do know that people are photoshoping Timothée Chalamet into artworks? :D
Nova: It's hilarious, check it out: <file_other>
Dominic: lol XD
Dominic: it kinda looks good
Nova: Right? :D
Dominic: he looks like a typical young man from a 19th-century portrait
Nova: omg you're so right! :D he looks as if he read Rimbaud's poems and drank absinthe on a daily basis
Dominic: hahaha XD it's so accurate",People are photoshopping Timothée Chalamet into artworks. Dominic and Nova agree that he looks like a 19th century man.
13611436,"Lisa: Hello Peter. What have you been doing off late?
Peter: Bit busy with work.
Lisa: Too much of work, huh?
Peter: Not really, I’ve been working out
Lisa:  Ohh, trying to get in shape?
Peter: Nah, I don’t have much of weight to lose, just want to improve my health.
Lisa:  That’s a good thought. I was also thinking of working out a bit. What do you do? Do you go to a Gym?
Peter: Yes, I hold a membership with the one near our office.
Lisa: Which exercises do you do regularly?
Peter: I do weights and run on the treadmill.
Lisa:  Besides exercises, I think I need to eat better to help me keep in shape.
Peter: Another major requirement for good health is sleep. On an average one requires at least 7-8 hours of sleep.
Lisa:  There are a lot of things we can do to stay healthy.
Peter: Yes. One needs to maintain a regime to stay healthy for a long term.",Peter has been working out at the gym near their office lately to improve his health. Lisa is considering working out and eating better to be healthier.
13680625,"Tom: Where is my cup?!
Julia: I broke it, I think, sorry
Tom: You think? Were you drugged up?
Julia: I'll buy you a new one, don't make a drama 
Tom: :(","Julia broke Tom's cup, which made him sad. She will buy him a new one."
13682111,"Don: The CSS tests are today.
Hank: I know! Have you registered in their system?
Don: No, not yet.
Hank: I'm not sure if I have to fill out all the fields. Most of them don't even apply to Rodney. It's strange that they're incorporating such professional tests for little leaguers.
Don: Hmm... I don't know. I'll check it later tonight when I get home. Apparently it's supposed to be a database of all the young up-and-coming hockey stars. Scouts use that information for future contracts, etc.
Hank: OK, but our kids are 10 years old! They're not signing any contracts for now :)
Don: Well, obviously not, but it's kind of cool that they'll be in a world database of peewee hockey players.
Hank: Yeah, I guess. So apparently the tests are supposed to last 5-8 pm. 3 hours! I'll probably wait and work on the computer.
Don: Bring a blanket :) It can get mighty cold sitting in a rink for 3 hours.
Hank: No shit :) Are you coming.
Don: Well, since you're going anyway, maybe you can take my kid :) 
Hank: Hey, that's not fair! 
Don: I'll take the kids next time, I promise!
Hank: Yeah, yeah, we'll see. I'll tell you about the tests when I bring Oscar and Roger back.
Don: Ok, thanks again, I owe you.","The CSS tests for the hockey players are today and will last 3 hours, starting 5pm. Hank will bring his son and Don's son as well. Don is glad."
13864408,"Jessica: I went to the second hand shop downtown 
Frank: Cool
Raphael: What did you get?
Jessica: Lots of stuff
Jessica: A table, six chairs, a vase, a pile of clothes
Frank: That's really a lot of stuff :-)
Raphael: send us pictures
Jessica: <photo_file>
Jessica: <photo_file>
Raphael: Beautiful table
Raphael: Is it wood?
Jessica: yes, oak 
Raphael: Awesome
Jessica: <photo_file>
Frank: These are the clothes?
Frank: I love the black dress
Jessica: It's absolutely beautiful
Jessica: As soon as I saw it I knew it would be mine
Jessica: I'm so happy with what I bought
Jessica: And the best is I paid only 70 euros for all of that!! ","Jessica bought a table, six chairs, a vase and a pile of clothes and the second hand shop downtown. She paid 70 euros for everything. "
13681509,"Abigail: It's Sundaay.
Damien: So?..
Abigail: You know what that means.
Damien: Hmm no I don't x)
Abigail: Sunday means we go to church~.
Damien: Oh, yeah..
Abigail: Don't forget to put on a coat and tie.
Damien: A coat and tie?.. Why?
Abigail: To show respect to God and others.
Damien: Omg..I'm glad Sunday is only once a week.
Abigail: I hope God didn't hear that.
Damien: He'll forgive me 😇
Abigail: Just be ready on time please.",Abigail and Damien are going to church on Sunday. Damien has to put on a coat and tie.
13682223,"Desiree: U both at home?
Lucian: No. I've just got ur msg. Why did u ask about it?
Desiree: No reason. Keep my pasta in the microwave
Lucian: I haven't cooked anything",Lucian is not at home. Desiree wants Lucian to keep her pasta in the microwave.
13729602,"Doug: These shoes are SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeni: Jealous!
Doug: You should be! I be fly!",Doug has a cool pair of shoes.
13818361,"Tessa: Stop texting my boyfriend ;/
Chloe: Uhm, excuse me?
Chloe: Who's your boyfriend?
Tessa: Jim Andrews.
Chloe: Oh, ok! He's a friend from work.
Tessa: yeah, but stop texting him. I saw the messages you sent him.
Chloe: Which ones in particular?
Tessa: You don't text your co-worker like that
Chloe: Like what?
Tessa: I can see you're being all smiley and touchy-feely with him.
Tessa: He's taken
Chloe: I'm his friend, I get he's taken, but we work together.
Tessa: I see what you're up to, so stop texting him ;/
Chloe: Jesus girl, aren't you a bit paranoid?
Chloe: We WORK together. How am I supposed to stop texting him? We have to communicate.
Tessa: I don't care. I don't want you texting my boyfriend :/ bye","Tessa doesn't like Chloe texting her boyfriend, Jim Andrews. Jim is Chloe's co-worker so Chloe needs to communicate with him."
13821778,"Emily: fancy a drink after work today?
Kate: sure!
Marta: Good idea! 
Marta: Where? When?
Emily: Maybe in the Pub X at the central station at 5.30?
Kate: I may be closer to 6, traffic on my way
Marta: Fine for me.
Marta: See you then, Ladies!
Emily: Bye! see ya :*
Kate: :*","Emily, Kate and Marta are going to the Pub X at the central station today for a drink."
13865298,"Jane: Don't ever go to La Perle :<
Eddie: Why? You love this place
Jane: Used to love this place, not any more
Anne: We've just been there with Jane and Ella
Anne: Now we're getting out ER
Eddie: Dear god what happened?! Are you all right?
Jane: Now I'm good, but they almost killed me
Jane: You know I'm allergic to peanuts
Eddie: Oh no they didn't...
Anne: we ordered some cake, Jane asked for a cheesecake just to be sure
Jane: I told them I'm allergic and they ensured me there's not even a trace of peanuts
Jane: I started swelling after the first bite - apparently there were crushed nuts in the crust
Eddie: I think you should sue them. They really could have killed you
Anne: I told her the same thing, who knows how many people they killed?
Jane: I just don't get how ignorant you have to be to do something like this","Jane, Anne and Ella have been to La Perle. Jane ate cheesecake and got an allergic reaction. They are getting out of ER. "
13680874,"Tiffany: buy me a burger on your way home
Railey: ok
Tiffany: thx, sis :)",Railey will buy Tiffany a burger.
13727702,"Ariana: I think I am going shopping
Aviana: Where? 
Aviana: Midtown? 
Ariana: Yeah
Ariana: I wanna buy some stuff
Aviana: I wish I could go with you 
Ariana: Thats ok 🙂",Ariana will do shopping in Midtown. Aviana can't join her.
13819698,"Jane: Hey
Martin: Whats up
Maria: Hey
Jane: Anyone going to Value Village? 
Jane: I am getting halloween costumes with my sister
Jane: If anyone wants to join
Connor: I got mine today so thanks
Connor: At Value Village
Jane: I am going with u ok? priv msg
Jane: ok ok",Connor bought his halloween costumes at Value Village where Jane plans to get her and her sister's costume.
13828146,"Mary: Hi my friend :*
Alice: U re not at school?
Mary: No i stayed at home today.
Alice: Lucky u!","Today Mary didn't go to school, she stayed at home."
13819724,"Tom: we're few meters from you, can't you see us?
Jeffrey: lol, nope
Elena: c'mon, the red jacket!",Elena is wearing the red jacket and Jeffrey can't see her nor Tom.
13681924,"Sophia: I'm sorry
Mason: It's fine
Sophia: Ok...If u was there, I would give you a hot kiss for apologize
Mason: Hahaha. You still send me a photo one
Sophia: What photo?
Mason: Kiss photo. Haha
Sophia: Hehe I sent u already such a photo
Mason: Another one wouldn't hurt
Sophia: Maybe later :) When I take a shower and look good
Mason: And who says you don't look good now ?
Sophia: Me
Mason: Let me be the judge of that
Sophia: No
Mason: I'll still love you the same. Whether you have make up or not
Sophia: Hehe but I don't  want u to see me when I do not look good
Mason: You must
Sophia: I must what?
Mason: Send me the kiss now
Sophia: Haha
Mason: Doesn't matter how you look, you'll still look good to me
Sophia: Hahah
Sophia: <file_photo>",Sophia apologizes to Mason. She sends him a kiss photo on his request.
13821035,"Steffen: Any room in any of the cars going to the infinity pool? Im more handicapped than usual since I twisted my ancle yesterday :(
Irene: we can give you a lift. Don’t think the car can make it all the way up, so will park at the bottom and hike up 
Steffen: Then I think I have to skip - cant really walk on my leg atm :confused: But thanks anyway
Irene: :(
Dan: I’m pretty sure Mr.Budd could make it, it’s 4wheel drive, if mr.budd is going, although I haven’t seen the hill 
Luke: have you been up there? how bad is the road actually?
Luke: lol, that explains it
Luke: Sandy, is it vistas de olas?
Ben: Yes! Vistas de olas","Steffen twisted his ankle yesterday and needs a lift to the infinity pool. Irene's car probably won't make it up the hill, so they'd have to park at the bottom and hike up. Mr.Budd should make it up the hill since it's a 4-wheel drive."
13864917,"Mike: who is going for the research trip?
Jake: Me, Florence, Margot and others
Jake: but that's not important
Florence: hahah
Margot: true, we have our nice bunch of people
Mike: so maybe I'll apply too
Jake: but remember it can be harsh in Swazi now
Mike: gosh, Jake, have you realised at least that it's not even Swazi anymore?
Florence: hahaha, quite hilarious
Jake: ?
Margot: they changed the name of the country last year
Jake: what? so what's the name now?
Margot: Eswatini
Jake: are you kidding me?
Margot: Jake, it's basic knowledge before the trip LOL","Jake, Florence, Margot and others are going on a research trip to Swazi. The name of the country was changed last year and it's now Eswatini."
13730730,"Annie: Are you going to be at school?
Christine: Not tomorrow. I am not well.
Annie: Oh noes! What happened?
Christine: Got the flu, I think.
Annie: what's your temperature?
Christine: Not high, I'm not running a fever or anything
Annie: Are you eating ok?
Christine: Yeah. Just blocked nose, sore throat. Tired.
Annie: Sounds like you've got a cold. You need anything?
Christine: I could do with some Theraflu.
Annie: OK, I think we've still got some sachets, should be in date. I'll drop them through your letterbox later on.
Christine: Yeah. Don't call in because I'll feel bad if you catch this cold off me.
Annie: I think I probably had it already, but you might be sleeping.
Christine: If the light in my room is on, call if you want.",Christine is sick and won't come to school tomorrow. Annie will leave Theraflu sachets in a mailbox. Christine doesn't want to get her sick.
13730522,"Bob: you bitch... why you called Sarah?
Jill: because i want to.. who are you question me?
Bob: try whatever you can bitch you cant get me back
Jill: huh? excuse me i dont want you back so just fuck off
Bob: really then why your calling my girlfriend and sending her our pictures..
Jill: its just that i hate you and i dont want you to be happy :haha:
Bob: really bitch ? but u told her she cannot snatch me from you? 
Jill: yesss! its fun to hurt her 
Bob: i cant believe i was living with a bitch like you
Jill: oh yes and you would have lived if i wouldnt have kicked you out
Bob: What? huh! i left you.. dont remember you were begging me to love you not to leave you?
Jill: whatever.. i am glad i could make you angry and hurt you
Bob: ok thank you dear :)
Jill: thank you?
Bob: yes for saying all this, this is Sarah and all is good now... better luck next time?
Jill: get lost,",Jill called Sarah. She also sent her some old pictures. 
13730778,"Aggie: When do you start work?
Peter: at 8 
Peter: why?
Aggie: no when do you start the new job?
Peter: oh on the 6th
Aggie: Ok I'll get a babysitter then
Peter: lol wanted a free babysitter
Aggie: yeah sorry :P",Peter starts his new job on the 6th. Peter wanted a free babysitter. Aggie will arrange for a babysitter. 
13815679,"Aimee: Do you know where Maryam is?
Soren: Nope
Soren: You tried his number?
Aimee: Yes
Aimee: I even went to her home
Soren: She might have gone somewhere with his father
Aimee: Maybe",Aimee is looking for Maryam.
13716512,"George: Yo! Who wants to go play basketball on Friday, 7 p.m.?
Robert: Count me in! 
Yousuf: Can I come half an hour later? I need to help my sister with her car.
George: No prob. Paul, u coming?
Paul: Hell yeah! I'll bring some beers too!
Robert: Sounds like a plan!","George, Robert and Paul are going to play basketball on Friday at 7. Yousuf will be late."
13612049,"Rory: Hey Mitch, how are you? I hope you're doing ok. We are thinking of signing up Bill for that International camp. Sammy will be going too. Do you think it would be possible for you to take Bill and Sammy if you go down?
Mitch: I'm doing well - pretty tired. Yes, I do think that's possible :)
Rory: Great, that would mean a lot to us. Thanks a lot. 
Mitch: That'd be wonderful! July, I'll be at a few camps ;)
Rory: Of course, we'll chip in for gas. Ok, no problem :)
Mitch: Thx, no worries. I hope you're all doing well. Time is flying by ;)
Rory: Ok, great. I know, it's crazy.
Rory: Do you know exactly which date you'll be leaving?
Mitch: Sunday, the 29th
Rory: Ok, cool. It's such a long drive.
Mitch: Yeah, around 1000 km, but I'll try to get there early Mon morning.
Rory: That's a pretty ambitious undertaking :)
Mitch: I have to, camp starts Mon 9.
Rory: Just be careful, and take lots of breaks, don't fall asleep at the wheel, etc.
Mitch: I'll have the boys to keep me awake, and lots of snacks :)
Rory: Ok. We will probably put Bill on a Flixbus, so he'll arrive around 10 am Sun
Mitch: Cool, just make sure he has his phone on him.
Rory: Ok, no problem. We'll give him your number, but most likely Joanna will be picking him up.
Mitch: Oh, ok. That makes things easier. I'll meet him after.
Rory: Great, thanks a lot for doing this, I don't know how else we would get him down to Croatia.
Mitch: No problem. Talk to you later.
Rory: Ok, bye.","Rory wants Mitch to take Bill and Sammy and they'll chip in for gas. Mitch will be leaving Sunday, the 29th to get there by 9 am on Monday. Bill will arrive around 10 am Sunday and Joanna will be picking him. Mitch will meet Bill after."
13730333,"Jones: Hey.
Angelina: Hey.
Angelina: Long time. How are you doing?
Jones: I'm fine
Jones: You?
Angelina: I'm cool too.
Jones: You think we can meet today later in the afternoon in town?
Angelina: Definitely.
Jones: Okay. I will call you to confirm where we will meet.
Angelina: Cool",Jones and Angelina will meet in town in the afternoon.
13681165-1,"Alyssa: Have you seen Fergie’s national anthem? Illuminati does a great job.
Derek: This is not normal. I saw it last week…
Alyssa: What do you think about it?
Derek: I can fart bright stripes and bright stars better then she sings.
Alyssa: The best part is that she acts like she nailed it. But at least it's funny in a good way.
Derek: It is 😂",Derek and Alyssa make fun of Fergie's performance of the national anthem.
13611834,"Lauren: Hi do you still need me for tomorrow
Pam: Yes please!!
Lauren: Do you have any more rota?
Pam: No, but the Manager's back tomorrow so she may do some more then. I'll ring in the morning and let you know.
Lauren: ok that's great
Pam: Did you have a good holiday?
Lauren: Yes, will tell you all about it tomorrow
Pam: Look forward to it!","Pam doesn't have rota for Lauren, but Manager may give Lauren more tomorrow. Pam and Lauren will meet tomorrow and discuss Lauren's holiday. "
13816051,"Harriette: Have you ever gone ghost hunting? ;o
Jamie: Ghost hunting? Nah, not really... Have you?
Harriette: Yeah, once when I was in high school! There was a run-down building in the neighbourhood and we went to investigate it with my friends
Jamie: How was it? Did you find something?
Harriette: We didn't see any ghosts, haha
Harriette: But let me tell you that I never thought I'd freak out this much at hearing a cat meow
Harriette: There's just something about the atmosphere... that makes you overreact and find normal but unexpected things really creepy
Jamie: I guess that's part of the experience? :p
Harriette: Yeah, if I could choose again, I'd probably still decide to go - I don't regret it! But I definitely wouldn't try something like that alone ^^;",Jamie has never gone ghost hunting but Harriette did with her friends once in high school. They did not see any ghosts and she only got frightened by a cat's miaowing.
13810093,"Jack: Kev, I need your help?
Kev: What's up, mate?
Jack: I can't get the application running.
Kev: Have you switched the computer on?
Jack: Very funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kev: OK. Sorry. I can see it's serious.
Jack: Yeah, man. It is f**cking serious.
Kev: I'll be with you right now.
Jack: Thanks.",Jack needs Kev's help as he cannot get the application running. 
13727962,"Dan: look, i'm sorry
Dan: please text back
Dan: I'll explain everything if you agree to meet up
Angela: there's nothing to explain
Dan: please Angela, hear me out first
Angela: should i trust you
Dan: let me show you why you should.
Angela: Okay, meet me at school later
Dan: Okay",Dan wants to apologize to Angela. They will meet at school later.
13862566,"Shaldona: WE ARE GONNA GET MARRIED ❤️❤️
Shaldona: <file_others>
Shaldona: This is our mobile inviation for our wedding.
Shaldona: Invitation*
Piper: Hey. You haven’t sent me any messages for a few years.
Piper: And now you are sending me your wedding invitation 
Piper: THROUGH MESSENGER?
Shaldona: .....
Shaldona: Well..
Shaldona: I had no enough time to meet everybody and give this in person.
Shaldona: Hope you understand.
Piper: If you don't have time to give the invitation card in person but expect people go to your wedding
Piper: Shaldona, if so, you are too greedy.","Shaldona sends mobile invitations to her wedding, as she has no time to give them in person."
13730927,"Paula: Can we meet with the new person soon?
Ralph: Sure. In an hour okay?
Paula: Perfect.",Paula and Ralph will meet the new person in an hour. 
13819626,"Ania: Let's go together to the church tomorrow
Kasia: what a wonderful idea! to praise Mary the Queen of Poland together! So beautiful
Jan: Yes, let's do it!
Zuzia: I don't think a boy should go with us, find yourself other friends, some boys
Ania: I agree, it's inappropriate ","Ania, Kasia, Zuzia and Jan want to go to the church tomorrow. Ania and Zuzia do not find it appropriate to go to the church with a boy."
13729256,"Harry: Where are you? i am outside
Ema: coming just 2 mins...
Harry: You told me you were ready.. you know movie has already started
Ema: i am sorry give me 5 minss
Harry: Damn! take foreverrr","Harry waits outside. The movie has already started but Ema needs another 5 minutes, which made Harry angry."
13864921,"Jeff: Do you know guys anything about the agreement?
Vladimir: the most important is that they decided it's neither a sea nor a lake
Vladimir: so it will have a special legal status
Tanya: and they will completely divide the seabed up
Jeff: sure, it's rich in resources
Donald: yeah, mostly gas and oil
Vladimir: and ""between 80-90% of the world's caviar is sourced from the Caspian""!!!
Jeff: hahaha, right!","In the agreement it was decided that it's neither a sea nor a lake and it will have a special legal status. They will also completely divide the seabed up. It's rich in resources, mostly gas and oil."
13717284,"Joe: This job is wearing me up
Tim: Oh no! I thought you love it
Joe: I do, but because of it they give me more work
Sam: Shit, this sucks man, don't let it burn you out
Tim: Exactly, like my friend Terry
Joe: What did he do?
Tim: Quit eventually, but he had trouble sleeping, constantly tired, and turned out to have an ulcer
Joe: Fuck! I gotta slow down",Joe's job is wearing him up. Tim's friend Terry quit his job because he was burned out.
13820710,"Natalie: Have you been to this new club at Regents Street?
Judy: I'm going there this weekend!
Judy: I heard it's nice 
Denise: Yes! It's cool
Denise: I was there a few times already
Denise: I think it might be my new favourite club in town
Denise: The DJ is awesome
Judy: My friends were also praising the music
Natalie: That sounds great.
Natalie: I want to go.
Natalie: Can I go with you Judy?
Natalie: Are you going on Friday?
Judy: Sure.
Judy: I'm going on Saturday
Judy: With Miranda and Helen.
Natalie: Cool","Natalie is checking if it's worth going to the new club at Regents Street. Denise thinks the club is great. Judy's friends also recommend the place, so Judy is going there this weekend. Natalie will go to the club with Judy, Miranda and Helen on Saturday."
13715786,"Jamie: What do you think about doing those presentations in groups?
Marlo: I’m so down man, I don’t wanna do it alone, it’s a lot of work
Jamie: I know, interviews, then transcriptions, then compiling material, then writing
Jimmy: Geeeeez, you guys are so right
Jamie: I think we should talk to him to make like 3 presentations, so that gives us 3-4 people per team
Alex: You guys are so not up to date:D
Jamie: What you talking about?
Alex: It’s already done, we have 2 groups, he send us subjects in email
Jamie: LOL I was so convinced we gotta think of everything ourselves
Alex: hahah nah 
Jimmy: Did he divide us too?
Alex: No we gotta do it ourselves
Jimmy: Girls v Guys? 
Jamie: hahahaha that’s gonna be fun, we kinda have parity right?
Alex: Yeah I think so, I’m ok with that
Marlo: But dudes, girls are so much better in this subject
Alex: Thanks:D but I think you’ll manage
Jamie: Ladies first, I give you right to choose first
Alex: You give me rights:D that’s freakin new! THANK YOU
Jamie: Just tryin to be a gentleman;)
Jimmy: Yeah, you wish, you sexist pig:d
Jamie: Hey, hey no name calling here! Ladies read it
Jimmy: Oh you just diggin your own grave:D lol","Jamie, Marlo, Jimmy and Alex's teacher requires their class to divide into 2 groups, each making a presentation. The teacher sent them the presentation subjects via e-mail. Jamie, Marlo, Jimmy and Alex consider dividing the class into groups by gender. "
13864952,"Nora: John, are you at school?
John: yes, maths now
Nora: I've just talked on the phone to your math teacher
John: oh
Theresa: yes, where are you?
John: in the park
Theresa: Wait there, we have to talk
John: no, I'm leaving
Theresa: wait for me! 
Theresa: We're your mothers!",John is in the park. He is leaving now.
13730578,"Louis: did you see all the people outside the book shop today?
Louis: it was insane!!!
Sara: YES!!!
Sara: i saw a hugeeeeeeee crowd
Sara: do you know what was going on?
Louis: my friend told me this writer, this new writer...
Louis: i can't remember his name...
Louis: the one that writes about vampires
Sara: dante kyle?
Louis: no, the other one
Sara: cole grant?
Louis: YES!! my friends told me he was there signing copies of his books
Sara: no big loss then
Sara: i'm not a fan of his","There was a crowd outside the bookshop today. Cole Grant, who writes about vampires, was allegedly in the bookshop signing his books."
13716485,"Debbie: Help, I don't know which dress to buy! <file_photo> or <file_photo>?
Kelly: The red one! It's beautiful.
Denise: It is, but the green one will suit you better.
Kelly: Why? Debbie looks good in red.
Denise: She does, but in my opinion that dress would look better on someone taller. Deb needs a shorter one.
Kelly: Right, I haven't thought about it.
Debbie: So the green one?
Denise: Definitely!
Kelly: Yeah. But can you send me the link to the store? I'm considering buying the red one for myself :D
Debbie: LOL, okay. Here's the link: <file_other>",Debbie can't decide between buying a red dress and a green one. On Kelly and Denise's advice she will buy the green one. Kelly is considering buying the red one for herself.
13680358,"William: are you still angry?
Emilia: YES 
William: :(",Emilia is still angry.
13819017,"Mia: Could anybody help me to buy a flight ticket?
Rebecca: Sure, but what's the problem?
Mia: I don't have a credit card at the moment 
Mia: I've always used Peter's card, but now you know... I'd prefer not to
Tom: you can use mine!
Mia: Should I send you the link?
Tom: Just send me the flight, company and your personal data that I may need
Mia: great, so nice of you, thanks!","Tom will help Mia buy a flight ticket as she doesn't have a credit card and doesn’t want to use Peter's now. Tom needs the flight, company and your personal data."
13819627,"Hugh: can you recommend a good dentist?
Hugh: I have a toothache and need a dentist urgently
Andy: Im sorry mate
Andy: try ProDent in the centre
Andy: Dr Smith, Ive been a few times
Hugh: thanks, mate!
Wade: Ive heard all dentist in that clinic are good
Wade: I need to go for a checkup too, havent been to a dentist for ages
Hugh: You'd better go soon!
Hugh: I also havent been for ages and now it hurts horribly
Andy: You should go today
Hugh: Im working late today
Hugh: I'll call them straight away and arrange sth for tomorrow maybe
Andy: good luck! Take care!
Hugh: thanks, man",Hugh has a toothache and needs to go to the dentist. Andy and Wade recommend him dentists at ProDent. Hugh will call ProDent today.
13731107,"Ella: OMG!
Noah: ???
Ella: Just got a text from my mom!
Noah: ???
Ella: She won a hundred thou in the lottery!
Noah: Get. Out. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ella: Yes!!! Christmas is gonna be good! LOL!
Noah: Don't forget the little people!
Ella: LOL!","Before Christmas, Ella's mom won a hundred thousand in a lottery. Both Ella and Noah are excited."
13819533,"Oli: Theres a car accident 
Katie: Where? 
Oli: On circle drive
Oli: I tried to get to the Circle Mall 
Katie: Oh no 
Pavel: Its on the news now 
Pavel: Theres no deaths 
Katie: Thank god 👼 ","There has been an accident on Circle Drive, neat Circle Mall. There are no fatalities."
13829543,"Rob: Hey there, what's up?
Bob: Not much, watching the game. You?
Rob: Same. Having a few people over.
Rob: But the game is boring as fuck lol. That's why I'm writing
Bob: Yeah, true that
Rob: Any plans for the weekend?
Bob: Most likely the usual - run some errands, cook some food, go out for a few beers. Nothing super interesting have appeared yet :)
Rob: I've heard that Jim is planning to celebrate his birthday
Bob: Oh right, his birthday is like next Wednesday?
Rob: Yeah, normally that would make the next weekend a good time but he is going for a skiing trip with his family
Rob: So he said that he might organize something this weekend
Rob: Nothing super fancy - most likely a meetup with a few friends at some bar
Rob: Would you like to come?
Bob: Sure, that would be nice
Bob: But he has not invited me, so I don't want to be rude
Rob: Most likely because it is not a real party. When I see him I'll let him know :)
Bob: That would be cool - I actually haven't seen him in person for a while now :)
Rob: Yeah, facebook does that to people :)
Bob: ok, take care and see you on weekend!
Rob: yeah, see you then!",Rob and Bob are watching the game. Bob will run some errands on the weekend. Jim's birthday is next Wednesday. He might organize a meetup this weekend. Bob will see Rob on the weekend.
13830143,"Julie: Most of the people will be girls from the village 40+
Debra: i dont care, village girls are super cool
Julie: it will be awesome to meet up again
Debra: it is over the weekend and looking into my calendar it seems im available
Julie: awesome! so youre on the list <3
Debra: <3
Julie: yeah, we'e gonna drink a little vodka :P
Debra: :D
Julie: go on debbie and share the event on your wall, we need some recognition haha
Debra: brace yourself Jules :D how many people are coming?
Julie: its 20","Julie and Debra are discussing the event, there will be about 20 people, mostly girls from the village 40+."
13812901,"Ian: Did you hear?
Kate: What happened?
Ian: Mike had an accident on his motorcycle.
Ian: He broke his leg",Mike's had an accident on his motorcycle and he's broken his leg.
13815477,"Avery: You went to Ethan's house?
David: yeah I had to babysit
Avery: Aww, how do you babysit, just curious
David: I had to go through a lot :/
Avery: Was his sister naughty
David: Tooo much
Avery: Lol
David: I will just refuse net time :/
Avery: As you wish
David: :/
Avery: I just got his text 
David: What is he saying
Avery: He is asking me to say thanks to you
David: yeah whatever<3
Avery: He was saying that your phone was switched off
David: Yeah i have just turned it on
Avery: I have told him about that
David: k
Avery: Gotta go now",David was looking after Ethan's sister. Ethan is grateful. David won't do it again.  
13864977,"Conrad: I'm outside the house
Conrad: I forgot my keys...
Rebecca: 💩
Tiffany: I'll be home at 10-11
Rebecca: I'm coming back even later
Conrad: Oh no...
Conrad: I'll wait in the coffee shop","Conrad can't enter the house because he forgot his keys. Since Rebecca and Tiffany are coming back late, he'll wait in the coffee shop. "
13728129,"Clara: Did you notice that weird smell at Kasia's place last night?
Ron: YES!!!!!! I didn't want to say anything about it, though. I didn't want to be rude.
Clara: I think it was her 21 cats roaming around lol
Ron: lol don't say that, those cats were cute.
Clara: so what? they can still smell 
Ron: i think it was her sleazy boyfriend
Clara: lol you're bad
Ron: jk
Clara: in all honesty I don't know what it was.
Ron: i guess we'll never know",Clara and Ron are wondering what that weird smell at Kasia's place last night was.
13811007,"Jake: Holly ru coming tonight?
Holly: tbh I don't feel well
Holly: I think I caught flu
Jake: oh no, I was so excited that everyone would be here
Holly: I know, sorry
Holly: but I srsly feel shitty..","Holly is not feeling very well, so she's not coming to Jake's tonight. "
13682536,"Jacopo: hey, did you have a favorite dinosaur growing up?
Ludmila: yes, triceratops. why?
Jacopo: i'll tell you why later.",Ludmila's favourite dinosaur when she was little was the Triceratops.
13820543,"Josh: Going to the pub tonight?
Sean: sure, pick up some chicks!
Logan: Please, behave Sean, I actually would like to meet some girls 
Sean: ??
Logan: don't bullshit around with you sexist comments, it's counterproductive ","Josh, Sean and Logan are going to the pub tonight to pick up some girls. Logan doesn't want Sean to scare the girls away with his inappropriate comments."
13818311,"Liam: Dude you left your phone at my place?
Indiana: what? I didn't -- using it right now
Liam: shit whose is it then? :D
Indiana: dunno","Someone left a phone at Liam's place, but it wasn't Indiana."
13819098,"Claire: Check this out :)))
Claire: <file_other>
Maria: !!
Nicole: Absolutely perfect for you!!
Claire: I guess so
Claire: But it could be a bit darker, cause this color is not very vivid
Nicole: Noooooo, I think this color is perfectly good for the bride
Maria: And it's no that expensive :)))
Claire: Yes, the price appeals to me xD
Nicole: You should order that dress
Nicole: I think you won't regret
Maria: Don't hesitate, it's incredibly beauty!!
Claire: Ok, if you say so :))","Claire is ordering her wedding dress, adviced by Maria and Nicole."
13728763,"David: Hi victor how are you?
Victor: i am fine thanks, what about you?
David: very well thanks, i heard you have taken over Chris's company? is that true?
Victor: Yes he was under huge debt, but he is still working as Director
David: That is good, your running company at its old premises?
Victor: No i sold off the office and accommodated them in my office, you know there is a lot of free space.
David: yes i know. thats good to hear i was worried about Chris but really appreciate what you are doing.
Victor: he was not willing to get help so i thought to do it this way.. and he can own it back anytime he wants
David: God bless you
Victor: Thanks, hows your business?
David: its good but not too much work these days..
Victor: yes market is very slow..
David: yes expecting it to get better by the end of the year.
Victor: really? we can hope for the best
David: yes.","Victor took over Chris's company, which was under a huge debt. He sold the office and did some changes but Chris still works there as Director. David's business goes very slow but he expects it to get better by the end of the year."
13715895,"Patricia: Hello, here's the fair-trade brand I've been talking about <file_other>
Elle: Oh, thanks!
Florence: Looks great!
Patricia: I'm glad, I hope you enjoy it. The quality's really great and knowing where it came from makes it easier to spend the extra dollar ;)
Elle: I'll look into it :)
Florence: Thx",Patricia is recommending a fair-trade brand to Elle and Florence.
13813827,"Abigail: Why didn't you attend the part last night? :/
Ethan: I am currently in Los Angeles dat's why it was impossible for me
Abigail: When did you leave for LA? :o  You didnt even tell me
Ethan: Why did you wanted know about it ?
Abigail: Well! you are my friend and I dont even know that you are outta town. Dont seems good
Ethan: Don't worry. I would be back after 3 or 2 days
Abigail: Let me know when you reach back
Ethan: Sure. Will meet soon","Ethan didn't come to the party last night because he is in Los Angeles. Abigail didn't know about it. Ethan will be back in a couple of days, the he will reach out to Abigail."
13681721,"Stan: She replied :-)
Dave: She did?
Stan: <file_photo>
Dave: Lucky you!
Stan: I can't believe it! She's my dream come true!
Dave: Good luck today! Where are you going to take her?
Stan: Pat&Gill's
Dave: Good choice. Let me know how it was :-)
Stan: I will.
Dave: In minute detail :-)
Stan: Forget it!",Stan is meeting the girl of his dreams today in Pat&Gill's. Later he's going to tell Dave how his date went.
13821284,"Abby: Have you talked to Miro?
Dylan: No, not really, I've never had an opportunity
Brandon: me neither, but he seems a nice guy
Brenda: you met him yesterday at the party?
Abby: yes, he's so interesting
Abby: told me the story of his father coming from Albania to the US in the early 1990s
Dylan: really, I had no idea he is Albanian
Abby: he is, he speaks only Albanian with his parents
Dylan: fascinating, where does he come from in Albania?
Abby: from the seacoast
Abby: Duress I believe, he told me they are not from Tirana
Dylan: what else did he tell you?
Abby: That they left kind of illegally
Abby: it was a big mess and extreme poverty everywhere
Abby: then suddenly the border was open and they just left 
Abby: people were boarding available ships, whatever, just to get out of there
Abby: he showed me some pictures, like <file_photo>
Dylan: insane
Abby: yes, and his father was among the people
Dylan: scary but interesting
Abby: very!",Miro speaks Albanian with his parents. His family left Albania illegally in 1990s.
13821073,"Julie: hey guys... could you just talk to me for a bit? I just watched this Japanese horror movie and I'm home alone and a little uneasy (aka scared shitless)
Rose: Jesus, why on earth would you watch a Japanese horror, home alone at this hour?
Julie: Cause I'm a fucking moron?
Rose: Cause you're a fuckin moron. 
Paula: 5 point for Gryffindor, my friend. But in your defense, I always thought you were quite unaffected by horror movies.
Julie: That's what I thought too!
Paula: So what kinda movie was it?
Julie: <file_other>
Rose: seems pretty generic
Julie: It's scarier than it looks.
Rose: you know that japanese horror are the worst ones, right?
Julie: I know that now.
Paula: If... you want me to come over I can.
Julie: omg really? <3
Paula: Yeah, sure, it's like 20 minutes by bike to your house, we can drink cocoa and watch ""when harry met Sally"" until we fall asleep ;)
Julie: Omg Thank you so much, I love you!
Rose: I wish I lived in your neighborhood :(
Paula: We can chip in for an Uber for you :D
Julie: Let's have a spontaneous sleepover :D
Rose: Oh, man it's late, but why the hell not.
Rose: I'll bring cookies for the cocoa :D
Julie: yay :D","Julie has just watched a Japanese horror. She's alone at home and really scared. Paula and Rose are going to come to her place for a spontaneous sleepover. They'll drink cocoa and watch ""When Harry met Sally."" Rose will bring cookies."
13863055,"Lucy: 15. My little girl is 15. What should I do now? Where is the rule book?
Patricia: Why? It's like yesterday she was 5 years old...
Patricia: You know, you have like 15 years of preparation and it shouldn't come as a surprise :) 
Lucy: Pat, as a mother I'm not as good as I always wanted to be...
Patricia: Don't exaggerate...
Lucy: Are you numb to all emotions? How did you feel when Patrick turned 15?
Patricia: I just don't see things as you do :)
Lucy: :)",Lucy is panicking because her daughter is 15 now and she is not sure she is prepared as a mother.
13716119,"Dan: Guys, so are we going out on Sat?
Tim: I'm ready when you are
Chris: I'm OK too, in the centre right?
Tom: I'm out guys sorry. 
Dan: come on Tom, what's wring this time
Tom: told ya before. party at in-laws
Chris: always the same story right
Martin: right guys, so what time?
Tim: start @8? finish. 8 if we're lucky
Dan: yeah, i need to be home at 2 and ready to drive on Sunday noon
Chris: so you takin it easy this time
Martin: i guess i'd have to as well
Tim: guys you sound like 60 yos
Chris: Tim, are the last two standing or what?
Tim: i gather
Dan: you two will also grow up one day. ","Dan,Tim, Chris and Martin will meet at 8. Dan and Martin will take it easy this time. Tom can't make it as he has a party at in-laws."
13716169,"Casey: <file_photo>
Amelia: these are so nice!!! did you do them yourself?
Kristen: wooow amazing
Amelia: i want my nails done like that too!
Casey: yeah i did it myself :D got a new nail polish but damn it took me nearly 4 hours lol
Amelia: can you do it for us too?
Kristen: pretty please!
Casey: sorry you guys... it was a nightmare :( seriously 4 hours for nails is too much","Casey got a new nail polish and did her nails herself. It took her nearly 4 hours, so she won't do her friends' nails, as it takes too long."
13612245,"Kate: hey whats up
Sharol: hii nothing much man.. so bored
Kate: done with the assignment?
Sharol: which assignment?
Kate: that sociology one?
Sharol: which ? what? i am lost
Kate: omg dont tell me you forgot?
Sharol: seriously i dont know what your talking about?
Kate: haha! no wonder your bored girl 
Sharol: now would you please tell me which assignment? 
 Kate: yes ! we had to find answers of the questions about feminist act.? remember
Sharol: ohhh goodnesssss!!! i dont know how i forgot.......................................
Kate: now dont waste time and do it
Sharol: ya man. when is it due?
Kate: Tomorrow.. 
Sharol: What! 
Kate: yes now stop all those what and why and get to work....
Sharol: yes i am... are you done?
Kate: yes.... phewwwww
Sharol: :( talk to you later babes
Kate: haha.. i know i shouldnt be laughing but this is so funny...
Sharol: i hate you!
Kate: excuse me? i reminded you about assignment...
Sharol: oh yesssss... i love you now let me work. bye
Kate: lol ok byeee","Sharol forgot about her sociology assignment. She needs to research feminist act, and it's due tomorrow. Kate has already finished it, and she rushes Sharol."
13828780,"Linda: Hi Helen, was Jamie at school today?
Helen: Yes, he was, but I've heard that Jack is sick again? Poor baby.
Linda: I'm afraid so :( High fever and a terible cough
Helen: Jamie had it all the time last year
Linda: how did you get rid of it?
Helen: I have this wonderful perdiatrician, doctor Tornez, he is great with kids and treats every case individually
Linda: that's rare in these days - sometimes I think all doctors do is prescribe antibiotics :/
Helen: I know! But doctor Torez i quite different. You can find him at the City Medical Centre
Linda: The one next to the mall?
Helen: exactly
Linda: Thanks! anyway, I just wanted to ask if there was any importans news concerning the school trip
Helen: You haven't heard? It's off!
Linda: What, why?
Helen: Half of the class is sick...
Linda: Oh no :/","Jack had to miss school because he is sick. Jamie was sick a lot last year but he got better thanks to doctor Tornez at City Medical Centre, next to the mall. Linda learns the school trip has been cancelled as many students are sick."
13682307,"Tim: Seen mum 2day?
Louise: Nope. she's with autn Grace
Tim: oh yeah i forgot
Louise: why u need her
Tim: nothing important. ok for now
Louise: ciao",Tim does not need mum for anything important at the moment.
13815437,"Caroline: I think his mother doesn't like me...;-( :-( 
Kate: how come??
Caroline: I just see it in her eyes...
Kate: any example?
Caroline: I just feel it... 
Caroline: hard to give any example.
Caroline: I'm his first gf and she's jelous...
Kate: what??? u r his first gf??
Kate: how old is he??? o_O ???
Caroline: 26 but he's a nerd.
Caroline: he used to spend all the time at home..
Kate: so he lives at home with mummy?? LOL
Caroline: yeah.. mummy and gramma
Kate: fuck, really??
Kate: and u think he's normal?
Caroline: he's an introvert...
Caroline: it's a big house..
Kate: but has he ever lived somewhere else?
Kate: u know shared flat, erasmus?
Caroline: nope...
Kate: he's really weird..
Caroline: he's just a nerd, but v.intelligent!
Caroline: w8 , he's writing sth, will text u l8er.
Kate: ok",Kate believes her boyfriend's mother dislikes her. He is a nerd who lives and has always lived with his mother and grandmother.
13730881,"Vincent: <file_photo>
Damian: What happened to your lamp?
Vincent: I broke it xD 
Vincent: With my bare hand
Damian: You didn't do this just to show off did you?
Vincent: Hahaha. xD No.
Vincent: I was playing with my cat with a ribbon
Vincent: And while raising my hand I just hit the lamp and the glass cover broke
Damian: Shit happens. You ordered new one yet?
Vincent: Yeah. Should be ready to pick up on Tuesday xD",Vincent's new lamp should be ready to be picked up on Tuesday.
13728369-1,"Nestor: I'm thinking of buying a new laptop
Nestor: And it seems that now is a perfect time for it as Black Friday is coming
Olaf: Hahaha
Nestor: I haven't said anything funny, what's wrong with you
Olaf: Everything's fine with me, you're just being silly
Nestor: Why, cuz I want to save some money buying what I need when it's cheaper?
Nestor: Do you actually know what Blak Friday is about?
Olaf: Of course I know
Olaf: It's a cunningly contrived sales pitch
Olaf: Prices are thought to be reduced but in fact they're the same or even higher...
Nestor: You're just repeating a stupid theory some people made up and try to convince others that it's based on facts
Olaf: You're really naive...
Olaf: <file_other>
Olaf: Click on this link and see for yourself
Olaf: This is one of the sites where people upload photos of the same product and its price 2 weeks before Black Friday and during the promotion
Nestor: And how do I know whether it's a reliable source or not?
Olaf: Carry out your own investigation
Olaf: Go and check prices of the chosen products when the promotion is still on and check them again when the promotion is over
Olaf: Simple
Nestor: What if the laptop I want has been really cheaper and I'll miss a perfect deal?
Olaf: Then I'll help you
Olaf: I know a dude who sells almost new computers at very reasonable prices
Nestor: So ask him to send the offer of what he has in stock to me first
Nestor: If he can offer me a good deal, I'm going to the mall and starting investigation tomorrow
Nestor: Deal?
Olaf: Deal!
Olaf: I'll call or text him and ask to contact you.
Olaf: I'm sure he'll help you and you'll appreciate my advice :-)
Nestor: We'll see about that","Nestor wanted to buy a laptop on Black Friday sales, but Olaf advise against it, as the prices in reality are not reduced. Nestor will check it if Olaf helps him to get a good deal from a guy he knows."
13715824,"Nancy: Yeah, but u can also read the news online ;)
Phil: I know, but imagine - ur keen on technology and u get all the news in one place. Then u can choose what to read and what not.
Nancy: Sounds sensible. Does it have something 4 fashion?
Phil: Probably so. Not sure, though.
Nancy: How about u, Vic?
Vic: I still prefer Facebook. Had Twitter once, but the interaction with others is nothing compared with Facebook.
Phil: Well, it's intended in a completely different way. 
Vic: What do u mean?
Phil: IMO, Twitter is not for interacting like on Facebook, but for getting news fast and from reliable, more or less, sources. U can follow anyone and anyone can follow u.
Vic: Still, on Facebook I can share stuff with my friends, join groups and talk about things that interest me. And I don't have to limit myself to 140 characters.
Phil: 280. Still, a downside. OTOH, if ppl were able to write as much as they wanted, Twitted would get as cluttered as Facebook.
Nancy: So no one uses 4 example Instagram?
Vic: I do. 
Phil: Not 4 me. I don't post that many pictures online. 
Nancy: But u can follow ppl and see what they're doing or offering. There are also companies on Instagram.
Phil: I know, but I'm more interested in news and gossip than seeing someone post a picture of their breakfast. 
Vic: That's not all ppl post on Instagram!
Phil: So, what else?
Vic: Depends on ur interest. I, for one, like to observe all the fitness accounts :)
Phil: And does this motivate u to train?
Vic: No, but it gives me hints what to do and what not. 
Nancy: What do u think about Tumblr?
Phil: What?
Vic: Heard about it, but never had an account.
Nancy: It's a microblogging website. U can post blog entries, pictures and basically everything u want there. And ppl can observe u!
Phil: Don't have that much time to write a blog.
Vic: Me neither. 
Phil: Nancy, y do u ask these questions? ;)
Nancy: I have my reasons ;)","Nancy asks Vic and Phil about various social media, which prompts them to discuss and compare the different platforms. Phil is not into Instagram but likes Twitter. Vic prefers Facebook over Twitter and likes Instagram. Phil and Vic both don't use Tumblr. "
13865176,"Amanda: have you seen the guy with dreads?
Peter: yes, so awkward!
Dan: hahaha, very, but cool!
Amanda: I'm not convinced","Amanda and Peter don't like what the man in dreads looks like, but Dan does."
13682269,"Sue: can you pick the car up after work tomorrow please
James: yes and pay?
Sue: yes I will transfer the money in 
James: ok x",James will pick up the car after his work tomorrow. Sue already have sent him money. 
13728099,"Alice: Are you on the way
Jess: I'm in a traffic jam
Alice: oh, no, where?
Jess: West Bronx
Alice: :/",Jess is in a traffic jam in West Bronx.
13862329,"Dima: hello! 
Nada: hey girl, what's up?
Dima: I'm in a huge trouble, my laptop is broken and I have to deliver a translation tomorrow @9 😱😱
Nada: fuck what happened??
Dima: the stupid cat spilled coffee on it 😣😣 I'm freaking out!
Dima: you still have your old laptop? is it possible to lend it to me please?
Nada: no sorry, I've given it to my brother - but you're lucky! I've taken these two days off so you can take mine
Dima: ooh man! thank you sooo much!!! if it weren't for Trados, I wouldn't be panicking :( 
Nada: no worries, it happened... but I always think about this... like man, we need some back up laptops!
Dima: I know! but I always change my mind and spend the money elsewhere lol
Nada: yeah, but it's like our only tool! so we need to invest in it
Dima: yup, true !
Dima: can I come in an hour to pick it up?
Nada: yes :) ttyl!","Dima's laptop is broken, as her cat spilled coffee on the laptop. Dima is worried, because she has to deliver a translation for Trados tomorrow. Dima will come to Nada in an hour to borrow Nada's laptop. "
13829943,"Betty: so where did you go after?
Kelly: we wander around and met more people from school
Betty: anyone i know
Kelly: well, yeah
Betty: tell me!!!!!
Kelly: guess...
Betty: oh c'mon!!
Kelly: guess who could pass THE pub at 2 am...?
Betty: oh no!!!
Kelly: oh yes!!!
Betty: damned bastard
Kelly: haha but we didnt talk almost, just hi-hi hows it goin
Betty: tell me everything
Kelly: he looked nice, standard
Betty: was he with someone?..
Kelly: yes....
Betty: :/
Kelly: I'm sorry sweetie,  i told him a few words, he heard from me a bit. Bastard
Betty: thanks, babes, youre the best, youre my bestie
Kelly: not at all love, he is  such an ass!","Afterwards, Kelly wandered around and met some people from school. She also met him. They almost didn't talk and he was with someone. "
13862409,"Anne: Hi darling, do you went to come for Easter?
Adele: love to, i'm off on friday
Anne: it's could be nice, i'll invite Louise too
Adele: great, i'll bring you eggs, chocolat ones of course!
Anne: thanks darling.",Anne is inviting Adele for Easter. Adele will bring some chocolate eggs.
13681010,"Melody: did you get your computer fixed yet?
Peggy: no, im spending a lot of time using the library computers.
Melody: do they know whats wrong with it? 
Peggy: might be something with the circuit board. they hope to have an answer tomorrow
Melody: thats pretty serious. might be cheaper just to buy a new one
Peggy: thats true. well see.
Melody: if you need to get a new one, i highly recommend the mac model that i have
Peggy: ok, good to know. i'll write if i have any questions
Melody: youre probably due for a new one anyway, no?
Peggy: you're right. 5 years is a long time to own one.
Melody: yes, thats ancient by laptop standards
Peggy: ok. i might just not bother getting it repaired after all.
Melody: sounds like a good idea","Melody's 5-year-old laptop is broken. Tomorrow she'll know what's wrong. She won't be repairing it, because her laptop is too old. Instead, she'll buy a new one."
13828943,"Jerry: Hi sweetie :)
Janet: Hi sugar ;)
Jerry: I'm coming home
Janet: Can't wait ;)
Jerry: I should be there in 40 minutes
Janet: Ok, I'm waiting for you :)
Jerry: How was your day?
Janet: Oh, it was ok but my boss is a pain in the ass sometimes
Jerry: I know, she can be a bitch :P
Janet: Yes she can! ;)
Jerry: See you later darling
Janet: <3",Jerry will be home in 40 minutes. 
13717052,"Mark: So, we've got our where and when. Package tour or self-organised?
Anna: Package. More convenient.
George: Self-organised. Cheaper.
Julia: Do we need a 5* hotel? MAybe let's choose one of the cheaper options from a tour operator?
Mark: Actually, not a bad idea. That'll be both cheap and convenient.
Anna: I'm in!
George: So, let's start digging and we'll talk about it l8r?
Mark: SLAP
Julia: Ok. But maybe let's divide ourselves so that we don't check the same websites?
George: Ur right!
Anna: Sure. XOXOXOX
Mark: Let's do this asap!",They are going to do some research on holiday options and discuss them later. They will most likely choose a cheap offer from a tour operator.
13829210,"Stanley: I can’t believe in her…
Bill: What is it? And who?
Stanley: Del, she’s behaving kind of… stupid
Bill: Meaning?
Stanley: I told her I can’t go for this weekend with her because of work
Bill: And? How did she react?
Stanley: She was angry and wouldn’t listen to me. She accused me of having an affair o.O
Bill: You’ve been together for like 4 moths and she’s already doing sth like that???
Stanley: I know, it’s crazy. I starting to give up.
Bill: So what, that’s it?
Stanley: No, I’ll talk to her when she’s back, I’ll tell her it can’t be like this, see what will she say
Bill: Sorry to say that, I don’t think you’ll bring any good news xD
Stanley: Actually, me too. But at least I’ll try
Bill: Well, I’m sorry. We need to take care of the Lidem project right now.
Stanley: Yes I’m finishing the analysis for the pervious one, but it should be done tonight, so I can start working on it today
Bill: The problem is I don’t what you should do ;p
Stanley: whaaat
Bill: The analysis of tasks is not done yet, Alison disappeared from all the media and won’t answer her phone
Stanley: Great. So division of the tasks is on me?
Bill: Yes because I’m already researching when it comes to the funding.
Stanley: We’ll do, it’ll be ready tomorrow, not sure what time.
Bill: OK, keep me posted.
Stanley: Btw, it’s weird that Alison is out of touch
Bill: No at all, it’s not the first time
Stanley: Women…","Del accused Stanley of having an affair, because he couldn't go with her this weekend due to his work. They've only been together for 4 months, so it's not a good sign. Now Bill and Stanley need to take care of the Lidem project. Division of tasks is on Stanley, because Alison is unreachable."
13828473,"Kimberly: Hi Laura :)
Laura: Hey Kim :)
Kimberly: Do u remember if I left the cafe yesterday with my umbrella?
Laura: I'm not sure...
Laura: I remember you arriving with it. It was a pinkish-blue one, right?
Kimberly: Yes, with a flower motive.
Kimberly: I got it as a present from my Mom a few years back.
Kimberly: It's not worth anything, but it's about the sentimental value.
Laura: I understand, maybe try calling the cafe? 
Laura: Maybe a customer found it or a waiter?
Laura: Here's the number: 613-785-4329.
Kimberly: Thanks! It's worth a try :) ",Kimberly might have left her umbrella she got from her mother at the cafe yesterday. Laura gives her the cafe's phone number to check with the staff.
13828949,"Catherine: Hi Jake, last week I applied for an accounting position @ Pandora.
Jake: Hey Cathy! Really? That's great!
Catherine: R u still working there?
Jake: I sure am. It's already been 5 yrs.
Catherine: Time flies. So I take it ur satisfied?
Jake: I am, I rarely think about changing companies. 
Catherine: Does the company offer possibilities of personal development & promotion?
Catherine: I mean is there a clear career path?
Jake: Yup, that's the main pro of this place & the benefits.
Jake: I was promoted twice during these 5 yrs & the salary increase with each promotion is quite significant.
Catherine: That's good to hear. Most companies 2day are implementing cost saving policies & the employees are the ones who suffer.
Catherine: I mean at my current workplace u can only count on inflation salary increases. So u barely see the difference on ur paycheck.
Jake: That's what I hear from most of my friends. It's a tough time 4 employees on the market nowadays.
Jake: 4 now our company is still dynamically expanding. 
Catherine: And how about the benefits u mentioned?
Jake: The company partially finances language & accounting courses.
Jake: There's also a yearly bonus that depends on your achievements and private healthcare.
Catherine: That sounds like a dream :D Your HR dept. gave me a call yesterday and invited me to an interview on Monday.
Jake: That's great! I'll keep my fingers crossed :)
Catherine: Thanks Jake :) Is there anything I should prepare/review before the interview?
Jake: Well I think it would be beneficial to know some facts about the company.
Jake: You can find them on the official website, in the ""about us"" section:  <file_other> 
Catherine: OK, I'll definitely take a look.
Jake: And they may ask u some Qs about accounting principles, the basics. But I mean that won't be a problem 4 u.
Jake: I remember u graduated with honours from uni.
Catherine: That's true. :) I'm a bit nervous though.
Jake: There's no need to be. Give me a call after the interview. Good luck!
Catherine: Thanks. TTYS!",Catherine applied for an accounting position at Pandora. Jake has been working there for 5 years. This job offers a clear career path and benefits. Jake got promoted twice with salary increase. Catherine will have an interview on Monday.
13681987,"Fiona: hey
Anna: hello 
Fiona: can you go with me to a doc? 
Fiona: I need support 
Anna: yeah sure 
Fiona: thank you so much 
Fiona: it's tomorrow at 8 a.m.",Anna will go with Fiona to a doctor tomorrow at 8 a.m.
13716619,"Dan: Fuck me guys, I wanted to wash my hands and the pipe under the wash basin literally exploded! 😱/😂
Steve: lol sounds like fun. What shall we do?
Andrea: That's so ridiculous. I'll write to the owner now
Dan: Thanks Andrea. Or you can give me her address and I'll do it myself
Andrea: No, no worries, it's no big deal
Dan: Thanks! 💓",Pipe under the wash basin exploded when Dan wanted to wash his hands. Andrea is going to write to the owner about it.
13716075,"Claire: <file_photo>
Kim: Looks delicious...
Linda: No way... Look what I'm cooking right now:
Linda: <file_photo>
Claire: hahahaha 
Kim: Curry dream team
Claire: Enjoy your dinner :*",Both Claire and Linda are making curry for dinner. 
13731085,"Matt: I feel like my homestay parents don't treat me that well
Jorge: Why u think so?
Matt: They take Carlos for subway
Matt: And I feel like they prefer talking to Carlos
Jorge: Do they feed you well tho 
Matt: Yea I guess
Jorge: Maybe you're just overthinking
Matt: I don't know
Matt: It feels like a negative vibe
Matt: is it because I stay at home too much 
Matt: And so They have to pay more for electricity 
Jorge: I doubt it but hmm 
Jorge: I would give a fuck
Jorge: You're there one more month and go 
Matt: True",Matt will be staying with homestay parents for one more month. They seem to talk more to Carlos. They have higher electricity bills because Matt spends a lot of time at home.
13680843,"Ann: hello Katie, thank you so much for hosting Tim monday evening and for dropping him at the railway station next morning. Here is mobile number... .I 'll confirm you , but again and in advance: thanks a lot
Katie: Hello Ann, i didn't realise but we spend a week end together 20 years ago in Saint Fargeau!!!
Ann: it goes back so long... but it's possible
Ann: It's true that i know Ben since school.
Katie: as far as i'm concern i remember very well this week end as i had a very good friends call Ann Cairns ( like you)😜, Erik's wife
Ann: Erik's wife? of course he's my cousin, and Ann his wife is the cousin of one of my best friend... Small word
Katie: indeed
Ann: Hi Katie, is it still ok for hosting my son tomorrow? You may send him a text to tell him where you want to pick him up. Thanks so much
Katie: Yes Ann, i'll send a text to your son for tomorrow.
Ann: Thanks. Funny you also know Stef and Leo, friends of us in Berlin. But it's true they lived in Reims before
Katie: your son is really nice. don't hesitate to contact me again if needed.","Ann thanks Katie for hosting her son Tim on Monday evening and driving him to the railway station next morning. Kate will send a message to Tim tomorrow, to ask about the place where she should be waiting for him."
13729583,"Sharon: My mum knows
Ahmed: Aaaand?
Sharon: She’s angry, I’m grounded
Ahmed: For fuck’s sake you’re 19
Sharon: But I still live with my parents, let me remind you -_-
Ahmed: So move out
Sharon: It’s not that easy, hello
Ahmed: Move in with me, we would be together all the time :*
Sharon: I’d have to go to work, I’m still a student
Ahmed: Don’t worry, I’ll take care of you
Sharon: My parents will stop talking to me at all
Ahmed: So what
Sharon: I care about my parents, cmon!
Ahmed: But they’re stupid
Sharon: Don’t talk about them like that!! They’re just… old and manipulated
Ahmed: How can you manipulated into being an asshole -_-
Sharon: Ok, I know you fell hurt by their behavior but stop it
Ahmed: You don’t care about me
Sharon: I do! But my family is important to me, you should understand that
Ahmed: OK, whatever",Ahmed wants Sharon to move in with him but she's afraid of her parents' reaction. Ahmed is angry.
13731321,"Rob: <file_photo>
Rob: Not sure if I'm getting dumber, or this is how it feels like to get older
Tom: What?
Rob: I'm looking at today's memes and they mostly refer to things that are either completely stupid, or have no humour value.
Tom: Rob, get yourself a girlfriend please. You're talking bullshit :D
Rob: Ehh. Fuck you.",Rob is disappointed with memes he watches. Tom suggests he should get a girlfriend instead of complaining about the memes.
13728067,"Grace: The hand sanitizer by the restrooms is empty. Do we have a refill/
Mike: Yes, no problem. I'll get to it right away.
Grace: Thx.",Mike will refill the hand sanitizer on Grace's request.
13611929,"Louis: Hey, hows your day? :D
Cheryl: Okaaay… I guess
Louis: Aha, someone’s feeling a bit down, am I right?
Cheryl: yea, sort of…
Louis: Go on, tell me what happened
Cheryl: I…just had an argument with my mom
Louis: Jesus what again
Cheryl: I forgot to close the window when I was leaving home!
Louis: And that’s it?
Cheryl: No, not only… Ya know, wouldn’t be that bad, but I got angry, started screaming and everything ;/
Louis: not a good idea, babe
Cheryl: I knoooow 
Louis: Was it really bad? 
Cheryl: I suppose yea, she kicked me out xd
Louis: WHAT
Cheryl: I mean I don’t have to move right now, but she gave me time till the end of the year
Louis: I’m sorry…
Cheryl: Naah, don’t be, I believe it’s for good. I couldn’t stand her anyway xD","Cheryl had an argument with her mom. She forgot to close the window, got angry and started a fight. Her mom gave her time till the end of the year to move out."
13731391,"Victor: do you need me to pick you up from the airport
David: that would be neat
Victor: what time are you landing
David: 17:30 at Sevilla
Victor: SEVILLA???
David: yeah sorry
David: Jerez was too expensive
David: you don't have to pick me up if you can't
Victor: no its ok",David lands at 17:30 at Sevilla airport and Victor will pick him up.
13612194,"Ann: Hi, is the laptop still available?
Josh: Yes it is
Ann: I can pay 200 dollars
Josh: The price is 250 and it's non-negotiable
Ann: Do you have a bag for it? Some other accessories?
Josh: I have a bag and a small usb mouse
Ann: Sounds good, I'll take it, where can I pick it up?",Ann wants to buy Josh's laptop for $200. Josh doesn't want to negotiate the price. Ann will take it for $250 with accessories. 
13716087,"Mike: Can anybody do the washing up?
Mike: I did it last time
Mike: So now its your turn
Sara: I'll do it
Mike: Ok
Sara: But when I get back
Sara: From the cinema
Sam: You're going to the cinema?? With whom??
Sara: With Jack
Sam: Ahhhh
Sam: I thought that maybe I'll join you
Sara: Not this time ;-)))
Sam: <file_gif>
Sara: xDD","Mike wants someone else to do the washing up this time. Sara agrees, but when she returns from the cinema she is at with Jack."
13828227,"Gary: remember i told you i wanted to drive for uber?
Ellie: yes.... :-D
Gary: and how you told me it was a terrible idea
Ellie: yes, I do remember lol
Gary: well, i'm driving for uber :-D
Ellie: really??? hahahha i'm sure i was right
Ellie: i'm sure you hate it
Gary: no! i love it <3
Gary: i'm actually parked waiting for a ping for my next ride
Gary: it's so much fun!!!
Gary: i've met loads of cool people! :-D
Ellie: really? 
Ellie: i would have NEVER expected YOU would enjoy it
Gary: why is that?
Ellie: you're... ""peculiar"" when you meet new people, lol
Gary: what do you mean???
Ellie: don't take this the wrong way...
Ellie: but you're not good at being around new people lol
Ellie: you're always awkward and uncomfortable :-/
Gary: lol i didn't know i was perceived that way
Ellie: yeah, so when i hear you're having fun meeting all thiese strangers i'm really surprised lol
Ellie: maybe your social skills are improving!! hahaha
Gary: whatever, I'm having so much fun
Ellie: i'm glad you are!! :-)",Gary is a driver for Uber and he really enjoys it.
13863223,"Leah: <fIie_others>
Kristi: What is this?(?_?)
Leah: If you go to this link, you can get 20% discount coupon <3<3<3
Kristi: What coupon is this? (＠_＠;)
Leah: All the items on this online shop. 
Leah: Havent you talked to me that you needed new trainers?
Kristi: You remembered! Yes I did! (*^0^*)
Leah: I have a favor as well_(._.)_
Leah: Put my ID onto the reference code. “Direndia45”∩(·ω·)∩
Kristi: What can you get if I do that?
Leah: I will get some accumulated money for the shopping next time.(*_*)(*_*)(*_*)
Kristi: Alright.  (^.^)
Kristi: You smart consumer! (^_-)-☆(^_-)-☆",Kristi needs new trainers. Leah has a link for a discount coupon at an online store.
13829640,"Sue: Call me when you get this.
Sue: it's important
Steve: OK, I'm calling",Steve is calling Sue at her request.
13828336,"Andre: i just read the news about the bear attack on the zoo :-(
Andre: yikes - i would've never had imagine something like that could happen
Megan: that's why I always say you can't keep animals y cages!!!
Megan: it's cruel and it's wrong!!!
Megan: i'm not surprised the bear reacted that way",Andre is shocked after reading the news about a bear attack at the zoo. Megan is not surprised that an animal kept in a cage reacted that way.
13862341,"Mick: I didn't get the confirmation emai from AES yet
Barbara: I did
Mick: You did? 
Mick: I gotta call them
Barbara: Yes",Barbara got the confirmation email from AES. Mick did not get the email and will call them.
13612024,"Alan: Can you send me the file with budget estimation
Allison: Done
Alan: Sorry, not this one, estimation for current year, not for next year
Allison: Sorry for the mistake, sent it to you
Alan: Thanks. Tell me, do you know, why we doubled the costs in the line ""other expenses"" compared to last year
Allison: It was when our boss had to come back from Japan for the convention
Alan: I see, I see...","Allison send Alan budget estimation for this year. Extra other expenses are boss's trip to Japan, for a convention."
13731505,"Liam: Yo. You free now?
Nate: Yup. What's up.
Liam: I feel like a stroll around. You comin?
Nate: Sure. I'll be ready in 10.
Liam: Be there in 15 :D
Nate: See ya.",Liam and Nate will meet spontaneously in 15 minutes.
13727992-1,"Duncan: btw bro, all the best in this year's championship
Carl: thanks bro, hope my evo 10 wont let me down this year.
Duncan: relax, last year you were just unfortunate with the gearbox.
Carl: yeah, but this year im using a 6 speed hydrolic shift gearbox
Duncan: that will really service you, i know that
Carl: will you guys attend?
Duncan: we cant miss watching our youngest cousin sweep away the title
Carl: haha, stop exaggerating
Duncan: haha, i mean it, we cant miss it for the world!
Carl: thanks, ill have you reserved in the VIp
Duncan: cool
Carl: thanks
Duncan: go get them!
Carl: i will",Carl will compete in championship this year. Duncan can't miss this event. Carl will register his family members as VIP.
13681079,"Dinny: can you take your dog away before i come?
Terry: are you afraid?
Dinny: a little
Terry: ok than",Dinny's afraid of Terry's dog so he should keep it away.
13814769,"Anastasia: Our new school photos
Anastasia: <file_photo>
Anastasia: Look how happy I am
Darrell: You don't look unhappy to me but it's like you're, uh
Darrell: What was the word
Darrell: Sceptical of something
Darrell: ""what am I doing here""
Anastasia: Ahahaha
Anastasia: That's my mood everywhere I step in
Darrell: Hahaha
Anastasia: Well
Anastasia: They took the photo in less than a minute actually
Darrell: Oh wow... well, I guess there were a lot of people?
Anastasia: Yeah
Anastasia: School photos always suck
Anastasia: They take them so fast and carelessly
Darrell: They would only really take group photos of us in middle and high school
Darrell: If someone wanted a portrait photo, I guess it was possible
Darrell: But not obligatory
Anastasia: Well, I needed a new one for my school ID
Anastasia: So I had no choice here
Darrell: Luckily no one really has to look at your school ID most of the time, haha
Darrell: Don't worry about it
Anastasia: Ah no, I'm not worried, I actually find it kind of funny, it's fine",Anastasia sent her new school photos to Darrell.
13864517,"Kim: I'm going to Seoul!
Agatha: wow finally!
Mark: When? Bring us some kimchi!
Kim: People on a plane will kill me if I do :D
Kim: I'm going in April <3
Agatha: Are you going with Jane?
Kim: yes, of course - she'll be our tour guide
Mark: so jealous... I'd love to come as well
Kim: Really? I asked you like a hundred times",Kim is going with Jane to Seoul in April. Jane will be their tour guide.
13809884,"Aubrianna: My friend's dad died because of malaria in kongo
Darien: It's dangerous for all people not just whites
Aubrianna: So read about this",Dad of Aubrianna's friend died of malaria in Kongo.
13680352,"Josh:  Man, I’m really pissed off.
Mark: What’s up, bro?
Josh: I lost my brand new sneakers somewhere.
Mark: Oh, man, that sucks, when?
Josh: I don’t know exactly, last Tuesday I think.
Mark: Where’ve you been to?
Josh: Many places, swimming pool and fitness, but I thought I left them in the gym.
Mark: You should call them or go there. 
Josh: Yeah, I did  call them, but they said nothing was found when they’re closing.
Mark: So what are the options now?
Josh: Dunno, will try to check the swimming pool.
 Mark: Ok, good luck. Gimme a call.
Josh: I will. Take care, bro.
Mark: You too, man. ","Josh is upset, because he lost his new sneakers on Tuesday. Josh has already called the gym, but they didn't find anything. Josh will check the swimming pool and give Mark a call."
13830106,"Bella: It's valentine's day!😁😁😁
Aria: For somebody without bf today is kinda miserable day.....😢😢
Bella: There are a lot of vendors selling roses on the street here.
Bella: <file_photo>
Aria: <file_gif> 
Bella: hahahahahahaha!! That looks SO SAD! :'‑(:'‑(:'‑(
Aria: I feel like the weather is colder than it really is. How's the weather there?
Bella: Here? it's 3 degree today. Wow! Even coffee shops are all decorated with all the heart-shaped balloons.
Bella: <file_photo>
Aria: Here everywhere just chocolate. :‑/ :‑/Of course it isn't related to me at all. :‑/:‑/
Bella: Only shops seems to get money.
Aria: What's your plan?
Bella: Maybe I will order some pizza home. (Sounds not that fun. right?) When will you come to Warsaw?
Aria: As soon as I quit, I will fly to you.😑😑 For now what I only hope is to leave work at 6. :‑|:‑|:‑|:‑|
Bella: This year I will probably go to Korea to get regular checkup. 
Aria: Good. Take care there.
Bella: Make bf asap and visit us together.😝😝😝 You too!
Aria: I gotta go. Ttyl",It's Valentine's day. Bella plans to order some pizza home. Aria will come to Warsaw as soon as she quits. This year Bella will probably go to Korea to get regular checkup. 
13716129,"Sawyer: ball game 2nite?
Sutter: injured
Wheeler: what time?
Sawyer: 5.30? 6?
Wheeler: anytime l8r?
Sawyer: pitch booked at 8 so we need to start earlier
Wheeler: so im out sry
Yardley: i guess next time be better",No one wants to play ball with Sawyer tonight.
13681757,"Sarah: how much longer?
Daina: I need to put my make up
Sarah: OMG
Sarah: casual or party type?
Daina: casual
Sarah: so it's about an hour?
Daina: u know me, sorry :)",Daina needs about an hour more to get ready.
13820984,"Carmen: how are you feeling, Viola? it is so so close...
Alfred: My dearest Viola <3
Viola: I think as one's feeling before the wedding - a little bit light in the stomach! ive got some things to organize still!
Carmen: i will be on friday night, i could give you a helping hand :))
Viola: Thanks darling, i will let you know x
Carmen: (Y) my number just in case +00123456789
Viola: (Y) <3",Viola is having her wedding soon and still has some things to organize. Carmen comes on Friday and is willing to help Viola.
13681755,"Madeline: I'm really not happy with Martin’s requests, and Jada's way of dealing with his problems. But it's her responsibility. I probably shouldn't care, should I?
Alex: What happened?
Madeline: We had a little argument today, didn't you hear?
Alex: No, I think I was away or oblivious.
Madeline: Oh, ok. That's probably better 😂
Alex: Tomorrow u need to tell me what happened lol
Madeline: Are we going for a beer after?
Alex: Sure!
Madeline: Good, have a good night. See you tomorrow. More than 8 hours. Excited?
Alex: I can’t contain myself…",Madeline is in conflict with Martin and Jada. Alex and Madeline will go for a beer tomorrow. Madeline will explain her issues with Martin and Jada to Alex.
13829396,"Mom: Hi, Betty, how are you?
Betty: Hi, everything's fine and you?
Mom: me too
Mom: You could call Grandpa from time to time, you know
Mom: He's always asking about you.
Betty: I know, Mom, it's just I've been so busy.
Mom: we're all busy. You don't have to talk long, just check in.
Betty: OK, I will.
Betty: ;*",Mom wants Betty to call the grandfather from time to time.
13681405,"Whitney: What will be for dinner?
William: Spaghetti alla vongole
Whitney: What's this vongole? Never seen this word
William: It's in Italian
Whitney: What does it mean?
William: Clams, it's a kind of seashells, seafood
Whitney: Oho, ambitious, how are you going to do that?
William: First I will cook pasta
Whitney: quite obvious, this is spagghetti alla vontale
William: Alla vongole. Afterwards I make garlic golden, add wine and then clams
Whitney: Gonna get drunk :))
William: Very funny. I wait as clams open, and I'll add pasta
Whitney: Sounds delicious, I am mouth watering!","William is making spaghetti alla vongole for dinner. It's an Italian dish and it involves pasta, garlic, wine and clams."
13820950,"Maria: Who's gonna be at IMF lecture tomorrow? We can discuss all remaining questions after and do the calculations?
Alexander: I don't attend that class, but it is fine by me to meet
Sarah: I will not be there, sorry. I am working
Martha: So when? We are due on Monday
Martha: That doesn't leave many options
Alexander: On Saturday I already have to meet for another presentation, so my option is Friday afternoon or tomorrow
Sarah: Tomorrow and on Friday I am available from 5pm, during the weekend for the whole day
Lawrence: I am meet after class anytime or make time over the weekend if needed
Sarah: So can we meet tomorrow evening? 17:15?
Alexander: It is fine by me
Lawrence: I will be late, but you can start without me","Maria suggests to meet after the IMF lecture to discuss the presentation which is due on Monday. Maria, Alexander, Martha and Sarah will meet tomorrow at 17:15. Lawrence will be late."
13864654,"Molly: listen I've got a free ticket to the Muse concert in Cracow, want to come with me?
Hannah: nah, I don't like them
Molly: what about you Anna
Anna: yassss please
Anna: let's go! <3",Molly and Anna will go to the Muse concert in Cracow.
13828411,"Laura: Hi Tabs, how are you doing?
Tabby: I'm ok, the only problem is I have 2 exams next week. What about you?
Laura: Oh, I'm ok, passed all exams but one. But that one was not so important.
Tabby: Ok.
Laura: Are you coming to Daisy's party on Saturday?
Tabby: I must see how much progress I make with studying over the next couple of days. :(
Laura: Ok... I understand that. :)
Tabby: Yeah! But I'm optimistic.
Laura: Good! That's my girl!","Tabby has 2 exams next week. Laura passed all her exams but one. Tabby may come to Daisy's party on Saturday, depending on her studying progress. "
13716504,"Joel: Hey, how are you guys doing? How's Coco?
Becky: She's actually sitting on my lap purring right now.
Trent: confirmed
Joel: no way :D pics or didn't happen!
Becky: <file_photo>
Joel: haha! It took you guys 2 days to win her over. She's usually not that easy.
Trent: maybe she remembers us visiting you?
Joel: Maybe... oh, man, I'm jealous ;) Is she behaving ok?
Becky: She's a total gem. Absolutely adorable.
Trent: tbh she does try to scratch the couch from time to time
Joel: you can just hiss at her or clap and she should stop
Trent: yeah, we do that like you said and it works
Joel: and if she wakes you in the morning you can just lock her out of the room until feeding time
Becky: she hasn't done that yet actually
Joel: I'm pretty sure it's coming :P
Trent: so far she's been really sweet
Joel: I'm glad. Just let me know if you need anything ok?
Becky: ok sure",Becky and Trent are taking care of Joel's cat Coco. Coco likes them both and is behaving rather well so far. 
13821656,"Sosie: What's your flat apartment number again?
Kyra: 187
Sosie: thanks! Will be there in 5 mins
Kevin: Hurry up! 
Kevin: We're all waiting :P",Sosie will be at Kyra's flat in 5 minutes. The flat number is 187.
13730814,"Clint: I'm curious. How's the waste management working out over there?
Ronnie: It actually works very well. We use three different bins: compost, recycle and trash. Compost anything organic from yard waste to food scraps. Recycle for paper, bottles, cardboard, plastic, metals. And trash everything else. Why do you ask?
Clint: Sheer curiosity. What about general awareness? Plastic bags, etc.?
Ronnie: Very high. No more single use plastic bags in grocery stores. No more straws in restaurants.
Clint: Yeah, I read yours was one of the cities that banned them. I wonder when that will get here.
Ronnie: Never...
Clint:: What do you mean?
Ronnie: I highly doubt that type of environmental awareness will happen there. People there live in a different world when it comes to that.
Clint: People don't have to have any awareness, tbh. It's above them. If there were such decisions made they would follow
Ronnie: That is true. But at the state government level I don't think there is that awareness either. But hopefully I am proven wrong!
Clint: Really bizarre. I noticed it's struggling here. On the other hand, it's money.
Ronnie: Money in the sense of?
Clint: Reducing waste=lower utilization costs. Do they sort through everything further down?
Ronnie: Yes here they do. 
Clint: It seems to be the same way here. Dry recyclables, food and general, compost ","Ronnie uses three different bins for waste. He doesn't use straws, neither plastic bags. Clint and Ronnie agree that environment protection depends on the government. "
13814888,"Adam: it was me who called u
Adam: call me back or text me when u can;-)
Tina: sorry, I'm still at work..
Tina: so many pple today:/ :/
Tina: dunno what time I can leave and actually my phone is dying...
Adam: I see, u can call me once you're back home, I won't be sleeping until late
Tina: ok, and if it's really late then I'll call u 2morrow
Adam: but don't do it before 9!;-)
Tina: sure thing;-)",Adam called Tina. She is at work. Her cell's battery's low. She will cal Adam later in the evening or tomorrow after 9 am.
13821251,"Sally: Hi guys have you heard about Natalie?
Tom: No. What about her?
Jane: You're such a gossip girl, Sally!
Sally: Come on! I'm sure you're all curious.
Tom: I am. 
Sally: Relax Jane, what's your problem?!
Jane: She told us in confidence, I don't think we should share it with others.
Greg: Now I'm also curious
Henriette: Tell us! 
Henriette: Is she pregnant? 
Sally: 💣💣💣
Sally: Guess who's the father!!!
Henriette: I knew it!
Henriette: Is it Mike?
Sally: Dave!!! 
Henriette: WHAT????
Greg: That's insane! ",Natalie is pregnant with Dave. Jane didn't think Sally should share it with others as Natalie told them that in confidence. Henriette and Greg are surprised that the father is Dave not Mike.
13830077,"Steve: can you byt me some lunch?
Nick: sure, what do you want?
Steve: Anything but chicken.
Nick: gotcha",Nick will got some lunch for Steve - it can be anything but chicken. 
13727832,"Timmy: Who do u wanna invite?
Gemma: Well, there's u and ur date :)
Timmy: Not sure about the date, but I'll be there :) who else?
Gemma: I was thinking about Lona and Michelle.
Timmy: Still thinking ur getting invites to their weddings?
Gemma: It's not like that.
Timmy: Sure it is ;) just don't wanna admit it ;)
Gemma: Fine! I want to come to their wedding receptions!
Timmy: There we go :) was it so hard?
Gemma: Yes.
Timmy: And u think u can change their minds?
Gemma: Dunno.","Gemma will invite Timmy and his Date, as well as Lona and Michelle to her wedding."
13730976,"Millie: Heeey I’m sick I won’t come today
Sal: I’m sorry! Get better soon :*
Millie: <3","Millie is sick, so she won't come today."
13611757,"Daisy: going home?
Lisa: not yet
Daisy: please be back before 11 pm
Lisa: ok",Lisa isn't going home yet. Daisy wants her to be back before 11 p.m.
13681621,"Sophie: the bus is leaving in 3 minutes, are you coming???
Tina: almost there, i am already dressed
Sophie: FASTER!
Tina: chill, I will make it",Tina will make it for the bus that is leaving in 3 minutes.
13680702,"Noah: Hi there! The quince we talked about the other day... Are you still interested?
Sophie: Hello Noah, but of course I am.Thank you.
Noah: Actually William went to collect the rest of them for you immediately. They're in a basket on our terrace, so you call collect them any time.
Sophie: That's very very kind of him! He's really a darling.
Sophie: We won't be going your direction any time soon I'm afraid. How long will they keep? Is it windfall?
Noah: Both really but they all look very healthy. No bruises afa one can see. Or only odd small ones. They' be alright for a couple of days I guess. The weather's cool.
Sophie: It would be a shame if they rotted. I'll talk to Frank and maybe to the twins too and go back to you asap.
Noah: OK.
Sophie: Hey Noah, the twins will be on their way from Notts tomorrow afternoon and passing Windfield. Is it alright if they pop in and collect the quince?
Noah: Absolutely! In fact anyone can come any time and just take them from our terrace. Of course it would be great to see your twins again. Haven't seen them for ages!
Sophie: Well we don't see that much of them either :( They'll be coming home this weekend only because of Alexa's ceremony.
Noah: Notts is 3 hours' drive away so small wonder they don't fancy it so much.
Sophie: I don't blame them! We're both happy they've been doing fine at college. Everything's absolutely fine. You don't have William at home all that often either, do you?
Noah: He gets 5 days at Xmas by way of ""family care"" and 2 weeks off spread over the whole year but never longer that 5 days. They have a strict regime at the academy. But after all these years we've learned to cope with it. What worries me is that he seems to have no time to even think about getting married and start a family of his own.
Sophie: The fate of most military I guess. Hugely unfair I'd say. Like being married to your regiment!
Noah: That's what it sounds like when he talks about himself! I never hear a girl's name! And when I ask, he gets brusque.
Sophie: Oh dear! What could it mean?
Noah: No, not what you think! We know from Capt. Broomsberg about their common escapades. Plenty of women but only that sort of women. No strings.
Sophie: I never even imagined he might be gay! Surely not. But there must be sth else.
Noah: We think he's just so obsessively career-minded. Nothing else counts for him.
Sophie: He's always been very strong-willed. And he knows what he wants. Well if I were you I wouldn't worry at all.
Noah: You're probably right. But you know I'd love it so much to have plenty of grandchildren around me.
Sophie: They'll come, don't you worry! Look the twins will contact you about the quince. Alright?
Noah: Sure. Thank you Sophie for a nice chat!
Sophie: Thank you for the quince!",Sophie accepts some quince from Noah. Noah has left the quince in a basket on his terrace and the twins can pick it up any time. The twins are in college. Noah's son is in the military. He is still single but reportedly not gay.
13811296,"Harry: Going to Ikea, need anything?
Sarah: Oh yes! :D
Harry: perfect XD
Sarah: So could you please buy for me: white table cloth 120 cm x 140 cm, as simple as it gets, two medium size wardrobe organisers (the ones with grey flowers), one wooden spatula and three bottle cleaners.
Sarah: If you happen to go the food section, I wouldn't mind a Daim's frozen cake and a bag of meatballs ;)
Harry: Ok, got it. Will do my best.
Sarah: You can use my Ikea Family card, just give them the number and my last name and tell them you forgot to bring it ;) 17927192.
Harry: Thanks! Stay online, I may need your help.
Harry: <file_photo>
Harry: Is this table cloth ok? Or that one?
Harry: <file_photo>
Sarah: First one's perfect ;)","Harry goes to Ikea. He will buy some furniture, frozen cake and a bag of meatballs for Sarah. Harry will use Sarah’s Ikea Family card."
13810083,"Cindy: <file_gif>
Ellie: Why are you so sad? Something’s happened?
Cindy: I don’t want to talk about it…
Ellie: Cheer up! Tomorrow’s another day 😊
Cindy: <file_video>
Cindy: Have you seen it? It’s viral on the internet
Ellie: Nope, but it’s very funny 😊
Ellie: <file_gif>","Cindy is sad, but doesn't want to talk about the reason. Ellie hasn't seen the funny video that went viral. "
13611740,"Nadia: heeeeey how are you?
Jannet: hey, I'm cool, we just got up and now we're doing some breakfast :D how are you guys?
Nadia: cool, we just woke up like 20min ago and will eat something too
Jannet: nice :D thank you guys for coming yesterday, it was really nice to have you here, I hope you had fun
Nadia: of course we had, I hope we will repeat it soon :)
Jannet: sure, we just have to wait for the neighbours to forget about us, cause it was fuckin loud yesterday xD
Nadia: hahahah yeah it was
Nadia: but it was really cool, I'm still in a very dancing mood
Jannet: perfect, the next time we're going to the disco then :D
Nadia: sounds cool ;)",Jannet thanks Nadia for coming to her place yesterday. Nadia enjoyed the party and is still in a dancing mood. They are going to the disco next time.
13611714,"Mark: Have you seen his new car?!!
Jeff: Dude, wtf, it's like insane. How the hell did he afford it???
Mark: No fucking clue, but the ride is legit
Jeff: Hell yeah, I'd drive this baby
Mark: Over my dead body:D I gotta be first one to try it out
Jeff: Yeah, you wish:D 
Mark: wanna bet he'll let me first:D?
Jeff: 100 bucks dude, I'll bet your ass:D 
Mark: hahaha deal!",Jeff and Mark are amazed by his car. They bet 100 dollars who gets to drive it first.
13716588,"Ann: Congratulations!!
Ann: You did great, both of you!
Sue: Thanks, Ann
Julie: I'm glad it's over!
Julie: That's co cute of you, girl!
Ann: Let's have a little celebration tonight! 
Sue: I'm in
Julie: me too!!! aww","Ann, Sue and Julie did a great job and they will have a little celebration tonight."
13728148,"Kathy: <file_picture>
Kathy: Aunt on the chair getting her haircut today :)
Kathy: I think I'm also going to get something done today
Kathy: Maybe get it cut a bit shorter
Olivia: ooo how fun! I am just chillin today 
Olivia: <file_picture>
Kathy: <file_picture>
Kathy: : <file_picture>
Kathy: The end results :) 
Olivia: Very cute! 
Olivia: <file_gif>
Olivia: Although not a big difference with Aunt's hair. But yours looks really nice!
Kathy: Thanks!",Kathy had her hair cut.
13716254,"Mr. Benson: Hello everyone. First of all, thank you for staying after hours. As you know, I'm currently in Peru discussing a contract with a new client. 
Mr. Benson: We need to discuss a couple of matters: your work while I'm gone and things I need from you asap. 
Claudia: Hello, Mr. Benson. Of course. What do you require from us?
Andy: Hello, Mr. Benson. I'm here. 
Mark: Hello, so am I. Sorry for being a little late. Had a call with a client. Did I miss anything?
Mr. Benson: No, Mark, we're just starting.","Claudia, Andy and Mark stayed after hours at Mr. Benson's request. Mr. Benson is currently discussing a contract with a new client in Per and he wants to organize their work remotely."
13810149,"Jane: your mums losing it
Den: why you say that?
Jane: she just text me about crying over this morning?
Den: what did she do this morning?
Jane: no the telly program with phil and holly
Den: oh right y?
Jane: some baby reveal😂
Den: I'm confused
Jane: I think she needs to get out of the house more:
Den: invite her for tea on Friday I'll bring fish and chips home after work
Jane: thats a good idea x","Jane thinks Den's mum needs to get out more, so Den suggests to invite her for tea, fish and chips on Friday after work."
13728835,"Ludo: hi mum, did you arrive at school?
Mum: yes , i'm in front of the door: you 're room 112 with Hugo and Charles.
Ludo: and do you know my class number?
Mum: yes class 3, as Hugo and Charles
Ludo: good, so cool
Mum: I'll show you the picture of the listing, but i couldn't manage to see the room.
Ludo: Ok no problem
Mum: the building is quite big and there is also a huge garden, you'll have room enough
Ludo: Yes i saw
Mum: i have to go, meeting is starting
Ludo: ok thanks
Mum: don't wait for me",Mum is at school in front of the door. Ludo's rooms is 112 and his class is class 3. The same goes for Hugo and Charles. The building is big and has a big garden. The meeting is about to start.
13731212,"Chandler: Phoebe!! Do you have money?? 
Phoebe: Yes I have .. But why do you need it..
Chandler: Open your door.. And pay the delivery guy standing outside my door..
Phoebe: Oh chandler !! you idiot... On my way..",Chandler asks Phoebe to open the door and pay the delivery guy standing outside his door.
13865040,"Rory: Max, is your sister studying in China?
Max: She is
Rory: How does she like it?
Max: it's not amazing, but she believes it's a good investment
Rory: does she speak Chinese?
Max: I think she does already
Joseph: Hard to control I imagine
Max: hahaha
Eliza: I think this is the best investment imaginable
Max: really?
Eliza: sure, the every 5th earthling is Chinese
Eliza: or so
Rory: true, I don't think you could stay unemployed speaking Chinese
Max: but there are Chinese everywhere and they speak foreign languages
Rory: true
Rory: anyway, where is is? Beijing?
Max: Nope. Shanghai
Rory: I've just checked, it has 25 million inhabitants!
Max: yes, she said it's actually bigger than the capital
Rory: Insane, it's the population of the whole Australia",Max's sister is studying in Shanghai and she already speaks Chinese. She doesn't find the whole experience amazing but she believes it's a good investment.
13682204,"David: Morning Russ. Have you seen the report I emailed yesterday?
Russ: Hi David. Well received thank you. But I haven't read it yet.
David: Is there anything you'd like me to do right now?
Russ: I'll take a look at the report in a moment and will send you remarks if I have any.
David: Sounds good. I guess I'll just answer some emails.
Russ: Please do. I should be done by midday with the report.",Russ received David's report but hasn't read it yet.
13829899,"Catherine: We're going to visit uncle Steve, want to come with us?
Ben: why would I?
Catherine: He's family and we haven't seen him in a long time.
Ben: you know very well that I'm not fond of such visits
Ben: they stress me out
Catherine: Come on, even you can do it from time to time.
Ben: maybe I can but I don't want to
Ben: it will end the same way as usual
Ben: with me being pissed at everyone
Catherine: The boys want to see you
Ben: I can visit you and play with them some other day
Ben: I don't have to drive to another city to do it
Catherine: You know that he'll be disappointed?
Ben: uncle Steve?
Catherine: Yes.
Ben: I don't think so, we don't have anything in common
Ben: all he ever does is bothering me with stupid questions about my private life
Catherine: Maybe that's his way of showing that he cares about you
Ben: yes... sure... sometimes I wonder if you're thinking about what you type :P
Catherine: Depends on the day
Catherine: Today I'm tired so I can't guarantee it
Ben: you should rest then
Ben: instead of asking me to do stuff I don't like
Catherine: Alright, don't worry, I'll stop
Catherine: But still the part about the boys missing you was true
Catherine: So come and visit them when you'll have the chance
Ben: I will",Ben won't go with Catherine to visit uncle Steve. He will visit her and the boys. 
13816899,"Kaya: We have been looking for you in Library
Clay: I am the class room
Kaya: Be right there","Kaya is looking for Clay, who is in the classroom."
13813888,"Sean: Hey, I won't be able to take the car to the carwash
Sean: They want me to finish report first :(
Alice: shoot, but it's crazily dirty
Alice: Will we have tomorrow?
Sean: <file_gif>
Sean: We can leave a bit earlier or get it washed somewhere on the road
Alice: it might be  good idea, let's do it tomorrow then
Sean: great!",Alice and Sean will wash the car on their way tomorrow.
13731225,"Julia: Hey, what time are you getting home?
Bert: 8-ish. Why?
Julia: I was wondering if we should wait for you with the dinner?
Bert: Yeah, that would be nice of you. I'll try to get there on time
Julia: Ok. Call me if you're running late
Bert: I will. xx",Julia will be waiting for Bert with the dinner. Bert is coming home around 8.
13682248,"Steve: hiya the dishwasher has turned up
Mum: good did they install it for you
Steve: yes they did a good job
Steve: <file_photo>
Mum: looks really nice
Steve: yes it does its nice and quiet
Mum: is it a 12 place setting one?
Steve: I think so, not that I ever have 12 for dinner lol
Mum: not but you dont have to put it on every day
Steve: no every other
Mum: yes I'm glad you are pleased with it xx
Steve: I am thanks mum xxx",Steve is happy that he got a new dishwasher installed.
13810207,"Harvey: Update?
Michelle: Too soon, still researching.
Harvey: That is an update, Michelle.
Michelle: Fine. 
Harvey: I can't wait all day.
Michelle: If you stop texting me, I could get on with it!
Harvey: Fair point.
Michelle: Besides, half of this stuff is black hat. I can't see most of it.
Harvey: Why not?
Michelle: It installs bugs on my computer.
Harvey: Oh, right.
Michelle: It's fine. I'm back on it.
Harvey: Thanks.",Michelle is still researching and Harvey cannot wait all day for the update. Michelle can't see most of the things as it's black hat and it installs bugs on her computer.
13729149,"Bill: lovely pie
Joy: hey lover boy
Bill: i really miss you
Joy: i miss you too😘
Bill: when are you coming back
Joy: on thursday
Bill: cant wait to see you
Joy: me too",Joy is coming back on Thursday.
13828432,"Henry: Do you know what happened to cafe Kohaku?
Julia: The one near Covent Garden?
Henry: Yeah. I wanted to reserve a table, but I can't find them anywhere. Their Facebook page disappeared.
Julia: I'm afraid they're closed :(
Henry: For good?!
Julia: Afraid so. I've been there last week and wanted to take my cousin there, but the place's empty
Julia: Probably the rent was too high.
Henry: Oh no, I loved that place
Julia: Me too. I checked online for the owners and contacted them, but they haven't replied yet. I hope they will reopen somewhere else
Henry: Unless they do it far away, the location was perfect. It was a real gem in this touristy district
Julia: I know, I know... We went the Lilly's in the end, my cousin and I, but it's not the same
Henry: Eh, that's a pity then, I was so looking forward to their brownie
Henry: How was the Lilly's?
Julia: It's all right, it's a different vibe though. I think you should go to the Japan Centre for the same
Henry: Uhm, don't think so. It's always awfully crowded and there are more tourists than normal people like us","Julia was at cafe Kohaku near Covent Garden last week, but it's closed down now to her and Henry's surprise. She contacted the owners, but they haven't replied yet. Henry and his cousin went to the Lily's in the end, but it had a different vibe."
13728300,"Jake: What are your plans for the day?
Olivia: I haven't really got anything planned. There are some things I should do which I haven't looked at for a while
Jake: Like what?
Olivia: I ought to do my accounts. At least get all the incoming and outgoing invoices sorted by months.
Jake: Tax filing is a long way off.
Olivia: I know, but doing it all at the last minute is a dreadful headache.
Jake: Anything else?
Olivia: I also have a few videos I need to upload to YouTube.
Jake: Already ready or you still need to do post-production?
Olivia: I don't really do much by way of post-production. I'm not exactly Steven Spielberg.
Jake: I do, but I dont always have time to do much.
Olivia: If I put in any music I always get a copyright strike and someone else is taking the ad revenue
Jake: Yeah. And some of those claims are purely speculative. One time I put on one of my own pieces and it was challenged by Sony Music
Olivia: No way!
Jake: It's true. On the form you fill in to counter the claim I said if Sony want to make me one of their signed artists, that's fine. Otherwise to get they paws off of my music.",Olivia has to sort out her accounts and upload a few videos on YouTube. Jake is complaining that Sony Music tried to appropriate his own music.
13810177,"Emily: Oh Linda...Something horrible has happened. I'm so sorry. I have broken one of your green tea cups. Just looked away and brushed it off the table with my skirt. SORRY!
Linda: No worries babe! It's nothing. Really.
Emily: I'm feeling so bad about it. So clumsy of me.
Linda: Look. I never really liked the set, so one cup makes no difference. I hardly use it anyway. How come it was on the table BTW?
Emily: I was cleaning the cupboards in the dining room.
Linda: You did what? Whatever for? The crockery there is more for decoration.
Emily: Exactly. I thought they're so pretty, especially the green ones, and then noticed how dusty they are. So I thought I'd be a helpful guest and wash them. I did. And then I made myself a cuppa in the green one. And it happened.
Linda: Ya golden! Really! Look, calm down. You are a fantastic guest.
Emily: Ya. Smashing. As we say in GB.
Linda: You know what? Take out the whole green set. If you like it so much - it is yours.
Emily: But Linda! I'm speechless.
Linda: Precious! See you in the evening!
Emily: CU
Emily: And THANK YOU",Emily's a guest at Linda's house. She broke one of Linda's green tea cups when she was cleaning the cupboards. Linda doesn't like them and she offers Emily the whole set.
13730403,"Tom: Have you ever been to Dublin?
Camilla: Never in Ireland!
Tom: So let's go there this weekend!
Camilla: for 2 days?
Tom: Yes, the weather forecast is great!
Camilla: I love your crazy ideas!
Tom: ok, so I'm buying the tickets
Camilla: <3",Camilla and Tom will go to Dublin this weekend.
13681886,"Stella: Hi Sandra
Stella: Did you recover finally?
Stella: I wanted to come and visit you but I didn't want to get infected by the disease that you've been carrying
Stella: You know... I'm a teacher, I could spread the disease
Sandra: Hello my dear
Sandra: I'm getting better every day but there's still something left
Sandra: I have some effective medicines now
Sandra: All the drugs that doctors have been prescribing to me so far were useless
Sandra: Now the difference in my well-being is surprisingly considerable
Stella: It's very nice to here that, I'm so happy for you!
Stella: Hope you'll be in a perfect health soon
Stella: I want to take you to the cinema
Stella: They have a brilliant repertoire now
Sandra: Oh, I dream of getting out of the house!
Sandra: I used to love laying in the bed for hours, but now I hate it
Stella: I understand
Stella: Just tell me, what kind of movie would you like to watch?
Stella: A romantic comedy, horror, fantasy or something else?
Stella: I'll do some research in my friends' midst and try to choose the best option :)
Sandra: I'm dreaming of watching some action movie
Sandra: With all the special effects and dynamic action
Sandra: Something that would be the opposite of my current situation :)
Stella: You got it! :)
Stella: I'll find something special for you
Stella: So I'm keeping my fingers crossed for your quick recovery
Stella: Talk to you soon! :)
Sandra: Thanks, Stella, my darling. You made my day :)
Sandra: Bye bye","Stella doesn't want to visit Sandra because she doesn't want to get infected by Sandra's disease. Sandra's doctor prescribed her effective medicines, so she will be fine soon. Stella wants to take Sandra to the cinema for some action movie when she recovers."
13728819,"Harley: You should see this divorce filing. OMG...
Ruby: Bad?
Harley: The guy was a serial cheater!
Ruby: OMG!
Harley: She's taking him to the cleaners. Monthly settlement, half his pension, you name it.
Ruby: He deserves it!
Harley: There are always two sides...
Ruby: Maybe she was a piss poor wife?
Harley: Never cooked. Never cleaned. He paid for everything yet still managed to buy her mom a house and take extravagant vacays.
Ruby: Geez, down boy!
Harley: Voice of experience, sorry!
Ruby: Well, people do crazy things. 
Harley: Yes, and some times theres karma, but...
Ruby: You're right, two sides.",Harley and Ruby are discussing the divorce filing. Harley and Ruby agree there are always two sides.
13611458-1,"Ken: Hi, how are you?
Ang: Just peachy! You?
Ken: I'm okay...
Ang: Just okay? What's wrong?
Ken: Just stressed; work stuff, fighting with Brad, too much going on at mom's.
Ang: Hang in there, it will get better!
Ken: I know, but it's a lot.
Ang: Can I do anything to help?
Ken: You are! Listening to me vent! LOL!
Ang: Are you at least doing anything fun this weekend?
Ken: Show Saturday night, then seeing the grandkids on Sunday at the zoo.
Ang: Sounds great! That will cheer you up!
Ken: Gotta run, work calls. Love you!
Ang: Love you too! Have a fantastic day!
Ken: You too!",Ken feels stressed because of work and fighting with Brad. There is also too much going on at mom's. Ken is going to a show on Saturday night. On Sunday Ken is seeing the grandkids at the zoo.
13730606,"Julius: Yoh, today its derby day⚽
Titus:⚽⚽ yeah, finally man
Julius: which team are you supporting today
Titus: Manchester united anytime, any day
Julius: city will win
Titus: haha, united will win
Julius: lets see then
Titus: cool",It's derby day today. Titus supports Manchester United. Julius supports City.
13682266,"Dexter: Hello ;)
Addisyn: :)
Dexter: I miss you
Addisyn: Long time we haven't talked. But maybe thanks to this u miss me.. :)
Dexter: Yea you don't love me anymore
Addisyn: Why should I have stopped loving you? Xd
Dexter: Like you didn't miss me too. Because you've been quiet that's why",Addisyn hasn't talked to Dexter for a long time and he thinks she doesn't love him anymore.
13821126,"Megan: Any word from Jason?
Nathan: Why do you ask?
Megan: He was absent today :c
Susy: He had a dental appointment.
Megan: Thanks for the info :)",Jason had a dental appointment today and that's why he was absent.
13829710,"Don: Hi Cindy. Have you made all arrangements?
Cindy: It's about today's meeting or your trip next week?
Don: Both, I suppose:)
Cindy: You have meeting with management board today at 2 pm.
Don: Where did you set it up?
Cindy: In our conference room.
Cindy: Catering will bring some tea, coffee and snacks.
Don: That's good.
Don: Did everybody got the agenda?
Cindy: Yep.
Don: How did Andy react when he saw it?
Cindy: Can't say, really. Not sure if he even read it.
Don: That's Andy all right.
Don: And how about the trip.
Cindy: I've got your plane tickets and booked the hotel.
Don: Which one?
Cindy: Hilton, as usual.
Don: Perfect:=)
Cindy: But nobody is gonna pick you up at the airport. You'll have to get a cab.
Don: I think, I can manage that;=)
Don: Good job, Cindy. No idea, where I'd be without you.",Cindy has made arrangements for today's meeting at 2 pm in the conference room. She also organised flights and hotel for next week's trip. Don is appreciative. 
13821325,"Samuel: <photo_file>
Virginia: hahaha
Jack: Hilarious
Virginia: Where are you?
Samuel: <location>
Jack: I love the ""happy menu""
Virginia: What did you order?
Samuel: Just a joint for now
Samuel: But mushroom pizza also looks tempting
Virginia: Is it legal in Laos?
Samuel: I guess the owner bribed the police
Jack: Man, it's heaven
Jack: I need to go there :P ",Samuel ordered a smoke.
13612147,"Celia: Where do you want to go for Holiday ?
Mike: I was thinking about Egypt
Celia: Too hot. What about Croatia ?
Mike: Good idea, I've never been there","Mike considers going to Egypt for holiday. It's too hot for Celia, she suggests Croatia instead. Mark likes the idea, he's never been there. "
13680480,"Jasmine: Have you heard this song?
Jasmine: <video>
Jasmine: It’s a new song of Charlie Puth. Love him!!
Paola: He’s cute 😊
Jasmine: Yep! It’s awesome!
Paola: I also love Galway Girl
Paola: Recently, I’ve been listening to it all the time
Paola: <video>
Jasmine: It’s so British 😉
Paola: Looooove it!!","Jasmine loves Charlie Puth and his new song. Paola thinks Charlie Puth is attractive. Paola likes the song ""Galway Girl"" by Ed Sheeran."
13729455,"Sharon: Hello Jaz, you busy Sunday?
Jaz: No, not really, you need something done?
Sharon: Do you think you could pop in and sort out my roots? I can't get to the salon this week?
Jaz: Sure, you got the right colour dye there?
Sharon: Oh yes! Boxes of the stuff, I buy in bulk on Amazon. 2.30 OK for you?
Jaz: That's fine, I'll pop it in my calendar. See you Sunday.",Jaz will come to dye Sharon's roots on Sunday at 2.30.
13863226,"Ann: Are you coming home for lunch?
Pete: Yes be right there
Ann: Okay
Pete: 20 min or so",Pete will be home for lunch in about 20 minutes.
13728535,"Laura: Do you think you can tidy up my dreads for me this weekend?
Kas: Probably. Have to check my schedule with work first and let you know.
Laura: <file_photo>
Laura: <file_photo>
Laura: <file_photo>
Laura: They're really messy.
Kas: It'll take a couple of days to sort out the mess. I'll let you know tonight if I can do it.",Laura wants Kas to tidy up her dreads this weekend. Kas will let her know tonight if she is available.
13862347,"Ally: how many did you do so far?
Jill: like 20 or 30
Jill: I can't do more than 3-4 per day
Ally: how many hours?
Jill: 40? maybe 35...
Ally: ok, same here","Jill did 20 or 30 so far, 3-4 per day, 40 or 35 hours, so the same as Ally."
13728698-1,"James: Amelia said that one of our lecturers in philosophy had an art exhibition (!). It opens tomorrow! 
James: I'm talking about this guy who taught us ethics.
James: Amelia recommends it :D
Mia: No way...! :D Professor Evans and art exhibition :D What has happened to this world?
Mia: But you know what? I would actually like to see it! :D
James: ME TOO, of course! :p Can Amelia go with us?
Mia: To the exhibition or to the exhibition and to the cinema? You remember that we have plans for tomorrow...?
James: both
James: yes, I do
Mia: ok
James: Are you mad at me?
James: Babe, the fact that I suggested that we might go out with Amelia doesn't mean that I don't value time that we spend together, just the two of us.
Mia: I know, I said ok.
James: Are you sure you're fine with this?
Mia: Yup. :)
Mia: I just don't know her very well, it's gonna be stressful for me.
James: :) But you know me, don't you?
Mia: Maybe I do :D
James: Really, there's nothing to worry about. Amelia is quite laid-back and likable. ;)
James: Afterwards we can go to my place and hang out, cuddle and so on... :*
Mia: Sounds good :) :*
James: So we're good, right?
Mia: Right. ;)",James and Mia want to go to an art exhibition tomorrow. James wants Amelia to go with them but Mia isn't sure about it. James and Mia will go to his place afterwards.
13819478,"Mariana: Hi, just a quick question. Do you know if the readings for the next session of Stephen’s seminar are in the print shop?
Rita: No idea, sorry
Chae-yeong: The only thing I know is that they were not yet there on Monday
Arthur: Yer, I’ve made the mistake of going on Monday as well and I can confirm the texts were not there and the staff was as rude as always
Mariana: Sounds familiar
Rita: I’ll go tomorrow morning and let you know if the texts are available
Rita: I can’t buy the copies for you because they never have enough at hand but I’ll just ask them to print more for later
Chae-yeong: No worries
Arthur: Yeah, just let us know if they’re ready, that’s a huge favour already
Rita: Cool. Will do! xx",Chae-yeong and Arthur inform Mariana that the readings for the next session of Stephen's seminar weren't available in the print shop on Monday. Rita decides to go and chcek if the situation's changed tomorrow and she'll let everyone know.
13731344,"Ost: I bought a garage place in the garage.
Vesna: Cool.
Ost: I got it cheap. It's my intention to rent it out and do the restitution of my money.
Vesna: Well doneeeee!.
Ost: There is a big crowd in parking, so the prices for finding garage places are favorable, in this area.
Vesna: Really!.
Ost: Return on investment is much higher than if I give money under term savings in the Bank.
Vesna: You make sense for money.
Ost: The interest rates are very small, almost close to zero, ""only they do not ask you to pay them, for holding money in the Bank"".
Vesna: O yes.
Ost: Prices of garage places, in Belgrade, will only grow.
Vesna: Really!.
Ost: Yes, there are more and more vehicles in the city center, as the number of vehicles per family is growing. It used to be about one vehicle per family, and now it's approaching an average of two vehicles.
Vesna: Yes..
Ost: And there will not be new parking space.","Ost bought a garage place for a good price. He intends to rent it out. He thinks it will be a better deal than keeping savings in the bank. The prices of garage place in Belgrade will grow as there are more and more vehicles.

"
13681335,"Julia: Where are you?
Hania: That's a good question, haha
Julia: Did you stop in Zawiercie already?
Hania: No idea... the schedule says the next station is in Poraj
Julia: Gosh, that's really far away
Hania: Don't even tell me, I have been on the road for 3 hours already
Julia: I know how you feel love, I am sick of trains already :(
Hania: I will be there around 7pm I guess :(
Julia: I will be waiting! :*
Hania: Great!
Julia: You must be starving, I am gonna make some food. What would you like?
Hania: Nah, I am so exhausted I don't even feel any hunger
Julia: Are you sure??
Hania: Or actually maybe we will order some takeaway?
Julia: Sounds like a plan :) pizza or burgers?
Hania: Pizza always :D
Julia: OK! And I will pick you up from the platform, let me know when you pass Żyrardów
Hania: Ok, see you soon! :*
Julia: See you :))",Hania has been traveling for 3 hours already. She will get there around 7pm. Julia will order takeaway pizza for her. 
13811388,"Kaylee: Enough is enough, I am blocking you now -_
Gavin: As if I care
Kaylee: I am blocking you, seriously 
Gavin: Bye
Kaylee: You really don't care?
Gavin: Please go away you are too much irritating
Kaylee: :(",Kaylee is blocking Gavin and Gavin doesn't care as he finds Kaylee too much irritating.
13729695,"Marika: Are you coming today?
Lara: Yes!
Marika: Great!",Marika is coming today.
13729076,"Mazie: Me and mah girls are having a drink tonight.
Lee: Oh really? Where?
Mazie: Wouldn't you like to know...
Lee: Yes! So I can stay away!
Mazie: That's cold.
Lee: True, can't stand some of your friends.
Mazie: OIC...who?
Lee: Sheryl for one. She's a b-word that rhymes with witch.
Mazie: You just saw her on a bad day.
Lee: Don't think so!
Mazie: You did spill a drink on her.
Lee: Well...
Mazie:  You did!
Lee: I said sorry!
Mazie: LOL","Mazie and her girlfriends are having a drink tonight. Lee doesn't like some of her friends, for example Sheryl. Lee had spilt a drink on her."
13810336,"Erin: hey Zach
Erin: look at this babe, I've just baked it
Erin: <file_photo>
Zachary: looks delicious!
Zachary: pls bring me a piece of this later on
Zachary: I'm pretty busy right now
Erin: oh what are you doing then?
Zachary: I decided to clean the flat, can you imagine?
Erin: hardly, I need hard evidence
Zachary: here it goes
Zachary: <file_photo>",Erin has just baked something that Zachary finds delicious. Zachary wants her to bring him a piece of it as now he's busy cleaning. 
13681084,"Joseph: U there, mate?
Albert: Yeah
Joseph: Damn, I'm tired af
Albert: Why?
Joseph: Had three job interviews in two days
Albert: Ouch! So... any impressions?
Joseph: I think the first two were more than ok, they seemed really satisfied with my résumé, heh, guess I'll have to choose one
Albert: Were both interviews for jobs at hotels?
Joseph: Yeah, I guess I'm gonna be a concierge until the day I die
Albert: O la la! A concierge! With his résumé!
Joseph: What's so funny about it?
Albert: It reminded me of that Simpsons episode, you know... ""the GARAGE?! o la dee dah, Mr. Frenchman!""
Joseph: Right! ""Well, how do you call it?""
Albert: ""A carhole!"" XD
Joseph: Lol! Anyway the third interview was ok but I don't know, the woman there didn't seem to like me
Albert: NO WOMAN likes you, Joe!
Joseph: Oh, sod off, mate!",Joseph was happy with two of the three hotel job interviews he had this week.
13680347,"Sue: Hi Graham when you have a minute can you throw me some dates over for weekends in the Romford area, that lady Louise wants another 2 half days and focus on motorways
Graham: yes give me an hour
Graham: Hi Sue.. I have 2/3/9/10/16/17/23/ let me know
Sue: brilliant I will send those on
Graham: that is good she came back
Sue: yes she was nice she wants you to focus on motorways this time
Graham: yes we only touched on it last week
Sue: I will let you know when she comes back to me
Graham: thanks sue",Sue wants Graham to give her some dates for weekends in the Romford area. Lady Louise wants another 2 half days and focus on motorways. Graham has 2/3/9/10/16/17/23. Sue will let Graham know when Lady Louise comes back to her.
13716807,"Brett: So what do u do there? Drive a tank all the time?
John: Yes and no. U've got players from around the world and they have their tank squadrons and u battle them. Can be a lot of fun!
Andrew: So what happens if someone is on a higher level than u? They basically destroy u!
John: That's not a problem. The game doesn't allow higher ranked players o interact with players out of their range.
Brett: What do u mean?
John: If ur on lvl 5, a player on lvl 30 can't attack u. 
Andrew: Sensible. Unlike WoW.
John: So what's WoW like?
Andrew: Imagine having a character u rly like and u give it a lot of ur attention and get experience point, level up and so on. Someone who's played the game for like a year comes and kills u instantly.
Brett: Not cool. 
John: Yeah. Y would they allow such a thing?
Andrew: Well, open world, u can team up with anyone, do quests together, arrange fighting tactics and so on.
Brett: Actually, my cousin met his wife there :)
John: Rly?
Brett: Yeah. They were playing together for some time, talking and at some point he invited her to a date. Turned out they lived very close to each other ;)
Andrew: That's gr8! And how are they getting along now?
Brett: Most fights are about who gets 2 play at a given moment ;) 
John: Lol
Andrew: Well my favourite genre is RPGs :)
John: Can u name a title, except WoW?
Andrew: I can name a dozen, but one of my personal faves is the Final Fantasy series :)
Brett: What's this one about?
Andrew: Don't tell me u haven't heard about the greatest RPG series of all times?
John: Well, I haven't.
Andrew: I think I'll have to look for new friends... So embarrassing.
Brett: C'mon! Tell us!
Andrew: Fine... Usually u play a group of friends that have to resolve some kind of crisis. In the last part u play a prince whose kingdom has been destroyed and u try to well get revenge.
Brett: Sounds boring. 
Andrew: Believe me, it's not!",Brett's cousin met his wife while playing a game together. Andrew's favorite game is the Final Fantasy. Brett and John haven't heard about it.
13682221,"Rael: Gosh, I fucking hate my job!
Zach: Oops! Someone is in a mood...
Rael: I'm serious, I'm done. Those people are fucked up. I cannot stand it anymore.
Zach: Is it that bad?
Rael: Even worse...
Zach: What this time?
Rael: I don't even have time to eat my fucking lunch. It's not normal.
Zach: Did you talk to your manager?
Rael: Yeah, this retard doesn't get that we're humans not robots. I hate him.
Zach: You're gonna quit?
Rael: It's not that easy, I gotta find something. I don't want to leave without first finding a new job.
Zach: I see. Did you think about IT?
Rael: No, why?
Zach: Girl, it's the best place to work in! A lot of my friends started as software testers and they are really satisfied. Good money and no rat race.
Rael: Zach, are you crazy? I don't have technical studies.
Zach: You don't have to. If you have good analytical skills all you need is some online course - Udemy or something. People change their career after years of employment in totally different business. It's not that difficult, really. You should give it a try. Tech is our future.
Rael: Hmm... Maybe you're right. I'm still not sure what to do with my career, so... why not.
Zach: If you want, I can talk to my friends and they will give you some advice on how to start, what courses to choose and so on.
Rael: That would be great, thanks.
Zach: UW. In touch.",Rael finds the atmosphere at her workplace to be unbearable. Many people switch their career paths and move to the IT sector. Rael only needs good analytical skills and an on-line course to start work in IT.
13729178,"Jill: so how was your date anyway? :)
Susan: it was perfect, he was so sweet!! <3
Jill: tell me everything!!
Susan: so first he picked me up from home, all dressed up and everything
Jill: suit on? :D
Susan: nooo, not like that, but he had a really nice black shirt, elegant shoes, looked like Brad Pitt hahaha
Jill: hahahahaha
Susan: <file_gif>
Jill: so where did he take you?
Susan: that's the best part! We went to rollerskating disco!!!
Jill: rollerskating what? are you serious? :/
Susan: no no, listen - it was so awesome, I am tired of all this dull restaurant dates and stuff, it was actually something original
Jill: if you say so...
Susan: you are just jealous Jill :D
Jill: I am not!!!!!!!
Susan: yes you are :*",Susan went on a date to the rollerskating disco and she enjoyed it. Jill doesn't find it exciting.
13681075,"Joe: Yo
Pete: Yo, sup?
Joe: Wanna come over tonite? Gonna watch Deadpool 2 with the guys
Pete: Cool! Count on me
Joe: Ok, I'm counting: 1, 2, 3...
Pete: Lol",Joe is going to watch Deadpool 2 with his fellows and Pete will join them.
13862519,"Euodia: What is tiktok?
Domigo: You don't know what it is?o_O!
Domigo: Shocking! o_O
Euodia: I have no idea but my friends were talking about that 😶😶😶
Euodia: And I felt a bit ashamed of not knowing what they all knoe about
Euodia: *Know
Domigo: That is hit application recently( ^^)
Domigo: You can take some videos for yourself and edit it with music and special effects as you wish( ^.^)( ^_^)
Domigo: And share it on YouTube or just with your friends
Euodia: Why do they do that?😕😕
Domigo: Cause it is new and interesting!(^0_0^)
Euodia: Omg I don't understand why I feel so old(;_:)(;_:)
Domigo: Come on people want something new all the time😁😁
Domigo: I also think tiktok will become less and less popular at some point but it's fun for now 😆😆
Domigo: Try it(^0_0^)","Euodia didn't know about TikTok application, so Domigo explained what it was."
13716982,"Hugh: <file_photo>
Julia: is that your son? He's lovely!
Joan: What a cutie! Congrats!
Hugh: Thanks!",Hugh shares a photo of his son with Joan and Julia. 
13717309,"Nathalie: have you thought about the holiday?
Pauline: me & tony are into greece really
Jacob: anywhere warm and sunny. greece cool
Anthony: greece is warm sunny and cheapish
Nathalie: i guess cob we ok w that
Jacob: sure thing
Pauline: so august as we said?
Jacob: thats the thing. we need to be back by aug 10
Anthony: what?? why??
Nathalie: sis wedding
Pauline: your lil sis getting married?!? lol
Jacob: she's not little. seen her tony?
Anthony: worth a look?
Nathalie: shut up assholes. shes my sister for fucks sake
Pauline: idiots
Jacob: come one just kidding. we love you
Anthony: we have no choice XD","Nathalie, Pauline, Jacob and Anthony are thinking about spending holidays in Greece together in August. Jacob and Nathalie need to be back by August 10 because of Nathalie's younger sister's wedding. "
13729802,"Maria: Where are you?
Lori: Copley 
Maria: why not Prudential?
Lori: It's close, I can be there in 10min
Maria: we don't have time, we were supposed to meet at Prudential
Lori: sorry, I misunderstood
Maria: you always misunderstand
Maria: harry up, please, I'm so tired
Lori: there is a traffic jam
Maria: that you would have avoided if you had come to Prudential
Lori: relax, it's Friday!
Maria: So I want to enjoy it, instead of waiting for 30min in front of a mall
Lori: I'm there in 5 min
Maria: We will see","Lori is at Copley. Lori was supposed to meet Maria at Prudential, but misunderstood her. There's a traffic jam, but Lori believes she will meet Maria in several minutes. "
13829029,"Marta: i swear that jay is a pathological liar!!!!!!
Rose: why do you say that?
Marta: he keeps talking about how he has all this money and travels all over the world
Rose: lol yes, that's all he talks about
Marta: well i just found out he lives in a studio apartment in the outskirts of town!!!!!!! :-(","Randy has been lying about being rich and travelling around the world, as he lives in a studio apartment in the suburbs."
13821323,"Telly: what are you guys doing on New Year's?
Chuck: We're not really sure yet. I think. Ally?
Ally: Idk...
Telly: I was wondering about going to Luke's party but I'm kinda hesitant
Ally: yeah me too. As much as I love Luke his apartment is not particularly party-friendly.
Chuck: there's also a party at Bernie's <file_other>
Telly: oh cool, I wasn't invited ,though :P
Chuck: you know how Bernie is, all of his parties are open, it also says so in the description
Telly: oh, ok, cool
Ally: We were also wondering about The Spot - they are having a New Year's party, but you have to sign up pretty quickly
Telly: is there a fb event?
Ally: <file_other>
Telly: Great, I'll check it out. Let me know when you make up your mind, might help me too ;)
Chuck: you got it","Telly, Chuck and Ally talk about a New Year's party they will attend."
13864448,"Karen: I passed!!!!!
Simon: Whooooooooooah!!!!!
Tim: Congrats!!!
Patty: Guess we have a new designated driver :D",Karen passed a driving exam.
13681047,"Gill: i need a new peeling
Bunny: why?
Gill: this one is not so good
Gill: it has only small pieces of seeds
Gill: and i need more power
Bunny: you can make your own peeling
Gill: how?
Bunny: do you have some real coffee?
Gill: i think so
Bunny: so make it
Bunny: drink it
Bunny: relax
Bunny: and then take the seeds and pour some oil
Bunny: and scrub your body :)
Gill: brilliant thx :)",The particles in Gill's current peeling are too small. She'll try making her own peeling from ground coffee.
13821669,"Ryan: Merry Christmas everybody!
Nick: Merry Xmas!
Chris: Merry Xmas to you!
Chris: Where are you btw?
Ryan: visiting family in Manchester 
Ryan: white a disaster hahhaha
Chris: We stayed home with Ann, first time on our own!
Chris: and I've liked it so far very much",Ryan is visiting family in Manchester for Christmas. Chris stayed home with Ann.
13862513,"Oliver: Dude, how's the campaign going?
Bruce: It's more than ok, we've got around 200 backers right now
Oliver: Good! Have we reached 5000 dollars yet?
Bruce: Yes, we're a little over 6000... 6132 bucks.
Oliver: Crowdfunding is the way!",Bruce informs Oliver that the campaign is more than successful. They have so far won about 200 backers and crowdfunded 6123 dollars.
13809909,"Liam: will pick you up at 8
Liam: be ready
Kane: cool man
Liam: just don't get us late please",Liam will pick up Kane at 8. 
13829083,"Kate: I just had a fight with Chris :/
Mary: Oh no, not again
Kate: It's not me who started it. I don't know why he says certain stuff, it seems like he's doing it on purpose
Mary: What was it this time?
Kate: Same thing, as always. Really, he knows what I think and I know what he thinks so I don't bring up certain things. I don't want to argue, but if it keeps happening, I don't see the point of talking to him
Kate: I'm angry every single time I talk with him
Mary: Eh, I don't get why he keeps doing it. What did he say?
Kate: I don't want to get worked up over it again, but really usual stuff. He watched a programme about the refugees and went on a rant about it
Mary: oh god
Kate: right?! I don't know why I'm still talking with him. I tried to talk some sense into him, apparently with no luck
Mary: What did you tell him?
Kate: What I usually tell him. He was an immigrant once, he was working abroad, I sent him all the data and research, statistics, everything.
Mary: I'm afraid Chris may be too pig-headed for that
Kate: Pfff I bet he didn't even read anything. He's just watching the nationalists, Trump and all those idiots, listens to everything they're saying on the telly instead of just thinking for once
Mary: I know, to be honest I kind of avoid these subjects when I'm talking with him
Kate: Well, I try to as well, but as you can see he can't stop himself
Kate: I know he's our friend and we go out often, but I'm not sure I can do it any more, I don't want be friends with someone who thinks that Mexican children are worse and that they should be kept away from the US
Mary: Oh my god he said that?
Kate: Yes :/
Mary: Jesus, I knew he has strong views, but to say something like that? That's a bit too much
Kate: You're telling me this. I think we should reconsider this let's say friendship, because if every conversation will lead to something like this, I'm not interested in staying in touch with him
Mary: No wonder",Kate had a fight with Chris about refugees. He thinks the U.S. should not accept them. Kate and Mary do not share this opinion. They are having second thoughts about their friendship.
13830135,"Celine: <file_picture>
Mia: where are you?
Celine: We went on skates.
Mia: Mark knows how to skate?
Celine: No.
Celine: It's his first time.
Celine: Thanks to that, we have a lot of fun here
Mia: I would like to be there with you","Celine and Mark went skating, it's the first time for Mark."
13611567,"Sarah: Are you going back home for Passover?
Lia: Not sure yet, you?
Sarah: I'll be going.
Lia: I don't know. My family wants me to come but the tickets are so expensive and I have so much work. 
Sarah: I know. Same here. I bought my tickets yesterday.
Lia: How much did you pay?
Sarah: 500 quid.
Lia: It's expensive.
Sarah: What to do...
Lia: I'll see maybe my family can help me out. It would be lovely to spend holidays with them.
Sarah: This year we are going to the desert. The whole family will sleep in a huge tent.
Lia: That's great. Last year we went to Negev.
Sarah: Really? That's where we are going this year.
Lia: It is absolutely amazing. You will love it!
Sarah: :D
Lia: I wish I could go too...
Sarah: Passover is definitely my favourite holiday.
Lia: Mine too. I'll talk to my mum later. We'll see. When are you flying?
Sarah: On the 28th.
Lia: Great. ",Sarah paid 500 quid to go back home for Passover. Sarah is going to the desert with the whole family. Lia went to Negev last year. Passover is both Lia and Sarah's favorite holiday. Lia will talk to her mum about the tickets. Sarah is flying on the 28th.
13731477,"Gene: Did you get the package I sent you
Jack: No, when did you send it?
Gene: on Friday
Jack: shit I should have gotten it by now
Jack: send me the tracking umber I;ll check whats up
Gene: 12345678900","Jack has not received yet the package Gene had sent him on Friday. She sent him the tracking number, so he could check the status of the shipment. "
13829744,"Miranda: Hi S, could we cancel tomorrow's meeting?
Stephanie: again? what happened?
Miranda: I have to work :(
Stephanie: you work 20 hours a day!
Miranda: that's what young doctors do
Stephanie: they kill themselves working
Miranda: no they come close to death but survive and it makes them immortal
Stephanie: as long as you have an explanation :D",Miranda can't make her meeting with Stephanie as she has to work. 
13818932,"Clara: Where should we get off?
Blake: a place called fabro-ficule
Jenny: must be really a shithole 
Blake: it is a bit indeed
Clara: hahahah
Jenny: will you wait for us there?
Blake: I will, on the platform
Blake: there's only one platform of course ;)",Blake will be waiting for Clara and Jenny on the platform a fabro-ficule.
13612134,"Raymond: Charlotte! Help!
Charlotte: What's up bro??
Raymond: What do I want to eat, pizza or pasta?
Charlotte: Hmm.. What kind of pizza and what kind of pasta?
Raymond: So I have a regular cheese and pepperoni pizza and I was thinking some pesto pennes.
Charlotte: Oo, those both sound good. 
Raymond: That's not helpful.
Charlotte: Have the pizza!
Raymond: But pasta sounds so good. 
Charlotte: Then have the pasta silly. 
Raymond: But the pizza sounds delicious too. 
Charlotte: Omg Raymond, make up your mind. 
Raymond: I can't! Please help me. 
Charlotte: Why not have both?
Raymond: Well, that's just unreasonable no?
Charlotte: How about this. I come over and we have both!
Raymond: That could work. That way I would eat the same amount but of the two things I want to eat.
Charlotte: Alright, so I'm going to head over in like 10 minutes. That sound good?
Raymond: For sure. Oh, and bring wine!
Charlotte: Yes sir. See you in 15. ",Raymond can't decide whether he wants pizza or pasta. He invites Charlotte over for a dinner at 15.
13682409,"Zack: Dude have you seen the new Jersey Shore season?
Dwayne: Didn't even knew a new one came out xD
Zack: Ahahah no surprise there. But yeah I watched a couple of episodes and it was hilarious.
Dwayne: It's the original cast?
Zack: Yep. Snooki, J-Wow, Pauly D, Ron, The Situation, Deena and Vinny.
Dwayne: I herad The Situation was having some bad legal problems..
Zack: Yeah and he still is.
Dwayne: How come he's doing the show?
Zack: I have no idea but he is really diferent now.
Dwayne: I highly doubt that xD
Zack: No dude really, he's super funny and a nice guy now.
Dwayne: Damn it seems I have to check it out, that sounds interesting ahaha
Zack: Check it out! Season 2 is almost there so we will have some more episodes to watch after we finish the first season.
Dwayne: Alright. I'm gonna start watching, I will let you know what I think afterwards :p
Zack: ahahah do that! ","Dwayne will watch the new season of ""Jersey Shore"" on Zack's advice. The first episodes of the new season are hilarious. Season 2 is upcoming."
13729103,"Will: I hate ques.
Will: I'm standing in a line longer than the post office itself.
Will: In order to just send a damn letter in XXI century.
Will: Damn
Chris: What a time to be alive :D
Chris: Lines are the part of everday life of any person living in a big city.
Chris: There is nothing special in it, but I hope you'll think twice next time you decide to send a traditional letter.
Will: The best think about my XXI century comment is that the line consists almost entirely of elderly people who don't have bank account and pay their bills via post office paying cash. 
Will: Where is digitalisation when you need it?
Chris: Haha. Hang on there. ","Will had to stand long in a queue at the post. Chris believe it is part of life in a big city. Will believes it is because of old people, who do not use the internet."
13864578,"Tobi: Have you been to the new club?
Nicholas: Cork?
Tobi: yes, this one
Serena: waste of time
Ella: yes, huge disappointment
Serena: we went there with Ella last weekend
Ella: because they had such a cool ad campaign
Serena: you won't believe
Ella: it was empty
Ella: nobody there
Tobi: oh, shit
Ella: yes, that's the proper word
Nicholas: they need some time maybe?
Ella: maybe, but I won't risk again",Ella and Serena went to Cork club last weekend. The club was empty and they did not like it.
13818716,"Molly: guys, do you think it's a very bad idea to go to Sweden for a week in January?
Margaret: we bought some cheap tickets half a year ago and now we're hesitating
Peter: haha, no but it will be just dark and cold
Margaret: rainy?
Kai: possibly
Kai: but if you stay in Stockholm there are always nice things to do
Kai: museums, bars etc
Kai: not so much nature though
Kai: which is truly stunning around Stockholm
Margaret: yes, but it's January, one would have to go to Argentina to enjoy nature
Kai: exactly
Peter: visit the Vasa Museum, it's really fun
Molly: we will:) thanks ;)
Peter: enjoy!",Molly and Margaret are going to Sweden in January. Kai and Peter advise them to stay in Stockholm and visit Vasa Museum.
13814235,"Avril: Hi!
Avril: Have you got plans for the weekend?
Frank: Hello, no, I don't. 
Frank: I mean I have some things to do, but nothing special. 
Avril: Do you like mushroom picking?
Frank: U serious?
Avril: :D :D :D
Avril: Of course not! ^^
Avril: But i'm going to see horse racing. U comin'?
Frank: Now, u r talking!
Frank: Sure I'll come with u!",Frank will join Avril at the races at the weekend.
13728495,"Mel: Hi, is Adam going to Multisports, Xander really wants to go this week.
Mair: Adam is moaning about going, but if Xand is going, he might be a bit keener. Do you want me to take them this week?
Mel: Would you? The house is a complete pigsty. Work has been full-on this week, pre sales and all that!
Mair: Yeah, I remember that. Glad to be out of it and the bitching and bullying, of course!
Mel: Yes, you had a nasty little bunch on your section. Most have left now, thank God! I'll bring him round at half 10, is that ok? I do appreciate this!
Mair: What are mates for! See you both tomorrow!",Adam is complaining about going to the gym. Mair will take Adam and Xander to the gym this week. Mel will bring Xander to Mair at half 10.
13864890,"Ethan: ok I’m back
Dustin: <file_gif>
Ray: hey. How was the meeting?
Ethan: boooriiiiing
Dustin: <file_gif>
Ethan: all the more that I’m all sore after yesterday
Ethan: <file_gif>
Ray: again? how often do you go to the gym bro?;D
Ethan: oh you know. I usually try every other day
Ethan: but this week I’ve trained every day
Dustin: whaaaa
Ray: you’re crazy
Ethan: some guys always go every day and they live
Dustin: yeah right. I’m so proud of myself if I go twice a week ;D
Ray: exactly!
Ethan: no pain no gain 
Dustin: so u training tonight? Or maybe
Dustin: <file_gif>
Dustin: ? :D
Ray: all riiiight :D now you’re talking;D
Ethan: I was going to…
Ethan: but you know…
Ray: 8pm my place?
Dustin: perfect
Ethan: how bout 9pm? I have to pick up the kids 
Ray: Ok, we’ll be waiting
Dustin: we will. Not sure if the magic potion will xD
Ethan: Ok I’ll text Sam to pick them up ;D
Ethan: see u at 8
Ray: <file_gif> ",Ethan was at the gym yesterday. This week he has been training every day. Ethan and Dustin will come to Ray's place at 8pm.
13813695,"Diana: Remeber our last conversation? 
Diana: I'm going for hip-hop workshop and thought about you. 
Diana: Would you like to come with me?
Frann: I don't know. Is there an open level or beginner level class?
Frann: I haven't danced hip-hop for years! :O
Diana: There is. 
Frann: Okey, I can go. When and where:
Diana: <file_other>
Diana: There a form to fill in at the bottom.
Frann: OK, I see it. Thx! 
Diana: No problem :)
Frann: And see you in a week then!
Diana: Yeah, see u! Kisses!
Frann: :*",Diana and Fran are going to a hip-hop workshop in a week.
13730094,"Pam: Hey I lost my phone so if you need something message me here
Dot: Oh now how??
Pam: I went shopping and when I was paying I must have left my phone on the counter
Dot: Did you come back to check if they found it?
Pam: I talked to every single store I visited and nothing :(
Dot: It was an iphone right?
Pam: Yeah, I've only had it for half a year
Dot: But there's an option where you can display something on the screen
Pam: How?
Dot: You have to log into your apple account and there is an instruction
Pam: Cool!! I have to check it out
Dot: You could promise a reward and post someone's phone number
Pam: I'll do that!! Thanks!!
Dot: I hope you find it :*",Pam has probably left her phone when she was shopping. Dot suggests there is a way to get it back.
13820513,"Rodney: Have you heard a guy got beaten and mugged on campus?
Truman: Oh, man is he ok?
Ross: Do they have any idea who did it?
Rodney: They're gonna give an official statement about. There's also gonna be an article in the paper. As far as I know the assailant had a mask on.
Truman: And what about the beaten guy?
Rodney: He's in the hospital, but it seems like he'll be fine.
Ross: You think it was a student?
Rodney: Who knows what those jocks are capable of.
Ross: They could do it just for fun.
Truman: On the other hand its easy to get on campus without being detected
Ross: There are cameras.
Truman: If your masked it don't matter. You know how those security guards are
Rodney: They don't give a fuck
Ross: True that
Truman: Hope they catch the guy soon","A person was beaten and mugged on campus and had to be hospitalised. The attacker wore a mask. An official statement will be released, along with a newspaper article. Truman and Rodney think the campus security is subpar, even though there are cameras around."
13611884-1,"Nathan: Hey Honey, what are our plans for tomorrow then?
Deborah: So I've been thinking that we should pack everything today, we won't have time tomorrow
Nathan: Totally true, I started packing my stuff in the bedroom, I also told the girls to start packing too
Deborah: If Sofie wants to take the unicorn we won't have much space in the car XD
Nathan: No, I explained to her that he'll be fine without her these few days, I hope it worked :D
Deborah: We need to take boots and those warm jackets for the girls, my parents promised them to take them on a trip to the forest
Nathan: I remember, Lucy was really excited about that. Are we taking the bicycles?
Deborah: Yeah, don't you think we could use some alone time while the rest of the family is hiking? XD
Nathan: Now you're talking! We could have a ride to this beautiful cliff where we were last year!
Deborah: Why not, it's a wonderful idea! :*
Nathan: So tomorrow I'm seeing the dentist after work, you go to pick up the girls from school…
Deborah: Yeah, then we meet at home, have a quick bite (you probably won't, haha!)
Nathan: Thanks Honey, so nice of you to remind me of this! After the quick bite you girls have, we are off!
Deborah: Damn, I forgot to buy this syrup for travel sickness. Will you have time today to do it?
Nathan: Yes, it's feasible :) I'll do it on my way from work
Deborah: Wonderful! So see you in the evening then?
Nathan: I should be home around 6, if nothing happens
Deborah: Dinner will be waiting for you in the oven, bye :*",Deborah and Nathan want to start packing today as they won't have time tomorrow. They need warm clothes for the girls so Deborah's parents could take them to the forest. Deborah and Nathan want to spend some time alone. They will have a quick bite before their leave. Nathan will be home around 6.
13717092,"Casper: Is any of you nobel fellows going for tomorrow's classes with Mr Linda?
Alexander: Hmm...
Alexander: To be or not to be, that is the question!
Alexander: But remembering the last lecture with Linda, my answer is like moving towards NO
Igor: Amen to that, Alex!
Igor: Last time I came so self-motivated and full of energy that I thought I could even dominate the lecture
Igor: I sat in the second row, concentrated, even took some notes and asked two questions
Igor: After few minutes Lewis poked me and told to stop snoring...
Casper: Ahahahaha
Casper: True, I saw that!
Alexander: I think it's not that the subjects themselves are boring, it must be his voice
Alexander: I mean it's so monotonous and hypnotic. Kind of... lulling you to sleep
Igor: Yeah, that guy is like David Copperfield among lecturers
Alexander: Haha David Copperfield :D
Alexander: Let's call him like that from now on! He even looks like the magician a little :D
Casper: That's a fancy nickname, I like it
Casper: But if I wanted to see a magician, I'd rather go to the circus
Igor: So... Judging from the overall tone of our discussion I feel that the decision's been already made
Igor: Am I right, gentlemen?
Casper: Actually your opinions, my noble fellows, have conirmed my conviction that going there and wasting time doesn't make sense
Alexander: Not a bit!
Alexander: And learning from Igor's last experience I think we should go somewhere else instead
Alexander: I don't want to end up snoring and getting embarrassed :D
Casper: Great, so we've reached an unanimous decision
Igor: So where are we going instead?
Casper: Let's meet near the university and we'll work something out
Igor: Agreed.
Alexander: All right!",Alexander finds Mr Linda's voice monotonous. Igor fell asleep during the lecture. Casper reckons it's a waste of time. They are going to meet near the university and go somewhere else instead. 
13682134,"Javier: Hey do you know any tattoo parlors over here with English speaking employees?
Judie: Oh there's Warsaw ink
Javier: the name sounds neat... have you had a tattoo done there?
Judie: nope but my gf has
Javier: got a pic?
Judie: <file_photo>
Javier: wow that looks amazing
Javier: how much did she pay?
Judie: it was a 1000
Javier: fuck
Javier: let me just get a tatttoo back in colombia then, thx",Javier was initially eager to have a tatoo done at Warsaw Ink but the price turned out to be too high. Javier decided to have a tatoo done in Colombia.
13821554,"Sam: You own a really nice hotel, guys 😊
Jessica: Thanks Sam 😊
Michael: Thanks, mate 
Sam: How is our hotel room set for next month? Hope that the manager will arrange the very best for us 😉
Michael: you’re damn right, Sam
Michael: are you coming on the 15th of August?
Sam: Yep! We’ll be at the hotel around 2 p.m.
Jessica: I’m soooo happy to see you again!
Sam: Me, too 😊",Sam appreciates the hotel owned by Jessica and Michael. Sam is going there on the 15th August at around 2pm.
13865301,"Marsha: Guys, we've planned the trip with John last night as we promised
Cynthia: great, thank you for that
Marsha: but of course you have to agree on that
Mohammad: sure, but I really trust you
Gavin: me too
Marsha: so as we decided last time, we will spend a week just on the beach 
Marsha: we all wanted some calm, nice place, right?
Gavin: yes!!! 
Marsha: John found this little hotel in Nosy Be
Marsha: <file_photo>
Marsha: and their website: <file_other>
Marsha: it's quite basic the website, but it may actually be a good sign
Gavin: I love it!
Cynthia: it seems just perfect
Marsha: I know
Marsha: it's more expensive than hotels on the mainland
Marsha: but it seems to be the most beautiful place in Madagascar
Mohammad: so let's go there, it's still cheaper than Italy for example
Marsha: exactly!","Marsha and John planned the trip. They will spend a week on the beach with Cynthia, Mohammad and Gavin. They will all stay in a hotel in Nosy Be."
13680993,"Adelina: Hi handsome. Where you you come from?
Cyprien: What do you mean?
Adelina: What do you mean, ""what do you mean""? It's a simple question, where do you come from?
Cyprien: Well I was born in Jarrow, live in London now, so you could say I came from either of those places
Cyprien: I was educated in Loughborouogh, so in a sense I came from there.
Adelina: OK. 
Cyprien: In another sense I come from my mother's vagina, but I dare say everyone can say that.
Adelina: Are you all right?
Cyprien: IN another sense I come from the atoms in the air that I breath or the food I eat, which comes to me from many places, so all I can say is ""I come from Planet Earth"".
Adelina: OK, bye. If you're gonna be a dick...
Cyprien: Wait, what you got against earthlings?",Cyprien irritates Adelina by giving too many responses.
13680387,"Joanna: I need to get the coffie stains out of my dress
Joanna: Do you know any effective methods?
Ethel: What color is this dress?
Joanna: It's ecru and the fabric is very soft
Ethel: Well, in such a case I wouldn't recommend fixing it by yourself because you can ruin the dress...
Ethel: Better leave it at the dry-cleaner's
Joanna: You might be right, just hope it won't cost me an arm and a leg...
Ethel: There's a cheap one at Jagiellonska 3, they cleaned up all the stains from my favourite dress :)
Joanna: Alright then, I'll give it a try, thanks Ethel! :)",Joanna got her dress stained. Ethel recommends her dry-cleaner at Jagielonska 3. 
13611460,"Anna: Hi, would you like to have a pizza with us tonight?
Charlie: No thanks, I don't want to appear rude, but you know I'm still upset about all the things that happened
Anna: Ok, no problem, have a nice evening
Charlie: Yeah, you too...
Anna: :)
Charlie: Yeah, cheers","Anna proposes Charlie eating a pizza tonight. Charlie refuses, because he is upset about the things that happened."
13821356,"Kris: Why is it so cold outside? 🥶🥶🥶
Ovi: Yeah idk 🥶
Kris: I am literrarily dying 
Kris: literarily*
Ovi: I don't feel like going anywhere
Ovi: But still gotta go work 
Jason: I've been running around the city all day in this cold
Jason: I'd probably get sick 
Nadine: Wll at my clinic
Nadine: we're getting lots of sick patients 
Ovi: Oh really
Nadine: Ya, these days have been rough 😓",A lot of sick people go to Nadine's clinic because of the cold weather.
13820776,"Leticia: would any of you have 10$ and could lend it? I'm really in need, I will gve it back as soon as possible
Lora: sure
Lora: is everything ok?
Leticia: actually no...
Leticia: I've lost my wallet, or someone stole it...i'm not sure but i always take care of my stuff so that's even more weird
Miranda: shit...that's bad
Miranda: if you need any help I'm also here
Leticia: thank you girls, really
Lora: you better call the bank and block your account
Leticia: I've already done it
Miranda: did you have like a lot of money in this wallet?
Leticia: fortunately not...you know i hate dealing with cash
Lora: at least that...
Leticia: yeah...but i'm afraid i'll have to get new documents and i have no time for that :///////////
Miranda: don't worry, maybe there will be some good person who posts it on lost/found
Leticia: I hope so",Leticia lost her wallet with cards and documents and needs to borrow 10 dollars. Miranda and Lora offer help. The girls hope somebody will find the wallet and give it back.
13611799,"Andrew: Have you got the paper from the office?
Paula: Not yet, I'm going there tomorrow.
Andrew: You'd better... The deadline for the application is Friday at noon.
Paula: Ok, sure! I promise I won't forget it!",Paula needs the paper from the office to submit an application.
13682118,"Ben: pizza tonight?
Steven: sure thing!
Ben: at Marco's?
Steven: (y)",Ben and Steven will go to Marco's tonight to eat pizza.
13680286,"Terence: What the hell, Danny. You took my money, didn't you? :/
Daniel: What, your money?? Why would I
Terence: Don't play dumb
Daniel: Are you calling me a liar, Terry??
Terence: I'm not stupid, Danny
Daniel: And I'm not a thief?? That's not cool, man :/
Terence: ... Oh shit, I'm sorry, I've just found it. Forgot I'd placed it elsewhere last month
Daniel: Good for you then
Terence: Are you upset
Daniel: What do you think?? Yeah, oh-fucking-course I am",Terence accused Daniel of taking his money. Terence finds the money later and apologizes to Daniel. Daniel is still upset.
13817847,"Lucy: Have you thrown the garbage out?
Levy: I thought you were supposed to do that as per parents order
Lucy: i guess I will have to now",Levy hasn't taken the trash out because parents didn't ask him. Lucy will do it.
13682419,"Willy: Your car is friggin' awesome!!
Vinny: I know ;) No, but seriously, I've always wanted a Mustang, and a red one too!
Willy: Maybe you can lend it to me for a day or so :)
Vinny: Yeah, right. We can car pool together a couple of days a week. 
Willy: Ok, deal.",Willy and Vinny will car pool with Winny's red Mustang.
13680227,"Lindsey: Sup?
Sage: Nothing just having a beer. You?
Lindsey: I have just finished my class
Sage: Cool
Lindsey: I mean I should go for another class also
Sage: Oh really
Lindsey: But earlier I asked one girl to put my name on the attendance list instead of me :)
Sage: Hahaha. Naughty naughty!
Lindsey: Last week I did the same. I just hope that those signatures ( since last week I asked another girl) will be enough similar to mine. Because I gave them a piece of paper with my name written on it
Sage: Good luck haha","Sage is having a beer. Lindsey has just finished her class but is not going to the next one. Just like last week, Lindsey has asked a classmate to fake her signature on the attendance list."
13729399,"Jason: What are you doing this weekend? If you're bored maybe we should do something, but we also MUST create the video!
Dory: My friend is coming over the day after tomorrow
Jason: Yay! How long will s/he be staying?
Dory: She. around a week. gotta get the house ready. So how is the movie coming along? 
Jason: We've had 2 months and now we're down to 2 weekends...
Dory: Have you started?
Jason: I purchased the app in which to video and to edit and Lucy has a script. We just have to produce something now.
Dory: So you're virtually done!
Jason: Haha, something like that",Jason wants to meet Dory over the weekend. Dory's friend is going to stay with her for a week. Jason has been working on a movie with Lucy for the past two months. Jason bought a video-creator app.
13730145,"Michelle: i love kelly, she's so sweet
Jared: i like her too, i like her a lot
Jared: do you mind if i ask her out?
Michelle: of course not! why would i?
Jared: well... you and i used to go out, and she's your bestfriend
Michelle: nonsense, you should ask her out! :-D","Jared and Michelle used to go out together. Now he'd like to ask Kelly, Michelle's best friend, out. He gets her permission."
13821588,"Reeve: any plans for winter break?
Winslow: you have any? i guess i just go home and stay down
Booker: italy. skiing. like every year
Dodson: i dont do much skiing at all
Booker: so what you gonna do?
Dodson: actually, we and trish think of going to the seaside
Winslow: Sea in winter? any exotic place?
Reeve: i guess Dominicana is top now
Dodson: we cant afford that. 
Reeve: so?
Dodson: well just go somewhere near, book a hotel for 3/4 nites 
Winslow: with spa and all that?
Dodson: yeah, whatever to make her happy
Booker: she still angryey about the party?
Dodson: slowly getting better
Reeve: surely carrabeans would make her happy all right
Dodson: yeah i wish. not in this century
Winslow: sea sounds good anyway
Booker: i prefer mountains anyway
Reeve: yeah & me & Slow still have no idea what to do",Reeve has no plans for the winter break. Booker is going to ski in Italy. Dodson and Trish are thinking of going to the seaside somewhere near for 3/4 nights.
13730678,"Alex: Hi there, fancy a drink tonight?
Zayna: Why not :) what time?
Alex: How about 8 pm?
Zayna: Sounds good. My place?
Alex: Great. See you then.",Alex is coming for a drink tonight at 8 to Zayna's place.
13828477,"Grace: i didn't get to talk to you a lot at the party last night
Audrey: i know, i really wanted to catch up with you! :-(
Audrey: what's going on in your life?
Audrey: anything new?
Grace: not really, i'm excited about graduating soon
Grace: i think i'll apply for grad school but i'm still not sure
Audrey: you always have liked school lol
Grace: i've also thought of taking a year off
Audrey: that also sounds like a good idea!!!
Audrey: let me know when you make up your mind lol",Grace and Audrey didn't manage to talk at yesterday's party. Grace is about to graduate. She doesn't know if she will apply for a grad school or take a gap year.
13828779,"Natalie: can you send me the recipe for your famous cheesecake, please?
Monica: Sure, just a sec
Monica: <file_photo>
Natalie: Thank you, yummmmmmie <3",Natalie wants Monica's cheesecake recipe.
13816998,"Dixie: Can I have Jason's phone number?
Jair: I dont have it
Dixie: Can you ask someone else to gimme?
Jair: Sure
Dixie: Ty
Jair: Ethan would send you in a min
Dixie: K",Ethan will soon send Jason's phone number to Dixie.
13727927,"Vincent: did you watch parks and rec
Vincent: did you like it?
Amanda: it was ok :-/
Amanda: i'm not a big fan of the woman who plays the main character
Amanda: what's her name
Vincent: amy poehler
Vincent: she's so funny :-)
Vincent: give the show another try
Amanda: i will","Amanda will give another try to ""Parks and Rec""."
13729972,"Bob:<file_other>
Bob: I bought this game and I think you should too
Bob: We could play 2gether
Harry: Sorry mate, no money to spend on this
Harry: I've got broken car nad shitty job, so for now I can't think about such leisure
Bob: Sorry to hear that.",Bob has bought a new game. Harry can't afford to do it at the moment.
13731184,"Randal: Okay, got everything except the nail polish.
Sidney: Y didn't u buy it? :(
Randal: Don't worry, still in the store. :)
Sidney: Good. 
Randal: There's 1 problem. I don't know which one.
Sidney: I told u. Pink. 
Randal: <file_photo> they're all pink!
Sidney: The one on the left.
Randal: <file_photo> this one?
Sidney: No, that's fuschia. The other one.
Randal: <file_photo> This one?
Sidney: No, that's taffy. Getting closer, Honey. You can do this.
Randal: The shop assistant is looking at me weird.
Sidney: I'm sure she's not. Don't mind her.
Randal: <file_photo> This one?
Sidney: No, that's ballet slipper, not pink. 
Randal: U really call this colour ballet slipper?
Sidney: Sure.","Randal is buying nail polish for Sidney in the store, and she's explaining to him which pink she wants. "
13682287,"Mike: How did Chicago do last nite?
Pat: Chicago what?
Mike: Fire man!
Pat: dunno.
Mike: How come?
Pat: Its soccer right?
Mike: you not a soccer fan?
Pat: nah. baseball and hockey is wot i luv.
Mike: it's bears and white sox right?
Pat: bears is football. white sox is baseball. 
Mike: and hockey?
Pat: blackhawks. but not doing well right now.
Mike: and bulls used to be better too i guess
Pat: true enough. Jordan times long gone
Mike: u fancy hoops at all?
Pat: not really, not now
Mike: u play tho?
Pat: yeah, I still hit 3 points well enough
Mike: I like to play sometime
Pat: good idea. we need to do meet up one day
Mike: yeah always good to hit the ball","Pat is interested in baseball and hockey, he doesn't know much about basketball anymore. He plans to play basketball with Mike one day."
13728432,"Nate: They've just sent me an excel file with all the registrations
Julie: how are we doing??
Nate: overbooked!
Julie: no...
Nate: a little bit. I guess that's better than having half of the room empty
Julie: how many people for the first day dinner?
Nate: Let me check...
Julie: ok
Nate: shit this is the worst, the registrations are transformed into text in Excel
Julie: omg what registration system is that
Nate: shitty one
Julie: what should be do?
Nate: I have to create a new file and feed the data into the tables myself
Julie: the worst.",Nate and Julie are overbooked. Nate is having problems with the registration system so he has to deal with it himself.
13680404,"Enrique: Thanks for sharing your collection with the class. They loved it!
Farrah: No problem! It was my pleasure!
Enrique: Not everyday you get to see some of those up close and personal like that. We were wowed!
Farrah: Oh, gee, that's so nice!
Enrique: You have a great collection, you should be proud!
Farrah: I am, but not everyone appreciates it.
Enrique: Fossils are a unique thing to collect, that's for sure.
Farrah: If you leave them sitting around, they just become dust magnets!
Enrique: So it's good to share them.
Farrah: Especially with little kids, they get so amazed! It was a fun day.
Enrique: It was for us as well! Will you come back again?
Farrah: Of course! Any time!
Enrique: I was thinking that our 4th grade students would like to check them out as well. Can I give your name and number to that teacher?
Farrah: Sure thing. 
Enrique: I'm not sure how it fits into the lesson plan, so they may not get in touch until next semester.
Farrah: Fair enough. No problem, I understand.
Enrique: Thanks again! It was really interesting!
Farrah: Of course! Any time, and now I have a better idea of other ones to bring next time.
Enrique: That would be great.
Farrah: Some of the questions really made me wish I had brought my whole collection, but that just isn't practical.
Enrique: Oh, I understand. I'm sure you'll do fine next time with whatever you bring.
Farrah: Thanks! 
Enrique: Our pleasure!","Farrah shared his collection of fossils with the class, and Enrique was very impressed. Enrique would like Farrah to show the collection for the 4th grade students as well."
13828584,"Zoey: Hello dear friends, here something to cheer you up on a cold day.
Zoey: <file_gif>
Thomas: LOL
Thomas: Hi there in the tropics! How are you doing?
Zoey: Staying healthy? Everything's ok?
Thomas: We are fine, thanks. Everything here is ok. At night the temps fall to -3. Nice white ground frost in the morning.
Thomas: <file_photo>
Zoey: Looks so pretty! But we're happy to give these views a miss for a while :)
Thomas: On Sunday we had a walk around the summit of Belchen - in icy wind but by brilliant sunshine. I think we even got some suntan!
Thomas: <file_photo>
Zoey: Gosh! That's pretty! You'll hear from us soon. Take care!
Thomas: You too!",The temperatures where Thomas stays are -3 at night. There is frost in the morning. Zoey is in the tropics. Thomas had a walk around Belchen's summit on Sunday.
13819068,"Trinny: What time do we meet?
Susannah: 5, 6?
Linda: six, please? I need time to get ready after work;)
Trinny: 6 is good!
Susannah: Ok
Susannah: at the main entrance?
Trinny: Ok
Linda: see you Ladies!
Trinny: :*","Trinny, Susannah and Linda will meet at 6 at the main entrance."
13611680,"Emma: Hi, we're going with Peter to Amiens tomorrow.
Daniel: oh! Cool.
Emma: Wanna join?
Daniel: Sure, I'm fed up with Paris.
Emma: We're too. The noise, traffic etc. Would be nice to see some countrysides.
Daniel: I don't think Amiens is exactly countrysides though :P
Emma: Nope. Hahahah. But not a megalopolis either!
Daniel: Right! Let's do it!
Emma: But we should leave early. The days are shorter now.
Daniel: Yes, the stupid winter time.
Emma: Exactly!
Daniel: Where should we meet then?
Emma: Come to my place by 9am.
Daniel: oohhh. It means I have to get up before 7!
Emma: Yup. The early bird gets the worm (in Amiens).
Daniel: You sound like my grandmother.
Emma: HAHAHA. I'll even add: no parties tonight, no drinking dear Daniel
Daniel: I really hope Amiens is worth it!","Emma, Peter and Daniel are going to Amiens tomorrow. Emma and Daniel are tired of Paris. Emma and Daniel will meet at Emma's place tomorrow at 9 AM."
13716638,"Pet shop: Hi Breann&Dianne!👋 🐶😻 Here is a 10% coupon code (pawesome10) for new customers when you checkout! -> <link_other>
Breann: oh thank you!!!!
Pet shop: Breann, our pleasure! 🐶
Dianne: Thank you! Now, to pick the colors!
Pet shop: Red and Gray our the most popular!! :)
Breann: I wish there was cheetah. 😔
Pet shop: Breann, Do you mean cheetah print?
Breann: yes.
Pet shop: We do have them! Check out this pet hut! --> <link_other>
Breann: omg thank you!!!!!!
Pet shop: Our pleasure!! :) :) :)
Dianne: Thank you! Bye!",Breann and Dianne are going to buy a cheetah print pet hut with a 10% coupon code.
13828316,"Hugh: It's fine - when we arrive we'll quickly make the pizza and get started.
Wanda: How much time is ""quickly""?
Hugh: We'll come, make the base and prepare everything earlier, then stick it in the oven
Wanda: ok - guess that's one more item to scratch off the list.","When Wanda and Hugh arrive, they will quickly make the pizza and get started. They need to make the base and prepare everything earlier. "
13821420,"Emily: Does anybody now where the next ASEEES conference takes place?
Chloe: Actually I have no idea, but a good question
James: I've heard somewhere in California
James: Yes, San Francisco!
Chloe: not bad, but I really hoped for Hawaii 
James: hahaha, oh yes, but it won't happen too soon
Chloe: why do you think so?
James: The last conference there in 1993 was criticised for the high costs of traveling to the place
Chloes: I see, pity",James informs that the next ASEEES conference will be held in San Francisco. Chloe was hoping for Hawaii. James doesn't think there will be a conference in Hawaii soon due to the high cost of travel.
13730635,"Jim: Hello, welcome to the store, how can I help you
Finn: Hello could you help me track my shippment?
Jim: yes, can you please tell me your order number
Finn: It's 45678
Jim: Thank you, from what I can see your package has left the warehouse and will be delivered to you tommorrow",Jim tracks Finn's package number 45678 which will be delivered to him tomorrow. 
13681093,"Precious: Can you send the content for the November email blast, please?
Rhonda: Sure, right away. It's on the Dropbox, though...
Precious: Oh! I see it, never mind. Sorry!
Rhonda: NP","The content for November email blast is on the Dropbox, no need to send it."
13681482,"Derek McCarthy: Filip - are you around? Would you have an Android cable I could borrow for an hour? I'm almost out of charge and I have a power pack  but forgot my cable😭
Tommy: I am in Poland but can ring my wife and she will give you one
Tommy: Do you want me to?
Tommy: 67 glenoaks close
Derek McCarthy: That would be great if you could!! Otherwise I'm sitting here in the dark for an hour <emoticon_smile>
Tommy: Put it in gps and start driving
Derek McCarthy: <emoticon_thumbup>
Tommy: She might be at work for next 15 min but will help you for sure
Derek McCarthy: Thanks a lot mate
Tommy: Sent her msg. She will give it to you. Approx time when she will be at home is 8:15 pm
Derek McCarthy: Thanks again!! What's your wife's name  again??
Tommy: Paulina",Derek McCarthy will pick up an Android cable from Tommy's wife at 8:15.
13611370,"Derek: Judy, r you leaving for the weekend?
Judy: Nah
Derek: So can you feed my animals on Friday and Saturday?
Judy: sure, no problem
Derek: Thank you :) Maybe on Thursday I would give you my keys?
Judy: Ok
Derek: Thanks :) Later I will tell you the details :)
Judy: surely",Judy is staying for the weekend. Derek asks Judy to feed his animals on Friday and Saturday. Judy agrees. Derek will give her his keys on Thursday and provide Judy with details.
13820209,"Laura: Sooo.. what about Aquaman? Are we going to see it or not? ;)
Kelsey: Hell yeah :D
Oona: I'm in
Sid: IN
Laura: Wednesday?
Oona: I can't. I'm free Thursday- Saturday.
Kelsey: Whatever works for you guys, I'm a no-life :P
Sid: Thursday
Laura: Thursday will be fine - but I'm only free after 7 PM
Sid: ok
Kelsey: cool
Oona: I'm checking the showtimes - is 8:10 okay for y'all?
Laura: sounds good
Kelsey: cool cool
Sid: still in
Laura: Oona, will you get the tickets or should I?
Oona: I'll do it, you'll just pay me back later
Sid: cool","Laura, Kelsey, Oona and Sid are going to see ""Aquaman"" on Thursday at 8:10 pm. Oona will get the tickets."
13715827,"Rob: I wanna start Get off the couch challenge! Who's with me? I'm gonna start with 30 min of activity every day.
Greg: way ahead of you mate! at least 60 min a day!
Rob: good for you! 30 min a day is gonna be challenging for me!
Greg: good luck then!
Will: don't be too hard on yourself. better to be realistic. fingers crossed!
Anna: i'm in! 30 min sounds reasonable! 
Greg: look for variety of exercises such as walking, biking, swimming whatever you enjoy!
Anna: i'm gonna need lots of support from you guys!",Rob wants to start doing 30 minutes of physical activity every day. Greg is already doing 60 minutes. Anna wants to start exercising just like Rob. 
13829919,"Bennett: i'm in town!! let's meet!!!
Cynthia: YES! i'd love that
Bennett: our usual place?
Cynthia: no, actually, i'd like us to go to this new bistro i discovered
Bennett: i'm intrigued, what's so special about it?
Cynthia: it's super hipster, super cool
Cynthia: people bring their dogs and everything
Bennett: ok, as long as it's hygienic i'm fine
Cynthia: it's clean cool and their food is delicious
Bennett: ok, i can't wait",Cynthia and Bennett will go to a new bistro she discovered. 
13821448,"Lorenzo: Where are you?
Will: I'm on the train in Arezzo
Amanda: I'm on the highway still
Lorenzo: I've just arrived here
Amanda: if you want you can call the guy from airbnb and already take the keys
Amanda: you can even go there and wait for us inside
Lorenzo: hmm, I would prefer to wait for you guys
Amanda: But I need at least another hour
Amanda: And Will even more from Arezzo
Will: really? I though I was quite close
Amanda: not at all hahaha
Lorenzo: ok, so I'll take the keys and go to the room.
Amanda: perfect, let us know it everything is ok
Lorenzo: ok
Lorenzo: I'm here, the room is very nice and we have an amazing view on the duomo!
Lorenzo: <file_photo>
Will: wow! impressive, and wasn't even that expensive
Amanda: I looked quite long for a room with a view
Lorenzo: hahahah we are now proper 19th century British tourists in Tuscany 
Will: I haven't seen the movie
Lorenzo: nothing special really
Amanda: I liked it a lot!",Lorenzo took keys from airbnb and went to the room. He's waiting for Will and Amanda.
13730164,"Booker: dont forget to carry your Xbox console
Walker: i thought you dont like the console
Walker: the grip is amazing
Booker: haha, yeah it is
Walker: okay then, ill come with one
Booker: gaming all night is the plan
Walker: yaas",Walker and Booker plan to play games all night. Walker will bring his Xbox console at Booker's request.
13821583,"Laura: Hey I have bad news 
Kristian: Is your mom ok? 
Laura: She passed away this morning
Laura: 😭
Kristian: Oh noo
Kristian: My condolences so sorry!
Anne: I am so sorry to hear that 
Laura: She fought hard
Laura: It was a hard battle
Kristian: You want us to come see you? 
Anne: We want to spend more time with u now
Laura: Sure
Anne: Stay strong girl ",Laura's mom passed away this morning. Anne and Kristian are showing their support to Laura.
13862754,"Keith: Have you heard anything about the cafes by the river?
Keith: The ones that got damaged with the flods
Adam: No I haven't
Adam: But there was an article sometime ago, they want to re-build them
Adam: But the cost to fix the damage is sky high
Keith: It's really sad, it was a great place
Adam: I know
Adam: I miss going there
Keith: Yeah :/",Several cafes were destroyed when the river flooded. The cost of repair is exorbitant.
13819277,"Katy: Hey Carlton
Ana: Hey Carlos
Carlton: 😹
Carlton: What are you up to? Any plans for the weekend?
Ana: Yep. We’re going to see this film by Lola Arias actually. You know her, right?
Carlton: Yes, she’s pretty famous actually and she’s done some work on my subject. I’ve seen her play about the Malvinas last year - it was v good
Ana: Yeah, Katy told me. We thought you might be interested in joining us because the film is actually on the making of the play you saw 😂
Katy: It’s a multi-layered cultural sandwich we’ve got for you Carlos
Carlton: Sounds delicious. Where and when are we meeting?
Ana: Just come to ours for an early dinner/drinks and then we’ll grab an uber
Katy: Ana wants to avoid you getting lost on your way and/or being LATE
Carlton: Ha ha ha sounds good to me
Katy: So perhaps you could drop by at like 7. On Saturday!!
Carlton: Erm, sorry - Saturday is fully booked
Carlton: Just joking 😂 I’ll see you then
Ana: 😂 cool
Katy: 😍😍😍😘😘😘",Katy and Ana invite Carlton to join them for a movie by Lola Arias on the making of the play he had seen. He will come to their place earlier on Saturday.
13612154,"John: Look, Bristol Stool Scale - perfect to read in the morning. <file_photo>
Henry: :-/
John: I was expecting a pic of your poop 
Henry: No, sorry :(
John: Constipations are the worst!
Henry: no no, I had a nice poop this morning! I never really am constipated.
John: My man! :D
Henry: Maybe I should write it on my tinder profile? ""Never really constipated""
John: I think it's a good metaphor.
Henry: About emotions etc?
John: Yes, like very psychoanalytic. And showing you're not pretentious.
Henry: Hehe. Maybe still not the best strategy overall though.",John sent Henry Bristol Stool Scale. John was expecting a pic of Henry's poop. Henry had a nice poop this morning but isn't willing to send a pic. 
13716336,"James: hi girls! When are you flying to Japan?
Mary: in a week! unbelievable 🎉
Patricia: I can't believe either. 
Patricia: I am also increasingly scared
Mary: you're such an alarmist!
James: But scared of what??
Patricia: the long flight, earth-quakes
Patricia: God, and tsunamis!
James: hahaha, you're really a damn alarmist
James: this is so exaggerated, are you serious?
Patricia: James, I almost never travel, I'm afraid really
James: Listen, nothing will happen. First of all the earthquakes happen rarely, even in Japan and only in certain places
James: it's not like the whole country is shaking all the time
Mary: I'm telling her this all the time, but it's pointless
James: And, most of all, Japanese have amazing architecture because of their experiences with earthquakes. Their cities are super safe
Patricia: What about tsunamis?
James: Are you going to be at the coast even?
Patricia: Mary, are we?
Mary: I doubt. maybe for 2 hours somewhere close to Tokyo
James: So I don't think the next tsunami in Japan will happen exactly at that place and time, relax and enjoy
James: Japan is really an amazing country.
Patricia: Thanks James :)","Mary and Patricia are flying to Japan in a week. Patricia is scared of long flight, earth-quakes and tsunamis. James is comforting her. Mary tried to comfort Patricia too with no effect."
13680442,"Mika: Dear  Linda, would you like a few plants For your garden? All perennials.It would be a shame to throw them onto the compost heap.
Linda: Hello Mika: A nice offer, thank you, but I won't manage to do any gardening before leaving.
Mika: What a pity!",Linda refuses to accept plants for her garden from Mika. She would not be able to plant them before leaving.
13862683,"Drade: Mum he got out of the group chatting room
Marenda: I am sure he is angry!
Marenda: Why did you act that aggressively?
Marenda: You know your brother's temper
Drade: I just said what he had said was wrong!
Marenda: Apologize and send the invitation to him
Drade: Why should I?
Drade: I didn't say anything wrong!!!!!
Drade: He failed in his business, didn't he?
Marenda: But did you have to talk about it?
Drade: He acted like an asshole first
Marenda: Language! No need to talk about it more","Drade told her brother in the group chatting room that what he had said was wrong. Marenda thinks that he got out of it because he became angry, as he is short-tempered. Drade refuses to apologise and invite him again, since she feels that she is not the one to be blamed but him."
13864490,"Kate: Hey, do you know if our medical insurance covers hospital costs?
Greg: Hm, it depends
Mel: What happened dear?
Kate: I broke my arm and they're sending me to the hospital :/
Greg: Call Linda or ask someone at the reception, they should be able to tell you what kind of package you have
Kate: thnx",Kate broke her arm and she's going to the hospital. She'd like to know whether her medical insurance covers hospital costs. Greg suggests her to call Linda or ask someone at the reception about it.
13730432,"Charlie: My sister has just passed her last exam on her Uni
Charlie: Got something to celebrate
Charlie: Wanna go out with us tonight?
Frank: Sure why not.
Frank: Let me know later when the plan clarifies.
Charlie: Kk.",Charlie's sister has passed her last university exam. Charlie and Frank will go out to celebrate that tonight.
13680737,"Bella: Will you be home tonight?
Clara: Wanna pop in?
Bella: I'd love to. But first have to see how dad's doing. 
Clara: I won't be back before 7 though. Am at the gym.
Bella: No pro. Is 7:30 ok then?
Clara: Why don't we go and have a drink? It's Friday evening after all. Eh?
Bella: In actual fact I want to have a talk with you. I sort of need your advice.
Clara: Something happened?!
Bella: Not yet. I mean it's nothing dramatic. Just need to talk to you.
Clara: What about?
Bella: Myself I would say.
Clara: I've guessed so much! Very well. Come anytime after 7:30 and I'll fix us a snack. Beer? Wine?
Bella: Oh dear... I'd appreciate a snack but let me bring the wine.
Clara: OK CU.
Clara: But you'll have to park somewhere along the road as my drive's taken by my camper at the moment.
Bella: No pro.",Bella wants to talk with Clara and she will come to her place after 7:30.
13819108,"Jose: merry christmas!
Ricky: Merry Christmas!
Amanda: Happy holidays!
Amanda: And a happy new year
Ricky: 2019 will be awesome!!
Ricky: So many adventures to come!!
Jose: I can't wait for the summer to come
Amanda: Me too!!
Ricky: I'm excited to go to Cuba
Jose: I'm more than happy to be your guide
Amanda: 2019 will bring us lots of traveling
Jose: Cuba, Mexico, Thailand!
Amanda: And more!",Jose Ricky and Amanda are very enthusiastic about the new year as they will travel a lot during the summer of 2019.
13730348,"Susan: Will you be home tomorrow?
Rob: Why do you ask?
Susan: We could have dinner together if you have time after work
Rob: Sure! Sounds great
Susan: Fantastic! I will cook something special then!",Rob will be home tomorrow. Rob and Susan will have dinner together after Rob's work. Susan will cook something special.
13828587,"Dominique: what's for the test tomorro?
Denise: units 2 and 3
Dominique: ok tx
Denise: np",Denise and Dominique has a test tomorrow on units 2 and 3.
13828022-1,"Steph: <file_photo>
Steph: and what d'you think?
Sharon: hey! it is superb! I love the lamps in particular
Steph: ikea
Steph: wasn't sure about the colour scheme but the lamps decided
Sharon: copper is very much in
Steph: still need proper hangers, preferably from copper
Sharon: not too expensive?
Steph: not made of copper, but copper coloured
Sharon: but of course, stupid me
Sharon: where can you get them?
Steph: dunno!","While redesigning the interior, Steph looks for copper-coloured hangers."
13729584,"Peter: Need to talk to u...
Anna: Can't talk now, I'm still at work :/
Anna:  will call u in 20 min, ok?
Peter: ok.","Anna can't talk to Peter right now, she will call him in 20 minutes. "
13680826,"Jesse: can i borrow your razor?
Stig: what happened to yours?
Jesse: i broke it. fell right out of my hands",Jesse broke his razor and wants to borrow Stig's.
13865006,"Matt: Do you have Patrick's phone number? He's not picking up my calls...
Matt: Is he mad at me?
Mary: Sure, here you go: +44 7700 900077
Susan: He changed his number :)
Matt: phew, thanks!",Mary is giving Matt Patrick's new phone number.
13716905,"Yvonne: How's uncle Sam?
Lucy: He's OK, just came back from work.
Chiara: We were worried about him. Dad told us he was in hospital.
Lucy: It's nothing serious, don't worry! How kind of you to write to us!
Yvonne: Auntie, you're like our second parents!
Lucy: <3
Chiara: <file_photo>
Chiara: It's us in Chicago 2 weeks ago.
Lucy: Wow, you looked stunning! 
Yvonne: Thanks, it was at our cousins wedding.
Lucy: And how are you girls? Any nice boys in sight?
Chiara: Yvonne is dating a hot Argentinian!
Yvonne: Chiara, stop it!
Lucy: Oh, come on! Tell me the details!","Uncle Sam was in hospital, but it was nothing serious. He and Lucy are like second parents to Chiara  and Yvonne. Chiara and Yvonne were in Chicago 2 weeks ago at their cousin's wedding. Yvonne is dating an Argentinian."
13730619,"Jack: Can you buy butter?
Thomas: Sure
Jack: Thanks. When are you coming home?
Thomas: I'm on my way
Jack: Ok, I'll wait with cooking until you come
Thomas: What are you making?
Jack: A mushroom soup.
Thomas: Tasty!","Thomas will buy butter. He is on his way home. Jack is making a mushroom soup, but will wait with cooking until Thomas comes."
13681203,"Helen: are you home?
Debbie: yes
Helen: can you bring me my laptop?
Debbie: to work?
Helen: yes, i have forgotten to take it
Debbie: you have this presentation today?
Helen: yes, and without my laptop i cant do anything",Helen has left her laptop at home and needs it for the presentation today. Debbie will bring it to Helen's work. 
13815421,"Jessica: Hey, you're good with plants, aren't you?
Boston: I guess?
Boston: What's up?
Jessica: I got this plant for my birthday and it's kind of... dying already :(
Boston: Oh... What's the name?
Jessica: That's the thing, nobody knows the name so I can't evne look up how to care for it
Boston: Can you take a photo?
Jessica: <file_photo>
Boston: All right, I looked it up
Boston: <file_other>
Jessica: Oh wow, thanks!
Boston: No problem :) When in doubt, you can do a reverse search on Google Images. Not always accurate but can help a lot in many cases!",Jessica's plant is withering. She doesn't know what plant it is. Boston found it out using Google Images.
13828505,"Amber: Hi Erin, guess what, John and Annie are coming back to London!
Erin: Hi Amber, wow that's news.
Erin: What caused the change of plans?
Amber: John lost his job in Germany! 
Erin: What :O Seriously?
Amber: Yeah, his whole team got liquidated.
Erin: No way!?
Amber: Yeah, and he was the only one who received an offer from the company to be relocated back to London.
Erin: OK, well at least he's not unemployed.
Amber: But he didn't accept it.
Erin: Why not?!
Amber: B/c they only offered him the job after a month & during that time he started searching for a new one.
Amber: He got a better offer from a different IT company in London.
Erin: Well good for him! 
Erin: Since they weren't able to appreciate his work and they didn't offer him something right away.
Amber: Exactly, but you know what this means for me?
Erin: You're going to have to search for a new flat...
Amber: Yup, we had an agreement that I would be renting their place until they returned from Germany.
Amber: But you know, they planned to be there for at least 5 yrs.
Erin: I can imagine that Annie isn't happy with this turn of events.
Amber: She's pretty pissed off.
Amber: I mean the plan was to save up for a house and only then come back to London.
Amber: She had already enrolled in German classes & they were starting to feel at home there.
Erin: That's too bad. Sometimes life turns out to be unpredictable.
Erin: If you need somewhere to stay for a while, you can always stay at my place.
Amber: Thanks Erin! Annie already told me not to worry, that I can stay with them until I don't find something new.
Amber: But I've already started searching.
Erin: Good luck and let me know if you need any help!
Amber: Thanks, ttyl.
Erin: Bye!","John and Annie are moving to London because he lost his job in Germany and found a better offer working in IT here. Annie isn't happy with the move. Amber, who was supposed to stay in their London flat for 5 years, has to move. Erin offers her place but Amber plans on staying with John and Annie."
13716957,"Vicky: Is everyone still at town sq? I might have to meet you all at fratellis
Audrey: I can be there for 7.30pm assuming no traffic incidents!
Ludovica: Yes, we're here Vicky!
Greg: Trying not to fall asleep having sat down at home! 😱 Will get down for around 7
Vicky: Heading to fratellis shortly
Michelle: If you wait for me in front of Town Square, I shall be there in 10 mins
Ludovica: We'll leave town Square very soon! If you get to fratelli's before us, the booking is in Brandon’s name!
Brandon: 10 mins Michelle? We've just left😂
Michelle: Just closed the office and it's rainiiiing. Well...I have a nice car here looking at me 😁
Ryan: C'mon NO! No driving today.
Vicky: I’m here!
Audrey: Can't get a taxi so Marty and kids bringing me over... will be about ten mins x
Ryan: 🎉 We're upstairs Audrey","They are meeting at Fratellis, upstairs."
13829569,"Kaylin: <file_gif> 
Kaylin: that's what appears when you type in Cynthia
Kaylin: 😂😂
Kaylin: <file_gif> 
Kaylin: 😂😂
Amir: hahahahaha
Amir: you're killing me
Amir: really looks like her with that crazy hair
Amir: 😂😂😂
Kaylin: <file_gif> 
Kaylin: Joel
Kaylin: hahahahaha
Amir: hahahahaha
Amir: I soooo don't feel like tomorrow
Kaylin: tomorrow be like
Kaylin: <file_gif> 
Amir: 😂😂
Amir: and it's way to early..
Kaylin: I'v set three alarms just in case
Amir: lol
Amir: I guess I better do the same 😫",Kaylin has set her alarm for tomorrow.
13729275,"Keira: How come it started with wildangel3 then went to 1 wouldn't it make more sense to go from 1 to 2 and then 3? 
Lois: yeah, i couldn't get onto my aacount for some bizar reason
Lois: but I'm thinking of deleting both - i mean, I created it when I was 10!
Keira: I figured ^^
Lois: Mean
Keira: <file_gif>
Lois: yeah yeah
Lois: btw, I saw your sister in town the other day
Keira: WHAT?! She's grounded for the month
Lois: SOmeone's in trouble...
Lois: You gonna tell on her?
Keira: Maybe... I'm kinda mad at her right now >:(","Keira wonders why wildangel plays in the wrong order. Lois is considering deleting her account as she could not log on. Lois saw Keira's sister in town, who was supposed to be grounded. Keira might tell on her. "
13829296,"Natacha: hi, i can come and pick you up at the RER.
Charles: so  nice. I just landed. I think i'll arrive about 5:30pm. I'll give you a call
Natacha: ok ,call  me when  you'll be at the station Vesinet. 
Charles: thanks . see you",Charles has just landed and he will be at RER about 5.30 PM. Natacha will pick him up from there.
13611442,"Helen: Hey, Simo, are you there?
Simon: Yep babe, what's up?
Helen: I was calling you before...
Simon: Sorry I was on the phone, I didn't hear you... Tell me.
Helen: It's a bit embarrassing... The toilet paper is finished, could you fetch me some tissues, please?
Simon: Hahaha sure, no worries!",Simon was on the phone before so he didn't hear Helen calling. Simon will fetch Helen some tissues as they're out of toilet paper.
13717198,"Ricky: Did u guys see what's going on outside?
Shelly: A real blizzard!
Tom: Haven't seen such weather in yrs!
Ricky: This reminds me of a time when I was hiking in the mountains.
Shelly: U went hiking?
Tom: Yeah. What's so weird about it?
Ricky: U don't strike us as the type.
Tom: Well, I did. It was a couple yrs back, I admit. I was still a student and we went as a group of friends to the mountains.
Shelly: How many of u were there?
Tom: I think 5 or 6. Myself included.
Ricky: So what happened?
Tom: We rented a cabin in the wild. We wanted to have a weekend away.",There is a blizzard going on outside. Ricky went hiking a couple years ago with friends. They rented a cabin in the wild.
13827924,"Maggie: lucy
Maggie: y u such a diva 😝
Lucy: whats that about
Maggie: johny wants to date you
Lucy: he just said that if i have time we can go to that gig together
Lucy: and i wanna go with my besties
Maggie: you turn him down big time!
Lucy: if hes into me he'll try more
Maggie: see?
Maggie: diva
Lucy: u jealous or what
Maggie: nvm
Maggie: so youre going with us
Lucy: if you shut up about johny then yes
Maggie: OK
Maggie: jeeez
Lucy: you and girs come to my house and we pamper ourselves before
Maggie: sure, is 6pm cool?
Lucy: yass, we need at least an hour
Lucy: gig starts at 8, plenty of time
Maggie: catcha later
Lucy: ok bye",Johny wants to go for a gig with Lucy. She prefers to go with Maggie and her best friends. They will meet at 6 PM at her house to prepare for the evening. The gig starts at 8 PM.
13729525,"Rose: Payday's tomorrow :D
Rose: Can I start thinking about Christmas gifts now? 
Jake: Hahaha. Sure. When I get home, we'll talk about what should we buy for everybody.
Rose: I can't wait.
Rose: I love making gifts for people!
Jake: Yup. Me too.","It's payday tomorrow. When Jack gets home, he and Rose will talk about Christmas gifts for everybody. "
13829179,"Martha: how do you feel about minimalism?
Jake: I used to think it's total bullshit
Jake: like, it's still about spending
Jake: but it's about shifting the paradigm from buying cheap to buying expensive stuff
Martha: if expensive lives longer, ofc
Jake: right
Martha: I'm asking because I just saw this documentary about minimalism gurus
Martha: and I felt mixed about it
Jake: I think it's a good idea to buy things that will serve you longer
Jake: but it's so difficult to be mindful about everything you buy
Martha: I feel there are so many conflicting priorities when it comes to shopping
Martha: if you want to buy durable stuff you usually pick brands you know, big brands
Martha: and then it might not be fair trade product
Jake: take leather for example
Jake: if it's ecological it's cruelty free but it has higher carbon footprint than leather
Martha: huh
Jake: so your values clash all the time when you shop
Martha: :(",Martha saw a documentary about minimalism.
13816842,"Albert: I've just passed the driving exam holy fuck!
Albert: 4th attempt!
Juliet: Congrats mate! Now nothing can stop you 💪",Albert has passed his driving test on the 4th attempt.
13611822,"Jaya: Hello Ravi, I haven't seen your mother in the club for almost 4 months. Is she fine?
Ravi:- She is not keeping well these days.
Jaya: so sorry to hear that, what happened?
Ravi: She has been suffering from knee pain for almost 5 years now and the doctor has asked her to restrict movement.
Jaya: Any specific reason for the pain?
Ravi: Its probably arthritis. The doctor said that it can be controlled, but not cured completely.
Jaya: Oh, she had always maintained a healthy lifestyle, I wonder how this happened.
Ravi: She did have mild ache in her knees for the past few years but had been ignoring it.
Jaya: Did you try naturopathy?
Ravi: We tried almost everything.
Jaya: Your mother is a strong lady. She never gives up so easily.
Ravi: She is still the same, however abiding by the doctor’s advice she prefers to stay at home most of the time.
Jaya: Please ask her to take care and start feeling better soon. 
Ravi: Thanks. I'll pass your wishes to her.",Jaya hasn't seen Ravi's mum for 4 months in the club. Ravi's mum has been suffering from knee pain for 5 years. Ravi's mum stays at home following doctor's advice. Ravi will pass Jaya's wishes to his mother.
13717169,"Lynn: Sorry it's not worth it to have sex with some old wrinkled guy to pay your bills who rubs his old saggy balls all over u ewww fuck that 🙄😲
Diana:  I totally agree. 
Diana: And she’s not even that pretty my Lord. But to each it’s own if materialistic as what she craves and I guess she is fulfilling her fantasies. But I don’t want no old balls on my four head LOL no thanks
Steviee: Lots of sugar babies don't actually sleep with them. Sometimes it's purely friendship and companionship
Wilbur: OMG!!! 
Wilbur: Lynn...you've got me laughing so hard! I'm crying! Haha!! I seriously just spit my soda out!!! Lmao
Kellene: Lynn what’s going to happen when you’re in your 60’s and every man close to your age has saggy balls? Will you only date younger men then? Perhaps, this girls sugar daddy’s do exactly that. 
Lynn: Can't even imagine :)
Wilbur: you know what they say, from old egs, comes salmonela lmao :P
Lynn: Yes true 
Steviee: Hahahaha
Wilbur: Not all of them expect intimacy some of them just want your company lol
Justin: Steviee, that's what lots of sugar babies say and want the public to believe, doesn't mean its true. I don't believe what you said for a second","Lynn and Diana are disgusted by sugar babies, Wilbur tries justifying this lifestyle, but Justin doesn't believe it."
13682597,"Clint: are you better today?
Alice: not really
Alice: I have never had such a terrible flu 
Alice: I think I'm dying 
Clint: don't be silly 
Clint: it's just a flu 
Alice: I know but my whole body aches, I have fever and I'm sneezing all the time
Alice: I'm home for 10 days and it seems I need more
Clint: poor you :(
Clint: how is it possible that vaccine did not work?
Alice: I haven't taken any vaccine 
Clint: why? 
Alice: I don't know, just forgotten 
Alice: and now I have consequences :(",Alice has a terrible flu. She's forgotten to vaccinate herself.
13729534,"Marco: hi there! is this yours?
Marco: <file_photo>
Marco: somebody left it at my place yesterday
Sandra: ooops yes its mine
Sandra: its Millas present, I bought it right before your party
Sandra: can you bring it over?",Sandra bought a present for Milla right before Marco's party and left it in his place. She asks Marco to bring it over. 
13727579,"Mum: hungry?
Steve: starving...
Mum: I'll wrap something up for you.
Steve: You're the best, thank you!",Mum will prepare something to snack on for Steve.
13681972,"Dane: Morning
Zariah: Morning
Dane: How are you
Zariah: In general ok but I have a big pain in my back. U?
Dane: From what ? I'm alright
Zariah: Almost every day I have had such a pain recently. Maybe because of the bed. But to be honest I don't think so since earlier it wasn't like this
Dane: Ok",Zariah has been suffering from back pain recently.
13682397,"James: Hey! I’ve been thinking about you ;) 
Hannah: Oh, that’s nice ;)
James: what are you up to?
Hannah: i'm about to sleep 
James: I miss u I was hoping to see you 
Hannah: have to get up early for work tomorrow
James: what about tomorrow? 
Hannah: to be honest i have plans for tomorrow evening
James: oh ok, what about Sat then?
Hannah: yeah, sure i’m available on sat
James: i’ll pick you up at 8?
Hannah: sounds good. See u then.",James misses Hannah. They agree for James to pick Hannah up on Saturday at 8.
13681605,"Rachel: Hi caron fancy a drink tonight?
Caron: yes that will be great Red Lion at 8?
Rachel: you read my mind lol
Caron: well I know you too well xx
Rachel:  see you there xx",Rachel and Caron are getting drinks in Red Lion at 8 tonight.
13730987,"Sara: Hey, are you free this Saturday?
Sara: I thought mayble you would like to help with the event we're organizing?
Victor: Unfortunately I'm busy this Saturday...
Sara: Shame...
Victor: Yeah, I know. Maybe if you let me know earlier, I might have changed my plans, but now it's too late.
Sara: Ok. Another time then :(",Victor cannot help Sara with the event they're organizing as he's busy this Saturday.
13810073,"Mike: dude, wendy has grown prettier
Dave:😂😂👍
Mike:😍😍
Dave: i know right?
Mike: yeah, since she came from Houston, she looks like an angel
Dave: i'll have to hit on her soon
Mike: haha, stay off, i hear Jerry is her lover
Dave: really😕
Mike: yeah
Dave: since when
Mike: haha, i dont know, but you can push your luck
Dave: haha, i will
Mike:😉 good luck
Dave: yeah, ill need it","Mike and Dave notice Wendy got prettier. Dave wants to hit on her, but she's with Jerry. He'll try anyway."
13727934,"Patricia: Hey, could you give me a call in an hour or so, I can't talk now.
George: Yeah, of course.
Patricia: Thanks. ",Patricia cannot talk now. George will call her in about an hour.
13716072,"Mario: I’ve landed in every airport in Europe today - completely whacked out dude.
Klara: Where are you now?
Mario: Waiting in Luxembourg now.
Eddie: Have fun dude.
Moe: Only because you love flying so much 😉
Mario: weather was good for flying everywhere 🙂 Otherwise it would have been trains everywhere 🙂
Moe: Mario  be safe bro
Mario: You too bro 🙂",Mario is waiting on the airport in Luxemburg now.
13863131,"Lena: that new professor is the worst!
Lena: i mean, how can you give students a homework at the FIRST CLASS?
Brian: this sucks 😟
Brian: didn't even listen to him.
Brian: wait. what homework AHAHA
Lena: jeez
Lena: excercises on pages 12-16
Brian: he's psycho
Lena: agreed.
Brian: maybe he just tryna be tough
Brian: lets NOT do the homework and see what happens
Lena: do what you want I won't risk it
Brian: no pain no gain, no game - you're lame
Lena: this is a really nice poem, thanks! 😆😆
Brian: you're welcome 😚
Brian: anywaysss
Brian: see tou tomorrow at philosophy class
Lena: they want to kill us
Brian: be brave! we'll survive! I'll protect you!
Lena: my hero 😆😍
Brian: ekhm..
Brian: see you tomorrow 😉",Lena and Brian don't like their new professor. They will see each other at philosophy class tomorrow.
13820610-1,"Elvina: ever been to the local theatre smbd?
Averil: you mean here? The theatre with actors? And stage? Is there any?
Booth: yeah, I was the other day. Pretty cool and cheap.
Elvina: I got invite and dunno what to wear
Booth: I guess nothing much. Its kinda light hearted. Friendly and all. 
Elvina: oh good to know thx
Averil: im seriously shocked they have a theatre here
Booth: i mean it. was rly cool",Elvina needs information about the dress code at the local theatre. Booth has been there before and recommends wearing something casual. Averil is surprised there even is a theatre.
13681241,"Jair: Still busy?
Callum: Yes a little sorry
Jair: ok",Callum is still busy.
13730001,"Jacob: Emily!! stop the busses .. I am not on my way..
Emily: Hurry up!! the busses are about to leave..
Jacob: Count to 10 and i will reach the parking lot
Emily: 10..9..1 where are you...",Emily is waiting for Jacob while the buses have almost left.
13681603,"Ella: so? 
Molly: ?
Ella: come on! pics or it didn't happen
Molly: what are you going on about?
Ella: I heard you met up with Chuck
Molly: no... when was this suppossed to happen?
Ella: friday
Molly: Holly fuck that little shit made a story up
Ella: ?
Molly: I told him no and the little fucker made up a story
Molly: Im gonna kill him ","Chuck told Ella that he'd met up with Molly. He made up the story, as actually Molly refused to go out with him. "
13681503,"Sally: did you hear Borns' new album? :o
Rita: YES I DID
Rita: it's amazeballs
Sally: i know right??? God Save Our Young Blood
Rita: definitely my fav 
Rita: that and Faded Heart
Sally: so good
Rita: i'm also pumped for Florence, her new single is out tomorrow
Sally: :o didn't know about it! ",Sally and Rita like Borns' new album very much. Rita is also excited about Florence's new single which comes out tomorrow. Sally didn't know about it.
13829636,"Gloria: <file_photo>
Gloria: I'm too poor for my lifestyle
Amanita: we all are, sweetie
Gloria: it's so frustrating!
Amanita: but I thought your salary is pretty decent
Gloria: yeah but bear in mind that my therapy is expensive
Amanita: maybe you need to cook more
Gloria: I cook
Gloria: I made sushi and tiger prawn korma
Amanita: those are expensive meals
Amanita: pancakes are super cheap
Amanita: soups, too
Gloria: maybe I should plan my meals better
Gloria: thanks for the tip",Gloria is frustrated with her financial situation. She will try to plan her meals better.
13820577,"Haley: I found this old photo on my computer - look how cute Bella was a kitten <3 <file_photo>
Jenny: awwwwwwwww
Tess: omg omg omg <3
Haley: she was the cutest little baby
Jenny: how old is she in that picture?
Haley: About 2 weeks I think
Tess: I can't believe she's so big now
Haley: Yup, in cat years she's actually middle-aged
Jenny: Haha, yeah, she is. But still totes adorable
Haley: no doubt ;)",Haley sends Jenny and Tess a photo of when Bella the cat was 2 weeks old.
13821443,"Jeff: Have you heard about this Christmas at Wall Street?
Peter: Yup, was apparently the worst since the end of the 19th century
Miranda: but it's bounced back since, no panic
Jeff: I've listened to some radio podcasts about the American economy
Jeff: and it's pretty scary, I mean the economic war on China that Trump is waging and all his unpredictability
Jeff: but I'm not an economist
Peter: I know, it's hard to say what may happen because Trump is rather unpredictable
Peter: But people in my bank seem calm, at least 2019 should be calm
Miranda: yup, calm, but the global economy will get weaker
Miranda: and the growth will be weaker but not tragic, I suppose
Jeff: and the EU? How do you think?
Miranda: We just don't know what will happen to the UK and with Brexit 
Miranda: There are many different scenarios possible
Miranda: but it seems that 2020 may be much worse
Peter: I agree, I'd expect a global economic meltdown in the early 2020s","Jeff, Peter and Miranda wonder what American and global economy will be like."
13814648,"Alexa: I want to confess something
Hunter: What is it?
Alexa: I asked Ethan to Insult you :(
Hunter: But why did you do that?
Alexa: I was too jealous to see you with Ethan that day, dats why :(
Hunter: But you could just ask me not to do something if you dont want me to?
Alexa: We would talk about it tomorrow",Alexa asked Ethan to insult Hunter out of jealousy.
13682447,"Meg: still at school?
Ann: i have extra math classes
Meg: so when can i meet you?
Ann: i will be home at 7",Ann is still at school. She will be home at 7 so she can meet Meg then.
13716170,"Lorenna: Girls, Im sorry, I cant come to the party tomorrow :(
Lorenna: Emma has a fever and I need to take her to the doctor.
Ann: Oh Im so sorry about her:(
Shirley: :( 
Shirley: how's she feeling?
Lorenna: not too bad, but I need to stay at home with her for a few days.
Lorenna: she's sleeping now. 
Ann: give her a kiss from auntie Anna! :*
Shirley: and from me too! :*
Lorenna: thanks! :*",Lorenna is not coming to the party because her daughter is ill. She is going to see a doctor with her. Ann and Shirley send kisses to the kid.
13819822,"Adam: I have a juicy gossip for you guys ;)
Borys: About whom?
Adam: So apparently, Iga planned a weekend getaway with her boyfriend, but they had to cancel because he couldn't talk his group into changing the date of the presentation :D
Katia: And she is pissed?
Adam: What do you think? That is why they aren't sitting together since Monday ;)
Katia: Who would have expected such a gossip girl from you :D","Iga and her boyfriend are not sitting together since Monday, because they had to cancel their weekend getaway. It made Iga very angry. Iga's boyfriend failed to convince a group to change the date of the presentation."
13681714,"Samuel: Are you there, Anna?
Tim: I am, but I am not called Anna. It's Tim.
Samuel: Sorry, brother Tim. Anna is just the word for elder brother in my language.
Tim: It's a girl's name here. Doesn't sound very brother-like.
Samuel: My apologies. 
Tim: So what is your language?
Samuel: It is Telugu, brother. 
Tim: is that spoken in India?
Samuel: Yes, in South east India. Bangalore and Chennai and other places. Nearly 90 million speakers, brother.
Tim: Is it one of those written right to left?
Samuel: No, it is written left to right. It is based on Brahmin script, our writing. If you trace it back far enough it all comes from the Phoenicians, like English writing the same.
Tim: Wow. 
Tim: So it must be pretty big, then, Teluguland?
Samuel: It is 23 provinces, Anna. But we are not rich as in the north, so many people here are still working for less than a hundred dollars a whole month.
Tim: So what is the word for ""younger brother"" if ""Anna"" means ""elder brother?""
Samuel: Thammu or Thammadu. You can call me Thammu. I am younger than you.
Tim: how old are you, I would have sid about the same as me in your photo.
Samuel: How old are you, Anna? 
Tim: 55
Samuel: Well there you are you see. I am 35 only. So you are my Anna and I am your Thammadu. 
Tim: Wow sorry to say it but you do look old for 35:
Samuel: That is because it is not an easy life when you are not earning much money, Anna. We work very hard and have very little. But still we are thankful for what we do have.","Samuel's language is Telugu, which is spoken in south east India. It has nearly 90 million speakers; it's written left to right; it's based on Brahmin script. Teluguland has 23 provinces. It's quite poor. ""Anna"" means ""elder brother"" and Thammu or Thammadu - ""younger brother"". Tim's 55, Samuel's 35."
13728433,"Pete: What flavour yogurt did you want again? My brain is like a sieve today.
Jen: Pear but only if they've got it. Otherwise don't worry about it.
Pete: I'll have a look around. If they don't have pear can I get a different flavour?
Jen: I don't like any other flavour. If they don't have pear just don't get anything at all then.
Pete: OK.",Pete will get a pear yogurt for Jen if they have it.
13820579,"Eve: Where are we meeting?
Charlie: at the entrance
Nicole: yes, it's the best place. We would't find each other inside, it'll be too crowded
Eve: ok!","Eve, Charlie and Nicole are meeting at the entrance."
13682408,"Jenkin: hey what is your spirit animal?
Sophie: what?
Jenkin: go on?
Sophie: I dont know a fox lol
Jenkin: are you wiley?🦊
Sophie: sometimes
Jenkin: I am a dolphin🐬
Sophie: I think you are a bit mad like the mad hatter🐰🎩
Jenkin: I have been reading about animal spirits its quite good
Sophie: you will have to tell me about the fox.. do you decide what your animal is or does someone tell you?
Jenkin: There is a pack of cards and you choose the one that you are drawn to 
Sophie: oh right I would choose the Fox
Jenkin: well I didn't know but I was drawn to the dolphin
Sophie: oh
Jenkin: I will bring them over tomorrow
Sophie: oh yes please that will be great 🦊🦊",Jenkin has been reading about spirit animals and he was drawn to a dolphin. Sophie would choose a fox. Jenkin will bring pack of cards with spirit animals to Sophie tomorrow.
13727624,"Scarlett: Hey Daisy, can you send me your RGS application?
Daisy: Oh sorry I totally forgot
Daisy: I'm sending it to you right now
Scarlett: No worries, thanks!!
Daisy: Good luck with yours
Daisy: If you have any questions let me know
Scarlett: Thanks a lot Daisy!!",Daisy is sending Scarlett her RGS application.
13731506,"Christie: how are you after the party?
Katie: really tired... and you?
Christie: same
Christie: the party was great!
Katie: Yeah, we had fun! :)",Christie and Katie are tired after the party. They both had fun.
13731254,"Sam: Are you working tomorrow?
Carla: No, it's my day off
Sam: I'm free in the afternoon, do you fancy meeting up?
Carla: Yeah, sure
Sam: Ok, great! Shall we go to Meanwood?
Carla: Ok, there's that cafe there that does the yummy cakes. Meet you at 2?
Sam: Yes - looking forward to it!
Carla: See you tom! xx",Carla has a day off tomorrow. She will meet Sam in Meanwood in a cafe at 2 pm.
13728818,"Lily: I need to rent a pop corn machine
Daniel: :D
Lily: for our office Christmas party
Daniel: very Christmasy
Lily: We will screen Love Actually :P
Daniel: oh I get it now
Lily: Do you know someone who rents them?
Daniel: I'll check!",Daniel will find out who rents a pop corn machines on Lily's request.
13817335,"Louis: hey mum
Louis: mum?
Sara: yep, what's going on?
Sara: I'm on a pretty boring meeting right now :P
Louis: I was wondering what I could buy Lilly and Stephen
Louis: I mean for the wedding
Louis: I don't have any idea :(
Sara: Don't they have a list somewhere?
Sara: so that everyone can check what they actually need?",Louis doesn't know what he should give Lilly and Stephen as their wedding gift. Sara advises him to check if they have a gift list.
13862283,"Chris: I tried jogging today!
Matt: and the key word is ""tried""?
Matt: not to mention that you have the weirdest habit to stat the conversation 5 minutes before my work ends :P
Matt: good (or bad) thing is that I need to stay a bit longer today ;)
Chris: Sorry :P
Chris: I have no other friends ;)
Matt: it's not a problem for me, you're the one getting a short conversation ;)
Chris: Anyway, I was certain that I'd just collapse after 50m or so but I did quite well :)
Matt: I would collapse :P
Matt: I'm taking pills that slows my heart rate and that doesn't bode well with any kind of physical effort :P
Matt: my heart doesn't know what to do then :P
Chris: Medication is a different thing.
Chris: I just don't understand how I can run better when I eat 1/3 of what I should...
Matt: power of mind ;)
Matt: and it's your first try in a while
Matt: your body doesn't know what to expect :P
Chris: I need to analyse my performance
Chris: Maybe I can get even better than that!
Matt: back in the days when I was still playing football my first performance after a long break was always spectacular
Matt: I always felt like a physical god
Matt: but the next ones were just horrible and I felt like I was dying :P
Chris: Oh, you killjoy :D
Chris: You're basically saying that I'll crash during my next jog :D
Matt: that's what I'm here for
Matt: a reality check :P
Matt: anyway, done with my work for today, finally can head home!
Matt: cya later
Chris: cya!","Chris started jogging again. He performed better than expected. Matt can't jog now because of his heart medication effects but he recalls that when playing football in the past, he also performed very well after a break."
13828550,"Eric: Yo yo
Dan: Yo man
Eric: Have you watched Punisher season 2?
Dan: Yeah, it was cool
Eric: I think the first one was better but the second one did some things better
Dan: Like what?
Eric: Like showing Frank as the actual Punisher and not just a guy seeking vengeance for his family
Dan: Yep, season 1 was kinda weird
Eric: Anyway I think they should have given Jigsaw more scars
Dan: Yeah
Eric: Anyway it's a shame they discontinued Daredevil
Dan: I know... shame shame shame
Eric: Netflix's walk of shame
Dan: They're as blind as Matt Murdock but without the radar XD",Dan has watched Punisher season 2 and Eric finds the first one better than the second one. They both think it's a shame they discontinued Daredevil.
13829902,"Geri: I need to buy some new shoes
Hilary: what kind?
Geri: some nice heels
Geri: something sexy
Hilary: I sa spome great ones at the mall yesterday
Geri: great! thanks
Geri: wanna go together check them out
Hilary: ok maybe 2morrow
Hilary: after work?
Geri: sounds good
Geri: we can get some frozen yogurt
Hilary: Oh yeah
Hilary: I love that place!
Geri: it's been a while since I had some
Hilary: it's a plan
Geri: ok I'll be in touch
Hilary: ok :)",Geri and Hilary will go to check out some sexy heels for Geri tomorrow after work. They will also have some frozen yoghurt. 
13828281,"Jacob: Hey, guess what, top management is coming from France next week.
Alex: Hey, again? They just announced it?
Jacob: Yeah, we got an invitation via Outlook to the meeting.
Jacob: And mandatory formal dress code required.
Alex: OMG, I wonder what they're goin to announce this time.
Jacob: The usual, cost savings, lean office, lack of salary reviews...
Jacob: You know how it is, their visits never result in anything positive.
Alex: That's true, changes for the worse.",Top management of the company where Jacob and Alex work is coming from France next week. Jacob got an invitation to the meeting with them via Outlook. Formal dress code is required. 
13681989,"Joana: wana play some games?
Sandy: what games?
Joana: maybe dixit?
Joana: or carcassonne?
Sandy: why not?
Joana: ok, I'll bring them 2 u
Sandy: great :)",Joana will bring Sandy some games like dixit and carcassonne.
13819472,"Jenny: Are we going to that concert on Saturday
Jeremy: sure, it's the only opportunity to hear them
Joan: but we could start with a drink
Jenny: I don't know anything affordable nearby
Jeremy: and Barcelona?
Jenny: Where is it? 
Jeremy: 8th av
Jenny: perfect","Jenny, Jeremy and Joan are going to a concert on Saturday and agree to have a drink at Barcelona located at 8th avenue beforehand."
13811792,"John: do we have practice today?
Matt: yea think so
John: great thanks see ya there
Matt: see ya ",John is not sure if there is practice today but Matt claims there is.
13813083,"Blake: where r u men?
George: comin'!
Blake: good ",George is coming to a meeting with Blake.
13862593,"Steve: Bought the new Dream Theater album 5 minutes ago. I hope it's good.
Rob: I have it here on my desk, ready for the first listening.
Steve: Ok, I'll tell you later what I think about it.
Rob: Same here. See you later!","Steve and Rob will talk about new Dream Theater album, after they finish listening."
13611749,"Alex: Hon, could you buy some milk?
Martin: You kiddin me, I just bought two yesterday
Alex: Well, I have nothing for my defense, I'm just craving milk lately:D
Martin: You're lucky that I love you, two milks coming up in couple of hours, I gotta finish the project
Alex: You are my hero!",Martin will get Alex two bottles of milk after he finishes the project.
13728321-1,"Jeremih: hey, tell your sis to text back
Hansel: haha, thats your issues bro, dont drag me into it
Jeremih: she's mad at me
Hansel: for what
Jeremih: i dont even know😔
Hansel:😢😂
Jeremih: youre laughing
Hansel: haha, ill tell her but next time i wont interfere
Jeremih: Okay bro, thanks",Hansel will tell his sis to text Jeremih back.
13731258,"Peter: Can you send me the link of your beauty shop?
Joy: Definitely
Joy: It is https:// *********
Joy: Hope you will like it and feel free to ask any questions.
Peter: Okay. Let me look at it.",Joy sent Peter the link to her beauty shop.
13814886,"Emma: How was New Year's Eve? :)
Josh: nice, just a bunch of close friends at my place
Emma: sounds cosy
Josh: yeah we had some wine and played board games
Emma: sounds lame :P
Josh: haha nope just getting older
Josh: huge parties and dance clubs are not that exciting anymore
Emma: oh come on you are not 70
Josh: not 20 either ;)
Emma: haha
Josh: how was yours?
Josh: I saw some pictures on fb, did you go away?
Emma: yeah we drove to the seaside, visited bunch of clubs
Emma: ended up on the beach for midnight
Josh: wasn't it freezing?
Emma: had my beer jacket on :D
Josh: lol
Emma: I have a cold now
Josh: that's the risk of a beer jacket!",Josh spent New Year's Eve with his close friends at his place. They drank some wine and played board games. Emma spent that evening by the sea and went clubbing. At midnight she was at the beach. She is ill now.
13681871,"Andy: Working late til 4 xx
Sue: no worries xx
Andy: be there by 8 xx
Sue: No probs babes xx",Andy is going to work late so he won't see Sue before 8.
13682100,"Stewart: Can you believe he even said that about the forests? Raking? Really?
Shari: Yes. I can believe that this is an ignorant man. He proves it daily. This just one more example!
Stewart: He just has no clue.
Shari: I mean, there are so many people dead and all he can think to do is criticize the forestry department? With a totally inappropriate suggestion? Puhleeze.
Stewart: I can't wait to vote for anyone else but him.
Shari: I know what you mean. Half my friends voted for him just to see what would happen! Well, guess what?
Stewart: Yeah, but we couldn't go another 4 years with a Democrat. The country would go broke!
Shari: Maybe, but at least we wouldn't be hated around the world and led by an ignorant piece of shit!
Stewart: You've got a point!
Shari: I'm not sure he will finish out his term, with all the legal problems, but he seems to be able to hold off the big stuff. Somehow.
Stewart: I know. How is that even possible?
Shari: I'm not sure. I mean, he's breaking amendments to the constitution here!
Stewart: Only on the fringe.
Shari: Maybe.
Stewart: We have to make the best of it now. Nothing we can do.
Shari: Except vote him out!
Stewart: Exactly. But that's not for a while.
Shari: Closer every day. If only there was a good candidate.
Stewart: From your mouth to the Dem National Committee's ears!
Shari: LOL!
Stewart: We should volunteer. Get out the voters or something.
Shari: Good idea.
Stewart: Let me see what's out there and I'll let you know.
Shari: Great! ",Stewart and Shari find the current president ignorant and incompetent. They hope he gets voted out. Stewart is going to see what possibilities there are of volunteering in the upcoming elections.
13681102,"Lydia: <file_photo>
Camila: Say whaaaaat?
Lydia: Would you believe it?
Camila: But how?
Lydia: I added him on Facebook. He accepted my invitation. I viewed his profile aaaand... ""engaged""!
Camila: What a bastard... But I don't get it... He knew you would see it.
Lydia: I don't know... Maybe it's a sort of open relationship?
Camila: Does he still write to you?
Lydia: Yes, but I'm trying to ignore him.
Camila: Gosh... If this girl knew...
Lydia: Yeah... I'm embarrassed now.
Camila: You shoulnd't, you didn't know. It's not your fault. And nothing happened. You two just texted.
Lydia: But how... It was so dirty.
Camila: C'mon, how would you know. I can't believe he is still texting you, now... When you know everything...
Lydia: That's weird, I know. Do you think I should talk to him?
Camila: I wouldn't pull any punches.
Lydia: But we work in the same company. I don't want it to be awkward.
Camila: You're kidding? You should talk to him. It's not fair what he's doing and it cannot be like that anymore! Think about this girl!
Lydia: Yeah, you're right. This scumbug will regret that he met me.",Lydia has exchanged sexual messages with him. Lydia does not feel like pursuing the affair because he is engaged. Lydia will have a word with him because what he is doing is unfair.
13729197,"Daria: I got a new job
Kelsey: wooow where?
Daria: For a law firm! 
Kelsey: You go girl! 
Kelsey: So fast for a new graduate 
Kelsey: Well done!! 
Daria: Yeah!! 
Kelsey: Congrats! 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 
Daria: Thx 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩  ",Daria has a new job at a law firm.
13680968,"Boris: Due to the number of PTO requests this week, we had to decide who will be allowed to take off based on seniority. 
Sarah: I understand.
Boris: Unfortunately, you are too low on the totem pole and we will have to deny your request.
Sarah: Oh, that's too bad! Is there any compromise? I really wanted to have some time with my family.
Boris: I can give you first choice of dates the week after, but that's the best I can do.
Sarah: What if someone cancels?
Boris: That is a rare, but yes, I will come to you first.
Sarah: Thank you.
Boris: Again, I'm very sorry.
Sarah: Could you amend my request for the following week, Monday through Wednesday?
Boris: Certainly. That should be no problem.
Sarah: That's great, at least I'll have a long weekend!
Boris: Very true. No problems from my side.
Sarah: Do I need to initial the change?
Boris: Yes, please come see my assistant at your earliest convenience.
Sarah: Certainly, no problem.
Boris: Thank you for being so flexible.
Sarah: Sure, I understand we can't all be off. You are just trying to be fair.
Boris: That's it exactly.
Sarah: Thank you again for explaining it so well.
Boris: My pleasure. Have a nice holiday and enjoy your time off.
Sarah: Thank you!","On the following week, Sarah will get her time off from Monday to Wednesday."
13680767,"Blair: Remember we are seeing the wedding planner after work
Chuck: Sure, where are we meeting her?
Blair: At Nonna Rita's
Chuck: Can I order their seafood tagliatelle or are we just having coffee with her? I've been dreaming about it since we went there last month
Blair: Haha sure why not
Chuck: Well we both remmber the spaghetti pomodoro disaster from our last meeting with Diane
Blair: Omg hahaha it was all over her white blouse
Chuck: :D
Blair: :P",Blair and Chuck are going to meet the wedding planner after work at Nonna Rita's. The tagliatelle served at Nonna Rita's are very good.
13827932,"Alan: i sent you an email
Alan: why haven't you replied?
Ruth: never got it
Ruth: please send it again
Alan: sending it right now
Alan: it has an attachment
Alan: if you can't open it let me know
Ruth: just got it and didn't have trouble opening the attachment
Alan: that's great",Ruth got an email with an attachment from Alan. 
13730560,"Oscar: A coffee at Tristano's?
Payne: Why not. in 15 mins?
Oscar: let's make it half an hour ok?
Payne: great, i'll be there
Oscar: see you there",Payne and Oscar will have a coffee at Tristano's in half an hour.
13682578,"Frank: Hey
Hope: Hi :)
Frank: I love you
Hope: I love you too <3
Frank: Well, I HOPE so!
Hope: FRANKly, I really do ;) <3",Frank loves Hope and Hope loves Frank. 
13682475,"Luke: Hey sis, send me the pic of the parrot you painted yesterday?
Gina: <file_photo>
Gina: If you want better quality I need to send you PDF file.
Luke: It's ok. This parrot looks fantastic!!! I can't believe you've discovered your talent so late!
Gina: Haha thanks? <file_other> Catch a PDF.
Luke: Thanks!",Luke is amazed by Gina's talent for painting. Gina sent Luke a PDF file with a picture of the parrot she painted yesterday.
13680955,"Tina: Hi, darling? Are you ok?
Steve: Hi, babe. I'm fine. You?
Tina: OK :-) Love you :-*
Steve: Love you, too.
Tina: How about pasta for dinner?
Steve: Sounds great!
Tina: With broccoli, ham, cheese and cream?
Steve: Scrumptious. 
Tina: Your favourite.
Steve: Indeed.
Tina: But there is a snag.
Steve: Too perfect to be true?
Tina: It's not about that. We'd need to do some shopping after work.Can you handle it yourself?
Steve: Can we handle it together? You know how scatterbrained I am when it comes to shopping lists.
Tina: I do know!
Steve: Together?
Tina: Fine. Will you be leaving work on time?
Steve: Guess so. I don't expect any problems.
Tina: Ok. Let's meet in the car park, shall we? 
Steve: Sure. 
Tina: Miss you :-*
Steve: Miss you, too :-*
Tina: See you later :-)",Tina and Steve are having pasta for dinner. They'll meet in the car park after Steve finishes work. They'll do the shopping together.
13729118,"Rudi: Hetta, did you see the last trump video
Henrietta: nope
Henrietta: what did he do now?
Rudi: <file_video>
Henrietta: OMG
Henrietta: what a jerk
Rudi: it gets worse
Rudi: <file_other>
Rudi: the whole interview is here
Henrietta: can't believe he said that about a congress woman
Rudi: yeah
Henrietta: do you wonder where the limit is?
Rudi: wdym
Henrietta: if he will say something that will actually get him kicked out of the white house
Rudi: not really
Henrietta: fuck
Rudi: yeah",Trump is acting like a contemptible fool and it is getting worse. Rudi has sent Henrietta the link to his interview.
13730685,"Cole: hey roomie XD XD
Luis: dude we are in the SAME DAMN ROOM
Cole: its funny XD
Luis: -_-
Cole: pass me my pillow xD
Luis: not until you say it to my face
Cole: dude cmon 
Luis: ...
Cole: oh youre not gonna talk to your roommate now
Luis: im not gonna text an idiot whos practically sitting just a few inches from me -_-
Cole: xD",Cole and Luis are sitting in the same room and yet they're texting each other. 
13728122,"Daniel: Hi sis. 
Daniel: Just wanted to let you know that I passed driving license exam
Daniel: It went well :D
Kate: Congratulations!!!!
Kate: :) :) :)
Kate: Dad will be proud!",Daniel has passed driving license exam.
13716405,"Andrew Simmons: I'm sending you the list (with specific times) for our individual meetings tomorrow. In case you are unable to attend, please let me know as soon as possible.
Andrew Simmons: <file_other>
Samuel Anderson: I have an appointment with a doctor so I won’t be able to come to the meeting.
Andrew Simmons: Then please bring your plan to our next class.
Katherine Jackson: I also won’t be coming, because I have a retake.
Andrew Simmons: Alright. For those who are coming. The meetings will take place in my office, room 104.",The individual meeting with Andrew Simmons takes place tomorrow in room 104. Samuel Anderson and Katherine Jackson won't attend it because he has an appointment and she has a retake.
13681171,"Tanya: are you better today?
Rosie: better, but not good
Tanya: it's great to hear that
Tanya: i was worried","Rosie is better, but still not well."
13682188,"Ty: do you speak French?
Veronica: no 
Ty: pity, I need a translator ",Ty needs a translator. Veronica doesn't speak French.
13817819,"Emily: shit, I'm waiting to see my doctor and you won't believe who's waiting with me
Emily: <file_gif>
Adam: who then?
Emily: a nun and a blind crazy man
Emily: it feels spooky
Adam: haha XD",Emily is at a doctor's office. There is a nun and a blind crazy man waiting as well.
13819721,"Lisa: Is it safe?
Mary: Don't worry. Aquarium is kept in a safe place.
Sarah: He will enjoy it for sure.
Lisa: He was asking for it for ages.
Mary: True, now he is old enough to have it
Sarah: How do we transport that?
Mary: Easy sister, Frank will help us.
Lisa: That's great!
Sarah: I can't wait to see his face.
Lisa: Me too!
Mary: Good teamwork you all.
Sarah: Okay, I will call you later
Lisa: See you",Frank will help Sarah and Mary transport the aquarium that is a gift for someone.
13730570,"Mario: i heard u were out
Conor: yes
Mario: who with
Conor: some friends from college
Mario: can u bring me something to eat
Conor: -_- .. i knew u wouldnt text without a reason
Mario: xD
Conor: what do u want
Mario: a bucket of fries from kfc
Conor: u do know ur gonna pay for it urself
Mario: i know i know -_-
Conor: yeah okay, fine","Mario wants Conor to bring him a bucket of fries from KFC as the latter one is out, and Mario will pay for it himself. "
13828334,"Inga: Hello Ditty! So you are back. Saw the lights last night.
Ditty: Hello Ditty, yes, I came back last night. How are you?
Inga: Didn't want to wake you up this morning. But I've got some mail for you.
Inga: Thanks. We are fine. Just surviving this terrible winter. And you?
Ditty: What mail? Andy was emptying my letter box.
Ditty: Thanks for not waking me up! Still jet-lagged.
Inga: I collected a parcel for you. Just before Xmas.
Ditty: Santa had found me!
Ditty: When are you back from work today?
Ditty: Or is Hans at home in the afternoon?
Ditty: Stupid me. It can wait.
Inga: Am back around 6 pm. As usual.
Inga: Hans is away.
Ditty: OK I'll be home. Just knock and I come over to collect it.
Inga: Fine.
Ditty: Thank you, Inga!",Ditty came back last night. Inga has a parcel for Ditty. Inga will be back from work today at 6 p.m. and Ditty will come to collect the parcel. 
13864673,"Damian: guys did u watch Chelsea game
Jacob: no
Mason: nah, i was busy all afternoon
Damian: Higuain scored twice! so happy for him
Damian: I know it was just Huddersfield, but finally something positive happened
Jacob: having a striker makes a difference
Damian: yup
Mason: but cmon huddersfield is abysmal
Damian: don't be like that, im happy for the team, maybe this will be a turning point
Jacob: no, I don't think so
Mason: ha good luck with that",Chelsea won a game with Huddersfield this afternoon. Higuain scored twice. Damian's happy about it and he hopes it will be a turning point for Chelsea. 
13730771,"Jay: Bro. Have you heard that diamond is in Kenya? 
Joe: Yeah man. I know what you are thinking
Jay: 😂😂  
Joe: Bro. I dont have some cash to buy some tickets for the event.
Jay: Come on! Stop worrying about cash.
Jay: I will lend you then you can refund later.
Joe: Okay.
Jay: And guess what?
Joe: What
Jay: I have convinced Ruth and Paulette to accompany us
Joe: Really?
Jay: Do i look like i am joking😏😏
Joe: It's game on bro!!!!!!
Jay: Yeah. You know me.
Jay: But it is time you start paying me.
Jay: I can't be hooking up you with new girls every time we have a concert.😂
Joe: 😂😂 cut the crap
Joe: Just wait next time. I'll be the one doing the connections.
Jay: Okay. Can't wait.",Jay will lend Joe money for the ticket for the event. Ruth and Paulette will accompany them.
13728528,"Samantha: How are you doing today?
Robyn: better, but I really exaggerated with bier last night
Samantha: was it really only bier?
Robyn: sure, why?
Samantha: I don't know, your eyes, behaviour
Robyn: you want to say I took drugs?
Samantha: I'm only asking, I don't have anything against drugs
Robyn: but I have and I never take them
Samantha: ok, sorry, I didn't intend to offend you
Robyn: I just drank too much, that's eat
Samantha: much too much
Robyn: yes, I lost control a bit
Robyn: I am sorry for that
Samantha: important that you feel better today",Robyn drank too much beer last night and lost control. She is feeling better today.
13680873,"Darcy: have you ever been to Egypt?
Adam: why would you think Ive been to Egypt?
Darcy: you travel a lot
Adam: if you say so, ive only been to a few countries. why do you ask?
Darcy: Aaron has a connecting flight in Cairo and might leave the airport for a few hours to pass the time.
Adam: I see. Should be worthwhile as long as hes careful.
Darcy: thats what im thinking",Aaron has a stopover in Cairo. He can pay a short visit to the city between flights provided that he is careful.
13810096,"Gino: Should I wear the white or the black shirt?
Renee: What else are you wearing?
Gino: Black trousers, black shoes.
Renee: Definitely rethink the outfit. Either way you'll look like a waiter! LOL!
Gino: Don't want that... so what then?
Renee: Stick with the black pants and see if you have another colored shirt?
Gino: What about the shoes?
Renee: Not much you can do but black is there?
Gino: No...
Renee: Just trying to avoid you looking like one of the help!
Gino: I get it...just not sure. What about blue trousers?
Renee: White shirt, brown shoes?
Gino: I can do that!
Renee: Just make sure you're pressed, neat, clean and smart and you'll be fine.","Gino wants Renee’s advice on what to wear. She gives some hints so that he doesn't look like a waiter and recommends wearing black pants, a white shirt and brown shoes."
13730077,"James: I am driving there, need a ride?
Richard: That's perfect, thanks, what time should I be ready?
James: 6:15?
Richard: I'll be waiting!",James will pick up Richard at 6:15.
13828328,"Ella: did you send me mms?  i can't open it for some reason :/
Caleb: yeah, I sent you a pic of Maya
Caleb: she's playing a mouse in a school play and I wanted to show you her costume
Caleb: she looks sooo adorable in it! :-)
Ella: aww...:) can you send me this photo via email?
Caleb: done :-)",Caleb sent Ella a pic of Maya to show her the girl's costume as a mouse in a school play. 
13730593,"Javier: hey, just a reminder, sign the attendance form when you arrive so everyone knows you were there
Marco: ooh, okay then
Javier: wonderful. 
:","Marco will sign the attendance form, when he arrives."
13611413,"Josh: Hey..
Michelle: Hi
Josh: so, are we still on for tomorrow night at the movies.
Michelle: Yeah, pick me up at 7
Josh: cool, cant wait,
Michelle: Me too",Michelle and Josh's plan to go to the movies tomorrow night is still valid. Josh will pick Michelle up at 7.
13728290,"Yaz: Hi babes, you off out Friday, I need to get my freak on!
Tania: Why the hell not, college work is really doing my head in with the deadlines!
Yaz: Seen Sophie lately, her and lover boy are looking well serious!
Tania: Yeah, saw her in the canteen a couple of days ago, she's thinking of breaking up before Uni. Cutting ties etc
Yaz: Well, maybe not so serious after all then!
Tania: Best to go there single, in my opinion!
Yaz: Yeah, not got much choice in the matter. Maybe I'll meet my dream woman there!😀
Tania: Why the hell not?! I can't wait to get out of here and up to Manchester, only 4 months and a bit, now!
Yaz: Christ, that came around quick, just the little matter of A Levels and getting into Exeter to deal with. I need such high grades for my course, medicine is a cut-throat world.
Tania: Hope not! If anyone is suited to becoming a Dr love, it's you, I am positive of it!
Yaz: Hope you're right, babes! Anyway, pub Friday at 8ish?
Tania: Hell, yes! See you!","Yaz and Tania will go to a pub on Friday around 8. Sophie is thinking of breaking up with her boyfriend before Uni. Tania is going to Manchester in 4 months. Yaz wants to study medicine in Exeter, so she needs high grades."
13727811,"Anna: The more I study the more I think it makes no sense
Anna: We learn about historical moments in our civilization
Anna: We learn names and dates, we learn about great moments of human race and we learn about our mistakes
Anna: We learn all of it and get idealistic
Anna: We develop utopian concepts of how world should look like
Anna: And all of it makes us miserable when we face reality. We face corruption, politics, war, conflicts hatred, egoism
Jerry: Wow. That was kind of depressing...
Anna: Ignorance is a bliss you know...
Jerry: I get it. The less you know, the happier you are.
Jerry: However I try to look for positives.
Anna: So do people doing HIV tests
Jerry: Hahaha. Dark humour. I luv it.
Anna: The only thing that makes me feel better is actually dark humour.
Jerry: I feel you :D",Anna is disappointed as she learns the history our civilization. Dark humour cheers her up.
13862791,"Robin: Btw, do you know anything about that poker platform?
Jacks: Which one? The Bulls Eye one?
Robin: Yeah
Jacks: I played on it several times, it's good!
Robin: I'm trying to read up on the game
Jacks: It takes time, but once you get into it it's fun
Jacks: I made a few bucks on it
Robin: Nice
Robin: Any well worth tricks to share? 😂
Jacks: Well it's more about strategy mate
Jacks: I can send you a few links to some good sites
Jacks: Check this out
Jacks: <file_other>
Jacks: <file_other>
Jacks: <file_other>
Robin: Cheers! I'll take a look",Jacks played poker on the Bulls Eye platform and made some money. Robin will read up on strategies for the game on sites recommended by Jacks.
13611616,"Ralph: Have you prepared a speech for Ulrich's wedding?
Sergio: Yes, it took me a long time
Ralph: What are you going to mention?
Sergio: I'll mostly just talk about how he's been a great friend over the years.
Ralph: Yeah, he is a great guy. He deserves this.
Sergio: I'm a bit nervous about it though--giving a speech.
Ralph: You'll be fine. He'll know you put a lot of thought into it.",Sergio needed a long time to prepare a speech for Ulrich's wedding. He's going to talk about their long-lasting friendship and is nervous about giving a speech. Ralph is sure it will be fine. 
13821034,"Edward: I dont wanna go on that business trip tomorrow
Lauren: I am stressed af
Kate: I don't think its gonna be that bad
Lauren: The boss is coming with us 
Kate: Yea well 
Kate: I am ok with him 
Edward: You think its gonna be just a few meetings with clients 😶
Kate: Not only
Kate: We're going to an expo 
Kate: I hate the expo stuff
Kate: We have to pretend to be nice
Kate: But people coming to our booth actually have nothing to do with what we're doing 
Lauren: True
Edward: Expos are not as stressful as meetings tho 
Kate: Ye well 
Kate: We cant complain rn 
Lauren: we have to go anyway 
Lauren: 😑😑😑
Kate: See y'all there then ","Edward doesn't want to go on the business trip tomorrow. Lauren's stressed about it, because their boss is coming with them. Kate think it's going to be ok. There will be meeting with clients and an expo."
13862536,"Robert: Hi mate! Are you still at your office? If you are how about grabbing some coffee? I'm meeting Darek at 5pm, but I will be around at 3pm already :)
Gabriel: Hi Robert! Sorry for late response, didn't see your message. Also I've quit the office about a month ago, sorry. How are you doing?
Robert: I casually came to visit my old pals. Long story. I thought I could catch you somewhere, but maybe next time then ;). How are you doing? Where are you nowadays?
Gabriel: I'm OK. I'm at home, looking into what I'm doing next...Well I hope you will enjoy your meeting","Robert texts Gabriel to arrange a get-together with him in the office at 3 pm, before he is meeting Darek. But Gabriel left the office a month ago and is at home now, so they will not meet today."
13828451,"Susan: Hi Tom
Tom: Hi Suz, how's ur day?
Susan: Not 2 good, my presentation was a disaster, but let's leave that 4 later.
Susan: Becky's school just called.
Tom: What happened?
Susan: She has a fever. She saw the school nurse.
Susan: I need u 2 pick her up. I don't have the car today & I can't leave the office earlier.
Tom: OK, I'll pick her up and take her 2 my mother's house, b/c I need 2 return 2 the office.
Tom: John won't let go if I don't finish this project on time.
Susan: Thanks hun, see u @ home.",Susan's presentation was a disaster. Tom will pick up Becky from school as she has a fever and will take her to his mum's house. He needs to return to the office later on. 
13717358,"Ethan: who's going to see solstafir?
Noah: solstafir! when?
Noah: i had no idea they were playing
Archie: I'm not :D.
Leo: i'm going ofc!
Ethan: 21.11
Noah: that's a wednesday... ehh...
Noah: i'll have to see, might have to stay late at work...
Leo: nooo you have to come
Ethan: yeah you have to!
Archie: There are better concerts :P.
Noah: i know, i would really like to see them, but yeah
Leo: archie... :P
Ethan: don't mind him :P
Noah: i'll see and let you know, it would really suck to miss them
Leo: yup!
Ethan: yup! x2","Ethan and Leo are going to see Sólstafir on 21.11. Noah would like to go too, but he might have to stay late at work."
13828297,"Marleen: Hello my dear, I'll be leaving in half an hour to go to town. If you have any idea for a present for Rita let me know.
Marleen: Text me here with your ideas for a present for her.
Barry: But I've got none! I leave the choice entirely to you.
Barry: I'm at home now.
Marleen: Am at Kaiser's. Lovely silk kerchiefs.  What do you think?
Barry: One can't have too many!
Marleen: But isn't it a bit too personal?
Barry: Not at all.
Marleen: <file_photo>
Marleen: Which?
Barry: The one with yellow pattern, definitely. She loves yellow.
Marleen: The most expensive of the five.
Barry: How much?
Marleen: 39
Barry: Oh come on. Not so bad.
Marleen: Shall we go 50/50?
Barry: OK","Marleen will be leaving in half an hour to go to town. She will get a present for Rita - silk kerchief with a yellow pattern from Kaiser's. It costs 39, and Barley will share the cost 50/50 with Marleen."
13717250,"Johnatan: yoo guys
Darren: B-)
Lucas: hey wassup
Johnatan: beer? now?
Darren: hell yeah B-)
Lucas: I'm free in the evening","Lucas, Johnatan and Darren are going to get some beer."
13828274,"Tricia: The cake is still not ready.
Zandra: Which cake?
Tricia: For your daughter’s birthday, Tam ;)
Zandra: Oh, of course, there are so many of them, I don’t even know what’s going on.
Tricia: Sure thing, you need a hand ;]
Zandra: Thank you so much, what would I do without you…
Zandra: But what about the cake, the party is tomorrow!
Tricia: You finally realized that… ;)
Tricia: They promised to have it tomorrow at Tricia: Zandra: .
Zandra: The party starts at Tricia: , it’s way too late!
Tricia: I’ll send Erwin to get it, he’ll deliver it to us by bike ;D
Zandra: Bike… God save us all…
Tricia: He’s a good driver and has a special bag, it will be ok, I promise :*
Zandra: Ok, how about the rest? I have all decorations, starting with them in the morning after kids go to grandma
Zandra: I know nothing about the food and outside attractions
Tricia: Food I’m taking care of, outside thing will be done by a company, they come and organize everything, don’t worry
Zandra: You’re the best, I have to make for it <3
Tricia: Nooo, no way, it’s nothing.
Tricia: I know it’s not easy for you with 4 children.
Zandra: Noo, it’s not, but I regret nothing :*
Tricia: And that’s the most important thing!","Zandra's daughter, Tam, has a birthday tomorrow. The party starts at Tricia's place, so Erwin will deliver a birthday cake by bike. Zandra is taking care of the decorations, Tricia of the food and a company of the outside attractions. "
13716518,"Sarah: omg Laura! sorry you didn't get any replies!!! Did you manage?
Laura: hahaha! Awksssss... no worries, I solved it
Sarah: awkward silence <crickets>
Laura: hahaha no it's all good really!!
Raf: Laura, I'm so sorry!!! been so swamped, totally forgot to text you back! where are you??
Sarah: Exotic little island called Linate :D 
Laura: Sarah which hotel are you at??? I'm here too!!!",Neither Raf nor Sarah remembered to reply to Laura but she managed anyway. Both Sarah and Laura are in Linate.
13728954,"Adam: 10 minutes and I'm going in
Adam: Never been so afraid of any exam
Dave: Everything's gonna be fine man.
Dave: We all are nervous here but we believe in you and keep our fingers crossed.
Adam: Wish me luck
Dave: GOOD LUCK!",Adam is going to take an exam in ten minutes.
13680247,"Paul: Do you have your keys?
Lena: Yup. What's up?
Paul: I will be home later than I thought, so just don't wait for me and get home.
Lena: What happened?
Paul: I'll call you in 15 minutes and then I'll tell you.
Lena: Ok.",Lena has her keys. Paul will be home later than he thought. Paul will call Lena in 15 minutes and tell her what happened.
13865102,"Lena: Do you like Felix Laband?
Bob: very much
Nigel: me too, I went to the concert last night when he was in Paris
Lena: was it good?
Nigel: very!",Nigel was at Felix Laband's concert in Paris last night. Bob likes him too. 
13864950,"Bradley: haha look a cat invaded the pitch at Goodison <file_other>
Jill: hahahaha
Julia: what a sweet little black ball of fur
Jill: here's the video :D <file_other>
Julia: haha
Bradley: and the commentary :D
Bradley: that's the best entertainment Everton fans have had all season :D",A sweet little black cat got into the pitch during the Everton's football match.
13729704,"Ewan: Uncle I graduated!
Uncle Jayson: My nephew gradumacated! 
Uncle Jayson: How time flies congrats!
Ewan: Haha thanks! Gradiated! 😂
Uncle Jayson: 😂",Uncle Jayson is pleased with Ewan's graduation.
13865120,"Daniel: I'm packing for the trip, are you done with it?
Michael: Mostly done, don't forget your passport!
Matt: is an ID not enough?
Michael: sure not!
Brian: why?
Michael: Bosnia and Herzegovina is not in the EU, so we will have a proper border control
Michael: no passport, no entry
Daniel: good you wrote us this I think :P
Matt: yes, we're morons 
Daniel: haha, yes, a bit
Brian: I didn't even know we're going to enter Bosnia, I though we're going to stay in Croatia only
Michael: we planned to go to Mostar and the mountains, so Bosnia it is
Brian: anyway, I'll pack my passport
Michael: very good","Daniel, Michael, Matt and Brian are going to Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are packing. Michael reminds them to take their passports, because Bosnia and Herzegovina is not in the EU. They will go to Mostar and the mountains in Bosnia."
13681594,"Ross: Don't judge me
Chandler: what, why?
Ross: I was thinking about tonight...
Chandler: yes?
Ross: and...
Chandler: Just say it or I'm gonna come and punch you
Ross: I wanna do karaoke
Chandler: hahhahaa
Ross: Karaoke is fun
Chandler: <file_gif>
Ross: No, but seriously, I'm sure girls are gonna love it too
Chandler: Ok but just this once
Ross: Deal
Chandler: And I can record everything
Ross: you wouldn't
Chandler: I will :D
Ross: Well okay, there's nothing wrong with having fun
Chandler: <file_gif>
Ross: :D
Chandler: Will you do George Michael?
Ross: OF COURSE
Chandler: hahaha",Ross wants to do karaoke. Chandler wants to record it for fun.
13611426,"Poppy: Yeah. I definitely prefer Lisbon
Harry: Yeah me too, principally the night
Poppy: To party?
Harry: Yup
Poppy: I don't like parties. They make me tired
Harry: Really?!
Poppy: I don't like crowd, drunk people
Harry: Oh OK. It makes sense. That's the worst part of it. What you like to do for having fun?
Poppy: Travelling. Sightseeing
Harry: For sure that's on the top of my list too 😁","Poppy and Harry like Lisbon. Poppy doesn't like parties, but she likes traveling and sightseeing. Harry likes parties, traveling and sightseeing. "
13730553,"Brook: something happened yesterday, you need to come and see
Gyle: is it bad?
Brook: you better come home
Gyle: On my way",Brook wants Gyle to come and see what happened yesterday. 
13865144,"Milena: How was the presentation?
Kate: very good
Regina: yes, we had a good feedback
Milena: how many people came to listen to you?
Regina: 3 but we new it will be very cosy, friendly thing
Milena: sometimes a small but interested audience is better than random bored people
Kate: exactly","Kate, Milena and Regina's presentation went well. Three people came to listen to them."
13819831,"Barbara: I'm home already, you can come over
Sean: May I bring the dog?
Zac: I'm on my way
Barbara: sure you can, Sean
Barbara: do you want to stay overnight?
Sean: great!
Sean: I thought about it
Barbara: nice!","Barbara, Sean and Zac are meeting at Barbara's place tonight. Sean will bring the dog. Sean and Zac will stay overnight."
13729409,"Quinn: How's it hanging boy?
Kyle: Not bad, going out tonight?
Quinn: Yeah, need to get out after fucking school is actually over for a bit.
Kyle: Christ, yeah! It's a shitting hell hole, can't wait to leave next year, I'm leaving at Easter 😆
Quinn: Lucky you, I've got GCSES. Your a jammy bastard if your parents aren't insisting that you stay on.
Kyle: No point! I'm working for my Uncle Kev at the building site, my cousin was taken on with an apprenticeship in bricklaying last year, maybe do that myself.
Quinn: God, I'm so jealous! I absolutely fucking hate school and I suck at exams too! Need to have them under my belt, they always say.
Kyle: Why don't you talk to them about it?
Quinn: They wouldn't bloody listen! I buggered up my mocks too and I have to retake the subjects I failed in, it never bloody ends!😭
Kyle: Why don't I ask Kev about the site, they always need labourers and they like us young ones cos we're a lot cheaper by the hour lol.
Quinn: Dunno, fucking about in the freezing cold, freezing my arse off, or roasting to death in the bloody summer! Sounds grim!
Kyle: OK, suit yourself! Got any voddy for later?
Quinn: Nah, couldn't get to the offy.
Kyle: They wouldn't serve you anyway, you twat! I'll ask my bro to get us some vodka and cigs, he's cool.
Quinn: Great! Kirsty there tonight, do you know?
Kyle: Dunno, but I heard she was with Nathan Baker these days.
Quinn: That bell end! Huh😒 Well, see you outside the club at 6ish.
Kyle: See you man.","Quinn and Kyle are going out tonight. Kyle is leaving school at Easter to work for his uncle. Quinn's parents want him to retake his GCSEs. Kyle's brother will buy alcohol and cigarettes for them. Their friend, Kirsty, is dating Nathan Baker. Quinn and Kyle will meet around 6 outside the club."
13682461-1,"Dick: We're going to the apt now, wanna come and see it too?
Frank: Yeah, plus I can talk you into buying it, so we could be neighbours :)
Dick: You know which one it is right? It's 32/3
Frank: Ok, thanks. I know all the apts in building 32 are for sale, but I didn't know which one you wanted to buy.
Dick: It's the big on with the terrace, around 85 m
Frank: Grrr.... I'm jealous cause mine's only 65.
Dick: :)
Frank: If you decide to buy it, I have a contractor that does everything, and he's dirt cheap too!
Dick: Cool, I'll be putting most of my cash in as a down payment, so I won't have much left for renovations.
Frank: How much do you have, 10% or 15%.
Dick: We're putting down 10. We can get quite a good mortgage rate apparently.
Frank: Alright, sounds good. How many apts have you seen already?
Dick: This will be the first one in this neighbourhood.
Frank: But in total?
Dick: 5. We saw 2 last week and 3 last month, but nothing really appealing,
Frank: You're gonna love my area. It's so peaceful and tranquil.
Dick: I'm gonna have to liven up the place then :)
Frank: Ok, whatever. Don't forget to bring a measure. Do you have one of those electronic ones?
Dick: No
Frank: I'll bring one then. They're super cool and easy to use. You can plan each room by knowing the dimensions.
Dick: Ok, great. See you in 30 min.
Frank: Ok",Dick is going to buy an apartment in Frank's neighbourhood. Dick and Frank are going to see the apartment in 30 minutes.
13611836,"Mia: What time does the movie start?
Steven: At 9pm
Mia: Would you like to grab something to eat before that?
Steven: Sure, let's meet at 8 then. Chinese?
Mia: Always :)",Mia and Steven want to grab some Chinese at 8.
13829607,"Lilly: Wanna go out tonight?
Marshall: can't :( money's low
Lilly: my treat :)
Marshall: I wouldn't let a woman pay for me Lils
Lilly: a woman
Lilly: ME
Marshall: come over and we'll watch some netflix",Marshall invited Lilly to watch Netflix with him.
13728118,"James: im out
Tony: ???
James: from the team, this old prick pissed me off
Tony: listen, I know the coach is pretty annoying at times (all the time lol) but he really is good
James: i dont give a fuck, too much for me, already texted him
Tony: shiiiit man",James is furious with his coach and has already sent him a message. Tony thinks that the coach is good despite he's annoying. 
13863014,"Priscilla: You're in a lot of trouble, Stuart
Stu: OMG, what did I do this time?
Priscilla: I told you I needed the Microsoft Office software for my new laptop
Stu: Right, so? That's what I gave you on that disc
Priscilla: No, you silly boy, your IT friend is and idiot
Stu: What did Alex do wrong?
Priscilla: He just downloaded Open Office and some other programs and put them on a CD
Stu: Whaaaaatttt?
Priscilla: That's what he did, maybe you should have checked
Stu: Damn
Priscilla: Yeah, damn
Stu: I'll tell him
Priscilla: No way, I just bought the software online
Stu: Oh
Priscilla: If I ever tell you to make your friend Alex get me something, please shoot me in the foot
Stu: Ok... damn :(","Priscilla is upset with Stu because his friend, Alex, didn't provide her with the right software. She had to buy it online instead."
13828110,"Rita: I need some info on you client.
Helen: Which one?
Rita: Salvage Industries.
Helen: Yeah? What do you need?
Rita: What's their major business.
Helen: They are into waste disposal.
Rita: I thought so.
Rita: You think they are legit.
Helen: What do you mean?!
Helen: Of course, they are legit.
Rita: Got a favor to ask. Can you double check if they have no PR problems?
Helen: I don't think so. But I'll check it for you.
Rita: You are a dear, Helen.
Helen: I sure am:)",Helen will do Rita a favour. She will do the research on Salvage Industries to find out if they have any pubic relations problems. 
13680401,"Ginger: need some sugar
Ginger: desperately!!!
Phylis: <lol>
Phylis: I'm baking a pie
Phylis: come if u want :D
Ginger: be right there!!!",Ginger needs to eat something sweet. Phylis is baking a pie. Ginger will come to Phylis shortly.
13731424,"Anthony: Hi Rob, wanna grab a beer?
Robert: I’m with my kids now
Robert: Maybe later
Robert: Around 9?
Anthony: It’s ok
Anthony: I’ll go with Andrew
Anthony: In the evening I can’t
Anthony: I’m taking my lady for a date :P
Robert: Enjoy!",Anthony can't meet up with Robert at 9 as he has a date then.
13729106-1,"Jill: So bored!
Nate: Well... can't help you there
Nate: Still at work
Jill: ugh I need to find a job
Jill: I've watched everything on youtube already
Nate: Doubt it :P I'll call you when I get off work",Jill is bored and has watched YouTube. Nate is at work and will call Jill when he finishes it.
13863084,"Jake: dude, I just pulled a TOTW
Jake: my first this year!
Tom: grats!
Tom: gonna sell it?
Jake: yeah
Jake: I'll try him in one or two matches
Jake: he's not a good fit for my squads
Tom: you'll have plenty of coins to buy someone that fits
Jake: that's the plan
Jake: I got lucky with this one
Tom: my pull luck sucks this year
Tom: not a single great player 
Jake: you're good at the game
Jake: you don't need help :P
Tom: I like shiny things :P",Jake has got his first TOTW this year. Tom doesn't have a great team. 
13830127,"Victoria: yo
Victoria: are you free this weekend?
Rosemary: let me see...
Rosemary: yeah
Victoria: <3
Victoria: let's record the drums?
Rosemary: you see
Rosemary: there's a problem
Victoria: yeah?
Rosemary: namely, i don't have a working laptop atm
Victoria: XD
Victoria: i have a tablet but it has 2gb ram, so probably not enough for recording
Rosemary: but does it have all the software? usb ports? windows?
Victoria: yeah it's running windows 10
Rosemary: still 2gb is probably not enough
Rosemary: so we need to borrow it from somebody
Victoria: yeah, any ideas?
Rosemary: actually i have a few
Rosemary: i'll get back to you later
Victoria: okay, thanks!
Victoria: but don't forget xd","Rosemary and Victoria would like to record the drums this weekend. Rosemary doesn't have a working laptop, whereas Victoria's tablet doesn't have enough memory for recording. Rosemary will try to borrow a laptop from somebody and will get back to Victoria later."
13681429,"Cass: Hi darling, did you get your birthday card and money on time?
Jordan: hello Nanna! Thanks for the £20. Sorry I didn't ring you before.
Cass: you still like Thomas the Tank engine don't you? I picked it specially.
Jordan: Yes, Nanna. I will always love him! Next time, get me a football one or something. I mean, I'm 11 now!
Cass: I know, you are so grown up. Love you xxxxx
Jordan: Love you, Nan xx",Cass sent her grandson Jordan £20 and a birthday card for his 11th birthday. 
13681520,"Jane: I may be 10 min late. Sorry.
Alex: Ok. I'm by the left entrance.
Jane: The bus is running late. I've just passed the supermarket.
Alex: No worries. I'll be waiting for you.
Jane: Thnx
Alex: Did you remember to take the file with the xerox copies?
Jane: Yes. I hope it will be useful. It's quite a brick.
Alex: Hope so too
Jane: We'll do fine :-)
Alex: No other choice. Seems like it's our last chance of getting through to them.
Jane: Maybe they will be convinced after they've seen our materials.",Jane will be about 10 minutes late. Alex is waiting at the left entrance and they are going to attend a meeting. This might be the last opportunity for Jane and Alex to get through to them.
13731240,"Ken: Hey, how are you doing today?
Ellen: Fine. How are you?
Ken: Not doing well at all today. Really depressed. Frustrated. Stressed out.
Ellen: Oh no!
Ken: Really bad day yesterday carrying over to today.
Ellen: Can I do anything?
Ken: I'll be fine. Just overwhelmed and burned out.
Ellen: Sorry!
Ken: Sorry, don't mean to bring you down.
Ellen: You didn't, just worried about you!",Ken is having some bad days.
13829372,"Phil: Good evening Deana! Many thanks for this nice card from you. Constantine was very happy!
Phil: Are these sunglasses also from you?
Deana: I thought they belonged your Cathreen!
Phil: Nope. She says they aren't hers.
Deana: Mine either. Look, maybe you feel like keeping them?
Deana: I seem to have so many sunglasses...
Deana: 8‑D
Phil: Where did you find them, possible that they belong to Adrian?
Deana: In this empty place above the radio. In the very back.
Deana: If Adrian wants it, no pro!
Deana: :)
Phil: :))
Deana: Exactly!
Phil: Ok, they don't belong to any of us, and nobody else drove your car. But we can look after these sunglasses.
Deana: Glad to hear it!","Phil received a card from Deana. Constantine was happy. Phil has sunglasses, that Deana found in the back above the radio. Deana and Phil don't know who they belong too. Phil will keep the sunglasses."
13729918,"Alice: My dad is coming over for a month...
Kim: What?
Alice: He's going to decorate Jo's place...
Alice: I'm going to go mad...
Kim: :)
Alice: Are we still on?
Kim: When?
Alice: Saturday
Kim: My mum is here...
Alice: fuck, my parents will be here too...
Kim: what about Friday?
Alice: Okay, Friday it is!
Alice: I have my yoga class at 6:30
Alice: I will be back home about 8pm
Kim: okay, I will be there after 8
Alice: great!",Alice's dad is coming over for a month to decorate Jo's place. Kim's mom and Alice's parents are going to be here on Saturday. Alice and Kim will meet on Friday after 8 after Alice's yoga class. 
13716782,"Kelly: Oh! Oh! Can I pick the first question?
Jessica: Sure. Go for it!
Kelly: What's the scariest place you've been to!
Jessica: I'll start: Palermo in Italy.
Mickey: And what's so scary about that? Did you break your nail? :P
Jessica: Shut it, Mickey! No, there are the Capuchin Catacombs with 8000 corpses! 
Kelly: Ewwww! Corpses? Rly?
Jessica: Yeah! And you can look at them like museum exhibits. I think they're divided somehow, but have no clue how!
Ollie: That's so cool! Do you get to see the bones or are they covered up?
Jessica: Well, partly. Most of them were exhibited in their clothes. Basically only skulls and hands. 
Mickey: I'm writing this one down! That's so precious!
Ollie: Me too!",The scariest place for Jessica was the Capuchin Catacombs in Palermo.
13728821,"Maria: Hi Spence, life treating you well?
Spencer: Can't complain love, lots of commissions coming in and all that!
Maria: Getting your name out there! Saw some of your new stuff on Instagram, liked it!
Spencer: Yeah, thanks love! How's the call centre?
Maria: Same old, same old. Can't wait to go part time next year, really want to get on with some freelancing.
Spencer: Yeah, pity they won't allow it for a year. I'm on 16 fixed hours at the cafe which suits me great. I've then got the rest of the week to work on my illustrations.
Maria: How do you get new clients, Spence? I really need to pick your brains sometimes!
Spencer: Well, some of them saw my printing in the shops I sell to and contacted me directly, then there's the agency and my social media stuff. I probably get around £1000  of work a month now, before commission and tax.
Maria: Well that's just about liveable with the cafe wage, I imagine.
Spencer: Yes, it's tight, but I am very frugal. Still have a hefty chunk going out on rent and bills.
Maria: Hmm, I'll have to budget carefully when I do it.
Spencer: Yes, but it's well worth it. I LOVE the work so much!
Maria: Well, your passion is obvious! Your stuff is amazing!
Spencer: Well, so was yours in Uni. Don't let your talent go to waste!
Maria: You've inspired me, Spence. See you soon, hopefully!
Spencer: See ya!",Maria wants to work as a freelancer. Spencer is an artist. The agency and social media help him to get new clients. He earns around £1000 a month. Spencer encourages Maria to develop her talent and to try freelancing.
13829842,"Tim: Hey, you have a few minutes?
Joe: Sure, what's up?
Tim: I'm thinking about inviting a few people from work over and I kinda thought that maybe some boardgames would be a cool idea.
Tim: And I wanted to consult the expert on the matter :)
Joe: As you know I'm always happy to share my expertise with anyone willing to listen. You will just need to stop me when I get too wound up :D
Tim: Haha :) Ok, So I know you ran the local club - any tips how to organize a newbie gaming evening? And what games to bring?
Joe: yeah, sure - just a few general tips :)
Joe: Start games before you start drinking :) And don't bring any game that is either over-complicated, requires too much time to explain, or god forbid encourages direct conflict - you know, the plotting-scheming stuff. So no Game of Thrones :)
Joe: Or alternatively you can chose some cooperative games - like Arkham Horror, Robinson Crusoe, Pandemic
Tim: Got it :D 
Joe: Also would be great to know what theme they all like - if there is one. And if not then there are some 'vanilla' games - like Codenames or Catan. Any idea what they might be into? 
Tim: Not really - there are some guys who I know like sci-fi and comic books, but no idea about the girls... 
Joe: The best way - just talk with them - might be surprised by their tastes and experiences. Maybe some of them are already into gaming? There are nerds in every walk of life :)
Tim: Yeah, I know, all too well :)
Tim: Anyway, thanks for the tips - co-op games sound like a good idea for a start.
Joe: yeah, and then if the idea sticks you can roll out the big guns :)
Tim: Will do that :)",Tim wants to organise a board games night for his colleagues. Joe has some good ideas and tips on where to start. 
13821023,"Richard: Hey we have to start 
Richard: doing our project real soon
Holy: When is it due? 
Richard: 15 dec
Holy: Omg 😱😱😱
Anne: I completely forgot about it! 
Anne: You guys have time tomorrow? 
Holy: I am out of town! 
Richard: I do! 
Richard: Wanna meet up at Starbucks down 8th street? 
Anne: Sure
Anne: After 3pm? Works out? 
Richard: Ya and We will start planning out stuff
Holy: I will be back on Monday 
Holy: but I can do some research tonight
Holy: And send them back to you
Richard: Ok sure  😉 ","Richard's, Holy's and Anne's project is due on December 15. Anne and Richard are meeting tomorrow at Starbucks down 8th street at 3pm. Holy's out of town, but she'll do some research tonight and send it to them."
13730896,"Russ: Hi Gurdun, are you feeling better?
Gurdun: Hi Ross, a little bit better, yes, thank you.
Russ: Do you think you'll be back at the uni this week?
Gurdun: Not tomorrow for sure, but I hope Wednesday maybe.
Russ: Oh, that's fine.
Gurdun: Yeah. I'm feeling a bit weak still
Russ: I guess that's pretty normal at this stage.
Gurdun: I believe so. And the muscle pain.
Russ: I know what you mean. I had flu like that three months ago.
Gurdun: Luckily the headache's gone. It was absolutely awful.
Russ: True enough. I had the same.
Gurdun: Anyway, how are things with you?
Russ: Same old, same old, you know. Not much happening in the middle of term.
Gurdun: And the team?
Russ: Oh yeah, we won the last match. It was a good game.
Gurdun: Great. Listen Russ, I need to run. Catch up later.
Russ: OK, talk to you later.",Gurdun has the flu. He is feeling better. Gurdun hopes he'll be back at the uni on Wednesday. Russ and his team won the last match. 
13820473,"Leo: Check this out
Leo: <file_video>
Charlie: Whaaaaaaaat
Oliver: God
Oliver: What's that??
Leo: Seems like prank
Leo: But actually I dunno xD
Oliver: 03:24
Oliver: WTF
Leo: Hahahah, my fav part
Leo: Of that random crap
Oliver: People are so weird sometimes
Leo: I knew you'd like it xD
Charlie: Wellllllll I have mixed feelings :D:D
Leo: Hahahahah, wait till 05:24
Charlie: Omg, too much for me
Charlie: My eyes!!
Leo: Hahahahahah
Leo: xDDDDDD","Leo, Charlie and Oliver are watching a video with a bizarre prank. Charlie has ambivalent feelings. Leo and Oliver enjoy the video's weirdness very much especially moments 3:24 and 5:24."
13829374,"Mummy: My dearest Thess and Mike! We wish you God's blessing and a happy celebration of Christmas! Our thoughts are with you every second today.
Thessalia: We are joining you in prayer and our hearts are celebrating Christmas with you. May joy and peace be with you all!
Mummy: So help us God.",Mummy and Thessalia send Christmas greetings to each other.
13681619,"JP: What's new?
Samara: Not much.
JP: Oh.
Samara: Want to play?
JP: Nah. Gotta go to work.
Samara: K, see ya!",JP doesn't want to play because it's time to go to work.
13611491,"Michael: Sorry I can't make it today :(
Tom: well, ok... are you sure?
Michael: I'm really sorry, can't leave the office before 8pm 
Tom: it's okay, call me tomorrow
Michael: I will. Sorry again","Michael can't leave the office before 8 PM, so he's unable to meet with Tom. Michael will call Tom tomorrow."
13810230,"Dan: buy me a sandwich on your way to work.
Kevin: ok, no problem!
Dan: thanks!",Dan wants Kevin to buy him a sandwich on his way to work.
13729996,"Simon: <file_photo>
Simon: It's funny and scary at the same time.
Simon: BTW it's so annoying that people can't see that such immigration policy reduces safety level for citizens of EU significantly
Charlie: This photo is great. It totally shows what do we all mean when we criticize EU policy. 
Charlie: Berlin has put concrete blocks around Christmas fair, Belgium has soldiers running armed around cities and Paris has mass demonstrations and car arsons happening all over the city.
Charlie: Poland though...
Charlie: One of the last countries unspoilt by uncontrolled migration and terrorism
Charlie: The question is - for how long...
Simon: I always say that there is advantage of the polish situation
Simon: I mean being economically delayed for few decades
Simon: Poland has a chance to develop in fast pace and at the same time has a position to avoid all the mistakes other western powers made.
Simon: The worst thing is that the country is being ostracized by defending it's values and interests. 
Charlie: Yup. And as long as there are people in Poland ready to defend that values, the country will be marginalized by every other nation.
Simon: I admire Poles.
Simon: I admire them for they will to fight.
Simon: They never give up.
Charlie: Different countries tried to eliminate them from the map.
Simon: I tell you, there will be time, when only Poland will have power to fight with internal problems of Europe.
Charlie: Maybe. But there is a risk that internal conflict will rip the country apart.
Simon: Let's hope not.
Charlie: Yup. To conclude: Christmas in Poland will be the best Christmas in Europe :D
Simon: I agree :)",Simon and Charlie admire Poland for its anti-immigration policy and the way it defends its values and interests. 
13815087,"Sam: Where are you?
Tilly: Just leaving school now?
Sam: What have you been doing? You said you would be home for 4!
Tilly: Yes had to go for detention
Sam: I asked your mum if that's what had happened but she said she hadn't got a text
Tilly: They are useless. They are supposed to tell your parents if you get a detention.
Sam: How long will you be?
Tilly: About 40 minutes
Sam: OK.. I'm going back to mine - phone me when you are home.
Tilly: OK - see you soon.","Tilly was supposed to come home by 4 but she got a detention. The school was supposed to inform her parents about it, but didn't do it. Sam is coming back home. Tilly will be home in 40 minutes. She will call Sam then. "
13612019,"Mell: Hi there! How are you doing?
Gloria: Hi Mell! We are fine, just the daily grind ;) And yourselves?
Mell: Not much happening either. An odd phone call with the kids. Or Tad's sister:(( Not much otherwise.
Gloria: Yeah... Life has become so quite since the kids are out of the house. We had more to get used to it. But it must hard for you. Especially you I mean.
Mell: I don't know. Sometimes I even forget that I should be missing them. In a way I do like this peace and quiet now.
Gloria: Small wonder. You had a hell of a time with them just before they went to college. I'd say you need to recover now.
Mell: I guess you're right. But maybe I should feel guilty or something?
Gloria: Don't be silly! You are a fantastic mom.
Mell: Thanks Gloria.
Gloria: Anyway I'm happy to hear from you again. We should really have a nice do again.
Mell: YES! Splendid!
Gloria: The weather is just brilliant, perfect for a BBQ. What do you think?
Mell: I'm all for it. At my place? I'd love it.
Gloria: Can't be better. I love your garden.
Mell: We're thinking about extending the terrace. I must show you my drawings, just a few ideas. It would be great to hear your opinion.
Gloria: I'd love to. But you know how little I know about garden design, or however you call it.
Mell: We'll have a look at them. Now the BBQ. At the weekend I suppose?
Gloria: Let me check the calendar. Here's our family planner. A horrible name, isn't it? So this weekend suits us fine. At the next one, on Saturday, Mark has penciled something in but I can't read it. So what about this Saturday?
Mell: Perfect. At least we know the weather holds. Shall I do the food and you the drinks?
Gloria: And I'll get us some dessert as well. 
Mell: Very good indeed. It's always so easy going with you.
Gloria: Ta! You were thinking about Tad's sister?
Mell: I'm afraid so. I'm so happy she moved up to Scotland and I don't have to put up with her trying to run my household. Tad feels relieved too.
Gloria: Good riddance! I could really never warm up to her.
Mell: Nobody can! Anyway she's gone and we're going to have a fantastic barbecue. Without her.
Gloria: Yes, we are. Oh I'm so happy you've phoned!
Mell: Looking forward to our BBQ on Saturday!
Gloria: So long!","Gloria and Mell plan to have a barbeque at Mell's place on Saturday. They are happy, because Tad's sister moved to Scotland. Mell needs Gloria's advice on garden design."
13731495,"Whitney: Hello
Hailey:  Hey
Whitney: Have you been to I-max cinemas?
Hailey: Nop
Hailey:  You planning on taking me?
Whitney: Mmmh maybe
Whitney: But it all depends if you will be available the day Aqua man is being released
Hailey:  I'll break the laws to make time for it😂
Whitney: Haha. Then it is a deal
Hailey:  Cool.
Whitney: Before I forget Shadrack and his girlfriend will be accompanying us
Hailey:  Even better.
Whitney: Fine. I guess I will see you then.
Hailey:  Definitely",Hailey hasn't been to I-max cinema yet and Whitney wants to take her to one to watch Aquaman. Hailey'll do everything to find some time for it. Whitney informs Hailey that Shadrack and his girlfriend are going with them.
13821847,"George: What have you gotten for Christmas?
Jacob: I got a punchbag. 
Jenny: I got training shoes.
George: Sporty team :P
Jenny: What did you get?
George: A cooking pot :-)
Jacob: Your wife wants you to help her in the kitchen?
George: It's me who is normally cooking.
George: I really like it :P
George: Jenny gave me this pot, it's amazing and has life long guarantee. 
Jacob: Cool
Jenny: I wish my Michael was a better cook.
Jenny: I think it's really sexy when a guy can cook well. ","Jacob, Jenny and George are telling each other what they have gotten for Christmas."
13829367,"Lincoln: I think I've broken your toilet seat. :(
Lincoln: I'm so sorry, I'll buy and install a new one.
Hudson: Can't it be fixed?
Hudson: Send me a pic.
Lincoln: <file_photo>
Hudson: Hmm, it seems like you've broken a hinge.
Hudson: I'll try to replace it with a new one and I'll let you know, if it works, ok?
Lincoln: Ok. I'm so sorry. :(
Lincoln: Are you mad at me?
Hudson: No, of course I'm not. You know: shit happens. ;) 
Lincoln: Then maybe at least I'll buy this new hinge?
Hudson: It literally costs pennies.
Hudson: Really, don't worry about this, it's not a big deal. ;)
Lincoln: :)",Lincoln has broken Hudson's toilet seat. Hudson will replace a hinge. Lincoln doesn't have to repay Hudson.
13828762,"Kayla: what time are you going to bring her?
Kayla: was it 11am?
Katherine: hey, i guess so. 
Katherine: i'll have to ask dad and get back to you later ok?
Kayla: ok 
Katherine: why, is there a problem?
Kayla: noooo
Kayla: i'm just making sure:)
Kayla: it turned out i finish at 11
Kayla: so it will be even less problematic ;)
Katherine: ok :)
Katherine: yeah dad just texted me
Katherine: it's around 11
Kayla: ok",Katherine will bring her to Kayla around 11.
13817550,"Lorena: Hi, can you help me with something?
Martin: Well, I can try.
Martin: Depends what it is?
Lorena: I got a new desk and it comes with assembly instructions but I give up, I just can't do it.
Lorena: I'm illiterate when it comes to instructions, haha.
Lorena: So I could really use some help...
Martin: Hmm, I can't today, but how about tomorrow? Shouldn't take long anyway.
Lorena: Yeah, it's fine! I just need it for the weekend, but tomorrow's great! Sorry for troubling you again.
Martin: Don't mention it, we've known each other for so long it's almost like we're siblings, haha.
Lorena: Thanks a lot! I should be home by 6, so let me know when you can.",Martin is going to help Lorena assemble a new desk. He is coming to her house tomorrow.
13729140,"Everett: Ralph asked me if i could give him your phone number, is that cool?
Amy: who's ralph?
Everett: my friend, i introduced him to you at the pub last week, tall, brown hair, weird laugh...
Amy: oh i remember him now, is he a psycho?
Everett: no
Amy: ok, he can have my number",Amy gives Everett permission to give her number to Ralph.
13829783,"Diane: how long do you have to work tonight?
Ross: about 2 hours, why?
Diane: I just wanted to do something maybe
Ross: I think I'll be worn out after all hat work, baby
Diane: We can just chill at home, don't worry
Diane: I just wanted to prepare 
Ross: OK
Ross: Then just to be safe let's say it will take me 3 hours
Diane: but you just said 2!
Ross: Damn it, Diane, don't start again
Diane: what am I starting?!
Diane: you're impossible
Ross: can't you understand that this is important to me?!
Ross: my career depends on it!
Diane: Well, if your career is the most important thing in the world then I wouldn't want to disturb!
Ross: ...",Diane is not happy with Ross prioritising work over spending time with her. 
13716595,"Ed: Sinners!! Sex is for married people
Valerie:  double sin if it’s anything but missionary style!
Chris: Then you go get married & leave us all alone
Lor: You better hope all non sin living is worth it or your consciousness after death is going to be butt hurt for eternity lol
Atnee: Ed, take it easy
Jessica: And the only purpose for sex is to make babies! !! That's it, hahaha 😂
Atnee: Lol
Ed: Valerie , triple sin if you enjoy it!
Jessica: And only for procreation. :-))) And not to be enjoyed. :-)))
Matt: Ed, Ok. See you in hell !! 😂
Ed: Matt , No you won’t. I don’t even look on the direction of another man","Ed, Valerie, Chris, Lor, Atnee, Jessica, Matt are laughing at the sinfulness of the sex without marriage."
13863098,"Cristina: Hey
Cristina: Do you think we can meet up next week to discuss the shoot?
Gaya: Yes, I just need to double check my schedule
Gaya: If you like we can meet at my studio?
Gaya: It's easier
Cristina: Ok
Cristina: I'm more free on Wednesday and Friday
Gaya: Ok ;)",Gaya and Cristina are going to meet at Gaya's studio to talk about the photoshoot. Cristina prefers Wednesdays and Fridays.
13819045,"Matt: have you heard that Bon Jovi are coming to Poland?
Phil: No way!
Phil: where, when?
Matt: Warsaw, next July
Tony: would you like to go?
Matt: Sure!
Phil: how much are the tickets? Very expensive?
Phil: they're huge, I guess tix can cost a bomb
Matt: I read the cheapest ones start from pln 250
Phil: not too bad, for Bon Jovi
Matt: Yep!
Tony: maybe I will go too
Tony: Would you like to get the tix soon?
Matt: Yes
Matt: The sooner, the better
Tony: Right, they may be sold out pretty soon
Matt: How about you, Phil?
Matt: would you like to go too?
Phil: Will think about it
Phil: I liked them a lot when I was a kid
Phil: It would be great to see them live
Matt: I guess so!
Matt: Think about it and let me know soon, ok?
Phil: Sure",Matt and Tony want to go to the concert of Bon Jovi next July in Poland and are planning to buy the tickets that cost 250 PLN before they’re sold out. Phil will think about it and let them know.
13819958,"Dan: since I am not sure who all ate from the BBQ, I will Splitwise everyone equally. If you did not have any of the food from the BBQ, please feel free to remove yourself.
Ashley: Although I did not have any food, it looked delicious! Job well done, Dan
Dan: Thanks!
Sara: Ahhh so sorry I wasn’t there :(
Ken: More food for us ;)
Sara: you’re such a meaaanieee Ken!
Ken: Just kidding, sweetie :) but regrettably there are no leftovers for you
Sara: K I’ll just remove myself since I didn’t eat
Vicky: it was soo good! As usual, Dan = grill master :)
Eric: Gery and I cooked our own chicken and asparagus I believe.
Gerardo: Well,Dan the man cooked it. We only provided it.
Dan: indeed
Gerardo: Thanks Dan
Eric: cheers! 
Gerardo: I removed us from the transaction Eric",Dan cooked a successful BBQ meal and will split the bill via Splitwise. He invites everyone who did not eat to remove themselves. 
13611946,"Camila: So Harper, what are your plans for tonight?
Harper: My dear Camila, I’m all yours for the night!
Harper: What would you say if we buy a bottle of wine, a take-away and stay in for the evening?
Camila: Yep! Sounds perfect to me
Camila: I’m starving. I haven’t eaten anything for the whole day
Harper: I’ll order a delicious meal from the restaurant about which we talked last time. 
Camila: I’m in 😉
Harper: Do you want to watch a movie?
Camila: Sure. Any suggestions?
Harper: How about Ugly Truth?
Camila: Oh, I just thought about it. You know me better than I know myself 😉
Harper: At your service 😉
Camila: I’ve got to go. See you in the evening!
Harper: Ok, bye!",Camila and Harper agreed to order a meal and watch a movie tonight.
13865481,"May: Just received a text from Harry he'll be late
Michael: It's good for us, Vanessa and I are still on our way and Peter's stuck in a traffic
May: Probably the same traffic Harry's stuck in ;/
Peter: There's been an accident, I'm too far away to see what exactly happened but it doesn't look good
May: How long may it take? Half of the guests is already here
Vanessa: God knows, Michael's driving if you can call this driving...
Peter: They're saying that there was a serious accident, I really don't know how long it will take
May: Harry just called, he's in the same traffic as you
Vanessa: It'll be a hell of a birthday party ;)
Peter: It'll be easier if you all come and join us here
May: Hahaha, very funny
May: We'll wait for you, but better be here before Harry
Vanessa: You need to stall Harry then because we're all probably behind him
Peter: Fyi, we haven't moved an inch in a while now","Henry and Peter will be late for a birthday party. Michael and Vanessa are on their way. There was a serious accident, and Peter has no idea when they will manage to arrive. Henry will probably come before Peter."
13728157,"Callan: Something's wrong with my Samsung S8.
Wade: What, exactly?
Callan: All I get is a black screen.
Wade: Did you drop it or something?
Callan: I think I know, this has happened before.
Wade:  It did? What happened before?
Callan: It overheats and then it takes a while for it to restart again..
Wade: That sucks.. Be carefull with the battery, it can be dangerous.
Callan: It sure can, but I'm going to the store and let them see it. It's still under warranty.
Wade: Will you lose all your stuff?
Callan: No, I always back up my files.","Callan's Samsung S8 overheats, so he's going to the store to get it repaired."
13828502,"Jake: Maaaan! you in london?!
Mike: <file_photo>
Mike: yeah mate! dreams coming true!
Jake: cool! congrats!",Mike is in London.
13681191,"Andrea: Hi, Pat, I can't come to work today.
Patrick: Is everything alright?
Andrea: My son is sick, I need to take him to the doctor.
Patrick: Oh, sorry to hear that, I hope he gets better soon.
Andrea: Thanks. So is it okay with you?
Patrick: Sure, take care of your boy, we'll be fine without you for the next couple of days!","Andrea's son is sick, she is taking a day off and taking him to the doctor's. "
13682380,"Phil: Hi. Are you home?
Nancy: Yes. Where are you?
Phil: Still in the shop. 
Nancy: What are you doing there? 
Phil: There are such crowds. Everywhere.
Nancy: Really?
Phil: First, I couldn't find any parking place. Now I'm standing in a gigantic queue.
Nancy: Have you got everything?
Phil: I think so.
Nancy: Oh, I'm sorry. I know you hate it before X-mas.
Phil: Will you make an apple pie? Please? I was passing by a cafe and thought of that immediately. My mouth is watering when I think of that smell.
Nancy: Sure, honey. Of course I will.
Phil: Wonderful! I think I'll be home in an hour.
Nancy: Ok. Waiting for you :-) I've got everything I need for the pie, so it will be in the oven when you arrive :-)
Phil: Thanks, babe! :-*
Nancy: :-*",It took Phil a very long time to do the Christmas shopping but he probably managed to get everything. He will be home in an hour. Phil's apple pie will be in the oven when he arrives.
13813401,"Piper: When is the payment expected?
Bryan: I have asked my manager to send the payment
Piper: When would he send it to me?
Bryan: He will send you tonight
Piper: I would be waiting
Bryan: Sure, Client liked your work
Piper: Hope to work with you long term ",Piper will get paid tonight. Client liked Piper's work and wants to work with her on a long-term basis.
13611734,"Richie: Pogba
Clay: Pogboom
Richie: what a s strike yoh!
Clay: was off the seat the moment he chopped the ball back to his right foot
Richie: me too dude
Clay: hope his form lasts
Richie: This season he's more mature
Clay: Yeah, Jose has his trust in him
Richie: everyone does
Clay: yeah, he really deserved to score after his first 60 minutes
Richie: reward
Clay: yeah man
Richie: cool then 
Clay: cool","Richie and Clay saw a very good football game, with one football player chopping the ball back to his foot, which was particularly exciting. Jose has trust in that player. "
13727920,"Sybille: Hello, i'm trying to make my online registration  for the flight AF3581 from Minneapolis to Paris the 29th, but i only get an error message. Here is my file number NRTTU and my flying blue number XXXX. Thanks for you help
Air France: Hello Sybille, we acknowledge receipt of your message and return to you as soon as possible.
Air France: After checking your flight is operated by Delta Airlines for departure from the United States. Online registration works from the Delta  site.
Sybille: Hello again , i still have trouble for my son' s online registration. I'm really angry as it cost me more than 40 euros  for 20 minutes on your short number 3654, and still i don't have any answer. He couldn't get his flight yesterday, so i asked for it to be postpone. I twice gave my credit number but still the ticket is not delivered.
Air France: Of course, i give the file to an agent.
Air France: Please, be awared it could take 24 hours
Sybille: I can't wait so long. My son is only 16 year old and he has to sleep in the airport, with no mean to leave his luggage as he has no ticket.
Air France: Hello Sybille, we're very sorry . We could offer you a departure on flight DL140 from Minneapolis to Paris. We'll return to you.
Sybille: My  phone number is XXXX, please call me back as soon as possible
Sybille: Hello, i was again on line with people from the  short number. They told me that they've done everything possible but my payment can't be accepted because the flight is operated by Delta. Please consider a young stuck in US with no possibilites  for coming back just because of Delta and Air France sharing code, can't  share payment. Shame on you.
Air France: We'll get in touch with Delta US  and return to you quickly
Sybille: thanks a lot
Air France: We just send  you by email the new ticket for you son. We remain at your disposal.
Sybille: Thanks a lot, you're more efficient than the  hotline.","Sybille is angry, because she cannot make a reservation for the flight from Minneapolis to Paris. Air France managed to solve the issue."
13864476,"Natalia: should we book this flight before it gets more expensive?
Harriet: yes, let's do it today
Lara: yup!","Natalia, Harriet and Lara will book flight tickets today."
13731446,"Hans: come to the practice
Slade: NOW??
Hans: yes, now
Slade: alright
Hans: and bring the ball as well XD we dont have it here ;P
Slade: -_-",Hans asks Slade to bring the ball and come to the practice.
13717307,"Holt: ladies, an important question. what to get my sis for bday?
Darla: how old?
Holt: 21
Olive: can't be too personal
Treena: cosmetics maybe?
Zula: i'd get her DVDs or book series. always works
Holt: you might be right. set of DVDs and some cosmetics?
Olive: we'd all be happy i guess if you know what she likes","Holt asks his girlfriends some advice on a present for his sister on her 21st birthday. Treena recommends cosmetics, whereas Zula suggests DVDs or book series. "
13864836,"Georgia: Hey girls
Georgia: What do you think
Georgia: <photo_file>
Roxana: Buy it!
Summer: You look great
Georgia: I like it
Georgia: But where will I wear it?
Summer: Parties ",Georgia sent a photo. Roxana and Summer advise Georgia to buy it.
13681870,"Miley: don't want to go to work tomorrow!
Miley: wanna sleep!!!
Miley: need some rest :(
Aaron: know what u feelin
Aaron: really want some holiday already
Miley: :(
Aaron: fighting girl!",Miley is tired and doesn't want to work tomorrow.
13817081,"Greg: Hi there, I'm coming for a business trip soon and would stay for two nights longer in BG
Greg: Could I stay at your place?
Nina: Sure
Nina: How could you possibly ask that at all
Nina: Happy to see you soon
Greg: :-D
Greg: Super cool, see you soon! Kiss
Greg: I'm happy too
Nina: How do you come? Shall we pick you up from somewhere?
Greg: No Dear. I'll be going directly to work, they are picking me up; two days at work and then back to a city 
Greg: Don't prepare anything, please!
Nina: Ok, we are in touch 
Greg: <3",Greg asks Nina to accomodate him for two days while he's on a business trip.
13681521,"Amal: hey, did you see what Beyonce tweeted?
Amir: haha. yeah, i did. isnt she wonderful?
Amal: yeah, shes great.",Amal and Amir saw Beyonce's tweet. They think she's great.
13731261,"Alec: Have you seen the last America's got talent?
Alexa: No. 
Alexa: Interesting? 
Alec: <file_other>
Alexa: The link doesn't work. 
Alec: Give me a sec.
Alec: <file _other>
Alexa: Now it's working!
Alec: good, watch it, u'll like it
Alexa: you're right, I like it :)
Alexa: The girl is amazing!
Alec: :)
Alexa: I wish I have had half her skills when I was her age! 
Alec: She's very good, that's true. 
Alec: I even thik she might win the edition.
Alexa: Did you see all candidates?
Alec: yes
Alec: And there're a few good, but I personally think she's the best!
Alexa: I'd be glad if she wins :)",Alec saw America's got talent. He sent a link to Alexa.
13727739,"Kelly: I still haven't received the rent money. Did you check with your bank?
John: Yes. I definitely sent it last week.
Kelly: But I still don't have it. Can you please check that you sent it to the right account.
John: OK. Give me 5 min.
Kelly: OK
John: I checked and the money did go out of my account last week. 
Kelly: What account number did you send it to?
John: 44-1278
Kelly: No wonder! My account number is 44-1279. You sent it to someone else's account.
John: Fuck!!!! Damn! Fuck!
John: I'm really sorry!
Kelly: I still need the rent money though.
John: I'm really sorry I'll have to go to the bank tomorrow and ask if they can re-send it to the right account. 
Kelly: Thanks!","Kelly hasn't received the rent money, because John sent it to the wrong bank account. He will go to the bank to tackle the issue."
13728825,"Hannah: Are you watching the game?
James: No I am head to work : ( 
Hannah: Oh okay",James is heading to work so he's not watching the game.
13730473,"Kevin: Hey. Your mum has been calling me all day asking where you are.
Kevin: Where are you at?
Lilian: Ooh. My phone battery died
Lilian: But I called them and told them I am at Helen's place
Kevin: Okay.",Lilian has already told them she is at Helen's place.
13814020,"Simon: Good afternoon.
Freddy: Good afternoon, Simon.
Simon: I heard from Barbara that you have a good singing voice and that she had asked you to sing at the school concert?
Freddy: Well yes, she did. Obviously it's up to you, you are doing the music. Not every musician likes to jst perform with people he doesn't know.
Freddy: It wasn't my idea, but if you are ok with we can do it.
Simon: The only problem I have is that I can't see myself finding any free time in the coming week to practice and the concert is on Friday. Do you have backing tracks for the things you like to sing?
Freddy: Sure, I can send you something.
Simon: How many would you like to sing? 
Freddy: I don't know, one or two, three at most.
Simon: OK, then send me three tracks. Maybe it'll be possible for me to play guitar as you sing for one or two of the tracks, we'll have to see. 
Freddy: That would be good. In the end live music is something a lot more special than just using backing tracks.
Simon: I'll send you my email address and you can send me the attachments on that.
Freddy: Will do. thanks.",Freddy will sing at the school concert and send Simon 3 backing tracks.
13829508,"Wayne: hi kiddo, got home alright?
Tommy: sure
Wayne: did mum pick you up from the station?
Tommy: no, she texted me I should take a bus
Wayne: :(
Tommy: it's alright! she's at school already
Wayne: forgot
Tommy: thanks for the weekend dad. I liked it.
Wayne: what most?
Tommy: angling
Wayne: right. We'll do it again. Promised.
Tommy: cool
Tommy: will you send me the pics pls?
Wayne: on their way
Wayne: <file_photo>
Tommy: thanks dad!
Wayne: talk to you later kiddo.In the evening?
Tommy: yeah",Tommy took a bus. He enjoyed the weekend with Wayne. They will talk in the evening.
13809978,"Tobias: What do you say, we grab a beer after work or something?
Trevor: You read my mind :P
Tobias: 9 at my place?
Trevor: sounds like a plan",Trevor will meet Tobias at his place at 9 pm.
13829183,"Autumn: u sewn anything?
Autumn: show me show me!! :D
Autumn: <file_gif>
Israel: no :(
Israel: haven't had the time yet  ;(
Autumn: ooh :( 
Autumn: u need to have pririorities in life!
Autumn: like me - i haven't checked the tests for a month because the dress wouldn't sew itself :D
Israel: you've sewn a dres??
Israel: you didn't show it to me
Autumn: oh didn't i?
Autumn: there will be some photos on the site soon so you'll see it:)
Israel: sure will! can't wait!:D
Autumn: <file_other>
Autumn: haven't i showed you this?
Israel: noo!! it's wonderful!!
Autumn: thanks :)
Israel: can't wait to see the whole dress! :)",Autumn has sewn a dress.
13828929,"Henny: <file_gif>
Henny: Dear Frances, something beautiful and funny for a good New Year!
Frances: It is so wonderful!!!! Thank you.
Frances: For you too - all the best in 2019!
Frances: <file_photo>
Henny: Thanks, a lovely view.  Is it near you?
Frances: Am just back from the Vosges. It was a view we had from our sitting room. The farm house (turned into a holiday flat) was just superb. Here a few pics:
Frances: <file_photo>
Henny: That looks superb. Far from maddening crowd?
Frances: That's it. Absolutely quiet, no banging on the New Year's Eve, no busy roads.
Henny: So Aiden was a happy dog.
Frances: Totally. Ferdinand too. We, the tree of us, had a great week there. And didn't even spend much money.
Henny: Did you cook?
Frances: Partly. Ferdinand. But we also had meals in a local. Was exceptionally tasty!
Henny: Duce France!
Frances: C'est ca!",Frances just got back from Vosges. She stayed a week in a farm house with Ferdinand and her dog Aiden. 
13727581,"Paula: Why do they make this game with super hard levels?
Stew: No idea. I hate those.
Paula: It really makes it not fun at all.
Stew: Yep.
Paula: I just can get past 637 no matter what I do.
Stew: Did you try looking up the cheats online?
Paula: Brilliant!",Paula cannot get past level 637 in her game. She will look up the cheats online. 
13728981,"Calum: Oh, please. There's an ad coming up to be a computer investigator and you can earn almost 80 thou.
Bethany: Riiiiight! Where?
Calum: Exactly. 
Bethany: I mean, that's pretty specialized. Could be true.
Calum: Doubtful.
Bethany: At any rate, specialized so that equals hard to find a job in.
Calum: Yep. You'd be on the help desk in no time! LOL!
Bethany: Better than asking if they want fries with that!
Calum: Only slightly!
Bethany: I can't imagine talking to stupid users all day.
Calum: Nightmare of epic proportions.
Bethany: No shit!
Calum: Putting it delicately!
Bethany: LOL!",Calum and Bethany doubt you can earn 80 thousands as a computer investigator. Calum and Bethany can't imagine taking to customers all day.
13863081,"Jackie: My sister called me she got pregnant.(°◇°)
Deadrana: Wow. awesome! ヽ(^。^)ノ
Jackie: But I am a bit worried about her.(ーー゛)(ーー゛)
Deadrana: Why? As I know your sister is healthy. Does she have any problem?
Jackie: No, no. Of course not. 
Jackie: You know nowadays having kids and raise them takes a lot of money for whole your life
Deadrana: That’s true.
Jackie: But I don't think my brother-in-law earns enough money for his kids. 
Deadrana: At least he doesn’t have any debt. 
Deadrana: I understand you are worried about your sister (・へ・)
Deadrana: Cause she is your sister but your brother-in-law is hardworking guy. 🙂🙂
Deadrana: Don’t worry too much.🙂
Jackie: My sister seemed also worried while she was talking about her pregnancy.
Deadrana: I can imagine....🙁🙁
Jackie: Because her plan was to have a baby 2 years later.
Jackie: So it is like, so to speak, well, an accident.😢😢😢
Deadrana: I understand. But life isn’t going only as you expected. Right?
Deadrana: Maybe you can just say only bright future. 
Jackie: Yeah..I guess you’re right. <_<<_<<_<
Jackie: Sometimes I feel lucky that I didn't get married yet.ヽ(´ー｀)┌",Jackie's sister is pregnant two years before she planned for it. Jackie is worried about her financial situation.
13821497,"Mike: who's going to the lecture tomorrow morning?
Sean: i've never managed it, so I don't think it's even possible
Joseph: I'm going but it's a nightmare 
Joseph: how do you want to pass the exam Sean?
Sean: you all make notes, don't you?
Mike: we do...
Mike: but there is a very important question: are we going to share them with you?
Sean: nooooo.... how cruel
Mike: we all like to sleep, but we keep going there anyway 
Sean: I think I like to sleep more
Sean: I'm just unable to get up so early
Joseph: so are we!
Joseph: Try at leat once, then we can think about sharing the notes
Sean: how mean...",Sean never gets up for the morning lecture. He needs to attend it at least once to get the notes.
13810494,"Anna: Mum, I have a awful stomachache.
Joanna: Oh, dear, when did you get it?
Anna: At night, and it won’t stop:-(
Joanna: Is it something you ate?
Anna: Maybe. I'm not sure.
Joanna: What did you have for breakfast?
Anna: The usual, cereal with milk and a banana.
Joanna: Maybe the milk was bad.
Anna: It didn't smell bad.
Joanna: Maybe the banana was bad.
Anna: No, the banana was delicious.
Joanna: Maybe you just need to go to the bathroom.
Anna: No, that's not the problem.
Joanna: Maybe it will go away in a little while.
Anna: I wish it would :-(
Anna: Hopefully. If not, maybe we should go and see a doctor.
Joanna: Yeah, I think so...
Anna: I’ll get you a hot tea with some fresh mint leaves. Hope it will help. 
Joanna: Please do, I’m in my room...
Anna: Will be in ten minutes:-)",Anna got an awful stomachache at night but she doesn't know its cause. Her mom Joanna will make her hot tea with some fresh mint leaves.
13728942,"Dolph: hey
Dolph: remember to bring your passport tomorrow
Ziggler: Cool, i will",Ziggler will bring the passport tomorrow as reminded by Dolph.
13864860,"Sam: Where are you?
Kate: downstairs
Sam: already?
Kate: sure, come down
Jeff: We're in the little room next to the reception
Kate: have you noticed the woman making a cake?
Sam: yes
Kate: did you see the cake?
Sam: I didn't pay attention, why?
Kate: there was a huge penis on it
Kate: made of marzipan or sth
Sam: hahah, really?
Kate: when I noticed it, I started laughing
Kate: so she laughed too
Sam: nice
Kate: I asked her what's she doing
Kate: Somebody ordered a cake with a huge penis with balls and chocolate hair
Sam: hahah, I must see it!
Kate: she is working in the small room under the stairs
Sam: right, there is a kitchen",Kate and Jeff are downstairs in a room next to the reception. Some lady is making a marzipan cake. 
13731138,"Larry: ""old heads"" will hear insurance and their ears will prick up. This vote isn't about converting people we already have onboard :)
Kirsten: Agreed. And I am more than happy and willing to chat with 'old heads' on the matter. Can talk about 'risk mitigation' and what not.
Larry: Let me take a look at that email and get back to u
Kirsten: Ok. sounds good. And let me know what you think and I will pull the trigger and post.
Larry: Nailed it. God damn it. Post it. It's a Sunday
Kirsten: Ok. Now I got to get my husband to sign off on it since we are referencing him. Oh the married life!
Larry: Mate. They're lucky to have you. Let alone him. Don't forget you're doing them all a gravious favor... Let that be clear.
Kirsten: Lol. Thank you. I appreciate the confidence. I like to stay busy and I love to learn. So I think this will take care of both :)
Larry: I hear that!
Kirsten: Besides. To be transparent. I honestl don't intend on doing this by myself. I would be a fool not to take input fro Jamie and John. They all have a lot of experience and knowledge in the role.
Larry: I hear that too. No argument from me. The current BoD has ignored them both. It's insulting.
Kirsten: Legal action seems to be the only thing they understand. 
Larry: Sadly yes. On a different note. I want to see a menorah in the lobby next year
Kirsten: Yes let's try to! I will See if Sara has an extra we can out in the lobby",Larry has to read the E-mail again and make a decision with Kirsten afterwards. Kirsten has to convince her husband. Kirsten wants to include Jamie and John. Larry and Kirsten are going to arrange menorah in the lobby.
13727549,"Lesley: Can you please go on a walk with the dog when you get home?
Chloe: I don't know when I'm going to be home though.
Lesley: What do you mean? Doesn't school finish up at 3PM?
Chloe: Yes, but I was going to go to Megan's house tonight.
Lesley: Chloe, you didn't ask me if you could go. You cannot just assume that you are going. 
Chloe: Mom, seriously. I already told her I was going to come over. 
Lesley: Chloe, your dad has to work late tonight. No one is going to be home for a long time. 
Lesley: Someone needs to come home and let her out. 
Chloe: Mom, you always do this to me. 
Lesley: I am not the one that wanted a dog. You are going to come home and let her out. 
Lesley: And that's that. 
Lesley: You can go out and see Megan afterwards. 
Chloe: Ok. 
Lesley: Thank you. ",Somebody has to take the dog out. Chloe wants to go to Megan tonight and the father has to work late tonight. Chloe will have to come back home to let the dog out and then she can see Megan.
13821299,"Natalie: Could anybody check if my wallet is in my room?
Jenny: I'm not home
Tobias: It's here <file_photo>
Natalie: phew",Natalie's wallet is in her room.
13829232,"Phil: I hear you are looking for me?
Rob: I do! Where the hell are you?
Phil: At the moment I'm on my way from one client to another. Why?
Rob: When can you be at the office?
Rob: I've got to talk to you.
Phil: What's so urgent?
Rob: Can't tell you.
Phil: What?!
Rob: I mean can't tell you now.
Rob: I need to see you in person.
Phil: Well, it'll have to wait till tomorrow. I'm out of town.
Rob: Can you be in my office first thing tomorrow morning?
Phil: let me check.
Phil: Yep. I can do it.
Rob: Cool. See you tomorrow then.
Phil: See you.",Rob is looking for Phil. Rob needs to talk with him. Phil will come over to his office tomorrow morning.
13827939,"Martin: Uhhh, babe, we need to talk
Nicole: What's wrong?
Martin: I'd rather tell you in person, when can we meet up?
Nicole: I'm afraid I'll be kind of busy the next few weeks, a lot of people at my work quit so it's been hell
Nicole: Can't you just tell me now??
Martin: I don't know, it just doesn't feel right...
Nicole: Oh God, just tell me already!! What is it
Nicole: Do you wanna break up? Is there someone else?
Martin: No one! I swear
Nicole: Huh... you didn't say no to the break up part though
Martin: I mean... it's not that I want to but... I guess that depends on you... because there's something you should know
Nicole: What is it... You're making me anxious
Martin: I'm, well... I'm asexual
Martin: I thought you should know because... well... I know it can be a problem in a relationship
Martin: I just wouldn't want you to feel unhappy with me
Martin: It's not like I can't have sex, but it's just not the same for me as for other guys, I guess
Martin: I love you but I want you to be happy, so I thought you should know
Nicole: Well... I'm a little speechless, that's not what I expected, but I don't think it has to be a problem... I don't want to break up like this, let's give it a try first",Martin is asexual. Nicole doesn't want to break up for this reason. She wants to give their relationship a try.
13862717,"Mike: <file_photo>
Mike: woke up like this :/
Emma: omg what is this???
Emma: allergy?
Mike: no idea... probably
Mike: but no idea to what :/",Mike suspects he might have had an allergic reaction to something.
13729811,"David: I want a new tattoo but idk what to get 
Mike: ahh yes iv been wanting to get one but do you have any ideas at all?
David: ehh I was thinking something on my back maybe a scull and rose?
Mike: nahh dude everyone does this ahah 
David: yeah but I was thinking I add something else to make it more personal but idk what haha
Mike: yeah idk when you think of it let me know Ill go get one with you aahah",David wants to get a new tattoo but he doesn't know what exactly yet.
13864470,"William: hey im making spaghetti
William: could you please buy some fresh tomatoes
William: pretty please :)
Olivia: no problem dear :)
William: and Beth? it wouldn't hurt to have some chocolate for after the dinner :D
Beth: I'm on it :D",William is making spaghetti. Olivia will buy fresh tomatoes for William. Beth will buy chocolate.
13728767-1,"Karen: you know that road from the swimming pool to Waitrose?
Peter: yeah?
Karen: What is happening there?
Peter: Dunno. What do you mean?
Karen: It's all blocked of and vans everywhere
Peter: Is it ambulances and stuff?
Karen: Don't think so, I didn't see any lights or anything
Peter: what kind of vans then?
Karen: I don't know, those big white ones, like work vans
Peter: maybe repairs to something?
Karen: yeah I guess so
Karen: either way I would avoid it if I were you, I got pretty stuck after yoga
Karen: what time are you leaving anyway?
Peter: Not until 6 at the earliest, got to finish this presentation for the repairs team tomorrow
Karen: I thought Joe was going to finish that?
Peter: No Eileen wanted me to do it...
Karen: Cause she knows you won't say no?
Peter: Or because Joe did a pretty crappie job last time
Karen: True. let me know if you need any help.
Peter: I'm almost done, thanks though. 
Karen: see you in a bit",Karen got stuck on the road from the swimming pool to Waitrose so wants Peter to avoid it. Peter is not leaving until 6 as he he has to finish his presentation. Karen will see Peter in a bit.
13730566,"Matt: Hi!
Nick: Sup?
Matt: Do you remember what internet connection we have?
Nick: Shit, man, I don't know... 
Matt: Rats, me neither and I need it for the application
Nick: I usually just use my mobile service, I don't watch anything when at home
Matt: That's OK, I'll figure sth out, thx
Nick: kk, when I remember it, i'll let you know.",Nick will let Matt know when he remembers what their internet connection is.
13715917,"Baron: What's up.
Baron: there is a match next week.
Gabriel: Hey, our tutor wanted to join us
Baron: Sign on the calendar
Gavin: link please?
Baron: <file_other>
Gavin: let's add people from our group
Gabriel: good idea","Baron, Gabriel and Gavin have a match next week. Their tutor wants to join them."
13864469,"Mia: God, he keeps talking about the stupid wall
Jennifer: I think he's just senile
Karine: unfortunately it's much more
Karine: this populist strategy to scare people with a minority
Karine: and then present himself as the only savior
Peter: Karine is right, I think he's not as senile and stupid as we would like to believe
Mia: so it's even worse - he's pure evil
Peter: possibly yes
Karine: I really think so, because it's not only about politics anymore
Karine: he is destroying the Earth
Karine: trying to shake the world's order
Jennifer: but he's also quite stupid
Jennifer: and the dangerous thing is his self confidence
Jennifer: he's persistence 
Jennifer: and ignorance
Karine: but we have a chance to change it
Karine: maybe Trump will be over soon?
Mia: we will see
Mia: but we should do anything to win the next elections
Karine: everything!","Mia, Jennifer, Karine and Peter do not like Trump."
13716120,"Madison: <file_other>
Madison: I saw this offer today
Adam: Thailand??
Madison: Exactly
Adam: Not to expensive??
Madison: Tickets cost pretty penny, but the rest is extra cheap
Taylor: And children under 12 --> 50% off
Jordan: Seems ok",Madison considers buying flight tickets to Thailand as she has found a cheap offer with 50% discount for children under 12.
13810877,"Tina: Hey, Facebook is constantly non stop suggesting Patrick
Demi: Hahahahaha 
Tina: I think I have to catch a bit of your approach
Demi: He's a god. What do you mean...?
Tina: I have to learn how to transfer from hating men to fucking them haha
Demi: (Y)
Tina: as soon as possible
Demi: Haha! Yeah. I did it, you're right. But i worked on it hard after a huge heartbreak
Tina: <file_gif>
Demi: (Y) currently i like men. you have to be chilled with them ;)
Tina: <file_gif>
Demi: :D maybe its a mistake... i dont know. Lets organize workshops on that :D
Tina: I only like one type :D yes plz do it haha
Demi: Done! but maybe you should chill a bit, look around for ather types ...and see what happens
Tina: I only dont what my mood depend so much on other people
Demi: I know! I know it well!
Tina: this renting case is eating me
Demi: you have to isolate one bit inside that will be always independent
Tina: we have to meet, crazy girl!
Demi: for sure. if youre homeless i will take under my roof
Tina: between the guyshaha
Demi: we ll find something
Tina: <3",Tina has to learn Demi's approach how to transfer from hating men to dating them.
13729618,"Freddie: Nanna, are you coming to visit us soon?
Winnie: Oh darling, Nanna has broken her leg, you'll have to visit me instead.
Freddie: I forgott. Well come soon.
Winnie: Good, ask Mummy and Daddy and they will come when they can.
Freddie: Yes love you. Leg better soon?
Winnie: Yes, quite soon. Tell mummy to ring me. Bye darling xxxxx",Winnie has broken her leg and will not visit any time soon. Freddie will ask mummy to call Winnie up.
13717117,"Mark: who wants to go and see 'Batman. New Beginning' this Sat at 7?
Clint: me!
Phil: me too! 
Mark: cool. I can get tickets for us all.
Clint: thats great","Mark, Clint and Phil are going to watch ""Batman. New Beginning"" on Saturday, at 7. Mark will get the tickets."
13731166,"Andy: Hello. I have had a good look and have done some tests on the mould in your spare bedroom upstairs and in the dinign room.
Betty: Hello Andy. Thank you for that, what are your thoughts? 
Andy: I think it is caused by condensation, as most of the moist settles on and around the windows.
Betty: Why is that?
Andy: Those are the coldest areas and therefore where the moist in the warm air turns into water. On the windows its just water, on the walls the moist will allow mould to grow.
Betty: So why is it all over the spare room walls, and all around the dining room? but not in other rooms?
Andy: Probably because they have external walls which are cooler than internal walls.
Betty: so why only that bedroom and not the other ones?
Andy: I guess those rooms are most effected as the spare room is next to the bathroom and the dining room next to the kitchen.
Betty: But why isnt there mould on the kitchen and bathroom itself then?
Andy: I think that is because the kitchen doesn't have external walls and the bathroom has only one external wall and a fan in it. The difference when i measured it between internal wall and external wall is about 4 degrees.  
Betty: Does that mean we need new double glazed windows or new wall insulation?
Andy: Not necessarily. that would make a little difference but would still leave you with moist air in the house, so it would just settle somewhere else.  
Betty: So what would you recommend?
Andy: I would install a fan system, or PIV system, which would circulate air to dilute and take some moisture out of the air. It would be installed in your loft and be on continuously during day and night. 
Betty: That sounds good. would that be sufficient? 
Andy: If you buy a decent size it will be, but you would also need to treat your walls to get rid of the current mould. That will not go away by itself.
Betty: OK, is this something your company can help with?
Andy: It is indeed, we can repaint as well if you want. 
Betty: Good point. Could you please send me a detailed quote for the work via email?
Andy: Of course, I will have that done by Friday. 
Betty: That would be great. And again, thanks for today!
Andy: No problem, speak soon.",Betty's house has mould due to condensation. Andy will send her a quote for the work needed by Friday.
13682349,"Gina: did u lock the door
Warren: yes
Gina: good, thanks",Warren locked the door.
13829456,"Claire: hey 
Claire: where's this conference about relations at school?
Aaron: hey
Aaron: it's in the teaching training thing
Claire: oh, in Sesame Street?
Aaron: yeah exactly
Claire: thanks! 
Claire: are you going? i mean apart from your own lecture ;D
Aaron: haha yeah i'm giving two, actually
Aaron: and i'm kind of a host there as well 
Aaron: so guess i'll be looking to coffee, biscuits etc
Claire: i see
Aaron: i was thinking i could go to Jo's lecture
Claire: Jo's... is it the one about stress?
Aaron: no, that's Joe ;D Jo is having a workshop on teamwork
Claire: ah, this one. yeah looks interesting
Aaron: i know her, she's a really good coach
Claire: i was thinking maybe mindfullness...
Aaron: yeah definitely!! if you haven't been to any mindfullness workshops then it's a must!
Aaron: i've taken it in Berlin last year, with the same guy
Aaron: it was amazing, life-changing i'd say
Claire: sounds wonderful
Claire: one can easily tell you're one of the organisers ;D
Aaron: hahah yeah but we did choose the best topics and presenters, believe me :D
Aaron: we've checked out all those people and learnt from them and yeah, they're the best ;)
Claire: ok ok i'm signing up :D see you there, during the breaks at least;)
Aaron: ok bye bye;)",Aaron will give two lectures during the conference about relations at school at the Sesame Street. Claire will participate in mindfulness workshop.
13682321,"Kate: I've just heard you want to sell your flat?! 
Rob: That's true. Do you want to buy it?
Kate: Ha ha! I wish.. 
Rob: I'll give you a discount ;)
Kate: Sure. You moved in a year ago or so?! Why do you wanna sell it?
Rob: We're thinking about having a baby and it is too small.
Kate: It's not that bad. Mine is smaller and I have two.
Rob: There's no room for a cot in our bedroom.
Kate: You're right. So are you looking for two bed now?
Rob: Three bed would be perfect so that we won't have to move out again when we decide to have another baby. 
Kate: That's sounds reasonable.
Rob: I know. It just the prices.. total madness!!!
Kate: I can only imagine. It's getting more expensive year after year. 
Rob: I've got a friend who's relocating to another city so want to sell his flat ASAP and offers a good price. We're seeing him tomorrow. 
Kate: Good luck with that! ;)
Rob: Fingers crossed! ;)","Rob wants to sell his flat, because it's too small. Rob will meet a friend tomorrow who has a flat to sell."
13813019,"Allison: You talked to Ethan about the function? 
Evan: Yeah I did
Allison: What did he say?
Evan: He might not come
Allison: Can you do something about that?
Evan: I will try to make him come
Allison: K",Evan will try to make Ethan come.
13682062,"Charlie: How are you doing.
Daisy: Good, seeing a lot of beautiful places
Charlie: Where are you now?
Daisy: in Naples 
Charlie: Pity, I hoped you may be still in Sicily.
Daisy: No, we took a ferry early in the morning yesterday.
Charlie: I am still thinking about the evening we spent together.
Daisy: Yes, it was nice.
Charlie: I would like to meet you again.
Daisy: But where?
Charlie: Either in the US or here.
Daisy: But we're heading North now. Rome, Florence, Venice.
Charlie: And you're flying to NY?
Daisy: No, directly to San Fransisco.
Charlie: Too bad.
Daisy: I know.
Charlie: I think I will take a train to Florence.
Daisy: wow, are you sure?
Charlie: More than sure. When are you going to be there?
Daisy: 1-5 of September.
Charlie: Perfect. I want to see this amazing city with you.
Daisy: I am looking forward to it!
Charlie: Me too!",Daisy is in Naples. Charlie recalls their meeting and wants to see her again. He will come to Florence to see Daisy between 1-5 September.
13811899,"Adele: i am still listening to that song
Kode: Which one
Adele: One you recommended me
Kode: Yeah thats good one
Adele: Yes it is
Kode: I have that in my music library for 3 years
Adele: Omg is it that old?
Kode: hmm
Adele: Can you suggest some others from the same singer?
Kode: I give you whole Album in USB
Adele: When you would come to my home?
Kode: I am free right now
Adele: I am waiting then
Kode: coming",Adele is still listening to the song which Code recommended. Kode will come to Adele's home today and will give her the whole album of the same singer. 
13862364,"Maddie: What's the story with Claire?
Ian: Claire?
Ian: I don't know any Claire...
Maddie: Really?
Maddie: I spoke with Leah and she told me that you dumped her years ago
Ian: are you sure she was talking about me?
Ian: I tend to forget things but I do remember my past girlfriends
Ian: and believe me none was named Claire
Maddie: Weird
Maddie: Maybe she was thinking about someone else?
Ian: most likely
Ian: I barely know her
Ian: I think we met for the first time like 1,5 years ago
Maddie: I'll ask her next time
Maddie: Sorry about the confusion
Ian: don't worry
Ian: take care!","Maddie is confused, because Leah told her that Ian was dating a girl named Claire. Ian met Claire about 1,5 years ago, but they barely knew each other."
13814079,"Violet: hi! :)
Violet: do you know any good waxing salon in the neighbourhood?
Violet: i'm going on vacation and i'm as hairy as a gorilla :o XD
Paisley: waxing? wow, girl, you're brave :p
Paisley: i've been in a waxing salon once and i'm not going back
Paisley: waxing is painful af
Violet: was it that bad?
Paisley: leg waxing was ok-ish, but bikini... jesus
Paisley: i was bleeding so fckin hard
Paisley: blood was EVERYWHERE
Violet: !!!
Violet: i was going to get brazilian waxing, but now i'm scared
Paisley: that's extreme :o
Paisley: if i were you, i'd start from leg waxing or sugaring
Paisley: but why won't you just shave down there?
Paisley: ingrown hairs?
Violet: yup
Violet: i use scrubs and moisturize my skin almost every day but it's still bad
Violet: i mean REALLY BAD, i look like a freaking chicken with all these razor bumps
Paisley: try shaving with the grain
Paisley: it helped with my ingrows
Violet: i've tried everything
Violet: i just need to man up and make an appointment
Paisley: good luck, then ;)
Violet: thanks",Violet will make an appointment at a waxing salon. Home methods don't work for her.
13862650,"Suzy: don't forget to follow me on Instagram :P
Linda: do I need to? :P
Suzy: come on, nice pictures ;)
Linda: done
Suzy: :)
Linda: you're welcome ;)",Suzy urges Linda to follow her on Instagram and she obliges.
13716625,"Sean: Friendly reminder of trade deadline today. Let's get those last minute trade request sent.
Rick: So does John get Lamar Jackson or is he scrambling for another qb??
Sean: Nick needs to really think about rolling with Blake. John needs a QB!
John: I think I would have rights to Lamar but I think the consensus is that he's on waivers so he's open. I guess I'm just hoping RGIII and Brock play or just wait...
Rick: Crazy it happens though! he one thing in the chart that isn't addressed. We could vote and go from there. I just want you to lose a player and Nick not to get Lamar.
John: In 15 years I've never seen a ream trade a big time RB or WR  for a QB this late n the season do anything in the playoffs. That ends their season. Of course a one QB team isn't worth anything either. I have t take my chances.
Sean: Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Rick: people's evidence #658 why the QB rule doesn't work.
John: I might have a way to drop the rule completely next year.
Sean: I guess we will have to talk about after the season.
Rick: Nobody liked my IR suggestion a couple of years ago. That solves a large percentage of the issue tho
Sean: 1 QB not 2 for a 14 league...
John: as I said, we can look at if after the season. I just wouldn't want to make it any easier. What has made the league so great its that it has been really difficult so far.",Sean reminds the guys about trade deadline today. Rick wants to vote. John will look at it after the season.
13819925,"Lisa: have you ever heard about this diet??
Lisa: <file_other>
Victoria: Nooo
Victoria: Hmm, seems interesting
Amelia: YES!! My mum was on that crazy diet..... She gained 5 pounds (ー_ー)!!
Lisa: omg, glad that I asked
Lisa: <file_gif> ",Lisa is no longer interested in the diet now Amelia has informed her that her mum put on weight doing it.  
13716592,"Carrie: Just back from Fantastic Beast :)
Gina: and what do you think?
Carrie: generally good - as usual nice special effect and visuals, an ok plot, a glimpse of the wizarding community in the US.
Alex: Sounds cool. I was thinking of going this weekend with Lane, but I've seen some bad reviews.
Carrie: Depends on what you expect really - I have a lot of sentiment towards Harry Potter so, I'm gonna like everything the do. But seriously the movie was decent. However, if you're expecting to have your mind blown, then no, it's not THAT good.
Gina: I agree. I saw it last week and basically I'm satisfied.
Alex: No spoilers, girls.
Carrie: no worries ;)
Carrie: And Gina, what do you think about Eddie Redmayne as Newt?
Gina: I loved him <3 I loved how introverted and awkward he was and how caring he was towards the animals. And with all that he showed a lot of confidence in his beliefs and was a genuinely compassionate character
Carrie: not your standard protagonist, that's for sure
Gina: and that's what I liked about him
Alex: Maybe I'll go and see it sooner so we can all talk about it.
Carrie: go see it. If' you're not expecting god-knows-what you're going to enjoy it ;)","Carrie and Gina saw ""Fantastic Beast"" and liked it. Ginna loved Eddie Redmayne as Newt.  "
13730597,"Amelia: What is your favourite colour?
Emily: Blue, why?
Amelia: I can't tell you
Emily: A surprise? =)
Amelia: Sort of... Can't tell you anything more
Amelia: Sorry 
Emily: I'm super curious",Emily's favorite color is blue. Amelia can't talk about the reason behind her question with Emily.
13864432,"Jenny: where does Mary live now?
Maria: In Southampton 
Louis: Yes, she moved there in December",Mary moved to Southampton in December.
13716726,"Shanon: Yeah. So what bout him?
Victor: He's no longer our teacher :)
Oliver: I'm so happy :)
Sid: Me too!
Shanon: Bt y?
Sid: He got fired 2day and thrown out of school?
Oliver: Literally thrown out!
Shanon: What?!
Victor: I suppose he's had it and lost it.
Oliver: Or maybe had one too many ;)
Sid: Not. Our. Teacher. Anymore!","He is no longer the teacher of Shanon, Victor, Oliver and Sid. He got fired today."
13730711,"Pedro: batman or superman??
Alex: honestly..  neither
Pedro: WHAT??
Alex: i honestly like the flash
Pedro: whats so good about the flash :P
Alex: duuude, he can do almost anything
Pedro: not anything
Alex: yea im sure batman can run as fast -_-
Pedro: superhuman speed? thats your pitch?
Alex: that speed opens up the whole multiverse for him.. you seriously dont get how powerful he can be
Pedro: yeah i get your point",Alex prefers the Flash to Barman and Superman thanks to his speed.
13862372,"Marek: bro, check this out
Marek: <file_picture>
Adam: whoa, that's some fine piece of ass
Adam: where did you find it? 
Marek: that's the best part
Marek: I didn't find it
Marek: I made it in she shopping mall, on the escalator!
Adam: ? what?
Marek: pretty cool, isn't it
Adam: dude, that's creppy
Adam: one thing is to send me pic of nice ass, it's always appreciated
Adam: but another is to walk around and take pictures on your own
Adam: like some creep
Adam: think about it, she might have been someone's sister or daughter
Marek: dude
Marek: this is some guy's ass
Marek: I'm a gay, remember?
Adam: shit","Marek sent Adam a photo of man's bottom. Marek made this photo in the shopping mall, on the escalator. "
13730521,"Mark: what are we doing tonight?
Daniel: It's supposed to rain so the river bank parties are not an option
Mark: casino?
Daniel: don't you have enough after the last time?
Mark: I will totally get mine this time
Daniel: hahaha ok
Mark: predrinks at your place?
Daniel: my sister is visiting
Mark: Hannah???
Daniel: yes
Mark: I haven't seen her for like 14 years!! she hot?
Daniel:  dude that's my sister
Mark: all right all right drinks at my place
Daniel: okay!",Daniel's sister is visiting him. Daniel and Mark will meet at Mark's place for drinks.
13680903,"Adrian: Did you get your grades yet?
Bart: Yeah. My whole semester is screwed up now.
Adrian: Wait whaaat? Why?
Bart: Well, I bombed my economy final and ended up with a bad score..
Adrian: Ouch. That must hurt :/ 
Bart: Well, it's my fault because I didn't study as much as I should have.
Adrian: Why don't you re-take the class next year?
Bart: That's what I plan on doing unless I keep screwing up. How did you do this semester?
Adrian: I didn't do that bad. I ended up with a reasonable grade.
Bart: Well someone did his homework :p
Adrian: I just pay attention during class, I don't study that much actually.
Bart: Classes are boring, can't pay attention for too long...
Adrian: Anyway, why didn't you study for the economy final? 
Bart: Let's just say I screwed up more than my econ class.
Adrian: What happened?
Bart: I started playing StarCraft and ended up wasting a lot of time.
Adrian: Oooohh I know that game but you better stop slacking off.
Bart: You're right. I'm not going to play games during school anymore.
Adrian: You can play them, just don't loose focus and study for the exams :p
Bart: Let's see how it goes xD",Bart didn't do well this semester because he didn't study much. He played a lot fo StarCraft. Adrian did well thanks to paying attention in class
13864638,"Don: What did you buy for Nancy's birthday?
Margot: A bottle of nice wine.
Yvonne: I didn't buy anything yet :/",Margot bought a bottle of nice wine for Nancy's birthday.
13810193,"Amelia: Just wanted to say again, thank you so much for coming to Elliot's birthday party. He loved it! 
Lindsay: No worries, Finlay had a lovely time! thanks for having us!
Amelia: it wouldn't be the same without you guys xx
Lindsay: glad he had a good time! x",Amelia thanks Lindsay for coming to Elliot's birthday.
13864511,"Jennifer: hey do u like mad max
Jennifer: coz the latest film is on Netflix now
Jennifer: wanna watch it with me?
Jack: seen it, it's pretty dope
Jack: but might as well watch it again
Reece: yeah me too
Reece: great movie
Jennifer: ok, tomorrow evening?
Reece: fine with me
Jack: sure
Jennifer: awesome :) ","Jennifer, Jack and Reece will match the latest Mad Max on Netflix tomorrow evening. Jack has already seen it."
13611729,"Sean: After much thought I’ve decided that my spirit animal is a tortoise. Apparently everyone has one now, I only found out about this recently. Tbh I felt lost, like who even am I? After many days of thinking about I finally decided that I am in fact a tortoise.
Tiffany: That would explain a lot.
Sean: You would be a wasp.
Tiffany: Are you sure you're a turtle? Maybe you're just haunted.",Sean believes his spirit animal is a tortoise and Tiffany's could be a wasp. 
13680316,"Henry: Good to see you back :-) How is the baby?
Mary: Good to be back :-) Susie is great. I'm so happy :-)
Henry: Have you got any photo?
Mary: <file_photo>
Henry: She's sweet! Congratulations :-)
Mary: Thank you :-)","Mary is back. Mary's baby, Susie, is doing great."
13728213,"Greg: Hi Mum, how's the cat doing?
Patti: I just rang the vets, she's fine!
Greg: Thank God, been worrying about her all day!
Patti: They said I can pick her up later. I'll pop home and fetch the cage after work. Should be there at 5ish.
Greg: Good, see you at home, bye!","Patti and Greg's cat is getting better, so Patti will pick it up later. Patti will come back home at around 5 pm."
13731296,"Kate: I'm at the grocery store. Do you like some fruits for school tomorrow?
George: Oh yes please, an apple would be great
Kate: Okay, I'm getting me one too
George: Do they have tangerines yet?
Kate: No the're coming next week, I asked already:D
George: Okat then we have to wait",Kate is buying apples for herself and George. They have to wait for tangerines until next week.
13728117,"Sam: <file_gif>
Sam: Good afternoon, is this available?
Lia: Hi, how can I help you?
Sam: I'm interested in this product. Are the earphones available?
Lia: Yes, they are.
Sam: where can I collect them?
Lia: Well, you can have them delivered to you through courrier - this costs £4 (pay on delivery)
Lia: I'm afraid collecting them personally is a little difficult, as the product can only be collected in Garstang (where the company is located)
Sam: Okay.
Sam: Are they new? Do you have any other colors that white?
Lia: Completely new - we also offer grey and pink.
Sam: Then I would like the white ones please.
Lia: Okay, so I just need your address and telephone
Sam: The total costs £187 - can I lower the price to £180??
Lia: fraid not - company policy.
Sam: Oh, okay.
Sam: How long does it take for the product to arrive?
Lia: It generally arrives the next day, in rare instances it's longer.",Sam bought the earphones which cost him £187 along with delivery expenses. The order should be delivered the next day.
13864699,"Kelly: Should I put on the red dress?
Meghan: oh yes!!!! 
Mary: I'll wear a red dress too, and bright, red lipstick
Kelly: bloody Mary!
Mary: hahahaha",Kelly and Mary will wear red dresses. Mary will wear a red lipstick too. 
13810210,"Kate: can i borrow your blue handbag?
Emilly: sure, when do you need?
Kate: friday, I need it for Monica's wedding
Emilly: I can bring it with me to the office tomorrow if you want
Kate: perfect! thanks sister :*
Emilly: always :*",Kate wants to borrow Emily's blue handbag as she needs it for Monica's wedding. Emily will bring it with her to the office tomorrow. 
13830046,"Gina: Hey love, do you have a free usb by any chance?
Monica: Yes, I do :)
Gina: Can I come up to your office?
Monica: Of course, usb's ready
Monica: 2nd floor, room 112
Gina: Thanks!",Gina will come to room 112 on the 2nd floor to pick up Monica's usb. 
13730138,"Nathan: i want to buy myself a bike in spring
Aubrey: that's great but where are you gonna keep it? Your apartment is so small
Nathan: i was thinking of hanging it on the wall, there are some special hooks
Aubrey: you can always keep it in the hallway
Nathan: i don't want to, people who do that annoy me, it's hard to walk around with all these bikes striped to the handrails
Aubrey: i agree... didn't think about that
Nathan: yeah, well I also got a stationary bike so I can be in shape during winter :D
Aubrey: really? I am so proud of you!!
Nathan: ye, I do like 25 kilometers everyday
Aubrey: that's a lot!
Nathan: my goal for the summer is 100 kilometers
Aubrey: fingers crossed!",Nathan is planning on buying a bike in spring. He will probably store the bike on some special hooks because his apartment is small. Nathan has also bought a stationary bike to keep fit.
13731177,"Parker: yo do you know anything 'bout the arrowverse
Jason: yea
Parker: do you know its all connected to the DC Universe
Jason: that wasn't really hard to know Park
Parker: yea man i know, still..
Jason: you like the dc universe better than the marvel right?
Parker: obviously
Jason: yea me too
Parker: btw have you downloaded the latest episode of arrow season 7
Jason: its still downloading
Parker: text me when its done
Jason: dont come without a usb
Parker: yea i know -_-
Jason: cool",Parker and Jason both prefer DC Universe to Marvel. Jason is still downloading the latest episode of Arrow season 7. 
13728101,"Michael: hey, how are you
Kai: hey! I am fine, just working too much. what about you? you travel so much!
Michael: haha yes. At airport on my way back. looong trip
Kai: where have you been now?
Michael: argentina brazil and chile
Kai: wow! how long?
Michael: 2 weeks, lots of flights to make it work. I'm in Boston next weekend!
Kai: really??! how come?
Michael: just because I found a cheap ticket 😋
Kai: nice:) but it's cold
Michael: hmm well.. I can deal with the cold now
Kai: are you not tired of all this travelling?
Michael: hmm, a little bit but not really. I’m more scared to stay in London and do nothing, because I’m so bored of it
Kai: I see, a man full of energy :)
Michael: well sort of, for fun stuff, but tired of work. 
Kai: yes, I remember quite well 😋
Michael: Hahah. Thinking of resigning earlier than I was planning
Kai: and then?
Michael: I don’t have an answer to that one yet, and it’s not really a solution because I’d need to work 2 months notice period anyway, but I’ve just lost motivation after 3 years
Kai: Would you like to leave London?
Michael: yes asap
Kai: for the Netherlands?
Michael: maybe to recharge and look for jobs abroad, but I don't want to stay there. I know it’s not smart to quit without an alternative
Kai: depends on the field. I don't know yours and your experience. But it can be a bit stressful also
Michael: true, in my field it wouldn’t be good. Anyway I need to speak to my manager and discuss because I’m not happy in my job now. How’s everything on your side? too much work?
Kai: yes, I basically never rest these days
Michael: that’s not good, you need rest to avoid a burnout, which I had just before I went on holiday
Kai: Probably, I have a conference 8th of Dec, then I'll rest a bit, I hope.","Michael is returning from trip to Argentina, Brazil and Chile. He will be in Boston next weekend. Michael doesn't like his job, he thinks of quitting it and leaving London. Kai's been very busy recently. She has a conference on 8th of December."
13810006,"Carol: I got some more fruit from my garden you want some?
Jacob: Yess! always? but aren't you gonna eat it?
Carol: I have so much I don't know what to do with it
Jacob: make some preserves with it
Carol: ugh so don't have the time for that
Jacob: oh come on
Carol: really? thats your argument?
Jacob: well... come on
Carol: same argument ass
Jacob: you aren't one of those super busy people
Carol: ?
Jacob: you know... a person that does everything, goes to every new place
Carol: does everything? what hte hell are you on?
Jacob: fine nevermind, when can I come?
Carol: You can pick up the fruits Wednesday at 6pm
Jacob: ok",Carol will collect the excess fruit on Wednesday at 6 pm.
13730484,"Molly: D‑':
Luca: What???
Molly: I can't think anymore today!
Luca: LOL!
Molly: Seriously!
Luca: Deep breath...
Molly: It's the silly season, isn't it?
Luca: Yep. Just hang in there.
Molly: Trying...
Luca: Try harder! LOL!
Molly: Driving me nuts!
Luca: I know, but you can't let it get you down!
Molly: Yeah, you're right.
Luca: Of course I am! LOL!
Molly: Modest, too.",Luca wants Molly to try harder.
13682340,"Mom: Hi Dear. Just want to hear from you.
Janette: Hi, Mom. So nice of you. I love you.
Mom: I love you too, Janette. What's new?
Janette: Oh, Mom. I don't know how to tell you.
Mom: What happened?
Janette: Mom, I've got mice in my kitchen!",Janette has mice in her kitchen.
13809965,"Madison: Hello Lawrence are you through with the article?
Lawrence: Not yet sir. 
Lawrence: But i will be in a few.
Madison: Okay. But make it quick.
Madison: The piece is needed by today
Lawrence: Sure thing
Lawrence: I will get back to you once i am through.","Lawrence's almost done with the article, Madison needs it today."
13731361,"Ronald: How's your weekend?
Julia: Fine I guess...
Ronald: Doesn't sound like you're enjoying it
Julia: Ehh. My parents are having a fight over where should we eat
Julia: And honestly I don't event want to eat with them anymore
Ronald: I'm sorry
Julia: Yup. Me too.
Ronald: Call me when you get back.
Ronald: I've got something to tell you, and I'm sure you're gonna piss rainbows
Julia: Hahaha. I can see the giraffe from Skittles comercial :D
Ronald: Sth like that",Julia will call Ronald when she gets back. He has something to tell her.
13682217,"Guido: Hi, Agata, are you OK?
Agata: Hi, Guido. Sure, I'm OK :) And you?
Guido: I just have trouble understanding your posts on Facebook. 
Agata: Really?
Guido: Maybe it's because I don't know anything about Java? :(
Agata: Thanks for the concern :) All my Twitter posts go to my Facebook account. I think I might change that! 
Guido: Don't worry :)
Agata: By the way, it's JavaScript, not Java. Except for the name they really have not much in common :)
Guido: Sounds like Chinese to me :(
Agata: :)
Guido: It's hard to understand the concept :(
Agata: Sorry. After just one month of coding I would be like plain English to you :P
Guido: I can see that you enjoy it.
Agata: I really do. Finally I found something interesting for me.
Guido: And what about you husband? 
Agata: What about him?
Guido: Doesn't he complain about your new job?
Agata: Not at all! Why would he? 
Guido: So you don't speak to him in Chinese language? I mean in JavaScript language, hahahha","Agata has a new job, she's learning to code and she likes it. Guido doesn't understand her Facebook posts because he knows nothing about JavaScript."
13727573-1,"Alejandro: We’re going to meet in 2 weeks time!
Luz: Yupp, for the first time, finally! :D
Alejandro: Took us 3 months xD
Luz: Right, quite a long time ;)
Alejandro: I have a feeling that you already know me better than most of the people…
Luz: Haha yea we talk about everything ;)
Alejandro: Seriously, I feel a strange connection with you…
Luz: I like you too, Alex<3
Alejandro: :* So do you have everything planned?
Luz: What do you mean?
Alejandro: Like a flight and stuff
Luz: Of course, all settled, I’ll be there 20th December, 4 PM
Alejandro: I’ll come pick you up, can’t wait to see you, it will be magical!
Luz: Don’t get too excited about it, it just me ;p
Alejandro: Exactly, it’s youuu!! This is the very reason I’m so excited!
Luz: Lol
Alejandro: You’re beautiful 
Luz: Lol x2 ;p
Alejandro: Have you told your mum yet?
Luz: Yea I did, she didn’t handle it that well ;)
Alejandro: I hope you won’t be in trouble o.O
Luz: I don’t care ;p",Alejandro and Luz are going to meet in 2 weeks for the first time. Luz knows Alejandro very well already. They talk about everything. Luz will be there on the 20th of December at 4PM. Alejandro will pick her up.
13731055,"Sam: so i started the career mode in fifa
Tim: 19?
Sam: yea
Sam: its so different from the one in 18 maaan
Tim: yeah?
Tim: whats different
Sam: alot of things
Sam: champions league for instance 
Sam: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BABYY XD
Tim: cool xD",Sam started a career mode in FIFA.
13828119,"Damian: are you downtown?
Ethan: yes
Ethan: why?
Damian: can you buy me a kebab?
Damian: i'm starving
Ethan: why won't you cook something for both of us, huh?
Damian: man, give me a break, i had a rough day
Ethan: ok ok
Ethan: but i really wish you weren't such a parasite
Damian: i'll change, scout's honour",Ethan will buy Damian a kebab. Damian had a bad day.
13863035,"Adam: hi Mum!
Hannah: Hello, ready for your flight?
Adam: yes, just finished packing
Adam: can you remind Dad that the plane was rescheduled and will arrive one hour later?
Adam: there's no point for him to wait that long at the airport
Hannah: Sure, I will.
Hannah: Do you want anything special for dinner tomorrow?
Adam: nah, I'm fine with anything you'll prepare
Adam: especially if you compare it to what I'm eating on a daily basis :)
Hannah: Alright.
Hannah: Can't wait to see you!
Adam: I'll be there in less than 24 hours :)
Adam: I'm sure you can wait
Hannah: It's been half a year since your last visit, so don't be surprised!
Adam: I'm not
Adam: I miss you all as well
Adam: see you tomorrow!
Hannah: Bye! Have a safe flight!",Adam hasn't visited his parents in six months and is coming over tomorrow. His flight will land an hour later than originally scheduled. Hannah will let Dad know.
13729445,"Matthew: I have a cold. Need y'all support. It's painful
Lisa: Fight it. Drink orange juice. Make some soup
Matthew: I'll try
Lisa: I believe in u 
Matthew: Thank u. Apparently it's an allergy mixed up with virus
Lisa: Ahh it sucks. 
Lisa: Take a rest from evrthg.  
Matthew: Ikr. Hitting the hay now
Lisa: Good night 'Thew! ",Matthew has a cold. He will drink some orange juice and go to sleep.
13611880,"Joyce: Honey, can I take the car?
Kyle: No, I'm sorry.
Joyce: Why not? How am I supposed to go get Harry?
Kyle: I've got to go to a mechanic. The car is making a weird noise.
Joyce: Then can you get Harry on your way?
Kyle: I don't know, I'm already running late.
Joyce: Am I supposed to go get him by bus? That's ridiculous.
Kyle: Fine, I'll get him.
Joyce: Thank you.",Joyce wants to take Kyle's car to get Harry. Kyle is taking the car to a mechanic. Joyce refuses to get Harry by bus. Kyle agrees to pick Harry up. 
13828456,"Bailey: <file_other>
Bailey: ....
Mikaela: oh :(
Mikaela: shame it's now ...
Bailey: yeah maybe it's for the better:D
Mikaela: u think?
Bailey: yeah i've already got like a ton of fabric in my closet
Bailey: and i keep buying new stuff
Mikaela: i had to buy a box at ikea!
Bailey: ur lucky you only have one... 
Bailey: my closet got too small and now the fabric's creeping onto the shelves
Bailey: 4 boxes so far...
Mikaela: but you're like the master level, so it's a completely different story:D
Bailey: i hope u won't ever get to this point ;D
Mikaela: hahaha oh i hope i will ;D","Bailey has plenty of clothes but she keeps buying new ones and she even had to buy four extra boxes for clothes at Ikea. Mikaela has the same problem, but she only had to buy one extra box. "
13681174,"Melissa: How was your romantic weekend?
Susan: Oh, it was lovely! We left Fri afternoon and got back Sun evening.
Melissa: Good for you! ;) did you have time to take your mind off things?
Susan: Yeah, definitely.
Melissa: Where did you stay?
Susan: We stayed in a 4-star cosy hotel near the beach.
Melissa: How awful for you! Ha ha! ;)
Susan: I know. Could stay there forever!
Melissa: I bet!
Susan: How about the food?
Melissa: It was absolutely delicious!
Susan: And the scenery?
Melissa: Spectacular! I’ll send you some photos.
Susan: So what did you do mostly?
Melissa: We didn’t go anywhere specific if that’s what you’re asking. Just spent most time walking along the seaside chilling.
Susan: Sounds amazing!
Melissa: Was the weather ok?
Susan: It was.
Melissa: Is there anything else you wanna tell me?
Susan: Well.. Toby proposed and I said YES! 
Melissa: OMG!!! I knew he was up to something!
Susan: I know! But still I was surprised when he did it.
Melissa: Congratulations! I’m so happy for you both!
Susan: Thanks! ;)",Toby proposed to Susan during their romantic weekend in a cosy hotel near the beach.
13727810,"Eva: hi mom..  hows linta?  
Olivia: hi honey... she is good 
Eva: hope she is not bothering you?
Olivia: no dear we are enjoying each others company...
Eva: reallly i am so glad!
Olivia: yes my dear dont worry and enjoy your party...
Eva:  thank you mom.. i would be leaving in an hour 
Olivia: oh no take your time i am having fun with my grand daughter 
Eva: no mom i have to go home and every one would be leaving too.
Olivia: ok then leave her with me for a day i will drop her tomorrow
Eva: no mom Jones loves Linta he wont be able to sleep without playing with out her 
Olivia: awww ok :( i will keep her ready and her bag too .. do u want me to make a bottle of milk also
Eva: yes mom please
Olivia: ok darling
Eva: love you mom :kisses:","Eva is at a party, while Olivia is taking care of her daughter, Linta. Eva will leave soon and pick Linta up."
13814606,"Jack: I'm 10 min late..
Jack: sorry
Laura: no worries, I'll wait inside
Jack: ok.",Laura and Jack are about to meet. Jack is running 10 minutes late.
13716413,"Breonna: Melissa so are you ok with men acting like pigs and grabbing you whenever they feel like it?
Melissa: Of course not! 
Breonna: So why you’re saying this?
Melissa: No one is saying men should behave like animals. Its that kind of thinking that makes men afraid to just be masculine in general though. Not all men are pigs.
Hailey: Thank you! I had a friend get yelled at by a girl for 5 minutes because he held the door for her and said “Ladies first”.
Melissa: Poor him. 
Christine: Men aren't allowed to be men? how?
Hailey: Yeah, I felt sorry for him.
Holly: Melissa yes this!
Michelle: not one of those fruit loop ""feminists"" speak for me!!! In fact MOST women cant stand them. gtfoh with your pussy hats, your metoo crap, you ""screaming"" at Potus through your vaginas etc. Dont try to shove your thinking on everyone. how about HIMTOO!!! i LOVE OUR strong REAL MEN!!!! TOO BAD IF ANY OF THOSE CRAZY CAT LADIES DONT LIKE IT",Michelle is not in favor of contemporary feminism movement.
13681516,"Zoe: <file_video>
Frank: Love you!
Zoe: :-*
Frank: Have a good day, babe :-*",Franks tells Zoe he loves her.
13680521,"Stefano: Hi, Josie!
Josie: Ciao, Stefano!
Stefano: So, what about Foucault's Pendulum? Do you like it?
Josie: It's... weird. Was it really written by an Italian guy? It's so... nerdy.
Stefano: Oh well, in a sense Eco was the king of nerds. And, you know, not all Italian books are about pizza, mafia and mandolino. :P
Josie: Yes, I know... I should try and read one of his novels in the original, but I'm not sure my level of Italian is adequate.
Stefano: The Name of the Rose is really difficult for a foreign speaker of Italian, you know.
Josie: And what about Foucault's Pendulum?
Stefano: Well, it's set in the 1980s, so the language is definitely more comprehensible. The content, however, is just as complicated as in the other novel.
Josie: Btw, I read Salman Rushdie's review of Pendulum, published in the 80s.
Stefano: Really? What did he say?
Josie: He hated it and said that it's not a novel, but rather a computer game.
Stefano: What? Rotfl!
Josie: That's what Salman said...
Stefano: Oh well, de gustipus non est disputandum...
Josie: De gustiBus!
Stefano: I know, it was a typo!
Josie: Disgusting pus!
Stefano: Hahaha.
Josie: Yuk! That's so creepy.
Stefano: You're the one who said it!
Josie: I know. ;)","Josie finds Eco's novel ""Foucault's Pendulum"" nerdy. Josie would like to read Eco in Italian, but she's unsure of her language abilities. Stefano considers Eco's two novels and finds them difficult. Josie has read an unfavorable review of ""Foucault's Pendulum"" by Salman Rushdie."
13731077,"Evan: Hi Dennis, I need to cancel my lesson tomorrow, sorry.
Dennis: Fine, what's up?
Evan: Oh, got the flu, been off college since Tuesday. Should be ok for next Thurs.
Dennis: OK, just tell me in good time if you can't make it. Hope you feel better soon.
Evan: Bye, Den! Thanks.","Evan can't come to his lesson tomorrow, because he's got the flu."
13716564,"Patrick: Any plans for tonight?
Camille: Nothing. We could go out.
Amanda: I'm going to a concert.
Camille: Cool. 
Amanda: In the city park. It's a free event. You can join us!
Camille: What time are you guys going?
Amanda: Around 9 p.m.
Camille: I'll come.
Patrick: Me too. Later we can go party. ",They will meet around 9 pm tonight to attend a free concert in the City Park.
13727763,"Bobby: U know what annoys me the most?
Mickey: Not being able to watch TV or listen to music without pesky interruptions?
Bobby: That too, but the thing that annoys me the most is pharmaceuticals, medicine and drugs.
Mickey: Y? Aren't they good 4 ur health?
Bobby: They may well be, but not for my wallet!
Mickey: What do u mean?
Bobby: I was watching a film last night and suddenly there's a bunch of commercial of different medical products and so on.
Mickey: And what of it?
Bobby: Imagine that pharmaceutical companies invent illnesses!
Mickey: What? Are u sure?
Bobby: No, I'm not, but in the commercial they mentioned a name of an illness I have never heard of.
Mickey: So what? There are many illnesses and diseases I've never heard of. 
Bobby: So I did some research. Turns out such a thing does not exist. No medical journal writes about it, no medical forum suggests caution.
Mickey: That doesn't mean it doesn't exist. 
Bobby: I even found a youtube video of a doctor explaining y it's not an illness. 
Mickey: All right, this is quite serious.
Bobby: So I put my mind to it and do u know what I came up with?
Mickey: What?
Bobby: That in this particular case they're selling mints as medical products!
Mickey: Srsly?!
Bobby: Absolutely!
Mickey: How long do u think they've been lying to us?
Bobby: Can't be sure, but probably 4ever. Imagine every illness, disease and so on. Where do these come from? Why do they spread so fast?
Mickey: That is kinda puzzling.
Bobby: Right?
Mickey: So why is no one doing anything about it?
Bobby: Do u know how much the pharmaceutical industry is worth today?
Mickey: No.
Bobby: At least $1.2 bln!
Mickey: Explains a lot.",Bobby's most annoyed by pharmaceutical companies. He believes they invent diseases to make money. He discovered that one company is selling mints as medicine for an illness that doesn't exist.
13862356,"Dave: Hey, do you have any notes from statistics?
Greg: Hey man
Greg: I do
Greg: But I doubt they are better than yours
Dave: Mine don't even exist 😂
Dave: Oh okay
Dave: There you go:
Dave: <file_other>
Greg: Your the best man!
Dave: You're
Greg: Smartass
Dave: Of course
Greg: But I'm grateful to know such a smartass 😂
Dave: You bet!
Dave: Notes don't write themselves.
Greg: True. Thanks!",Greg sent Dave his notes from statistics.
13727705,"Mark: Heading out in a sec. You coming along?
Sally: No.
Mark: ?
Sally: Don't feel well.
Mark: Oh. Can I do anything?
Sally: No. Girl stuff.
Mark: TMI!
Sally: LOL!
Mark: Let me know if you change your mind. I can pick you up.
Sally: Okay.
Mark: We will miss you. Should I just have your character sit out?
Sally: Yes! Don't want her killed off!
Mark: Mwahaha!
Sally: Not funny!
Mark: Could be funny!
Sally: Please don't! I just got all her spells and stuff!
Mark: I won't, I'm j/k.
Sally: You better be.
Mark: I swear!",Sally is not going out because she doesn't feel well. 
13829478,"Joy: it's seem nice, are you interested for friday evening?
Joy: <file_photo>
Sandy: great! still ok for 11am?
Joy: yes
Sandy: will you be ready at 11am? I'm going for a run, i'll be a bit tired
Joy: no it's fine for me. but it's for you
Sandy: no problem. May be i'll be late. I have to take my shower afer.
Joy: take your time
Sandy: what did she say about dresses?
Joy: Lina? She found them very nice but...
Sandy: but she thinks like me: too much cleavage..
Joy: yes! 
Sandy: sorry for your husband!
Joy: he's not jealous
Sandy: so don't do anything. You'll show me 
Joy: ok i wait for you.",Sandy will go for a run. She will meet Joy after 11am. Lina and Joy don't think the dresses are appropriate. Joy will wait for Sandy.
13681362,"Val: it's raining!
Candy: I know, just started...
Val: r we going? we will be wet
Candy: maybe wait a little? see if stops
Val: ok. let's wait half h and than see
Candy: god idea, I call u then
Val: great :)","It's raining, so Val and Candy will wait half an hour before they go."
13727716,"Aude: Hi Susie, how is Ted this morning? Did you find plasters?
Susie: yes. He kept them till this morning after his shower.
Aude: he must look sexy whith them... lol
Susie: a  memory from  Poland!",Susie found the plasters and Ted kept them until the morning.
13864453,"Kyle: yo yo, call me plz when you have a minute to spare
Kyle: gotta tell ya sth
Lily: 10 mins tops
Mary: facetime?
Kyle: yeah alright",Mary and Lily will call Kyle on facetime.
13730863,"Taylor: Tomorrow, 8 PM, my house
Harry: Lol, what’s up?
Taylor: My parents are away, 10 people confirmed already :D
Harry: Im sooo in
Taylor: You better, you’d miss the party of the year!",Harry will go to Taylors party tomorrow at 8pm. 
13821078,"Tomas: Has anybody received the grant yet?
Sierra: no, not yet
Jeremy: I haven't checked even
Tomas: I'm completely broke
Tomas: checking my bank account every hour
Tomas: but nothing's happening there
Sierra: lol
Sierra: be patient. If you need money I can lend you some, don't worry
Tomas: Thanks, I hope they'll arrive any minute","Tomas, Sierra and Jeremy have still not received the grant. Tomas is broke and is checking his bank account every hour. Sierra offers to lend him some money."
13681055,"Charles: What are you up to this weekend?
Camilla: Not much. Just some work and errands on Saturday, show Saturday night. Day of nothingness on Sundy.
Charles: Sounds good. We are going to visit the German markets this weekend. Birmingham and Manchester both. Sausage overload!
Camilla: Ooh, that sounds really good!
Charles: Allegedly there are Christmas things going on but I just go for the sausage and beer!
Camilla: What a shocker.
Charles: I know!
Camilla: I'll have to try to get there this year. I've not been for ages.
Charles: Oh, yeah, they are good. Try the mulled wine too. That's nice.
Camilla: Never had it. Is it served hot?
Charles: Yes, exactly. And lots of spices. Usually a red but sometimes they offer a mulled white.
Camilla: I'm good with red.
Charles: Inspired us to make our own at Christmas last year, but nobody else drank it.
Camilla: Bummer!
Charles: More for me! But oh the hangover.
Camilla: LOL!
Charles: Anyway, that's the plan. Hope you have fun.
Camilla: You too! 
Charles: Thanks!",Camilla has some errands to do on Saturday. Charles is visiting the German markets this weekend. They are talking about Christmas food and drinks.
13865057,"Pamela: Have you tried applying for the RGS grant?
Zoe: I did last year.
Zoe: Wasn't lucky...
Xiara: Me neither
Pamela: Do you know if I have to be a member?
Zoe: It depends on the award
Pamela: Ok I'll have a look at their website ",Pamela will look at their website to apply for the RGS grant. Zoe and Xiara applied last year but they weren't lucky. Sometimes you have to be a member to apply.
13862663,"Colin: Hey I have some news that you would be really interested!(´･ω･`)
Ava: What is it?
Colin: How tall are you you said?
Ava: 158...cm.. why?(-_-メ)
Colin: Congratulations! You are defeated by penguin(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
Ava: What are you talking about?
Colin: Penguins' average  height is 162cm when they stand up （‐＾▽＾‐）オーホッホ
Colin: So you are officially shorter than penguins☜(⌒▽⌒)☞",Colin informs Ava that with her height of 158 cm she is shorter than an average penguin.
13819324,"Ursula: Haha I got a 93 on my French exam
Bob: Well done girl!
Jana: Wow 
Jana: How did u manage to do that
Ursula: I just studied hard for it
Jana: omg
Jana: French is so hard 
Vaughn: I got a 65
Vaughn: I didn't study for it haha
Ursula: At least you passed
Vaughn: Congrats! ","Ursula got 93 on her French exam. Vaughn got 65, but still passed."
13809894,"Peter: Did you hear what happened at school today?
Jack: No?
Peter: There’s been kind of an emergency, gas leak or something.
Jack: Oh, I hope it’s nothing serious. Did they called fire units?
Peter: Yep, three engines and ambulance. It turned out to be a drill.
Jack: It’s better this way than the other. ",There was a drill at the school today.
13717011,"Perry: have you thought about holiday yet?
Marlow: Asia?
Perry: you mean in July or August?
Marlow: w/janet we thought about September it's cheaper i guess
Janet: yeah but we need to check the weather and everything
Forster: Cloete wanted to go to the mountains so i guess that's my plan
Perry: frankly we have no idea. went to seaside last year
Marlow: Asia could be the place 2go. Janet would be cool yeah?
Janet: sure thing. Would be gr8 2go 2gether
Perry: dunno if we can afford. Need to talk to Nina
Janet: why not meet 2nite over beer and talk?
Perry: super but not 2day no. cinema :):)
Janet: oh I forgot you won the tickets right?
Perry: yeah but we could meet 2moro evening if ur free
Janet: do we have plans Marlow? 
Marlow: no i dont think so
Forster: could we come over too
Perry: yeah fantastic. byob tho
Forster: sure thing 8 pm is fine?
Perry: perfect for me
Janet: gr8 for us. we can visit pa first
Marlow: fine by me. let's do it guys!","Perry, Marlow, Janet and Forster discuss their holiday plans. Marlow would like to go to Asia, others will think if they can join. The friends will meet tomorrow at 8 pm to discuss that. "
13811786,"Lee: I'm scared and confused. The digital wizard client manager who normally wears only hoodies, just put on a proper dress shirt and a suit jacket.
Lee: The Russians are coming!
Andy: Maybe he has a date after work?
Andy: Possibly with a Russian soldier ;)
Lee: If I'm not mistaken, he has some sort of a client related presentation.
Lee: But it's still weird.
Lee: I've been here for almost 5 months and this is the first time I see something like this. :D
Andy: Take pictures and make fun of him in a couple of weeks :P
Lee: I should.
Lee: Quick picture and post to FB.
Andy: The corporate one!
Lee: Yeah!
Lee: But on a more interesting topic, I went and pre-purchased RoS CE in a temporal break of my brains.
Andy: Digital or the ""real"" one?
Lee: Digital.
Andy: Did it unlock any features already?
Lee: Pet for WoW, some decals for SC2.
Lee: Pre-ordering opened up a hero in a game not yet released. :D
Andy: So basically you got some goodies that you would get anyway by buying it closer to launch date? :P
Lee: Yeah, preorder...
Lee: Wait, wait! Wings! Wings and a Demon Hunter for Heroes of the Storm.
Lee: Although wings not applied yet and I prefer the look of the wings from the original CE.
Lee: <file_other>
Andy: ""or anyone who redeems a Reaper of Souls retail game key on or before March 31"" - so basically what I said :P
Lee: Well yeah but I just took a quick bullet when I still had some money on my account.",The client manager suited up. He has a presentation for a client. Lee pre-ordered the digital RoS CE and got extra in-game content: Wings and a Demon Hunter for Heroes of the Storm.
13680782,"Maya: Bring home the clothes that are hanging outside
Maya: All of them should be dry already and it looks like it's going to rain
Boris:  I'm not home right now
Boris: I'll tell Brian to take care of that
Maya: Fine, thanks","Maya wants Boris to bring clothes that are hanging outside. Brian will do that, because Boris isn't at home now."
13819440,"Barry: I'm gonna go march in Women's strike, anyone interested?
Jake: I am, already made plans with some friends, wanna join?
Dave: I am down too, Kelly is coming with me
Barry: Let's just meet around the campus at noon","Barry, Dave, Kelly, and Jake will meet around the campus at 12 to join Women's strike."
13729761,"John: hey laurel?
Laurel: hey 
John: whats your plan for tomorrow?
Laurel: aint that sure yet, why?
John: nothing much, just wanted to go with you and buy a birthday gift for Diana.
Laurel: OMG! i also totally forgot that her birthday is on saturday, shit!
John: you see im not the only late one here. haha
Laurel: I guess we can meet up tomorrow and go fetch something for her.
John: cool, at what time?
Laurel: lets just meet at jades at around 5 pm
John: At Jade's collection? in town?
Laurel: yeah, that place..
John: see you then.",Laurel and John meet at Jades tomorrow at 5 pm to buy a birthday gift for Diana. Diana's birthday is on Saturday.
13828346,"Adam: good morning!!
Rachel: good morning adam!
Adam: cathy told me u got a new cat
Adam: a siamese
Rachel: yes!! and I lover her <3
Adam: oh it’s a girl
Rachel: yeah, I head they're less troublesome and friendlier
Rachel: although this one doesn't seem very loving
Adam: she'll warm up to you
Adam: what's her name?
Rachel: Portia
Adam: that's a really beautiful name
Adam: any special reason behind it?
Rachel: not really, I've just always liked the name :-D
Rachel: there's only one thing i don't like about portia…
Adam: lol what's that???
Rachel: I DISCOVERED I'M ALLERGIC TO CATS!!!!!
Adam: HAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA
Adam: u didn't know that?
Rachel: nope, I just discovered it
Rachel: i get sneezy and rashes and other reactions
Adam: are you doing anything about it?
Rachel: yeah I'm taking a bunch of medication and it seems to be helping
Adam: that's good, it's really good that they're working
Rachel: i don't want to get rid of her
Adam: don't worry, i'm sure if the medications are working right know this won't be a huge deal","Rachel has a new siamese cat, a girl called Portia. Rachel discovered that is allergic to cats. She is sneezing, has rashes and other allergic reactions. She takes medications that seem to help. Adam consoles Rachel."
13717034,"Matthew: so is there any after party planed after the wedding?
Kristina: after the wedding? I think it will last till the morning...
Matthew: haha, i mean on the next day :D
Bart: i think Mark said there is something planned
Bart: at their house probably
Matthew: oh thats good
Matthew: better atmosphere and everything, more chill
Kristina: that's great, i 've been to an after party like this one
Kristina: they had leftover food from the day before, lot's of liquor
Kristina: it was so much fun
Bart: yes that's pretty much what they are going to do i think
Bart: are you guys going?
Kristina: i definitely am
Matthew: yeah me too, that's why i asked :) it's Mark's wedding so i am gonna party till i drop
Bart: <file_gif>
Kristina: hahahah that's how i imagine Matt there
Matthew: that will be me :D",Mark is planning an afterparty after his wedding. It's going to take place at their house on the next day.
13811563-1,"Russel: <file_other>
Russel: look at this
Russel: It's a perfect present fo mum :D
Diana: haha, so true! It's not that expensive either!
Diana: are we buying it?
Russel: yeah, let's do it :D",Diana and Russel are buying a present for mum.
13819343,"Owen: there is smth wrong with her
Neil: I know, right?
Penny: are you talking about Amy?
Owen: yes
Neil: she looks serious at all times
Penny: have you talked to her?
Owen: no
Neil: neither have I
Penny: that's the point, we should meet her in person","Amy has severe aura. Penny, Owen and Neil want to meet her in person."
13829066,"Rachel: So what time we’re going to the museum? 
Wai: I was thinking we could meet at 4 at the main entrance.
Rachel: Sounds good to me, any plans after that?
Wai: we’ll see, if anyone will be up to this, we can go to some bar.
Rachel: Great! I can’t wait to meet everyone!
Wai: Haha yes, you will love them!
Rachel: I’m kind of worried they won’t like me though ;[
Wai: Don’t worry, we always welcome new people to our team!
Rachel: Great! When will I get to know what I’m supposed to do?
Wai: Later, some people need to make decisions, we don’t know which project will be assigned to us as well.
Rachel: Wow, it’s really a big organization…
Wai: One of the biggest charity organizations in the world :p
Rachel: Well, I can’t wait to see everyone, see you!",Rachel and Wai will go to the museum together. They will go to a bar then. Rachel will meet Wai's friends for the first time.
13716506,"Tom: Who's around?
Jack: Your dick!
Tom: Go fuck yourself Jack
Robert: I'm not in town, sorry mate!",Robert is out of town.
13611791,"Elena: Happy birthday my dear!
Dorothea: Oh thank you darling! <3
Elena: I wish you all the best and I hope all your dreams come trueee!
Dorothea: Haha thanks!
Elena: Are you going to celebrate today?
Dorothea: Yes, I'm gonna meet Tom and we're going to eat something in the town :)
Elena: Cool! So enjoy guys! And see you on your party on Saturday! :D
Dorothea: Thx! Love U :* and see you soon! ",Dorothea is having a birthday dinner in the town with Tom. Elena is seeing Dorothea at her party on Saturday. 
13729306,"Jules: What does it mean?
Jules: <file_gif>
Derek: Sorry, I was never good at memes
Jules: what a shame...
Jules: by the way, do we have class tomorrow?
Derek: surely, it's friday after all
Jules: oops, someone misled me
Derek: that's not nice",Jules and Derek don't have class tomorrow as it's Friday.
13680305,"Jane: Are u free now? Could u help me with that thesis?
Ainsley: I'm sick won't be of much help sorry. I've got a cold and I'm sneezing like a little bitch every 2 seconds
Jane: Oh... hmm ok. Hope u will get better soon...","Ainsley is sick, so she's not able to help Jane with her thesis now."
13862438,"Felipe: Your legs are amazing
Lydia: Well, thanks
Felipe: I hope you don't consider that sexist or offensive
Lydia: Of course I don't! Months at the gym are finally paying off XD",Felipe finds Lydia's legs attractive. She has been working out at the gym for months.
13818744,"Amka: Have you ever been to Erasmus? 
Amka: and how are you spending Halloween?
Mick: I've never done any student exchanges before.
Mick: That sounds like a lot of fun.
Mick: It's good you're doing a lot of this.
Mick: T'll make your CV 10x better.
Mick: Im'm gonna go to da club with my friends for Halloween loool
Amka: I propably won't dress up.
Mick: There was a plan for me to go to London for Halloween 
Mick: with my grandparents
Mick: But my grandma is having some health issues 
Mick: and the plan does'nt exist anymore
Amka: :(
Amka: Aaahhh, I'm sorry to hear that. I hope she's feeling better  <file_gif>
Amka: What are your plans now?
Amka: Just gonna stay in?
Mick: Yeah
Mick: nothing special <file_gif>
Amka: Fair enough I never used to do anything for Halloween.
Mick: in Poland we actually don't celebrate Halloween and don't do all this dressing up, pumpking curving and so on. 
Mick: on November 1st we just go to the cementary with our families and after that spend time together.
Amka: I like it.","Mick's never done any student exchange before, but Amka did. Mick had a plan to go to London for Halloween, but he's not going because of his grandma's health problems. Amka will stay in as well. Mick tells Amka about Halloween in Poland."
13728397,"Karine: <file_video>
Jessie: That was us at kindergarten!
Karine: yes!! ",Jessie and Karine went together to the kindergarten.
13810165,"Mae: Is the dress ready?
Cael: Not yet
Mae: Hope to have it soon",Cael lets Mae know that the dress isn't ready yet.
13829523,"Fiona: I just can’t stand it
Wanda: What again
Fiona: When I’m in one room with him… I just go crazy
Wanda: Conrad?
Fiona: Yesss, he’s absolutely lovely!!
Wanda: IT IS YOUR STUDENT
Fiona: So what? I mean sure, I know it’s… inappropriate xd but still, he’s only 5 years younger than me
Wanda: It’s so fucked up, I knew you are crazy before but it’s too much
Fiona: I knoooow when I come back home after the class I can’t do anything for like an hour or two, I just listen to the music
Wanda: You’re literally in love with him
Fiona: I mean I don’t expect anything, we’re from different worlds but… Yes, I just want to be around him. All the time xd
Wanda: So you need to do something about it
Fiona: Are you crazy, I can’t!!
Wanda: Why not
Fiona: What would my boss say if she knew
Wanda: Will she know?
Fiona: How can I know what will he do, he can tell his mother as well
Wanda: Just go for it!!","Fiona fell in love with his student, Conrad."
13865093,"Tim: The situation there is terrible now
John: I know and, honestly, I don't think it's gonna change any time soon
Jeremy: why? I think the world's attention is now on Kongo really
John: exactly, too much money involved
John: everybody wants it's resources, they are crucial for the US, for China, for everybody
Alice: for our smartphones
John: Exactly
Alice: yes, I'm not very positive either
Tim: yup, just the same story all the time
John: Ebola, war, militias, diamonds...
Tim: Hard to say what should be done
John: Surely the elections were not done properly
Tim: this for sure",The situation in Kongo is terrible because of its resources and politics.
13729313,"Margaret: Hi, in December I'd like to meet on 4th and 11th around 10:00 or 11:00. 
Evans: Hi, 4th - we can meet at 10:00.
Evans: And 11th - at 11:00. 
Margaret: Okey. And what about 18th?
Evans: I'm not sure about 18th. 
Evans: I might not be in town. 
Margaret: Okey, so we'll see. 
Evans: Yes. And I'll let you know next week. 
Margaret: If it's not 18th, maybe we could meet on 17th?
Evans: If I go away, I won't also be 17th.
Margaret: Okey, I get it. 
Evans: But we could meet 14th, if you like?
Margaret: Hm, I'm not sure whether I'm avaliable. 
Evans: So let's set these dates later, ok?
Margaret: Okey and we see each other 4th 10:00. 
Evans: Yes!","Margaret and Evans plan to meet at 10 on 4th and at 11 on 11th. They both are not sure when they will be able to meet next, so they will come up with a date later."
13863052,"Joanne: hi, wanna talk?
Bradley: hi, sorry, not right now, im busy
Bradley: crazy day at work
Joanne: sure, contact me, i gotta tell you something
Bradley: i will, ttyl",Bradley is too busy at work to talk to Joanne now.
13731481,"Iris: <file_other>
Iris: My husband is famous!!!
Pete: Oh come on! I've got this 1 interview and it really doesn't make me famous...
Iris: Haha. You don't even realize what this ""1 inteview"" means for my parents.
Iris: They're just like: ""We're glad that you found yourself a decent man""
Pete: Hahaha. I'm flattered :) I'll be home in 1 hour. ",Pete has got an interview. His wife Iris is happy because her parents are glad she found a decent man. She is joking he is famous.
13820639,"Iris: Anyone know how to fix this? Trying to remove myself from an expense: > This expense involves a person who has left the group, and thus it can no longer be edited. If you wish to change this expense, you must first add that person back to your group.
Ken: You got the email address of the person?
Iris: Doesn't say. But probably juls?
Luke: Probably have to delete that expense and re-add it
Iris: I’m gonna try
Luke: It's the car right?
Ken: yip
Iris: gracias
Ken: fixed it - absorbed Juls extra cost so we can remove her from the group again
Gerardo: We will  need to add her towards the car rental price.
Ken: true that - let me know when you are doing that and I'll add her back in
Julia: Ooops, that’d be me
Ken: No worries, we got this :)
Julia: let me know how much I owe u so I can wire :)
Ken: I guess by the end of the month – something unpredicted always pops up in the meantime so we have to recalculate again
Gerardo: Speaking of which, I’m gonna ask the peeps leaving early to stay in the splitwise group until the end of the month
Ken: Sara, George
George: We will, my man
Gerardo: It’s gonna be the $ for gas too",Iris is trying to remove herself from an expense. Ken has fixed the problem. Julia will be added to the expense again later. Gerardo will ask the people leaving early to stay in the splitwise group until the end of the month. George will stay.
13829254,"Ola: Hey running late
Ola: I should be free by 8
Kurt: Sure no prob, call me",Ola should be free by 8. Kurt wants her to call him.
13829695,"Conny: Hello Mr. Fitz.
Fitz: Hello, Conny.
Fitz: What can I do for you?
Conny: It's about this paper you told me to write for next week.
Fitz: What about it?
Conny: I did some research. 
Conny: And frankly, I found pretty much nothing:(
Fitz: Where did you do your research, Conny?
Conny: Mostly internet, obviously.
Fitz: Obviously?
Conny: Sure, everything should be there.
Fitz: Didn't I suggest you go to library.
Conny: You did?
Fitz: Certainly. Try it. You might find it's fun.
Conny: Doubt it. But I'll go Mr. Fitz. Obviously.",Conny cannot find enough information online for his paper. Fitz suggests he tries the library. 
13862900,"Louis: <file_gif>
Archie: Wtf? Lol!
Louis: <file_gif>
Archie: That one looks like Melanie
Louis: True! Hahahahah
Archie: Just like in this pic
Archie: <file_photo>
Louis: Lol! It's her!
Archie: By the way, she was way hotter when she had cury hair
Louis: I disagree, sir! She looks absolutely gorgeous with straight hair
Archie: Oh well, you have the right to an opinion even if it's wrong XD","By looking at the photos, Archie thinks that Melanie looked nicer with curly hair. Louis disagrees."
13681891,"Carly: She's so stupid <LOL>
Cindy: I know, right ;D
Carly: How could she do that :D
Cindy: I know <LOL>
Carly: she really asked him :D
Cindy: yeah, she did <LOL>
Carly: ok, talked to u latter 
Cindy: :D","Carly and Cindy think she is stupid, because she asked him. "
13680391,"Kirsten: Youth group this Friday, don't be late.
Alex: What time?
Kirsten: 7 pm. We're going bowling, so we'll meet up and then all go together.
Alex: Cool. See you.
Kirsten: Bye",Kirsten reminds Alex that the youth group meets this Friday at 7 pm and go bowling.
13611832,"Sam: I don't think he likes me.
Cathy: Of course he likes you.
Sam: How do u know. He's not talking with me at all ;(
Cathy: He's shy. He's looking at u when u don't see
Sam: Really? U sure?
Cathy: yes, even Kate noticed.
Sam: Hope u r right. I'll talk with him tomorrow then.
Cathy: Go ahead, girl :D","A boy that Sam likes is not talking to her, but Cathy convinces her that he likes her. Sam will talk to the boy tomorrow."
13716404,"Jess: Guys, last night I dreamt I was a lion tamer, does it mean I should go to Africa this summer? XD
Lynn: Or maybe you'll meet a handsome zookeeper? :D
Charlie: Or you'll get attacked by a stray cat?
Lynn: You've just spoiled all the fun! :P
Jess: Knowing my luck, Charlie might be the closest to the truth.
Charlie: Do you really believe that dreams can mean something?
Jess: No, of course not! I was just joking. It was such a surreal dream that I had to share it with you ;)
Lynn: Well...
Jess: Do you believe in dreams, Lynn?
Lynn: I'm not saying I believe, but I think that sometimes it is possible that our dreams are telling us something. Not like they can show us our future or anything like that, it's just that dreams reflect our subconsciousness, don't you think?
Jess: I guess? 
Charlie: I've read somewhere that when we see strangers in our dreams, in fact we must have seen them somewhere before. Our brain is not able to create such images on its own, it must have registered some random people's faces, and it uses them when we dream.
Jess: So you're telling me the circus owner from my dream can really be some gentleman who lives in my neighbourhood?
Charlie: Exactly! You don't even remember his face, but after you saw it just once, your brain keeps it somewhere in storage.
Lynn: WOW, it sounds really cool!",Jess dreamt she was a lion tamer. Lynn believes that dreams mean something. Charlie has read that strangers from our dreams are actually people who we've seen before.
13864430,"Charles: How can you tell that someone has gluten intolerance?
Karen: You can have coeliac disease which makes it impossible for you to digest gluten or be allergic to gluten. From what I've heard, being allergic is far worse, because you have an allergic reaction that can be lethal, while being intolerant can make feel you some unpleasant symptoms, but I don't think may lead to your death
Jack: Why are you asking? Is there something wrong?
Charles: Hm, I don't know, I feel that I may be allergic or something
Monica: Do you have any symptoms? Check those articles:
Monica: <file_other>, <file_other>
Karen: I think that you may have a very very light allergy at best, otherwise you would have known - trust me
Karen: When it comes to intolerance... I know it's very hip to be gluten intolerant, but I don't believe that suddenly half of the population is gluten intolerant. Unless you have a coeliac disease, I think you're fine
Jack: My friend was told that she may be intolerant or allergic and she did a blood test - she's absolutely fine
Charles: I may do it as well. I feel weird recently, bloated and I gain weight even though I don't eat much
Karen: But do you feel differently after eating gluten? Jack's right, you should do a blood test first, but you can test it yourself. Stop eating gluten for a month and see if you feel better
Monica: I did the same thing with lactose, I wasn't feeling great after drinking coffee with milk, etc. I stopped eating it and I'm much better now
Jack: But did it happen suddenly or were you always like this?
Monica: It just happened, I was all right until I wasn't. I don't know how it works, but it happens
Charles: I think it's the same with me. I was fine, but recently it's a real nightmare
Karen: You should quit eating gluten and see, otherwise you should look for a different explanation. Maybe it has nothing to do with food?
Charles: I had a basic blood test and everything's fine. My GP said all my problems are linked to my diet
Karen: It may be, but I'm not so sure. Although, changing your diet and eating healthier can't do you any harm
Monica: You should read the articles I sent you, check the symptoms and what you shouldn't eat
Charles: Thanks! I'm really worried, because it's getting worse and I have no idea what's happening with me",Coeliac disease makes it impossible to digest gluten. Charles feels bloated and gained weight recently. Monica stopped eating lactose. Charles had a blood test.
13865430,"Ulysses: Did you see your grades?
Peter: Yes. 
Ulysses: I got an A
Peter: Me too
Julia: B
Martha: Where can I check them?
Julia: Online
Julia: On the course page","Ulysses and Peter got an A, Julia got a B. The grades are to be checked on the course page."
13731338,"Ralph: Hey brewski, did you hear that decent polish joke? 
Andrew: No?
Ralph: How do you sink a polish battleship?
Andrew: Umm, shoot it, bomb it? Whatever.
Ralph: Put it in water. Hahaha
Andrew: Dude, that’s gotta be the worst joke ever. It got my mouth so dry, that now I have to take a sip of water.",Ralph told Andrew a joke.
13865445,"Linda: I missed the train
Joseph: When is the next one?
Linda: In one hour
Darcy: Not a tragedy
Linda: It was 80 euros
Linda: Return to Amsterdam
Linda: I was shocked!! ",Linda missed her train and the next one is in one hour. A return to Amsterdam was 80 euros.
13611508,"Martha: Hey, can I ask you a question?
Ophelia: Do we know each other?
Martha: We don't, but do you mind if I ask you about the lenses from your profile picture? they are awesome and I would like to buy the similar ones
Ophelia: it's from Crazy Lenses. They have quite reasonable prices and very fast shipping.
Martha: Thanks!!! I'll check them :)
Ophelia: No problem :)",Martha likes Ophelia's lenses and wants to buy similar ones. Ophelia got them from Crazy Lenses.
13730310,"Linda: Hi Dad, I want to buy flowers for mum! But I don't remember which one she likes :(
Michael: Well, she likes all the flowers I believe
Linda: That doesn't help! I'm on a flower market right now!
Michael: Send me some pics then
Linda: <file_photo> 
Michael: Tulips are nice, roses too
Linda:  What about carnations?
Michael: No, carnations are boring :D
Linda: Thanks Dad, srsly…
Michael:  What about freesias? She likes them a lot, are there any there?
Linda: <file_photo> 
Michael: Take those!",Linda wants to buy flowers for her mother and asks Michael which flowers does she like. Michael suggests Linda to buy freesias.
13680539,"Tim: I'm running late
Gary: when will you be here?
Tim: About twenty past. You go in and just make some small talk, try and delay the main presentation
Gary: I'm on it.",Tim is running late and will arrive around twenty past. He asked Gary to do some small talk and try to delay the main presentation.
13865367,"Anna: is anyone going to pick Mark from the airport?
Marcus: i could but when and where from?
Anna: Sydney, Thursday at 3
Marcus: am or pm? :D
Leslie: haha fortunately pm:D
Marcus: hmm i have a meeting at 1. I don't think i can make it
Leslie: well i guess it will take him some time after landing, reclaiming luggage etc
Anna: yeah I reckon it's fine if you're there at 4
Marcus: oh well ok then
Leslie: great
Anna: ok I'll call him and give him your number
Marcus: ok
Anna: ok done
Marcus: ok",Marcus will pick Mark from the airport at 4pm. Anna will call Mark and give him Marcus' number.
13681441,"Joanna: They are sending emails about Lewandowska.
Merve: What happened?
Joanna: <file_photo> 
Merve: Wooow!
Joanna: She is hospitalized because she has measles.
Merve: She had what?
Joanna: Anyone who had contact with her within the last couple of days must get vaccinated.
Merve: Luckily I didn't see her since the last semester...
Joanna: I did, she is my thesis mentor :(
Merve: What will you do?
Joanna: They are organizing vaccinations in the main building from 17th until 19th.
Merve: You have to go!
Joanna: I know... And I just started working so I really don't have a lot of time.
Merve: Come on, this is really important.
Joanna: I will try to do it before work on 18th, hopefully I won't lose the entire day...",Lewandowska has measles. There are vaccinations in the main building from 17th until 19th for everyone who had contact with her. 
13809941,"Thelma: i dont have anything to wear
Louisa: your wardrobe is full of clothes
Thelma: but i have to look wonderful
Louisa: ok i can bring you my red velvet dress
Thelma: really? :O
Thelma: it would be great!
Louisa: no problem ;)",Louisa will lend Thelma her red velvet dress.
13728877,"Megan: Are we going to take a taxi to the opera?
Joseph: No, I'll take my car.
Megan: Great, more convenient 
Joseph: ;)",Megan and Joseph will take Joseph's car to the opera.
13729234,"Carl: Where are u?
Carl: I'm still waiting for u!!!
Meg: I need 5 minutes more, I've lost my key somewhere :(",Carl is waiting for Meg who's running late as she can't find her key. 
13612216,"Kim: Hey Ben, I see you are online today.
Ben: Hey
Kim: You are offly quite this days did you know that?
Ben: Nothing just having a downtime.
Kim: What’s that got on your post?
Ben: I think an internet place is look for programmers, Am I reading this right??
Kim: Let me see,.. You are right.
Ben: Umhh..
Kim: What are doing tonight Ben, pizza with coke ? Like we did it last time?
Ben: Oh no no we have got do that again for sure, do you mind if I get a rain check?
Kim: Sure, So, will I see you tonight.
Ben: I will give you a call.
Kim: I'll be waiting..","Ben is having a downtime, isn't very talkative. Kim wants to see Ben tonight but he has to rain check."
13716653,"Jack: OMG STANLEY IS DEAD
Oliver: Wtf?
Stanley: I'm alive and well, dude
Jack: I meant Stan Lee, damn autocorrect
Stanley: I guessed that XD Yep, everybody's posting about it right now :(",Stan Lee is dead.
13865170,"Maria: I'm tired of this job, I can't stand it anymore
Anastasia: I know, but calm down
Felix: don't make decisions in this rash
Maria: :(",Maria is tired of her job. 
13715861,"Luke: Ryanair to cancel flights affecting 400,000 more passengers. So unlucky Erin!
Erin: Yeeeep...it touched me as well finally 😩😩😩😩 Now they screw all my plans to go to Egypt...
Luke: You’re not the only one
Erin: Good to know that my feelings are shared with other 399,999 people 😩
Nathan: Relevant news story for everyone to consider: http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2017/09/18/ryanair-cancel-effort-to-improve-brand-image/
Elijah: I’m lucky for now, none of my 2 flights have been cancelled 🙏
Erin: That’s not a good moment to brag 🙈
Ava: I think we were all unlucky with the ryanair fiasco...
Elijah: not me... yet… my 2 flights are confirmed for now
Luke: I’ve booked another flight with easyjet 🙂
Ava: I hope they can at least send me a voucher 😑
Erin: They will... Have faith...","Ryanair has canceled many flights. This affected Erin, Luke and Ava."
13829438,"Rachel: I'm at the hospital, my aunt was in an accident...
Jessica: oh my God, is she alright?!
Rachel: Yes, she's bruised but she's fine
Rachel: Thank God...
Jessica: I'm so sorry, what happened?
Rachel: Some jackass was speeding and didn't see the red light...
Jessica: Did they catch him?
Rachel: Yes, he's gonna pay for the rehabilitation
Jessica: Better than nothing I suppose
Jessica: Give you aunt a hug from me, please (a light one :D)
Rachel: I will, thanks :*",Rachel's aunt had an accident and she's in hospital now. She's only bruised. The perpetrator of the accident is going to pay for the rehabilitation. 
13810151,"Michelle: OMG! OMG! OMG! Got news!
Rachel: C'mon! Spit it out!
Michelle: You won't believe it!
Rachel: But what?
Michelle: I can't believe it! So excited! 
Rachel: Don't leave me hanging! Tell me.
Michelle: You remember Monica? 
Rachel: Yeah. The ugly one?
Michelle: That's the one! 
Rachel: What about her?
Michelle: Well, we had an office party two months ago... 
Rachel: So?
Michelle: She got drunk and became really friendly with Ross... 
Rachel: How friendly? :)
Michelle: Like really friendly. Touching, kissing and so on... 
Rachel: So? C'mon!
Michelle: It turns out she's pregnant! 
Rachel: You don't say!
Michelle: Yeah! I know! 
Rachel: She told him yet?
Michelle: I don't think so. But there's more! 
Rachel: More? This is going to be good!
Michelle: Good? That's delicious!
Rachel: So?
Michelle: Ross is ""happily"" married ;) 
Rachel: I just spilt some water!
Michelle: I know!
Rachel: Keep me posted!
Michelle: Oh, I will. I will. Need to find out more. :) ","Monica had sex with Ross at an office party two months ago. She's pregnant, but didn't tell Ross about it, who's married."
13821357,"Luke: wow I got my ass kicked surfing today. 0 waves, 3 wipeouts and 1 surfboard to the head! (can't wait to go back though :D)
Ken: Yaaaay welcome to the tumble dry club - some days is great others just a knock about
Summer: I almost lost my tooth one time ;) Hopefully next time is better!
Luke: low tide is 2:22PM tomorrow. I'll be out there
Eric: I thought mid tide is generally the best ?
Luke: Oh yeah? Yesterday was low tide. I thought that's best cuz you can see the rocks
Eric: Seeing rocks is a bad thing. I mean, you want to be aware of where they are for sure. But rocks in your vision = no bueno
Luke: well I'd rather seem than** run into them. When the tide is out you're not surfing over the rocks",Luke will go surfing at 2:22 pm tomorrow.
13611902-1,"Alex: Were you able to attend Friday night's basketball game?
Benjamin: I was unable to make it.
Alex: You should have been there. It was intense.
Benjamin: Is that right. Who ended up winning?
Alex: Our team was victorious.
Benjamin: I wish I was free that night. I'm kind of mad that I didn't go.
Alex: It was a great game. Everything alright tough?
Benjamin: Yeah man thanks for asking, it's just that my mom is sick and I am taking care of her.
Alex: Oh sorry to hear that. Hope she makes a fast recovery 💪
Benjamin: She will, she just has a nasty flu but she will be alright :D
Alex: Glad to hear that!
Benjamin: What was the score at the end of the game?
Alex: Our team won 101-98.
Benjamin: Sounds like it was a close game then.
Alex: That's the reason it was such a great game.
Benjamin: I'll go to the next one for sure.
Alex: It's next weekend so you better put on your calendar ahaha
Benjamin: ahaha I will I will. Talk to you later!
Alex: Alright! Tell your mom I hope she gets better quickly.",Benjamin didn't come to see a basketball game on Friday's night. The team supported by Alex won 101-98. Benjamin's mom has a flu and he's looking after her. Benjamin declares to attend the next basketball match.
13820989,"Jamilla: remember that the audition starts at 7.30 P.M.
Kiki: which station?
Jamilla: Antena 3
Yoyo: roger that",The audition starts at 7.30 P.M. in Antena 3.
13717193,"Marta: <file_gif>
Marta: Sorry girls, I clicked something by accident :D
Agnieszka: No problem :p
Weronika: Hahaha
Agnieszka: Good thing you didn't send something from your gallery ;)","Marta sent a file accidentally,"
13829115,"Cora: Have you heard how much fuss British media made about meet and greet with James Charles in Birmingham?
Ellie: no...! what happened?
Cora: Well, there was a meet and greet with James Charles in one of the malls in Birmingham and about 8000 fans showed up for it.
Cora: It cause a gridlock around the mall and - of course - British media had to make some (quite negative) comments on it.
Ellie: they came for sister James?! >:(
Ellie: i sister snapped!! :p :D
Cora: Haha :D
Cora: You shouldn't watch so much youtube, you're getting weirder and weirder. :d
Ellie: sister shut up :P so, what did they say?
Cora: ;) :* ""Daily Mail"" was surprised that a meet and greet with a ""virtually unknown"" youtuber gathered 8000 people. :p
Cora: A host from LBC tried to find an answer to an unanswerable question: ""Who is James Charles?"". Eventually James called him and introduced himself. On air. :D
Ellie: there's something called google lol
Cora: Right? :p
Cora: Some hosts from ITV Central couldn't wrap their heads around the fact that a guy can wear makeup.
Ellie: really???
Ellie: smh it's 21st century, they should have noticed already...  there are so many amazing male makeup artists
Cora: I agree! There are still plenty of dinosaurs in the media. :/",There was a meet-and-greet with James Charles in Birmingham which gathered 8000  people.
13818810,"Rachel: <file_other>
Rachel: Top 50 Best Films of 2018
Rachel: :)
Janice: Omg, I've watched almost all 50... xDD
Spencer: Hahah, Deadpool 2 also??
Janice: Yep
Spencer: Really??
Janice: My bf forced me to watch it xD
Rachel: Hahah
Janice: It wasn't that bad
Janice: I thought it'd be worse
Rachel: And Avengers? :D
Janice: 2 times
Rachel: Omg
Janice: xP
Rachel: You are the best gf in the world
Rachel: Your bf should appreciate that ;-)
Janice: He does
Janice: x)","Rachel sends a list of Top 50 films of 2018. Janice watched almost half of them, Deadpool 2 and Avengers included."
test_0_1,"#Person1#: Ms. Dawson, I need you to take a dictation for me.
#Person2#: Yes, sir...
#Person1#: This should go out as an intra-office memorandum to all employees by this afternoon. Are you ready?
#Person2#: Yes, sir. Go ahead.
#Person1#: Attention all staff... Effective immediately, all office communications are restricted to email correspondence and official memos. The use of Instant Message programs by employees during working hours is strictly prohibited.
#Person2#: Sir, does this apply to intra-office communications only? Or will it also restrict external communications?
#Person1#: It should apply to all communications, not only in this office between employees, but also any outside communications.
#Person2#: But sir, many employees use Instant Messaging to communicate with their clients.
#Person1#: They will just have to change their communication methods. I don't want any - one using Instant Messaging in this office. It wastes too much time! Now, please continue with the memo. Where were we?
#Person2#: This applies to internal and external communications.
#Person1#: Yes. Any employee who persists in using Instant Messaging will first receive a warning and be placed on probation. At second offense, the employee will face termination. Any questions regarding this new policy may be directed to department heads.
#Person2#: Is that all?
#Person1#: Yes. Please get this memo typed up and distributed to all employees before 4 pm.",Ms. Dawson helps #Person1# to write a memo to inform every employee that they have to change the communication method and should not use Instant Messaging anymore.
test_0_2,"#Person1#: Ms. Dawson, I need you to take a dictation for me.
#Person2#: Yes, sir...
#Person1#: This should go out as an intra-office memorandum to all employees by this afternoon. Are you ready?
#Person2#: Yes, sir. Go ahead.
#Person1#: Attention all staff... Effective immediately, all office communications are restricted to email correspondence and official memos. The use of Instant Message programs by employees during working hours is strictly prohibited.
#Person2#: Sir, does this apply to intra-office communications only? Or will it also restrict external communications?
#Person1#: It should apply to all communications, not only in this office between employees, but also any outside communications.
#Person2#: But sir, many employees use Instant Messaging to communicate with their clients.
#Person1#: They will just have to change their communication methods. I don't want any - one using Instant Messaging in this office. It wastes too much time! Now, please continue with the memo. Where were we?
#Person2#: This applies to internal and external communications.
#Person1#: Yes. Any employee who persists in using Instant Messaging will first receive a warning and be placed on probation. At second offense, the employee will face termination. Any questions regarding this new policy may be directed to department heads.
#Person2#: Is that all?
#Person1#: Yes. Please get this memo typed up and distributed to all employees before 4 pm.","In order to prevent employees from wasting time on Instant Message programs, #Person1# decides to terminate the use of those programs and asks Ms. Dawson to send out a memo to all employees by the afternoon."
test_0_3,"#Person1#: Ms. Dawson, I need you to take a dictation for me.
#Person2#: Yes, sir...
#Person1#: This should go out as an intra-office memorandum to all employees by this afternoon. Are you ready?
#Person2#: Yes, sir. Go ahead.
#Person1#: Attention all staff... Effective immediately, all office communications are restricted to email correspondence and official memos. The use of Instant Message programs by employees during working hours is strictly prohibited.
#Person2#: Sir, does this apply to intra-office communications only? Or will it also restrict external communications?
#Person1#: It should apply to all communications, not only in this office between employees, but also any outside communications.
#Person2#: But sir, many employees use Instant Messaging to communicate with their clients.
#Person1#: They will just have to change their communication methods. I don't want any - one using Instant Messaging in this office. It wastes too much time! Now, please continue with the memo. Where were we?
#Person2#: This applies to internal and external communications.
#Person1#: Yes. Any employee who persists in using Instant Messaging will first receive a warning and be placed on probation. At second offense, the employee will face termination. Any questions regarding this new policy may be directed to department heads.
#Person2#: Is that all?
#Person1#: Yes. Please get this memo typed up and distributed to all employees before 4 pm.",Ms. Dawson takes a dictation for #Person1# about prohibiting the use of Instant Message programs in the office. They argue about its reasonability but #Person1# still insists.
test_1_1,"#Person1#: You're finally here! What took so long?
#Person2#: I got stuck in traffic again. There was a terrible traffic jam near the Carrefour intersection.
#Person1#: It's always rather congested down there during rush hour. Maybe you should try to find a different route to get home.
#Person2#: I don't think it can be avoided, to be honest.
#Person1#: perhaps it would be better if you started taking public transport system to work.
#Person2#: I think it's something that I'll have to consider. The public transport system is pretty good.
#Person1#: It would be better for the environment, too.
#Person2#: I know. I feel bad about how much my car is adding to the pollution problem in this city.
#Person1#: Taking the subway would be a lot less stressful than driving as well.
#Person2#: The only problem is that I'm going to really miss having the freedom that you have with a car.
#Person1#: Well, when it's nicer outside, you can start biking to work. That will give you just as much freedom as your car usually provides.
#Person2#: That's true. I could certainly use the exercise!
#Person1#: So, are you going to quit driving to work then?
#Person2#: Yes, it's not good for me or for the environment.",#Person2# arrives late because of traffic jam. #Person1# persuades #Person2# to use public transportations to keep healthy and to protect the environment.
test_1_2,"#Person1#: You're finally here! What took so long?
#Person2#: I got stuck in traffic again. There was a terrible traffic jam near the Carrefour intersection.
#Person1#: It's always rather congested down there during rush hour. Maybe you should try to find a different route to get home.
#Person2#: I don't think it can be avoided, to be honest.
#Person1#: perhaps it would be better if you started taking public transport system to work.
#Person2#: I think it's something that I'll have to consider. The public transport system is pretty good.
#Person1#: It would be better for the environment, too.
#Person2#: I know. I feel bad about how much my car is adding to the pollution problem in this city.
#Person1#: Taking the subway would be a lot less stressful than driving as well.
#Person2#: The only problem is that I'm going to really miss having the freedom that you have with a car.
#Person1#: Well, when it's nicer outside, you can start biking to work. That will give you just as much freedom as your car usually provides.
#Person2#: That's true. I could certainly use the exercise!
#Person1#: So, are you going to quit driving to work then?
#Person2#: Yes, it's not good for me or for the environment.",#Person2# decides to follow #Person1#'s suggestions on quitting driving to work and will try to use public transportations.
test_1_3,"#Person1#: You're finally here! What took so long?
#Person2#: I got stuck in traffic again. There was a terrible traffic jam near the Carrefour intersection.
#Person1#: It's always rather congested down there during rush hour. Maybe you should try to find a different route to get home.
#Person2#: I don't think it can be avoided, to be honest.
#Person1#: perhaps it would be better if you started taking public transport system to work.
#Person2#: I think it's something that I'll have to consider. The public transport system is pretty good.
#Person1#: It would be better for the environment, too.
#Person2#: I know. I feel bad about how much my car is adding to the pollution problem in this city.
#Person1#: Taking the subway would be a lot less stressful than driving as well.
#Person2#: The only problem is that I'm going to really miss having the freedom that you have with a car.
#Person1#: Well, when it's nicer outside, you can start biking to work. That will give you just as much freedom as your car usually provides.
#Person2#: That's true. I could certainly use the exercise!
#Person1#: So, are you going to quit driving to work then?
#Person2#: Yes, it's not good for me or for the environment.","#Person2# complains to #Person1# about the traffic jam, #Person1# suggests quitting driving and taking public transportation instead."
test_2_1,"#Person1#: Kate, you never believe what's happened.
#Person2#: What do you mean?
#Person1#: Masha and Hero are getting divorced.
#Person2#: You are kidding. What happened?
#Person1#: Well, I don't really know, but I heard that they are having a separation for 2 months, and filed for divorce.
#Person2#: That's really surprising. I always thought they are well matched. What about the kids? Who get custody?
#Person1#: Masha, it seems quiet and makable, no quarrelling about who get the house and stock and then contesting the divorce with other details worked out.
#Person2#: That's the change from all the back stepping we usually hear about. Well, I still can't believe it, Masha and Hero, the perfect couple. When would they divorce be final?
#Person1#: Early in the New Year I guess.",#Person1# tells Kate that Masha and Hero get divorced. Kate is surprised because she thought they are perfect couple.
test_2_2,"#Person1#: Kate, you never believe what's happened.
#Person2#: What do you mean?
#Person1#: Masha and Hero are getting divorced.
#Person2#: You are kidding. What happened?
#Person1#: Well, I don't really know, but I heard that they are having a separation for 2 months, and filed for divorce.
#Person2#: That's really surprising. I always thought they are well matched. What about the kids? Who get custody?
#Person1#: Masha, it seems quiet and makable, no quarrelling about who get the house and stock and then contesting the divorce with other details worked out.
#Person2#: That's the change from all the back stepping we usually hear about. Well, I still can't believe it, Masha and Hero, the perfect couple. When would they divorce be final?
#Person1#: Early in the New Year I guess.",#Person1# tells Kate that Masha and Hero are getting a peaceful divorce. Kate feels surprised and asks about their kids.
test_2_3,"#Person1#: Kate, you never believe what's happened.
#Person2#: What do you mean?
#Person1#: Masha and Hero are getting divorced.
#Person2#: You are kidding. What happened?
#Person1#: Well, I don't really know, but I heard that they are having a separation for 2 months, and filed for divorce.
#Person2#: That's really surprising. I always thought they are well matched. What about the kids? Who get custody?
#Person1#: Masha, it seems quiet and makable, no quarrelling about who get the house and stock and then contesting the divorce with other details worked out.
#Person2#: That's the change from all the back stepping we usually hear about. Well, I still can't believe it, Masha and Hero, the perfect couple. When would they divorce be final?
#Person1#: Early in the New Year I guess.",#Person1# and Kate talk about the divorce between Masha and Hero. Kate feels surprised because she thought they are well matched
test_3_1,"#Person1#: Happy Birthday, this is for you, Brian.
#Person2#: I'm so happy you remember, please come in and enjoy the party. Everyone's here, I'm sure you have a good time.
#Person1#: Brian, may I have a pleasure to have a dance with you?
#Person2#: Ok.
#Person1#: This is really wonderful party.
#Person2#: Yes, you are always popular with everyone. and you look very pretty today.
#Person1#: Thanks, that's very kind of you to say. I hope my necklace goes with my dress, and they both make me look good I feel.
#Person2#: You look great, you are absolutely glowing.
#Person1#: Thanks, this is a fine party. We should have a drink together to celebrate your birthday",#Person1# and Brian are at the birthday party of Brian. Brian thinks #Person1# looks great and is popular.
test_3_2,"#Person1#: Happy Birthday, this is for you, Brian.
#Person2#: I'm so happy you remember, please come in and enjoy the party. Everyone's here, I'm sure you have a good time.
#Person1#: Brian, may I have a pleasure to have a dance with you?
#Person2#: Ok.
#Person1#: This is really wonderful party.
#Person2#: Yes, you are always popular with everyone. and you look very pretty today.
#Person1#: Thanks, that's very kind of you to say. I hope my necklace goes with my dress, and they both make me look good I feel.
#Person2#: You look great, you are absolutely glowing.
#Person1#: Thanks, this is a fine party. We should have a drink together to celebrate your birthday",#Person1# attends Brian's birthday party. Brian thinks #Person1# looks great and charming.
test_3_3,"#Person1#: Happy Birthday, this is for you, Brian.
#Person2#: I'm so happy you remember, please come in and enjoy the party. Everyone's here, I'm sure you have a good time.
#Person1#: Brian, may I have a pleasure to have a dance with you?
#Person2#: Ok.
#Person1#: This is really wonderful party.
#Person2#: Yes, you are always popular with everyone. and you look very pretty today.
#Person1#: Thanks, that's very kind of you to say. I hope my necklace goes with my dress, and they both make me look good I feel.
#Person2#: You look great, you are absolutely glowing.
#Person1#: Thanks, this is a fine party. We should have a drink together to celebrate your birthday",#Person1# has a dance with Brian at Brian's birthday party. Brian thinks #Person1# looks great and is popular.
test_4_1,"#Person1#: This Olympic park is so big!
#Person2#: Yes. Now we are in the Olympic stadium, the center of this park.
#Person1#: Splendid! When is it gonna be finished?
#Person2#: The whole stadium is to be finished this June.
#Person1#: How many seats are there in the stand?
#Person2#: Oh, there are 5000 seats in total.
#Person1#: I didn ' t know it would be so big!
#Person2#: It is! Look there, those are the tracks. And the jumping pit is over there.
#Person1#: Ah... I see. Hey, look the sign here, No climbing.
#Person2#: We put many signs with English translations for foreign visitors.","#Person1# is surprised at the Olympic Stadium'volume, capacity and interior setting to #Person1#."
test_4_2,"#Person1#: This Olympic park is so big!
#Person2#: Yes. Now we are in the Olympic stadium, the center of this park.
#Person1#: Splendid! When is it gonna be finished?
#Person2#: The whole stadium is to be finished this June.
#Person1#: How many seats are there in the stand?
#Person2#: Oh, there are 5000 seats in total.
#Person1#: I didn ' t know it would be so big!
#Person2#: It is! Look there, those are the tracks. And the jumping pit is over there.
#Person1#: Ah... I see. Hey, look the sign here, No climbing.
#Person2#: We put many signs with English translations for foreign visitors.",#Person2# shows #Person1# around the constructing Olympic stadium and introduces the stadium.
test_4_3,"#Person1#: This Olympic park is so big!
#Person2#: Yes. Now we are in the Olympic stadium, the center of this park.
#Person1#: Splendid! When is it gonna be finished?
#Person2#: The whole stadium is to be finished this June.
#Person1#: How many seats are there in the stand?
#Person2#: Oh, there are 5000 seats in total.
#Person1#: I didn ' t know it would be so big!
#Person2#: It is! Look there, those are the tracks. And the jumping pit is over there.
#Person1#: Ah... I see. Hey, look the sign here, No climbing.
#Person2#: We put many signs with English translations for foreign visitors.","#Person2# introduces the Olympic Stadium's finishing time, capacity and interior setting to #Person1#."
test_5_1,"#Person1#: I've had it! I am done working for a company that is taking me nowhere!
#Person2#: So what are you gonna do? Just quit?
#Person1#: That's exactly what I am going to do! I have decided to create my own company! I am going to write up a business plan, get some investors and start working for myself!
#Person2#: Have you ever written up a business plan before?
#Person1#: Well, no, it can't be that hard! I mean, all you have to do is explain your business, how you are going to do things and that's it, right?
#Person2#: You couldn't be more wrong! A well written business plan will include an executive summary which highlights the idea of the business in two pages or less. Then you need to describe your company with information such as what type of legal structure it has, history, etc.
#Person1#: Well, that seems easy enough.
#Person2#: Wait, there is more! Then you need to introduce and describe your goods or services. What they are and how they are different from competitors? Then comes the hard part, a market analysis. You need to investigate and analyze hundreds of variables! You need to take into consideration socioeconomic factors from GDP per capita to how many children on average the population has! All this information is useful so that you can move on to your strategy and implementation stage, where you will describe in detail how you will actually execute your idea.
#Person1#: Geez. Is that all?
#Person2#: Almost, the most important piece of information for your investors will be the financial analysis. Here you will calculate and estimate sales, cash flow and profits. After all, people will want to know when they will begin to see a return on their investment!
#Person1#: Umm. I think I ' ll just stick to my old job and save myself all the hassle of trying to start up a business!","#Person1# wants to create a company and is going to write a business plan. #Person2# gives #Person1# suggestions on how to summarise business ideas, describe the service, differ from competitors and attract investment in a good business plan. #Person1# decides to stick to the old job."
test_5_2,"#Person1#: I've had it! I am done working for a company that is taking me nowhere!
#Person2#: So what are you gonna do? Just quit?
#Person1#: That's exactly what I am going to do! I have decided to create my own company! I am going to write up a business plan, get some investors and start working for myself!
#Person2#: Have you ever written up a business plan before?
#Person1#: Well, no, it can't be that hard! I mean, all you have to do is explain your business, how you are going to do things and that's it, right?
#Person2#: You couldn't be more wrong! A well written business plan will include an executive summary which highlights the idea of the business in two pages or less. Then you need to describe your company with information such as what type of legal structure it has, history, etc.
#Person1#: Well, that seems easy enough.
#Person2#: Wait, there is more! Then you need to introduce and describe your goods or services. What they are and how they are different from competitors? Then comes the hard part, a market analysis. You need to investigate and analyze hundreds of variables! You need to take into consideration socioeconomic factors from GDP per capita to how many children on average the population has! All this information is useful so that you can move on to your strategy and implementation stage, where you will describe in detail how you will actually execute your idea.
#Person1#: Geez. Is that all?
#Person2#: Almost, the most important piece of information for your investors will be the financial analysis. Here you will calculate and estimate sales, cash flow and profits. After all, people will want to know when they will begin to see a return on their investment!
#Person1#: Umm. I think I ' ll just stick to my old job and save myself all the hassle of trying to start up a business!","#Person1# abandons the idea of creating a company after #Person2# explains what a business plan includes. #Person2# specifies that a well-written business plan includes an executive summary, goods and service description, strategy and implementation, and financial analysis."
test_5_3,"#Person1#: I've had it! I am done working for a company that is taking me nowhere!
#Person2#: So what are you gonna do? Just quit?
#Person1#: That's exactly what I am going to do! I have decided to create my own company! I am going to write up a business plan, get some investors and start working for myself!
#Person2#: Have you ever written up a business plan before?
#Person1#: Well, no, it can't be that hard! I mean, all you have to do is explain your business, how you are going to do things and that's it, right?
#Person2#: You couldn't be more wrong! A well written business plan will include an executive summary which highlights the idea of the business in two pages or less. Then you need to describe your company with information such as what type of legal structure it has, history, etc.
#Person1#: Well, that seems easy enough.
#Person2#: Wait, there is more! Then you need to introduce and describe your goods or services. What they are and how they are different from competitors? Then comes the hard part, a market analysis. You need to investigate and analyze hundreds of variables! You need to take into consideration socioeconomic factors from GDP per capita to how many children on average the population has! All this information is useful so that you can move on to your strategy and implementation stage, where you will describe in detail how you will actually execute your idea.
#Person1#: Geez. Is that all?
#Person2#: Almost, the most important piece of information for your investors will be the financial analysis. Here you will calculate and estimate sales, cash flow and profits. After all, people will want to know when they will begin to see a return on their investment!
#Person1#: Umm. I think I ' ll just stick to my old job and save myself all the hassle of trying to start up a business!","#Person1# wants to start #Person1#'s own business, but #Person2# warns #Person1# of the hassle. #Person2# tells #Person1# what is needed in a business plan and #Person1# decides to stick to the old job for now."
test_6_1,"#Person1#: What's wrong with you? Why are you scratching so much?
#Person2#: I feel itchy! I can't stand it anymore! I think I may be coming down with something. I feel lightheaded and weak.
#Person1#: Let me have a look. Whoa! Get away from me!
#Person2#: What's wrong?
#Person1#: I think you have chicken pox! You are contagious! Get away! Don't breathe on me!
#Person2#: Maybe it's just a rash or an allergy! We can't be sure until I see a doctor.
#Person1#: Well in the meantime you are a biohazard! I didn't get it when I was a kid and I've heard that you can even die if you get it as an adult!
#Person2#: Are you serious? You always blow things out of proportion. In any case, I think I'll go take an oatmeal bath.",#Person2# feels itchy. #Person1# doubts it is chicken pox and asks #Person2# to get away. #Person2# doesn't believe it.
test_6_2,"#Person1#: What's wrong with you? Why are you scratching so much?
#Person2#: I feel itchy! I can't stand it anymore! I think I may be coming down with something. I feel lightheaded and weak.
#Person1#: Let me have a look. Whoa! Get away from me!
#Person2#: What's wrong?
#Person1#: I think you have chicken pox! You are contagious! Get away! Don't breathe on me!
#Person2#: Maybe it's just a rash or an allergy! We can't be sure until I see a doctor.
#Person1#: Well in the meantime you are a biohazard! I didn't get it when I was a kid and I've heard that you can even die if you get it as an adult!
#Person2#: Are you serious? You always blow things out of proportion. In any case, I think I'll go take an oatmeal bath.",#Person1# suspects that #Person2# has chicken pox and wants to keep away from #Person2#. #Person2# thinks #Person1# is exaggerating.
test_6_3,"#Person1#: What's wrong with you? Why are you scratching so much?
#Person2#: I feel itchy! I can't stand it anymore! I think I may be coming down with something. I feel lightheaded and weak.
#Person1#: Let me have a look. Whoa! Get away from me!
#Person2#: What's wrong?
#Person1#: I think you have chicken pox! You are contagious! Get away! Don't breathe on me!
#Person2#: Maybe it's just a rash or an allergy! We can't be sure until I see a doctor.
#Person1#: Well in the meantime you are a biohazard! I didn't get it when I was a kid and I've heard that you can even die if you get it as an adult!
#Person2#: Are you serious? You always blow things out of proportion. In any case, I think I'll go take an oatmeal bath.",#Person1# thinks #Person2# has chicken pox and warns #Person2# about the possible hazards but #Person2# thinks it will be fine.
test_7_1,"#Person1#: Good coming. What can I do for you?
#Person2#: I'm in Room 309. I'm checking out today. Can I have my bill now?
#Person1#: Certainly. Please wait a moment. Here you are.
#Person2#: Thanks. Wait... What's this? The 30 dollar for?
#Person1#: Excuse me... The charge for your laundry service on Nov. 20th.
#Person2#: But I did't take any laundry service during my stay here. I think you have added someone else's.
#Person1#: Ummmm...Sorry, would you mind waiting a moment? We check it with the department concerned.
#Person2#: No. As long as we get this straightened out.
#Person1#: I'm very sorry. There has been a mistake. We'll correct the bill. Please take a look.
#Person2#: Okay, here you are.
#Person1#: Goodbye.",#Person2# is checking out and asks #Person1# for the bill. #Person1# gives #Person2# a wrong bill at first then corrects it.
test_7_2,"#Person1#: Good coming. What can I do for you?
#Person2#: I'm in Room 309. I'm checking out today. Can I have my bill now?
#Person1#: Certainly. Please wait a moment. Here you are.
#Person2#: Thanks. Wait... What's this? The 30 dollar for?
#Person1#: Excuse me... The charge for your laundry service on Nov. 20th.
#Person2#: But I did't take any laundry service during my stay here. I think you have added someone else's.
#Person1#: Ummmm...Sorry, would you mind waiting a moment? We check it with the department concerned.
#Person2#: No. As long as we get this straightened out.
#Person1#: I'm very sorry. There has been a mistake. We'll correct the bill. Please take a look.
#Person2#: Okay, here you are.
#Person1#: Goodbye.",#Person1# helps #Person2# correct a mischarged bill on laundry service and helps #Person2# check out.
test_7_3,"#Person1#: Good coming. What can I do for you?
#Person2#: I'm in Room 309. I'm checking out today. Can I have my bill now?
#Person1#: Certainly. Please wait a moment. Here you are.
#Person2#: Thanks. Wait... What's this? The 30 dollar for?
#Person1#: Excuse me... The charge for your laundry service on Nov. 20th.
#Person2#: But I did't take any laundry service during my stay here. I think you have added someone else's.
#Person1#: Ummmm...Sorry, would you mind waiting a moment? We check it with the department concerned.
#Person2#: No. As long as we get this straightened out.
#Person1#: I'm very sorry. There has been a mistake. We'll correct the bill. Please take a look.
#Person2#: Okay, here you are.
#Person1#: Goodbye.",#Person2# finds #Person2# being mischarged. #Person1# corrects the bill and #Person2# pays for it.
test_8_1,"#Person1#: Steven, I need badly your help.
#Person2#: What's the matter?
#Person1#: My wife has found that I have an affair with my secretary, and now she is going to divorce me.
#Person2#: How could you cheat on your wife? You have been married for ten years.
#Person1#: Yes, I know I'm wrong. But I swear that the affair lasts only for two months. And I still love my wife. I couldn't live without her.
#Person2#: I will try my best to persuade her to reconsider the divorce. But are you sure that from now on you will be faithful to her forever?
#Person1#: Yes, I swear.",#Person1# is begging Steven to persuade his wife not to divorce him. Steven agrees.
test_8_2,"#Person1#: Steven, I need badly your help.
#Person2#: What's the matter?
#Person1#: My wife has found that I have an affair with my secretary, and now she is going to divorce me.
#Person2#: How could you cheat on your wife? You have been married for ten years.
#Person1#: Yes, I know I'm wrong. But I swear that the affair lasts only for two months. And I still love my wife. I couldn't live without her.
#Person2#: I will try my best to persuade her to reconsider the divorce. But are you sure that from now on you will be faithful to her forever?
#Person1#: Yes, I swear.",Steve will try to persuade #Person1#'s wife not to divorce #Person1# as #Person1# swears to remain faithful forever.
test_8_3,"#Person1#: Steven, I need badly your help.
#Person2#: What's the matter?
#Person1#: My wife has found that I have an affair with my secretary, and now she is going to divorce me.
#Person2#: How could you cheat on your wife? You have been married for ten years.
#Person1#: Yes, I know I'm wrong. But I swear that the affair lasts only for two months. And I still love my wife. I couldn't live without her.
#Person2#: I will try my best to persuade her to reconsider the divorce. But are you sure that from now on you will be faithful to her forever?
#Person1#: Yes, I swear.","#Person1# begs Steven's to persuade #Person1#'s wife not to divorce him, and Steven agrees."
test_9_1,"#Person1#: Who stands out in your mind as a man or woman of sound character?
#Person2#: If I think of famous people, I think of Abraham Lincoln.
#Person1#: He's the US president, who walked five miles just to give a lady her change, isn't he?
#Person2#: That's the one. He also was famous for never giving up on his goals.
#Person1#: That's right. He ran for office quite a few times before he was finally elected.
#Person2#: And I also admire him for his courage in fighting for equal rights.
#Person1#: He had great vision, didn't he?
#Person2#: And humility. I would have liked to meet him personally.",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about Abraham Lincoln. They think he was a noble man.
test_9_2,"#Person1#: Who stands out in your mind as a man or woman of sound character?
#Person2#: If I think of famous people, I think of Abraham Lincoln.
#Person1#: He's the US president, who walked five miles just to give a lady her change, isn't he?
#Person2#: That's the one. He also was famous for never giving up on his goals.
#Person1#: That's right. He ran for office quite a few times before he was finally elected.
#Person2#: And I also admire him for his courage in fighting for equal rights.
#Person1#: He had great vision, didn't he?
#Person2#: And humility. I would have liked to meet him personally.","#Person2# admires Abraham Lincoln for his perseverance, courage and humility."
test_9_3,"#Person1#: Who stands out in your mind as a man or woman of sound character?
#Person2#: If I think of famous people, I think of Abraham Lincoln.
#Person1#: He's the US president, who walked five miles just to give a lady her change, isn't he?
#Person2#: That's the one. He also was famous for never giving up on his goals.
#Person1#: That's right. He ran for office quite a few times before he was finally elected.
#Person2#: And I also admire him for his courage in fighting for equal rights.
#Person1#: He had great vision, didn't he?
#Person2#: And humility. I would have liked to meet him personally.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about Abraham Lincoln and his glorious history. They both admire him.
test_10_1,"#Person1#: Where are you going for your trip?
#Person2#: I think Hebei is a good place.
#Person1#: But I heard the north of China are experiencing severe sandstorms!
#Person2#: Really?
#Person1#: Yes, it's said that Hebes was experiencing six degree strong winds.
#Person2#: How do these storms affect the people who live in these areas?
#Person1#: The report said the number of people with respiratory tract infections tended to rise after sandstorms. The sand gets into people's noses and throats and creates irritation.
#Person2#: It sounds that sandstorms are trouble for everybody!
#Person1#: You are quite right.",#Person2# plans to have a trip in Hebei but #Person1# says there are sandstorms in there.
test_10_2,"#Person1#: Where are you going for your trip?
#Person2#: I think Hebei is a good place.
#Person1#: But I heard the north of China are experiencing severe sandstorms!
#Person2#: Really?
#Person1#: Yes, it's said that Hebes was experiencing six degree strong winds.
#Person2#: How do these storms affect the people who live in these areas?
#Person1#: The report said the number of people with respiratory tract infections tended to rise after sandstorms. The sand gets into people's noses and throats and creates irritation.
#Person2#: It sounds that sandstorms are trouble for everybody!
#Person1#: You are quite right.",#Person1# tells #Person2# Hebei was experiencing severe sandstorms and sandstorms threaten people's health.
test_10_3,"#Person1#: Where are you going for your trip?
#Person2#: I think Hebei is a good place.
#Person1#: But I heard the north of China are experiencing severe sandstorms!
#Person2#: Really?
#Person1#: Yes, it's said that Hebes was experiencing six degree strong winds.
#Person2#: How do these storms affect the people who live in these areas?
#Person1#: The report said the number of people with respiratory tract infections tended to rise after sandstorms. The sand gets into people's noses and throats and creates irritation.
#Person2#: It sounds that sandstorms are trouble for everybody!
#Person1#: You are quite right.",#Person2# wants to travel to Hebei but #Person1# informs #Person2# of terrible sandstorms there.
test_11_1,"#Person1#: Welcome to my birthday party, I am so happy you can come.
#Person2#: Thanks for inviting me. Here is the gift for you. Happy birthday, Francis! Many more happy and healthy years for you!
#Person1#: Thank you, shall I open it now?
#Person2#: Yes, please do.
#Person1#: Wow, a remote car model and my favorite brand. I really like it. That is so nice of you.
#Person2#: Yeah, I was really struggling whether I should give you this nice little car. It was the last one they had and I really like it so much myself.
#Person1#: Typical you, always wanting to keep the best things for yourself. The more I appreciate the gift now.",#Person2# comes to the birthday party of Francis and sends him a remote car model.
test_11_2,"#Person1#: Welcome to my birthday party, I am so happy you can come.
#Person2#: Thanks for inviting me. Here is the gift for you. Happy birthday, Francis! Many more happy and healthy years for you!
#Person1#: Thank you, shall I open it now?
#Person2#: Yes, please do.
#Person1#: Wow, a remote car model and my favorite brand. I really like it. That is so nice of you.
#Person2#: Yeah, I was really struggling whether I should give you this nice little car. It was the last one they had and I really like it so much myself.
#Person1#: Typical you, always wanting to keep the best things for yourself. The more I appreciate the gift now.",#Person2# gives Francis a car model that both of them love as a birthday gift.
test_11_3,"#Person1#: Welcome to my birthday party, I am so happy you can come.
#Person2#: Thanks for inviting me. Here is the gift for you. Happy birthday, Francis! Many more happy and healthy years for you!
#Person1#: Thank you, shall I open it now?
#Person2#: Yes, please do.
#Person1#: Wow, a remote car model and my favorite brand. I really like it. That is so nice of you.
#Person2#: Yeah, I was really struggling whether I should give you this nice little car. It was the last one they had and I really like it so much myself.
#Person1#: Typical you, always wanting to keep the best things for yourself. The more I appreciate the gift now.",#Person2# gives Francis a nice car model as a birthday gift and Francis appreciates it.
test_12_1,"#Person1#: Hi, Tony. You look unhappy. What's wrong?
#Person2#: Oh, Steven, I made a big mistake.
#Person1#: What happened?
#Person2#: I really wish I hadn't done it.
#Person1#: What on earth are you talking about?
#Person2#: I got caught cheating. I feel so ashamed. The teacher saw me and told me I failed.
#Person1#: What were you thinking?
#Person2#: You know my father. If I fail, he'll kill me. I have to do well.
#Person1#: But what you should do is study hard.
#Person2#: I know. . . I know. . . it's all my fault. I feel awful that I didn't study, and I cheated, and I got caught.
#Person1#: So long as you learn from your mistakes.",Tony got caught cheating and feels ashamed. Steven tells him to learn from it and study hard.
test_12_2,"#Person1#: Hi, Tony. You look unhappy. What's wrong?
#Person2#: Oh, Steven, I made a big mistake.
#Person1#: What happened?
#Person2#: I really wish I hadn't done it.
#Person1#: What on earth are you talking about?
#Person2#: I got caught cheating. I feel so ashamed. The teacher saw me and told me I failed.
#Person1#: What were you thinking?
#Person2#: You know my father. If I fail, he'll kill me. I have to do well.
#Person1#: But what you should do is study hard.
#Person2#: I know. . . I know. . . it's all my fault. I feel awful that I didn't study, and I cheated, and I got caught.
#Person1#: So long as you learn from your mistakes.",Tony tells Steven that he failed a class because of cheating and he feels awful.
test_12_3,"#Person1#: Hi, Tony. You look unhappy. What's wrong?
#Person2#: Oh, Steven, I made a big mistake.
#Person1#: What happened?
#Person2#: I really wish I hadn't done it.
#Person1#: What on earth are you talking about?
#Person2#: I got caught cheating. I feel so ashamed. The teacher saw me and told me I failed.
#Person1#: What were you thinking?
#Person2#: You know my father. If I fail, he'll kill me. I have to do well.
#Person1#: But what you should do is study hard.
#Person2#: I know. . . I know. . . it's all my fault. I feel awful that I didn't study, and I cheated, and I got caught.
#Person1#: So long as you learn from your mistakes.",Tony tells Steven that he cheated on the exam and realized his mistake.
test_13_1,"#Person1#: What time is it, Tom?
#Person2#: Just a minute. It's ten to nine by my watch.
#Person1#: Is it? I had no idea it was so late. I must be off now.
#Person2#: What's the hurry?
#Person1#: I must catch the nine-thirty train.
#Person2#: You've plenty of time yet. The railway station is very close. It won't take more than twenty minutes to get there.",#Person1# is catching a train. Tom asks #Person1# not to hurry.
test_13_2,"#Person1#: What time is it, Tom?
#Person2#: Just a minute. It's ten to nine by my watch.
#Person1#: Is it? I had no idea it was so late. I must be off now.
#Person2#: What's the hurry?
#Person1#: I must catch the nine-thirty train.
#Person2#: You've plenty of time yet. The railway station is very close. It won't take more than twenty minutes to get there.",#Person1# is in a hurry to catch a train. Tom tells #Person1# there is plenty of time.
test_13_3,"#Person1#: What time is it, Tom?
#Person2#: Just a minute. It's ten to nine by my watch.
#Person1#: Is it? I had no idea it was so late. I must be off now.
#Person2#: What's the hurry?
#Person1#: I must catch the nine-thirty train.
#Person2#: You've plenty of time yet. The railway station is very close. It won't take more than twenty minutes to get there.",#Person1# is rushing to catch a train but Tom thinks it isn't necessary.
test_14_1,"#Person1#: I don't know how to adjust my life. Would you give me a piece of advice?
#Person2#: You look a bit pale, don't you?
#Person1#: Yes, I can't sleep well every night.
#Person2#: You should get plenty of sleep.
#Person1#: I drink a lot of wine.
#Person2#: If I were you, I wouldn't drink too much.
#Person1#: I often feel so tired.
#Person2#: You better do some exercise every morning.
#Person1#: I sometimes find the shadow of death in front of me.
#Person2#: Why do you worry about your future? You're very young, and you'll make great contribution to the world. I hope you take my advice.",#Person1# wants to adjust #Person1#'s life and #Person2# suggests #Person1# be positive and stay healthy.
test_14_2,"#Person1#: I don't know how to adjust my life. Would you give me a piece of advice?
#Person2#: You look a bit pale, don't you?
#Person1#: Yes, I can't sleep well every night.
#Person2#: You should get plenty of sleep.
#Person1#: I drink a lot of wine.
#Person2#: If I were you, I wouldn't drink too much.
#Person1#: I often feel so tired.
#Person2#: You better do some exercise every morning.
#Person1#: I sometimes find the shadow of death in front of me.
#Person2#: Why do you worry about your future? You're very young, and you'll make great contribution to the world. I hope you take my advice.",#Person1# has a bad lifestyle. #Person2# kindly advises #Person1# to be positive.
test_14_3,"#Person1#: I don't know how to adjust my life. Would you give me a piece of advice?
#Person2#: You look a bit pale, don't you?
#Person1#: Yes, I can't sleep well every night.
#Person2#: You should get plenty of sleep.
#Person1#: I drink a lot of wine.
#Person2#: If I were you, I wouldn't drink too much.
#Person1#: I often feel so tired.
#Person2#: You better do some exercise every morning.
#Person1#: I sometimes find the shadow of death in front of me.
#Person2#: Why do you worry about your future? You're very young, and you'll make great contribution to the world. I hope you take my advice.",#Person2# hopes #Person1# will become healthy and positive.
test_15_1,"#Person1#: Would you like to go to the party tonight?
#Person2#: Whose party?
#Person1#: Ruojia's. Don't you know that? Ruojia has got married.
#Person2#: What! Is she really? I can't believe it!
#Person1#: Yes. Yesterday.
#Person2#: Good gracious. That's incredible! I feel so happy for her!
#Person1#: Yes, me too.
#Person2#: But how do you know that?
#Person1#: I saw the news from her twitter. And she sent an email about it.
#Person2#: What? I didn't receive it!
#Person1#: Maybe you should check your email.
#Person2#: Oh yes, I find it. Tonight at her home. Will you bring something?
#Person1#: Yes, a pair of wineglasses and a card to wish her happy marriage.
#Person2#: I will buy a tea set.",#Person1# tells #Person2# that Ruojia is married and will have a party tonight. #Person2#'s surprised to know that. They will bring their gifts to bless her.
test_15_2,"#Person1#: Would you like to go to the party tonight?
#Person2#: Whose party?
#Person1#: Ruojia's. Don't you know that? Ruojia has got married.
#Person2#: What! Is she really? I can't believe it!
#Person1#: Yes. Yesterday.
#Person2#: Good gracious. That's incredible! I feel so happy for her!
#Person1#: Yes, me too.
#Person2#: But how do you know that?
#Person1#: I saw the news from her twitter. And she sent an email about it.
#Person2#: What? I didn't receive it!
#Person1#: Maybe you should check your email.
#Person2#: Oh yes, I find it. Tonight at her home. Will you bring something?
#Person1#: Yes, a pair of wineglasses and a card to wish her happy marriage.
#Person2#: I will buy a tea set.",#Person2# is surprised to know from #Person1# that Ruojia is married. Then #Person2# finds Ruojia has sent an email about it. They will go to Ruojia's party and give their presents to her.
test_15_3,"#Person1#: Would you like to go to the party tonight?
#Person2#: Whose party?
#Person1#: Ruojia's. Don't you know that? Ruojia has got married.
#Person2#: What! Is she really? I can't believe it!
#Person1#: Yes. Yesterday.
#Person2#: Good gracious. That's incredible! I feel so happy for her!
#Person1#: Yes, me too.
#Person2#: But how do you know that?
#Person1#: I saw the news from her twitter. And she sent an email about it.
#Person2#: What? I didn't receive it!
#Person1#: Maybe you should check your email.
#Person2#: Oh yes, I find it. Tonight at her home. Will you bring something?
#Person1#: Yes, a pair of wineglasses and a card to wish her happy marriage.
#Person2#: I will buy a tea set.",#Person2# is surprised that Ruojia's married. #Person1# and #Person2# will go to her party and give their presents to wish her a happy marriage.
test_16_1,"#Person1#: Yeah. Just pull on this strip. Then peel off the back.
#Person2#: You might make a few enemies this way.
#Person1#: If they don't think this is fun, they're not meant to be our friends.
#Person2#: You mean your friends. I think it's cruel.
#Person1#: Yeah. But it's fun. Look at those two ugly old ladies. . . or are they men?
#Person2#: Hurry! Get a shot!. . . Hand it over!
#Person1#: I knew you'd come around. . .",#Person2# at first thinks #Person1#'s behaviour cruel but finally joins #Person1#.
test_16_2,"#Person1#: Yeah. Just pull on this strip. Then peel off the back.
#Person2#: You might make a few enemies this way.
#Person1#: If they don't think this is fun, they're not meant to be our friends.
#Person2#: You mean your friends. I think it's cruel.
#Person1#: Yeah. But it's fun. Look at those two ugly old ladies. . . or are they men?
#Person2#: Hurry! Get a shot!. . . Hand it over!
#Person1#: I knew you'd come around. . .",#Person1# plans on playing a trick to others. #Person2# thinks it's cruel at first but then joins.
test_16_3,"#Person1#: Yeah. Just pull on this strip. Then peel off the back.
#Person2#: You might make a few enemies this way.
#Person1#: If they don't think this is fun, they're not meant to be our friends.
#Person2#: You mean your friends. I think it's cruel.
#Person1#: Yeah. But it's fun. Look at those two ugly old ladies. . . or are they men?
#Person2#: Hurry! Get a shot!. . . Hand it over!
#Person1#: I knew you'd come around. . .",#Person1# is about to make a prank. #Person2# thinks it's cruel at first but then joins.
test_17_1,"#Person1#: What does your sister look like, Mike?
#Person2#: Well, she's tall and pretty.
#Person1#: Is she like you?
#Person2#: I suppose so. We're both friendly and easy-going.
#Person1#: Is she as clever as you?
#Person2#: No, she's not as clever as me.
#Person1#: Big head!",Mike is describing his sister to #Person1#.
test_17_2,"#Person1#: What does your sister look like, Mike?
#Person2#: Well, she's tall and pretty.
#Person1#: Is she like you?
#Person2#: I suppose so. We're both friendly and easy-going.
#Person1#: Is she as clever as you?
#Person2#: No, she's not as clever as me.
#Person1#: Big head!",Mike describes to #Person1# his sister's characters and personality.
test_17_3,"#Person1#: What does your sister look like, Mike?
#Person2#: Well, she's tall and pretty.
#Person1#: Is she like you?
#Person2#: I suppose so. We're both friendly and easy-going.
#Person1#: Is she as clever as you?
#Person2#: No, she's not as clever as me.
#Person1#: Big head!",#Person1# asks Mike about his sister.
test_18_1,"#Person1#: Is anybody in?
#Person2#: How can I help you?
#Person1#: I have a headache.
#Person2#: Let me take your temperature with a thermometer.
#Person1#: OK.
#Person2#: I think you have a small fever.
#Person1#: I thought so. I felt dizzy this morning.
#Person2#: You should've called in sick! Next time, have either of your parents call the school office.",#Person1# feels sick and #Person2# gives #Person1# a check-up.
test_18_2,"#Person1#: Is anybody in?
#Person2#: How can I help you?
#Person1#: I have a headache.
#Person2#: Let me take your temperature with a thermometer.
#Person1#: OK.
#Person2#: I think you have a small fever.
#Person1#: I thought so. I felt dizzy this morning.
#Person2#: You should've called in sick! Next time, have either of your parents call the school office.",#Person2# finds that #Person1# has a fever and says #Person1# should've called in sick earlier.
test_18_3,"#Person1#: Is anybody in?
#Person2#: How can I help you?
#Person1#: I have a headache.
#Person2#: Let me take your temperature with a thermometer.
#Person1#: OK.
#Person2#: I think you have a small fever.
#Person1#: I thought so. I felt dizzy this morning.
#Person2#: You should've called in sick! Next time, have either of your parents call the school office.",#Person2# checks #Person1#'s physical condition and finds #Person1# has a fever.
test_19_1,"#Person1#: Can I help you?
#Person2#: I'd like to buy a new mobile phone please.
#Person1#: Ok, would you like a phone with camera and MP3 player?
#Person2#: Yes please. And I'd like to be able to make video calls too.",#Person1# helps #Person2# to choose a new phone.
test_19_2,"#Person1#: Can I help you?
#Person2#: I'd like to buy a new mobile phone please.
#Person1#: Ok, would you like a phone with camera and MP3 player?
#Person2#: Yes please. And I'd like to be able to make video calls too.",#Person2# wants to buy a new mobile phone from #Person1#.
test_19_3,"#Person1#: Can I help you?
#Person2#: I'd like to buy a new mobile phone please.
#Person1#: Ok, would you like a phone with camera and MP3 player?
#Person2#: Yes please. And I'd like to be able to make video calls too.",#Person2# wants to buy a new mobile phone from #Person1#.
test_20_1,"#Person1#: Hey, Frank. I heard you got a new job.
#Person2#: Yeah, Judy. I will be working for the Post Office. It's not a bad job.
#Person1#: Is it true that you have a heavy work schedule?
#Person2#: That's right. I am supposed to work at 5am everyday, and I only get 45 minutes for lunch.
#Person1#: So, why did you apply for such a demanding job?
#Person2#: Well, the government offers its employees excellent health insurance benefits.
#Person1#: Oh, I see. And can your family members utilize the health insurance, too?
#Person2#: Yeah, that's the best part. All of my children can get free medical care.
#Person1#: That's a great employment benefit!
#Person2#: Now you know why I wanted to work for the Post Office!",Frank got a new job and is telling Judy not only the heavy schedule but also the benefits of this job.
test_20_2,"#Person1#: Hey, Frank. I heard you got a new job.
#Person2#: Yeah, Judy. I will be working for the Post Office. It's not a bad job.
#Person1#: Is it true that you have a heavy work schedule?
#Person2#: That's right. I am supposed to work at 5am everyday, and I only get 45 minutes for lunch.
#Person1#: So, why did you apply for such a demanding job?
#Person2#: Well, the government offers its employees excellent health insurance benefits.
#Person1#: Oh, I see. And can your family members utilize the health insurance, too?
#Person2#: Yeah, that's the best part. All of my children can get free medical care.
#Person1#: That's a great employment benefit!
#Person2#: Now you know why I wanted to work for the Post Office!",Frank explains to Judy the reason why he took a job at the Post office is that the government offers excellent health insurance benefits for its employees.
test_20_3,"#Person1#: Hey, Frank. I heard you got a new job.
#Person2#: Yeah, Judy. I will be working for the Post Office. It's not a bad job.
#Person1#: Is it true that you have a heavy work schedule?
#Person2#: That's right. I am supposed to work at 5am everyday, and I only get 45 minutes for lunch.
#Person1#: So, why did you apply for such a demanding job?
#Person2#: Well, the government offers its employees excellent health insurance benefits.
#Person1#: Oh, I see. And can your family members utilize the health insurance, too?
#Person2#: Yeah, that's the best part. All of my children can get free medical care.
#Person1#: That's a great employment benefit!
#Person2#: Now you know why I wanted to work for the Post Office!",Frank describes his new job's schedule and insurance at the Post Office to Judy.
test_21_1,"#Person1#: Do you have any special skills?
#Person2#: I can write computer programs, I have a good command of secretarial skills.
#Person1#: What qualifications have you got?
#Person2#: I have a doctor license and a driving license.
#Person1#: Do you get special training in office skills?
#Person2#: I passed both the Cambridge Examinations, First Certificate and the Certificate of Proficiency in English. And studied for a year in London at the Lucas Secretarial College, ending with speeds of 120 words per minute in English shorthand and 50 words per minute in typing. I was also trained in office procedure.
#Person1#: Please tell me about work you have done, which qualifies you for this job.
#Person2#: I'Ve received some special training in typing, shorthand and operating a fax machine, etc. . I'm experienced in IBM-PC. I can operate familiarly a word-processor, a fax machine, a photo and other office equipment.",#Person2# is describing the educational background and previous working experience to #Person1# in a job interview.
test_21_2,"#Person1#: Do you have any special skills?
#Person2#: I can write computer programs, I have a good command of secretarial skills.
#Person1#: What qualifications have you got?
#Person2#: I have a doctor license and a driving license.
#Person1#: Do you get special training in office skills?
#Person2#: I passed both the Cambridge Examinations, First Certificate and the Certificate of Proficiency in English. And studied for a year in London at the Lucas Secretarial College, ending with speeds of 120 words per minute in English shorthand and 50 words per minute in typing. I was also trained in office procedure.
#Person1#: Please tell me about work you have done, which qualifies you for this job.
#Person2#: I'Ve received some special training in typing, shorthand and operating a fax machine, etc. . I'm experienced in IBM-PC. I can operate familiarly a word-processor, a fax machine, a photo and other office equipment.",#Person2# is being interviewed by #Person1#. #Person2# is equipped with a bunch of valuable office skills.
test_21_3,"#Person1#: Do you have any special skills?
#Person2#: I can write computer programs, I have a good command of secretarial skills.
#Person1#: What qualifications have you got?
#Person2#: I have a doctor license and a driving license.
#Person1#: Do you get special training in office skills?
#Person2#: I passed both the Cambridge Examinations, First Certificate and the Certificate of Proficiency in English. And studied for a year in London at the Lucas Secretarial College, ending with speeds of 120 words per minute in English shorthand and 50 words per minute in typing. I was also trained in office procedure.
#Person1#: Please tell me about work you have done, which qualifies you for this job.
#Person2#: I'Ve received some special training in typing, shorthand and operating a fax machine, etc. . I'm experienced in IBM-PC. I can operate familiarly a word-processor, a fax machine, a photo and other office equipment.","#Person1# asks about #Person2#'s special skills, training, previous working experience and other qualification for the job."
test_22_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me.
#Person2#: Yes, sir. Can I help you?
#Person1#: Um, this steak, I asked for to be medium rare.
#Person2#: Medium rare, that's right, sir. I remember your order.
#Person1#: Well, I'm afraid it isn't. It's a bit too well done and rather tough. Would you mind changing?
#Person2#: If it is not to your satisfaction, I'll certainly bring you another. But I'm afraid you may have to wait for a few minutes.
#Person1#: Yes, that's all right. Thank you very much.",#Person1# is not satisfied with the steak and #Person2# will change it.
test_22_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me.
#Person2#: Yes, sir. Can I help you?
#Person1#: Um, this steak, I asked for to be medium rare.
#Person2#: Medium rare, that's right, sir. I remember your order.
#Person1#: Well, I'm afraid it isn't. It's a bit too well done and rather tough. Would you mind changing?
#Person2#: If it is not to your satisfaction, I'll certainly bring you another. But I'm afraid you may have to wait for a few minutes.
#Person1#: Yes, that's all right. Thank you very much.",#Person2# will change a steak for #Person1# as that one doesn't satisfy #Person1#.
test_22_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me.
#Person2#: Yes, sir. Can I help you?
#Person1#: Um, this steak, I asked for to be medium rare.
#Person2#: Medium rare, that's right, sir. I remember your order.
#Person1#: Well, I'm afraid it isn't. It's a bit too well done and rather tough. Would you mind changing?
#Person2#: If it is not to your satisfaction, I'll certainly bring you another. But I'm afraid you may have to wait for a few minutes.
#Person1#: Yes, that's all right. Thank you very much.","#Person1# is not satisfied with #Person1#'s steak and asks to change one, and #Person2# agrees."
test_23_1,"#Person1#: Tom, I've got good news for you.
#Person2#: What is it?
#Person1#: Haven't you heard that your novel has won The Nobel Prize?
#Person2#: Really? I can't believe it. It's like a dream come true. I never expected that I would win The Nobel Prize!
#Person1#: You did a good job. I'm extremely proud of you.
#Person2#: Thanks for the compliment.
#Person1#: You certainly deserve it. Let's celebrate!",#Person1# congratulates Tom for achieving the Nobel Prize.
test_23_2,"#Person1#: Tom, I've got good news for you.
#Person2#: What is it?
#Person1#: Haven't you heard that your novel has won The Nobel Prize?
#Person2#: Really? I can't believe it. It's like a dream come true. I never expected that I would win The Nobel Prize!
#Person1#: You did a good job. I'm extremely proud of you.
#Person2#: Thanks for the compliment.
#Person1#: You certainly deserve it. Let's celebrate!",#Person1# tells Tom that his novel has won the Nobel Prize.
test_23_3,"#Person1#: Tom, I've got good news for you.
#Person2#: What is it?
#Person1#: Haven't you heard that your novel has won The Nobel Prize?
#Person2#: Really? I can't believe it. It's like a dream come true. I never expected that I would win The Nobel Prize!
#Person1#: You did a good job. I'm extremely proud of you.
#Person2#: Thanks for the compliment.
#Person1#: You certainly deserve it. Let's celebrate!",#Person2# tells Tom he won the Nobel Prize.
test_24_1,"#Person1#: What makes you think you are able to do the job?
#Person2#: My major is Automobile Designing and I have received my master's degree in science. I think I can do it well.
#Person1#: What kind of work were you responsible for in the past employment?
#Person2#: I am a student engineer who mainly took charge of understanding of the mechanical strength and corrosion resistance of various materials.",#Person1# is interviewing #Person2# about #Person2#'s ability and previous experience.
test_24_2,"#Person1#: What makes you think you are able to do the job?
#Person2#: My major is Automobile Designing and I have received my master's degree in science. I think I can do it well.
#Person1#: What kind of work were you responsible for in the past employment?
#Person2#: I am a student engineer who mainly took charge of understanding of the mechanical strength and corrosion resistance of various materials.",#Person1# asks #Person2# about #Person2#'s capacities and past working experience during an interview.
test_24_3,"#Person1#: What makes you think you are able to do the job?
#Person2#: My major is Automobile Designing and I have received my master's degree in science. I think I can do it well.
#Person1#: What kind of work were you responsible for in the past employment?
#Person2#: I am a student engineer who mainly took charge of understanding of the mechanical strength and corrosion resistance of various materials.",#Person1# asks #Person2# about #Person2#'s qualification for the job.
test_25_1,"#Person1#: Do you drink much?
#Person2#: Depending on what you consider a lot.
#Person1#: How frequently do you drink?
#Person2#: Couple times a week. How about you?
#Person1#: Only when I go out. I'm not a big drinker.
#Person2#: How much can you drink?
#Person1#: I usually only have 2 beers.
#Person2#: You're a light weight.
#Person1#: How much can you drink?
#Person2#: I'm usually drinking all night long. At least 10 drinks.
#Person1#: Don't you spend a lot of money then?
#Person2#: No. We usually go to places that have specials. Dante's over on the Ave has $ 5. 00 pitchers on Mondays. So for ten, fifteen bucks, I can get a lot of drinks.
#Person1#: That's true.
#Person2#: If you don't like beer, have you tried mixed drinks? Some of them are pretty good.
#Person1#: I like beer, it's just that I get a headache when I drink more than 3.
#Person2#: You just have to build up a tolerance. I used to be like that. But your body gets used to it.
#Person1#: It'll take awhile, but I'm working on it.
#Person2#: Hey let's go out tomorrow night. The Ram Bar and Grill is having a special on pitchers.
#Person1#: Alright.","#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about some personal facts of drinking. #Person2# drinks a lot, while #Person1# cannot drink much for health reasons. They decide to have a drink together tomorrow night."
test_25_2,"#Person1#: Do you drink much?
#Person2#: Depending on what you consider a lot.
#Person1#: How frequently do you drink?
#Person2#: Couple times a week. How about you?
#Person1#: Only when I go out. I'm not a big drinker.
#Person2#: How much can you drink?
#Person1#: I usually only have 2 beers.
#Person2#: You're a light weight.
#Person1#: How much can you drink?
#Person2#: I'm usually drinking all night long. At least 10 drinks.
#Person1#: Don't you spend a lot of money then?
#Person2#: No. We usually go to places that have specials. Dante's over on the Ave has $ 5. 00 pitchers on Mondays. So for ten, fifteen bucks, I can get a lot of drinks.
#Person1#: That's true.
#Person2#: If you don't like beer, have you tried mixed drinks? Some of them are pretty good.
#Person1#: I like beer, it's just that I get a headache when I drink more than 3.
#Person2#: You just have to build up a tolerance. I used to be like that. But your body gets used to it.
#Person1#: It'll take awhile, but I'm working on it.
#Person2#: Hey let's go out tomorrow night. The Ram Bar and Grill is having a special on pitchers.
#Person1#: Alright.","#Person2#, a heavy drinker, invites #Person1#, a light drinker to go out the next day. #Person2# chooses a place that has a special on pitchers."
test_25_3,"#Person1#: Do you drink much?
#Person2#: Depending on what you consider a lot.
#Person1#: How frequently do you drink?
#Person2#: Couple times a week. How about you?
#Person1#: Only when I go out. I'm not a big drinker.
#Person2#: How much can you drink?
#Person1#: I usually only have 2 beers.
#Person2#: You're a light weight.
#Person1#: How much can you drink?
#Person2#: I'm usually drinking all night long. At least 10 drinks.
#Person1#: Don't you spend a lot of money then?
#Person2#: No. We usually go to places that have specials. Dante's over on the Ave has $ 5. 00 pitchers on Mondays. So for ten, fifteen bucks, I can get a lot of drinks.
#Person1#: That's true.
#Person2#: If you don't like beer, have you tried mixed drinks? Some of them are pretty good.
#Person1#: I like beer, it's just that I get a headache when I drink more than 3.
#Person2#: You just have to build up a tolerance. I used to be like that. But your body gets used to it.
#Person1#: It'll take awhile, but I'm working on it.
#Person2#: Hey let's go out tomorrow night. The Ram Bar and Grill is having a special on pitchers.
#Person1#: Alright.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about their drinking capacity and their drinking habits. They decide to have a drink together tomorrow night.
test_26_1,"#Person1#: May, do you mind helping me prepare for the picnic?
#Person2#: Sure. Have you checked the weather report?
#Person1#: Yes. It says it will be sunny all day. No sign of rain at all. This is your father's favorite sausage. Sandwiches for you and Daniel.
#Person2#: No, thanks Mom. I'd like some toast and chicken wings.
#Person1#: Okay. Please take some fruit salad and crackers for me.
#Person2#: Done. Oh, don't forget to take napkins disposable plates, cups and picnic blanket.
#Person1#: All set. May, can you help me take all these things to the living room?
#Person2#: Yes, madam.
#Person1#: Ask Daniel to give you a hand?
#Person2#: No, mom, I can manage it by myself. His help just causes more trouble.",May is helping her mother to do some preparation for the picnic.
test_26_2,"#Person1#: May, do you mind helping me prepare for the picnic?
#Person2#: Sure. Have you checked the weather report?
#Person1#: Yes. It says it will be sunny all day. No sign of rain at all. This is your father's favorite sausage. Sandwiches for you and Daniel.
#Person2#: No, thanks Mom. I'd like some toast and chicken wings.
#Person1#: Okay. Please take some fruit salad and crackers for me.
#Person2#: Done. Oh, don't forget to take napkins disposable plates, cups and picnic blanket.
#Person1#: All set. May, can you help me take all these things to the living room?
#Person2#: Yes, madam.
#Person1#: Ask Daniel to give you a hand?
#Person2#: No, mom, I can manage it by myself. His help just causes more trouble.",May's mother asks May for help in preparing for a picnic. May gives her a hand.
test_26_3,"#Person1#: May, do you mind helping me prepare for the picnic?
#Person2#: Sure. Have you checked the weather report?
#Person1#: Yes. It says it will be sunny all day. No sign of rain at all. This is your father's favorite sausage. Sandwiches for you and Daniel.
#Person2#: No, thanks Mom. I'd like some toast and chicken wings.
#Person1#: Okay. Please take some fruit salad and crackers for me.
#Person2#: Done. Oh, don't forget to take napkins disposable plates, cups and picnic blanket.
#Person1#: All set. May, can you help me take all these things to the living room?
#Person2#: Yes, madam.
#Person1#: Ask Daniel to give you a hand?
#Person2#: No, mom, I can manage it by myself. His help just causes more trouble.",Mom asks May to help to prepare for the picnic and May agrees.
test_27_1,"#Person1#: Hello, are you Muriel Douglas?
#Person2#: Yes, and you must be James. It's nice to meet you at long last.
#Person1#: Yes, you too. Thanks for agreeing to meet with us about the new account. My associate, Susan Kim, should be here any minute. Would you like something to drink while we're waiting?
#Person2#: No, thanks. I'm fine. Did you have a nice holiday?
#Person1#: Yes, I did. My family and I went to Tahoe to ski and the weather was great. How about you?
#Person2#: I stayed in L. A. and it was sunny the entire weekend. We spent most of the time at home but we did go see King Kong on Christmas day.
#Person1#: How did you like it?
#Person2#: It was better than I expected. But, you know, I think I would have enjoyed skiing in Tahoe even better. Do you go there often?
#Person1#: No, not much. My wife doesn't like to ski. She prefers vacationing where it's warmer, like Hawaii.
#Person2#: I don't blame her. I really enjoyed it there when we went a few years ago. I'd like to go back sometime soon.
#Person1#: Yes, me too. Oh, here's Susan now. Let me introduce you.",Muriel Douglas and James meet each other and talk about what they have done during the holiday.
test_27_2,"#Person1#: Hello, are you Muriel Douglas?
#Person2#: Yes, and you must be James. It's nice to meet you at long last.
#Person1#: Yes, you too. Thanks for agreeing to meet with us about the new account. My associate, Susan Kim, should be here any minute. Would you like something to drink while we're waiting?
#Person2#: No, thanks. I'm fine. Did you have a nice holiday?
#Person1#: Yes, I did. My family and I went to Tahoe to ski and the weather was great. How about you?
#Person2#: I stayed in L. A. and it was sunny the entire weekend. We spent most of the time at home but we did go see King Kong on Christmas day.
#Person1#: How did you like it?
#Person2#: It was better than I expected. But, you know, I think I would have enjoyed skiing in Tahoe even better. Do you go there often?
#Person1#: No, not much. My wife doesn't like to ski. She prefers vacationing where it's warmer, like Hawaii.
#Person2#: I don't blame her. I really enjoyed it there when we went a few years ago. I'd like to go back sometime soon.
#Person1#: Yes, me too. Oh, here's Susan now. Let me introduce you.","James and Muriel are talking while waiting for Susan, Muriel's associate. They talk about how they spent the holiday with their families."
test_27_3,"#Person1#: Hello, are you Muriel Douglas?
#Person2#: Yes, and you must be James. It's nice to meet you at long last.
#Person1#: Yes, you too. Thanks for agreeing to meet with us about the new account. My associate, Susan Kim, should be here any minute. Would you like something to drink while we're waiting?
#Person2#: No, thanks. I'm fine. Did you have a nice holiday?
#Person1#: Yes, I did. My family and I went to Tahoe to ski and the weather was great. How about you?
#Person2#: I stayed in L. A. and it was sunny the entire weekend. We spent most of the time at home but we did go see King Kong on Christmas day.
#Person1#: How did you like it?
#Person2#: It was better than I expected. But, you know, I think I would have enjoyed skiing in Tahoe even better. Do you go there often?
#Person1#: No, not much. My wife doesn't like to ski. She prefers vacationing where it's warmer, like Hawaii.
#Person2#: I don't blame her. I really enjoyed it there when we went a few years ago. I'd like to go back sometime soon.
#Person1#: Yes, me too. Oh, here's Susan now. Let me introduce you.","Muriel Douglas and James send greetings and talk about their holiday before the meeting. Douglas stayed in L.A., while James went to Tahoe."
test_28_1,"#Person1#: Stupid girl, making me spend so much money, now I have to get it from the ATM...
#Person2#: Hello, welcome to Universal Bank. Please insert your card into the slot.
#Person1#: I know where to put my card! Stupid machine, talking to me like I ' m an idiot...
#Person2#: Please input your 6 digit PIN code followed by the pound key. Thank you. Please select an option. Thank you. You have selected withdrawal.
#Person1#: Yeah, yeah, I know what I selected. Just gimme my money!
#Person2#: Please type the amount you would like to withdraw. Thank you, you want to transfer 10000 USD to the World Wildlife Foundation. If this is correct please press 1.
#Person1#: No, no! Stupid machine, what are you doing! No!
#Person2#: Confirmed. Thank you for using our bank! Please remove your card from the slot. Goodbye!
#Person1#: No, no way! What happened? Give me my money!
#Person2#: Danger, danger! The exits have been sealed and the doors will remain locked in until the local authorities arrive. Thank you for using our bank. Have a nice day.","#Person1# wants to withdraw money from an ATM, but the ATM automatically transfers 10000 USD to the World Wildlife Foundation after confirming the withdrawal option. #Person1# gets mad and somehow locked in."
test_28_2,"#Person1#: Stupid girl, making me spend so much money, now I have to get it from the ATM...
#Person2#: Hello, welcome to Universal Bank. Please insert your card into the slot.
#Person1#: I know where to put my card! Stupid machine, talking to me like I ' m an idiot...
#Person2#: Please input your 6 digit PIN code followed by the pound key. Thank you. Please select an option. Thank you. You have selected withdrawal.
#Person1#: Yeah, yeah, I know what I selected. Just gimme my money!
#Person2#: Please type the amount you would like to withdraw. Thank you, you want to transfer 10000 USD to the World Wildlife Foundation. If this is correct please press 1.
#Person1#: No, no! Stupid machine, what are you doing! No!
#Person2#: Confirmed. Thank you for using our bank! Please remove your card from the slot. Goodbye!
#Person1#: No, no way! What happened? Give me my money!
#Person2#: Danger, danger! The exits have been sealed and the doors will remain locked in until the local authorities arrive. Thank you for using our bank. Have a nice day.","#Person1# run out of money because of a girl, and is withdrawing money from an ATM. But the ATM seems to go wrong and transfers #Person1#'s money to the World Wildlife Foundation, driving #Person1# crazy."
test_28_3,"#Person1#: Stupid girl, making me spend so much money, now I have to get it from the ATM...
#Person2#: Hello, welcome to Universal Bank. Please insert your card into the slot.
#Person1#: I know where to put my card! Stupid machine, talking to me like I ' m an idiot...
#Person2#: Please input your 6 digit PIN code followed by the pound key. Thank you. Please select an option. Thank you. You have selected withdrawal.
#Person1#: Yeah, yeah, I know what I selected. Just gimme my money!
#Person2#: Please type the amount you would like to withdraw. Thank you, you want to transfer 10000 USD to the World Wildlife Foundation. If this is correct please press 1.
#Person1#: No, no! Stupid machine, what are you doing! No!
#Person2#: Confirmed. Thank you for using our bank! Please remove your card from the slot. Goodbye!
#Person1#: No, no way! What happened? Give me my money!
#Person2#: Danger, danger! The exits have been sealed and the doors will remain locked in until the local authorities arrive. Thank you for using our bank. Have a nice day.",#Person1# is withdrawing money from an ATM. But the ATM wrongly transfers #Person1#'s money to the World Wildlife Foundation. It drives #Person1# crazy.
test_29_1,"#Person1#: Are you a social person?
#Person2#: Yes, I am an outgoing person who likes to be with a lot of friends.
#Person1#: What is your strategy in communicating with colleagues?
#Person2#: Well, the most important thing in communication is your sincerity.",#Person2# tells #Person1# #Person2#'s communication strategy.
test_29_2,"#Person1#: Are you a social person?
#Person2#: Yes, I am an outgoing person who likes to be with a lot of friends.
#Person1#: What is your strategy in communicating with colleagues?
#Person2#: Well, the most important thing in communication is your sincerity.","Since #Person2# is very social, #Person1# asks for the communication strategy."
test_29_3,"#Person1#: Are you a social person?
#Person2#: Yes, I am an outgoing person who likes to be with a lot of friends.
#Person1#: What is your strategy in communicating with colleagues?
#Person2#: Well, the most important thing in communication is your sincerity.",#Person2# shares #Person2#'s communication strategy with #Person1#.
test_30_1,"#Person1#: What's wrong with you, Mr. Polly?
#Person2#: What's wrong? I want a break from this horrible job.
#Person1#: Then, buy a bottle of soft drink.
#Person2#: Would you like to buy a bottle for me in the shop?
#Person1#: It's a problem, because my boss is in that shop now.
#Person2#: Ok, I will go there myself.
#Person1#: Sorry, Mr. Polly.
#Person2#: It doesn't matter. Oh, God, I have only four dollars in my wallet. Is that possible for me to buy one?
#Person1#: Have a try.",Mr. Polly is tired and wants a break from work. #Person1# cannot buy a bottle of soft drink for him.
test_30_2,"#Person1#: What's wrong with you, Mr. Polly?
#Person2#: What's wrong? I want a break from this horrible job.
#Person1#: Then, buy a bottle of soft drink.
#Person2#: Would you like to buy a bottle for me in the shop?
#Person1#: It's a problem, because my boss is in that shop now.
#Person2#: Ok, I will go there myself.
#Person1#: Sorry, Mr. Polly.
#Person2#: It doesn't matter. Oh, God, I have only four dollars in my wallet. Is that possible for me to buy one?
#Person1#: Have a try.","Mr. Polly wants to get a break from work and he asks #Person1# to buy a drink for him, but #Person1# refuses."
test_30_3,"#Person1#: What's wrong with you, Mr. Polly?
#Person2#: What's wrong? I want a break from this horrible job.
#Person1#: Then, buy a bottle of soft drink.
#Person2#: Would you like to buy a bottle for me in the shop?
#Person1#: It's a problem, because my boss is in that shop now.
#Person2#: Ok, I will go there myself.
#Person1#: Sorry, Mr. Polly.
#Person2#: It doesn't matter. Oh, God, I have only four dollars in my wallet. Is that possible for me to buy one?
#Person1#: Have a try.","Mr. Polly asks #Person1#'s help to buy a drink, but #Person1# refuses."
test_31_1,"#Person1#: Hello, this is Francis.
#Person2#: Hi, this is Monica. I was wondering when we can work on this financial report.
#Person1#: Today, I am busy all day long.
#Person2#: Shall I see you on Friday morning?
#Person1#: That's not good for me at all. It'll have to be another time.
#Person2#: We must find some time to read report.
#Person1#: I know. I am available from 1 PM to 4 PM on Friday afternoon.
#Person2#: That's all right. Then see you on Friday afternoon.
#Person1#: See you.",Francis and Monica are discussing when to work on the financial report.
test_31_2,"#Person1#: Hello, this is Francis.
#Person2#: Hi, this is Monica. I was wondering when we can work on this financial report.
#Person1#: Today, I am busy all day long.
#Person2#: Shall I see you on Friday morning?
#Person1#: That's not good for me at all. It'll have to be another time.
#Person2#: We must find some time to read report.
#Person1#: I know. I am available from 1 PM to 4 PM on Friday afternoon.
#Person2#: That's all right. Then see you on Friday afternoon.
#Person1#: See you.",Francis and Monica manage to find time to work on a report together.
test_31_3,"#Person1#: Hello, this is Francis.
#Person2#: Hi, this is Monica. I was wondering when we can work on this financial report.
#Person1#: Today, I am busy all day long.
#Person2#: Shall I see you on Friday morning?
#Person1#: That's not good for me at all. It'll have to be another time.
#Person2#: We must find some time to read report.
#Person1#: I know. I am available from 1 PM to 4 PM on Friday afternoon.
#Person2#: That's all right. Then see you on Friday afternoon.
#Person1#: See you.",Francis and Monica negotiate on the time to work on the report.
test_32_1,"#Person1#: Is this the workshop to prepare for an interview?
#Person2#: This is the interview class. Welcome to our class.
#Person1#: I am really excited to be taking this workshop so that I can get ready for my interview next week.
#Person2#: We are all learning things that will help us in our interview. What do you think are some important considerations going into your interview?
#Person1#: I think that we should dress neatly and appropriately.
#Person2#: Yes. Second, as you can imagine, attitude and friendliness go a long way.
#Person1#: Yes, and I always feel much better when I am friendly.
#Person2#: Believe it or not, the interviewers are as interested in your questions as they are in your answers.
#Person1#: Any more hints as to what I should do in an interview?
#Person2#: Always be honest with your answers. The interviewers really do want to know if you will be a good fit for them.",#Person1# joins #Person2#'s interview workshop. They discuss the tips to improve their interview performance.
test_32_2,"#Person1#: Is this the workshop to prepare for an interview?
#Person2#: This is the interview class. Welcome to our class.
#Person1#: I am really excited to be taking this workshop so that I can get ready for my interview next week.
#Person2#: We are all learning things that will help us in our interview. What do you think are some important considerations going into your interview?
#Person1#: I think that we should dress neatly and appropriately.
#Person2#: Yes. Second, as you can imagine, attitude and friendliness go a long way.
#Person1#: Yes, and I always feel much better when I am friendly.
#Person2#: Believe it or not, the interviewers are as interested in your questions as they are in your answers.
#Person1#: Any more hints as to what I should do in an interview?
#Person2#: Always be honest with your answers. The interviewers really do want to know if you will be a good fit for them.",#Person1# takes an interview workshop. #Person2# offer #Person1# some useful tips on getting ready for an interview.
test_32_3,"#Person1#: Is this the workshop to prepare for an interview?
#Person2#: This is the interview class. Welcome to our class.
#Person1#: I am really excited to be taking this workshop so that I can get ready for my interview next week.
#Person2#: We are all learning things that will help us in our interview. What do you think are some important considerations going into your interview?
#Person1#: I think that we should dress neatly and appropriately.
#Person2#: Yes. Second, as you can imagine, attitude and friendliness go a long way.
#Person1#: Yes, and I always feel much better when I am friendly.
#Person2#: Believe it or not, the interviewers are as interested in your questions as they are in your answers.
#Person1#: Any more hints as to what I should do in an interview?
#Person2#: Always be honest with your answers. The interviewers really do want to know if you will be a good fit for them.","In the workshop, #Person2# offer #Person1# some suggestions on how to perform well in interviews."
test_33_1,"#Person1#: OK, that's a cut! Let's start from the beginning, everyone.
#Person2#: What was the problem that time?
#Person1#: The feeling was all wrong, Mike. She is telling you that she doesn't want to see you any more, but I want to get more anger from you. You're acting hurt and sad, but that's not how your character would act in this situation.
#Person2#: But Jason and Laura have been together for three years. Don't you think his reaction would be one of both anger and sadness?
#Person1#: At this point, no. I think he would react the way most guys would, and then later on, we would see his real feelings.
#Person2#: I'm not so sure about that.
#Person1#: Let's try it my way, and you can see how you feel when you're saying your lines. After that, if it still doesn't feel right, we can try something else.",#Person1# and Mike are discussing what kind of emotion should be expressed by Mike in this play. They have different understandings.
test_33_2,"#Person1#: OK, that's a cut! Let's start from the beginning, everyone.
#Person2#: What was the problem that time?
#Person1#: The feeling was all wrong, Mike. She is telling you that she doesn't want to see you any more, but I want to get more anger from you. You're acting hurt and sad, but that's not how your character would act in this situation.
#Person2#: But Jason and Laura have been together for three years. Don't you think his reaction would be one of both anger and sadness?
#Person1#: At this point, no. I think he would react the way most guys would, and then later on, we would see his real feelings.
#Person2#: I'm not so sure about that.
#Person1#: Let's try it my way, and you can see how you feel when you're saying your lines. After that, if it still doesn't feel right, we can try something else.",#Person1# and Mike have a disagreement on how to act out a scene. #Person1# proposes that Mike can try to act in #Person1#'s way.
test_33_3,"#Person1#: OK, that's a cut! Let's start from the beginning, everyone.
#Person2#: What was the problem that time?
#Person1#: The feeling was all wrong, Mike. She is telling you that she doesn't want to see you any more, but I want to get more anger from you. You're acting hurt and sad, but that's not how your character would act in this situation.
#Person2#: But Jason and Laura have been together for three years. Don't you think his reaction would be one of both anger and sadness?
#Person1#: At this point, no. I think he would react the way most guys would, and then later on, we would see his real feelings.
#Person2#: I'm not so sure about that.
#Person1#: Let's try it my way, and you can see how you feel when you're saying your lines. After that, if it still doesn't feel right, we can try something else.","#Person1# wants Mike to act more angry, but Mike thinks he should act both angry and sad."
test_34_1,"#Person1#: Well, I'll see you later, Mrs. Todd. My wife is waiting for me to take her shopping.
#Person2#: I understand. There's a lot to get done at weekends, especially when you two work and the children are small.
#Person1#: That's right. Jane and I have been talking about visiting you. So when I saw you in the garden, I decided to come over and say hello.
#Person2#: I'm glad you did. In fact, I should have called on you first, since you have newly moved here.
#Person1#: By the way, do you need anything from the store?
#Person2#: No, but thanks for the offer. And thank you for coming over.
#Person1#: It's a pleasure.",#Person1# greets Mrs. Todd and then they say goodbye to each other.
test_34_2,"#Person1#: Well, I'll see you later, Mrs. Todd. My wife is waiting for me to take her shopping.
#Person2#: I understand. There's a lot to get done at weekends, especially when you two work and the children are small.
#Person1#: That's right. Jane and I have been talking about visiting you. So when I saw you in the garden, I decided to come over and say hello.
#Person2#: I'm glad you did. In fact, I should have called on you first, since you have newly moved here.
#Person1#: By the way, do you need anything from the store?
#Person2#: No, but thanks for the offer. And thank you for coming over.
#Person1#: It's a pleasure.","#Person1# comes over to say hello to Mrs. Todd, and will go shopping afterwards."
test_34_3,"#Person1#: Well, I'll see you later, Mrs. Todd. My wife is waiting for me to take her shopping.
#Person2#: I understand. There's a lot to get done at weekends, especially when you two work and the children are small.
#Person1#: That's right. Jane and I have been talking about visiting you. So when I saw you in the garden, I decided to come over and say hello.
#Person2#: I'm glad you did. In fact, I should have called on you first, since you have newly moved here.
#Person1#: By the way, do you need anything from the store?
#Person2#: No, but thanks for the offer. And thank you for coming over.
#Person1#: It's a pleasure.","#Person1# visits Mrs. Todd, and Mrs. Todd appreciates that."
test_35_1,"#Person1#: What's the matter, Bill? You look kind of pale.
#Person2#: Oh, I'm just tired.
#Person1#: Why?
#Person2#: Well, I've been working until around ten every night this week.
#Person1#: You should go home at quitting time today and take it easy.
#Person2#: Yes. I think I will.
#Person1#: That's good. Say, how's your brother?
#Person2#: He's fine, but he is awfully busy. He went to the States on a business trip two weeks ago.
#Person1#: Oh, really? Is he back yet?
#Person2#: No, he won't come back for several more weeks.
#Person1#: Wow! He must have a lot to do there.
#Person2#: Yes, he does.
#Person1#: I want to be sure of the time because I'm going to meet a friend at five o'clock sharp.
#Person2#: Well, my watch says 4:30, and that time should be right. I set it with the radio yesterday.
#Person1#: Good.",Bill is tired. Bill and #Person1# talk about Bill's brother.
test_35_2,"#Person1#: What's the matter, Bill? You look kind of pale.
#Person2#: Oh, I'm just tired.
#Person1#: Why?
#Person2#: Well, I've been working until around ten every night this week.
#Person1#: You should go home at quitting time today and take it easy.
#Person2#: Yes. I think I will.
#Person1#: That's good. Say, how's your brother?
#Person2#: He's fine, but he is awfully busy. He went to the States on a business trip two weeks ago.
#Person1#: Oh, really? Is he back yet?
#Person2#: No, he won't come back for several more weeks.
#Person1#: Wow! He must have a lot to do there.
#Person2#: Yes, he does.
#Person1#: I want to be sure of the time because I'm going to meet a friend at five o'clock sharp.
#Person2#: Well, my watch says 4:30, and that time should be right. I set it with the radio yesterday.
#Person1#: Good.","#Person1# has a chat with Bill, and learns updates about Bill and his brother. #Person1# asks for time because #Person1# will go meet a friend."
test_35_3,"#Person1#: What's the matter, Bill? You look kind of pale.
#Person2#: Oh, I'm just tired.
#Person1#: Why?
#Person2#: Well, I've been working until around ten every night this week.
#Person1#: You should go home at quitting time today and take it easy.
#Person2#: Yes. I think I will.
#Person1#: That's good. Say, how's your brother?
#Person2#: He's fine, but he is awfully busy. He went to the States on a business trip two weeks ago.
#Person1#: Oh, really? Is he back yet?
#Person2#: No, he won't come back for several more weeks.
#Person1#: Wow! He must have a lot to do there.
#Person2#: Yes, he does.
#Person1#: I want to be sure of the time because I'm going to meet a friend at five o'clock sharp.
#Person2#: Well, my watch says 4:30, and that time should be right. I set it with the radio yesterday.
#Person1#: Good.",#Person1# suggests Bill take it easy and asks him about his brother. #Person1# also synchronizes the time with Bill.
test_36_1,"#Person1#: Are you going to the demonstration to help stop the spread of nuclear weapons tomorrow, Cleo?
#Person2#: No, Simon. I hate demonstrations. I have heard the police will be standing by with tear gas.
#Person1#: Yes, but North Korea boasts it has nuclear arms.
#Person2#: One hundred ninety countries have signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty but the issues are just too complex. There are two sides to every story. I don't understand it and I have no intention of going to a demonstration. Demonstrations don't seem to accomplish anything anyway.
#Person1#: Several demonstrations have changed politician's minds throughout history. As a responsible citizen I think it is important to stand up for what you believe in.
#Person2#: Leave it to someone else. As I said, if you listen to both sides of a story, both sides have some good points. Why should I demonstrate and risk getting hurt for something that I am not even sure is right?
#Person1#: You are not likely to get hurt. This will be a peaceful demonstration. I have spoken to the organizer for the university group. He insists that this will be peaceful. He advocates if you want world peace, peace begins at home-and that means right here in this city.
#Person2#: You go if you want, Simon, but I plan to study for my physics exam.
#Person1#: It would only take two hours of your day. The bus leaves the campus at 11:30 and leaves downtown to return to campus at 12:45. You could eat your lunch on the bus.
#Person2#: I am not going, Simon. Why don't you ask the students in your political science class this afternoon if they want to go?
#Person1#: They are all going.
#Person2#: Okay, Simon. I need to meet my sister for coffee now.
#Person1#: Bye then. See you in physics class tomorrow.","Simon and Cleo have different opinions towards the demonstration to help stop the spread of nuclear weapons. Cleo thinks it is useless, while Simon considers that Cleo should go to the demonstration."
test_36_2,"#Person1#: Are you going to the demonstration to help stop the spread of nuclear weapons tomorrow, Cleo?
#Person2#: No, Simon. I hate demonstrations. I have heard the police will be standing by with tear gas.
#Person1#: Yes, but North Korea boasts it has nuclear arms.
#Person2#: One hundred ninety countries have signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty but the issues are just too complex. There are two sides to every story. I don't understand it and I have no intention of going to a demonstration. Demonstrations don't seem to accomplish anything anyway.
#Person1#: Several demonstrations have changed politician's minds throughout history. As a responsible citizen I think it is important to stand up for what you believe in.
#Person2#: Leave it to someone else. As I said, if you listen to both sides of a story, both sides have some good points. Why should I demonstrate and risk getting hurt for something that I am not even sure is right?
#Person1#: You are not likely to get hurt. This will be a peaceful demonstration. I have spoken to the organizer for the university group. He insists that this will be peaceful. He advocates if you want world peace, peace begins at home-and that means right here in this city.
#Person2#: You go if you want, Simon, but I plan to study for my physics exam.
#Person1#: It would only take two hours of your day. The bus leaves the campus at 11:30 and leaves downtown to return to campus at 12:45. You could eat your lunch on the bus.
#Person2#: I am not going, Simon. Why don't you ask the students in your political science class this afternoon if they want to go?
#Person1#: They are all going.
#Person2#: Okay, Simon. I need to meet my sister for coffee now.
#Person1#: Bye then. See you in physics class tomorrow.","Cleo has no intention to attend the demonstration to help stop the spread of nuclear weapons, because Cleo hates police standing by with tear gas. Simon tries to change Cleo's mind but it doesn't work."
test_36_3,"#Person1#: Are you going to the demonstration to help stop the spread of nuclear weapons tomorrow, Cleo?
#Person2#: No, Simon. I hate demonstrations. I have heard the police will be standing by with tear gas.
#Person1#: Yes, but North Korea boasts it has nuclear arms.
#Person2#: One hundred ninety countries have signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty but the issues are just too complex. There are two sides to every story. I don't understand it and I have no intention of going to a demonstration. Demonstrations don't seem to accomplish anything anyway.
#Person1#: Several demonstrations have changed politician's minds throughout history. As a responsible citizen I think it is important to stand up for what you believe in.
#Person2#: Leave it to someone else. As I said, if you listen to both sides of a story, both sides have some good points. Why should I demonstrate and risk getting hurt for something that I am not even sure is right?
#Person1#: You are not likely to get hurt. This will be a peaceful demonstration. I have spoken to the organizer for the university group. He insists that this will be peaceful. He advocates if you want world peace, peace begins at home-and that means right here in this city.
#Person2#: You go if you want, Simon, but I plan to study for my physics exam.
#Person1#: It would only take two hours of your day. The bus leaves the campus at 11:30 and leaves downtown to return to campus at 12:45. You could eat your lunch on the bus.
#Person2#: I am not going, Simon. Why don't you ask the students in your political science class this afternoon if they want to go?
#Person1#: They are all going.
#Person2#: Okay, Simon. I need to meet my sister for coffee now.
#Person1#: Bye then. See you in physics class tomorrow.","Simon and Cleo argue the effectiveness of demonstrations. Simon thinks they are helpful, but Cleo disagrees and refuses to go to the demonstration of helping stop the spread of nuclear weapons with Simon."
test_37_1,"#Person1#: It's partly your own fault. You should never let in anyone like that unless you're expecting him.
#Person2#: It's all very well to say that, but someone cones to the door and says 'electricity' or 'gas' and you automatically think he is OK, especially if he shows you a card.",#Person2# let in someone and #Person1# thinks it was #Person2#'s fault.
test_37_2,"#Person1#: It's partly your own fault. You should never let in anyone like that unless you're expecting him.
#Person2#: It's all very well to say that, but someone cones to the door and says 'electricity' or 'gas' and you automatically think he is OK, especially if he shows you a card.",#Person1# blames #Person2# for letting someone in without much discretion.
test_37_3,"#Person1#: It's partly your own fault. You should never let in anyone like that unless you're expecting him.
#Person2#: It's all very well to say that, but someone cones to the door and says 'electricity' or 'gas' and you automatically think he is OK, especially if he shows you a card.",#Person1# advises #Person2# not to let anyone in casually.
test_38_1,"#Person1#: Maggie, can I borrow your notes for history? I'll return them tomorrow.
#Person2#: Sorry, but I usually go to the cafeteria and review them. Why not copy them in the library?
#Person1#: OK.
#Person2#: Here you are.
#Person1#: You are a great help, Maggie.
#Person2#: I don't quite understand a why you need my notes, Mark? You haven't missed any classes.
#Person1#: To be honest, I work in supermarket from 7 to 10 o'clock every evening.
#Person2#: I see. So you're pretty tired when you come to class.
#Person1#: That's exactly why I want to borrow your notes. My notes aren't very good.
#Person2#: So what do you usually do in class?
#Person1#: I'm always awake at the beginning, but thirty minutes after class begins I feel sleepy and have trouble keeping my eyes open.
#Person2#: Well, I need someone to study with and you need someone to keep you awake. Can we be study partners?
#Person1#: Oh sure. That's a good idea. So give me a push when you see me sleeping in class.
#Person2#: OK. Let's start today in the library. We are going there anyway and I don't have to go to the cafeteria.
#Person1#: Sounds good.",Mark wants to borrow Maggie's class notes. Maggie suggests Mark copy them in the library and invites him to be study partners.
test_38_2,"#Person1#: Maggie, can I borrow your notes for history? I'll return them tomorrow.
#Person2#: Sorry, but I usually go to the cafeteria and review them. Why not copy them in the library?
#Person1#: OK.
#Person2#: Here you are.
#Person1#: You are a great help, Maggie.
#Person2#: I don't quite understand a why you need my notes, Mark? You haven't missed any classes.
#Person1#: To be honest, I work in supermarket from 7 to 10 o'clock every evening.
#Person2#: I see. So you're pretty tired when you come to class.
#Person1#: That's exactly why I want to borrow your notes. My notes aren't very good.
#Person2#: So what do you usually do in class?
#Person1#: I'm always awake at the beginning, but thirty minutes after class begins I feel sleepy and have trouble keeping my eyes open.
#Person2#: Well, I need someone to study with and you need someone to keep you awake. Can we be study partners?
#Person1#: Oh sure. That's a good idea. So give me a push when you see me sleeping in class.
#Person2#: OK. Let's start today in the library. We are going there anyway and I don't have to go to the cafeteria.
#Person1#: Sounds good.",Mark asks Maggie for her history notes because Mark has been too tired in class. They become study partners at the end.
test_38_3,"#Person1#: Maggie, can I borrow your notes for history? I'll return them tomorrow.
#Person2#: Sorry, but I usually go to the cafeteria and review them. Why not copy them in the library?
#Person1#: OK.
#Person2#: Here you are.
#Person1#: You are a great help, Maggie.
#Person2#: I don't quite understand a why you need my notes, Mark? You haven't missed any classes.
#Person1#: To be honest, I work in supermarket from 7 to 10 o'clock every evening.
#Person2#: I see. So you're pretty tired when you come to class.
#Person1#: That's exactly why I want to borrow your notes. My notes aren't very good.
#Person2#: So what do you usually do in class?
#Person1#: I'm always awake at the beginning, but thirty minutes after class begins I feel sleepy and have trouble keeping my eyes open.
#Person2#: Well, I need someone to study with and you need someone to keep you awake. Can we be study partners?
#Person1#: Oh sure. That's a good idea. So give me a push when you see me sleeping in class.
#Person2#: OK. Let's start today in the library. We are going there anyway and I don't have to go to the cafeteria.
#Person1#: Sounds good.",Mark asks Maggie for her notes because Mark's notes aren't good. They decide to be study partners and study together.
test_39_1,"#Person1#: Come in, come in! Can I help you?
#Person2#: Professor Turner, are you giving your Advanced Geology course again next semester?
#Person1#: Yes.
#Person2#: I wonder if I could enroll in it, I know it's a graduate course and I'm only a junior, but...
#Person1#: Aren't you a bit young? I've allowed qualified seniors to take the course and they usually have a hard time to keep up.
#Person2#: I know, but the geology of the American West is my favorite interest and I've read a lot in the field. Last semester I took Professor Burman's course and I didn't find it challenging enough.
#Person1#: I see. You certainly aren't one of those students who are out for easy grades.
#Person2#: I should say not. I really want to learn something.
#Person1#: Well, I'll speak to Professor Burman, if he thinks you're ready, I'll let you enroll.
#Person2#: Oh, thanks. Prof. Turner, that's very nice of you.",#Person2# wants to take a course of Professor Turner and Professor agrees if #Person2# achieves the allowance of Professor Burman.
test_39_2,"#Person1#: Come in, come in! Can I help you?
#Person2#: Professor Turner, are you giving your Advanced Geology course again next semester?
#Person1#: Yes.
#Person2#: I wonder if I could enroll in it, I know it's a graduate course and I'm only a junior, but...
#Person1#: Aren't you a bit young? I've allowed qualified seniors to take the course and they usually have a hard time to keep up.
#Person2#: I know, but the geology of the American West is my favorite interest and I've read a lot in the field. Last semester I took Professor Burman's course and I didn't find it challenging enough.
#Person1#: I see. You certainly aren't one of those students who are out for easy grades.
#Person2#: I should say not. I really want to learn something.
#Person1#: Well, I'll speak to Professor Burman, if he thinks you're ready, I'll let you enroll.
#Person2#: Oh, thanks. Prof. Turner, that's very nice of you.","#Person2#, a junior student, wants to enroll in Professor Turner's course for seniors very much. Professor Turner will ask for another professor's opinion."
test_39_3,"#Person1#: Come in, come in! Can I help you?
#Person2#: Professor Turner, are you giving your Advanced Geology course again next semester?
#Person1#: Yes.
#Person2#: I wonder if I could enroll in it, I know it's a graduate course and I'm only a junior, but...
#Person1#: Aren't you a bit young? I've allowed qualified seniors to take the course and they usually have a hard time to keep up.
#Person2#: I know, but the geology of the American West is my favorite interest and I've read a lot in the field. Last semester I took Professor Burman's course and I didn't find it challenging enough.
#Person1#: I see. You certainly aren't one of those students who are out for easy grades.
#Person2#: I should say not. I really want to learn something.
#Person1#: Well, I'll speak to Professor Burman, if he thinks you're ready, I'll let you enroll.
#Person2#: Oh, thanks. Prof. Turner, that's very nice of you.","#Person2# wants to enroll in Professor Turner's course, and Professor Turner agrees to consider his application."
test_40_1,"#Person1#: Hello, I bought the pendant in your shop, just before. 
#Person2#: Yes. Thank you very much. 
#Person1#: Now I come back to the hotel and try to show it to my friend, the pendant is broken, I'm afraid. 
#Person2#: Oh, is it? 
#Person1#: Would you change it to a new one? 
#Person2#: Yes, certainly. You have the receipt? 
#Person1#: Yes, I do. 
#Person2#: Then would you kindly come to our shop with the receipt by 10 o'clock? We will replace it. 
#Person1#: Thank you so much. ",#Person1# wants to change the broken pendant in #Person2#'s shop.
test_40_2,"#Person1#: Hello, I bought the pendant in your shop, just before. 
#Person2#: Yes. Thank you very much. 
#Person1#: Now I come back to the hotel and try to show it to my friend, the pendant is broken, I'm afraid. 
#Person2#: Oh, is it? 
#Person1#: Would you change it to a new one? 
#Person2#: Yes, certainly. You have the receipt? 
#Person1#: Yes, I do. 
#Person2#: Then would you kindly come to our shop with the receipt by 10 o'clock? We will replace it. 
#Person1#: Thank you so much. ",#Person1# goes back to #Person2#'s shop to replace a broken pendant.
test_40_3,"#Person1#: Hello, I bought the pendant in your shop, just before. 
#Person2#: Yes. Thank you very much. 
#Person1#: Now I come back to the hotel and try to show it to my friend, the pendant is broken, I'm afraid. 
#Person2#: Oh, is it? 
#Person1#: Would you change it to a new one? 
#Person2#: Yes, certainly. You have the receipt? 
#Person1#: Yes, I do. 
#Person2#: Then would you kindly come to our shop with the receipt by 10 o'clock? We will replace it. 
#Person1#: Thank you so much. ","#Person1# wants a product changed from #Person2#, and #Person2# agrees."
test_41_1,"#Person1#: What do you think of this one? 
#Person2#: Eh, so so. 
#Person1#: And this one? Too flashy? 
#Person2#: Nah, not too flashy. 
#Person1#: Uhg! And this sweater from my aunt? Isn't it hideous? 
#Person2#: I guess. 
#Person1#: Are you even listening? I'm trying to have a conversation with you. 
#Person2#: And I'm trying to watch the game, but you're yapping on about your new clothes! 
#Person1#: Well I have to decide which gifts to keep and which to exchange for better ones when I go to the Boxing Day sales this afternoon! 
#Person2#: Well could you do me the favor of making this quick? It's the third quarter and you've been blabbering on since the first! 
#Person1#: Oh, your precious game. You watch the same game every year, and each year your beloved hometown team loses by at least three goals! 
#Person2#: Oh no you didn't. You didn't just insult the Sals-bury Seals, did you? Why don't you just. just go and return all of those stupid clothes and not come back until the sales are over? 
#Person1#: I might just! Enjoy your stupid game! ","#Person1# is showing the new clothes to #Person2#, but #Person2# is busy watching the games. They quarrel and get angry."
test_41_2,"#Person1#: What do you think of this one? 
#Person2#: Eh, so so. 
#Person1#: And this one? Too flashy? 
#Person2#: Nah, not too flashy. 
#Person1#: Uhg! And this sweater from my aunt? Isn't it hideous? 
#Person2#: I guess. 
#Person1#: Are you even listening? I'm trying to have a conversation with you. 
#Person2#: And I'm trying to watch the game, but you're yapping on about your new clothes! 
#Person1#: Well I have to decide which gifts to keep and which to exchange for better ones when I go to the Boxing Day sales this afternoon! 
#Person2#: Well could you do me the favor of making this quick? It's the third quarter and you've been blabbering on since the first! 
#Person1#: Oh, your precious game. You watch the same game every year, and each year your beloved hometown team loses by at least three goals! 
#Person2#: Oh no you didn't. You didn't just insult the Sals-bury Seals, did you? Why don't you just. just go and return all of those stupid clothes and not come back until the sales are over? 
#Person1#: I might just! Enjoy your stupid game! ",#Person1# and #Person2# have a serious quarrel over whether shopping for clothes or watching a sports game is more important.
test_41_3,"#Person1#: What do you think of this one? 
#Person2#: Eh, so so. 
#Person1#: And this one? Too flashy? 
#Person2#: Nah, not too flashy. 
#Person1#: Uhg! And this sweater from my aunt? Isn't it hideous? 
#Person2#: I guess. 
#Person1#: Are you even listening? I'm trying to have a conversation with you. 
#Person2#: And I'm trying to watch the game, but you're yapping on about your new clothes! 
#Person1#: Well I have to decide which gifts to keep and which to exchange for better ones when I go to the Boxing Day sales this afternoon! 
#Person2#: Well could you do me the favor of making this quick? It's the third quarter and you've been blabbering on since the first! 
#Person1#: Oh, your precious game. You watch the same game every year, and each year your beloved hometown team loses by at least three goals! 
#Person2#: Oh no you didn't. You didn't just insult the Sals-bury Seals, did you? Why don't you just. just go and return all of those stupid clothes and not come back until the sales are over? 
#Person1#: I might just! Enjoy your stupid game! ","#Person1# asks #Person2#'s opinion on new clothes, but #Person2# only focuses on the game and feels annoyed. They are both angry and argue."
test_42_1,"#Person1#: There are so many jobs to choose from. What do you want to do?
#Person2#: I think working in the media could be fun. There's TV, newspapers, the Internet.
#Person1#: Well, let me have a look. Uhm, how about this? You could become a TV news director.
#Person2#: Are you joking? Directing the news would be very stressful.
#Person1#: Well, writing for a magazine would be exciting. How about that?
#Person2#: No, I'm more interested in working with computers. Hey, look, interactive media. I'd like that.",#Person1# gives suggestions on job choices to #Person2#. #Person2# likes interactive media.
test_42_2,"#Person1#: There are so many jobs to choose from. What do you want to do?
#Person2#: I think working in the media could be fun. There's TV, newspapers, the Internet.
#Person1#: Well, let me have a look. Uhm, how about this? You could become a TV news director.
#Person2#: Are you joking? Directing the news would be very stressful.
#Person1#: Well, writing for a magazine would be exciting. How about that?
#Person2#: No, I'm more interested in working with computers. Hey, look, interactive media. I'd like that.",#Person1# and #Person2# are looking at jobs. #Person2# is interested in the media industry.
test_42_3,"#Person1#: There are so many jobs to choose from. What do you want to do?
#Person2#: I think working in the media could be fun. There's TV, newspapers, the Internet.
#Person1#: Well, let me have a look. Uhm, how about this? You could become a TV news director.
#Person2#: Are you joking? Directing the news would be very stressful.
#Person1#: Well, writing for a magazine would be exciting. How about that?
#Person2#: No, I'm more interested in working with computers. Hey, look, interactive media. I'd like that.","#Person1# offers some job choices to #Person2#, but #Person2# doesn't like them."
test_43_1,"#Person1#: Don't tell me you're bored already?
#Person2#: Well, yeah, I am.
#Person1#: We just got here. You will have to find a way to entertain yourself then.
#Person2#: What can I do? There are just a bunch of boring people giving boring speeches.
#Person1#: Too bad. I have to sit through it, so you do, too. Even if it's a little boring, it's important for me to be here. I have to listen carefully, take notes and then interview some of the speakers afterward. I work for the Daily News after all. Didn't you bring anything to read?
#Person2#: I brought my iPod and some headphones. Would it be rude to listen to some music?
#Person1#: Yes, it would. I might have a few old newspapers in my bag. You could read them. They also have sections with games in them, like crossword puzzles. That will keep you busy for a while.
#Person2#: I hate crosswords. Do the papers have comic sections in them?
#Person1#: You'll probably find some. Now be quiet! Another man is getting up to speak. I really have to pay attention to this one. It's the head of the charity organization.",#Person2# feels bored with the meeting. #Person1# gives #Person2# some suggestions on how to entertain but finally asks #Person2# to keep quiet.
test_43_2,"#Person1#: Don't tell me you're bored already?
#Person2#: Well, yeah, I am.
#Person1#: We just got here. You will have to find a way to entertain yourself then.
#Person2#: What can I do? There are just a bunch of boring people giving boring speeches.
#Person1#: Too bad. I have to sit through it, so you do, too. Even if it's a little boring, it's important for me to be here. I have to listen carefully, take notes and then interview some of the speakers afterward. I work for the Daily News after all. Didn't you bring anything to read?
#Person2#: I brought my iPod and some headphones. Would it be rude to listen to some music?
#Person1#: Yes, it would. I might have a few old newspapers in my bag. You could read them. They also have sections with games in them, like crossword puzzles. That will keep you busy for a while.
#Person2#: I hate crosswords. Do the papers have comic sections in them?
#Person1#: You'll probably find some. Now be quiet! Another man is getting up to speak. I really have to pay attention to this one. It's the head of the charity organization.","#Person1#, a reporter, takes #Person2# to a forum. #Person2# is bored and tries to find a pastime."
test_43_3,"#Person1#: Don't tell me you're bored already?
#Person2#: Well, yeah, I am.
#Person1#: We just got here. You will have to find a way to entertain yourself then.
#Person2#: What can I do? There are just a bunch of boring people giving boring speeches.
#Person1#: Too bad. I have to sit through it, so you do, too. Even if it's a little boring, it's important for me to be here. I have to listen carefully, take notes and then interview some of the speakers afterward. I work for the Daily News after all. Didn't you bring anything to read?
#Person2#: I brought my iPod and some headphones. Would it be rude to listen to some music?
#Person1#: Yes, it would. I might have a few old newspapers in my bag. You could read them. They also have sections with games in them, like crossword puzzles. That will keep you busy for a while.
#Person2#: I hate crosswords. Do the papers have comic sections in them?
#Person1#: You'll probably find some. Now be quiet! Another man is getting up to speak. I really have to pay attention to this one. It's the head of the charity organization.","#Person2# tells #Person1# that #Person2# is bored and explains the reasons, so #Person1# suggests #Person2# read some old newspapers and be quiet."
test_44_1,"#Person1#: Have you ever thought of moving, Sarah?
#Person2#: We thought about it, but my husband and I can't afford it right now.
#Person1#: Buying a house near our company can be expensive, but there are ways to find cheaper houses.
#Person2#: Like what?
#Person1#: Well, you can buy a house far away from the city center. You would definitely save money that way.
#Person2#: That's a good idea.
#Person1#: My sister in law and her husband just bought a house that way. And they're pretty satisfied with it.
#Person2#: Is the house in poor condition?
#Person1#: Not at all, the woman who owned it bought it from her friend and took good care of it. But when she died she had no family left and no will, so the government had to sell it for her.
#Person2#: Was it a very old house?
#Person1#: Yes, it was about 50 years old. There were a few repairs that needed doing but it didn't take a lot of money or time.
#Person2#: Is it in a good location?
#Person1#: The area can be a bit rough in the evening but the neighbors watch out for each other so it's OK.",Sarah is considering moving. #Person1# gives her advice on buying a house.
test_44_2,"#Person1#: Have you ever thought of moving, Sarah?
#Person2#: We thought about it, but my husband and I can't afford it right now.
#Person1#: Buying a house near our company can be expensive, but there are ways to find cheaper houses.
#Person2#: Like what?
#Person1#: Well, you can buy a house far away from the city center. You would definitely save money that way.
#Person2#: That's a good idea.
#Person1#: My sister in law and her husband just bought a house that way. And they're pretty satisfied with it.
#Person2#: Is the house in poor condition?
#Person1#: Not at all, the woman who owned it bought it from her friend and took good care of it. But when she died she had no family left and no will, so the government had to sell it for her.
#Person2#: Was it a very old house?
#Person1#: Yes, it was about 50 years old. There were a few repairs that needed doing but it didn't take a lot of money or time.
#Person2#: Is it in a good location?
#Person1#: The area can be a bit rough in the evening but the neighbors watch out for each other so it's OK.",Sarah wants to move. #Person1# suggests buying a cheaper house and offers information on possible options.
test_44_3,"#Person1#: Have you ever thought of moving, Sarah?
#Person2#: We thought about it, but my husband and I can't afford it right now.
#Person1#: Buying a house near our company can be expensive, but there are ways to find cheaper houses.
#Person2#: Like what?
#Person1#: Well, you can buy a house far away from the city center. You would definitely save money that way.
#Person2#: That's a good idea.
#Person1#: My sister in law and her husband just bought a house that way. And they're pretty satisfied with it.
#Person2#: Is the house in poor condition?
#Person1#: Not at all, the woman who owned it bought it from her friend and took good care of it. But when she died she had no family left and no will, so the government had to sell it for her.
#Person2#: Was it a very old house?
#Person1#: Yes, it was about 50 years old. There were a few repairs that needed doing but it didn't take a lot of money or time.
#Person2#: Is it in a good location?
#Person1#: The area can be a bit rough in the evening but the neighbors watch out for each other so it's OK.",Sarah tells #Person1# that she can't afford a new house. #Person1# says #Person1#'s sister-in-law bought a cheap house and suggests Sarah should buy a house far from the city center.
test_45_1,"#Person1#: Hello. Welcome to this week's People You Meet. Today, we present to you Mark Leach, an information officer in London.
#Person2#: Hi everyone, my name's Mark Leach. I'm an information officer at the Britain Business Center, which is a tourist office for the British tourist board in London. Here, we offer a tourist information service to mainly visitors from overseas. And each year, we have about 500,000 people come to the office.
#Person1#: Wow. That's a large number of people. How do you manage to meet the needs of so many people?
#Person2#: I'm in charge of an information team. The team has about 10 officers who give tourist information directly over the counter to visitors. We speak a total of 13 languages altogether.
#Person1#: That's pretty cool. So what exactly do you do everyday?
#Person2#: Well, we act as a one stop shop for anyone who wants to come in. So it could be that they want a day trip from London, which is a very popular request. And we can offer suggestions of where to go and how to get there. If people want a two week tour of Britain, we can plan out exactly where to visit, what roads to take.
#Person1#: So, do you have any suggestions for people coming to Britain?
#Person2#: A good suggestion is to see as much as you can. But try to come back again and again to see different parts of the country, because in that way you really experience it.",#Person1# introduces Mark Leach to this week's People You Meet. Mark Leach describes his job responsibilities and gives advice to people coming to Britain.
test_45_2,"#Person1#: Hello. Welcome to this week's People You Meet. Today, we present to you Mark Leach, an information officer in London.
#Person2#: Hi everyone, my name's Mark Leach. I'm an information officer at the Britain Business Center, which is a tourist office for the British tourist board in London. Here, we offer a tourist information service to mainly visitors from overseas. And each year, we have about 500,000 people come to the office.
#Person1#: Wow. That's a large number of people. How do you manage to meet the needs of so many people?
#Person2#: I'm in charge of an information team. The team has about 10 officers who give tourist information directly over the counter to visitors. We speak a total of 13 languages altogether.
#Person1#: That's pretty cool. So what exactly do you do everyday?
#Person2#: Well, we act as a one stop shop for anyone who wants to come in. So it could be that they want a day trip from London, which is a very popular request. And we can offer suggestions of where to go and how to get there. If people want a two week tour of Britain, we can plan out exactly where to visit, what roads to take.
#Person1#: So, do you have any suggestions for people coming to Britain?
#Person2#: A good suggestion is to see as much as you can. But try to come back again and again to see different parts of the country, because in that way you really experience it.","#Person1# hosts the week's People You Meet, featuring Mark Leach. Mark introduces his work as an information officer in London."
test_45_3,"#Person1#: Hello. Welcome to this week's People You Meet. Today, we present to you Mark Leach, an information officer in London.
#Person2#: Hi everyone, my name's Mark Leach. I'm an information officer at the Britain Business Center, which is a tourist office for the British tourist board in London. Here, we offer a tourist information service to mainly visitors from overseas. And each year, we have about 500,000 people come to the office.
#Person1#: Wow. That's a large number of people. How do you manage to meet the needs of so many people?
#Person2#: I'm in charge of an information team. The team has about 10 officers who give tourist information directly over the counter to visitors. We speak a total of 13 languages altogether.
#Person1#: That's pretty cool. So what exactly do you do everyday?
#Person2#: Well, we act as a one stop shop for anyone who wants to come in. So it could be that they want a day trip from London, which is a very popular request. And we can offer suggestions of where to go and how to get there. If people want a two week tour of Britain, we can plan out exactly where to visit, what roads to take.
#Person1#: So, do you have any suggestions for people coming to Britain?
#Person2#: A good suggestion is to see as much as you can. But try to come back again and again to see different parts of the country, because in that way you really experience it.",Mark Leach introduces his information service and his work to the audience. He also offers suggestions for people coming to Britain.
test_46_1,"#Person1#: Hello, Lin Fang!
#Person2#: Oh! Hi, Lucy!
#Person1#: What's the next lesson, Lin Fang?
#Person2#: English.
#Person1#: Oh, good! That's my favorite subject.
#Person2#: That's because you always find it so easy. I find it very difficult so I don't like it much.
#Person1#: Nancy finds English quite difficult too. But she says it's her favorite subject.
#Person2#: Yes, I know, and her second favorite subject is math.
#Person1#: Math is my worst. I don't like it. I always get the answers wrong.
#Person2#: So if English is your favorite subject, what's your second favorite?
#Person1#: PE. What about you?
#Person2#: I'm not sure. Both Chinese and science are my favorite subjects. I think I like Chinese a little more than science.
#Person1#: You are very different from Nancy. She doesn't like science at all.",Lin Fang and Lucy are talking about their favourite subjects.
test_46_2,"#Person1#: Hello, Lin Fang!
#Person2#: Oh! Hi, Lucy!
#Person1#: What's the next lesson, Lin Fang?
#Person2#: English.
#Person1#: Oh, good! That's my favorite subject.
#Person2#: That's because you always find it so easy. I find it very difficult so I don't like it much.
#Person1#: Nancy finds English quite difficult too. But she says it's her favorite subject.
#Person2#: Yes, I know, and her second favorite subject is math.
#Person1#: Math is my worst. I don't like it. I always get the answers wrong.
#Person2#: So if English is your favorite subject, what's your second favorite?
#Person1#: PE. What about you?
#Person2#: I'm not sure. Both Chinese and science are my favorite subjects. I think I like Chinese a little more than science.
#Person1#: You are very different from Nancy. She doesn't like science at all.",Lin Fang and Lucy are talking about how they like different subjects.
test_46_3,"#Person1#: Hello, Lin Fang!
#Person2#: Oh! Hi, Lucy!
#Person1#: What's the next lesson, Lin Fang?
#Person2#: English.
#Person1#: Oh, good! That's my favorite subject.
#Person2#: That's because you always find it so easy. I find it very difficult so I don't like it much.
#Person1#: Nancy finds English quite difficult too. But she says it's her favorite subject.
#Person2#: Yes, I know, and her second favorite subject is math.
#Person1#: Math is my worst. I don't like it. I always get the answers wrong.
#Person2#: So if English is your favorite subject, what's your second favorite?
#Person1#: PE. What about you?
#Person2#: I'm not sure. Both Chinese and science are my favorite subjects. I think I like Chinese a little more than science.
#Person1#: You are very different from Nancy. She doesn't like science at all.","Lucy likes English and P.E. best, but Lin Fang's favorite is Chinese and Science."
test_47_1,"#Person1#: OK, Mrs Thomas. I finished cleaning up the leaves in the yard.
#Person2#: Oh, thank you, James.
#Person1#: I also swept the front steps and took out the garbage. Is there anything else I can help you with?
#Person2#: Can you also take my dog Oscar for a walk?
#Person1#: Sure.
#Person2#: Here is such a prince. Ever since I broke my leg i t has been so difficult to take care of things around the house. My daughter Leah helps out on Mondays and Tuesdays and my son Robbie on Thursdays, but I'm so happy you can come on Saturdays.
#Person1#: Well, I appreciate the weekend work. I'm saving up to buy a bike so I can ride to my basketball practice.
#Person2#: Will you still be able to work for me after you get your bike?
#Person1#: Of course, but don't forget I'm away next weekend visiting my grandfather. My sister Allison will come by instead.
#Person2#: OK.",James comes to help Mrs. Thomas to do some housework on the weekend. James is saving up to buy a bike.
test_47_2,"#Person1#: OK, Mrs Thomas. I finished cleaning up the leaves in the yard.
#Person2#: Oh, thank you, James.
#Person1#: I also swept the front steps and took out the garbage. Is there anything else I can help you with?
#Person2#: Can you also take my dog Oscar for a walk?
#Person1#: Sure.
#Person2#: Here is such a prince. Ever since I broke my leg i t has been so difficult to take care of things around the house. My daughter Leah helps out on Mondays and Tuesdays and my son Robbie on Thursdays, but I'm so happy you can come on Saturdays.
#Person1#: Well, I appreciate the weekend work. I'm saving up to buy a bike so I can ride to my basketball practice.
#Person2#: Will you still be able to work for me after you get your bike?
#Person1#: Of course, but don't forget I'm away next weekend visiting my grandfather. My sister Allison will come by instead.
#Person2#: OK.","James helped Mrs. Thomas with housework since she has broken her legs, and he wanted to save money for a bike."
test_47_3,"#Person1#: OK, Mrs Thomas. I finished cleaning up the leaves in the yard.
#Person2#: Oh, thank you, James.
#Person1#: I also swept the front steps and took out the garbage. Is there anything else I can help you with?
#Person2#: Can you also take my dog Oscar for a walk?
#Person1#: Sure.
#Person2#: Here is such a prince. Ever since I broke my leg i t has been so difficult to take care of things around the house. My daughter Leah helps out on Mondays and Tuesdays and my son Robbie on Thursdays, but I'm so happy you can come on Saturdays.
#Person1#: Well, I appreciate the weekend work. I'm saving up to buy a bike so I can ride to my basketball practice.
#Person2#: Will you still be able to work for me after you get your bike?
#Person1#: Of course, but don't forget I'm away next weekend visiting my grandfather. My sister Allison will come by instead.
#Person2#: OK.",James helps Mrs. Thomas to do chores because James wanted to save money and Mrs. Thomas is incapable.
test_48_1,"#Person1#: I think spring is finally here.
#Person2#: Yep, it sure seems like it. However, it's still very cold at night.
#Person1#: Yes, they turned the heat off 6 days ago. It's absolutely freezing in my apartment at night. I have to turn on the air conditioner to blow hot air in order to warm things up a little.
#Person2#: Well, and if you are outside and is a bit of a breeze. It feels cold quickly.
#Person1#: It sure does. I think I'm going to follow my cats example and just sit in the sum that shining in through the windows.","#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about the low temperature at night, although spring has come."
test_48_2,"#Person1#: I think spring is finally here.
#Person2#: Yep, it sure seems like it. However, it's still very cold at night.
#Person1#: Yes, they turned the heat off 6 days ago. It's absolutely freezing in my apartment at night. I have to turn on the air conditioner to blow hot air in order to warm things up a little.
#Person2#: Well, and if you are outside and is a bit of a breeze. It feels cold quickly.
#Person1#: It sure does. I think I'm going to follow my cats example and just sit in the sum that shining in through the windows.",#Person1# and #Person2# agree that it still felt very cold in spring.
test_48_3,"#Person1#: I think spring is finally here.
#Person2#: Yep, it sure seems like it. However, it's still very cold at night.
#Person1#: Yes, they turned the heat off 6 days ago. It's absolutely freezing in my apartment at night. I have to turn on the air conditioner to blow hot air in order to warm things up a little.
#Person2#: Well, and if you are outside and is a bit of a breeze. It feels cold quickly.
#Person1#: It sure does. I think I'm going to follow my cats example and just sit in the sum that shining in through the windows.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about the weather and how to keep warm.
test_49_1,"#Person1#: OK, that's a cut. Let's start from the beginning everyone.
#Person2#: What was the problem that time?
#Person1#: The feeling was all wrong, Mike. She is telling you that she doesn't want to see you anymore, but I want to get more anger from you. You're acting hurt and sad, but that's not how your character would act in this situation.
#Person2#: But Jason and Laura had been together for 3 years. Don't you think his reaction would be one of both anger and sadness?
#Person1#: At this point, no. I think he would react the way most guys would and then later on, we would see his real feelings.
#Person2#: I'm not so sure about that.
#Person1#: Let's try it my way and you can see how you feel when you're saying your lines. After that, if it still doesn't feel right we can try something else.",#Person1# and Mike are discussing what kind of emotion should be expressed by Mike in this play. They have different understandings.
test_49_2,"#Person1#: OK, that's a cut. Let's start from the beginning everyone.
#Person2#: What was the problem that time?
#Person1#: The feeling was all wrong, Mike. She is telling you that she doesn't want to see you anymore, but I want to get more anger from you. You're acting hurt and sad, but that's not how your character would act in this situation.
#Person2#: But Jason and Laura had been together for 3 years. Don't you think his reaction would be one of both anger and sadness?
#Person1#: At this point, no. I think he would react the way most guys would and then later on, we would see his real feelings.
#Person2#: I'm not so sure about that.
#Person1#: Let's try it my way and you can see how you feel when you're saying your lines. After that, if it still doesn't feel right we can try something else.",#Person1# and Mike have a disagreement on how to act out a scene. #Person1# proposes that Mike can try to act in #Person1#'s way.
test_49_3,"#Person1#: OK, that's a cut. Let's start from the beginning everyone.
#Person2#: What was the problem that time?
#Person1#: The feeling was all wrong, Mike. She is telling you that she doesn't want to see you anymore, but I want to get more anger from you. You're acting hurt and sad, but that's not how your character would act in this situation.
#Person2#: But Jason and Laura had been together for 3 years. Don't you think his reaction would be one of both anger and sadness?
#Person1#: At this point, no. I think he would react the way most guys would and then later on, we would see his real feelings.
#Person2#: I'm not so sure about that.
#Person1#: Let's try it my way and you can see how you feel when you're saying your lines. After that, if it still doesn't feel right we can try something else.","#Person1# wants Mike to act more angry, but Mike thinks he should act both angry and sad."
test_50_1,"#Person1#: Taxi!
#Person2#: Where will you go, sir?
#Person1#: Friendship Hotel.
#Person2#: OK, it's not far from here.
#Person1#: I have something important to do, can you fast the speed?
#Person2#: Sure, I'll try my best. Here we are.
#Person1#: It's fast! How much should I pay you?
#Person2#: The reading on the meter is 15 yuan.
#Person1#: Here's 20 yuan, keep the change.
#Person2#: Thank you very much.",#Person1# takes a taxi to the Friendship Hotel for something important.
test_50_2,"#Person1#: Taxi!
#Person2#: Where will you go, sir?
#Person1#: Friendship Hotel.
#Person2#: OK, it's not far from here.
#Person1#: I have something important to do, can you fast the speed?
#Person2#: Sure, I'll try my best. Here we are.
#Person1#: It's fast! How much should I pay you?
#Person2#: The reading on the meter is 15 yuan.
#Person1#: Here's 20 yuan, keep the change.
#Person2#: Thank you very much.",#Person2# drives #Person1# to the Friendship Hotel as fast as #Person2# can be.
test_50_3,"#Person1#: Taxi!
#Person2#: Where will you go, sir?
#Person1#: Friendship Hotel.
#Person2#: OK, it's not far from here.
#Person1#: I have something important to do, can you fast the speed?
#Person2#: Sure, I'll try my best. Here we are.
#Person1#: It's fast! How much should I pay you?
#Person2#: The reading on the meter is 15 yuan.
#Person1#: Here's 20 yuan, keep the change.
#Person2#: Thank you very much.",The taxi driver takes #Person1# to the Friendship Hotel quickly.
test_51_1,"#Person1#: I'm broke, and I have to catch another bus.
#Person2#: Why don't you have any money for another bus?
#Person1#: I got hungry and bought some chips.
#Person2#: That was smart.
#Person1#: Anyway, do you have any change I can use for the bus?
#Person2#: I don't have any.
#Person1#: I don't know how I'm going to get home.
#Person2#: Get a transfer from the bus driver.
#Person1#: How much is a transfer?
#Person2#: It doesn't cost anything.
#Person1#: That's great! Thanks for your help.
#Person2#: You know what? Don't mention it.",#Person1# doesn't have any change for the bus because #Person1# bought some chips. #Person2# suggests #Person1# get a transfer from the bus driver.
test_51_2,"#Person1#: I'm broke, and I have to catch another bus.
#Person2#: Why don't you have any money for another bus?
#Person1#: I got hungry and bought some chips.
#Person2#: That was smart.
#Person1#: Anyway, do you have any change I can use for the bus?
#Person2#: I don't have any.
#Person1#: I don't know how I'm going to get home.
#Person2#: Get a transfer from the bus driver.
#Person1#: How much is a transfer?
#Person2#: It doesn't cost anything.
#Person1#: That's great! Thanks for your help.
#Person2#: You know what? Don't mention it.","#Person1#'s broke, so #Person2# suggests #Person1# get a free bus transfer."
test_51_3,"#Person1#: I'm broke, and I have to catch another bus.
#Person2#: Why don't you have any money for another bus?
#Person1#: I got hungry and bought some chips.
#Person2#: That was smart.
#Person1#: Anyway, do you have any change I can use for the bus?
#Person2#: I don't have any.
#Person1#: I don't know how I'm going to get home.
#Person2#: Get a transfer from the bus driver.
#Person1#: How much is a transfer?
#Person2#: It doesn't cost anything.
#Person1#: That's great! Thanks for your help.
#Person2#: You know what? Don't mention it.","#Person1#'s broke, so #Person2# suggests #Person1# get a transfer from the bus driver to go home."
test_52_1,"#Person1#: How long does it take to get to downtown from here?
#Person2#: It is 15 minutes ' drive.
#Person1#: What companies do we have in our neighborhood?
#Person2#: Mitsubishi, HP, IBM and many other famous corporations.
#Person1#: Does the 7th floor belong to our company too?
#Person2#: Yes, our company has two floors, the 6th and 7th floor in this building.
#Person1#: It ' s such a large firm. Do we have our own staff restaurant?
#Person2#: Yes, at the end of the hall.",#Person2# tells #Person1# information about their company and its surroundings.
test_52_2,"#Person1#: How long does it take to get to downtown from here?
#Person2#: It is 15 minutes ' drive.
#Person1#: What companies do we have in our neighborhood?
#Person2#: Mitsubishi, HP, IBM and many other famous corporations.
#Person1#: Does the 7th floor belong to our company too?
#Person2#: Yes, our company has two floors, the 6th and 7th floor in this building.
#Person1#: It ' s such a large firm. Do we have our own staff restaurant?
#Person2#: Yes, at the end of the hall.","#Person1# asks #Person2# about the company's surroundings, location, and staff restaurant."
test_52_3,"#Person1#: How long does it take to get to downtown from here?
#Person2#: It is 15 minutes ' drive.
#Person1#: What companies do we have in our neighborhood?
#Person2#: Mitsubishi, HP, IBM and many other famous corporations.
#Person1#: Does the 7th floor belong to our company too?
#Person2#: Yes, our company has two floors, the 6th and 7th floor in this building.
#Person1#: It ' s such a large firm. Do we have our own staff restaurant?
#Person2#: Yes, at the end of the hall.",#Person2# introduces the surroundings and information about their company to #Person1#.
test_53_1,"#Person1#: Did you hear about Lulu?
#Person2#: No, what?
#Person1#: She and Vic broke up and now she ' s asked for a transfer.
#Person2#: Get out of here! I didn ' t even know they were dating!
#Person1#: No one really did. They were very discreet and professional at the office.",#Person1# and #Person2# are gossiping about Lulu and Vic's break-up.
test_53_2,"#Person1#: Did you hear about Lulu?
#Person2#: No, what?
#Person1#: She and Vic broke up and now she ' s asked for a transfer.
#Person2#: Get out of here! I didn ' t even know they were dating!
#Person1#: No one really did. They were very discreet and professional at the office.",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about Lulu and Vic's breakup.
test_53_3,"#Person1#: Did you hear about Lulu?
#Person2#: No, what?
#Person1#: She and Vic broke up and now she ' s asked for a transfer.
#Person2#: Get out of here! I didn ' t even know they were dating!
#Person1#: No one really did. They were very discreet and professional at the office.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about Lulu and Vic's breakup.
test_54_1,"#Person1#: Hello, 332440.
#Person2#: Oh hello, Sally. This is Dave Thomson here. Could I speak to Jim please?
#Person1#: I'm afraid he's not in at the moment Dave. He went out about an hour ago and he's not back yet.
#Person2#: Any idea when he might be back?
#Person1#: Well, he shouldn't be long. He said he was just going to get some paint. But I wouldn't be surprised if he's stopped off at the pub on the way back.
#Person2#: OK. well, tell him I've called, will you, and I'll try again later.
#Person1#: All right. Goodbye, Dave.
#Person2#: Thanks then Sally. Goodbye.",Dave Thomson calls Jim but Jim went out. Sally will tell Jim Dave called.
test_54_2,"#Person1#: Hello, 332440.
#Person2#: Oh hello, Sally. This is Dave Thomson here. Could I speak to Jim please?
#Person1#: I'm afraid he's not in at the moment Dave. He went out about an hour ago and he's not back yet.
#Person2#: Any idea when he might be back?
#Person1#: Well, he shouldn't be long. He said he was just going to get some paint. But I wouldn't be surprised if he's stopped off at the pub on the way back.
#Person2#: OK. well, tell him I've called, will you, and I'll try again later.
#Person1#: All right. Goodbye, Dave.
#Person2#: Thanks then Sally. Goodbye.",Dave calls Jim but Jim is out. Sally tells Dave Jim's whereabouts.
test_54_3,"#Person1#: Hello, 332440.
#Person2#: Oh hello, Sally. This is Dave Thomson here. Could I speak to Jim please?
#Person1#: I'm afraid he's not in at the moment Dave. He went out about an hour ago and he's not back yet.
#Person2#: Any idea when he might be back?
#Person1#: Well, he shouldn't be long. He said he was just going to get some paint. But I wouldn't be surprised if he's stopped off at the pub on the way back.
#Person2#: OK. well, tell him I've called, will you, and I'll try again later.
#Person1#: All right. Goodbye, Dave.
#Person2#: Thanks then Sally. Goodbye.",Dave Thomson calls to speak to Jim but Jim is out.
test_55_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me. Can you tell me how to get to City Hall?
#Person2#: Yes. Go to the next corner and turn left onto Center Street. Walk three blocks to Second Avenue and turn right. Walk two more blocks and you'll see City Hall on the left.
#Person1#: I'm sorry. I didn't follow you. Could you please repeat that?
#Person2#: Okay. First, go to the next corner and turn left onto Center Street.
#Person1#: Uh-huh.
#Person2#: Then, walk three blocks to Second Avenue an turn right. Are you with me so far?
#Person1#: Yes. I'm following you.
#Person2#: Then, walk two more blocks an you ' ll see City Hall on the left. Have you got all that?
#Person1#: Yes. Now I've got it. Thank you very much.",#Person2# shows #Person1# the way to City Hall patiently.
test_55_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me. Can you tell me how to get to City Hall?
#Person2#: Yes. Go to the next corner and turn left onto Center Street. Walk three blocks to Second Avenue and turn right. Walk two more blocks and you'll see City Hall on the left.
#Person1#: I'm sorry. I didn't follow you. Could you please repeat that?
#Person2#: Okay. First, go to the next corner and turn left onto Center Street.
#Person1#: Uh-huh.
#Person2#: Then, walk three blocks to Second Avenue an turn right. Are you with me so far?
#Person1#: Yes. I'm following you.
#Person2#: Then, walk two more blocks an you ' ll see City Hall on the left. Have you got all that?
#Person1#: Yes. Now I've got it. Thank you very much.",#Person1# asks #Person2# the way to City Hall and #Person2# answers with patience.
test_55_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me. Can you tell me how to get to City Hall?
#Person2#: Yes. Go to the next corner and turn left onto Center Street. Walk three blocks to Second Avenue and turn right. Walk two more blocks and you'll see City Hall on the left.
#Person1#: I'm sorry. I didn't follow you. Could you please repeat that?
#Person2#: Okay. First, go to the next corner and turn left onto Center Street.
#Person1#: Uh-huh.
#Person2#: Then, walk three blocks to Second Avenue an turn right. Are you with me so far?
#Person1#: Yes. I'm following you.
#Person2#: Then, walk two more blocks an you ' ll see City Hall on the left. Have you got all that?
#Person1#: Yes. Now I've got it. Thank you very much.",#Person2# patiently shows #Person1# the way to City Hall.
test_56_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me, could you help me?
#Person2#: Yes, what seems to be the problem?
#Person1#: Well. I was wondering if anyone has turned in a passport?
#Person2#: I am afraid not. Have you lost your passport?
#Person1#: I think so. I can't find it anywhere in my hotel room and I remember the last place I used it yesterday was in this department store.
#Person2#: Where exactly did you use your passport in the store?
#Person1#: In the shoe department. I had to show it to pay for these shoes with my traveler's cheques.
#Person2#: Well, let me call the shoe department to see if they'Ve found a passport. Sorry, your passport hasn't turned up there either.
#Person1#: Then what shall I do?
#Person2#: You can fill in this lost property report and I will keep my eye out for it. These kinds of things usually turn up eventually, but I suggest you contact your embassy and tell them about your situation, so they can issue you a new passport in case it doesn't show up.
#Person1#: You are right. Do you have a pen?
#Person2#: Here you are.
#Person1#: Oh, I seem to lose something every time I travel.",#Person1# lost #Person1#'s passport. #Person2# suggests #Person1# fill in the lost property report and inform the embassy of the situation so they can issue a new passport in case it cannot be found.
test_56_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me, could you help me?
#Person2#: Yes, what seems to be the problem?
#Person1#: Well. I was wondering if anyone has turned in a passport?
#Person2#: I am afraid not. Have you lost your passport?
#Person1#: I think so. I can't find it anywhere in my hotel room and I remember the last place I used it yesterday was in this department store.
#Person2#: Where exactly did you use your passport in the store?
#Person1#: In the shoe department. I had to show it to pay for these shoes with my traveler's cheques.
#Person2#: Well, let me call the shoe department to see if they'Ve found a passport. Sorry, your passport hasn't turned up there either.
#Person1#: Then what shall I do?
#Person2#: You can fill in this lost property report and I will keep my eye out for it. These kinds of things usually turn up eventually, but I suggest you contact your embassy and tell them about your situation, so they can issue you a new passport in case it doesn't show up.
#Person1#: You are right. Do you have a pen?
#Person2#: Here you are.
#Person1#: Oh, I seem to lose something every time I travel.","#Person1# asks #Person2# for help to find #Person1#'s passport. #Person2# checks the shoe department but finds nothing. Thus, #Person2# lets #Person1# fill in a report and contact the embassy."
test_56_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me, could you help me?
#Person2#: Yes, what seems to be the problem?
#Person1#: Well. I was wondering if anyone has turned in a passport?
#Person2#: I am afraid not. Have you lost your passport?
#Person1#: I think so. I can't find it anywhere in my hotel room and I remember the last place I used it yesterday was in this department store.
#Person2#: Where exactly did you use your passport in the store?
#Person1#: In the shoe department. I had to show it to pay for these shoes with my traveler's cheques.
#Person2#: Well, let me call the shoe department to see if they'Ve found a passport. Sorry, your passport hasn't turned up there either.
#Person1#: Then what shall I do?
#Person2#: You can fill in this lost property report and I will keep my eye out for it. These kinds of things usually turn up eventually, but I suggest you contact your embassy and tell them about your situation, so they can issue you a new passport in case it doesn't show up.
#Person1#: You are right. Do you have a pen?
#Person2#: Here you are.
#Person1#: Oh, I seem to lose something every time I travel.",#Person1# lost the passport. #Person2# suggests #Person1# fill in the lost property report and contact the embassy.
test_57_1,"#Person1#: Hello?
#Person2#: Good morning, Nathaniel. This is Leah calling from the International Student Office.
#Person1#: Good morning.
#Person2#: The reason I'm calling is because Ms. Collins will not be able to call you back until next week.
#Person1#: Oh. I had hoped she would have called me back yesterday.
#Person2#: She's terribly sorry about that. She had to leave the office suddenly and won't be able to return until next week. She hopes you understand.
#Person1#: Is there someone else I can talk to?
#Person2#: She asked me to call you to book an appointment with someone else today. When are you free today?
#Person1#: Any time after 2 pm today would be good for me.
#Person2#: Mr. Liu is available at 2:15 today. Will that work for you?
#Person1#: I'd prefer to speak with Ms. Fonda.
#Person2#: I'm afraid she isn't available this afternoon. She has an opening at 11:30 this morning. Will that work for you?
#Person1#: that will be fine.
#Person2#: Ok, we'll be expecting you at 11:30. See you then.","Leah informs Nathaniel that Ms. Collins will not be able to call him back until next week, so he needs to book an appointment with someone else from the International Student Office. Nathaniel decides to speak with Ms. Fonda."
test_57_2,"#Person1#: Hello?
#Person2#: Good morning, Nathaniel. This is Leah calling from the International Student Office.
#Person1#: Good morning.
#Person2#: The reason I'm calling is because Ms. Collins will not be able to call you back until next week.
#Person1#: Oh. I had hoped she would have called me back yesterday.
#Person2#: She's terribly sorry about that. She had to leave the office suddenly and won't be able to return until next week. She hopes you understand.
#Person1#: Is there someone else I can talk to?
#Person2#: She asked me to call you to book an appointment with someone else today. When are you free today?
#Person1#: Any time after 2 pm today would be good for me.
#Person2#: Mr. Liu is available at 2:15 today. Will that work for you?
#Person1#: I'd prefer to speak with Ms. Fonda.
#Person2#: I'm afraid she isn't available this afternoon. She has an opening at 11:30 this morning. Will that work for you?
#Person1#: that will be fine.
#Person2#: Ok, we'll be expecting you at 11:30. See you then.",Leah informs Nathaniel that Ms. Collins won't be available for their appointment and explains the reason. Then Nathaniel decides to speak with someone else.
test_57_3,"#Person1#: Hello?
#Person2#: Good morning, Nathaniel. This is Leah calling from the International Student Office.
#Person1#: Good morning.
#Person2#: The reason I'm calling is because Ms. Collins will not be able to call you back until next week.
#Person1#: Oh. I had hoped she would have called me back yesterday.
#Person2#: She's terribly sorry about that. She had to leave the office suddenly and won't be able to return until next week. She hopes you understand.
#Person1#: Is there someone else I can talk to?
#Person2#: She asked me to call you to book an appointment with someone else today. When are you free today?
#Person1#: Any time after 2 pm today would be good for me.
#Person2#: Mr. Liu is available at 2:15 today. Will that work for you?
#Person1#: I'd prefer to speak with Ms. Fonda.
#Person2#: I'm afraid she isn't available this afternoon. She has an opening at 11:30 this morning. Will that work for you?
#Person1#: that will be fine.
#Person2#: Ok, we'll be expecting you at 11:30. See you then.",The International Student Office calls Nathaniel to inform him that he has to book another appointment with someone else as Ms. Collins is not available. Nathaniel decides to speak with Ms. Fonda.
test_58_1,"#Person1#: When she told me that she would marry no man but Dick, my heart was almost in my mouth.
#Person2#: You were scared, too? I dared not tell you my feeling when I heard that. I almost got fainted.
#Person1#: I could not and can't make out the reason why she would set her heart on a man like Dick. He plays the field with many girls.
#Person2#: But Sarah says she does not care, so long as he loves her.",#Person1# and #Person2# feel scared when heard Sarah insists on marrying Dick.
test_58_2,"#Person1#: When she told me that she would marry no man but Dick, my heart was almost in my mouth.
#Person2#: You were scared, too? I dared not tell you my feeling when I heard that. I almost got fainted.
#Person1#: I could not and can't make out the reason why she would set her heart on a man like Dick. He plays the field with many girls.
#Person2#: But Sarah says she does not care, so long as he loves her.",#Person1# and #Person2# are shocked about Sarah's love for Dick.
test_58_3,"#Person1#: When she told me that she would marry no man but Dick, my heart was almost in my mouth.
#Person2#: You were scared, too? I dared not tell you my feeling when I heard that. I almost got fainted.
#Person1#: I could not and can't make out the reason why she would set her heart on a man like Dick. He plays the field with many girls.
#Person2#: But Sarah says she does not care, so long as he loves her.",#Person1# and #Person2# are surprised to know Sarah wants to marry Dick.
test_59_1,"#Person1#: this party rocks!
#Person2#: you said it. Good beer, good music, and on top of that, there are so many hot girls here!
#Person1#: I'm with you on that. Check out that one over there. I think I'm in love!
#Person2#: well, she's alright, but not really my cup of tea. What about the blond with the red dress?
#Person1#: oh, that's Janice. She's just new in town. You have a thing for blonds, eh?
#Person2#: yeah! She could do anything she wants to me!
#Person1#: I bet. Why not go over and talk to her? She's really nice.
#Person2#: I don't think so. I get so nervous talking to girls. I always put my foot in my mouth, scare her off, and end up looking like a real fool. Besides, she is way out of my league.
#Person1#: come on! Man up! You'll never know until you try.
#Person2#: okay okay, just let me have another cup of beers to get my head in the game.
#Person1#: all right. But I think you ought to move soon.
#Person2#: why?
#Person1#: I can see five other guys eying her up.
#Person2#: okay, here I go!
#Person1#: good luck!",#Person1# and #Person2# are at a nice party. #Person2# has a crush on Janice but is afraid of talking to her. #Person1# wishes #Person2# good luck.
test_59_2,"#Person1#: this party rocks!
#Person2#: you said it. Good beer, good music, and on top of that, there are so many hot girls here!
#Person1#: I'm with you on that. Check out that one over there. I think I'm in love!
#Person2#: well, she's alright, but not really my cup of tea. What about the blond with the red dress?
#Person1#: oh, that's Janice. She's just new in town. You have a thing for blonds, eh?
#Person2#: yeah! She could do anything she wants to me!
#Person1#: I bet. Why not go over and talk to her? She's really nice.
#Person2#: I don't think so. I get so nervous talking to girls. I always put my foot in my mouth, scare her off, and end up looking like a real fool. Besides, she is way out of my league.
#Person1#: come on! Man up! You'll never know until you try.
#Person2#: okay okay, just let me have another cup of beers to get my head in the game.
#Person1#: all right. But I think you ought to move soon.
#Person2#: why?
#Person1#: I can see five other guys eying her up.
#Person2#: okay, here I go!
#Person1#: good luck!",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about girls at a party and #Person2# tells #Person1# that #Person2# likes Janice but he feels nervous talking to girls. #Person1# encourages #Person2#.
test_59_3,"#Person1#: this party rocks!
#Person2#: you said it. Good beer, good music, and on top of that, there are so many hot girls here!
#Person1#: I'm with you on that. Check out that one over there. I think I'm in love!
#Person2#: well, she's alright, but not really my cup of tea. What about the blond with the red dress?
#Person1#: oh, that's Janice. She's just new in town. You have a thing for blonds, eh?
#Person2#: yeah! She could do anything she wants to me!
#Person1#: I bet. Why not go over and talk to her? She's really nice.
#Person2#: I don't think so. I get so nervous talking to girls. I always put my foot in my mouth, scare her off, and end up looking like a real fool. Besides, she is way out of my league.
#Person1#: come on! Man up! You'll never know until you try.
#Person2#: okay okay, just let me have another cup of beers to get my head in the game.
#Person1#: all right. But I think you ought to move soon.
#Person2#: why?
#Person1#: I can see five other guys eying her up.
#Person2#: okay, here I go!
#Person1#: good luck!",#Person1# and #Person2# are at an exciting party. #Person2# has a crush on Janice and #Person1# encourages him to have a try to talk to her.
test_60_1,"#Person1#: Hey Jack. How were your classes this semester?
#Person2#: They were not too bad. I really liked my poli-sci class.
#Person1#: Would you consider it your favorite class?
#Person2#: I don't know if I would call it my favorite, but it ranks up there.
#Person1#: What class was your favorite then?
#Person2#: I took a business communication class last year and it was terrific.
#Person1#: I never took that yet. If that was your favorite, I think I will check it out.",Jack tells #Person1# that business communication is his favorite last year and #Person1# will check it.
test_60_2,"#Person1#: Hey Jack. How were your classes this semester?
#Person2#: They were not too bad. I really liked my poli-sci class.
#Person1#: Would you consider it your favorite class?
#Person2#: I don't know if I would call it my favorite, but it ranks up there.
#Person1#: What class was your favorite then?
#Person2#: I took a business communication class last year and it was terrific.
#Person1#: I never took that yet. If that was your favorite, I think I will check it out.",#Person1# and Jack talk about Jack's classes last year.
test_60_3,"#Person1#: Hey Jack. How were your classes this semester?
#Person2#: They were not too bad. I really liked my poli-sci class.
#Person1#: Would you consider it your favorite class?
#Person2#: I don't know if I would call it my favorite, but it ranks up there.
#Person1#: What class was your favorite then?
#Person2#: I took a business communication class last year and it was terrific.
#Person1#: I never took that yet. If that was your favorite, I think I will check it out.",#Person1# and Jack are talking about Jack's favorite classes.
test_61_1,"#Person1#: Well, what a nice day!
#Person2#: Yeah, the air is really fresh.
#Person1#: But it was not at all so fine yesterday.
#Person2#: Because it rained last night.
#Person1#: Did it?
#Person2#: It sure did. It was a heavy storm, with lots of thunder.
#Person1#: I was fast asleep, and didn't hear a thing.
#Person2#: Well, it may rain again later today.
#Person1#: Maybe. I see some dark clouds moving in.
#Person2#: There may also be a strong wind coming in.
#Person1#: It'll be dusty, too, I guess.
#Person2#: Maybe not. Dust is no longer a big problem in Beijing.
#Person1#: Why is that?
#Person2#: We've been planting trees for many years.
#Person1#: I see. The fall in Beijing is really beautiful.
#Person2#: But the summer isn't. It's scorching in the summer.
#Person1#: Then what about spring?
#Person2#: Spring is warm and short in Beijing.
#Person1#: It must be cold in the winter, though.
#Person2#: You got it. Oh, by the way, it may be really cool in the evening around this time of the year. Don't forget to put on more clothes, or you might catch a cold.
#Person1#: Thanks for reminding me.
#Person2#: You're welcome.",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about the weather in different seasons in Beijing. #Person2# reminds #Person1# to put on more clothes in the evening and not to catch a cold.
test_61_2,"#Person1#: Well, what a nice day!
#Person2#: Yeah, the air is really fresh.
#Person1#: But it was not at all so fine yesterday.
#Person2#: Because it rained last night.
#Person1#: Did it?
#Person2#: It sure did. It was a heavy storm, with lots of thunder.
#Person1#: I was fast asleep, and didn't hear a thing.
#Person2#: Well, it may rain again later today.
#Person1#: Maybe. I see some dark clouds moving in.
#Person2#: There may also be a strong wind coming in.
#Person1#: It'll be dusty, too, I guess.
#Person2#: Maybe not. Dust is no longer a big problem in Beijing.
#Person1#: Why is that?
#Person2#: We've been planting trees for many years.
#Person1#: I see. The fall in Beijing is really beautiful.
#Person2#: But the summer isn't. It's scorching in the summer.
#Person1#: Then what about spring?
#Person2#: Spring is warm and short in Beijing.
#Person1#: It must be cold in the winter, though.
#Person2#: You got it. Oh, by the way, it may be really cool in the evening around this time of the year. Don't forget to put on more clothes, or you might catch a cold.
#Person1#: Thanks for reminding me.
#Person2#: You're welcome.",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about the weather in Beijing. #Person2# tells #Person1# it's cold in the evening around this time.
test_61_3,"#Person1#: Well, what a nice day!
#Person2#: Yeah, the air is really fresh.
#Person1#: But it was not at all so fine yesterday.
#Person2#: Because it rained last night.
#Person1#: Did it?
#Person2#: It sure did. It was a heavy storm, with lots of thunder.
#Person1#: I was fast asleep, and didn't hear a thing.
#Person2#: Well, it may rain again later today.
#Person1#: Maybe. I see some dark clouds moving in.
#Person2#: There may also be a strong wind coming in.
#Person1#: It'll be dusty, too, I guess.
#Person2#: Maybe not. Dust is no longer a big problem in Beijing.
#Person1#: Why is that?
#Person2#: We've been planting trees for many years.
#Person1#: I see. The fall in Beijing is really beautiful.
#Person2#: But the summer isn't. It's scorching in the summer.
#Person1#: Then what about spring?
#Person2#: Spring is warm and short in Beijing.
#Person1#: It must be cold in the winter, though.
#Person2#: You got it. Oh, by the way, it may be really cool in the evening around this time of the year. Don't forget to put on more clothes, or you might catch a cold.
#Person1#: Thanks for reminding me.
#Person2#: You're welcome.",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about the heavy rain last night and the weather in Beijing.
test_62_1,"#Person1#: Would you like to go to the movies tonight?
#Person2#: Well, I just saw a horror movie last night. It almost frightened me to death.
#Person1#: Well, we could see something different like a detective film.
#Person2#: I don't care for a detective film. It also makes me nervous.
#Person1#: How about a comedy?
#Person2#: No, I don't think comedies today are natural or cheerful.
#Person1#: How about a love story then?
#Person2#: No, romance is boring.
#Person1#: What's you opinion?
#Person2#: Let's go to see a war movie, shall we?
#Person1#: Really?
#Person2#: Certainly. Is there anything wrong?
#Person1#: No, but I can't imagine that a girl like you would wonder to see a war movie.",#Person1# invites #Person2# to watch a movie together that night. #Person2# wants to see nothing but a war movie.
test_62_2,"#Person1#: Would you like to go to the movies tonight?
#Person2#: Well, I just saw a horror movie last night. It almost frightened me to death.
#Person1#: Well, we could see something different like a detective film.
#Person2#: I don't care for a detective film. It also makes me nervous.
#Person1#: How about a comedy?
#Person2#: No, I don't think comedies today are natural or cheerful.
#Person1#: How about a love story then?
#Person2#: No, romance is boring.
#Person1#: What's you opinion?
#Person2#: Let's go to see a war movie, shall we?
#Person1#: Really?
#Person2#: Certainly. Is there anything wrong?
#Person1#: No, but I can't imagine that a girl like you would wonder to see a war movie.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about what kind of movies to watch and they decided to watch a war movie.
test_62_3,"#Person1#: Would you like to go to the movies tonight?
#Person2#: Well, I just saw a horror movie last night. It almost frightened me to death.
#Person1#: Well, we could see something different like a detective film.
#Person2#: I don't care for a detective film. It also makes me nervous.
#Person1#: How about a comedy?
#Person2#: No, I don't think comedies today are natural or cheerful.
#Person1#: How about a love story then?
#Person2#: No, romance is boring.
#Person1#: What's you opinion?
#Person2#: Let's go to see a war movie, shall we?
#Person1#: Really?
#Person2#: Certainly. Is there anything wrong?
#Person1#: No, but I can't imagine that a girl like you would wonder to see a war movie.",#Person1# invites #Person2# to movie and #Person2# wants to see a war movie.
test_63_1,"#Person1#: Adam, could you show me around the school?
#Person2#: No problem.
#Person1#: What's the tallest building?
#Person2#: You mean the white building near the playground?
#Person1#: Yes.
#Person2#: That is the library. And it has more than 1, 000, 000 books.
#Person1#: What's the building to the south of the library?
#Person2#: You know, our school is divided into two parts, the junior high school and the senior high school. That is the new classroom building for our senior high school.
#Person1#: Is there a swimming pool in your school?
#Person2#: Yes. There is a large swimming pool, but it is only available in summer.
#Person1#: I do envy you. And I hope I can enter your school one day.
#Person2#: I believe that you can make your dream come true.",Adam is showing #Person1# around his school. #Person1# envies Adam and hoped #Person1# could enter this school one day.
test_63_2,"#Person1#: Adam, could you show me around the school?
#Person2#: No problem.
#Person1#: What's the tallest building?
#Person2#: You mean the white building near the playground?
#Person1#: Yes.
#Person2#: That is the library. And it has more than 1, 000, 000 books.
#Person1#: What's the building to the south of the library?
#Person2#: You know, our school is divided into two parts, the junior high school and the senior high school. That is the new classroom building for our senior high school.
#Person1#: Is there a swimming pool in your school?
#Person2#: Yes. There is a large swimming pool, but it is only available in summer.
#Person1#: I do envy you. And I hope I can enter your school one day.
#Person2#: I believe that you can make your dream come true.","Adam shows #Person1# around his school and introduces the library, the new classroom building, and the swimming pool."
test_63_3,"#Person1#: Adam, could you show me around the school?
#Person2#: No problem.
#Person1#: What's the tallest building?
#Person2#: You mean the white building near the playground?
#Person1#: Yes.
#Person2#: That is the library. And it has more than 1, 000, 000 books.
#Person1#: What's the building to the south of the library?
#Person2#: You know, our school is divided into two parts, the junior high school and the senior high school. That is the new classroom building for our senior high school.
#Person1#: Is there a swimming pool in your school?
#Person2#: Yes. There is a large swimming pool, but it is only available in summer.
#Person1#: I do envy you. And I hope I can enter your school one day.
#Person2#: I believe that you can make your dream come true.",Adam shows #Person1# around the school and introduces buildings and facilities in the school to #Person1#.
test_64_1,"#Person1#: Honey, I've got good news for you.
#Person2#: What is it?
#Person1#: You are going to be a father.
#Person2#: What? Do you mean that you are pregnant? Is it true?
#Person1#: Yes. We'll have our baby soon.
#Person2#: Oh, dear, I'm so happy.
#Person1#: Me, too.",#Person1# and #Person2# feel happy because #Person1# is pregnant.
test_64_2,"#Person1#: Honey, I've got good news for you.
#Person2#: What is it?
#Person1#: You are going to be a father.
#Person2#: What? Do you mean that you are pregnant? Is it true?
#Person1#: Yes. We'll have our baby soon.
#Person2#: Oh, dear, I'm so happy.
#Person1#: Me, too.",#Person1# and #Person2# are happy about #Person1#'s pregnancy.
test_64_3,"#Person1#: Honey, I've got good news for you.
#Person2#: What is it?
#Person1#: You are going to be a father.
#Person2#: What? Do you mean that you are pregnant? Is it true?
#Person1#: Yes. We'll have our baby soon.
#Person2#: Oh, dear, I'm so happy.
#Person1#: Me, too.",#Person1# is pregnant. She and #Person2# feel happy.
test_65_1,"#Person1#: John dates her seven times a week.
#Person2#: Really? That's a straws in the wind.
#Person1#: I think so. Maybe he's fallen for her.
#Person2#: Yeah. They suit each other. A perfect match between a man and a girl.",#Person1# and #Person2# think John's fallen for a girl.
test_65_2,"#Person1#: John dates her seven times a week.
#Person2#: Really? That's a straws in the wind.
#Person1#: I think so. Maybe he's fallen for her.
#Person2#: Yeah. They suit each other. A perfect match between a man and a girl.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about John's dating life.
test_65_3,"#Person1#: John dates her seven times a week.
#Person2#: Really? That's a straws in the wind.
#Person1#: I think so. Maybe he's fallen for her.
#Person2#: Yeah. They suit each other. A perfect match between a man and a girl.",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about a couple.
test_66_1,"#Person1#: Have you considered upgrading your system?
#Person2#: Yes, but I'm not sure what exactly I would need.
#Person1#: You could consider adding a painting program to your software. It would allow you to make up your own flyers and banners for advertising.
#Person2#: That would be a definite bonus.
#Person1#: You might also want to upgrade your hardware because it is pretty outdated now.
#Person2#: How can we do that?
#Person1#: You'd probably need a faster processor, to begin with. And you also need a more powerful hard disc, more memory and a faster modem. Do you have a CD-ROM drive?
#Person2#: No.
#Person1#: Then you might want to add a CD-ROM drive too, because most new software programs are coming out on Cds.
#Person2#: That sounds great. Thanks.","#Person1# is giving #Person2# some advice for upgrading #Person2#'s system, such as adding a painting program and a faster processor."
test_66_2,"#Person1#: Have you considered upgrading your system?
#Person2#: Yes, but I'm not sure what exactly I would need.
#Person1#: You could consider adding a painting program to your software. It would allow you to make up your own flyers and banners for advertising.
#Person2#: That would be a definite bonus.
#Person1#: You might also want to upgrade your hardware because it is pretty outdated now.
#Person2#: How can we do that?
#Person1#: You'd probably need a faster processor, to begin with. And you also need a more powerful hard disc, more memory and a faster modem. Do you have a CD-ROM drive?
#Person2#: No.
#Person1#: Then you might want to add a CD-ROM drive too, because most new software programs are coming out on Cds.
#Person2#: That sounds great. Thanks.",#Person1# tells #Person2# how to upgrade #Person2#'s system for better software and hardware.
test_66_3,"#Person1#: Have you considered upgrading your system?
#Person2#: Yes, but I'm not sure what exactly I would need.
#Person1#: You could consider adding a painting program to your software. It would allow you to make up your own flyers and banners for advertising.
#Person2#: That would be a definite bonus.
#Person1#: You might also want to upgrade your hardware because it is pretty outdated now.
#Person2#: How can we do that?
#Person1#: You'd probably need a faster processor, to begin with. And you also need a more powerful hard disc, more memory and a faster modem. Do you have a CD-ROM drive?
#Person2#: No.
#Person1#: Then you might want to add a CD-ROM drive too, because most new software programs are coming out on Cds.
#Person2#: That sounds great. Thanks.",#Person1# teaches #Person2# how to upgrade software and hardware in #Person2#'s system.
test_67_1,"#Person1#: Where to, miss?
#Person2#: Hi! Crenshaw and Hawthorne, at the Holiday Inn that is on that corner.
#Person1#: Sure thing. So, where are you flying in from?
#Person2#: From China.
#Person1#: Really? You don't look very Chinese to me, if you don't mind me saying so.
#Person2#: It's fine. I am actually from Mexico. I was in China on a business trip, visiting some local companies that manufacture bathroom products.
#Person1#: Wow sounds interesting! Excuse me if I am being a bit nosy but, how old are you?
#Person2#: Don't you know it's rude to ask a lady her age?
#Person1#: Don't get me wrong! It's just that you seem so young and already doing business overseas!
#Person2#: Well thank you! In that case, I am 26 years old, and what about yourself?
#Person1#: I am 40 years old and was born and raised here in the good old U. S of A, although I have some Colombian heritage.
#Person2#: Really? That's great! Do you speak some Spanish?
#Person1#: Uh. . . yeah. . of course!
#Person2#: Que bien! Sentences poems habeas en espanol!","#Person1# is driving #Person2# to an inn. They talk about their careers, ages, and where they was born."
test_67_2,"#Person1#: Where to, miss?
#Person2#: Hi! Crenshaw and Hawthorne, at the Holiday Inn that is on that corner.
#Person1#: Sure thing. So, where are you flying in from?
#Person2#: From China.
#Person1#: Really? You don't look very Chinese to me, if you don't mind me saying so.
#Person2#: It's fine. I am actually from Mexico. I was in China on a business trip, visiting some local companies that manufacture bathroom products.
#Person1#: Wow sounds interesting! Excuse me if I am being a bit nosy but, how old are you?
#Person2#: Don't you know it's rude to ask a lady her age?
#Person1#: Don't get me wrong! It's just that you seem so young and already doing business overseas!
#Person2#: Well thank you! In that case, I am 26 years old, and what about yourself?
#Person1#: I am 40 years old and was born and raised here in the good old U. S of A, although I have some Colombian heritage.
#Person2#: Really? That's great! Do you speak some Spanish?
#Person1#: Uh. . . yeah. . of course!
#Person2#: Que bien! Sentences poems habeas en espanol!",#Person1# drives #Person2# to an inn and they have a talk. #Person2# is 26 and had a business trip to China. #Person1# is 40 years old American.
test_67_3,"#Person1#: Where to, miss?
#Person2#: Hi! Crenshaw and Hawthorne, at the Holiday Inn that is on that corner.
#Person1#: Sure thing. So, where are you flying in from?
#Person2#: From China.
#Person1#: Really? You don't look very Chinese to me, if you don't mind me saying so.
#Person2#: It's fine. I am actually from Mexico. I was in China on a business trip, visiting some local companies that manufacture bathroom products.
#Person1#: Wow sounds interesting! Excuse me if I am being a bit nosy but, how old are you?
#Person2#: Don't you know it's rude to ask a lady her age?
#Person1#: Don't get me wrong! It's just that you seem so young and already doing business overseas!
#Person2#: Well thank you! In that case, I am 26 years old, and what about yourself?
#Person1#: I am 40 years old and was born and raised here in the good old U. S of A, although I have some Colombian heritage.
#Person2#: Really? That's great! Do you speak some Spanish?
#Person1#: Uh. . . yeah. . of course!
#Person2#: Que bien! Sentences poems habeas en espanol!",#Person1# drives #Person2# from the airport to an inn and they have a casual talk about themselves.
test_68_1,"#Person1#: Oh dear, my weight has gone up again.
#Person2#: I am not surprised, you eat too much.
#Person1#: And I suppose sitting at the desk all day at the office doesn't help.
#Person2#: No, I wouldn't think so.
#Person1#: I do wish I could lose weight.
#Person2#: Well, why don't you go on a diet?
#Person1#: I've tried diets before but they've never worked.
#Person2#: Perhaps you should exercise more. Why don't you go to an exercise class.
#Person1#: Yes, maybe I should.",#Person1# wants to lose weight. #Person2# suggests #Person1# take an exercise class to exercise more.
test_68_2,"#Person1#: Oh dear, my weight has gone up again.
#Person2#: I am not surprised, you eat too much.
#Person1#: And I suppose sitting at the desk all day at the office doesn't help.
#Person2#: No, I wouldn't think so.
#Person1#: I do wish I could lose weight.
#Person2#: Well, why don't you go on a diet?
#Person1#: I've tried diets before but they've never worked.
#Person2#: Perhaps you should exercise more. Why don't you go to an exercise class.
#Person1#: Yes, maybe I should.",#Person2# offers #Person1# some suggestions to lose weight.
test_68_3,"#Person1#: Oh dear, my weight has gone up again.
#Person2#: I am not surprised, you eat too much.
#Person1#: And I suppose sitting at the desk all day at the office doesn't help.
#Person2#: No, I wouldn't think so.
#Person1#: I do wish I could lose weight.
#Person2#: Well, why don't you go on a diet?
#Person1#: I've tried diets before but they've never worked.
#Person2#: Perhaps you should exercise more. Why don't you go to an exercise class.
#Person1#: Yes, maybe I should.",#Person2# gives #Person1# some suggestions on how to lose weight.
test_69_1,"#Person1#: Good evening. Welcome to our restaurant.
#Person2#: Good evening. We want a dinning room with a table for eight.
#Person1#: I'm sorry, sir. The rooms are not available now. But would you like to have your dinner in the dinning hall? I can find a table by the window for you.
#Person2#: No, thanks. We have made a reservation before.
#Person1#: Can I have your name, please?
#Person2#: My name is James.
#Person1#: I'll ask waitress to show you the way.
#Person2#: Thanks.",James reserves a dining room for eight at a restaurant. #Person1# will ask the waitress to show him the way.
test_69_2,"#Person1#: Good evening. Welcome to our restaurant.
#Person2#: Good evening. We want a dinning room with a table for eight.
#Person1#: I'm sorry, sir. The rooms are not available now. But would you like to have your dinner in the dinning hall? I can find a table by the window for you.
#Person2#: No, thanks. We have made a reservation before.
#Person1#: Can I have your name, please?
#Person2#: My name is James.
#Person1#: I'll ask waitress to show you the way.
#Person2#: Thanks.",#Person1# confirms Jame's reservation at the restaurant and asks a waitress to show him the way.
test_69_3,"#Person1#: Good evening. Welcome to our restaurant.
#Person2#: Good evening. We want a dinning room with a table for eight.
#Person1#: I'm sorry, sir. The rooms are not available now. But would you like to have your dinner in the dinning hall? I can find a table by the window for you.
#Person2#: No, thanks. We have made a reservation before.
#Person1#: Can I have your name, please?
#Person2#: My name is James.
#Person1#: I'll ask waitress to show you the way.
#Person2#: Thanks.",James has reserved a dining room and #Person1#'ll asks the waitress to show him the way.
test_70_1,"#Person1#: How large is the plant?
#Person2#: It covers an area of 75, 000 square meters.
#Person1#: It's much larger than I expected. When was the plant set up?
#Person2#: In the early 70s. We'll soon be celebrating the 30th anniversary.
#Person1#: Congratulations!
#Person2#: Thank you.
#Person1#: How many employees do you have in this plant?
#Person2#: 500. We're running on three shifts.
#Person1#: Does the plant work with everything from the raw material to the finished product?
#Person2#: Our associates specializing in these fields make some access - ries. Well, here we're at the production shop. Shall we start with the assembly line?
#Person1#: That's fine.",#Person1# is visiting a large plant and #Person2# introduces its basic information.
test_70_2,"#Person1#: How large is the plant?
#Person2#: It covers an area of 75, 000 square meters.
#Person1#: It's much larger than I expected. When was the plant set up?
#Person2#: In the early 70s. We'll soon be celebrating the 30th anniversary.
#Person1#: Congratulations!
#Person2#: Thank you.
#Person1#: How many employees do you have in this plant?
#Person2#: 500. We're running on three shifts.
#Person1#: Does the plant work with everything from the raw material to the finished product?
#Person2#: Our associates specializing in these fields make some access - ries. Well, here we're at the production shop. Shall we start with the assembly line?
#Person1#: That's fine.","#Person2# introduces the area of the plant, its history, size, and function to #Person1#."
test_70_3,"#Person1#: How large is the plant?
#Person2#: It covers an area of 75, 000 square meters.
#Person1#: It's much larger than I expected. When was the plant set up?
#Person2#: In the early 70s. We'll soon be celebrating the 30th anniversary.
#Person1#: Congratulations!
#Person2#: Thank you.
#Person1#: How many employees do you have in this plant?
#Person2#: 500. We're running on three shifts.
#Person1#: Does the plant work with everything from the raw material to the finished product?
#Person2#: Our associates specializing in these fields make some access - ries. Well, here we're at the production shop. Shall we start with the assembly line?
#Person1#: That's fine.","#Person1# and #Person2# visit a plant. #Person2# introduces its occupy, history, and employee number."
test_71_1,"#Person1#: Right Rebecca. Now I see that after graduating from University your first job was. . .
#Person2#: For a local paper in York called the York Herald. Actually, I started with them as an intern in the beginning. I was really keen on getting some experience in the journalistic world, and this seemed like a good first step.
#Person1#: Certainly. And after your internship?
#Person2#: They seemed impressed, and offered me a position as a junior local news reporter. I ended up staying two years there actually. I was in charge of the sports news section of the newspaper. I really enjoyed it there, and it really helped me build my skills.
#Person1#: Yes I see. But you decided to leave them in 2006, right?
#Person2#: Yes, that's right. My husband and I moved to London, and so I managed to find a position with a National newspaper based in London.
#Person1#: The London Weekly right?
#Person2#: Yes, in some ways it was a step down from my previous job but it did offer me much better prospects for the future.","#Person1# is asking Rebecca about her working experience. She worked for York Herald as an intern and then as a junior local news reporter. After that, she began to work for London Weekly."
test_71_2,"#Person1#: Right Rebecca. Now I see that after graduating from University your first job was. . .
#Person2#: For a local paper in York called the York Herald. Actually, I started with them as an intern in the beginning. I was really keen on getting some experience in the journalistic world, and this seemed like a good first step.
#Person1#: Certainly. And after your internship?
#Person2#: They seemed impressed, and offered me a position as a junior local news reporter. I ended up staying two years there actually. I was in charge of the sports news section of the newspaper. I really enjoyed it there, and it really helped me build my skills.
#Person1#: Yes I see. But you decided to leave them in 2006, right?
#Person2#: Yes, that's right. My husband and I moved to London, and so I managed to find a position with a National newspaper based in London.
#Person1#: The London Weekly right?
#Person2#: Yes, in some ways it was a step down from my previous job but it did offer me much better prospects for the future.","Rebecca tells #Person1# about her working experiences. Rebecca first worked for the York Herald after her graduation, and then for the London Weekly."
test_71_3,"#Person1#: Right Rebecca. Now I see that after graduating from University your first job was. . .
#Person2#: For a local paper in York called the York Herald. Actually, I started with them as an intern in the beginning. I was really keen on getting some experience in the journalistic world, and this seemed like a good first step.
#Person1#: Certainly. And after your internship?
#Person2#: They seemed impressed, and offered me a position as a junior local news reporter. I ended up staying two years there actually. I was in charge of the sports news section of the newspaper. I really enjoyed it there, and it really helped me build my skills.
#Person1#: Yes I see. But you decided to leave them in 2006, right?
#Person2#: Yes, that's right. My husband and I moved to London, and so I managed to find a position with a National newspaper based in London.
#Person1#: The London Weekly right?
#Person2#: Yes, in some ways it was a step down from my previous job but it did offer me much better prospects for the future.",#Person1# interviews Rebecca and asks her about her previous working experiences.
test_72_1,"#Person1#: We need to do a group report tomorrow. I need to go to the stationer to buy something for the posters.
#Person2#: You need to make posters?
#Person1#: absolutely. Every time when we do the reports, we love making some beautiful posters to emphasize our theme ideas.
#Person2#: I see. Then let's make a shopping list first before we go there. othe rise, It may take us a whole day to search for the things you need.
#Person1#: No problem. I need some markers, some color pencils, a pair of scissors, some highlighter, rulers. .
#Person2#: Wow, it is like a maze, I think I might get lost soon.
#Person1#: Don't worry. In fact, it is very easy to find what you want. Can you see the sign on top of every shelf. It clearly tells you what things are displayed on every shelf.
#Person2#: Oh, yes. You are so smart. I see them. So I have to go to shelf number 3 first to get my markers, color pencils and highlighters and somebrushes.
#Person1#: I also need some thumbtacks, whiteout and paper clips. Which shelf are they on? I can't find the number.
#Person2#: It's at the back. I think you are near-sighted. You had better get yourself a pair of nice glasses.","#Person1# and #Person2# will do a group report, so they plan to buy something to make posters. They make a shopping list before they go and find items according to signs on shelves."
test_72_2,"#Person1#: We need to do a group report tomorrow. I need to go to the stationer to buy something for the posters.
#Person2#: You need to make posters?
#Person1#: absolutely. Every time when we do the reports, we love making some beautiful posters to emphasize our theme ideas.
#Person2#: I see. Then let's make a shopping list first before we go there. othe rise, It may take us a whole day to search for the things you need.
#Person1#: No problem. I need some markers, some color pencils, a pair of scissors, some highlighter, rulers. .
#Person2#: Wow, it is like a maze, I think I might get lost soon.
#Person1#: Don't worry. In fact, it is very easy to find what you want. Can you see the sign on top of every shelf. It clearly tells you what things are displayed on every shelf.
#Person2#: Oh, yes. You are so smart. I see them. So I have to go to shelf number 3 first to get my markers, color pencils and highlighters and somebrushes.
#Person1#: I also need some thumbtacks, whiteout and paper clips. Which shelf are they on? I can't find the number.
#Person2#: It's at the back. I think you are near-sighted. You had better get yourself a pair of nice glasses.",#Person1# and #Person2# make a shopping list and #Person1# helps #Person2# to find goods to make a poster for their group report tomorrow.
test_72_3,"#Person1#: We need to do a group report tomorrow. I need to go to the stationer to buy something for the posters.
#Person2#: You need to make posters?
#Person1#: absolutely. Every time when we do the reports, we love making some beautiful posters to emphasize our theme ideas.
#Person2#: I see. Then let's make a shopping list first before we go there. othe rise, It may take us a whole day to search for the things you need.
#Person1#: No problem. I need some markers, some color pencils, a pair of scissors, some highlighter, rulers. .
#Person2#: Wow, it is like a maze, I think I might get lost soon.
#Person1#: Don't worry. In fact, it is very easy to find what you want. Can you see the sign on top of every shelf. It clearly tells you what things are displayed on every shelf.
#Person2#: Oh, yes. You are so smart. I see them. So I have to go to shelf number 3 first to get my markers, color pencils and highlighters and somebrushes.
#Person1#: I also need some thumbtacks, whiteout and paper clips. Which shelf are they on? I can't find the number.
#Person2#: It's at the back. I think you are near-sighted. You had better get yourself a pair of nice glasses.",#Person1# and #Person2# are preparing for the group report tomorrow and making a shopping list of things used to make the posters.
test_73_1,"#Person1#: Mary, why are you so tired?
#Person2#: I go to the personnel market every day, and put a lot of energy into it.
#Person1#: Why don't you think about applying for a job on the Internet?
#Person2#: On the Internet? I have never tried that way.
#Person1#: Well, it's very convenient and very popular now.
#Person2#: So how to apply for a job on the Internet?
#Person1#: Just get online and send your application through email to the employer.
#Person2#: But how can I know which employer is hiring?
#Person1#: You could place your job hunting information on the Job Wanted channel on a recruitment website.
#Person2#: Will the employers see my information?
#Person1#: Yes. If they think you are a fit, maybe they will contact you.
#Person2#: Is it safe to job hunt on the Internet?
#Person1#: If you log in some formal websites, it must be very safe.
#Person2#: I will give it a try at once.",Mary is tired because of finding jobs in the market. #Person1# suggests Mary apply for jobs on the Internet and says she could place her information on the Job Wanted channel on a recruitment web. Mary will try at once.
test_73_2,"#Person1#: Mary, why are you so tired?
#Person2#: I go to the personnel market every day, and put a lot of energy into it.
#Person1#: Why don't you think about applying for a job on the Internet?
#Person2#: On the Internet? I have never tried that way.
#Person1#: Well, it's very convenient and very popular now.
#Person2#: So how to apply for a job on the Internet?
#Person1#: Just get online and send your application through email to the employer.
#Person2#: But how can I know which employer is hiring?
#Person1#: You could place your job hunting information on the Job Wanted channel on a recruitment website.
#Person2#: Will the employers see my information?
#Person1#: Yes. If they think you are a fit, maybe they will contact you.
#Person2#: Is it safe to job hunt on the Internet?
#Person1#: If you log in some formal websites, it must be very safe.
#Person2#: I will give it a try at once.",#Person1# advises Mary to try applying for a job online and teaches her how to do it. Mary will try it.
test_73_3,"#Person1#: Mary, why are you so tired?
#Person2#: I go to the personnel market every day, and put a lot of energy into it.
#Person1#: Why don't you think about applying for a job on the Internet?
#Person2#: On the Internet? I have never tried that way.
#Person1#: Well, it's very convenient and very popular now.
#Person2#: So how to apply for a job on the Internet?
#Person1#: Just get online and send your application through email to the employer.
#Person2#: But how can I know which employer is hiring?
#Person1#: You could place your job hunting information on the Job Wanted channel on a recruitment website.
#Person2#: Will the employers see my information?
#Person1#: Yes. If they think you are a fit, maybe they will contact you.
#Person2#: Is it safe to job hunt on the Internet?
#Person1#: If you log in some formal websites, it must be very safe.
#Person2#: I will give it a try at once.",Mary goes to the personnel market every day and is tired. #Person1# suggests she go job hunting online. Mary will try it.
test_74_1,"#Person1#: What are you working on?
#Person2#: I'm figuring out my budget.
#Person1#: What budget?
#Person2#: I'm making a shopping budget, so that I don't spend too much money.
#Person1#: How much money can you spend?
#Person2#: I can only spend $ 300 a month.
#Person1#: Why only $ 300?
#Person2#: I need to save the rest.
#Person1#: For what?
#Person2#: I need to pay my bills.
#Person1#: Your budget is a good idea.
#Person2#: I know. It's going to save me a lot of money, I hope.",#Person2# is making a shopping budget to save the rest of the money. #Person1# thinks it's a good idea.
test_74_2,"#Person1#: What are you working on?
#Person2#: I'm figuring out my budget.
#Person1#: What budget?
#Person2#: I'm making a shopping budget, so that I don't spend too much money.
#Person1#: How much money can you spend?
#Person2#: I can only spend $ 300 a month.
#Person1#: Why only $ 300?
#Person2#: I need to save the rest.
#Person1#: For what?
#Person2#: I need to pay my bills.
#Person1#: Your budget is a good idea.
#Person2#: I know. It's going to save me a lot of money, I hope.",#Person2# tells #Person1# #Person2# plan to save money and #Person1# thinks it is good.
test_74_3,"#Person1#: What are you working on?
#Person2#: I'm figuring out my budget.
#Person1#: What budget?
#Person2#: I'm making a shopping budget, so that I don't spend too much money.
#Person1#: How much money can you spend?
#Person2#: I can only spend $ 300 a month.
#Person1#: Why only $ 300?
#Person2#: I need to save the rest.
#Person1#: For what?
#Person2#: I need to pay my bills.
#Person1#: Your budget is a good idea.
#Person2#: I know. It's going to save me a lot of money, I hope.",#Person2# introduces the shopping budget which is used to save money to #Person1#. #Person1# thinks it's good.
test_75_1,"#Person1#: Where are you going, Jane?
#Person2#: I'm going to the hospital to see Susan.
#Person1#: I saw her yesterday. She was a little better.
#Person2#: Must I catch a number 7 bus to get there?
#Person1#: No, you needn't. A number 13 bus will also take you to the hospital.
#Person2#: Number 13 buses run much more frequently, don't they?
#Person1#: Yes. I caught a number 7 bus yesterday, and they said I had taken a wrong bus.
#Person2#: Thank you, Henry. I'll get a number 13.
#Person1#: But number 13 buses leave from the center of town. You'll have to walk two miles to catch one.",Jane is going to the hospital to see Susan. Henry tells her to catch the number 13.
test_75_2,"#Person1#: Where are you going, Jane?
#Person2#: I'm going to the hospital to see Susan.
#Person1#: I saw her yesterday. She was a little better.
#Person2#: Must I catch a number 7 bus to get there?
#Person1#: No, you needn't. A number 13 bus will also take you to the hospital.
#Person2#: Number 13 buses run much more frequently, don't they?
#Person1#: Yes. I caught a number 7 bus yesterday, and they said I had taken a wrong bus.
#Person2#: Thank you, Henry. I'll get a number 13.
#Person1#: But number 13 buses leave from the center of town. You'll have to walk two miles to catch one.",Jane will go to the hospital to visit Susan. Henry tells her she can take the number 13.
test_75_3,"#Person1#: Where are you going, Jane?
#Person2#: I'm going to the hospital to see Susan.
#Person1#: I saw her yesterday. She was a little better.
#Person2#: Must I catch a number 7 bus to get there?
#Person1#: No, you needn't. A number 13 bus will also take you to the hospital.
#Person2#: Number 13 buses run much more frequently, don't they?
#Person1#: Yes. I caught a number 7 bus yesterday, and they said I had taken a wrong bus.
#Person2#: Thank you, Henry. I'll get a number 13.
#Person1#: But number 13 buses leave from the center of town. You'll have to walk two miles to catch one.","Jane is going to visit Suman in the hospital, Henry suggests she catch a number 13 to get there."
test_76_1,"#Person1#: Hey there! I've been hoping to run into you. Are you busy tomorrow morning?
#Person2#: Let me see. . . Wednesday morning. Yes, I am booked solid all morning. What's up?
#Person1#: I was hoping to talk to you about the sales projections for next year. I'm having a little trouble figuring out how to use the spreadsheet you set up for me. It has a lot of complicated form
#Person2#: I can explain them to you. It'll just take about a half an hour. How about Friday afternoon?
#Person1#: Ooh. Sorry, that's not good for me. I am tied up all day Friday. We'll have to do it next week. I am wide open then.
#Person2#: OK. Shall we say next week, on Tuesday at 2:30?
#Person1#: Sure, that'll be fine for me. I'll come to your office so you can show how you set up these macros.",#Person1# wants to talk to #Person2# about the sales projections for next year. They decide to meet on Tuesday at 2:30 the next week.
test_76_2,"#Person1#: Hey there! I've been hoping to run into you. Are you busy tomorrow morning?
#Person2#: Let me see. . . Wednesday morning. Yes, I am booked solid all morning. What's up?
#Person1#: I was hoping to talk to you about the sales projections for next year. I'm having a little trouble figuring out how to use the spreadsheet you set up for me. It has a lot of complicated form
#Person2#: I can explain them to you. It'll just take about a half an hour. How about Friday afternoon?
#Person1#: Ooh. Sorry, that's not good for me. I am tied up all day Friday. We'll have to do it next week. I am wide open then.
#Person2#: OK. Shall we say next week, on Tuesday at 2:30?
#Person1#: Sure, that'll be fine for me. I'll come to your office so you can show how you set up these macros.",#Person1# and #Person2# negotiate on a time to talk about the sales projections for next year. They decide to meet next Tuesday.
test_76_3,"#Person1#: Hey there! I've been hoping to run into you. Are you busy tomorrow morning?
#Person2#: Let me see. . . Wednesday morning. Yes, I am booked solid all morning. What's up?
#Person1#: I was hoping to talk to you about the sales projections for next year. I'm having a little trouble figuring out how to use the spreadsheet you set up for me. It has a lot of complicated form
#Person2#: I can explain them to you. It'll just take about a half an hour. How about Friday afternoon?
#Person1#: Ooh. Sorry, that's not good for me. I am tied up all day Friday. We'll have to do it next week. I am wide open then.
#Person2#: OK. Shall we say next week, on Tuesday at 2:30?
#Person1#: Sure, that'll be fine for me. I'll come to your office so you can show how you set up these macros.",#Person1# and #Person2# are scheduling to talk about the sales projections for next year and they decide to meet next Tuesday.
test_77_1,"#Person1#: I'm going to New York for the first time, but I don't have a tour guide. Can you give me any suggestions?
#Person2#: There's a service called 'A friend in New York'. It's a personal tour guide service.
#Person1#: That's interesting. What does it do?
#Person2#: You give them your information by answering a questionnaire and they will create a perfect trip for you according to your budget.
#Person1#: Good. Where can I get the questionnaire?
#Person2#: You can easily download it from their website.
#Person1#: That's helpful! Thanks!",#Person1# is going to New York for the first time. #Person2# suggests #Person1# use a personal tour guide service to make #Person1#'s trip plan.
test_77_2,"#Person1#: I'm going to New York for the first time, but I don't have a tour guide. Can you give me any suggestions?
#Person2#: There's a service called 'A friend in New York'. It's a personal tour guide service.
#Person1#: That's interesting. What does it do?
#Person2#: You give them your information by answering a questionnaire and they will create a perfect trip for you according to your budget.
#Person1#: Good. Where can I get the questionnaire?
#Person2#: You can easily download it from their website.
#Person1#: That's helpful! Thanks!",#Person2# recommends a personal tour guide service to #Person1#.
test_77_3,"#Person1#: I'm going to New York for the first time, but I don't have a tour guide. Can you give me any suggestions?
#Person2#: There's a service called 'A friend in New York'. It's a personal tour guide service.
#Person1#: That's interesting. What does it do?
#Person2#: You give them your information by answering a questionnaire and they will create a perfect trip for you according to your budget.
#Person1#: Good. Where can I get the questionnaire?
#Person2#: You can easily download it from their website.
#Person1#: That's helpful! Thanks!",#Person2# introduces #Person1# a website for personal tour guide service.
test_78_1,"#Person1#: What do you know about our company?
#Person2#: Well, as I know this company is one of the largest and best in this field of business. It mainly produces toys for children. It employs more than 10, 000 people throughout the world. The president now is Mr. Jackson. The Shanghai branch was founded five years ago with a staff of more than 2, 000.
#Person1#: Very good. If you enter this company, what department would you like to work in?
#Person2#: May I work in sales department?
#Person1#: OK. Oh, how much do you make at your current job, if you don't mind my asking?
#Person2#: I'm paid 2, 000 yuan per month plus some allowances and bonus as that come to about 3, 000 yuan a month. How much will you pay me?
#Person1#: Well, the starting salary for a clerk in our company is 2, 500 yuan monthly and after three months he would get a raise if his work is satisfactory.
#Person2#: Do you have any fringe benefits?
#Person1#: Sure, we provide semi-annual bonus, a small bonus at Spring Festival, four weeks paid vacation a year.
#Person2#: How about insurance and full health insurance?
#Person1#: We can buy that for you.
#Person2#: That sounds good.","#Person1# is interviewing #Person2#. They discuss department #Person2# wants to work in, salary, and fringe benefits."
test_78_2,"#Person1#: What do you know about our company?
#Person2#: Well, as I know this company is one of the largest and best in this field of business. It mainly produces toys for children. It employs more than 10, 000 people throughout the world. The president now is Mr. Jackson. The Shanghai branch was founded five years ago with a staff of more than 2, 000.
#Person1#: Very good. If you enter this company, what department would you like to work in?
#Person2#: May I work in sales department?
#Person1#: OK. Oh, how much do you make at your current job, if you don't mind my asking?
#Person2#: I'm paid 2, 000 yuan per month plus some allowances and bonus as that come to about 3, 000 yuan a month. How much will you pay me?
#Person1#: Well, the starting salary for a clerk in our company is 2, 500 yuan monthly and after three months he would get a raise if his work is satisfactory.
#Person2#: Do you have any fringe benefits?
#Person1#: Sure, we provide semi-annual bonus, a small bonus at Spring Festival, four weeks paid vacation a year.
#Person2#: How about insurance and full health insurance?
#Person1#: We can buy that for you.
#Person2#: That sounds good.","#Person1# asks #Person2# how well #Person2# knows about the company, #Person2#'s ideal department, and current salary. #Person2# also asks #Person1# about the company's benefits and insurance."
test_78_3,"#Person1#: What do you know about our company?
#Person2#: Well, as I know this company is one of the largest and best in this field of business. It mainly produces toys for children. It employs more than 10, 000 people throughout the world. The president now is Mr. Jackson. The Shanghai branch was founded five years ago with a staff of more than 2, 000.
#Person1#: Very good. If you enter this company, what department would you like to work in?
#Person2#: May I work in sales department?
#Person1#: OK. Oh, how much do you make at your current job, if you don't mind my asking?
#Person2#: I'm paid 2, 000 yuan per month plus some allowances and bonus as that come to about 3, 000 yuan a month. How much will you pay me?
#Person1#: Well, the starting salary for a clerk in our company is 2, 500 yuan monthly and after three months he would get a raise if his work is satisfactory.
#Person2#: Do you have any fringe benefits?
#Person1#: Sure, we provide semi-annual bonus, a small bonus at Spring Festival, four weeks paid vacation a year.
#Person2#: How about insurance and full health insurance?
#Person1#: We can buy that for you.
#Person2#: That sounds good.","#Person1# interviews #Person2# about the understanding of this company, personal preference, and salary expectation. #Person2# asks about the fringe benefits."
test_79_1,"#Person1#: I'm here to sign the agreement.
#Person2#: I'm sorry. The agreement hasn't been fully prepared. It will be ready by tomorrow.
#Person1#: Can you speed it up and let us have it today?
#Person2#: I will try my best. Here is the draft. Would you please go over it and see if any modifications are needed?
#Person1#: Let me have a look. Well, it contains basically all we have agreed upon.
#Person2#: How about the terms concerning packing?
#Person1#: I don't think so.
#Person2#: If you totally agree, I'll type the agreement this evening and have it duplicated for signatures.
#Person1#: That's fine.",#Person1# comes to sign an agreement but it isn't ready until evening. So #Person1# is going through the draft.
test_79_2,"#Person1#: I'm here to sign the agreement.
#Person2#: I'm sorry. The agreement hasn't been fully prepared. It will be ready by tomorrow.
#Person1#: Can you speed it up and let us have it today?
#Person2#: I will try my best. Here is the draft. Would you please go over it and see if any modifications are needed?
#Person1#: Let me have a look. Well, it contains basically all we have agreed upon.
#Person2#: How about the terms concerning packing?
#Person1#: I don't think so.
#Person2#: If you totally agree, I'll type the agreement this evening and have it duplicated for signatures.
#Person1#: That's fine.",#Person1# is checking the draft of an agreement and #Person2# will finish the agreement this evening.
test_79_3,"#Person1#: I'm here to sign the agreement.
#Person2#: I'm sorry. The agreement hasn't been fully prepared. It will be ready by tomorrow.
#Person1#: Can you speed it up and let us have it today?
#Person2#: I will try my best. Here is the draft. Would you please go over it and see if any modifications are needed?
#Person1#: Let me have a look. Well, it contains basically all we have agreed upon.
#Person2#: How about the terms concerning packing?
#Person1#: I don't think so.
#Person2#: If you totally agree, I'll type the agreement this evening and have it duplicated for signatures.
#Person1#: That's fine.",#Person2# gives #Person1# an agreement draft and #Person1# thinks it good. #Person2# will get the agreement ready this evening.
test_80_1,"#Person1#: Hello. Is this ABC Rent-a-car Company?
#Person2#: Yes, speaking. May I help you?
#Person1#: This morning we rented a car and we are on the way to Niagara Falls. I'm afraid we have a car accident near the border.
#Person2#: That's too bad. What kind of accident is it? Are you all right?
#Person1#: I'm all right, but my friend is seriously injured. Will you call an ambulance and the police?
#Person2#: OK. I'll do it right away, but tell me how it happened.
#Person1#: I ran into the guardrail when I turned to the left.",#Person1# rent a car from ABC Rent-a-car Company this morning and met an accident. #Person2# will call an ambulance and police for #Person1#.
test_80_2,"#Person1#: Hello. Is this ABC Rent-a-car Company?
#Person2#: Yes, speaking. May I help you?
#Person1#: This morning we rented a car and we are on the way to Niagara Falls. I'm afraid we have a car accident near the border.
#Person2#: That's too bad. What kind of accident is it? Are you all right?
#Person1#: I'm all right, but my friend is seriously injured. Will you call an ambulance and the police?
#Person2#: OK. I'll do it right away, but tell me how it happened.
#Person1#: I ran into the guardrail when I turned to the left.",#Person1# tells ABC Rent-a-car Company that #Person1# had a car accident. #Person2# will call an ambulance and the police.
test_80_3,"#Person1#: Hello. Is this ABC Rent-a-car Company?
#Person2#: Yes, speaking. May I help you?
#Person1#: This morning we rented a car and we are on the way to Niagara Falls. I'm afraid we have a car accident near the border.
#Person2#: That's too bad. What kind of accident is it? Are you all right?
#Person1#: I'm all right, but my friend is seriously injured. Will you call an ambulance and the police?
#Person2#: OK. I'll do it right away, but tell me how it happened.
#Person1#: I ran into the guardrail when I turned to the left.",#Person1# calls ABC Rent-a-car Company to report #Person1#'s car accident. #Person2# will call an ambulance and the police.
test_81_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the school clinic? I've lost my way.
#Person2#: Yes. Go straight ahead till you come to the traffic lights, turn left there and it's the first turning on the right.
#Person1#: Straight ahead to the traffic lights, left and then right.
#Person2#: That's it. It'll take you about five minutes.
#Person1#: Thank you very much.",#Person1# is lost on the way to the school clinic. #Person2# shows #Person1# the correct direction.
test_81_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the school clinic? I've lost my way.
#Person2#: Yes. Go straight ahead till you come to the traffic lights, turn left there and it's the first turning on the right.
#Person1#: Straight ahead to the traffic lights, left and then right.
#Person2#: That's it. It'll take you about five minutes.
#Person1#: Thank you very much.","#Person1# lost #Person1#'s way to the school clinic, #Person2# guides #Person1#."
test_81_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the school clinic? I've lost my way.
#Person2#: Yes. Go straight ahead till you come to the traffic lights, turn left there and it's the first turning on the right.
#Person1#: Straight ahead to the traffic lights, left and then right.
#Person2#: That's it. It'll take you about five minutes.
#Person1#: Thank you very much.","#Person1# is lost, #Person2# shows the direction to the school clinic."
test_82_1,"#Person1#: Good morning. What can I do for you?
#Person2#: Well, I hate to disturb you, but I really can't stand it any more. Can you change my room for me? It's too noisy. I was woken up several times by the noise the baggage elevator made. It was too much for me.
#Person1#: I'm sorry to hear that. This room is at the end of the corridor. It's possible that the noise is heard early in the morning when everything is quiet.
#Person2#: Anyhow, I'd like to change my room.
#Person1#: I'm awfully sorry, Miss. I do apologize. We'll manage it, but we don't have any spare room today. Could you wait till tomorrow? A tour company will be leaving tomorrow morning. There'll be some rooms for you to choose from.
#Person2#: All right. I hope I'll be able to enjoy my stay in a quiet suite tomorrow evening and have a sound sleep.
#Person1#: Be sure. And if there is anything more you need, please let us know.
#Person2#: OK. Thank you.
#Person1#: You're welcome. I hope you'll be more comfortable in your new room.",#Person2# wants to change her room because the baggage elevator is too noisy. #Person1# is sorry and tells her #Person1# will manage it when there's a spare room.
test_82_2,"#Person1#: Good morning. What can I do for you?
#Person2#: Well, I hate to disturb you, but I really can't stand it any more. Can you change my room for me? It's too noisy. I was woken up several times by the noise the baggage elevator made. It was too much for me.
#Person1#: I'm sorry to hear that. This room is at the end of the corridor. It's possible that the noise is heard early in the morning when everything is quiet.
#Person2#: Anyhow, I'd like to change my room.
#Person1#: I'm awfully sorry, Miss. I do apologize. We'll manage it, but we don't have any spare room today. Could you wait till tomorrow? A tour company will be leaving tomorrow morning. There'll be some rooms for you to choose from.
#Person2#: All right. I hope I'll be able to enjoy my stay in a quiet suite tomorrow evening and have a sound sleep.
#Person1#: Be sure. And if there is anything more you need, please let us know.
#Person2#: OK. Thank you.
#Person1#: You're welcome. I hope you'll be more comfortable in your new room.","#Person2# wants to change a room because it's too noisy, but #Person1# tells #Person2# there are no rooms left so #Person2# has to wait till tomorrow."
test_82_3,"#Person1#: Good morning. What can I do for you?
#Person2#: Well, I hate to disturb you, but I really can't stand it any more. Can you change my room for me? It's too noisy. I was woken up several times by the noise the baggage elevator made. It was too much for me.
#Person1#: I'm sorry to hear that. This room is at the end of the corridor. It's possible that the noise is heard early in the morning when everything is quiet.
#Person2#: Anyhow, I'd like to change my room.
#Person1#: I'm awfully sorry, Miss. I do apologize. We'll manage it, but we don't have any spare room today. Could you wait till tomorrow? A tour company will be leaving tomorrow morning. There'll be some rooms for you to choose from.
#Person2#: All right. I hope I'll be able to enjoy my stay in a quiet suite tomorrow evening and have a sound sleep.
#Person1#: Be sure. And if there is anything more you need, please let us know.
#Person2#: OK. Thank you.
#Person1#: You're welcome. I hope you'll be more comfortable in your new room.",#Person2# cannot stand the noise near her room and #Person1# promises to change her room tomorrow as there is no room available today.
test_83_1,"#Person1#: There's a car waiting for you just outside the door. Right this way, please.
#Person2#: OK!
#Person1#: Let me put your cases into the trunk and please get in the back.
#Person2#: Thanks!
#Person1#: How was your flight?
#Person2#: It's comfortable, but now I'm a little tired.
#Person1#: We'll reach the Beijing hotel in another ten minutes. When we arrived there, you can go up and have a rest. The hotel has very good service, and it's considered as one of the best hotels here.
#Person2#: Thank you! I lived there when I came to Beijing last time. It's comfortable and beautiful.
#Person1#: If it's convenient for you, Mr. Wu would like to invite you to the banquet in honor of you in the evening.
#Person2#: Thank you! I will. When and where will the dinner be?
#Person1#: At six o'clock in the International Hotel. We'll pick you up this afternoon. Besides, if you care for visiting, we'll arrange some sightseeing for you.
#Person2#: Oh, that's nice. Thank you for arranging all of this.",#Person1# is driving #Person2# to the Beijing hotel. #Person2# will attend a banquet at six o'clock in the International Hotel.
test_83_2,"#Person1#: There's a car waiting for you just outside the door. Right this way, please.
#Person2#: OK!
#Person1#: Let me put your cases into the trunk and please get in the back.
#Person2#: Thanks!
#Person1#: How was your flight?
#Person2#: It's comfortable, but now I'm a little tired.
#Person1#: We'll reach the Beijing hotel in another ten minutes. When we arrived there, you can go up and have a rest. The hotel has very good service, and it's considered as one of the best hotels here.
#Person2#: Thank you! I lived there when I came to Beijing last time. It's comfortable and beautiful.
#Person1#: If it's convenient for you, Mr. Wu would like to invite you to the banquet in honor of you in the evening.
#Person2#: Thank you! I will. When and where will the dinner be?
#Person1#: At six o'clock in the International Hotel. We'll pick you up this afternoon. Besides, if you care for visiting, we'll arrange some sightseeing for you.
#Person2#: Oh, that's nice. Thank you for arranging all of this.",#Person1# warmly welcomes #Person2# and drives #Person2# to the Beijing Hotel. Mr. Wu has arranged a banquet for #Person2# in the evening.
test_83_3,"#Person1#: There's a car waiting for you just outside the door. Right this way, please.
#Person2#: OK!
#Person1#: Let me put your cases into the trunk and please get in the back.
#Person2#: Thanks!
#Person1#: How was your flight?
#Person2#: It's comfortable, but now I'm a little tired.
#Person1#: We'll reach the Beijing hotel in another ten minutes. When we arrived there, you can go up and have a rest. The hotel has very good service, and it's considered as one of the best hotels here.
#Person2#: Thank you! I lived there when I came to Beijing last time. It's comfortable and beautiful.
#Person1#: If it's convenient for you, Mr. Wu would like to invite you to the banquet in honor of you in the evening.
#Person2#: Thank you! I will. When and where will the dinner be?
#Person1#: At six o'clock in the International Hotel. We'll pick you up this afternoon. Besides, if you care for visiting, we'll arrange some sightseeing for you.
#Person2#: Oh, that's nice. Thank you for arranging all of this.",#Person1# has arranged everything for #Person2# after #Person2# arrives in Beijing and invites #Person2# to a banquet.
test_84_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me, I'm lost. Can you show me where I am in this map?
#Person2#: Er, let me see. Oh, look, you're right here. Pretty close to the Olympic Park.
#Person1#: That's great! It's not my day. I just have very bad sense of direction.
#Person2#: Is this your first time here? Where are you going?
#Person1#: I am supposed to go to Liu Ichang.
#Person2#: Oh, there are many Chinese antique stores. They get paintings, too. Do you get interested in them?
#Person1#: Yes. Yes. Can you tell me how to get there?
#Person2#: Wow, it is quite far away from here. I'm afraid you're gonna have to take Bus No. 713.",#Person1# gets lost on the way to Liu Ichang. #Person2# tells #Person1# to take Bus No. 713 because it's far.
test_84_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me, I'm lost. Can you show me where I am in this map?
#Person2#: Er, let me see. Oh, look, you're right here. Pretty close to the Olympic Park.
#Person1#: That's great! It's not my day. I just have very bad sense of direction.
#Person2#: Is this your first time here? Where are you going?
#Person1#: I am supposed to go to Liu Ichang.
#Person2#: Oh, there are many Chinese antique stores. They get paintings, too. Do you get interested in them?
#Person1#: Yes. Yes. Can you tell me how to get there?
#Person2#: Wow, it is quite far away from here. I'm afraid you're gonna have to take Bus No. 713.",#Person2# helps #Person1# to find out the location of Liu Ichang and tells #Person1# to take Bus No. 173.
test_84_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me, I'm lost. Can you show me where I am in this map?
#Person2#: Er, let me see. Oh, look, you're right here. Pretty close to the Olympic Park.
#Person1#: That's great! It's not my day. I just have very bad sense of direction.
#Person2#: Is this your first time here? Where are you going?
#Person1#: I am supposed to go to Liu Ichang.
#Person2#: Oh, there are many Chinese antique stores. They get paintings, too. Do you get interested in them?
#Person1#: Yes. Yes. Can you tell me how to get there?
#Person2#: Wow, it is quite far away from here. I'm afraid you're gonna have to take Bus No. 713.",#Person1# gets lost and #Person2# shows the way to Liu Ichang to #Person1#.
test_85_1,"#Person1#: What's the matter with this computer?
#Person2#: I don't know, but it just doesn't work well. Whenever I start it, it stops running.
#Person1#: Have you asked Mr. Li for some advice?
#Person2#: Yes, I have, but he doesn't seem to be able to solve the problem, either. Can you help me?
#Person1#: Me? I know nothing more than playing computer games.
#Person2#: What shall I do? I have to finish this report this afternoon, but...
#Person1#: But why don't you ring up the repairmen? They will be able to settle the problem.
#Person2#: Yes, I'll ring them up.",#Person2# finds that the computer has stopped running. #Person1# suggests #Person2# ring up the repairmen.
test_85_2,"#Person1#: What's the matter with this computer?
#Person2#: I don't know, but it just doesn't work well. Whenever I start it, it stops running.
#Person1#: Have you asked Mr. Li for some advice?
#Person2#: Yes, I have, but he doesn't seem to be able to solve the problem, either. Can you help me?
#Person1#: Me? I know nothing more than playing computer games.
#Person2#: What shall I do? I have to finish this report this afternoon, but...
#Person1#: But why don't you ring up the repairmen? They will be able to settle the problem.
#Person2#: Yes, I'll ring them up.",#Person1# advises #Person2# to call the repairmen to fix #Person2#'s computer.
test_85_3,"#Person1#: What's the matter with this computer?
#Person2#: I don't know, but it just doesn't work well. Whenever I start it, it stops running.
#Person1#: Have you asked Mr. Li for some advice?
#Person2#: Yes, I have, but he doesn't seem to be able to solve the problem, either. Can you help me?
#Person1#: Me? I know nothing more than playing computer games.
#Person2#: What shall I do? I have to finish this report this afternoon, but...
#Person1#: But why don't you ring up the repairmen? They will be able to settle the problem.
#Person2#: Yes, I'll ring them up.",#Person2#'s computer breaks down and #Person1# suggests ringing up the repairman.
test_86_1,"#Person1#: May I help you, sir?
#Person2#: Yes. I'm looking for a nice gift for my mother. It's her birthday tomorrow.
#Person1#: Do you have anything special in mind?
#Person2#: No, not really.
#Person1#: Perhaps she would like a necklace. We have many choices here.
#Person2#: No, thanks. My mom doesn't like jewels.
#Person1#: Well, then. Maybe a watch would be nice.
#Person2#: Yes, that's it. She does need a new watch with big, clear numbers. She has complained a lot about the small numbers on her watch.
#Person1#: This gold one is pretty, and I'm sure it will be easy for her to read the time.
#Person2#: Don't you think it's a bit too fancy for old ladies?
#Person1#: No, it actually sells very well and the old ladies like it very much.
#Person2#: Maybe you are right. I'll take it.
#Person1#: I'm sure your mother will love it.
#Person2#: I hope so.","#Person2# wants to buy a gift for his mother's birthday. After knowing his mother's preference, #Person1# recommends a gold watch."
test_86_2,"#Person1#: May I help you, sir?
#Person2#: Yes. I'm looking for a nice gift for my mother. It's her birthday tomorrow.
#Person1#: Do you have anything special in mind?
#Person2#: No, not really.
#Person1#: Perhaps she would like a necklace. We have many choices here.
#Person2#: No, thanks. My mom doesn't like jewels.
#Person1#: Well, then. Maybe a watch would be nice.
#Person2#: Yes, that's it. She does need a new watch with big, clear numbers. She has complained a lot about the small numbers on her watch.
#Person1#: This gold one is pretty, and I'm sure it will be easy for her to read the time.
#Person2#: Don't you think it's a bit too fancy for old ladies?
#Person1#: No, it actually sells very well and the old ladies like it very much.
#Person2#: Maybe you are right. I'll take it.
#Person1#: I'm sure your mother will love it.
#Person2#: I hope so.","#Person1# helps #Person2# pick a gift for #Person2#'s mother, and #Person2# decides to buy a watch."
test_86_3,"#Person1#: May I help you, sir?
#Person2#: Yes. I'm looking for a nice gift for my mother. It's her birthday tomorrow.
#Person1#: Do you have anything special in mind?
#Person2#: No, not really.
#Person1#: Perhaps she would like a necklace. We have many choices here.
#Person2#: No, thanks. My mom doesn't like jewels.
#Person1#: Well, then. Maybe a watch would be nice.
#Person2#: Yes, that's it. She does need a new watch with big, clear numbers. She has complained a lot about the small numbers on her watch.
#Person1#: This gold one is pretty, and I'm sure it will be easy for her to read the time.
#Person2#: Don't you think it's a bit too fancy for old ladies?
#Person1#: No, it actually sells very well and the old ladies like it very much.
#Person2#: Maybe you are right. I'll take it.
#Person1#: I'm sure your mother will love it.
#Person2#: I hope so.",#Person2# is looking for a gift for his mother in a shop and #Person1# gives him some helpful suggestions.
test_87_1,"#Person1#: Ah, good morning, Ms. Ross, do come in.
#Person2#: Hello, Mr. Fisher. Nice to see you.
#Person1#: Face to face instead of on the phone, what? Haha. How are you?
#Person2#: Fine, thanks, very well.
#Person1#: Oh, do sit down. Would you like some coffee?
#Person2#: Oh, yes please, black.
#Person1#: Here you are.
#Person2#: Thanks. Well, how's it all going?
#Person1#: Oh, not too bad, we're just about to open a branch in New Zealand. Oh! ... I'm hoping to--if I can justify it to the marketing director! How's your little boy, has he started school yet?
#Person2#: Oh, yes, he's in the second year now.
#Person1#: What, already? Doesn't time fly! Is he enjoying it?
#Person2#: Very much, it's much more fun than being home!
#Person1#: Haha. Well, I suppose we'd better make a start. Shall we get down to business?
#Person2#: Right. First of all can I confirm the time and date of the presentation? It's Saturday 24 October in the morning. What time exactly?
#Person1#: Well, on the invitations we've sent out we've said that the presentation itself will start at 11 and go on till 12:30.
#Person2#: So you'll need the room from about 10 till 2. Would you like us to serve coffee beforehand?
#Person1#: Yes, yes. Oh, and drinks and snacks at the end.
#Person2#: Better to have buffet lunch?
#Person1#: No, I... people who are invited won't be expecting a free lunch. They might think that's overdoing it. They'll want to get back to their families, as it's Saturday.
#Person2#: All right, the normal pre-lunch snack buffet will be what you need--that's basically the same as what you had last February.
#Person1#: Oh, that'll be fine.
#Person2#: OK, well, we'll charge for the room, coffee and snack buffet at the standard rate less 15%, as we agreed. And we'll charge for the drinks served on a pro-rata basis.
#Person1#: Free, fine, yes.
#Person2#: What type of... um.., equipment, furniture would you like?
#Person1#: Well, let's have.., um... four.., no, no... five tables for our display. Er... we'll bring our own stands. Now, there's an overhead projector and sound system already in the room, I believe? Can you get someone to check that before we come, you know, to see that it's working?
#Person2#: Oh, of course, the technician will be with you when you're setting everything up. Oh, the seats in that room have flap-over desk tops, will that be all right?
#Person1#: Yes, yes, that's fine, sure.
#Person2#: You say you've sent out the invitations, any idea how many people there'll be? Urn... I think you know there's... the capacity for the room is about 50, but 40 is ideal.
#Person1#: Yes, ah... the problem is that we won't know exactly how many there'll be until shortly before.
#Person2#: Can you let me know definitely by Thursday?
#Person1#: Mm... no. But I'll have a rough idea and we'll budget for the number I give you then. We've sent out 100 invitations...
#Person2#: 100?!
#Person1#: Yes, well, in theory that meant that there could be 200 people.
#Person2#: Yes, but the room won't...
#Person1#: But of course, haha... I don't expect more than about 30 to come.
#Person2#: But what if they do? This room is the only one we have that day--there's a wedding reception in the banqueting rooms, so we...
#Person1#: Well, in that case, I suppose...","Ms. Ross and Mr. Fisher are having a coffee chat face to face. They talk about their career, child, life, and then get down to business. Ms. Ross will provide service for a presentation on Saturday 24 October in the morning held by Mr. Fisher. They are discussing the preparations as time, food, furniture, guest numbers. A problem is Mr. Fisher sent out 100 invitations but the room's capacity is only about 50."
test_87_2,"#Person1#: Ah, good morning, Ms. Ross, do come in.
#Person2#: Hello, Mr. Fisher. Nice to see you.
#Person1#: Face to face instead of on the phone, what? Haha. How are you?
#Person2#: Fine, thanks, very well.
#Person1#: Oh, do sit down. Would you like some coffee?
#Person2#: Oh, yes please, black.
#Person1#: Here you are.
#Person2#: Thanks. Well, how's it all going?
#Person1#: Oh, not too bad, we're just about to open a branch in New Zealand. Oh! ... I'm hoping to--if I can justify it to the marketing director! How's your little boy, has he started school yet?
#Person2#: Oh, yes, he's in the second year now.
#Person1#: What, already? Doesn't time fly! Is he enjoying it?
#Person2#: Very much, it's much more fun than being home!
#Person1#: Haha. Well, I suppose we'd better make a start. Shall we get down to business?
#Person2#: Right. First of all can I confirm the time and date of the presentation? It's Saturday 24 October in the morning. What time exactly?
#Person1#: Well, on the invitations we've sent out we've said that the presentation itself will start at 11 and go on till 12:30.
#Person2#: So you'll need the room from about 10 till 2. Would you like us to serve coffee beforehand?
#Person1#: Yes, yes. Oh, and drinks and snacks at the end.
#Person2#: Better to have buffet lunch?
#Person1#: No, I... people who are invited won't be expecting a free lunch. They might think that's overdoing it. They'll want to get back to their families, as it's Saturday.
#Person2#: All right, the normal pre-lunch snack buffet will be what you need--that's basically the same as what you had last February.
#Person1#: Oh, that'll be fine.
#Person2#: OK, well, we'll charge for the room, coffee and snack buffet at the standard rate less 15%, as we agreed. And we'll charge for the drinks served on a pro-rata basis.
#Person1#: Free, fine, yes.
#Person2#: What type of... um.., equipment, furniture would you like?
#Person1#: Well, let's have.., um... four.., no, no... five tables for our display. Er... we'll bring our own stands. Now, there's an overhead projector and sound system already in the room, I believe? Can you get someone to check that before we come, you know, to see that it's working?
#Person2#: Oh, of course, the technician will be with you when you're setting everything up. Oh, the seats in that room have flap-over desk tops, will that be all right?
#Person1#: Yes, yes, that's fine, sure.
#Person2#: You say you've sent out the invitations, any idea how many people there'll be? Urn... I think you know there's... the capacity for the room is about 50, but 40 is ideal.
#Person1#: Yes, ah... the problem is that we won't know exactly how many there'll be until shortly before.
#Person2#: Can you let me know definitely by Thursday?
#Person1#: Mm... no. But I'll have a rough idea and we'll budget for the number I give you then. We've sent out 100 invitations...
#Person2#: 100?!
#Person1#: Yes, well, in theory that meant that there could be 200 people.
#Person2#: Yes, but the room won't...
#Person1#: But of course, haha... I don't expect more than about 30 to come.
#Person2#: But what if they do? This room is the only one we have that day--there's a wedding reception in the banqueting rooms, so we...
#Person1#: Well, in that case, I suppose...",Ms. Ross helps Mr. Fisher make arrangements for a presentation. Mr. Fisher decides to serve a pre-lunch snack buffet and designs the room setting. Mr. Fisher isn't sure about how many people to come and Ms. Ross is worried that there might be too many people because the room is small.
test_87_3,"#Person1#: Ah, good morning, Ms. Ross, do come in.
#Person2#: Hello, Mr. Fisher. Nice to see you.
#Person1#: Face to face instead of on the phone, what? Haha. How are you?
#Person2#: Fine, thanks, very well.
#Person1#: Oh, do sit down. Would you like some coffee?
#Person2#: Oh, yes please, black.
#Person1#: Here you are.
#Person2#: Thanks. Well, how's it all going?
#Person1#: Oh, not too bad, we're just about to open a branch in New Zealand. Oh! ... I'm hoping to--if I can justify it to the marketing director! How's your little boy, has he started school yet?
#Person2#: Oh, yes, he's in the second year now.
#Person1#: What, already? Doesn't time fly! Is he enjoying it?
#Person2#: Very much, it's much more fun than being home!
#Person1#: Haha. Well, I suppose we'd better make a start. Shall we get down to business?
#Person2#: Right. First of all can I confirm the time and date of the presentation? It's Saturday 24 October in the morning. What time exactly?
#Person1#: Well, on the invitations we've sent out we've said that the presentation itself will start at 11 and go on till 12:30.
#Person2#: So you'll need the room from about 10 till 2. Would you like us to serve coffee beforehand?
#Person1#: Yes, yes. Oh, and drinks and snacks at the end.
#Person2#: Better to have buffet lunch?
#Person1#: No, I... people who are invited won't be expecting a free lunch. They might think that's overdoing it. They'll want to get back to their families, as it's Saturday.
#Person2#: All right, the normal pre-lunch snack buffet will be what you need--that's basically the same as what you had last February.
#Person1#: Oh, that'll be fine.
#Person2#: OK, well, we'll charge for the room, coffee and snack buffet at the standard rate less 15%, as we agreed. And we'll charge for the drinks served on a pro-rata basis.
#Person1#: Free, fine, yes.
#Person2#: What type of... um.., equipment, furniture would you like?
#Person1#: Well, let's have.., um... four.., no, no... five tables for our display. Er... we'll bring our own stands. Now, there's an overhead projector and sound system already in the room, I believe? Can you get someone to check that before we come, you know, to see that it's working?
#Person2#: Oh, of course, the technician will be with you when you're setting everything up. Oh, the seats in that room have flap-over desk tops, will that be all right?
#Person1#: Yes, yes, that's fine, sure.
#Person2#: You say you've sent out the invitations, any idea how many people there'll be? Urn... I think you know there's... the capacity for the room is about 50, but 40 is ideal.
#Person1#: Yes, ah... the problem is that we won't know exactly how many there'll be until shortly before.
#Person2#: Can you let me know definitely by Thursday?
#Person1#: Mm... no. But I'll have a rough idea and we'll budget for the number I give you then. We've sent out 100 invitations...
#Person2#: 100?!
#Person1#: Yes, well, in theory that meant that there could be 200 people.
#Person2#: Yes, but the room won't...
#Person1#: But of course, haha... I don't expect more than about 30 to come.
#Person2#: But what if they do? This room is the only one we have that day--there's a wedding reception in the banqueting rooms, so we...
#Person1#: Well, in that case, I suppose...","Ms. Ross and Mr. Fisher start the conversation with greetings. Then they discuss the preparation for a presentation. Ms. Ross confirms the details of the presentation, including schedule, food service. Ms. Ross is concerned that Mr. Fisher's sent too many invitations than the room capacity."
test_88_1,"#Person1#: What are the main differences between this country and your country?
#Person2#: Well, in Russia, everything happens very fast. People talk quickly, they drive their cars too fast, the good deals go by really quickly...but here in Canada, it seems like people are a little more relaxed.
#Person1#: Is that true for everything?
#Person2#: No, of course not. In Russia, going to the bank can take hours. The same is true for the post office and the supermarket. In Canada, however, these places are pretty easy to get through quickly.
#Person1#: So, what is it that makes some things go either faster or slower compared to us here in Canada? I was born and raised here, so I guess I don't notice these things. I've also never been outside the country before.
#Person2#: I think the people in Russia are fast movers by nature, at least in the big cities. Public places are still very slow because they haven't tried to do business any differently than they used to.
#Person1#: But in Canada, it's the opposite?
#Person2#: Right. The government here does a great job of solving problems and using new technology to make businesses work better. But I think Canadians are just more calm in general than Russians are... and they're definitely more relaxed than Americans!
#Person1#: Well, I agree with you about that last part!","#Person2# tells #Person1#, in Russia, things happen very fast except for bank business, while in Canada people are calmer."
test_88_2,"#Person1#: What are the main differences between this country and your country?
#Person2#: Well, in Russia, everything happens very fast. People talk quickly, they drive their cars too fast, the good deals go by really quickly...but here in Canada, it seems like people are a little more relaxed.
#Person1#: Is that true for everything?
#Person2#: No, of course not. In Russia, going to the bank can take hours. The same is true for the post office and the supermarket. In Canada, however, these places are pretty easy to get through quickly.
#Person1#: So, what is it that makes some things go either faster or slower compared to us here in Canada? I was born and raised here, so I guess I don't notice these things. I've also never been outside the country before.
#Person2#: I think the people in Russia are fast movers by nature, at least in the big cities. Public places are still very slow because they haven't tried to do business any differently than they used to.
#Person1#: But in Canada, it's the opposite?
#Person2#: Right. The government here does a great job of solving problems and using new technology to make businesses work better. But I think Canadians are just more calm in general than Russians are... and they're definitely more relaxed than Americans!
#Person1#: Well, I agree with you about that last part!",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about the differences between Russia and Canada. #Person2# tells #Person1# that almost everything in Russia happens fast while it's the opposite in Canada.
test_88_3,"#Person1#: What are the main differences between this country and your country?
#Person2#: Well, in Russia, everything happens very fast. People talk quickly, they drive their cars too fast, the good deals go by really quickly...but here in Canada, it seems like people are a little more relaxed.
#Person1#: Is that true for everything?
#Person2#: No, of course not. In Russia, going to the bank can take hours. The same is true for the post office and the supermarket. In Canada, however, these places are pretty easy to get through quickly.
#Person1#: So, what is it that makes some things go either faster or slower compared to us here in Canada? I was born and raised here, so I guess I don't notice these things. I've also never been outside the country before.
#Person2#: I think the people in Russia are fast movers by nature, at least in the big cities. Public places are still very slow because they haven't tried to do business any differently than they used to.
#Person1#: But in Canada, it's the opposite?
#Person2#: Right. The government here does a great job of solving problems and using new technology to make businesses work better. But I think Canadians are just more calm in general than Russians are... and they're definitely more relaxed than Americans!
#Person1#: Well, I agree with you about that last part!","#Person1# and #Person2# are sharing their opinions towards how different is Russia from Canada in lifestyle, especially the speed in life."
test_89_1,"#Person1#: Where are you going on vacation this year?
#Person2#: Well, we were thinking about going on the voyage to the Caribbean Sea. It's a beautiful part of the world.
#Person1#: It certainly is. I went on one last year. But the weather can sometimes be really bad.
#Person2#: I know. I have been reading weather reports for the Caribbean on the internet. They seem to have lots of storms.
#Person1#: They certainly do. When we went on a voyage, we stopped at Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. And both had been hit by storms two weeks before. You could still see a lot of damage.
#Person2#: Well, if I decide to go, I'll just have to hope for the best.",#Person2# thought to travel to the Caribbean Sea. #Person1# went there last year and thinks the weather can sometimes be really bad.
test_89_2,"#Person1#: Where are you going on vacation this year?
#Person2#: Well, we were thinking about going on the voyage to the Caribbean Sea. It's a beautiful part of the world.
#Person1#: It certainly is. I went on one last year. But the weather can sometimes be really bad.
#Person2#: I know. I have been reading weather reports for the Caribbean on the internet. They seem to have lots of storms.
#Person1#: They certainly do. When we went on a voyage, we stopped at Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. And both had been hit by storms two weeks before. You could still see a lot of damage.
#Person2#: Well, if I decide to go, I'll just have to hope for the best.",#Person2# wanted to travel to the Caribbean Sea and but is worried about the storms.
test_89_3,"#Person1#: Where are you going on vacation this year?
#Person2#: Well, we were thinking about going on the voyage to the Caribbean Sea. It's a beautiful part of the world.
#Person1#: It certainly is. I went on one last year. But the weather can sometimes be really bad.
#Person2#: I know. I have been reading weather reports for the Caribbean on the internet. They seem to have lots of storms.
#Person1#: They certainly do. When we went on a voyage, we stopped at Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. And both had been hit by storms two weeks before. You could still see a lot of damage.
#Person2#: Well, if I decide to go, I'll just have to hope for the best.",#Person2# hasn't decided to go to the Caribbean Sea on vacation because #Person2# is concerned about the storms there.
test_90_1,"#Person1#: Mum, have we got any fruit to take on the picnic? I thought there were some oranges and bananas.
#Person2#: Here are the bananas. Let's take them. Oh the oranges have all gone. What about taking some grapes or apples as well?
#Person1#: OK, let's take the grapes. That'll be enough.",#Person1# and #Person1#'s mother are preparing the fruits they are going to take to the picnic.
test_90_2,"#Person1#: Mum, have we got any fruit to take on the picnic? I thought there were some oranges and bananas.
#Person2#: Here are the bananas. Let's take them. Oh the oranges have all gone. What about taking some grapes or apples as well?
#Person1#: OK, let's take the grapes. That'll be enough.",#Person1# and #Person2# prepare the fruits for the picnic.
test_90_3,"#Person1#: Mum, have we got any fruit to take on the picnic? I thought there were some oranges and bananas.
#Person2#: Here are the bananas. Let's take them. Oh the oranges have all gone. What about taking some grapes or apples as well?
#Person1#: OK, let's take the grapes. That'll be enough.",#Person1# and #Person2# are preparing fruits for the picnic.
test_91_1,"#Person1#: How much is it to rent an economy car? 
#Person2#: $19 a day or$129 a week, unlimited mileage. 
#Person1#: Could I have one for tomorrow morning? 
#Person2#: Could I see your driver's license? 
#Person1#: Sure here it is. 
#Person2#: Good. Now just complete this form. ",#Person1# wants to rent an economy car from #Person2# for $19 a day or $129 a week.
test_91_2,"#Person1#: How much is it to rent an economy car? 
#Person2#: $19 a day or$129 a week, unlimited mileage. 
#Person1#: Could I have one for tomorrow morning? 
#Person2#: Could I see your driver's license? 
#Person1#: Sure here it is. 
#Person2#: Good. Now just complete this form. ",#Person1# rents a car from #Person2#
test_91_3,"#Person1#: How much is it to rent an economy car? 
#Person2#: $19 a day or$129 a week, unlimited mileage. 
#Person1#: Could I have one for tomorrow morning? 
#Person2#: Could I see your driver's license? 
#Person1#: Sure here it is. 
#Person2#: Good. Now just complete this form. ",#Person1# rents an economy car in #Person2#'s shop.
test_92_1,"#Person1#: It depends on where you are and what position you are in. For instance, if you are in an elevator and you smile, you will make other takers uncomfortable. 
#Person2#: That's an exception. But I am fed up with those who keep a straight face in front of me. 
#Person1#: I cannot see eye to eye with you here. You see, I am fed up with those who keep smiling to me. I mean, they smile for no reason at all. 
#Person2#: That means you don't like them. If you hit it off with them, you will like to see their smiles. ",#Person1# hates those who keep smiling at #Person1# and #Person2# is fed up with those who keep a straight face in front of #Person2#.
test_92_2,"#Person1#: It depends on where you are and what position you are in. For instance, if you are in an elevator and you smile, you will make other takers uncomfortable. 
#Person2#: That's an exception. But I am fed up with those who keep a straight face in front of me. 
#Person1#: I cannot see eye to eye with you here. You see, I am fed up with those who keep smiling to me. I mean, they smile for no reason at all. 
#Person2#: That means you don't like them. If you hit it off with them, you will like to see their smiles. ","#Person2# is fed up with people with a straight face, and #Person1# hates people keeping smiling to #Person1#."
test_92_3,"#Person1#: It depends on where you are and what position you are in. For instance, if you are in an elevator and you smile, you will make other takers uncomfortable. 
#Person2#: That's an exception. But I am fed up with those who keep a straight face in front of me. 
#Person1#: I cannot see eye to eye with you here. You see, I am fed up with those who keep smiling to me. I mean, they smile for no reason at all. 
#Person2#: That means you don't like them. If you hit it off with them, you will like to see their smiles. ",#Person1# and #Person2# hold different opinions towards people with different facial expressions.
test_93_1,"#Person1#: Did you see the information on sales for last year? The sales review was made at our last board meeting. There's a great news for our shareholders. 
#Person2#: Yeah, I went over the figures this morning. We're finally started making money again! 
#Person1#: We've never sold this much before, our growth this year has been phenomenal. We have captured 8% of the market, up from last year by 120%. Our strategy is working! 
#Person2#: not only our annual sales brake a record, but our month by month earnings exceeded our forecast as well. After a two-year slump, we finally back in the black. 
#Person1#: The company's performance has improved since Wallace became president. He's made our little business into a real lucrative operation. Products are selling like hotcakes. 
#Person2#: I think our success is partly because of Wallace's contribution, and partly because of our new marketing strategy. Because of the new advertising campaign, we have become the top sellers in the field. 
#Person1#: Let's hope this stroke of good luck lasts. I hope we are over our financial difficulties for good. 
#Person2#: Let's hope it is! ","#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about the good performance of their business for last year. #Person2# thinks the success is partly because of Wallace's contribution, and partly because of their new marketing strategy."
test_93_2,"#Person1#: Did you see the information on sales for last year? The sales review was made at our last board meeting. There's a great news for our shareholders. 
#Person2#: Yeah, I went over the figures this morning. We're finally started making money again! 
#Person1#: We've never sold this much before, our growth this year has been phenomenal. We have captured 8% of the market, up from last year by 120%. Our strategy is working! 
#Person2#: not only our annual sales brake a record, but our month by month earnings exceeded our forecast as well. After a two-year slump, we finally back in the black. 
#Person1#: The company's performance has improved since Wallace became president. He's made our little business into a real lucrative operation. Products are selling like hotcakes. 
#Person2#: I think our success is partly because of Wallace's contribution, and partly because of our new marketing strategy. Because of the new advertising campaign, we have become the top sellers in the field. 
#Person1#: Let's hope this stroke of good luck lasts. I hope we are over our financial difficulties for good. 
#Person2#: Let's hope it is! ",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about the success of their business and attribute the success to Wallace's contribution and the new marketing strategy. They hope good luck can last.
test_93_3,"#Person1#: Did you see the information on sales for last year? The sales review was made at our last board meeting. There's a great news for our shareholders. 
#Person2#: Yeah, I went over the figures this morning. We're finally started making money again! 
#Person1#: We've never sold this much before, our growth this year has been phenomenal. We have captured 8% of the market, up from last year by 120%. Our strategy is working! 
#Person2#: not only our annual sales brake a record, but our month by month earnings exceeded our forecast as well. After a two-year slump, we finally back in the black. 
#Person1#: The company's performance has improved since Wallace became president. He's made our little business into a real lucrative operation. Products are selling like hotcakes. 
#Person2#: I think our success is partly because of Wallace's contribution, and partly because of our new marketing strategy. Because of the new advertising campaign, we have become the top sellers in the field. 
#Person1#: Let's hope this stroke of good luck lasts. I hope we are over our financial difficulties for good. 
#Person2#: Let's hope it is! ",#Person1# and #Person2# are pleasant to see their business performance has improved last year. They think the credits should be given to Wallace and the new marketing strategy.
test_94_1,"#Person1#: Hey, How's it going? 
#Person2#: Not good. I lost my backpack.
#Person1#: Oh, that's too bad. Is anything important in it?
#Person2#: Just my wallet. There's some money in it.
#Person1#: Is your ID lost?
#Person2#: No, thank god.
#Person1#: Was your backpack stolen?
#Person2#: No, I took a taxi yesterday, and I left it in the car.
#Person1#: Sorry to hear that. Did you call the driver?
#Person2#: No, I didn't ask for the recipt so I don't have the number.
#Person1#: That's too bad. Is there anything I can do?
#Person2#: Can I borrow some money? 
#Person1#: Sure, how much do you need? 
#Person2#: About 50 dollars. 
#Person1#: That's no problem. 
#Person2#: Thanks. I'll pay you back on Friday. 
#Person1#: That'll be fine. Here you are.
#Person2#: Thank you.
#Person1#: What are you going to do now?
#Person2#: I'm going to take a bus home, and ask for some money from my mom.
#Person1#: If you wait a minute I drive you home.
#Person2#: That's really nice of you!",#Person2# left #Person2#'s backpack and wallet in a taxi and failed to contact the driver because #Person2# didn't have the number. #Person1# lends 50 dollars to #Person1# and will drive #Person2# home.
test_94_2,"#Person1#: Hey, How's it going? 
#Person2#: Not good. I lost my backpack.
#Person1#: Oh, that's too bad. Is anything important in it?
#Person2#: Just my wallet. There's some money in it.
#Person1#: Is your ID lost?
#Person2#: No, thank god.
#Person1#: Was your backpack stolen?
#Person2#: No, I took a taxi yesterday, and I left it in the car.
#Person1#: Sorry to hear that. Did you call the driver?
#Person2#: No, I didn't ask for the recipt so I don't have the number.
#Person1#: That's too bad. Is there anything I can do?
#Person2#: Can I borrow some money? 
#Person1#: Sure, how much do you need? 
#Person2#: About 50 dollars. 
#Person1#: That's no problem. 
#Person2#: Thanks. I'll pay you back on Friday. 
#Person1#: That'll be fine. Here you are.
#Person2#: Thank you.
#Person1#: What are you going to do now?
#Person2#: I'm going to take a bus home, and ask for some money from my mom.
#Person1#: If you wait a minute I drive you home.
#Person2#: That's really nice of you!",#Person2# borrows some money from #Person1# because #Person2#'s backpack and wallet were lost and cannot take it back. #Person1# will drive #Person2# home.
test_94_3,"#Person1#: Hey, How's it going? 
#Person2#: Not good. I lost my backpack.
#Person1#: Oh, that's too bad. Is anything important in it?
#Person2#: Just my wallet. There's some money in it.
#Person1#: Is your ID lost?
#Person2#: No, thank god.
#Person1#: Was your backpack stolen?
#Person2#: No, I took a taxi yesterday, and I left it in the car.
#Person1#: Sorry to hear that. Did you call the driver?
#Person2#: No, I didn't ask for the recipt so I don't have the number.
#Person1#: That's too bad. Is there anything I can do?
#Person2#: Can I borrow some money? 
#Person1#: Sure, how much do you need? 
#Person2#: About 50 dollars. 
#Person1#: That's no problem. 
#Person2#: Thanks. I'll pay you back on Friday. 
#Person1#: That'll be fine. Here you are.
#Person2#: Thank you.
#Person1#: What are you going to do now?
#Person2#: I'm going to take a bus home, and ask for some money from my mom.
#Person1#: If you wait a minute I drive you home.
#Person2#: That's really nice of you!","#Person2# lost #Person2#'s backpack, wallet, and money in a taxi. #Person1# lends #Person2# some money and will take #Person2# home."
test_95_1,"#Person1#: Thank you. Steven. That was the most magnificent meal I've had abroad. You'll have to let me reciprocate the next time you're in Beijing. 
#Person2#: Don't worry about it, Lin. That's no big deal. You know, Americans appreciate China's rich culinary culture. Just excuse me for a second while I check the number here and figure out how much to give the waiter. Hmm, by the way, what do you do about tipping in China? 
#Person1#: We don't . 
#Person2#: No tipping? Now that's what I call a civilized system. 
#Person1#: At hotels and some restaurants they add a service charge to the bill, but other than that , tipping isn't customary. 
#Person2#: What about cab drivers and porters? 
#Person1#: In a cab you just pay what it says on the meter. I generally tip hotel porters 10 yuan per bag, but in first-class hotels they're instructed not to accept gratuities. 
#Person2#: You'd have a revolution on your hands if you tried to introduce that sort of system here. ",Steven and Lin just had a great meal. Then they talk about the different tipping cultures between America and China.
test_95_2,"#Person1#: Thank you. Steven. That was the most magnificent meal I've had abroad. You'll have to let me reciprocate the next time you're in Beijing. 
#Person2#: Don't worry about it, Lin. That's no big deal. You know, Americans appreciate China's rich culinary culture. Just excuse me for a second while I check the number here and figure out how much to give the waiter. Hmm, by the way, what do you do about tipping in China? 
#Person1#: We don't . 
#Person2#: No tipping? Now that's what I call a civilized system. 
#Person1#: At hotels and some restaurants they add a service charge to the bill, but other than that , tipping isn't customary. 
#Person2#: What about cab drivers and porters? 
#Person1#: In a cab you just pay what it says on the meter. I generally tip hotel porters 10 yuan per bag, but in first-class hotels they're instructed not to accept gratuities. 
#Person2#: You'd have a revolution on your hands if you tried to introduce that sort of system here. ",Steven buys Lin a magnificent dinner in America and they then talk about the tipping culture in China and America.
test_95_3,"#Person1#: Thank you. Steven. That was the most magnificent meal I've had abroad. You'll have to let me reciprocate the next time you're in Beijing. 
#Person2#: Don't worry about it, Lin. That's no big deal. You know, Americans appreciate China's rich culinary culture. Just excuse me for a second while I check the number here and figure out how much to give the waiter. Hmm, by the way, what do you do about tipping in China? 
#Person1#: We don't . 
#Person2#: No tipping? Now that's what I call a civilized system. 
#Person1#: At hotels and some restaurants they add a service charge to the bill, but other than that , tipping isn't customary. 
#Person2#: What about cab drivers and porters? 
#Person1#: In a cab you just pay what it says on the meter. I generally tip hotel porters 10 yuan per bag, but in first-class hotels they're instructed not to accept gratuities. 
#Person2#: You'd have a revolution on your hands if you tried to introduce that sort of system here. ",Steven treats Lin to a nice meal. Then they talk about the tipping cultures in their countries.
test_96_1,"#Person1#: Bill, how can you hear so happy today? 
#Person2#: Aha. I've read of my roommate. I made a move today. 
#Person1#: Really? What was the matter? 
#Person2#: You knew Brain Locker? 
#Person1#: Brain Locker? No, I don't think so. What does he look like? 
#Person2#: Well, he's thin and tall. He has brown hair, a holt nose, green eyes and wearing glasses. 
#Person1#: Mm. I've seen him a couple of times, I think. ",Bill is happy because he made a move to know his roommate today.
test_96_2,"#Person1#: Bill, how can you hear so happy today? 
#Person2#: Aha. I've read of my roommate. I made a move today. 
#Person1#: Really? What was the matter? 
#Person2#: You knew Brain Locker? 
#Person1#: Brain Locker? No, I don't think so. What does he look like? 
#Person2#: Well, he's thin and tall. He has brown hair, a holt nose, green eyes and wearing glasses. 
#Person1#: Mm. I've seen him a couple of times, I think. ",#Person1# and Bill talk about Bill's roommate Brain Locker.
test_96_3,"#Person1#: Bill, how can you hear so happy today? 
#Person2#: Aha. I've read of my roommate. I made a move today. 
#Person1#: Really? What was the matter? 
#Person2#: You knew Brain Locker? 
#Person1#: Brain Locker? No, I don't think so. What does he look like? 
#Person2#: Well, he's thin and tall. He has brown hair, a holt nose, green eyes and wearing glasses. 
#Person1#: Mm. I've seen him a couple of times, I think. ",Bill tells #Person1# that he has made a move to read of his roommate.
test_97_1,"#Person1#: I'd like to pay my bill now. 
#Person2#: Your name and room number, please? 
#Person1#: Tom Wilson in Room 306. 
#Person2#: Have you used any hotel services this morning? 
#Person1#: No. 
#Person2#: OK. You have stayed for four nights at 90 US dollars each, and here are the meals that you had at the hotel. That makes a total of 660 US dollars. 
#Person1#: Can I pay by credit card? 
#Person2#: Of course. Please sign your name here. ",#Person2# checks Tom Wilson's information and Tom pays his hotel and meal bill.
test_97_2,"#Person1#: I'd like to pay my bill now. 
#Person2#: Your name and room number, please? 
#Person1#: Tom Wilson in Room 306. 
#Person2#: Have you used any hotel services this morning? 
#Person1#: No. 
#Person2#: OK. You have stayed for four nights at 90 US dollars each, and here are the meals that you had at the hotel. That makes a total of 660 US dollars. 
#Person1#: Can I pay by credit card? 
#Person2#: Of course. Please sign your name here. ",Tom Wilson pays for his bill for hotel and food by credit card.
test_97_3,"#Person1#: I'd like to pay my bill now. 
#Person2#: Your name and room number, please? 
#Person1#: Tom Wilson in Room 306. 
#Person2#: Have you used any hotel services this morning? 
#Person1#: No. 
#Person2#: OK. You have stayed for four nights at 90 US dollars each, and here are the meals that you had at the hotel. That makes a total of 660 US dollars. 
#Person1#: Can I pay by credit card? 
#Person2#: Of course. Please sign your name here. ",Tom Wilson pays the bill for his room and meal cost by credit card.
test_98_1,"#Person1#: Carol telephone.
#Person2#: Who is it?
#Person1#: I don't know, wait a second. May I ask who's calling please? Carrollite Susan.
#Person2#: Oh, I'm taking a shower can you ask her if it's important?
#Person1#: Sorry Susan, Carol can't come to the phone right now, is there something I can help you with? Oh, I see, Carol she wants to know if the party is tonight or tomorrow night.
#Person2#: Tell her it is tomorrow night at 8:30 at Jills House, tell her to bring a dessert if she wants.
#Person1#: She said it is tomorrow night at 8:30 at Jills House, she said you could bring a dessert if you want. Sure no problem have a good evening. Bye.",Susan calls Carol to ask about the party time. But Carol is taking a shower so #Person1# answers for her.
test_98_2,"#Person1#: Carol telephone.
#Person2#: Who is it?
#Person1#: I don't know, wait a second. May I ask who's calling please? Carrollite Susan.
#Person2#: Oh, I'm taking a shower can you ask her if it's important?
#Person1#: Sorry Susan, Carol can't come to the phone right now, is there something I can help you with? Oh, I see, Carol she wants to know if the party is tonight or tomorrow night.
#Person2#: Tell her it is tomorrow night at 8:30 at Jills House, tell her to bring a dessert if she wants.
#Person1#: She said it is tomorrow night at 8:30 at Jills House, she said you could bring a dessert if you want. Sure no problem have a good evening. Bye.","Carol is taking a shower when Carol calls her, so #Person1# answers the telephone and tells her the party time."
test_98_3,"#Person1#: Carol telephone.
#Person2#: Who is it?
#Person1#: I don't know, wait a second. May I ask who's calling please? Carrollite Susan.
#Person2#: Oh, I'm taking a shower can you ask her if it's important?
#Person1#: Sorry Susan, Carol can't come to the phone right now, is there something I can help you with? Oh, I see, Carol she wants to know if the party is tonight or tomorrow night.
#Person2#: Tell her it is tomorrow night at 8:30 at Jills House, tell her to bring a dessert if she wants.
#Person1#: She said it is tomorrow night at 8:30 at Jills House, she said you could bring a dessert if you want. Sure no problem have a good evening. Bye.",Susan calls to ask Carol about the party time. #Person1# answers the phone and tells her.
test_99_1,"#Person1#: Hey, don't I know you from somewhere?
#Person2#: No, sorry. I don't think so.
#Person1#: Didn't you use to work at Common Fitness Gym?
#Person2#: No, I'm afraid I did not.
#Person1#: Oh, but I know you from somewhere else. Did you use to work at the movie theater downtown? You did. Yes. It's you. I go there all the time and you always sell me popcorn and soda.
#Person2#: No, that's not me either. Sorry, ma'am. Perhaps I look familiar to you, but ...
#Person1#: No, I know you. I have met you before! Hold on. Let me think. This is driving me crazy. I know that we've talked before. Oh, I remember now. You work at the Whole Bean Cafe on the corner. It that right?
#Person2#: No, wrong again. Sorry, ma'am, but I really have to get going.","#Person1# thinks that she knows #Person2# somewhere, but #Person2# denies it."
test_99_2,"#Person1#: Hey, don't I know you from somewhere?
#Person2#: No, sorry. I don't think so.
#Person1#: Didn't you use to work at Common Fitness Gym?
#Person2#: No, I'm afraid I did not.
#Person1#: Oh, but I know you from somewhere else. Did you use to work at the movie theater downtown? You did. Yes. It's you. I go there all the time and you always sell me popcorn and soda.
#Person2#: No, that's not me either. Sorry, ma'am. Perhaps I look familiar to you, but ...
#Person1#: No, I know you. I have met you before! Hold on. Let me think. This is driving me crazy. I know that we've talked before. Oh, I remember now. You work at the Whole Bean Cafe on the corner. It that right?
#Person2#: No, wrong again. Sorry, ma'am, but I really have to get going.","#Person1# thinks she has met #Person2# somewhere, but #Person2# thinks it's a mistake."
test_99_3,"#Person1#: Hey, don't I know you from somewhere?
#Person2#: No, sorry. I don't think so.
#Person1#: Didn't you use to work at Common Fitness Gym?
#Person2#: No, I'm afraid I did not.
#Person1#: Oh, but I know you from somewhere else. Did you use to work at the movie theater downtown? You did. Yes. It's you. I go there all the time and you always sell me popcorn and soda.
#Person2#: No, that's not me either. Sorry, ma'am. Perhaps I look familiar to you, but ...
#Person1#: No, I know you. I have met you before! Hold on. Let me think. This is driving me crazy. I know that we've talked before. Oh, I remember now. You work at the Whole Bean Cafe on the corner. It that right?
#Person2#: No, wrong again. Sorry, ma'am, but I really have to get going.",#Person1# keeps asking where #Person2#'s from because she thinks she knows #Person2# but #Person2# denies it.
test_100_1,"#Person1#: I cannot imagine if Trump were to be our President again.
#Person2#: I am proud to say that he is our President, and I will be really happy if he could be re-elected.
#Person1#: You voted for him, right?
#Person2#: Did you vote for him, because I know that I did.
#Person1#: I am not sure about this.
#Person2#: I have nothing but faith in Trump.
#Person1#: What?
#Person2#: I am pretty sure he will make America great again!
#Person1#: Well, though we do need some change in this country, I don't think he is the right person.
#Person2#: Our country is already changing as it is.
#Person1#: You are right about this.
#Person2#: I trust that he will take good care of our country.
#Person1#: Well, I don't think so. I will vote for Biden anyway.",#Person1# is crazy for Trump and voted for him. #Person2# doesn't agree with #Person1# on Trump and will vote for Biden.
test_100_2,"#Person1#: I cannot imagine if Trump were to be our President again.
#Person2#: I am proud to say that he is our President, and I will be really happy if he could be re-elected.
#Person1#: You voted for him, right?
#Person2#: Did you vote for him, because I know that I did.
#Person1#: I am not sure about this.
#Person2#: I have nothing but faith in Trump.
#Person1#: What?
#Person2#: I am pretty sure he will make America great again!
#Person1#: Well, though we do need some change in this country, I don't think he is the right person.
#Person2#: Our country is already changing as it is.
#Person1#: You are right about this.
#Person2#: I trust that he will take good care of our country.
#Person1#: Well, I don't think so. I will vote for Biden anyway.",#Person1# is a crazy fan of Trump and wants him to be re-elected. #Person2# will vote for Biden.
test_100_3,"#Person1#: I cannot imagine if Trump were to be our President again.
#Person2#: I am proud to say that he is our President, and I will be really happy if he could be re-elected.
#Person1#: You voted for him, right?
#Person2#: Did you vote for him, because I know that I did.
#Person1#: I am not sure about this.
#Person2#: I have nothing but faith in Trump.
#Person1#: What?
#Person2#: I am pretty sure he will make America great again!
#Person1#: Well, though we do need some change in this country, I don't think he is the right person.
#Person2#: Our country is already changing as it is.
#Person1#: You are right about this.
#Person2#: I trust that he will take good care of our country.
#Person1#: Well, I don't think so. I will vote for Biden anyway.",#Person1# is crazy for Trump and voted for him but #Person2# will vote for Biden.
test_101_1,"#Person1#: I need to use the ATM.
#Person2#: What's stopping you?
#Person1#: I'm not sure how.
#Person2#: I don't understand. It is pretty easy.
#Person1#: I've never used one before.
#Person2#: OK. I can help you figure it out.
#Person1#: What do I have to do?
#Person2#: First, slide your card into the machine.
#Person1#: Then what?
#Person2#: You need to type your PIN in.
#Person1#: What do I have to do next?
#Person2#: Click on whichever option you want, and you're done.
#Person1#: Thank you!",#Person1# doesn't know how to use the ATM. #Person2# teaches #Person1# step by step.
test_101_2,"#Person1#: I need to use the ATM.
#Person2#: What's stopping you?
#Person1#: I'm not sure how.
#Person2#: I don't understand. It is pretty easy.
#Person1#: I've never used one before.
#Person2#: OK. I can help you figure it out.
#Person1#: What do I have to do?
#Person2#: First, slide your card into the machine.
#Person1#: Then what?
#Person2#: You need to type your PIN in.
#Person1#: What do I have to do next?
#Person2#: Click on whichever option you want, and you're done.
#Person1#: Thank you!",#Person1# doesn't know how to use an ATM. #Person2# teaches #Person1#.
test_101_3,"#Person1#: I need to use the ATM.
#Person2#: What's stopping you?
#Person1#: I'm not sure how.
#Person2#: I don't understand. It is pretty easy.
#Person1#: I've never used one before.
#Person2#: OK. I can help you figure it out.
#Person1#: What do I have to do?
#Person2#: First, slide your card into the machine.
#Person1#: Then what?
#Person2#: You need to type your PIN in.
#Person1#: What do I have to do next?
#Person2#: Click on whichever option you want, and you're done.
#Person1#: Thank you!",#Person2# is teaching #Person1# how to use an ATM step by step because #Person1# doesn't know how to use.
test_102_1,"#Person1#: John? It's Susan Miller.
#Person2#: Hi, Susan. What's up?
#Person1#: Do you know where that memo about office procedures is? I want to give my secretary a copy.
#Person2#: I'm sorry. I have no idea. I haven't seen that for ages.
#Person1#: Alright. Thank you anyway.",Susan wants to find the memo. John has no idea where it is.
test_102_2,"#Person1#: John? It's Susan Miller.
#Person2#: Hi, Susan. What's up?
#Person1#: Do you know where that memo about office procedures is? I want to give my secretary a copy.
#Person2#: I'm sorry. I have no idea. I haven't seen that for ages.
#Person1#: Alright. Thank you anyway.",Susan Miller is asking John if he knows where the memo is. John has no idea.
test_102_3,"#Person1#: John? It's Susan Miller.
#Person2#: Hi, Susan. What's up?
#Person1#: Do you know where that memo about office procedures is? I want to give my secretary a copy.
#Person2#: I'm sorry. I have no idea. I haven't seen that for ages.
#Person1#: Alright. Thank you anyway.",Susan asks John where a memo is but John doesn't know.
test_103_1,"#Person1#: Lily, can you take part in our picnic this weekend?
#Person2#: That sounds great. Where are you going?
#Person1#: I think we can go to the river, go around and have supper.
#Person2#: What should I bring?
#Person1#: Nothing. Just wear comfortable clothes and good shoes for walking. We'll bring everything.",#Person1# invites Lily to picnic this weekend. Lily accepts.
test_103_2,"#Person1#: Lily, can you take part in our picnic this weekend?
#Person2#: That sounds great. Where are you going?
#Person1#: I think we can go to the river, go around and have supper.
#Person2#: What should I bring?
#Person1#: Nothing. Just wear comfortable clothes and good shoes for walking. We'll bring everything.","#Person1# is inviting Lily to take part in their picnic this weekend, and she accepts."
test_103_3,"#Person1#: Lily, can you take part in our picnic this weekend?
#Person2#: That sounds great. Where are you going?
#Person1#: I think we can go to the river, go around and have supper.
#Person2#: What should I bring?
#Person1#: Nothing. Just wear comfortable clothes and good shoes for walking. We'll bring everything.",#Person1# invites Lily to take part in their weekend picnic and Lily accepts.
test_104_1,"#Person1#: Have you ever been invited to a Chinese feast?
#Person2#: Sure. Beijingers are distinguished for their warmth and hospitality.
#Person1#: As far as you could see, is dining at a Chinese table a distinct experience? To what extent does it differ from that in your homeland?
#Person2#: To begin with, I have to use chopsticks.
#Person1#: But you look quite proficient in using them now.
#Person2#: Certainly. After all, I've been here for two years. It's not much uphill work for a foreigner to get used to Chinese dinner utensils. Though, I do feel hazy about how to behave appropriately at a Chinese table.
#Person1#: Yes, table etiquette. There are a multitude of rules that foreigners might never know until they were told. Some practices even appear somewhat awkward or rude to Westerners, while they are the norm in China. Hey! Your chopsticks, old silly! You should never stab your chopsticks into the rice bowl!
#Person2#: Anything wrong with that?
#Person1#: Maybe you should have placed them horizontally over your bowl or plate. They resemble two incense sticks used at sacrifices for the death. It's very inauspicious, and might enrage all present.
#Person2#: Oh, sorry! There's a long story even with a mere pair of sticks.",#Person1# asks #Person2# about the table manners in China. #Person2# says there are many hazy rules that are different from Western. And #Person2# tells #Person1# stabbing chopsticks into a bowl resembles sacrifices for the death and is very inauspicious.
test_104_2,"#Person1#: Have you ever been invited to a Chinese feast?
#Person2#: Sure. Beijingers are distinguished for their warmth and hospitality.
#Person1#: As far as you could see, is dining at a Chinese table a distinct experience? To what extent does it differ from that in your homeland?
#Person2#: To begin with, I have to use chopsticks.
#Person1#: But you look quite proficient in using them now.
#Person2#: Certainly. After all, I've been here for two years. It's not much uphill work for a foreigner to get used to Chinese dinner utensils. Though, I do feel hazy about how to behave appropriately at a Chinese table.
#Person1#: Yes, table etiquette. There are a multitude of rules that foreigners might never know until they were told. Some practices even appear somewhat awkward or rude to Westerners, while they are the norm in China. Hey! Your chopsticks, old silly! You should never stab your chopsticks into the rice bowl!
#Person2#: Anything wrong with that?
#Person1#: Maybe you should have placed them horizontally over your bowl or plate. They resemble two incense sticks used at sacrifices for the death. It's very inauspicious, and might enrage all present.
#Person2#: Oh, sorry! There's a long story even with a mere pair of sticks.","#Person1# and #Person2# are discussing the differences between China and Western feasts. There are so many rules on the Chinese table, and they both feel hazy about its etiquette."
test_104_3,"#Person1#: Have you ever been invited to a Chinese feast?
#Person2#: Sure. Beijingers are distinguished for their warmth and hospitality.
#Person1#: As far as you could see, is dining at a Chinese table a distinct experience? To what extent does it differ from that in your homeland?
#Person2#: To begin with, I have to use chopsticks.
#Person1#: But you look quite proficient in using them now.
#Person2#: Certainly. After all, I've been here for two years. It's not much uphill work for a foreigner to get used to Chinese dinner utensils. Though, I do feel hazy about how to behave appropriately at a Chinese table.
#Person1#: Yes, table etiquette. There are a multitude of rules that foreigners might never know until they were told. Some practices even appear somewhat awkward or rude to Westerners, while they are the norm in China. Hey! Your chopsticks, old silly! You should never stab your chopsticks into the rice bowl!
#Person2#: Anything wrong with that?
#Person1#: Maybe you should have placed them horizontally over your bowl or plate. They resemble two incense sticks used at sacrifices for the death. It's very inauspicious, and might enrage all present.
#Person2#: Oh, sorry! There's a long story even with a mere pair of sticks.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about the difference in table etiquette in China. They both feel hazy about Chinese table etiquette and wrong use of chopsticks can lead to people's enrage.
test_105_1,"#Person1#: Hi, Mary! What do you like to do in your spare time?
#Person2#: Well, I spend a lot of time watching movies.
#Person1#: What a confidence! I always watch a lot of movies, too.
#Person2#: Oh really, Frank? What kind of movies do you like?
#Person1#: Actually, I watch whichever movie there is, be it a comedy, a sci-fi or a suspense movie. How about you?
#Person2#: Art films are my favorite, but thrillers are cool, too.
#Person1#: Really impressive. These two genres are totally different.
#Person2#: Sure. I enjoy both of them very much.
#Person1#: How often do you go to the cinema?
#Person2#: Once in a while, I suppose, I usually rent movies at Movie Salon.
#Person1#: Movie salon? where is that?
#Person2#: It's a movie rental store in my neighborhood. I've got a membership there.
#Person1#: Is it good?
#Person2#: Yes, you can find almost all new releases there.
#Person1#: Really? Maybe I shall also sign up for its membership.
#Person2#: Why not?",Mary and Frank both like watching movies in their spare time. Mary usually rents movies at Movie Salon and Frank also wants to get a membership to rent movies.
test_105_2,"#Person1#: Hi, Mary! What do you like to do in your spare time?
#Person2#: Well, I spend a lot of time watching movies.
#Person1#: What a confidence! I always watch a lot of movies, too.
#Person2#: Oh really, Frank? What kind of movies do you like?
#Person1#: Actually, I watch whichever movie there is, be it a comedy, a sci-fi or a suspense movie. How about you?
#Person2#: Art films are my favorite, but thrillers are cool, too.
#Person1#: Really impressive. These two genres are totally different.
#Person2#: Sure. I enjoy both of them very much.
#Person1#: How often do you go to the cinema?
#Person2#: Once in a while, I suppose, I usually rent movies at Movie Salon.
#Person1#: Movie salon? where is that?
#Person2#: It's a movie rental store in my neighborhood. I've got a membership there.
#Person1#: Is it good?
#Person2#: Yes, you can find almost all new releases there.
#Person1#: Really? Maybe I shall also sign up for its membership.
#Person2#: Why not?","Frank and Mary both like watching movies in their spare time. Mary usually rents movies at Movie Salon, and Frank is interested in signing up for its membership."
test_105_3,"#Person1#: Hi, Mary! What do you like to do in your spare time?
#Person2#: Well, I spend a lot of time watching movies.
#Person1#: What a confidence! I always watch a lot of movies, too.
#Person2#: Oh really, Frank? What kind of movies do you like?
#Person1#: Actually, I watch whichever movie there is, be it a comedy, a sci-fi or a suspense movie. How about you?
#Person2#: Art films are my favorite, but thrillers are cool, too.
#Person1#: Really impressive. These two genres are totally different.
#Person2#: Sure. I enjoy both of them very much.
#Person1#: How often do you go to the cinema?
#Person2#: Once in a while, I suppose, I usually rent movies at Movie Salon.
#Person1#: Movie salon? where is that?
#Person2#: It's a movie rental store in my neighborhood. I've got a membership there.
#Person1#: Is it good?
#Person2#: Yes, you can find almost all new releases there.
#Person1#: Really? Maybe I shall also sign up for its membership.
#Person2#: Why not?",Mary and Frank both like watching movies in their spare time. Mary usually rents movies at Movie Salon and Frank also wants to get a membership to rent movies
test_106_1,"#Person1#: Have you every belonged to a political party?
#Person2#: No, I haven't, but I thought about joining the green party.
#Person1#: Really? I know you are very concerned about the environment. You were a member of the pressure group Greenpeace, weren't you?
#Person2#: Yes. I was. But I didn't have enough time to devote to it.
#Person1#: The green party have no chance of winning an election. The other parties are too big and popular.
#Person2#: You're right. But smaller political and pressure groups can often influence large political parties. Any member of parliament can propose legislation and parties and pressure groups can raise awareness
#Person1#: Most people are not very politically aware. They often don't understand the issues fully.
#Person2#: That's true. But it's a little strange because the media often reports on political events. You can read about them in newspaper or hear them on tv.",#Person2# wanted to join a small political party and thinks the smaller group can influence the larger one. #Person1# and #Person2# agree that most people don't fully understand politics.
test_106_2,"#Person1#: Have you every belonged to a political party?
#Person2#: No, I haven't, but I thought about joining the green party.
#Person1#: Really? I know you are very concerned about the environment. You were a member of the pressure group Greenpeace, weren't you?
#Person2#: Yes. I was. But I didn't have enough time to devote to it.
#Person1#: The green party have no chance of winning an election. The other parties are too big and popular.
#Person2#: You're right. But smaller political and pressure groups can often influence large political parties. Any member of parliament can propose legislation and parties and pressure groups can raise awareness
#Person1#: Most people are not very politically aware. They often don't understand the issues fully.
#Person2#: That's true. But it's a little strange because the media often reports on political events. You can read about them in newspaper or hear them on tv.",#Person2# believes smaller political and pressure groups can influence large parties. #Person1# and #Person2# both agree that most people often don't understand politics fully.
test_106_3,"#Person1#: Have you every belonged to a political party?
#Person2#: No, I haven't, but I thought about joining the green party.
#Person1#: Really? I know you are very concerned about the environment. You were a member of the pressure group Greenpeace, weren't you?
#Person2#: Yes. I was. But I didn't have enough time to devote to it.
#Person1#: The green party have no chance of winning an election. The other parties are too big and popular.
#Person2#: You're right. But smaller political and pressure groups can often influence large political parties. Any member of parliament can propose legislation and parties and pressure groups can raise awareness
#Person1#: Most people are not very politically aware. They often don't understand the issues fully.
#Person2#: That's true. But it's a little strange because the media often reports on political events. You can read about them in newspaper or hear them on tv.",#Person2# thought about joining a small party and thinks smaller political and pressure groups can influence larger ones. #Person1# and #Person2# agree most people don't understand political issues fully.
test_107_1,"#Person1#: Mr. Wilson. We are very regretful about the mistakes in goods. I am very sorry and we will be responsible for the mistake.
#Person2#: We have no choice but to hold you responsible for the loss we sustained.
#Person1#: The first problem is supposed to be solved after the investigation. About the second problem, I admit it's our fault, so we will exchange all merchandise that falls short of our sample.
#Person2#: Well. I hope there won't be such things no more.
#Person1#: I can assure you that such a thing today will never happen again in future delivery. We have made the plan to improve the package of our exported goods.","#Person1# apologizes for mistakes in goods. #Person1# will be responsible for Mr. Wilson's loss, and take measures to avoid such mistakes."
test_107_2,"#Person1#: Mr. Wilson. We are very regretful about the mistakes in goods. I am very sorry and we will be responsible for the mistake.
#Person2#: We have no choice but to hold you responsible for the loss we sustained.
#Person1#: The first problem is supposed to be solved after the investigation. About the second problem, I admit it's our fault, so we will exchange all merchandise that falls short of our sample.
#Person2#: Well. I hope there won't be such things no more.
#Person1#: I can assure you that such a thing today will never happen again in future delivery. We have made the plan to improve the package of our exported goods.",#Person1# feels sorry for Mr. Wilson's loss caused by #Person1# and assures that such mistakes will not happen again.
test_107_3,"#Person1#: Mr. Wilson. We are very regretful about the mistakes in goods. I am very sorry and we will be responsible for the mistake.
#Person2#: We have no choice but to hold you responsible for the loss we sustained.
#Person1#: The first problem is supposed to be solved after the investigation. About the second problem, I admit it's our fault, so we will exchange all merchandise that falls short of our sample.
#Person2#: Well. I hope there won't be such things no more.
#Person1#: I can assure you that such a thing today will never happen again in future delivery. We have made the plan to improve the package of our exported goods.",#Person1# apologizes for the loss caused by them to Mr. Wilson and assures that it will never happen again.
test_108_1,"#Person1#: Did you see the robbery?
#Person2#: I sure did.
#Person1#: Did you see everything?
#Person2#: I was in the bank at the time.
#Person1#: What exactly did you see?
#Person2#: I saw the guy come in with a gun.
#Person1#: Did you get a good look at his face?
#Person2#: He was wearing a mask.
#Person1#: Was anyone else with him?
#Person2#: He came in alone.
#Person1#: Could you come to the station for more questioning?
#Person2#: That'll be fine.",#Person1# asks #Person2# who saw the robbery some questions. #Person2# agrees to come to the station for more questioning.
test_108_2,"#Person1#: Did you see the robbery?
#Person2#: I sure did.
#Person1#: Did you see everything?
#Person2#: I was in the bank at the time.
#Person1#: What exactly did you see?
#Person2#: I saw the guy come in with a gun.
#Person1#: Did you get a good look at his face?
#Person2#: He was wearing a mask.
#Person1#: Was anyone else with him?
#Person2#: He came in alone.
#Person1#: Could you come to the station for more questioning?
#Person2#: That'll be fine.",#Person1# asks #Person2# who saw a robbery some questions and #Person2# is willing to go to the station for more questioning.
test_108_3,"#Person1#: Did you see the robbery?
#Person2#: I sure did.
#Person1#: Did you see everything?
#Person2#: I was in the bank at the time.
#Person1#: What exactly did you see?
#Person2#: I saw the guy come in with a gun.
#Person1#: Did you get a good look at his face?
#Person2#: He was wearing a mask.
#Person1#: Was anyone else with him?
#Person2#: He came in alone.
#Person1#: Could you come to the station for more questioning?
#Person2#: That'll be fine.",#Person2# tells #Person1# #Person2# witnessed the robbery and agrees to take more questions in the station.
test_109_1,"#Person1#: Hi, do you know what's for dinner? I'm starving.
#Person2#: We're on our own tonight, dad's taking mom out.
#Person1#: Out? What do you mean out?
#Person2#: You know on a date, they are going to dinner.
#Person1#: Dad and mom?
#Person2#: Yeah, they said they're reviving the old tradition.
#Person1#: You mean this is going to be a regular thing?
#Person2#: That's right, once a week. Do you want to order some pizza?",#Person1# and #Person2#'s parents are out on a date and will go out for dinner regularly.
test_109_2,"#Person1#: Hi, do you know what's for dinner? I'm starving.
#Person2#: We're on our own tonight, dad's taking mom out.
#Person1#: Out? What do you mean out?
#Person2#: You know on a date, they are going to dinner.
#Person1#: Dad and mom?
#Person2#: Yeah, they said they're reviving the old tradition.
#Person1#: You mean this is going to be a regular thing?
#Person2#: That's right, once a week. Do you want to order some pizza?",The parents of #Person1# and #Person2# are out on a date.
test_109_3,"#Person1#: Hi, do you know what's for dinner? I'm starving.
#Person2#: We're on our own tonight, dad's taking mom out.
#Person1#: Out? What do you mean out?
#Person2#: You know on a date, they are going to dinner.
#Person1#: Dad and mom?
#Person2#: Yeah, they said they're reviving the old tradition.
#Person1#: You mean this is going to be a regular thing?
#Person2#: That's right, once a week. Do you want to order some pizza?",#Person1# and #Person2#'s parent are out on a date to revive their old tradition.
test_110_1,"#Person1#: So, did I tell you about my New Year's resolution? I've decided to go on a diet.
#Person2#: And you're going to completely transform your eating habits, right?
#Person1#: Exactly! I'm going to cut out all that junk I eat. No more chips, no more soda, no more fried food.
#Person2#: I've heard this one before.
#Person1#: But this time I'm going to stick to it. I really mean it! Trust me, Carol, I'm going to be a new man in one year's time!
#Person2#: Well, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
#Person1#: Thanks, honey, that was a great meal. I'm stuffed. Do we have any chips left?",#Person1# has decided to go on a diet in the new year. Carol reasonably doubts it.
test_110_2,"#Person1#: So, did I tell you about my New Year's resolution? I've decided to go on a diet.
#Person2#: And you're going to completely transform your eating habits, right?
#Person1#: Exactly! I'm going to cut out all that junk I eat. No more chips, no more soda, no more fried food.
#Person2#: I've heard this one before.
#Person1#: But this time I'm going to stick to it. I really mean it! Trust me, Carol, I'm going to be a new man in one year's time!
#Person2#: Well, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
#Person1#: Thanks, honey, that was a great meal. I'm stuffed. Do we have any chips left?",#Person1#'s decided to go on a diet for New Year's resolution. Carol doesn't believe #Person1# will stick to it.
test_110_3,"#Person1#: So, did I tell you about my New Year's resolution? I've decided to go on a diet.
#Person2#: And you're going to completely transform your eating habits, right?
#Person1#: Exactly! I'm going to cut out all that junk I eat. No more chips, no more soda, no more fried food.
#Person2#: I've heard this one before.
#Person1#: But this time I'm going to stick to it. I really mean it! Trust me, Carol, I'm going to be a new man in one year's time!
#Person2#: Well, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
#Person1#: Thanks, honey, that was a great meal. I'm stuffed. Do we have any chips left?",#Person1# has decided to go on a diet in the new year. Carol doesn't believe #Person1# will stick to it
test_111_1,"#Person1#: Hello. Can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, I hope so. I would like to register for Comp Lit 287.
#Person1#: I'm sorry, but that class is already full. And also, students are supposed to register through the touch-tone registration system.
#Person2#: I know. I already tried to register for it by phone, but the computer won't let me.
#Person1#: That's because it's full.
#Person2#: But I'm a new student here. I thought maybe there was some way I could get into the class. I thought I should come and talk to you in the department office.
#Person1#: Well, I could put you on a waiting list. But that doesn't guarantee you will get into the class. What is your name?
#Person2#: My name is Karen Huang. That's spelled H - U - A - N - G.
#Person1#: Alright. And what is your major?
#Person2#: I'm a comparative literature major.
#Person1#: Wait a minute. You're a Comp Lit major?
#Person2#: Yes, that's right.
#Person1#: Why didn't you tell me? I didn't know you were one of our students.
#Person2#: That's why I'm trying to get into Comp Lit 287. I know it's a required class. And Professor Cohen told me I need to take it.
#Person1#: The university computer system saves extra places, in class 287 for comp lit students. I can give you a special code. When you register by phone, you can use the code to get into the class.
#Person2#: Even if the class is full?
#Person1#: That's right.
#Person2#: Oh, I didn't know that.
#Person1#: Sure. Here is the code number, with information on how to use it.
#Person2#: Thank you. So you think I will be able to get in with this?
#Person1#: Sure. Just call the touch-tone registration system again. Then, follow the directions on the sheet. You will get in no problem.
#Person2#: Thanks.
#Person1#: Next time you come in here, I will recognize you.",Karen Huang tried to register for Comp Lit 287 but failed because it's full. So Karen comes to the department office. #Person1# finds Karen is a Comp Lit major and the university has saved extra places for them. #Person1# gives Karen a special code and tells Karan how to use it to get into the class.
test_111_2,"#Person1#: Hello. Can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, I hope so. I would like to register for Comp Lit 287.
#Person1#: I'm sorry, but that class is already full. And also, students are supposed to register through the touch-tone registration system.
#Person2#: I know. I already tried to register for it by phone, but the computer won't let me.
#Person1#: That's because it's full.
#Person2#: But I'm a new student here. I thought maybe there was some way I could get into the class. I thought I should come and talk to you in the department office.
#Person1#: Well, I could put you on a waiting list. But that doesn't guarantee you will get into the class. What is your name?
#Person2#: My name is Karen Huang. That's spelled H - U - A - N - G.
#Person1#: Alright. And what is your major?
#Person2#: I'm a comparative literature major.
#Person1#: Wait a minute. You're a Comp Lit major?
#Person2#: Yes, that's right.
#Person1#: Why didn't you tell me? I didn't know you were one of our students.
#Person2#: That's why I'm trying to get into Comp Lit 287. I know it's a required class. And Professor Cohen told me I need to take it.
#Person1#: The university computer system saves extra places, in class 287 for comp lit students. I can give you a special code. When you register by phone, you can use the code to get into the class.
#Person2#: Even if the class is full?
#Person1#: That's right.
#Person2#: Oh, I didn't know that.
#Person1#: Sure. Here is the code number, with information on how to use it.
#Person2#: Thank you. So you think I will be able to get in with this?
#Person1#: Sure. Just call the touch-tone registration system again. Then, follow the directions on the sheet. You will get in no problem.
#Person2#: Thanks.
#Person1#: Next time you come in here, I will recognize you.","Karen Huang couldn't register for Comp Lit 287 so Karen comes to talk to #Person1# for a solution. #Person1# says it is full and will put Karen on the waiting list. But after #Person1# knows Karen majors in comparative literature, #Person1# gives her a special code to register for the class, as they've saved extra places for them."
test_111_3,"#Person1#: Hello. Can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, I hope so. I would like to register for Comp Lit 287.
#Person1#: I'm sorry, but that class is already full. And also, students are supposed to register through the touch-tone registration system.
#Person2#: I know. I already tried to register for it by phone, but the computer won't let me.
#Person1#: That's because it's full.
#Person2#: But I'm a new student here. I thought maybe there was some way I could get into the class. I thought I should come and talk to you in the department office.
#Person1#: Well, I could put you on a waiting list. But that doesn't guarantee you will get into the class. What is your name?
#Person2#: My name is Karen Huang. That's spelled H - U - A - N - G.
#Person1#: Alright. And what is your major?
#Person2#: I'm a comparative literature major.
#Person1#: Wait a minute. You're a Comp Lit major?
#Person2#: Yes, that's right.
#Person1#: Why didn't you tell me? I didn't know you were one of our students.
#Person2#: That's why I'm trying to get into Comp Lit 287. I know it's a required class. And Professor Cohen told me I need to take it.
#Person1#: The university computer system saves extra places, in class 287 for comp lit students. I can give you a special code. When you register by phone, you can use the code to get into the class.
#Person2#: Even if the class is full?
#Person1#: That's right.
#Person2#: Oh, I didn't know that.
#Person1#: Sure. Here is the code number, with information on how to use it.
#Person2#: Thank you. So you think I will be able to get in with this?
#Person1#: Sure. Just call the touch-tone registration system again. Then, follow the directions on the sheet. You will get in no problem.
#Person2#: Thanks.
#Person1#: Next time you come in here, I will recognize you.",Karen Huang wants to register for a class. #Person1# says it's full and will put Karen on the waiting list. But then #Person1# gives Karen a special code to register the class after #Person1# knows Karen is a Comparative Literature major.
test_112_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me, Sir, do you know what time it is?
#Person2#: Oh, it's almost eleven twenty.
#Person1#: Thank you.
#Person2#: You're welcome. The rain is quite heavy, isn't it?
#Person1#: Yeah. I was in a hurry and I forgot my umbrella today.
#Person2#: I have one. We could share it. Which way are you going?
#Person1#: Oh, that's very kind of you. I am going to the Garden Hotel.
#Person2#: I am going there, too. We can walk together.
#Person1#: Sure.",#Person2# voluntarily shares an umbrella with #Person1# who doesn't bring the umbrella when it's rainy.
test_112_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me, Sir, do you know what time it is?
#Person2#: Oh, it's almost eleven twenty.
#Person1#: Thank you.
#Person2#: You're welcome. The rain is quite heavy, isn't it?
#Person1#: Yeah. I was in a hurry and I forgot my umbrella today.
#Person2#: I have one. We could share it. Which way are you going?
#Person1#: Oh, that's very kind of you. I am going to the Garden Hotel.
#Person2#: I am going there, too. We can walk together.
#Person1#: Sure.",#Person1# forgot to take an umbrella while it's raining. #Person2# shares an umbrella with #Person1#.
test_112_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me, Sir, do you know what time it is?
#Person2#: Oh, it's almost eleven twenty.
#Person1#: Thank you.
#Person2#: You're welcome. The rain is quite heavy, isn't it?
#Person1#: Yeah. I was in a hurry and I forgot my umbrella today.
#Person2#: I have one. We could share it. Which way are you going?
#Person1#: Oh, that's very kind of you. I am going to the Garden Hotel.
#Person2#: I am going there, too. We can walk together.
#Person1#: Sure.",#Person2# shares an umbrella with #Person1# when it's rainy.
test_113_1,"#Person1#: Hey, Jack, where's your car?
#Person2#: I got rid of that clunker. This is my new one.
#Person1#: Is that right? This surely beats the old one?
#Person2#: Hop in, I'll give you a ride.
#Person1#: Ok. Boy, this looks expensive.
#Person2#: Yeah, it costed a bundle, alright?
#Person1#: Wow, this thing can haul.
#Person2#: Yeah, this sucker is the fastest thing I've ever owned.
#Person1#: I believe it. Hoo, this car corners like it's on rails.
#Person2#: We are on the high way. Find the pound shade.
#Person1#: Wow, this car can really burn rubber.
#Person2#: It's a great feeling.
#Person1#: You made a perfect choice, Jack.
#Person2#: Thank you, Daisy.",Jack gives Daisy a ride in his new car. Daisy praises it.
test_113_2,"#Person1#: Hey, Jack, where's your car?
#Person2#: I got rid of that clunker. This is my new one.
#Person1#: Is that right? This surely beats the old one?
#Person2#: Hop in, I'll give you a ride.
#Person1#: Ok. Boy, this looks expensive.
#Person2#: Yeah, it costed a bundle, alright?
#Person1#: Wow, this thing can haul.
#Person2#: Yeah, this sucker is the fastest thing I've ever owned.
#Person1#: I believe it. Hoo, this car corners like it's on rails.
#Person2#: We are on the high way. Find the pound shade.
#Person1#: Wow, this car can really burn rubber.
#Person2#: It's a great feeling.
#Person1#: You made a perfect choice, Jack.
#Person2#: Thank you, Daisy.",Jack bought a new car and invites Daisy to hop in and take a ride. Daisy thinks it's a good feeling.
test_113_3,"#Person1#: Hey, Jack, where's your car?
#Person2#: I got rid of that clunker. This is my new one.
#Person1#: Is that right? This surely beats the old one?
#Person2#: Hop in, I'll give you a ride.
#Person1#: Ok. Boy, this looks expensive.
#Person2#: Yeah, it costed a bundle, alright?
#Person1#: Wow, this thing can haul.
#Person2#: Yeah, this sucker is the fastest thing I've ever owned.
#Person1#: I believe it. Hoo, this car corners like it's on rails.
#Person2#: We are on the high way. Find the pound shade.
#Person1#: Wow, this car can really burn rubber.
#Person2#: It's a great feeling.
#Person1#: You made a perfect choice, Jack.
#Person2#: Thank you, Daisy.",Jack takes Daisy for a ride to experience his new car. Daisy thinks he makes a perfect choice.
test_114_1,"#Person1#: Please tell us the exact time when the big fire broke out.
#Person2#: The exact time? Let me think. You know, it happened at night.
#Person1#: But we need the exact time. What time?
#Person2#: Oh, I remember. It was about 10 o'clock. When I was about to go to bed, suddenly I heard help outside.",#Person1# asks #Person2# the exact time when the fire broke out. #Person2# says it was about 10 o'clock.
test_114_2,"#Person1#: Please tell us the exact time when the big fire broke out.
#Person2#: The exact time? Let me think. You know, it happened at night.
#Person1#: But we need the exact time. What time?
#Person2#: Oh, I remember. It was about 10 o'clock. When I was about to go to bed, suddenly I heard help outside.",#Person1# asks the exact time when the big fire broke out. #Person2# remembers that it was about 10 o'clock.
test_114_3,"#Person1#: Please tell us the exact time when the big fire broke out.
#Person2#: The exact time? Let me think. You know, it happened at night.
#Person1#: But we need the exact time. What time?
#Person2#: Oh, I remember. It was about 10 o'clock. When I was about to go to bed, suddenly I heard help outside.",#Person1# asks #Person2# the exact time when the fire broke out. #Person2# says it was about 10 o'clock.
test_115_1,"#Person1#: What else, Ma'am?
#Person2#: No, thanks. My husband said, We'd like to pay now.
#Person1#: Let me show you to the cashier's. It's 905 yuan in total.
#Person2#: What? Where does that five come from?
#Person1#: Oh, it's a service charge.
#Person2#: But I only have 900 in cash here. Can you let it go for 900 yuan?
#Person1#: Sorry, but we can't do that. It's store's rule.
#Person2#: My husband said he had a credit card. Do you accept credit card?
#Person1#: Yes.
#Person2#: Great. Here it is.
#Person1#: Here is the receipt. Wanna to have it wrapped, Ma'am?
#Person2#: Yes, please. Thank you very much.
#Person1#: It'll be great to have you again.
#Person2#: Thank you very much.",#Person2# doesn't have enough cash to pay 905 yuan and asks to cut the service charge. #Person1# refuses. So #Person2# pays by her husband's credit card because it can be accepted.
test_115_2,"#Person1#: What else, Ma'am?
#Person2#: No, thanks. My husband said, We'd like to pay now.
#Person1#: Let me show you to the cashier's. It's 905 yuan in total.
#Person2#: What? Where does that five come from?
#Person1#: Oh, it's a service charge.
#Person2#: But I only have 900 in cash here. Can you let it go for 900 yuan?
#Person1#: Sorry, but we can't do that. It's store's rule.
#Person2#: My husband said he had a credit card. Do you accept credit card?
#Person1#: Yes.
#Person2#: Great. Here it is.
#Person1#: Here is the receipt. Wanna to have it wrapped, Ma'am?
#Person2#: Yes, please. Thank you very much.
#Person1#: It'll be great to have you again.
#Person2#: Thank you very much.","#Person1# requires 905 yuan in total, but #Person2# only has 900 in cash and asks for a release. #Person1# refuses, so #Person2# pays by her husband's credit card because it can be accepted."
test_115_3,"#Person1#: What else, Ma'am?
#Person2#: No, thanks. My husband said, We'd like to pay now.
#Person1#: Let me show you to the cashier's. It's 905 yuan in total.
#Person2#: What? Where does that five come from?
#Person1#: Oh, it's a service charge.
#Person2#: But I only have 900 in cash here. Can you let it go for 900 yuan?
#Person1#: Sorry, but we can't do that. It's store's rule.
#Person2#: My husband said he had a credit card. Do you accept credit card?
#Person1#: Yes.
#Person2#: Great. Here it is.
#Person1#: Here is the receipt. Wanna to have it wrapped, Ma'am?
#Person2#: Yes, please. Thank you very much.
#Person1#: It'll be great to have you again.
#Person2#: Thank you very much.",#Person2# is asked to pay 905 yuan but she just has 900 in cash and asks for a release from #Person1#. #Person1# refuses. So #Person2# pays by her husband's credit card because it can be accepted.
test_116_1,"#Person1#: What can I do for you?
#Person2#: I want to get my car washed.
#Person1#: Would you like regular car wash package?
#Person2#: I don't know what you mean.
#Person1#: Well, we will wash the exterior form top to bottom. We use a special shampoo, which gives the body that extra shine.
#Person2#: Do you wash windows?
#Person1#: Of course. We wash the windows inside and out.
#Person2#: What about the interior?
#Person1#: We use a vacuum cleaner that removes all the dirt, and we throw away all of the trash that we can find.
#Person2#: Sounds good, regular car wash package will be OK.
#Person1#: OK. I see.",#Person1# describes the contents of the regular car wash package. #Person2# will take that.
test_116_2,"#Person1#: What can I do for you?
#Person2#: I want to get my car washed.
#Person1#: Would you like regular car wash package?
#Person2#: I don't know what you mean.
#Person1#: Well, we will wash the exterior form top to bottom. We use a special shampoo, which gives the body that extra shine.
#Person2#: Do you wash windows?
#Person1#: Of course. We wash the windows inside and out.
#Person2#: What about the interior?
#Person1#: We use a vacuum cleaner that removes all the dirt, and we throw away all of the trash that we can find.
#Person2#: Sounds good, regular car wash package will be OK.
#Person1#: OK. I see.",#Person1# introduces the content of regular car wash package and #Person2# accepts.
test_116_3,"#Person1#: What can I do for you?
#Person2#: I want to get my car washed.
#Person1#: Would you like regular car wash package?
#Person2#: I don't know what you mean.
#Person1#: Well, we will wash the exterior form top to bottom. We use a special shampoo, which gives the body that extra shine.
#Person2#: Do you wash windows?
#Person1#: Of course. We wash the windows inside and out.
#Person2#: What about the interior?
#Person1#: We use a vacuum cleaner that removes all the dirt, and we throw away all of the trash that we can find.
#Person2#: Sounds good, regular car wash package will be OK.
#Person1#: OK. I see.",#Person1# introduces the services included in regular car wash package and #Person2# will take it.
test_117_1,"#Person1#: Where are you going to spend your holidays this year, Harry?
#Person2#: We may go abroad. I'm not sure. My wife wants to go to Egypt. I'd like to go there, too. We can't make up our minds.
#Person1#: Will you travel by sea or by air?
#Person2#: We may travel by sea.
#Person1#: It's cheaper, isn't it?
#Person2#: It may be cheaper, but it takes a long time.
#Person1#: I'm sure you will enjoy yourselves.
#Person2#: Don't be so sure. We may not go anywhere. My wife always worries too much. Who's going to look after the dog? Who's going to look after the house? Who's going to look after the garden? We have to solve these things before we can go to travel.","Harry and his wife may go abroad during the holiday, but Harry's wife worries too much, so they may not go anywhere."
test_117_2,"#Person1#: Where are you going to spend your holidays this year, Harry?
#Person2#: We may go abroad. I'm not sure. My wife wants to go to Egypt. I'd like to go there, too. We can't make up our minds.
#Person1#: Will you travel by sea or by air?
#Person2#: We may travel by sea.
#Person1#: It's cheaper, isn't it?
#Person2#: It may be cheaper, but it takes a long time.
#Person1#: I'm sure you will enjoy yourselves.
#Person2#: Don't be so sure. We may not go anywhere. My wife always worries too much. Who's going to look after the dog? Who's going to look after the house? Who's going to look after the garden? We have to solve these things before we can go to travel.","Harry and his wife may go abroad during the holidays. However, they might not go anywhere because his wife always worries too much."
test_117_3,"#Person1#: Where are you going to spend your holidays this year, Harry?
#Person2#: We may go abroad. I'm not sure. My wife wants to go to Egypt. I'd like to go there, too. We can't make up our minds.
#Person1#: Will you travel by sea or by air?
#Person2#: We may travel by sea.
#Person1#: It's cheaper, isn't it?
#Person2#: It may be cheaper, but it takes a long time.
#Person1#: I'm sure you will enjoy yourselves.
#Person2#: Don't be so sure. We may not go anywhere. My wife always worries too much. Who's going to look after the dog? Who's going to look after the house? Who's going to look after the garden? We have to solve these things before we can go to travel.","Harry is not sure about the holiday plan of going abroad to spend the holiday, because his wife worries about things after they leave."
test_118_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me. Can you tell me how to get started using these machines?
#Person2#: Of course. Are you a new member here?
#Person1#: Yes.
#Person2#: Welcome. My name is Johnson.
#Person1#: Nice to meet you.
#Person2#: Do you have any experience using weights?
#Person1#: No, I don't. So I need some help.
#Person2#: Well, first it is important to go through a good stretch. You must warm up properly so that you don't hurt yourself on the machines.
#Person1#: Yes, I know that. Derek just led me through the warm up in the aerobics room. So I'm ready, I think. I can start using the machines.
#Person2#: Alright. Great. Then we must get a card for you.
#Person1#: What do you mean--a membership card? I already have one.
#Person2#: No. Not that. I mean a training card. The card allows you to keep track of how much weight you use on each machine. Here, let me show you.
#Person1#: I'm ready.
#Person2#: Now, you can see that on this card there are all the machines listed. So, when you go through the series of twelve machines, you enter in the number of repetitions you do. And you also enter in the weight at which you set the machine.
#Person1#: I see. So this card helps me to keep track of my progress.
#Person2#: Yes. And it also reminds you what is a suitable weight for each machine. Today, I will go through the machines with you one by one. I will show you how to use them. And we will determine what is a good starting weight for you.
#Person1#: Alright. Great.
#Person2#: So you write your name and member number at the top of the card. And then, after you exercise each time, you file the card here.
#Person1#: Great. Why don't we start on the machines?
#Person2#: Are you alright? Can you do more?
#Person1#: I'm sorry. I know there are still seven machines. But I'm exhausted.
#Person2#: That's okay. Don't worry. It's important not to push yourself. Especially not at the beginning.
#Person1#: What can I do though? I don't know the proper settings for the rest of the machines.
#Person2#: We can just go through them next time. It's no problem. Really. The most important thing is to know your limits. So if you feel burned out now, it is good to stop. Because if you strain a muscle or hurt your back, then you won't be able to exercise for a couple weeks. Right?
#Person1#: Yes. I suppose it's best to stop.",#Person1# is a new member who wants to use the machines. Johnson teaches #Person1# to get a card to keep track of the progress and record the suitable weight for each machine. #Person1# stops training as Johnson suggests and will go through the rest of the machines next time.
test_118_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me. Can you tell me how to get started using these machines?
#Person2#: Of course. Are you a new member here?
#Person1#: Yes.
#Person2#: Welcome. My name is Johnson.
#Person1#: Nice to meet you.
#Person2#: Do you have any experience using weights?
#Person1#: No, I don't. So I need some help.
#Person2#: Well, first it is important to go through a good stretch. You must warm up properly so that you don't hurt yourself on the machines.
#Person1#: Yes, I know that. Derek just led me through the warm up in the aerobics room. So I'm ready, I think. I can start using the machines.
#Person2#: Alright. Great. Then we must get a card for you.
#Person1#: What do you mean--a membership card? I already have one.
#Person2#: No. Not that. I mean a training card. The card allows you to keep track of how much weight you use on each machine. Here, let me show you.
#Person1#: I'm ready.
#Person2#: Now, you can see that on this card there are all the machines listed. So, when you go through the series of twelve machines, you enter in the number of repetitions you do. And you also enter in the weight at which you set the machine.
#Person1#: I see. So this card helps me to keep track of my progress.
#Person2#: Yes. And it also reminds you what is a suitable weight for each machine. Today, I will go through the machines with you one by one. I will show you how to use them. And we will determine what is a good starting weight for you.
#Person1#: Alright. Great.
#Person2#: So you write your name and member number at the top of the card. And then, after you exercise each time, you file the card here.
#Person1#: Great. Why don't we start on the machines?
#Person2#: Are you alright? Can you do more?
#Person1#: I'm sorry. I know there are still seven machines. But I'm exhausted.
#Person2#: That's okay. Don't worry. It's important not to push yourself. Especially not at the beginning.
#Person1#: What can I do though? I don't know the proper settings for the rest of the machines.
#Person2#: We can just go through them next time. It's no problem. Really. The most important thing is to know your limits. So if you feel burned out now, it is good to stop. Because if you strain a muscle or hurt your back, then you won't be able to exercise for a couple weeks. Right?
#Person1#: Yes. I suppose it's best to stop.",Johnson is teaching #Person1# how to use the training machines. He introduces a training card that allows #Person1# to keep track of the weight used on each machine. #Person1# is exhausted when there are still 7 machines left. Johnson suggests #Person1# stop to train and go through the rest of the machines next time.
test_118_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me. Can you tell me how to get started using these machines?
#Person2#: Of course. Are you a new member here?
#Person1#: Yes.
#Person2#: Welcome. My name is Johnson.
#Person1#: Nice to meet you.
#Person2#: Do you have any experience using weights?
#Person1#: No, I don't. So I need some help.
#Person2#: Well, first it is important to go through a good stretch. You must warm up properly so that you don't hurt yourself on the machines.
#Person1#: Yes, I know that. Derek just led me through the warm up in the aerobics room. So I'm ready, I think. I can start using the machines.
#Person2#: Alright. Great. Then we must get a card for you.
#Person1#: What do you mean--a membership card? I already have one.
#Person2#: No. Not that. I mean a training card. The card allows you to keep track of how much weight you use on each machine. Here, let me show you.
#Person1#: I'm ready.
#Person2#: Now, you can see that on this card there are all the machines listed. So, when you go through the series of twelve machines, you enter in the number of repetitions you do. And you also enter in the weight at which you set the machine.
#Person1#: I see. So this card helps me to keep track of my progress.
#Person2#: Yes. And it also reminds you what is a suitable weight for each machine. Today, I will go through the machines with you one by one. I will show you how to use them. And we will determine what is a good starting weight for you.
#Person1#: Alright. Great.
#Person2#: So you write your name and member number at the top of the card. And then, after you exercise each time, you file the card here.
#Person1#: Great. Why don't we start on the machines?
#Person2#: Are you alright? Can you do more?
#Person1#: I'm sorry. I know there are still seven machines. But I'm exhausted.
#Person2#: That's okay. Don't worry. It's important not to push yourself. Especially not at the beginning.
#Person1#: What can I do though? I don't know the proper settings for the rest of the machines.
#Person2#: We can just go through them next time. It's no problem. Really. The most important thing is to know your limits. So if you feel burned out now, it is good to stop. Because if you strain a muscle or hurt your back, then you won't be able to exercise for a couple weeks. Right?
#Person1#: Yes. I suppose it's best to stop.",Johnson shows #Person1# the correct way to use weights machine and tells #Person1# using a card to keep track of exercise intensity. #Person1# stops training as Johnson suggests and will go through the rest of the machines next time.
test_119_1,"#Person1#: Hi! How are things going with you?
#Person2#: I am doing well. What's up with you?
#Person1#: Believe it or not, the company I worked for closed down, so I'm out of a job.
#Person2#: The same with me. Have you given much thought to what you want to do next?
#Person1#: I am not being all that particular right now because I just need to keep a roof over my head.
#Person2#: How about interviews? Have you been on any of those yet?
#Person1#: I wish that I could get the opportunity to be interviewed.
#Person2#: How about the electrician program that they have listed over there?
#Person1#: I read about that, and the position sounded great!
#Person2#: Let's go see how we can apply for those positions.",#Person1# and #Person2# are both unemployed. #Person2# suggests applying for the electrician program and #Person1# agrees.
test_119_2,"#Person1#: Hi! How are things going with you?
#Person2#: I am doing well. What's up with you?
#Person1#: Believe it or not, the company I worked for closed down, so I'm out of a job.
#Person2#: The same with me. Have you given much thought to what you want to do next?
#Person1#: I am not being all that particular right now because I just need to keep a roof over my head.
#Person2#: How about interviews? Have you been on any of those yet?
#Person1#: I wish that I could get the opportunity to be interviewed.
#Person2#: How about the electrician program that they have listed over there?
#Person1#: I read about that, and the position sounded great!
#Person2#: Let's go see how we can apply for those positions.",Both #Person1# and #Person2# lost their jobs. They would like to apply for the electrician program.
test_119_3,"#Person1#: Hi! How are things going with you?
#Person2#: I am doing well. What's up with you?
#Person1#: Believe it or not, the company I worked for closed down, so I'm out of a job.
#Person2#: The same with me. Have you given much thought to what you want to do next?
#Person1#: I am not being all that particular right now because I just need to keep a roof over my head.
#Person2#: How about interviews? Have you been on any of those yet?
#Person1#: I wish that I could get the opportunity to be interviewed.
#Person2#: How about the electrician program that they have listed over there?
#Person1#: I read about that, and the position sounded great!
#Person2#: Let's go see how we can apply for those positions.",#Person1# and #Person2# plan to apply for the electrician program after they were laid off.
test_120_1,"#Person1#: Have you given the puppies food yet?
#Person2#: Of course. I fed them today.
#Person1#: Good job! Please give them a bath later on today.
#Person2#: Sure, I'll give them a bath.
#Person1#: Thanks. But don't forget that they have a vet appointment this Saturday.
#Person2#: I remember. What time do they need to be there?
#Person1#: They need to be there at eleven in the morning.
#Person2#: All right. I'll make sure and remember.",#Person1# asks something about #Person2#'s care with puppies and reminds #Person2# of the vet appointment.
test_120_2,"#Person1#: Have you given the puppies food yet?
#Person2#: Of course. I fed them today.
#Person1#: Good job! Please give them a bath later on today.
#Person2#: Sure, I'll give them a bath.
#Person1#: Thanks. But don't forget that they have a vet appointment this Saturday.
#Person2#: I remember. What time do they need to be there?
#Person1#: They need to be there at eleven in the morning.
#Person2#: All right. I'll make sure and remember.",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about taking care of their puppies and the time of vet appointment.
test_120_3,"#Person1#: Have you given the puppies food yet?
#Person2#: Of course. I fed them today.
#Person1#: Good job! Please give them a bath later on today.
#Person2#: Sure, I'll give them a bath.
#Person1#: Thanks. But don't forget that they have a vet appointment this Saturday.
#Person2#: I remember. What time do they need to be there?
#Person1#: They need to be there at eleven in the morning.
#Person2#: All right. I'll make sure and remember.",#Person1# inquires about #Person2#'s care with the puppies and reminds #Person2# of the vet appointment.
test_121_1,"#Person1#: Hey Ayden, I was wondering if you could do me a favor.
#Person2#: That depends. What is it?
#Person1#: It's kind of a big favor. I'm absolutely flat broke, and I owe my landlady $ 200. she's given me until Friday to give it to her, but I don't get paid until next Monday. Do you think you could loan me some cash until I get paid?
#Person2#: I'd love to help you out, but I'm a bit short on cash this month as well. I had to get a new engine put into my car, and that ate up my savings.
#Person1#: If you can't give me the full amount, a fraction of it would still help. I'll pay you back on Monday. I promise.
#Person2#: Let's see, I've got about $ 50 to get me through the weekend. I can only spare about $ 20. I would give you more if I had it, I just don't have much money to my name right now.
#Person1#: Thanks a lot Ayden. Every little bit will help. Tell you what, if you aren't doing anything tonight, why don't you come over and have dinner at my place.
#Person2#: That'd be great. Thanks! What time should I come over?
#Person1#: How about at 6 pm?
#Person2#: See you then!",#Person1# wants to borrow $200 from Ayden to pay the rent. Ayden is short on cash but still lends $20 to #Person1#. They decide to have dinner at #Person1#'s place.
test_121_2,"#Person1#: Hey Ayden, I was wondering if you could do me a favor.
#Person2#: That depends. What is it?
#Person1#: It's kind of a big favor. I'm absolutely flat broke, and I owe my landlady $ 200. she's given me until Friday to give it to her, but I don't get paid until next Monday. Do you think you could loan me some cash until I get paid?
#Person2#: I'd love to help you out, but I'm a bit short on cash this month as well. I had to get a new engine put into my car, and that ate up my savings.
#Person1#: If you can't give me the full amount, a fraction of it would still help. I'll pay you back on Monday. I promise.
#Person2#: Let's see, I've got about $ 50 to get me through the weekend. I can only spare about $ 20. I would give you more if I had it, I just don't have much money to my name right now.
#Person1#: Thanks a lot Ayden. Every little bit will help. Tell you what, if you aren't doing anything tonight, why don't you come over and have dinner at my place.
#Person2#: That'd be great. Thanks! What time should I come over?
#Person1#: How about at 6 pm?
#Person2#: See you then!",#Person1# borrows $ 20 from Ayden because #Person1# owes the landlady $ 200. Then #Person1# invites Ayden to have dinner at #Person1#'s place.
test_121_3,"#Person1#: Hey Ayden, I was wondering if you could do me a favor.
#Person2#: That depends. What is it?
#Person1#: It's kind of a big favor. I'm absolutely flat broke, and I owe my landlady $ 200. she's given me until Friday to give it to her, but I don't get paid until next Monday. Do you think you could loan me some cash until I get paid?
#Person2#: I'd love to help you out, but I'm a bit short on cash this month as well. I had to get a new engine put into my car, and that ate up my savings.
#Person1#: If you can't give me the full amount, a fraction of it would still help. I'll pay you back on Monday. I promise.
#Person2#: Let's see, I've got about $ 50 to get me through the weekend. I can only spare about $ 20. I would give you more if I had it, I just don't have much money to my name right now.
#Person1#: Thanks a lot Ayden. Every little bit will help. Tell you what, if you aren't doing anything tonight, why don't you come over and have dinner at my place.
#Person2#: That'd be great. Thanks! What time should I come over?
#Person1#: How about at 6 pm?
#Person2#: See you then!",#Person1# wants to borrow $200 from Ayden to pay for the house rent but Ayden lends $20 because of the lack of money. They decide to have dinner at #Person1#'s place.
test_122_1,"#Person1#: Did you work in a charity organization?
#Person2#: Yeah, I had been in the charity organization for 2 months and I learned a lot from that experience, including love, sympathy, equality, and so on.
#Person1#: In what way did those social activities have impact on your mind?
#Person2#: I think it had direct impact on my way of thinking. I learned to look at people and things from an overall perspective. In that case, I am not easy to be edgy.",#Person2# had been in the charity organization for 2 months. Social activities had a direct impact on #Person2#'s way of thinking.
test_122_2,"#Person1#: Did you work in a charity organization?
#Person2#: Yeah, I had been in the charity organization for 2 months and I learned a lot from that experience, including love, sympathy, equality, and so on.
#Person1#: In what way did those social activities have impact on your mind?
#Person2#: I think it had direct impact on my way of thinking. I learned to look at people and things from an overall perspective. In that case, I am not easy to be edgy.",#Person2# had been in the charity organization for 2 months and the social activities influenced #Person2#'s way of thinking.
test_122_3,"#Person1#: Did you work in a charity organization?
#Person2#: Yeah, I had been in the charity organization for 2 months and I learned a lot from that experience, including love, sympathy, equality, and so on.
#Person1#: In what way did those social activities have impact on your mind?
#Person2#: I think it had direct impact on my way of thinking. I learned to look at people and things from an overall perspective. In that case, I am not easy to be edgy.",#Person2# had been in the charity organization for 2 months. Social activities influenced #Person2#'s way of thinking.
test_123_1,"#Person1#: How can we get in touch with you?
#Person2#: Please call me or send e-mail. Could you please let me know when your organization can make a decision?
#Person1#: About one week.
#Person2#: I really appreciate your time and help. See you then.",#Person1#'s organization will make a decision in about one week and contact #Person2# via phone or e-mail.
test_123_2,"#Person1#: How can we get in touch with you?
#Person2#: Please call me or send e-mail. Could you please let me know when your organization can make a decision?
#Person1#: About one week.
#Person2#: I really appreciate your time and help. See you then.",#Person1# can inform #Person2# by phone or e-mail when the organization makes a decision in about one week.
test_123_3,"#Person1#: How can we get in touch with you?
#Person2#: Please call me or send e-mail. Could you please let me know when your organization can make a decision?
#Person1#: About one week.
#Person2#: I really appreciate your time and help. See you then.",#Person1# can tell #Person2# their organization's decision by phone or e-mail in about one week.
test_124_1,"#Person1#: Would you please recommend some Chinese wine?
#Person2#: Would you like to have a taste of Moutan?
#Person1#: That's great! What comes along with Moutan?
#Person2#: Yes, you con order some typical Chinese dishes. For example, Roast Beijing Duck.
#Person1#: It sounds good.
#Person2#: Yes, it is the best of our hotel.
#Person1#: Really? Let me have a try.
#Person2#: Thank you. Just a moment, please.",#Person2# recommends Moutan and Roast Beijing Duck. #Person1# will take that in the hotel.
test_124_2,"#Person1#: Would you please recommend some Chinese wine?
#Person2#: Would you like to have a taste of Moutan?
#Person1#: That's great! What comes along with Moutan?
#Person2#: Yes, you con order some typical Chinese dishes. For example, Roast Beijing Duck.
#Person1#: It sounds good.
#Person2#: Yes, it is the best of our hotel.
#Person1#: Really? Let me have a try.
#Person2#: Thank you. Just a moment, please.",#Person2# recommends #Person1# to have Roast Beijing Duck along with Moutan in the hotel. #Person1# will have a try.
test_124_3,"#Person1#: Would you please recommend some Chinese wine?
#Person2#: Would you like to have a taste of Moutan?
#Person1#: That's great! What comes along with Moutan?
#Person2#: Yes, you con order some typical Chinese dishes. For example, Roast Beijing Duck.
#Person1#: It sounds good.
#Person2#: Yes, it is the best of our hotel.
#Person1#: Really? Let me have a try.
#Person2#: Thank you. Just a moment, please.",#Person2# recommends Moutan and Roast Beijing Duck. #Person1# will have a try in the hotel.
test_125_1,"#Person1#: Hello
#Person2#: Hi Angela, it's Dan.
#Person1#: Hi Dan. How are you?
#Person2#: Good.
#Person1#: I called you yesterday. Did you get my message?
#Person2#: Yes, I was taking a shower when you called. I saw that you called and I tried to call you back, but I think your phone was off.
#Person1#: No problem. I wanted to remind you that my friend is getting married next week. You're still coming to the wedding with me, right?
#Person2#: Oh, is that next week?
#Person1#: Yes. Did you forget?
#Person2#: No, of course not. I already bought them a present.
#Person1#: That's good. I want to invite Megan also. Next time you see her, can you tell her for me.
#Person2#: Sure. Does she know your friend?
#Person1#: Yes, I think they might have gone to the same college or something like that. I'm not exactly sure how they know each other.
#Person2#: Are we all going to drive together?
#Person1#: Yes. I'll pick you up first, and then we'll go get Megan.",Angela calls Dan to make sure he's coming to the wedding with him next week and also asks him to invite Megan. They'll drive to the wedding together.
test_125_2,"#Person1#: Hello
#Person2#: Hi Angela, it's Dan.
#Person1#: Hi Dan. How are you?
#Person2#: Good.
#Person1#: I called you yesterday. Did you get my message?
#Person2#: Yes, I was taking a shower when you called. I saw that you called and I tried to call you back, but I think your phone was off.
#Person1#: No problem. I wanted to remind you that my friend is getting married next week. You're still coming to the wedding with me, right?
#Person2#: Oh, is that next week?
#Person1#: Yes. Did you forget?
#Person2#: No, of course not. I already bought them a present.
#Person1#: That's good. I want to invite Megan also. Next time you see her, can you tell her for me.
#Person2#: Sure. Does she know your friend?
#Person1#: Yes, I think they might have gone to the same college or something like that. I'm not exactly sure how they know each other.
#Person2#: Are we all going to drive together?
#Person1#: Yes. I'll pick you up first, and then we'll go get Megan.",Angela calls to remind Dan that they are going to the wedding of her friend next week and asks him to invite Megan. The three of them will go together.
test_125_3,"#Person1#: Hello
#Person2#: Hi Angela, it's Dan.
#Person1#: Hi Dan. How are you?
#Person2#: Good.
#Person1#: I called you yesterday. Did you get my message?
#Person2#: Yes, I was taking a shower when you called. I saw that you called and I tried to call you back, but I think your phone was off.
#Person1#: No problem. I wanted to remind you that my friend is getting married next week. You're still coming to the wedding with me, right?
#Person2#: Oh, is that next week?
#Person1#: Yes. Did you forget?
#Person2#: No, of course not. I already bought them a present.
#Person1#: That's good. I want to invite Megan also. Next time you see her, can you tell her for me.
#Person2#: Sure. Does she know your friend?
#Person1#: Yes, I think they might have gone to the same college or something like that. I'm not exactly sure how they know each other.
#Person2#: Are we all going to drive together?
#Person1#: Yes. I'll pick you up first, and then we'll go get Megan.",Angela reminds Dan to come to the wedding next week and asks him to invite Megan as well. They agree to go there together.
test_126_1,"#Person1#: It's time for desserts! Are you still hungry?
#Person2#: I've always got room for something sweet!
#Person1#: what are you going to try first?
#Person2#: I've never tried traditional Greek yogurt, so I want to try that first.
#Person1#: do they serve the yogurt with anything?
#Person2#: I believe they add locally produced honey to it.
#Person1#: that sounds good. I'm going to start with an Italian tiramisu.
#Person2#: do you want to try some of my yogurt. It's a favorite everyday dessert in Greece.
#Person1#: ok. Mmm.
#Person2#: what do you think? How does it taste?
#Person1#: it's nice, but it's rather plain. Do you want to try my tiramisu?
#Person2#: sure. I'll just have a bite.
#Person1#: what do you think? Does it taste good?
#Person2#: it's absolutely delicious! That is the best tiramisu I've ever had!
#Person1#: I'm glad you like it. I don't care for it. Why don't you finish my tiramisu so that I can try one of those fried bananas?
#Person2#: ok. I've had one of those before. They're really sweet and crunchy.
#Person1#: do you know where they are from.
#Person2#: I believe they are a local delicacy in the South.
#Person1#: do you want me to get you one, too?
#Person2#: yeah, why not? We've already pigged out as it is!
#Person1#: ok, I'll be back with two fried bananas in a few minutes. Wait for me here!","#Person2# has traditional Greek yogurt, which #Person1# thinks rather plain. #Person1# has an Italian tiramisu, which #Person2# thinks delicious. #Person1# goes and gets both of them a fried banana."
test_126_2,"#Person1#: It's time for desserts! Are you still hungry?
#Person2#: I've always got room for something sweet!
#Person1#: what are you going to try first?
#Person2#: I've never tried traditional Greek yogurt, so I want to try that first.
#Person1#: do they serve the yogurt with anything?
#Person2#: I believe they add locally produced honey to it.
#Person1#: that sounds good. I'm going to start with an Italian tiramisu.
#Person2#: do you want to try some of my yogurt. It's a favorite everyday dessert in Greece.
#Person1#: ok. Mmm.
#Person2#: what do you think? How does it taste?
#Person1#: it's nice, but it's rather plain. Do you want to try my tiramisu?
#Person2#: sure. I'll just have a bite.
#Person1#: what do you think? Does it taste good?
#Person2#: it's absolutely delicious! That is the best tiramisu I've ever had!
#Person1#: I'm glad you like it. I don't care for it. Why don't you finish my tiramisu so that I can try one of those fried bananas?
#Person2#: ok. I've had one of those before. They're really sweet and crunchy.
#Person1#: do you know where they are from.
#Person2#: I believe they are a local delicacy in the South.
#Person1#: do you want me to get you one, too?
#Person2#: yeah, why not? We've already pigged out as it is!
#Person1#: ok, I'll be back with two fried bananas in a few minutes. Wait for me here!",#Person2# tries Greek yogurt which #Person1# thinks it's rather plain. #Person1# has an Italian tiramisu which #Person2# thinks delicious. They both decide to have fried bananas and #Person1# will bring bananas back.
test_126_3,"#Person1#: It's time for desserts! Are you still hungry?
#Person2#: I've always got room for something sweet!
#Person1#: what are you going to try first?
#Person2#: I've never tried traditional Greek yogurt, so I want to try that first.
#Person1#: do they serve the yogurt with anything?
#Person2#: I believe they add locally produced honey to it.
#Person1#: that sounds good. I'm going to start with an Italian tiramisu.
#Person2#: do you want to try some of my yogurt. It's a favorite everyday dessert in Greece.
#Person1#: ok. Mmm.
#Person2#: what do you think? How does it taste?
#Person1#: it's nice, but it's rather plain. Do you want to try my tiramisu?
#Person2#: sure. I'll just have a bite.
#Person1#: what do you think? Does it taste good?
#Person2#: it's absolutely delicious! That is the best tiramisu I've ever had!
#Person1#: I'm glad you like it. I don't care for it. Why don't you finish my tiramisu so that I can try one of those fried bananas?
#Person2#: ok. I've had one of those before. They're really sweet and crunchy.
#Person1#: do you know where they are from.
#Person2#: I believe they are a local delicacy in the South.
#Person1#: do you want me to get you one, too?
#Person2#: yeah, why not? We've already pigged out as it is!
#Person1#: ok, I'll be back with two fried bananas in a few minutes. Wait for me here!",#Person2# tries Greek yogurt which #Person1# thinks it's rather plain. #Person1# has an Italian tiramisu which #Person2# thinks delicious. Then they want to have fried bananas and #Person1# goes out to buy some.
test_127_1,"#Person1#: Could you tell me what university you went to, Mr. Smith?
#Person2#: I went to Yale University.
#Person1#: Did you? And what did you study?
#Person2#: I have a B. A. in Economics.
#Person1#: Would you mind telling me how old you are?
#Person2#: I'm twenty-seven.
#Person1#: And could you tell me what other jobs you have had?
#Person2#: Yes, I have worked in a bank for the last five years.
#Person1#: And what was your salary at the bank?
#Person2#: I got $ 500 a week.","Mr. Smith tells #Person1# that he is 27 and gets a B.A. in Economics at Yale University. During the last five years, he has worked in a bank for $500 a week."
test_127_2,"#Person1#: Could you tell me what university you went to, Mr. Smith?
#Person2#: I went to Yale University.
#Person1#: Did you? And what did you study?
#Person2#: I have a B. A. in Economics.
#Person1#: Would you mind telling me how old you are?
#Person2#: I'm twenty-seven.
#Person1#: And could you tell me what other jobs you have had?
#Person2#: Yes, I have worked in a bank for the last five years.
#Person1#: And what was your salary at the bank?
#Person2#: I got $ 500 a week.","Mr. Smith tells #Person1# that he graduated from Yale University with a B. A. in Economics, and he has worked in a bank for the last five years with $500 a week."
test_127_3,"#Person1#: Could you tell me what university you went to, Mr. Smith?
#Person2#: I went to Yale University.
#Person1#: Did you? And what did you study?
#Person2#: I have a B. A. in Economics.
#Person1#: Would you mind telling me how old you are?
#Person2#: I'm twenty-seven.
#Person1#: And could you tell me what other jobs you have had?
#Person2#: Yes, I have worked in a bank for the last five years.
#Person1#: And what was your salary at the bank?
#Person2#: I got $ 500 a week.","Mr. Smith tells #Person1# that he is 27 and gets a B.A. in Economics at Yale University. During the last five years, he has worked in a bank for $500 a week."
test_128_1,"#Person1#: Hi. I want to get something nice for my niece.
#Person2#: Well, I've never heard of a little girl that didn't love Barbie dolls.
#Person1#: I like that suggestion. Show me one, please.
#Person2#: Here you go. Digital Barbie.
#Person1#: Oh, my niece will love her! How much for her?
#Person2#: Barbie is our best seller. She's only $ 29. 95.
#Person1#: That's great. I'll take her.
#Person2#: Your niece will love this. Anything else?
#Person1#: Thank you, but no. This will do it for now.
#Person2#: With the tax, your total is $ 32. 42. Would you like to charge it?
#Person1#: I'll pay cash, thank you.
#Person2#: Thank you for shopping here.",#Person2# recommends Digital Barbie for #Person1#'s niece. #Person1# pays $32.42 for it by cash.
test_128_2,"#Person1#: Hi. I want to get something nice for my niece.
#Person2#: Well, I've never heard of a little girl that didn't love Barbie dolls.
#Person1#: I like that suggestion. Show me one, please.
#Person2#: Here you go. Digital Barbie.
#Person1#: Oh, my niece will love her! How much for her?
#Person2#: Barbie is our best seller. She's only $ 29. 95.
#Person1#: That's great. I'll take her.
#Person2#: Your niece will love this. Anything else?
#Person1#: Thank you, but no. This will do it for now.
#Person2#: With the tax, your total is $ 32. 42. Would you like to charge it?
#Person1#: I'll pay cash, thank you.
#Person2#: Thank you for shopping here.",#Person2# recommends #Person1# to buy a $32. 42 Digital Barbie for #Person1#'s niece. #Person1# pays it by cash.
test_128_3,"#Person1#: Hi. I want to get something nice for my niece.
#Person2#: Well, I've never heard of a little girl that didn't love Barbie dolls.
#Person1#: I like that suggestion. Show me one, please.
#Person2#: Here you go. Digital Barbie.
#Person1#: Oh, my niece will love her! How much for her?
#Person2#: Barbie is our best seller. She's only $ 29. 95.
#Person1#: That's great. I'll take her.
#Person2#: Your niece will love this. Anything else?
#Person1#: Thank you, but no. This will do it for now.
#Person2#: With the tax, your total is $ 32. 42. Would you like to charge it?
#Person1#: I'll pay cash, thank you.
#Person2#: Thank you for shopping here.",#Person1# paid $32.42 by cash to buy a Digital Barbie as a niece's gift after listening to #Person2#'s suggestion.
test_129_1,"#Person1#: Can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, I want a pair of sport shoes, Jordan.
#Person1#: What size do you want?
#Person2#: Size 41.
#Person1#: Here you are.
#Person2#: They fit me. Can you make it a little cheaper?
#Person1#: It's already on sale now.",#Person2# wants a pair of Jordan shoes in size 41.
test_129_2,"#Person1#: Can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, I want a pair of sport shoes, Jordan.
#Person1#: What size do you want?
#Person2#: Size 41.
#Person1#: Here you are.
#Person2#: They fit me. Can you make it a little cheaper?
#Person1#: It's already on sale now.",#Person2# wants to buy a pair of Jordan shoes in size 41.
test_129_3,"#Person1#: Can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, I want a pair of sport shoes, Jordan.
#Person1#: What size do you want?
#Person2#: Size 41.
#Person1#: Here you are.
#Person2#: They fit me. Can you make it a little cheaper?
#Person1#: It's already on sale now.",#Person2# wants to buy a pair of Jordan shoes in size 41.
test_130_1,"#Person1#: Uh, where am I? Tsk, hum ...
#Person2#: Excuse me. Do you need any help?
#Person1#: Nah, I ... I'm just looking ... well ...
#Person2#: Okay ...
#Person1#: Uh, well, actually ... yeah. Um ... I want to go to the science museum, but I've been lost for the past few hours, and I can't make heads or tails of these ticket machines.
#Person2#: Ah, well, just press this button. 
#Person1#: Oh, yeah. And from here, it's a dollar fifty.
#Person1#: Okay.
#Person2#: Then, get on the train at platform number 4.
#Person1#: Alright. Oh, and how often do the trains come around this time of day?
#Person2#: Usually, they come about every six minutes.
#Person1#: Okay. And where do I get off the train?
#Person2#: Get off at State Street Station, three stops from here.
#Person1#: Okay. I got it. Thanks for your help.
#Person2#: No problem. Good luck.",#Person1# wants to go to the science museum but loses the way. #Person2# helps #Person1# buy the ticket and gives #Person1# directions.
test_130_2,"#Person1#: Uh, where am I? Tsk, hum ...
#Person2#: Excuse me. Do you need any help?
#Person1#: Nah, I ... I'm just looking ... well ...
#Person2#: Okay ...
#Person1#: Uh, well, actually ... yeah. Um ... I want to go to the science museum, but I've been lost for the past few hours, and I can't make heads or tails of these ticket machines.
#Person2#: Ah, well, just press this button. 
#Person1#: Oh, yeah. And from here, it's a dollar fifty.
#Person1#: Okay.
#Person2#: Then, get on the train at platform number 4.
#Person1#: Alright. Oh, and how often do the trains come around this time of day?
#Person2#: Usually, they come about every six minutes.
#Person1#: Okay. And where do I get off the train?
#Person2#: Get off at State Street Station, three stops from here.
#Person1#: Okay. I got it. Thanks for your help.
#Person2#: No problem. Good luck.",#Person1# is lost on the way to the science museum. #Person2# helps #Person1# to buy the tickets for the train and gives #Person1# directions.
test_130_3,"#Person1#: Uh, where am I? Tsk, hum ...
#Person2#: Excuse me. Do you need any help?
#Person1#: Nah, I ... I'm just looking ... well ...
#Person2#: Okay ...
#Person1#: Uh, well, actually ... yeah. Um ... I want to go to the science museum, but I've been lost for the past few hours, and I can't make heads or tails of these ticket machines.
#Person2#: Ah, well, just press this button. 
#Person1#: Oh, yeah. And from here, it's a dollar fifty.
#Person1#: Okay.
#Person2#: Then, get on the train at platform number 4.
#Person1#: Alright. Oh, and how often do the trains come around this time of day?
#Person2#: Usually, they come about every six minutes.
#Person1#: Okay. And where do I get off the train?
#Person2#: Get off at State Street Station, three stops from here.
#Person1#: Okay. I got it. Thanks for your help.
#Person2#: No problem. Good luck.",#Person2# helps #Person1# operate the ticket machine to buy a train ticket and tells #Person1# who loses the way how to go to the science museum.
test_131_1,"#Person1#: Simon, how does it feel to be retired?
#Person2#: Well, not so bad.
#Person1#: How have you been spending your time?
#Person2#: I have been spending more time with my family. I've also traveled a bit, you know, off season when everywhere is less crowded and hotels cost less.
#Person1#: Great.
#Person2#: You know I haven't stopped work completely.
#Person1#: Yes, could you tell us more about this?
#Person2#: I'm on a scheme that's called phased retirement; I had a six-month break from work, after that I could apply for project work with the company I used to work for.
#Person1#: How does the scheme work?
#Person2#: Well, it's a trial at the moment. Instead of hiring temporary stuff, the company advertises posts on its website that retired employees like myself can access.
#Person1#: What sort of works advertised?
#Person2#: Well, all sorts of things, really. Administrative work and more specialized work, the sort of thing I can do. Some of the projects can last five or six months, and others can just be a couple of days. I can decide more or less when to work. So I can manage my own time.
#Person1#: I can see it's good for you. What is your company get out of this?
#Person2#: Well, I still have all my old contacts at work, so I know who to contact to get something done. The company gets flexibility, too. Once the job's over, that's it. I'm not on their books any more.",#Person1# asks Simon about his retirement and finds out Simon is on a trial scheme called phased retirement. He can work with his former company but manage his own time. #Person1# thinks it's good for Simon.
test_131_2,"#Person1#: Simon, how does it feel to be retired?
#Person2#: Well, not so bad.
#Person1#: How have you been spending your time?
#Person2#: I have been spending more time with my family. I've also traveled a bit, you know, off season when everywhere is less crowded and hotels cost less.
#Person1#: Great.
#Person2#: You know I haven't stopped work completely.
#Person1#: Yes, could you tell us more about this?
#Person2#: I'm on a scheme that's called phased retirement; I had a six-month break from work, after that I could apply for project work with the company I used to work for.
#Person1#: How does the scheme work?
#Person2#: Well, it's a trial at the moment. Instead of hiring temporary stuff, the company advertises posts on its website that retired employees like myself can access.
#Person1#: What sort of works advertised?
#Person2#: Well, all sorts of things, really. Administrative work and more specialized work, the sort of thing I can do. Some of the projects can last five or six months, and others can just be a couple of days. I can decide more or less when to work. So I can manage my own time.
#Person1#: I can see it's good for you. What is your company get out of this?
#Person2#: Well, I still have all my old contacts at work, so I know who to contact to get something done. The company gets flexibility, too. Once the job's over, that's it. I'm not on their books any more.","Simon tells #Person1# that he is on a scheme called phased retirement during which he had a six-month break from work, and after that he could apply for projects of the company he used to work for but manage his own time. #Person1# thinks it's good for Simon."
test_131_3,"#Person1#: Simon, how does it feel to be retired?
#Person2#: Well, not so bad.
#Person1#: How have you been spending your time?
#Person2#: I have been spending more time with my family. I've also traveled a bit, you know, off season when everywhere is less crowded and hotels cost less.
#Person1#: Great.
#Person2#: You know I haven't stopped work completely.
#Person1#: Yes, could you tell us more about this?
#Person2#: I'm on a scheme that's called phased retirement; I had a six-month break from work, after that I could apply for project work with the company I used to work for.
#Person1#: How does the scheme work?
#Person2#: Well, it's a trial at the moment. Instead of hiring temporary stuff, the company advertises posts on its website that retired employees like myself can access.
#Person1#: What sort of works advertised?
#Person2#: Well, all sorts of things, really. Administrative work and more specialized work, the sort of thing I can do. Some of the projects can last five or six months, and others can just be a couple of days. I can decide more or less when to work. So I can manage my own time.
#Person1#: I can see it's good for you. What is your company get out of this?
#Person2#: Well, I still have all my old contacts at work, so I know who to contact to get something done. The company gets flexibility, too. Once the job's over, that's it. I'm not on their books any more.","Simon tells #Person1# that he joined in a phased retirement scheme which offers retired people work positions from the former company, and he can manage his own time. #Person1# thinks it's good for Simon."
test_132_1,"#Person1#: Hey Rocky! You've been sitting around all night. Get out and dance with someone like that woman over there.
#Person2#: No way! She looks like the intellectual type.
#Person1#: Oh come on man! What kind of woman do you like?
#Person2#: I want a woman who's affectionate and fulfills my every need, and that woman over there is just not the right type.
#Person1#: Hey. Where have you been? Times are changing, and you're never going to find a woman who will shine your shoes and pick up after you all the time. Wake up.
#Person2#: Oh really? I meet a lot of women like that, but not at this party. [Oh.] I also prefer a woman who'll stay home, cook, clean, and watch the kids.
#Person1#: Okay, but what are your household responsibilities once you get home from work?
#Person2#: Hmm. Eat, watch TV, and throw out the garbage.
#Person1#: Wait, wait, wait. I can't believe I'm hearing this. In fact, you're never going to get married. I recently read a news report that said 40 percent of women don't think their husbands do their share around the house, and you seem to be that type.
#Person2#: Well, that's the way I am, but what's YOUR idea of the perfect woman?
#Person1#: Well, I like a woman who's outgoing, caring, and non-judgmental about people's differences, and it bothers me when people think their the center of the universe ... like someone I know.
#Person2#: Well, that's nice for you, but that doesn't change my point of view. I guess I'll have to go home to a TV dinner and my dog, Rusty.
#Person1#: Hey, and if I stick with you, this is going to be a long, lonely night. Say hello to Rusty for me.","Rocky doesn't want to dance because no one at the party fits his type, but #Person1# likes different kinds of women from him. Finally, Rocky decides to go home to a TV dinner and his dog, Rusty"
test_132_2,"#Person1#: Hey Rocky! You've been sitting around all night. Get out and dance with someone like that woman over there.
#Person2#: No way! She looks like the intellectual type.
#Person1#: Oh come on man! What kind of woman do you like?
#Person2#: I want a woman who's affectionate and fulfills my every need, and that woman over there is just not the right type.
#Person1#: Hey. Where have you been? Times are changing, and you're never going to find a woman who will shine your shoes and pick up after you all the time. Wake up.
#Person2#: Oh really? I meet a lot of women like that, but not at this party. [Oh.] I also prefer a woman who'll stay home, cook, clean, and watch the kids.
#Person1#: Okay, but what are your household responsibilities once you get home from work?
#Person2#: Hmm. Eat, watch TV, and throw out the garbage.
#Person1#: Wait, wait, wait. I can't believe I'm hearing this. In fact, you're never going to get married. I recently read a news report that said 40 percent of women don't think their husbands do their share around the house, and you seem to be that type.
#Person2#: Well, that's the way I am, but what's YOUR idea of the perfect woman?
#Person1#: Well, I like a woman who's outgoing, caring, and non-judgmental about people's differences, and it bothers me when people think their the center of the universe ... like someone I know.
#Person2#: Well, that's nice for you, but that doesn't change my point of view. I guess I'll have to go home to a TV dinner and my dog, Rusty.
#Person1#: Hey, and if I stick with you, this is going to be a long, lonely night. Say hello to Rusty for me.","Rocky wants a woman who's affectionate and fulfills his every need. #Person1# likes different kinds of women from him. Rocky doesn't mind and plans to go home and spend the night with a TV dinner and his dog, Rusty."
test_132_3,"#Person1#: Hey Rocky! You've been sitting around all night. Get out and dance with someone like that woman over there.
#Person2#: No way! She looks like the intellectual type.
#Person1#: Oh come on man! What kind of woman do you like?
#Person2#: I want a woman who's affectionate and fulfills my every need, and that woman over there is just not the right type.
#Person1#: Hey. Where have you been? Times are changing, and you're never going to find a woman who will shine your shoes and pick up after you all the time. Wake up.
#Person2#: Oh really? I meet a lot of women like that, but not at this party. [Oh.] I also prefer a woman who'll stay home, cook, clean, and watch the kids.
#Person1#: Okay, but what are your household responsibilities once you get home from work?
#Person2#: Hmm. Eat, watch TV, and throw out the garbage.
#Person1#: Wait, wait, wait. I can't believe I'm hearing this. In fact, you're never going to get married. I recently read a news report that said 40 percent of women don't think their husbands do their share around the house, and you seem to be that type.
#Person2#: Well, that's the way I am, but what's YOUR idea of the perfect woman?
#Person1#: Well, I like a woman who's outgoing, caring, and non-judgmental about people's differences, and it bothers me when people think their the center of the universe ... like someone I know.
#Person2#: Well, that's nice for you, but that doesn't change my point of view. I guess I'll have to go home to a TV dinner and my dog, Rusty.
#Person1#: Hey, and if I stick with you, this is going to be a long, lonely night. Say hello to Rusty for me.","Rocky has particular requirements and cannot find a suitable woman in the party, so he doesn't want to dance. #Person1# likes different kinds of women from him. He sticks with his views and decides to go home to a TV dinner and his dog, Rusty."
test_133_1,"#Person1#: It was a heavy storm last night, wasn't it?
#Person2#: It certainly was. The wind broke several windows. What weather!
#Person1#: Do you know that big tree in front of my house? One of the biggest branches came down in the night.
#Person2#: Really? Did it do any damage to your home?
#Person1#: Thank goodness! It is far away from that.
#Person2#: I really hate storms. It's about time we had some nice spring weather.
#Person1#: It's April, you know. The flowers are beginning to blossom.
#Person2#: Yes, that's true. But I still think the weather is terrible.
#Person1#: I suppose we should not complain. We had a fine March after all.",#Person1# and #Person2# is talking about the heavy storm last night. #Person2# thinks the weather is terrible. #Person1# is positive towards that.
test_133_2,"#Person1#: It was a heavy storm last night, wasn't it?
#Person2#: It certainly was. The wind broke several windows. What weather!
#Person1#: Do you know that big tree in front of my house? One of the biggest branches came down in the night.
#Person2#: Really? Did it do any damage to your home?
#Person1#: Thank goodness! It is far away from that.
#Person2#: I really hate storms. It's about time we had some nice spring weather.
#Person1#: It's April, you know. The flowers are beginning to blossom.
#Person2#: Yes, that's true. But I still think the weather is terrible.
#Person1#: I suppose we should not complain. We had a fine March after all.","#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about the heavy storm last night, and #Person1#'s positive. #Person2# thinks the weather is terrible. #Person1# thinks they should not complain."
test_133_3,"#Person1#: It was a heavy storm last night, wasn't it?
#Person2#: It certainly was. The wind broke several windows. What weather!
#Person1#: Do you know that big tree in front of my house? One of the biggest branches came down in the night.
#Person2#: Really? Did it do any damage to your home?
#Person1#: Thank goodness! It is far away from that.
#Person2#: I really hate storms. It's about time we had some nice spring weather.
#Person1#: It's April, you know. The flowers are beginning to blossom.
#Person2#: Yes, that's true. But I still think the weather is terrible.
#Person1#: I suppose we should not complain. We had a fine March after all.",#Person2# complains the terrible storm last night and wishes for nice weather. #Person1# thinks they should not complain.
test_134_1,"#Person1#: I can't see why you need to go out to enjoy yourself. Why can't you have a nice time, watching TV with me? And when you are at home, you're either reading a book or something, you never actually sit and enjoy a good program with me.
#Person2#: I don't want to watch TV. I find it boring.
#Person1#: Oh, it's not always boring. Come off it!
#Person2#: Well, I'm sorry, but it usually is. I just don't think watching all this TV is good for me. I can only watch about one program a week.
#Person1#: So you think it's better to go out, do you?
#Person2#: Well, I just feel there are lots of things to do that you can learn from and to be watching TV is not something I want to do.
#Person1#: OK, you name something that we can share.
#Person2#: What about when we do our music, for example, we share that.","#Person1# wants to watch TV together with #Person2#, but #Person2# finds it boring. #Person2# suggests doing music together."
test_134_2,"#Person1#: I can't see why you need to go out to enjoy yourself. Why can't you have a nice time, watching TV with me? And when you are at home, you're either reading a book or something, you never actually sit and enjoy a good program with me.
#Person2#: I don't want to watch TV. I find it boring.
#Person1#: Oh, it's not always boring. Come off it!
#Person2#: Well, I'm sorry, but it usually is. I just don't think watching all this TV is good for me. I can only watch about one program a week.
#Person1#: So you think it's better to go out, do you?
#Person2#: Well, I just feel there are lots of things to do that you can learn from and to be watching TV is not something I want to do.
#Person1#: OK, you name something that we can share.
#Person2#: What about when we do our music, for example, we share that.","#Person1# asks #Person2# to watch TV with #Person1# at home. However, #Person2# finds it boring and suggests doing music together."
test_134_3,"#Person1#: I can't see why you need to go out to enjoy yourself. Why can't you have a nice time, watching TV with me? And when you are at home, you're either reading a book or something, you never actually sit and enjoy a good program with me.
#Person2#: I don't want to watch TV. I find it boring.
#Person1#: Oh, it's not always boring. Come off it!
#Person2#: Well, I'm sorry, but it usually is. I just don't think watching all this TV is good for me. I can only watch about one program a week.
#Person1#: So you think it's better to go out, do you?
#Person2#: Well, I just feel there are lots of things to do that you can learn from and to be watching TV is not something I want to do.
#Person1#: OK, you name something that we can share.
#Person2#: What about when we do our music, for example, we share that.",#Person1# wants #Person2# to watch TV with #Person1#. #Person2# thinks it is boring and suggests doing their music together.
test_135_1,"#Person1#: Hello, Ben. You're getting ready for tomorrow's lessons, aren't you?
#Person2#: Yes, but I'm a bit nervous. I have no idea what'll happen in class and how I'll get along with my classmates.
#Person1#: I understand how you're feeling. Just take it easy. You'll make a lot of friends very soon.
#Person2#: Thank you. I'll try my best to get used to my new school life as soon as possible. By the way, what time does the first class begin?
#Person1#: At 8 o'clock. But before that we have 10 minutes to hand in homework and then 20 minutes for morning reading.
#Person2#: So we must get to school before 7:30, right?
#Person1#: Right.
#Person2#: How long does each class last?
#Person1#: 45 minutes, I think, with a 10 or 15 minutes' break.
#Person2#: Well, I hear that lunchtime is nearly 12 o'clock and I'll be starving by then.
#Person1#: Don't worry. During the break after the second class, we can buy something to eat.
#Person2#: That's good.",Ben feels a bit nervous about his new school life. #Person1# cheers him up and tells him about the schedule of the new school.
test_135_2,"#Person1#: Hello, Ben. You're getting ready for tomorrow's lessons, aren't you?
#Person2#: Yes, but I'm a bit nervous. I have no idea what'll happen in class and how I'll get along with my classmates.
#Person1#: I understand how you're feeling. Just take it easy. You'll make a lot of friends very soon.
#Person2#: Thank you. I'll try my best to get used to my new school life as soon as possible. By the way, what time does the first class begin?
#Person1#: At 8 o'clock. But before that we have 10 minutes to hand in homework and then 20 minutes for morning reading.
#Person2#: So we must get to school before 7:30, right?
#Person1#: Right.
#Person2#: How long does each class last?
#Person1#: 45 minutes, I think, with a 10 or 15 minutes' break.
#Person2#: Well, I hear that lunchtime is nearly 12 o'clock and I'll be starving by then.
#Person1#: Don't worry. During the break after the second class, we can buy something to eat.
#Person2#: That's good.",Ben is nervous about his new school life. #Person1# is giving him some brief information about the school.
test_135_3,"#Person1#: Hello, Ben. You're getting ready for tomorrow's lessons, aren't you?
#Person2#: Yes, but I'm a bit nervous. I have no idea what'll happen in class and how I'll get along with my classmates.
#Person1#: I understand how you're feeling. Just take it easy. You'll make a lot of friends very soon.
#Person2#: Thank you. I'll try my best to get used to my new school life as soon as possible. By the way, what time does the first class begin?
#Person1#: At 8 o'clock. But before that we have 10 minutes to hand in homework and then 20 minutes for morning reading.
#Person2#: So we must get to school before 7:30, right?
#Person1#: Right.
#Person2#: How long does each class last?
#Person1#: 45 minutes, I think, with a 10 or 15 minutes' break.
#Person2#: Well, I hear that lunchtime is nearly 12 o'clock and I'll be starving by then.
#Person1#: Don't worry. During the break after the second class, we can buy something to eat.
#Person2#: That's good.",Ben is nervous about the upcoming new school life. #Person1# comforts him and tells him the school daily routine.
test_136_1,"#Person1#: Adam, how is your knee today? Is it still giving you trouble?
#Person2#: No, it feels a lot better today. I went to the doctor and he told me it was not serious, I should be fine for Saturday.
#Person1#: Great! But why don't you take it easy today? Maybe just practice throwing. Don't do any running.
#Person2#: OK. Do you have any news about Michigan and what we can expect in Saturday's game?
#Person1#: Yes, I have some films, showing Michigan in the last three games. They are in my office, if you want to see them after practice, you can.
#Person2#: Oh, that would be great. I'd like to see what we are up against. They are one of the top basketball teams in the country now since they beat Iowa last weekend.
#Person1#: Come to think of it, why don't you go ahead and check out the game films right now? And just rest that knee this afternoon. I want you to be well in three days. Michigan has a strong team. We are in for a tough one.
#Person2#: All right, I'll be back tomorrow for full practice.",Adam's knee is getting better but #Person1# still suggests that he should not do any running today. Adam decides to watch the films of Michigan after practice and will be back tomorrow for full practice.
test_136_2,"#Person1#: Adam, how is your knee today? Is it still giving you trouble?
#Person2#: No, it feels a lot better today. I went to the doctor and he told me it was not serious, I should be fine for Saturday.
#Person1#: Great! But why don't you take it easy today? Maybe just practice throwing. Don't do any running.
#Person2#: OK. Do you have any news about Michigan and what we can expect in Saturday's game?
#Person1#: Yes, I have some films, showing Michigan in the last three games. They are in my office, if you want to see them after practice, you can.
#Person2#: Oh, that would be great. I'd like to see what we are up against. They are one of the top basketball teams in the country now since they beat Iowa last weekend.
#Person1#: Come to think of it, why don't you go ahead and check out the game films right now? And just rest that knee this afternoon. I want you to be well in three days. Michigan has a strong team. We are in for a tough one.
#Person2#: All right, I'll be back tomorrow for full practice.",Adam's knee is getting better but #Person1# suggests that he should not do any running today. Adam decides to see films of Michigan after practice and says he'll be back tomorrow for full practice.
test_136_3,"#Person1#: Adam, how is your knee today? Is it still giving you trouble?
#Person2#: No, it feels a lot better today. I went to the doctor and he told me it was not serious, I should be fine for Saturday.
#Person1#: Great! But why don't you take it easy today? Maybe just practice throwing. Don't do any running.
#Person2#: OK. Do you have any news about Michigan and what we can expect in Saturday's game?
#Person1#: Yes, I have some films, showing Michigan in the last three games. They are in my office, if you want to see them after practice, you can.
#Person2#: Oh, that would be great. I'd like to see what we are up against. They are one of the top basketball teams in the country now since they beat Iowa last weekend.
#Person1#: Come to think of it, why don't you go ahead and check out the game films right now? And just rest that knee this afternoon. I want you to be well in three days. Michigan has a strong team. We are in for a tough one.
#Person2#: All right, I'll be back tomorrow for full practice.",Adam's knee is getting better but #Person1# suggests that he should not do any running today. #Person1# says he can watch some films of Michigan after practice. Adam decides to go back tomorrow for full practice.
test_137_1,"#Person1#: I wonder if you could do me a favor. 
#Person2#: I'd be happy to help you. Name it. 
#Person1#: My printer is broken. Can you print up a copy for me? 
#Person2#: Sure, no problem. Do you want me to edit it for you? 
#Person1#: Please, you write much better than I do. 
#Person2#: Oh, its nothing. ",#Person1# wants #Person2# to help to print up a copy. #Person2# accepts and edits it for #Person1#.
test_137_2,"#Person1#: I wonder if you could do me a favor. 
#Person2#: I'd be happy to help you. Name it. 
#Person1#: My printer is broken. Can you print up a copy for me? 
#Person2#: Sure, no problem. Do you want me to edit it for you? 
#Person1#: Please, you write much better than I do. 
#Person2#: Oh, its nothing. ",#Person1# asks for #Person2#'s help to print up a copy. #Person2# accepts and edits it for #Person1#.
test_137_3,"#Person1#: I wonder if you could do me a favor. 
#Person2#: I'd be happy to help you. Name it. 
#Person1#: My printer is broken. Can you print up a copy for me? 
#Person2#: Sure, no problem. Do you want me to edit it for you? 
#Person1#: Please, you write much better than I do. 
#Person2#: Oh, its nothing. ",#Person1# asks for #Person2#'s help to print up a copy. #Person2# accepts and edits it for #Person1#.
test_138_1,"#Person1#: Honey, could you help me here a minute? 
#Person2#: Sure, sweetie. What are you doing? 
#Person1#: I want to put this curtain up. 
#Person2#: OK. Why don't you just hold the ladder, and I'll put it up. 
#Person1#: Thanks, dear. ",#Person2# lets #Person1# hold the ladder and #Person2# will put the curtain up.
test_138_2,"#Person1#: Honey, could you help me here a minute? 
#Person2#: Sure, sweetie. What are you doing? 
#Person1#: I want to put this curtain up. 
#Person2#: OK. Why don't you just hold the ladder, and I'll put it up. 
#Person1#: Thanks, dear. ",#Person2# suggests that #Person1# hold the ladder and #Person2# will put the curtain up.
test_138_3,"#Person1#: Honey, could you help me here a minute? 
#Person2#: Sure, sweetie. What are you doing? 
#Person1#: I want to put this curtain up. 
#Person2#: OK. Why don't you just hold the ladder, and I'll put it up. 
#Person1#: Thanks, dear. ",#Person2# lets #Person1# hold the ladder and #Person2# will put the curtain up.
test_139_1,"#Person1#: Jack, could you check your calendar? 
#Person2#: Sure, what's going on? 
#Person1#: We're planning a weekend camping trip, and we want to know which weekend is best for everyone. 
#Person2#: Let me see. . . The weekend after next looks pretty good. Otherwise, I'm all booked up. ",Jack is available for a camping trip the weekend after next.
test_139_2,"#Person1#: Jack, could you check your calendar? 
#Person2#: Sure, what's going on? 
#Person1#: We're planning a weekend camping trip, and we want to know which weekend is best for everyone. 
#Person2#: Let me see. . . The weekend after next looks pretty good. Otherwise, I'm all booked up. ",Jack will be available for a weekend camping trip the weekend after next.
test_139_3,"#Person1#: Jack, could you check your calendar? 
#Person2#: Sure, what's going on? 
#Person1#: We're planning a weekend camping trip, and we want to know which weekend is best for everyone. 
#Person2#: Let me see. . . The weekend after next looks pretty good. Otherwise, I'm all booked up. ",The weekend after next is suitable for Jack to have a camping trip.
test_140_1,"#Person1#: Honey, of course I forgive you! I love you so much! I've really missed you. I was wrong to get upset over nothing. 
#Person2#: I'm sorry I haven't called or anything, but right after you decided you wanted a break, I was called up north to put out some major forest fires! I was in the middle of nowhere, working day and night, trying to prevent the blaze from spreading! It was pretty intense. 
#Person1#: Oh, honey, I'm glad you're okay! But I have some exciting news. . . I think I'm pregnant! 
#Person2#: Really? Wow, that's amazing! This is great news! I've always wanted to be a father! We'll go to the doctor first thing in the morning! 
#Person3#: We have your test results back and, indeed, you are pregnant. Let's see here. . . everything seems to be in order. Your approximate due date is October twenty-seventh two thousand and nine, so that means that the baby was conceived on February third, two thousand and nine. 
#Person2#: Are you sure? Are these things accurate? 
#Person3#: Well, yes sir, they are. 
#Person1#: What's wrong? Why are you asking these questions? 
#Person2#: This baby isn't mine! I was away the first week of February at a training seminar! 
#Person1#: I. . . I. . . no, it can't be. . . ",#Person1# calls #Person2# to tell him that she was wrong to get upset over nothing and tells #Person2# she is pregnant. #Person2# feels happy. They go to the doctor. #Person2# finds out the baby isn't his because he was away the first week of February at a training seminar.
test_140_2,"#Person1#: Honey, of course I forgive you! I love you so much! I've really missed you. I was wrong to get upset over nothing. 
#Person2#: I'm sorry I haven't called or anything, but right after you decided you wanted a break, I was called up north to put out some major forest fires! I was in the middle of nowhere, working day and night, trying to prevent the blaze from spreading! It was pretty intense. 
#Person1#: Oh, honey, I'm glad you're okay! But I have some exciting news. . . I think I'm pregnant! 
#Person2#: Really? Wow, that's amazing! This is great news! I've always wanted to be a father! We'll go to the doctor first thing in the morning! 
#Person3#: We have your test results back and, indeed, you are pregnant. Let's see here. . . everything seems to be in order. Your approximate due date is October twenty-seventh two thousand and nine, so that means that the baby was conceived on February third, two thousand and nine. 
#Person2#: Are you sure? Are these things accurate? 
#Person3#: Well, yes sir, they are. 
#Person1#: What's wrong? Why are you asking these questions? 
#Person2#: This baby isn't mine! I was away the first week of February at a training seminar! 
#Person1#: I. . . I. . . no, it can't be. . . ","#Person1# calls #Person2# to tell him that she was wrong to get upset over nothing and tells him that she's pregnant. They go to see the doctor. However, #Person2# finds out the baby isn't his because he was away the first week of February at a training seminar."
test_140_3,"#Person1#: Honey, of course I forgive you! I love you so much! I've really missed you. I was wrong to get upset over nothing. 
#Person2#: I'm sorry I haven't called or anything, but right after you decided you wanted a break, I was called up north to put out some major forest fires! I was in the middle of nowhere, working day and night, trying to prevent the blaze from spreading! It was pretty intense. 
#Person1#: Oh, honey, I'm glad you're okay! But I have some exciting news. . . I think I'm pregnant! 
#Person2#: Really? Wow, that's amazing! This is great news! I've always wanted to be a father! We'll go to the doctor first thing in the morning! 
#Person3#: We have your test results back and, indeed, you are pregnant. Let's see here. . . everything seems to be in order. Your approximate due date is October twenty-seventh two thousand and nine, so that means that the baby was conceived on February third, two thousand and nine. 
#Person2#: Are you sure? Are these things accurate? 
#Person3#: Well, yes sir, they are. 
#Person1#: What's wrong? Why are you asking these questions? 
#Person2#: This baby isn't mine! I was away the first week of February at a training seminar! 
#Person1#: I. . . I. . . no, it can't be. . . ","#Person1# apologises to #Person2# after the quarrel and tells #Person2# she's pregnant. #Person2# feels so happy and they decide to see the doctor. After the pregnancy test about the date, #Person2# finds that it is not his baby, because he was away the first week of February at a training seminar."
test_141_1,"#Person1#: Is there anything wrong? 
#Person2#: I'm worried about my daughter. She can't decide about college. 
#Person1#: Don't worry. That's just a part of being a teenager. 
#Person2#: I don't mind that. But she disagrees with me about everything. 
#Person1#: You should encourage her to make up her mind by herself. You shouldn't affect her decision. 
#Person2#: But I just want to give her some tips. 
#Person1#: Oh, she can make her own decisions. ",#Person2# is worried about #Person2#'s daughter. #Person1# suggests #Person2# should encourage #Person2#'s daughter to make her own decision.
test_141_2,"#Person1#: Is there anything wrong? 
#Person2#: I'm worried about my daughter. She can't decide about college. 
#Person1#: Don't worry. That's just a part of being a teenager. 
#Person2#: I don't mind that. But she disagrees with me about everything. 
#Person1#: You should encourage her to make up her mind by herself. You shouldn't affect her decision. 
#Person2#: But I just want to give her some tips. 
#Person1#: Oh, she can make her own decisions. ",#Person1# advises #Person2# to let #Person2#'s daughter make her own decisions instead of worrying about her.
test_141_3,"#Person1#: Is there anything wrong? 
#Person2#: I'm worried about my daughter. She can't decide about college. 
#Person1#: Don't worry. That's just a part of being a teenager. 
#Person2#: I don't mind that. But she disagrees with me about everything. 
#Person1#: You should encourage her to make up her mind by herself. You shouldn't affect her decision. 
#Person2#: But I just want to give her some tips. 
#Person1#: Oh, she can make her own decisions. ",#Person1# suggests #Person2# letting the child make own decision instead of worrying about her.
test_142_1,"#Person1#: I don't know what I'm going to do! It's going to be impossible to make ends meet if I lose my job! 
#Person2#: Don't worry. I don't think you're going to lose your job over one mistake. 
#Person1#: It was a rather big mistake. When you work as an investment adviser, one small mistake can cost the company millions. 
#Person2#: But it wasn't just you who was involved, right? You were only doing what your supervisor told you to do. 
#Person1#: That's true, but my supervisor is very dishonest. There's no reason he needs to tell our boss the truth. I'm sure he will tell our boss that it was all my fault, and there's nothing I can do about that. My boss won't believe me if I tell him the truth. 
#Person2#: Let's think realistically about what might happen. How much money do you have in your savings? 
#Person1#: I have enough to live off of for about 3 months. But I really don't want to spend my life savings on just living! I'd rather invest my money somehow. 
#Person2#: Well, you can't have everything. Let's just figure out what you will do if you lose your job. When is your contract up on your apartment? 
#Person1#: Next month. So I can either move out then or renew my contract for another year. 
#Person2#: Well, that's good. If you lose your job, you can just move in with me until you find another job. That will save you plenty of money. 
#Person1#: That's very generous of you. I guess that would work. 
#Person2#: If you lose your job, you just have to go for a few months without buying all the junk you usually buy. If you live frugally, you'll save plenty of money. 
#Person1#: I guess working with so much money has made me rather greedy. Maybe losing my job would be a good thing! ",#Person1# may lose #Person1#'s job because of a mistake that may cause a huge loss and a dishonest supervisor. #Person2# suggests #Person1# live with #Person2# and stop buying all the junk to save money if #Person1# loses the job. #Person1# agrees.
test_142_2,"#Person1#: I don't know what I'm going to do! It's going to be impossible to make ends meet if I lose my job! 
#Person2#: Don't worry. I don't think you're going to lose your job over one mistake. 
#Person1#: It was a rather big mistake. When you work as an investment adviser, one small mistake can cost the company millions. 
#Person2#: But it wasn't just you who was involved, right? You were only doing what your supervisor told you to do. 
#Person1#: That's true, but my supervisor is very dishonest. There's no reason he needs to tell our boss the truth. I'm sure he will tell our boss that it was all my fault, and there's nothing I can do about that. My boss won't believe me if I tell him the truth. 
#Person2#: Let's think realistically about what might happen. How much money do you have in your savings? 
#Person1#: I have enough to live off of for about 3 months. But I really don't want to spend my life savings on just living! I'd rather invest my money somehow. 
#Person2#: Well, you can't have everything. Let's just figure out what you will do if you lose your job. When is your contract up on your apartment? 
#Person1#: Next month. So I can either move out then or renew my contract for another year. 
#Person2#: Well, that's good. If you lose your job, you can just move in with me until you find another job. That will save you plenty of money. 
#Person1#: That's very generous of you. I guess that would work. 
#Person2#: If you lose your job, you just have to go for a few months without buying all the junk you usually buy. If you live frugally, you'll save plenty of money. 
#Person1#: I guess working with so much money has made me rather greedy. Maybe losing my job would be a good thing! ","#Person1# makes a big mistake which may cause a huge loss and #Person1# may lose this job because of the loss and #Person1#'s dishonest supervisor. #Person2# suggests that #Person1# move in with #Person2# until #Person1# find another job and stop buying all the junk, if #Person1# loses the job."
test_142_3,"#Person1#: I don't know what I'm going to do! It's going to be impossible to make ends meet if I lose my job! 
#Person2#: Don't worry. I don't think you're going to lose your job over one mistake. 
#Person1#: It was a rather big mistake. When you work as an investment adviser, one small mistake can cost the company millions. 
#Person2#: But it wasn't just you who was involved, right? You were only doing what your supervisor told you to do. 
#Person1#: That's true, but my supervisor is very dishonest. There's no reason he needs to tell our boss the truth. I'm sure he will tell our boss that it was all my fault, and there's nothing I can do about that. My boss won't believe me if I tell him the truth. 
#Person2#: Let's think realistically about what might happen. How much money do you have in your savings? 
#Person1#: I have enough to live off of for about 3 months. But I really don't want to spend my life savings on just living! I'd rather invest my money somehow. 
#Person2#: Well, you can't have everything. Let's just figure out what you will do if you lose your job. When is your contract up on your apartment? 
#Person1#: Next month. So I can either move out then or renew my contract for another year. 
#Person2#: Well, that's good. If you lose your job, you can just move in with me until you find another job. That will save you plenty of money. 
#Person1#: That's very generous of you. I guess that would work. 
#Person2#: If you lose your job, you just have to go for a few months without buying all the junk you usually buy. If you live frugally, you'll save plenty of money. 
#Person1#: I guess working with so much money has made me rather greedy. Maybe losing my job would be a good thing! ","#Person1# might lose the job because of a working mistake and is worried about financial problems after losing a job. #Person2# suggests #Person1# save money until #Person1# find another job, if #Person1# loses the job."
test_143_1,"#Person1#: You look like so happy. Anything good happens?
#Person2#: Aha, yeah. My friend just dropped in from the United Kingdom. 
#Person1#: Yeah, and? 
#Person2#: I decided to put him up while he's here. We will have fun and I am going to invite him to give a speech at my lab.
#Person1#: Is he a professor?
#Person2#: Oh no. He is a Ph.D. student at the University of Edinburgh. He will graduate at the end of this year.
#Person1#: Wow, it seems he's very excellent.
#Person2#: You can say that again.
#Person1#: So what's the topic of his speech? I think I might want to go too.
#Person2#: It's about multimodal text generation. He'll talk about generating summaries for videos and discourse modeling as well.
#Person1#: Well, that sounds sophisticated. Leave me a place.",#Person2#'s friend is visiting #Person2#. #Person2# invites him to give a speech about multimodal text generation. #Person1# will attend it.
test_143_2,"#Person1#: You look like so happy. Anything good happens?
#Person2#: Aha, yeah. My friend just dropped in from the United Kingdom. 
#Person1#: Yeah, and? 
#Person2#: I decided to put him up while he's here. We will have fun and I am going to invite him to give a speech at my lab.
#Person1#: Is he a professor?
#Person2#: Oh no. He is a Ph.D. student at the University of Edinburgh. He will graduate at the end of this year.
#Person1#: Wow, it seems he's very excellent.
#Person2#: You can say that again.
#Person1#: So what's the topic of his speech? I think I might want to go too.
#Person2#: It's about multimodal text generation. He'll talk about generating summaries for videos and discourse modeling as well.
#Person1#: Well, that sounds sophisticated. Leave me a place.",#Person2#'s friend is a Ph.D. student at the University of Edinburgh. He is visiting #Person2# and will give a speech about multimodal text generation. #Person1# will attend it.
test_143_3,"#Person1#: You look like so happy. Anything good happens?
#Person2#: Aha, yeah. My friend just dropped in from the United Kingdom. 
#Person1#: Yeah, and? 
#Person2#: I decided to put him up while he's here. We will have fun and I am going to invite him to give a speech at my lab.
#Person1#: Is he a professor?
#Person2#: Oh no. He is a Ph.D. student at the University of Edinburgh. He will graduate at the end of this year.
#Person1#: Wow, it seems he's very excellent.
#Person2#: You can say that again.
#Person1#: So what's the topic of his speech? I think I might want to go too.
#Person2#: It's about multimodal text generation. He'll talk about generating summaries for videos and discourse modeling as well.
#Person1#: Well, that sounds sophisticated. Leave me a place.",#Person2#'s friend is visiting #Person2# and will give a speech about multimodal text generation. #Person1# thinks it interesting and will attend it.
test_144_1,"#Person1#: Do you want to go over to John's house tonight?
#Person2#: No, I think I'm getting sick. So I should probably just stay at home and rest.
#Person1#: Oh, OK! You should drink some tea and stay warm. Would you like me to make you some soup?
#Person2#: No, thanks. I'm not hungry. I might just go to sleep actually. I had to get up very early this morning for a meeting. One of my co-workers seemed ill so I might have gotten sick from her.","#Person1# suggests going to John's house, but #Person2# feels sick and decides to go to sleep."
test_144_2,"#Person1#: Do you want to go over to John's house tonight?
#Person2#: No, I think I'm getting sick. So I should probably just stay at home and rest.
#Person1#: Oh, OK! You should drink some tea and stay warm. Would you like me to make you some soup?
#Person2#: No, thanks. I'm not hungry. I might just go to sleep actually. I had to get up very early this morning for a meeting. One of my co-workers seemed ill so I might have gotten sick from her.",#Person2# prefers to stay at home and rest rather than go over to John's house tonight because #Person2# gets sick.
test_144_3,"#Person1#: Do you want to go over to John's house tonight?
#Person2#: No, I think I'm getting sick. So I should probably just stay at home and rest.
#Person1#: Oh, OK! You should drink some tea and stay warm. Would you like me to make you some soup?
#Person2#: No, thanks. I'm not hungry. I might just go to sleep actually. I had to get up very early this morning for a meeting. One of my co-workers seemed ill so I might have gotten sick from her.",#Person2# doesn't want to go to John's house tonight because of getting sick. #Person2# decides to go to sleep.
test_145_1,"#Person1#: York Hotel, can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, I'd like to book a room for 3 nights.
#Person1#: When will you be arriving?
#Person2#: We'll arrive the day after tomorrow. That's July twntieth.
#Person1#: Yes, sir. Single or double?
#Person2#: One double room.
#Person1#: Alright. One double room until the twenty-third.
#Person2#: How much will that be?
#Person1#: $130 a night, including breakfast.
#Person2#: That'll be fine.
#Person1#: May I have your name, please?
#Person2#: Faber, Faber, Faber, Mr. Faber.
#Person1#: Thank you for calling, Mr. Faber. Goodbye.
#Person2#: Bye.",Mr. Faber calls #Person1# to book a double room for 3 nights at York Hotel.
test_145_2,"#Person1#: York Hotel, can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, I'd like to book a room for 3 nights.
#Person1#: When will you be arriving?
#Person2#: We'll arrive the day after tomorrow. That's July twntieth.
#Person1#: Yes, sir. Single or double?
#Person2#: One double room.
#Person1#: Alright. One double room until the twenty-third.
#Person2#: How much will that be?
#Person1#: $130 a night, including breakfast.
#Person2#: That'll be fine.
#Person1#: May I have your name, please?
#Person2#: Faber, Faber, Faber, Mr. Faber.
#Person1#: Thank you for calling, Mr. Faber. Goodbye.
#Person2#: Bye.",Mr. Faber books a double room for 3 nights from July 20th at York Hotel.
test_145_3,"#Person1#: York Hotel, can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, I'd like to book a room for 3 nights.
#Person1#: When will you be arriving?
#Person2#: We'll arrive the day after tomorrow. That's July twntieth.
#Person1#: Yes, sir. Single or double?
#Person2#: One double room.
#Person1#: Alright. One double room until the twenty-third.
#Person2#: How much will that be?
#Person1#: $130 a night, including breakfast.
#Person2#: That'll be fine.
#Person1#: May I have your name, please?
#Person2#: Faber, Faber, Faber, Mr. Faber.
#Person1#: Thank you for calling, Mr. Faber. Goodbye.
#Person2#: Bye.",Mr. Faber books a double room for three nights from July 20th at York Hotel.
test_146_1,"#Person1#:  So is there any other area I should look at as well?
#Person2#: Yes, I'd recommend West Derby. That will be closer to your office.
#Person1#:  That sounds good.
#Person2#:  Yes, and if you have children, it also has very good schools.
#Person1#:  That's not my concern. I live on my own so I'm only looking for a cheap single room, something like a flat.
#Person2#:  Umm, that may be a problem here in this area then, because there are mostly larger houses here. You'd probably be able to share one with other people who want to rent though.
#Person1#:  No, I'm only interested in flats at the moment.
#Person2#:  We actually have another office in South Derby, and the guy who works there is a really good friend of mine. His name is John Godfrey.
#Person1#:  Could you tell me his telephone number?
#Person2#:  It's 074263951.
#Person1#:  Great. Is there a good time to call him? I'm here for a whole week until Sunday tenth.
#Person2#:  I'm sure he'll be able to see you on Saturday.
#Person1#:  That sounds fine. Thanks for your help.",#Person1# wants a cheap single room. #Person2# recommends calling John Godfrey and see him on Saturday.
test_146_2,"#Person1#:  So is there any other area I should look at as well?
#Person2#: Yes, I'd recommend West Derby. That will be closer to your office.
#Person1#:  That sounds good.
#Person2#:  Yes, and if you have children, it also has very good schools.
#Person1#:  That's not my concern. I live on my own so I'm only looking for a cheap single room, something like a flat.
#Person2#:  Umm, that may be a problem here in this area then, because there are mostly larger houses here. You'd probably be able to share one with other people who want to rent though.
#Person1#:  No, I'm only interested in flats at the moment.
#Person2#:  We actually have another office in South Derby, and the guy who works there is a really good friend of mine. His name is John Godfrey.
#Person1#:  Could you tell me his telephone number?
#Person2#:  It's 074263951.
#Person1#:  Great. Is there a good time to call him? I'm here for a whole week until Sunday tenth.
#Person2#:  I'm sure he'll be able to see you on Saturday.
#Person1#:  That sounds fine. Thanks for your help.",#Person1# is looking for a cheap single room. #Person2# recommends #Person1# to contact John Godfrey on Saturday.
test_146_3,"#Person1#:  So is there any other area I should look at as well?
#Person2#: Yes, I'd recommend West Derby. That will be closer to your office.
#Person1#:  That sounds good.
#Person2#:  Yes, and if you have children, it also has very good schools.
#Person1#:  That's not my concern. I live on my own so I'm only looking for a cheap single room, something like a flat.
#Person2#:  Umm, that may be a problem here in this area then, because there are mostly larger houses here. You'd probably be able to share one with other people who want to rent though.
#Person1#:  No, I'm only interested in flats at the moment.
#Person2#:  We actually have another office in South Derby, and the guy who works there is a really good friend of mine. His name is John Godfrey.
#Person1#:  Could you tell me his telephone number?
#Person2#:  It's 074263951.
#Person1#:  Great. Is there a good time to call him? I'm here for a whole week until Sunday tenth.
#Person2#:  I'm sure he'll be able to see you on Saturday.
#Person1#:  That sounds fine. Thanks for your help.",#Person1# is looking for a cheap single room. #Person2# gives #Person1# John Godfrey's phone number that could help to find a room and suggests that they meet on Saturday.
test_147_1,"#Person1#: This is all your fault. This wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to give money to that policeman.
#Person2#: Well, if you'd listen to me when I suggested asking someone for directions, we wouldn't have got lost in the first place, would we?
#Person1#: Oh, go on, blame it all on me. You were the one who was driving when we got stopped by the police. If you hadn't been speeding, we wouldn't have been stopped at all.
#Person2#: That's not fair. We were doing fine until you suddenly decided you knew a quicker way.
#Person1#: Oh, come on, I only suggest it because we were running so late. We would have been fine if you hadn't suggested driving instead of taking the train.
#Person2#: No, we would have been fine if you had remembered to book tickets.",#Person1# and #Person2# blame each other for the series of bad experiences during the journey.
test_147_2,"#Person1#: This is all your fault. This wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to give money to that policeman.
#Person2#: Well, if you'd listen to me when I suggested asking someone for directions, we wouldn't have got lost in the first place, would we?
#Person1#: Oh, go on, blame it all on me. You were the one who was driving when we got stopped by the police. If you hadn't been speeding, we wouldn't have been stopped at all.
#Person2#: That's not fair. We were doing fine until you suddenly decided you knew a quicker way.
#Person1#: Oh, come on, I only suggest it because we were running so late. We would have been fine if you hadn't suggested driving instead of taking the train.
#Person2#: No, we would have been fine if you had remembered to book tickets.",#Person1# and #Person2# are blaming each other for lots of bad experience during the journey.
test_147_3,"#Person1#: This is all your fault. This wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to give money to that policeman.
#Person2#: Well, if you'd listen to me when I suggested asking someone for directions, we wouldn't have got lost in the first place, would we?
#Person1#: Oh, go on, blame it all on me. You were the one who was driving when we got stopped by the police. If you hadn't been speeding, we wouldn't have been stopped at all.
#Person2#: That's not fair. We were doing fine until you suddenly decided you knew a quicker way.
#Person1#: Oh, come on, I only suggest it because we were running so late. We would have been fine if you hadn't suggested driving instead of taking the train.
#Person2#: No, we would have been fine if you had remembered to book tickets.",#Person1# and #Person2# quarrel and blame each other because of bad experiences during the journey.
test_148_1,"#Person1#: Hi, Dan, I'm calling to check on that order of 100 computers were the tenth of September. However, it has been delayed for 2 days.
#Person2#: Yes, I know. I mean to call you and tell you that the factory is short of hands at the moment. They say they can get the order to you by the eighteenth.
#Person1#: Oh, that's too late. If you can give me Steve's phone number, I'll call him and tell him about this. Do you have his number handy?
#Person2#: Yes, it's 87506638.
#Person1#: Sorry, is that double 6 or double 3?
#Person2#: Double 6.
#Person1#: I suppose he can't really complain. Those computers are a bargain.
#Person2#: Exactly. A few days, it shouldn't make that much difference. Thanks for understanding, Darlene.
#Person1#: No problem.",Darlene calls to check the delayed order. Dan tells her the situation. Darlene will talk to Steve.
test_148_2,"#Person1#: Hi, Dan, I'm calling to check on that order of 100 computers were the tenth of September. However, it has been delayed for 2 days.
#Person2#: Yes, I know. I mean to call you and tell you that the factory is short of hands at the moment. They say they can get the order to you by the eighteenth.
#Person1#: Oh, that's too late. If you can give me Steve's phone number, I'll call him and tell him about this. Do you have his number handy?
#Person2#: Yes, it's 87506638.
#Person1#: Sorry, is that double 6 or double 3?
#Person2#: Double 6.
#Person1#: I suppose he can't really complain. Those computers are a bargain.
#Person2#: Exactly. A few days, it shouldn't make that much difference. Thanks for understanding, Darlene.
#Person1#: No problem.",Darlene calls Dan to check on the delay of the order. Dan explains to her the reason for the delay. Darlene decides to talk to Steven.
test_148_3,"#Person1#: Hi, Dan, I'm calling to check on that order of 100 computers were the tenth of September. However, it has been delayed for 2 days.
#Person2#: Yes, I know. I mean to call you and tell you that the factory is short of hands at the moment. They say they can get the order to you by the eighteenth.
#Person1#: Oh, that's too late. If you can give me Steve's phone number, I'll call him and tell him about this. Do you have his number handy?
#Person2#: Yes, it's 87506638.
#Person1#: Sorry, is that double 6 or double 3?
#Person2#: Double 6.
#Person1#: I suppose he can't really complain. Those computers are a bargain.
#Person2#: Exactly. A few days, it shouldn't make that much difference. Thanks for understanding, Darlene.
#Person1#: No problem.",Darlen calls Dan to check the delayed order of computers. Dan explains to her the reason for the delay. Darlene decides to talk to Steven.
test_149_1,"#Person1#: Look, here is a copy of the Washington Post. Do you know when it was founded?
#Person2#: I happened to have a book right here about the development of newspapers. Let me see. Oh, it was founded in December eighteen seventy-seven by Stilson Hutchens.
#Person1#: Which newspaper is elder, the New York Times or the Washington Post?
#Person2#: The New York Times. It was founded in September eighteen fifty-one by Henry Raymond and George Jones.
#Person1#: How about the Los Angeles Times?
#Person2#: It was first published in December eighteen eighty-one, under the direction of Nathan Cole Junior and Thomas Guardineer.","#Person2# tells #Person1# the founders and founding times of the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times."
test_149_2,"#Person1#: Look, here is a copy of the Washington Post. Do you know when it was founded?
#Person2#: I happened to have a book right here about the development of newspapers. Let me see. Oh, it was founded in December eighteen seventy-seven by Stilson Hutchens.
#Person1#: Which newspaper is elder, the New York Times or the Washington Post?
#Person2#: The New York Times. It was founded in September eighteen fifty-one by Henry Raymond and George Jones.
#Person1#: How about the Los Angeles Times?
#Person2#: It was first published in December eighteen eighty-one, under the direction of Nathan Cole Junior and Thomas Guardineer.","#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about the founding time and founder of the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times were founded."
test_149_3,"#Person1#: Look, here is a copy of the Washington Post. Do you know when it was founded?
#Person2#: I happened to have a book right here about the development of newspapers. Let me see. Oh, it was founded in December eighteen seventy-seven by Stilson Hutchens.
#Person1#: Which newspaper is elder, the New York Times or the Washington Post?
#Person2#: The New York Times. It was founded in September eighteen fifty-one by Henry Raymond and George Jones.
#Person1#: How about the Los Angeles Times?
#Person2#: It was first published in December eighteen eighty-one, under the direction of Nathan Cole Junior and Thomas Guardineer.","#Person2# tells #Person1# the founder and the founding time of the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times."
test_150_1,"#Person1#: What's up?
#Person2#: I guess there is some kind of virus seeking into my computer, I can't send out this e-mail. Do you have the number of the text port?
#Person1#: Do you mind I have a look at your computer?
#Person2#: Of course not, I appreciate that.
#Person1#: Well, it has nothing to do with virus. The problem is your attachment is a bit larger. It has exceeded the e-mail capacity.
#Person2#: I see. What can I do now?
#Person1#: You can send a compressed one.",#Person1# finds that #Person2# e-mail exceeds capacity and suggests #Person2# compress the email.
test_150_2,"#Person1#: What's up?
#Person2#: I guess there is some kind of virus seeking into my computer, I can't send out this e-mail. Do you have the number of the text port?
#Person1#: Do you mind I have a look at your computer?
#Person2#: Of course not, I appreciate that.
#Person1#: Well, it has nothing to do with virus. The problem is your attachment is a bit larger. It has exceeded the e-mail capacity.
#Person2#: I see. What can I do now?
#Person1#: You can send a compressed one.","#Person2#'s attachment exceeds the e-mail capacity, #Person1# suggests compressing it."
test_150_3,"#Person1#: What's up?
#Person2#: I guess there is some kind of virus seeking into my computer, I can't send out this e-mail. Do you have the number of the text port?
#Person1#: Do you mind I have a look at your computer?
#Person2#: Of course not, I appreciate that.
#Person1#: Well, it has nothing to do with virus. The problem is your attachment is a bit larger. It has exceeded the e-mail capacity.
#Person2#: I see. What can I do now?
#Person1#: You can send a compressed one.",#Person2# can't send out an email. #Person1# suggests #Person2#'s attachment be compressed.
test_151_1,"#Person1#: Have you enjoyed your weekend?
#Person2#: Yes, it's been marvelous. It really was very kind of you to invite me. I hope it hasn't been too much trouble.
#Person1#: Not at all. We've really enjoyed having you. I hope you'll come and stay again next time you're in Changsha.",#Person2# tells #Person1# #Person2# enjoyed the weekend organized by #Person1#.
test_151_2,"#Person1#: Have you enjoyed your weekend?
#Person2#: Yes, it's been marvelous. It really was very kind of you to invite me. I hope it hasn't been too much trouble.
#Person1#: Not at all. We've really enjoyed having you. I hope you'll come and stay again next time you're in Changsha.",#Person1# and #Person2# has enjoyed a nice weekend together.
test_151_3,"#Person1#: Have you enjoyed your weekend?
#Person2#: Yes, it's been marvelous. It really was very kind of you to invite me. I hope it hasn't been too much trouble.
#Person1#: Not at all. We've really enjoyed having you. I hope you'll come and stay again next time you're in Changsha.",#Person1# invited #Person2# to spend the weekend and #Person2# has enjoyed it.
test_152_1,"#Person1#: I want to get a bite to eat.
#Person2#: What are you thinking of getting?
#Person1#: I have no idea what I want.
#Person2#: You can get a burger, or some Chinese food. Or maybe you can get some Mexican food.
#Person1#: I wouldn't mind getting some Chinese food.
#Person2#: Where are you going to get your Chinese food from?
#Person1#: I'm not sure.
#Person2#: When I want Chinese food, I go to Panda Express.
#Person1#: Do they do a good job on the food?
#Person2#: The food isn't bad there.
#Person1#: I think I will get my food from Panda Express, too.",#Person2# offers #Person1# suggestions about what to eat. #Person1# will go to Panda Express.
test_152_2,"#Person1#: I want to get a bite to eat.
#Person2#: What are you thinking of getting?
#Person1#: I have no idea what I want.
#Person2#: You can get a burger, or some Chinese food. Or maybe you can get some Mexican food.
#Person1#: I wouldn't mind getting some Chinese food.
#Person2#: Where are you going to get your Chinese food from?
#Person1#: I'm not sure.
#Person2#: When I want Chinese food, I go to Panda Express.
#Person1#: Do they do a good job on the food?
#Person2#: The food isn't bad there.
#Person1#: I think I will get my food from Panda Express, too.",#Person1# wants to eat something and #Person2# gives some advice. #Person1# finally goes to eat Chinese food.
test_152_3,"#Person1#: I want to get a bite to eat.
#Person2#: What are you thinking of getting?
#Person1#: I have no idea what I want.
#Person2#: You can get a burger, or some Chinese food. Or maybe you can get some Mexican food.
#Person1#: I wouldn't mind getting some Chinese food.
#Person2#: Where are you going to get your Chinese food from?
#Person1#: I'm not sure.
#Person2#: When I want Chinese food, I go to Panda Express.
#Person1#: Do they do a good job on the food?
#Person2#: The food isn't bad there.
#Person1#: I think I will get my food from Panda Express, too.",#Person1# is hungry. #Person2# says the Chinese food from Panda Express is good.
test_153_1,"#Person1#: Hi, Tom! This is Marry with Hans furniture store.
#Person2#: Yes, Marry?
#Person1#: I just wanted to let you to know that we had decided to offer the sales position to someone else.
#Person2#: I see.
#Person1#: We considered you very carefully but the other candidate has more experience.
#Person2#: Maybe so. But I'm fast learner and I'm willing to work overtime to learn the business.
#Person1#: I'm sure you are.
#Person2#: I must to ask you to reconsider your decision and give me a chance.",Mary from Hans furniture tells Tom they decide not to employ him but Tom asks the store to reconsider him.
test_153_2,"#Person1#: Hi, Tom! This is Marry with Hans furniture store.
#Person2#: Yes, Marry?
#Person1#: I just wanted to let you to know that we had decided to offer the sales position to someone else.
#Person2#: I see.
#Person1#: We considered you very carefully but the other candidate has more experience.
#Person2#: Maybe so. But I'm fast learner and I'm willing to work overtime to learn the business.
#Person1#: I'm sure you are.
#Person2#: I must to ask you to reconsider your decision and give me a chance.",Marry calls Tom to inform him that they decide to offer the sales position to someone else. Tom wants them to reconsider.
test_153_3,"#Person1#: Hi, Tom! This is Marry with Hans furniture store.
#Person2#: Yes, Marry?
#Person1#: I just wanted to let you to know that we had decided to offer the sales position to someone else.
#Person2#: I see.
#Person1#: We considered you very carefully but the other candidate has more experience.
#Person2#: Maybe so. But I'm fast learner and I'm willing to work overtime to learn the business.
#Person1#: I'm sure you are.
#Person2#: I must to ask you to reconsider your decision and give me a chance.",Tom wants Marry to reconsider the decision of offering the sales position to someone else instead of him.
test_154_1,"#Person1#: Hello? Hello?
#Person2#: ...
#Person1#: Hello? Who is calling, please?
#Person2#: ...
#Person1#: Listen, I know who you are. It's your tenth time calling me. If you call this number again, I'll call the police and report you. You'll be arrested. I've got your number.",#Person1# is angry about the crank calls.
test_154_2,"#Person1#: Hello? Hello?
#Person2#: ...
#Person1#: Hello? Who is calling, please?
#Person2#: ...
#Person1#: Listen, I know who you are. It's your tenth time calling me. If you call this number again, I'll call the police and report you. You'll be arrested. I've got your number.",#Person1# gets a crank call and is angry about it.
test_154_3,"#Person1#: Hello? Hello?
#Person2#: ...
#Person1#: Hello? Who is calling, please?
#Person2#: ...
#Person1#: Listen, I know who you are. It's your tenth time calling me. If you call this number again, I'll call the police and report you. You'll be arrested. I've got your number.",#Person1# receives a phone call but no one speaks.
test_155_1,"#Person1#: Good morning, thanks for coming. Shall we begin? Why do you want to be a music teacher?
#Person2#: Because I've been always loving music since I was young. And I hope I could have a job that suits my interest.
#Person1#: Do you have a degree in related fields?
#Person2#: Yes, I have a bachelor and a master degree in music and art.
#Person1#: Oh, that's very impressive. What kind of music do you like listening to?
#Person2#: I like many kinds of music. Sometimes I listen to the music that has fast beat and is lively, like dance music. You know, I go to a disco almost every week. Sometimes it's too loud though. And I love classical music the most. I find it very relaxing. I often listen to Mozart or Bach in the evening after a hard day at work.
#Person1#: How do you know about classical music?
#Person1#: Actually, I specialized in classical music for my master study. Classical music is supposed to be good for you brain. Researches suggest that it makes your brain more active. Students who listen to classical music while studying perform better. That's true. There's clear evidence that people who listen to lively music are lively people. Music can influence a person's feeling and character.
#Person2#: Good, I am pretty satisfied with your background. Do you think students should listen to more classical music than others and why?
#Person1#: Yes. Sometimes students can be stressful. Listening to classical music is helpful in reducing stress. That's why I listen to it in the evenings. I usually play it as background music while I'm cooking or doing other housework.
#Person2#: Okay, I think I've known enough of you. The interview is over.
#Person1#: Thank you for your time.
#Person2#: Oh, by the way. I think I may want to listen to some classical music. Do you have any suggestions?
#Person1#: You can find plenty of recording on the internet. You can search and listen to different classical music and see which interests you the most. You can also buy them very cheaply online if you like them.
#Person2#: That's a good idea. I'll try it.",#Person2# is being interviewed for a music teacher. #Person2# says #Person2# has degrees in music and specializes in classic music. Then #Person2# shares some research about classic music that can make people relaxed. #Person1# is very satisfied with #Person2#. #Person2# gives some suggestions on how to start listening to classical music.
test_155_2,"#Person1#: Good morning, thanks for coming. Shall we begin? Why do you want to be a music teacher?
#Person2#: Because I've been always loving music since I was young. And I hope I could have a job that suits my interest.
#Person1#: Do you have a degree in related fields?
#Person2#: Yes, I have a bachelor and a master degree in music and art.
#Person1#: Oh, that's very impressive. What kind of music do you like listening to?
#Person2#: I like many kinds of music. Sometimes I listen to the music that has fast beat and is lively, like dance music. You know, I go to a disco almost every week. Sometimes it's too loud though. And I love classical music the most. I find it very relaxing. I often listen to Mozart or Bach in the evening after a hard day at work.
#Person1#: How do you know about classical music?
#Person1#: Actually, I specialized in classical music for my master study. Classical music is supposed to be good for you brain. Researches suggest that it makes your brain more active. Students who listen to classical music while studying perform better. That's true. There's clear evidence that people who listen to lively music are lively people. Music can influence a person's feeling and character.
#Person2#: Good, I am pretty satisfied with your background. Do you think students should listen to more classical music than others and why?
#Person1#: Yes. Sometimes students can be stressful. Listening to classical music is helpful in reducing stress. That's why I listen to it in the evenings. I usually play it as background music while I'm cooking or doing other housework.
#Person2#: Okay, I think I've known enough of you. The interview is over.
#Person1#: Thank you for your time.
#Person2#: Oh, by the way. I think I may want to listen to some classical music. Do you have any suggestions?
#Person1#: You can find plenty of recording on the internet. You can search and listen to different classical music and see which interests you the most. You can also buy them very cheaply online if you like them.
#Person2#: That's a good idea. I'll try it.","#Person1# interviews #Person2# for a music teacher position. #Person1# is very satisfied with #Person2#'s educational background in music and #Person2#'s understanding of classical music. After the interview, #Person2# suggests #Person1# can develop interests in classic music by listening to different classic music online."
test_155_3,"#Person1#: Good morning, thanks for coming. Shall we begin? Why do you want to be a music teacher?
#Person2#: Because I've been always loving music since I was young. And I hope I could have a job that suits my interest.
#Person1#: Do you have a degree in related fields?
#Person2#: Yes, I have a bachelor and a master degree in music and art.
#Person1#: Oh, that's very impressive. What kind of music do you like listening to?
#Person2#: I like many kinds of music. Sometimes I listen to the music that has fast beat and is lively, like dance music. You know, I go to a disco almost every week. Sometimes it's too loud though. And I love classical music the most. I find it very relaxing. I often listen to Mozart or Bach in the evening after a hard day at work.
#Person1#: How do you know about classical music?
#Person1#: Actually, I specialized in classical music for my master study. Classical music is supposed to be good for you brain. Researches suggest that it makes your brain more active. Students who listen to classical music while studying perform better. That's true. There's clear evidence that people who listen to lively music are lively people. Music can influence a person's feeling and character.
#Person2#: Good, I am pretty satisfied with your background. Do you think students should listen to more classical music than others and why?
#Person1#: Yes. Sometimes students can be stressful. Listening to classical music is helpful in reducing stress. That's why I listen to it in the evenings. I usually play it as background music while I'm cooking or doing other housework.
#Person2#: Okay, I think I've known enough of you. The interview is over.
#Person1#: Thank you for your time.
#Person2#: Oh, by the way. I think I may want to listen to some classical music. Do you have any suggestions?
#Person1#: You can find plenty of recording on the internet. You can search and listen to different classical music and see which interests you the most. You can also buy them very cheaply online if you like them.
#Person2#: That's a good idea. I'll try it.",#Person2# is being interviewed for a music teacher. #Person1# is impressed by #Person2#'s background and knowledge of classical music. And #Person1# will try classical music.
test_156_1,"#Person1#: It's a lovely day, isn't it?
#Person2#: Yeah, and most excitingly, I met the girl living under me today. She's really nice.
#Person1#: Is she American?
#Person2#: Yeah, and most importantly, she's single! Man, I could tell from the moment I saw her, she's the girl of my dreams!
#Person1#: So I take it you two are hitting it off? I know it's very convenient to be in a relationship with your neighbor, but what if you break up?
#Person2#: I don't know. I am not really worried about that. I don't wanna lose before even starting. Besides I think the other two American guys have also fallen for her.
#Person1#: Sounds like you've got some competition. You made a move already?
#Person2#: Not yet. But I am thinking of inviting her to dinner sometime. I know some good restaurants nearby.
#Person1#: That's nice. Having been here a little while surely gives you the advantage, eh?
#Person2#: You bet. Now that you mentioned it, I think I'll call her now and see if she is available tonight.
#Person1#: Good luck!
#Person2#: Thanks!","#Person2# likes his neibourhood girl who is popular. Although #Person1# analyses the disadvantages, #Person2# still decides to date with her."
test_156_2,"#Person1#: It's a lovely day, isn't it?
#Person2#: Yeah, and most excitingly, I met the girl living under me today. She's really nice.
#Person1#: Is she American?
#Person2#: Yeah, and most importantly, she's single! Man, I could tell from the moment I saw her, she's the girl of my dreams!
#Person1#: So I take it you two are hitting it off? I know it's very convenient to be in a relationship with your neighbor, but what if you break up?
#Person2#: I don't know. I am not really worried about that. I don't wanna lose before even starting. Besides I think the other two American guys have also fallen for her.
#Person1#: Sounds like you've got some competition. You made a move already?
#Person2#: Not yet. But I am thinking of inviting her to dinner sometime. I know some good restaurants nearby.
#Person1#: That's nice. Having been here a little while surely gives you the advantage, eh?
#Person2#: You bet. Now that you mentioned it, I think I'll call her now and see if she is available tonight.
#Person1#: Good luck!
#Person2#: Thanks!",#Person2# tells #Person1# that he falls in love with his neighbour and #Person1# thinks he has some competition and wishes him good luck.
test_156_3,"#Person1#: It's a lovely day, isn't it?
#Person2#: Yeah, and most excitingly, I met the girl living under me today. She's really nice.
#Person1#: Is she American?
#Person2#: Yeah, and most importantly, she's single! Man, I could tell from the moment I saw her, she's the girl of my dreams!
#Person1#: So I take it you two are hitting it off? I know it's very convenient to be in a relationship with your neighbor, but what if you break up?
#Person2#: I don't know. I am not really worried about that. I don't wanna lose before even starting. Besides I think the other two American guys have also fallen for her.
#Person1#: Sounds like you've got some competition. You made a move already?
#Person2#: Not yet. But I am thinking of inviting her to dinner sometime. I know some good restaurants nearby.
#Person1#: That's nice. Having been here a little while surely gives you the advantage, eh?
#Person2#: You bet. Now that you mentioned it, I think I'll call her now and see if she is available tonight.
#Person1#: Good luck!
#Person2#: Thanks!",#Person2# tells #Person1# he falls in love with the girl living under him and she's very popular. #Person2#'s going to call her now and invite her to dinner tonight.
test_157_1,"#Person1#: Did you see the way that Mirella came to work yesterday? Ever since she came back from that conference in Silicon Valley, she's been coming to work dressed in jeans and sweatshirts. It's like she's decided to make herself at home in her office. I don't know how long it'll take before the management talks to her about it.
#Person2#: She was really influenced by the way they do things on the west coast. I guess the working atmosphere is a lot more relaxed and casual in California. It comes from the information technology industry. . there isn't such a large division between home and office, so people want to work in the clothes they feel more relaxed in.
#Person1#: Maybe so, but it seems kind of strange, which the rest of us in white shirts, dark suites, and ties.
#Person2#: It's not as bad as that. . . We are allowed to wear more casual jackets and trousers. Besides, didn't you hear what Mirella found on her desk this morning?
#Person1#: What's that?
#Person2#: Management decided to give her four brand new white dress. That's their way of telling her that her new style of dressing down is not quite acceptable.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about Mirella's dressing style in the office which is different from others. The management decided to give Mirella formal clothes directly to warn her.
test_157_2,"#Person1#: Did you see the way that Mirella came to work yesterday? Ever since she came back from that conference in Silicon Valley, she's been coming to work dressed in jeans and sweatshirts. It's like she's decided to make herself at home in her office. I don't know how long it'll take before the management talks to her about it.
#Person2#: She was really influenced by the way they do things on the west coast. I guess the working atmosphere is a lot more relaxed and casual in California. It comes from the information technology industry. . there isn't such a large division between home and office, so people want to work in the clothes they feel more relaxed in.
#Person1#: Maybe so, but it seems kind of strange, which the rest of us in white shirts, dark suites, and ties.
#Person2#: It's not as bad as that. . . We are allowed to wear more casual jackets and trousers. Besides, didn't you hear what Mirella found on her desk this morning?
#Person1#: What's that?
#Person2#: Management decided to give her four brand new white dress. That's their way of telling her that her new style of dressing down is not quite acceptable.",#Person1# thinks it's strange of Mirella wearing casually in the office. #Person2# thinks she was influenced by the casual atmosphere in California and tells #Person1# management decided to give her a new white dress to warn her.
test_157_3,"#Person1#: Did you see the way that Mirella came to work yesterday? Ever since she came back from that conference in Silicon Valley, she's been coming to work dressed in jeans and sweatshirts. It's like she's decided to make herself at home in her office. I don't know how long it'll take before the management talks to her about it.
#Person2#: She was really influenced by the way they do things on the west coast. I guess the working atmosphere is a lot more relaxed and casual in California. It comes from the information technology industry. . there isn't such a large division between home and office, so people want to work in the clothes they feel more relaxed in.
#Person1#: Maybe so, but it seems kind of strange, which the rest of us in white shirts, dark suites, and ties.
#Person2#: It's not as bad as that. . . We are allowed to wear more casual jackets and trousers. Besides, didn't you hear what Mirella found on her desk this morning?
#Person1#: What's that?
#Person2#: Management decided to give her four brand new white dress. That's their way of telling her that her new style of dressing down is not quite acceptable.",#Person1# and #Person2# talks about Mirella dressed casually after she came back from Silicon Valley. Managements put white shirts on her desk to warn her.
test_158_1,"#Person1#: You're going to set up your own law office, aren't you?
#Person2#: Yes. After so many years of hard work, I'd rather I had an office of my own.
#Person1#: If you need help, don't hesitate to ask me.
#Person2#: I'll be very glad if you would help.
#Person1#: I'd like to wish you every success in your new venture.
#Person2#: Thank you. I wish I would.
#Person1#: Good luck to you.",#Person1# congratulates #Person2# on #Person2#'s new venture and expresses #Person1#'s willingness to help.
test_158_2,"#Person1#: You're going to set up your own law office, aren't you?
#Person2#: Yes. After so many years of hard work, I'd rather I had an office of my own.
#Person1#: If you need help, don't hesitate to ask me.
#Person2#: I'll be very glad if you would help.
#Person1#: I'd like to wish you every success in your new venture.
#Person2#: Thank you. I wish I would.
#Person1#: Good luck to you.",#Person1# is willing to offer #Person2# help in setting up a law office.
test_158_3,"#Person1#: You're going to set up your own law office, aren't you?
#Person2#: Yes. After so many years of hard work, I'd rather I had an office of my own.
#Person1#: If you need help, don't hesitate to ask me.
#Person2#: I'll be very glad if you would help.
#Person1#: I'd like to wish you every success in your new venture.
#Person2#: Thank you. I wish I would.
#Person1#: Good luck to you.",#Person2# is going to set up #Person2#'s own law office. #Person1# wishes #Person2# good luck.
test_159_1,"#Person1#: Hello, Kate.
#Person2#: Hi, Peter. I didn't see you last night. Where did you go?
#Person1#: I was almost on line the whole night.
#Person2#: Did you play network games the whole night?
#Person1#: No, I listened to the music, too.
#Person2#: What are you going to do now?
#Person1#: I'm tired. I need a rest.",Peter tells Kate he played games and listened to music the whole last night.
test_159_2,"#Person1#: Hello, Kate.
#Person2#: Hi, Peter. I didn't see you last night. Where did you go?
#Person1#: I was almost on line the whole night.
#Person2#: Did you play network games the whole night?
#Person1#: No, I listened to the music, too.
#Person2#: What are you going to do now?
#Person1#: I'm tired. I need a rest.",Peter tells Kate he stayed up and he's tired now.
test_159_3,"#Person1#: Hello, Kate.
#Person2#: Hi, Peter. I didn't see you last night. Where did you go?
#Person1#: I was almost on line the whole night.
#Person2#: Did you play network games the whole night?
#Person1#: No, I listened to the music, too.
#Person2#: What are you going to do now?
#Person1#: I'm tired. I need a rest.",Peter tells Kate he stayed up. He's tired now and needs a rest.
test_160_1,"#Person1#: Nowadays, ships and boats are no longer so important in transportation as they used to be.
#Person2#: True. With the extension of railways and highways, and the improvement of safety and capacity of airplanes, ships and boats have been giving place to trains, planes and automobiles.
#Person1#: I read in the newspapers that the passenger liners from Shanghai to Ningpo and Dalian have been out of business ; and the liners up and down the Yangtze River have been reduced by 70 %.
#Person2#: The pace of life of people is now getting faster and faster, so the speed of ships and boats seems to be so slow. I think it may be the reason why people don't like to travel by boat.
#Person1#: But the most of the transoceanic cargo transportation is still carried by boat.",#Person2# explains alternatives of sea transportation but #Person1# addresses the importance of boat in transoceanic cargo transportation.
test_160_2,"#Person1#: Nowadays, ships and boats are no longer so important in transportation as they used to be.
#Person2#: True. With the extension of railways and highways, and the improvement of safety and capacity of airplanes, ships and boats have been giving place to trains, planes and automobiles.
#Person1#: I read in the newspapers that the passenger liners from Shanghai to Ningpo and Dalian have been out of business ; and the liners up and down the Yangtze River have been reduced by 70 %.
#Person2#: The pace of life of people is now getting faster and faster, so the speed of ships and boats seems to be so slow. I think it may be the reason why people don't like to travel by boat.
#Person1#: But the most of the transoceanic cargo transportation is still carried by boat.",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about the development of transportation and the importance of boats.
test_160_3,"#Person1#: Nowadays, ships and boats are no longer so important in transportation as they used to be.
#Person2#: True. With the extension of railways and highways, and the improvement of safety and capacity of airplanes, ships and boats have been giving place to trains, planes and automobiles.
#Person1#: I read in the newspapers that the passenger liners from Shanghai to Ningpo and Dalian have been out of business ; and the liners up and down the Yangtze River have been reduced by 70 %.
#Person2#: The pace of life of people is now getting faster and faster, so the speed of ships and boats seems to be so slow. I think it may be the reason why people don't like to travel by boat.
#Person1#: But the most of the transoceanic cargo transportation is still carried by boat.","#Person2# tells #Person1# that ships and boats have been giving places to other transportations because people's life is getting faster, but #Person1# thinks they are still important."
test_161_1,"#Person1#: Hi, Fanny.
#Person2#: Hi, Andy.
#Person1#: Are you feeling OK? You sound a little tired this morning.
#Person2#: I did not sleep much last night. I really feel bad. It was a crazy night.
#Person1#: What happened?
#Person2#: I had a bad dream. I was walking alone in the graveyard, and suddenly all the ghosts jumped out of their graves. They began to chase me through the graveyard and shouted that they wanted my blood.
#Person1#: Oh, what a nightmare! Then what happened?
#Person2#: My mother woke me up. She had heard me crying out for help.
#Person1#: You have got a great mother.
#Person2#: I felt embarrased. After all, I am 18 years old. Mom gave me some chocolate cookies and a glass of milk.
#Person1#: That sounds good!
#Person2#: Yeah, but i was afraid to fall back asleep. I am worrying about getting into the University of Michigan.
#Person1#: Me too. But I tell myself that if they don't accept me, another school will.",Fanny had a nightmare because of the pressure from school applications. Her mother and Andy both comfort her.
test_161_2,"#Person1#: Hi, Fanny.
#Person2#: Hi, Andy.
#Person1#: Are you feeling OK? You sound a little tired this morning.
#Person2#: I did not sleep much last night. I really feel bad. It was a crazy night.
#Person1#: What happened?
#Person2#: I had a bad dream. I was walking alone in the graveyard, and suddenly all the ghosts jumped out of their graves. They began to chase me through the graveyard and shouted that they wanted my blood.
#Person1#: Oh, what a nightmare! Then what happened?
#Person2#: My mother woke me up. She had heard me crying out for help.
#Person1#: You have got a great mother.
#Person2#: I felt embarrased. After all, I am 18 years old. Mom gave me some chocolate cookies and a glass of milk.
#Person1#: That sounds good!
#Person2#: Yeah, but i was afraid to fall back asleep. I am worrying about getting into the University of Michigan.
#Person1#: Me too. But I tell myself that if they don't accept me, another school will.",Fanny had a nightmare last night and her mother consoled her. Andy listens to her experience and thinks she has a good mother.
test_161_3,"#Person1#: Hi, Fanny.
#Person2#: Hi, Andy.
#Person1#: Are you feeling OK? You sound a little tired this morning.
#Person2#: I did not sleep much last night. I really feel bad. It was a crazy night.
#Person1#: What happened?
#Person2#: I had a bad dream. I was walking alone in the graveyard, and suddenly all the ghosts jumped out of their graves. They began to chase me through the graveyard and shouted that they wanted my blood.
#Person1#: Oh, what a nightmare! Then what happened?
#Person2#: My mother woke me up. She had heard me crying out for help.
#Person1#: You have got a great mother.
#Person2#: I felt embarrased. After all, I am 18 years old. Mom gave me some chocolate cookies and a glass of milk.
#Person1#: That sounds good!
#Person2#: Yeah, but i was afraid to fall back asleep. I am worrying about getting into the University of Michigan.
#Person1#: Me too. But I tell myself that if they don't accept me, another school will.",Fanny had a bad dream last night. She is worried about getting into the University of Michigan. Andy comforts her.
test_162_1,"#Person1#: Ernie, I'm really excited about starting this band together. We're going to be the two coolest students on campus.
#Person2#: I know! It's gonna be great. But what kind of music do you think we should play?
#Person1#: That's a good question. You know I love hip hop, so maybe we can play some Vanilla Ice songs.
#Person2#: Hmm. . . Vanilla Ice? I know his most famous song, ' Ice Ice Baby, ' but I don't know his other songs.
#Person1#: That's OK. You can buy his songs on iTunes and listen to them.",#Person1# and Ernie plan to start a band and they decide to play hip hop music.
test_162_2,"#Person1#: Ernie, I'm really excited about starting this band together. We're going to be the two coolest students on campus.
#Person2#: I know! It's gonna be great. But what kind of music do you think we should play?
#Person1#: That's a good question. You know I love hip hop, so maybe we can play some Vanilla Ice songs.
#Person2#: Hmm. . . Vanilla Ice? I know his most famous song, ' Ice Ice Baby, ' but I don't know his other songs.
#Person1#: That's OK. You can buy his songs on iTunes and listen to them.",#Person1# and Ernie are preparing to start the band at school.
test_162_3,"#Person1#: Ernie, I'm really excited about starting this band together. We're going to be the two coolest students on campus.
#Person2#: I know! It's gonna be great. But what kind of music do you think we should play?
#Person1#: That's a good question. You know I love hip hop, so maybe we can play some Vanilla Ice songs.
#Person2#: Hmm. . . Vanilla Ice? I know his most famous song, ' Ice Ice Baby, ' but I don't know his other songs.
#Person1#: That's OK. You can buy his songs on iTunes and listen to them.",#Person1# and Ernie start their own band on campus. #Person1# suggests they play Vanilla Ice songs.
test_163_1,"#Person1#: Are you enjoying your trip to New Orleans?
#Person2#: Oh, yes. I really like it here.
#Person1#: Would you like to do something tonight?
#Person2#: Sure. I'd love to.
#Person1#: Let's see. Have you been to a jazz club yet?
#Person2#: Yes. I've already been to several clubs here.
#Person1#: OK. What about an evening riverboat tour?
#Person2#: Uh, actually, I've gone twice this week.
#Person1#: So, what do you want to do?
#Person2#: Well, I haven't been to the theater in a long time.
#Person1#: Oh, OK. I hear there's a terrific show at the Sanger Theater.
#Person2#: Great! Let's make a reservation.","#Person1# and #Person2# are discussing where to have fun, and they decide to go to the theater tonight."
test_163_2,"#Person1#: Are you enjoying your trip to New Orleans?
#Person2#: Oh, yes. I really like it here.
#Person1#: Would you like to do something tonight?
#Person2#: Sure. I'd love to.
#Person1#: Let's see. Have you been to a jazz club yet?
#Person2#: Yes. I've already been to several clubs here.
#Person1#: OK. What about an evening riverboat tour?
#Person2#: Uh, actually, I've gone twice this week.
#Person1#: So, what do you want to do?
#Person2#: Well, I haven't been to the theater in a long time.
#Person1#: Oh, OK. I hear there's a terrific show at the Sanger Theater.
#Person2#: Great! Let's make a reservation.",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about what to do tonight and they finally decide to go to watch a show.
test_163_3,"#Person1#: Are you enjoying your trip to New Orleans?
#Person2#: Oh, yes. I really like it here.
#Person1#: Would you like to do something tonight?
#Person2#: Sure. I'd love to.
#Person1#: Let's see. Have you been to a jazz club yet?
#Person2#: Yes. I've already been to several clubs here.
#Person1#: OK. What about an evening riverboat tour?
#Person2#: Uh, actually, I've gone twice this week.
#Person1#: So, what do you want to do?
#Person2#: Well, I haven't been to the theater in a long time.
#Person1#: Oh, OK. I hear there's a terrific show at the Sanger Theater.
#Person2#: Great! Let's make a reservation.","#Person2# hasn't been to the theater for a long time, so #Person1# and #Person2# decide to make a reservation for a show at the Sanger Theater."
test_164_1,"#Person1#: Does it look like a good fit?
#Person2#: It's definitely your size.
#Person1#: Yes, it is very nice. I'll take it.
#Person2#: How do you prefer to pay?
#Person1#: Let me use my credit card.
#Person2#: Now, if you'll just sign here.
#Person1#: No problem.
#Person2#: I hope you enjoy your purchase. Good-bye.",#Person1# buys some nice clothes by credit card with #Person2#'s assistance.
test_164_2,"#Person1#: Does it look like a good fit?
#Person2#: It's definitely your size.
#Person1#: Yes, it is very nice. I'll take it.
#Person2#: How do you prefer to pay?
#Person1#: Let me use my credit card.
#Person2#: Now, if you'll just sign here.
#Person1#: No problem.
#Person2#: I hope you enjoy your purchase. Good-bye.",#Person1# pays #Person2# by credit card for some clothes.
test_164_3,"#Person1#: Does it look like a good fit?
#Person2#: It's definitely your size.
#Person1#: Yes, it is very nice. I'll take it.
#Person2#: How do you prefer to pay?
#Person1#: Let me use my credit card.
#Person2#: Now, if you'll just sign here.
#Person1#: No problem.
#Person2#: I hope you enjoy your purchase. Good-bye.",#Person1# purchases some clothes by credit card with #Person2#'s assistance.
test_165_1,"#Person1#: Mr. Blake? Mr. Foster's on the phone. He'd like to know if you can send over those training manuals?
#Person2#: Oh, tell him I'll leave them at his office tomorrow afternoon.
#Person1#: He was hoping that you could drop them off this afternoon.
#Person2#: I'm afraid that I can't do that. They're at the printer's being copied. They'll be back tomorrow before 1 o'clock.",Mr. Blake explains the training manuals cannot be sent today because they are still being copied.
test_165_2,"#Person1#: Mr. Blake? Mr. Foster's on the phone. He'd like to know if you can send over those training manuals?
#Person2#: Oh, tell him I'll leave them at his office tomorrow afternoon.
#Person1#: He was hoping that you could drop them off this afternoon.
#Person2#: I'm afraid that I can't do that. They're at the printer's being copied. They'll be back tomorrow before 1 o'clock.",#Person1# is transferring the message between Mr. Blake and Mr. Foster about the training manuals.
test_165_3,"#Person1#: Mr. Blake? Mr. Foster's on the phone. He'd like to know if you can send over those training manuals?
#Person2#: Oh, tell him I'll leave them at his office tomorrow afternoon.
#Person1#: He was hoping that you could drop them off this afternoon.
#Person2#: I'm afraid that I can't do that. They're at the printer's being copied. They'll be back tomorrow before 1 o'clock.",Mr. Foster wants the training manuals to be sent this afternoon but Mr. Blake explains that they haven't been printed out yet.
test_166_1,"#Person1#: Are you going anywhere for your vacation?
#Person2#: Yes, we're making plans for a tour.
#Person1#: That'll be lovely. Where are you going?
#Person2#: Well, we will start out from Long Island this Friday. We've planned a four day drive to Salt Lake City, where we'll join my brother and his family on his fortieth birthday.
#Person1#: Well, you've got to prepare a lot of food and enough sleeping bags then.
#Person2#: Oh, we'll spend the nights in hotels and enjoy local food as we pass by. How does it sound, David?
#Person1#: It sounds good. You can do a lot of sightseeing, too.
#Person2#: Yes, we'll take our time. And we'll go to Five Lake Strict and the Wall Street.
#Person1#: So, you're going to have a really nice vacation.
#Person2#: You can say that again.",#Person2# tells David about #Person2#'s planned a long trip for #Person2#'s vacation. David thinks it's nice.
test_166_2,"#Person1#: Are you going anywhere for your vacation?
#Person2#: Yes, we're making plans for a tour.
#Person1#: That'll be lovely. Where are you going?
#Person2#: Well, we will start out from Long Island this Friday. We've planned a four day drive to Salt Lake City, where we'll join my brother and his family on his fortieth birthday.
#Person1#: Well, you've got to prepare a lot of food and enough sleeping bags then.
#Person2#: Oh, we'll spend the nights in hotels and enjoy local food as we pass by. How does it sound, David?
#Person1#: It sounds good. You can do a lot of sightseeing, too.
#Person2#: Yes, we'll take our time. And we'll go to Five Lake Strict and the Wall Street.
#Person1#: So, you're going to have a really nice vacation.
#Person2#: You can say that again.",David and #Person2# are talking about #Person2#'s plan for the vacation. David thinks it sounds good.
test_166_3,"#Person1#: Are you going anywhere for your vacation?
#Person2#: Yes, we're making plans for a tour.
#Person1#: That'll be lovely. Where are you going?
#Person2#: Well, we will start out from Long Island this Friday. We've planned a four day drive to Salt Lake City, where we'll join my brother and his family on his fortieth birthday.
#Person1#: Well, you've got to prepare a lot of food and enough sleeping bags then.
#Person2#: Oh, we'll spend the nights in hotels and enjoy local food as we pass by. How does it sound, David?
#Person1#: It sounds good. You can do a lot of sightseeing, too.
#Person2#: Yes, we'll take our time. And we'll go to Five Lake Strict and the Wall Street.
#Person1#: So, you're going to have a really nice vacation.
#Person2#: You can say that again.",#Person2# tells David the plan for a tour and #Person2# will celebrate #Person2#'s brother's fortieth birthday when at Salt Lake City.
test_167_1,"#Person1#: Where is Pamela?
#Person2#: Is she coming?
#Person1#: She told me she'd be here.
#Person2#: They are announcing your flight. You'd better board the plane.
#Person1#: Are you rushing me?
#Person2#: I am just reminding you about the time. You don't want to miss the plane, do you?
#Person1#: I know what I am doing. Don't worry. Can you do me a favor?
#Person2#: Name it and I'll do it for you.
#Person1#: Take care of Pamela when I am away. She is a nice girl. I don't want her to get hurt or anything.
#Person2#: I've got it.
#Person1#: Thank you. Now I see that you are my true friend. Most of my so-called friends left me at the moment my company went bankrupt. You are the only one who has stood by me the whole time.
#Person2#: I am just doing what I think I should do.
#Person1#: Thank you for being a friend of mine.
#Person2#: This isn't like you. . . Well, I hope you will have a nice flight and a successful start in business
#Person1#: Thank you. I have to leave now. If you see Pamela, tell her I'll write to her.",#Person1# is taking off to restart a business. #Person1# expresses appreciation to #Person2# and asks #Person2# to take care of Pamela.
test_167_2,"#Person1#: Where is Pamela?
#Person2#: Is she coming?
#Person1#: She told me she'd be here.
#Person2#: They are announcing your flight. You'd better board the plane.
#Person1#: Are you rushing me?
#Person2#: I am just reminding you about the time. You don't want to miss the plane, do you?
#Person1#: I know what I am doing. Don't worry. Can you do me a favor?
#Person2#: Name it and I'll do it for you.
#Person1#: Take care of Pamela when I am away. She is a nice girl. I don't want her to get hurt or anything.
#Person2#: I've got it.
#Person1#: Thank you. Now I see that you are my true friend. Most of my so-called friends left me at the moment my company went bankrupt. You are the only one who has stood by me the whole time.
#Person2#: I am just doing what I think I should do.
#Person1#: Thank you for being a friend of mine.
#Person2#: This isn't like you. . . Well, I hope you will have a nice flight and a successful start in business
#Person1#: Thank you. I have to leave now. If you see Pamela, tell her I'll write to her.",#Person1#'s flight is about to take off but #Person1# is waiting for Pamela. #Person1# thanks #Person2# for their friendship and asks #Person2# to take care of Pamela.
test_167_3,"#Person1#: Where is Pamela?
#Person2#: Is she coming?
#Person1#: She told me she'd be here.
#Person2#: They are announcing your flight. You'd better board the plane.
#Person1#: Are you rushing me?
#Person2#: I am just reminding you about the time. You don't want to miss the plane, do you?
#Person1#: I know what I am doing. Don't worry. Can you do me a favor?
#Person2#: Name it and I'll do it for you.
#Person1#: Take care of Pamela when I am away. She is a nice girl. I don't want her to get hurt or anything.
#Person2#: I've got it.
#Person1#: Thank you. Now I see that you are my true friend. Most of my so-called friends left me at the moment my company went bankrupt. You are the only one who has stood by me the whole time.
#Person2#: I am just doing what I think I should do.
#Person1#: Thank you for being a friend of mine.
#Person2#: This isn't like you. . . Well, I hope you will have a nice flight and a successful start in business
#Person1#: Thank you. I have to leave now. If you see Pamela, tell her I'll write to her.",#Person1#'s flight is going to take off. #Person1# thanks #Person2# and asks to take care of Pamela when #Person1# is away.
test_168_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me, can you do me a favor?
#Person2#: Sure.
#Person1#: Where's the busiest street of this city? I am a stranger here.
#Person2#: You mean the seventy seventh? It's not far from here. You can walk there.
#Person1#: Well, we are so tired today. Can you tell me which bus I should take?
#Person2#: Bus No. 12.
#Person1#: Thank you so much.",#Person2# tells #Person1# how to get to the seventy seventh.
test_168_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me, can you do me a favor?
#Person2#: Sure.
#Person1#: Where's the busiest street of this city? I am a stranger here.
#Person2#: You mean the seventy seventh? It's not far from here. You can walk there.
#Person1#: Well, we are so tired today. Can you tell me which bus I should take?
#Person2#: Bus No. 12.
#Person1#: Thank you so much.",#Person2# shows #Person1# the way to the seventy seventh.
test_168_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me, can you do me a favor?
#Person2#: Sure.
#Person1#: Where's the busiest street of this city? I am a stranger here.
#Person2#: You mean the seventy seventh? It's not far from here. You can walk there.
#Person1#: Well, we are so tired today. Can you tell me which bus I should take?
#Person2#: Bus No. 12.
#Person1#: Thank you so much.",#Person2# tells #Person1# #Person1# can take Bus No. 12 to the seventy seventh.
test_169_1,"#Person1#: Hi! What are you watching?
#Person2#: It's a programme about Islam. It's very interesting.
#Person1#: Wow! So many people! Where are they and what are they doing?
#Person2#: They are muslims on a pilgrimage to mecca. Muslims call this pilgrimage haj.
#Person1#: Why do they go there?
#Person2#: Muslims believe that every man who is able should go on a haj at least once in his life. Mecca is the spiritual centre of the muslim faith.
#Person1#: When muslims pray, they face towards mecca.
#Person2#: That's right. Unfortunately, so many people go on the haj each year that there are often stamped and people get killed.
#Person1#: I heard about that. The pilgrims must walk around a large, sacred black stone.
#Person2#: That's right. That's when accidents often happen. The Saudi government tries to limit the number of pilgrims, to reduce the chances of accidents.
#Person1#: Pilgrimages are common in many faiths.
#Person2#: Yes. In England, Christian pilgrims might go to Canterbury and many Christians go to the Vatican on pilgrimages.
#Person1#: Isn't there a place in france where people go to get healed?
#Person2#: I think that place is Lourdes. There are many stories of people being healed after visiting there.
#Person1#: Do you think that there is something magical about that place?
#Person2#: Personally. I think that people believe they will be healed and that faith causes a change in their mind that cures them. I don't think place is magical in any way.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about a programme about Muslims' pilgrimage to Mecca and the accidents. They find such pilgrimage is also common in many faiths but #Person2# doesn't believe it.
test_169_2,"#Person1#: Hi! What are you watching?
#Person2#: It's a programme about Islam. It's very interesting.
#Person1#: Wow! So many people! Where are they and what are they doing?
#Person2#: They are muslims on a pilgrimage to mecca. Muslims call this pilgrimage haj.
#Person1#: Why do they go there?
#Person2#: Muslims believe that every man who is able should go on a haj at least once in his life. Mecca is the spiritual centre of the muslim faith.
#Person1#: When muslims pray, they face towards mecca.
#Person2#: That's right. Unfortunately, so many people go on the haj each year that there are often stamped and people get killed.
#Person1#: I heard about that. The pilgrims must walk around a large, sacred black stone.
#Person2#: That's right. That's when accidents often happen. The Saudi government tries to limit the number of pilgrims, to reduce the chances of accidents.
#Person1#: Pilgrimages are common in many faiths.
#Person2#: Yes. In England, Christian pilgrims might go to Canterbury and many Christians go to the Vatican on pilgrimages.
#Person1#: Isn't there a place in france where people go to get healed?
#Person2#: I think that place is Lourdes. There are many stories of people being healed after visiting there.
#Person1#: Do you think that there is something magical about that place?
#Person2#: Personally. I think that people believe they will be healed and that faith causes a change in their mind that cures them. I don't think place is magical in any way.",#Person2# introduces a programme about Islam's pilgrimage to #Person1#. They talk about the pilgrimage in other faiths and countries as well as. #Person2# doesn't think the place where people go to get healed is magical.
test_169_3,"#Person1#: Hi! What are you watching?
#Person2#: It's a programme about Islam. It's very interesting.
#Person1#: Wow! So many people! Where are they and what are they doing?
#Person2#: They are muslims on a pilgrimage to mecca. Muslims call this pilgrimage haj.
#Person1#: Why do they go there?
#Person2#: Muslims believe that every man who is able should go on a haj at least once in his life. Mecca is the spiritual centre of the muslim faith.
#Person1#: When muslims pray, they face towards mecca.
#Person2#: That's right. Unfortunately, so many people go on the haj each year that there are often stamped and people get killed.
#Person1#: I heard about that. The pilgrims must walk around a large, sacred black stone.
#Person2#: That's right. That's when accidents often happen. The Saudi government tries to limit the number of pilgrims, to reduce the chances of accidents.
#Person1#: Pilgrimages are common in many faiths.
#Person2#: Yes. In England, Christian pilgrims might go to Canterbury and many Christians go to the Vatican on pilgrimages.
#Person1#: Isn't there a place in france where people go to get healed?
#Person2#: I think that place is Lourdes. There are many stories of people being healed after visiting there.
#Person1#: Do you think that there is something magical about that place?
#Person2#: Personally. I think that people believe they will be healed and that faith causes a change in their mind that cures them. I don't think place is magical in any way.",#Person2# is watching a programme about Islam's pilgrimage to Mecca. #Person1# has heard that there are often accidents happen during this pilgrimage. They also talk about pilgrimage in other countries.
test_170_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me. I'm a stranger here and lost my way.
#Person2#: Can I help you?
#Person1#: Sure. Can I get to the central department stall this way?
#Person2#: uh. . . Yes. Turn right, then take the second turning on your left.
#Person1#: Is it far?
#Person2#: It's about fifteen minutes'walk. That's all.
#Person1#: And do you know where the national bank is?
#Person2#: Yes. It's on this street. Keep walking for two blocks and it's on the corner on the right.
#Person1#: Thanks very much.
#Person2#: You are welcome. Good luck.
#Person1#: Thank you. I won't miss it.",#Person1# gets lost and asks #Person2# where the central department stall and the national bank are. #Person2# directs #Person1#.
test_170_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me. I'm a stranger here and lost my way.
#Person2#: Can I help you?
#Person1#: Sure. Can I get to the central department stall this way?
#Person2#: uh. . . Yes. Turn right, then take the second turning on your left.
#Person1#: Is it far?
#Person2#: It's about fifteen minutes'walk. That's all.
#Person1#: And do you know where the national bank is?
#Person2#: Yes. It's on this street. Keep walking for two blocks and it's on the corner on the right.
#Person1#: Thanks very much.
#Person2#: You are welcome. Good luck.
#Person1#: Thank you. I won't miss it.",#Person2# shows #Person1# the ways to the central department stall and the national bank.
test_170_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me. I'm a stranger here and lost my way.
#Person2#: Can I help you?
#Person1#: Sure. Can I get to the central department stall this way?
#Person2#: uh. . . Yes. Turn right, then take the second turning on your left.
#Person1#: Is it far?
#Person2#: It's about fifteen minutes'walk. That's all.
#Person1#: And do you know where the national bank is?
#Person2#: Yes. It's on this street. Keep walking for two blocks and it's on the corner on the right.
#Person1#: Thanks very much.
#Person2#: You are welcome. Good luck.
#Person1#: Thank you. I won't miss it.",#Person1# asks #Person2# the way to the central department stall and the national bank.
test_171_1,"#Person1#: I have to go up to London for a couple of days next week. Would you like to come?
#Person2#: That would be nice. How are you getting there?
#Person1#: Well, I prefer to go on the train, but I suppose you want me to take the car.
#Person2#: Oh, I much prefer to go by car, then we don't need to get to the station with our luggage and. . .
#Person1#: And I've got to drive. You know I'm not fond of that. I found it much more relaxing to sit in the train.
#Person2#: Which is more expensive?
#Person1#: Well. Of course train is more expensive, but it is very much quicker. But I know we'll never agree on this subject. You prefer the car. I prefer the train.
#Person2#: Now. Have you ever thought of going by express bus?",#Person1# will go to London and invites #Person2# along. #Person1# prefers the train as it's quicker and relaxing but #Person2# prefers the car as it's convenient.
test_171_2,"#Person1#: I have to go up to London for a couple of days next week. Would you like to come?
#Person2#: That would be nice. How are you getting there?
#Person1#: Well, I prefer to go on the train, but I suppose you want me to take the car.
#Person2#: Oh, I much prefer to go by car, then we don't need to get to the station with our luggage and. . .
#Person1#: And I've got to drive. You know I'm not fond of that. I found it much more relaxing to sit in the train.
#Person2#: Which is more expensive?
#Person1#: Well. Of course train is more expensive, but it is very much quicker. But I know we'll never agree on this subject. You prefer the car. I prefer the train.
#Person2#: Now. Have you ever thought of going by express bus?",#Person1# will go to London and invites #Person2# to come along. But they have disagreements on how they get there.
test_171_3,"#Person1#: I have to go up to London for a couple of days next week. Would you like to come?
#Person2#: That would be nice. How are you getting there?
#Person1#: Well, I prefer to go on the train, but I suppose you want me to take the car.
#Person2#: Oh, I much prefer to go by car, then we don't need to get to the station with our luggage and. . .
#Person1#: And I've got to drive. You know I'm not fond of that. I found it much more relaxing to sit in the train.
#Person2#: Which is more expensive?
#Person1#: Well. Of course train is more expensive, but it is very much quicker. But I know we'll never agree on this subject. You prefer the car. I prefer the train.
#Person2#: Now. Have you ever thought of going by express bus?",#Person1# and #Person2# are going to London next week. #Person2# prefers by car. #Person1# prefers by train. #Person2# suggests maybe they could go by express bus.
test_172_1,"#Person1#: Hey, Tom, did you enjoy your lunch?
#Person2#: Oh, don't mention it. It was terrible.
#Person1#: What'the matter?
#Person2#: The food station was as crowded as usual. I waited for 20 minutes for my sandwich, and when I finally got it the chicken was underdone.
#Person1#: I see. You simply can't blame the server for this.
#Person2#: Yes, I know. Fast food is so popular in this district.
#Person1#: That's true.
#Person2#: Anyway, how was your such, Catherine?
#Person1#: It was good. I brough lunch from home today.
#Person2#: You did? I thought you must feel right at home here as we get as many fast food restaurants as you do in America.
#Person1#: Well, I personally don't like then because i don't believe they are healthy.
#Person2#: I guess you're right. More often than not, people go there only for convenience. The foods may taste good, but generally speaking, they are high in calories, salt and fat.
#Person1#: Yes. I am wondering that you must believe fast food is your lifestyle, don't you?
#Person2#: You bet. Almost all top brands such as McDonald's and KFC are from America.
#Person1#: Well, actually two-thirds of Americans may avoid these places.
#Person2#: Seriously?
#Person1#: Yeah, it's hard to believe but true.",Tom complains about his unhappy lunch experience in the fast-food restaurant while Catherine enjoyed her home-made meal. Catherin doesn't like fast food and says most Americans avoid it too.
test_172_2,"#Person1#: Hey, Tom, did you enjoy your lunch?
#Person2#: Oh, don't mention it. It was terrible.
#Person1#: What'the matter?
#Person2#: The food station was as crowded as usual. I waited for 20 minutes for my sandwich, and when I finally got it the chicken was underdone.
#Person1#: I see. You simply can't blame the server for this.
#Person2#: Yes, I know. Fast food is so popular in this district.
#Person1#: That's true.
#Person2#: Anyway, how was your such, Catherine?
#Person1#: It was good. I brough lunch from home today.
#Person2#: You did? I thought you must feel right at home here as we get as many fast food restaurants as you do in America.
#Person1#: Well, I personally don't like then because i don't believe they are healthy.
#Person2#: I guess you're right. More often than not, people go there only for convenience. The foods may taste good, but generally speaking, they are high in calories, salt and fat.
#Person1#: Yes. I am wondering that you must believe fast food is your lifestyle, don't you?
#Person2#: You bet. Almost all top brands such as McDonald's and KFC are from America.
#Person1#: Well, actually two-thirds of Americans may avoid these places.
#Person2#: Seriously?
#Person1#: Yeah, it's hard to believe but true.",Tom complains about his terrible lunch at the food station to Catherine. Catherine brings lunch from home because she does not like fast food and thinks it is unhealthy.
test_172_3,"#Person1#: Hey, Tom, did you enjoy your lunch?
#Person2#: Oh, don't mention it. It was terrible.
#Person1#: What'the matter?
#Person2#: The food station was as crowded as usual. I waited for 20 minutes for my sandwich, and when I finally got it the chicken was underdone.
#Person1#: I see. You simply can't blame the server for this.
#Person2#: Yes, I know. Fast food is so popular in this district.
#Person1#: That's true.
#Person2#: Anyway, how was your such, Catherine?
#Person1#: It was good. I brough lunch from home today.
#Person2#: You did? I thought you must feel right at home here as we get as many fast food restaurants as you do in America.
#Person1#: Well, I personally don't like then because i don't believe they are healthy.
#Person2#: I guess you're right. More often than not, people go there only for convenience. The foods may taste good, but generally speaking, they are high in calories, salt and fat.
#Person1#: Yes. I am wondering that you must believe fast food is your lifestyle, don't you?
#Person2#: You bet. Almost all top brands such as McDonald's and KFC are from America.
#Person1#: Well, actually two-thirds of Americans may avoid these places.
#Person2#: Seriously?
#Person1#: Yeah, it's hard to believe but true.",Tom tells Catherine he had an underdone sandwich for lunch. Catherine doesn't like fast food because she thinks it's not healthy. She explains that two-thirds of Americans may avoid places like McDonald's and KFC.
test_173_1,"#Person1#: Hi, may I get you anything to drink?
#Person2#: Yes, please. May I get a glass of lemonade?
#Person1#: Would you like an appetizer?
#Person2#: May I get an order of barbeque wings?
#Person1#: Sure, would you like anything else?
#Person2#: That'll be fine for now, thank you.
#Person1#: Okay, tell me when you want to order the rest of your food.
#Person2#: Excuse me. I'm ready to order.
#Person1#: What would you like?
#Person2#: Let me have the baby-back ribs.
#Person1#: Sure, will there be anything else that I can get you?
#Person2#: That will be it for now.","#Person2# orders a glass of lemonade, barbeque wings, and baby-back ribs for meal with #Person1#'s assistance."
test_173_2,"#Person1#: Hi, may I get you anything to drink?
#Person2#: Yes, please. May I get a glass of lemonade?
#Person1#: Would you like an appetizer?
#Person2#: May I get an order of barbeque wings?
#Person1#: Sure, would you like anything else?
#Person2#: That'll be fine for now, thank you.
#Person1#: Okay, tell me when you want to order the rest of your food.
#Person2#: Excuse me. I'm ready to order.
#Person1#: What would you like?
#Person2#: Let me have the baby-back ribs.
#Person1#: Sure, will there be anything else that I can get you?
#Person2#: That will be it for now.","#Person2# is ordering lemonade, barbeque wings, and baby-back ribs, and #Person1# serves #Person2# gently."
test_173_3,"#Person1#: Hi, may I get you anything to drink?
#Person2#: Yes, please. May I get a glass of lemonade?
#Person1#: Would you like an appetizer?
#Person2#: May I get an order of barbeque wings?
#Person1#: Sure, would you like anything else?
#Person2#: That'll be fine for now, thank you.
#Person1#: Okay, tell me when you want to order the rest of your food.
#Person2#: Excuse me. I'm ready to order.
#Person1#: What would you like?
#Person2#: Let me have the baby-back ribs.
#Person1#: Sure, will there be anything else that I can get you?
#Person2#: That will be it for now.","#Person2# orders a glass of lemonade, barbeque wings, and baby-back ribs with the help of #Person1#."
test_174_1,"#Person1#: Welcome, what would you like to order?
#Person2#: I would like to get a double cheeseburger.
#Person1#: Would you like everything on it?
#Person2#: I would like everything on it, thank you.
#Person1#: Do you want any fries?
#Person2#: Let me get some large curly fries.
#Person1#: Can I get you anything to drink?
#Person2#: Sure, how about a medium Pepsi?
#Person1#: Is that everything?
#Person2#: That'll be all. Thanks.
#Person1#: You're welcome, and your total is $ 5. 48.
#Person2#: Thank you. Here you go.","#Person2# orders a $ 5. 48 meal including cheeseburger, fries, and Pepsi."
test_174_2,"#Person1#: Welcome, what would you like to order?
#Person2#: I would like to get a double cheeseburger.
#Person1#: Would you like everything on it?
#Person2#: I would like everything on it, thank you.
#Person1#: Do you want any fries?
#Person2#: Let me get some large curly fries.
#Person1#: Can I get you anything to drink?
#Person2#: Sure, how about a medium Pepsi?
#Person1#: Is that everything?
#Person2#: That'll be all. Thanks.
#Person1#: You're welcome, and your total is $ 5. 48.
#Person2#: Thank you. Here you go.","#Person2# orders a double cheeseburger, fries, and drink."
test_174_3,"#Person1#: Welcome, what would you like to order?
#Person2#: I would like to get a double cheeseburger.
#Person1#: Would you like everything on it?
#Person2#: I would like everything on it, thank you.
#Person1#: Do you want any fries?
#Person2#: Let me get some large curly fries.
#Person1#: Can I get you anything to drink?
#Person2#: Sure, how about a medium Pepsi?
#Person1#: Is that everything?
#Person2#: That'll be all. Thanks.
#Person1#: You're welcome, and your total is $ 5. 48.
#Person2#: Thank you. Here you go.","#Person2# orders a double cheeseburger, large curly fries, and a medium Pepsi."
test_175_1,"#Person1#: Wow, you're up early today! What's for breakfast?
#Person2#: Well, I felt like baking, so I made some muffins.
#Person1#: Smells good! I'll make some coffee. Do you want me to make you some eggs?
#Person2#: Sure, I'll take mine, sunny side up.
#Person1#: Www, I don't know how you can eat your eggs like that! Ever since I was small, I have never liked sunny side up eggs.
#Person2#: You know, my dad had scrambled eggs every morning for twenty years. It drove my mom crazy!
#Person1#: You know what really drives me crazy? When I ask for soft boiled eggs, and they overcook them, so they come out hard boiled! How can you dip your toast into a hard boiled egg?
#Person2#: You're so picky sometimes.
#Person1#: Here you go, honey, fried eggs.
#Person2#: I said sunny side up! How many times do I have to tell you.",#Person1# and #Person2# are preparing breakfast. #Person1# hates overcooked boiled eggs while #Person2# hates scrambled eggs and prefers sunny-side-up ones.
test_175_2,"#Person1#: Wow, you're up early today! What's for breakfast?
#Person2#: Well, I felt like baking, so I made some muffins.
#Person1#: Smells good! I'll make some coffee. Do you want me to make you some eggs?
#Person2#: Sure, I'll take mine, sunny side up.
#Person1#: Www, I don't know how you can eat your eggs like that! Ever since I was small, I have never liked sunny side up eggs.
#Person2#: You know, my dad had scrambled eggs every morning for twenty years. It drove my mom crazy!
#Person1#: You know what really drives me crazy? When I ask for soft boiled eggs, and they overcook them, so they come out hard boiled! How can you dip your toast into a hard boiled egg?
#Person2#: You're so picky sometimes.
#Person1#: Here you go, honey, fried eggs.
#Person2#: I said sunny side up! How many times do I have to tell you.",#Person1# and #Person2# are making their breakfast. #Person2# was fed up with scrambled eggs and wants a sunny side up egg. But #Person1# makes #Person2# fried eggs.
test_175_3,"#Person1#: Wow, you're up early today! What's for breakfast?
#Person2#: Well, I felt like baking, so I made some muffins.
#Person1#: Smells good! I'll make some coffee. Do you want me to make you some eggs?
#Person2#: Sure, I'll take mine, sunny side up.
#Person1#: Www, I don't know how you can eat your eggs like that! Ever since I was small, I have never liked sunny side up eggs.
#Person2#: You know, my dad had scrambled eggs every morning for twenty years. It drove my mom crazy!
#Person1#: You know what really drives me crazy? When I ask for soft boiled eggs, and they overcook them, so they come out hard boiled! How can you dip your toast into a hard boiled egg?
#Person2#: You're so picky sometimes.
#Person1#: Here you go, honey, fried eggs.
#Person2#: I said sunny side up! How many times do I have to tell you.","#Person1# is making some eggs for #Person2# and #Person2# wants a sunny side up egg, but #Person1# gives #Person2# fried eggs."
test_176_1,"#Person1#: Where to, ma'am?
#Person2#: The Grand Hotel.
#Person1#: The Grand Hotel?
#Person2#: Yes. Do you know where it is?
#Person1#: No, Madam. I don't think I do.
#Person2#: It's the 11th Avenue, Park Street.
#Person1#: Oh, yes. I know where it is.",#Person1# drives #Person2# to the Grand Hotel.
test_176_2,"#Person1#: Where to, ma'am?
#Person2#: The Grand Hotel.
#Person1#: The Grand Hotel?
#Person2#: Yes. Do you know where it is?
#Person1#: No, Madam. I don't think I do.
#Person2#: It's the 11th Avenue, Park Street.
#Person1#: Oh, yes. I know where it is.",#Person1# drive #Person2# to the address of Grand Hotel provided by #Person2#.
test_176_3,"#Person1#: Where to, ma'am?
#Person2#: The Grand Hotel.
#Person1#: The Grand Hotel?
#Person2#: Yes. Do you know where it is?
#Person1#: No, Madam. I don't think I do.
#Person2#: It's the 11th Avenue, Park Street.
#Person1#: Oh, yes. I know where it is.",#Person2# tells #Person1# the address of the Grand Hotel and #Person1# drives her there.
test_177_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me. May I take a picture of you?
#Person2#: What for?
#Person1#: I just want to show my children how an American policeman looks.
#Person2#: OK. But I hope it won't take too long.
#Person1#: Oh, no, it won't. Just stand there, please.",#Person1# requests to take a picture of #Person1# to show #Person1#'s children.
test_177_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me. May I take a picture of you?
#Person2#: What for?
#Person1#: I just want to show my children how an American policeman looks.
#Person2#: OK. But I hope it won't take too long.
#Person1#: Oh, no, it won't. Just stand there, please.",#Person1# takes a picture of #Person2# who's a policeman to show #Person1#'s children.
test_177_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me. May I take a picture of you?
#Person2#: What for?
#Person1#: I just want to show my children how an American policeman looks.
#Person2#: OK. But I hope it won't take too long.
#Person1#: Oh, no, it won't. Just stand there, please.",#Person1# wants to take a photo of #Person2# to show #Person1#'s children how an American policeman looks likes.
test_178_1,"#Person1#: Can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, is there any vacant room for tomorrow?
#Person1#: I am sorry. We are full up for tomorrow.
#Person2#: Well, is there any other hotel nearby?
#Person1#: Yes, the Sunset Hotel is three blocks away. Maybe you can ask them.
#Person2#: Thank you.",The hotel is fully booked and #Person1# offers #Person2# the information about hotels nearby.
test_178_2,"#Person1#: Can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, is there any vacant room for tomorrow?
#Person1#: I am sorry. We are full up for tomorrow.
#Person2#: Well, is there any other hotel nearby?
#Person1#: Yes, the Sunset Hotel is three blocks away. Maybe you can ask them.
#Person2#: Thank you.",#Person1#'s hotel is full and #Person1# recommends #Person2# another hotel.
test_178_3,"#Person1#: Can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, is there any vacant room for tomorrow?
#Person1#: I am sorry. We are full up for tomorrow.
#Person2#: Well, is there any other hotel nearby?
#Person1#: Yes, the Sunset Hotel is three blocks away. Maybe you can ask them.
#Person2#: Thank you.",#Person1# recommends #Person2# going to the Sunset Hotel to find vacant rooms as #Person1#'s hotel is full.
test_179_1,"#Person1#: Have you applied for you visa to go to study in the united states yet?
#Person2#: Yes, I have. I handed in my application form two weeks ago and I'm going for an interview next week.
#Person1#: Good luck! I'Ve heard it's very difficult to get a visa to go to the united states.
#Person2#: The application form are quite complicated. It took me a few hours to fill it out. The hardest thing was getting all the necessary documents. That took almost two weeks.
#Person1#: What kind of documents did you need to present?
#Person2#: I had to show document relating to my financial status and of course my education, because I want a student visa.
#Person1#: Why do you think so many people have their applications rejected?
#Person2#: I think that they don't complete the forms correctly or they don't include all the required documents. The embassy is very strict about it. You have to be quite careful.
#Person1#: Why are they stricter with Chinese people than with other nationalities?
#Person2#: That's simple. Many people break the rules regarding their visa conditions.",#Person2# has applied for a student visa in the states and tells #Person1# about the rules and the required documents of applying for a USA visa and why they are so strict.
test_179_2,"#Person1#: Have you applied for you visa to go to study in the united states yet?
#Person2#: Yes, I have. I handed in my application form two weeks ago and I'm going for an interview next week.
#Person1#: Good luck! I'Ve heard it's very difficult to get a visa to go to the united states.
#Person2#: The application form are quite complicated. It took me a few hours to fill it out. The hardest thing was getting all the necessary documents. That took almost two weeks.
#Person1#: What kind of documents did you need to present?
#Person2#: I had to show document relating to my financial status and of course my education, because I want a student visa.
#Person1#: Why do you think so many people have their applications rejected?
#Person2#: I think that they don't complete the forms correctly or they don't include all the required documents. The embassy is very strict about it. You have to be quite careful.
#Person1#: Why are they stricter with Chinese people than with other nationalities?
#Person2#: That's simple. Many people break the rules regarding their visa conditions.","#Person2# tells #Person1# #Person2#'s applied for the student visa to study in the united states. They talk about the procedures, materials, and points for attention of the application."
test_179_3,"#Person1#: Have you applied for you visa to go to study in the united states yet?
#Person2#: Yes, I have. I handed in my application form two weeks ago and I'm going for an interview next week.
#Person1#: Good luck! I'Ve heard it's very difficult to get a visa to go to the united states.
#Person2#: The application form are quite complicated. It took me a few hours to fill it out. The hardest thing was getting all the necessary documents. That took almost two weeks.
#Person1#: What kind of documents did you need to present?
#Person2#: I had to show document relating to my financial status and of course my education, because I want a student visa.
#Person1#: Why do you think so many people have their applications rejected?
#Person2#: I think that they don't complete the forms correctly or they don't include all the required documents. The embassy is very strict about it. You have to be quite careful.
#Person1#: Why are they stricter with Chinese people than with other nationalities?
#Person2#: That's simple. Many people break the rules regarding their visa conditions.",#Person2# tells #Person1# that #Person2# has applied for a student visa to the United States. #Person2# says many people are rejected because they are not careful about it.
test_180_1,"#Person1#: Hello, three-five.
#Person2#: Is that Anne?
#Person1#: I'm sorry, I'm very tired. I'm going to bed early. I didn't have good time, and I don't really want to see you again.
#Person2#: What are you talking about? We had a great time. We laughed and talked all night last time.
#Person1#: It was hardly all night. And I recall it was you doing all the laughing at your own jokes.
#Person2#: That's not fair. We had fun. Give me a second chance. Can we meet tomorrow night for drinks at the pub?
#Person1#: No, I'm sorry. I'm going to meet some friends tomorrow evening. And I'm too tired now. I have to go to sleep. Goodbye.
#Person2#: But Anne. . .","#Person2# thinks #Person2# and Anne had a good time and invites her out again, but Anne refuses it."
test_180_2,"#Person1#: Hello, three-five.
#Person2#: Is that Anne?
#Person1#: I'm sorry, I'm very tired. I'm going to bed early. I didn't have good time, and I don't really want to see you again.
#Person2#: What are you talking about? We had a great time. We laughed and talked all night last time.
#Person1#: It was hardly all night. And I recall it was you doing all the laughing at your own jokes.
#Person2#: That's not fair. We had fun. Give me a second chance. Can we meet tomorrow night for drinks at the pub?
#Person1#: No, I'm sorry. I'm going to meet some friends tomorrow evening. And I'm too tired now. I have to go to sleep. Goodbye.
#Person2#: But Anne. . .",#Person2# asks Anne out for a drink tomorrow but Anne didn't enjoy the date with #Person2# last time and refuses #Person2#'s invitation.
test_180_3,"#Person1#: Hello, three-five.
#Person2#: Is that Anne?
#Person1#: I'm sorry, I'm very tired. I'm going to bed early. I didn't have good time, and I don't really want to see you again.
#Person2#: What are you talking about? We had a great time. We laughed and talked all night last time.
#Person1#: It was hardly all night. And I recall it was you doing all the laughing at your own jokes.
#Person2#: That's not fair. We had fun. Give me a second chance. Can we meet tomorrow night for drinks at the pub?
#Person1#: No, I'm sorry. I'm going to meet some friends tomorrow evening. And I'm too tired now. I have to go to sleep. Goodbye.
#Person2#: But Anne. . .","Anne didn't enjoy the date with #Person2# last time, she rejects #Person2#'s invitation firmly."
test_181_1,"#Person1#: Mary, do you often do your shopping online?
#Person2#: Yes. I'm used to online shopping. It's convenient and time-saving. You can buy anything you want and they will send it to your home or any place you want.
#Person1#: How about the price?
#Person2#: You can get the same product at a much lower price.
#Person1#: Last week, I tried to buy some clothes online, but I didn't know how to pay for them.
#Person2#: You should open an account at the online bank first. After that, you can buy anything online.
#Person1#: Are there many things online?
#Person2#: Sure. You can find everything all over the world. Let's check it out online!",#Person1# asks about online shopping. Mary favors it as it's time-saving and economical. Then she helps #Person2# shop online.
test_181_2,"#Person1#: Mary, do you often do your shopping online?
#Person2#: Yes. I'm used to online shopping. It's convenient and time-saving. You can buy anything you want and they will send it to your home or any place you want.
#Person1#: How about the price?
#Person2#: You can get the same product at a much lower price.
#Person1#: Last week, I tried to buy some clothes online, but I didn't know how to pay for them.
#Person2#: You should open an account at the online bank first. After that, you can buy anything online.
#Person1#: Are there many things online?
#Person2#: Sure. You can find everything all over the world. Let's check it out online!",#Person1# inquires Mary about the price of products online and their payments. Mary teaches #Person1# how to shop online.
test_181_3,"#Person1#: Mary, do you often do your shopping online?
#Person2#: Yes. I'm used to online shopping. It's convenient and time-saving. You can buy anything you want and they will send it to your home or any place you want.
#Person1#: How about the price?
#Person2#: You can get the same product at a much lower price.
#Person1#: Last week, I tried to buy some clothes online, but I didn't know how to pay for them.
#Person2#: You should open an account at the online bank first. After that, you can buy anything online.
#Person1#: Are there many things online?
#Person2#: Sure. You can find everything all over the world. Let's check it out online!",Mary tells #Person1# the advantages of shopping online and #Person1# should open an online bank account and try it.
test_182_1,"#Person1#: Are you familiar with American-styled accounting?
#Person2#: I am afraid not. I haven't worked in an American company so far.
#Person1#: What are the most fundamental concepts underlying the accounting process?
#Person2#: The first is accounting entity, and the second is going concern. The third is measuring unit. The fourth is accounting period, and the fifth is objectivity.",#Person2# tells #Person1# about the fundamental concepts of the accounting process.
test_182_2,"#Person1#: Are you familiar with American-styled accounting?
#Person2#: I am afraid not. I haven't worked in an American company so far.
#Person1#: What are the most fundamental concepts underlying the accounting process?
#Person2#: The first is accounting entity, and the second is going concern. The third is measuring unit. The fourth is accounting period, and the fifth is objectivity.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about the accounting process.
test_182_3,"#Person1#: Are you familiar with American-styled accounting?
#Person2#: I am afraid not. I haven't worked in an American company so far.
#Person1#: What are the most fundamental concepts underlying the accounting process?
#Person2#: The first is accounting entity, and the second is going concern. The third is measuring unit. The fourth is accounting period, and the fifth is objectivity.",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about the most fundamental concepts underlying the accounting process.
test_183_1,"#Person1#: I don't know if you've heard of it, Peter, but some of us are thinking of going to Xi'an in the summer. I don't know if you'd like to come with us.
#Person2#: Well, that's very kind of you, Jane, but when are you thinking of going?
#Person1#: Oh, some time in July. Around the 16th, I think.
#Person2#: I see. And for how long? About two weeks?
#Person1#: Well, we were going to but now one or two of the other students say they don't have enough money, so it'll just be a week. You're interested, then?
#Person2#: Oh, yes, very much. Do you know how much it's going to cost?
#Person1#: Yes, about 2000 yuan altogether.
#Person2#: Oh, that's good. Is everybody going?
#Person1#: Yes, most of them, not Monica, of course. She's off to Harbin again.
#Person2#: Lucky thing! It must be nice to have parents living in the north.
#Person1#: Yes, it must. But if you had a lot of money, Peter, where would you like to go for a holiday?
#Person2#: Oh, I'd probably go to Xinjiang, or Tibet maybe. Somewhere far away, anyway. And you?
#Person1#: I don't know really. Perhaps the southwest.
#Person2#: Yes, that would be great.",Jane invites Peter to join her travel to Xi'an. Peter asks the duration and cost and is interested. Then they discuss their ideal places for a holiday if they had enough money.
test_183_2,"#Person1#: I don't know if you've heard of it, Peter, but some of us are thinking of going to Xi'an in the summer. I don't know if you'd like to come with us.
#Person2#: Well, that's very kind of you, Jane, but when are you thinking of going?
#Person1#: Oh, some time in July. Around the 16th, I think.
#Person2#: I see. And for how long? About two weeks?
#Person1#: Well, we were going to but now one or two of the other students say they don't have enough money, so it'll just be a week. You're interested, then?
#Person2#: Oh, yes, very much. Do you know how much it's going to cost?
#Person1#: Yes, about 2000 yuan altogether.
#Person2#: Oh, that's good. Is everybody going?
#Person1#: Yes, most of them, not Monica, of course. She's off to Harbin again.
#Person2#: Lucky thing! It must be nice to have parents living in the north.
#Person1#: Yes, it must. But if you had a lot of money, Peter, where would you like to go for a holiday?
#Person2#: Oh, I'd probably go to Xinjiang, or Tibet maybe. Somewhere far away, anyway. And you?
#Person1#: I don't know really. Perhaps the southwest.
#Person2#: Yes, that would be great.",Jane invites Peter to go on a trip with their friends together to Xi'an in the summer. Peter asks about the trip and is interested. They also talk about their ideal place for a holiday.
test_183_3,"#Person1#: I don't know if you've heard of it, Peter, but some of us are thinking of going to Xi'an in the summer. I don't know if you'd like to come with us.
#Person2#: Well, that's very kind of you, Jane, but when are you thinking of going?
#Person1#: Oh, some time in July. Around the 16th, I think.
#Person2#: I see. And for how long? About two weeks?
#Person1#: Well, we were going to but now one or two of the other students say they don't have enough money, so it'll just be a week. You're interested, then?
#Person2#: Oh, yes, very much. Do you know how much it's going to cost?
#Person1#: Yes, about 2000 yuan altogether.
#Person2#: Oh, that's good. Is everybody going?
#Person1#: Yes, most of them, not Monica, of course. She's off to Harbin again.
#Person2#: Lucky thing! It must be nice to have parents living in the north.
#Person1#: Yes, it must. But if you had a lot of money, Peter, where would you like to go for a holiday?
#Person2#: Oh, I'd probably go to Xinjiang, or Tibet maybe. Somewhere far away, anyway. And you?
#Person1#: I don't know really. Perhaps the southwest.
#Person2#: Yes, that would be great.","Peter is interested in joining Jane's trip to Xi'an in July for about one week. If they had enough money, Peter would go to Xinjiang or Tibet."
test_184_1,"#Person1#: Hi. May I help you?
#Person2#: Yeah. I'd like to rent these movies.
#Person1#: Uh, Romance movies!
#Person2#: Well. They're for my daughter
#Person1#: Right. It's okay. Do you have your membership card?
#Person2#: No, I don't. Uh, do I need one to rent videos here?
#Person1#: Yes, but it's free.
#Person2#: Oh, okay.
#Person1#: It's just a card we issue to help us keep track of video rentals. So, please fill out this membership form.
#Person2#: Okay, and how much are movie rentals anyway?
#Person1#: Well, new releases are $3.50.
#Person2#: Okay.
#Person1#: And all other movies are two dollars.
#Person2#: Uh, huh.
#Person1#: And you can rent up to six movies at a time.
#Person2#: Okay
#Person1#: We also have a five buck deal where you can rent any five movies for $5.00
#Person2#: Hum
#Person1#: But this does not include new releases.
#Person2#: Oh, well, I'll just take these tonight.
#Person1#: Okay, let's see ... your total comes to seven dollars and fifty cents.
#Person2#: And when do I need to return them?
#Person1#: They have to be returned on Thursday by ten o'clock PM.
#Person2#: Okay.
#Person1#: And there is an overdue fee equal to the rental fee of the video, so be sure to return them on time.
#Person2#: Okay.
#Person1#: Okay. And enjoy your romance movies.
#Person2#: Okay. Thanks.",#Person2# wants to borrow romance videos for #Person2#'s daughter and asks the detailed cost and tenancy term. #Person1# reminds of the overdue fee.
test_184_2,"#Person1#: Hi. May I help you?
#Person2#: Yeah. I'd like to rent these movies.
#Person1#: Uh, Romance movies!
#Person2#: Well. They're for my daughter
#Person1#: Right. It's okay. Do you have your membership card?
#Person2#: No, I don't. Uh, do I need one to rent videos here?
#Person1#: Yes, but it's free.
#Person2#: Oh, okay.
#Person1#: It's just a card we issue to help us keep track of video rentals. So, please fill out this membership form.
#Person2#: Okay, and how much are movie rentals anyway?
#Person1#: Well, new releases are $3.50.
#Person2#: Okay.
#Person1#: And all other movies are two dollars.
#Person2#: Uh, huh.
#Person1#: And you can rent up to six movies at a time.
#Person2#: Okay
#Person1#: We also have a five buck deal where you can rent any five movies for $5.00
#Person2#: Hum
#Person1#: But this does not include new releases.
#Person2#: Oh, well, I'll just take these tonight.
#Person1#: Okay, let's see ... your total comes to seven dollars and fifty cents.
#Person2#: And when do I need to return them?
#Person1#: They have to be returned on Thursday by ten o'clock PM.
#Person2#: Okay.
#Person1#: And there is an overdue fee equal to the rental fee of the video, so be sure to return them on time.
#Person2#: Okay.
#Person1#: Okay. And enjoy your romance movies.
#Person2#: Okay. Thanks.",#Person1# serves #Person2# to borrow movies and tells #Person2# the price and when to return them.
test_184_3,"#Person1#: Hi. May I help you?
#Person2#: Yeah. I'd like to rent these movies.
#Person1#: Uh, Romance movies!
#Person2#: Well. They're for my daughter
#Person1#: Right. It's okay. Do you have your membership card?
#Person2#: No, I don't. Uh, do I need one to rent videos here?
#Person1#: Yes, but it's free.
#Person2#: Oh, okay.
#Person1#: It's just a card we issue to help us keep track of video rentals. So, please fill out this membership form.
#Person2#: Okay, and how much are movie rentals anyway?
#Person1#: Well, new releases are $3.50.
#Person2#: Okay.
#Person1#: And all other movies are two dollars.
#Person2#: Uh, huh.
#Person1#: And you can rent up to six movies at a time.
#Person2#: Okay
#Person1#: We also have a five buck deal where you can rent any five movies for $5.00
#Person2#: Hum
#Person1#: But this does not include new releases.
#Person2#: Oh, well, I'll just take these tonight.
#Person1#: Okay, let's see ... your total comes to seven dollars and fifty cents.
#Person2#: And when do I need to return them?
#Person1#: They have to be returned on Thursday by ten o'clock PM.
#Person2#: Okay.
#Person1#: And there is an overdue fee equal to the rental fee of the video, so be sure to return them on time.
#Person2#: Okay.
#Person1#: Okay. And enjoy your romance movies.
#Person2#: Okay. Thanks.",#Person2# wants to borrow some Romance movies for #Person2#'s daughter. #Person1# asks #Person2# to register a member card. The movie rental comes to seven dollars and fifty cents in total and needs to be returned on time.
test_185_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me. I'm looking for Mr. Lee. Here is his parcel.
#Person2#: Oh, just put it on my desk. I need to sign here, right? Will you please wait for a second? I happened to have something to express.",Mr. Lee has something to express when #Person1# delivers a parcel for him.
test_185_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me. I'm looking for Mr. Lee. Here is his parcel.
#Person2#: Oh, just put it on my desk. I need to sign here, right? Will you please wait for a second? I happened to have something to express.",Mr. Lee signs his parcel and has something to express.
test_185_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me. I'm looking for Mr. Lee. Here is his parcel.
#Person2#: Oh, just put it on my desk. I need to sign here, right? Will you please wait for a second? I happened to have something to express.",#Person1# delivers a parcel for Mr. Lee. He happens to have something to express.
test_186_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me. What's happened? What plane takes off tonight?
#Person2#: Sorry, Madam. The airport is closed. Planes won't take off until tomorrow morning.
#Person1#: What? Then where can we stay for the night?
#Person2#: We've arranged the rooms for you in the airport hotel. Two passengers will share a room.
#Person1#: Em, that's too bad.
#Person2#: Any problem, Madam?
#Person1#: Yes, I have a bad habit. I can't sleep without lights on.
#Person2#: Oh, really? Just now a lady told me she had the same habit.",Planes won't take off tonight and #Person2# tells #Person1# that they've arranged rooms for passengers.
test_186_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me. What's happened? What plane takes off tonight?
#Person2#: Sorry, Madam. The airport is closed. Planes won't take off until tomorrow morning.
#Person1#: What? Then where can we stay for the night?
#Person2#: We've arranged the rooms for you in the airport hotel. Two passengers will share a room.
#Person1#: Em, that's too bad.
#Person2#: Any problem, Madam?
#Person1#: Yes, I have a bad habit. I can't sleep without lights on.
#Person2#: Oh, really? Just now a lady told me she had the same habit.",#Person2# apologizes to #Person1# for the flight delay and arranges rooms for every passenger.
test_186_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me. What's happened? What plane takes off tonight?
#Person2#: Sorry, Madam. The airport is closed. Planes won't take off until tomorrow morning.
#Person1#: What? Then where can we stay for the night?
#Person2#: We've arranged the rooms for you in the airport hotel. Two passengers will share a room.
#Person1#: Em, that's too bad.
#Person2#: Any problem, Madam?
#Person1#: Yes, I have a bad habit. I can't sleep without lights on.
#Person2#: Oh, really? Just now a lady told me she had the same habit.",#Person2# tells #Person1# that #Person1# may have to stay in the airport hotel tonight because the planes are delayed.
test_187_1,"#Person1#: no, no, you helped me with my computer last week. I want to repay the favor. 
#Person2#: no, it's definitely my turn to treat you... you paid last time!
#Person1#: oh, that was just a quick bite to eat --- that doesn't count!
#Person2#: ok, ok, how about we just go Dutch? It's settled. Listen, I'm still pretty new around here, would it be alright if you found the restaurant ? 
#Person1#: ok... sure.","Both #Person1# and #Person2# want to pay for a meal. Finally, they go dutch and #Person1# finds the place."
test_187_2,"#Person1#: no, no, you helped me with my computer last week. I want to repay the favor. 
#Person2#: no, it's definitely my turn to treat you... you paid last time!
#Person1#: oh, that was just a quick bite to eat --- that doesn't count!
#Person2#: ok, ok, how about we just go Dutch? It's settled. Listen, I'm still pretty new around here, would it be alright if you found the restaurant ? 
#Person1#: ok... sure.",#Person1# wants to repay #Person2# while #Person2# wants to do the same. They decide to go dutch finally.
test_187_3,"#Person1#: no, no, you helped me with my computer last week. I want to repay the favor. 
#Person2#: no, it's definitely my turn to treat you... you paid last time!
#Person1#: oh, that was just a quick bite to eat --- that doesn't count!
#Person2#: ok, ok, how about we just go Dutch? It's settled. Listen, I'm still pretty new around here, would it be alright if you found the restaurant ? 
#Person1#: ok... sure.",#Person1# and #Person2# argue to repay for a meal but no one succeeds. They finally decide to go dutch.
test_188_1,"#Person1#: How come you're still up? Shouldn't you be asleep by now? 
#Person2#: I've been having a hard time sleeping lately. 
#Person1#: As far as I know, insomnia is usually caused by stress. Are you stressed at all? 
#Person2#: Well, I'm really worried about my grades. I didn't think this course would be so stressful. 
#Person1#: You're a good student. I'm sure you can do well. What you need to do is to relax. 
#Person2#: You're probably right. I just wish it were that simple. How can I stop feeling so anxious all the time? 
#Person1#: Taking a yoga class or learning some relaxation techniques can help you cope with your stress. 
#Person2#: I don't really have time to learn anything new. I need to spend my time studying! 
#Person1#: You need to take some breaks throughout the day. Studying all day isn't very usually effective. 
#Person2#: You're right. I usually end up staring at my computer or checking my email instead of doing my work for class. 
#Person1#: How about listen to some music. I heard that listening to music can make people calm down and release their stress. At least you don't have to learn to listen.
#Person2#: Really? What kind of music do you suggest?
#Person1#: Maybe you should listen to light music or classical music. Just don't listen to some rock and roll.
#Person2#: That's fantastic. I'm going to go try that out in my room now. good night!
#Person1#: Good night, sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs bite!",#Person2# has insomnia because of academic stress and #Person1# suggests #Person2# relax and listen to some light or classical music to release pressure. #Person2# will try now.
test_188_2,"#Person1#: How come you're still up? Shouldn't you be asleep by now? 
#Person2#: I've been having a hard time sleeping lately. 
#Person1#: As far as I know, insomnia is usually caused by stress. Are you stressed at all? 
#Person2#: Well, I'm really worried about my grades. I didn't think this course would be so stressful. 
#Person1#: You're a good student. I'm sure you can do well. What you need to do is to relax. 
#Person2#: You're probably right. I just wish it were that simple. How can I stop feeling so anxious all the time? 
#Person1#: Taking a yoga class or learning some relaxation techniques can help you cope with your stress. 
#Person2#: I don't really have time to learn anything new. I need to spend my time studying! 
#Person1#: You need to take some breaks throughout the day. Studying all day isn't very usually effective. 
#Person2#: You're right. I usually end up staring at my computer or checking my email instead of doing my work for class. 
#Person1#: How about listen to some music. I heard that listening to music can make people calm down and release their stress. At least you don't have to learn to listen.
#Person2#: Really? What kind of music do you suggest?
#Person1#: Maybe you should listen to light music or classical music. Just don't listen to some rock and roll.
#Person2#: That's fantastic. I'm going to go try that out in my room now. good night!
#Person1#: Good night, sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs bite!",#Person2# is too stressed to sleep well because of worrying about #Person2#'s grades. #Person1# gives #Person2# some suggestions that #Person2# should listen to some music and relax. #Person2#'ll try it now.
test_188_3,"#Person1#: How come you're still up? Shouldn't you be asleep by now? 
#Person2#: I've been having a hard time sleeping lately. 
#Person1#: As far as I know, insomnia is usually caused by stress. Are you stressed at all? 
#Person2#: Well, I'm really worried about my grades. I didn't think this course would be so stressful. 
#Person1#: You're a good student. I'm sure you can do well. What you need to do is to relax. 
#Person2#: You're probably right. I just wish it were that simple. How can I stop feeling so anxious all the time? 
#Person1#: Taking a yoga class or learning some relaxation techniques can help you cope with your stress. 
#Person2#: I don't really have time to learn anything new. I need to spend my time studying! 
#Person1#: You need to take some breaks throughout the day. Studying all day isn't very usually effective. 
#Person2#: You're right. I usually end up staring at my computer or checking my email instead of doing my work for class. 
#Person1#: How about listen to some music. I heard that listening to music can make people calm down and release their stress. At least you don't have to learn to listen.
#Person2#: Really? What kind of music do you suggest?
#Person1#: Maybe you should listen to light music or classical music. Just don't listen to some rock and roll.
#Person2#: That's fantastic. I'm going to go try that out in my room now. good night!
#Person1#: Good night, sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs bite!",#Person2# is having a hard time sleeping because #Person2# worries about #Person2#'s grades. #Person1# recommends listening to light or classic music to release #Person2#'s stress.
test_189_1,"#Person1#: I want to give our kitchen the works. 
#Person2#: Why? I think it's convenient and good. 
#Person1#: No. The decoration has been out-of-date. My friends have a whole kitchen now. It's modern. 
#Person2#: Why should we run after the fashion? 
#Person1#: I am not running after the fashion. I just want a very beautiful and clean kitchen. ",#Person1# wants to refurbish the kitchen while #Person2# thinks it unnecessary.
test_189_2,"#Person1#: I want to give our kitchen the works. 
#Person2#: Why? I think it's convenient and good. 
#Person1#: No. The decoration has been out-of-date. My friends have a whole kitchen now. It's modern. 
#Person2#: Why should we run after the fashion? 
#Person1#: I am not running after the fashion. I just want a very beautiful and clean kitchen. ",#Person1# wants to redecorate the kitchen but #Person2# thinks it unnecessary.
test_189_3,"#Person1#: I want to give our kitchen the works. 
#Person2#: Why? I think it's convenient and good. 
#Person1#: No. The decoration has been out-of-date. My friends have a whole kitchen now. It's modern. 
#Person2#: Why should we run after the fashion? 
#Person1#: I am not running after the fashion. I just want a very beautiful and clean kitchen. ",#Person1# wants to renovate the kitchen to make it more modern but #Person2# doesn't.
test_190_1,"#Person1#: Hi, Walter! 
#Person2#: Hi, Sterling! 
#Person1#: What do you think of our new teacher? 
#Person2#: Professor Wood? I think he's a brilliant scientist. 
#Person1#: You're got a point there. But do you think he's a little absent-minded? 
#Person2#: I guess so. ",Walter and Sterling think their new professor is brilliant but absent-minded.
test_190_2,"#Person1#: Hi, Walter! 
#Person2#: Hi, Sterling! 
#Person1#: What do you think of our new teacher? 
#Person2#: Professor Wood? I think he's a brilliant scientist. 
#Person1#: You're got a point there. But do you think he's a little absent-minded? 
#Person2#: I guess so. ",Walter and Sterling think Professor Wood is brilliant but absent-minded.
test_190_3,"#Person1#: Hi, Walter! 
#Person2#: Hi, Sterling! 
#Person1#: What do you think of our new teacher? 
#Person2#: Professor Wood? I think he's a brilliant scientist. 
#Person1#: You're got a point there. But do you think he's a little absent-minded? 
#Person2#: I guess so. ","Walter thinks Professor Wood is brilliant, but Sterling thinks he's absent-minded."
test_191_1,"#Person1#: Hi, I was wondering if I could get my test results from the other day. 
#Person2#: Yes, I would like to schedule an appointment for you to come in and talk with me. 
#Person1#: Is something wrong with me? 
#Person2#: No, sometimes the test results aren't clear and we need to do more to get a clearer picture. 
#Person1#: Can we talk about it now? 
#Person2#: I would if I knew anything for sure, but I want to take a second look. 
#Person1#: When can I come and see you? 
#Person2#: You can come in this afternoon. If you would feel better, bring your husband with you. 
#Person1#: Now I know that something bad is up! 
#Person2#: Just relax. We will talk about it this afternoon. ",#Person2# asks #Person1# to bring #Person1#'s husband to talk about #Person1#'s test results.
test_191_2,"#Person1#: Hi, I was wondering if I could get my test results from the other day. 
#Person2#: Yes, I would like to schedule an appointment for you to come in and talk with me. 
#Person1#: Is something wrong with me? 
#Person2#: No, sometimes the test results aren't clear and we need to do more to get a clearer picture. 
#Person1#: Can we talk about it now? 
#Person2#: I would if I knew anything for sure, but I want to take a second look. 
#Person1#: When can I come and see you? 
#Person2#: You can come in this afternoon. If you would feel better, bring your husband with you. 
#Person1#: Now I know that something bad is up! 
#Person2#: Just relax. We will talk about it this afternoon. ",#Person2# schedules an appointment with #Person1# and #Person1#'s husband. #Person1# is nervous to know the test results.
test_191_3,"#Person1#: Hi, I was wondering if I could get my test results from the other day. 
#Person2#: Yes, I would like to schedule an appointment for you to come in and talk with me. 
#Person1#: Is something wrong with me? 
#Person2#: No, sometimes the test results aren't clear and we need to do more to get a clearer picture. 
#Person1#: Can we talk about it now? 
#Person2#: I would if I knew anything for sure, but I want to take a second look. 
#Person1#: When can I come and see you? 
#Person2#: You can come in this afternoon. If you would feel better, bring your husband with you. 
#Person1#: Now I know that something bad is up! 
#Person2#: Just relax. We will talk about it this afternoon. ",#Person2# wants to schedule an appointment with #Person1# and #Person1#'s husband to talk about #Person1#'s test results.
test_192_1,"#Person1#: Hello Martin, how are your preparations for the coming exams?
#Person2#: Good, Miss Eliza. I've worked hard for it recently. I think I'm ready for the coming exams.
#Person1#: Excellent, so are you working at weekends now to get some pocket money?
#Person2#: Yes, I'm very grateful to Mister Lamb, he really helped me with my problem.
#Person1#: Mister Lam said that your problem was that you have no pocket money.
#Person2#: That's right. I couldn't go out with my friends because I didn't even have the money for the bus fee. But I'm OK now, with a part-time job.
#Person1#: So do you think the students welfare club really helped you?
#Person2#: Oh yes, I have no complaints about the club, I think it is fantastic.
#Person1#: Thanks for your time, Martin.",Miss Eliza asks about Martin's preparation for exams and economic problems. Martin appreciates Mister Lam and the students' welfare club for providing a part-time job.
test_192_2,"#Person1#: Hello Martin, how are your preparations for the coming exams?
#Person2#: Good, Miss Eliza. I've worked hard for it recently. I think I'm ready for the coming exams.
#Person1#: Excellent, so are you working at weekends now to get some pocket money?
#Person2#: Yes, I'm very grateful to Mister Lamb, he really helped me with my problem.
#Person1#: Mister Lam said that your problem was that you have no pocket money.
#Person2#: That's right. I couldn't go out with my friends because I didn't even have the money for the bus fee. But I'm OK now, with a part-time job.
#Person1#: So do you think the students welfare club really helped you?
#Person2#: Oh yes, I have no complaints about the club, I think it is fantastic.
#Person1#: Thanks for your time, Martin.",Miss Eliza cares about Martin's preparation for the exams and his problem with the pocket money. Martin thanks Mister Lam and thinks the students' welfare club is fantastic.
test_192_3,"#Person1#: Hello Martin, how are your preparations for the coming exams?
#Person2#: Good, Miss Eliza. I've worked hard for it recently. I think I'm ready for the coming exams.
#Person1#: Excellent, so are you working at weekends now to get some pocket money?
#Person2#: Yes, I'm very grateful to Mister Lamb, he really helped me with my problem.
#Person1#: Mister Lam said that your problem was that you have no pocket money.
#Person2#: That's right. I couldn't go out with my friends because I didn't even have the money for the bus fee. But I'm OK now, with a part-time job.
#Person1#: So do you think the students welfare club really helped you?
#Person2#: Oh yes, I have no complaints about the club, I think it is fantastic.
#Person1#: Thanks for your time, Martin.",Martin tells Miss Eliza about his exams and his part-time job. Martin appreciates Mister Lam and the students' welfare club.
test_193_1,"#Person1#: I want to mail this package to Korea.
#Person2#: How would you like to send it?
#Person1#: First class, please.
#Person2#: It will cost you 20 pounds because your package is too heavy. It will take 2 days to get there.
#Person1#: 20 pounds? Is there a cheaper way?
#Person2#: Yes, there is. It's the package post way, but it will take you 10 days longer than the first class to get there.
#Person1#: OK, I think I'd like this way.","Informed of the cost and duration by #Person2#, #Person1# chooses a cheaper way of mailing which takes more time."
test_193_2,"#Person1#: I want to mail this package to Korea.
#Person2#: How would you like to send it?
#Person1#: First class, please.
#Person2#: It will cost you 20 pounds because your package is too heavy. It will take 2 days to get there.
#Person1#: 20 pounds? Is there a cheaper way?
#Person2#: Yes, there is. It's the package post way, but it will take you 10 days longer than the first class to get there.
#Person1#: OK, I think I'd like this way.",#Person2# offers #Person1# two ways to send the package and #Person1# chooses the cheaper one.
test_193_3,"#Person1#: I want to mail this package to Korea.
#Person2#: How would you like to send it?
#Person1#: First class, please.
#Person2#: It will cost you 20 pounds because your package is too heavy. It will take 2 days to get there.
#Person1#: 20 pounds? Is there a cheaper way?
#Person2#: Yes, there is. It's the package post way, but it will take you 10 days longer than the first class to get there.
#Person1#: OK, I think I'd like this way.",#Person1# prefers sending the package by post to by first class after being told the price and the duration by #Person2#.
test_194_1,"#Person1#: Linda, I can't find my cellphone anywhere in this hotel room! Could you call it?
#Person2#: OK, I'm calling it.
#Person1#: I don't hear anything. I think the batteries dead.
#Person2#: Oh, no? How are you going to find it? We have to leave for the wedding in 15 minutes.
#Person1#: Well, maybe I won't take my cellphone to the wedding. Do I need it?
#Person2#: Yes, you need it. My sister might call you to tell us how the kids are doing. Maybe it's in the car.
#Person1#: I remember where it is. I left it in the bakery where we ate breakfast.
#Person2#: OK, well, I need to call my sister to tell her you lost your phone. Then I'll call the bakery. If the bakery is still open, maybe we can pick it up before we go to the wedding. Please keep your phone in your pocket next time.",#Person1# tells Linda that #Person1# cannot find #Person1#'s cellphone anywhere and they need to go to the wedding. #Person1# remembers it was left in the barkery.
test_194_2,"#Person1#: Linda, I can't find my cellphone anywhere in this hotel room! Could you call it?
#Person2#: OK, I'm calling it.
#Person1#: I don't hear anything. I think the batteries dead.
#Person2#: Oh, no? How are you going to find it? We have to leave for the wedding in 15 minutes.
#Person1#: Well, maybe I won't take my cellphone to the wedding. Do I need it?
#Person2#: Yes, you need it. My sister might call you to tell us how the kids are doing. Maybe it's in the car.
#Person1#: I remember where it is. I left it in the bakery where we ate breakfast.
#Person2#: OK, well, I need to call my sister to tell her you lost your phone. Then I'll call the bakery. If the bakery is still open, maybe we can pick it up before we go to the wedding. Please keep your phone in your pocket next time.","Linda and #Person1# fail to find #Person1#'s phone because it was left in the bakery, but they are in a hurry to the wedding."
test_194_3,"#Person1#: Linda, I can't find my cellphone anywhere in this hotel room! Could you call it?
#Person2#: OK, I'm calling it.
#Person1#: I don't hear anything. I think the batteries dead.
#Person2#: Oh, no? How are you going to find it? We have to leave for the wedding in 15 minutes.
#Person1#: Well, maybe I won't take my cellphone to the wedding. Do I need it?
#Person2#: Yes, you need it. My sister might call you to tell us how the kids are doing. Maybe it's in the car.
#Person1#: I remember where it is. I left it in the bakery where we ate breakfast.
#Person2#: OK, well, I need to call my sister to tell her you lost your phone. Then I'll call the bakery. If the bakery is still open, maybe we can pick it up before we go to the wedding. Please keep your phone in your pocket next time.","#Person1# and Linda are going to the wedding in 15 minutes, but #Person1#'s cellphone was left in the bakery. #Person2# will call the bakery."
test_195_1,"#Person1#: Hi. May I join you here?
#Person2#: Oh, please do. You're not English are you?
#Person1#: No I'm American. I'm from Los Angeles, a port city of the West part.
#Person2#: You come here for tourism do you?
#Person1#: Yes, your city is really beautiful.
#Person2#: How long are you staying here in this city?
#Person1#: Another 2 days. It was last Friday that I came here.
#Person2#: Can I get you another drink?
#Person1#: Well, It's very kind of you. Thank you.",#Person1# is a tourist from America and has a chat with #Person2#.
test_195_2,"#Person1#: Hi. May I join you here?
#Person2#: Oh, please do. You're not English are you?
#Person1#: No I'm American. I'm from Los Angeles, a port city of the West part.
#Person2#: You come here for tourism do you?
#Person1#: Yes, your city is really beautiful.
#Person2#: How long are you staying here in this city?
#Person1#: Another 2 days. It was last Friday that I came here.
#Person2#: Can I get you another drink?
#Person1#: Well, It's very kind of you. Thank you.",#Person1# joins #Person2# and they chat about their cities. #Person1# tells #Person2# that #Person1# comes here for tourism.
test_195_3,"#Person1#: Hi. May I join you here?
#Person2#: Oh, please do. You're not English are you?
#Person1#: No I'm American. I'm from Los Angeles, a port city of the West part.
#Person2#: You come here for tourism do you?
#Person1#: Yes, your city is really beautiful.
#Person2#: How long are you staying here in this city?
#Person1#: Another 2 days. It was last Friday that I came here.
#Person2#: Can I get you another drink?
#Person1#: Well, It's very kind of you. Thank you.",#Person1# is an American and comes here for tourism. #Person2# treats #Person1# a drink.
test_196_1,"#Person1#: Ah, it's almost summer vacation time. I can't wait to take a break from studying. How about you?
#Person2#: Well, I'm not really going to take a break. I'm going to take a business class over the summer and I'm going to work part time at my uncle's company to get some experience.
#Person1#: Why don't you just relax?
#Person2#: I really want to be successful in the future. Don't you ever think about your future?
#Person1#: Sure, I do. I think about all the great places I'm going to travel to after I graduate. When I'm done with all my adventures, then I'll start thinking about getting a serious job.",#Person2# plans to take a business class in the summer vacation while #Person1# prefers to relax.
test_196_2,"#Person1#: Ah, it's almost summer vacation time. I can't wait to take a break from studying. How about you?
#Person2#: Well, I'm not really going to take a break. I'm going to take a business class over the summer and I'm going to work part time at my uncle's company to get some experience.
#Person1#: Why don't you just relax?
#Person2#: I really want to be successful in the future. Don't you ever think about your future?
#Person1#: Sure, I do. I think about all the great places I'm going to travel to after I graduate. When I'm done with all my adventures, then I'll start thinking about getting a serious job.",#Person1# and #Person2# share their plan for summer vacation and their visions of the future.
test_196_3,"#Person1#: Ah, it's almost summer vacation time. I can't wait to take a break from studying. How about you?
#Person2#: Well, I'm not really going to take a break. I'm going to take a business class over the summer and I'm going to work part time at my uncle's company to get some experience.
#Person1#: Why don't you just relax?
#Person2#: I really want to be successful in the future. Don't you ever think about your future?
#Person1#: Sure, I do. I think about all the great places I'm going to travel to after I graduate. When I'm done with all my adventures, then I'll start thinking about getting a serious job.",#Person2# is going to take a business class and work part-time during summer vacation. #Person1# wants to relax.
test_197_1,"#Person1#: You look terrible, did you have a car accident?
#Person2#: Well, not exactly. This morning I went to deliver milk, and the garden gate of No. 12 was locked. There was a note on the door of the house, and I thought I couldn't read it from where I was.
#Person1#: What happened next?
#Person2#: I jumped over the fence and went towards the door. And suddenly, as I was trying to read that note, a huge dog rushed at me. I started running as fast as I could, but I didn't see that...
#Person1#: What?
#Person2#: The big branch of the tree near the garden gate. I knocked into it.
#Person1#: What about the dog?
#Person2#: Thank God, it didn't jump over the fence, but stayed in the garden barking loudly.
#Person1#: It reminds me of a movie. A dog running after someone and...
#Person2#: Stop it, Mary. It isn't that funny.",#Person2# tells Mary about #Person2#'s terrible experience that a dog rushed at #Person2# and barked loudly when #Person2# was delivering milk.
test_197_2,"#Person1#: You look terrible, did you have a car accident?
#Person2#: Well, not exactly. This morning I went to deliver milk, and the garden gate of No. 12 was locked. There was a note on the door of the house, and I thought I couldn't read it from where I was.
#Person1#: What happened next?
#Person2#: I jumped over the fence and went towards the door. And suddenly, as I was trying to read that note, a huge dog rushed at me. I started running as fast as I could, but I didn't see that...
#Person1#: What?
#Person2#: The big branch of the tree near the garden gate. I knocked into it.
#Person1#: What about the dog?
#Person2#: Thank God, it didn't jump over the fence, but stayed in the garden barking loudly.
#Person1#: It reminds me of a movie. A dog running after someone and...
#Person2#: Stop it, Mary. It isn't that funny.",#Person2# shares with Mary the terrible experience this morning. #Person2# was run after by a dog and knocked into a tree.
test_197_3,"#Person1#: You look terrible, did you have a car accident?
#Person2#: Well, not exactly. This morning I went to deliver milk, and the garden gate of No. 12 was locked. There was a note on the door of the house, and I thought I couldn't read it from where I was.
#Person1#: What happened next?
#Person2#: I jumped over the fence and went towards the door. And suddenly, as I was trying to read that note, a huge dog rushed at me. I started running as fast as I could, but I didn't see that...
#Person1#: What?
#Person2#: The big branch of the tree near the garden gate. I knocked into it.
#Person1#: What about the dog?
#Person2#: Thank God, it didn't jump over the fence, but stayed in the garden barking loudly.
#Person1#: It reminds me of a movie. A dog running after someone and...
#Person2#: Stop it, Mary. It isn't that funny.","#Person2# tells Mary about #Person2#'s experience this morning. when #Person2# was delivering milk, a huge dog rushed at #Person2# and #Person2# was knocked into a tree. It reminds Mary of a movie."
test_198_1,"#Person1#: OK, Let me just have a look at the information here. You've been with a company for 6 years.
#Person2#: That's right.
#Person1#: Do you feel the same way as you did 6 years ago?
#Person2#: Well, not really. I used to be more enthusiastic. Maybe it's because I'm older now.
#Person1#: Well. You're only 28. That's not exactly old. What else has changed?
#Person2#: I work longer hours now. I go home after 7 nearly every day, but I earn much more than before.
#Person1#: I see. What about the company? Is it helping you to develop new skills?
#Person2#: Yes, up to a point. I've done 2 management training courses in the last couple of years, so I think I'm ready for promotion now.
#Person1#: Do you get the opportunity to travel much?
#Person2#: Not much, but I don't really mind that. You see, I have to look after my mother.",#Person2# tells #Person1# about #Person2#'s changes and improvements after working in the same company for six years. #Person2# didn't have much chance to travel.
test_198_2,"#Person1#: OK, Let me just have a look at the information here. You've been with a company for 6 years.
#Person2#: That's right.
#Person1#: Do you feel the same way as you did 6 years ago?
#Person2#: Well, not really. I used to be more enthusiastic. Maybe it's because I'm older now.
#Person1#: Well. You're only 28. That's not exactly old. What else has changed?
#Person2#: I work longer hours now. I go home after 7 nearly every day, but I earn much more than before.
#Person1#: I see. What about the company? Is it helping you to develop new skills?
#Person2#: Yes, up to a point. I've done 2 management training courses in the last couple of years, so I think I'm ready for promotion now.
#Person1#: Do you get the opportunity to travel much?
#Person2#: Not much, but I don't really mind that. You see, I have to look after my mother.","#Person1# has been working for a company for six years, and #Person2# thinks #Person2#'s ready for promotion."
test_198_3,"#Person1#: OK, Let me just have a look at the information here. You've been with a company for 6 years.
#Person2#: That's right.
#Person1#: Do you feel the same way as you did 6 years ago?
#Person2#: Well, not really. I used to be more enthusiastic. Maybe it's because I'm older now.
#Person1#: Well. You're only 28. That's not exactly old. What else has changed?
#Person2#: I work longer hours now. I go home after 7 nearly every day, but I earn much more than before.
#Person1#: I see. What about the company? Is it helping you to develop new skills?
#Person2#: Yes, up to a point. I've done 2 management training courses in the last couple of years, so I think I'm ready for promotion now.
#Person1#: Do you get the opportunity to travel much?
#Person2#: Not much, but I don't really mind that. You see, I have to look after my mother.","#Person2# has worked for a company for 6 years. With much experience and new skills, #Person2# tells #Person1# that #Person2# is ready for a promotion."
test_199_1,"#Person1#: I'd like to open a current account.
#Person2#: Certainly. May I see your social security and your ID, please.
#Person1#: Here you are.
#Person2#: Thank you. I've checked your information. And could you please fill in this form?
#Person1#: Sure. Here you are.
#Person2#: Thank you sir. Your account is ready now. Is there anything else I can do for you?
#Person1#: Yes. I wonder how much interest can I earn from a current account.
#Person2#: Oh, current accounts don't pay out interest.
#Person1#: Why is that?
#Person2#: It's primarily designed for business transactions. That is, writing checks to pay for bills, buying things and sending money. We won't expect a large amount of deposit in a current account.
#Person1#: I see. How do I draw money for my own use then?
#Person2#: Oh, you can draw money here, at a bank. Or you can do it at ATMs.
#Person1#: Ok. Thank you.
#Person2#: You're most welcome sir. Have a nice day.",#Person2# helps #Person1# to open a current account and explains the current account doesn't pay interest and #Person1# can draw money at a bank or an ATM.
test_199_2,"#Person1#: I'd like to open a current account.
#Person2#: Certainly. May I see your social security and your ID, please.
#Person1#: Here you are.
#Person2#: Thank you. I've checked your information. And could you please fill in this form?
#Person1#: Sure. Here you are.
#Person2#: Thank you sir. Your account is ready now. Is there anything else I can do for you?
#Person1#: Yes. I wonder how much interest can I earn from a current account.
#Person2#: Oh, current accounts don't pay out interest.
#Person1#: Why is that?
#Person2#: It's primarily designed for business transactions. That is, writing checks to pay for bills, buying things and sending money. We won't expect a large amount of deposit in a current account.
#Person1#: I see. How do I draw money for my own use then?
#Person2#: Oh, you can draw money here, at a bank. Or you can do it at ATMs.
#Person1#: Ok. Thank you.
#Person2#: You're most welcome sir. Have a nice day.","#Person1# wants to open a current account. After #Person1# providing information and filling in a form, #Person2# opens one for him and tells him how to draw money from it."
test_199_3,"#Person1#: I'd like to open a current account.
#Person2#: Certainly. May I see your social security and your ID, please.
#Person1#: Here you are.
#Person2#: Thank you. I've checked your information. And could you please fill in this form?
#Person1#: Sure. Here you are.
#Person2#: Thank you sir. Your account is ready now. Is there anything else I can do for you?
#Person1#: Yes. I wonder how much interest can I earn from a current account.
#Person2#: Oh, current accounts don't pay out interest.
#Person1#: Why is that?
#Person2#: It's primarily designed for business transactions. That is, writing checks to pay for bills, buying things and sending money. We won't expect a large amount of deposit in a current account.
#Person1#: I see. How do I draw money for my own use then?
#Person2#: Oh, you can draw money here, at a bank. Or you can do it at ATMs.
#Person1#: Ok. Thank you.
#Person2#: You're most welcome sir. Have a nice day.",#Person2# opens a current account for #Person1# and explains it doesn't pay interest and tells him how to draw money from it.
test_200_1,"#Person1#: Oh, I'm starving. It's my first time to China. And I'd like to try some real Chinese cuisine. What would you recommend?
#Person2#: Well, depends. You see, there are eight famous Chinese food cuisines, for instance, Sichuan cuisine and Hunan cuisine.
#Person1#: There're all spicy or hot of heard.
#Person2#: That's right. If you have hot dishes, you can try some.
#Person1#: I cannot have it. Last time I had some in the US. It almost killed me.
#Person2#: And there are Cantonese and Kiangsu cuisines. Most people like them.
#Person1#: Oh I'd like to try the Cantonese one. Where is it? Is it far?
#Person2#: The one I know is about half an hour to go.
#Person1#: Oh. That's too far away. I am really starvig. Do you have restaurant in your hotel?
#Person2#: Oh sorry, we don't. But I know one nearby.
#Person1#: What type?
#Person2#: It's Beijing dishes. It's famous for the Beijing roast duck.
#Person1#: OH, yes. I heard of a lot of about it. I like very much to try it. Where can I find it?
#Person2#: The best place certainly is Quanjude restaurant.
#Person1#: Is it near here?
#Person2#: Yes, it takes fifteen minutes to walk there and five minutes to drive. If the traffic is not too bad, I mean.
#Person1#: Well, thank you for your information. What's the name of that restaurant again?
#Person2#: Let me write it down on a piece of paper for you. You can show to the taxi driver or ask for direction.
#Person1#: That's very kind of you. Thanks a lot.",It's #Person1#'s first time to China and #Person1# wants some Chinese cuisine. #Person2# recommends some but it's too far and #Person1# is starving. Then #Person2# suggests a nearby Quanjude restaurant and its Beijing roast duck. #Person1# will go there.
test_200_2,"#Person1#: Oh, I'm starving. It's my first time to China. And I'd like to try some real Chinese cuisine. What would you recommend?
#Person2#: Well, depends. You see, there are eight famous Chinese food cuisines, for instance, Sichuan cuisine and Hunan cuisine.
#Person1#: There're all spicy or hot of heard.
#Person2#: That's right. If you have hot dishes, you can try some.
#Person1#: I cannot have it. Last time I had some in the US. It almost killed me.
#Person2#: And there are Cantonese and Kiangsu cuisines. Most people like them.
#Person1#: Oh I'd like to try the Cantonese one. Where is it? Is it far?
#Person2#: The one I know is about half an hour to go.
#Person1#: Oh. That's too far away. I am really starvig. Do you have restaurant in your hotel?
#Person2#: Oh sorry, we don't. But I know one nearby.
#Person1#: What type?
#Person2#: It's Beijing dishes. It's famous for the Beijing roast duck.
#Person1#: OH, yes. I heard of a lot of about it. I like very much to try it. Where can I find it?
#Person2#: The best place certainly is Quanjude restaurant.
#Person1#: Is it near here?
#Person2#: Yes, it takes fifteen minutes to walk there and five minutes to drive. If the traffic is not too bad, I mean.
#Person1#: Well, thank you for your information. What's the name of that restaurant again?
#Person2#: Let me write it down on a piece of paper for you. You can show to the taxi driver or ask for direction.
#Person1#: That's very kind of you. Thanks a lot.",#Person1# is starving and wants to have authentic Chinese cuisine so #Person2# recommends some. #Person1# chooses the Quanjude restaurant as #Person2# wants to try the Beijing roast duck and it's nearby.
test_200_3,"#Person1#: Oh, I'm starving. It's my first time to China. And I'd like to try some real Chinese cuisine. What would you recommend?
#Person2#: Well, depends. You see, there are eight famous Chinese food cuisines, for instance, Sichuan cuisine and Hunan cuisine.
#Person1#: There're all spicy or hot of heard.
#Person2#: That's right. If you have hot dishes, you can try some.
#Person1#: I cannot have it. Last time I had some in the US. It almost killed me.
#Person2#: And there are Cantonese and Kiangsu cuisines. Most people like them.
#Person1#: Oh I'd like to try the Cantonese one. Where is it? Is it far?
#Person2#: The one I know is about half an hour to go.
#Person1#: Oh. That's too far away. I am really starvig. Do you have restaurant in your hotel?
#Person2#: Oh sorry, we don't. But I know one nearby.
#Person1#: What type?
#Person2#: It's Beijing dishes. It's famous for the Beijing roast duck.
#Person1#: OH, yes. I heard of a lot of about it. I like very much to try it. Where can I find it?
#Person2#: The best place certainly is Quanjude restaurant.
#Person1#: Is it near here?
#Person2#: Yes, it takes fifteen minutes to walk there and five minutes to drive. If the traffic is not too bad, I mean.
#Person1#: Well, thank you for your information. What's the name of that restaurant again?
#Person2#: Let me write it down on a piece of paper for you. You can show to the taxi driver or ask for direction.
#Person1#: That's very kind of you. Thanks a lot.",#Person1# wants to try real Chinese cuisine. #Person2# recommends several ones. #Person1# decides to go to Quanjude restaurant.
test_201_1,"#Person1#: Good morning, I wonder whether you have got an answer from your superior.
#Person2#: Yes, we had a meting about it yesterday afternoon.
#Person1#: What's the answer?
#Person2#: We decided that we could agree to your price, but we are a bit worried about the slow delivery.
#Person1#: Let me see. I quoted your delivery in three months, didn't I?
#Person2#: Yes, but we hope that the wool could reach us as soon as possible.
#Person1#: I thought you would. So I rang Auckland last night. As you are our biggest customer, they agreed to ship the order on the first vessel available that will leave Auckland next month.
#Person2#: Good, if you agree we'll draft the agreement right away and sign it then.
#Person1#: By all means.",#Person1# and #Person2# agree to sign an agreement since #Person1# could speed up the delivery as #PErson2# hopes.
test_201_2,"#Person1#: Good morning, I wonder whether you have got an answer from your superior.
#Person2#: Yes, we had a meting about it yesterday afternoon.
#Person1#: What's the answer?
#Person2#: We decided that we could agree to your price, but we are a bit worried about the slow delivery.
#Person1#: Let me see. I quoted your delivery in three months, didn't I?
#Person2#: Yes, but we hope that the wool could reach us as soon as possible.
#Person1#: I thought you would. So I rang Auckland last night. As you are our biggest customer, they agreed to ship the order on the first vessel available that will leave Auckland next month.
#Person2#: Good, if you agree we'll draft the agreement right away and sign it then.
#Person1#: By all means.","#Person1# will accelerate the slow delivery to address #Person2# concerns, and they reach an agreement right away."
test_201_3,"#Person1#: Good morning, I wonder whether you have got an answer from your superior.
#Person2#: Yes, we had a meting about it yesterday afternoon.
#Person1#: What's the answer?
#Person2#: We decided that we could agree to your price, but we are a bit worried about the slow delivery.
#Person1#: Let me see. I quoted your delivery in three months, didn't I?
#Person2#: Yes, but we hope that the wool could reach us as soon as possible.
#Person1#: I thought you would. So I rang Auckland last night. As you are our biggest customer, they agreed to ship the order on the first vessel available that will leave Auckland next month.
#Person2#: Good, if you agree we'll draft the agreement right away and sign it then.
#Person1#: By all means.","#Person2# agrees to the price but is worried about the slow delivery. #Person1# promises to fasten the delivery, and they will sign the agreement."
test_202_1,"#Person1#: I am sorry, sir. I have broken the reading lamp in my room.
#Person2#: Well, sir. May I have your room number?
#Person1#: 503. I would like to pay for it.
#Person2#: Please fill out the form first.
#Person1#: OK, can you bring me a new one?
#Person2#: Of course.",#Person1# broke a reading lamp and #Person2# will replace a new one.
test_202_2,"#Person1#: I am sorry, sir. I have broken the reading lamp in my room.
#Person2#: Well, sir. May I have your room number?
#Person1#: 503. I would like to pay for it.
#Person2#: Please fill out the form first.
#Person1#: OK, can you bring me a new one?
#Person2#: Of course.",#Person1# will pay for the broken lamp and #Person2# will replace it.
test_202_3,"#Person1#: I am sorry, sir. I have broken the reading lamp in my room.
#Person2#: Well, sir. May I have your room number?
#Person1#: 503. I would like to pay for it.
#Person2#: Please fill out the form first.
#Person1#: OK, can you bring me a new one?
#Person2#: Of course.",#Person1# reports #Person1# broke a lamp.
test_203_1,"#Person1#: So that concludes the introduction. Now let's move to the first part of my talk, which is about 2006 fiscal year marketing plan. So first, right off the bat, When looking at the marketing plan, tell me some of the goals that we had set this year to begin with...
#Person2#: We wanted to appeal to a younger set of consumers and also, in line with that goal, redo our image...
#Person1#: That's correct. If you remember, we also set a goal to double distribution in overseas markets. Now, when looking at the data to evaluate whether or not we made our goals, there are three things to consider. First, the original condition of the market, second, our marketing numbers from the previous year, and third, our final sales figures for this year. Now I want to describe for you the second and third parts. If you look at the overhead, you'll see a graph... The blue line represents our sales from the year 2005, the red line is the sales in 2006... As you can see, our sales in 2005 were quite slow to start off with, but managed to make decent performance in the last part of the year. On the other hand, you can see this year's sales took off like a rocket.",#Person1# first introduces the 2006 fiscal year marketing plan then analyzes their performance and explains with the sale graph.
test_203_2,"#Person1#: So that concludes the introduction. Now let's move to the first part of my talk, which is about 2006 fiscal year marketing plan. So first, right off the bat, When looking at the marketing plan, tell me some of the goals that we had set this year to begin with...
#Person2#: We wanted to appeal to a younger set of consumers and also, in line with that goal, redo our image...
#Person1#: That's correct. If you remember, we also set a goal to double distribution in overseas markets. Now, when looking at the data to evaluate whether or not we made our goals, there are three things to consider. First, the original condition of the market, second, our marketing numbers from the previous year, and third, our final sales figures for this year. Now I want to describe for you the second and third parts. If you look at the overhead, you'll see a graph... The blue line represents our sales from the year 2005, the red line is the sales in 2006... As you can see, our sales in 2005 were quite slow to start off with, but managed to make decent performance in the last part of the year. On the other hand, you can see this year's sales took off like a rocket.","#Person1# and #Person2# recall the goals they had in the marketing plan, and #Person1# compares last and this years' sales figure. Their performance has grown rapidly."
test_203_3,"#Person1#: So that concludes the introduction. Now let's move to the first part of my talk, which is about 2006 fiscal year marketing plan. So first, right off the bat, When looking at the marketing plan, tell me some of the goals that we had set this year to begin with...
#Person2#: We wanted to appeal to a younger set of consumers and also, in line with that goal, redo our image...
#Person1#: That's correct. If you remember, we also set a goal to double distribution in overseas markets. Now, when looking at the data to evaluate whether or not we made our goals, there are three things to consider. First, the original condition of the market, second, our marketing numbers from the previous year, and third, our final sales figures for this year. Now I want to describe for you the second and third parts. If you look at the overhead, you'll see a graph... The blue line represents our sales from the year 2005, the red line is the sales in 2006... As you can see, our sales in 2005 were quite slow to start off with, but managed to make decent performance in the last part of the year. On the other hand, you can see this year's sales took off like a rocket.",#Person1# and #Person2# discuss the marketing goals they set this year to begin with and evaluate their sale performance which has grown greatly.
test_204_1,"#Person1#: Have you decided what you're going to do during your holiday?
#Person2#: Yes. I'm going to travel around Europe.
#Person1#: Wow, that sounds great! Where are you going?
#Person2#: I think I will start off in Paris. Then I ' m going to take the train to Nice and then go on to Milan.
#Person1#: Oh that will be lovely. What are you going to do?
#Person2#: I would like to visits their museums.
#Person1#: Will you come back from Milan.
#Person2#: No, I'll go to the UK then.
#Person1#: Oh, where do you plan to go in Britain?
#Person2#: I'll go to Edinburgh to attend the festival.
#Person1#: Oh yes and it's very famous. Please make sure you buy me a souvenir!
#Person2#: Oh, don't worry, I have kept that in mind!",#Person2# is going to travel around Europe and will buy #Person1# a souvenir.
test_204_2,"#Person1#: Have you decided what you're going to do during your holiday?
#Person2#: Yes. I'm going to travel around Europe.
#Person1#: Wow, that sounds great! Where are you going?
#Person2#: I think I will start off in Paris. Then I ' m going to take the train to Nice and then go on to Milan.
#Person1#: Oh that will be lovely. What are you going to do?
#Person2#: I would like to visits their museums.
#Person1#: Will you come back from Milan.
#Person2#: No, I'll go to the UK then.
#Person1#: Oh, where do you plan to go in Britain?
#Person2#: I'll go to Edinburgh to attend the festival.
#Person1#: Oh yes and it's very famous. Please make sure you buy me a souvenir!
#Person2#: Oh, don't worry, I have kept that in mind!",#Person2# plans to travel around Europe during #Person2#'s holiday.
test_204_3,"#Person1#: Have you decided what you're going to do during your holiday?
#Person2#: Yes. I'm going to travel around Europe.
#Person1#: Wow, that sounds great! Where are you going?
#Person2#: I think I will start off in Paris. Then I ' m going to take the train to Nice and then go on to Milan.
#Person1#: Oh that will be lovely. What are you going to do?
#Person2#: I would like to visits their museums.
#Person1#: Will you come back from Milan.
#Person2#: No, I'll go to the UK then.
#Person1#: Oh, where do you plan to go in Britain?
#Person2#: I'll go to Edinburgh to attend the festival.
#Person1#: Oh yes and it's very famous. Please make sure you buy me a souvenir!
#Person2#: Oh, don't worry, I have kept that in mind!",#Person2# tells #Person1# #Person2# plans to travel around Europe to visit museums and attend the Edinburgh festival.
test_205_1,"#Person1#: Hi, I made a reservation for a mid-size vehicle. The name is Jimmy Fox.
#Person2#: I'm sorry, Mr. Fox. We have no mid-size available at the moment.
#Person1#: What do you mean? I don't understand, I made a reservation, do you have my reservation?
#Person2#: Yes, we do, but unfortunately we ran out of cars.
#Person1#: But the reservation keeps the car here. That's why you have the reservation.
#Person2#: I know why we have reservations.
#Person1#: I don't think you do. If you did, I'd have a car. See, you know how to take the reservation, you just don't know how to hold the reservation and that's really the most important part of the reservation, the holding. If anybody can just take them, what's the meaning of reservation?
#Person2#: I am really sorry. But we do have a compact or an SUV if you'd like.
#Person1#: Fine. I'll take the compact.
#Person2#: Alright. We have a blue Ford Focus for you, Mr. Fox. Would you like insurance?
#Person1#: Yeah, you better give me the insurance, because I am gonna beat the hell out of this car.
#Person2#: I am truly sorry. Since that happened, we would like to offer you a discount for the insurance and rent fee.",#Person2# fails to hold Mr. Fox's reservation for a mid-size vehicle. Mr. Fox thinks it unreasonable. #Person2# offers Mr. Fox a compact instead and offer him a discount for his costs.
test_205_2,"#Person1#: Hi, I made a reservation for a mid-size vehicle. The name is Jimmy Fox.
#Person2#: I'm sorry, Mr. Fox. We have no mid-size available at the moment.
#Person1#: What do you mean? I don't understand, I made a reservation, do you have my reservation?
#Person2#: Yes, we do, but unfortunately we ran out of cars.
#Person1#: But the reservation keeps the car here. That's why you have the reservation.
#Person2#: I know why we have reservations.
#Person1#: I don't think you do. If you did, I'd have a car. See, you know how to take the reservation, you just don't know how to hold the reservation and that's really the most important part of the reservation, the holding. If anybody can just take them, what's the meaning of reservation?
#Person2#: I am really sorry. But we do have a compact or an SUV if you'd like.
#Person1#: Fine. I'll take the compact.
#Person2#: Alright. We have a blue Ford Focus for you, Mr. Fox. Would you like insurance?
#Person1#: Yeah, you better give me the insurance, because I am gonna beat the hell out of this car.
#Person2#: I am truly sorry. Since that happened, we would like to offer you a discount for the insurance and rent fee.",Jimmy Fox made a reservation for a mid-size vehicle but is told the mid-size is not available. #Person2# apologizes and offers a compact with a discount for #Person1#.
test_205_3,"#Person1#: Hi, I made a reservation for a mid-size vehicle. The name is Jimmy Fox.
#Person2#: I'm sorry, Mr. Fox. We have no mid-size available at the moment.
#Person1#: What do you mean? I don't understand, I made a reservation, do you have my reservation?
#Person2#: Yes, we do, but unfortunately we ran out of cars.
#Person1#: But the reservation keeps the car here. That's why you have the reservation.
#Person2#: I know why we have reservations.
#Person1#: I don't think you do. If you did, I'd have a car. See, you know how to take the reservation, you just don't know how to hold the reservation and that's really the most important part of the reservation, the holding. If anybody can just take them, what's the meaning of reservation?
#Person2#: I am really sorry. But we do have a compact or an SUV if you'd like.
#Person1#: Fine. I'll take the compact.
#Person2#: Alright. We have a blue Ford Focus for you, Mr. Fox. Would you like insurance?
#Person1#: Yeah, you better give me the insurance, because I am gonna beat the hell out of this car.
#Person2#: I am truly sorry. Since that happened, we would like to offer you a discount for the insurance and rent fee.","Mr. Fox is angry because he makes a reservation for a mid-size vehicle but #Person2# doesn't keep a car for him. Finally, he takes a compact with a discount."
test_206_1,"#Person1#: Mom, may I play the card games for a while?
#Person2#: Do you know Dad working is in the study.
#Person1#: I won't make any noise. Mom, please.
#Person2#: Behave yourself! Don't make any noise. Have you finished your homework?
#Person1#: Yes, I've finished.
#Person2#: Okay, then let me see.
#Person1#: er. . . , mom, I promise. I won't make a single noise.
#Person2#: All right. Just five minutes. Be sure not to touch anything.
#Person1#: Ok. I won't get into trouble.
#Person2#: Be careful!
#Person1#: Thanks for the warning, Mom.",#Person1# gets mom's permission to play card games quietly for a while.
test_206_2,"#Person1#: Mom, may I play the card games for a while?
#Person2#: Do you know Dad working is in the study.
#Person1#: I won't make any noise. Mom, please.
#Person2#: Behave yourself! Don't make any noise. Have you finished your homework?
#Person1#: Yes, I've finished.
#Person2#: Okay, then let me see.
#Person1#: er. . . , mom, I promise. I won't make a single noise.
#Person2#: All right. Just five minutes. Be sure not to touch anything.
#Person1#: Ok. I won't get into trouble.
#Person2#: Be careful!
#Person1#: Thanks for the warning, Mom.",#Person1# asks for mom's permission to play card games and promises not to make noise.
test_206_3,"#Person1#: Mom, may I play the card games for a while?
#Person2#: Do you know Dad working is in the study.
#Person1#: I won't make any noise. Mom, please.
#Person2#: Behave yourself! Don't make any noise. Have you finished your homework?
#Person1#: Yes, I've finished.
#Person2#: Okay, then let me see.
#Person1#: er. . . , mom, I promise. I won't make a single noise.
#Person2#: All right. Just five minutes. Be sure not to touch anything.
#Person1#: Ok. I won't get into trouble.
#Person2#: Be careful!
#Person1#: Thanks for the warning, Mom.",#Person2# allows #Person1# to play card games without making any noise.
test_207_1,"#Person1#: Good Morning Ann.
#Person2#: Good Morning Mr. Jones.
#Person1#: How about a cup of coffee?
#Person2#: I will make it now.
#Person1#: And can you tell me what meetings I have this week?
#Person2#: I will bring the diary. Okay, this afternoon you have a meeting with your accountant at 5 pm. On Wednesday, you are going to London. Don't forget your train leaves at 9. 30 am.
#Person1#: Okay, what time is my meeting in London?
#Person2#: At 11. 30. And on Thursday Ms. Von wants to talk to you.
#Person1#: Who is Ms. Von?
#Person2#: She is our new project manager. She starts next week.",Ann tells Mr. Jones about his weekly meeting schedule.
test_207_2,"#Person1#: Good Morning Ann.
#Person2#: Good Morning Mr. Jones.
#Person1#: How about a cup of coffee?
#Person2#: I will make it now.
#Person1#: And can you tell me what meetings I have this week?
#Person2#: I will bring the diary. Okay, this afternoon you have a meeting with your accountant at 5 pm. On Wednesday, you are going to London. Don't forget your train leaves at 9. 30 am.
#Person1#: Okay, what time is my meeting in London?
#Person2#: At 11. 30. And on Thursday Ms. Von wants to talk to you.
#Person1#: Who is Ms. Von?
#Person2#: She is our new project manager. She starts next week.",Ann is telling Mr Jones his meeting arrangements this week.
test_207_3,"#Person1#: Good Morning Ann.
#Person2#: Good Morning Mr. Jones.
#Person1#: How about a cup of coffee?
#Person2#: I will make it now.
#Person1#: And can you tell me what meetings I have this week?
#Person2#: I will bring the diary. Okay, this afternoon you have a meeting with your accountant at 5 pm. On Wednesday, you are going to London. Don't forget your train leaves at 9. 30 am.
#Person1#: Okay, what time is my meeting in London?
#Person2#: At 11. 30. And on Thursday Ms. Von wants to talk to you.
#Person1#: Who is Ms. Von?
#Person2#: She is our new project manager. She starts next week.",Ann informs Mr. Jones of his meeting schedule for this week and reminds him of Ms. Von.
test_208_1,"#Person1#: What are you doing?
#Person2#: I'm just looking at this map of the world. I'm preparing for a geography class.
#Person1#: There are no countries marked on the map.
#Person2#: No, there aren't. this map just show the geographical features. Look at the Himalayan plateau with the highest peaks in the world.
#Person1#: The thing that I find most surprising is that most of the world is covered with water. Compared to the oceans, most countries are tiny.
#Person2#: I find it incredible how millions of years of volcanic activity have created mountains thousands of metres tall.
#Person1#: Rivers have created deep valleys and canyons like the grand canyon.
#Person2#: The oceans and landscapes all influence our climate.
#Person1#: It's all so interesting. I'll have to find more information about it on the internet. Or perhaps I should try and attend your geography class.",#Person2# is looking at a world map to prepare for a geography class. #Person1# and #Person2# talk about geographical features.
test_208_2,"#Person1#: What are you doing?
#Person2#: I'm just looking at this map of the world. I'm preparing for a geography class.
#Person1#: There are no countries marked on the map.
#Person2#: No, there aren't. this map just show the geographical features. Look at the Himalayan plateau with the highest peaks in the world.
#Person1#: The thing that I find most surprising is that most of the world is covered with water. Compared to the oceans, most countries are tiny.
#Person2#: I find it incredible how millions of years of volcanic activity have created mountains thousands of metres tall.
#Person1#: Rivers have created deep valleys and canyons like the grand canyon.
#Person2#: The oceans and landscapes all influence our climate.
#Person1#: It's all so interesting. I'll have to find more information about it on the internet. Or perhaps I should try and attend your geography class.",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about a map of the world. They talk about geographical features and find geographical interesting.
test_208_3,"#Person1#: What are you doing?
#Person2#: I'm just looking at this map of the world. I'm preparing for a geography class.
#Person1#: There are no countries marked on the map.
#Person2#: No, there aren't. this map just show the geographical features. Look at the Himalayan plateau with the highest peaks in the world.
#Person1#: The thing that I find most surprising is that most of the world is covered with water. Compared to the oceans, most countries are tiny.
#Person2#: I find it incredible how millions of years of volcanic activity have created mountains thousands of metres tall.
#Person1#: Rivers have created deep valleys and canyons like the grand canyon.
#Person2#: The oceans and landscapes all influence our climate.
#Person1#: It's all so interesting. I'll have to find more information about it on the internet. Or perhaps I should try and attend your geography class.",#Person2# is looking at the map. #Person1# finds geography interesting and wants to know more about it.
test_209_1,"#Person1#: Hi. This is a Receptionist Desk. How can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. I just checked in, but I need to change my room.
#Person1#: What's the problem?
#Person2#: I reserved a non-smoking room, but the smell of smoke in this room is so strong that I can't endure it.
#Person1#: I'm sorry. I'll arrange a non-smoking room for you right away. The doorman is going to help you with your luggage. I do apologize for the inconvenience.
#Person2#: That's ok. Thanks.",#Person2# rings #Person1# to change to a non-smoking room. #Person1# apologizes and will arrange one.
test_209_2,"#Person1#: Hi. This is a Receptionist Desk. How can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. I just checked in, but I need to change my room.
#Person1#: What's the problem?
#Person2#: I reserved a non-smoking room, but the smell of smoke in this room is so strong that I can't endure it.
#Person1#: I'm sorry. I'll arrange a non-smoking room for you right away. The doorman is going to help you with your luggage. I do apologize for the inconvenience.
#Person2#: That's ok. Thanks.",#Person2# is asking #Person1# to change #Person2#'s room to a non-smoking room.
test_209_3,"#Person1#: Hi. This is a Receptionist Desk. How can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. I just checked in, but I need to change my room.
#Person1#: What's the problem?
#Person2#: I reserved a non-smoking room, but the smell of smoke in this room is so strong that I can't endure it.
#Person1#: I'm sorry. I'll arrange a non-smoking room for you right away. The doorman is going to help you with your luggage. I do apologize for the inconvenience.
#Person2#: That's ok. Thanks.",#Person2# wants to change to a non-smoking room. #Person1# will arrange it.
test_210_1,"#Person1#: You mustn't touch the wet paint, Bill.
#Person2#: I'm sorry. I won't do it again.
#Person1#: Try to be more careful in future.
#Person2#: I shall. I wasn't as careless as John Sampson. He walked across that wet cement over there.
#Person1#: The workmen oughtn't to leave it without a notice.
#Person2#: The headmaster asked them not to do so.
#Person1#: Then why isn't there a notice?
#Person2#: They went to their stores to get one. Here they come with it now!
#Person1#: But look at them! They've forgotten about the wet cement and they're walking across it to put up the notice!",#Person1# asks Bill to be careful and then sees the workmen walking across the wet cement.
test_210_2,"#Person1#: You mustn't touch the wet paint, Bill.
#Person2#: I'm sorry. I won't do it again.
#Person1#: Try to be more careful in future.
#Person2#: I shall. I wasn't as careless as John Sampson. He walked across that wet cement over there.
#Person1#: The workmen oughtn't to leave it without a notice.
#Person2#: The headmaster asked them not to do so.
#Person1#: Then why isn't there a notice?
#Person2#: They went to their stores to get one. Here they come with it now!
#Person1#: But look at them! They've forgotten about the wet cement and they're walking across it to put up the notice!",The workmen are walking across the wet cement to put up the notice.
test_210_3,"#Person1#: You mustn't touch the wet paint, Bill.
#Person2#: I'm sorry. I won't do it again.
#Person1#: Try to be more careful in future.
#Person2#: I shall. I wasn't as careless as John Sampson. He walked across that wet cement over there.
#Person1#: The workmen oughtn't to leave it without a notice.
#Person2#: The headmaster asked them not to do so.
#Person1#: Then why isn't there a notice?
#Person2#: They went to their stores to get one. Here they come with it now!
#Person1#: But look at them! They've forgotten about the wet cement and they're walking across it to put up the notice!",#Person1# reminds Bill of the wet cement and then sees the workmen walking across it.
test_211_1,"#Person1#: I really should be on my way.
#Person2#: Oh, don't go yet. Let's at least have one more.
#Person1#: No, thank you. I can't.
#Person2#: It's too bad that you have to leave so early.
#Person1#: Thank you very much. I had a really good time.
#Person2#: Thanks for coming! We should meet again sometime soon.
#Person1#: That would be great! Actually, can I get your phone number, Ella? That's assuming you don't mind if I call you sometime.
#Person2#: Anytime. You can reach me 5558929.
#Person1#: ok, got it. I'll call you sometime next week.
#Person2#: Fine.
#Person1#: It's time to go and I hope we can get together again soon.
#Person2#: I hope so, too. Bye! Ben.",Ella and Ben had a good time together. Ella gives phone number to Ben before Ben leaves.
test_211_2,"#Person1#: I really should be on my way.
#Person2#: Oh, don't go yet. Let's at least have one more.
#Person1#: No, thank you. I can't.
#Person2#: It's too bad that you have to leave so early.
#Person1#: Thank you very much. I had a really good time.
#Person2#: Thanks for coming! We should meet again sometime soon.
#Person1#: That would be great! Actually, can I get your phone number, Ella? That's assuming you don't mind if I call you sometime.
#Person2#: Anytime. You can reach me 5558929.
#Person1#: ok, got it. I'll call you sometime next week.
#Person2#: Fine.
#Person1#: It's time to go and I hope we can get together again soon.
#Person2#: I hope so, too. Bye! Ben.",Ben and Ella had a good time. Ben will call Ella next week.
test_211_3,"#Person1#: I really should be on my way.
#Person2#: Oh, don't go yet. Let's at least have one more.
#Person1#: No, thank you. I can't.
#Person2#: It's too bad that you have to leave so early.
#Person1#: Thank you very much. I had a really good time.
#Person2#: Thanks for coming! We should meet again sometime soon.
#Person1#: That would be great! Actually, can I get your phone number, Ella? That's assuming you don't mind if I call you sometime.
#Person2#: Anytime. You can reach me 5558929.
#Person1#: ok, got it. I'll call you sometime next week.
#Person2#: Fine.
#Person1#: It's time to go and I hope we can get together again soon.
#Person2#: I hope so, too. Bye! Ben.",Ben has to leave. Ella feels bad about it and gives Ben her phone number.
test_212_1,"#Person1#: Hi, Bill.
#Person2#: Hi, Jim.
#Person1#: Where is that cool guy, Dick? I haven't seen him for two weeks.
#Person2#: He's been sick since he came back from Italy.
#Person1#: Bummer, I'm sorry to hear that, is he better now?
#Person2#: Yes, Doctor William said that he could come back to work ASAP.",Bill tells Jim that Dick's been sick.
test_212_2,"#Person1#: Hi, Bill.
#Person2#: Hi, Jim.
#Person1#: Where is that cool guy, Dick? I haven't seen him for two weeks.
#Person2#: He's been sick since he came back from Italy.
#Person1#: Bummer, I'm sorry to hear that, is he better now?
#Person2#: Yes, Doctor William said that he could come back to work ASAP.",Dick's been sick and will come back as soon as possible.
test_212_3,"#Person1#: Hi, Bill.
#Person2#: Hi, Jim.
#Person1#: Where is that cool guy, Dick? I haven't seen him for two weeks.
#Person2#: He's been sick since he came back from Italy.
#Person1#: Bummer, I'm sorry to hear that, is he better now?
#Person2#: Yes, Doctor William said that he could come back to work ASAP.",Bill tells Jim about Dick's health condition.
test_213_1,"#Person1#: are you working overtime again? Over the last two weeks, you have worked overtime every day without a break! Your company is draining the life out of you!
#Person2#: I know, but I don't have a choice, my boss has complete control over our work schedules. I haven't made it out of the office before 9 PM a single day this week.
#Person1#: Well, I hope they're paying you the big bucks for all this work. . .
#Person2#: No, not exactly, I'm working for minimum wage. And they don't give extra pay for overtime. Overtime is our own time.
#Person1#: What? ! Isn't there a law against that, I think there is some legislation that requires employers to give their employees a fair rate of wages. You should know your rights! If you are putting in so many hours, they should give you some kind of compensation.
#Person2#: They do give bonuses at the end of the year for the employees with highest productivity numbers, but frankly, it's not much of an incentive. They give us a bonus of ten dollars.
#Person1#: That's just wrong! why don't you just quit?
#Person2#: I would, but I'm afraid I would't be able to find another job. I don't have very many job marketable skills, there aren't so many jobs that I'm qualified for.
#Person1#: it sounds like any job will be better than the one you have now!","#Person2# has been working overtime and only gets minimum wage. #Person1# suggests #Person2# either asking for more compensation or quitting, but #Person2# refuses in fear of not being able to find another job."
test_213_2,"#Person1#: are you working overtime again? Over the last two weeks, you have worked overtime every day without a break! Your company is draining the life out of you!
#Person2#: I know, but I don't have a choice, my boss has complete control over our work schedules. I haven't made it out of the office before 9 PM a single day this week.
#Person1#: Well, I hope they're paying you the big bucks for all this work. . .
#Person2#: No, not exactly, I'm working for minimum wage. And they don't give extra pay for overtime. Overtime is our own time.
#Person1#: What? ! Isn't there a law against that, I think there is some legislation that requires employers to give their employees a fair rate of wages. You should know your rights! If you are putting in so many hours, they should give you some kind of compensation.
#Person2#: They do give bonuses at the end of the year for the employees with highest productivity numbers, but frankly, it's not much of an incentive. They give us a bonus of ten dollars.
#Person1#: That's just wrong! why don't you just quit?
#Person2#: I would, but I'm afraid I would't be able to find another job. I don't have very many job marketable skills, there aren't so many jobs that I'm qualified for.
#Person1#: it sounds like any job will be better than the one you have now!","#Person2# has worked overtime with minimum wage and little bonus. Although #Person2# are not very confident, #Person1# hopes #Person2# could quit that job and find another one."
test_213_3,"#Person1#: are you working overtime again? Over the last two weeks, you have worked overtime every day without a break! Your company is draining the life out of you!
#Person2#: I know, but I don't have a choice, my boss has complete control over our work schedules. I haven't made it out of the office before 9 PM a single day this week.
#Person1#: Well, I hope they're paying you the big bucks for all this work. . .
#Person2#: No, not exactly, I'm working for minimum wage. And they don't give extra pay for overtime. Overtime is our own time.
#Person1#: What? ! Isn't there a law against that, I think there is some legislation that requires employers to give their employees a fair rate of wages. You should know your rights! If you are putting in so many hours, they should give you some kind of compensation.
#Person2#: They do give bonuses at the end of the year for the employees with highest productivity numbers, but frankly, it's not much of an incentive. They give us a bonus of ten dollars.
#Person1#: That's just wrong! why don't you just quit?
#Person2#: I would, but I'm afraid I would't be able to find another job. I don't have very many job marketable skills, there aren't so many jobs that I'm qualified for.
#Person1#: it sounds like any job will be better than the one you have now!","#Person2# works overtime every day and doesn't get enough paid. #Person1# thinks it's unfair and suggests #Person2# quitting the job, but #Person2#'s afraid of being unemployed."
test_214_1,"#Person1#: What's the matter, Lisa? You don't look too good.
#Person2#: I just found out that my husband is cheating on me.
#Person1#: You mean Mark? He seems like such an honest guy.
#Person2#: That's what I thought. It seems that he's been seeing someone else for about two months.
#Person1#: Two months? How did you find out?
#Person2#: I asked for leave and was at home when the telephone rang. I picked it up and a girl asked to talk to Mark. She then asked if I was his sister, and I said no, I was his wife. She hung up immediately.
#Person1#: So you asked him about the girl who called?
#Person2#: Yeah, he first said it was someone from work. He gave me a lame excuse, and so I pressed him on it.
#Person1#: What'd he do?
#Person2#: He kept trying to make stupid excuses, and then broke down and admitted to a small indiscretion.
#Person1#: Indiscretion? How can an indiscretion last two months? I mean, you two have been married for two years! How can he do that to you?
#Person2#: I told him I would divorce him if he wouldn't tell me the truth or end the relationship with her.
#Person1#: Good. I totally agree with what you did.",Lisa found out Mark had been cheating on her and decided to divorce him if he wouldn't tell the truth. #Person1# agrees with Lisa.
test_214_2,"#Person1#: What's the matter, Lisa? You don't look too good.
#Person2#: I just found out that my husband is cheating on me.
#Person1#: You mean Mark? He seems like such an honest guy.
#Person2#: That's what I thought. It seems that he's been seeing someone else for about two months.
#Person1#: Two months? How did you find out?
#Person2#: I asked for leave and was at home when the telephone rang. I picked it up and a girl asked to talk to Mark. She then asked if I was his sister, and I said no, I was his wife. She hung up immediately.
#Person1#: So you asked him about the girl who called?
#Person2#: Yeah, he first said it was someone from work. He gave me a lame excuse, and so I pressed him on it.
#Person1#: What'd he do?
#Person2#: He kept trying to make stupid excuses, and then broke down and admitted to a small indiscretion.
#Person1#: Indiscretion? How can an indiscretion last two months? I mean, you two have been married for two years! How can he do that to you?
#Person2#: I told him I would divorce him if he wouldn't tell me the truth or end the relationship with her.
#Person1#: Good. I totally agree with what you did.",Lisa found that her husband was cheating on her. She asked him to tell her the truth or end the relationship that she would divorce him. #Person1# agrees with what she did.
test_214_3,"#Person1#: What's the matter, Lisa? You don't look too good.
#Person2#: I just found out that my husband is cheating on me.
#Person1#: You mean Mark? He seems like such an honest guy.
#Person2#: That's what I thought. It seems that he's been seeing someone else for about two months.
#Person1#: Two months? How did you find out?
#Person2#: I asked for leave and was at home when the telephone rang. I picked it up and a girl asked to talk to Mark. She then asked if I was his sister, and I said no, I was his wife. She hung up immediately.
#Person1#: So you asked him about the girl who called?
#Person2#: Yeah, he first said it was someone from work. He gave me a lame excuse, and so I pressed him on it.
#Person1#: What'd he do?
#Person2#: He kept trying to make stupid excuses, and then broke down and admitted to a small indiscretion.
#Person1#: Indiscretion? How can an indiscretion last two months? I mean, you two have been married for two years! How can he do that to you?
#Person2#: I told him I would divorce him if he wouldn't tell me the truth or end the relationship with her.
#Person1#: Good. I totally agree with what you did.",Lisa has found her husband cheating on her. Her husband first denied and then only admitted to a small indiscretion. #Person1# supports Lisa to seek the truth.
test_215_1,"#Person1#: What did the doctor say?
#Person2#: He said that I have been eating too much.
#Person1#: Did he give you any advice?
#Person2#: Yes, he asked me to clean up my diet by cutting red meat.
#Person1#: Yes, you must put yourself on a diet.",The doctor suggested #Person2# clean up the diet.
test_215_2,"#Person1#: What did the doctor say?
#Person2#: He said that I have been eating too much.
#Person1#: Did he give you any advice?
#Person2#: Yes, he asked me to clean up my diet by cutting red meat.
#Person1#: Yes, you must put yourself on a diet.",#Person2# will be on a diet for #Person2#'s health.
test_215_3,"#Person1#: What did the doctor say?
#Person2#: He said that I have been eating too much.
#Person1#: Did he give you any advice?
#Person2#: Yes, he asked me to clean up my diet by cutting red meat.
#Person1#: Yes, you must put yourself on a diet.",#Person1# agrees with #Person2#'s doctor that #Person2# should diet.
test_216_1,"#Person1#: Then I must go. You have said it yourself.
#Person2#: No, you must stay! I swear it, and the oath shall be kept.
#Person1#: I tell you I must go!
#Person2#: Where?
#Person1#: I have spoken my mind, and can go anywhere now.
#Person2#: I ask you to pass through life at my side. To be my second self and best earthly companion.
#Person1#: I'll never again come to your side ; I am turn away now and can't return.",#Person1# refuses to stay by #Person2#'s side and won't return.
test_216_2,"#Person1#: Then I must go. You have said it yourself.
#Person2#: No, you must stay! I swear it, and the oath shall be kept.
#Person1#: I tell you I must go!
#Person2#: Where?
#Person1#: I have spoken my mind, and can go anywhere now.
#Person2#: I ask you to pass through life at my side. To be my second self and best earthly companion.
#Person1#: I'll never again come to your side ; I am turn away now and can't return.",#Person1# refuses #Person2#'s plea for staying and will never come back.
test_216_3,"#Person1#: Then I must go. You have said it yourself.
#Person2#: No, you must stay! I swear it, and the oath shall be kept.
#Person1#: I tell you I must go!
#Person2#: Where?
#Person1#: I have spoken my mind, and can go anywhere now.
#Person2#: I ask you to pass through life at my side. To be my second self and best earthly companion.
#Person1#: I'll never again come to your side ; I am turn away now and can't return.",#Person2# asks #Person1# to stay but #Person1# insists on leaving.
test_217_1,"#Person1#: Could you tell me how to use the library?
#Person2#: Sure. All you need is your student ID card or admission card to check out books and read journals or magazines in the library.
#Person1#: How many books am I allowed to check out at a time?
#Person2#: Two books at a time. Except magazines or journals, they have to be read within library.
#Person1#: How long can I keep the books?
#Person2#: For one month. If you can't return the books in time, you'll be fined. But if you renew them, you can keep them longer.
#Person1#: I see. Now I want to check out two books on spoken English. Can you show me where I can find them?
#Person2#: Yes, just over there to your right.
#Person1#: Thank you very much.
#Person2#: You're welcome.",#Person1# asks #Person2# how to use the library. #Person2# offers specific directions.
test_217_2,"#Person1#: Could you tell me how to use the library?
#Person2#: Sure. All you need is your student ID card or admission card to check out books and read journals or magazines in the library.
#Person1#: How many books am I allowed to check out at a time?
#Person2#: Two books at a time. Except magazines or journals, they have to be read within library.
#Person1#: How long can I keep the books?
#Person2#: For one month. If you can't return the books in time, you'll be fined. But if you renew them, you can keep them longer.
#Person1#: I see. Now I want to check out two books on spoken English. Can you show me where I can find them?
#Person2#: Yes, just over there to your right.
#Person1#: Thank you very much.
#Person2#: You're welcome.",#Person1# is asking #Person2# how to use the library and will check out two books.
test_217_3,"#Person1#: Could you tell me how to use the library?
#Person2#: Sure. All you need is your student ID card or admission card to check out books and read journals or magazines in the library.
#Person1#: How many books am I allowed to check out at a time?
#Person2#: Two books at a time. Except magazines or journals, they have to be read within library.
#Person1#: How long can I keep the books?
#Person2#: For one month. If you can't return the books in time, you'll be fined. But if you renew them, you can keep them longer.
#Person1#: I see. Now I want to check out two books on spoken English. Can you show me where I can find them?
#Person2#: Yes, just over there to your right.
#Person1#: Thank you very much.
#Person2#: You're welcome.",#Person1# wants to use the library. #Person2# teaches #Person1# to use the library and helps to check out two books.
test_218_1,"#Person1#: It's a lovely day, isn't it?
#Person2#: Yes, the weather sure is nice today.
#Person1#: I love it when the weather is like this. Why don't we sit down outside and have our lunch?
#Person2#: That sounds like a good idea. The sky is clear, the sun is shining and there's a nice cool breeze, so it is not too hot.
#Person1#: I really miss the change of seasons like we have in Colorado. but I must admit, this sure is a nice spring day.
#Person2#: Hey, this spot in the shade looks really comfortable.
#Person1#: Okay. Hey, is that a dark cloud over there? Do you think it will rain after all?
#Person2#: I don't think so. I saw the weather report last night, and it said the weather should be fine all day.
#Person1#: If the weather stays nice perhaps we can go to the beach this weekend. It's been a while since I've not really gotten some sun.","It's a lovely day, so #Person1# and #Person2# have their lunch outside and plan to go to the beach this weekend."
test_218_2,"#Person1#: It's a lovely day, isn't it?
#Person2#: Yes, the weather sure is nice today.
#Person1#: I love it when the weather is like this. Why don't we sit down outside and have our lunch?
#Person2#: That sounds like a good idea. The sky is clear, the sun is shining and there's a nice cool breeze, so it is not too hot.
#Person1#: I really miss the change of seasons like we have in Colorado. but I must admit, this sure is a nice spring day.
#Person2#: Hey, this spot in the shade looks really comfortable.
#Person1#: Okay. Hey, is that a dark cloud over there? Do you think it will rain after all?
#Person2#: I don't think so. I saw the weather report last night, and it said the weather should be fine all day.
#Person1#: If the weather stays nice perhaps we can go to the beach this weekend. It's been a while since I've not really gotten some sun.",#Person1# and #Person2# are enjoying the weather and may go to the beach this weekend.
test_218_3,"#Person1#: It's a lovely day, isn't it?
#Person2#: Yes, the weather sure is nice today.
#Person1#: I love it when the weather is like this. Why don't we sit down outside and have our lunch?
#Person2#: That sounds like a good idea. The sky is clear, the sun is shining and there's a nice cool breeze, so it is not too hot.
#Person1#: I really miss the change of seasons like we have in Colorado. but I must admit, this sure is a nice spring day.
#Person2#: Hey, this spot in the shade looks really comfortable.
#Person1#: Okay. Hey, is that a dark cloud over there? Do you think it will rain after all?
#Person2#: I don't think so. I saw the weather report last night, and it said the weather should be fine all day.
#Person1#: If the weather stays nice perhaps we can go to the beach this weekend. It's been a while since I've not really gotten some sun.",Weather's nice. #Person1# suggests having lunch outside and hopes to go to the beach to get some sun.
test_219_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me. In this museum, you are not supposed to take pictures.
#Person2#: Is that right? I didn't know it.
#Person1#: Will you give me your camera? We have to confiscate your film.
#Person2#: Will you forgive me. Could you return my camera?
#Person1#: We will keep and return it later.
#Person2#: Oh, I see. Then, can I buy slides and picture postcards somewhere?
#Person1#: You can buy them at the souvenir shop near the exit.",#Person1# stops #Person2# from taking photos in the museum.
test_219_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me. In this museum, you are not supposed to take pictures.
#Person2#: Is that right? I didn't know it.
#Person1#: Will you give me your camera? We have to confiscate your film.
#Person2#: Will you forgive me. Could you return my camera?
#Person1#: We will keep and return it later.
#Person2#: Oh, I see. Then, can I buy slides and picture postcards somewhere?
#Person1#: You can buy them at the souvenir shop near the exit.",#Person2# breaks the museum's rule of non-taking pictures.
test_219_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me. In this museum, you are not supposed to take pictures.
#Person2#: Is that right? I didn't know it.
#Person1#: Will you give me your camera? We have to confiscate your film.
#Person2#: Will you forgive me. Could you return my camera?
#Person1#: We will keep and return it later.
#Person2#: Oh, I see. Then, can I buy slides and picture postcards somewhere?
#Person1#: You can buy them at the souvenir shop near the exit.",#Person1# asks #Person2# not to take pictures and takes his phone temporarily
test_220_1,"#Person1#: Hello, Sir, may I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. I would like some information for requesting a loan.
#Person1#: Very well, here are the general terms of our loan policies. We pride ourselves in having the lowest interest rate in the country for personal loans.
#Person2#: I see. So let me get this straight. If I borrow let's say, ten thousand dollars, how much will I have to pay each month?
#Person1#: It depends on how long you take to pay it back. If we lend you ten thousand dollars at an annual interest rate of ten percent for forty eight months, you would have to pay each month a portion of the loan which is called the principal and another small portion of the annual interest rate. This of course is considering that you don't default on a payment!
#Person2#: It sounds good but, there is just one problem. I have a terrible credit score.
#Person1#: That is a very serious problem you see, the bank must assess your personal information, past loans, assets and any other relevant information such as your credit score in order to approve your loan.
#Person2#: You know what? I don't really need the money. Thanks anyways!",#Person2# asks #Person1# for information for requesting a loan. #Person1# says the bank will assess people's credit scores then #Person2# just leaves.
test_220_2,"#Person1#: Hello, Sir, may I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. I would like some information for requesting a loan.
#Person1#: Very well, here are the general terms of our loan policies. We pride ourselves in having the lowest interest rate in the country for personal loans.
#Person2#: I see. So let me get this straight. If I borrow let's say, ten thousand dollars, how much will I have to pay each month?
#Person1#: It depends on how long you take to pay it back. If we lend you ten thousand dollars at an annual interest rate of ten percent for forty eight months, you would have to pay each month a portion of the loan which is called the principal and another small portion of the annual interest rate. This of course is considering that you don't default on a payment!
#Person2#: It sounds good but, there is just one problem. I have a terrible credit score.
#Person1#: That is a very serious problem you see, the bank must assess your personal information, past loans, assets and any other relevant information such as your credit score in order to approve your loan.
#Person2#: You know what? I don't really need the money. Thanks anyways!","#Person2#'d like some information for requesting a loan. However, it's likely that his order cannot be approved because of his terrible credit score."
test_220_3,"#Person1#: Hello, Sir, may I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. I would like some information for requesting a loan.
#Person1#: Very well, here are the general terms of our loan policies. We pride ourselves in having the lowest interest rate in the country for personal loans.
#Person2#: I see. So let me get this straight. If I borrow let's say, ten thousand dollars, how much will I have to pay each month?
#Person1#: It depends on how long you take to pay it back. If we lend you ten thousand dollars at an annual interest rate of ten percent for forty eight months, you would have to pay each month a portion of the loan which is called the principal and another small portion of the annual interest rate. This of course is considering that you don't default on a payment!
#Person2#: It sounds good but, there is just one problem. I have a terrible credit score.
#Person1#: That is a very serious problem you see, the bank must assess your personal information, past loans, assets and any other relevant information such as your credit score in order to approve your loan.
#Person2#: You know what? I don't really need the money. Thanks anyways!",#Person2# wants to know about requesting a loan. #Person1# introduces the policy of loan interest and credit assessment. #Person2# then leaves as he has a terrible credit score.
test_221_1,"#Person1#: Hi, Monica, congratulations! Your presentation at the meeting was very successful and everyone was impressed by your speech. And it was so persuasive and I bet our clients will be convinced to invest their money in this project. You really made a big contribution to our company.
#Person2#: Thank you, I just tried my best. I am very happy to know you like it.
#Person1#: You must have been prepared for a long time. Some statistics in this presentation are not easy to find, right?
#Person2#: Well, yes. Several colleagues from different departments helped me with that. They are very supportive. I consulted an economic expert last week. He was very kind to give valuable suggestions.
#Person1#: Now, the effort pays off. You have accomplished something.
#Person2#: Come on, don't flatter me anymore. I took the job because I love being challenged. But I can't get this turned around without the support from you people.",#Person1# thanks Monica for giving a successful project presentation at the meeting. Monica attributes the success to collaboration.
test_221_2,"#Person1#: Hi, Monica, congratulations! Your presentation at the meeting was very successful and everyone was impressed by your speech. And it was so persuasive and I bet our clients will be convinced to invest their money in this project. You really made a big contribution to our company.
#Person2#: Thank you, I just tried my best. I am very happy to know you like it.
#Person1#: You must have been prepared for a long time. Some statistics in this presentation are not easy to find, right?
#Person2#: Well, yes. Several colleagues from different departments helped me with that. They are very supportive. I consulted an economic expert last week. He was very kind to give valuable suggestions.
#Person1#: Now, the effort pays off. You have accomplished something.
#Person2#: Come on, don't flatter me anymore. I took the job because I love being challenged. But I can't get this turned around without the support from you people.",Monica tells #Person1# her presentation was very successful because she got help from several colleagues and an economic expert.
test_221_3,"#Person1#: Hi, Monica, congratulations! Your presentation at the meeting was very successful and everyone was impressed by your speech. And it was so persuasive and I bet our clients will be convinced to invest their money in this project. You really made a big contribution to our company.
#Person2#: Thank you, I just tried my best. I am very happy to know you like it.
#Person1#: You must have been prepared for a long time. Some statistics in this presentation are not easy to find, right?
#Person2#: Well, yes. Several colleagues from different departments helped me with that. They are very supportive. I consulted an economic expert last week. He was very kind to give valuable suggestions.
#Person1#: Now, the effort pays off. You have accomplished something.
#Person2#: Come on, don't flatter me anymore. I took the job because I love being challenged. But I can't get this turned around without the support from you people.",#Person1# praises Monica for her presentation. Monica admits her efforts and also gives the credit to her colleagues.
test_222_1,"#Person1#: Hey, Tom, what to go for a run?
#Person2#: No thanks. I like to run in the morning. I ran a couple of miles when I woke up today.
#Person1#: I try to do that, but I can't get up early enough.
#Person2#: I couldn't either at first, but you get used to it.
#Person1#: It's so hot at lunchtime ; I'd rather run in the morning.
#Person2#: Well, why don't you come tomorrow? I'll stop by your house on my way out.
#Person1#: I could try, but I can't say for sure if I'll get up in time. What time do you want to go?
#Person2#: I'll give you a call around 6 o'clock and stop by around 6 thirty.
#Person1#: O. K. , maybe if I have someone to go with, I'll be able to get up in time for a jog.
#Person2#: Great, I'll see you then.
#Person1#: See you.",Tom invites #Person1# to run in the morning. #Person1# would try to get up and join him.
test_222_2,"#Person1#: Hey, Tom, what to go for a run?
#Person2#: No thanks. I like to run in the morning. I ran a couple of miles when I woke up today.
#Person1#: I try to do that, but I can't get up early enough.
#Person2#: I couldn't either at first, but you get used to it.
#Person1#: It's so hot at lunchtime ; I'd rather run in the morning.
#Person2#: Well, why don't you come tomorrow? I'll stop by your house on my way out.
#Person1#: I could try, but I can't say for sure if I'll get up in time. What time do you want to go?
#Person2#: I'll give you a call around 6 o'clock and stop by around 6 thirty.
#Person1#: O. K. , maybe if I have someone to go with, I'll be able to get up in time for a jog.
#Person2#: Great, I'll see you then.
#Person1#: See you.","Tom will stop by #Person1#'s house tomorrow, and #Person1# will try to get up to join his running."
test_222_3,"#Person1#: Hey, Tom, what to go for a run?
#Person2#: No thanks. I like to run in the morning. I ran a couple of miles when I woke up today.
#Person1#: I try to do that, but I can't get up early enough.
#Person2#: I couldn't either at first, but you get used to it.
#Person1#: It's so hot at lunchtime ; I'd rather run in the morning.
#Person2#: Well, why don't you come tomorrow? I'll stop by your house on my way out.
#Person1#: I could try, but I can't say for sure if I'll get up in time. What time do you want to go?
#Person2#: I'll give you a call around 6 o'clock and stop by around 6 thirty.
#Person1#: O. K. , maybe if I have someone to go with, I'll be able to get up in time for a jog.
#Person2#: Great, I'll see you then.
#Person1#: See you.",Tom likes to run in the morning. #Person1# tries but fails. Tom invites #Person1# to run together tomorrow. #Person1# accepts.
test_223_1,"#Person1#: Is that the Japanese Restaurant?
#Person2#: Speaking. May I help you?
#Person1#: What kind of food do you serve?
#Person2#: We serve a great variety of popular Japanese dishes in set courses, and also many meat dishes.
#Person1#: I see. That sounds fine. Until what time are you open?
#Person2#: We are open until 10 but our last order for dinner is at 9:30 pm.
#Person1#: Fine. We'll be there before that time.
#Person2#: Thank you, sir. We look forward to welcoming you.",#Person1# calls a Japanese restaurant to ask about food and opening time and will go there.
test_223_2,"#Person1#: Is that the Japanese Restaurant?
#Person2#: Speaking. May I help you?
#Person1#: What kind of food do you serve?
#Person2#: We serve a great variety of popular Japanese dishes in set courses, and also many meat dishes.
#Person1#: I see. That sounds fine. Until what time are you open?
#Person2#: We are open until 10 but our last order for dinner is at 9:30 pm.
#Person1#: Fine. We'll be there before that time.
#Person2#: Thank you, sir. We look forward to welcoming you.",#Person1# calls #Person2# to ask about their food and opening time.
test_223_3,"#Person1#: Is that the Japanese Restaurant?
#Person2#: Speaking. May I help you?
#Person1#: What kind of food do you serve?
#Person2#: We serve a great variety of popular Japanese dishes in set courses, and also many meat dishes.
#Person1#: I see. That sounds fine. Until what time are you open?
#Person2#: We are open until 10 but our last order for dinner is at 9:30 pm.
#Person1#: Fine. We'll be there before that time.
#Person2#: Thank you, sir. We look forward to welcoming you.",#Person1# calls #Person2#'s restaurant to ask about the food and opening hours.
test_224_1,"#Person1#: Mr. Simpson, if you are free, how about a lunch?
#Person2#: When do you have in mind?
#Person1#: How about Thursday?
#Person2#: That will be fine with me.
#Person1#: I know of a place you'll like and you have got to be there.
#Person2#: Good. I'll be there at 12:30.
#Person1#: OK, see you then.
#Person2#: See you.",Mr. Simpson agrees to have lunch with #Person1# on Thursday.
test_224_2,"#Person1#: Mr. Simpson, if you are free, how about a lunch?
#Person2#: When do you have in mind?
#Person1#: How about Thursday?
#Person2#: That will be fine with me.
#Person1#: I know of a place you'll like and you have got to be there.
#Person2#: Good. I'll be there at 12:30.
#Person1#: OK, see you then.
#Person2#: See you.",#Person1# and Mr. Simpson will have lunch together.
test_224_3,"#Person1#: Mr. Simpson, if you are free, how about a lunch?
#Person2#: When do you have in mind?
#Person1#: How about Thursday?
#Person2#: That will be fine with me.
#Person1#: I know of a place you'll like and you have got to be there.
#Person2#: Good. I'll be there at 12:30.
#Person1#: OK, see you then.
#Person2#: See you.",Mr. Simpson accepts #Person1#'s invitation to lunch on Thursday.
test_225_1,"#Person1#: So, now I need your help again, if you don't mind. I'm taking a date to a restaurant.
#Person2#: I'd love to help you! What is your budget for the dinner?
#Person1#: She strikes me as being very sophisticated. Only the best will do for her.
#Person2#: Well, what do you think about our very own hotel restaurant? It is very upscale, with a three-star rating.
#Person1#: I don't want to be cooped up in my own hotel tonight. How about another restaurant?
#Person2#: The Gramercy Tavern is highly rated. It has great food and live jazz, but it's not cheap.
#Person1#: Yes, that sounds like a winner. Would you please call them to reserve a table?
#Person2#: I'm already dialing, sir.",#Person1# is taking a date to a restaurant. #Person2# suggests an expensive one and #Person1# asks #Person2# to reserve a table.
test_225_2,"#Person1#: So, now I need your help again, if you don't mind. I'm taking a date to a restaurant.
#Person2#: I'd love to help you! What is your budget for the dinner?
#Person1#: She strikes me as being very sophisticated. Only the best will do for her.
#Person2#: Well, what do you think about our very own hotel restaurant? It is very upscale, with a three-star rating.
#Person1#: I don't want to be cooped up in my own hotel tonight. How about another restaurant?
#Person2#: The Gramercy Tavern is highly rated. It has great food and live jazz, but it's not cheap.
#Person1#: Yes, that sounds like a winner. Would you please call them to reserve a table?
#Person2#: I'm already dialing, sir.","#Person1# wants to take a date to the best restaurant, #Person2# suggests the Gramercy Tavern and is calling to reserve a table for him."
test_225_3,"#Person1#: So, now I need your help again, if you don't mind. I'm taking a date to a restaurant.
#Person2#: I'd love to help you! What is your budget for the dinner?
#Person1#: She strikes me as being very sophisticated. Only the best will do for her.
#Person2#: Well, what do you think about our very own hotel restaurant? It is very upscale, with a three-star rating.
#Person1#: I don't want to be cooped up in my own hotel tonight. How about another restaurant?
#Person2#: The Gramercy Tavern is highly rated. It has great food and live jazz, but it's not cheap.
#Person1#: Yes, that sounds like a winner. Would you please call them to reserve a table?
#Person2#: I'm already dialing, sir.",#Person1# wants to take a date to a restaurant. #Person2# recommends the Gramercy Tavern.
test_226_1,"#Person1#: How much should I pay?
#Person2#: Let me see. A roasted duck is $ 25. A plate of pork is $ 6. 50. A bowl of beef is $ 7. Two bottles of beer are $ 4. That's a total of $ 42. 50.
#Person1#: Here is $ 50. Keep the change, please.
#Person2#: Oh, sorry sir. We take no tips here. Thank you all the same.",#Person1# pays the meal and tips #Person2# but #Person2# doesn't take it.
test_226_2,"#Person1#: How much should I pay?
#Person2#: Let me see. A roasted duck is $ 25. A plate of pork is $ 6. 50. A bowl of beef is $ 7. Two bottles of beer are $ 4. That's a total of $ 42. 50.
#Person1#: Here is $ 50. Keep the change, please.
#Person2#: Oh, sorry sir. We take no tips here. Thank you all the same.",#Person2# takes no tips despite #Person1#'s kindness.
test_226_3,"#Person1#: How much should I pay?
#Person2#: Let me see. A roasted duck is $ 25. A plate of pork is $ 6. 50. A bowl of beef is $ 7. Two bottles of beer are $ 4. That's a total of $ 42. 50.
#Person1#: Here is $ 50. Keep the change, please.
#Person2#: Oh, sorry sir. We take no tips here. Thank you all the same.",#Person1# pays and leaves a tip but #Person2# politely refuses.
test_227_1,"#Person1#: Which sports are popular in your country?
#Person2#: Most people like football. More boys like football than girls. A few girls play it really well. Some people like playing basketball.
#Person1#: Do many people like tennis?
#Person2#: More and more people like it now. fewer people play table tennis than before. Many people like swimming, because it is fun and keeps you fit.
#Person1#: In my country, many people enjoy golf, but it is too expensive for some people. A few people like extreme sports, but I think the vast majority of people are afraid to try them.
#Person2#: Extreme sports are only for a small minority of people. Several people from my university enjoy them, but most of us just watch. No one I know plays golf.
#Person1#: I know loads of people who play it regularly. There are plenty of golf courses around the country. In the past, only a tiny number of people played.
#Person2#: A great deal of people follow rugby in my country.
#Person1#: There are plenty of rugby fans in my country too.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about popular sports in their country. Rugby is popular in both countries.
test_227_2,"#Person1#: Which sports are popular in your country?
#Person2#: Most people like football. More boys like football than girls. A few girls play it really well. Some people like playing basketball.
#Person1#: Do many people like tennis?
#Person2#: More and more people like it now. fewer people play table tennis than before. Many people like swimming, because it is fun and keeps you fit.
#Person1#: In my country, many people enjoy golf, but it is too expensive for some people. A few people like extreme sports, but I think the vast majority of people are afraid to try them.
#Person2#: Extreme sports are only for a small minority of people. Several people from my university enjoy them, but most of us just watch. No one I know plays golf.
#Person1#: I know loads of people who play it regularly. There are plenty of golf courses around the country. In the past, only a tiny number of people played.
#Person2#: A great deal of people follow rugby in my country.
#Person1#: There are plenty of rugby fans in my country too.","#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about the popular sports in their countries, including football, basketball, tennis, swimming, golf, extreme sports and rugby."
test_227_3,"#Person1#: Which sports are popular in your country?
#Person2#: Most people like football. More boys like football than girls. A few girls play it really well. Some people like playing basketball.
#Person1#: Do many people like tennis?
#Person2#: More and more people like it now. fewer people play table tennis than before. Many people like swimming, because it is fun and keeps you fit.
#Person1#: In my country, many people enjoy golf, but it is too expensive for some people. A few people like extreme sports, but I think the vast majority of people are afraid to try them.
#Person2#: Extreme sports are only for a small minority of people. Several people from my university enjoy them, but most of us just watch. No one I know plays golf.
#Person1#: I know loads of people who play it regularly. There are plenty of golf courses around the country. In the past, only a tiny number of people played.
#Person2#: A great deal of people follow rugby in my country.
#Person1#: There are plenty of rugby fans in my country too.","People in #Person2#'s country like football, basketball, tennis, and swimming. People in #Person1#'s country like golf. A few people like extreme sports. Both people like rugby."
test_228_1,"#Person1#: Freedom Travel. How may I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, I'd like to make a flight reservation for the twenty third of this month.
#Person1#: Okay. What is your destination?
#Person2#: Well. I'm flying to Helsinki, Finland.
#Person1#: Okay. Let me check what flights are available?.
#Person2#: Okay.
#Person1#: And when will you be returning?
#Person2#: Uh, well, I'd like to catch a return flight on the twenty ninth. Oh, and I'd like the cheapest flight available.
#Person1#: Okay. Let me see. Um, hmm ...
#Person2#: Yeah?
#Person1#: Well, the price for the flight is almost double the price you would pay if you leave the day before 12 AM.
#Person2#: Whoo. Let's go with the cheaper flight. By the way, how much is it?
#Person1#: It's only $980.
#Person2#: Alright. Well, let's go with that.
#Person1#: Okay. That's flight 1070 from Salt Lake City to New York, Kennedy Airport, transferring to flight 90 from Kennedy to Helsinki.
#Person2#: And what are the departure and arrival times for each of those flights?
#Person1#: It leaves Salt Lake City at 10:00 AM, arriving in New York at 4:35 PM, then transferring to flight 90 at 5:55 PM, and arriving in Helsinki at 8:30 AM the next day.
#Person2#: Alright. And, uh, I'd like to request a vegetarian meal.
#Person1#: Sure, no problem. And could I have you name please?",#Person2# wants to make a reservation for a round trip flight this month. #Person1# helps #Person2# book the cheapest flight and vegetarian meals.
test_228_2,"#Person1#: Freedom Travel. How may I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, I'd like to make a flight reservation for the twenty third of this month.
#Person1#: Okay. What is your destination?
#Person2#: Well. I'm flying to Helsinki, Finland.
#Person1#: Okay. Let me check what flights are available?.
#Person2#: Okay.
#Person1#: And when will you be returning?
#Person2#: Uh, well, I'd like to catch a return flight on the twenty ninth. Oh, and I'd like the cheapest flight available.
#Person1#: Okay. Let me see. Um, hmm ...
#Person2#: Yeah?
#Person1#: Well, the price for the flight is almost double the price you would pay if you leave the day before 12 AM.
#Person2#: Whoo. Let's go with the cheaper flight. By the way, how much is it?
#Person1#: It's only $980.
#Person2#: Alright. Well, let's go with that.
#Person1#: Okay. That's flight 1070 from Salt Lake City to New York, Kennedy Airport, transferring to flight 90 from Kennedy to Helsinki.
#Person2#: And what are the departure and arrival times for each of those flights?
#Person1#: It leaves Salt Lake City at 10:00 AM, arriving in New York at 4:35 PM, then transferring to flight 90 at 5:55 PM, and arriving in Helsinki at 8:30 AM the next day.
#Person2#: Alright. And, uh, I'd like to request a vegetarian meal.
#Person1#: Sure, no problem. And could I have you name please?",#Person2# is asking #Person1# to make a flight reservation. #Person2# chooses the cheapest flight and asks #Person1# for their departure and arrival times.
test_228_3,"#Person1#: Freedom Travel. How may I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, I'd like to make a flight reservation for the twenty third of this month.
#Person1#: Okay. What is your destination?
#Person2#: Well. I'm flying to Helsinki, Finland.
#Person1#: Okay. Let me check what flights are available?.
#Person2#: Okay.
#Person1#: And when will you be returning?
#Person2#: Uh, well, I'd like to catch a return flight on the twenty ninth. Oh, and I'd like the cheapest flight available.
#Person1#: Okay. Let me see. Um, hmm ...
#Person2#: Yeah?
#Person1#: Well, the price for the flight is almost double the price you would pay if you leave the day before 12 AM.
#Person2#: Whoo. Let's go with the cheaper flight. By the way, how much is it?
#Person1#: It's only $980.
#Person2#: Alright. Well, let's go with that.
#Person1#: Okay. That's flight 1070 from Salt Lake City to New York, Kennedy Airport, transferring to flight 90 from Kennedy to Helsinki.
#Person2#: And what are the departure and arrival times for each of those flights?
#Person1#: It leaves Salt Lake City at 10:00 AM, arriving in New York at 4:35 PM, then transferring to flight 90 at 5:55 PM, and arriving in Helsinki at 8:30 AM the next day.
#Person2#: Alright. And, uh, I'd like to request a vegetarian meal.
#Person1#: Sure, no problem. And could I have you name please?",#Person2# is calling #Person1# to make a round trip flight reservation to and back from Helsinki and asks for the cheapest flight available.
test_229_1,"#Person1#: We're flying to Florida tomorrow to visit my grandmother. She's going to take me to Disney World.
#Person2#: Will that be your first time there?
#Person1#: Yes, but my grandmother goes every time someone visits her. She really knows her way around.",#Person1# would go to Disney World with #Person1#'s grandmother.
test_229_2,"#Person1#: We're flying to Florida tomorrow to visit my grandmother. She's going to take me to Disney World.
#Person2#: Will that be your first time there?
#Person1#: Yes, but my grandmother goes every time someone visits her. She really knows her way around.",#Person1#'s grandmother will take #Person1# to Disney World.
test_229_3,"#Person1#: We're flying to Florida tomorrow to visit my grandmother. She's going to take me to Disney World.
#Person2#: Will that be your first time there?
#Person1#: Yes, but my grandmother goes every time someone visits her. She really knows her way around.",#Person1#'s grandmother will take #Person1# to Disney World.
test_230_1,"#Person1#: Have you been to Australia?
#Person2#: No, I haven't.
#Person1#: Would yon like to go there?
#Person2#: Yes. I'd love to go there. I'd really like to see the Great Barrier Reef. My friends tell me the fish there are incredible.",#Person2# would love to go to Australia.
test_230_2,"#Person1#: Have you been to Australia?
#Person2#: No, I haven't.
#Person1#: Would yon like to go there?
#Person2#: Yes. I'd love to go there. I'd really like to see the Great Barrier Reef. My friends tell me the fish there are incredible.",#Person2#'d love to go to Australia.
test_230_3,"#Person1#: Have you been to Australia?
#Person2#: No, I haven't.
#Person1#: Would yon like to go there?
#Person2#: Yes. I'd love to go there. I'd really like to see the Great Barrier Reef. My friends tell me the fish there are incredible.",#Person2# would like to go to Australia.
test_231_1,"#Person1#: Hi, Laura. Where are you heading with that big bag?
#Person2#: I'm off to the gym. I've got to stay in shape, you know.
#Person1#: I know more women who exercise than men. What's the main reason you do that? For your health, or to look good?
#Person2#: To be honest, for both. With women, good looks are always a very important consideration.
#Person1#: I see.
#Person2#: How about you? Do you get any regular exercise?
#Person1#: I do a lot of walking for exercise and enjoyment-sometimes ten to twenty kilometers at a time. But I never go to the gym like you do.
#Person2#: Well, walking is a good exercise. How about sports?
#Person1#: Not since my school days. I used to love playing baseball, but it's impossible to get enough people together for a game now. Mostly I just watch sports on TV
#Person2#: I play tennis fairly regularly with my friends and sometimes go swimming and cycling by myself.
#Person1#: Oh, I forgot about that. I go cycling sometimes too. And I often go swimming on vacation, but only recreational swimming.
#Person2#: Why don't you join me at the gym sometime?
#Person1#: Well, maybe someday, but I'm pretty lazy about things like that.","Laura comes across #Person1# on the way to the gym, and they stop to talk about exercise habits. Unlike Laura, #Person1# prefers other exercises over going to the gym."
test_231_2,"#Person1#: Hi, Laura. Where are you heading with that big bag?
#Person2#: I'm off to the gym. I've got to stay in shape, you know.
#Person1#: I know more women who exercise than men. What's the main reason you do that? For your health, or to look good?
#Person2#: To be honest, for both. With women, good looks are always a very important consideration.
#Person1#: I see.
#Person2#: How about you? Do you get any regular exercise?
#Person1#: I do a lot of walking for exercise and enjoyment-sometimes ten to twenty kilometers at a time. But I never go to the gym like you do.
#Person2#: Well, walking is a good exercise. How about sports?
#Person1#: Not since my school days. I used to love playing baseball, but it's impossible to get enough people together for a game now. Mostly I just watch sports on TV
#Person2#: I play tennis fairly regularly with my friends and sometimes go swimming and cycling by myself.
#Person1#: Oh, I forgot about that. I go cycling sometimes too. And I often go swimming on vacation, but only recreational swimming.
#Person2#: Why don't you join me at the gym sometime?
#Person1#: Well, maybe someday, but I'm pretty lazy about things like that.",Laura does exercise for her health and good looking. #Person1# talks about regular exercise. They may do exercise together one day.
test_231_3,"#Person1#: Hi, Laura. Where are you heading with that big bag?
#Person2#: I'm off to the gym. I've got to stay in shape, you know.
#Person1#: I know more women who exercise than men. What's the main reason you do that? For your health, or to look good?
#Person2#: To be honest, for both. With women, good looks are always a very important consideration.
#Person1#: I see.
#Person2#: How about you? Do you get any regular exercise?
#Person1#: I do a lot of walking for exercise and enjoyment-sometimes ten to twenty kilometers at a time. But I never go to the gym like you do.
#Person2#: Well, walking is a good exercise. How about sports?
#Person1#: Not since my school days. I used to love playing baseball, but it's impossible to get enough people together for a game now. Mostly I just watch sports on TV
#Person2#: I play tennis fairly regularly with my friends and sometimes go swimming and cycling by myself.
#Person1#: Oh, I forgot about that. I go cycling sometimes too. And I often go swimming on vacation, but only recreational swimming.
#Person2#: Why don't you join me at the gym sometime?
#Person1#: Well, maybe someday, but I'm pretty lazy about things like that.",Laura exercises both for health and to look good. #Person1# walks but never goes to the gym. Laura invites #Person1# to join her at the gym but #Person1# refuses.
test_232_1,"#Person1#: Were you born in Los Angeles?
#Person2#: No. I was born in Chicago as a matter of fact.
#Person1#: Oh, were you?
#Person2#: Yeah, I grew up in the suburbs, in Wilmette, and then I moved out here when I was fourteen.
#Person1#: So you went to high school here?
#Person2#: Yeah, that's right. I graduated from Lincoln High.
#Person1#: And then you went to college?
#Person2#: No, not exactly. First I went to Europe.
#Person1#: Oh. To travel?
#Person2#: Well, yes, and I also lived in Munich for a while.
#Person1#: When did you arrive in Munich?
#Person2#: Let me see now. That was about eleven years ago. Yeah, in 1995.
#Person1#: And how long did you stay there?
#Person2#: For almost two years.
#Person1#: Oh, that must have been very interesting.",#Person1# asks #Person2# about past experiences of living in different cities around the world.
test_232_2,"#Person1#: Were you born in Los Angeles?
#Person2#: No. I was born in Chicago as a matter of fact.
#Person1#: Oh, were you?
#Person2#: Yeah, I grew up in the suburbs, in Wilmette, and then I moved out here when I was fourteen.
#Person1#: So you went to high school here?
#Person2#: Yeah, that's right. I graduated from Lincoln High.
#Person1#: And then you went to college?
#Person2#: No, not exactly. First I went to Europe.
#Person1#: Oh. To travel?
#Person2#: Well, yes, and I also lived in Munich for a while.
#Person1#: When did you arrive in Munich?
#Person2#: Let me see now. That was about eleven years ago. Yeah, in 1995.
#Person1#: And how long did you stay there?
#Person2#: For almost two years.
#Person1#: Oh, that must have been very interesting.",#Person1# is asking #Person2# about the places that #Person2# has stayed or lived.
test_232_3,"#Person1#: Were you born in Los Angeles?
#Person2#: No. I was born in Chicago as a matter of fact.
#Person1#: Oh, were you?
#Person2#: Yeah, I grew up in the suburbs, in Wilmette, and then I moved out here when I was fourteen.
#Person1#: So you went to high school here?
#Person2#: Yeah, that's right. I graduated from Lincoln High.
#Person1#: And then you went to college?
#Person2#: No, not exactly. First I went to Europe.
#Person1#: Oh. To travel?
#Person2#: Well, yes, and I also lived in Munich for a while.
#Person1#: When did you arrive in Munich?
#Person2#: Let me see now. That was about eleven years ago. Yeah, in 1995.
#Person1#: And how long did you stay there?
#Person2#: For almost two years.
#Person1#: Oh, that must have been very interesting.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about #Person2#'s experience. #Person2# moves a lot. #Person1# finds it interesting.
test_233_1,"#Person1#: What do you think of my new suit?
#Person2#: Not bad. It reminds me of the one I saw at the new department store last week. Did you get it there?
#Person1#: No, I got it in that big shopping center. It cost me only $ 150.
#Person2#: Well, I don't think it's a good bargain.",#Person1# bought a new suit with $ 150 and #Person2# thinks it is too expensive.
test_233_2,"#Person1#: What do you think of my new suit?
#Person2#: Not bad. It reminds me of the one I saw at the new department store last week. Did you get it there?
#Person1#: No, I got it in that big shopping center. It cost me only $ 150.
#Person2#: Well, I don't think it's a good bargain.",#Person2# thinks #Person1#'s new suit is not worthwhile.
test_233_3,"#Person1#: What do you think of my new suit?
#Person2#: Not bad. It reminds me of the one I saw at the new department store last week. Did you get it there?
#Person1#: No, I got it in that big shopping center. It cost me only $ 150.
#Person2#: Well, I don't think it's a good bargain.",#Person1#'s new suit cost $150. #Person2# doesn't think it's a good bargain.
test_234_1,"#Person1#: Good morning, this is Ann broadcasting from university radio and in the studio we have Robin, president of the Martha Bicycle Club with us.
#Person2#: Good morning, everyone.
#Person1#: Robin, can you tell us what the mountain lake cycle tour is all about?
#Person2#: Well, Ann, the tour today is not a race. People do it for fitness and fun andtry to better their time every year.
#Person1#: How long will it take to cycle one way, Robin?
#Person2#: About seven to nine hours for the average cyclists. Good cyclists can do it in four hours.
#Person1#: How many people will be taking part this year?
#Person2#: This is our biggest year ever. We have twelve hundred cyclists registered.
#Person1#: I doubt they'll block the road when the cyclists start out?
#Person2#: Don't worry, we've introduced the staggered starts to avoid these problems. Our first group will leave Ottawa at seven o'clock.
#Person1#: Thank you, Robin. Now down to the starting line of the university.",Robin and Robin are broadcasting. Robin introduces the mountain lake cycle tour and how they organize this event.
test_234_2,"#Person1#: Good morning, this is Ann broadcasting from university radio and in the studio we have Robin, president of the Martha Bicycle Club with us.
#Person2#: Good morning, everyone.
#Person1#: Robin, can you tell us what the mountain lake cycle tour is all about?
#Person2#: Well, Ann, the tour today is not a race. People do it for fitness and fun andtry to better their time every year.
#Person1#: How long will it take to cycle one way, Robin?
#Person2#: About seven to nine hours for the average cyclists. Good cyclists can do it in four hours.
#Person1#: How many people will be taking part this year?
#Person2#: This is our biggest year ever. We have twelve hundred cyclists registered.
#Person1#: I doubt they'll block the road when the cyclists start out?
#Person2#: Don't worry, we've introduced the staggered starts to avoid these problems. Our first group will leave Ottawa at seven o'clock.
#Person1#: Thank you, Robin. Now down to the starting line of the university.",Ann interviews Robin at a university radio. Robin talks about the mountain lake cycle tour and their method to avoid roadblock problem.
test_234_3,"#Person1#: Good morning, this is Ann broadcasting from university radio and in the studio we have Robin, president of the Martha Bicycle Club with us.
#Person2#: Good morning, everyone.
#Person1#: Robin, can you tell us what the mountain lake cycle tour is all about?
#Person2#: Well, Ann, the tour today is not a race. People do it for fitness and fun andtry to better their time every year.
#Person1#: How long will it take to cycle one way, Robin?
#Person2#: About seven to nine hours for the average cyclists. Good cyclists can do it in four hours.
#Person1#: How many people will be taking part this year?
#Person2#: This is our biggest year ever. We have twelve hundred cyclists registered.
#Person1#: I doubt they'll block the road when the cyclists start out?
#Person2#: Don't worry, we've introduced the staggered starts to avoid these problems. Our first group will leave Ottawa at seven o'clock.
#Person1#: Thank you, Robin. Now down to the starting line of the university.",Ann interviews Robin about the mountain lake cycle tour. Robin introduces the event and explains its settings of the tour.
test_235_1,"#Person1#: Can I get you something to drink?
#Person2#: Sure, but I don't drink much. So I don't know what to order.
#Person1#: So how about an aperitif?
#Person2#: It sounds good. I'd like to start with a Compari.
#Person1#: Stirred or shaken?
#Person2#: Stirred will be fine.
#Person1#: Here you are.
#Person2#: Thanks. Does the bar have a signature drink?
#Person1#: Sure. All of our mixed drinks are excellent. You can also try a delicious non-alcoholic cocktail.
#Person2#: Can you recommend one?
#Person1#: Try a Singer. It has lime juice and grenadine over ice.
#Person2#: It sounds interesting. I'll take one.
#Person1#: Here we go.
#Person2#: It tastes great.
#Person1#: Enjoy yourself.
#Person2#: Yeah.",#Person1# makes drinks for #Person2# at a bar.
test_235_2,"#Person1#: Can I get you something to drink?
#Person2#: Sure, but I don't drink much. So I don't know what to order.
#Person1#: So how about an aperitif?
#Person2#: It sounds good. I'd like to start with a Compari.
#Person1#: Stirred or shaken?
#Person2#: Stirred will be fine.
#Person1#: Here you are.
#Person2#: Thanks. Does the bar have a signature drink?
#Person1#: Sure. All of our mixed drinks are excellent. You can also try a delicious non-alcoholic cocktail.
#Person2#: Can you recommend one?
#Person1#: Try a Singer. It has lime juice and grenadine over ice.
#Person2#: It sounds interesting. I'll take one.
#Person1#: Here we go.
#Person2#: It tastes great.
#Person1#: Enjoy yourself.
#Person2#: Yeah.",#Person2# starts with a Compari and then tries a Singer at a bar.
test_235_3,"#Person1#: Can I get you something to drink?
#Person2#: Sure, but I don't drink much. So I don't know what to order.
#Person1#: So how about an aperitif?
#Person2#: It sounds good. I'd like to start with a Compari.
#Person1#: Stirred or shaken?
#Person2#: Stirred will be fine.
#Person1#: Here you are.
#Person2#: Thanks. Does the bar have a signature drink?
#Person1#: Sure. All of our mixed drinks are excellent. You can also try a delicious non-alcoholic cocktail.
#Person2#: Can you recommend one?
#Person1#: Try a Singer. It has lime juice and grenadine over ice.
#Person2#: It sounds interesting. I'll take one.
#Person1#: Here we go.
#Person2#: It tastes great.
#Person1#: Enjoy yourself.
#Person2#: Yeah.",#Person2# starts with an aperitif and asks about signature drinks. #Person1# recommends one and #Person2# likes that.
test_236_1,"#Person1#: Come on, Let's go for lunch, Gregory . 
#Person2#: I was going to eat in, I'm short on cash. 
#Person1#: Don't worry about it. It's on me. 
#Person2#: In that case, I'm with you. Em. this is good . 
#Person1#: I agreed,Hi, guess what? I went bungee jumping last weekend. 
#Person2#: Are you on the up and up? 
#Person1#: Definitely. you know, I'm into serious sport in a big way. 
#Person2#: If you asked me, you've got a screw loose somewhere. 
#Person1#: come off it, It's not that serious. You should DIY, do it yourself, sometimes.
#Person2#: Fat chance, I'm too scared of bungee jumping. 
#Person1#: No, really, I think you'd like it. I adapted to it right off the bat. 
#Person2#: What did that have to do with me? I'm not the self-seeker like you. 
#Person1#: I can teach you how. 
#Person2#: I had a sneaking suspicion about you, Eric, I think you've lost it.
#Person1#: No, not really, but I think I have lost my wallet. Where can it be? ",Eric offers to treat Gregory a meal. Eric is telling Gregory about the bungee jumping experience. Eric's found that his wallet was lost.
test_236_2,"#Person1#: Come on, Let's go for lunch, Gregory . 
#Person2#: I was going to eat in, I'm short on cash. 
#Person1#: Don't worry about it. It's on me. 
#Person2#: In that case, I'm with you. Em. this is good . 
#Person1#: I agreed,Hi, guess what? I went bungee jumping last weekend. 
#Person2#: Are you on the up and up? 
#Person1#: Definitely. you know, I'm into serious sport in a big way. 
#Person2#: If you asked me, you've got a screw loose somewhere. 
#Person1#: come off it, It's not that serious. You should DIY, do it yourself, sometimes.
#Person2#: Fat chance, I'm too scared of bungee jumping. 
#Person1#: No, really, I think you'd like it. I adapted to it right off the bat. 
#Person2#: What did that have to do with me? I'm not the self-seeker like you. 
#Person1#: I can teach you how. 
#Person2#: I had a sneaking suspicion about you, Eric, I think you've lost it.
#Person1#: No, not really, but I think I have lost my wallet. Where can it be? ",Eric invites Gregory for lunch and they talk about bungee jumping Eric tried. Eric thinks Gregory should try it but Gregory doesn't think so.
test_236_3,"#Person1#: Come on, Let's go for lunch, Gregory . 
#Person2#: I was going to eat in, I'm short on cash. 
#Person1#: Don't worry about it. It's on me. 
#Person2#: In that case, I'm with you. Em. this is good . 
#Person1#: I agreed,Hi, guess what? I went bungee jumping last weekend. 
#Person2#: Are you on the up and up? 
#Person1#: Definitely. you know, I'm into serious sport in a big way. 
#Person2#: If you asked me, you've got a screw loose somewhere. 
#Person1#: come off it, It's not that serious. You should DIY, do it yourself, sometimes.
#Person2#: Fat chance, I'm too scared of bungee jumping. 
#Person1#: No, really, I think you'd like it. I adapted to it right off the bat. 
#Person2#: What did that have to do with me? I'm not the self-seeker like you. 
#Person1#: I can teach you how. 
#Person2#: I had a sneaking suspicion about you, Eric, I think you've lost it.
#Person1#: No, not really, but I think I have lost my wallet. Where can it be? ",Eric treats Gregory to lunch. Eric went bungee jumping and suggests Gregory should try. Gregory thinks Eric has lost himself. Eric finds he loses his wallet.
test_237_1,"#Person1#: Can you help me do an internet search? 
#Person2#: Sure. What do you want to find? 
#Person1#: I want to find information on World War Two. 
#Person2#: Well, can you be more specific? There are a lot of websites about that. 
#Person1#: Yes, I want to know about the Normandy Landing. 
#Person2#: Ok. Well, go to www. google. com, and type in Normandy Landing. 
#Person1#: Oh, wow! There are lot of sites. 
#Person2#: Here, try this one. It's a good site about Normandy Landing. 
#Person1#: Thanks. 
#Person2#: For ditailed information, however, you should read a history book. 
#Person1#: Thanks. If I am interested, I'll go to the library. ","#Person1# wants some online information about the Normandy Landing, #Person2# teaches #Person1# how to google it."
test_237_2,"#Person1#: Can you help me do an internet search? 
#Person2#: Sure. What do you want to find? 
#Person1#: I want to find information on World War Two. 
#Person2#: Well, can you be more specific? There are a lot of websites about that. 
#Person1#: Yes, I want to know about the Normandy Landing. 
#Person2#: Ok. Well, go to www. google. com, and type in Normandy Landing. 
#Person1#: Oh, wow! There are lot of sites. 
#Person2#: Here, try this one. It's a good site about Normandy Landing. 
#Person1#: Thanks. 
#Person2#: For ditailed information, however, you should read a history book. 
#Person1#: Thanks. If I am interested, I'll go to the library. ",#Person2# helps #Person1# find a website about Normandy Landing and suggests reading a book for details.
test_237_3,"#Person1#: Can you help me do an internet search? 
#Person2#: Sure. What do you want to find? 
#Person1#: I want to find information on World War Two. 
#Person2#: Well, can you be more specific? There are a lot of websites about that. 
#Person1#: Yes, I want to know about the Normandy Landing. 
#Person2#: Ok. Well, go to www. google. com, and type in Normandy Landing. 
#Person1#: Oh, wow! There are lot of sites. 
#Person2#: Here, try this one. It's a good site about Normandy Landing. 
#Person1#: Thanks. 
#Person2#: For ditailed information, however, you should read a history book. 
#Person1#: Thanks. If I am interested, I'll go to the library. ",#Person1# wants to know about the Normandy Landing. #Person2# teaches #Person1# to search and suggests reading a history book.
test_238_1,"#Person1#: Hey there, you look a little lost. Are you new here? 
#Person2#: Yeah how'd you know? 
#Person1#: You can always spot the newbies. I can give you a few pointers if you want. Were you trying to use this machine here? 
#Person2#: Yeah! I just started my training today and I'm not really sure where to begin. 
#Person1#: It's ok, I know how it is. This machine here will work out your upper body, mainly your triceps and biceps. Are you looking to develop strength or muscle tone and definition? 
#Person2#: Well, I don't want to be ripped like you! I just want a good physique with weights and cardio. 
#Person1#: In that case you want to work with less weight. You can start off by working ten to fifteen reps in four sets. Five kilo weights should be enough. Now it's very important that you stretch before pumping iron or you might pull a muscle. 
#Person2#: Got it! Wow is that the weight you are lifting? My goodness that's a lot of weight! 
#Person1#: It's not that much. Just watch. . . I'm ok. . . ",#Person2# has problems using training machines to build #Person2#'s body. #Person1# explains it and shows #Person2#.
test_238_2,"#Person1#: Hey there, you look a little lost. Are you new here? 
#Person2#: Yeah how'd you know? 
#Person1#: You can always spot the newbies. I can give you a few pointers if you want. Were you trying to use this machine here? 
#Person2#: Yeah! I just started my training today and I'm not really sure where to begin. 
#Person1#: It's ok, I know how it is. This machine here will work out your upper body, mainly your triceps and biceps. Are you looking to develop strength or muscle tone and definition? 
#Person2#: Well, I don't want to be ripped like you! I just want a good physique with weights and cardio. 
#Person1#: In that case you want to work with less weight. You can start off by working ten to fifteen reps in four sets. Five kilo weights should be enough. Now it's very important that you stretch before pumping iron or you might pull a muscle. 
#Person2#: Got it! Wow is that the weight you are lifting? My goodness that's a lot of weight! 
#Person1#: It's not that much. Just watch. . . I'm ok. . . ",#Person1# teaches #Person2# how to use the training machine and suggests starting working small reps if #Person2# wants a good physique.
test_238_3,"#Person1#: Hey there, you look a little lost. Are you new here? 
#Person2#: Yeah how'd you know? 
#Person1#: You can always spot the newbies. I can give you a few pointers if you want. Were you trying to use this machine here? 
#Person2#: Yeah! I just started my training today and I'm not really sure where to begin. 
#Person1#: It's ok, I know how it is. This machine here will work out your upper body, mainly your triceps and biceps. Are you looking to develop strength or muscle tone and definition? 
#Person2#: Well, I don't want to be ripped like you! I just want a good physique with weights and cardio. 
#Person1#: In that case you want to work with less weight. You can start off by working ten to fifteen reps in four sets. Five kilo weights should be enough. Now it's very important that you stretch before pumping iron or you might pull a muscle. 
#Person2#: Got it! Wow is that the weight you are lifting? My goodness that's a lot of weight! 
#Person1#: It's not that much. Just watch. . . I'm ok. . . ","#Person1# teaches #Person2#, a newbie, to use a machine. #Person2# doesn't want to be ripped and thus works with less weight than #Person1#."
test_239_1,"#Person1#: Do you know where I can park? 
#Person2#: Do you need a spot here or off campus? 
#Person1#: I want a space on campus. 
#Person2#: There's a parking structure for students. 
#Person1#: Where can I find it? 
#Person2#: Go to the western side of the campus, and you'll find it there. 
#Person1#: Is it full? 
#Person2#: When I went up there, it wasn't full at all. 
#Person1#: When was that? 
#Person2#: Sometime this morning. 
#Person1#: Would it be full now? 
#Person2#: I am really not sure. ",#Person2# tells #Person1# #Person1# can park at a parking structure and show #Person1# the direction.
test_239_2,"#Person1#: Do you know where I can park? 
#Person2#: Do you need a spot here or off campus? 
#Person1#: I want a space on campus. 
#Person2#: There's a parking structure for students. 
#Person1#: Where can I find it? 
#Person2#: Go to the western side of the campus, and you'll find it there. 
#Person1#: Is it full? 
#Person2#: When I went up there, it wasn't full at all. 
#Person1#: When was that? 
#Person2#: Sometime this morning. 
#Person1#: Would it be full now? 
#Person2#: I am really not sure. ",#Person1# is asking #Person2# for parking information on campus.
test_239_3,"#Person1#: Do you know where I can park? 
#Person2#: Do you need a spot here or off campus? 
#Person1#: I want a space on campus. 
#Person2#: There's a parking structure for students. 
#Person1#: Where can I find it? 
#Person2#: Go to the western side of the campus, and you'll find it there. 
#Person1#: Is it full? 
#Person2#: When I went up there, it wasn't full at all. 
#Person1#: When was that? 
#Person2#: Sometime this morning. 
#Person1#: Would it be full now? 
#Person2#: I am really not sure. ",#Person2# tells #Person1# a parking structure for parking and where it is.
test_240_1,"#Person1#: Hey, Susan. Have you got a sec? I have some questions about my paycheck. 
#Person2#: You bet, Emily. Pull up a chair. 
#Person1#: Well, this is my first paycheck here in the States and there are a few things I don't understand. First of all, what is this FICA, and SUI Y tax, and why are there deductions both for Medicare and for my health insurance plan? 
#Person2#: OK, let's start from the top of your pay stub. This number here represents your gross pay. Then here we have a series of deductions. First off are the federal ones. FICA stands for Federal Insurance Contribution Act, or something like that. It's your federal income tax. And then there's Social Security and Medicare, which are both federal programs to help you out after you retire or if you were unable to work. 
#Person1#: All right, I see. So the Medicare isn't actually a health insurance I can use now. 
#Person2#: That's right. Below the federal deductions are the state deductions. There's the state income tax, and then this SUI/SDI tax you were asking about is paying into an unemployment and disability fund that our state has set up, but you can see it's a pretty small quantity that they take. 
#Person1#: Yeah, I don't mind giving them a dollar fifty for that. So there are two separate income taxes,one at a state level and one at a federal level? 
#Person2#: That's right. Not all states have an income tax. Some use higher property taxes or sales taxes instead. 
#Person1#: I see. All right, well I think everything else I can figure out on my own. The deductions for health insurance and my 401(K) are pretty self-explanatory. Thanks for your help, Susan. 
#Person2#: No problem! All those deductions do add up, and nobody's net pay is as high as they'd like. I can understand why you'd want some explanation. 
#Person1#: Yeah, I guess it's the same in the UK, I just never paid much attention. See you later! ","Emily's never done paycheck in the States before, so she asks Susan questions about it. Susan explains what the number and terms on the paycheck mean. Emily thanks Susan for her help."
test_240_2,"#Person1#: Hey, Susan. Have you got a sec? I have some questions about my paycheck. 
#Person2#: You bet, Emily. Pull up a chair. 
#Person1#: Well, this is my first paycheck here in the States and there are a few things I don't understand. First of all, what is this FICA, and SUI Y tax, and why are there deductions both for Medicare and for my health insurance plan? 
#Person2#: OK, let's start from the top of your pay stub. This number here represents your gross pay. Then here we have a series of deductions. First off are the federal ones. FICA stands for Federal Insurance Contribution Act, or something like that. It's your federal income tax. And then there's Social Security and Medicare, which are both federal programs to help you out after you retire or if you were unable to work. 
#Person1#: All right, I see. So the Medicare isn't actually a health insurance I can use now. 
#Person2#: That's right. Below the federal deductions are the state deductions. There's the state income tax, and then this SUI/SDI tax you were asking about is paying into an unemployment and disability fund that our state has set up, but you can see it's a pretty small quantity that they take. 
#Person1#: Yeah, I don't mind giving them a dollar fifty for that. So there are two separate income taxes,one at a state level and one at a federal level? 
#Person2#: That's right. Not all states have an income tax. Some use higher property taxes or sales taxes instead. 
#Person1#: I see. All right, well I think everything else I can figure out on my own. The deductions for health insurance and my 401(K) are pretty self-explanatory. Thanks for your help, Susan. 
#Person2#: No problem! All those deductions do add up, and nobody's net pay is as high as they'd like. I can understand why you'd want some explanation. 
#Person1#: Yeah, I guess it's the same in the UK, I just never paid much attention. See you later! ","Emily is asking Susan some questions about her paycheck. Susan tells her that there are two separate income taxes-federal deductions, helping people out after they retire or if they were unable to workand, and state deductions, paying into an unemployment and disability fund that the state has set up."
test_240_3,"#Person1#: Hey, Susan. Have you got a sec? I have some questions about my paycheck. 
#Person2#: You bet, Emily. Pull up a chair. 
#Person1#: Well, this is my first paycheck here in the States and there are a few things I don't understand. First of all, what is this FICA, and SUI Y tax, and why are there deductions both for Medicare and for my health insurance plan? 
#Person2#: OK, let's start from the top of your pay stub. This number here represents your gross pay. Then here we have a series of deductions. First off are the federal ones. FICA stands for Federal Insurance Contribution Act, or something like that. It's your federal income tax. And then there's Social Security and Medicare, which are both federal programs to help you out after you retire or if you were unable to work. 
#Person1#: All right, I see. So the Medicare isn't actually a health insurance I can use now. 
#Person2#: That's right. Below the federal deductions are the state deductions. There's the state income tax, and then this SUI/SDI tax you were asking about is paying into an unemployment and disability fund that our state has set up, but you can see it's a pretty small quantity that they take. 
#Person1#: Yeah, I don't mind giving them a dollar fifty for that. So there are two separate income taxes,one at a state level and one at a federal level? 
#Person2#: That's right. Not all states have an income tax. Some use higher property taxes or sales taxes instead. 
#Person1#: I see. All right, well I think everything else I can figure out on my own. The deductions for health insurance and my 401(K) are pretty self-explanatory. Thanks for your help, Susan. 
#Person2#: No problem! All those deductions do add up, and nobody's net pay is as high as they'd like. I can understand why you'd want some explanation. 
#Person1#: Yeah, I guess it's the same in the UK, I just never paid much attention. See you later! ",Emily has her first paycheck in the States and there are a few things she doesn't understand. Susan explains the federal and state deductions to her. Emily thinks it might be the same in the UK but she just never paid much attention before.
test_241_1,"#Person1#: I want to know how to buy something from this machine. 
#Person2#: Yeah, the new ones can be tricky. What are you trying to buy? 
#Person1#: I want to buy one of those snack things. 
#Person2#: Are you ready to go? 
#Person1#: I'm clear so far. 
#Person2#: The money goes in the slot over there. It has to be smooth to go in. 
#Person1#: It won't go in! 
#Person2#: Just remember that you might have to feed the money in a couple of times to get it to work. 
#Person1#: Yes, next step. 
#Person2#: Make your selection and hope for the best. Vending machines aren't all that reliable. 
#Person1#: They're totally unreliable. 
#Person2#: You seem to have it down. Have a good day! ",#Person2# shows #Person1# how to use the vending machine.
test_241_2,"#Person1#: I want to know how to buy something from this machine. 
#Person2#: Yeah, the new ones can be tricky. What are you trying to buy? 
#Person1#: I want to buy one of those snack things. 
#Person2#: Are you ready to go? 
#Person1#: I'm clear so far. 
#Person2#: The money goes in the slot over there. It has to be smooth to go in. 
#Person1#: It won't go in! 
#Person2#: Just remember that you might have to feed the money in a couple of times to get it to work. 
#Person1#: Yes, next step. 
#Person2#: Make your selection and hope for the best. Vending machines aren't all that reliable. 
#Person1#: They're totally unreliable. 
#Person2#: You seem to have it down. Have a good day! ",#Person2# is telling #Person1# how to use the machine to buy some snacks.
test_241_3,"#Person1#: I want to know how to buy something from this machine. 
#Person2#: Yeah, the new ones can be tricky. What are you trying to buy? 
#Person1#: I want to buy one of those snack things. 
#Person2#: Are you ready to go? 
#Person1#: I'm clear so far. 
#Person2#: The money goes in the slot over there. It has to be smooth to go in. 
#Person1#: It won't go in! 
#Person2#: Just remember that you might have to feed the money in a couple of times to get it to work. 
#Person1#: Yes, next step. 
#Person2#: Make your selection and hope for the best. Vending machines aren't all that reliable. 
#Person1#: They're totally unreliable. 
#Person2#: You seem to have it down. Have a good day! ",#Person2# helps #Person1# to buy things from the vending machine. #Person1# finds it unreliable.
test_242_1,"#Person1#: So, where are you going to spend your winter vacation? 
#Person2#: Oh, I'm going to meet my girlfriend in Thailand. 
#Person1#: You have a girlfriend in Thailand? Interesting. How come I have never heard of that? 
#Person2#: Actually it will be my first time to meet her. 
#Person1#: You mean you haven't seen her before? Then, how could she be your girlfriend? Maybe you don't even know her. 
#Person2#: That's true. But we have known each other over the Internet for a few months now. Actually we are on an intimate level. We even plan to be engaged next month. 
#Person1#: Congratulations! It's good to follow your heart. But I just didn't expect to be so fast. 
#Person2#: The Internet is making interaction much faster. People are getting to know each other much more quickly this way. 
#Person1#: Probably you're right. ",#Person2# has known a girl from Thailand on the internet and will spend the winter vacation with her. #Person1# is surprised.
test_242_2,"#Person1#: So, where are you going to spend your winter vacation? 
#Person2#: Oh, I'm going to meet my girlfriend in Thailand. 
#Person1#: You have a girlfriend in Thailand? Interesting. How come I have never heard of that? 
#Person2#: Actually it will be my first time to meet her. 
#Person1#: You mean you haven't seen her before? Then, how could she be your girlfriend? Maybe you don't even know her. 
#Person2#: That's true. But we have known each other over the Internet for a few months now. Actually we are on an intimate level. We even plan to be engaged next month. 
#Person1#: Congratulations! It's good to follow your heart. But I just didn't expect to be so fast. 
#Person2#: The Internet is making interaction much faster. People are getting to know each other much more quickly this way. 
#Person1#: Probably you're right. ",#Person1# is surprised that #Person2# has a girlfriend in Thailand. They've known each other over the Internet for a few months.
test_242_3,"#Person1#: So, where are you going to spend your winter vacation? 
#Person2#: Oh, I'm going to meet my girlfriend in Thailand. 
#Person1#: You have a girlfriend in Thailand? Interesting. How come I have never heard of that? 
#Person2#: Actually it will be my first time to meet her. 
#Person1#: You mean you haven't seen her before? Then, how could she be your girlfriend? Maybe you don't even know her. 
#Person2#: That's true. But we have known each other over the Internet for a few months now. Actually we are on an intimate level. We even plan to be engaged next month. 
#Person1#: Congratulations! It's good to follow your heart. But I just didn't expect to be so fast. 
#Person2#: The Internet is making interaction much faster. People are getting to know each other much more quickly this way. 
#Person1#: Probably you're right. ",#Person2# has a girlfriend in Thailand. They know each other on the Internet but never meet. #Person1# is surprised but congratulates #Person2#.
test_243_1,"#Person1#: Hello, james. Come in . go through to the living room. 
#Person2#: Hi Kate... thanks... wow! Look at all the furniture. You must spent a fortune on it! I love your new three-pieces suite.
#Person1#: I told you that I had been saving up money to buy some new furniture and do some redecorating. I finally saved enough and did everything at once. 
#Person2#: Good for you! You've got new curtains too. That's a very nice shade of blue. This sofa is very comfortable. I could sit on it all day! 
#Person1#: Do you like my carpet? Be honest! Tell me what you really think. 
#Person2#: To be honest, it looks like your old carpet. Is it really new or did you just have your old cleaned? 
#Person1#: Well spotted! I actually had it cleaned twice, because it was so dirty. The rug is new. You remember my trip to china? Well, I bought is there. ",James is visiting Kate's new suite and surprisingly finds she's redecorated it.
test_243_2,"#Person1#: Hello, james. Come in . go through to the living room. 
#Person2#: Hi Kate... thanks... wow! Look at all the furniture. You must spent a fortune on it! I love your new three-pieces suite.
#Person1#: I told you that I had been saving up money to buy some new furniture and do some redecorating. I finally saved enough and did everything at once. 
#Person2#: Good for you! You've got new curtains too. That's a very nice shade of blue. This sofa is very comfortable. I could sit on it all day! 
#Person1#: Do you like my carpet? Be honest! Tell me what you really think. 
#Person2#: To be honest, it looks like your old carpet. Is it really new or did you just have your old cleaned? 
#Person1#: Well spotted! I actually had it cleaned twice, because it was so dirty. The rug is new. You remember my trip to china? Well, I bought is there. ",James comes to visit Kate's living room and is surprised that she's redecorated it. Kate talks about her furniture proudly.
test_243_3,"#Person1#: Hello, james. Come in . go through to the living room. 
#Person2#: Hi Kate... thanks... wow! Look at all the furniture. You must spent a fortune on it! I love your new three-pieces suite.
#Person1#: I told you that I had been saving up money to buy some new furniture and do some redecorating. I finally saved enough and did everything at once. 
#Person2#: Good for you! You've got new curtains too. That's a very nice shade of blue. This sofa is very comfortable. I could sit on it all day! 
#Person1#: Do you like my carpet? Be honest! Tell me what you really think. 
#Person2#: To be honest, it looks like your old carpet. Is it really new or did you just have your old cleaned? 
#Person1#: Well spotted! I actually had it cleaned twice, because it was so dirty. The rug is new. You remember my trip to china? Well, I bought is there. ",Kate saved money to buy new furniture and do some decorating. James loves her suite and spots that her carpet is the old one.
test_244_1,"#Person1#: Ah, ah, ah. . . . 
#Person2#: All right, Bill. Here's your daily exercise schedule. You are to jog before breakfast. 
#Person1#: Jog? 
#Person2#: Then , you are to walk to work. 
#Person1#: Walk? 
#Person2#: Thirty minutes in gym at lunch time. 
#Person1#: Oh no. 
#Person2#: Use the stairs, never the elevator. 
#Person1#: Oh , dear. 
#Person2#: And three times a week, you can either swim, play racketball , or hand ball. 
#Person1#: Oh no. 
#Person2#: OK, you can stop now. It's time for the dance class. 
#Person1#: Dance class! I don't know how. 
#Person2#: You will. 
#Person1#: Oh. . . ","#Person2# gives Bill a rigorous daily exercise schedule, and Bill finds it torturing."
test_244_2,"#Person1#: Ah, ah, ah. . . . 
#Person2#: All right, Bill. Here's your daily exercise schedule. You are to jog before breakfast. 
#Person1#: Jog? 
#Person2#: Then , you are to walk to work. 
#Person1#: Walk? 
#Person2#: Thirty minutes in gym at lunch time. 
#Person1#: Oh no. 
#Person2#: Use the stairs, never the elevator. 
#Person1#: Oh , dear. 
#Person2#: And three times a week, you can either swim, play racketball , or hand ball. 
#Person1#: Oh no. 
#Person2#: OK, you can stop now. It's time for the dance class. 
#Person1#: Dance class! I don't know how. 
#Person2#: You will. 
#Person1#: Oh. . . ",#Person2# has made a harsh daily exercise schedule for Bill.
test_244_3,"#Person1#: Ah, ah, ah. . . . 
#Person2#: All right, Bill. Here's your daily exercise schedule. You are to jog before breakfast. 
#Person1#: Jog? 
#Person2#: Then , you are to walk to work. 
#Person1#: Walk? 
#Person2#: Thirty minutes in gym at lunch time. 
#Person1#: Oh no. 
#Person2#: Use the stairs, never the elevator. 
#Person1#: Oh , dear. 
#Person2#: And three times a week, you can either swim, play racketball , or hand ball. 
#Person1#: Oh no. 
#Person2#: OK, you can stop now. It's time for the dance class. 
#Person1#: Dance class! I don't know how. 
#Person2#: You will. 
#Person1#: Oh. . . ",#Person2# gives Bill his daily exercise schedule. Bill feels desperate.
test_245_1,"#Person1#: Marquet, do you think I should enroll in the science course? 
#Person2#: Yes, I think so, If you want to graduated this year, you've got to take a science course. 
#Person1#: Right, I figure since you are doing premedical, you know about the very courses. 
#Person2#: Well, I have to take biology, chemistry, maps and physics. What you need is a good introductory course for non-science majors. 
#Person1#: Yes, I really weak in maps, I did poorly in high school. 
#Person2#: That's a problem. ",Marquet offers #Person1# adivce on what courses to take.
test_245_2,"#Person1#: Marquet, do you think I should enroll in the science course? 
#Person2#: Yes, I think so, If you want to graduated this year, you've got to take a science course. 
#Person1#: Right, I figure since you are doing premedical, you know about the very courses. 
#Person2#: Well, I have to take biology, chemistry, maps and physics. What you need is a good introductory course for non-science majors. 
#Person1#: Yes, I really weak in maps, I did poorly in high school. 
#Person2#: That's a problem. ",#Person1# wants to enroll in a science course and asks Marquet's advice.
test_245_3,"#Person1#: Marquet, do you think I should enroll in the science course? 
#Person2#: Yes, I think so, If you want to graduated this year, you've got to take a science course. 
#Person1#: Right, I figure since you are doing premedical, you know about the very courses. 
#Person2#: Well, I have to take biology, chemistry, maps and physics. What you need is a good introductory course for non-science majors. 
#Person1#: Yes, I really weak in maps, I did poorly in high school. 
#Person2#: That's a problem. ",Marquet suggests #Person1# take a good introductory course for non-science majors.
test_246_1,"#Person1#: Tim, you're going to talk about your project and how to lead a greener life. Why did you choose that subject?
#Person2#: Well. We'd learned a lot about the environment in our science lessons, so I decided to see what I could do in my own life rather than just act completely helpless. And I knew the rest of my family would be interested.
#Person1#: Did you find it easy to get information?
#Person2#: Yeah, I discovered there were lots of people at my age trying to be green. I'd always gone to school by car. Catching a bus would be better, but there's no bus where we live. So I've gone for riding my bike to school now.
#Person1#: OK. And what about being green once you're actually at school?
#Person2#: Well, I realized that although all school paper was recycled and most of my friends use both sides of paper. We use huge quantities and I thought we should cut down and then it came to me that we should be sending in most of our work electronically. I'm going to recommend it to our teachers.
#Person1#: And what about the school cafeteria?
#Person2#: One school I've read about has meatless Mondays. It's good to use local produce, too. That something our school already does, but we still have machines with bottled milk, water and juices for sale. And I think we shouldn't have them.",Tim's project is about how to lead a greener life. #Person1# consults about his motivation and his findings at school. Tim finds there are many aspects that can be improved for his school.
test_246_2,"#Person1#: Tim, you're going to talk about your project and how to lead a greener life. Why did you choose that subject?
#Person2#: Well. We'd learned a lot about the environment in our science lessons, so I decided to see what I could do in my own life rather than just act completely helpless. And I knew the rest of my family would be interested.
#Person1#: Did you find it easy to get information?
#Person2#: Yeah, I discovered there were lots of people at my age trying to be green. I'd always gone to school by car. Catching a bus would be better, but there's no bus where we live. So I've gone for riding my bike to school now.
#Person1#: OK. And what about being green once you're actually at school?
#Person2#: Well, I realized that although all school paper was recycled and most of my friends use both sides of paper. We use huge quantities and I thought we should cut down and then it came to me that we should be sending in most of our work electronically. I'm going to recommend it to our teachers.
#Person1#: And what about the school cafeteria?
#Person2#: One school I've read about has meatless Mondays. It's good to use local produce, too. That something our school already does, but we still have machines with bottled milk, water and juices for sale. And I think we shouldn't have them.",Tims is talking about his greener life. He now rides his bike to school and recommends teachers to send electrical paper rather than paper ones. And he thinks the school shouldn't have machines with bottled drinks.
test_246_3,"#Person1#: Tim, you're going to talk about your project and how to lead a greener life. Why did you choose that subject?
#Person2#: Well. We'd learned a lot about the environment in our science lessons, so I decided to see what I could do in my own life rather than just act completely helpless. And I knew the rest of my family would be interested.
#Person1#: Did you find it easy to get information?
#Person2#: Yeah, I discovered there were lots of people at my age trying to be green. I'd always gone to school by car. Catching a bus would be better, but there's no bus where we live. So I've gone for riding my bike to school now.
#Person1#: OK. And what about being green once you're actually at school?
#Person2#: Well, I realized that although all school paper was recycled and most of my friends use both sides of paper. We use huge quantities and I thought we should cut down and then it came to me that we should be sending in most of our work electronically. I'm going to recommend it to our teachers.
#Person1#: And what about the school cafeteria?
#Person2#: One school I've read about has meatless Mondays. It's good to use local produce, too. That something our school already does, but we still have machines with bottled milk, water and juices for sale. And I think we shouldn't have them.",Tim chooses a green-life-related project because he wants to see what he could do in his own life. He's started being greener with himself and influences others.
test_247_1,"#Person1#: Hi Tony, I feel so tired.
#Person2#: Oh, I'm sorry, is there something wrong?
#Person1#: Yes, Christmas is coming, and it seems everything has been going wrong lately.
#Person2#: Here, sit down and tell me about it.
#Person1#: Well recently, I've had to be at work by 8:00 AM. You know, I work in the toy department at the shopping center.
#Person2#: Ah, yes, of course, it's much busier than usual. Everyone's shopping for Christmas presents.
#Person1#: Yesterday I overslept and I was 10 minutes late. At 10:00 o'clock, the front doors of the shopping center open and a flood of shoppers walked into the toy department, soon people were shouting, pushing me around or making angry demands.
#Person2#: Oh, that's awful.
#Person1#: I'm used to it now, it's just that selling gifts for kids is such an unpleasant job before Christmas. Christmas doesn't mean much to me now, except more work and more headaches.",#Person1# complains to Tony that Christmas has made #Person1# busier.
test_247_2,"#Person1#: Hi Tony, I feel so tired.
#Person2#: Oh, I'm sorry, is there something wrong?
#Person1#: Yes, Christmas is coming, and it seems everything has been going wrong lately.
#Person2#: Here, sit down and tell me about it.
#Person1#: Well recently, I've had to be at work by 8:00 AM. You know, I work in the toy department at the shopping center.
#Person2#: Ah, yes, of course, it's much busier than usual. Everyone's shopping for Christmas presents.
#Person1#: Yesterday I overslept and I was 10 minutes late. At 10:00 o'clock, the front doors of the shopping center open and a flood of shoppers walked into the toy department, soon people were shouting, pushing me around or making angry demands.
#Person2#: Oh, that's awful.
#Person1#: I'm used to it now, it's just that selling gifts for kids is such an unpleasant job before Christmas. Christmas doesn't mean much to me now, except more work and more headaches.","#Person1# works as a toy salesperson and feels so tired recently because Christmas is coming, and everyone's shopping for presents."
test_247_3,"#Person1#: Hi Tony, I feel so tired.
#Person2#: Oh, I'm sorry, is there something wrong?
#Person1#: Yes, Christmas is coming, and it seems everything has been going wrong lately.
#Person2#: Here, sit down and tell me about it.
#Person1#: Well recently, I've had to be at work by 8:00 AM. You know, I work in the toy department at the shopping center.
#Person2#: Ah, yes, of course, it's much busier than usual. Everyone's shopping for Christmas presents.
#Person1#: Yesterday I overslept and I was 10 minutes late. At 10:00 o'clock, the front doors of the shopping center open and a flood of shoppers walked into the toy department, soon people were shouting, pushing me around or making angry demands.
#Person2#: Oh, that's awful.
#Person1#: I'm used to it now, it's just that selling gifts for kids is such an unpleasant job before Christmas. Christmas doesn't mean much to me now, except more work and more headaches.",#Person1# thinks selling gifts for kids is such an unpleasant job before Christmas.
test_248_1,"#Person1#: Why don't you have some of my cake, Sue? I made it just for this party.
#Person2#: Sorry, Bill, I'm not in the cake at the moment. I thought you knew about my diet.
#Person1#: On your birthday? Surely you can eat whatever you want on your birthday. You can start your diet tomorrow. And anyway, you look great.
#Person2#: Well, thanks, Bill. I am not on a diet to lose weight, actually. My doctor told me to stop eating certain foods. I'm trying to avoid being allergic to something.
#Person1#: I didn't know food could help with that. I also notice you didn't eat any of the sandwiches Jill brought.
#Person2#: Yeah, and you and Tom and Shellin all brought different cakes. I'm dying to try them.
#Person1#: Why don't I go get you a salad? I'm sure you'll feel better if you eat something.
#Person2#: All right, it's the only thing here I can eat. What I really want is some hot soup.
#Person1#: Why don't I go and get some soup from the restaurant across the street for you?
#Person2#: That's awfully nice of you. But I'm enjoying my party. Maybe we could go afterwards.
#Person1#: OK, you go back in the house and chat with the guests. And I'll call the restaurant and tell them we'll be there in a few hours.","Bill made a cake for Sue's birthday, but Sue is on a diet to avoid allergy. Bill offers to buy her something healthy to eat, but Sue is enjoying her party. So they will go afterwards."
test_248_2,"#Person1#: Why don't you have some of my cake, Sue? I made it just for this party.
#Person2#: Sorry, Bill, I'm not in the cake at the moment. I thought you knew about my diet.
#Person1#: On your birthday? Surely you can eat whatever you want on your birthday. You can start your diet tomorrow. And anyway, you look great.
#Person2#: Well, thanks, Bill. I am not on a diet to lose weight, actually. My doctor told me to stop eating certain foods. I'm trying to avoid being allergic to something.
#Person1#: I didn't know food could help with that. I also notice you didn't eat any of the sandwiches Jill brought.
#Person2#: Yeah, and you and Tom and Shellin all brought different cakes. I'm dying to try them.
#Person1#: Why don't I go get you a salad? I'm sure you'll feel better if you eat something.
#Person2#: All right, it's the only thing here I can eat. What I really want is some hot soup.
#Person1#: Why don't I go and get some soup from the restaurant across the street for you?
#Person2#: That's awfully nice of you. But I'm enjoying my party. Maybe we could go afterwards.
#Person1#: OK, you go back in the house and chat with the guests. And I'll call the restaurant and tell them we'll be there in a few hours.",Sue doesn't eat cakes and sandwiches at her birthday party to avoid being allergic. Bill is willing to order her some hot soup to make her feel better. They decide to go to the restaurant later.
test_248_3,"#Person1#: Why don't you have some of my cake, Sue? I made it just for this party.
#Person2#: Sorry, Bill, I'm not in the cake at the moment. I thought you knew about my diet.
#Person1#: On your birthday? Surely you can eat whatever you want on your birthday. You can start your diet tomorrow. And anyway, you look great.
#Person2#: Well, thanks, Bill. I am not on a diet to lose weight, actually. My doctor told me to stop eating certain foods. I'm trying to avoid being allergic to something.
#Person1#: I didn't know food could help with that. I also notice you didn't eat any of the sandwiches Jill brought.
#Person2#: Yeah, and you and Tom and Shellin all brought different cakes. I'm dying to try them.
#Person1#: Why don't I go get you a salad? I'm sure you'll feel better if you eat something.
#Person2#: All right, it's the only thing here I can eat. What I really want is some hot soup.
#Person1#: Why don't I go and get some soup from the restaurant across the street for you?
#Person2#: That's awfully nice of you. But I'm enjoying my party. Maybe we could go afterwards.
#Person1#: OK, you go back in the house and chat with the guests. And I'll call the restaurant and tell them we'll be there in a few hours.",Bill made a cake for Sue's birthday but Sue can't eat it because she's on a diet to avoid being allergic. Bill and Sue will go to the restaurant to have some soup after the party.
test_249_1,"#Person1#: How can I help you?
#Person2#: well, I'm looking for some summer clothes.
#Person1#: Oh, it is the right time for you purchasing in our clothes shop. We are now having a low price on all our summer apparel.
#Person2#: Really? What's that?
#Person1#: Everything for summer is 20 % off.
#Person2#: I like this T-shirt. Would you like to help me look for any skirts that go with it?
#Person1#: Sure. We have both skirts and trousers that would look well with the T-shirt. Look at this section.
#Person2#: This one is good.
#Person1#: You have good taste. It is very much in style this year.
#Person2#: I'll take this one. How much are they?
#Person1#: 160 yuan.
#Person2#: Here you are.",#Person2# likes a T-shirt in #Person1#'s clothes shop. #Person1# recommends one section for #Person2#.
test_249_2,"#Person1#: How can I help you?
#Person2#: well, I'm looking for some summer clothes.
#Person1#: Oh, it is the right time for you purchasing in our clothes shop. We are now having a low price on all our summer apparel.
#Person2#: Really? What's that?
#Person1#: Everything for summer is 20 % off.
#Person2#: I like this T-shirt. Would you like to help me look for any skirts that go with it?
#Person1#: Sure. We have both skirts and trousers that would look well with the T-shirt. Look at this section.
#Person2#: This one is good.
#Person1#: You have good taste. It is very much in style this year.
#Person2#: I'll take this one. How much are they?
#Person1#: 160 yuan.
#Person2#: Here you are.",#Person2# goes to shop for clothes and is told there is a sale. #Person2# buys clothes under #Person1#'s recommendation.
test_249_3,"#Person1#: How can I help you?
#Person2#: well, I'm looking for some summer clothes.
#Person1#: Oh, it is the right time for you purchasing in our clothes shop. We are now having a low price on all our summer apparel.
#Person2#: Really? What's that?
#Person1#: Everything for summer is 20 % off.
#Person2#: I like this T-shirt. Would you like to help me look for any skirts that go with it?
#Person1#: Sure. We have both skirts and trousers that would look well with the T-shirt. Look at this section.
#Person2#: This one is good.
#Person1#: You have good taste. It is very much in style this year.
#Person2#: I'll take this one. How much are they?
#Person1#: 160 yuan.
#Person2#: Here you are.",#Person2# buys summer clothes with 20% off at #Person1#'s shop.
test_250_1,"#Person1#: Good afternoon. I come here specially to pick up my tickets. I booked it last month. This is my reservation note.
#Person2#: I am terribly sorry. You didn't come to reconfirm recently. You should have come to pick up your ticket three days ago since it's an international flight, any reservation without reconfirmation within 72 hours will be cancelled.
#Person1#: But I have been so busy all these days. Well, is there any other ticket available? I want the next one.","As not reconfirming recently, #Person1# cannot take the reserved air ticket."
test_250_2,"#Person1#: Good afternoon. I come here specially to pick up my tickets. I booked it last month. This is my reservation note.
#Person2#: I am terribly sorry. You didn't come to reconfirm recently. You should have come to pick up your ticket three days ago since it's an international flight, any reservation without reconfirmation within 72 hours will be cancelled.
#Person1#: But I have been so busy all these days. Well, is there any other ticket available? I want the next one.",#Person1# was too busy to reconfirm a fight reservation and needs to buy another ticket.
test_250_3,"#Person1#: Good afternoon. I come here specially to pick up my tickets. I booked it last month. This is my reservation note.
#Person2#: I am terribly sorry. You didn't come to reconfirm recently. You should have come to pick up your ticket three days ago since it's an international flight, any reservation without reconfirmation within 72 hours will be cancelled.
#Person1#: But I have been so busy all these days. Well, is there any other ticket available? I want the next one.",#Person1# goes to pick up the ticket but is told by #Person2# that the ticket was cancelled due to the late reconfirmation.
test_251_1,"#Person1#: Boy, it looks like everyone in your family is here, from young to old.
#Person2#: Easter's a good day for reunions. The family goes to church together.
#Person1#: And after church they come here for lunch?
#Person2#: Yup, a big potluck buffet. And then-notice there are no children around?
#Person1#: Yeah, what's up with that?
#Person2#: The kids wait in the house while the grownups hide these. Hide away, Yi-jun!",#Person2# tells #Person1# everyone from #Person2#'s family gathers here to spend the Easter together.
test_251_2,"#Person1#: Boy, it looks like everyone in your family is here, from young to old.
#Person2#: Easter's a good day for reunions. The family goes to church together.
#Person1#: And after church they come here for lunch?
#Person2#: Yup, a big potluck buffet. And then-notice there are no children around?
#Person1#: Yeah, what's up with that?
#Person2#: The kids wait in the house while the grownups hide these. Hide away, Yi-jun!",#Person2# introduces to #Person1# the family's tradition to celebrate Easter.
test_251_3,"#Person1#: Boy, it looks like everyone in your family is here, from young to old.
#Person2#: Easter's a good day for reunions. The family goes to church together.
#Person1#: And after church they come here for lunch?
#Person2#: Yup, a big potluck buffet. And then-notice there are no children around?
#Person1#: Yeah, what's up with that?
#Person2#: The kids wait in the house while the grownups hide these. Hide away, Yi-jun!",#Person2# tells #Person1# about the family activities on Easter day.
test_252_1,"#Person1#: I don't want you to be worried, but our son has some bad habits now. He says painful words everyday.
#Person2#: What words? Can you tell me?
#Person1#: He says kick mommy, beat mommy, don't want mommy very quickly if I do something that he doesn't like. You know, if I wash his face or change his clothes, things like that.
#Person2#: Honey, I don't know what to tell you. Of course Tony is a young child. But do not underestimate his ability to learn and reason.
#Person1#: Yes, but sometimes he is just not reasonable.
#Person2#: I suggest you treat him with patience, affection, and respect. If he needs to do something, like go to bed, or be washed, etc. , please guide or help him to get it done, but lead him with gentleness.
#Person1#: It's easy to say, but I will try.
#Person2#: Motivate Tony to cooperate by rewarding his good behavior. Do not emphasize punishment for bad moods, etc. Do not threaten him with punishment if he resists the actions you desire.
#Person1#: I know my parents sometimes threaten to punish him. But this doesn't work, instead he picks up another bad habit.",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about their son's bad habits and #Person2# gives suggestions on how to guide and help the kid.
test_252_2,"#Person1#: I don't want you to be worried, but our son has some bad habits now. He says painful words everyday.
#Person2#: What words? Can you tell me?
#Person1#: He says kick mommy, beat mommy, don't want mommy very quickly if I do something that he doesn't like. You know, if I wash his face or change his clothes, things like that.
#Person2#: Honey, I don't know what to tell you. Of course Tony is a young child. But do not underestimate his ability to learn and reason.
#Person1#: Yes, but sometimes he is just not reasonable.
#Person2#: I suggest you treat him with patience, affection, and respect. If he needs to do something, like go to bed, or be washed, etc. , please guide or help him to get it done, but lead him with gentleness.
#Person1#: It's easy to say, but I will try.
#Person2#: Motivate Tony to cooperate by rewarding his good behavior. Do not emphasize punishment for bad moods, etc. Do not threaten him with punishment if he resists the actions you desire.
#Person1#: I know my parents sometimes threaten to punish him. But this doesn't work, instead he picks up another bad habit.",#Person1# and #Person2# exchanges thoughts on how to deal with their son's bad behavior. #Person2# suggests treating the kid with patience instead of punishment.
test_252_3,"#Person1#: I don't want you to be worried, but our son has some bad habits now. He says painful words everyday.
#Person2#: What words? Can you tell me?
#Person1#: He says kick mommy, beat mommy, don't want mommy very quickly if I do something that he doesn't like. You know, if I wash his face or change his clothes, things like that.
#Person2#: Honey, I don't know what to tell you. Of course Tony is a young child. But do not underestimate his ability to learn and reason.
#Person1#: Yes, but sometimes he is just not reasonable.
#Person2#: I suggest you treat him with patience, affection, and respect. If he needs to do something, like go to bed, or be washed, etc. , please guide or help him to get it done, but lead him with gentleness.
#Person1#: It's easy to say, but I will try.
#Person2#: Motivate Tony to cooperate by rewarding his good behavior. Do not emphasize punishment for bad moods, etc. Do not threaten him with punishment if he resists the actions you desire.
#Person1#: I know my parents sometimes threaten to punish him. But this doesn't work, instead he picks up another bad habit.","#Person1# asks #Person2# to help to address their son's problems, and #Person2# has come up with several motivating and gentle ideas."
test_253_1,"#Person1#: Hi honey! You'll never guess what! My friends Julie and Alex are getting married!
#Person2#: Wow that's great news! They're a great couple!
#Person1#: I know! Anyways I just talked to Alex's best man and he is organizing the bachelor party It's gonna be so much fun! All the groomsmen are thinking up all the wacky and crazy things we are going to do that night.
#Person2#: You aren't going to a strip club, are you? I don't want you getting a lap dance from some stripper with the excuse that it's your friends party.
#Person1#: Aw come on! It's just some innocent fun! You know how these things are! We are gonna play drinking games, get him some gag gifts and just have a good time. Nothing too over the top.
#Person2#: Well, I don't know.
#Person1#: Come on! If one of your friends was getting married I wouldn't mind you going to her bachelorette party!
#Person2#: Good, because my friend Wendy is getting married and I'm organizing her party!","#Person1# is going to the bachelor party of Alex, and #Person2# will organise a bachelorette party for Wendy."
test_253_2,"#Person1#: Hi honey! You'll never guess what! My friends Julie and Alex are getting married!
#Person2#: Wow that's great news! They're a great couple!
#Person1#: I know! Anyways I just talked to Alex's best man and he is organizing the bachelor party It's gonna be so much fun! All the groomsmen are thinking up all the wacky and crazy things we are going to do that night.
#Person2#: You aren't going to a strip club, are you? I don't want you getting a lap dance from some stripper with the excuse that it's your friends party.
#Person1#: Aw come on! It's just some innocent fun! You know how these things are! We are gonna play drinking games, get him some gag gifts and just have a good time. Nothing too over the top.
#Person2#: Well, I don't know.
#Person1#: Come on! If one of your friends was getting married I wouldn't mind you going to her bachelorette party!
#Person2#: Good, because my friend Wendy is getting married and I'm organizing her party!",#Person1# is excited about attending two friends' bachelor party. #Person2# doesn't trust #Person1# and will organize a bachelorette party for a friend too.
test_253_3,"#Person1#: Hi honey! You'll never guess what! My friends Julie and Alex are getting married!
#Person2#: Wow that's great news! They're a great couple!
#Person1#: I know! Anyways I just talked to Alex's best man and he is organizing the bachelor party It's gonna be so much fun! All the groomsmen are thinking up all the wacky and crazy things we are going to do that night.
#Person2#: You aren't going to a strip club, are you? I don't want you getting a lap dance from some stripper with the excuse that it's your friends party.
#Person1#: Aw come on! It's just some innocent fun! You know how these things are! We are gonna play drinking games, get him some gag gifts and just have a good time. Nothing too over the top.
#Person2#: Well, I don't know.
#Person1#: Come on! If one of your friends was getting married I wouldn't mind you going to her bachelorette party!
#Person2#: Good, because my friend Wendy is getting married and I'm organizing her party!",#Person1# shares the Alex's bachelor party plan with #Person2# and promises nothing will be too much. #Person2# doubts that and will also organize a bachelorette party.
test_254_1,"#Person1#: Did you need help with something?
#Person2#: I don't know where to get my ballot.
#Person1#: I can help you with that.
#Person2#: How can you help me?
#Person1#: I work here.
#Person2#: That's great.
#Person1#: May I see your ID?
#Person2#: Here it is.
#Person1#: All right, here is your ballot card.
#Person2#: What do I do now?
#Person1#: Go to a voting booth and vote.
#Person2#: All right. Thanks for your help.",#Person1# helps #Person2# get a ballot card and guides #Person2# the next step.
test_254_2,"#Person1#: Did you need help with something?
#Person2#: I don't know where to get my ballot.
#Person1#: I can help you with that.
#Person2#: How can you help me?
#Person1#: I work here.
#Person2#: That's great.
#Person1#: May I see your ID?
#Person2#: Here it is.
#Person1#: All right, here is your ballot card.
#Person2#: What do I do now?
#Person1#: Go to a voting booth and vote.
#Person2#: All right. Thanks for your help.",#Person1# helps #Person2# to get a ballot and go vote.
test_254_3,"#Person1#: Did you need help with something?
#Person2#: I don't know where to get my ballot.
#Person1#: I can help you with that.
#Person2#: How can you help me?
#Person1#: I work here.
#Person2#: That's great.
#Person1#: May I see your ID?
#Person2#: Here it is.
#Person1#: All right, here is your ballot card.
#Person2#: What do I do now?
#Person1#: Go to a voting booth and vote.
#Person2#: All right. Thanks for your help.",#Person2# successfully gets the ballot card and votes with the help of #Person1#.
test_255_1,"#Person1#: our company is going to do some cutbacks soon.
#Person2#: really? Where did you hear that?
#Person1#: I met with the supervisor just this morning. I don't know, but I am a little worried. Who do you think will get sacked?
#Person2#: I'm not sure. . . well, first, it couldn't be George. He is such a kiss-ass. He'd wash the boss's dog if he asked.
#Person1#: no, it's not going to be George. I don't think it's Andy either. He is involved with the boss's sister in-law. And you know how whipped our boss is.
#Person2#: that's true. What about Lisa? I bet there's nobody who could do a worse job than her.
#Person1#: Lisa? No way. I've heard a rumor that she and the boss were having an affair. You know rumors can't come out from nowhere.
#Person2#: well, okay. Then there is still Michael. But he's pet after having the best sales record for three months in a row. It definitely won't be Michael.
#Person1#: no, that would be crazy. But then who will it be? Oh dear, it must be me. I should have known it! Why else would he have talked to me alone about the downsizing. What should I do? I've got a family t
#Person2#: well, it could be me too. But I am not too worried. This place is suffocating me with this boss being such a hard-ass and colleagues who barely know how to get dressed in the morning. It would almost b",#Person1# and #Person2# are conjecturing who will get sacked based on other employees' performance and find that it might be themselves. #Person1# is so anxious as #Person1# needs to raise family but #Person2# will be happy to leave.
test_255_2,"#Person1#: our company is going to do some cutbacks soon.
#Person2#: really? Where did you hear that?
#Person1#: I met with the supervisor just this morning. I don't know, but I am a little worried. Who do you think will get sacked?
#Person2#: I'm not sure. . . well, first, it couldn't be George. He is such a kiss-ass. He'd wash the boss's dog if he asked.
#Person1#: no, it's not going to be George. I don't think it's Andy either. He is involved with the boss's sister in-law. And you know how whipped our boss is.
#Person2#: that's true. What about Lisa? I bet there's nobody who could do a worse job than her.
#Person1#: Lisa? No way. I've heard a rumor that she and the boss were having an affair. You know rumors can't come out from nowhere.
#Person2#: well, okay. Then there is still Michael. But he's pet after having the best sales record for three months in a row. It definitely won't be Michael.
#Person1#: no, that would be crazy. But then who will it be? Oh dear, it must be me. I should have known it! Why else would he have talked to me alone about the downsizing. What should I do? I've got a family t
#Person2#: well, it could be me too. But I am not too worried. This place is suffocating me with this boss being such a hard-ass and colleagues who barely know how to get dressed in the morning. It would almost b",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about the company's upcoming downsizing and discuss who will get sacked. #Person1# is worried but #Person2# doesn't care.
test_255_3,"#Person1#: our company is going to do some cutbacks soon.
#Person2#: really? Where did you hear that?
#Person1#: I met with the supervisor just this morning. I don't know, but I am a little worried. Who do you think will get sacked?
#Person2#: I'm not sure. . . well, first, it couldn't be George. He is such a kiss-ass. He'd wash the boss's dog if he asked.
#Person1#: no, it's not going to be George. I don't think it's Andy either. He is involved with the boss's sister in-law. And you know how whipped our boss is.
#Person2#: that's true. What about Lisa? I bet there's nobody who could do a worse job than her.
#Person1#: Lisa? No way. I've heard a rumor that she and the boss were having an affair. You know rumors can't come out from nowhere.
#Person2#: well, okay. Then there is still Michael. But he's pet after having the best sales record for three months in a row. It definitely won't be Michael.
#Person1#: no, that would be crazy. But then who will it be? Oh dear, it must be me. I should have known it! Why else would he have talked to me alone about the downsizing. What should I do? I've got a family t
#Person2#: well, it could be me too. But I am not too worried. This place is suffocating me with this boss being such a hard-ass and colleagues who barely know how to get dressed in the morning. It would almost b",#Person1# and #Person2# have rounds of conjectures of whom shall be fired due to the company's cutback and comes to the conclusion that they both have the biggest possibility. It drives #Person1# crazy but doesn't worry #Person2#.
test_256_1,"#Person1#: hi, how are you doing?
#Person2#: everything's great. And you?
#Person1#: same here. Have you seen any new films recently?
#Person2#: no, I haven't had a chance to. But I've been watching a Chinese TV series called Chinese-Style Divorce.
#Person1#: oh, really? I saw it two years ago. It's worth seeing and it's thought-provoking.
#Person2#: yeah. I found it is so close to our life.
#Person1#: it reflects some of our difficulties in this ever-changing world.
#Person2#: you said it. You know, the divorce rate has been on the rise in recent years.
#Person1#: well, it's said that a lot of young people favor getting married quickly which tend end quickly too.
#Person2#: I know a couple who divorced a week after getting married.
#Person1#: oh, that's too short-lived.
#Person2#: that's true. It's said the short-lived marriage is typical of the post - 80s generation.
#Person1#: I can't agree more. The only-child generation in China tends to know little about marriage.
#Person2#: definitely. They don't take relationships and marriages very seriously.
#Person1#: in their mind, love is nothing but passion and marriage is over once the passion is gone.
#Person2#: I think, as the saying goes as the saying goes haste makes waste, it is the same thing with marriage.",#Person1# and #Person2# start from one Chinese TV series and talk about short-lived marriage nowadays and views of marriage of only-child generation in China.
test_256_2,"#Person1#: hi, how are you doing?
#Person2#: everything's great. And you?
#Person1#: same here. Have you seen any new films recently?
#Person2#: no, I haven't had a chance to. But I've been watching a Chinese TV series called Chinese-Style Divorce.
#Person1#: oh, really? I saw it two years ago. It's worth seeing and it's thought-provoking.
#Person2#: yeah. I found it is so close to our life.
#Person1#: it reflects some of our difficulties in this ever-changing world.
#Person2#: you said it. You know, the divorce rate has been on the rise in recent years.
#Person1#: well, it's said that a lot of young people favor getting married quickly which tend end quickly too.
#Person2#: I know a couple who divorced a week after getting married.
#Person1#: oh, that's too short-lived.
#Person2#: that's true. It's said the short-lived marriage is typical of the post - 80s generation.
#Person1#: I can't agree more. The only-child generation in China tends to know little about marriage.
#Person2#: definitely. They don't take relationships and marriages very seriously.
#Person1#: in their mind, love is nothing but passion and marriage is over once the passion is gone.
#Person2#: I think, as the saying goes as the saying goes haste makes waste, it is the same thing with marriage.",#Person1# and #Person2# have a conversation about recent trends of Chinese marriage. They agree that the younger generation are taking marriage less seriously and will make hasty decisions.
test_256_3,"#Person1#: hi, how are you doing?
#Person2#: everything's great. And you?
#Person1#: same here. Have you seen any new films recently?
#Person2#: no, I haven't had a chance to. But I've been watching a Chinese TV series called Chinese-Style Divorce.
#Person1#: oh, really? I saw it two years ago. It's worth seeing and it's thought-provoking.
#Person2#: yeah. I found it is so close to our life.
#Person1#: it reflects some of our difficulties in this ever-changing world.
#Person2#: you said it. You know, the divorce rate has been on the rise in recent years.
#Person1#: well, it's said that a lot of young people favor getting married quickly which tend end quickly too.
#Person2#: I know a couple who divorced a week after getting married.
#Person1#: oh, that's too short-lived.
#Person2#: that's true. It's said the short-lived marriage is typical of the post - 80s generation.
#Person1#: I can't agree more. The only-child generation in China tends to know little about marriage.
#Person2#: definitely. They don't take relationships and marriages very seriously.
#Person1#: in their mind, love is nothing but passion and marriage is over once the passion is gone.
#Person2#: I think, as the saying goes as the saying goes haste makes waste, it is the same thing with marriage.",#Person1# and #Person2# have a discussion about the divorce rate in China and reasons hidden behind.
test_257_1,"#Person1#: Judy, have you ever made out how much money shall we spend?
#Person2#: Oh, yeah. The total amount is no less than 13, 000 RMB, according to our itinerary.
#Person1#: What? That's too much.
#Person2#: Sit down. I'll show you the list of our financial budget. First of all, it is nearly 4, 000 RMB that we should spend in transportation.
#Person1#: Ah, the transportation fee always takes a great part in the budget.
#Person2#: Then we must pay a large amount of money for the hotel. But if we want to save money, we can choose a hotel which is not so good.
#Person1#: Hmm, what I'm fearful of is that the accommodation will also deteriorate once we choose a cheaper hotel.
#Person2#: In that case, we can choose the Youth Hotel. It's a good choice, clean and economic.","#Person1# and Judy are sorting out their cost to France. Since #Person1# thinks it's too much, they decide to choose the Youth hotel to save some money."
test_257_2,"#Person1#: Judy, have you ever made out how much money shall we spend?
#Person2#: Oh, yeah. The total amount is no less than 13, 000 RMB, according to our itinerary.
#Person1#: What? That's too much.
#Person2#: Sit down. I'll show you the list of our financial budget. First of all, it is nearly 4, 000 RMB that we should spend in transportation.
#Person1#: Ah, the transportation fee always takes a great part in the budget.
#Person2#: Then we must pay a large amount of money for the hotel. But if we want to save money, we can choose a hotel which is not so good.
#Person1#: Hmm, what I'm fearful of is that the accommodation will also deteriorate once we choose a cheaper hotel.
#Person2#: In that case, we can choose the Youth Hotel. It's a good choice, clean and economic.",Judy explains to #Person1# about the budget for a trip and tries to lower the cost by choosing a economic hotel.
test_257_3,"#Person1#: Judy, have you ever made out how much money shall we spend?
#Person2#: Oh, yeah. The total amount is no less than 13, 000 RMB, according to our itinerary.
#Person1#: What? That's too much.
#Person2#: Sit down. I'll show you the list of our financial budget. First of all, it is nearly 4, 000 RMB that we should spend in transportation.
#Person1#: Ah, the transportation fee always takes a great part in the budget.
#Person2#: Then we must pay a large amount of money for the hotel. But if we want to save money, we can choose a hotel which is not so good.
#Person1#: Hmm, what I'm fearful of is that the accommodation will also deteriorate once we choose a cheaper hotel.
#Person2#: In that case, we can choose the Youth Hotel. It's a good choice, clean and economic.",#Person1# and Judy have a discussion on their financial budget and find out ways to save money.
test_258_1,"#Person1#: Listen to this. Mary got married.
#Person2#: Is she really? I can't believe it!
#Person1#: Yes. Yesterday.
#Person2#: Good gracious. That's incredible!
#Person1#: She married Jerrod.
#Person2#: You're kidding.
#Person1#: She's going to live in Paris.
#Person2#: Really? I'm surprised.",Mary got married. #Person2# is surprised when told by #Person1#.
test_258_2,"#Person1#: Listen to this. Mary got married.
#Person2#: Is she really? I can't believe it!
#Person1#: Yes. Yesterday.
#Person2#: Good gracious. That's incredible!
#Person1#: She married Jerrod.
#Person2#: You're kidding.
#Person1#: She's going to live in Paris.
#Person2#: Really? I'm surprised.",#Person2# is surprised to hear from #Person1# that Mary got married.
test_258_3,"#Person1#: Listen to this. Mary got married.
#Person2#: Is she really? I can't believe it!
#Person1#: Yes. Yesterday.
#Person2#: Good gracious. That's incredible!
#Person1#: She married Jerrod.
#Person2#: You're kidding.
#Person1#: She's going to live in Paris.
#Person2#: Really? I'm surprised.",#Person1# shares Mary's marriage news with #Person2#. #Person2# is surprised.
test_259_1,"#Person1#: Hey, How's it going?
#Person2#: Not good. I lost my wallet.
#Person1#: Oh, that's too bad. Was it stolen?
#Person2#: No, I think it came out of my pocket when I was in the taxi.
#Person1#: Is there anything I can do?
#Person2#: Can I borrow some money?
#Person1#: Sure, how much do you need?
#Person2#: About 50 dollars.
#Person1#: That's no problem.
#Person2#: Thanks. I'll pay you back on Friday.
#Person1#: That'll be fine. Here you are.
#Person2#: What are you going to do now?
#Person1#: I'm going to buy some books and then I'm going to the gas station.
#Person2#: If you wait a minute I can go with you.
#Person1#: OK. I'll wait for you.",#Person2# lost the wallet and borrows some money from #Person1#.
test_259_2,"#Person1#: Hey, How's it going?
#Person2#: Not good. I lost my wallet.
#Person1#: Oh, that's too bad. Was it stolen?
#Person2#: No, I think it came out of my pocket when I was in the taxi.
#Person1#: Is there anything I can do?
#Person2#: Can I borrow some money?
#Person1#: Sure, how much do you need?
#Person2#: About 50 dollars.
#Person1#: That's no problem.
#Person2#: Thanks. I'll pay you back on Friday.
#Person1#: That'll be fine. Here you are.
#Person2#: What are you going to do now?
#Person1#: I'm going to buy some books and then I'm going to the gas station.
#Person2#: If you wait a minute I can go with you.
#Person1#: OK. I'll wait for you.",#Person2#'s wallet was lost and has to borrow some money from #Person1#.
test_259_3,"#Person1#: Hey, How's it going?
#Person2#: Not good. I lost my wallet.
#Person1#: Oh, that's too bad. Was it stolen?
#Person2#: No, I think it came out of my pocket when I was in the taxi.
#Person1#: Is there anything I can do?
#Person2#: Can I borrow some money?
#Person1#: Sure, how much do you need?
#Person2#: About 50 dollars.
#Person1#: That's no problem.
#Person2#: Thanks. I'll pay you back on Friday.
#Person1#: That'll be fine. Here you are.
#Person2#: What are you going to do now?
#Person1#: I'm going to buy some books and then I'm going to the gas station.
#Person2#: If you wait a minute I can go with you.
#Person1#: OK. I'll wait for you.",#Person1# lends money to #Person2# as #Person2# lost the wallet.
test_260_1,"#Person1#: Did you hear the news? Two of our major suppliers, Murphy Music and U-Tunes are merging! If they are conglomerated into one company into one company, it would have some serious affects on our market strategy.
#Person2#: Are you sure? Who told you that? I highly doubt that they would take the step to merge into one company. . . They're supposed to be bitter enemies, the strictest of competitors. It must be a rumor. It can't be true.
#Person1#: I read it myself on the financial page. They're really going to join together. U-Tunes was bought out by Murphy's, they will take over the company as of next month.
#Person2#: The competition must have been too stiff for U-Tunes. Otherwise why would they allow themselves to be taken over by their sworn enemy?
#Person1#: I guess they must have figured it would be easier to merge than to keep up the cutthroat competition. If you can't beat'em, join'em.",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about the news that two competing companies are going to merge into one.
test_260_2,"#Person1#: Did you hear the news? Two of our major suppliers, Murphy Music and U-Tunes are merging! If they are conglomerated into one company into one company, it would have some serious affects on our market strategy.
#Person2#: Are you sure? Who told you that? I highly doubt that they would take the step to merge into one company. . . They're supposed to be bitter enemies, the strictest of competitors. It must be a rumor. It can't be true.
#Person1#: I read it myself on the financial page. They're really going to join together. U-Tunes was bought out by Murphy's, they will take over the company as of next month.
#Person2#: The competition must have been too stiff for U-Tunes. Otherwise why would they allow themselves to be taken over by their sworn enemy?
#Person1#: I guess they must have figured it would be easier to merge than to keep up the cutthroat competition. If you can't beat'em, join'em.",#Person2# learns from #Person1# that two major suppliers of their company decided to end competition and merge into one.
test_260_3,"#Person1#: Did you hear the news? Two of our major suppliers, Murphy Music and U-Tunes are merging! If they are conglomerated into one company into one company, it would have some serious affects on our market strategy.
#Person2#: Are you sure? Who told you that? I highly doubt that they would take the step to merge into one company. . . They're supposed to be bitter enemies, the strictest of competitors. It must be a rumor. It can't be true.
#Person1#: I read it myself on the financial page. They're really going to join together. U-Tunes was bought out by Murphy's, they will take over the company as of next month.
#Person2#: The competition must have been too stiff for U-Tunes. Otherwise why would they allow themselves to be taken over by their sworn enemy?
#Person1#: I guess they must have figured it would be easier to merge than to keep up the cutthroat competition. If you can't beat'em, join'em.","#Person1# and #Person2# have a discussion on the merging of their major suppliers, Murphy Music and U-Tunes and its effect."
test_261_1,"#Person1#: Hi Joe. You met my new assistant, right?
#Person2#: Emm. . . yes. But I wasn't too impressed. I found her a little stuck up.
#Person1#: You are kidding, but she's so helpful.
#Person2#: Tom. . . you are her boss, you kown. Of course, she's helpful to you.
#Person1#: Come on. She's like that with everyone.
#Person2#: I don't think so actually. She never even says 'hello' to me.",Joe and Tom hold different impressions on Tom's new assistant.
test_261_2,"#Person1#: Hi Joe. You met my new assistant, right?
#Person2#: Emm. . . yes. But I wasn't too impressed. I found her a little stuck up.
#Person1#: You are kidding, but she's so helpful.
#Person2#: Tom. . . you are her boss, you kown. Of course, she's helpful to you.
#Person1#: Come on. She's like that with everyone.
#Person2#: I don't think so actually. She never even says 'hello' to me.",Joe doesn't think highly of Tom's new assistant while Tom does.
test_261_3,"#Person1#: Hi Joe. You met my new assistant, right?
#Person2#: Emm. . . yes. But I wasn't too impressed. I found her a little stuck up.
#Person1#: You are kidding, but she's so helpful.
#Person2#: Tom. . . you are her boss, you kown. Of course, she's helpful to you.
#Person1#: Come on. She's like that with everyone.
#Person2#: I don't think so actually. She never even says 'hello' to me.",Joe disagrees with Tom on Tom's new assistant and thinks her stuck up.
test_262_1,"#Person1#: Hey Sarah, are you all right? You look upset.
#Person2#: As a matter of fact, I am a bit upset. I just came out of a meeting and it didn't go very well.
#Person1#: What happened?
#Person2#: No one would listen to any of my suggestions. Instead, they just kept arguing with each other.
#Person1#: Who was chairing the meeting?
#Person2#: Bob.
#Person1#: Well, I can tell you from experience that Bob might come off a little strong sometimes.
#Person2#: That's exactly what happened! He kept interrupting everyone with his own suggestions and did not want to hear what others had to say. Then he expected everyone to agree with him.
#Person1#: What was the meeting about?
#Person2#: We were trying to come up with ideas to streamline the office's workflow to make it more efficient.
#Person1#: It's ironic that the meeting was anything but efficient.
#Person2#: Exactly. I had tons of ideas that I wanted to share, but they just wouldn't let me finish. What should I have done to get my point across?
#Person1#: You have to keep things short and sweet. When you get a chance to speak, try not to get into too many unnecessary details.
#Person2#: Short and sweet? But what if I have to explain something complicated?
#Person1#: You can always bring up the main points during the meeting and speak to those who are directly involved after the meeting. Not everyone needs to know all that information.
#Person2#: That's a good idea, I think I will try that at the next meeting.",Sarah is upset and complains to #Person1# about an inefficient meeting and Bob's interruption. #Person1# gives Sarah some suggestions on how to keep her speech short and sweet.
test_262_2,"#Person1#: Hey Sarah, are you all right? You look upset.
#Person2#: As a matter of fact, I am a bit upset. I just came out of a meeting and it didn't go very well.
#Person1#: What happened?
#Person2#: No one would listen to any of my suggestions. Instead, they just kept arguing with each other.
#Person1#: Who was chairing the meeting?
#Person2#: Bob.
#Person1#: Well, I can tell you from experience that Bob might come off a little strong sometimes.
#Person2#: That's exactly what happened! He kept interrupting everyone with his own suggestions and did not want to hear what others had to say. Then he expected everyone to agree with him.
#Person1#: What was the meeting about?
#Person2#: We were trying to come up with ideas to streamline the office's workflow to make it more efficient.
#Person1#: It's ironic that the meeting was anything but efficient.
#Person2#: Exactly. I had tons of ideas that I wanted to share, but they just wouldn't let me finish. What should I have done to get my point across?
#Person1#: You have to keep things short and sweet. When you get a chance to speak, try not to get into too many unnecessary details.
#Person2#: Short and sweet? But what if I have to explain something complicated?
#Person1#: You can always bring up the main points during the meeting and speak to those who are directly involved after the meeting. Not everyone needs to know all that information.
#Person2#: That's a good idea, I think I will try that at the next meeting.","Sarah is upset because Bob kept interrupting everyone else during a meeting, making it impossible to elaborate her ideas. #Person1# gives Sarah a useful tip to get her point across at the next meeting."
test_262_3,"#Person1#: Hey Sarah, are you all right? You look upset.
#Person2#: As a matter of fact, I am a bit upset. I just came out of a meeting and it didn't go very well.
#Person1#: What happened?
#Person2#: No one would listen to any of my suggestions. Instead, they just kept arguing with each other.
#Person1#: Who was chairing the meeting?
#Person2#: Bob.
#Person1#: Well, I can tell you from experience that Bob might come off a little strong sometimes.
#Person2#: That's exactly what happened! He kept interrupting everyone with his own suggestions and did not want to hear what others had to say. Then he expected everyone to agree with him.
#Person1#: What was the meeting about?
#Person2#: We were trying to come up with ideas to streamline the office's workflow to make it more efficient.
#Person1#: It's ironic that the meeting was anything but efficient.
#Person2#: Exactly. I had tons of ideas that I wanted to share, but they just wouldn't let me finish. What should I have done to get my point across?
#Person1#: You have to keep things short and sweet. When you get a chance to speak, try not to get into too many unnecessary details.
#Person2#: Short and sweet? But what if I have to explain something complicated?
#Person1#: You can always bring up the main points during the meeting and speak to those who are directly involved after the meeting. Not everyone needs to know all that information.
#Person2#: That's a good idea, I think I will try that at the next meeting.","Sarah is upset for being interrupted by Bob in an meeting and is not able to put forward the points, to which #Person1# offers some useful tips."
test_263_1,"#Person1#: Hi! What are you watching?
#Person2#: It's a program about islam. It's very interesting.
#Person1#: Wow! So many people! Where are they and what are they doing?
#Person2#: They are muslims on a pilgrimage to mecca. Muslims call this pilgrimage 'haj'.
#Person1#: Why do they go there?
#Person2#: Muslims believe that every man who is able should go on a haj at least once in his life. Mecca is the spiritual centre of the muslim faith.
#Person1#: When muslims pray, they face towards mecca.
#Person2#: That's right. Unfortunately, so many people go on the haj each year that there are often stamped and people get killed.
#Person1#: I heard about that. The pilgrims must walk around a large, sacred black stone.
#Person2#: That's right. That's when accidents often happen. The Saudi government tries to limit the number of pilgrims, to reduce the chances of accidents.
#Person1#: Pilgrimages are common in many faiths.
#Person2#: Yes. In England, Christian pilgrims might go to Canterbury and many Christians go to the Vatican on pilgrimages.
#Person1#: Isn't there a place in france where people go to get healed?
#Person2#: I think that place is Lourdes. There are many stories of people being healed after visiting there.
#Person1#: Do you think that there is something magical about that place?
#Person2#: Personally. I think that people believe they will be healed and that faith causes a change in their mind that cures them. I don't think place is magical in any way.",#Person2# introduces one program about Islam to #Person1#. They are talking about the pilgrimages of Muslims and people in other faiths.
test_263_2,"#Person1#: Hi! What are you watching?
#Person2#: It's a program about islam. It's very interesting.
#Person1#: Wow! So many people! Where are they and what are they doing?
#Person2#: They are muslims on a pilgrimage to mecca. Muslims call this pilgrimage 'haj'.
#Person1#: Why do they go there?
#Person2#: Muslims believe that every man who is able should go on a haj at least once in his life. Mecca is the spiritual centre of the muslim faith.
#Person1#: When muslims pray, they face towards mecca.
#Person2#: That's right. Unfortunately, so many people go on the haj each year that there are often stamped and people get killed.
#Person1#: I heard about that. The pilgrims must walk around a large, sacred black stone.
#Person2#: That's right. That's when accidents often happen. The Saudi government tries to limit the number of pilgrims, to reduce the chances of accidents.
#Person1#: Pilgrimages are common in many faiths.
#Person2#: Yes. In England, Christian pilgrims might go to Canterbury and many Christians go to the Vatican on pilgrimages.
#Person1#: Isn't there a place in france where people go to get healed?
#Person2#: I think that place is Lourdes. There are many stories of people being healed after visiting there.
#Person1#: Do you think that there is something magical about that place?
#Person2#: Personally. I think that people believe they will be healed and that faith causes a change in their mind that cures them. I don't think place is magical in any way.","#Person1# and #Person2# talk about pilgrims around the world, including Muslims' pilgrimage to mecca and Christians' pilgrimage to Canterbury or Vatican. #Person2# thinks faith heals people instead of magical places."
test_263_3,"#Person1#: Hi! What are you watching?
#Person2#: It's a program about islam. It's very interesting.
#Person1#: Wow! So many people! Where are they and what are they doing?
#Person2#: They are muslims on a pilgrimage to mecca. Muslims call this pilgrimage 'haj'.
#Person1#: Why do they go there?
#Person2#: Muslims believe that every man who is able should go on a haj at least once in his life. Mecca is the spiritual centre of the muslim faith.
#Person1#: When muslims pray, they face towards mecca.
#Person2#: That's right. Unfortunately, so many people go on the haj each year that there are often stamped and people get killed.
#Person1#: I heard about that. The pilgrims must walk around a large, sacred black stone.
#Person2#: That's right. That's when accidents often happen. The Saudi government tries to limit the number of pilgrims, to reduce the chances of accidents.
#Person1#: Pilgrimages are common in many faiths.
#Person2#: Yes. In England, Christian pilgrims might go to Canterbury and many Christians go to the Vatican on pilgrimages.
#Person1#: Isn't there a place in france where people go to get healed?
#Person2#: I think that place is Lourdes. There are many stories of people being healed after visiting there.
#Person1#: Do you think that there is something magical about that place?
#Person2#: Personally. I think that people believe they will be healed and that faith causes a change in their mind that cures them. I don't think place is magical in any way.",#Person2# watches a program about Muslim pilgrims and talks about how pilgrims are like in other religion with #Person1#
test_264_1,"#Person1#: Hey, Mike, is Jenny coming with us?
#Person2#: Yes. Why?
#Person1#: Nothing. I'm just asking.
#Person2#: Just asking? But why is your face burning like mad? Ah-huh, someone has a crush on Jenny, doesn't he?
#Person1#: Who has a crush? !
#Person2#: Come on, Ted, don't be such a chicken. If you like her, you've got to tell her. Maybe she likes you.
#Person1#: Well, I don't have the guts to ask her out.
#Person2#: What're you so afraid of? Just tell her what you're feeling about her.
#Person1#: I'd totally die if she turned me down.
#Person2#: But that's better than keeping everything to yourself. You've got to let her know. Come on! You've got to take a chance! Even though you are rejected, it's not the end of the world! There's nothing to lose, is there?
#Person1#: I don't know. . . Well, maybe, you're right, but how am I going to tell her?",Ted likes Jenny but is afraid to ask her out. Mike encourages Ted to tell Jenny his feelings.
test_264_2,"#Person1#: Hey, Mike, is Jenny coming with us?
#Person2#: Yes. Why?
#Person1#: Nothing. I'm just asking.
#Person2#: Just asking? But why is your face burning like mad? Ah-huh, someone has a crush on Jenny, doesn't he?
#Person1#: Who has a crush? !
#Person2#: Come on, Ted, don't be such a chicken. If you like her, you've got to tell her. Maybe she likes you.
#Person1#: Well, I don't have the guts to ask her out.
#Person2#: What're you so afraid of? Just tell her what you're feeling about her.
#Person1#: I'd totally die if she turned me down.
#Person2#: But that's better than keeping everything to yourself. You've got to let her know. Come on! You've got to take a chance! Even though you are rejected, it's not the end of the world! There's nothing to lose, is there?
#Person1#: I don't know. . . Well, maybe, you're right, but how am I going to tell her?",Ted likesJenny but is too afraid to express his feeling. Mike encourages him and Ted will tell her.
test_264_3,"#Person1#: Hey, Mike, is Jenny coming with us?
#Person2#: Yes. Why?
#Person1#: Nothing. I'm just asking.
#Person2#: Just asking? But why is your face burning like mad? Ah-huh, someone has a crush on Jenny, doesn't he?
#Person1#: Who has a crush? !
#Person2#: Come on, Ted, don't be such a chicken. If you like her, you've got to tell her. Maybe she likes you.
#Person1#: Well, I don't have the guts to ask her out.
#Person2#: What're you so afraid of? Just tell her what you're feeling about her.
#Person1#: I'd totally die if she turned me down.
#Person2#: But that's better than keeping everything to yourself. You've got to let her know. Come on! You've got to take a chance! Even though you are rejected, it's not the end of the world! There's nothing to lose, is there?
#Person1#: I don't know. . . Well, maybe, you're right, but how am I going to tell her?",Ted likes Jenny but is afraid of telling her because he doesn't want to be turned down. Mike encourages Ted to tell Jenny.
test_265_1,"#Person1#: What do you do when you are angry?
#Person2#: I usually calm down first and think about the reason that caused my anger.
#Person1#: That's smart. What do you usually do to relieve your anger?
#Person2#: Something like listening to music is a good idea.
#Person1#: Oh, what kind of music do you listen to?
#Person2#: Classic. Something that could calm your mind.
#Person1#: I think that might work for me as well.
#Person2#: Working out is another good way to relieve anger.
#Person1#: Like what?
#Person2#: Jogging, yoga, or even just taking a walk.",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about ways to relieve anger.
test_265_2,"#Person1#: What do you do when you are angry?
#Person2#: I usually calm down first and think about the reason that caused my anger.
#Person1#: That's smart. What do you usually do to relieve your anger?
#Person2#: Something like listening to music is a good idea.
#Person1#: Oh, what kind of music do you listen to?
#Person2#: Classic. Something that could calm your mind.
#Person1#: I think that might work for me as well.
#Person2#: Working out is another good way to relieve anger.
#Person1#: Like what?
#Person2#: Jogging, yoga, or even just taking a walk.","#Person2# introduces ways to relieve anger to #Person1#, including listening to music and working out."
test_265_3,"#Person1#: What do you do when you are angry?
#Person2#: I usually calm down first and think about the reason that caused my anger.
#Person1#: That's smart. What do you usually do to relieve your anger?
#Person2#: Something like listening to music is a good idea.
#Person1#: Oh, what kind of music do you listen to?
#Person2#: Classic. Something that could calm your mind.
#Person1#: I think that might work for me as well.
#Person2#: Working out is another good way to relieve anger.
#Person1#: Like what?
#Person2#: Jogging, yoga, or even just taking a walk.",#Person1# and #Person2# have a discussion about what they usually do to relieve anger.
test_266_1,"#Person1#: Dad, you keep talking about family in New Zealand. Who are they?
#Person2#: Well, that's your uncle Bill, his wife and two of their daughters.
#Person1#: Is uncle Bill your brother?
#Person2#: No, your uncle Jack is my brother, Bill is my brother-in-law, your mom's brother.
#Person1#: So his two daughters are my cousins?
#Person2#: That's right, Sarah and Jane are both your cousins although they are step-sisters.
#Person1#: What are step-sisters?
#Person2#: Sarah is your uncle Bill's older daughter. When she was young, Bill's first wife, Sarah's mom died. Three years later Bill married again.
#Person1#: So uncle Bill's wife is Jane's mother but not Sarah's mother. Right?
#Person2#: Yes. She is Sarah's step-mother.
#Person1#: And when are they coming to visit us?
#Person2#: They want to travel to Europe next year, and will visit us at the same Ae.",#Person2# is introducing to #Person1# their family members in New Zealand and their relationships.
test_266_2,"#Person1#: Dad, you keep talking about family in New Zealand. Who are they?
#Person2#: Well, that's your uncle Bill, his wife and two of their daughters.
#Person1#: Is uncle Bill your brother?
#Person2#: No, your uncle Jack is my brother, Bill is my brother-in-law, your mom's brother.
#Person1#: So his two daughters are my cousins?
#Person2#: That's right, Sarah and Jane are both your cousins although they are step-sisters.
#Person1#: What are step-sisters?
#Person2#: Sarah is your uncle Bill's older daughter. When she was young, Bill's first wife, Sarah's mom died. Three years later Bill married again.
#Person1#: So uncle Bill's wife is Jane's mother but not Sarah's mother. Right?
#Person2#: Yes. She is Sarah's step-mother.
#Person1#: And when are they coming to visit us?
#Person2#: They want to travel to Europe next year, and will visit us at the same Ae.",#Person2# introduces to #Person1# their family members in New Zealand who would visit them next year.
test_266_3,"#Person1#: Dad, you keep talking about family in New Zealand. Who are they?
#Person2#: Well, that's your uncle Bill, his wife and two of their daughters.
#Person1#: Is uncle Bill your brother?
#Person2#: No, your uncle Jack is my brother, Bill is my brother-in-law, your mom's brother.
#Person1#: So his two daughters are my cousins?
#Person2#: That's right, Sarah and Jane are both your cousins although they are step-sisters.
#Person1#: What are step-sisters?
#Person2#: Sarah is your uncle Bill's older daughter. When she was young, Bill's first wife, Sarah's mom died. Three years later Bill married again.
#Person1#: So uncle Bill's wife is Jane's mother but not Sarah's mother. Right?
#Person2#: Yes. She is Sarah's step-mother.
#Person1#: And when are they coming to visit us?
#Person2#: They want to travel to Europe next year, and will visit us at the same Ae.","#Person2# tells #Person1# about the relationships between their family and the uncle Bill's, who will visit them next year."
test_267_1,"#Person1#: Congratulations! Mr. Stuart! You won the city marathon.
#Person2#: Thank you. I am very excited.
#Person1#: We are all very proud of you.
#Person2#: I am very happy, too. It was a big game and I won.
#Person1#: I watched the race with my children. We saw you run to the finish line. We all screamed with excitement.
#Person2#: It was really an exciting moment.",#Person1# congratulates Mr. Stuart on winning a marathon.
test_267_2,"#Person1#: Congratulations! Mr. Stuart! You won the city marathon.
#Person2#: Thank you. I am very excited.
#Person1#: We are all very proud of you.
#Person2#: I am very happy, too. It was a big game and I won.
#Person1#: I watched the race with my children. We saw you run to the finish line. We all screamed with excitement.
#Person2#: It was really an exciting moment.",#Person1# congratulates Mr. Stuart on winning the city marathon.
test_267_3,"#Person1#: Congratulations! Mr. Stuart! You won the city marathon.
#Person2#: Thank you. I am very excited.
#Person1#: We are all very proud of you.
#Person2#: I am very happy, too. It was a big game and I won.
#Person1#: I watched the race with my children. We saw you run to the finish line. We all screamed with excitement.
#Person2#: It was really an exciting moment.",#Person1# congratulates Mr. Stuart on winning the city marathon.
test_268_1,"#Person1#: Can I help you, sir?
#Person2#: Yes, please. I'm picking out some presents for my children and wife.
#Person1#: What kind of presents do you want?
#Person2#: Actually, I don't know exactly. Do you have anything recommended?
#Person1#: OK. How about some very cool sneakers for your children? Anyway, it won't cost you much. It's only around $ 59. 95 for each pair. It might be cheaper than that in America.
#Person2#: Hey, How did you know I came from America?
#Person1#: Just a hunch, sir.
#Person2#: How much again?
#Person1#: $ 59. 95.
#Person2#: That's really cheap for shoes like those. OK, I'll take 5 pairs.
#Person1#: Sorry, sir.
#Person2#: Why not?
#Person1#: Because in this duty-free shop, your total expenditure cannot be over $ 300 and you also have one more present to buy for your wife.
#Person2#: Oh, my God. I've totally forgotten about that. Anyway, I think she would like a bottle of perfume.
#Person1#: That's good. And I can also recommend you a good one. It's the brand of DENY.
#Person2#: DENY? That's very expensive in America. It costs nearly $ 70 for only 50ml. DKNY?
#Person1#: It's $ 60 here.
#Person2#: That's very unbelievable. Is it fake?
#Person1#: Of course not, sir.
#Person2#: OK, I'll take one.",#Person2# is from America and is picking up presents for families in a duty-free shop. #Person1# recommends some for #Person2#.
test_268_2,"#Person1#: Can I help you, sir?
#Person2#: Yes, please. I'm picking out some presents for my children and wife.
#Person1#: What kind of presents do you want?
#Person2#: Actually, I don't know exactly. Do you have anything recommended?
#Person1#: OK. How about some very cool sneakers for your children? Anyway, it won't cost you much. It's only around $ 59. 95 for each pair. It might be cheaper than that in America.
#Person2#: Hey, How did you know I came from America?
#Person1#: Just a hunch, sir.
#Person2#: How much again?
#Person1#: $ 59. 95.
#Person2#: That's really cheap for shoes like those. OK, I'll take 5 pairs.
#Person1#: Sorry, sir.
#Person2#: Why not?
#Person1#: Because in this duty-free shop, your total expenditure cannot be over $ 300 and you also have one more present to buy for your wife.
#Person2#: Oh, my God. I've totally forgotten about that. Anyway, I think she would like a bottle of perfume.
#Person1#: That's good. And I can also recommend you a good one. It's the brand of DENY.
#Person2#: DENY? That's very expensive in America. It costs nearly $ 70 for only 50ml. DKNY?
#Person1#: It's $ 60 here.
#Person2#: That's very unbelievable. Is it fake?
#Person1#: Of course not, sir.
#Person2#: OK, I'll take one.",#Person2# is surprised at a low price of products in the duty-free shop. #Person1# offers #Person2# suggestions on what gifts to bring home.
test_268_3,"#Person1#: Can I help you, sir?
#Person2#: Yes, please. I'm picking out some presents for my children and wife.
#Person1#: What kind of presents do you want?
#Person2#: Actually, I don't know exactly. Do you have anything recommended?
#Person1#: OK. How about some very cool sneakers for your children? Anyway, it won't cost you much. It's only around $ 59. 95 for each pair. It might be cheaper than that in America.
#Person2#: Hey, How did you know I came from America?
#Person1#: Just a hunch, sir.
#Person2#: How much again?
#Person1#: $ 59. 95.
#Person2#: That's really cheap for shoes like those. OK, I'll take 5 pairs.
#Person1#: Sorry, sir.
#Person2#: Why not?
#Person1#: Because in this duty-free shop, your total expenditure cannot be over $ 300 and you also have one more present to buy for your wife.
#Person2#: Oh, my God. I've totally forgotten about that. Anyway, I think she would like a bottle of perfume.
#Person1#: That's good. And I can also recommend you a good one. It's the brand of DENY.
#Person2#: DENY? That's very expensive in America. It costs nearly $ 70 for only 50ml. DKNY?
#Person1#: It's $ 60 here.
#Person2#: That's very unbelievable. Is it fake?
#Person1#: Of course not, sir.
#Person2#: OK, I'll take one.",#Person2# buys gifts for his children and wife in a duty-free shop where #Person1# is working at. #Person1# recommends presents for #Person2#.
test_269_1,"#Person1#: Hong, I really need to call back to the UK but I can't afford to pay for the roaming charges.
#Person2#: Well, why don't you use a local SIM card?
#Person1#: Can I do that?
#Person2#: Yes. Just go to the convenience store and ask for a SIM card. Then insert it into your phone.
#Person1#: I see. How much will that cost?
#Person2#: Well it's 100 RMB for the SIM card then it will cost you about 10 RMB per minute to call the UK.
#Person1#: Wow, that is cheap. Thank you very much.",Hong suggests #Person1# use a local SIM card to save money to call.
test_269_2,"#Person1#: Hong, I really need to call back to the UK but I can't afford to pay for the roaming charges.
#Person2#: Well, why don't you use a local SIM card?
#Person1#: Can I do that?
#Person2#: Yes. Just go to the convenience store and ask for a SIM card. Then insert it into your phone.
#Person1#: I see. How much will that cost?
#Person2#: Well it's 100 RMB for the SIM card then it will cost you about 10 RMB per minute to call the UK.
#Person1#: Wow, that is cheap. Thank you very much.",Hong tells #Person1# to buy a local SIM card to make a cheap phone call to the UK.
test_269_3,"#Person1#: Hong, I really need to call back to the UK but I can't afford to pay for the roaming charges.
#Person2#: Well, why don't you use a local SIM card?
#Person1#: Can I do that?
#Person2#: Yes. Just go to the convenience store and ask for a SIM card. Then insert it into your phone.
#Person1#: I see. How much will that cost?
#Person2#: Well it's 100 RMB for the SIM card then it will cost you about 10 RMB per minute to call the UK.
#Person1#: Wow, that is cheap. Thank you very much.",#Person1# can't afford to call back to UK and Hong offers a cheap way to address the problem.
test_270_1,"#Person1#: Are you paid on a commission or salary basis now?
#Person2#: I'm paid on a salary.
#Person1#: What's your monthly salary?
#Person2#: At present I get 1, 800 yuan per month.
#Person1#: How much do you hope to get a month here?
#Person2#: That's not the problem I care about. You can decide on my capacity and experience.
#Person1#: If we decide to hire you, we'd pay you two thousand and five hundred yuan a month at the start. You can have Saturdays and Sundays off. Besides, you may have a paid month holiday every year. How do you think about it?
#Person2#: Thank you, Mr. Brown. I really appreciate your assistance.",Mr. Brown is interviewing #Person2# and they are talking over #Person2#'s salary.
test_270_2,"#Person1#: Are you paid on a commission or salary basis now?
#Person2#: I'm paid on a salary.
#Person1#: What's your monthly salary?
#Person2#: At present I get 1, 800 yuan per month.
#Person1#: How much do you hope to get a month here?
#Person2#: That's not the problem I care about. You can decide on my capacity and experience.
#Person1#: If we decide to hire you, we'd pay you two thousand and five hundred yuan a month at the start. You can have Saturdays and Sundays off. Besides, you may have a paid month holiday every year. How do you think about it?
#Person2#: Thank you, Mr. Brown. I really appreciate your assistance.",Mr. Brown gives #Person2# a well-paying job offer.
test_270_3,"#Person1#: Are you paid on a commission or salary basis now?
#Person2#: I'm paid on a salary.
#Person1#: What's your monthly salary?
#Person2#: At present I get 1, 800 yuan per month.
#Person1#: How much do you hope to get a month here?
#Person2#: That's not the problem I care about. You can decide on my capacity and experience.
#Person1#: If we decide to hire you, we'd pay you two thousand and five hundred yuan a month at the start. You can have Saturdays and Sundays off. Besides, you may have a paid month holiday every year. How do you think about it?
#Person2#: Thank you, Mr. Brown. I really appreciate your assistance.",Mr. Brown decides to hire #Person2# with a higher salary and other benefits.
test_271_1,"#Person1#: Do you like Barry?
#Person2#: No, not very much. He's too ambitious and dishonest.
#Person1#: I agree. I like his brother Paul. They are not alike.
#Person2#: Yes. They are completely different. Paul is very sociable and much more honest than his brother.
#Person1#: What kind of person do you consider yourself to be?
#Person2#: I think I'm polite, careful, relaxed and shy.
#Person1#: Oh, I don't think you're shy! You are always chatting with new people when we go to a party.
#Person2#: Well. Yes, but those people always start talking to me. I never talk to them first. Perhaps I'm not as shy as I think. Anyway, you're certainly not shy!
#Person1#: You're right. I love going out and making new friends.
#Person2#: So, you'll be at my birthday party on Friday?
#Person1#: Of course!","#Person1# and #Person2# have the same impression on Barry and Paul, but hold different views on #Person2#'s personality."
test_271_2,"#Person1#: Do you like Barry?
#Person2#: No, not very much. He's too ambitious and dishonest.
#Person1#: I agree. I like his brother Paul. They are not alike.
#Person2#: Yes. They are completely different. Paul is very sociable and much more honest than his brother.
#Person1#: What kind of person do you consider yourself to be?
#Person2#: I think I'm polite, careful, relaxed and shy.
#Person1#: Oh, I don't think you're shy! You are always chatting with new people when we go to a party.
#Person2#: Well. Yes, but those people always start talking to me. I never talk to them first. Perhaps I'm not as shy as I think. Anyway, you're certainly not shy!
#Person1#: You're right. I love going out and making new friends.
#Person2#: So, you'll be at my birthday party on Friday?
#Person1#: Of course!","#Person1# and #Person2# change ideas on Barry and Paul, and then talk about their own personalities."
test_271_3,"#Person1#: Do you like Barry?
#Person2#: No, not very much. He's too ambitious and dishonest.
#Person1#: I agree. I like his brother Paul. They are not alike.
#Person2#: Yes. They are completely different. Paul is very sociable and much more honest than his brother.
#Person1#: What kind of person do you consider yourself to be?
#Person2#: I think I'm polite, careful, relaxed and shy.
#Person1#: Oh, I don't think you're shy! You are always chatting with new people when we go to a party.
#Person2#: Well. Yes, but those people always start talking to me. I never talk to them first. Perhaps I'm not as shy as I think. Anyway, you're certainly not shy!
#Person1#: You're right. I love going out and making new friends.
#Person2#: So, you'll be at my birthday party on Friday?
#Person1#: Of course!",#Person1# and #Person2# come to an agreement towards the impression of Barry and Paul but a disagreement on whether #Person2# is shy.
test_272_1,"#Person1#: I am interested in buying a house and need some information.
#Person2#: Yes, of course. What area are you interested in?
#Person1#: I am interested in Pasadena or Arcadia.
#Person2#: What size house would you like?
#Person1#: We need a medium-sized house with at least 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.
#Person2#: Are you interested in being in a particular school district?
#Person1#: Yes, we want to stay in the ABC School District.
#Person2#: Would you like a home near the lake or would you prefer a view?
#Person1#: I would love to have a home with a view.
#Person2#: Fine, I will begin a search for the perfect home for you. I will call you in a few days.","#Person1# is buying a house and consulting #Person2# about the location, size and surroundings."
test_272_2,"#Person1#: I am interested in buying a house and need some information.
#Person2#: Yes, of course. What area are you interested in?
#Person1#: I am interested in Pasadena or Arcadia.
#Person2#: What size house would you like?
#Person1#: We need a medium-sized house with at least 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.
#Person2#: Are you interested in being in a particular school district?
#Person1#: Yes, we want to stay in the ABC School District.
#Person2#: Would you like a home near the lake or would you prefer a view?
#Person1#: I would love to have a home with a view.
#Person2#: Fine, I will begin a search for the perfect home for you. I will call you in a few days.",#Person2# will get back to #Person1# after knowing #Person1#'s specific needs for a house.
test_272_3,"#Person1#: I am interested in buying a house and need some information.
#Person2#: Yes, of course. What area are you interested in?
#Person1#: I am interested in Pasadena or Arcadia.
#Person2#: What size house would you like?
#Person1#: We need a medium-sized house with at least 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.
#Person2#: Are you interested in being in a particular school district?
#Person1#: Yes, we want to stay in the ABC School District.
#Person2#: Would you like a home near the lake or would you prefer a view?
#Person1#: I would love to have a home with a view.
#Person2#: Fine, I will begin a search for the perfect home for you. I will call you in a few days.",#Person1# intends to buy a house and needs some information from #Person2#. #Person2# will call #Person2# after #Person2# finds one.
test_273_1,"#Person1#: Well, I'm glad I had a chance to see these samples, but I'm really not in a position to make a decision right now.
#Person2#: Would you like me to leave the samples with you?
#Person1#: Yeah, why don't you do that, and then you can give me a call sometime next week.
#Person2#: Fine, Mr. Grant. Thanks for your time. I'll talk to you next week.",#Person2# leaves the samples to Mr. Grant and will talk to him next week.
test_273_2,"#Person1#: Well, I'm glad I had a chance to see these samples, but I'm really not in a position to make a decision right now.
#Person2#: Would you like me to leave the samples with you?
#Person1#: Yeah, why don't you do that, and then you can give me a call sometime next week.
#Person2#: Fine, Mr. Grant. Thanks for your time. I'll talk to you next week.",#Person2# leaves Mr. Grant with samples and will call Mr. Grant later to know the decision.
test_273_3,"#Person1#: Well, I'm glad I had a chance to see these samples, but I'm really not in a position to make a decision right now.
#Person2#: Would you like me to leave the samples with you?
#Person1#: Yeah, why don't you do that, and then you can give me a call sometime next week.
#Person2#: Fine, Mr. Grant. Thanks for your time. I'll talk to you next week.",#Person2# leaves the samples at Mr. Grant's so he can make a decision with more consideration.
test_274_1,"#Person1#: Is there a bus that'll go all the way to Sons from PHS?
#Person2#: Where is this Sons located?
#Person1#: The Sons on Fair Oaks and Orange Grove.
#Person2#: You're going to need to take two buses to get to that Sons.
#Person1#: Which buses will I have to take?
#Person2#: First, you need to get on the 268 going west.
#Person1#: Then what do I do?
#Person2#: You need to get off on Fair Oaks and Washington.
#Person1#: What's next?
#Person2#: Get on the 261, and it'll take you the rest of the way to Sons.
#Person1#: There's nothing else?
#Person2#: That's all there is to it.",#Person2# tells #Person1# the bus route to get to Sons.
test_274_2,"#Person1#: Is there a bus that'll go all the way to Sons from PHS?
#Person2#: Where is this Sons located?
#Person1#: The Sons on Fair Oaks and Orange Grove.
#Person2#: You're going to need to take two buses to get to that Sons.
#Person1#: Which buses will I have to take?
#Person2#: First, you need to get on the 268 going west.
#Person1#: Then what do I do?
#Person2#: You need to get off on Fair Oaks and Washington.
#Person1#: What's next?
#Person2#: Get on the 261, and it'll take you the rest of the way to Sons.
#Person1#: There's nothing else?
#Person2#: That's all there is to it.",#Person2# offers bus information for #Person1# to go to Sons from PHS.
test_274_3,"#Person1#: Is there a bus that'll go all the way to Sons from PHS?
#Person2#: Where is this Sons located?
#Person1#: The Sons on Fair Oaks and Orange Grove.
#Person2#: You're going to need to take two buses to get to that Sons.
#Person1#: Which buses will I have to take?
#Person2#: First, you need to get on the 268 going west.
#Person1#: Then what do I do?
#Person2#: You need to get off on Fair Oaks and Washington.
#Person1#: What's next?
#Person2#: Get on the 261, and it'll take you the rest of the way to Sons.
#Person1#: There's nothing else?
#Person2#: That's all there is to it.",#Person1# asks #Person2# the way to Sons from PHS.
test_275_1,"#Person1#: Can I give you a lift home, Mrs. Word?
#Person2#: That is very kind of you, Mr Lee. Thank you.
#Person1#: Could you hold my umbrella when I get my keys out, please?
#Person2#: Of course. It's a terrible night, isn't it?
#Person1#: Dreadful. There, the door is open now.
#Person2#: Thank you.",Mr. Lee gives Mrs. Word a lift home.
test_275_2,"#Person1#: Can I give you a lift home, Mrs. Word?
#Person2#: That is very kind of you, Mr Lee. Thank you.
#Person1#: Could you hold my umbrella when I get my keys out, please?
#Person2#: Of course. It's a terrible night, isn't it?
#Person1#: Dreadful. There, the door is open now.
#Person2#: Thank you.",Mr. Lee gives Mrs. Word a lift home on a rainy night.
test_275_3,"#Person1#: Can I give you a lift home, Mrs. Word?
#Person2#: That is very kind of you, Mr Lee. Thank you.
#Person1#: Could you hold my umbrella when I get my keys out, please?
#Person2#: Of course. It's a terrible night, isn't it?
#Person1#: Dreadful. There, the door is open now.
#Person2#: Thank you.",Mr. Lee offers to give Mrs. Word a lift home on a terrible night.
test_276_1,"#Person1#: Right. Just take off your jacket and shirt. And lie down on that bed over there. . . That's right. . . Now, just hold up your right arm, will you? . . . Does this hurt?
#Person2#: No.
#Person1#: And this?
#Person2#: Yes. . . a bit. . . ouch!
#Person1#: And do you feel anything when I do this?
#Person2#: Yes, that hurts quite a lot.
#Person1#: And you don't feel any pain anywhere else? In you legs, for example?
#Person2#: NO, nothing.
#Person1#: Well, it's probably nothing serious. But I think we'd better have that shoulder X-rayed. We can't do the until the morning, though. So it'd be better if you stay in hospital for the night",#Person1# checks the right arm of #Person2# and suggests a shoulder X-ray tomorrow.
test_276_2,"#Person1#: Right. Just take off your jacket and shirt. And lie down on that bed over there. . . That's right. . . Now, just hold up your right arm, will you? . . . Does this hurt?
#Person2#: No.
#Person1#: And this?
#Person2#: Yes. . . a bit. . . ouch!
#Person1#: And do you feel anything when I do this?
#Person2#: Yes, that hurts quite a lot.
#Person1#: And you don't feel any pain anywhere else? In you legs, for example?
#Person2#: NO, nothing.
#Person1#: Well, it's probably nothing serious. But I think we'd better have that shoulder X-rayed. We can't do the until the morning, though. So it'd be better if you stay in hospital for the night",#Person1# gives #Person2# a physical check and advises #Person2# to stay in hospital for a shoulder X-ray the next day.
test_276_3,"#Person1#: Right. Just take off your jacket and shirt. And lie down on that bed over there. . . That's right. . . Now, just hold up your right arm, will you? . . . Does this hurt?
#Person2#: No.
#Person1#: And this?
#Person2#: Yes. . . a bit. . . ouch!
#Person1#: And do you feel anything when I do this?
#Person2#: Yes, that hurts quite a lot.
#Person1#: And you don't feel any pain anywhere else? In you legs, for example?
#Person2#: NO, nothing.
#Person1#: Well, it's probably nothing serious. But I think we'd better have that shoulder X-rayed. We can't do the until the morning, though. So it'd be better if you stay in hospital for the night",#Person1# examines #Person2#'s arm by testing which part is hurt and suggests a shoulder X-ray tomorrow.
test_277_1,"#Person1#: IBA, Client Services Department. Shelley speaking, how can I help?
#Person2#: Client Services? Oh, hello. I need your help.
#Person1#: Certainly, that's what we're here for. What can I help you with?
#Person2#: I'm a tourist in this city and unfortunately I've lost my card!
#Person1#: Calm down, Sir. Is that an IBA Debit or Credit Card?
#Person2#: Credit Card. The International Credit Card, I can't find it anywhere.
#Person1#: Just calm down, Sir. OK, when do you think you lost it?
#Person2#: I'm not 100 % sure, around an hour ago I guess. I had it in the hotel lobby bar ; I used it to charge something to my room. I obviously didn't pick it up again.
#Person1#: That's fine, Sir. Let me just take some details FRCM you and we can help you.
#Person2#: Thank you. Thank you very much.",#Person2# lost the credit card in travelling and is asking the Client Services for help.
test_277_2,"#Person1#: IBA, Client Services Department. Shelley speaking, how can I help?
#Person2#: Client Services? Oh, hello. I need your help.
#Person1#: Certainly, that's what we're here for. What can I help you with?
#Person2#: I'm a tourist in this city and unfortunately I've lost my card!
#Person1#: Calm down, Sir. Is that an IBA Debit or Credit Card?
#Person2#: Credit Card. The International Credit Card, I can't find it anywhere.
#Person1#: Just calm down, Sir. OK, when do you think you lost it?
#Person2#: I'm not 100 % sure, around an hour ago I guess. I had it in the hotel lobby bar ; I used it to charge something to my room. I obviously didn't pick it up again.
#Person1#: That's fine, Sir. Let me just take some details FRCM you and we can help you.
#Person2#: Thank you. Thank you very much.",#Person2# lost an international credit card while travelling in the city and therefore calls #Person1# for help.
test_277_3,"#Person1#: IBA, Client Services Department. Shelley speaking, how can I help?
#Person2#: Client Services? Oh, hello. I need your help.
#Person1#: Certainly, that's what we're here for. What can I help you with?
#Person2#: I'm a tourist in this city and unfortunately I've lost my card!
#Person1#: Calm down, Sir. Is that an IBA Debit or Credit Card?
#Person2#: Credit Card. The International Credit Card, I can't find it anywhere.
#Person1#: Just calm down, Sir. OK, when do you think you lost it?
#Person2#: I'm not 100 % sure, around an hour ago I guess. I had it in the hotel lobby bar ; I used it to charge something to my room. I obviously didn't pick it up again.
#Person1#: That's fine, Sir. Let me just take some details FRCM you and we can help you.
#Person2#: Thank you. Thank you very much.","#Person2# calls #Person1#, the IBA Client Services Department to report his lost credit card and asks for help."
test_278_1,"#Person1#: I'm going to take a nap.
#Person2#: You should unplug the phone.
#Person1#: That's a good idea.
#Person2#: Do you want me to wake you in an hour?
#Person1#: No, thanks. Just let me sleep until I wake up.
#Person2#: I'll start dinner at 6:00.
#Person1#: Okay. I think I'll be awake by then.
#Person2#: If not, your nose will wake you up.
#Person1#: You mean I will smell the food cooking?
#Person2#: You might even dream about dinner.
#Person1#: I don't think I'm going to dream about anything. I'm really tired.
#Person2#: Have a nice nap.",#Person1# is going to have a nap and #Person2# will start dinner at 6.00.
test_278_2,"#Person1#: I'm going to take a nap.
#Person2#: You should unplug the phone.
#Person1#: That's a good idea.
#Person2#: Do you want me to wake you in an hour?
#Person1#: No, thanks. Just let me sleep until I wake up.
#Person2#: I'll start dinner at 6:00.
#Person1#: Okay. I think I'll be awake by then.
#Person2#: If not, your nose will wake you up.
#Person1#: You mean I will smell the food cooking?
#Person2#: You might even dream about dinner.
#Person1#: I don't think I'm going to dream about anything. I'm really tired.
#Person2#: Have a nice nap.",#Person1# is tired and will take a nap and #Person2# gets the dinner ready.
test_278_3,"#Person1#: I'm going to take a nap.
#Person2#: You should unplug the phone.
#Person1#: That's a good idea.
#Person2#: Do you want me to wake you in an hour?
#Person1#: No, thanks. Just let me sleep until I wake up.
#Person2#: I'll start dinner at 6:00.
#Person1#: Okay. I think I'll be awake by then.
#Person2#: If not, your nose will wake you up.
#Person1#: You mean I will smell the food cooking?
#Person2#: You might even dream about dinner.
#Person1#: I don't think I'm going to dream about anything. I'm really tired.
#Person2#: Have a nice nap.",#Person1# is going to take a nap and #Person2# will let #Person1# wake up naturally.
test_279_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me, sir. What would you like to eat, Chinese food or western food?
#Person2#: I'd like to have Chinese food.
#Person1#: Are you going to have this set course or have dinner in the dining room?
#Person2#: Right here, please.
#Person1#: Please put down the table in front of you. It's more comfortable that way.
#Person2#: Oh, thank you. So nice you are.
#Person1#: It's my pleasure. What would you like to drink, milk, tea, coffee, orange juice or iced water?
#Person2#: I want a cup of bean milk. Do you have any?
#Person1#: Yes, here you are. Enjoy your meal.
#Person2#: Thanks a lot. Oh, excuse me. Can I take two value meals? And I want some chili paste.
#Person1#: OK, enjoy yourself, sir.
#Person2#: Oh, sorry to bother you. I want to know what kind of meat it is.
#Person1#: It is beef. Do you like it?
#Person2#: That's OK. Thanks very much.
#Person1#: You are welcome. Please press that button if you need any help.
#Person2#: OK.",#Person2# orders Chinese food and asks for two value meals.
test_279_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me, sir. What would you like to eat, Chinese food or western food?
#Person2#: I'd like to have Chinese food.
#Person1#: Are you going to have this set course or have dinner in the dining room?
#Person2#: Right here, please.
#Person1#: Please put down the table in front of you. It's more comfortable that way.
#Person2#: Oh, thank you. So nice you are.
#Person1#: It's my pleasure. What would you like to drink, milk, tea, coffee, orange juice or iced water?
#Person2#: I want a cup of bean milk. Do you have any?
#Person1#: Yes, here you are. Enjoy your meal.
#Person2#: Thanks a lot. Oh, excuse me. Can I take two value meals? And I want some chili paste.
#Person1#: OK, enjoy yourself, sir.
#Person2#: Oh, sorry to bother you. I want to know what kind of meat it is.
#Person1#: It is beef. Do you like it?
#Person2#: That's OK. Thanks very much.
#Person1#: You are welcome. Please press that button if you need any help.
#Person2#: OK.",#Person2# takes orders of Chinese food. #Person2# is pleased with #Person1#'s service.
test_279_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me, sir. What would you like to eat, Chinese food or western food?
#Person2#: I'd like to have Chinese food.
#Person1#: Are you going to have this set course or have dinner in the dining room?
#Person2#: Right here, please.
#Person1#: Please put down the table in front of you. It's more comfortable that way.
#Person2#: Oh, thank you. So nice you are.
#Person1#: It's my pleasure. What would you like to drink, milk, tea, coffee, orange juice or iced water?
#Person2#: I want a cup of bean milk. Do you have any?
#Person1#: Yes, here you are. Enjoy your meal.
#Person2#: Thanks a lot. Oh, excuse me. Can I take two value meals? And I want some chili paste.
#Person1#: OK, enjoy yourself, sir.
#Person2#: Oh, sorry to bother you. I want to know what kind of meat it is.
#Person1#: It is beef. Do you like it?
#Person2#: That's OK. Thanks very much.
#Person1#: You are welcome. Please press that button if you need any help.
#Person2#: OK.",#Person2# orders some Chinese food with the help of #Person1#.
test_280_1,"#Person1#: What shall we do now?
#Person2#: Let's get the table wares we need first, And then stand in the line.
#Person1#: I've got all I need.
#Person2#: Let's stand in the line now.
#Person1#: It smells good. Look at these. They make my mouth watering.
#Person2#: Me too.
#Person1#: It will be our turn soon.
#Person2#: Tell the waiter what you want when it's your turn.
#Person1#: OK. I'll have many cream cakes today.
#Person2#: I don't like them. I think they are too icky.",#Person1# and #Person2# are waiting for food.
test_280_2,"#Person1#: What shall we do now?
#Person2#: Let's get the table wares we need first, And then stand in the line.
#Person1#: I've got all I need.
#Person2#: Let's stand in the line now.
#Person1#: It smells good. Look at these. They make my mouth watering.
#Person2#: Me too.
#Person1#: It will be our turn soon.
#Person2#: Tell the waiter what you want when it's your turn.
#Person1#: OK. I'll have many cream cakes today.
#Person2#: I don't like them. I think they are too icky.",#Person1# and #Person2# are standing in line to buy food.
test_280_3,"#Person1#: What shall we do now?
#Person2#: Let's get the table wares we need first, And then stand in the line.
#Person1#: I've got all I need.
#Person2#: Let's stand in the line now.
#Person1#: It smells good. Look at these. They make my mouth watering.
#Person2#: Me too.
#Person1#: It will be our turn soon.
#Person2#: Tell the waiter what you want when it's your turn.
#Person1#: OK. I'll have many cream cakes today.
#Person2#: I don't like them. I think they are too icky.",#Person1# and #Person2# are waiting in line for food.
test_281_1,"#Person1#: OK, Lucy. It's your turn. Are you ready?
#Person2#: I really would rather just listen. Isn't there anyone else who wants to sing?
#Person1#: Come on! In the two hours we've been here, you haven't sung even one song!
#Person2#: I know, but. . . Hey, Stanley's here! I've been wanting to hear him sing all night.
#Person1#: Well, you asked for it. Why don't you put on an Elvis'song for him.
#Person2#: I'll put the song at the front of the list.",#Person1# asks Lucy to sing but Lucy is unwilling to do so.
test_281_2,"#Person1#: OK, Lucy. It's your turn. Are you ready?
#Person2#: I really would rather just listen. Isn't there anyone else who wants to sing?
#Person1#: Come on! In the two hours we've been here, you haven't sung even one song!
#Person2#: I know, but. . . Hey, Stanley's here! I've been wanting to hear him sing all night.
#Person1#: Well, you asked for it. Why don't you put on an Elvis'song for him.
#Person2#: I'll put the song at the front of the list.",#Person1# tries to persuade Lucy to sing but Lucy would rather just listen.
test_281_3,"#Person1#: OK, Lucy. It's your turn. Are you ready?
#Person2#: I really would rather just listen. Isn't there anyone else who wants to sing?
#Person1#: Come on! In the two hours we've been here, you haven't sung even one song!
#Person2#: I know, but. . . Hey, Stanley's here! I've been wanting to hear him sing all night.
#Person1#: Well, you asked for it. Why don't you put on an Elvis'song for him.
#Person2#: I'll put the song at the front of the list.",#Person1# encourages Lucy to sing but Lucy just wants to listen.
test_282_1,"#Person1#: Do you think home video players will replace movie theatres and force them out of the entertainment business?
#Person2#: We're certainly faced with the grave challenge from the DVD industry. That's why I think we have to revolutionize our concept of movie showing. As I see it, the movie theatre should not just be a place to watch a film, but a place to meet people.",#Person2# thinks the function of movie theatres should be updated.
test_282_2,"#Person1#: Do you think home video players will replace movie theatres and force them out of the entertainment business?
#Person2#: We're certainly faced with the grave challenge from the DVD industry. That's why I think we have to revolutionize our concept of movie showing. As I see it, the movie theatre should not just be a place to watch a film, but a place to meet people.",#Person2# thinks the movie industry should be revolutionized to survive the threat from DVD industry.
test_282_3,"#Person1#: Do you think home video players will replace movie theatres and force them out of the entertainment business?
#Person2#: We're certainly faced with the grave challenge from the DVD industry. That's why I think we have to revolutionize our concept of movie showing. As I see it, the movie theatre should not just be a place to watch a film, but a place to meet people.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about the possible destiny of movie theatre.
test_283_1,"#Person1#: How do you like this brown dress? It looks great on you.
#Person2#: I think it's a bit too heavy. Since it's getting warmer at this time of the year, I want something light. What other kinds of material do you have?
#Person1#: We have silk and cotton dresses. A cotton dress is suitable in spring. We have many different kinds. What color would you like? I think yellow or green would be good choices for you.
#Person2#: I would like the white one.",#Person2# wants to buy some clothes but #Person1#'s recommendation doesn't interest #Person2#.
test_283_2,"#Person1#: How do you like this brown dress? It looks great on you.
#Person2#: I think it's a bit too heavy. Since it's getting warmer at this time of the year, I want something light. What other kinds of material do you have?
#Person1#: We have silk and cotton dresses. A cotton dress is suitable in spring. We have many different kinds. What color would you like? I think yellow or green would be good choices for you.
#Person2#: I would like the white one.",#Person1# gives #Person2# a few suggestions on clothes but none is taken.
test_283_3,"#Person1#: How do you like this brown dress? It looks great on you.
#Person2#: I think it's a bit too heavy. Since it's getting warmer at this time of the year, I want something light. What other kinds of material do you have?
#Person1#: We have silk and cotton dresses. A cotton dress is suitable in spring. We have many different kinds. What color would you like? I think yellow or green would be good choices for you.
#Person2#: I would like the white one.",#Person2# is not happy with #Person1#'s recommendeds.
test_284_1,"#Person1#: Dad. Allowance day. Can I have my allowance?
#Person2#: Oh. I forgot about that.
#Person1#: You ALWAYS forget.
#Person2#: I guess I do. How much do I owe you?
#Person1#: Just $13.
#Person2#: Thirteen dollars!? Why do I owe you that much? Just seems like I paid you the other day.
#Person1#: No. You forget every Saturday, and it has been piling up.
#Person2#: Well, I'm not sure if I have that much.
#Person1#: Go to the bank. You have lots of money.
#Person2#: Lots of money, uh? Uh, well, I think the bank is closed.
#Person1#: Then, what about your secret money jar under your bed?
#Person2#: Oh, I guess I could do that. So, what are you going to do with the money?
#Person1#: I'm going to put some in savings, give some to the poor people, and use the rest to buy books.
#Person2#: Well, that's sounds great, Joshua.",Joshua is asking his dad for money and explains his plan with the money.
test_284_2,"#Person1#: Dad. Allowance day. Can I have my allowance?
#Person2#: Oh. I forgot about that.
#Person1#: You ALWAYS forget.
#Person2#: I guess I do. How much do I owe you?
#Person1#: Just $13.
#Person2#: Thirteen dollars!? Why do I owe you that much? Just seems like I paid you the other day.
#Person1#: No. You forget every Saturday, and it has been piling up.
#Person2#: Well, I'm not sure if I have that much.
#Person1#: Go to the bank. You have lots of money.
#Person2#: Lots of money, uh? Uh, well, I think the bank is closed.
#Person1#: Then, what about your secret money jar under your bed?
#Person2#: Oh, I guess I could do that. So, what are you going to do with the money?
#Person1#: I'm going to put some in savings, give some to the poor people, and use the rest to buy books.
#Person2#: Well, that's sounds great, Joshua.","#Person2# is annoyed when Joshua asks for the allowance, but is pleased to hear how Joshua will use the money."
test_284_3,"#Person1#: Dad. Allowance day. Can I have my allowance?
#Person2#: Oh. I forgot about that.
#Person1#: You ALWAYS forget.
#Person2#: I guess I do. How much do I owe you?
#Person1#: Just $13.
#Person2#: Thirteen dollars!? Why do I owe you that much? Just seems like I paid you the other day.
#Person1#: No. You forget every Saturday, and it has been piling up.
#Person2#: Well, I'm not sure if I have that much.
#Person1#: Go to the bank. You have lots of money.
#Person2#: Lots of money, uh? Uh, well, I think the bank is closed.
#Person1#: Then, what about your secret money jar under your bed?
#Person2#: Oh, I guess I could do that. So, what are you going to do with the money?
#Person1#: I'm going to put some in savings, give some to the poor people, and use the rest to buy books.
#Person2#: Well, that's sounds great, Joshua.",Joshua asks for allowance from his dad. #Person2# gives the money to Joshua from his secret money.
test_285_1,"#Person1#: Tomorrow is Mike's birthday. I have just received the invitation to his party. Did Mike invite you, too?
#Person2#: Yes. I received his invitation this morning. But he didn't tell me what time the party will begin.
#Person1#: I'll ring him up and ask him about it. How will you go to his party?
#Person2#: I'll drive to his party after work. Would you like to take my car there?
#Person1#: I would be glad to. Thank you.",#Person1# and #Person2# are going to Mike's birthday party tomorrow.
test_285_2,"#Person1#: Tomorrow is Mike's birthday. I have just received the invitation to his party. Did Mike invite you, too?
#Person2#: Yes. I received his invitation this morning. But he didn't tell me what time the party will begin.
#Person1#: I'll ring him up and ask him about it. How will you go to his party?
#Person2#: I'll drive to his party after work. Would you like to take my car there?
#Person1#: I would be glad to. Thank you.",Both #Person1# and #Person2# were invited to Mike's birthday party. #Person2# will give #Person1# a ride.
test_285_3,"#Person1#: Tomorrow is Mike's birthday. I have just received the invitation to his party. Did Mike invite you, too?
#Person2#: Yes. I received his invitation this morning. But he didn't tell me what time the party will begin.
#Person1#: I'll ring him up and ask him about it. How will you go to his party?
#Person2#: I'll drive to his party after work. Would you like to take my car there?
#Person1#: I would be glad to. Thank you.",#Person2# will drive #Person1# to Mike's birthday.
test_286_1,"#Person1#: I want to send this package by first-class mail.
#Person2#: Do you want it insured?
#Person1#: Yes, for 50 dollars, please. I'd also like some stamps--a book of 22 and three airmail.
#Person2#: You'll have to get those at the stamp window over there, next to general delivery.
#Person1#: Can I get money orders there, too?
#Person2#: No, that's to the left, three windows down the hall.",#Person1# is sending a package with the help of #Person2#.
test_286_2,"#Person1#: I want to send this package by first-class mail.
#Person2#: Do you want it insured?
#Person1#: Yes, for 50 dollars, please. I'd also like some stamps--a book of 22 and three airmail.
#Person2#: You'll have to get those at the stamp window over there, next to general delivery.
#Person1#: Can I get money orders there, too?
#Person2#: No, that's to the left, three windows down the hall.",#Person2# instructs #Person1# on how to send a package by mail.
test_286_3,"#Person1#: I want to send this package by first-class mail.
#Person2#: Do you want it insured?
#Person1#: Yes, for 50 dollars, please. I'd also like some stamps--a book of 22 and three airmail.
#Person2#: You'll have to get those at the stamp window over there, next to general delivery.
#Person1#: Can I get money orders there, too?
#Person2#: No, that's to the left, three windows down the hall.",#Person1# sends a package at #Person2#'s and buys some stamps at the other window.
test_287_1,"#Person1#: Terrible. How about people's lives? 
#Person2#: Fortunately, there is no person died. 
#Person1#: That's great. It seems that Typhoon is not as bad as earthquake. 
#Person2#: Yeah. Earthquake is one of the most badly natural disasters in the world. 
#Person1#: That's why many people died in the earthquake. 
#Person2#: Well, China is located on the Eurasia plate, where earthquakes happen frequently due to the earth's plates knocking against each other. 
#Person1#: Oh, China does have been plagued by numerous destructive earthquakes during its long history. 
#Person2#: Yeah, we've experienced the 8. 0 magnitude earthquake in Wenchuan. 
#Person1#: We're all familiar with natural disasters. but we still feel weak when we face Wenchuan earthquake. 
#Person2#: Right. But people at that time only know two words, 'save' and 'assistance', they will never don't lift a finger. Life is the most important compared with anything else. 
#Person1#: That's the point. Love among human beings is not limited by geography. ",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about natural disasters and Wenchuan earthquake in China. They feel the importance of life and love.
test_287_2,"#Person1#: Terrible. How about people's lives? 
#Person2#: Fortunately, there is no person died. 
#Person1#: That's great. It seems that Typhoon is not as bad as earthquake. 
#Person2#: Yeah. Earthquake is one of the most badly natural disasters in the world. 
#Person1#: That's why many people died in the earthquake. 
#Person2#: Well, China is located on the Eurasia plate, where earthquakes happen frequently due to the earth's plates knocking against each other. 
#Person1#: Oh, China does have been plagued by numerous destructive earthquakes during its long history. 
#Person2#: Yeah, we've experienced the 8. 0 magnitude earthquake in Wenchuan. 
#Person1#: We're all familiar with natural disasters. but we still feel weak when we face Wenchuan earthquake. 
#Person2#: Right. But people at that time only know two words, 'save' and 'assistance', they will never don't lift a finger. Life is the most important compared with anything else. 
#Person1#: That's the point. Love among human beings is not limited by geography. ","#Person1# and #Person2# discuss the destructive impact that earthquakes have in Chinese history, and the assistance for the Wenchuan Earthquake."
test_287_3,"#Person1#: Terrible. How about people's lives? 
#Person2#: Fortunately, there is no person died. 
#Person1#: That's great. It seems that Typhoon is not as bad as earthquake. 
#Person2#: Yeah. Earthquake is one of the most badly natural disasters in the world. 
#Person1#: That's why many people died in the earthquake. 
#Person2#: Well, China is located on the Eurasia plate, where earthquakes happen frequently due to the earth's plates knocking against each other. 
#Person1#: Oh, China does have been plagued by numerous destructive earthquakes during its long history. 
#Person2#: Yeah, we've experienced the 8. 0 magnitude earthquake in Wenchuan. 
#Person1#: We're all familiar with natural disasters. but we still feel weak when we face Wenchuan earthquake. 
#Person2#: Right. But people at that time only know two words, 'save' and 'assistance', they will never don't lift a finger. Life is the most important compared with anything else. 
#Person1#: That's the point. Love among human beings is not limited by geography. ",#Person1# and #Person2# exchange opinions toward the effect of earthquake and how people feel about it.
test_288_1,"#Person1#: The weather is really miserable. It has been raining hard all day long. 
#Person2#: Yes, it's so cold. 
#Person1#: Do you think the rain is going to let up soon? 
#Person2#: Yes, I think so. The rainy season will be over soon. 
#Person1#: How long does the rainy season last? 
#Person2#: About two months. 
#Person1#: I can hardly stand these wet and cold days. It seems that it doesn't bother you very much. 
#Person2#: I'm used to this kind of days. 
#Person1#: But I prefer warm weather. 
#Person2#: Spring will come soon. And we will have some pleasant weather then. 
#Person1#: I hope so. ","#Person1# cannot stand rainy days, but #Person2#'s been used to it."
test_288_2,"#Person1#: The weather is really miserable. It has been raining hard all day long. 
#Person2#: Yes, it's so cold. 
#Person1#: Do you think the rain is going to let up soon? 
#Person2#: Yes, I think so. The rainy season will be over soon. 
#Person1#: How long does the rainy season last? 
#Person2#: About two months. 
#Person1#: I can hardly stand these wet and cold days. It seems that it doesn't bother you very much. 
#Person2#: I'm used to this kind of days. 
#Person1#: But I prefer warm weather. 
#Person2#: Spring will come soon. And we will have some pleasant weather then. 
#Person1#: I hope so. ","#Person1# complains to #Person2# about the miserable weather, but #Person2# is used to it."
test_288_3,"#Person1#: The weather is really miserable. It has been raining hard all day long. 
#Person2#: Yes, it's so cold. 
#Person1#: Do you think the rain is going to let up soon? 
#Person2#: Yes, I think so. The rainy season will be over soon. 
#Person1#: How long does the rainy season last? 
#Person2#: About two months. 
#Person1#: I can hardly stand these wet and cold days. It seems that it doesn't bother you very much. 
#Person2#: I'm used to this kind of days. 
#Person1#: But I prefer warm weather. 
#Person2#: Spring will come soon. And we will have some pleasant weather then. 
#Person1#: I hope so. ",#Person1# and #Person2# have a chat about the current rainy season which #Person1# can hardly endure while #Person2# has already been used to.
test_289_1,"#Person1#: what shall we do after the volleyball match? 
#Person2#: how about going to the Olympic souvenir store to have a look? I remember there is one in the gym. 
#Person1#: that's a good idea. I was thinking of buying some gifts for my family. 
#Person2#: me, too. What did you have in mind? 
#Person1#: I haven't deceided yet, but I think the Olympic Mascots are a must. 
#Person2#: I agree. They're very lovely, especially 'Huan Huan'. 
#Person1#: is that the red one? That is my favorite, too. Do you know how much they are? 
#Person2#: the five dolls are sold together as a set, and they're priced according to the size. The bigger they are the more expensive. 
#Person1#: oh, I see. If I buy more than a set, can I get any discount? 
#Person2#: I don't think so. All the souvenirs of the Olympic Games are very hot right now. 
#Person1#: any other ideas? 
#Person2#: there are lots of things, such as postcards, key chains, posters and various arts and crafts. 
#Person1#: it all sounds great. We can go there after the match. I can't wait to see what they have. ","#Person1# and #Person2# are discussing where to go after the volleyball match and talking about the souvenirs of the Olympic Games, such as the Olympic Mascots."
test_289_2,"#Person1#: what shall we do after the volleyball match? 
#Person2#: how about going to the Olympic souvenir store to have a look? I remember there is one in the gym. 
#Person1#: that's a good idea. I was thinking of buying some gifts for my family. 
#Person2#: me, too. What did you have in mind? 
#Person1#: I haven't deceided yet, but I think the Olympic Mascots are a must. 
#Person2#: I agree. They're very lovely, especially 'Huan Huan'. 
#Person1#: is that the red one? That is my favorite, too. Do you know how much they are? 
#Person2#: the five dolls are sold together as a set, and they're priced according to the size. The bigger they are the more expensive. 
#Person1#: oh, I see. If I buy more than a set, can I get any discount? 
#Person2#: I don't think so. All the souvenirs of the Olympic Games are very hot right now. 
#Person1#: any other ideas? 
#Person2#: there are lots of things, such as postcards, key chains, posters and various arts and crafts. 
#Person1#: it all sounds great. We can go there after the match. I can't wait to see what they have. ",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about what gifts to buy for their families from the Olympic souvenir store after the volleyball match.
test_289_3,"#Person1#: what shall we do after the volleyball match? 
#Person2#: how about going to the Olympic souvenir store to have a look? I remember there is one in the gym. 
#Person1#: that's a good idea. I was thinking of buying some gifts for my family. 
#Person2#: me, too. What did you have in mind? 
#Person1#: I haven't deceided yet, but I think the Olympic Mascots are a must. 
#Person2#: I agree. They're very lovely, especially 'Huan Huan'. 
#Person1#: is that the red one? That is my favorite, too. Do you know how much they are? 
#Person2#: the five dolls are sold together as a set, and they're priced according to the size. The bigger they are the more expensive. 
#Person1#: oh, I see. If I buy more than a set, can I get any discount? 
#Person2#: I don't think so. All the souvenirs of the Olympic Games are very hot right now. 
#Person1#: any other ideas? 
#Person2#: there are lots of things, such as postcards, key chains, posters and various arts and crafts. 
#Person1#: it all sounds great. We can go there after the match. I can't wait to see what they have. ",#Person1# and #Person2# discuss where should they go to get gifts for their family after the match.
test_290_1,"#Person1#: I'd like to purchase a pan. 
#Person2#: Is there any particular size that you want? 
#Person1#: Well, I cook a lot of big meals. 
#Person2#: What do you think of this one? It's a 16' pan. 
#Person1#: Yes, that's the right size, but it's so heavy. 
#Person2#: Well, look at our aluminum pan. It's much lighter. 
#Person1#: Yes, this is very light. But the handle is also aluminum. 
#Person2#: No problem. Look at this one. Same pan, but with a lightweight wooden handle. 
#Person1#: Great. This is exactly what I was looking for. I'll buy it. 
#Person2#: I think you'll love this pan. Do you want to pay with cash? 
#Person1#: Yes. Oh, wait a second, please. What about a lid? 
#Person2#: I'm sorry. I forgot to show it to you. Here it is. It comes with the pan. ",#Person1# is buying a pan in #Person2#'s shop and #Person2# gives #Person1# some suggestions.
test_290_2,"#Person1#: I'd like to purchase a pan. 
#Person2#: Is there any particular size that you want? 
#Person1#: Well, I cook a lot of big meals. 
#Person2#: What do you think of this one? It's a 16' pan. 
#Person1#: Yes, that's the right size, but it's so heavy. 
#Person2#: Well, look at our aluminum pan. It's much lighter. 
#Person1#: Yes, this is very light. But the handle is also aluminum. 
#Person2#: No problem. Look at this one. Same pan, but with a lightweight wooden handle. 
#Person1#: Great. This is exactly what I was looking for. I'll buy it. 
#Person2#: I think you'll love this pan. Do you want to pay with cash? 
#Person1#: Yes. Oh, wait a second, please. What about a lid? 
#Person2#: I'm sorry. I forgot to show it to you. Here it is. It comes with the pan. ","#Person1# buys a big, light pan with a wooden handle and a lid from #Person2#."
test_290_3,"#Person1#: I'd like to purchase a pan. 
#Person2#: Is there any particular size that you want? 
#Person1#: Well, I cook a lot of big meals. 
#Person2#: What do you think of this one? It's a 16' pan. 
#Person1#: Yes, that's the right size, but it's so heavy. 
#Person2#: Well, look at our aluminum pan. It's much lighter. 
#Person1#: Yes, this is very light. But the handle is also aluminum. 
#Person2#: No problem. Look at this one. Same pan, but with a lightweight wooden handle. 
#Person1#: Great. This is exactly what I was looking for. I'll buy it. 
#Person2#: I think you'll love this pan. Do you want to pay with cash? 
#Person1#: Yes. Oh, wait a second, please. What about a lid? 
#Person2#: I'm sorry. I forgot to show it to you. Here it is. It comes with the pan. ","#Person1# takes a size 16, aluminum pan with a lightweight wooden handle at #Person2#'s shop as #Person1# cooks big meals often."
test_291_1,"#Person1#: Well, I'd better get back to work. I've got a ton of stuff on my desk! 
#Person2#: Me too. I'll see you after work, huh? 
#Person1#: Yeah, definitely. I was hoping to catch a ride with you. 
#Person2#: Sure. Meet me at five. ",#Person1# and #Person2# will meet after work.
test_291_2,"#Person1#: Well, I'd better get back to work. I've got a ton of stuff on my desk! 
#Person2#: Me too. I'll see you after work, huh? 
#Person1#: Yeah, definitely. I was hoping to catch a ride with you. 
#Person2#: Sure. Meet me at five. ",#Person2# will give #Person1# a ride after work.
test_291_3,"#Person1#: Well, I'd better get back to work. I've got a ton of stuff on my desk! 
#Person2#: Me too. I'll see you after work, huh? 
#Person1#: Yeah, definitely. I was hoping to catch a ride with you. 
#Person2#: Sure. Meet me at five. ",#Person1# and #Person2# go back to work and will meet after work.
test_292_1,"#Person1#: Thank you for showing me your offices, Mr. Becker. I can see why Washington bureaucrats enjoy their jobs. 
#Person2#: Why do you say that? 
#Person1#: The city is beautiful, the off . . . , the offices are modern and comfortable, and the work is so interesting. 
#Person2#: Many people work for the federal government their entire adult lives. Government service can be a rewarding and secure career. 
#Person1#: Do you mean financially rewarding? 
#Person2#: Well, many positions pay salaries that are comparable to those in private industries. 
#Person1#: I've always thought that most bureaucrats are lazy. 
#Person2#: Sometimes that's true, but not usually. Most feds are honest, hard-working professionals. It's hard to keep highly trained people, so the pay and working conditions have to be attractive. 
#Person1#: How much do you make? 
#Person2#: I'm a GS-15. That's high on the scale of workers, but even a GS-1 is paid a living wage. ",#Person1# visits Mr. Becker's office and Mr. Becker introduces #Person1# some facts of people working for the federal government.
test_292_2,"#Person1#: Thank you for showing me your offices, Mr. Becker. I can see why Washington bureaucrats enjoy their jobs. 
#Person2#: Why do you say that? 
#Person1#: The city is beautiful, the off . . . , the offices are modern and comfortable, and the work is so interesting. 
#Person2#: Many people work for the federal government their entire adult lives. Government service can be a rewarding and secure career. 
#Person1#: Do you mean financially rewarding? 
#Person2#: Well, many positions pay salaries that are comparable to those in private industries. 
#Person1#: I've always thought that most bureaucrats are lazy. 
#Person2#: Sometimes that's true, but not usually. Most feds are honest, hard-working professionals. It's hard to keep highly trained people, so the pay and working conditions have to be attractive. 
#Person1#: How much do you make? 
#Person2#: I'm a GS-15. That's high on the scale of workers, but even a GS-1 is paid a living wage. ",Mr. Becker shows #Person1# around the Washington office and explains bureaucrats' situation.
test_292_3,"#Person1#: Thank you for showing me your offices, Mr. Becker. I can see why Washington bureaucrats enjoy their jobs. 
#Person2#: Why do you say that? 
#Person1#: The city is beautiful, the off . . . , the offices are modern and comfortable, and the work is so interesting. 
#Person2#: Many people work for the federal government their entire adult lives. Government service can be a rewarding and secure career. 
#Person1#: Do you mean financially rewarding? 
#Person2#: Well, many positions pay salaries that are comparable to those in private industries. 
#Person1#: I've always thought that most bureaucrats are lazy. 
#Person2#: Sometimes that's true, but not usually. Most feds are honest, hard-working professionals. It's hard to keep highly trained people, so the pay and working conditions have to be attractive. 
#Person1#: How much do you make? 
#Person2#: I'm a GS-15. That's high on the scale of workers, but even a GS-1 is paid a living wage. ",Mr. Becker shows #Person1# around the office of the Washington bureaucrats and #Person1# has changed the image about the bureaucrats.
test_293_1,"#Person1#: Good evening, Pete. I trust you had a nice siesta. 
#Person2#: Yes. It was just what the doctor ordered. 
#Person1#: I'd like you to meet Henry Johnson. Mr. Johnson has been working at our Beijing office for over a year now. I think you two are from the same city. 
#Person2#: Hey there, Henry. Call me Pete. A New Yorker, eh? 
#Person3#: Born and raised in Brooklyn. Good to meet you, Pete. 
#Person2#: Brooklyn. . . that's a great neighborhood. I'm originally from Queens but moved down to Manhattan a while back. So. . . you're an expat in China. . . how's life over here working out for you? 
#Person3#: You know - I really love it. There are frustrations of course, such as traffic, pollution and the language barrier, but all in all, I give China a big thumbs up. 
#Person1#: Before you two get carried away in conversation, let's finalize our plans for the evening. I was thinking of dining at a well-known dumpling restaurant and then hitting a Karaoke bar for some fun! 
#Person2#: Everything sounded good until I heard the word 'Karaoke'. If there's one thing you don't want to hear, it's me singing. 
#Person3#: I sound like a frog that's suffering from a bad cold! But Karaoke is so popular in Asia that I've been dragged to at least two dozen of them so far. I've even learned a Chinese song or two. 
#Person1#: Hey. . . no Karaoke. . . no problem! We're here to have fun and if singing isn't fun. . . then forget it! I assume you like beer. 
#Person2#: Beer is quite possibly my very favorite liquid. 
#Person3#: Chinese beer is actually pretty good. I've sampled all of them so I should know! 
#Person1#: Great! So we'll have dinner and then we'll go down to the bar district. In Beijing there are literally thousands of bars. 
#Person2#: Sounds like a plan. ",#Person1# introduces Henry to Pete. The three persons talk about their previous experiences and life and decide to go to a bar after dinner.
test_293_2,"#Person1#: Good evening, Pete. I trust you had a nice siesta. 
#Person2#: Yes. It was just what the doctor ordered. 
#Person1#: I'd like you to meet Henry Johnson. Mr. Johnson has been working at our Beijing office for over a year now. I think you two are from the same city. 
#Person2#: Hey there, Henry. Call me Pete. A New Yorker, eh? 
#Person3#: Born and raised in Brooklyn. Good to meet you, Pete. 
#Person2#: Brooklyn. . . that's a great neighborhood. I'm originally from Queens but moved down to Manhattan a while back. So. . . you're an expat in China. . . how's life over here working out for you? 
#Person3#: You know - I really love it. There are frustrations of course, such as traffic, pollution and the language barrier, but all in all, I give China a big thumbs up. 
#Person1#: Before you two get carried away in conversation, let's finalize our plans for the evening. I was thinking of dining at a well-known dumpling restaurant and then hitting a Karaoke bar for some fun! 
#Person2#: Everything sounded good until I heard the word 'Karaoke'. If there's one thing you don't want to hear, it's me singing. 
#Person3#: I sound like a frog that's suffering from a bad cold! But Karaoke is so popular in Asia that I've been dragged to at least two dozen of them so far. I've even learned a Chinese song or two. 
#Person1#: Hey. . . no Karaoke. . . no problem! We're here to have fun and if singing isn't fun. . . then forget it! I assume you like beer. 
#Person2#: Beer is quite possibly my very favorite liquid. 
#Person3#: Chinese beer is actually pretty good. I've sampled all of them so I should know! 
#Person1#: Great! So we'll have dinner and then we'll go down to the bar district. In Beijing there are literally thousands of bars. 
#Person2#: Sounds like a plan. ","#Person1# introduces Henry Johnson, an expat in China to Pete. Mr. Johnson shares with Pete how much he enjoys his time in China, until #Person1# interrupts and tries to finalize the evening plan. The three decide to go have dinner and then to a bar district."
test_293_3,"#Person1#: Good evening, Pete. I trust you had a nice siesta. 
#Person2#: Yes. It was just what the doctor ordered. 
#Person1#: I'd like you to meet Henry Johnson. Mr. Johnson has been working at our Beijing office for over a year now. I think you two are from the same city. 
#Person2#: Hey there, Henry. Call me Pete. A New Yorker, eh? 
#Person3#: Born and raised in Brooklyn. Good to meet you, Pete. 
#Person2#: Brooklyn. . . that's a great neighborhood. I'm originally from Queens but moved down to Manhattan a while back. So. . . you're an expat in China. . . how's life over here working out for you? 
#Person3#: You know - I really love it. There are frustrations of course, such as traffic, pollution and the language barrier, but all in all, I give China a big thumbs up. 
#Person1#: Before you two get carried away in conversation, let's finalize our plans for the evening. I was thinking of dining at a well-known dumpling restaurant and then hitting a Karaoke bar for some fun! 
#Person2#: Everything sounded good until I heard the word 'Karaoke'. If there's one thing you don't want to hear, it's me singing. 
#Person3#: I sound like a frog that's suffering from a bad cold! But Karaoke is so popular in Asia that I've been dragged to at least two dozen of them so far. I've even learned a Chinese song or two. 
#Person1#: Hey. . . no Karaoke. . . no problem! We're here to have fun and if singing isn't fun. . . then forget it! I assume you like beer. 
#Person2#: Beer is quite possibly my very favorite liquid. 
#Person3#: Chinese beer is actually pretty good. I've sampled all of them so I should know! 
#Person1#: Great! So we'll have dinner and then we'll go down to the bar district. In Beijing there are literally thousands of bars. 
#Person2#: Sounds like a plan. ","#Person1# introduces Henry Johnson to Pete for they come from the same city and the latter two exchange ideas about Beijing, Karaoke particularly. The three decide to go have dinner and then to a bar district."
test_294_1,"#Person1#: Hi, Julie. I haven't seen you in class for a week. Where have you been?
#Person2#: Hi, Mr.Jones. I've been ill since last Sunday. In fact, I'm still not feeling well.
#Person1#: Yes, I can see that. What was the problem?
#Person2#: The doctor thinks it was food poisoning. I went to a nice restaurant for lunch with a few of my classmates last Sunday. It was a great meal. So many dishes, barbecued beef, roast mutton and lots of vegetables.
#Person1#: Sounds delicious.
#Person2#: Yeah, it was. But on my way home I got some fried chicken to eat from a street store. Not long after I got home I started feeling sick.
#Person1#: Are you thinking that is what caused your illness?
#Person2#: Well, it must have been. No one else who ate the lunch got sick. Anyway, I'm feeling a little better now.
#Person1#: I'm glad to hear that, and are you able to keep up with all your lessons?
#Person2#: Yes, my classmates have been bringing me their notebooks and I can download the biology lessons from the Internet.
#Person1#: Oh yes, it is really a good idea.",Julie got food poisoning last Sunday and Mr. Jones cares about her health and study.
test_294_2,"#Person1#: Hi, Julie. I haven't seen you in class for a week. Where have you been?
#Person2#: Hi, Mr.Jones. I've been ill since last Sunday. In fact, I'm still not feeling well.
#Person1#: Yes, I can see that. What was the problem?
#Person2#: The doctor thinks it was food poisoning. I went to a nice restaurant for lunch with a few of my classmates last Sunday. It was a great meal. So many dishes, barbecued beef, roast mutton and lots of vegetables.
#Person1#: Sounds delicious.
#Person2#: Yeah, it was. But on my way home I got some fried chicken to eat from a street store. Not long after I got home I started feeling sick.
#Person1#: Are you thinking that is what caused your illness?
#Person2#: Well, it must have been. No one else who ate the lunch got sick. Anyway, I'm feeling a little better now.
#Person1#: I'm glad to hear that, and are you able to keep up with all your lessons?
#Person2#: Yes, my classmates have been bringing me their notebooks and I can download the biology lessons from the Internet.
#Person1#: Oh yes, it is really a good idea.",Julie explains to Mr. Jones that her absence of a week is due to food poisoning. Julie will make up for the missed lessons by learning the materials.
test_294_3,"#Person1#: Hi, Julie. I haven't seen you in class for a week. Where have you been?
#Person2#: Hi, Mr.Jones. I've been ill since last Sunday. In fact, I'm still not feeling well.
#Person1#: Yes, I can see that. What was the problem?
#Person2#: The doctor thinks it was food poisoning. I went to a nice restaurant for lunch with a few of my classmates last Sunday. It was a great meal. So many dishes, barbecued beef, roast mutton and lots of vegetables.
#Person1#: Sounds delicious.
#Person2#: Yeah, it was. But on my way home I got some fried chicken to eat from a street store. Not long after I got home I started feeling sick.
#Person1#: Are you thinking that is what caused your illness?
#Person2#: Well, it must have been. No one else who ate the lunch got sick. Anyway, I'm feeling a little better now.
#Person1#: I'm glad to hear that, and are you able to keep up with all your lessons?
#Person2#: Yes, my classmates have been bringing me their notebooks and I can download the biology lessons from the Internet.
#Person1#: Oh yes, it is really a good idea.",Mr. Jones asks Julie the reasons Julie got absent for class the whole week and finds out Julie got food poisoning.
test_295_1,"#Person1#: Mike, come here, please.
#Person2#: I'm coming, mom. It looks like you're very busy. Is someone coming this afternoon?
#Person1#: Yes, some of my friends are coming over this afternoon. There's still so much to get ready.
#Person2#: Is there anything I can do to help you?
#Person1#: Sure, I still need to get some drinks. I'd like to have coffee, water, fruit juice and some cola.
#Person2#: I'll go and buy some fruit juice and cola and then I'll make some coffee.
#Person1#: Do you know how to make coffee?
#Person2#: Yes, aunt Joan taught Mary and me when we visited her last week. So I can make very nice coffee now.
#Person1#: That's great, Mike. Don't forget to buy some sugar
#Person2#: OK. By the way, when will your friends come? It's already 5:00 o'clock now.
#Person1#: They'll arrive in an hour.
#Person2#: OK. Should I buy any fruit, perhaps some apples or bananas?
#Person1#: Oh, yes. Let me see, we still have some bananas left, so just buy some apples.",#Person1# is preparing for her friends' coming this afternoon. Her son Mike helps her to buy drinks and make coffee.
test_295_2,"#Person1#: Mike, come here, please.
#Person2#: I'm coming, mom. It looks like you're very busy. Is someone coming this afternoon?
#Person1#: Yes, some of my friends are coming over this afternoon. There's still so much to get ready.
#Person2#: Is there anything I can do to help you?
#Person1#: Sure, I still need to get some drinks. I'd like to have coffee, water, fruit juice and some cola.
#Person2#: I'll go and buy some fruit juice and cola and then I'll make some coffee.
#Person1#: Do you know how to make coffee?
#Person2#: Yes, aunt Joan taught Mary and me when we visited her last week. So I can make very nice coffee now.
#Person1#: That's great, Mike. Don't forget to buy some sugar
#Person2#: OK. By the way, when will your friends come? It's already 5:00 o'clock now.
#Person1#: They'll arrive in an hour.
#Person2#: OK. Should I buy any fruit, perhaps some apples or bananas?
#Person1#: Oh, yes. Let me see, we still have some bananas left, so just buy some apples.","Mike's mom is preparing for her few friends, Mike will go out to buy some drinks and fruits."
test_295_3,"#Person1#: Mike, come here, please.
#Person2#: I'm coming, mom. It looks like you're very busy. Is someone coming this afternoon?
#Person1#: Yes, some of my friends are coming over this afternoon. There's still so much to get ready.
#Person2#: Is there anything I can do to help you?
#Person1#: Sure, I still need to get some drinks. I'd like to have coffee, water, fruit juice and some cola.
#Person2#: I'll go and buy some fruit juice and cola and then I'll make some coffee.
#Person1#: Do you know how to make coffee?
#Person2#: Yes, aunt Joan taught Mary and me when we visited her last week. So I can make very nice coffee now.
#Person1#: That's great, Mike. Don't forget to buy some sugar
#Person2#: OK. By the way, when will your friends come? It's already 5:00 o'clock now.
#Person1#: They'll arrive in an hour.
#Person2#: OK. Should I buy any fruit, perhaps some apples or bananas?
#Person1#: Oh, yes. Let me see, we still have some bananas left, so just buy some apples.","To better host mom's friends, Mike helps his mother to get some food and drinks."
test_296_1,"#Person1#: Hey Welcome to Berlin, it's great to see you again.
#Person2#: Yeah, good to see you too. Have you been waiting here at the station long?
#Person1#: Only 15 minutes, but let's get out of this cold and go to my apartment. How are you feeling after that long bus ride?
#Person2#: It wasn't too bad, it was only 19 hours.
#Person1#: That's crazy. You could have flown here from London for 60 euros and it would have only taken an hour and a half. Was it really worth all that time just to save a bit of money.
#Person2#: Well, it was a pretty uncomfortable right to be honest. The bus was starting to smell toward the end of it and there was a guy next to me, he was breathing really loudly while he was sleeping. But the reason I took the passwords because it's more environmentally friendly than flying.
#Person1#: I think it's great that you want to help the environment, but you look so exhausted right now. I just think you should be a little more careful with your health.
#Person2#: Well. I wasn't expecting the bus to be so unpleasant, but you're right. Next time I visit you, I'll probably fly.",#Person2# comes to Berlin to visit #Person1#. They talk about #Person2#'s unpleasant journey on their way back to #Person1#'s apartment.
test_296_2,"#Person1#: Hey Welcome to Berlin, it's great to see you again.
#Person2#: Yeah, good to see you too. Have you been waiting here at the station long?
#Person1#: Only 15 minutes, but let's get out of this cold and go to my apartment. How are you feeling after that long bus ride?
#Person2#: It wasn't too bad, it was only 19 hours.
#Person1#: That's crazy. You could have flown here from London for 60 euros and it would have only taken an hour and a half. Was it really worth all that time just to save a bit of money.
#Person2#: Well, it was a pretty uncomfortable right to be honest. The bus was starting to smell toward the end of it and there was a guy next to me, he was breathing really loudly while he was sleeping. But the reason I took the passwords because it's more environmentally friendly than flying.
#Person1#: I think it's great that you want to help the environment, but you look so exhausted right now. I just think you should be a little more careful with your health.
#Person2#: Well. I wasn't expecting the bus to be so unpleasant, but you're right. Next time I visit you, I'll probably fly.","#Person2# is awaiting #Person1# at a bus station. #Person2# chose bus over airplanes with the intention to help the environment, but didn't expect it would be such a terrible ride."
test_296_3,"#Person1#: Hey Welcome to Berlin, it's great to see you again.
#Person2#: Yeah, good to see you too. Have you been waiting here at the station long?
#Person1#: Only 15 minutes, but let's get out of this cold and go to my apartment. How are you feeling after that long bus ride?
#Person2#: It wasn't too bad, it was only 19 hours.
#Person1#: That's crazy. You could have flown here from London for 60 euros and it would have only taken an hour and a half. Was it really worth all that time just to save a bit of money.
#Person2#: Well, it was a pretty uncomfortable right to be honest. The bus was starting to smell toward the end of it and there was a guy next to me, he was breathing really loudly while he was sleeping. But the reason I took the passwords because it's more environmentally friendly than flying.
#Person1#: I think it's great that you want to help the environment, but you look so exhausted right now. I just think you should be a little more careful with your health.
#Person2#: Well. I wasn't expecting the bus to be so unpleasant, but you're right. Next time I visit you, I'll probably fly.","To protect the environment, #Person2# took a bus instead of plane to Berlin to visit #Person1#, but #Person2# feels exhausted."
test_297_1,"#Person1#: Have you ever done this kind of work before?
#Person2#: No, I haven't. But I'm sure I'll be good at it.
#Person1#: Well as you know if you take it, you'll have to work weekends.
#Person2#: Oh, that's alright.
#Person1#: Do you like traveling and meeting People?
#Person2#: Oh yes. In fact that's why this job really interests me.
#Person1#: And can you speak any foreign languages?
#Person2#: Yes, I can speak German and French quite well and I've been studying Japanese for about a year.
#Person1#: Oh that's good and you have a nice clear voice. Are you good at public speaking?
#Person2#: Well I haven't done much. But I used to love speaking in front of the class when I was at College.",#Person1# is interviewing #Person2# and asking #Person2# some information relating the job.
test_297_2,"#Person1#: Have you ever done this kind of work before?
#Person2#: No, I haven't. But I'm sure I'll be good at it.
#Person1#: Well as you know if you take it, you'll have to work weekends.
#Person2#: Oh, that's alright.
#Person1#: Do you like traveling and meeting People?
#Person2#: Oh yes. In fact that's why this job really interests me.
#Person1#: And can you speak any foreign languages?
#Person2#: Yes, I can speak German and French quite well and I've been studying Japanese for about a year.
#Person1#: Oh that's good and you have a nice clear voice. Are you good at public speaking?
#Person2#: Well I haven't done much. But I used to love speaking in front of the class when I was at College.","#Person2# has a conversation with #Person1# about a job position. #Person2# is willing to work weekends, travel around, and is able to speak some foreign languages."
test_297_3,"#Person1#: Have you ever done this kind of work before?
#Person2#: No, I haven't. But I'm sure I'll be good at it.
#Person1#: Well as you know if you take it, you'll have to work weekends.
#Person2#: Oh, that's alright.
#Person1#: Do you like traveling and meeting People?
#Person2#: Oh yes. In fact that's why this job really interests me.
#Person1#: And can you speak any foreign languages?
#Person2#: Yes, I can speak German and French quite well and I've been studying Japanese for about a year.
#Person1#: Oh that's good and you have a nice clear voice. Are you good at public speaking?
#Person2#: Well I haven't done much. But I used to love speaking in front of the class when I was at College.",#Person1# interviews #Person2# to see whether #Person2# fits in the job requirements.
test_298_1,"#Person1#: Jimmy, I called you yesterday, but you didn't pick up.
#Person2#: I'm sorry Amy, I came home very late yesterday evening because Jennie and Bill invited me for a picnic.
#Person1#: Oh, how lovely, did you enjoy yourself?
#Person2#: Yes, I had a great time.
#Person1#: When did you go to have the picnic?
#Person2#: Jenny and Bill came in their car at about 9:00 o'clock in the morning and we left soon afterwards.
#Person1#: And where did you go for the picnic?
#Person2#: We went to Beihai Park.
#Person1#: Oh, it's lovely in Beihai Park at this time of year.
#Person2#: Yes, it was sunny and there were lots of people, we had lunch near the river. Then, after lunch. We went for a walk along the river and looked at the beautiful view there.
#Person1#: What did you do then?
#Person2#: We had a drink in a bar there and made some friends, we played cards and laughed, then we started to drive home. It took us a long time to arrive home because there was a lot of traffic on the road.
#Person1#: Well, that was a lovely day.
#Person2#: That's right. So why did you call me?
#Person1#: Oh, I wanted to give your book back, so are you free now?
#Person2#: Ok, let's meet at the cafe downstairs in 30 minutes.
#Person1#: Well, see you then.",Amy called Jimmy to return his book yesterday but Jimmy was out for a lovely picnic. They will meet soon at a cafe.
test_298_2,"#Person1#: Jimmy, I called you yesterday, but you didn't pick up.
#Person2#: I'm sorry Amy, I came home very late yesterday evening because Jennie and Bill invited me for a picnic.
#Person1#: Oh, how lovely, did you enjoy yourself?
#Person2#: Yes, I had a great time.
#Person1#: When did you go to have the picnic?
#Person2#: Jenny and Bill came in their car at about 9:00 o'clock in the morning and we left soon afterwards.
#Person1#: And where did you go for the picnic?
#Person2#: We went to Beihai Park.
#Person1#: Oh, it's lovely in Beihai Park at this time of year.
#Person2#: Yes, it was sunny and there were lots of people, we had lunch near the river. Then, after lunch. We went for a walk along the river and looked at the beautiful view there.
#Person1#: What did you do then?
#Person2#: We had a drink in a bar there and made some friends, we played cards and laughed, then we started to drive home. It took us a long time to arrive home because there was a lot of traffic on the road.
#Person1#: Well, that was a lovely day.
#Person2#: That's right. So why did you call me?
#Person1#: Oh, I wanted to give your book back, so are you free now?
#Person2#: Ok, let's meet at the cafe downstairs in 30 minutes.
#Person1#: Well, see you then.",Jimmy didn't pick up a phone call from Amy because Jimmy was having a fun picnic. Amy will meet him later to return his book.
test_298_3,"#Person1#: Jimmy, I called you yesterday, but you didn't pick up.
#Person2#: I'm sorry Amy, I came home very late yesterday evening because Jennie and Bill invited me for a picnic.
#Person1#: Oh, how lovely, did you enjoy yourself?
#Person2#: Yes, I had a great time.
#Person1#: When did you go to have the picnic?
#Person2#: Jenny and Bill came in their car at about 9:00 o'clock in the morning and we left soon afterwards.
#Person1#: And where did you go for the picnic?
#Person2#: We went to Beihai Park.
#Person1#: Oh, it's lovely in Beihai Park at this time of year.
#Person2#: Yes, it was sunny and there were lots of people, we had lunch near the river. Then, after lunch. We went for a walk along the river and looked at the beautiful view there.
#Person1#: What did you do then?
#Person2#: We had a drink in a bar there and made some friends, we played cards and laughed, then we started to drive home. It took us a long time to arrive home because there was a lot of traffic on the road.
#Person1#: Well, that was a lovely day.
#Person2#: That's right. So why did you call me?
#Person1#: Oh, I wanted to give your book back, so are you free now?
#Person2#: Ok, let's meet at the cafe downstairs in 30 minutes.
#Person1#: Well, see you then.",Amy called Jimmy to return his book but Jimmy went to Beihai Park for picnic so Amy didn't reach him. They will meet later.
test_299_1,"#Person1#: Can ' t you come in and have tea now, Peter?
#Person2#: Not yet, I must water the garden first.
#Person1#: Do you have to water it now?
#Person2#: I ' m afraid I must. Look at it! It ' s terribly dry.
#Person1#: What a nuisance!
#Person2#: Last summer it was very dry, too. Don ' t you remember? I had to water it every day.
#Person1#: Well, I ' ll have tea by myself. That was quick! Have you finished already?
#Person2#: Yes, Look out of the window.
#Person1#: It ' s raining. That means you needn ' t water the garden.
#Person2#: That was a pleasant surprise. It means I can have tea, instead.","#Person1# invites Peter to have tea, but Peter is watering the garden. Then it rains, Peter can get in and have tea with #Person1#."
test_299_2,"#Person1#: Can ' t you come in and have tea now, Peter?
#Person2#: Not yet, I must water the garden first.
#Person1#: Do you have to water it now?
#Person2#: I ' m afraid I must. Look at it! It ' s terribly dry.
#Person1#: What a nuisance!
#Person2#: Last summer it was very dry, too. Don ' t you remember? I had to water it every day.
#Person1#: Well, I ' ll have tea by myself. That was quick! Have you finished already?
#Person2#: Yes, Look out of the window.
#Person1#: It ' s raining. That means you needn ' t water the garden.
#Person2#: That was a pleasant surprise. It means I can have tea, instead.","#Person1# invites Peter to have tea, but Peter is busy watering the garden. Then it rains, so Peter stops and has tea with #Person1#."
test_299_3,"#Person1#: Can ' t you come in and have tea now, Peter?
#Person2#: Not yet, I must water the garden first.
#Person1#: Do you have to water it now?
#Person2#: I ' m afraid I must. Look at it! It ' s terribly dry.
#Person1#: What a nuisance!
#Person2#: Last summer it was very dry, too. Don ' t you remember? I had to water it every day.
#Person1#: Well, I ' ll have tea by myself. That was quick! Have you finished already?
#Person2#: Yes, Look out of the window.
#Person1#: It ' s raining. That means you needn ' t water the garden.
#Person2#: That was a pleasant surprise. It means I can have tea, instead.","Peter stops watering the garden and will have tea with #Person1#, since it's raining."
test_300_1,"#Person1#: We need to call an emergency meeting as soon as possible about this.
#Person2#: OK. Let me send a memo around.
#Person1#: Schedule it for this afternoon, when Ken gets back.
#Person2#: I don ' t think he ' s back today.
#Person1#: Oh, that ' s right. Go ahead anyways. I ' ll fill him in. We can ' t lose this order under any circumstances!
#Person2#: I know, it ' s a big one.",#Person1# asks #Person2# to scedule an emergency meeting for an important order when Ken gets back. #Person2# doesn't think he would be back today.
test_300_2,"#Person1#: We need to call an emergency meeting as soon as possible about this.
#Person2#: OK. Let me send a memo around.
#Person1#: Schedule it for this afternoon, when Ken gets back.
#Person2#: I don ' t think he ' s back today.
#Person1#: Oh, that ' s right. Go ahead anyways. I ' ll fill him in. We can ' t lose this order under any circumstances!
#Person2#: I know, it ' s a big one.",#Person1# asks #Person2# to call an emergency meeting whether Ken comes back or not.
test_300_3,"#Person1#: We need to call an emergency meeting as soon as possible about this.
#Person2#: OK. Let me send a memo around.
#Person1#: Schedule it for this afternoon, when Ken gets back.
#Person2#: I don ' t think he ' s back today.
#Person1#: Oh, that ' s right. Go ahead anyways. I ' ll fill him in. We can ' t lose this order under any circumstances!
#Person2#: I know, it ' s a big one.",#Person1# and #Person2# will call an emergency meeting today even #Person2# doesn't think Ken can get back.
test_301_1,"#Person1#: Can I help you?
#Person2#: I need some stamps for this letter.
#Person1#: What kind of stamps do you want?
#Person2#: How much do I need for this letter?
#Person1#: I must weigh it first. Err... It's five grams over weigh, Do you want to send it as an ordinary or registered letter?
#Person2#: I want it registered. How much is it then?
#Person1#: Registration plus overnight... err... seven dollars in all.
#Person2#: Here's a 10 - dollar bill.
#Person1#: Now, your receipt, and the change.
#Person2#: Thanks. Good-bye.",#Person2# wants to send a letter. #Person1# says it's five grams overweight plus overnight so seven dollars in all.
test_301_2,"#Person1#: Can I help you?
#Person2#: I need some stamps for this letter.
#Person1#: What kind of stamps do you want?
#Person2#: How much do I need for this letter?
#Person1#: I must weigh it first. Err... It's five grams over weigh, Do you want to send it as an ordinary or registered letter?
#Person2#: I want it registered. How much is it then?
#Person1#: Registration plus overnight... err... seven dollars in all.
#Person2#: Here's a 10 - dollar bill.
#Person1#: Now, your receipt, and the change.
#Person2#: Thanks. Good-bye.",#Person1# helps #Person2# to buy stamps for #Person2#'s letter.
test_301_3,"#Person1#: Can I help you?
#Person2#: I need some stamps for this letter.
#Person1#: What kind of stamps do you want?
#Person2#: How much do I need for this letter?
#Person1#: I must weigh it first. Err... It's five grams over weigh, Do you want to send it as an ordinary or registered letter?
#Person2#: I want it registered. How much is it then?
#Person1#: Registration plus overnight... err... seven dollars in all.
#Person2#: Here's a 10 - dollar bill.
#Person1#: Now, your receipt, and the change.
#Person2#: Thanks. Good-bye.",#Person1# is helping #Person2# confirm the price for sending the letter.
test_302_1,"#Person1#: Well, Mr. Smith. That ' s a nasty infection you have.
#Person2#: Yes. Is there anything you can give me to get rid of it, Doctor?
#Person1#: I ' m going to prescribe some antibiotics, and some cream to ease the itching and burning.
#Person2#: OK. Thank you. Where should I buy them?
#Person1#: The pharmacy will give you a discount since you came to the clinic.
#Person2#: Great. What floor is the pharmacy on?
#Person1#: The fourth. I ' ll send the prescription down there, so you can just pick it up on your way out.
#Person2#: Thank you.",Mr. Smith has a nasty infection. The doctor prescribes some antibiotics and some cream. Mr. Smith can buy them from the pharmacy with discounts.
test_302_2,"#Person1#: Well, Mr. Smith. That ' s a nasty infection you have.
#Person2#: Yes. Is there anything you can give me to get rid of it, Doctor?
#Person1#: I ' m going to prescribe some antibiotics, and some cream to ease the itching and burning.
#Person2#: OK. Thank you. Where should I buy them?
#Person1#: The pharmacy will give you a discount since you came to the clinic.
#Person2#: Great. What floor is the pharmacy on?
#Person1#: The fourth. I ' ll send the prescription down there, so you can just pick it up on your way out.
#Person2#: Thank you.",The doctor prescribes some medicine for Mr. Smith and tells him where to get it.
test_302_3,"#Person1#: Well, Mr. Smith. That ' s a nasty infection you have.
#Person2#: Yes. Is there anything you can give me to get rid of it, Doctor?
#Person1#: I ' m going to prescribe some antibiotics, and some cream to ease the itching and burning.
#Person2#: OK. Thank you. Where should I buy them?
#Person1#: The pharmacy will give you a discount since you came to the clinic.
#Person2#: Great. What floor is the pharmacy on?
#Person1#: The fourth. I ' ll send the prescription down there, so you can just pick it up on your way out.
#Person2#: Thank you.",The doctor prescribes some medicine and asks Mr. Smith to buy them to treat his infection.
test_303_1,"#Person1#: Can I be of any service to you?
#Person2#: I've been told that Chinese arts and crafts are famous for their excellent workmanship. We'd like to take some home. What would you recommend?
#Person1#: There are over a thousands kinds of articles in our shop.For example, there is tricolored pottery originating in the Tang Dynasty, embroidery, batik, jade carving, just to name a few.Do you have anything in mind?
#Person2#: No, not really.But I think it should be something distinctively Chinese. And easy to carry.
#Person1#: I would suggest you buy paper-cuts, embroidery and batik.They are very easy to carry.
#Person2#: So, we'd like to see some embroidery.","#Person2# wants to buy Chinese arts and crafts, something distinctively Chinese. #Person1# suggests #Person2# buy paper-cuts, embroidery and batik."
test_303_2,"#Person1#: Can I be of any service to you?
#Person2#: I've been told that Chinese arts and crafts are famous for their excellent workmanship. We'd like to take some home. What would you recommend?
#Person1#: There are over a thousands kinds of articles in our shop.For example, there is tricolored pottery originating in the Tang Dynasty, embroidery, batik, jade carving, just to name a few.Do you have anything in mind?
#Person2#: No, not really.But I think it should be something distinctively Chinese. And easy to carry.
#Person1#: I would suggest you buy paper-cuts, embroidery and batik.They are very easy to carry.
#Person2#: So, we'd like to see some embroidery.","#Person2# wants to buy Chinese arts and crafts, so #Person1# offers some suggestions."
test_303_3,"#Person1#: Can I be of any service to you?
#Person2#: I've been told that Chinese arts and crafts are famous for their excellent workmanship. We'd like to take some home. What would you recommend?
#Person1#: There are over a thousands kinds of articles in our shop.For example, there is tricolored pottery originating in the Tang Dynasty, embroidery, batik, jade carving, just to name a few.Do you have anything in mind?
#Person2#: No, not really.But I think it should be something distinctively Chinese. And easy to carry.
#Person1#: I would suggest you buy paper-cuts, embroidery and batik.They are very easy to carry.
#Person2#: So, we'd like to see some embroidery.",#Person1# is suggesting some Chinese arts and crafts to #Person2#. #Person2# is interested in embroidery.
test_304_1,"#Person1#: Have you seen the tower in front of us. That's the famous Eiffel Tower. It was built in 1889 for the World's Fair.
#Person2#: How tall is this building?
#Person1#: It stands 320m ( 1050ft ) high and held the record as the world's tallest structure until 1930.
#Person2#: I have heard its name is connected with someone, is that right?
#Person1#: Yes, the towel was named after its designer Gustave Eiffel.","#Person1# and #Person2# are visiting the Eiffel Tower, which was named after its designer Gustave Eiffel."
test_304_2,"#Person1#: Have you seen the tower in front of us. That's the famous Eiffel Tower. It was built in 1889 for the World's Fair.
#Person2#: How tall is this building?
#Person1#: It stands 320m ( 1050ft ) high and held the record as the world's tallest structure until 1930.
#Person2#: I have heard its name is connected with someone, is that right?
#Person1#: Yes, the towel was named after its designer Gustave Eiffel.",#Person1# introduces the Eiffel Tower's history and height to #Person2#.
test_304_3,"#Person1#: Have you seen the tower in front of us. That's the famous Eiffel Tower. It was built in 1889 for the World's Fair.
#Person2#: How tall is this building?
#Person1#: It stands 320m ( 1050ft ) high and held the record as the world's tallest structure until 1930.
#Person2#: I have heard its name is connected with someone, is that right?
#Person1#: Yes, the towel was named after its designer Gustave Eiffel.",#Person1# is introducing the Eiffel Tower to #Person2#.
test_305_1,"#Person1#: Brian, do you know how to speak English?
#Person2#: Yes.
#Person1#: Where did you learn?
#Person2#: I learned in college.
#Person1#: You speak really well.
#Person2#: Thank you.
#Person1#: How long have you been in the U. S.?
#Person2#: 3 weeks.
#Person1#: Is your wife with you?
#Person2#: Yes, she just got here yesterday.
#Person1#: Have you been to California before?
#Person2#: No. I've never been there.
#Person1#: Have you ever been to Las Vegas?
#Person2#: Yes. I went there once on a business trip.",Brian tells #Person1# that he learned English in college and he went to Las Vegas on a business trip.
test_305_2,"#Person1#: Brian, do you know how to speak English?
#Person2#: Yes.
#Person1#: Where did you learn?
#Person2#: I learned in college.
#Person1#: You speak really well.
#Person2#: Thank you.
#Person1#: How long have you been in the U. S.?
#Person2#: 3 weeks.
#Person1#: Is your wife with you?
#Person2#: Yes, she just got here yesterday.
#Person1#: Have you been to California before?
#Person2#: No. I've never been there.
#Person1#: Have you ever been to Las Vegas?
#Person2#: Yes. I went there once on a business trip.",#Person1# asks Brian about his English and his life in the U.S.
test_305_3,"#Person1#: Brian, do you know how to speak English?
#Person2#: Yes.
#Person1#: Where did you learn?
#Person2#: I learned in college.
#Person1#: You speak really well.
#Person2#: Thank you.
#Person1#: How long have you been in the U. S.?
#Person2#: 3 weeks.
#Person1#: Is your wife with you?
#Person2#: Yes, she just got here yesterday.
#Person1#: Have you been to California before?
#Person2#: No. I've never been there.
#Person1#: Have you ever been to Las Vegas?
#Person2#: Yes. I went there once on a business trip.",#Person1# compliments Brian on his English and asks Brian about his life in the U.S.
test_306_1,"#Person1#: Like a cat on hot bricks, as you might say. I don ' t believe you are listening at all.
#Person2#: Sorry, I just worried about him. You know, he should be here an hour ago.
#Person1#: Don ' t worry him, he has been grown up and I think he can take himself very well.
#Person2#: But he still does not come back.
#Person1#: Maybe he is on the way home now.","#Person2# is worried about one man, and #Person1# thinks that that man might be on the way home now."
test_306_2,"#Person1#: Like a cat on hot bricks, as you might say. I don ' t believe you are listening at all.
#Person2#: Sorry, I just worried about him. You know, he should be here an hour ago.
#Person1#: Don ' t worry him, he has been grown up and I think he can take himself very well.
#Person2#: But he still does not come back.
#Person1#: Maybe he is on the way home now.","#Person2# is worried about a man, but #Person1# thinks it would be fine."
test_306_3,"#Person1#: Like a cat on hot bricks, as you might say. I don ' t believe you are listening at all.
#Person2#: Sorry, I just worried about him. You know, he should be here an hour ago.
#Person1#: Don ' t worry him, he has been grown up and I think he can take himself very well.
#Person2#: But he still does not come back.
#Person1#: Maybe he is on the way home now.",#Person2# is worried about a man but #Person1# is not.
test_307_1,"#Person1#: You're going to get into a lot of trouble if you do that.
#Person2#: What makes you say that?
#Person1#: I don't see anything wrong with what we're doing! That's just the problem. In these kind of things, the trouble doesn't always appear at first.
#Person2#: But everything has been so easy.
#Person1#: Everything has gone as smooth as clockwork. Just like we planned! That may be true, but if you were to do it, you would have trouble on the horizon. You always say that.
#Person2#: Yeah, you never look at the positive side of things.
#Person1#: Okay. Have it your way, but don't say I didn't warn you.","#Person1# warns #Person2# that they might get into trouble, but #Person2# doesn't agree with #Person1#'s warning."
test_307_2,"#Person1#: You're going to get into a lot of trouble if you do that.
#Person2#: What makes you say that?
#Person1#: I don't see anything wrong with what we're doing! That's just the problem. In these kind of things, the trouble doesn't always appear at first.
#Person2#: But everything has been so easy.
#Person1#: Everything has gone as smooth as clockwork. Just like we planned! That may be true, but if you were to do it, you would have trouble on the horizon. You always say that.
#Person2#: Yeah, you never look at the positive side of things.
#Person1#: Okay. Have it your way, but don't say I didn't warn you.","#Person1# warns #Person2# of the possible trouble in the future, but #Person2# doesn't mind."
test_307_3,"#Person1#: You're going to get into a lot of trouble if you do that.
#Person2#: What makes you say that?
#Person1#: I don't see anything wrong with what we're doing! That's just the problem. In these kind of things, the trouble doesn't always appear at first.
#Person2#: But everything has been so easy.
#Person1#: Everything has gone as smooth as clockwork. Just like we planned! That may be true, but if you were to do it, you would have trouble on the horizon. You always say that.
#Person2#: Yeah, you never look at the positive side of things.
#Person1#: Okay. Have it your way, but don't say I didn't warn you.","#Person1# is warning #Person2# not to do that or #Person2# will get into trouble, but #Person2# doesn't care."
test_308_1,"#Person1#: John dates her seven times a week.
#Person2#: Really? That's a straws in the wind.
#Person1#: I think so. Maybe he's fallen for her.
#Person2#: Yeah. They suit each other. A perfect match between a man and a girl.
#Person1#: Right.",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about a perfect match between John and a girl.
test_308_2,"#Person1#: John dates her seven times a week.
#Person2#: Really? That's a straws in the wind.
#Person1#: I think so. Maybe he's fallen for her.
#Person2#: Yeah. They suit each other. A perfect match between a man and a girl.
#Person1#: Right.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about John's love life.
test_308_3,"#Person1#: John dates her seven times a week.
#Person2#: Really? That's a straws in the wind.
#Person1#: I think so. Maybe he's fallen for her.
#Person2#: Yeah. They suit each other. A perfect match between a man and a girl.
#Person1#: Right.",#Person1# and #Person2# think that John and the girl are a perfect match.
test_309_1,"#Person1#: London is such a historic city! There's history everywhere you look. There's nelson's column, built as a monument to one of the Britain's great admirals and his important victory. He won the battle of
#Person2#: I'm looking forward to seeing Westminster abbey, where many historic figures are buried, like Isaac Newton, the great mathematician and Winston Churchill, the great wartime leader.
#Person1#: Nearby, on the banks of the thames, there's the statue of Boadicea. She fought the Romans when they invaded Britain.
#Person2#: Women have often played an important role in british history. Queen Elizabeth I built a navy strong enough to fight off the Spanish armada in 1588. more recently, Margaret thatcher transformed british
#Person1#: She was a very controversial leader. Are we going to visit the famous tower of London later?
#Person2#: There's a lot to see there. Perhaps we should go tomorrow.
#Person1#: I'm looking forward to seeing the famous castle and prison. Many historic figures were imprisoned there in the past. I really want to see the crown jewels too.
#Person2#: I'Ve seen them before. They're quite incredible. If you want to see historical figures in London, there's one place you have to go.
#Person1#: Where's that? Oh, I know! Madame Tussaud's the waxworks museum.
#Person2#: There you can see british leaders, entertainers, criminals, and royalty.
#Person1#: Sometimes, it's hard to know who belongs in each section of the museum!","#Person1# and #Person2# are planning the places of interest they are going to visit in London, such as Nelson's Column, Westminster Abbey, Tower of London, Madame Tussaud's Waxworks Museum, and so on. They are both looking forward to it."
test_309_2,"#Person1#: London is such a historic city! There's history everywhere you look. There's nelson's column, built as a monument to one of the Britain's great admirals and his important victory. He won the battle of
#Person2#: I'm looking forward to seeing Westminster abbey, where many historic figures are buried, like Isaac Newton, the great mathematician and Winston Churchill, the great wartime leader.
#Person1#: Nearby, on the banks of the thames, there's the statue of Boadicea. She fought the Romans when they invaded Britain.
#Person2#: Women have often played an important role in british history. Queen Elizabeth I built a navy strong enough to fight off the Spanish armada in 1588. more recently, Margaret thatcher transformed british
#Person1#: She was a very controversial leader. Are we going to visit the famous tower of London later?
#Person2#: There's a lot to see there. Perhaps we should go tomorrow.
#Person1#: I'm looking forward to seeing the famous castle and prison. Many historic figures were imprisoned there in the past. I really want to see the crown jewels too.
#Person2#: I'Ve seen them before. They're quite incredible. If you want to see historical figures in London, there's one place you have to go.
#Person1#: Where's that? Oh, I know! Madame Tussaud's the waxworks museum.
#Person2#: There you can see british leaders, entertainers, criminals, and royalty.
#Person1#: Sometimes, it's hard to know who belongs in each section of the museum!","#Person1# and #Person2# talk about historic figures and buildings in London, including Nelson's Column, Westminster Abbey, famous female figures, Madame Tussaud's the waxworks museum and so on."
test_309_3,"#Person1#: London is such a historic city! There's history everywhere you look. There's nelson's column, built as a monument to one of the Britain's great admirals and his important victory. He won the battle of
#Person2#: I'm looking forward to seeing Westminster abbey, where many historic figures are buried, like Isaac Newton, the great mathematician and Winston Churchill, the great wartime leader.
#Person1#: Nearby, on the banks of the thames, there's the statue of Boadicea. She fought the Romans when they invaded Britain.
#Person2#: Women have often played an important role in british history. Queen Elizabeth I built a navy strong enough to fight off the Spanish armada in 1588. more recently, Margaret thatcher transformed british
#Person1#: She was a very controversial leader. Are we going to visit the famous tower of London later?
#Person2#: There's a lot to see there. Perhaps we should go tomorrow.
#Person1#: I'm looking forward to seeing the famous castle and prison. Many historic figures were imprisoned there in the past. I really want to see the crown jewels too.
#Person2#: I'Ve seen them before. They're quite incredible. If you want to see historical figures in London, there's one place you have to go.
#Person1#: Where's that? Oh, I know! Madame Tussaud's the waxworks museum.
#Person2#: There you can see british leaders, entertainers, criminals, and royalty.
#Person1#: Sometimes, it's hard to know who belongs in each section of the museum!","#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about London's places of interest, including a monument, Westminster Abbey, the statue of Boadicea, the famous Tower of London, the famous castle and prison, and Madame Tussaud's the waxworks museum."
test_310_1,"#Person1#: School has added several new courses to our grade this semester. I have more homework to do now.
#Person2#: What's your favorite course, Daniel?
#Person1#: I like science most.
#Person2#: Science? That's a surprise.
#Person1#: Surprise?
#Person2#: I thought you would like PE.
#Person1#: I do like PE, but I am interested in science.
#Person2#: Are you interested in science? I can't believe it.
#Person1#: Through this course, I can learn more about the world around us clearly.
#Person2#: Your parents would be happy if they knew that. Because you are always a naughty boy.
#Person1#: Naughty? I'm naughty? I'm just clever. So I only do the things I am interested in.
#Person2#: Hope so.","#Person2# thought Daniel's favorite course would be PE, but actually he likes science most."
test_310_2,"#Person1#: School has added several new courses to our grade this semester. I have more homework to do now.
#Person2#: What's your favorite course, Daniel?
#Person1#: I like science most.
#Person2#: Science? That's a surprise.
#Person1#: Surprise?
#Person2#: I thought you would like PE.
#Person1#: I do like PE, but I am interested in science.
#Person2#: Are you interested in science? I can't believe it.
#Person1#: Through this course, I can learn more about the world around us clearly.
#Person2#: Your parents would be happy if they knew that. Because you are always a naughty boy.
#Person1#: Naughty? I'm naughty? I'm just clever. So I only do the things I am interested in.
#Person2#: Hope so.",Daniel is interested in science because he can learn more about the world through it.
test_310_3,"#Person1#: School has added several new courses to our grade this semester. I have more homework to do now.
#Person2#: What's your favorite course, Daniel?
#Person1#: I like science most.
#Person2#: Science? That's a surprise.
#Person1#: Surprise?
#Person2#: I thought you would like PE.
#Person1#: I do like PE, but I am interested in science.
#Person2#: Are you interested in science? I can't believe it.
#Person1#: Through this course, I can learn more about the world around us clearly.
#Person2#: Your parents would be happy if they knew that. Because you are always a naughty boy.
#Person1#: Naughty? I'm naughty? I'm just clever. So I only do the things I am interested in.
#Person2#: Hope so.",#Person2# is surprised that Daniel's favorite course is science and he is interested in it.
test_311_1,"#Person1#: Thank you for organizing this great baby shower for me! I'Ve always been to baby showers but never actually had one held for me! Let's get started!
#Person2#: Ok, let's start opening some presents!
#Person1#: Oh look! What a great little bib for the baby! This will definitely come in handy! Oh wow, you also got me a stroller! That's so great! Thank you!
#Person2#: This next one is from Betty.
#Person1#: A highchair and car seat! Wow Betty, thank you so much! I really appreciate it!
#Person2#: One more from Carla.
#Person1#: A playpen and crib! Thanks Carla! This is just what I needed!
#Person2#: OK, that's all of them. No more gifts. Now who wants to guess when the baby is due?
#Person1#: Umm. I think my water just broke! Get me to a hospital!",#Person2# is holding a baby shower for #Person1# and there are many presents for #Person1#. #Person1#'s water broke.
test_311_2,"#Person1#: Thank you for organizing this great baby shower for me! I'Ve always been to baby showers but never actually had one held for me! Let's get started!
#Person2#: Ok, let's start opening some presents!
#Person1#: Oh look! What a great little bib for the baby! This will definitely come in handy! Oh wow, you also got me a stroller! That's so great! Thank you!
#Person2#: This next one is from Betty.
#Person1#: A highchair and car seat! Wow Betty, thank you so much! I really appreciate it!
#Person2#: One more from Carla.
#Person1#: A playpen and crib! Thanks Carla! This is just what I needed!
#Person2#: OK, that's all of them. No more gifts. Now who wants to guess when the baby is due?
#Person1#: Umm. I think my water just broke! Get me to a hospital!",#Person2# helps #Person1# to open the presents for #Person1#'s baby at the baby shower. #Person1#'s water broke.
test_311_3,"#Person1#: Thank you for organizing this great baby shower for me! I'Ve always been to baby showers but never actually had one held for me! Let's get started!
#Person2#: Ok, let's start opening some presents!
#Person1#: Oh look! What a great little bib for the baby! This will definitely come in handy! Oh wow, you also got me a stroller! That's so great! Thank you!
#Person2#: This next one is from Betty.
#Person1#: A highchair and car seat! Wow Betty, thank you so much! I really appreciate it!
#Person2#: One more from Carla.
#Person1#: A playpen and crib! Thanks Carla! This is just what I needed!
#Person2#: OK, that's all of them. No more gifts. Now who wants to guess when the baby is due?
#Person1#: Umm. I think my water just broke! Get me to a hospital!",#Person2# organized a great baby shower for #Person1#. #Person1# receives many gifts. #Person1#'s water broke.
test_312_1,"#Person1#: I want to go to china for sight-seeing. What do you think of it, Mum?
#Person2#: Why not? China is a wonderful country.
#Person1#: Will you go with me, too?
#Person2#: No, I'm afraid not now. I'm too busy.","#Person1# wants to travel to China, but #Person1#'s mother is not available."
test_312_2,"#Person1#: I want to go to china for sight-seeing. What do you think of it, Mum?
#Person2#: Why not? China is a wonderful country.
#Person1#: Will you go with me, too?
#Person2#: No, I'm afraid not now. I'm too busy.","#Person1# invites #Person2# to China, but she is too busy."
test_312_3,"#Person1#: I want to go to china for sight-seeing. What do you think of it, Mum?
#Person2#: Why not? China is a wonderful country.
#Person1#: Will you go with me, too?
#Person2#: No, I'm afraid not now. I'm too busy.",#Person1# will go to China while #Person2# won't.
test_313_1,"#Person1#: Oh, it's getting late. I've got to run. It was nice talking to you, karren.
#Person2#: Thanks, Tim. Nice meeting you, too.
#Person1#: I guess we'll see just around.
#Person2#: Ye, I hope so. well. Take it easy.
#Person1#: You too.","Tim was chatting with Karren, but now he has to go because it's getting late."
test_313_2,"#Person1#: Oh, it's getting late. I've got to run. It was nice talking to you, karren.
#Person2#: Thanks, Tim. Nice meeting you, too.
#Person1#: I guess we'll see just around.
#Person2#: Ye, I hope so. well. Take it easy.
#Person1#: You too.",Karren and Tim say goodbye.
test_313_3,"#Person1#: Oh, it's getting late. I've got to run. It was nice talking to you, karren.
#Person2#: Thanks, Tim. Nice meeting you, too.
#Person1#: I guess we'll see just around.
#Person2#: Ye, I hope so. well. Take it easy.
#Person1#: You too.",Tim is saying goodbye to Karren.
test_314_1,"#Person1#: Did you go to see Michael last night?
#Person2#: Yes, He had just bought a new motorcycle.
#Person1#: Did he let you ride it?
#Person2#: Yes, I tried it and I quite liked it.
#Person1#: Weren't you frightened?
#Person2#: Sure. But I still liked it.
#Person1#: Would you like to buy a motorcycle yourself?
#Person2#: No. Although motorcycle is nice, I'd like to buy a bicycle.
#Person1#: But why? Since you like it so much.
#Person2#: Because bicycles are safer.","#Person1# asks whether #Person2# tried Michael's new motorcycle. #Person2# says #Person2# likes it, but still #Person2# will buy a bicycle for safety."
test_314_2,"#Person1#: Did you go to see Michael last night?
#Person2#: Yes, He had just bought a new motorcycle.
#Person1#: Did he let you ride it?
#Person2#: Yes, I tried it and I quite liked it.
#Person1#: Weren't you frightened?
#Person2#: Sure. But I still liked it.
#Person1#: Would you like to buy a motorcycle yourself?
#Person2#: No. Although motorcycle is nice, I'd like to buy a bicycle.
#Person1#: But why? Since you like it so much.
#Person2#: Because bicycles are safer.",#Person2# shares #Person2#'s experience of riding Michael's motorcycle with #Person1#.
test_314_3,"#Person1#: Did you go to see Michael last night?
#Person2#: Yes, He had just bought a new motorcycle.
#Person1#: Did he let you ride it?
#Person2#: Yes, I tried it and I quite liked it.
#Person1#: Weren't you frightened?
#Person2#: Sure. But I still liked it.
#Person1#: Would you like to buy a motorcycle yourself?
#Person2#: No. Although motorcycle is nice, I'd like to buy a bicycle.
#Person1#: But why? Since you like it so much.
#Person2#: Because bicycles are safer.",#Person2# liked Michael's motorcycle but won't buy one.
test_315_1,"#Person1#: How many languages can you speak?
#Person2#: Besides Chinese, I can speak English and French.
#Person1#: You mean you can read and write both of them?
#Person2#: No, I can only carry on a simple conversation in French.
#Person1#: Can you read and write English well?
#Person2#: I can speak the language better than I read and write.
#Person1#: Do you speak the language well enough to communicate with people of English-speaking countries?
#Person2#: I think so. I used to be an interpreter.
#Person1#: Do you think your English is good enough to do desk work?
#Person2#: The amount of English I know enables me to do general desk work. I believe what I know is sufficient to work in an American firm.","#Person2# can speak Chinese, English and French. #Person2#'s English skill is enough to do general desk work and sufficient to work in an American firm."
test_315_2,"#Person1#: How many languages can you speak?
#Person2#: Besides Chinese, I can speak English and French.
#Person1#: You mean you can read and write both of them?
#Person2#: No, I can only carry on a simple conversation in French.
#Person1#: Can you read and write English well?
#Person2#: I can speak the language better than I read and write.
#Person1#: Do you speak the language well enough to communicate with people of English-speaking countries?
#Person2#: I think so. I used to be an interpreter.
#Person1#: Do you think your English is good enough to do desk work?
#Person2#: The amount of English I know enables me to do general desk work. I believe what I know is sufficient to work in an American firm.",#Person1# asks #Person2# about #Person2#'s mastery of English and French. #Person2# says #Person2#'s English competence is sufficient to work in an American firm.
test_315_3,"#Person1#: How many languages can you speak?
#Person2#: Besides Chinese, I can speak English and French.
#Person1#: You mean you can read and write both of them?
#Person2#: No, I can only carry on a simple conversation in French.
#Person1#: Can you read and write English well?
#Person2#: I can speak the language better than I read and write.
#Person1#: Do you speak the language well enough to communicate with people of English-speaking countries?
#Person2#: I think so. I used to be an interpreter.
#Person1#: Do you think your English is good enough to do desk work?
#Person2#: The amount of English I know enables me to do general desk work. I believe what I know is sufficient to work in an American firm.",#Person2# can speak three languages and do general desk work in English.
test_316_1,"#Person1#: Tyler residence.
#Person2#: Is this Naomi?
#Person1#: No, this is her sister, Nancy.
#Person2#: You sure sound like Naomi.
#Person1#: Oh. Can I take a message?
#Person2#: Sure. Please tell her that Andy called.
#Person1#: Okay. I'll give her the message.
#Person2#: Thanks.
#Person1#: Bye.",Andy calls to find Naomi. Nancy will deliver the message that he has called.
test_316_2,"#Person1#: Tyler residence.
#Person2#: Is this Naomi?
#Person1#: No, this is her sister, Nancy.
#Person2#: You sure sound like Naomi.
#Person1#: Oh. Can I take a message?
#Person2#: Sure. Please tell her that Andy called.
#Person1#: Okay. I'll give her the message.
#Person2#: Thanks.
#Person1#: Bye.",Andy calls but Naomi isn't there.
test_316_3,"#Person1#: Tyler residence.
#Person2#: Is this Naomi?
#Person1#: No, this is her sister, Nancy.
#Person2#: You sure sound like Naomi.
#Person1#: Oh. Can I take a message?
#Person2#: Sure. Please tell her that Andy called.
#Person1#: Okay. I'll give her the message.
#Person2#: Thanks.
#Person1#: Bye.",Andy leaves a message to Naomi by phone.
test_317_1,"#Person1#: Hi. I'm here for flight 513 to New York but I thought I heard the paging system announce that it is canceled. Is that true?
#Person2#: I'm terribly sorry, sir, but I'm afraid it is true. That flight has been canceled. Would you like to try to book tomorrow's flight?
#Person1#: No way! I worked very hard so that I could leave on today's flight. Are there seats on another airline?
#Person2#: It's possible. If you would like to book with another airline the line is right over there.
#Person1#: You mean the line over there of about 200 people? !
#Person2#: That's the one. It seems that everyone is anxious to get to New York tonight.
#Person1#: This is a rotten way to start a vacation. I HATE lines! Can you book me on tomorrow's flight?
#Person2#: Certainly. You will also be receiving a 50 % discount as our way of apologizing for the inconvenience.",#Person1#'s flight to New York has been cancelled and he is anxious. #Person2# will help #Person1# to book a tomorrow's flight with 50 % discount.
test_317_2,"#Person1#: Hi. I'm here for flight 513 to New York but I thought I heard the paging system announce that it is canceled. Is that true?
#Person2#: I'm terribly sorry, sir, but I'm afraid it is true. That flight has been canceled. Would you like to try to book tomorrow's flight?
#Person1#: No way! I worked very hard so that I could leave on today's flight. Are there seats on another airline?
#Person2#: It's possible. If you would like to book with another airline the line is right over there.
#Person1#: You mean the line over there of about 200 people? !
#Person2#: That's the one. It seems that everyone is anxious to get to New York tonight.
#Person1#: This is a rotten way to start a vacation. I HATE lines! Can you book me on tomorrow's flight?
#Person2#: Certainly. You will also be receiving a 50 % discount as our way of apologizing for the inconvenience.","#Person1#'s flight is cancelled and he is annoyed, so #Person2# helps him book another flight and gives him a discount."
test_317_3,"#Person1#: Hi. I'm here for flight 513 to New York but I thought I heard the paging system announce that it is canceled. Is that true?
#Person2#: I'm terribly sorry, sir, but I'm afraid it is true. That flight has been canceled. Would you like to try to book tomorrow's flight?
#Person1#: No way! I worked very hard so that I could leave on today's flight. Are there seats on another airline?
#Person2#: It's possible. If you would like to book with another airline the line is right over there.
#Person1#: You mean the line over there of about 200 people? !
#Person2#: That's the one. It seems that everyone is anxious to get to New York tonight.
#Person1#: This is a rotten way to start a vacation. I HATE lines! Can you book me on tomorrow's flight?
#Person2#: Certainly. You will also be receiving a 50 % discount as our way of apologizing for the inconvenience.",#Person1# is very angry about the cancelled flight and he cannot get to New York today. #Person2# helps him book tomorrow's airline.
test_318_1,"#Person1#: Let's go to Burger Queen for lunch. They have good cheese burgers.
#Person2#: OK. I am hungry, too. I like their milkshake. They're very creamy and tasty.
#Person1#: Look at the long line, there are always a lot of people waiting in lines just for the cheese burger. It must be very delicious.
#Person2#: Yup. But, this also means we have to wait to order our food.
#Person1#: Come on. It is worth waiting. Their cheese burgers are really popular. Once you have it, you will love it.
#Person2#: Well, sounds very attractive. I just tried their vanilla milkshake last time, and it was really delicious.
#Person1#: Yup, they have good French fries as well. Not very thick, but crispy enough. You should try them with some mayonnaise sauce. That is the Belgium style. You will love it.
#Person2#: OK, I think I know what to order for my lunch now. But, eating too much fried food really makes me fat.
#Person1#: Come on. You just have it once in a while, not every day. It will not harm you.
#Person2#: That's true. You can hear my tummy grumbling. I am really hungry!
#Person1#: Be patient. Good food never comes fast.
#Person2#: Ok!","#Person1# and #Person2# go to Burger Queen for lunch, but there's a long line and they have to wait. #Person2# is going to order French fries that #Person1# recommends."
test_318_2,"#Person1#: Let's go to Burger Queen for lunch. They have good cheese burgers.
#Person2#: OK. I am hungry, too. I like their milkshake. They're very creamy and tasty.
#Person1#: Look at the long line, there are always a lot of people waiting in lines just for the cheese burger. It must be very delicious.
#Person2#: Yup. But, this also means we have to wait to order our food.
#Person1#: Come on. It is worth waiting. Their cheese burgers are really popular. Once you have it, you will love it.
#Person2#: Well, sounds very attractive. I just tried their vanilla milkshake last time, and it was really delicious.
#Person1#: Yup, they have good French fries as well. Not very thick, but crispy enough. You should try them with some mayonnaise sauce. That is the Belgium style. You will love it.
#Person2#: OK, I think I know what to order for my lunch now. But, eating too much fried food really makes me fat.
#Person1#: Come on. You just have it once in a while, not every day. It will not harm you.
#Person2#: That's true. You can hear my tummy grumbling. I am really hungry!
#Person1#: Be patient. Good food never comes fast.
#Person2#: Ok!","#Person1# invites #Person2# to have lunch at Burger Queen. They wait in line to order food, and #Person1# recommends some food to #Person2#."
test_318_3,"#Person1#: Let's go to Burger Queen for lunch. They have good cheese burgers.
#Person2#: OK. I am hungry, too. I like their milkshake. They're very creamy and tasty.
#Person1#: Look at the long line, there are always a lot of people waiting in lines just for the cheese burger. It must be very delicious.
#Person2#: Yup. But, this also means we have to wait to order our food.
#Person1#: Come on. It is worth waiting. Their cheese burgers are really popular. Once you have it, you will love it.
#Person2#: Well, sounds very attractive. I just tried their vanilla milkshake last time, and it was really delicious.
#Person1#: Yup, they have good French fries as well. Not very thick, but crispy enough. You should try them with some mayonnaise sauce. That is the Belgium style. You will love it.
#Person2#: OK, I think I know what to order for my lunch now. But, eating too much fried food really makes me fat.
#Person1#: Come on. You just have it once in a while, not every day. It will not harm you.
#Person2#: That's true. You can hear my tummy grumbling. I am really hungry!
#Person1#: Be patient. Good food never comes fast.
#Person2#: Ok!",#Person1# and #Person2# will go to Burger Queen for lunch and eat cheese burgers and French fries. They will have to wait for good food.
test_319_1,"#Person1#: Your luggage is over 8 kilograms.
#Person2#: Really? What can I do?
#Person1#: You have to pay the excess luggage charge, please.
#Person2#: OK. Can you give me a fragile label?
#Person1#: Sure. Here you are. Attach the label to your luggage and put your bag here.",#Person1# asks #Person2# to pay excess luggage charge.
test_319_2,"#Person1#: Your luggage is over 8 kilograms.
#Person2#: Really? What can I do?
#Person1#: You have to pay the excess luggage charge, please.
#Person2#: OK. Can you give me a fragile label?
#Person1#: Sure. Here you are. Attach the label to your luggage and put your bag here.",#Person1# will pays for the overweight luggage.
test_319_3,"#Person1#: Your luggage is over 8 kilograms.
#Person2#: Really? What can I do?
#Person1#: You have to pay the excess luggage charge, please.
#Person2#: OK. Can you give me a fragile label?
#Person1#: Sure. Here you are. Attach the label to your luggage and put your bag here.",#Person2# pays for #Person2#'s fragile luggage.
test_320_1,"#Person1#: My throat is really dry.
#Person2#: Do you want to go get something to drink?
#Person1#: Yes, I'm parched.
#Person2#: What did you want to drink?
#Person1#: I was thinking about getting a soda.
#Person2#: Do you know that soda doesn't quench your thirst?
#Person1#: Why not?
#Person2#: Soda is really bad for you.
#Person1#: I don't know what else to drink.
#Person2#: You're supposed to drink water when you're dehydrated.
#Person1#: I would like some water.
#Person2#: That's what will keep you from being thirsty.",#Person1# wants to drink a soda because of thirst. #Person2# suggests #Person1# drink water instead of soda when dehydrated.
test_320_2,"#Person1#: My throat is really dry.
#Person2#: Do you want to go get something to drink?
#Person1#: Yes, I'm parched.
#Person2#: What did you want to drink?
#Person1#: I was thinking about getting a soda.
#Person2#: Do you know that soda doesn't quench your thirst?
#Person1#: Why not?
#Person2#: Soda is really bad for you.
#Person1#: I don't know what else to drink.
#Person2#: You're supposed to drink water when you're dehydrated.
#Person1#: I would like some water.
#Person2#: That's what will keep you from being thirsty.",#Person1# is thirsty and #Person2# suggests #Person1# drink water instead of soda.
test_320_3,"#Person1#: My throat is really dry.
#Person2#: Do you want to go get something to drink?
#Person1#: Yes, I'm parched.
#Person2#: What did you want to drink?
#Person1#: I was thinking about getting a soda.
#Person2#: Do you know that soda doesn't quench your thirst?
#Person1#: Why not?
#Person2#: Soda is really bad for you.
#Person1#: I don't know what else to drink.
#Person2#: You're supposed to drink water when you're dehydrated.
#Person1#: I would like some water.
#Person2#: That's what will keep you from being thirsty.",#Person2# tells #Person1# soda doesn't quench the thirst. #Person1# will drink water as #Person2# suggests.
test_321_1,"#Person1#: This is Manager Liang's office, what can I do for you?
#Person2#: This is Wang Miao from AB company speaking. Our CEO Mr. Green has an appointment with Mr. Liang tomorrow morning. But there is a minor change in tomorrow's schedule. Mr. Green has an abrupt urgent case tomorrow and he has to go abroad today. He wanted me to convey his apology to Mr. Liang.
#Person1#: OK! I'll tell him.
#Person2#: And Mr. Green will make another appointment when Mr. Liang comes back.
#Person1#: Ok! Thanks for calling.
#Person2#: Bye!
#Person1#: Bye!","Mr. Green has a meeting with Manager Liang tomorrow morning, but Mr. Green has to go abroad today. Wang Miao says Mr. Green will make another appointment."
test_321_2,"#Person1#: This is Manager Liang's office, what can I do for you?
#Person2#: This is Wang Miao from AB company speaking. Our CEO Mr. Green has an appointment with Mr. Liang tomorrow morning. But there is a minor change in tomorrow's schedule. Mr. Green has an abrupt urgent case tomorrow and he has to go abroad today. He wanted me to convey his apology to Mr. Liang.
#Person1#: OK! I'll tell him.
#Person2#: And Mr. Green will make another appointment when Mr. Liang comes back.
#Person1#: Ok! Thanks for calling.
#Person2#: Bye!
#Person1#: Bye!",Wang Miao informs #Person1# of the change of Manager Liang and Mr. Green's appointment.
test_321_3,"#Person1#: This is Manager Liang's office, what can I do for you?
#Person2#: This is Wang Miao from AB company speaking. Our CEO Mr. Green has an appointment with Mr. Liang tomorrow morning. But there is a minor change in tomorrow's schedule. Mr. Green has an abrupt urgent case tomorrow and he has to go abroad today. He wanted me to convey his apology to Mr. Liang.
#Person1#: OK! I'll tell him.
#Person2#: And Mr. Green will make another appointment when Mr. Liang comes back.
#Person1#: Ok! Thanks for calling.
#Person2#: Bye!
#Person1#: Bye!",Mr. Green has to cancel the appointment with Mr. Liang and will make another one later.
test_322_1,"#Person1#: I want a pair of enameled leather shoes in size 30.
#Person2#: How about this one?
#Person1#: The heel is a little tight.
#Person2#: It doesn't matter, sir. Shoes will stretch a bit with use.
#Person1#: Really? I will take it.",#Person1# buys a pair of enameled leather shoes from #Person2#.
test_322_2,"#Person1#: I want a pair of enameled leather shoes in size 30.
#Person2#: How about this one?
#Person1#: The heel is a little tight.
#Person2#: It doesn't matter, sir. Shoes will stretch a bit with use.
#Person1#: Really? I will take it.",#Person1# buys shoes from #Person2#.
test_322_3,"#Person1#: I want a pair of enameled leather shoes in size 30.
#Person2#: How about this one?
#Person1#: The heel is a little tight.
#Person2#: It doesn't matter, sir. Shoes will stretch a bit with use.
#Person1#: Really? I will take it.",#Person1# will take the leather shoes.
test_323_1,"#Person1#: Hey, Benjamin, have you finished your report on the project?
#Person2#: Not yet. To tell you the truth, I don't know how to write it. I've considered it for several days.
#Person1#: What? Man, you don't know how to write a project report? That's sounds a little bit ridiculous.
#Person2#: Don't laugh at me, please. I'm serious. I've never been required to write this kind of report before, I only do the research reports.
#Person1#: Oh, sorry, I've totally forgotten that you are a workaholic.
#Person2#: So what items must be involved in this report?
#Person1#: First is your final conclusion on your work of this year, and then comes your plan for the next year.
#Person2#: Yeah, is that all?
#Person1#: Let me see, no, you have to include more details about your final conclusion, for example, your experiences in dealing with some emergent events.
#Person2#: That's too complicated.
#Person1#: And only that doesn't make a perfect one, you also have to pay attention to the format of the report.
#Person2#: Oh, my God, is there any fixed for mat for it-the one that I just need to fix my information in?
#Person1#: I'm sorry. There isn't. Because different people have to write different kinds of reports.
#Person2#: But I don't know how to work the Microsoft Words. Could you please give me a hand?
#Person1#: OK, no problem. But you have to learn it and then do it yourself next time.","Benjamin has trouble writing a project report. #Person1# teaches him that a good report involves a final conclusion on his work of this year, experiences in dealing with some emergent events, plan for the next year, and the format."
test_323_2,"#Person1#: Hey, Benjamin, have you finished your report on the project?
#Person2#: Not yet. To tell you the truth, I don't know how to write it. I've considered it for several days.
#Person1#: What? Man, you don't know how to write a project report? That's sounds a little bit ridiculous.
#Person2#: Don't laugh at me, please. I'm serious. I've never been required to write this kind of report before, I only do the research reports.
#Person1#: Oh, sorry, I've totally forgotten that you are a workaholic.
#Person2#: So what items must be involved in this report?
#Person1#: First is your final conclusion on your work of this year, and then comes your plan for the next year.
#Person2#: Yeah, is that all?
#Person1#: Let me see, no, you have to include more details about your final conclusion, for example, your experiences in dealing with some emergent events.
#Person2#: That's too complicated.
#Person1#: And only that doesn't make a perfect one, you also have to pay attention to the format of the report.
#Person2#: Oh, my God, is there any fixed for mat for it-the one that I just need to fix my information in?
#Person1#: I'm sorry. There isn't. Because different people have to write different kinds of reports.
#Person2#: But I don't know how to work the Microsoft Words. Could you please give me a hand?
#Person1#: OK, no problem. But you have to learn it and then do it yourself next time.","Benjamin hasn't finished his project report so #Person1# helps him. #Person1# tells him about the content and format of a report, and agrees to teach him how to work Microsoft Words."
test_323_3,"#Person1#: Hey, Benjamin, have you finished your report on the project?
#Person2#: Not yet. To tell you the truth, I don't know how to write it. I've considered it for several days.
#Person1#: What? Man, you don't know how to write a project report? That's sounds a little bit ridiculous.
#Person2#: Don't laugh at me, please. I'm serious. I've never been required to write this kind of report before, I only do the research reports.
#Person1#: Oh, sorry, I've totally forgotten that you are a workaholic.
#Person2#: So what items must be involved in this report?
#Person1#: First is your final conclusion on your work of this year, and then comes your plan for the next year.
#Person2#: Yeah, is that all?
#Person1#: Let me see, no, you have to include more details about your final conclusion, for example, your experiences in dealing with some emergent events.
#Person2#: That's too complicated.
#Person1#: And only that doesn't make a perfect one, you also have to pay attention to the format of the report.
#Person2#: Oh, my God, is there any fixed for mat for it-the one that I just need to fix my information in?
#Person1#: I'm sorry. There isn't. Because different people have to write different kinds of reports.
#Person2#: But I don't know how to work the Microsoft Words. Could you please give me a hand?
#Person1#: OK, no problem. But you have to learn it and then do it yourself next time.","Benjamin hasn't finished a report involving a final conclusion of this year, future plans and more details. #Person1# will help him learn how to work Microsoft Words."
test_324_1,"#Person1#: Good evening, Pizza House. This is Marty speaking. May I take your order?
#Person2#: Um yes, I'd like a medium pizza with pepperoni, olives, and extra cheese.
#Person1#: We have a two-for-one special on large pizzas. Would you like a large pizza instead?
#Person2#: No, it's just me. I cannot have too many pizzas.
#Person1#: Alright! Which kind you like? We have today's special. They're 25% off.
#Person2#: What are they?
#Person1#: Seafood pizza and banana and pineapple pizza.
#Person2#: Oh the second one sounds so weird. I'll have the seafood pizza. Oh, and make it thin crust.
#Person1#: Okay, thin crust. Your total is $ 21. 50 and your order will arrive in thirty minutes or it's free!
#Person2#: Perfect. Thank you. Bye. . .
#Person1#: Sir, wait!! I need your address!
#Person2#: Oh, sorry, my address is holyrood 9A.",#Person2# calls Pizza House to deliver a thin crust seafood pizza to holyrood 9A.
test_324_2,"#Person1#: Good evening, Pizza House. This is Marty speaking. May I take your order?
#Person2#: Um yes, I'd like a medium pizza with pepperoni, olives, and extra cheese.
#Person1#: We have a two-for-one special on large pizzas. Would you like a large pizza instead?
#Person2#: No, it's just me. I cannot have too many pizzas.
#Person1#: Alright! Which kind you like? We have today's special. They're 25% off.
#Person2#: What are they?
#Person1#: Seafood pizza and banana and pineapple pizza.
#Person2#: Oh the second one sounds so weird. I'll have the seafood pizza. Oh, and make it thin crust.
#Person1#: Okay, thin crust. Your total is $ 21. 50 and your order will arrive in thirty minutes or it's free!
#Person2#: Perfect. Thank you. Bye. . .
#Person1#: Sir, wait!! I need your address!
#Person2#: Oh, sorry, my address is holyrood 9A.",Marty helps #Person2# order a thin crust seafood pizza. The order will be delivered to holyrood 9A in thirty minutes or it's free.
test_324_3,"#Person1#: Good evening, Pizza House. This is Marty speaking. May I take your order?
#Person2#: Um yes, I'd like a medium pizza with pepperoni, olives, and extra cheese.
#Person1#: We have a two-for-one special on large pizzas. Would you like a large pizza instead?
#Person2#: No, it's just me. I cannot have too many pizzas.
#Person1#: Alright! Which kind you like? We have today's special. They're 25% off.
#Person2#: What are they?
#Person1#: Seafood pizza and banana and pineapple pizza.
#Person2#: Oh the second one sounds so weird. I'll have the seafood pizza. Oh, and make it thin crust.
#Person1#: Okay, thin crust. Your total is $ 21. 50 and your order will arrive in thirty minutes or it's free!
#Person2#: Perfect. Thank you. Bye. . .
#Person1#: Sir, wait!! I need your address!
#Person2#: Oh, sorry, my address is holyrood 9A.",#Person2# orders a pizza delivery at Pizza House. Marty promises it will arrive in thirty minutes or it's free.
test_325_1,"#Person1#: Would you show us the menu?
#Person2#: Sure. Here you are.
#Person1#: I'd like to have prawn cocktail, and tomato soup for the main course, I'd like steak with onion, with some black coffee afterwards.
#Person2#: Sorry, tomato soup is not being served today, but we have egg soup, it's very delicious. Why don't you try it today?
#Person1#: It sounds good. I'll try it.
#Person2#: Would you like to have a drink?
#Person1#: Well, I'll have a glass of mineral water.
#Person2#: Anything else?
#Person1#: No, thank you. I think it's enough for dinner.
#Person2#: OK. I'll be back soon.","#Person1# is ordering dinner, but the wanted tomato soup is not being served today. #Person1# agrees to order egg soup as #Person2#'s suggestions."
test_325_2,"#Person1#: Would you show us the menu?
#Person2#: Sure. Here you are.
#Person1#: I'd like to have prawn cocktail, and tomato soup for the main course, I'd like steak with onion, with some black coffee afterwards.
#Person2#: Sorry, tomato soup is not being served today, but we have egg soup, it's very delicious. Why don't you try it today?
#Person1#: It sounds good. I'll try it.
#Person2#: Would you like to have a drink?
#Person1#: Well, I'll have a glass of mineral water.
#Person2#: Anything else?
#Person1#: No, thank you. I think it's enough for dinner.
#Person2#: OK. I'll be back soon.","#Person2# helps #Person1# to order prawn cocktail, egg soup, steak, black coffee and mineral water."
test_325_3,"#Person1#: Would you show us the menu?
#Person2#: Sure. Here you are.
#Person1#: I'd like to have prawn cocktail, and tomato soup for the main course, I'd like steak with onion, with some black coffee afterwards.
#Person2#: Sorry, tomato soup is not being served today, but we have egg soup, it's very delicious. Why don't you try it today?
#Person1#: It sounds good. I'll try it.
#Person2#: Would you like to have a drink?
#Person1#: Well, I'll have a glass of mineral water.
#Person2#: Anything else?
#Person1#: No, thank you. I think it's enough for dinner.
#Person2#: OK. I'll be back soon.",#Person1# orders some food for dinner with #Person2#'s help.
test_326_1,"#Person1#: Can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, would you mind telling me something about the house?
#Person1#: Well, it has a nice living room, a large dining room and three comfortable bedrooms.
#Person2#: It sounds good. What about the kitchen?
#Person1#: Oh, it is quite modern. It has a fridge, an electric stove and a dishwasher.
#Person2#: Are there any washrooms?
#Person1#: Yes, of course. There are two washrooms in the house, which are convenient for you.","#Person1# is introducing a house to #Person2#, which has a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, two washrooms, and three bedrooms."
test_326_2,"#Person1#: Can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, would you mind telling me something about the house?
#Person1#: Well, it has a nice living room, a large dining room and three comfortable bedrooms.
#Person2#: It sounds good. What about the kitchen?
#Person1#: Oh, it is quite modern. It has a fridge, an electric stove and a dishwasher.
#Person2#: Are there any washrooms?
#Person1#: Yes, of course. There are two washrooms in the house, which are convenient for you.",#Person1# introduces the setting of the room to #Person2#.
test_326_3,"#Person1#: Can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, would you mind telling me something about the house?
#Person1#: Well, it has a nice living room, a large dining room and three comfortable bedrooms.
#Person2#: It sounds good. What about the kitchen?
#Person1#: Oh, it is quite modern. It has a fridge, an electric stove and a dishwasher.
#Person2#: Are there any washrooms?
#Person1#: Yes, of course. There are two washrooms in the house, which are convenient for you.",#Person1# is introducing a house to #Person2#.
test_327_1,"#Person1#: Yes. Can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. You see, I've bought this personal stereo at your shop 3 days ago. And I'm afraid it hasn't really matched up to what I was told about.
#Person1#: I see, what exactly is the matter?
#Person2#: Well, first of all, there is this large scratch across the front of it.
#Person1#: But you should have noticed that when you bought it.
#Person2#: But it was in the box and all sealed up.
#Person1#: Well. I'm sorry, but it really is your responsibility to check the goods when you buy them. How are we to know that it wasn't you who made the scratch?
#Person2#: But that's ridiculous. But anyway, it's not the most important thing. I really am not happy about this other thing.
#Person1#: And what is that?
#Person2#: Look. It says here that the noise from it should be undetectable by other people.
#Person1#: Yes, that's right.
#Person2#: But people can hear it, and it's really embarrassing on the bus and underground.
#Person1#: Well, I'm sorry, but it must be the way you are wearing the headphones.
#Person2#: Look. I know how to put earphones in my ears. Thank you very much. But what I want to know is, what you are going to do about it at all?
#Person1#: Well, I suppose we could exchange it for another model, if you really aren't happy with it.
#Person2#: No, I certainly am not.
#Person1#: Well, if I could just have the receipt.
#Person2#: Oh yes. Well, there is a slight problem about the receipt.","#Person2# claims #Person2# bought a personal stereo from #Person1#'s shop but the product has two problems that #Person2# is not happy with. #Person1# offers to exchange it for another one, but #Person2# has a problem with the receipt."
test_327_2,"#Person1#: Yes. Can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. You see, I've bought this personal stereo at your shop 3 days ago. And I'm afraid it hasn't really matched up to what I was told about.
#Person1#: I see, what exactly is the matter?
#Person2#: Well, first of all, there is this large scratch across the front of it.
#Person1#: But you should have noticed that when you bought it.
#Person2#: But it was in the box and all sealed up.
#Person1#: Well. I'm sorry, but it really is your responsibility to check the goods when you buy them. How are we to know that it wasn't you who made the scratch?
#Person2#: But that's ridiculous. But anyway, it's not the most important thing. I really am not happy about this other thing.
#Person1#: And what is that?
#Person2#: Look. It says here that the noise from it should be undetectable by other people.
#Person1#: Yes, that's right.
#Person2#: But people can hear it, and it's really embarrassing on the bus and underground.
#Person1#: Well, I'm sorry, but it must be the way you are wearing the headphones.
#Person2#: Look. I know how to put earphones in my ears. Thank you very much. But what I want to know is, what you are going to do about it at all?
#Person1#: Well, I suppose we could exchange it for another model, if you really aren't happy with it.
#Person2#: No, I certainly am not.
#Person1#: Well, if I could just have the receipt.
#Person2#: Oh yes. Well, there is a slight problem about the receipt.","#Person2# tells #Person1# there are problems with #Person2#'s personal stereo bought from #Person1#'s store, but #Person1# thinks it was #Person2#'s responsibility to check it. Finally #Person1# agrees to exchange it."
test_327_3,"#Person1#: Yes. Can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. You see, I've bought this personal stereo at your shop 3 days ago. And I'm afraid it hasn't really matched up to what I was told about.
#Person1#: I see, what exactly is the matter?
#Person2#: Well, first of all, there is this large scratch across the front of it.
#Person1#: But you should have noticed that when you bought it.
#Person2#: But it was in the box and all sealed up.
#Person1#: Well. I'm sorry, but it really is your responsibility to check the goods when you buy them. How are we to know that it wasn't you who made the scratch?
#Person2#: But that's ridiculous. But anyway, it's not the most important thing. I really am not happy about this other thing.
#Person1#: And what is that?
#Person2#: Look. It says here that the noise from it should be undetectable by other people.
#Person1#: Yes, that's right.
#Person2#: But people can hear it, and it's really embarrassing on the bus and underground.
#Person1#: Well, I'm sorry, but it must be the way you are wearing the headphones.
#Person2#: Look. I know how to put earphones in my ears. Thank you very much. But what I want to know is, what you are going to do about it at all?
#Person1#: Well, I suppose we could exchange it for another model, if you really aren't happy with it.
#Person2#: No, I certainly am not.
#Person1#: Well, if I could just have the receipt.
#Person2#: Oh yes. Well, there is a slight problem about the receipt.","#Person2# bought a personal stereo at #Person1#'s shop, but #Person2# found there was a scratch and other people could hear noise from it. #Person1# will exchange it for another model if #Person2# can provide the receipt."
test_328_1,"#Person1#: You should have seen the line at the housing office. It took me an hour to make my dormitory deposit for next year. Have you made yours yet?
#Person2#: No, I'm not sure I'm going to.
#Person1#: There's not much time left. The deadline's May 1. That is just two weeks from now. Are you short of cash?
#Person2#: No, I'm Okay.
#Person1#: You'd better hurry up if you want a dorm room next September. There aren't enough rooms for every one, and first year students have priority.
#Person2#: Well, I've been thinking about living off campus.
#Person1#: Have you any idea of how much that would cost? There is the rent, utilities, and you'd probably need a car.
#Person2#: I know it would be more expensive. I think I can handle it though. The dorm is just so noisy that I can't get anything done. Maybe my grades would be better if I had some peace and quiet in a place of my own.
#Person1#: You should study in the library the way I do. Think of the money you'd save.
#Person2#: I've got to think it over some more. There's still two weeks left in April.",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about the dormitory deposit for next year. #Person2# wants to live off campus because #Person2# wants a quiet place. #Person1# thinks it's too expensive compared with living in the school dorm room.
test_328_2,"#Person1#: You should have seen the line at the housing office. It took me an hour to make my dormitory deposit for next year. Have you made yours yet?
#Person2#: No, I'm not sure I'm going to.
#Person1#: There's not much time left. The deadline's May 1. That is just two weeks from now. Are you short of cash?
#Person2#: No, I'm Okay.
#Person1#: You'd better hurry up if you want a dorm room next September. There aren't enough rooms for every one, and first year students have priority.
#Person2#: Well, I've been thinking about living off campus.
#Person1#: Have you any idea of how much that would cost? There is the rent, utilities, and you'd probably need a car.
#Person2#: I know it would be more expensive. I think I can handle it though. The dorm is just so noisy that I can't get anything done. Maybe my grades would be better if I had some peace and quiet in a place of my own.
#Person1#: You should study in the library the way I do. Think of the money you'd save.
#Person2#: I've got to think it over some more. There's still two weeks left in April.","#Person1# pushes #Person2# to pay for the dormitory soon, but #Person2# is thinking about living off campus. They analyze the advantages and disadvantages of living on and off campus."
test_328_3,"#Person1#: You should have seen the line at the housing office. It took me an hour to make my dormitory deposit for next year. Have you made yours yet?
#Person2#: No, I'm not sure I'm going to.
#Person1#: There's not much time left. The deadline's May 1. That is just two weeks from now. Are you short of cash?
#Person2#: No, I'm Okay.
#Person1#: You'd better hurry up if you want a dorm room next September. There aren't enough rooms for every one, and first year students have priority.
#Person2#: Well, I've been thinking about living off campus.
#Person1#: Have you any idea of how much that would cost? There is the rent, utilities, and you'd probably need a car.
#Person2#: I know it would be more expensive. I think I can handle it though. The dorm is just so noisy that I can't get anything done. Maybe my grades would be better if I had some peace and quiet in a place of my own.
#Person1#: You should study in the library the way I do. Think of the money you'd save.
#Person2#: I've got to think it over some more. There's still two weeks left in April.",#Person2# is not sure whether to rent a house with a higher cost or live on campus with a lower cost.
test_329_1,"#Person1#: I enjoy going through secondhand bookstores, don't you? It's interesting to see what people used to enjoy reading. Did you see this old book of children's stories?
#Person2#: Some of these books aren't so old, though. See? This novel was published only six years ago. It costs seventy-five cents.
#Person1#: Hey! Look at this!
#Person2#: What? Are you getting interested in nineteenth-century plays all of a sudden?
#Person1#: Well, look at the words. Someone gave this book as a present, and wrote a note on the inside of the front cover. It's dated 1893. Maybe it's worth something.
#Person2#: Everything on that shelf is worth fifty cents.
#Person1#: But if this is the signature of someone who is well-known, it might bring a lot more. I hear William Shakespeare's signature is worth about a million dollars.
#Person2#: Oh? I can hardly read what that one says. Who wrote it?
#Person1#: The name looks like 'Harold Dickson'. Wasn't he a politician or something? I'm going to buy this book and see if I can find a name looks like that in the library.
#Person2#: Good luck. Your poetry book may make you rich, but I think my seventy-five-cent story is a better buy.",#Person1# finds a note on a poetry book and thinks maybe it belongs to someone famous. #Person2# still thinks #Person2#'s is better.
test_329_2,"#Person1#: I enjoy going through secondhand bookstores, don't you? It's interesting to see what people used to enjoy reading. Did you see this old book of children's stories?
#Person2#: Some of these books aren't so old, though. See? This novel was published only six years ago. It costs seventy-five cents.
#Person1#: Hey! Look at this!
#Person2#: What? Are you getting interested in nineteenth-century plays all of a sudden?
#Person1#: Well, look at the words. Someone gave this book as a present, and wrote a note on the inside of the front cover. It's dated 1893. Maybe it's worth something.
#Person2#: Everything on that shelf is worth fifty cents.
#Person1#: But if this is the signature of someone who is well-known, it might bring a lot more. I hear William Shakespeare's signature is worth about a million dollars.
#Person2#: Oh? I can hardly read what that one says. Who wrote it?
#Person1#: The name looks like 'Harold Dickson'. Wasn't he a politician or something? I'm going to buy this book and see if I can find a name looks like that in the library.
#Person2#: Good luck. Your poetry book may make you rich, but I think my seventy-five-cent story is a better buy.","#Person1# speculates the signature on the book is valuable, but #Person2# thinks it is somewhat impractical."
test_329_3,"#Person1#: I enjoy going through secondhand bookstores, don't you? It's interesting to see what people used to enjoy reading. Did you see this old book of children's stories?
#Person2#: Some of these books aren't so old, though. See? This novel was published only six years ago. It costs seventy-five cents.
#Person1#: Hey! Look at this!
#Person2#: What? Are you getting interested in nineteenth-century plays all of a sudden?
#Person1#: Well, look at the words. Someone gave this book as a present, and wrote a note on the inside of the front cover. It's dated 1893. Maybe it's worth something.
#Person2#: Everything on that shelf is worth fifty cents.
#Person1#: But if this is the signature of someone who is well-known, it might bring a lot more. I hear William Shakespeare's signature is worth about a million dollars.
#Person2#: Oh? I can hardly read what that one says. Who wrote it?
#Person1#: The name looks like 'Harold Dickson'. Wasn't he a politician or something? I'm going to buy this book and see if I can find a name looks like that in the library.
#Person2#: Good luck. Your poetry book may make you rich, but I think my seventy-five-cent story is a better buy.",#Person1# will buy a book with a signature because #Person2# thinks it belongs to someone famous. #Person2# thinks it is somewhat impractical.
test_330_1,"#Person1#: Welcome to Beijing Tasty Restaurant. What can I do for you?
#Person2#: Will you please show me a table beside the window?
#Person1#: Sorry, there's no table beside the window, only one table in the centre.
#Person2#: In the centre? OK.
#Person1#: This way,please.
#Person2#: Thank you.
#Person1#: Here's the menu. Could I take your order?
#Person2#: Yes. I'd like chicken, fish, some vegetables,two cokes and two bowls of rice.
#Person1#: Is that all? We have Beijing Duck. It's so delicious. Would you like to have a try?
#Person2#: All right.
#Person1#: OK. Your food will be ready in a minute.
#Person2#: No, no, no! I need some time to wait for my friend. Please get my food ready in 20 minutes.
#Person1#: No problem.",#Person2# is ordering food in Beijing Tasty Restaurant and #Person2# tells #Person1# to get the food ready in 20 minutes.
test_330_2,"#Person1#: Welcome to Beijing Tasty Restaurant. What can I do for you?
#Person2#: Will you please show me a table beside the window?
#Person1#: Sorry, there's no table beside the window, only one table in the centre.
#Person2#: In the centre? OK.
#Person1#: This way,please.
#Person2#: Thank you.
#Person1#: Here's the menu. Could I take your order?
#Person2#: Yes. I'd like chicken, fish, some vegetables,two cokes and two bowls of rice.
#Person1#: Is that all? We have Beijing Duck. It's so delicious. Would you like to have a try?
#Person2#: All right.
#Person1#: OK. Your food will be ready in a minute.
#Person2#: No, no, no! I need some time to wait for my friend. Please get my food ready in 20 minutes.
#Person1#: No problem.",#Person1# helps #Person2# to find a table in the centre and order some food at Beijing Tasty Restaurant.
test_330_3,"#Person1#: Welcome to Beijing Tasty Restaurant. What can I do for you?
#Person2#: Will you please show me a table beside the window?
#Person1#: Sorry, there's no table beside the window, only one table in the centre.
#Person2#: In the centre? OK.
#Person1#: This way,please.
#Person2#: Thank you.
#Person1#: Here's the menu. Could I take your order?
#Person2#: Yes. I'd like chicken, fish, some vegetables,two cokes and two bowls of rice.
#Person1#: Is that all? We have Beijing Duck. It's so delicious. Would you like to have a try?
#Person2#: All right.
#Person1#: OK. Your food will be ready in a minute.
#Person2#: No, no, no! I need some time to wait for my friend. Please get my food ready in 20 minutes.
#Person1#: No problem.","#Person2# comes to a restaurant and orders some food, waiting for a friend."
test_331_1,"#Person1#: I want to make sure my son receives this letter. It has an important certificate in it.
#Person2#: You can send it either by certified mail or registered mail. If you only want to make sure it is received, send it by certified mail. It's less expensive.
#Person1#: OK. How about this package?
#Person2#: What's in it?
#Person1#: A watch.
#Person2#: You should insure it for the value of the watch. And send it by registered mail if it's more expensive. As it's the safest way.",#Person1# will send #Person1#'s son an important certificate by certified mail. And #Person2# suggests #Person1# send a watch by registered mail.
test_331_2,"#Person1#: I want to make sure my son receives this letter. It has an important certificate in it.
#Person2#: You can send it either by certified mail or registered mail. If you only want to make sure it is received, send it by certified mail. It's less expensive.
#Person1#: OK. How about this package?
#Person2#: What's in it?
#Person1#: A watch.
#Person2#: You should insure it for the value of the watch. And send it by registered mail if it's more expensive. As it's the safest way.",#Person2# suggests #Person1# send a certificate by certified mail and a watch by registered mail.
test_331_3,"#Person1#: I want to make sure my son receives this letter. It has an important certificate in it.
#Person2#: You can send it either by certified mail or registered mail. If you only want to make sure it is received, send it by certified mail. It's less expensive.
#Person1#: OK. How about this package?
#Person2#: What's in it?
#Person1#: A watch.
#Person2#: You should insure it for the value of the watch. And send it by registered mail if it's more expensive. As it's the safest way.",#Person1# will send a certificate by certified mail and a watch by registered mail.
test_332_1,"#Person1#: Sally,here is a letter for us. It's from Tom.
#Person2#: Can you read it, please? My hands are wet with all this washing.
#Person1#: Well, OK. Dear Sally and John. Thanks for your letter. It was good to hear from you. Just a short note in reply. I was happy to hear that you two will be in town in January. I think that is the first time that you will have come to visit us after your marriage. Please do call me when you arrive so that I can pick you up at the station and then we may have dinner together in town. In case you don't have my number, it's 7807842. I look forward to meeting you soon. Yours, Tom.",Sally is reading a letter from Tom to #Person1#. Tom invites the new couple to visit him.
test_332_2,"#Person1#: Sally,here is a letter for us. It's from Tom.
#Person2#: Can you read it, please? My hands are wet with all this washing.
#Person1#: Well, OK. Dear Sally and John. Thanks for your letter. It was good to hear from you. Just a short note in reply. I was happy to hear that you two will be in town in January. I think that is the first time that you will have come to visit us after your marriage. Please do call me when you arrive so that I can pick you up at the station and then we may have dinner together in town. In case you don't have my number, it's 7807842. I look forward to meeting you soon. Yours, Tom.",Sally reads the letter from Tom to #Person1#. The letter invites them to visit Tom.
test_332_3,"#Person1#: Sally,here is a letter for us. It's from Tom.
#Person2#: Can you read it, please? My hands are wet with all this washing.
#Person1#: Well, OK. Dear Sally and John. Thanks for your letter. It was good to hear from you. Just a short note in reply. I was happy to hear that you two will be in town in January. I think that is the first time that you will have come to visit us after your marriage. Please do call me when you arrive so that I can pick you up at the station and then we may have dinner together in town. In case you don't have my number, it's 7807842. I look forward to meeting you soon. Yours, Tom.",Tom writes to Sally and John and asks them to call him when they arrive in town.
test_333_1,"#Person1#: I'm frustrated. We're supposed to do our assignment on the computer, but I have difficulty getting access to the computers in the library.
#Person2#: I understand the way you feel. I'm looking forward to the day when I can afford to get my own.",#Person1# has difficulty getting access to the computers in the library to do #Person1#'s assignment.
test_333_2,"#Person1#: I'm frustrated. We're supposed to do our assignment on the computer, but I have difficulty getting access to the computers in the library.
#Person2#: I understand the way you feel. I'm looking forward to the day when I can afford to get my own.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about the difficulty of not having a personal computer.
test_333_3,"#Person1#: I'm frustrated. We're supposed to do our assignment on the computer, but I have difficulty getting access to the computers in the library.
#Person2#: I understand the way you feel. I'm looking forward to the day when I can afford to get my own.","#Person1# is frustrated, having no access to the computers."
test_334_1,"#Person1#: It's a beautiful day, isn't it?
#Person2#: Yes, nice and sunny.
#Person1#: It's much better than last week. It was too warm then.
#Person2#: I'm glad summer is over. I like autumn best.
#Person1#: So do I. It's neither too hot nor too cold. The sky is clear and blue.
#Person2#: It's a good time to have a picnic. Do you want to have one this weekend.
#Person1#: I'd love to, but I think it's going to rain. The weatherman said it will.
#Person2#: I don't think he's right. It hasn't rained for a week.
#Person1#: But he is usually right in his weather news.
#Person2#: I'm sure we'll have fine weather for our picnic.","#Person2# wants to have a picnic this weekend. #Person1# says it's going to rain, but #Person2# doesn't believe it."
test_334_2,"#Person1#: It's a beautiful day, isn't it?
#Person2#: Yes, nice and sunny.
#Person1#: It's much better than last week. It was too warm then.
#Person2#: I'm glad summer is over. I like autumn best.
#Person1#: So do I. It's neither too hot nor too cold. The sky is clear and blue.
#Person2#: It's a good time to have a picnic. Do you want to have one this weekend.
#Person1#: I'd love to, but I think it's going to rain. The weatherman said it will.
#Person2#: I don't think he's right. It hasn't rained for a week.
#Person1#: But he is usually right in his weather news.
#Person2#: I'm sure we'll have fine weather for our picnic.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about the weather and #Person2# invites #Person1# to have a picnic.
test_334_3,"#Person1#: It's a beautiful day, isn't it?
#Person2#: Yes, nice and sunny.
#Person1#: It's much better than last week. It was too warm then.
#Person2#: I'm glad summer is over. I like autumn best.
#Person1#: So do I. It's neither too hot nor too cold. The sky is clear and blue.
#Person2#: It's a good time to have a picnic. Do you want to have one this weekend.
#Person1#: I'd love to, but I think it's going to rain. The weatherman said it will.
#Person2#: I don't think he's right. It hasn't rained for a week.
#Person1#: But he is usually right in his weather news.
#Person2#: I'm sure we'll have fine weather for our picnic.",#Person1# and #Person2#'d have a picnic this weekend but #Person1# is afraid of the rainy weather.
test_335_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me. Is this the Reference Desk?
#Person2#: Yes, what can I do for you?
#Person1#: I'd like to find some general information on computers.
#Person2#: Is this for a particular research project or some general information?
#Person1#: Well. I just need some general information for now.
#Person2#: We have quite a few magazines here dealing with computers.
#Person1#: Can I have the titles?
#Person2#: Follow me. Let me show you how to find them.",#Person1# wants to find some general information on computers. #Person2# will show #Person1# how to find the magazines dealing with computers.
test_335_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me. Is this the Reference Desk?
#Person2#: Yes, what can I do for you?
#Person1#: I'd like to find some general information on computers.
#Person2#: Is this for a particular research project or some general information?
#Person1#: Well. I just need some general information for now.
#Person2#: We have quite a few magazines here dealing with computers.
#Person1#: Can I have the titles?
#Person2#: Follow me. Let me show you how to find them.",#Person2# helps #Person1# to find some general information on computers.
test_335_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me. Is this the Reference Desk?
#Person2#: Yes, what can I do for you?
#Person1#: I'd like to find some general information on computers.
#Person2#: Is this for a particular research project or some general information?
#Person1#: Well. I just need some general information for now.
#Person2#: We have quite a few magazines here dealing with computers.
#Person1#: Can I have the titles?
#Person2#: Follow me. Let me show you how to find them.",#Person2# is helping #Person1# to find some general information on computers.
test_336_1,"#Person1#: Hello sir, welcome to the French Garden Restaurant. How many? 
#Person2#: One. 
#Person1#: Right this way. Please have a seat. Your waitress will be with you in a moment. 
#Person3#: Hello sir, would you like to order now? 
#Person2#: Yes please. 
#Person3#: What would you like to drink? 
#Person2#: What do you have? 
#Person3#: We have bottled water, juice, and Coke. 
#Person2#: I'll have a bottle of water please. 
#Person3#: What would you like to eat? 
#Person2#: I'll have a tuna fish sandwich and a bowl of vegetable soup. ","#Person2# is at French Garden Restaurant and he orders a bottle of water, a tuna fish sandwich and a bowl of vegetable soup with the help of #Person3#."
test_336_2,"#Person1#: Hello sir, welcome to the French Garden Restaurant. How many? 
#Person2#: One. 
#Person1#: Right this way. Please have a seat. Your waitress will be with you in a moment. 
#Person3#: Hello sir, would you like to order now? 
#Person2#: Yes please. 
#Person3#: What would you like to drink? 
#Person2#: What do you have? 
#Person3#: We have bottled water, juice, and Coke. 
#Person2#: I'll have a bottle of water please. 
#Person3#: What would you like to eat? 
#Person2#: I'll have a tuna fish sandwich and a bowl of vegetable soup. ",#Person1# helps #Person2# find a seat and #Person3# takes #Person2#'s order.
test_336_3,"#Person1#: Hello sir, welcome to the French Garden Restaurant. How many? 
#Person2#: One. 
#Person1#: Right this way. Please have a seat. Your waitress will be with you in a moment. 
#Person3#: Hello sir, would you like to order now? 
#Person2#: Yes please. 
#Person3#: What would you like to drink? 
#Person2#: What do you have? 
#Person3#: We have bottled water, juice, and Coke. 
#Person2#: I'll have a bottle of water please. 
#Person3#: What would you like to eat? 
#Person2#: I'll have a tuna fish sandwich and a bowl of vegetable soup. ",#Person2# orders some food with #Person3#'s help in a restaurant.
test_337_1,"#Person1#: Hi, may I get you anything to drink? 
#Person2#: Yes, please. May I get a glass of lemonade? 
#Person1#: Would you like an appetizer? 
#Person2#: May I get an order of barbeque wings? 
#Person1#: Sure, would you like anything else? 
#Person2#: That'll be fine for now, thank you. 
#Person1#: Okay, tell me when you want to order the rest of your food. 
#Person2#: Excuse me. I'm ready to order. 
#Person1#: What would you like? 
#Person2#: Let me have the baby-back ribs. 
#Person1#: Sure, will there be anything else that I can get you? 
#Person2#: That will be it for now. ","#Person2# orders a glass of lemonade, barbeque wings, and baby-back ribs."
test_337_2,"#Person1#: Hi, may I get you anything to drink? 
#Person2#: Yes, please. May I get a glass of lemonade? 
#Person1#: Would you like an appetizer? 
#Person2#: May I get an order of barbeque wings? 
#Person1#: Sure, would you like anything else? 
#Person2#: That'll be fine for now, thank you. 
#Person1#: Okay, tell me when you want to order the rest of your food. 
#Person2#: Excuse me. I'm ready to order. 
#Person1#: What would you like? 
#Person2#: Let me have the baby-back ribs. 
#Person1#: Sure, will there be anything else that I can get you? 
#Person2#: That will be it for now. ",#Person1# helps #Person2# to order a drink and some food.
test_337_3,"#Person1#: Hi, may I get you anything to drink? 
#Person2#: Yes, please. May I get a glass of lemonade? 
#Person1#: Would you like an appetizer? 
#Person2#: May I get an order of barbeque wings? 
#Person1#: Sure, would you like anything else? 
#Person2#: That'll be fine for now, thank you. 
#Person1#: Okay, tell me when you want to order the rest of your food. 
#Person2#: Excuse me. I'm ready to order. 
#Person1#: What would you like? 
#Person2#: Let me have the baby-back ribs. 
#Person1#: Sure, will there be anything else that I can get you? 
#Person2#: That will be it for now. ",#Person2# orders some food and a drink with #Person1#'s help.
test_338_1,"#Person1#: Would you like anything else, sir? 
#Person2#: May I have some water, please? 
#Person1#: Certainly. Would you like your coffee with your dinner or later? 
#Person2#: With my dinner, please. And can you take my order for dessert later? 
#Person1#: Of course. ",#Person2# wants to have his coffee with his dinner and his order for dessert later.
test_338_2,"#Person1#: Would you like anything else, sir? 
#Person2#: May I have some water, please? 
#Person1#: Certainly. Would you like your coffee with your dinner or later? 
#Person2#: With my dinner, please. And can you take my order for dessert later? 
#Person1#: Of course. ",#Person1# serves #Person2# at dinner.
test_338_3,"#Person1#: Would you like anything else, sir? 
#Person2#: May I have some water, please? 
#Person1#: Certainly. Would you like your coffee with your dinner or later? 
#Person2#: With my dinner, please. And can you take my order for dessert later? 
#Person1#: Of course. ",#Person2# orders some water to drink and will have his coffee with dinner.
test_339_1,"#Person1#: Okay, next question. If Eric asked you out on a date, what would you say? 
#Person2#: Duh! I would say yes! Eric is the most popular kid in school! Okay, my turn. What would you do if you won the lottery? 
#Person1#: Let's see. . . If I won the lottery, I would buy two tickets for a trip around the world. 
#Person2#: If you buy me a ticket I will go with you for sure! 
#Person1#: My dad will freak out if I even mention a trip like that! 
#Person2#: Alright this is a good one. What would your mom say if you told her you are going to get married? 
#Person1#: If I told her that, she would faint and have me committed! ",#Person1# and #Person2# are playing burning Questions.
test_339_2,"#Person1#: Okay, next question. If Eric asked you out on a date, what would you say? 
#Person2#: Duh! I would say yes! Eric is the most popular kid in school! Okay, my turn. What would you do if you won the lottery? 
#Person1#: Let's see. . . If I won the lottery, I would buy two tickets for a trip around the world. 
#Person2#: If you buy me a ticket I will go with you for sure! 
#Person1#: My dad will freak out if I even mention a trip like that! 
#Person2#: Alright this is a good one. What would your mom say if you told her you are going to get married? 
#Person1#: If I told her that, she would faint and have me committed! ",#Person1# and #Person2# ask and answer each other's questions about love life and future in turn.
test_339_3,"#Person1#: Okay, next question. If Eric asked you out on a date, what would you say? 
#Person2#: Duh! I would say yes! Eric is the most popular kid in school! Okay, my turn. What would you do if you won the lottery? 
#Person1#: Let's see. . . If I won the lottery, I would buy two tickets for a trip around the world. 
#Person2#: If you buy me a ticket I will go with you for sure! 
#Person1#: My dad will freak out if I even mention a trip like that! 
#Person2#: Alright this is a good one. What would your mom say if you told her you are going to get married? 
#Person1#: If I told her that, she would faint and have me committed! ",#Person1# and #Person2# are asking each other some imaginary questions.
test_340_1,"#Person1#: Jack! Do you want to see a picture of my new puppy? 
#Person2#: Sure. I thought people only showed off pictures of their new babies, not new pets! 
#Person1#: Well, this is my new baby. He's just as much trouble. That's for sure! But, he's a lot of fun! 
#Person2#: I see what you mean. He's really cute. How old is he? ",#Person1# shows Jack a picture of #Person1#'s new puppy.
test_340_2,"#Person1#: Jack! Do you want to see a picture of my new puppy? 
#Person2#: Sure. I thought people only showed off pictures of their new babies, not new pets! 
#Person1#: Well, this is my new baby. He's just as much trouble. That's for sure! But, he's a lot of fun! 
#Person2#: I see what you mean. He's really cute. How old is he? ",#Person1# shows Jack a picture of #Person1#'s new puppy.
test_340_3,"#Person1#: Jack! Do you want to see a picture of my new puppy? 
#Person2#: Sure. I thought people only showed off pictures of their new babies, not new pets! 
#Person1#: Well, this is my new baby. He's just as much trouble. That's for sure! But, he's a lot of fun! 
#Person2#: I see what you mean. He's really cute. How old is he? ",#Person1# is showing a picture of a puppy to Jack.
test_341_1,"#Person1#: Mom, I've got something to tell you. 
#Person2#: So, please! 
#Person1#: Aunt Jane buys a new bike for Tom. He is putting on grand airs. 
#Person2#: I bought you a new one last year. Isn't it handsome? 
#Person1#: It is great. But Tom's bike is so much better than mine. 
#Person2#: Frankly, he is more well-behaved than you. 
#Person1#: Nothing of that sort! 
#Person2#: Why hasn't the bus come yet? Every morning we have to wait for so long. 
#Person1#: Mom, it's OK. I will buy a big car one day. It is faster than the bus. 
#Person2#: Really? I am looking forward to that. What about the traffic? 
#Person1#: Let me see. Yes. I will buy a plane for you. There is no traffic up there. ",#Person1# is begging #Person2# to buy a new bike for #Person1#.
test_341_2,"#Person1#: Mom, I've got something to tell you. 
#Person2#: So, please! 
#Person1#: Aunt Jane buys a new bike for Tom. He is putting on grand airs. 
#Person2#: I bought you a new one last year. Isn't it handsome? 
#Person1#: It is great. But Tom's bike is so much better than mine. 
#Person2#: Frankly, he is more well-behaved than you. 
#Person1#: Nothing of that sort! 
#Person2#: Why hasn't the bus come yet? Every morning we have to wait for so long. 
#Person1#: Mom, it's OK. I will buy a big car one day. It is faster than the bus. 
#Person2#: Really? I am looking forward to that. What about the traffic? 
#Person1#: Let me see. Yes. I will buy a plane for you. There is no traffic up there. ","#Person1# wants a new bike from #Person2#, but she refuses. #Person1# promises to buy a plane for #Person2#."
test_341_3,"#Person1#: Mom, I've got something to tell you. 
#Person2#: So, please! 
#Person1#: Aunt Jane buys a new bike for Tom. He is putting on grand airs. 
#Person2#: I bought you a new one last year. Isn't it handsome? 
#Person1#: It is great. But Tom's bike is so much better than mine. 
#Person2#: Frankly, he is more well-behaved than you. 
#Person1#: Nothing of that sort! 
#Person2#: Why hasn't the bus come yet? Every morning we have to wait for so long. 
#Person1#: Mom, it's OK. I will buy a big car one day. It is faster than the bus. 
#Person2#: Really? I am looking forward to that. What about the traffic? 
#Person1#: Let me see. Yes. I will buy a plane for you. There is no traffic up there. ",#Person1# is envious that Tom has a bike much better than #Person1#'s. #Person1# begs #Person2# for one.
test_342_1,"#Person1#: Is there anything I can do for you? 
#Person2#: Yes, I am looking for a skirt. What's in fashion now? 
#Person1#: This one is the latest. How do you like it? 
#Person2#: Well. Could I try it on? 
#Person1#: Sure. 
#Person2#: It's cute. The color suits my complexion. How much does it cost?
#Person1#: 400 dollars.
#Person2#: What? That's ridiculous!","#Person2# likes a skirt at #Person1#'s store, but thinks it too expensive."
test_342_2,"#Person1#: Is there anything I can do for you? 
#Person2#: Yes, I am looking for a skirt. What's in fashion now? 
#Person1#: This one is the latest. How do you like it? 
#Person2#: Well. Could I try it on? 
#Person1#: Sure. 
#Person2#: It's cute. The color suits my complexion. How much does it cost?
#Person1#: 400 dollars.
#Person2#: What? That's ridiculous!",#Person1# shows #Person2# a skirt. #Person2# likes its color but thinks it's ridiculously expensive.
test_342_3,"#Person1#: Is there anything I can do for you? 
#Person2#: Yes, I am looking for a skirt. What's in fashion now? 
#Person1#: This one is the latest. How do you like it? 
#Person2#: Well. Could I try it on? 
#Person1#: Sure. 
#Person2#: It's cute. The color suits my complexion. How much does it cost?
#Person1#: 400 dollars.
#Person2#: What? That's ridiculous!",#Person2# likes a skirt but it is ridiculously expensive.
test_343_1,"#Person1#: Is your city a historical place? 
#Person2#: Not rally. 200 years ago, it was just a small insignificant village. 
#Person1#: How did it grow into such a large place? 
#Person2#: Large deposits of coal were found nearly and so many industries located themselves here. The village quickly grew into a key industrial centre. 
#Person1#: As the city grew, it must have absorbed many village nearby. 
#Person2#: Yes, it did. The names of those village survive as the names of parts of the city. 
#Person1#: I see. Are there any building more than 200 years old in your city? 
#Person2#: Oh, yes. Several of the buildings from the villages still survive. Many of them were inns for travelers and today survive as pubs. There was a castle near one village, so our city has a castle too. 
#Person1#: Really? So your city does have some old history after all. ",#Person2#'s city was just a small insignificant village 200 years ago. It then grew into a key industrial centre for large deposits of coal and has absorbed many villages nearby.
test_343_2,"#Person1#: Is your city a historical place? 
#Person2#: Not rally. 200 years ago, it was just a small insignificant village. 
#Person1#: How did it grow into such a large place? 
#Person2#: Large deposits of coal were found nearly and so many industries located themselves here. The village quickly grew into a key industrial centre. 
#Person1#: As the city grew, it must have absorbed many village nearby. 
#Person2#: Yes, it did. The names of those village survive as the names of parts of the city. 
#Person1#: I see. Are there any building more than 200 years old in your city? 
#Person2#: Oh, yes. Several of the buildings from the villages still survive. Many of them were inns for travelers and today survive as pubs. There was a castle near one village, so our city has a castle too. 
#Person1#: Really? So your city does have some old history after all. ","#Person2# explains how the city grew into a large place by selling coal and absorbing villages, and introduced old buildings to #Person1#."
test_343_3,"#Person1#: Is your city a historical place? 
#Person2#: Not rally. 200 years ago, it was just a small insignificant village. 
#Person1#: How did it grow into such a large place? 
#Person2#: Large deposits of coal were found nearly and so many industries located themselves here. The village quickly grew into a key industrial centre. 
#Person1#: As the city grew, it must have absorbed many village nearby. 
#Person2#: Yes, it did. The names of those village survive as the names of parts of the city. 
#Person1#: I see. Are there any building more than 200 years old in your city? 
#Person2#: Oh, yes. Several of the buildings from the villages still survive. Many of them were inns for travelers and today survive as pubs. There was a castle near one village, so our city has a castle too. 
#Person1#: Really? So your city does have some old history after all. ",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about the history of how #Person2#'s city gets into an industrial centre.
test_344_1,"#Person1#: There are so many environmental problems in the world today. Do you think we can really solve them all or will destroy the world?
#Person2#: I hope that world leaders can get together and agree on a plan for action, but I doubt it'll happen before it's too late.  
#Person1#: We need to solve the problem of air pollution before we destroy the atmosphere. There's lots of clean, modern technology, but companies in developed countries say it's expensive. Developing countries put more emphasis on economic development than on environmental protection.
#Person2#: Everyone is looking at the issue in the short term, rather than the long term. It's the same with the destruction of the rainforests. Countries and companies just want the wood. They're not thinking about the long-term damage to the forests. We should also remember that the forests are an important natural habitat for thousands of species of animal and plant life.  
#Person1#: In other parts of the world, especially in Africa, there is a problem with desertification. Climate change and over-farming are causing farmland to turn into desert. In means that people cannot grow enough food.  
#Person2#: It also means that people sometimes fight over the farmland that remains. Damaging the environment actually leads to conflict between people.  
#Person1#: Have you ever thought about joining an organization committed to protecting the environment? You could get involved with projects to improve the environment.  
#Person2#: I think I'd like to do that. I could take the things I learn here back to my country when I have finished my studies.  ",#Person1# and #Person2# are concerned about environmental problems. #Person1# thinks that developing countries care more about economic development than environmental protection. #Person2# would like to join an organization committed to protecting the environment.
test_344_2,"#Person1#: There are so many environmental problems in the world today. Do you think we can really solve them all or will destroy the world?
#Person2#: I hope that world leaders can get together and agree on a plan for action, but I doubt it'll happen before it's too late.  
#Person1#: We need to solve the problem of air pollution before we destroy the atmosphere. There's lots of clean, modern technology, but companies in developed countries say it's expensive. Developing countries put more emphasis on economic development than on environmental protection.
#Person2#: Everyone is looking at the issue in the short term, rather than the long term. It's the same with the destruction of the rainforests. Countries and companies just want the wood. They're not thinking about the long-term damage to the forests. We should also remember that the forests are an important natural habitat for thousands of species of animal and plant life.  
#Person1#: In other parts of the world, especially in Africa, there is a problem with desertification. Climate change and over-farming are causing farmland to turn into desert. In means that people cannot grow enough food.  
#Person2#: It also means that people sometimes fight over the farmland that remains. Damaging the environment actually leads to conflict between people.  
#Person1#: Have you ever thought about joining an organization committed to protecting the environment? You could get involved with projects to improve the environment.  
#Person2#: I think I'd like to do that. I could take the things I learn here back to my country when I have finished my studies.  ",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about the current environmental problems in the world. They analyze the world leaders' attitudes and actions towards these problems and discuss what they could do to solve them.
test_344_3,"#Person1#: There are so many environmental problems in the world today. Do you think we can really solve them all or will destroy the world?
#Person2#: I hope that world leaders can get together and agree on a plan for action, but I doubt it'll happen before it's too late.  
#Person1#: We need to solve the problem of air pollution before we destroy the atmosphere. There's lots of clean, modern technology, but companies in developed countries say it's expensive. Developing countries put more emphasis on economic development than on environmental protection.
#Person2#: Everyone is looking at the issue in the short term, rather than the long term. It's the same with the destruction of the rainforests. Countries and companies just want the wood. They're not thinking about the long-term damage to the forests. We should also remember that the forests are an important natural habitat for thousands of species of animal and plant life.  
#Person1#: In other parts of the world, especially in Africa, there is a problem with desertification. Climate change and over-farming are causing farmland to turn into desert. In means that people cannot grow enough food.  
#Person2#: It also means that people sometimes fight over the farmland that remains. Damaging the environment actually leads to conflict between people.  
#Person1#: Have you ever thought about joining an organization committed to protecting the environment? You could get involved with projects to improve the environment.  
#Person2#: I think I'd like to do that. I could take the things I learn here back to my country when I have finished my studies.  ",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about environmental problems in the world today. They think everyone is looking at the issue in the short term and damaging the environment leads to conflict between people.
test_345_1,"#Person1#: I've been busy lately, I've been spending a lot of time talking to people in chat rooms.
#Person2#: So have you met someone yet?
#Person1#: No, yesterday over 100 people wanted to talk to me. One even said that I was his dream girlfriend.
#Person2#: What? Wait a minute, don't you mean dream boyfriend?
#Person1#: Oh, I forgot to tell you I pretended to be a 16-year-old girl. I had to, nobody wants to talk to me as a guy.
#Person2#: I don't know about this, Dennis.
#Person1#: But now I have a new online friend.
#Person2#: You mean the guy who thinks you are Miss. Right?
#Person1#: Yeah, we're meeting on Friday night.
#Person2#: What?
#Person1#: I'm making friends.
#Person2#: But he thinks you're a girl. He won't want to be just good friends.
#Person1#: I know, so I need your advice.
#Person2#: If I were you. I'd get a good doctor.",Dennis pretended to be a girl in online chat rooms. He's going to meet a guy who thinks he is a girl on Friday night. #Person2# suggests that he might be beaten.
test_345_2,"#Person1#: I've been busy lately, I've been spending a lot of time talking to people in chat rooms.
#Person2#: So have you met someone yet?
#Person1#: No, yesterday over 100 people wanted to talk to me. One even said that I was his dream girlfriend.
#Person2#: What? Wait a minute, don't you mean dream boyfriend?
#Person1#: Oh, I forgot to tell you I pretended to be a 16-year-old girl. I had to, nobody wants to talk to me as a guy.
#Person2#: I don't know about this, Dennis.
#Person1#: But now I have a new online friend.
#Person2#: You mean the guy who thinks you are Miss. Right?
#Person1#: Yeah, we're meeting on Friday night.
#Person2#: What?
#Person1#: I'm making friends.
#Person2#: But he thinks you're a girl. He won't want to be just good friends.
#Person1#: I know, so I need your advice.
#Person2#: If I were you. I'd get a good doctor.","Dennis tells #Person2# he pretended to be a young girl to chat, and he found it effective, but #Person2# thinks he is sick."
test_345_3,"#Person1#: I've been busy lately, I've been spending a lot of time talking to people in chat rooms.
#Person2#: So have you met someone yet?
#Person1#: No, yesterday over 100 people wanted to talk to me. One even said that I was his dream girlfriend.
#Person2#: What? Wait a minute, don't you mean dream boyfriend?
#Person1#: Oh, I forgot to tell you I pretended to be a 16-year-old girl. I had to, nobody wants to talk to me as a guy.
#Person2#: I don't know about this, Dennis.
#Person1#: But now I have a new online friend.
#Person2#: You mean the guy who thinks you are Miss. Right?
#Person1#: Yeah, we're meeting on Friday night.
#Person2#: What?
#Person1#: I'm making friends.
#Person2#: But he thinks you're a girl. He won't want to be just good friends.
#Person1#: I know, so I need your advice.
#Person2#: If I were you. I'd get a good doctor.",Dennis has been pretending as a girl and talking to people in chat rooms. He'll meet a guy who thinks him is Miss Right. #Person2# thinks Dennis might get beaten.
test_346_1,"#Person1#: Well, you must be happy, Nathan you're almost ready to go to Chicago for your practice. We're sure going to miss you around here.
#Person2#: I'll miss you too, mom. But yeah, I'm excited about my summer. And don't be too sad. I'll be back in a few months, in time for the first day of school. By winter break, you'll hardly remember I was even gone.
#Person1#: So how do you think you'll do in the big city? Are you worried about working for a big newspaper like the Chicago Tribune?
#Person2#: Not really. I'm not afraid of hard work and I know how to organize my day. I think I'll do a good job.
#Person1#: But doing for practice isn't just for the company to profit, is it? It's also for you to get experience. Do you even know what you'll be doing?
#Person2#: I'm not worried about that. I've got a lot of natural curiosity. And I'm very social, I'm sure I'll learn from all the other people there.
#Person1#: What if they stick you in some backroom by yourself just copying papers or taking out the trash?
#Person2#: I don't think that will happen. They asked for someone who was good at editing, organizing computer files and keeping track of deadlines. And I already know who I'll be working with, one of their regular writers.
#Person1#: That's good, so you will probably get some on the job training. This is such a great opportunity for you.",Nathan is going to Chicago for his practice in Chicago Tribune. His mother is worried about him and keeps asking him questions about this internship. Nathan says he'll work with a regular writer to get experience and she's finally at ease.
test_346_2,"#Person1#: Well, you must be happy, Nathan you're almost ready to go to Chicago for your practice. We're sure going to miss you around here.
#Person2#: I'll miss you too, mom. But yeah, I'm excited about my summer. And don't be too sad. I'll be back in a few months, in time for the first day of school. By winter break, you'll hardly remember I was even gone.
#Person1#: So how do you think you'll do in the big city? Are you worried about working for a big newspaper like the Chicago Tribune?
#Person2#: Not really. I'm not afraid of hard work and I know how to organize my day. I think I'll do a good job.
#Person1#: But doing for practice isn't just for the company to profit, is it? It's also for you to get experience. Do you even know what you'll be doing?
#Person2#: I'm not worried about that. I've got a lot of natural curiosity. And I'm very social, I'm sure I'll learn from all the other people there.
#Person1#: What if they stick you in some backroom by yourself just copying papers or taking out the trash?
#Person2#: I don't think that will happen. They asked for someone who was good at editing, organizing computer files and keeping track of deadlines. And I already know who I'll be working with, one of their regular writers.
#Person1#: That's good, so you will probably get some on the job training. This is such a great opportunity for you.","Nathan's mum asks him about his coming internship in Chicago and feels worried about him, but Nathan is confident and positive. Nathan comforts her that he would be fine."
test_346_3,"#Person1#: Well, you must be happy, Nathan you're almost ready to go to Chicago for your practice. We're sure going to miss you around here.
#Person2#: I'll miss you too, mom. But yeah, I'm excited about my summer. And don't be too sad. I'll be back in a few months, in time for the first day of school. By winter break, you'll hardly remember I was even gone.
#Person1#: So how do you think you'll do in the big city? Are you worried about working for a big newspaper like the Chicago Tribune?
#Person2#: Not really. I'm not afraid of hard work and I know how to organize my day. I think I'll do a good job.
#Person1#: But doing for practice isn't just for the company to profit, is it? It's also for you to get experience. Do you even know what you'll be doing?
#Person2#: I'm not worried about that. I've got a lot of natural curiosity. And I'm very social, I'm sure I'll learn from all the other people there.
#Person1#: What if they stick you in some backroom by yourself just copying papers or taking out the trash?
#Person2#: I don't think that will happen. They asked for someone who was good at editing, organizing computer files and keeping track of deadlines. And I already know who I'll be working with, one of their regular writers.
#Person1#: That's good, so you will probably get some on the job training. This is such a great opportunity for you.","Nathan is going to Chicago for practice and he is confident that he will do a good job and learn from others. Though worried at first, his mom thinks it's a great opportunity for him."
test_347_1,"#Person1#: Hello, can I help you?
#Person2#: I'd like to rent a Toyota Carola.
#Person1#: Alright. How long will you need it?
#Person2#: For 3 days.
#Person1#: Have you ever rented a car before?
#Person2#: No, I haven't. Can I choose the color of the car?
#Person1#: Sure, we have Toyota Carola's in black, red and silver.
#Person2#: I don't like black or red.
#Person1#: Then you can have the other one. Please show me your ID card and I will copy it.
#Person2#: OK. Anything else?
#Person1#: Sign your name on the application form and here are the keys to the car.
#Person2#: Thanks. What time do I have to bring it back?
#Person1#: It needs to come back by noon on the third day.
#Person2#: Alright. Thanks.
#Person1#: Drive safely.",#Person2# wants to rent a silver Toyota Carola for 3 days. #Person1# helps #Person2# go through the procedure and notifies #Person2# of return time.
test_347_2,"#Person1#: Hello, can I help you?
#Person2#: I'd like to rent a Toyota Carola.
#Person1#: Alright. How long will you need it?
#Person2#: For 3 days.
#Person1#: Have you ever rented a car before?
#Person2#: No, I haven't. Can I choose the color of the car?
#Person1#: Sure, we have Toyota Carola's in black, red and silver.
#Person2#: I don't like black or red.
#Person1#: Then you can have the other one. Please show me your ID card and I will copy it.
#Person2#: OK. Anything else?
#Person1#: Sign your name on the application form and here are the keys to the car.
#Person2#: Thanks. What time do I have to bring it back?
#Person1#: It needs to come back by noon on the third day.
#Person2#: Alright. Thanks.
#Person1#: Drive safely.",#Person2# rents a car from #Person1#. #Person1# helps #Person1# go through the formalities and tells #Person1# the return time.
test_347_3,"#Person1#: Hello, can I help you?
#Person2#: I'd like to rent a Toyota Carola.
#Person1#: Alright. How long will you need it?
#Person2#: For 3 days.
#Person1#: Have you ever rented a car before?
#Person2#: No, I haven't. Can I choose the color of the car?
#Person1#: Sure, we have Toyota Carola's in black, red and silver.
#Person2#: I don't like black or red.
#Person1#: Then you can have the other one. Please show me your ID card and I will copy it.
#Person2#: OK. Anything else?
#Person1#: Sign your name on the application form and here are the keys to the car.
#Person2#: Thanks. What time do I have to bring it back?
#Person1#: It needs to come back by noon on the third day.
#Person2#: Alright. Thanks.
#Person1#: Drive safely.",#Person2#'d like to rent a silver Toyota Carola and #Person1# helps #Person2# go through procedures.
test_348_1,"#Person1#: Next week I'm going to New York to sign a business contract. What would you suggest I see while I'm there?
#Person2#: You should definitely see the UN building and from there, you could walk over to Broadway and see a movie or drama.
#Person1#: How about New York's universities? I'm especially interested in learning about the schools there and the courses they offer.
#Person2#: Columbia University and New York University are two of the best schools in the city. I'm sure they offer excellent courses.
#Person1#: Do you have a map of the city?
#Person2#: Yes, I have one right here in fact. I can give you this one, but I'd also suggest that you stop at the visitor's office near the train station. They will have good up-to-date maps and they can give you more tourist information about the city.","#Person1# will have a business trip to New York. #Person2# suggests #Person1# visit the UN building, Broadway, Columbia University, and New York University."
test_348_2,"#Person1#: Next week I'm going to New York to sign a business contract. What would you suggest I see while I'm there?
#Person2#: You should definitely see the UN building and from there, you could walk over to Broadway and see a movie or drama.
#Person1#: How about New York's universities? I'm especially interested in learning about the schools there and the courses they offer.
#Person2#: Columbia University and New York University are two of the best schools in the city. I'm sure they offer excellent courses.
#Person1#: Do you have a map of the city?
#Person2#: Yes, I have one right here in fact. I can give you this one, but I'd also suggest that you stop at the visitor's office near the train station. They will have good up-to-date maps and they can give you more tourist information about the city.",#Person2# recommends some scenic spots and universities in New York to #Person1#. #Person2# also offers #Person1# suggestions to find more information.
test_348_3,"#Person1#: Next week I'm going to New York to sign a business contract. What would you suggest I see while I'm there?
#Person2#: You should definitely see the UN building and from there, you could walk over to Broadway and see a movie or drama.
#Person1#: How about New York's universities? I'm especially interested in learning about the schools there and the courses they offer.
#Person2#: Columbia University and New York University are two of the best schools in the city. I'm sure they offer excellent courses.
#Person1#: Do you have a map of the city?
#Person2#: Yes, I have one right here in fact. I can give you this one, but I'd also suggest that you stop at the visitor's office near the train station. They will have good up-to-date maps and they can give you more tourist information about the city.",#Person1# is going to New York. #Person2# introduces some scenic spots and universities to #Person1#.
test_349_1,"#Person1#: Can you develop the roll of film?
#Person2#: Sure.
#Person1#: How long does it take?
#Person2#: 6 hours. If you are in a hurry we can develop it in 3 hours.
#Person1#: There is no need. I will come back tomorrow.",#Person2# will develop #Person1#'s roll of film in six hours.
test_349_2,"#Person1#: Can you develop the roll of film?
#Person2#: Sure.
#Person1#: How long does it take?
#Person2#: 6 hours. If you are in a hurry we can develop it in 3 hours.
#Person1#: There is no need. I will come back tomorrow.",#Person2# will spend six hours developing #Person1#'s roll of film.
test_349_3,"#Person1#: Can you develop the roll of film?
#Person2#: Sure.
#Person1#: How long does it take?
#Person2#: 6 hours. If you are in a hurry we can develop it in 3 hours.
#Person1#: There is no need. I will come back tomorrow.",#Person2# can develop #Person1#'s roll of film in six hours.
test_350_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me, Miss.
#Person2#: What can I do for you?
#Person1#: I've just heard an announcement that my flight has been delayed.
#Person2#: What's your flight number?
#Person1#: Flight CA216 to Chengdu.
#Person2#: Yes, it's true. It has been delayed.
#Person1#: Could you please tell me why?
#Person2#: Yes, of course. The delay is due to heavy rain.
#Person1#: How long will the delay be? Do you have any further information about it?
#Person2#: I am sorry, we don't know the extent of the delay at present. But according to the latest weather forecast, there will be a change in weather soon.
#Person1#: We have to wait. Well, is it possible for the rain to stop before noon?
#Person2#: It's hard to say. Weather is so changeable in the summer. Please listen to the latest announcement about your flight.
#Person1#: Yes, I will. Thanks a lot. Bye!
#Person2#: Bye",#Person1#'s flight has been delayed because of heavy rain and #Person2# suggests #Person1# listen to the announcement for further information.
test_350_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me, Miss.
#Person2#: What can I do for you?
#Person1#: I've just heard an announcement that my flight has been delayed.
#Person2#: What's your flight number?
#Person1#: Flight CA216 to Chengdu.
#Person2#: Yes, it's true. It has been delayed.
#Person1#: Could you please tell me why?
#Person2#: Yes, of course. The delay is due to heavy rain.
#Person1#: How long will the delay be? Do you have any further information about it?
#Person2#: I am sorry, we don't know the extent of the delay at present. But according to the latest weather forecast, there will be a change in weather soon.
#Person1#: We have to wait. Well, is it possible for the rain to stop before noon?
#Person2#: It's hard to say. Weather is so changeable in the summer. Please listen to the latest announcement about your flight.
#Person1#: Yes, I will. Thanks a lot. Bye!
#Person2#: Bye",#Person1# inquires the reason and the extent of the flight delay. #Person2# can't tell because of the changeable weather.
test_350_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me, Miss.
#Person2#: What can I do for you?
#Person1#: I've just heard an announcement that my flight has been delayed.
#Person2#: What's your flight number?
#Person1#: Flight CA216 to Chengdu.
#Person2#: Yes, it's true. It has been delayed.
#Person1#: Could you please tell me why?
#Person2#: Yes, of course. The delay is due to heavy rain.
#Person1#: How long will the delay be? Do you have any further information about it?
#Person2#: I am sorry, we don't know the extent of the delay at present. But according to the latest weather forecast, there will be a change in weather soon.
#Person1#: We have to wait. Well, is it possible for the rain to stop before noon?
#Person2#: It's hard to say. Weather is so changeable in the summer. Please listen to the latest announcement about your flight.
#Person1#: Yes, I will. Thanks a lot. Bye!
#Person2#: Bye",#Person1#'s flight is delayed. #Person2# can't tell further information about the delay because of the changeable weather.
test_351_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me, could you tell me where Peking University is on this map?
#Person2#: Let me see. Here it is.
#Person1#: Could you tell me how to get there?
#Person2#: I ' m afraid I can ' t because I ' m a stranger here.
#Person1#: Oh, thanks all the same.
#Person2#: Not at all. You can ask the policeman over there.",#Person1# wants to go to Peking University. #Person2# suggests asking the policeman.
test_351_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me, could you tell me where Peking University is on this map?
#Person2#: Let me see. Here it is.
#Person1#: Could you tell me how to get there?
#Person2#: I ' m afraid I can ' t because I ' m a stranger here.
#Person1#: Oh, thanks all the same.
#Person2#: Not at all. You can ask the policeman over there.",#Person2# suggests #Person1# ask the policeman the way to Peking University.
test_351_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me, could you tell me where Peking University is on this map?
#Person2#: Let me see. Here it is.
#Person1#: Could you tell me how to get there?
#Person2#: I ' m afraid I can ' t because I ' m a stranger here.
#Person1#: Oh, thanks all the same.
#Person2#: Not at all. You can ask the policeman over there.",#Person1# asks #Person2# how to get to Peking University. #Person2# suggests asking the policeman.
test_352_1,"#Person1#: Good morning.
#Person2#: Good morning.
#Person1#: What does the paper say?
#Person2#: Nothing much , the same old stuff. A lot of bad news as usual.
#Person1#: Well, what ' s the weather report?
#Person2#: Sunny and mild today, cloudy and rainy tomorrow.
#Person1#: Did they find those bank robbers?
#Person2#: Not yet. They were holding two men in Ohio, but they let them go. They weren ' t the criminals after all.
#Person1#: What about the sports page? What were the scores of last night ' s games?
#Person2#: Here ' s the paper ; you can read them yourself.",#Person1# keeps asking what the paper says. #Person2# asks #Person1# to read the paper.
test_352_2,"#Person1#: Good morning.
#Person2#: Good morning.
#Person1#: What does the paper say?
#Person2#: Nothing much , the same old stuff. A lot of bad news as usual.
#Person1#: Well, what ' s the weather report?
#Person2#: Sunny and mild today, cloudy and rainy tomorrow.
#Person1#: Did they find those bank robbers?
#Person2#: Not yet. They were holding two men in Ohio, but they let them go. They weren ' t the criminals after all.
#Person1#: What about the sports page? What were the scores of last night ' s games?
#Person2#: Here ' s the paper ; you can read them yourself.",#Person1# asks #Person2# what the paper says. #Person2# asks #Person1# to read the paper.
test_352_3,"#Person1#: Good morning.
#Person2#: Good morning.
#Person1#: What does the paper say?
#Person2#: Nothing much , the same old stuff. A lot of bad news as usual.
#Person1#: Well, what ' s the weather report?
#Person2#: Sunny and mild today, cloudy and rainy tomorrow.
#Person1#: Did they find those bank robbers?
#Person2#: Not yet. They were holding two men in Ohio, but they let them go. They weren ' t the criminals after all.
#Person1#: What about the sports page? What were the scores of last night ' s games?
#Person2#: Here ' s the paper ; you can read them yourself.",#Person2# is tired of #Person1#'s questions about the paper. #Person2# asks #Person1# to read the paper.
test_353_1,"#Person1#: I hate computer games.
#Person2#: Why? They are fine.
#Person1#: Because they are too violent. Some of them are even disgusting.
#Person2#: Indeed there are bad games. But many of them are good.
#Person1#: If boys grow up with computer games, they will surely become bad.
#Person2#: Come on. Things are not so bad. Boys can learn to use the computer through games.",#Person1# thinks computer games are violent but #Person2# doesn't agree.
test_353_2,"#Person1#: I hate computer games.
#Person2#: Why? They are fine.
#Person1#: Because they are too violent. Some of them are even disgusting.
#Person2#: Indeed there are bad games. But many of them are good.
#Person1#: If boys grow up with computer games, they will surely become bad.
#Person2#: Come on. Things are not so bad. Boys can learn to use the computer through games.",#Person1# and #Person2# have different ideas on computer games.
test_353_3,"#Person1#: I hate computer games.
#Person2#: Why? They are fine.
#Person1#: Because they are too violent. Some of them are even disgusting.
#Person2#: Indeed there are bad games. But many of them are good.
#Person1#: If boys grow up with computer games, they will surely become bad.
#Person2#: Come on. Things are not so bad. Boys can learn to use the computer through games.",#Person1# hates computer games for its violence and bad effect but #Person2# disagrees.
test_354_1,"#Person1#: Say, Jim, how about going for a few beers after dinner?
#Person2#: You know that is tempting but is really not good for our fitness.
#Person1#: What do you mean? It will help us to relax.
#Person2#: Do you really think so? I don't. It will just make us fat and act silly. Remember last time?
#Person1#: I guess you are right. But what shall we do? I don't feel like sitting at home.
#Person2#: I suggest a walk over to the gym where we can play singsong and meet some of our friends.
#Person1#: That's a good idea. I hear Mary and Sally often go there to play pingpong. Perhaps we can make a foursome with them.
#Person2#: Sounds great to me! If they are willing, we could ask them to go dancing with us. That is excellent exercise and fun, too.
#Person1#: Good. Let's go now.
#Person2#: All right.",#Person1# suggests having beers after dinner. Jim refuses. They decide to go to the gym to meet their friends.
test_354_2,"#Person1#: Say, Jim, how about going for a few beers after dinner?
#Person2#: You know that is tempting but is really not good for our fitness.
#Person1#: What do you mean? It will help us to relax.
#Person2#: Do you really think so? I don't. It will just make us fat and act silly. Remember last time?
#Person1#: I guess you are right. But what shall we do? I don't feel like sitting at home.
#Person2#: I suggest a walk over to the gym where we can play singsong and meet some of our friends.
#Person1#: That's a good idea. I hear Mary and Sally often go there to play pingpong. Perhaps we can make a foursome with them.
#Person2#: Sounds great to me! If they are willing, we could ask them to go dancing with us. That is excellent exercise and fun, too.
#Person1#: Good. Let's go now.
#Person2#: All right.",#Person1# feels bored at home and asks Jim go for a beer. Jim refuses and suggests going to the gym and meeting friends.
test_354_3,"#Person1#: Say, Jim, how about going for a few beers after dinner?
#Person2#: You know that is tempting but is really not good for our fitness.
#Person1#: What do you mean? It will help us to relax.
#Person2#: Do you really think so? I don't. It will just make us fat and act silly. Remember last time?
#Person1#: I guess you are right. But what shall we do? I don't feel like sitting at home.
#Person2#: I suggest a walk over to the gym where we can play singsong and meet some of our friends.
#Person1#: That's a good idea. I hear Mary and Sally often go there to play pingpong. Perhaps we can make a foursome with them.
#Person2#: Sounds great to me! If they are willing, we could ask them to go dancing with us. That is excellent exercise and fun, too.
#Person1#: Good. Let's go now.
#Person2#: All right.",Jim suggests #Person1# go to the gym to meet friends instead of drinking beers after dinner.
test_355_1,"#Person1#: Thank you for bringing me here. What shall we order?
#Person2#: Well, it all looks so good. How about ordering the steamed prawns?
#Person1#: Really? I'd rather have the chicken feet to be honest.
#Person2#: Ok then, let's get the chicken feet.
#Person1#: How about drinks? Would you like beer or wine?
#Person2#: I'd prefer wine. You?
#Person1#: Wine's fine by me. Let's order a bottle of the house red then.
#Person2#: Ok, a bottle of the house red please!",#Person1# and #Person2# decide to order chicken feet and wine.
test_355_2,"#Person1#: Thank you for bringing me here. What shall we order?
#Person2#: Well, it all looks so good. How about ordering the steamed prawns?
#Person1#: Really? I'd rather have the chicken feet to be honest.
#Person2#: Ok then, let's get the chicken feet.
#Person1#: How about drinks? Would you like beer or wine?
#Person2#: I'd prefer wine. You?
#Person1#: Wine's fine by me. Let's order a bottle of the house red then.
#Person2#: Ok, a bottle of the house red please!",#Person1# and #Person2# are ordering food and drinks.
test_355_3,"#Person1#: Thank you for bringing me here. What shall we order?
#Person2#: Well, it all looks so good. How about ordering the steamed prawns?
#Person1#: Really? I'd rather have the chicken feet to be honest.
#Person2#: Ok then, let's get the chicken feet.
#Person1#: How about drinks? Would you like beer or wine?
#Person2#: I'd prefer wine. You?
#Person1#: Wine's fine by me. Let's order a bottle of the house red then.
#Person2#: Ok, a bottle of the house red please!",#Person1# and #Person2# order chicken feet and wine.
test_356_1,"#Person1#: Well, do you have any experience in guiding?
#Person2#: Yes, but I only have few experiences. I guided a few groups of foreign tourists from America last winter vacation. I showed them around some places of interest.
#Person1#: What places of interest did you show them?
#Person2#: Too many. I will just give you one example, Huangguoshu Falls, the largest waler-fall in China.",#Person1# wants to know #Person2#'s experience in guiding.
test_356_2,"#Person1#: Well, do you have any experience in guiding?
#Person2#: Yes, but I only have few experiences. I guided a few groups of foreign tourists from America last winter vacation. I showed them around some places of interest.
#Person1#: What places of interest did you show them?
#Person2#: Too many. I will just give you one example, Huangguoshu Falls, the largest waler-fall in China.",#Person1# asks #Person2# about experience in guiding .
test_356_3,"#Person1#: Well, do you have any experience in guiding?
#Person2#: Yes, but I only have few experiences. I guided a few groups of foreign tourists from America last winter vacation. I showed them around some places of interest.
#Person1#: What places of interest did you show them?
#Person2#: Too many. I will just give you one example, Huangguoshu Falls, the largest waler-fall in China.",#Person2# tells #Person1# #Person2# has few guiding experiences.
test_357_1,"#Person1#: Hi, can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. We have a reservation.
#Person1#: What's your name, Sir?
#Person2#: Jack.
#Person1#: Yes Sir. We have your reservation. Could you fill up these forms, please?
#Person2#: The reservation was for a double, for three nights. Wasn't it?
#Person1#: Yes, Sir. That's correct.",#Person1# confirms Jack's reservation for a double for three nights. Jack checks in.
test_357_2,"#Person1#: Hi, can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. We have a reservation.
#Person1#: What's your name, Sir?
#Person2#: Jack.
#Person1#: Yes Sir. We have your reservation. Could you fill up these forms, please?
#Person2#: The reservation was for a double, for three nights. Wasn't it?
#Person1#: Yes, Sir. That's correct.",Jack checks in at #Person1#'s hotel.
test_357_3,"#Person1#: Hi, can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. We have a reservation.
#Person1#: What's your name, Sir?
#Person2#: Jack.
#Person1#: Yes Sir. We have your reservation. Could you fill up these forms, please?
#Person2#: The reservation was for a double, for three nights. Wasn't it?
#Person1#: Yes, Sir. That's correct.",Jack has a hotel reservation and #Person1# helps him check in.
test_358_1,"#Person1#: Hello.
#Person2#: Hello. May I speak to Mark, please?
#Person1#: Sure, just a minute. Mark, you're wanted on the phone.
#Person3#: Hello, this is Mark speaking.
#Person2#: Hi! This is Jill. How come you didn't come in today?
#Person3#: Oh, we had a birthday party for David last night. As a matter of fact I woke up with a terrible hangover.
#Person2#: That's too bad. You'll have to be more careful nest time.
#Person3#: Anything new at the office?
#Person2#: No, nothing special. Oh, yes, you know Bill, The guy with the moustache. His wife had a baby girl last night and he passed out cigars to everyone today, He said his wife and daughter are doing fine. The baby is their first child.
#Person3#: That's wonderful! We've got to celebrate!
#Person2#: Yes, we have to. Do you think you can make it tomorrow?
#Person3#: Sure. I ought to be ready for some more drinks by then. Thank you for calling.
#Person2#: You're welcome. Bye.",Mark's absence was the result of a hangover. Bill's wife had a baby girl last night. Mark and Jill decide to celebrate it tomorrow.
test_358_2,"#Person1#: Hello.
#Person2#: Hello. May I speak to Mark, please?
#Person1#: Sure, just a minute. Mark, you're wanted on the phone.
#Person3#: Hello, this is Mark speaking.
#Person2#: Hi! This is Jill. How come you didn't come in today?
#Person3#: Oh, we had a birthday party for David last night. As a matter of fact I woke up with a terrible hangover.
#Person2#: That's too bad. You'll have to be more careful nest time.
#Person3#: Anything new at the office?
#Person2#: No, nothing special. Oh, yes, you know Bill, The guy with the moustache. His wife had a baby girl last night and he passed out cigars to everyone today, He said his wife and daughter are doing fine. The baby is their first child.
#Person3#: That's wonderful! We've got to celebrate!
#Person2#: Yes, we have to. Do you think you can make it tomorrow?
#Person3#: Sure. I ought to be ready for some more drinks by then. Thank you for calling.
#Person2#: You're welcome. Bye.",Mark did't come in because of a hangover. Jill calls him and tells him news about Bill's newborn daugther. They decide to celebrate it tomorrow.
test_358_3,"#Person1#: Hello.
#Person2#: Hello. May I speak to Mark, please?
#Person1#: Sure, just a minute. Mark, you're wanted on the phone.
#Person3#: Hello, this is Mark speaking.
#Person2#: Hi! This is Jill. How come you didn't come in today?
#Person3#: Oh, we had a birthday party for David last night. As a matter of fact I woke up with a terrible hangover.
#Person2#: That's too bad. You'll have to be more careful nest time.
#Person3#: Anything new at the office?
#Person2#: No, nothing special. Oh, yes, you know Bill, The guy with the moustache. His wife had a baby girl last night and he passed out cigars to everyone today, He said his wife and daughter are doing fine. The baby is their first child.
#Person3#: That's wonderful! We've got to celebrate!
#Person2#: Yes, we have to. Do you think you can make it tomorrow?
#Person3#: Sure. I ought to be ready for some more drinks by then. Thank you for calling.
#Person2#: You're welcome. Bye.",Mark didn't come in today because of a terrible hangover. Jill and he will celebrate the birth of Bill's new baby tomorrow.
test_359_1,"#Person1#: Would you like to come out with me tonight?
#Person2#: Sorry, I can't.
#Person1#: Tomorrow night, then?
#Person2#: I'd like to. But I'm afraid I can't.
#Person1#: I was wondering if you like to go to the theatre then.
#Person2#: That sounds great.
#Person1#: Ok. How about give me a ring, then?
#Person2#: No. I'd better not.
#Person1#: Why not?
#Person2#: Because I don't think my husband would like it. Thank you for inviting me anyway.",#Person1# wants to invite #Person2# out. #Person2# refuses.
test_359_2,"#Person1#: Would you like to come out with me tonight?
#Person2#: Sorry, I can't.
#Person1#: Tomorrow night, then?
#Person2#: I'd like to. But I'm afraid I can't.
#Person1#: I was wondering if you like to go to the theatre then.
#Person2#: That sounds great.
#Person1#: Ok. How about give me a ring, then?
#Person2#: No. I'd better not.
#Person1#: Why not?
#Person2#: Because I don't think my husband would like it. Thank you for inviting me anyway.",#Person2# refuses #Person1# 's invitation to go out.
test_359_3,"#Person1#: Would you like to come out with me tonight?
#Person2#: Sorry, I can't.
#Person1#: Tomorrow night, then?
#Person2#: I'd like to. But I'm afraid I can't.
#Person1#: I was wondering if you like to go to the theatre then.
#Person2#: That sounds great.
#Person1#: Ok. How about give me a ring, then?
#Person2#: No. I'd better not.
#Person1#: Why not?
#Person2#: Because I don't think my husband would like it. Thank you for inviting me anyway.",#Person2# refuses #Person1#'s invitations to go out.
test_360_1,"#Person1#: Here's your hot dog and beer. What happened? Did I miss anything?
#Person2#: Yeah, Cal Ripen just hit a home run.
#Person1#: What's the score?
#Person2#: Well it was 3 to 4, but Ripen's home run made it 5 to 4 since another player was on first base.
#Person1#: So Baltimore is winning?
#Person2#: Right.
#Person1#: This is a really great place to watch a baseball game.
#Person2#: Yeah, there isn't a bad seat in the place.
#Person1#: The fans are great here, too. Not like in Philadelphia.
#Person2#: It was a great idea to spend a day watching a game.
#Person1#: Yeah, it reminds you why they say baseball is America's favorite pastime.",#Person1# and #Person2# both enjoy watching the baseball game in a great place with great fans.
test_360_2,"#Person1#: Here's your hot dog and beer. What happened? Did I miss anything?
#Person2#: Yeah, Cal Ripen just hit a home run.
#Person1#: What's the score?
#Person2#: Well it was 3 to 4, but Ripen's home run made it 5 to 4 since another player was on first base.
#Person1#: So Baltimore is winning?
#Person2#: Right.
#Person1#: This is a really great place to watch a baseball game.
#Person2#: Yeah, there isn't a bad seat in the place.
#Person1#: The fans are great here, too. Not like in Philadelphia.
#Person2#: It was a great idea to spend a day watching a game.
#Person1#: Yeah, it reminds you why they say baseball is America's favorite pastime.",#Person1# and #Person2# watch a baseball game with great fans in a comfortable place.
test_360_3,"#Person1#: Here's your hot dog and beer. What happened? Did I miss anything?
#Person2#: Yeah, Cal Ripen just hit a home run.
#Person1#: What's the score?
#Person2#: Well it was 3 to 4, but Ripen's home run made it 5 to 4 since another player was on first base.
#Person1#: So Baltimore is winning?
#Person2#: Right.
#Person1#: This is a really great place to watch a baseball game.
#Person2#: Yeah, there isn't a bad seat in the place.
#Person1#: The fans are great here, too. Not like in Philadelphia.
#Person2#: It was a great idea to spend a day watching a game.
#Person1#: Yeah, it reminds you why they say baseball is America's favorite pastime.",#Person1# and #Person2# are watching a baseball game with great fans in a great place.
test_361_1,"#Person1#: You're all set now?
#Person2#: Oh, thank you so much.
#Person1#: Really, it was nothing.
#Person2#: I really appreciated it.
#Person1#: I was happy to help.
#Person2#: It was so kind of you.
#Person1#: Don't mention it.
#Person2#: You're a real friend in need.",#Person2# thanks #Person1# for #Person1#'s help.
test_361_2,"#Person1#: You're all set now?
#Person2#: Oh, thank you so much.
#Person1#: Really, it was nothing.
#Person2#: I really appreciated it.
#Person1#: I was happy to help.
#Person2#: It was so kind of you.
#Person1#: Don't mention it.
#Person2#: You're a real friend in need.",#Person2# appreciates for #Person1# 's kind help.
test_361_3,"#Person1#: You're all set now?
#Person2#: Oh, thank you so much.
#Person1#: Really, it was nothing.
#Person2#: I really appreciated it.
#Person1#: I was happy to help.
#Person2#: It was so kind of you.
#Person1#: Don't mention it.
#Person2#: You're a real friend in need.",#Person2# appreciates #Person1#'s help.
test_362_1,"#Person1#: Does your country export a lot of natural resources?
#Person2#: We export some coal to European countries, but our biggest exports is copper, which we export to Europe, north America, and China.
#Person1#: Which resources do you have to import?
#Person2#: We import a little oil from Venezuela, but we are fairly self-sufficient. We import some iron and a lot of aluminium from neighbouring countries.
#Person1#: I heard that you country recently discovered deposits of precious stone.
#Person2#: Yes, that's right. So far, only small deposits have been found. Engineers in my country are focusing on drilling for oil. The government is keen to exploit our natural resources to get money to improve our country.
#Person1#: If your government invests in your country's infrastructure, it will be money well spent.
#Person2#: Yes. We need to put the money into long-term projects rather than wasting it on short-term ones.","#Person2#'s country exploits, exports, and imports natural resources. #Person1# thinks the government in #Person2#'s country should invests in infrastructure. #Person2# agrees."
test_362_2,"#Person1#: Does your country export a lot of natural resources?
#Person2#: We export some coal to European countries, but our biggest exports is copper, which we export to Europe, north America, and China.
#Person1#: Which resources do you have to import?
#Person2#: We import a little oil from Venezuela, but we are fairly self-sufficient. We import some iron and a lot of aluminium from neighbouring countries.
#Person1#: I heard that you country recently discovered deposits of precious stone.
#Person2#: Yes, that's right. So far, only small deposits have been found. Engineers in my country are focusing on drilling for oil. The government is keen to exploit our natural resources to get money to improve our country.
#Person1#: If your government invests in your country's infrastructure, it will be money well spent.
#Person2#: Yes. We need to put the money into long-term projects rather than wasting it on short-term ones.",#Person2# talks about #Person2#'s country's importing and exporting natural resources and the new-found deposits of precious stone. #Person1# thinks the government in #Person2#'s country should invest in infrastructure. #Person2# agrees.
test_362_3,"#Person1#: Does your country export a lot of natural resources?
#Person2#: We export some coal to European countries, but our biggest exports is copper, which we export to Europe, north America, and China.
#Person1#: Which resources do you have to import?
#Person2#: We import a little oil from Venezuela, but we are fairly self-sufficient. We import some iron and a lot of aluminium from neighbouring countries.
#Person1#: I heard that you country recently discovered deposits of precious stone.
#Person2#: Yes, that's right. So far, only small deposits have been found. Engineers in my country are focusing on drilling for oil. The government is keen to exploit our natural resources to get money to improve our country.
#Person1#: If your government invests in your country's infrastructure, it will be money well spent.
#Person2#: Yes. We need to put the money into long-term projects rather than wasting it on short-term ones.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about exported and imported natural resources in #Person2#'s country. #Person1# thinks the government in #Person2#'s country should invest in infrastructure. #Person2# agrees.
test_363_1,"#Person1#: Are you an art aficionado?
#Person2#: Not really. I like going to an art exhibition once or twice a year. I hardly know anything about art or sculpture. You are a true art lover, aren't you?
#Person1#: I love going to art galleries, particularly when one is holding an exhibition of abstract art.
#Person2#: I never understand the meaning of those painting. They are too abstract for me. I didn't pay much attention in art class at school.
#Person1#: Art isn't for everyone. I'm going to an exhibition tomorrow at the national gallery. It's an exhibition of greek and roman sculpture.
#Person2#: I like sculpture, especially that form ancient rome or Greece. What time are you thinking of going? I'd love to go with you.
#Person1#: I thought I'd have an early lunch and go immediately afterwards. Does that sound ok to you? Bus 51 goes directly there.
#Person2#: That sounds fine. What time shall we meet at the bus stop?
#Person1#: Let's meet at 12:30. it will probably take us there or four hours to see all of the exhibits.",#Person1# is going to an exhibition tomorrow. #Person2# knows little about art or sculpture and decides to go with #Person1#. They will meet at bus stop at 12:30.
test_363_2,"#Person1#: Are you an art aficionado?
#Person2#: Not really. I like going to an art exhibition once or twice a year. I hardly know anything about art or sculpture. You are a true art lover, aren't you?
#Person1#: I love going to art galleries, particularly when one is holding an exhibition of abstract art.
#Person2#: I never understand the meaning of those painting. They are too abstract for me. I didn't pay much attention in art class at school.
#Person1#: Art isn't for everyone. I'm going to an exhibition tomorrow at the national gallery. It's an exhibition of greek and roman sculpture.
#Person2#: I like sculpture, especially that form ancient rome or Greece. What time are you thinking of going? I'd love to go with you.
#Person1#: I thought I'd have an early lunch and go immediately afterwards. Does that sound ok to you? Bus 51 goes directly there.
#Person2#: That sounds fine. What time shall we meet at the bus stop?
#Person1#: Let's meet at 12:30. it will probably take us there or four hours to see all of the exhibits.",#Person2# cannot understand abstract art so #Person2# decides to go to an art exhibition of greek and roman sculpture with #Person1# tomorrow.
test_363_3,"#Person1#: Are you an art aficionado?
#Person2#: Not really. I like going to an art exhibition once or twice a year. I hardly know anything about art or sculpture. You are a true art lover, aren't you?
#Person1#: I love going to art galleries, particularly when one is holding an exhibition of abstract art.
#Person2#: I never understand the meaning of those painting. They are too abstract for me. I didn't pay much attention in art class at school.
#Person1#: Art isn't for everyone. I'm going to an exhibition tomorrow at the national gallery. It's an exhibition of greek and roman sculpture.
#Person2#: I like sculpture, especially that form ancient rome or Greece. What time are you thinking of going? I'd love to go with you.
#Person1#: I thought I'd have an early lunch and go immediately afterwards. Does that sound ok to you? Bus 51 goes directly there.
#Person2#: That sounds fine. What time shall we meet at the bus stop?
#Person1#: Let's meet at 12:30. it will probably take us there or four hours to see all of the exhibits.",#Person2# who hardly knows anything about art or sculpture will go to an exhibition with #Person1# tomorrow. They will meet at bus stop at 12:30.
test_364_1,"#Person1#: How may I help you?
#Person2#: I would like to return this book.
#Person1#: Is that all you need?
#Person2#: I also want to check out this video.
#Person1#: Is that all you would like to check out?
#Person2#: That's all I need.
#Person1#: Do you have your library card?
#Person2#: Here it is.
#Person1#: Make sure to take proper care of this video.
#Person2#: That won't be a problem.
#Person1#: If you damage the video, you will be fined.
#Person2#: I won't damage it.",#Person1# helps #Person2# to return a book and check out a video in the library.
test_364_2,"#Person1#: How may I help you?
#Person2#: I would like to return this book.
#Person1#: Is that all you need?
#Person2#: I also want to check out this video.
#Person1#: Is that all you would like to check out?
#Person2#: That's all I need.
#Person1#: Do you have your library card?
#Person2#: Here it is.
#Person1#: Make sure to take proper care of this video.
#Person2#: That won't be a problem.
#Person1#: If you damage the video, you will be fined.
#Person2#: I won't damage it.","with #Person1#'s help, #Person2# returns a book and checks out a video in the library."
test_364_3,"#Person1#: How may I help you?
#Person2#: I would like to return this book.
#Person1#: Is that all you need?
#Person2#: I also want to check out this video.
#Person1#: Is that all you would like to check out?
#Person2#: That's all I need.
#Person1#: Do you have your library card?
#Person2#: Here it is.
#Person1#: Make sure to take proper care of this video.
#Person2#: That won't be a problem.
#Person1#: If you damage the video, you will be fined.
#Person2#: I won't damage it.",#Person1# is helping #Person2# return a book and check out a video in the library.
test_365_1,"#Person1#: Have you gone bowling before?
#Person2#: No. Could you tell me something more about it? I want to play well.
#Person1#: There are 10 frames in a bowling game. Each player is allowed to bowl two balls in each frame.
#Person2#: You just said 10 rounds.
#Person1#: 'Round' and 'frame' are two different terms.
#Person2#: Perhaps you can tell me a little more about this.
#Person1#: Hey, slow down. I'll tell you more while playing.",#Person1# teaches #Person2# the rules and terms of bowling.
test_365_2,"#Person1#: Have you gone bowling before?
#Person2#: No. Could you tell me something more about it? I want to play well.
#Person1#: There are 10 frames in a bowling game. Each player is allowed to bowl two balls in each frame.
#Person2#: You just said 10 rounds.
#Person1#: 'Round' and 'frame' are two different terms.
#Person2#: Perhaps you can tell me a little more about this.
#Person1#: Hey, slow down. I'll tell you more while playing.",#Person1# explains the rules of bowling game to #Person2#.
test_365_3,"#Person1#: Have you gone bowling before?
#Person2#: No. Could you tell me something more about it? I want to play well.
#Person1#: There are 10 frames in a bowling game. Each player is allowed to bowl two balls in each frame.
#Person2#: You just said 10 rounds.
#Person1#: 'Round' and 'frame' are two different terms.
#Person2#: Perhaps you can tell me a little more about this.
#Person1#: Hey, slow down. I'll tell you more while playing.",#Person1# is telling #Person2# how to play bowling.
test_366_1,"#Person1#: Hello, there. What can we do for you today?
#Person2#: I received some leaflets in the post from you, one of them talked about a new service you have where you can transfer money between this bank and securities companies. Is that right?
#Person1#: Yes, that's right. We have just introduced the program, but it's very popular already.
#Person2#: I also read that if the customer is a stock investor, which I am, it's possible to get additional benefits?
#Person1#: Right again. We can provide a tailored consultation service for you, giving you the latest quotes from the Stock Exchange and help you to plan what exactly you do with your investments.
#Person2#: What if I don't want to come in to the branch, can I use the consultation service over the phone?
#Person1#: Certainly, Sir. Via phone or Internet, any time, any place.",#Person2# wants to know about a new financial program. #Person1# can provide a tailored consultation service for him over the phone or Internet.
test_366_2,"#Person1#: Hello, there. What can we do for you today?
#Person2#: I received some leaflets in the post from you, one of them talked about a new service you have where you can transfer money between this bank and securities companies. Is that right?
#Person1#: Yes, that's right. We have just introduced the program, but it's very popular already.
#Person2#: I also read that if the customer is a stock investor, which I am, it's possible to get additional benefits?
#Person1#: Right again. We can provide a tailored consultation service for you, giving you the latest quotes from the Stock Exchange and help you to plan what exactly you do with your investments.
#Person2#: What if I don't want to come in to the branch, can I use the consultation service over the phone?
#Person1#: Certainly, Sir. Via phone or Internet, any time, any place.",#Person2# consults the #Person1# about the transfer service and additional benefits for stock investors. #Person1# says a tailored consultation service can be provided over the phone or Internet.
test_366_3,"#Person1#: Hello, there. What can we do for you today?
#Person2#: I received some leaflets in the post from you, one of them talked about a new service you have where you can transfer money between this bank and securities companies. Is that right?
#Person1#: Yes, that's right. We have just introduced the program, but it's very popular already.
#Person2#: I also read that if the customer is a stock investor, which I am, it's possible to get additional benefits?
#Person1#: Right again. We can provide a tailored consultation service for you, giving you the latest quotes from the Stock Exchange and help you to plan what exactly you do with your investments.
#Person2#: What if I don't want to come in to the branch, can I use the consultation service over the phone?
#Person1#: Certainly, Sir. Via phone or Internet, any time, any place.",#Person2# asks #Person1# about a new service and additional benefits as a stock investor. #Person1# can provide an online tailored consultation service.
test_367_1,"#Person1#: Do you know that I'm checking out in about 30 minutes?
#Person2#: Just say the word, sir.
#Person1#: Excellent! Now, as you know, the day has barely begun.
#Person2#: I agree. The dew is still on the grass.
#Person1#: I want to hit a few more places in the city, but I need a place to put my luggage.
#Person2#: We do have a storage space for your bags. There's a small charge, plus a deposit.
#Person1#: Leave a deposit? Isn't leaving the luggage enough of a deposit?
#Person2#: Regrettably, no. But simply present your VISA to cover your deposit.
#Person1#: Hmm. I'll have to think about this for a second.
#Person2#: Okay, sir, but don't think too long. Your checkout is only 30 minutes away.","#Person1# would like to store his luggage in #Person2#'s place to hit some places, but there is a deposit. He only has 30 minutes to consider."
test_367_2,"#Person1#: Do you know that I'm checking out in about 30 minutes?
#Person2#: Just say the word, sir.
#Person1#: Excellent! Now, as you know, the day has barely begun.
#Person2#: I agree. The dew is still on the grass.
#Person1#: I want to hit a few more places in the city, but I need a place to put my luggage.
#Person2#: We do have a storage space for your bags. There's a small charge, plus a deposit.
#Person1#: Leave a deposit? Isn't leaving the luggage enough of a deposit?
#Person2#: Regrettably, no. But simply present your VISA to cover your deposit.
#Person1#: Hmm. I'll have to think about this for a second.
#Person2#: Okay, sir, but don't think too long. Your checkout is only 30 minutes away.","#Person1# wants to hit some place, but he hesitates about lefting the luggage in #Person2#'s place because of an extra deposit."
test_367_3,"#Person1#: Do you know that I'm checking out in about 30 minutes?
#Person2#: Just say the word, sir.
#Person1#: Excellent! Now, as you know, the day has barely begun.
#Person2#: I agree. The dew is still on the grass.
#Person1#: I want to hit a few more places in the city, but I need a place to put my luggage.
#Person2#: We do have a storage space for your bags. There's a small charge, plus a deposit.
#Person1#: Leave a deposit? Isn't leaving the luggage enough of a deposit?
#Person2#: Regrettably, no. But simply present your VISA to cover your deposit.
#Person1#: Hmm. I'll have to think about this for a second.
#Person2#: Okay, sir, but don't think too long. Your checkout is only 30 minutes away.","#Person1# wants to hit some place. So he needs leaving the luggage in #Person2#'s place, but there is a deposit. He only has 30 minutes to consider."
test_368_1,"#Person1#: Good evening. How many people of your party?
#Person2#: Three. Two adults and one kid.
#Person1#: For buffet?
#Person2#: Yes. How much do you charge for it?
#Person1#: Thirty for each adult, twenty each kid.
#Person2#: I see. Where can I get the food?
#Person1#: Please go to the tables over there for cold dishes and vegetables. The hot dishes are on the other side.
#Person2#: Do I need to pay extra charges for drinks like cola and juice?
#Person1#: Not for soft drinks. But we charge ten yuan for each alcohol order.",#Person1# wants to know the charge at #Person2#'s buffet party.
test_368_2,"#Person1#: Good evening. How many people of your party?
#Person2#: Three. Two adults and one kid.
#Person1#: For buffet?
#Person2#: Yes. How much do you charge for it?
#Person1#: Thirty for each adult, twenty each kid.
#Person2#: I see. Where can I get the food?
#Person1#: Please go to the tables over there for cold dishes and vegetables. The hot dishes are on the other side.
#Person2#: Do I need to pay extra charges for drinks like cola and juice?
#Person1#: Not for soft drinks. But we charge ten yuan for each alcohol order.",#Person1# asks the price of the buffet and the charges for drinks.
test_368_3,"#Person1#: Good evening. How many people of your party?
#Person2#: Three. Two adults and one kid.
#Person1#: For buffet?
#Person2#: Yes. How much do you charge for it?
#Person1#: Thirty for each adult, twenty each kid.
#Person2#: I see. Where can I get the food?
#Person1#: Please go to the tables over there for cold dishes and vegetables. The hot dishes are on the other side.
#Person2#: Do I need to pay extra charges for drinks like cola and juice?
#Person1#: Not for soft drinks. But we charge ten yuan for each alcohol order.",#Person2# tells #Person1# the charge policy at #Person2#'s buffet.
test_369_1,"#Person1#: Personal Loans, how may I help?
#Person2#: I'm going to be studying overseas next year and I'd like some info about suitable loans. To be honest, I'm not even sure if I can get a loan.
#Person1#: Not a problem. We offer a Personal Loan for Studying Abroad for anyone who's studying overseas, regardless of the circumstances. Anyone is eligible to apply
#Person2#: Would I have to get my parents to guarantor the loan?
#Person1#: Not exactly. Our policy states that the loange could be the person studying abroad, for example, you, or your direct relative or spouse.
#Person2#: I see. What about age limitations?
#Person1#: There are no age limitations as such just that the loange should be below 55 years and of course, old enough to get a loan, meaning over 18 years of age.
#Person2#: Got it! I fit into that category very nicely. That's great! I'll have a chat with my parents and come back. Thanks very much.",#Person2# wants to inquire about a loan for studying abroad. #Person1# explains the policy and age limitations to #Person2#. #Person2# will decide later.
test_369_2,"#Person1#: Personal Loans, how may I help?
#Person2#: I'm going to be studying overseas next year and I'd like some info about suitable loans. To be honest, I'm not even sure if I can get a loan.
#Person1#: Not a problem. We offer a Personal Loan for Studying Abroad for anyone who's studying overseas, regardless of the circumstances. Anyone is eligible to apply
#Person2#: Would I have to get my parents to guarantor the loan?
#Person1#: Not exactly. Our policy states that the loange could be the person studying abroad, for example, you, or your direct relative or spouse.
#Person2#: I see. What about age limitations?
#Person1#: There are no age limitations as such just that the loange should be below 55 years and of course, old enough to get a loan, meaning over 18 years of age.
#Person2#: Got it! I fit into that category very nicely. That's great! I'll have a chat with my parents and come back. Thanks very much.",#Person2# wants to inquire about a loan for overseas study and asks #Person1# the requirements of the application. #Person2# will decide later.
test_369_3,"#Person1#: Personal Loans, how may I help?
#Person2#: I'm going to be studying overseas next year and I'd like some info about suitable loans. To be honest, I'm not even sure if I can get a loan.
#Person1#: Not a problem. We offer a Personal Loan for Studying Abroad for anyone who's studying overseas, regardless of the circumstances. Anyone is eligible to apply
#Person2#: Would I have to get my parents to guarantor the loan?
#Person1#: Not exactly. Our policy states that the loange could be the person studying abroad, for example, you, or your direct relative or spouse.
#Person2#: I see. What about age limitations?
#Person1#: There are no age limitations as such just that the loange should be below 55 years and of course, old enough to get a loan, meaning over 18 years of age.
#Person2#: Got it! I fit into that category very nicely. That's great! I'll have a chat with my parents and come back. Thanks very much.",#Person2# asks #Person1# information about personal loans for studying abroad. #Person2# fits the requirements nicely and will decide later.
test_370_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me, do you have any English songs?
#Person2#: Yes, we do. They are all in this book.
#Person1#: Great, thanks.
#Person2#: No problem. Just give us a few minutes more to pull them up, though. We don't get that many English singers!
#Person1#: Oh, I see.",#Person2# gives a book with English songs to #Person1#.
test_370_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me, do you have any English songs?
#Person2#: Yes, we do. They are all in this book.
#Person1#: Great, thanks.
#Person2#: No problem. Just give us a few minutes more to pull them up, though. We don't get that many English singers!
#Person1#: Oh, I see.",#Person2# gives #Person1# a book which has English songs.
test_370_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me, do you have any English songs?
#Person2#: Yes, we do. They are all in this book.
#Person1#: Great, thanks.
#Person2#: No problem. Just give us a few minutes more to pull them up, though. We don't get that many English singers!
#Person1#: Oh, I see.",#Person2# gives #Person1# a book with English songs.
test_371_1,"#Person1#: Good morning. Please come into my office.
#Person2#: Good morning. Thank you.
#Person1#: I see that you have some impressive writing experience.
#Person2#: Yes. I have written for several top newspapers in the country. I'm also in the process of writing my first novel.
#Person1#: Wonderful. I'd like to know why you're interested in this position at our paper.",#Person1# asks about #Person2#'s writing experience.
test_371_2,"#Person1#: Good morning. Please come into my office.
#Person2#: Good morning. Thank you.
#Person1#: I see that you have some impressive writing experience.
#Person2#: Yes. I have written for several top newspapers in the country. I'm also in the process of writing my first novel.
#Person1#: Wonderful. I'd like to know why you're interested in this position at our paper.",#Person2# tells #Person1# #Person2#'s writing experience.
test_371_3,"#Person1#: Good morning. Please come into my office.
#Person2#: Good morning. Thank you.
#Person1#: I see that you have some impressive writing experience.
#Person2#: Yes. I have written for several top newspapers in the country. I'm also in the process of writing my first novel.
#Person1#: Wonderful. I'd like to know why you're interested in this position at our paper.",#Person1# is interviewing #Person2#. #Person2# tells some writing experience.
test_372_1,"#Person1#: Jack, I think it's best that I actively ask for the results of interview.
#Person2#: That's a good idea! So you don't need to worry about it.
#Person1#: I think so, too. What do you think about that I write a letter of inquiry to the company?
#Person2#: It's OK. You could send an email to the employer via the internet.
#Person1#: Good idea. It is convenient and fast.
#Person2#: You could inquire about the results directly, but should be politely.
#Person1#: Certainly.
#Person2#: I think the letter of inquiry should be written briefly. If it's too long, I'm afraid the employer won't have time to read it.
#Person1#: I think that about one hundred words are enough.
#Person2#: After you send the letter of inquiry, you should pay close attention not to miss any reply.
#Person1#: OK, I know now.",#Person1# wants to know the result of a interview. Jack suggests writing a polite and brief email to the company.
test_372_2,"#Person1#: Jack, I think it's best that I actively ask for the results of interview.
#Person2#: That's a good idea! So you don't need to worry about it.
#Person1#: I think so, too. What do you think about that I write a letter of inquiry to the company?
#Person2#: It's OK. You could send an email to the employer via the internet.
#Person1#: Good idea. It is convenient and fast.
#Person2#: You could inquire about the results directly, but should be politely.
#Person1#: Certainly.
#Person2#: I think the letter of inquiry should be written briefly. If it's too long, I'm afraid the employer won't have time to read it.
#Person1#: I think that about one hundred words are enough.
#Person2#: After you send the letter of inquiry, you should pay close attention not to miss any reply.
#Person1#: OK, I know now.",#Person1# wants to know the interview results. #Person2# suggests writing an email that is polite and brief. And #Person1# should pay attention to the reply.
test_372_3,"#Person1#: Jack, I think it's best that I actively ask for the results of interview.
#Person2#: That's a good idea! So you don't need to worry about it.
#Person1#: I think so, too. What do you think about that I write a letter of inquiry to the company?
#Person2#: It's OK. You could send an email to the employer via the internet.
#Person1#: Good idea. It is convenient and fast.
#Person2#: You could inquire about the results directly, but should be politely.
#Person1#: Certainly.
#Person2#: I think the letter of inquiry should be written briefly. If it's too long, I'm afraid the employer won't have time to read it.
#Person1#: I think that about one hundred words are enough.
#Person2#: After you send the letter of inquiry, you should pay close attention not to miss any reply.
#Person1#: OK, I know now.","#Person1# is asking Jack how to write a letter of inquiry. Jack suggests writing it politely and briefly, and paying attention to the reply."
test_373_1,"#Person1#: We'd like to have a look around your house?
#Person2#: Yes, of course, please follow me.
#Person1#: Thank you.
#Person2#: This is our courtyard.
#Person1#: It's so spacious, about 40 square metres, right?
#Person2#: Yes, about 46 square metres.
#Person1#: Are these corn ears hanging on the tree branch?
#Person2#: Yes.
#Person1#: Very beautiful and very interesting. But why do you hang them in the tree?
#Person2#: They don't have enough time to peel it after they harvested them, so they hung them in the tree. Then in winter, they can peel corn ears in their leisure time.
#Person1#: Very good idea. Sometimes such pictures can show the house's richness.",#Person1# praises #Person2#'s spacious courtyard and asks about why corn ears are hanging on the tree. #Person2# explains.
test_373_2,"#Person1#: We'd like to have a look around your house?
#Person2#: Yes, of course, please follow me.
#Person1#: Thank you.
#Person2#: This is our courtyard.
#Person1#: It's so spacious, about 40 square metres, right?
#Person2#: Yes, about 46 square metres.
#Person1#: Are these corn ears hanging on the tree branch?
#Person2#: Yes.
#Person1#: Very beautiful and very interesting. But why do you hang them in the tree?
#Person2#: They don't have enough time to peel it after they harvested them, so they hung them in the tree. Then in winter, they can peel corn ears in their leisure time.
#Person1#: Very good idea. Sometimes such pictures can show the house's richness.",#Person2# shows #Person2#'s house and courtyard to #Person1# and introduces the corn ears hunging on the tree.
test_373_3,"#Person1#: We'd like to have a look around your house?
#Person2#: Yes, of course, please follow me.
#Person1#: Thank you.
#Person2#: This is our courtyard.
#Person1#: It's so spacious, about 40 square metres, right?
#Person2#: Yes, about 46 square metres.
#Person1#: Are these corn ears hanging on the tree branch?
#Person2#: Yes.
#Person1#: Very beautiful and very interesting. But why do you hang them in the tree?
#Person2#: They don't have enough time to peel it after they harvested them, so they hung them in the tree. Then in winter, they can peel corn ears in their leisure time.
#Person1#: Very good idea. Sometimes such pictures can show the house's richness.",#Person1# is visiting #Person2#'s spacious house. #Person1# finds it interesting that corn ears are hanging on the tree branch.
test_374_1,"#Person1#: I'll be checking out of the hotel in about 40 minutes.
#Person2#: Forty minutes or 40 seconds, ma'am, it doesn't matter, I'm ready for you.
#Person1#: Great! As you know, however, the day in New York has hardly begun.
#Person2#: There's nothing like getting an early start, ma'am.
#Person1#: What can I do with my baggage while I visit a few more tourist spots?
#Person2#: You can leave your baggage in our storage space, with a deposit.
#Person1#: Isn't my baggage enough of a deposit?
#Person2#: I wish it was, but it isn't. They will still want a credit card.
#Person1#: It's always something, isn't it? Let me think about this for a second.
#Person2#: Don't forget that you have very little time, ma'am, before you have to check out.","#Person1# wants to store her luggage when visiting New York, but there is a deposit. #Person2# reminds her there's little time to think about."
test_374_2,"#Person1#: I'll be checking out of the hotel in about 40 minutes.
#Person2#: Forty minutes or 40 seconds, ma'am, it doesn't matter, I'm ready for you.
#Person1#: Great! As you know, however, the day in New York has hardly begun.
#Person2#: There's nothing like getting an early start, ma'am.
#Person1#: What can I do with my baggage while I visit a few more tourist spots?
#Person2#: You can leave your baggage in our storage space, with a deposit.
#Person1#: Isn't my baggage enough of a deposit?
#Person2#: I wish it was, but it isn't. They will still want a credit card.
#Person1#: It's always something, isn't it? Let me think about this for a second.
#Person2#: Don't forget that you have very little time, ma'am, before you have to check out.",#Person1# wants to leave the luggage at the hotel when visiting New York but wants to think about for a second because of deposit.
test_374_3,"#Person1#: I'll be checking out of the hotel in about 40 minutes.
#Person2#: Forty minutes or 40 seconds, ma'am, it doesn't matter, I'm ready for you.
#Person1#: Great! As you know, however, the day in New York has hardly begun.
#Person2#: There's nothing like getting an early start, ma'am.
#Person1#: What can I do with my baggage while I visit a few more tourist spots?
#Person2#: You can leave your baggage in our storage space, with a deposit.
#Person1#: Isn't my baggage enough of a deposit?
#Person2#: I wish it was, but it isn't. They will still want a credit card.
#Person1#: It's always something, isn't it? Let me think about this for a second.
#Person2#: Don't forget that you have very little time, ma'am, before you have to check out.",#Person1# wants to leave the baggage at the hotel but is told she has to pay a deposit. So she wants to think about for a second.
test_375_1,"#Person1#: Hey, Brandon. What are you doing?
#Person2#: Oh, You'll like this. It's a new Web site that helps you improve your writing skills for free.
#Person1#: Really? Yeah. That would be really helpful.
#Person2#: Yeah and I'm signing up right now.
#Person1#: Wow. Let me see that.
#Person2#: Yeah. It's easy. You just enter your name, your birthday, your address, your bank information.
#Person1#: What?
#Person2#: Your credit card number.
#Person1#: Wait, wait, wait.
#Person2#: What?
#Person1#: I thought you said it was free.
#Person2#: It IS free.
#Person1#: Then, why do they need your bank and credit card information?
#Person2#: Well, you know, it's just, you know, just ... just to check your identity or something like that. But, but it's all free. What?
#Person1#: That doesn't sound free to me.
#Person2#: Well, you don't understand.
#Person1#: It sounds pretty fishy to me. How do you know that this is a trusted Web site. Look. That doesn't look like a secure URL.
#Person2#: Well, you don't understand. Look. It says right here on their page. Right here: Our goal is help you learn. Trusting us. We knows how to help you in 15 days or below.
#Person1#: What?
#Person2#: What the what?
#Person1#: That's terrible English. Who wrote this? What country are they in? You need to help THEM with their English. I mean, this is a sure sign that they are trying to probably steal your personal information and your identify.
#Person2#: No, no, no, and look. Here is a picture of some of their staff. And they look honest. Hey ...
#Person1#: You're so gullible.
#Person2#: Hey, hey. What are you doing?
#Person1#: I'm shutting down your computer. I can't watch my own brother fall for a scam like this.
#Person2#: You just don't understand.",Brandon is signing up for a website to improve his writing skills. #Person1# thinks this website is stealing personal information and tries to stop Brandon. But Brandon doesn't believe.
test_375_2,"#Person1#: Hey, Brandon. What are you doing?
#Person2#: Oh, You'll like this. It's a new Web site that helps you improve your writing skills for free.
#Person1#: Really? Yeah. That would be really helpful.
#Person2#: Yeah and I'm signing up right now.
#Person1#: Wow. Let me see that.
#Person2#: Yeah. It's easy. You just enter your name, your birthday, your address, your bank information.
#Person1#: What?
#Person2#: Your credit card number.
#Person1#: Wait, wait, wait.
#Person2#: What?
#Person1#: I thought you said it was free.
#Person2#: It IS free.
#Person1#: Then, why do they need your bank and credit card information?
#Person2#: Well, you know, it's just, you know, just ... just to check your identity or something like that. But, but it's all free. What?
#Person1#: That doesn't sound free to me.
#Person2#: Well, you don't understand.
#Person1#: It sounds pretty fishy to me. How do you know that this is a trusted Web site. Look. That doesn't look like a secure URL.
#Person2#: Well, you don't understand. Look. It says right here on their page. Right here: Our goal is help you learn. Trusting us. We knows how to help you in 15 days or below.
#Person1#: What?
#Person2#: What the what?
#Person1#: That's terrible English. Who wrote this? What country are they in? You need to help THEM with their English. I mean, this is a sure sign that they are trying to probably steal your personal information and your identify.
#Person2#: No, no, no, and look. Here is a picture of some of their staff. And they look honest. Hey ...
#Person1#: You're so gullible.
#Person2#: Hey, hey. What are you doing?
#Person1#: I'm shutting down your computer. I can't watch my own brother fall for a scam like this.
#Person2#: You just don't understand.","Brandon is signing up for a free website to improve writing skills but it requires personal information. #Person1# thinks the website cannot be trusted but Brandon doesn't believe so. Therefore, #Person1# shuts down Brandon's computer to stop him."
test_375_3,"#Person1#: Hey, Brandon. What are you doing?
#Person2#: Oh, You'll like this. It's a new Web site that helps you improve your writing skills for free.
#Person1#: Really? Yeah. That would be really helpful.
#Person2#: Yeah and I'm signing up right now.
#Person1#: Wow. Let me see that.
#Person2#: Yeah. It's easy. You just enter your name, your birthday, your address, your bank information.
#Person1#: What?
#Person2#: Your credit card number.
#Person1#: Wait, wait, wait.
#Person2#: What?
#Person1#: I thought you said it was free.
#Person2#: It IS free.
#Person1#: Then, why do they need your bank and credit card information?
#Person2#: Well, you know, it's just, you know, just ... just to check your identity or something like that. But, but it's all free. What?
#Person1#: That doesn't sound free to me.
#Person2#: Well, you don't understand.
#Person1#: It sounds pretty fishy to me. How do you know that this is a trusted Web site. Look. That doesn't look like a secure URL.
#Person2#: Well, you don't understand. Look. It says right here on their page. Right here: Our goal is help you learn. Trusting us. We knows how to help you in 15 days or below.
#Person1#: What?
#Person2#: What the what?
#Person1#: That's terrible English. Who wrote this? What country are they in? You need to help THEM with their English. I mean, this is a sure sign that they are trying to probably steal your personal information and your identify.
#Person2#: No, no, no, and look. Here is a picture of some of their staff. And they look honest. Hey ...
#Person1#: You're so gullible.
#Person2#: Hey, hey. What are you doing?
#Person1#: I'm shutting down your computer. I can't watch my own brother fall for a scam like this.
#Person2#: You just don't understand.","Brandon is signing up for a free website that helps people improve their writing skills. #Person1# thinks it's fishy to collect for people's credit card information, and stops Brandon."
test_376_1,"#Person1#: Do you think our headmaster is going to build a new lab building?
#Person2#: I've no idea. He may have the plan. But he hasn't spoken to us teachers about it.
#Person1#: Do you think it possible that it will happen?
#Person2#: Of course. Right now, our old lab building can't satisfy the increasing need of teaching. It's too small and not in proper condition.
#Person1#: Why don't we build a new one as soon as possible?
#Person2#: There may be some problems with it.
#Person1#: What's the problem then?
#Person2#: As far as I know, money is. It's not likely to be solved soon, I guess.
#Person1#: I believe our headmaster will ask the local government to help us build a new one.
#Person2#: I think so. It's quite likely that the decision will be made before the end of this term.","#Person1# and #Person2# think their old lab building cannot satisfy their need, but they believe their headmaster will solve it."
test_376_2,"#Person1#: Do you think our headmaster is going to build a new lab building?
#Person2#: I've no idea. He may have the plan. But he hasn't spoken to us teachers about it.
#Person1#: Do you think it possible that it will happen?
#Person2#: Of course. Right now, our old lab building can't satisfy the increasing need of teaching. It's too small and not in proper condition.
#Person1#: Why don't we build a new one as soon as possible?
#Person2#: There may be some problems with it.
#Person1#: What's the problem then?
#Person2#: As far as I know, money is. It's not likely to be solved soon, I guess.
#Person1#: I believe our headmaster will ask the local government to help us build a new one.
#Person2#: I think so. It's quite likely that the decision will be made before the end of this term.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about the possibility of building a new lab building and believe the headmaster will ask the local government for help.
test_376_3,"#Person1#: Do you think our headmaster is going to build a new lab building?
#Person2#: I've no idea. He may have the plan. But he hasn't spoken to us teachers about it.
#Person1#: Do you think it possible that it will happen?
#Person2#: Of course. Right now, our old lab building can't satisfy the increasing need of teaching. It's too small and not in proper condition.
#Person1#: Why don't we build a new one as soon as possible?
#Person2#: There may be some problems with it.
#Person1#: What's the problem then?
#Person2#: As far as I know, money is. It's not likely to be solved soon, I guess.
#Person1#: I believe our headmaster will ask the local government to help us build a new one.
#Person2#: I think so. It's quite likely that the decision will be made before the end of this term.","#Person1# and #Person2# think their headmaster may plan to build a new lab building, and will ask the local government for financial support."
test_377_1,"#Person1#: I am happy I started carrying the credit card that the bank gave us.
#Person2#: Why is that, Kate? Did you use it to buy something?
#Person1#: I surely did. On my way home I stopped at the store to buy some beef for dinner because I didn't have any cash with me.
#Person2#: And they permitted you to pay with the card?
#Person1#: Yes. They didn't even ask me to give the ID.
#Person2#: You have to be careful. If you lose them and someone finds them, the bank will charge you for what you buy.
#Person1#: How much has the bank allowed us to spend with the card?
#Person2#: Fifteen hundred dollars. The bank encourages us to use the card, but they will also require us to pay them back.
#Person1#: You are right, Henry. I'll remember that. But the card surely makes it easy to spend money.",Kate is happy to use the credit card because it makes it easy to spend money. Henry reminds her to be careful and pay the money back.
test_377_2,"#Person1#: I am happy I started carrying the credit card that the bank gave us.
#Person2#: Why is that, Kate? Did you use it to buy something?
#Person1#: I surely did. On my way home I stopped at the store to buy some beef for dinner because I didn't have any cash with me.
#Person2#: And they permitted you to pay with the card?
#Person1#: Yes. They didn't even ask me to give the ID.
#Person2#: You have to be careful. If you lose them and someone finds them, the bank will charge you for what you buy.
#Person1#: How much has the bank allowed us to spend with the card?
#Person2#: Fifteen hundred dollars. The bank encourages us to use the card, but they will also require us to pay them back.
#Person1#: You are right, Henry. I'll remember that. But the card surely makes it easy to spend money.",Kate is happy with the credit card which as it makes it easy to spend money. Henry warns about the safety and repayment problem.
test_377_3,"#Person1#: I am happy I started carrying the credit card that the bank gave us.
#Person2#: Why is that, Kate? Did you use it to buy something?
#Person1#: I surely did. On my way home I stopped at the store to buy some beef for dinner because I didn't have any cash with me.
#Person2#: And they permitted you to pay with the card?
#Person1#: Yes. They didn't even ask me to give the ID.
#Person2#: You have to be careful. If you lose them and someone finds them, the bank will charge you for what you buy.
#Person1#: How much has the bank allowed us to spend with the card?
#Person2#: Fifteen hundred dollars. The bank encourages us to use the card, but they will also require us to pay them back.
#Person1#: You are right, Henry. I'll remember that. But the card surely makes it easy to spend money.",Kate starts to use the credit card which makes it easy to spend money. Henry reminds her to be careful and pay the money back.
test_378_1,"#Person1#: Good morning, Mr. Smith. I've just come to tell you about the visit to a village planned for tomorrow. We have a choice of two villages. One is in the suburbs of Beijing, about 50 kilometers away. The other is in a rather out-of-the-way mountain area about 100 kilometers away. It's a small village that has recently made remarkable economic progress. It used to be very backward, but now the place has completely changed. Could you let me know which you'd prefer sometime this morning so that we can make the necessary arrangements?
#Person2#: Well, I think I'd rather visit the village in the mountains.
#Person1#: All right. In that case, I'm afraid we'll have to get up rather early tomorrow because it's quite far. We'll have lunch at the village and get back before supper. Suppose we get up at six, what do you say?
#Person2#: That's fine.",#Person1# asks Mr. Smith for arrangements of tomorrow. Mr. Smith decides to visit a village in the mountains.
test_378_2,"#Person1#: Good morning, Mr. Smith. I've just come to tell you about the visit to a village planned for tomorrow. We have a choice of two villages. One is in the suburbs of Beijing, about 50 kilometers away. The other is in a rather out-of-the-way mountain area about 100 kilometers away. It's a small village that has recently made remarkable economic progress. It used to be very backward, but now the place has completely changed. Could you let me know which you'd prefer sometime this morning so that we can make the necessary arrangements?
#Person2#: Well, I think I'd rather visit the village in the mountains.
#Person1#: All right. In that case, I'm afraid we'll have to get up rather early tomorrow because it's quite far. We'll have lunch at the village and get back before supper. Suppose we get up at six, what do you say?
#Person2#: That's fine.",#Person1# introduces two different villages to visit and Mr. Smith decides to visit the village in the mountains.
test_378_3,"#Person1#: Good morning, Mr. Smith. I've just come to tell you about the visit to a village planned for tomorrow. We have a choice of two villages. One is in the suburbs of Beijing, about 50 kilometers away. The other is in a rather out-of-the-way mountain area about 100 kilometers away. It's a small village that has recently made remarkable economic progress. It used to be very backward, but now the place has completely changed. Could you let me know which you'd prefer sometime this morning so that we can make the necessary arrangements?
#Person2#: Well, I think I'd rather visit the village in the mountains.
#Person1#: All right. In that case, I'm afraid we'll have to get up rather early tomorrow because it's quite far. We'll have lunch at the village and get back before supper. Suppose we get up at six, what do you say?
#Person2#: That's fine.",#Person1# is asking which village Mr. Smith wants to visit so they can make arrangements. Mr. Smith chooses the village in the mountains.
test_379_1,"#Person1#: Vet, can you tell us what you usually do to deal with stress and depression?
#Person2#: I eat a cucumber and go to bed. I figure it's a healthy alternative to chocolate.
#Person1#: Do you ever feel that having a baby has stopped you from your goals or dreams?
#Person2#: I always wanted to be a cheerleader, and that won't happen, I also miss out on a lot of freedom. No one makes me come home on time, and I probably wouldn't normally, but I now have a responsibility to my baby.
#Person1#: What is your favorite part of having a daughter?
#Person2#: It is so hard to narrow it down to one thing. I love the way she looks at me and admires me. She lets me feel so much love. She is innocent and pure. The best part of being with her is watching her go through every stage knowing there is somebody who loves her.
#Person1#: What are your plans for the future?
#Person2#: I am going to be a lawyer. Down the road, I hope to move out of Utah.
#Person1#: What are some of your future goals and dreams?
#Person2#: I want to start small. First and foremost, I am looking forward to graduating from high school. I eventually want to get married. Having a father figure in my baby's life is important to me because I missed out on that. I want to start modeling again, and I hope to keep up with my dancing and singing. It is also important to keep family traditions for me and my baby.
#Person1#: What is your favorite quote?
#Person2#: What happens in the dark will come out in the light. There is nothing that you can try to hide without it coming out sometime. It is important not to hide anything from yourself or anybody else.
#Person1#: What advice would you give teens?
#Person2#: Take things slow, and be a kid as long as you possibly can. Don't expect everything to be perfect, and make decisions for yourself. Live life to the fullest. Love yourself first, and everything else will fall into place.","#Person1# interviews Vet, a high school girl who has become a mother. She shows her love to her daughter and talks about her future plans and gives advice to teens."
test_379_2,"#Person1#: Vet, can you tell us what you usually do to deal with stress and depression?
#Person2#: I eat a cucumber and go to bed. I figure it's a healthy alternative to chocolate.
#Person1#: Do you ever feel that having a baby has stopped you from your goals or dreams?
#Person2#: I always wanted to be a cheerleader, and that won't happen, I also miss out on a lot of freedom. No one makes me come home on time, and I probably wouldn't normally, but I now have a responsibility to my baby.
#Person1#: What is your favorite part of having a daughter?
#Person2#: It is so hard to narrow it down to one thing. I love the way she looks at me and admires me. She lets me feel so much love. She is innocent and pure. The best part of being with her is watching her go through every stage knowing there is somebody who loves her.
#Person1#: What are your plans for the future?
#Person2#: I am going to be a lawyer. Down the road, I hope to move out of Utah.
#Person1#: What are some of your future goals and dreams?
#Person2#: I want to start small. First and foremost, I am looking forward to graduating from high school. I eventually want to get married. Having a father figure in my baby's life is important to me because I missed out on that. I want to start modeling again, and I hope to keep up with my dancing and singing. It is also important to keep family traditions for me and my baby.
#Person1#: What is your favorite quote?
#Person2#: What happens in the dark will come out in the light. There is nothing that you can try to hide without it coming out sometime. It is important not to hide anything from yourself or anybody else.
#Person1#: What advice would you give teens?
#Person2#: Take things slow, and be a kid as long as you possibly can. Don't expect everything to be perfect, and make decisions for yourself. Live life to the fullest. Love yourself first, and everything else will fall into place.",Vet tells her own experience as a young mother and how her daughter changes her. Then she tells #Person1# her future goals and dreams. And she also gives teens advice.
test_379_3,"#Person1#: Vet, can you tell us what you usually do to deal with stress and depression?
#Person2#: I eat a cucumber and go to bed. I figure it's a healthy alternative to chocolate.
#Person1#: Do you ever feel that having a baby has stopped you from your goals or dreams?
#Person2#: I always wanted to be a cheerleader, and that won't happen, I also miss out on a lot of freedom. No one makes me come home on time, and I probably wouldn't normally, but I now have a responsibility to my baby.
#Person1#: What is your favorite part of having a daughter?
#Person2#: It is so hard to narrow it down to one thing. I love the way she looks at me and admires me. She lets me feel so much love. She is innocent and pure. The best part of being with her is watching her go through every stage knowing there is somebody who loves her.
#Person1#: What are your plans for the future?
#Person2#: I am going to be a lawyer. Down the road, I hope to move out of Utah.
#Person1#: What are some of your future goals and dreams?
#Person2#: I want to start small. First and foremost, I am looking forward to graduating from high school. I eventually want to get married. Having a father figure in my baby's life is important to me because I missed out on that. I want to start modeling again, and I hope to keep up with my dancing and singing. It is also important to keep family traditions for me and my baby.
#Person1#: What is your favorite quote?
#Person2#: What happens in the dark will come out in the light. There is nothing that you can try to hide without it coming out sometime. It is important not to hide anything from yourself or anybody else.
#Person1#: What advice would you give teens?
#Person2#: Take things slow, and be a kid as long as you possibly can. Don't expect everything to be perfect, and make decisions for yourself. Live life to the fullest. Love yourself first, and everything else will fall into place.","#Person1# is interviewing Vet and asking her about the ways she deals with stress as a young mother, feelings of having a baby, plans for the future, her favorite quote, and advice for teens."
test_380_1,"#Person1#: When did you become interested in collecting stamps?
#Person2#: Oh, when I was about ten years old.
#Person1#: Ten years old? So you have loved it for 9 years.
#Person2#: Yeah, it's really an exciting hobby. You know, the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840.
#Person1#: Really? I didn't know that. What's on the first postage stamps?
#Person2#: Well, look, here's a picture of the first two stamps issued.
#Person1#: Oh, they both bear a picture of Queen Victoria, don't they?
#Person2#: Yes, I wish I had the originals, then I would be a wealthy man instead of a poor stamp collector.
#Person1#: But I believe collecting stamps gives you much pleasure which not all wealthy men can enjoy.
#Person2#: Yes, I do agree.",#Person2# talks about #Person2#'s hobby of collecting stamps. And they all agree that stamps collecting gives more pleasure than becoming wealthy.
test_380_2,"#Person1#: When did you become interested in collecting stamps?
#Person2#: Oh, when I was about ten years old.
#Person1#: Ten years old? So you have loved it for 9 years.
#Person2#: Yeah, it's really an exciting hobby. You know, the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840.
#Person1#: Really? I didn't know that. What's on the first postage stamps?
#Person2#: Well, look, here's a picture of the first two stamps issued.
#Person1#: Oh, they both bear a picture of Queen Victoria, don't they?
#Person2#: Yes, I wish I had the originals, then I would be a wealthy man instead of a poor stamp collector.
#Person1#: But I believe collecting stamps gives you much pleasure which not all wealthy men can enjoy.
#Person2#: Yes, I do agree.",#Person2# describes #Person2#'s own stamp collecting hobby and the first postage stamps to #Person1#. They all agree that stamps collecting gives much pleasure than becoming wealthy.
test_380_3,"#Person1#: When did you become interested in collecting stamps?
#Person2#: Oh, when I was about ten years old.
#Person1#: Ten years old? So you have loved it for 9 years.
#Person2#: Yeah, it's really an exciting hobby. You know, the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840.
#Person1#: Really? I didn't know that. What's on the first postage stamps?
#Person2#: Well, look, here's a picture of the first two stamps issued.
#Person1#: Oh, they both bear a picture of Queen Victoria, don't they?
#Person2#: Yes, I wish I had the originals, then I would be a wealthy man instead of a poor stamp collector.
#Person1#: But I believe collecting stamps gives you much pleasure which not all wealthy men can enjoy.
#Person2#: Yes, I do agree.",#Person2# talks about #Person2#'s interest in collecting stamps and the first postage stamps with #Person1#. It gives #Person2# much pleasure. They all agree that stamps collecting gives much pleasure than becoming wealthy.
test_381_1,"#Person1#: Tom, as the manager of a company selling green products, you are now quite a successful businessman. When did you know you wanted to have your own company?
#Person2#: My family left Budapest in 1986 and settled in Canada where a lot of my friends' parents were highly successful businessmen. It seems so cool, so in high school, I started a web-designed company and learned a lot from that experience.
#Person1#: How did you find the money for your present company then?
#Person2#: We've raised 18 million dollars from about 50 people. We're finally making money. I own 6% of the company and all employees get their shares.
#Person1#: By the way, what aspects of your life are green?
#Person2#: I'm only mildly green. I do simple things and I'm a huge biker. I biked cross Canada.
#Person1#: Do you think you have ever done anything wasteful?
#Person2#: We're always doing something wrong, but then, that will allow us to learn and grow. When I first started out, we made all the products ourselves, but that was a mistake. Now we work with other companies. We provide the materials, the product development and the design. They make the products then.","#Person1# interviews Tom about his experience to start a company selling green products, how to live a mildly green life and to learn from mistakes."
test_381_2,"#Person1#: Tom, as the manager of a company selling green products, you are now quite a successful businessman. When did you know you wanted to have your own company?
#Person2#: My family left Budapest in 1986 and settled in Canada where a lot of my friends' parents were highly successful businessmen. It seems so cool, so in high school, I started a web-designed company and learned a lot from that experience.
#Person1#: How did you find the money for your present company then?
#Person2#: We've raised 18 million dollars from about 50 people. We're finally making money. I own 6% of the company and all employees get their shares.
#Person1#: By the way, what aspects of your life are green?
#Person2#: I'm only mildly green. I do simple things and I'm a huge biker. I biked cross Canada.
#Person1#: Do you think you have ever done anything wasteful?
#Person2#: We're always doing something wrong, but then, that will allow us to learn and grow. When I first started out, we made all the products ourselves, but that was a mistake. Now we work with other companies. We provide the materials, the product development and the design. They make the products then.",#Person1# inquires Tom about his successful business experience and his own green life and how to learn from mistakes.
test_381_3,"#Person1#: Tom, as the manager of a company selling green products, you are now quite a successful businessman. When did you know you wanted to have your own company?
#Person2#: My family left Budapest in 1986 and settled in Canada where a lot of my friends' parents were highly successful businessmen. It seems so cool, so in high school, I started a web-designed company and learned a lot from that experience.
#Person1#: How did you find the money for your present company then?
#Person2#: We've raised 18 million dollars from about 50 people. We're finally making money. I own 6% of the company and all employees get their shares.
#Person1#: By the way, what aspects of your life are green?
#Person2#: I'm only mildly green. I do simple things and I'm a huge biker. I biked cross Canada.
#Person1#: Do you think you have ever done anything wasteful?
#Person2#: We're always doing something wrong, but then, that will allow us to learn and grow. When I first started out, we made all the products ourselves, but that was a mistake. Now we work with other companies. We provide the materials, the product development and the design. They make the products then.","#Person1# is interviewing Tom about how he had his own company, how he found the money, what aspects of his life are green, and if he has done something wasteful."
test_382_1,"#Person1#: Police in North London are treating as murder the death of a man thought to be in his forties whose body was found in a pedestrian subway in Neasden. The man leading the hunt is Detective Chief Superintendent John Day, who explains what they know of the man's movements in the early hours of this morning.
#Person2#: What we've learned is the fact that he left the Level One Club, which is a drinking club in Neasden Lane, about 1:30 a.m., and we're trying to account for movements up till 2:15 a. m., because it was about that time he was found by a member of the club, an employee. He was found in the underpass, the pedestrian way, under the North Circular Road. Death was due to multiple head injuries. We understand that there may have been two girls and a man who was drunk in close proximity to the entrance to the subway, who may have seen the man walking in that direction, or any attacker who may have been following him.
#Person1#: About what time would you think that they were there?
#Person2#: Just after half past one to a quarter past two.
#Person1#: Then in that case the gap you have is really quite short. It's only more or less half a hour or forty minutes.
#Person2#: In fact, yes, as short as that.
#Person1#: And how far away from the Neasden underpass was the drinking club?
#Person2#: Fifty meters.
#Person1#: And at the moment you know of no other people in the area whom you want to talk to, other than the drunken man and the two women who were seen with him or near him at some time?
#Person2#: Yes. The club closed at half past one and there may have been other people who left the club who went that way. We understand that there were also minicab drivers parked in the area who may have seen something as well.
#Person1#: As it is, I take it you haven't been able to identify them.
#Person2#: No, not at this stage.
#Person1#: Well, thank you very much.","Detective Chief Superintendent John Day is trying to figure out the murdered man's movements in the short gap between he left the club and got murdered, but he only has three witnesses and hasn't been able to identify more."
test_382_2,"#Person1#: Police in North London are treating as murder the death of a man thought to be in his forties whose body was found in a pedestrian subway in Neasden. The man leading the hunt is Detective Chief Superintendent John Day, who explains what they know of the man's movements in the early hours of this morning.
#Person2#: What we've learned is the fact that he left the Level One Club, which is a drinking club in Neasden Lane, about 1:30 a.m., and we're trying to account for movements up till 2:15 a. m., because it was about that time he was found by a member of the club, an employee. He was found in the underpass, the pedestrian way, under the North Circular Road. Death was due to multiple head injuries. We understand that there may have been two girls and a man who was drunk in close proximity to the entrance to the subway, who may have seen the man walking in that direction, or any attacker who may have been following him.
#Person1#: About what time would you think that they were there?
#Person2#: Just after half past one to a quarter past two.
#Person1#: Then in that case the gap you have is really quite short. It's only more or less half a hour or forty minutes.
#Person2#: In fact, yes, as short as that.
#Person1#: And how far away from the Neasden underpass was the drinking club?
#Person2#: Fifty meters.
#Person1#: And at the moment you know of no other people in the area whom you want to talk to, other than the drunken man and the two women who were seen with him or near him at some time?
#Person2#: Yes. The club closed at half past one and there may have been other people who left the club who went that way. We understand that there were also minicab drivers parked in the area who may have seen something as well.
#Person1#: As it is, I take it you haven't been able to identify them.
#Person2#: No, not at this stage.
#Person1#: Well, thank you very much.","John Day describes known details of a murder case which happened in a pedestrian subway at midnight and answers #Person1#'s questions to tell what he know about the case. But he hasn't be able to identify more, even he knows three witnesses."
test_382_3,"#Person1#: Police in North London are treating as murder the death of a man thought to be in his forties whose body was found in a pedestrian subway in Neasden. The man leading the hunt is Detective Chief Superintendent John Day, who explains what they know of the man's movements in the early hours of this morning.
#Person2#: What we've learned is the fact that he left the Level One Club, which is a drinking club in Neasden Lane, about 1:30 a.m., and we're trying to account for movements up till 2:15 a. m., because it was about that time he was found by a member of the club, an employee. He was found in the underpass, the pedestrian way, under the North Circular Road. Death was due to multiple head injuries. We understand that there may have been two girls and a man who was drunk in close proximity to the entrance to the subway, who may have seen the man walking in that direction, or any attacker who may have been following him.
#Person1#: About what time would you think that they were there?
#Person2#: Just after half past one to a quarter past two.
#Person1#: Then in that case the gap you have is really quite short. It's only more or less half a hour or forty minutes.
#Person2#: In fact, yes, as short as that.
#Person1#: And how far away from the Neasden underpass was the drinking club?
#Person2#: Fifty meters.
#Person1#: And at the moment you know of no other people in the area whom you want to talk to, other than the drunken man and the two women who were seen with him or near him at some time?
#Person2#: Yes. The club closed at half past one and there may have been other people who left the club who went that way. We understand that there were also minicab drivers parked in the area who may have seen something as well.
#Person1#: As it is, I take it you haven't been able to identify them.
#Person2#: No, not at this stage.
#Person1#: Well, thank you very much.","John Day is telling #Person1# what they've known of the dead man's movements in the early hours of the morning, and there may be three witnesses, two girls and a man, but he hasn't been able to identify more."
test_383_1,"#Person1#: Hi, Bob, guess what? I'm going to visit Quebec next summer. I'm invited to go to a friend's wedding, but while I'm there, I'd also like to do some sightseeing.
#Person2#: That's nice, Sherry. But do you mean the province of Quebec or Quebec City?
#Person1#: I mean the province. My friend's wedding is in Montreal, so I'm going there first. I'll stay for 5 days. Is Montreal the capital city of the province?
#Person2#: Well, many people think so because it's the biggest city, but it's not the capital. Quebec City is, but Montreal is great. The Santa Lawrence River runs right through the middle of the city. It's beautiful in summer.
#Person1#: Wow, and do you think I can get by in English? My French is okay, but not that good. I know most people there speak French, but can I also use English?
#Person2#: Well, people speak both French and English there, but you'll hear French most of the time and all the street signs are in French. In fact, Montreal is the third largest French-speaking city in the world. So you'd better practice your French before you go.
#Person1#: Good advice, what about Quebec City? I'll visit a friend from college who lives there now. What's it like?
#Person2#: It's a beautiful city, very old. Many old buildings have been nicely restored. Some of them were built in the 17th and 18th centuries. You'll love it there.
#Person1#: Fantastic. I can't wait to go.","Sherry is going to Quebec for a friend's wedding and sightseeing. Bob tells her some basic knowledge of Quebec, describes the beautiful scenery, and suggests practicing French."
test_383_2,"#Person1#: Hi, Bob, guess what? I'm going to visit Quebec next summer. I'm invited to go to a friend's wedding, but while I'm there, I'd also like to do some sightseeing.
#Person2#: That's nice, Sherry. But do you mean the province of Quebec or Quebec City?
#Person1#: I mean the province. My friend's wedding is in Montreal, so I'm going there first. I'll stay for 5 days. Is Montreal the capital city of the province?
#Person2#: Well, many people think so because it's the biggest city, but it's not the capital. Quebec City is, but Montreal is great. The Santa Lawrence River runs right through the middle of the city. It's beautiful in summer.
#Person1#: Wow, and do you think I can get by in English? My French is okay, but not that good. I know most people there speak French, but can I also use English?
#Person2#: Well, people speak both French and English there, but you'll hear French most of the time and all the street signs are in French. In fact, Montreal is the third largest French-speaking city in the world. So you'd better practice your French before you go.
#Person1#: Good advice, what about Quebec City? I'll visit a friend from college who lives there now. What's it like?
#Person2#: It's a beautiful city, very old. Many old buildings have been nicely restored. Some of them were built in the 17th and 18th centuries. You'll love it there.
#Person1#: Fantastic. I can't wait to go.",Sherry will attend a wedding in Montreal and wants to go sightseeing in nearby cities. Bob gives her some basic knowledge about the cities and Sherry cannot wait to go.
test_383_3,"#Person1#: Hi, Bob, guess what? I'm going to visit Quebec next summer. I'm invited to go to a friend's wedding, but while I'm there, I'd also like to do some sightseeing.
#Person2#: That's nice, Sherry. But do you mean the province of Quebec or Quebec City?
#Person1#: I mean the province. My friend's wedding is in Montreal, so I'm going there first. I'll stay for 5 days. Is Montreal the capital city of the province?
#Person2#: Well, many people think so because it's the biggest city, but it's not the capital. Quebec City is, but Montreal is great. The Santa Lawrence River runs right through the middle of the city. It's beautiful in summer.
#Person1#: Wow, and do you think I can get by in English? My French is okay, but not that good. I know most people there speak French, but can I also use English?
#Person2#: Well, people speak both French and English there, but you'll hear French most of the time and all the street signs are in French. In fact, Montreal is the third largest French-speaking city in the world. So you'd better practice your French before you go.
#Person1#: Good advice, what about Quebec City? I'll visit a friend from college who lives there now. What's it like?
#Person2#: It's a beautiful city, very old. Many old buildings have been nicely restored. Some of them were built in the 17th and 18th centuries. You'll love it there.
#Person1#: Fantastic. I can't wait to go.","Sherry will go to Montreal, Quebec next summer. Bob suggests she practice French since Montreal is the third largest French-speaking city. Sherry will also visit a friend in Quebec City."
test_384_1,"#Person1#: Jane, let's go swimming at the Student Center.
#Person2#: I'd like to, Tom, but I have a paper due on Friday, and I haven't even started it yet.
#Person1#: Just an hour. I've got a test tomorrow, so I won't be able to stay very long.
#Person2#: I need the exercise, but I just can't spare the time.
#Person1#: Okay, how about dinner at the Grill? You have to eat something, and it's right by the library. I'll go over there with you after dinner, and you can do your research while I study for my test.
#Person2#: Well, but...
#Person1#: Come on. You'll probably want to stay late, and you shouldn't walk home after dark. I'll stay until you're ready to go.
#Person2#: That would be nice, but...
#Person1#: Look, we really wouldn't be wasting any time. We'd just be doing everything we need to do, but we'd be doing it together. I just want to spend time with you.
#Person2#: Me, too. Okay. I need to go home first, then I'll meet you at the Grill about six. Is that all right?
#Person1#: That's great. We'll get everything done. You'll see.","Tom suggests going swimming, but Jane refuses. They decide to meet at the Grill to eat and then go to study together in the library."
test_384_2,"#Person1#: Jane, let's go swimming at the Student Center.
#Person2#: I'd like to, Tom, but I have a paper due on Friday, and I haven't even started it yet.
#Person1#: Just an hour. I've got a test tomorrow, so I won't be able to stay very long.
#Person2#: I need the exercise, but I just can't spare the time.
#Person1#: Okay, how about dinner at the Grill? You have to eat something, and it's right by the library. I'll go over there with you after dinner, and you can do your research while I study for my test.
#Person2#: Well, but...
#Person1#: Come on. You'll probably want to stay late, and you shouldn't walk home after dark. I'll stay until you're ready to go.
#Person2#: That would be nice, but...
#Person1#: Look, we really wouldn't be wasting any time. We'd just be doing everything we need to do, but we'd be doing it together. I just want to spend time with you.
#Person2#: Me, too. Okay. I need to go home first, then I'll meet you at the Grill about six. Is that all right?
#Person1#: That's great. We'll get everything done. You'll see.","Tom suggests going swimming but Jane refuses beacuse of her paper due. After discussion, Jane finnally agrees to have dinner with him and then go to study together in the library."
test_384_3,"#Person1#: Jane, let's go swimming at the Student Center.
#Person2#: I'd like to, Tom, but I have a paper due on Friday, and I haven't even started it yet.
#Person1#: Just an hour. I've got a test tomorrow, so I won't be able to stay very long.
#Person2#: I need the exercise, but I just can't spare the time.
#Person1#: Okay, how about dinner at the Grill? You have to eat something, and it's right by the library. I'll go over there with you after dinner, and you can do your research while I study for my test.
#Person2#: Well, but...
#Person1#: Come on. You'll probably want to stay late, and you shouldn't walk home after dark. I'll stay until you're ready to go.
#Person2#: That would be nice, but...
#Person1#: Look, we really wouldn't be wasting any time. We'd just be doing everything we need to do, but we'd be doing it together. I just want to spend time with you.
#Person2#: Me, too. Okay. I need to go home first, then I'll meet you at the Grill about six. Is that all right?
#Person1#: That's great. We'll get everything done. You'll see.","Toms invites Jane to go swimming but Jane refuses because of a paper due. At last, Jane accepts his suggestion to have dinner and then study together in the library."
test_385_1,"#Person1#: I can't believe I still have this pain in my back. This medicine the doctor gave me was supposed to make me feel better by now.
#Person2#: Maybe you should start taking it three times a day like you were told.",#Person2# suggests that #Person1# should listen to the doctor.
test_385_2,"#Person1#: I can't believe I still have this pain in my back. This medicine the doctor gave me was supposed to make me feel better by now.
#Person2#: Maybe you should start taking it three times a day like you were told.",#Person2# suggests #Person1# follow the medical instruction.
test_385_3,"#Person1#: I can't believe I still have this pain in my back. This medicine the doctor gave me was supposed to make me feel better by now.
#Person2#: Maybe you should start taking it three times a day like you were told.",#Person2# suggests that #Person1# should follow the doctor's instruction.
test_386_1,"#Person1#: Awful! My cell phone is out of service again. Fred, can you lend me some money? 
#Person2#: How much do you want? 
#Person1#: 200 yuan. I bought a new computer online, so I have to pay the mortgage.
#Person2#: I am so sorry to hear that. Is that enough? 
#Person1#: It's so nice of you. You really make my day. 
#Person2#: Forget it! We seemingly need to gather money little by little. 
#Person1#: What you said is absolutely right. I will pay you back as soon as I get back on my feet. 
#Person2#: No rush. You can give it back whenever you have it. ",#Person1# borrows 200 yuan from Fred and will give it back when having money.
test_386_2,"#Person1#: Awful! My cell phone is out of service again. Fred, can you lend me some money? 
#Person2#: How much do you want? 
#Person1#: 200 yuan. I bought a new computer online, so I have to pay the mortgage.
#Person2#: I am so sorry to hear that. Is that enough? 
#Person1#: It's so nice of you. You really make my day. 
#Person2#: Forget it! We seemingly need to gather money little by little. 
#Person1#: What you said is absolutely right. I will pay you back as soon as I get back on my feet. 
#Person2#: No rush. You can give it back whenever you have it. ",#Person1# borrows 200 yuan from Fred to pay the mortgage of a computer and will pay back when having money.
test_386_3,"#Person1#: Awful! My cell phone is out of service again. Fred, can you lend me some money? 
#Person2#: How much do you want? 
#Person1#: 200 yuan. I bought a new computer online, so I have to pay the mortgage.
#Person2#: I am so sorry to hear that. Is that enough? 
#Person1#: It's so nice of you. You really make my day. 
#Person2#: Forget it! We seemingly need to gather money little by little. 
#Person1#: What you said is absolutely right. I will pay you back as soon as I get back on my feet. 
#Person2#: No rush. You can give it back whenever you have it. ",Fred lends #Person1# 200 yuan to pay #Person1#'s mortgage. #Person1# will pay back when having money.
test_387_1,"#Person1#: I want to improve my handwriting, and I've practiced it for several weeks, but nothing happened. You see, my handwriting is still bad. 
#Person2#: Oh, come on. You know it's a long process, you have to be patient. 
#Person1#: I know it, but I don't know when I can make it better. 
#Person2#: A, whatever you do, the most important is perseverance. So you have to hang on there, the longer, the better. Then some day, you will find you've already made a lot of progress. 
#Person1#: Yeah, you are right. I must stop complaining and stick to it every day. 
#Person2#: Yeah! Where there is a will, there is a way. ",#Person1# wants to improve handwriting but can't see the progress. #Person2# tells #Person1# the most important is perseverance.
test_387_2,"#Person1#: I want to improve my handwriting, and I've practiced it for several weeks, but nothing happened. You see, my handwriting is still bad. 
#Person2#: Oh, come on. You know it's a long process, you have to be patient. 
#Person1#: I know it, but I don't know when I can make it better. 
#Person2#: A, whatever you do, the most important is perseverance. So you have to hang on there, the longer, the better. Then some day, you will find you've already made a lot of progress. 
#Person1#: Yeah, you are right. I must stop complaining and stick to it every day. 
#Person2#: Yeah! Where there is a will, there is a way. ",#Person2# encourages #Person1# to persevere with handwriting practice when #Person1# complains about little improvement in handwriting.
test_387_3,"#Person1#: I want to improve my handwriting, and I've practiced it for several weeks, but nothing happened. You see, my handwriting is still bad. 
#Person2#: Oh, come on. You know it's a long process, you have to be patient. 
#Person1#: I know it, but I don't know when I can make it better. 
#Person2#: A, whatever you do, the most important is perseverance. So you have to hang on there, the longer, the better. Then some day, you will find you've already made a lot of progress. 
#Person1#: Yeah, you are right. I must stop complaining and stick to it every day. 
#Person2#: Yeah! Where there is a will, there is a way. ","#Person2# encourages #Person1# to keep practice handwriting, even though #Person1# hasn't got too much improvement now."
test_388_1,"#Person1#: Gross! What are you doing to yourself? 
#Person2#: Chill! I'm just curling my eyelashes. 
#Person1#: It looks like some kind of primitive form of torture. 
#Person2#: You're such a wimp! You're afraid of an eyelash curler. 
#Person1#: Well, you might pinch your eyelid! Or lose an eyeball! 
#Person2#: It just makes my eyelashes curl upwards. ","#Person2# is curling eyelashes. #Person1# feels dangerous, but #Person2# doesn't think so."
test_388_2,"#Person1#: Gross! What are you doing to yourself? 
#Person2#: Chill! I'm just curling my eyelashes. 
#Person1#: It looks like some kind of primitive form of torture. 
#Person2#: You're such a wimp! You're afraid of an eyelash curler. 
#Person1#: Well, you might pinch your eyelid! Or lose an eyeball! 
#Person2#: It just makes my eyelashes curl upwards. ",#Person1# is afraid that eyelash curler may hurt #Person2#'s eyes.
test_388_3,"#Person1#: Gross! What are you doing to yourself? 
#Person2#: Chill! I'm just curling my eyelashes. 
#Person1#: It looks like some kind of primitive form of torture. 
#Person2#: You're such a wimp! You're afraid of an eyelash curler. 
#Person1#: Well, you might pinch your eyelid! Or lose an eyeball! 
#Person2#: It just makes my eyelashes curl upwards. ","#Person1# thinks the eyelash curler is very dangerous, but #Person2# doesn't think so."
test_389_1,"#Person1#: Good afternoon, what can I do for you?
#Person2#: Yes, please. I would like to know something about the driving courses.
#Person1#: Well, We have short full time courses during the summer. Are you interested in them?
#Person2#: No, I am free only at weekends.
#Person1#: Then there are weekend courses. The course starts at 8:00 every Saturday and Sunday morning.
#Person2#: Sounds fine. What about the coaches?
#Person1#: We have very excellent coaches here and some of them have been teaching for 20 years.
#Person2#: Good. How many hours of training should I have each day?
#Person1#: 3 hours in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. It ends at 6:00 PM.
#Person2#: Then how many people share a training car?
#Person1#: Usually 3 and we have 2 coaches for each car.
#Person2#: Very good. I will have more chances to get trained. Thank you.
#Person1#: You are welcome.",#Person1# introduces the weekend driving courses to #Person2#. #Person2# feels satisfied with its settings.
test_389_2,"#Person1#: Good afternoon, what can I do for you?
#Person2#: Yes, please. I would like to know something about the driving courses.
#Person1#: Well, We have short full time courses during the summer. Are you interested in them?
#Person2#: No, I am free only at weekends.
#Person1#: Then there are weekend courses. The course starts at 8:00 every Saturday and Sunday morning.
#Person2#: Sounds fine. What about the coaches?
#Person1#: We have very excellent coaches here and some of them have been teaching for 20 years.
#Person2#: Good. How many hours of training should I have each day?
#Person1#: 3 hours in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. It ends at 6:00 PM.
#Person2#: Then how many people share a training car?
#Person1#: Usually 3 and we have 2 coaches for each car.
#Person2#: Very good. I will have more chances to get trained. Thank you.
#Person1#: You are welcome.","#Person2# consults #Person1# about the training time, training chances and coach's experience of the driving courses. #Person2# thinks weekend courses are good."
test_389_3,"#Person1#: Good afternoon, what can I do for you?
#Person2#: Yes, please. I would like to know something about the driving courses.
#Person1#: Well, We have short full time courses during the summer. Are you interested in them?
#Person2#: No, I am free only at weekends.
#Person1#: Then there are weekend courses. The course starts at 8:00 every Saturday and Sunday morning.
#Person2#: Sounds fine. What about the coaches?
#Person1#: We have very excellent coaches here and some of them have been teaching for 20 years.
#Person2#: Good. How many hours of training should I have each day?
#Person1#: 3 hours in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. It ends at 6:00 PM.
#Person2#: Then how many people share a training car?
#Person1#: Usually 3 and we have 2 coaches for each car.
#Person2#: Very good. I will have more chances to get trained. Thank you.
#Person1#: You are welcome.",#Person2# is asking #Person1# some information about the driving courses. #Person2# thinks weekend courses are good.
test_390_1,"#Person1#: Tina, how long have you been learning the piano?
#Person2#: For 8 years. I began to play when I was 7. My father found a teacher for me who is from the UK.
#Person1#: Ah, are you still learning it from that teacher?
#Person2#: Yes, I go to her home every Saturday.
#Person1#: No wonder you can play so well.
#Person2#: Yes, my teacher is very excellent and she has won many awards.
#Person1#: Good. Could you please introduce me to her? I also want to learn from her.
#Person2#: Sure. Come with me this Saturday.
#Person1#: Thank you very much.",Tina plays the piano well because she has an excellent teacher. She agrees to introduce #Person1# to her teacher.
test_390_2,"#Person1#: Tina, how long have you been learning the piano?
#Person2#: For 8 years. I began to play when I was 7. My father found a teacher for me who is from the UK.
#Person1#: Ah, are you still learning it from that teacher?
#Person2#: Yes, I go to her home every Saturday.
#Person1#: No wonder you can play so well.
#Person2#: Yes, my teacher is very excellent and she has won many awards.
#Person1#: Good. Could you please introduce me to her? I also want to learn from her.
#Person2#: Sure. Come with me this Saturday.
#Person1#: Thank you very much.",Tina plays the piano well because she has an excellent teacher. #Person1# wants to learn piano from that teacher and Tina will introduce her teacher.
test_390_3,"#Person1#: Tina, how long have you been learning the piano?
#Person2#: For 8 years. I began to play when I was 7. My father found a teacher for me who is from the UK.
#Person1#: Ah, are you still learning it from that teacher?
#Person2#: Yes, I go to her home every Saturday.
#Person1#: No wonder you can play so well.
#Person2#: Yes, my teacher is very excellent and she has won many awards.
#Person1#: Good. Could you please introduce me to her? I also want to learn from her.
#Person2#: Sure. Come with me this Saturday.
#Person1#: Thank you very much.",Tina plays the piano well because of her excellent teacher and she agrees to introduce #Person1# to her teacher .
test_391_1,"#Person1#: What would you say are your strengths? Based on your resume you seem to have a lot of work experience.
#Person2#: I work well both individually and in groups.
#Person1#: What would you say might be a weakness in your work?
#Person2#: Uhm, wow, tough question! Well, maybe I can be a little nervous at first, and not confident in my work. But that's just in the beginning.
#Person1#: That happens to every one. Our training will help you with that.
#Person2#: That sounds great! I am very interested in learning everything I can about the job.
#Person1#: Tell me, where do you see yourself 5 years from now?
#Person2#: Married with a stable source of income, being good at what I do... I don't think anyone can really accurately predict what their future might hold. But I know it's a learning process, and that is what I intend to do.
#Person1#: Those are very good answers. I have to ask them because part of this process is trying to figure out whether or not you are a good match for us.
#Person2#: That's fine. I expect to be challenged.
#Person1#: Well, I think you just might be the person we're looking for.","#Person2# introduces #Person2#'s strength, weakness in #Person2#'s work and career planning to #Person1#. #Person1# thinks #Person2#'s background and personality suit the job well."
test_391_2,"#Person1#: What would you say are your strengths? Based on your resume you seem to have a lot of work experience.
#Person2#: I work well both individually and in groups.
#Person1#: What would you say might be a weakness in your work?
#Person2#: Uhm, wow, tough question! Well, maybe I can be a little nervous at first, and not confident in my work. But that's just in the beginning.
#Person1#: That happens to every one. Our training will help you with that.
#Person2#: That sounds great! I am very interested in learning everything I can about the job.
#Person1#: Tell me, where do you see yourself 5 years from now?
#Person2#: Married with a stable source of income, being good at what I do... I don't think anyone can really accurately predict what their future might hold. But I know it's a learning process, and that is what I intend to do.
#Person1#: Those are very good answers. I have to ask them because part of this process is trying to figure out whether or not you are a good match for us.
#Person2#: That's fine. I expect to be challenged.
#Person1#: Well, I think you just might be the person we're looking for.","#Person1# evaluates #Person2#'s ability and personality by asking #Person2# 's strengths, weaknesses and career planning. #Person1# finds #Person2# is a suitable candidate."
test_391_3,"#Person1#: What would you say are your strengths? Based on your resume you seem to have a lot of work experience.
#Person2#: I work well both individually and in groups.
#Person1#: What would you say might be a weakness in your work?
#Person2#: Uhm, wow, tough question! Well, maybe I can be a little nervous at first, and not confident in my work. But that's just in the beginning.
#Person1#: That happens to every one. Our training will help you with that.
#Person2#: That sounds great! I am very interested in learning everything I can about the job.
#Person1#: Tell me, where do you see yourself 5 years from now?
#Person2#: Married with a stable source of income, being good at what I do... I don't think anyone can really accurately predict what their future might hold. But I know it's a learning process, and that is what I intend to do.
#Person1#: Those are very good answers. I have to ask them because part of this process is trying to figure out whether or not you are a good match for us.
#Person2#: That's fine. I expect to be challenged.
#Person1#: Well, I think you just might be the person we're looking for.","#Person1# is interviewing #Person2#. #Person1# thinks #Person2# answers #Person1#'s questions beautifully, and is the person they want."
test_392_1,"#Person1#: You look pale, Stephanie. What's wrong?
#Person2#: I don't feel good. I have a bad headache. In fact, I haven't got much sleep this past week and I feel really tired.
#Person1#: Why don't you go to see a doctor?
#Person2#: Yeah, I think I should but I have a report due tomorrow. Miss Jenkins needs it for the board meeting next Monday.
#Person1#: Well, it's Wednesday today. Why don't you talk to Miss Jenkins and ask if you can hand it in on Friday morning?
#Person2#: Maybe I should try. I guess I just need a good sleep. Thanks, George.
#Person1#: If you need any help with the report, just let me know.","Stephanie has a headache before the report due. George suggests that she should ask for more time, and he is willing to help with the report."
test_392_2,"#Person1#: You look pale, Stephanie. What's wrong?
#Person2#: I don't feel good. I have a bad headache. In fact, I haven't got much sleep this past week and I feel really tired.
#Person1#: Why don't you go to see a doctor?
#Person2#: Yeah, I think I should but I have a report due tomorrow. Miss Jenkins needs it for the board meeting next Monday.
#Person1#: Well, it's Wednesday today. Why don't you talk to Miss Jenkins and ask if you can hand it in on Friday morning?
#Person2#: Maybe I should try. I guess I just need a good sleep. Thanks, George.
#Person1#: If you need any help with the report, just let me know.",Stephanie has a headache but doesn't see a doctor because of the report due and George is willing to help with the report and suggests she ask the board for more time
test_392_3,"#Person1#: You look pale, Stephanie. What's wrong?
#Person2#: I don't feel good. I have a bad headache. In fact, I haven't got much sleep this past week and I feel really tired.
#Person1#: Why don't you go to see a doctor?
#Person2#: Yeah, I think I should but I have a report due tomorrow. Miss Jenkins needs it for the board meeting next Monday.
#Person1#: Well, it's Wednesday today. Why don't you talk to Miss Jenkins and ask if you can hand it in on Friday morning?
#Person2#: Maybe I should try. I guess I just need a good sleep. Thanks, George.
#Person1#: If you need any help with the report, just let me know.",Stephanie has a headache but doesn't see a doctor because of the due. George suggests that she should ask the board for more time and he is willing to help.
test_393_1,"#Person1#: Look out of the window David, there is ice on the lake. Actually their size all over the lake.
#Person2#: Yeah.
#Person1#: And there are many people skating over there, do you want to join them?
#Person2#: I'm not in the mood. When are we going back to the city?
#Person1#: Not until January the third. Is your dad's idea to spend Christmas at these country hotel.
#Person2#: I want to stay in New York. Barbara has asked me to a party on New Year's Eve.
#Person1#: Your dad works very hard at the bank. He needs a quiet Christmas. To will be nice for me too. I won't have to cook.
#Person2#: Oh, this is going to be the most boring Christmas that I've ever had.
#Person1#: Take it easy boy.","#Person1# and David's father want to have a quiet Christmas at a country hotel, but David thinks it is boring."
test_393_2,"#Person1#: Look out of the window David, there is ice on the lake. Actually their size all over the lake.
#Person2#: Yeah.
#Person1#: And there are many people skating over there, do you want to join them?
#Person2#: I'm not in the mood. When are we going back to the city?
#Person1#: Not until January the third. Is your dad's idea to spend Christmas at these country hotel.
#Person2#: I want to stay in New York. Barbara has asked me to a party on New Year's Eve.
#Person1#: Your dad works very hard at the bank. He needs a quiet Christmas. To will be nice for me too. I won't have to cook.
#Person2#: Oh, this is going to be the most boring Christmas that I've ever had.
#Person1#: Take it easy boy.",David complains about the boring Christmas at a country hotel. But #Person1# and David's dad feel nice.
test_393_3,"#Person1#: Look out of the window David, there is ice on the lake. Actually their size all over the lake.
#Person2#: Yeah.
#Person1#: And there are many people skating over there, do you want to join them?
#Person2#: I'm not in the mood. When are we going back to the city?
#Person1#: Not until January the third. Is your dad's idea to spend Christmas at these country hotel.
#Person2#: I want to stay in New York. Barbara has asked me to a party on New Year's Eve.
#Person1#: Your dad works very hard at the bank. He needs a quiet Christmas. To will be nice for me too. I won't have to cook.
#Person2#: Oh, this is going to be the most boring Christmas that I've ever had.
#Person1#: Take it easy boy.","David feels it boring to stay at a country hotel, while his father and #Person1# enjoy a quiet Christmas."
test_394_1,"#Person1#: What did you do last weekend, Bob? Stayed at home again?
#Person2#: No, I visited a friend, then I went to a dance party.
#Person1#: Did you enjoy the dance?
#Person2#: No, I didn't. There were too many people. And what about you and?
#Person1#: I watch TV on Saturday morning and went shopping in the afternoon. I played tennis on Sunday.
#Person2#: Ah, did you win?
#Person1#: Yes, I did.
#Person2#: Great. Can I have a game with you sometime this weekend?
#Person1#: Sure.",Bob and #Person1# talk about the last weekend and decide to play a game together this weekend.
test_394_2,"#Person1#: What did you do last weekend, Bob? Stayed at home again?
#Person2#: No, I visited a friend, then I went to a dance party.
#Person1#: Did you enjoy the dance?
#Person2#: No, I didn't. There were too many people. And what about you and?
#Person1#: I watch TV on Saturday morning and went shopping in the afternoon. I played tennis on Sunday.
#Person2#: Ah, did you win?
#Person1#: Yes, I did.
#Person2#: Great. Can I have a game with you sometime this weekend?
#Person1#: Sure.",#Person1# and Bob share their last weekend's activities. And they decide to play a game this weekend.
test_394_3,"#Person1#: What did you do last weekend, Bob? Stayed at home again?
#Person2#: No, I visited a friend, then I went to a dance party.
#Person1#: Did you enjoy the dance?
#Person2#: No, I didn't. There were too many people. And what about you and?
#Person1#: I watch TV on Saturday morning and went shopping in the afternoon. I played tennis on Sunday.
#Person2#: Ah, did you win?
#Person1#: Yes, I did.
#Person2#: Great. Can I have a game with you sometime this weekend?
#Person1#: Sure.",Bob and #Person1# talk about what they did last weekend. And they decide to play a game together this weekend.
test_395_1,"#Person1#: May I borrow $50 from you?
#Person2#: $50? Until when? How are you going to pay me back?
#Person1#: Come on! If I had a job, I'd lend you $50 without asking any questions.
#Person2#: But you don't have a job, do you?
#Person1#: No, but I'm looking for one. I go to the employment office every day.
#Person2#: Why don't you go back home?
#Person1#: If I went home, I'd have to work on my father's farm. I don't like it at all. I'd rather stay here and find a job I like. All I need is a little luck.
#Person2#: Luck? OK, I'll let you have it. May be that may bring you your luck.
#Person1#: Yes, this will help. Thank you very much.",#Person1# has no jobs but is unwilling to go home. #Person2# lends $50 to #Person1#.
test_395_2,"#Person1#: May I borrow $50 from you?
#Person2#: $50? Until when? How are you going to pay me back?
#Person1#: Come on! If I had a job, I'd lend you $50 without asking any questions.
#Person2#: But you don't have a job, do you?
#Person1#: No, but I'm looking for one. I go to the employment office every day.
#Person2#: Why don't you go back home?
#Person1#: If I went home, I'd have to work on my father's farm. I don't like it at all. I'd rather stay here and find a job I like. All I need is a little luck.
#Person2#: Luck? OK, I'll let you have it. May be that may bring you your luck.
#Person1#: Yes, this will help. Thank you very much.",#Person2# asks #Person1#'s situations about #Person2# job and lends #Person1# $50 to wish #Person1# good luck.
test_395_3,"#Person1#: May I borrow $50 from you?
#Person2#: $50? Until when? How are you going to pay me back?
#Person1#: Come on! If I had a job, I'd lend you $50 without asking any questions.
#Person2#: But you don't have a job, do you?
#Person1#: No, but I'm looking for one. I go to the employment office every day.
#Person2#: Why don't you go back home?
#Person1#: If I went home, I'd have to work on my father's farm. I don't like it at all. I'd rather stay here and find a job I like. All I need is a little luck.
#Person2#: Luck? OK, I'll let you have it. May be that may bring you your luck.
#Person1#: Yes, this will help. Thank you very much.",#Person1# borrows $50 from #Person2# and will pay back once #Person1# gets a job.
test_396_1,"#Person1#: Well, Sir, we have asked all our guests to wear a jacket and a tie in our restaurant.
#Person2#: I didn't know that, can I borrow a jacket and a tie now?
#Person1#: I am sorry. You can't borrow a jacket or a tie from others.
#Person2#: That I have to return to the hotel and fetch mine.
#Person1#: Will you put off the time of the conference?
#Person2#: Since you are the chairman we'd like to offer you the convenience. What time will you come back?
#Person1#: I think I should be back at about 9:00 AM.
#Person2#: We'll put it off to 9:30 AM. What about that?
#Person1#: 9:30 AM will be fine with me. Thank you.
#Person2#: You are welcome.
#Person1#: By the way, How many people will attend the conference?
#Person2#: 15.
#Person1#: I see. I'll try to be back sooner.
#Person2#: Take your time.","#Person2#, chairman of the conference, isn't wearing required suits at #Person1#'s restaurant. #Person1#'ll puts off the conference so that #Person2# can change clothes."
test_396_2,"#Person1#: Well, Sir, we have asked all our guests to wear a jacket and a tie in our restaurant.
#Person2#: I didn't know that, can I borrow a jacket and a tie now?
#Person1#: I am sorry. You can't borrow a jacket or a tie from others.
#Person2#: That I have to return to the hotel and fetch mine.
#Person1#: Will you put off the time of the conference?
#Person2#: Since you are the chairman we'd like to offer you the convenience. What time will you come back?
#Person1#: I think I should be back at about 9:00 AM.
#Person2#: We'll put it off to 9:30 AM. What about that?
#Person1#: 9:30 AM will be fine with me. Thank you.
#Person2#: You are welcome.
#Person1#: By the way, How many people will attend the conference?
#Person2#: 15.
#Person1#: I see. I'll try to be back sooner.
#Person2#: Take your time.",#Person2# needs to change clothes to enter the conference and #Person1# offers #Person2# the convenience by putting the conference off.
test_396_3,"#Person1#: Well, Sir, we have asked all our guests to wear a jacket and a tie in our restaurant.
#Person2#: I didn't know that, can I borrow a jacket and a tie now?
#Person1#: I am sorry. You can't borrow a jacket or a tie from others.
#Person2#: That I have to return to the hotel and fetch mine.
#Person1#: Will you put off the time of the conference?
#Person2#: Since you are the chairman we'd like to offer you the convenience. What time will you come back?
#Person1#: I think I should be back at about 9:00 AM.
#Person2#: We'll put it off to 9:30 AM. What about that?
#Person1#: 9:30 AM will be fine with me. Thank you.
#Person2#: You are welcome.
#Person1#: By the way, How many people will attend the conference?
#Person2#: 15.
#Person1#: I see. I'll try to be back sooner.
#Person2#: Take your time.",#Person2# has to return to the hotel and wear a jacket and a tie. #Person1# helps put off the conference.
test_397_1,"#Person1#: Did the children enjoy the holiday camp or were they all homesick?
#Person2#: Well, I must admit some of the younger kids were a little bit unhappy, because they've never been away on their own before and didn't know some of the other kids. But soon they recovered. By the last day, they didn't want to go home because they were having such a great time.
#Person1#: What sort of things did you do with them?
#Person2#: Well, there were some trips, including a visit to the Holyrood, the Castle. That was what we did on the first day. I think they were expecting it to be rather boring, especially when they heard they were having a guided tour. But they were wrong. The guide was very interesting. He told them some interesting stories of Edinburgh and really made the history of the Edinburgh castle come alive.
#Person1#: I can imagine. What sort of sports activities did they do?
#Person2#: Ceiling, climbing, horse-riding and the like. And on the last day, we had a barbeque, which was their favorite. The kids enjoyed it very much. They all promised to come and get together again next year.",#Person2# tells the trips and sports activities of the holiday camp to #Person1#. The kids enjoyed the holiday camp.
test_397_2,"#Person1#: Did the children enjoy the holiday camp or were they all homesick?
#Person2#: Well, I must admit some of the younger kids were a little bit unhappy, because they've never been away on their own before and didn't know some of the other kids. But soon they recovered. By the last day, they didn't want to go home because they were having such a great time.
#Person1#: What sort of things did you do with them?
#Person2#: Well, there were some trips, including a visit to the Holyrood, the Castle. That was what we did on the first day. I think they were expecting it to be rather boring, especially when they heard they were having a guided tour. But they were wrong. The guide was very interesting. He told them some interesting stories of Edinburgh and really made the history of the Edinburgh castle come alive.
#Person1#: I can imagine. What sort of sports activities did they do?
#Person2#: Ceiling, climbing, horse-riding and the like. And on the last day, we had a barbeque, which was their favorite. The kids enjoyed it very much. They all promised to come and get together again next year.","Though some were homesick, the kids and #Person2# enjoyed their tour to Edinburgh."
test_397_3,"#Person1#: Did the children enjoy the holiday camp or were they all homesick?
#Person2#: Well, I must admit some of the younger kids were a little bit unhappy, because they've never been away on their own before and didn't know some of the other kids. But soon they recovered. By the last day, they didn't want to go home because they were having such a great time.
#Person1#: What sort of things did you do with them?
#Person2#: Well, there were some trips, including a visit to the Holyrood, the Castle. That was what we did on the first day. I think they were expecting it to be rather boring, especially when they heard they were having a guided tour. But they were wrong. The guide was very interesting. He told them some interesting stories of Edinburgh and really made the history of the Edinburgh castle come alive.
#Person1#: I can imagine. What sort of sports activities did they do?
#Person2#: Ceiling, climbing, horse-riding and the like. And on the last day, we had a barbeque, which was their favorite. The kids enjoyed it very much. They all promised to come and get together again next year.",#Person2# tells the trips and sports activities of the holiday camp to #Person1#. The kids enjoyed camp and would like to go next year.
test_398_1,"#Person1#: Dad, why were you asking so many questions about admission requirements of college?
#Person2#: A dad can't be interested in his daughter's schooling?
#Person1#: Oh, come on, you've never asked about it before. And I was accepted 3 years ago.
#Person2#: Uh, actually, I'm considering quitting my job and running a business.
#Person1#: No way. I like the sound of that, thus the admission questions.
#Person2#: I was thinking of going into computer programming. I figure maybe I could use my vacation time and take some classes.
#Person1#: That makes sense. Don't forget, as a computer major I might help you start our family business in the future.",#Person2# asks his daughter about college admission requirements because he wants to take some classes in computer programming.
test_398_2,"#Person1#: Dad, why were you asking so many questions about admission requirements of college?
#Person2#: A dad can't be interested in his daughter's schooling?
#Person1#: Oh, come on, you've never asked about it before. And I was accepted 3 years ago.
#Person2#: Uh, actually, I'm considering quitting my job and running a business.
#Person1#: No way. I like the sound of that, thus the admission questions.
#Person2#: I was thinking of going into computer programming. I figure maybe I could use my vacation time and take some classes.
#Person1#: That makes sense. Don't forget, as a computer major I might help you start our family business in the future.","#Person2# asks his daughter about admission requirements of college, becasue he wants to learn computer programming."
test_398_3,"#Person1#: Dad, why were you asking so many questions about admission requirements of college?
#Person2#: A dad can't be interested in his daughter's schooling?
#Person1#: Oh, come on, you've never asked about it before. And I was accepted 3 years ago.
#Person2#: Uh, actually, I'm considering quitting my job and running a business.
#Person1#: No way. I like the sound of that, thus the admission questions.
#Person2#: I was thinking of going into computer programming. I figure maybe I could use my vacation time and take some classes.
#Person1#: That makes sense. Don't forget, as a computer major I might help you start our family business in the future.","#Person2# wants to know admission requirement of college, because he is thinking of learning computer programming."
test_399_1,"#Person1#: Good morning, may I speak with Professor Clark, please?
#Person2#: You are speaking with Professor Clark.
#Person1#: Professor, I am Kalina from your morning literature class.
#Person2#: Yes, how can I help you?
#Person1#: I ran my car into a tree yesterday and need to miss a few days of school.
#Person2#: Oh, my God! I hope you are all right.
#Person1#: I have a concussion, but I will be OK.
#Person2#: How much school will you miss?
#Person1#: I only need to take this week off.
#Person2#: I appreciate you calling and telling me that you won ' t be in class. See you next week!",Kalina calls Professor Clark that she needs to take this week off because she had a concussion.
test_399_2,"#Person1#: Good morning, may I speak with Professor Clark, please?
#Person2#: You are speaking with Professor Clark.
#Person1#: Professor, I am Kalina from your morning literature class.
#Person2#: Yes, how can I help you?
#Person1#: I ran my car into a tree yesterday and need to miss a few days of school.
#Person2#: Oh, my God! I hope you are all right.
#Person1#: I have a concussion, but I will be OK.
#Person2#: How much school will you miss?
#Person1#: I only need to take this week off.
#Person2#: I appreciate you calling and telling me that you won ' t be in class. See you next week!",Kalina calls Professor Clark and asks for leave because of a car concussion.
test_399_3,"#Person1#: Good morning, may I speak with Professor Clark, please?
#Person2#: You are speaking with Professor Clark.
#Person1#: Professor, I am Kalina from your morning literature class.
#Person2#: Yes, how can I help you?
#Person1#: I ran my car into a tree yesterday and need to miss a few days of school.
#Person2#: Oh, my God! I hope you are all right.
#Person1#: I have a concussion, but I will be OK.
#Person2#: How much school will you miss?
#Person1#: I only need to take this week off.
#Person2#: I appreciate you calling and telling me that you won ' t be in class. See you next week!",Kalina calls Professor Clark to ask for a week off as Kalina had a car accident.
test_400_1,"#Person1#: Hello. Tenants Advocacy Resource Center.
#Person2#: Hello. I'm having a problem with my house owner. The House owner is a nice enough guy, but he and I just can't seem to agree on repair costs.
#Person1#: Has he been unwilling to make repairs?
#Person2#: It's not that he's unwilling. He just takes too long. When I first moved in, the heater was broken and it took him 3 months to fix it and last month was my thirtieth birthday. My friends threw me a surprise party. They showed up with a ton of food and lots of beers and they even had a rock and roll band. It turned into an all night party and.
#Person1#: And your neighbors started complaining about the noise.
#Person2#: No, everyone in the building was there. It was a great party. Unfortunately, some people accidentally broke the living room window. Next day, I gotta repair person to come over to fix the window. Since he was already here, I had him fix the broken washing machine, which I had been complaining to the house owner about for over 2 months. Then last week, I mailed the money for the house, not including the repair costs. But this morning, my house owner called me angrily and said that he wouldn't pay for the repairs. That doesn't seem fair. What should I do?",#Person2# tells Tenants Advocacy Resource Center about the problem with #Person2#'s house owner. #Person2# tells #Person1# it always takes #Person2#'s house owner a long time to repair and they can't agree on the repair costs.
test_400_2,"#Person1#: Hello. Tenants Advocacy Resource Center.
#Person2#: Hello. I'm having a problem with my house owner. The House owner is a nice enough guy, but he and I just can't seem to agree on repair costs.
#Person1#: Has he been unwilling to make repairs?
#Person2#: It's not that he's unwilling. He just takes too long. When I first moved in, the heater was broken and it took him 3 months to fix it and last month was my thirtieth birthday. My friends threw me a surprise party. They showed up with a ton of food and lots of beers and they even had a rock and roll band. It turned into an all night party and.
#Person1#: And your neighbors started complaining about the noise.
#Person2#: No, everyone in the building was there. It was a great party. Unfortunately, some people accidentally broke the living room window. Next day, I gotta repair person to come over to fix the window. Since he was already here, I had him fix the broken washing machine, which I had been complaining to the house owner about for over 2 months. Then last week, I mailed the money for the house, not including the repair costs. But this morning, my house owner called me angrily and said that he wouldn't pay for the repairs. That doesn't seem fair. What should I do?",#Person2# calls Tenants Advocacy Resource Center to report the problem with #Person2#'s house owner. #Person2# says he always delays to make repairs and is not willing to pay for it.
test_400_3,"#Person1#: Hello. Tenants Advocacy Resource Center.
#Person2#: Hello. I'm having a problem with my house owner. The House owner is a nice enough guy, but he and I just can't seem to agree on repair costs.
#Person1#: Has he been unwilling to make repairs?
#Person2#: It's not that he's unwilling. He just takes too long. When I first moved in, the heater was broken and it took him 3 months to fix it and last month was my thirtieth birthday. My friends threw me a surprise party. They showed up with a ton of food and lots of beers and they even had a rock and roll band. It turned into an all night party and.
#Person1#: And your neighbors started complaining about the noise.
#Person2#: No, everyone in the building was there. It was a great party. Unfortunately, some people accidentally broke the living room window. Next day, I gotta repair person to come over to fix the window. Since he was already here, I had him fix the broken washing machine, which I had been complaining to the house owner about for over 2 months. Then last week, I mailed the money for the house, not including the repair costs. But this morning, my house owner called me angrily and said that he wouldn't pay for the repairs. That doesn't seem fair. What should I do?",#Person2# calls #Person1# to complain about #Person1#'s house owner. #Person2# claims it always takes the house owner a long time to repair and they can't agree on the repair costs.
test_401_1,"#Person1#: Hello, Madam. What can we do for you today?
#Person2#: Hi. I've been sent over from Turner Interiors. They said I need to collect some sort of L / C? Do you have it?
#Person1#: I certainly do. Here it is, an Export L / C from Tokyo.
#Person2#: It should be from Sayuri Beds. Is that right?
#Person1#: Yes, it is. Sayuri Beds, Tokyo, Japan.
#Person2#: That's what I want! Do you need me to sign anything? Or fill in some forms?
#Person1#: Just sign right here, please. That's everything you need to do.
#Person2#: Perfect. Thank you, goodbye!",#Person1# helps #Person2# collect an Export L /C from Tokyo.
test_401_2,"#Person1#: Hello, Madam. What can we do for you today?
#Person2#: Hi. I've been sent over from Turner Interiors. They said I need to collect some sort of L / C? Do you have it?
#Person1#: I certainly do. Here it is, an Export L / C from Tokyo.
#Person2#: It should be from Sayuri Beds. Is that right?
#Person1#: Yes, it is. Sayuri Beds, Tokyo, Japan.
#Person2#: That's what I want! Do you need me to sign anything? Or fill in some forms?
#Person1#: Just sign right here, please. That's everything you need to do.
#Person2#: Perfect. Thank you, goodbye!",#Person2# looks for L/C and gets the expected one from #Person1#.
test_401_3,"#Person1#: Hello, Madam. What can we do for you today?
#Person2#: Hi. I've been sent over from Turner Interiors. They said I need to collect some sort of L / C? Do you have it?
#Person1#: I certainly do. Here it is, an Export L / C from Tokyo.
#Person2#: It should be from Sayuri Beds. Is that right?
#Person1#: Yes, it is. Sayuri Beds, Tokyo, Japan.
#Person2#: That's what I want! Do you need me to sign anything? Or fill in some forms?
#Person1#: Just sign right here, please. That's everything you need to do.
#Person2#: Perfect. Thank you, goodbye!",#Person2# is sent over from Turner Interiors to collect the Export L/C from #Person1#.
test_402_1,"#Person1#: Oh, no. Charlie, where is my purse?
#Person2#: Don't you have it? Did you lose it?
#Person1#: Yes, I did. I lost it. It disappeared.
#Person2#: Myrdal, purse doesn't just disappear. Think carefully. When did you have it last?
#Person1#: I had it when I left the house. I had it when we start to get the hotdog.
#Person2#: OK. Let'go back to the hotdog stand.",Charlie and Myrdal are going to hotdog stand to find Myrdal's disappeared purse.
test_402_2,"#Person1#: Oh, no. Charlie, where is my purse?
#Person2#: Don't you have it? Did you lose it?
#Person1#: Yes, I did. I lost it. It disappeared.
#Person2#: Myrdal, purse doesn't just disappear. Think carefully. When did you have it last?
#Person1#: I had it when I left the house. I had it when we start to get the hotdog.
#Person2#: OK. Let'go back to the hotdog stand.",Charlie suggests going back to the hotdog stand when Myrdal cannot find the purse.
test_402_3,"#Person1#: Oh, no. Charlie, where is my purse?
#Person2#: Don't you have it? Did you lose it?
#Person1#: Yes, I did. I lost it. It disappeared.
#Person2#: Myrdal, purse doesn't just disappear. Think carefully. When did you have it last?
#Person1#: I had it when I left the house. I had it when we start to get the hotdog.
#Person2#: OK. Let'go back to the hotdog stand.",Charlie helps Myrdal to think over where Myrdal lost the wallet.
test_403_1,"#Person1#: I have been washing the dishes for over a week now.
#Person2#: Well, I think you are very good at doing the dishes, so maybe you should do them for another week.
#Person1#: No. We made an agreement that we would take turns doing the dishes. Now it's your turn to do them.
#Person2#: OK, I'll do them.",#Person1# has been washing dishes for over a week and #Person2# will do the dishes next week.
test_403_2,"#Person1#: I have been washing the dishes for over a week now.
#Person2#: Well, I think you are very good at doing the dishes, so maybe you should do them for another week.
#Person1#: No. We made an agreement that we would take turns doing the dishes. Now it's your turn to do them.
#Person2#: OK, I'll do them.",#Person1# has been washing dishes for over a week and #Person2# agrees to take #Person2#'s turn to wash next week.
test_403_3,"#Person1#: I have been washing the dishes for over a week now.
#Person2#: Well, I think you are very good at doing the dishes, so maybe you should do them for another week.
#Person1#: No. We made an agreement that we would take turns doing the dishes. Now it's your turn to do them.
#Person2#: OK, I'll do them.",#Person2# will do the agreement made with #Person1# on taking turns washing the dishes.
test_404_1,"#Person1#: Can we talk?
#Person2#: Sure, honey, we're talking now, aren't we?
#Person1#: You know what I mean.
#Person2#: Yeah. I know.
#Person1#: I want to know where this relationship is going. I'm in love with you and I need to know. . .
#Person2#: You know, I think you're awesome.
#Person1#: I'm awesome. Well, I guess that's my answer, isn't it.
#Person2#: Honey. . .
#Person1#: Look, if you don't love me, it's not a thing, alright, we'Ve had our laughs, but I don't appreciate. . . maybe it's just time we. . .
#Person2#: Baby, I love you so much.
#Person1#: You do?
#Person2#: I love you. And I think you're awesome.
#Person1#: Oh, I love you too!
#Person2#: Come on. Put the gun down.
#Person1#: Oh baby, I'm so sorry.",#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about where their relationship is going with a gun in #Person1#'s hand.
test_404_2,"#Person1#: Can we talk?
#Person2#: Sure, honey, we're talking now, aren't we?
#Person1#: You know what I mean.
#Person2#: Yeah. I know.
#Person1#: I want to know where this relationship is going. I'm in love with you and I need to know. . .
#Person2#: You know, I think you're awesome.
#Person1#: I'm awesome. Well, I guess that's my answer, isn't it.
#Person2#: Honey. . .
#Person1#: Look, if you don't love me, it's not a thing, alright, we'Ve had our laughs, but I don't appreciate. . . maybe it's just time we. . .
#Person2#: Baby, I love you so much.
#Person1#: You do?
#Person2#: I love you. And I think you're awesome.
#Person1#: Oh, I love you too!
#Person2#: Come on. Put the gun down.
#Person1#: Oh baby, I'm so sorry.",#Person1#'s is talking about where the relationship with #Person2# is going with a gun in hand.
test_404_3,"#Person1#: Can we talk?
#Person2#: Sure, honey, we're talking now, aren't we?
#Person1#: You know what I mean.
#Person2#: Yeah. I know.
#Person1#: I want to know where this relationship is going. I'm in love with you and I need to know. . .
#Person2#: You know, I think you're awesome.
#Person1#: I'm awesome. Well, I guess that's my answer, isn't it.
#Person2#: Honey. . .
#Person1#: Look, if you don't love me, it's not a thing, alright, we'Ve had our laughs, but I don't appreciate. . . maybe it's just time we. . .
#Person2#: Baby, I love you so much.
#Person1#: You do?
#Person2#: I love you. And I think you're awesome.
#Person1#: Oh, I love you too!
#Person2#: Come on. Put the gun down.
#Person1#: Oh baby, I'm so sorry.",#Person1# asks where the relationship with #Person2# is going and #Person2# gives the answer.
test_405_1,"#Person1#: The government has to face a lot of social problems now.
#Person2#: I think it is unemployment that gives rise to such social problems.
#Person1#: But it is very difficult for any government to handle it efficiently.
#Person2#: You are right.","#Person2# thinks that unemployment gives rise to social problems, and #Person1# thinks that it's difficult to handle it efficiently."
test_405_2,"#Person1#: The government has to face a lot of social problems now.
#Person2#: I think it is unemployment that gives rise to such social problems.
#Person1#: But it is very difficult for any government to handle it efficiently.
#Person2#: You are right.",#Person1# and #Person2# agree that the government cannot handle the unemployment problem efficiently.
test_405_3,"#Person1#: The government has to face a lot of social problems now.
#Person2#: I think it is unemployment that gives rise to such social problems.
#Person1#: But it is very difficult for any government to handle it efficiently.
#Person2#: You are right.",#Person1# and #Person2# think that it's hard for the government to handle the social problems caused by unemployment.
test_406_1,"#Person1#: Are you busy next Saturday?
#Person2#: No, why?
#Person1#: I need to get a costume for a fancy dress party, and I reply don't know what to get. Will you come shopping with me?
#Person2#: Sure I like shopping. Who is organizing the party?
#Person1#: One of the girls in my office.
#Person2#: What's the occasion?
#Person1#: There is no specie occasion. She just likes to organize parties from time to time. This time it is a country theme.
#Person2#: That's easy, how about a cowgirl? Oh I know even better, a Canadian Mountie.
#Person1#: Well where am I going to get that sort of costume?
#Person2#: Leave it to me. I know exactly where to find it.
#Person1#: Oh good.
#Person2#: Excellent, come over at ten o'clock and we will start at the shopping center, the one around the corner from my house. They have just the shop we need.",#Person2# suggests #Person1# get a costume of a Canadian Mountie for a dress party. They will go to the shopping center for that at ten o'clock on Saturday.
test_406_2,"#Person1#: Are you busy next Saturday?
#Person2#: No, why?
#Person1#: I need to get a costume for a fancy dress party, and I reply don't know what to get. Will you come shopping with me?
#Person2#: Sure I like shopping. Who is organizing the party?
#Person1#: One of the girls in my office.
#Person2#: What's the occasion?
#Person1#: There is no specie occasion. She just likes to organize parties from time to time. This time it is a country theme.
#Person2#: That's easy, how about a cowgirl? Oh I know even better, a Canadian Mountie.
#Person1#: Well where am I going to get that sort of costume?
#Person2#: Leave it to me. I know exactly where to find it.
#Person1#: Oh good.
#Person2#: Excellent, come over at ten o'clock and we will start at the shopping center, the one around the corner from my house. They have just the shop we need.",#Person2# gives advice to #Person1# on what to wear at the party and plans to buy the costume with #Person1# in the shopping center at ten o'clock on Saturday
test_406_3,"#Person1#: Are you busy next Saturday?
#Person2#: No, why?
#Person1#: I need to get a costume for a fancy dress party, and I reply don't know what to get. Will you come shopping with me?
#Person2#: Sure I like shopping. Who is organizing the party?
#Person1#: One of the girls in my office.
#Person2#: What's the occasion?
#Person1#: There is no specie occasion. She just likes to organize parties from time to time. This time it is a country theme.
#Person2#: That's easy, how about a cowgirl? Oh I know even better, a Canadian Mountie.
#Person1#: Well where am I going to get that sort of costume?
#Person2#: Leave it to me. I know exactly where to find it.
#Person1#: Oh good.
#Person2#: Excellent, come over at ten o'clock and we will start at the shopping center, the one around the corner from my house. They have just the shop we need.",#Person1# doesn't know what to wear and where to get a costume for a country theme party while #Person2# knows and will help #Person1#.
test_407_1,"#Person1#: How is night life in Beijing?
#Person2#: Very interesting!
#Person1#: What do you suggest then?
#Person2#: How about going to dance? There is a very good nightclub nearby.
#Person1#: That's a great idea. Let's go. . . Oh, the dance hall looks very nice and the music is wonderful.
#Person2#: I'm glad you like it. The band is called 'Four and One'. They are especially good at playing rock and roll.
#Person1#: That's great! I love to dance to fast music.
#Person2#: Then you must be interested in disco dancing, aren't you?
#Person1#: Yes, disco dancing is my favorite. It's great fun and good exercise as well.
#Person2#: OK. Let's disco.
#Person1#: Now the band is playing a slow dance.
#Person2#: That's a waltz. Would you like to try it?
#Person1#: Sorry, I think I'Il sit out the next dance.
#Person2#: All right. Let me get you something to drink.",#Person1# and #Person2# go to a nightclub in Beijing and dance there. #Person1# prefers fast dances to slow dances.
test_407_2,"#Person1#: How is night life in Beijing?
#Person2#: Very interesting!
#Person1#: What do you suggest then?
#Person2#: How about going to dance? There is a very good nightclub nearby.
#Person1#: That's a great idea. Let's go. . . Oh, the dance hall looks very nice and the music is wonderful.
#Person2#: I'm glad you like it. The band is called 'Four and One'. They are especially good at playing rock and roll.
#Person1#: That's great! I love to dance to fast music.
#Person2#: Then you must be interested in disco dancing, aren't you?
#Person1#: Yes, disco dancing is my favorite. It's great fun and good exercise as well.
#Person2#: OK. Let's disco.
#Person1#: Now the band is playing a slow dance.
#Person2#: That's a waltz. Would you like to try it?
#Person1#: Sorry, I think I'Il sit out the next dance.
#Person2#: All right. Let me get you something to drink.",#Person1# and #Person2# go to the nightclub to dance and #Person1# prefers fast dances to slow dances.
test_407_3,"#Person1#: How is night life in Beijing?
#Person2#: Very interesting!
#Person1#: What do you suggest then?
#Person2#: How about going to dance? There is a very good nightclub nearby.
#Person1#: That's a great idea. Let's go. . . Oh, the dance hall looks very nice and the music is wonderful.
#Person2#: I'm glad you like it. The band is called 'Four and One'. They are especially good at playing rock and roll.
#Person1#: That's great! I love to dance to fast music.
#Person2#: Then you must be interested in disco dancing, aren't you?
#Person1#: Yes, disco dancing is my favorite. It's great fun and good exercise as well.
#Person2#: OK. Let's disco.
#Person1#: Now the band is playing a slow dance.
#Person2#: That's a waltz. Would you like to try it?
#Person1#: Sorry, I think I'Il sit out the next dance.
#Person2#: All right. Let me get you something to drink.","#Person2# takes #Person1# to a nightclub, and #Person1# has fun with fast dances."
test_408_1,"#Person1#: I'd love to have my own farm.
#Person2#: It would be very hard work. Are you sure?
#Person1#: I wouldn't mind getting up early morning and the physical work would make me fit and healthy.
#Person2#: Running a farm would be totally different to you current job.
#Person1#: That's one reason I'd like to try it. I'd really like to get away from working 9 to 5 in an office.
#Person2#: You'd need a lot of training before becoming a farmer. It's not something you can just walk into.
#Person1#: My uncle owns a farm and I'Ve spent some time working with him. I love being in the countryside with farm animals and green fields.
#Person2#: Well, I ' d certainly come and visit you. It would be great to take a working holiday on a farm. I'd love to get away from hustle and bustle of the city for a while.",#Person1# wants to have a farm and gets away from working 9 to 5 in an office. #Person2#'d visit #Person1#.
test_408_2,"#Person1#: I'd love to have my own farm.
#Person2#: It would be very hard work. Are you sure?
#Person1#: I wouldn't mind getting up early morning and the physical work would make me fit and healthy.
#Person2#: Running a farm would be totally different to you current job.
#Person1#: That's one reason I'd like to try it. I'd really like to get away from working 9 to 5 in an office.
#Person2#: You'd need a lot of training before becoming a farmer. It's not something you can just walk into.
#Person1#: My uncle owns a farm and I'Ve spent some time working with him. I love being in the countryside with farm animals and green fields.
#Person2#: Well, I ' d certainly come and visit you. It would be great to take a working holiday on a farm. I'd love to get away from hustle and bustle of the city for a while.","#Person2# thinks that #Person1#'s plan to run a farm and become a farmer is different from the current job, and #Person2# will come and visit #Person1# on a farm."
test_408_3,"#Person1#: I'd love to have my own farm.
#Person2#: It would be very hard work. Are you sure?
#Person1#: I wouldn't mind getting up early morning and the physical work would make me fit and healthy.
#Person2#: Running a farm would be totally different to you current job.
#Person1#: That's one reason I'd like to try it. I'd really like to get away from working 9 to 5 in an office.
#Person2#: You'd need a lot of training before becoming a farmer. It's not something you can just walk into.
#Person1#: My uncle owns a farm and I'Ve spent some time working with him. I love being in the countryside with farm animals and green fields.
#Person2#: Well, I ' d certainly come and visit you. It would be great to take a working holiday on a farm. I'd love to get away from hustle and bustle of the city for a while.",#Person1# decides to own a farm and live a different life while #Person2# thinks it's difficult.
test_409_1,"#Person1#: Hey man, what do you have on tap?
#Person2#: Heineken and Budweiser. We have a two-for-one happy hour special.
#Person1#: Cool, give me a pint of Heineken and half a pint of Bud.
#Person2#: Okay. . . A pint of Heineken and and half a pint of bud for table six! And what about some appetizers?
#Person1#: Sure! Let's have some nachos and mozzarella sticks.
#Person2#: Okay. That'll be 80 bucks.
#Person1#: Wait. . . What!",The high price of a two-for-one happy hour special shocks #Person1#.
test_409_2,"#Person1#: Hey man, what do you have on tap?
#Person2#: Heineken and Budweiser. We have a two-for-one happy hour special.
#Person1#: Cool, give me a pint of Heineken and half a pint of Bud.
#Person2#: Okay. . . A pint of Heineken and and half a pint of bud for table six! And what about some appetizers?
#Person1#: Sure! Let's have some nachos and mozzarella sticks.
#Person2#: Okay. That'll be 80 bucks.
#Person1#: Wait. . . What!",#Person1# orders drinks and food but finds them expensive.
test_409_3,"#Person1#: Hey man, what do you have on tap?
#Person2#: Heineken and Budweiser. We have a two-for-one happy hour special.
#Person1#: Cool, give me a pint of Heineken and half a pint of Bud.
#Person2#: Okay. . . A pint of Heineken and and half a pint of bud for table six! And what about some appetizers?
#Person1#: Sure! Let's have some nachos and mozzarella sticks.
#Person2#: Okay. That'll be 80 bucks.
#Person1#: Wait. . . What!",#Person1# orders some food at #Person2#'s but finds the price is higher than expected.
test_410_1,"#Person1#: Hi Mary, how's it going?
#Person2#: Well, last night I had a big argument with Ann.
#Person1#: Terrible. It must be something serious. You two are such close friends.
#Person2#: Now that I look back at it, it wasn't that big a deal. I shouldn't have lost my temper.
#Person1#: Really? What happened?
#Person2#: It's just we've been planning to go the beach for a while, and we decided we could both make it this weekend. Then out of nowhere she called me up, said her boyfriend had made plans and that she need to cancel the trip. I was so angry when she told me that I said she didn't care about our friendship at all.
#Person1#: That's pretty harsh.
#Person2#: I know, but I was so upset. I mean, come on! Does she have to do everything her boyfriend says?
#Person1#: You know she probably feels just as bad.
#Person2#: Well, I think I was being a little selfish myself. I know they don't get to see each other very often.
#Person1#: Well, in that case I guess maybe you can be more understanding. You shouldn't let a trivial thing like this stand in the way of your friendship. After all you can go to the beach anytime you want.
#Person2#: Yeah, I'll call later to patch things up.","Mary argued with Ann because Ann canceled their trip because of her boyfriend's plans. After talking with #Person1#, Mary thinks she was selfish and call later to patch things up."
test_410_2,"#Person1#: Hi Mary, how's it going?
#Person2#: Well, last night I had a big argument with Ann.
#Person1#: Terrible. It must be something serious. You two are such close friends.
#Person2#: Now that I look back at it, it wasn't that big a deal. I shouldn't have lost my temper.
#Person1#: Really? What happened?
#Person2#: It's just we've been planning to go the beach for a while, and we decided we could both make it this weekend. Then out of nowhere she called me up, said her boyfriend had made plans and that she need to cancel the trip. I was so angry when she told me that I said she didn't care about our friendship at all.
#Person1#: That's pretty harsh.
#Person2#: I know, but I was so upset. I mean, come on! Does she have to do everything her boyfriend says?
#Person1#: You know she probably feels just as bad.
#Person2#: Well, I think I was being a little selfish myself. I know they don't get to see each other very often.
#Person1#: Well, in that case I guess maybe you can be more understanding. You shouldn't let a trivial thing like this stand in the way of your friendship. After all you can go to the beach anytime you want.
#Person2#: Yeah, I'll call later to patch things up.",Mary was angry with Ann because Ann canceled their plan because of Ann's boyfriend. #Person1# comforts Mary and she will patch things up later.
test_410_3,"#Person1#: Hi Mary, how's it going?
#Person2#: Well, last night I had a big argument with Ann.
#Person1#: Terrible. It must be something serious. You two are such close friends.
#Person2#: Now that I look back at it, it wasn't that big a deal. I shouldn't have lost my temper.
#Person1#: Really? What happened?
#Person2#: It's just we've been planning to go the beach for a while, and we decided we could both make it this weekend. Then out of nowhere she called me up, said her boyfriend had made plans and that she need to cancel the trip. I was so angry when she told me that I said she didn't care about our friendship at all.
#Person1#: That's pretty harsh.
#Person2#: I know, but I was so upset. I mean, come on! Does she have to do everything her boyfriend says?
#Person1#: You know she probably feels just as bad.
#Person2#: Well, I think I was being a little selfish myself. I know they don't get to see each other very often.
#Person1#: Well, in that case I guess maybe you can be more understanding. You shouldn't let a trivial thing like this stand in the way of your friendship. After all you can go to the beach anytime you want.
#Person2#: Yeah, I'll call later to patch things up.","Mary tells #Person1# about the argument she had with Ann, and after talking with #Person1#, she decides to call Ann to patch things up."
test_411_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me. Where can I buy some cigarettes?
#Person2#: There is a shop on the ground floor. It sells both Chinese and foreign cigarettes.
#Person1#: Can I also get some souvenirs there?
#Person2#: Yes, sir. There is a counter selling all kinds of souvenirs
#Person1#: By the way, where is the men's room?
#Person2#: There is one at the end of the corridor.
#Person1#: Thank you.
#Person2#: You are welcome.",#Person1# asks #Person2# for directions.
test_411_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me. Where can I buy some cigarettes?
#Person2#: There is a shop on the ground floor. It sells both Chinese and foreign cigarettes.
#Person1#: Can I also get some souvenirs there?
#Person2#: Yes, sir. There is a counter selling all kinds of souvenirs
#Person1#: By the way, where is the men's room?
#Person2#: There is one at the end of the corridor.
#Person1#: Thank you.
#Person2#: You are welcome.","#Person1# asks #Person2# where to buy cigarettes, souvenirs, and the men's room."
test_411_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me. Where can I buy some cigarettes?
#Person2#: There is a shop on the ground floor. It sells both Chinese and foreign cigarettes.
#Person1#: Can I also get some souvenirs there?
#Person2#: Yes, sir. There is a counter selling all kinds of souvenirs
#Person1#: By the way, where is the men's room?
#Person2#: There is one at the end of the corridor.
#Person1#: Thank you.
#Person2#: You are welcome.",#Person1# asks #Person2# for some locations.
test_412_1,"#Person1#: Catherine, have you ever seen the movie Fast Food Nation?
#Person2#: Yes, I remember it was inspired by a New York Times best-seller of the same name.
#Person1#: It's very thought-provoking, isn't it?
#Person2#: Exactly. It reveals the dark side of the all-American meal.
#Person1#: So what do you think of the American fast food culture?
#Person2#: I think America really deserves the name of fast food nation - as people can find McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut almost all over the States.
#Person1#: And everyone knows that Americans'favorite food is the hamburger, isn't it?
#Person2#: Sure. You see, Tom, fast food is a lifestyle that craves convenience. People just don't care whether it is healthy or not.
#Person1#: But I think some healthy menu options are also served at fast food restaurants. .
#Person2#: What are they?
#Person1#: Such as fat-free milk, whole-wheat rolls and fish sandwich.
#Person2#: They're much better
#Person1#: But I'm not sure if they're well-rcceived.
#Person2#: That's the point. People usually don't have much time to think about it when they have an on-the-go meal.
#Person1#: Well, Americans may need to find a way to make the most of their fast foods.
#Person2#: I suppose so.",Tom and Catherine are talking about American fast food culture. They think Americans need to find a way to make the most of their fast foods.
test_412_2,"#Person1#: Catherine, have you ever seen the movie Fast Food Nation?
#Person2#: Yes, I remember it was inspired by a New York Times best-seller of the same name.
#Person1#: It's very thought-provoking, isn't it?
#Person2#: Exactly. It reveals the dark side of the all-American meal.
#Person1#: So what do you think of the American fast food culture?
#Person2#: I think America really deserves the name of fast food nation - as people can find McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut almost all over the States.
#Person1#: And everyone knows that Americans'favorite food is the hamburger, isn't it?
#Person2#: Sure. You see, Tom, fast food is a lifestyle that craves convenience. People just don't care whether it is healthy or not.
#Person1#: But I think some healthy menu options are also served at fast food restaurants. .
#Person2#: What are they?
#Person1#: Such as fat-free milk, whole-wheat rolls and fish sandwich.
#Person2#: They're much better
#Person1#: But I'm not sure if they're well-rcceived.
#Person2#: That's the point. People usually don't have much time to think about it when they have an on-the-go meal.
#Person1#: Well, Americans may need to find a way to make the most of their fast foods.
#Person2#: I suppose so.","Catherine and Tom talk about American fast-food culture inspired by a movie, and they think Americans need to find a way to make the most of their fast foods."
test_412_3,"#Person1#: Catherine, have you ever seen the movie Fast Food Nation?
#Person2#: Yes, I remember it was inspired by a New York Times best-seller of the same name.
#Person1#: It's very thought-provoking, isn't it?
#Person2#: Exactly. It reveals the dark side of the all-American meal.
#Person1#: So what do you think of the American fast food culture?
#Person2#: I think America really deserves the name of fast food nation - as people can find McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut almost all over the States.
#Person1#: And everyone knows that Americans'favorite food is the hamburger, isn't it?
#Person2#: Sure. You see, Tom, fast food is a lifestyle that craves convenience. People just don't care whether it is healthy or not.
#Person1#: But I think some healthy menu options are also served at fast food restaurants. .
#Person2#: What are they?
#Person1#: Such as fat-free milk, whole-wheat rolls and fish sandwich.
#Person2#: They're much better
#Person1#: But I'm not sure if they're well-rcceived.
#Person2#: That's the point. People usually don't have much time to think about it when they have an on-the-go meal.
#Person1#: Well, Americans may need to find a way to make the most of their fast foods.
#Person2#: I suppose so.",Catherine and Tom discuss the movie Fast Food Nation and the opinions towards fast-food culture.
test_413_1,"#Person1#: Stand back from the door, please. Let the passengers off. You can't get on until the other passengers get off.
#Person2#: How much is the fare, please?
#Person1#: One dollar. Drop it in the box. Move to the rear of the bus. There are plenty of seats in the rear.
#Person2#: Wait. I want to ask you if this bus goes down Fifth Avenue as far as Greenwich Village.
#Person1#: That's right. Move along, please. There are more people waiting to get on. Move to the rear.
#Person2#: I thought this bus Went down Park Avenue.
#Person1#: No, that's the number l that goes down Park Avenue. This is the number 2.
#Person2#: But I thought this was the right bus to go to Washington Square Park.
#Person1#: It is. Get in. please. You're holding everyone up. You can't miss Washington Square Park.
#Person2#: Would you tell me when we get there?
#Person1#: It would be better if you watched out for yourself. I might forget.","#Person2# is holding everyone up, because #Person2# is standing back from the door and asking #Person1# whether this is the right bus to take."
test_413_2,"#Person1#: Stand back from the door, please. Let the passengers off. You can't get on until the other passengers get off.
#Person2#: How much is the fare, please?
#Person1#: One dollar. Drop it in the box. Move to the rear of the bus. There are plenty of seats in the rear.
#Person2#: Wait. I want to ask you if this bus goes down Fifth Avenue as far as Greenwich Village.
#Person1#: That's right. Move along, please. There are more people waiting to get on. Move to the rear.
#Person2#: I thought this bus Went down Park Avenue.
#Person1#: No, that's the number l that goes down Park Avenue. This is the number 2.
#Person2#: But I thought this was the right bus to go to Washington Square Park.
#Person1#: It is. Get in. please. You're holding everyone up. You can't miss Washington Square Park.
#Person2#: Would you tell me when we get there?
#Person1#: It would be better if you watched out for yourself. I might forget.",#Person2# keeps asking #Person1# the bus route while #Person1# is busy managing the space for other passengers.
test_413_3,"#Person1#: Stand back from the door, please. Let the passengers off. You can't get on until the other passengers get off.
#Person2#: How much is the fare, please?
#Person1#: One dollar. Drop it in the box. Move to the rear of the bus. There are plenty of seats in the rear.
#Person2#: Wait. I want to ask you if this bus goes down Fifth Avenue as far as Greenwich Village.
#Person1#: That's right. Move along, please. There are more people waiting to get on. Move to the rear.
#Person2#: I thought this bus Went down Park Avenue.
#Person1#: No, that's the number l that goes down Park Avenue. This is the number 2.
#Person2#: But I thought this was the right bus to go to Washington Square Park.
#Person1#: It is. Get in. please. You're holding everyone up. You can't miss Washington Square Park.
#Person2#: Would you tell me when we get there?
#Person1#: It would be better if you watched out for yourself. I might forget.","#Person2# asks #Person1# about the right bus to the places, but #Person1# wants #Person2# to move and let the passengers off."
test_414_1,"#Person1#: do you remember where you were for the terrorist attacks on 9-11?
#Person2#: yes, I was in my apartment in Beijing. Where were you?
#Person1#: I was at home with my parents in New York City.
#Person2#: really? Did you see the hijacked planes crash into and destroy the twin towers?
#Person1#: I didn't see the crash itself, but I did see the smoke and everything afterwards from my parents' apartment building.
#Person2#: that must have been horrible. Did you go out at all that day to see what was going on?
#Person1#: no, we decided to stay in our apartment. With all the buses out of service and the underground trains at a halt, many people had no choice but to walk home. It was utter chaos.
#Person2#: did you know anyone who worked in the World Trade Center?
#Person1#: yes, my uncle's firm had an office in one of the towers.
#Person2#: did he survive?
#Person1#: unfortunately, he wasn't able to evacuate in time. He ended up dying in the tower.
#Person2#: I'm sorry. That must have really been a nightmarish day for you and your family.
#Person1#: it was. The hijackers didn't have any respect for human life not even their own.
#Person2#: terrorist acts are deliberate and deadly and can affect every walk of life.","#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about the terrorist attacks on 9-11, which was nightmarish for #Person1#'s family."
test_414_2,"#Person1#: do you remember where you were for the terrorist attacks on 9-11?
#Person2#: yes, I was in my apartment in Beijing. Where were you?
#Person1#: I was at home with my parents in New York City.
#Person2#: really? Did you see the hijacked planes crash into and destroy the twin towers?
#Person1#: I didn't see the crash itself, but I did see the smoke and everything afterwards from my parents' apartment building.
#Person2#: that must have been horrible. Did you go out at all that day to see what was going on?
#Person1#: no, we decided to stay in our apartment. With all the buses out of service and the underground trains at a halt, many people had no choice but to walk home. It was utter chaos.
#Person2#: did you know anyone who worked in the World Trade Center?
#Person1#: yes, my uncle's firm had an office in one of the towers.
#Person2#: did he survive?
#Person1#: unfortunately, he wasn't able to evacuate in time. He ended up dying in the tower.
#Person2#: I'm sorry. That must have really been a nightmarish day for you and your family.
#Person1#: it was. The hijackers didn't have any respect for human life not even their own.
#Person2#: terrorist acts are deliberate and deadly and can affect every walk of life.","#Person1# and #Person2# remember the chaotic situation of New York after 9-11, and #Person1#'s uncle ended up dying in the tower."
test_414_3,"#Person1#: do you remember where you were for the terrorist attacks on 9-11?
#Person2#: yes, I was in my apartment in Beijing. Where were you?
#Person1#: I was at home with my parents in New York City.
#Person2#: really? Did you see the hijacked planes crash into and destroy the twin towers?
#Person1#: I didn't see the crash itself, but I did see the smoke and everything afterwards from my parents' apartment building.
#Person2#: that must have been horrible. Did you go out at all that day to see what was going on?
#Person1#: no, we decided to stay in our apartment. With all the buses out of service and the underground trains at a halt, many people had no choice but to walk home. It was utter chaos.
#Person2#: did you know anyone who worked in the World Trade Center?
#Person1#: yes, my uncle's firm had an office in one of the towers.
#Person2#: did he survive?
#Person1#: unfortunately, he wasn't able to evacuate in time. He ended up dying in the tower.
#Person2#: I'm sorry. That must have really been a nightmarish day for you and your family.
#Person1#: it was. The hijackers didn't have any respect for human life not even their own.
#Person2#: terrorist acts are deliberate and deadly and can affect every walk of life.",#Person1# tells #Person2# what was going on in New York City on 9-11 and what #Person1#'s family has suffered.
test_415_1,"#Person1#: Hi, my name's Karl. My wife and I are moving in next door.
#Person2#: Hello, Karl. I'm Chuck Jones. We're going to be neighbors.
#Person1#: I'm happy to meet you. It seems everyone in town is so friendly.
#Person2#: This is a small town, and we like to be neighborly. We know everyone who lives around here.
#Person1#: Well, I'm from Chicago. There are few people take the time to get to know their neighbors.
#Person2#: So, tell me, Karl, why did you come all the way to Minnesota to live?
#Person1#: We wanted to live in a more peaceful community and have more space. Another reason is, we can afford to buy a home here, but we can't in Chicago!",Karl and his wife moved to Minnesota and greet their friendly neighbour Chuck Jones and tells him why they moved here.
test_415_2,"#Person1#: Hi, my name's Karl. My wife and I are moving in next door.
#Person2#: Hello, Karl. I'm Chuck Jones. We're going to be neighbors.
#Person1#: I'm happy to meet you. It seems everyone in town is so friendly.
#Person2#: This is a small town, and we like to be neighborly. We know everyone who lives around here.
#Person1#: Well, I'm from Chicago. There are few people take the time to get to know their neighbors.
#Person2#: So, tell me, Karl, why did you come all the way to Minnesota to live?
#Person1#: We wanted to live in a more peaceful community and have more space. Another reason is, we can afford to buy a home here, but we can't in Chicago!",Karl and his wife newly moved to Minnesota. Karl greets his new neighbour Chuck and tells him the moving reason.
test_415_3,"#Person1#: Hi, my name's Karl. My wife and I are moving in next door.
#Person2#: Hello, Karl. I'm Chuck Jones. We're going to be neighbors.
#Person1#: I'm happy to meet you. It seems everyone in town is so friendly.
#Person2#: This is a small town, and we like to be neighborly. We know everyone who lives around here.
#Person1#: Well, I'm from Chicago. There are few people take the time to get to know their neighbors.
#Person2#: So, tell me, Karl, why did you come all the way to Minnesota to live?
#Person1#: We wanted to live in a more peaceful community and have more space. Another reason is, we can afford to buy a home here, but we can't in Chicago!",Karl has the first chat with his neighbour Chuck and tells him why they moved to Minnesota.
test_416_1,"#Person1#: May I take your order now?
#Person2#: Yes, I'll have a boiled egg with toast and orange juice, please.
#Person1#: How would you like your eggs?
#Person2#: Hard-boiled, please.
#Person1#: And your toast, light or dark?
#Person2#: Dark, please.
#Person1#: Now or later?
#Person2#: Later will do.
#Person1#: Will there be anything else?
#Person2#: No, that's all. Thanks.
#Person1#: One hard-boiled egg with toast and orange juice to follow.
#Person2#: That's right.
#Person1#: Just a moment, please.",#Person1# helps #Person2# order a hard-boiled egg with dark toast and orange juice to follow.
test_416_2,"#Person1#: May I take your order now?
#Person2#: Yes, I'll have a boiled egg with toast and orange juice, please.
#Person1#: How would you like your eggs?
#Person2#: Hard-boiled, please.
#Person1#: And your toast, light or dark?
#Person2#: Dark, please.
#Person1#: Now or later?
#Person2#: Later will do.
#Person1#: Will there be anything else?
#Person2#: No, that's all. Thanks.
#Person1#: One hard-boiled egg with toast and orange juice to follow.
#Person2#: That's right.
#Person1#: Just a moment, please.",#Person1# helps #Person2# order one hard-boiled egg with dark toast and orange juice to follow.
test_416_3,"#Person1#: May I take your order now?
#Person2#: Yes, I'll have a boiled egg with toast and orange juice, please.
#Person1#: How would you like your eggs?
#Person2#: Hard-boiled, please.
#Person1#: And your toast, light or dark?
#Person2#: Dark, please.
#Person1#: Now or later?
#Person2#: Later will do.
#Person1#: Will there be anything else?
#Person2#: No, that's all. Thanks.
#Person1#: One hard-boiled egg with toast and orange juice to follow.
#Person2#: That's right.
#Person1#: Just a moment, please.",#Person1# helps #Person2# order a hard-boiled egg with dark toast and orange juice to follow.
test_417_1,"#Person1#: Steven, it's ten o'clock. I'm going to bed. I'm beat.
#Person2#: Okay. I'm going to stay up a while. I've got to go over the household budget. We've sightly overspent this month.
#Person1#: Oh, can't you do it tomorrow? It's already past 10.
#Person2#: But I'm not sleepy, darling. I want to finish it today.
#Person1#: Okay. Please close the door to the basement before you go to bed. I don't want the dog down there tonight.
#Person2#: Okay. Good night. Have a good dream.
#Person1#: Good night.",Steven will go over the household budget while #Person1# will go to bed first.
test_417_2,"#Person1#: Steven, it's ten o'clock. I'm going to bed. I'm beat.
#Person2#: Okay. I'm going to stay up a while. I've got to go over the household budget. We've sightly overspent this month.
#Person1#: Oh, can't you do it tomorrow? It's already past 10.
#Person2#: But I'm not sleepy, darling. I want to finish it today.
#Person1#: Okay. Please close the door to the basement before you go to bed. I don't want the dog down there tonight.
#Person2#: Okay. Good night. Have a good dream.
#Person1#: Good night.",#Person1# goes to sleep first while Steven plans to stay up to go over the household budget.
test_417_3,"#Person1#: Steven, it's ten o'clock. I'm going to bed. I'm beat.
#Person2#: Okay. I'm going to stay up a while. I've got to go over the household budget. We've sightly overspent this month.
#Person1#: Oh, can't you do it tomorrow? It's already past 10.
#Person2#: But I'm not sleepy, darling. I want to finish it today.
#Person1#: Okay. Please close the door to the basement before you go to bed. I don't want the dog down there tonight.
#Person2#: Okay. Good night. Have a good dream.
#Person1#: Good night.",Steven wants to stay up to go over the household budget when #Person1# is going to sleep.
test_418_1,"#Person1#: Let's meet before next week's meeting, Jane. I want to kick around some ideas with you.
#Person2#: No problem. I'Ve got a really light week. Anytime's fine by me.
#Person1#: Well, let's plan to get together next Monday afternoon, around three?
#Person2#: All right, I'll put you in my book.",#Person1# will meet Jane next Monday afternoon around three to kick around some ideas.
test_418_2,"#Person1#: Let's meet before next week's meeting, Jane. I want to kick around some ideas with you.
#Person2#: No problem. I'Ve got a really light week. Anytime's fine by me.
#Person1#: Well, let's plan to get together next Monday afternoon, around three?
#Person2#: All right, I'll put you in my book.",#Person1# makes an appointment with Jane on next Monday afternoon around three to kick around some ideas.
test_418_3,"#Person1#: Let's meet before next week's meeting, Jane. I want to kick around some ideas with you.
#Person2#: No problem. I'Ve got a really light week. Anytime's fine by me.
#Person1#: Well, let's plan to get together next Monday afternoon, around three?
#Person2#: All right, I'll put you in my book.",#Person1# makes an appointment with Jane before their meeting.
test_419_1,"#Person1#: Good afternoon, sir, is there anything I can help you with today?
#Person2#: umm. . . yeah! I'm looking for a nice gift to give my girlfriend. Our fifth anniversary's next Friday.
#Person1#: Well, I would be happy to assist you in choosing the perfect gift for her. Is there anything particular that you have in mind?
#Person2#: No, not really. . . I'm completely at a loss.
#Person1#: Well, you can give her a set of pearl earrings, or this beautiful heart-shaped pendant. What is her favorite gemstone?
#Person2#: That purple one. I'm sorry. . . I'Ve never bought jewellery for anyone and I'm kind of nervous.
#Person1#: Don't worry, we specialize in providing our customers a relaxed, pressure-free shopping environment. That stone is an amethyst. We have a range of beautiful amethyst pieces. Take a look at this bracelet. It's 18K rose-gold, studded with amethyst and blue topaz. It's a great statement piece.
#Person2#: Oh. . . wow. That's really pretty. Jess would love that. But. . . I was thinking of something a little more delicate, perhaps a necklace?
#Person1#: We have this beautiful platinum pendant, or you could also get her a locket. You could also get her a timepiece , it's both glamorous yet functional. If you tell me a little more about your girlfriend, maybe I can help you find something for her.
#Person2#: Jess? Well, she's very smart, and has a great sense of humor. She's very feminine. . .
#Person1#: Perhaps you could give her a ring?
#Person2#: Well. . . actually. . . I was thinking about asking Jess to marry me. . . I'Ve just been so nervous.
#Person1#: Well sir, I believe your fifth anniversary is a great time to propose!
#Person2#: Okay, I'Ve decided. I'm going to pop the question!
#Person1#: Fabulous! We should look at engagement rings then! Now that's a whole other section.",#Person2# is looking for a nice gift to give his girlfriend Jess for their fifth anniversary. #Person1# gives him many suggestions and he finally decides to ask Jess to marry him.
test_419_2,"#Person1#: Good afternoon, sir, is there anything I can help you with today?
#Person2#: umm. . . yeah! I'm looking for a nice gift to give my girlfriend. Our fifth anniversary's next Friday.
#Person1#: Well, I would be happy to assist you in choosing the perfect gift for her. Is there anything particular that you have in mind?
#Person2#: No, not really. . . I'm completely at a loss.
#Person1#: Well, you can give her a set of pearl earrings, or this beautiful heart-shaped pendant. What is her favorite gemstone?
#Person2#: That purple one. I'm sorry. . . I'Ve never bought jewellery for anyone and I'm kind of nervous.
#Person1#: Don't worry, we specialize in providing our customers a relaxed, pressure-free shopping environment. That stone is an amethyst. We have a range of beautiful amethyst pieces. Take a look at this bracelet. It's 18K rose-gold, studded with amethyst and blue topaz. It's a great statement piece.
#Person2#: Oh. . . wow. That's really pretty. Jess would love that. But. . . I was thinking of something a little more delicate, perhaps a necklace?
#Person1#: We have this beautiful platinum pendant, or you could also get her a locket. You could also get her a timepiece , it's both glamorous yet functional. If you tell me a little more about your girlfriend, maybe I can help you find something for her.
#Person2#: Jess? Well, she's very smart, and has a great sense of humor. She's very feminine. . .
#Person1#: Perhaps you could give her a ring?
#Person2#: Well. . . actually. . . I was thinking about asking Jess to marry me. . . I'Ve just been so nervous.
#Person1#: Well sir, I believe your fifth anniversary is a great time to propose!
#Person2#: Okay, I'Ve decided. I'm going to pop the question!
#Person1#: Fabulous! We should look at engagement rings then! Now that's a whole other section.","#Person2# wants to select a gift for his girlfriend and get some recommendations from #Person1#. After consideration and #Person1#'s encouragement, #Person2# decides to buy a proposal ring."
test_419_3,"#Person1#: Good afternoon, sir, is there anything I can help you with today?
#Person2#: umm. . . yeah! I'm looking for a nice gift to give my girlfriend. Our fifth anniversary's next Friday.
#Person1#: Well, I would be happy to assist you in choosing the perfect gift for her. Is there anything particular that you have in mind?
#Person2#: No, not really. . . I'm completely at a loss.
#Person1#: Well, you can give her a set of pearl earrings, or this beautiful heart-shaped pendant. What is her favorite gemstone?
#Person2#: That purple one. I'm sorry. . . I'Ve never bought jewellery for anyone and I'm kind of nervous.
#Person1#: Don't worry, we specialize in providing our customers a relaxed, pressure-free shopping environment. That stone is an amethyst. We have a range of beautiful amethyst pieces. Take a look at this bracelet. It's 18K rose-gold, studded with amethyst and blue topaz. It's a great statement piece.
#Person2#: Oh. . . wow. That's really pretty. Jess would love that. But. . . I was thinking of something a little more delicate, perhaps a necklace?
#Person1#: We have this beautiful platinum pendant, or you could also get her a locket. You could also get her a timepiece , it's both glamorous yet functional. If you tell me a little more about your girlfriend, maybe I can help you find something for her.
#Person2#: Jess? Well, she's very smart, and has a great sense of humor. She's very feminine. . .
#Person1#: Perhaps you could give her a ring?
#Person2#: Well. . . actually. . . I was thinking about asking Jess to marry me. . . I'Ve just been so nervous.
#Person1#: Well sir, I believe your fifth anniversary is a great time to propose!
#Person2#: Okay, I'Ve decided. I'm going to pop the question!
#Person1#: Fabulous! We should look at engagement rings then! Now that's a whole other section.",#Person1# assists #Person2# in choosing a gift for Jess. #Person2# decides to buy a ring and propose on their fifth anniversary.
test_420_1,"#Person1#: Hi there! I am looking for a new car. I have this old Ford Pinto that I would like to trade in.
#Person2#: I see. You are in luck this month because all of our models are on sale! it is a perfect time to buy a new car since it's the end of the year.
#Person1#: Perfect! I like this one.
#Person2#: That is the Ford Focus. A very light but powerful vehicle. It comes with dual side airbags, power steering and power windows, tinted windows and your choice of either automatic or manual transmission.
#Person1#: Sounds like a good car! How many miles to the gallon?
#Person2#: It is a very fuel efficient vehicle giving you about 34 miles in the city and 40 on the highway.
#Person1#: That is really convenient. Especially now that fuel prices are so high! What's under the hood?
#Person2#: A very powerful 2. 5- liter turbocharged engine, Trust me, this car is fast!
#Person1#: Now for the most difficult question. What is the price tag for this lovely vehicle?
#Person2#: Very affordable sir. You can take it out of this lot today with 0 % down payment and no interest for the first year! You can test drive it now and we can sign the papers when we get back.
#Person1#: Great! Let's do it!","#Person1# is looking for a new car. After #Person2# introduces the information and price of the Ford Focus, #Person1# decides to test it."
test_420_2,"#Person1#: Hi there! I am looking for a new car. I have this old Ford Pinto that I would like to trade in.
#Person2#: I see. You are in luck this month because all of our models are on sale! it is a perfect time to buy a new car since it's the end of the year.
#Person1#: Perfect! I like this one.
#Person2#: That is the Ford Focus. A very light but powerful vehicle. It comes with dual side airbags, power steering and power windows, tinted windows and your choice of either automatic or manual transmission.
#Person1#: Sounds like a good car! How many miles to the gallon?
#Person2#: It is a very fuel efficient vehicle giving you about 34 miles in the city and 40 on the highway.
#Person1#: That is really convenient. Especially now that fuel prices are so high! What's under the hood?
#Person2#: A very powerful 2. 5- liter turbocharged engine, Trust me, this car is fast!
#Person1#: Now for the most difficult question. What is the price tag for this lovely vehicle?
#Person2#: Very affordable sir. You can take it out of this lot today with 0 % down payment and no interest for the first year! You can test drive it now and we can sign the papers when we get back.
#Person1#: Great! Let's do it!",#Person2# introduces the Ford Focus to #Person1# who wants to buy a new car. #Person2# describes every detail of the car and #Person1# decides to have a test drive.
test_420_3,"#Person1#: Hi there! I am looking for a new car. I have this old Ford Pinto that I would like to trade in.
#Person2#: I see. You are in luck this month because all of our models are on sale! it is a perfect time to buy a new car since it's the end of the year.
#Person1#: Perfect! I like this one.
#Person2#: That is the Ford Focus. A very light but powerful vehicle. It comes with dual side airbags, power steering and power windows, tinted windows and your choice of either automatic or manual transmission.
#Person1#: Sounds like a good car! How many miles to the gallon?
#Person2#: It is a very fuel efficient vehicle giving you about 34 miles in the city and 40 on the highway.
#Person1#: That is really convenient. Especially now that fuel prices are so high! What's under the hood?
#Person2#: A very powerful 2. 5- liter turbocharged engine, Trust me, this car is fast!
#Person1#: Now for the most difficult question. What is the price tag for this lovely vehicle?
#Person2#: Very affordable sir. You can take it out of this lot today with 0 % down payment and no interest for the first year! You can test drive it now and we can sign the papers when we get back.
#Person1#: Great! Let's do it!",#Person2# gives #Person1# a full introduction of the Ford Focus #Person1# intends to test drive it.
test_421_1,"#Person1#: Good morning. This is Apple Corporation. May I speak to Ballam?
#Person2#: Speaking.
#Person1#: I'm calling to offer you the position of computer engineer.
#Person2#: May I ask how much I can get every month?
#Person1#: Your starting salary is 3, 000 yuan a month, but if you work well we will put you on our regular staff after six months time and your salary will be raised to 5, 000 yuan a month.
#Person2#: I thought the starting salary is too low.
#Person1#: What is the lowest salary you may consider?
#Person2#: I hope to make 4, 000 yuan a month for supporting my family.
#Person1#: That's all right. We will pay you 4, 000 yuan a month for supporting your family. Would you like to start on next Monday?
#Person2#: No problem. Thank you for hiring me, I am very proud to be employed by your company and I will come in at eight o'clock sharp Monday.","Ballam asks for a position with 4,000 yuan starting salary from #Person1#, given that 3,000 yuan cannot support his family."
test_421_2,"#Person1#: Good morning. This is Apple Corporation. May I speak to Ballam?
#Person2#: Speaking.
#Person1#: I'm calling to offer you the position of computer engineer.
#Person2#: May I ask how much I can get every month?
#Person1#: Your starting salary is 3, 000 yuan a month, but if you work well we will put you on our regular staff after six months time and your salary will be raised to 5, 000 yuan a month.
#Person2#: I thought the starting salary is too low.
#Person1#: What is the lowest salary you may consider?
#Person2#: I hope to make 4, 000 yuan a month for supporting my family.
#Person1#: That's all right. We will pay you 4, 000 yuan a month for supporting your family. Would you like to start on next Monday?
#Person2#: No problem. Thank you for hiring me, I am very proud to be employed by your company and I will come in at eight o'clock sharp Monday.","Ballam is hired by Apple Corporation but he thinks the starting salary is low. After discussion, #Person1# agrees to raise the salary."
test_421_3,"#Person1#: Good morning. This is Apple Corporation. May I speak to Ballam?
#Person2#: Speaking.
#Person1#: I'm calling to offer you the position of computer engineer.
#Person2#: May I ask how much I can get every month?
#Person1#: Your starting salary is 3, 000 yuan a month, but if you work well we will put you on our regular staff after six months time and your salary will be raised to 5, 000 yuan a month.
#Person2#: I thought the starting salary is too low.
#Person1#: What is the lowest salary you may consider?
#Person2#: I hope to make 4, 000 yuan a month for supporting my family.
#Person1#: That's all right. We will pay you 4, 000 yuan a month for supporting your family. Would you like to start on next Monday?
#Person2#: No problem. Thank you for hiring me, I am very proud to be employed by your company and I will come in at eight o'clock sharp Monday.","#Person1# calls to inform Ballam that Ballam was going to be hired, and agrees to raise the starting salary after discussion."
test_422_1,"#Person1#: Would you like to know about benefits and so forth?
#Person2#: Please. Everyone enjoys hearing the benefits of something!
#Person1#: With this agreement we can bring over you many benefits. For example, head offices of your group companies can get really prompt integrated fund transfers and centralised allocations. This helps internal supervision and admin run smoothly.
#Person2#: That is wonderful. We've been having serious problems in that area. Our internal accounts seem so messy at the moment, nothing is running smoothly and it's costing us time and money.
#Person1#: Hopefully signing up for this Network Settlement Service will solve all of that. If you are sure, we can go ahead now, Sir. How does 10 am tomorrow sound, to get all of the paperwork out of the way?","#Person1# is introducing the benefits of Network Settlement Service to #Person2#, and confirms when to get the paperwork done."
test_422_2,"#Person1#: Would you like to know about benefits and so forth?
#Person2#: Please. Everyone enjoys hearing the benefits of something!
#Person1#: With this agreement we can bring over you many benefits. For example, head offices of your group companies can get really prompt integrated fund transfers and centralised allocations. This helps internal supervision and admin run smoothly.
#Person2#: That is wonderful. We've been having serious problems in that area. Our internal accounts seem so messy at the moment, nothing is running smoothly and it's costing us time and money.
#Person1#: Hopefully signing up for this Network Settlement Service will solve all of that. If you are sure, we can go ahead now, Sir. How does 10 am tomorrow sound, to get all of the paperwork out of the way?",#Person1# introduces the benefits #Person2# can get from the company and makes an appointment to sign all the papers.
test_422_3,"#Person1#: Would you like to know about benefits and so forth?
#Person2#: Please. Everyone enjoys hearing the benefits of something!
#Person1#: With this agreement we can bring over you many benefits. For example, head offices of your group companies can get really prompt integrated fund transfers and centralised allocations. This helps internal supervision and admin run smoothly.
#Person2#: That is wonderful. We've been having serious problems in that area. Our internal accounts seem so messy at the moment, nothing is running smoothly and it's costing us time and money.
#Person1#: Hopefully signing up for this Network Settlement Service will solve all of that. If you are sure, we can go ahead now, Sir. How does 10 am tomorrow sound, to get all of the paperwork out of the way?",#Person1# tells #Person2# about the benefits of Network Settlement Service and confirms the time to get the paperwork done.
test_423_1,"#Person1#: I'm hungry.
#Person2#: You already ate.
#Person1#: It wasn't enough, because I'm hungry again.
#Person2#: There's nothing left from dinner.
#Person1#: I'm going to get a snack.
#Person2#: What kind of snack are you going to make?
#Person1#: I don't know.
#Person2#: You can always make a sandwich.
#Person1#: I don't know what kind of sandwich I want.
#Person2#: Just make yourself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
#Person1#: I may just do that.
#Person2#: Go right ahead.",#Person1# is hungry again and #Person2# asks #Person1# to make something to eat.
test_423_2,"#Person1#: I'm hungry.
#Person2#: You already ate.
#Person1#: It wasn't enough, because I'm hungry again.
#Person2#: There's nothing left from dinner.
#Person1#: I'm going to get a snack.
#Person2#: What kind of snack are you going to make?
#Person1#: I don't know.
#Person2#: You can always make a sandwich.
#Person1#: I don't know what kind of sandwich I want.
#Person2#: Just make yourself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
#Person1#: I may just do that.
#Person2#: Go right ahead.",#Person1# is hungry but dont't know what to eat. #Person2# suggests a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
test_423_3,"#Person1#: I'm hungry.
#Person2#: You already ate.
#Person1#: It wasn't enough, because I'm hungry again.
#Person2#: There's nothing left from dinner.
#Person1#: I'm going to get a snack.
#Person2#: What kind of snack are you going to make?
#Person1#: I don't know.
#Person2#: You can always make a sandwich.
#Person1#: I don't know what kind of sandwich I want.
#Person2#: Just make yourself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
#Person1#: I may just do that.
#Person2#: Go right ahead.",#Person1# might make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to eat.
test_424_1,"#Person1#: The doctor sent me over here to have my blood drawn.
#Person2#: Certainly, please have a seat and roll up your left sleeve.
#Person1#: What is this test for?
#Person2#: Well, today your doctor wants us to check your white blood cell count.
#Person1#: What does that tell him?
#Person2#: Well, if it is elevated, you might have an infection.
#Person1#: Will the blood test hurt?
#Person2#: It is only a little pin stick. I am going to put a tourniquet on your arm to puff your veins up.
#Person1#: Ouch!
#Person2#: There we go! I got the blood that I needed.",#Person2# draws #Person1#'s blood to check white blood cell count.
test_424_2,"#Person1#: The doctor sent me over here to have my blood drawn.
#Person2#: Certainly, please have a seat and roll up your left sleeve.
#Person1#: What is this test for?
#Person2#: Well, today your doctor wants us to check your white blood cell count.
#Person1#: What does that tell him?
#Person2#: Well, if it is elevated, you might have an infection.
#Person1#: Will the blood test hurt?
#Person2#: It is only a little pin stick. I am going to put a tourniquet on your arm to puff your veins up.
#Person1#: Ouch!
#Person2#: There we go! I got the blood that I needed.",#Person2# helps #Person1# draw blood for testing white blood cell count.
test_424_3,"#Person1#: The doctor sent me over here to have my blood drawn.
#Person2#: Certainly, please have a seat and roll up your left sleeve.
#Person1#: What is this test for?
#Person2#: Well, today your doctor wants us to check your white blood cell count.
#Person1#: What does that tell him?
#Person2#: Well, if it is elevated, you might have an infection.
#Person1#: Will the blood test hurt?
#Person2#: It is only a little pin stick. I am going to put a tourniquet on your arm to puff your veins up.
#Person1#: Ouch!
#Person2#: There we go! I got the blood that I needed.",The doctor has #Person1#'s blood drawn by #Person2# to check white blood cell count.
test_425_1,"#Person1#: Mr. Sellers? It's Steven speaking, your tenant. We've just suffered a power failure. What should I do now?
#Person2#: All right, Steven. Do you have a flashlight?
#Person1#: Yes, I do.
#Person2#: OK, now go down to the basement and find the circuit box. Open it and check if there are any fuses blown out.
#Person1#: How do I know if it's blown out?
#Person2#: You'll see it's black and has burnt smell.
#Person1#: Then what shall I do?
#Person2#: Unscrew the burnt fuses and replace them with the good ones. You can find them on the rack in the basement.
#Person1#: OK, I'll try. I'll call you again if that doesn't work.",Steven calls Mr. Sellers and asks him what he should do to deal with a power failure.
test_425_2,"#Person1#: Mr. Sellers? It's Steven speaking, your tenant. We've just suffered a power failure. What should I do now?
#Person2#: All right, Steven. Do you have a flashlight?
#Person1#: Yes, I do.
#Person2#: OK, now go down to the basement and find the circuit box. Open it and check if there are any fuses blown out.
#Person1#: How do I know if it's blown out?
#Person2#: You'll see it's black and has burnt smell.
#Person1#: Then what shall I do?
#Person2#: Unscrew the burnt fuses and replace them with the good ones. You can find them on the rack in the basement.
#Person1#: OK, I'll try. I'll call you again if that doesn't work.",Mr. Sellers instructs Steven to solve the power failure by replacing bad fuses.
test_425_3,"#Person1#: Mr. Sellers? It's Steven speaking, your tenant. We've just suffered a power failure. What should I do now?
#Person2#: All right, Steven. Do you have a flashlight?
#Person1#: Yes, I do.
#Person2#: OK, now go down to the basement and find the circuit box. Open it and check if there are any fuses blown out.
#Person1#: How do I know if it's blown out?
#Person2#: You'll see it's black and has burnt smell.
#Person1#: Then what shall I do?
#Person2#: Unscrew the burnt fuses and replace them with the good ones. You can find them on the rack in the basement.
#Person1#: OK, I'll try. I'll call you again if that doesn't work.",Steven tries to do the repairment under Mr. Seller's instruction to solve power failure.
test_426_1,"#Person1#: Sorry to bother you. But I'm having a small problem I thought you might be able to help me with.
#Person2#: Sure Paula, shoot!
#Person1#: Well, it is about Ms. Connors, the landlord of our rented house.
#Person2#: Yeah, What happened?
#Person1#: The dishwasher broke down. I had the repair done and deducted the cost from the rent check.
#Person2#: And so. . .
#Person1#: She is threatening to evict us for not paying the full rent.
#Person2#: Hold on, Paula. It does sound pretty serious. But I'm sure you can work this out.
#Person1#: Well, you are over at the law school. So I wondered if you would mind coming with me when we talk to Ms. Connors. We're supposed to meet with her tomorrow night at eight.
#Person2#: Sure, I'd be glad to help you straighten things out. Why don't I stop by at about seven thirty?
#Person1#: Thanks a million, you are a lifesaver.",Paula is asking #Person2# to come over and talk with Ms. Connors about the rent.
test_426_2,"#Person1#: Sorry to bother you. But I'm having a small problem I thought you might be able to help me with.
#Person2#: Sure Paula, shoot!
#Person1#: Well, it is about Ms. Connors, the landlord of our rented house.
#Person2#: Yeah, What happened?
#Person1#: The dishwasher broke down. I had the repair done and deducted the cost from the rent check.
#Person2#: And so. . .
#Person1#: She is threatening to evict us for not paying the full rent.
#Person2#: Hold on, Paula. It does sound pretty serious. But I'm sure you can work this out.
#Person1#: Well, you are over at the law school. So I wondered if you would mind coming with me when we talk to Ms. Connors. We're supposed to meet with her tomorrow night at eight.
#Person2#: Sure, I'd be glad to help you straighten things out. Why don't I stop by at about seven thirty?
#Person1#: Thanks a million, you are a lifesaver.","Paula has an economic problem with her landlord, Ms. Connors. #Person2# agrees to help when Paula talks to Ms. Connors."
test_426_3,"#Person1#: Sorry to bother you. But I'm having a small problem I thought you might be able to help me with.
#Person2#: Sure Paula, shoot!
#Person1#: Well, it is about Ms. Connors, the landlord of our rented house.
#Person2#: Yeah, What happened?
#Person1#: The dishwasher broke down. I had the repair done and deducted the cost from the rent check.
#Person2#: And so. . .
#Person1#: She is threatening to evict us for not paying the full rent.
#Person2#: Hold on, Paula. It does sound pretty serious. But I'm sure you can work this out.
#Person1#: Well, you are over at the law school. So I wondered if you would mind coming with me when we talk to Ms. Connors. We're supposed to meet with her tomorrow night at eight.
#Person2#: Sure, I'd be glad to help you straighten things out. Why don't I stop by at about seven thirty?
#Person1#: Thanks a million, you are a lifesaver.","Paula turns to #Person2# for help to straighten out things between her and the landlord, Ms. Connors."
test_427_1,"#Person1#: The air conditioning is not working! We need to call a handyman before we start to fry in here!
#Person2#: Dan is on top of that. I think they are also getting the handyman to fix the bathroom toilet that keeps clogging up.
#Person1#: That would be convenient. They might as well ask him to fix the electrical wiring. The circuit breakers keep going out all the time. It's really annoying!
#Person2#: Yeah you are right. This office is falling apart! Frank told me the other day that the gutters outside were clogged and that's why the parking lot was flooded.
#Person1#: I know! I was in ankle deep water trying to get to my car that day! The handyman definitely has his work cut out for him.","#Person1# and #Person2# think they need a handyman to fix the air conditioning, toilet, electrical wiring and gutters."
test_427_2,"#Person1#: The air conditioning is not working! We need to call a handyman before we start to fry in here!
#Person2#: Dan is on top of that. I think they are also getting the handyman to fix the bathroom toilet that keeps clogging up.
#Person1#: That would be convenient. They might as well ask him to fix the electrical wiring. The circuit breakers keep going out all the time. It's really annoying!
#Person2#: Yeah you are right. This office is falling apart! Frank told me the other day that the gutters outside were clogged and that's why the parking lot was flooded.
#Person1#: I know! I was in ankle deep water trying to get to my car that day! The handyman definitely has his work cut out for him.",#Person1# wants a handyman to fix the air conditioner and it reminds #Person1# and #Person2# to fix other things as well.
test_427_3,"#Person1#: The air conditioning is not working! We need to call a handyman before we start to fry in here!
#Person2#: Dan is on top of that. I think they are also getting the handyman to fix the bathroom toilet that keeps clogging up.
#Person1#: That would be convenient. They might as well ask him to fix the electrical wiring. The circuit breakers keep going out all the time. It's really annoying!
#Person2#: Yeah you are right. This office is falling apart! Frank told me the other day that the gutters outside were clogged and that's why the parking lot was flooded.
#Person1#: I know! I was in ankle deep water trying to get to my car that day! The handyman definitely has his work cut out for him.",#Person1# and #Person2# think they need a handyman to fix all malfunctions in their office.
test_428_1,"#Person1#: Hey there, how are you doing?
#Person2#: I am great. How are you?
#Person1#: Well, I got laid off, and I'm looking for work.
#Person2#: Yeah, me too! What are you thinking you would like to do?
#Person1#: Right now, I'll take about anything that will pay the mortgage.
#Person2#: Have you gone out on any interviews so far?
#Person1#: I went out on one interview, but I haven't heard back from them.
#Person2#: Did you see the posting for the electrician apprentice program?
#Person1#: You know, I saw that and it looks pretty good!
#Person2#: Let's go check it out again!",#Person1# and #Person2# are looking for work and will think about the electrician apprentice program.
test_428_2,"#Person1#: Hey there, how are you doing?
#Person2#: I am great. How are you?
#Person1#: Well, I got laid off, and I'm looking for work.
#Person2#: Yeah, me too! What are you thinking you would like to do?
#Person1#: Right now, I'll take about anything that will pay the mortgage.
#Person2#: Have you gone out on any interviews so far?
#Person1#: I went out on one interview, but I haven't heard back from them.
#Person2#: Did you see the posting for the electrician apprentice program?
#Person1#: You know, I saw that and it looks pretty good!
#Person2#: Let's go check it out again!",#Person1# and #Person2# both get laid off and they want to find a job.
test_428_3,"#Person1#: Hey there, how are you doing?
#Person2#: I am great. How are you?
#Person1#: Well, I got laid off, and I'm looking for work.
#Person2#: Yeah, me too! What are you thinking you would like to do?
#Person1#: Right now, I'll take about anything that will pay the mortgage.
#Person2#: Have you gone out on any interviews so far?
#Person1#: I went out on one interview, but I haven't heard back from them.
#Person2#: Did you see the posting for the electrician apprentice program?
#Person1#: You know, I saw that and it looks pretty good!
#Person2#: Let's go check it out again!",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about their interviews after a lay-off and think about the electrician apprentice program.
test_429_1,"#Person1#: How would you describe your relationship with our boss?
#Person2#: We have a fairly good working relationship, but there was also a rough spot.
#Person1#: What do you think his strengths are?
#Person2#: Well, he has an amazing ability to analyze information and he is very good at making the right decision in tough situations.",#Person2# describes the relationship with their boss and the strengths of their boss to #Person1#.
test_429_2,"#Person1#: How would you describe your relationship with our boss?
#Person2#: We have a fairly good working relationship, but there was also a rough spot.
#Person1#: What do you think his strengths are?
#Person2#: Well, he has an amazing ability to analyze information and he is very good at making the right decision in tough situations.","#Person2# tells the strength of their boss to #Person1#, and describes the relationship with their boss."
test_429_3,"#Person1#: How would you describe your relationship with our boss?
#Person2#: We have a fairly good working relationship, but there was also a rough spot.
#Person1#: What do you think his strengths are?
#Person2#: Well, he has an amazing ability to analyze information and he is very good at making the right decision in tough situations.",#Person2# describes to #Person1# about the relationship with the boss and what their boss strengths lie on.
test_430_1,"#Person1#: Sit down, please. Mr. Tang, do you bring any paper or certificate with you?
#Person2#: Thank you. Here is a copy of the Tour Guide Certificate of mine.
#Person1#: Are you still working in Youth International Travel Agency?
#Person2#: Yes, but I am on holidays this week.
#Person1#: How many foreign languages can you speak?
#Person2#: I am bilingual, English and Russian.",#Person1# is interviewing Mr. Tang for the tour guide's job.
test_430_2,"#Person1#: Sit down, please. Mr. Tang, do you bring any paper or certificate with you?
#Person2#: Thank you. Here is a copy of the Tour Guide Certificate of mine.
#Person1#: Are you still working in Youth International Travel Agency?
#Person2#: Yes, but I am on holidays this week.
#Person1#: How many foreign languages can you speak?
#Person2#: I am bilingual, English and Russian.","#Person1# interviews Mr. Tang about his certification as a tour guide,"
test_430_3,"#Person1#: Sit down, please. Mr. Tang, do you bring any paper or certificate with you?
#Person2#: Thank you. Here is a copy of the Tour Guide Certificate of mine.
#Person1#: Are you still working in Youth International Travel Agency?
#Person2#: Yes, but I am on holidays this week.
#Person1#: How many foreign languages can you speak?
#Person2#: I am bilingual, English and Russian.",#Person1# interviews Mr.Tang about the related certification of being a tour guide.
test_431_1,"#Person1#: What can I do for you?
#Person2#: I would like to look at some watch.
#Person1#: May I show you the gold ones?
#Person2#: Pure gold ones, please.
#Person1#: OK. Here they are.
#Person2#: What is the price for this one?
#Person1#: One thousand yuan.
#Person2#: That's quite steep. Can you come down a little bit?
#Person1#: I'm afraid not. The price is very moderate.
#Person2#: It's rather more than I was thinking of paying.
#Person1#: We brought the price down only a few days ago. This is definitely a bargain.
#Person2#: OK. I'll take it.",#Person2# is bargaining with #Person1# over the price of a pure gold watch.
test_431_2,"#Person1#: What can I do for you?
#Person2#: I would like to look at some watch.
#Person1#: May I show you the gold ones?
#Person2#: Pure gold ones, please.
#Person1#: OK. Here they are.
#Person2#: What is the price for this one?
#Person1#: One thousand yuan.
#Person2#: That's quite steep. Can you come down a little bit?
#Person1#: I'm afraid not. The price is very moderate.
#Person2#: It's rather more than I was thinking of paying.
#Person1#: We brought the price down only a few days ago. This is definitely a bargain.
#Person2#: OK. I'll take it.",#Person2# wants to buy a watch but thinks the price is steep so #Person1# bargains with #Person1#.
test_431_3,"#Person1#: What can I do for you?
#Person2#: I would like to look at some watch.
#Person1#: May I show you the gold ones?
#Person2#: Pure gold ones, please.
#Person1#: OK. Here they are.
#Person2#: What is the price for this one?
#Person1#: One thousand yuan.
#Person2#: That's quite steep. Can you come down a little bit?
#Person1#: I'm afraid not. The price is very moderate.
#Person2#: It's rather more than I was thinking of paying.
#Person1#: We brought the price down only a few days ago. This is definitely a bargain.
#Person2#: OK. I'll take it.",#Person2# bargains with #Person1# on a gold watch.
test_432_1,"#Person1#: Hi, is that Sara?
#Person2#: Speaking.
#Person1#: This is Tom. Sorry to bother you at supper time.
#Person2#: Not at all.
#Person1#: My little girl Maria has a high fever. We're taking her to hospital in a short time.
#Person2#: I'm sorry to hear that. Is there anything I can do for you?
#Person1#: Do you mind taking care of my son Ken? We can't take him along.
#Person2#: OK. Can I bring him to my house?
#Person1#: Thank you. But he hasn't finished his dinner yet.
#Person2#: No problem. He can have dinner with us, and then, my son will play games with him.
#Person1#: I really appreciate your help.","Tom is asking Sara to take care of his son, since his daughter has a fever and they are taking her to the hospital."
test_432_2,"#Person1#: Hi, is that Sara?
#Person2#: Speaking.
#Person1#: This is Tom. Sorry to bother you at supper time.
#Person2#: Not at all.
#Person1#: My little girl Maria has a high fever. We're taking her to hospital in a short time.
#Person2#: I'm sorry to hear that. Is there anything I can do for you?
#Person1#: Do you mind taking care of my son Ken? We can't take him along.
#Person2#: OK. Can I bring him to my house?
#Person1#: Thank you. But he hasn't finished his dinner yet.
#Person2#: No problem. He can have dinner with us, and then, my son will play games with him.
#Person1#: I really appreciate your help.",Tom asks Sara to help to take care of his son when he takes his daughter to the hospital.
test_432_3,"#Person1#: Hi, is that Sara?
#Person2#: Speaking.
#Person1#: This is Tom. Sorry to bother you at supper time.
#Person2#: Not at all.
#Person1#: My little girl Maria has a high fever. We're taking her to hospital in a short time.
#Person2#: I'm sorry to hear that. Is there anything I can do for you?
#Person1#: Do you mind taking care of my son Ken? We can't take him along.
#Person2#: OK. Can I bring him to my house?
#Person1#: Thank you. But he hasn't finished his dinner yet.
#Person2#: No problem. He can have dinner with us, and then, my son will play games with him.
#Person1#: I really appreciate your help.","Tom calls Sara for her help to take care of his son Ken, because he is taking his daughter to the hospital."
test_433_1,"#Person1#: Amy, what was your first job?
#Person2#: Well, when I graduated from the college in 1998, I worked first as a secretary to the General Manager. That lasted for two years. Then I was promoted the Personnel Manager.
#Person1#: What were your duties?
#Person2#: I was responsible for all personnel matters.
#Person1#: Did you enjoy it?
#Person2#: Well, the people were nice. I liked the people I worked with. But the job was poorly paid.
#Person1#: And how long did you stay there?
#Person2#: Oh, about a year. I left because I wanted to apply for a position in the Sales Department. That's where I work now.",Amy is talking about her first job experience and later job with #Person1#.
test_433_2,"#Person1#: Amy, what was your first job?
#Person2#: Well, when I graduated from the college in 1998, I worked first as a secretary to the General Manager. That lasted for two years. Then I was promoted the Personnel Manager.
#Person1#: What were your duties?
#Person2#: I was responsible for all personnel matters.
#Person1#: Did you enjoy it?
#Person2#: Well, the people were nice. I liked the people I worked with. But the job was poorly paid.
#Person1#: And how long did you stay there?
#Person2#: Oh, about a year. I left because I wanted to apply for a position in the Sales Department. That's where I work now.",Amy tells #Person1# about her first job experience and her current job.
test_433_3,"#Person1#: Amy, what was your first job?
#Person2#: Well, when I graduated from the college in 1998, I worked first as a secretary to the General Manager. That lasted for two years. Then I was promoted the Personnel Manager.
#Person1#: What were your duties?
#Person2#: I was responsible for all personnel matters.
#Person1#: Did you enjoy it?
#Person2#: Well, the people were nice. I liked the people I worked with. But the job was poorly paid.
#Person1#: And how long did you stay there?
#Person2#: Oh, about a year. I left because I wanted to apply for a position in the Sales Department. That's where I work now.",Amy shares her former work experience and her current job with #Person1#.
test_434_1,"#Person1#: Hey, Andrew! An ...? Andrew.
#Person2#: What?
#Person1#:Andrew.
#Person2#: What? What's going on?
#Person1#: What happened to YOU?
#Person2#: You mean my hair? You like my hair?
#Person1#: Uh, I think you know what I mean, Andrew. Do you want me to be honest?
#Person2#: What?
#Person1#:Okay. Andrew. You've put on, like, a ton of weight since I saw you at Christmas time. What on earth happened to you?
#Person2#: Why are you always so blunt?
#Person1#: Well, I'm your big sister. I'm ... what am I? Three years older than you, and I can be blunt if I want. Besides, you used to say stuff like that to me all of the time. You used to call me fatso all the time when I was little.
#Person2#: Oh, yeah, well, to be honest, uh ..., I started changing my life .... yesterday.
#Person1#: Oh good!
#Person2#: I'm on the Wafu Diet.
#Person1#: What? I've never even heard of the Wafu Diet. What is that?
#Person2#: Ah, it's too difficult to explain. I found information about it in my junk mail the other day ...
#Person1#: What? You read your junk mail? No one reads their junk mail.
#Person2#: ... and I signed up for it, and it only cost $490.
#Person1#: You're serious?
#Person2#: Yeah.
#Person1#:  Four hundred and ninety bucks? 
#Person2#: Yeah. 
#Person1#: Like every month or every week or ...?
#Person2#: I didn't check that ... ah, ah, but, but, but, but ... I think ...
#Person1#: Listen. I think you're getting scammed, and it sounds really stupid, so listen. I'm not fat anymore, so trust me. I ... if you want to lose weight, you need to do it the right way.
#Person2#: Well, like what?
#Person1#: Well, okay.
#Person2#: Okay, uh, well, look. Look at my running shoes over there.
#Person1#: Andrew. They're still in the box. 
#Person2#: Well ... 
#Person1#: Never used. Besides exercise, yeah, exercise is wonderful. It's great, but you also need to learn how to eat right. For example, you need to eat smaller portions. And, and you can't load up your plate with seconds and thirds like you always used to do at the family parties.
#Person2#: Well, okay. I'll just get a bigger plate!
#Person1#: Andrew! That won't help. Next 
#Person2#: Oh, next? 
#Person1#: . Oh yeah. So, first of all, smaller portions 
#Person2#: Okay.
#Person1#: Then, you need to make sure you eat a good, well-balanced breakfast first thing in the morning 
#Person2#: I do that. 
#Person1#: And then you follow that up with smaller meals throughout the day, cause, you know what? If you skip breakfast, then throughout the day, you feel like you need to make up it by overeating at lunch and dinner and lots of snacks.
#Person2#: Uh ... 
#Person1#: Anyway, um, oh yeah. Don't eat late at night.
#Person2#:  What? Like what?
#Person1#:  Well, you know a lot of people ... they want a ... they want a late night snake and stuff like that, but a lot of times, that's really, really high-calorie stuff like ice cream and things, and your body's not active to burn it off, so you just store all those calories as fat. You have to throw away ... Oh my gosh!
#Person2#:  What?
#Person1#: That's all you have in your freezer! You've only got ice cream in here! You're going to have to throw that all away?
#Person2#: It's low-calorie ice cream.
#Person1#: Low cal. No, it's not low-cal. Look right here. Andrew! That's all the food you've got in here is ice cream.
#Person2#: Well, what else, what else?
#Person1#: Also, what else are you eating? 
#Person2#: Well, you know ...
#Person1#: I mean, seriously. All you eat is ice cream? Oh, oh, oh. Look in your trash. You go to McDonalds every day. Every day you're eating at fast food? 
#Person2#: Well ...
#Person1#: Okay, you got to cut out the fast food. When you know the manger of McDonalds by name, and he's your best buddy on Facebook, you know that you're going to McDonalds or any fast food place too much.
#Person2#: Uh, this is going to be tough.
#Person1#: Yeah. It probably will be. But you also need to eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables. 
#Person2#:  Oh, well. 
#Person1#: cut way back on sugar. No more sugary drinks like those five gallons of Coke you drink every day.
#Person2#: I don't drink five gallons.
#Person1#: Close enough. Look at the size of those cups! How many times do you refill them?
#Person2#: Well, then, drink what?
#Person1#: Water!
#Person2#: Water?
#Person1#: It's really good for you.
#Person2#: Oh, this is going to be tough.
#Person1#: It might be.","Andrew is on the diet according to a junk mail. His elder sister thinks he's scammed and hopes he could listen to her. She suggests he do exercises, eat smaller portions, eat well-balanced breakfast and follow up with smaller meals throughout the day, never eat late at night, throw away ice-cream, cut out the fast food, eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, cut way back on sugar and drink water instead of sugary drinks. Andrew feels this is going to be tough."
test_434_2,"#Person1#: Hey, Andrew! An ...? Andrew.
#Person2#: What?
#Person1#:Andrew.
#Person2#: What? What's going on?
#Person1#: What happened to YOU?
#Person2#: You mean my hair? You like my hair?
#Person1#: Uh, I think you know what I mean, Andrew. Do you want me to be honest?
#Person2#: What?
#Person1#:Okay. Andrew. You've put on, like, a ton of weight since I saw you at Christmas time. What on earth happened to you?
#Person2#: Why are you always so blunt?
#Person1#: Well, I'm your big sister. I'm ... what am I? Three years older than you, and I can be blunt if I want. Besides, you used to say stuff like that to me all of the time. You used to call me fatso all the time when I was little.
#Person2#: Oh, yeah, well, to be honest, uh ..., I started changing my life .... yesterday.
#Person1#: Oh good!
#Person2#: I'm on the Wafu Diet.
#Person1#: What? I've never even heard of the Wafu Diet. What is that?
#Person2#: Ah, it's too difficult to explain. I found information about it in my junk mail the other day ...
#Person1#: What? You read your junk mail? No one reads their junk mail.
#Person2#: ... and I signed up for it, and it only cost $490.
#Person1#: You're serious?
#Person2#: Yeah.
#Person1#:  Four hundred and ninety bucks? 
#Person2#: Yeah. 
#Person1#: Like every month or every week or ...?
#Person2#: I didn't check that ... ah, ah, but, but, but, but ... I think ...
#Person1#: Listen. I think you're getting scammed, and it sounds really stupid, so listen. I'm not fat anymore, so trust me. I ... if you want to lose weight, you need to do it the right way.
#Person2#: Well, like what?
#Person1#: Well, okay.
#Person2#: Okay, uh, well, look. Look at my running shoes over there.
#Person1#: Andrew. They're still in the box. 
#Person2#: Well ... 
#Person1#: Never used. Besides exercise, yeah, exercise is wonderful. It's great, but you also need to learn how to eat right. For example, you need to eat smaller portions. And, and you can't load up your plate with seconds and thirds like you always used to do at the family parties.
#Person2#: Well, okay. I'll just get a bigger plate!
#Person1#: Andrew! That won't help. Next 
#Person2#: Oh, next? 
#Person1#: . Oh yeah. So, first of all, smaller portions 
#Person2#: Okay.
#Person1#: Then, you need to make sure you eat a good, well-balanced breakfast first thing in the morning 
#Person2#: I do that. 
#Person1#: And then you follow that up with smaller meals throughout the day, cause, you know what? If you skip breakfast, then throughout the day, you feel like you need to make up it by overeating at lunch and dinner and lots of snacks.
#Person2#: Uh ... 
#Person1#: Anyway, um, oh yeah. Don't eat late at night.
#Person2#:  What? Like what?
#Person1#:  Well, you know a lot of people ... they want a ... they want a late night snake and stuff like that, but a lot of times, that's really, really high-calorie stuff like ice cream and things, and your body's not active to burn it off, so you just store all those calories as fat. You have to throw away ... Oh my gosh!
#Person2#:  What?
#Person1#: That's all you have in your freezer! You've only got ice cream in here! You're going to have to throw that all away?
#Person2#: It's low-calorie ice cream.
#Person1#: Low cal. No, it's not low-cal. Look right here. Andrew! That's all the food you've got in here is ice cream.
#Person2#: Well, what else, what else?
#Person1#: Also, what else are you eating? 
#Person2#: Well, you know ...
#Person1#: I mean, seriously. All you eat is ice cream? Oh, oh, oh. Look in your trash. You go to McDonalds every day. Every day you're eating at fast food? 
#Person2#: Well ...
#Person1#: Okay, you got to cut out the fast food. When you know the manger of McDonalds by name, and he's your best buddy on Facebook, you know that you're going to McDonalds or any fast food place too much.
#Person2#: Uh, this is going to be tough.
#Person1#: Yeah. It probably will be. But you also need to eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables. 
#Person2#:  Oh, well. 
#Person1#: cut way back on sugar. No more sugary drinks like those five gallons of Coke you drink every day.
#Person2#: I don't drink five gallons.
#Person1#: Close enough. Look at the size of those cups! How many times do you refill them?
#Person2#: Well, then, drink what?
#Person1#: Water!
#Person2#: Water?
#Person1#: It's really good for you.
#Person2#: Oh, this is going to be tough.
#Person1#: It might be.","#Person1# is surprised to see Andrew put on so much weight but Andrew tells #Person1# that to lose weight, he signs up for a Wafu Diet online for $490. #Person1# thinks he's getting scammed and suggests that he should take more exercise, eat smaller portions, eat a well-balanced breakfast, cut off fast food and sugar and eat fresh fruits and vegetables"
test_434_3,"#Person1#: Hey, Andrew! An ...? Andrew.
#Person2#: What?
#Person1#:Andrew.
#Person2#: What? What's going on?
#Person1#: What happened to YOU?
#Person2#: You mean my hair? You like my hair?
#Person1#: Uh, I think you know what I mean, Andrew. Do you want me to be honest?
#Person2#: What?
#Person1#:Okay. Andrew. You've put on, like, a ton of weight since I saw you at Christmas time. What on earth happened to you?
#Person2#: Why are you always so blunt?
#Person1#: Well, I'm your big sister. I'm ... what am I? Three years older than you, and I can be blunt if I want. Besides, you used to say stuff like that to me all of the time. You used to call me fatso all the time when I was little.
#Person2#: Oh, yeah, well, to be honest, uh ..., I started changing my life .... yesterday.
#Person1#: Oh good!
#Person2#: I'm on the Wafu Diet.
#Person1#: What? I've never even heard of the Wafu Diet. What is that?
#Person2#: Ah, it's too difficult to explain. I found information about it in my junk mail the other day ...
#Person1#: What? You read your junk mail? No one reads their junk mail.
#Person2#: ... and I signed up for it, and it only cost $490.
#Person1#: You're serious?
#Person2#: Yeah.
#Person1#:  Four hundred and ninety bucks? 
#Person2#: Yeah. 
#Person1#: Like every month or every week or ...?
#Person2#: I didn't check that ... ah, ah, but, but, but, but ... I think ...
#Person1#: Listen. I think you're getting scammed, and it sounds really stupid, so listen. I'm not fat anymore, so trust me. I ... if you want to lose weight, you need to do it the right way.
#Person2#: Well, like what?
#Person1#: Well, okay.
#Person2#: Okay, uh, well, look. Look at my running shoes over there.
#Person1#: Andrew. They're still in the box. 
#Person2#: Well ... 
#Person1#: Never used. Besides exercise, yeah, exercise is wonderful. It's great, but you also need to learn how to eat right. For example, you need to eat smaller portions. And, and you can't load up your plate with seconds and thirds like you always used to do at the family parties.
#Person2#: Well, okay. I'll just get a bigger plate!
#Person1#: Andrew! That won't help. Next 
#Person2#: Oh, next? 
#Person1#: . Oh yeah. So, first of all, smaller portions 
#Person2#: Okay.
#Person1#: Then, you need to make sure you eat a good, well-balanced breakfast first thing in the morning 
#Person2#: I do that. 
#Person1#: And then you follow that up with smaller meals throughout the day, cause, you know what? If you skip breakfast, then throughout the day, you feel like you need to make up it by overeating at lunch and dinner and lots of snacks.
#Person2#: Uh ... 
#Person1#: Anyway, um, oh yeah. Don't eat late at night.
#Person2#:  What? Like what?
#Person1#:  Well, you know a lot of people ... they want a ... they want a late night snake and stuff like that, but a lot of times, that's really, really high-calorie stuff like ice cream and things, and your body's not active to burn it off, so you just store all those calories as fat. You have to throw away ... Oh my gosh!
#Person2#:  What?
#Person1#: That's all you have in your freezer! You've only got ice cream in here! You're going to have to throw that all away?
#Person2#: It's low-calorie ice cream.
#Person1#: Low cal. No, it's not low-cal. Look right here. Andrew! That's all the food you've got in here is ice cream.
#Person2#: Well, what else, what else?
#Person1#: Also, what else are you eating? 
#Person2#: Well, you know ...
#Person1#: I mean, seriously. All you eat is ice cream? Oh, oh, oh. Look in your trash. You go to McDonalds every day. Every day you're eating at fast food? 
#Person2#: Well ...
#Person1#: Okay, you got to cut out the fast food. When you know the manger of McDonalds by name, and he's your best buddy on Facebook, you know that you're going to McDonalds or any fast food place too much.
#Person2#: Uh, this is going to be tough.
#Person1#: Yeah. It probably will be. But you also need to eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables. 
#Person2#:  Oh, well. 
#Person1#: cut way back on sugar. No more sugary drinks like those five gallons of Coke you drink every day.
#Person2#: I don't drink five gallons.
#Person1#: Close enough. Look at the size of those cups! How many times do you refill them?
#Person2#: Well, then, drink what?
#Person1#: Water!
#Person2#: Water?
#Person1#: It's really good for you.
#Person2#: Oh, this is going to be tough.
#Person1#: It might be.",Andrew's elder sister is surprised by Andrew's putting on so much weight and figures out Andrew has probably got scammed by a junk mail. She offers Andrew systematic suggestions on living healthy and losing weight.
test_435_1,"#Person1#: Hi, can I talk to Mary, please?
#Person2#: This is Mary. Who's that speaking?
#Person1#: Hi, Mary. This is Greg Sonders from Brown College.
#Person2#: How can I help you, Mr. Sonders?
#Person1#: Well, your papers mention your impressive grade point average. And your test scores meet our admission standards. But we'd like to know if you'd be interested in college sports.
#Person2#: Definitely! I wrote on my application that I played high school basketball. In fact, I hold my school's all time record for points scored in a game.
#Person1#: Great! Do you play any other sports?
#Person2#: I also play volleyball.
#Person1#: Great! Well, you've certainly made an impression on us. We'll let you know our decision soon.
#Person2#: Thanks!
#Person1#: Goodbye.",Mr. Sonders interviews Mary for college admission. Mary makes an impression on them.
test_435_2,"#Person1#: Hi, can I talk to Mary, please?
#Person2#: This is Mary. Who's that speaking?
#Person1#: Hi, Mary. This is Greg Sonders from Brown College.
#Person2#: How can I help you, Mr. Sonders?
#Person1#: Well, your papers mention your impressive grade point average. And your test scores meet our admission standards. But we'd like to know if you'd be interested in college sports.
#Person2#: Definitely! I wrote on my application that I played high school basketball. In fact, I hold my school's all time record for points scored in a game.
#Person1#: Great! Do you play any other sports?
#Person2#: I also play volleyball.
#Person1#: Great! Well, you've certainly made an impression on us. We'll let you know our decision soon.
#Person2#: Thanks!
#Person1#: Goodbye.",Greg Sonders from Brown College calls the applicant Mary to ask whether she is interested in college sports and will make a further decision later.
test_435_3,"#Person1#: Hi, can I talk to Mary, please?
#Person2#: This is Mary. Who's that speaking?
#Person1#: Hi, Mary. This is Greg Sonders from Brown College.
#Person2#: How can I help you, Mr. Sonders?
#Person1#: Well, your papers mention your impressive grade point average. And your test scores meet our admission standards. But we'd like to know if you'd be interested in college sports.
#Person2#: Definitely! I wrote on my application that I played high school basketball. In fact, I hold my school's all time record for points scored in a game.
#Person1#: Great! Do you play any other sports?
#Person2#: I also play volleyball.
#Person1#: Great! Well, you've certainly made an impression on us. We'll let you know our decision soon.
#Person2#: Thanks!
#Person1#: Goodbye.",Greg Sonders calls Mary to ask whether Mary is interested in sports and tells Mary to wait for final admission decision later.
test_436_1,"#Person1#: Taxi! Taxi! 
#Person2#: Where to, sir? 
#Person1#: I'd like to go to the railway station please. 
#Person2#: Please hop in. 
#Person1#: Is it a long run to the station? 
#Person2#: It'll take about 20 minutes. 
#Person1#: The streets are heavy with traffic at this time of a day, are they? 
#Person2#: Yes, they are. 
#Person1#: Is it the rush hour now? 
#Person2#: Yes, it is. Are you in a hurry sir? 
#Person1#: No, I'm not. Would you please drive slowly and carefully? 
#Person2#: Yes, sir. ",#Person1# takes a taxi to the railway station in the rush hour.
test_436_2,"#Person1#: Taxi! Taxi! 
#Person2#: Where to, sir? 
#Person1#: I'd like to go to the railway station please. 
#Person2#: Please hop in. 
#Person1#: Is it a long run to the station? 
#Person2#: It'll take about 20 minutes. 
#Person1#: The streets are heavy with traffic at this time of a day, are they? 
#Person2#: Yes, they are. 
#Person1#: Is it the rush hour now? 
#Person2#: Yes, it is. Are you in a hurry sir? 
#Person1#: No, I'm not. Would you please drive slowly and carefully? 
#Person2#: Yes, sir. ",#Person1# stops a taxi to the railway station and asks the driver to be slow and careful.
test_436_3,"#Person1#: Taxi! Taxi! 
#Person2#: Where to, sir? 
#Person1#: I'd like to go to the railway station please. 
#Person2#: Please hop in. 
#Person1#: Is it a long run to the station? 
#Person2#: It'll take about 20 minutes. 
#Person1#: The streets are heavy with traffic at this time of a day, are they? 
#Person2#: Yes, they are. 
#Person1#: Is it the rush hour now? 
#Person2#: Yes, it is. Are you in a hurry sir? 
#Person1#: No, I'm not. Would you please drive slowly and carefully? 
#Person2#: Yes, sir. ",#Person1# tells #Person2# to drive slowly and carefully to the railway station in the rush hour.
test_437_1,"#Person1#: Brian, do you know how to speak English? 
#Person2#: Yes. 
#Person1#: Where did you learn? 
#Person2#: I learned in college. 
#Person1#: You speak really well. 
#Person2#: Thank you. 
#Person1#: How long have you been in the U. S. ? 
#Person2#: 3 weeks. 
#Person1#: Is your wife with you? 
#Person2#: Yes, she just got here yesterday. 
#Person1#: Have you been to California before? 
#Person2#: No. I've never been there. 
#Person1#: Have you ever been to Las Vegas? 
#Person2#: Yes. I went there once on a business trip. ",#Person1# is asking Brian about his life in the U.S.
test_437_2,"#Person1#: Brian, do you know how to speak English? 
#Person2#: Yes. 
#Person1#: Where did you learn? 
#Person2#: I learned in college. 
#Person1#: You speak really well. 
#Person2#: Thank you. 
#Person1#: How long have you been in the U. S. ? 
#Person2#: 3 weeks. 
#Person1#: Is your wife with you? 
#Person2#: Yes, she just got here yesterday. 
#Person1#: Have you been to California before? 
#Person2#: No. I've never been there. 
#Person1#: Have you ever been to Las Vegas? 
#Person2#: Yes. I went there once on a business trip. ",#Person1# asks Brian about his experience of living in the US.
test_437_3,"#Person1#: Brian, do you know how to speak English? 
#Person2#: Yes. 
#Person1#: Where did you learn? 
#Person2#: I learned in college. 
#Person1#: You speak really well. 
#Person2#: Thank you. 
#Person1#: How long have you been in the U. S. ? 
#Person2#: 3 weeks. 
#Person1#: Is your wife with you? 
#Person2#: Yes, she just got here yesterday. 
#Person1#: Have you been to California before? 
#Person2#: No. I've never been there. 
#Person1#: Have you ever been to Las Vegas? 
#Person2#: Yes. I went there once on a business trip. ",#Person1# asked Brian about his experience in the U.S.
test_438_1,"#Person1#: Hello, so how are we feeling today? 
#Person2#: Things are going well for me, doctor. 
#Person1#: Am I correct in thinking that you are here for your annual physical? 
#Person2#: Yes, I am applying for new health insurance, and I need a physical examination to qualify. 
#Person1#: Your basic physical exam will include lungs, heart, blood levels, and eyes, ears, and nose. 
#Person2#: I've been having a little trouble breathing. Would you look into that, please? 
#Person1#: We can do an allergy test, and later I can send you for an asthma test. 
#Person2#: I would appreciate it. When you give me a blood test, what are you looking for? 
#Person1#: I am going to check your cholesterol, blood sugar, and white blood cell count. 
#Person2#: I am expecting the tests to go well. I have been taking good care of myself. ",#Person2# wants to do an annual physical examination to apply for new health insurance and says #Person2#'s breathing is not good. #Person1# explains the items and will do tests on #Person2#'s breathing.
test_438_2,"#Person1#: Hello, so how are we feeling today? 
#Person2#: Things are going well for me, doctor. 
#Person1#: Am I correct in thinking that you are here for your annual physical? 
#Person2#: Yes, I am applying for new health insurance, and I need a physical examination to qualify. 
#Person1#: Your basic physical exam will include lungs, heart, blood levels, and eyes, ears, and nose. 
#Person2#: I've been having a little trouble breathing. Would you look into that, please? 
#Person1#: We can do an allergy test, and later I can send you for an asthma test. 
#Person2#: I would appreciate it. When you give me a blood test, what are you looking for? 
#Person1#: I am going to check your cholesterol, blood sugar, and white blood cell count. 
#Person2#: I am expecting the tests to go well. I have been taking good care of myself. ",#Person1# explains the checking items in #Person2#'s annual physical examination and will do test to look into #Person2#'s breathing.
test_438_3,"#Person1#: Hello, so how are we feeling today? 
#Person2#: Things are going well for me, doctor. 
#Person1#: Am I correct in thinking that you are here for your annual physical? 
#Person2#: Yes, I am applying for new health insurance, and I need a physical examination to qualify. 
#Person1#: Your basic physical exam will include lungs, heart, blood levels, and eyes, ears, and nose. 
#Person2#: I've been having a little trouble breathing. Would you look into that, please? 
#Person1#: We can do an allergy test, and later I can send you for an asthma test. 
#Person2#: I would appreciate it. When you give me a blood test, what are you looking for? 
#Person1#: I am going to check your cholesterol, blood sugar, and white blood cell count. 
#Person2#: I am expecting the tests to go well. I have been taking good care of myself. ","#Person2# is going through an annual physical examination to apply for new health insurance, and #Person2# asks #Person1# to look into the breathing."
test_439_1,"#Person1#: If I won the Pools, I'd go round the world. 
#Person2#: Would you? I wouldn't. 
#Person1#: What would you do? 
#Person2#: Oh, I don't know. I'd buy a big house with a garden for my wife and kids, I suppose. But it's difficult to imagine having a lot of money. 
#Person1#: One thing's certain. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't work any more. 
#Person2#: Wouldn't you? What would you do with all that spare time? 
#Person1#: As I said, I'd go round the world. 
#Person2#: What would you do after that? 
#Person1#: Oh, I don't know. It'd take me a long time to go round the world. 
#Person2#: It doesn't sound very exciting. 
#Person1#: Anyway, we haven't won the Pools, and we're not likely to win them. So there isn't much point in talking about it, is there? 
#Person2#: I'd be happy if I got a rise. 
#Person1#: And my wife would be happy if I bought her a mink coat. 
#Person2#: Well , I'm not likely to get a rise and you haven't the money for a mink coat, so let's come down to earth and have another drink. 
#Person1#: What'll you have? 
#Person2#: I'll have a pint of the best. 
#Person1#: I'd have a Scotch if I were you. We deserve it. 
#Person2#: All right. Make it a double, will you? ","#Person1# and #Person2# are talking about what they will do if they won the Pools. #Person1# will go round the world, and #Person2# will buy a big house for the family. Finally, come down to earth and have another drink."
test_439_2,"#Person1#: If I won the Pools, I'd go round the world. 
#Person2#: Would you? I wouldn't. 
#Person1#: What would you do? 
#Person2#: Oh, I don't know. I'd buy a big house with a garden for my wife and kids, I suppose. But it's difficult to imagine having a lot of money. 
#Person1#: One thing's certain. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't work any more. 
#Person2#: Wouldn't you? What would you do with all that spare time? 
#Person1#: As I said, I'd go round the world. 
#Person2#: What would you do after that? 
#Person1#: Oh, I don't know. It'd take me a long time to go round the world. 
#Person2#: It doesn't sound very exciting. 
#Person1#: Anyway, we haven't won the Pools, and we're not likely to win them. So there isn't much point in talking about it, is there? 
#Person2#: I'd be happy if I got a rise. 
#Person1#: And my wife would be happy if I bought her a mink coat. 
#Person2#: Well , I'm not likely to get a rise and you haven't the money for a mink coat, so let's come down to earth and have another drink. 
#Person1#: What'll you have? 
#Person2#: I'll have a pint of the best. 
#Person1#: I'd have a Scotch if I were you. We deserve it. 
#Person2#: All right. Make it a double, will you? ","#Person1# wants to go around the world while #Person2# wants to buy a big house, if win the Pools. But they come down to the earth finally."
test_439_3,"#Person1#: If I won the Pools, I'd go round the world. 
#Person2#: Would you? I wouldn't. 
#Person1#: What would you do? 
#Person2#: Oh, I don't know. I'd buy a big house with a garden for my wife and kids, I suppose. But it's difficult to imagine having a lot of money. 
#Person1#: One thing's certain. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't work any more. 
#Person2#: Wouldn't you? What would you do with all that spare time? 
#Person1#: As I said, I'd go round the world. 
#Person2#: What would you do after that? 
#Person1#: Oh, I don't know. It'd take me a long time to go round the world. 
#Person2#: It doesn't sound very exciting. 
#Person1#: Anyway, we haven't won the Pools, and we're not likely to win them. So there isn't much point in talking about it, is there? 
#Person2#: I'd be happy if I got a rise. 
#Person1#: And my wife would be happy if I bought her a mink coat. 
#Person2#: Well , I'm not likely to get a rise and you haven't the money for a mink coat, so let's come down to earth and have another drink. 
#Person1#: What'll you have? 
#Person2#: I'll have a pint of the best. 
#Person1#: I'd have a Scotch if I were you. We deserve it. 
#Person2#: All right. Make it a double, will you? ",#Person1# and #Person2# are drinking while discussing what to do if they won the Pools. #Person1# wants to go around the world while #Person2# wants to buy a big house.
test_440_1,"#Person1#: Man, I'm freaking out! You gotta help me! 
#Person2#: Whoa, whoa, take it easy, relax. Geez, you're sweating like a pig! What's going on? 
#Person1#: I can't go through with this! I just can't! I'm not ready for marriage! What was I thinking? I'm only thirty five years old! I've got my entire life ahead of me, adventures waiting! I can't settle down yet! 
#Person2#: What are you talking about? It wasn't more than a month ago that you were rambling on about how you are tired of living the life of a bachelor and how you envy your friends that have a family! 
#Person1#: I know. I know! 
#Person2#: Let's think this through. First of all, you cannot leave Amy at the altar. Not only will she be humiliated and kill you, but she is the woman that you love and the woman of your dreams! Why would you want to end that or jeopardize it like this? Second of all, you are just getting cold feet. You know deep down inside that you want to marry her, so cut the crap and do it! 
#Person1#: You're right. I'm being crazy! Ok, I'm ready, let's do this! 
#Person2#: Great! Phew! That was a close one! You had me going there for a minute I thought I was gonna have to slap some sense into you. ","#Person1# is not ready for marriage. #Person2# reminds him of what he said a month ago and what will happen if he leaves Amy. After listening to #Person2#, #Person1# is ready for marriage."
test_440_2,"#Person1#: Man, I'm freaking out! You gotta help me! 
#Person2#: Whoa, whoa, take it easy, relax. Geez, you're sweating like a pig! What's going on? 
#Person1#: I can't go through with this! I just can't! I'm not ready for marriage! What was I thinking? I'm only thirty five years old! I've got my entire life ahead of me, adventures waiting! I can't settle down yet! 
#Person2#: What are you talking about? It wasn't more than a month ago that you were rambling on about how you are tired of living the life of a bachelor and how you envy your friends that have a family! 
#Person1#: I know. I know! 
#Person2#: Let's think this through. First of all, you cannot leave Amy at the altar. Not only will she be humiliated and kill you, but she is the woman that you love and the woman of your dreams! Why would you want to end that or jeopardize it like this? Second of all, you are just getting cold feet. You know deep down inside that you want to marry her, so cut the crap and do it! 
#Person1#: You're right. I'm being crazy! Ok, I'm ready, let's do this! 
#Person2#: Great! Phew! That was a close one! You had me going there for a minute I thought I was gonna have to slap some sense into you. ",#Person1# feels anxious about future marriage and sweats a lot. #Person2# helps #Person1# to think through the current situation and get ready for the marriage.
test_440_3,"#Person1#: Man, I'm freaking out! You gotta help me! 
#Person2#: Whoa, whoa, take it easy, relax. Geez, you're sweating like a pig! What's going on? 
#Person1#: I can't go through with this! I just can't! I'm not ready for marriage! What was I thinking? I'm only thirty five years old! I've got my entire life ahead of me, adventures waiting! I can't settle down yet! 
#Person2#: What are you talking about? It wasn't more than a month ago that you were rambling on about how you are tired of living the life of a bachelor and how you envy your friends that have a family! 
#Person1#: I know. I know! 
#Person2#: Let's think this through. First of all, you cannot leave Amy at the altar. Not only will she be humiliated and kill you, but she is the woman that you love and the woman of your dreams! Why would you want to end that or jeopardize it like this? Second of all, you are just getting cold feet. You know deep down inside that you want to marry her, so cut the crap and do it! 
#Person1#: You're right. I'm being crazy! Ok, I'm ready, let's do this! 
#Person2#: Great! Phew! That was a close one! You had me going there for a minute I thought I was gonna have to slap some sense into you. ",#Person1# is freaking out before his marriage with Amy and #Person2# helps him get over it by helping him think through all the details.
test_441_1,"#Person1#: I need to get some business cards printed up. 
#Person2#: Do you know how many you need? 
#Person1#: I think I can get by with 2, 000. 
#Person2#: We can get started as soon as you fill out this form. 
#Person1#: I hope you can make the new cards just like my old cards. 
#Person2#: You won't be able to tell the difference with a magnifying glass. 
#Person1#: . . . Okay, I'm through. Here's the form and my old card. 
#Person2#: Very good. You can pick up your order in one week. 
#Person1#: Now that I think of it, three days is better than seven. 
#Person2#: We can do that, but you'll have to pay a little extra. ","#Person1# needs to get the new business cards the same as the old ones, and can pick up in three days by paying a little extra."
test_441_2,"#Person1#: I need to get some business cards printed up. 
#Person2#: Do you know how many you need? 
#Person1#: I think I can get by with 2, 000. 
#Person2#: We can get started as soon as you fill out this form. 
#Person1#: I hope you can make the new cards just like my old cards. 
#Person2#: You won't be able to tell the difference with a magnifying glass. 
#Person1#: . . . Okay, I'm through. Here's the form and my old card. 
#Person2#: Very good. You can pick up your order in one week. 
#Person1#: Now that I think of it, three days is better than seven. 
#Person2#: We can do that, but you'll have to pay a little extra. ",#Person1# comes to #Person2# to print up new business cards according to the old ones. #Person2# promises to get them ready in three days if #Person1# pays a little extra.
test_441_3,"#Person1#: I need to get some business cards printed up. 
#Person2#: Do you know how many you need? 
#Person1#: I think I can get by with 2, 000. 
#Person2#: We can get started as soon as you fill out this form. 
#Person1#: I hope you can make the new cards just like my old cards. 
#Person2#: You won't be able to tell the difference with a magnifying glass. 
#Person1#: . . . Okay, I'm through. Here's the form and my old card. 
#Person2#: Very good. You can pick up your order in one week. 
#Person1#: Now that I think of it, three days is better than seven. 
#Person2#: We can do that, but you'll have to pay a little extra. ","#Person1# asks #Person2# to print up new business cards according to the old ones, which #Person2# promises to get ready in three days if #Person1# pays a little extra."
test_442_1,"#Person1#: Have you completed the arrangements for the trip yet, Brian?
#Person2#: I've made the reservations, but there are still some details to make sure. Your plane leaves at 8:30, so I'll pick you up at your house at 6:00.
#Person1#: 6:00? I'll have to get up in the middle of the night!
#Person2#: I'm sorry. You have to check in by 7:00 and I think there will probably be a long queue.
#Person1#: Oh, very well. What about my meetings?
#Person2#: First, the Managing Director is coming to the airport to meet you.
#Person1#: Good. We'll be able to talk on the way to the factory.
#Person2#: The conference does not open until noon. I'll make sure you have a program before work.
#Person1#: Thank you. I'll read it on the plane,I expect. Now let's get on with some of today's work.","According to the schedule planned by Brian, #Person1# will be picked up at 6, meet the Managing Director at the airport and attend the conference at noon."
test_442_2,"#Person1#: Have you completed the arrangements for the trip yet, Brian?
#Person2#: I've made the reservations, but there are still some details to make sure. Your plane leaves at 8:30, so I'll pick you up at your house at 6:00.
#Person1#: 6:00? I'll have to get up in the middle of the night!
#Person2#: I'm sorry. You have to check in by 7:00 and I think there will probably be a long queue.
#Person1#: Oh, very well. What about my meetings?
#Person2#: First, the Managing Director is coming to the airport to meet you.
#Person1#: Good. We'll be able to talk on the way to the factory.
#Person2#: The conference does not open until noon. I'll make sure you have a program before work.
#Person1#: Thank you. I'll read it on the plane,I expect. Now let's get on with some of today's work.",Brian arranges the working schedule for #Person1# and reports the detailed time and arrangements to #Person1#.
test_442_3,"#Person1#: Have you completed the arrangements for the trip yet, Brian?
#Person2#: I've made the reservations, but there are still some details to make sure. Your plane leaves at 8:30, so I'll pick you up at your house at 6:00.
#Person1#: 6:00? I'll have to get up in the middle of the night!
#Person2#: I'm sorry. You have to check in by 7:00 and I think there will probably be a long queue.
#Person1#: Oh, very well. What about my meetings?
#Person2#: First, the Managing Director is coming to the airport to meet you.
#Person1#: Good. We'll be able to talk on the way to the factory.
#Person2#: The conference does not open until noon. I'll make sure you have a program before work.
#Person1#: Thank you. I'll read it on the plane,I expect. Now let's get on with some of today's work.",Brian completes some arrangments for #Person1#'s business trip and the schedule after #Person2# gets to the destination.
test_443_1,"#Person1#: Hey, Paul, you're still having Thanksgiving dinner at my house on Thursday, right?
#Person2#: Yeah, thanks again for the invitation. I was worried I'd have to spend it alone after my parents announced they'd be in Finland.
#Person1#: I think it's strange that you're not going with them. Is it because of the cold weather in Northern Europe?
#Person2#: Not exactly. I have a lot of work to do next week.
#Person1#: Well, I'm glad you won't be alone on a holiday. It'll be great to have you celebrate with us. The more the merrier!
#Person2#: Exactly, how many people will be there?
#Person1#: Let's see, my parents, my grandpa, my sister, my brother-in-law, my niece and my two cousins, plus us. So, ten people altogether.
#Person2#: Should I bring anything?
#Person1#: Nope, we've got it covered.
#Person2#: Come on, I hate to show up empty-handed. You are being so generous to have me. I know! I'll bring pie. I'll make a great pumpkin pie.
#Person1#: Sounds delicious, but my sister has already volunteered for dessert. Look, don't worry about it. There will be tons of food. Turkey, stuffing, green beans, sweet potatoes.
#Person2#: Wow, I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. How about this, I'll bring a nice bottle of wine. You can never have too much of that.
#Person1#: Well, isn't that the truth? Sounds good to me.",Paul cannot go to Finland with his parent because he has much work to do. He will go to #Person1#'s house for Thanksgiving dinner with a nice bottle of wine.
test_443_2,"#Person1#: Hey, Paul, you're still having Thanksgiving dinner at my house on Thursday, right?
#Person2#: Yeah, thanks again for the invitation. I was worried I'd have to spend it alone after my parents announced they'd be in Finland.
#Person1#: I think it's strange that you're not going with them. Is it because of the cold weather in Northern Europe?
#Person2#: Not exactly. I have a lot of work to do next week.
#Person1#: Well, I'm glad you won't be alone on a holiday. It'll be great to have you celebrate with us. The more the merrier!
#Person2#: Exactly, how many people will be there?
#Person1#: Let's see, my parents, my grandpa, my sister, my brother-in-law, my niece and my two cousins, plus us. So, ten people altogether.
#Person2#: Should I bring anything?
#Person1#: Nope, we've got it covered.
#Person2#: Come on, I hate to show up empty-handed. You are being so generous to have me. I know! I'll bring pie. I'll make a great pumpkin pie.
#Person1#: Sounds delicious, but my sister has already volunteered for dessert. Look, don't worry about it. There will be tons of food. Turkey, stuffing, green beans, sweet potatoes.
#Person2#: Wow, I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. How about this, I'll bring a nice bottle of wine. You can never have too much of that.
#Person1#: Well, isn't that the truth? Sounds good to me.",Paul will go to celebrate Thanksgiving Day with #Person1#'s family and he decides to take a bottle of wine as the gift after discussion with #Person1#.
test_443_3,"#Person1#: Hey, Paul, you're still having Thanksgiving dinner at my house on Thursday, right?
#Person2#: Yeah, thanks again for the invitation. I was worried I'd have to spend it alone after my parents announced they'd be in Finland.
#Person1#: I think it's strange that you're not going with them. Is it because of the cold weather in Northern Europe?
#Person2#: Not exactly. I have a lot of work to do next week.
#Person1#: Well, I'm glad you won't be alone on a holiday. It'll be great to have you celebrate with us. The more the merrier!
#Person2#: Exactly, how many people will be there?
#Person1#: Let's see, my parents, my grandpa, my sister, my brother-in-law, my niece and my two cousins, plus us. So, ten people altogether.
#Person2#: Should I bring anything?
#Person1#: Nope, we've got it covered.
#Person2#: Come on, I hate to show up empty-handed. You are being so generous to have me. I know! I'll bring pie. I'll make a great pumpkin pie.
#Person1#: Sounds delicious, but my sister has already volunteered for dessert. Look, don't worry about it. There will be tons of food. Turkey, stuffing, green beans, sweet potatoes.
#Person2#: Wow, I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. How about this, I'll bring a nice bottle of wine. You can never have too much of that.
#Person1#: Well, isn't that the truth? Sounds good to me.",#Person1# invites Paul to have Thanksgiving dinner because he can't go to Finland with his parents. Paul decides to bring a bottle of wine as the gift.
test_444_1,"#Person1#: Susan I could really use your help this weekend.
#Person2#: What is it John? Another term paper?
#Person1#: No no, this is easy compared to that. My cousin is coming on Thursday. She has an interview at the college and I promised my odd I'd look after her. We're going to the game on Friday. But on Saturday I'm on duty at the library all day and can't get out of it. Uh I was wondering if you could show her around during the day and maybe we can all meet for dinner later?
#Person2#: Sure. I don't have any plans. What kind of things does she like to do?
#Person1#: Actually, I haven't seen her for 3 years. She lives so far away, but this will be her first time on a college campus. She is still in high school so she probably enjoys anything on campus.
#Person2#: Well, there is a music festival in the auditorium. That's a possibility. Only I hope it doesn't snow, they're predicting 68 inches for the weekend, everything will be closed down then.
#Person1#: Well, how about for the time being planning on dropping her off at your place on my way to work around 11:00. But if there is a snowstorm I'll give you a call and see if we can figure something else out.
#Person2#: Sounds good. We can touch base on Friday night when we have a better idea of the forecast.
#Person1#: I hope this works out.","John is asking Susan to help him show his cousin around on Saturday, because he is on duty that day. Susan will probably take her to a music festival if it's not snowy."
test_444_2,"#Person1#: Susan I could really use your help this weekend.
#Person2#: What is it John? Another term paper?
#Person1#: No no, this is easy compared to that. My cousin is coming on Thursday. She has an interview at the college and I promised my odd I'd look after her. We're going to the game on Friday. But on Saturday I'm on duty at the library all day and can't get out of it. Uh I was wondering if you could show her around during the day and maybe we can all meet for dinner later?
#Person2#: Sure. I don't have any plans. What kind of things does she like to do?
#Person1#: Actually, I haven't seen her for 3 years. She lives so far away, but this will be her first time on a college campus. She is still in high school so she probably enjoys anything on campus.
#Person2#: Well, there is a music festival in the auditorium. That's a possibility. Only I hope it doesn't snow, they're predicting 68 inches for the weekend, everything will be closed down then.
#Person1#: Well, how about for the time being planning on dropping her off at your place on my way to work around 11:00. But if there is a snowstorm I'll give you a call and see if we can figure something else out.
#Person2#: Sounds good. We can touch base on Friday night when we have a better idea of the forecast.
#Person1#: I hope this works out.",John asks Susan to help him show his cousin around because he is on duty in the library. Susan asks his cousin's hobbies and they decide to choose the visiting place according to the weather.
test_444_3,"#Person1#: Susan I could really use your help this weekend.
#Person2#: What is it John? Another term paper?
#Person1#: No no, this is easy compared to that. My cousin is coming on Thursday. She has an interview at the college and I promised my odd I'd look after her. We're going to the game on Friday. But on Saturday I'm on duty at the library all day and can't get out of it. Uh I was wondering if you could show her around during the day and maybe we can all meet for dinner later?
#Person2#: Sure. I don't have any plans. What kind of things does she like to do?
#Person1#: Actually, I haven't seen her for 3 years. She lives so far away, but this will be her first time on a college campus. She is still in high school so she probably enjoys anything on campus.
#Person2#: Well, there is a music festival in the auditorium. That's a possibility. Only I hope it doesn't snow, they're predicting 68 inches for the weekend, everything will be closed down then.
#Person1#: Well, how about for the time being planning on dropping her off at your place on my way to work around 11:00. But if there is a snowstorm I'll give you a call and see if we can figure something else out.
#Person2#: Sounds good. We can touch base on Friday night when we have a better idea of the forecast.
#Person1#: I hope this works out.",John asks Susan to help look after his cousin who will come to have a college interview and they have also made a backup plan if there was a snowstorm.
test_445_1,"#Person1#: There you are, Ben. The information about the evening classes I sent off for has arrived. Right, here are the general courses.
#Person2#: Flower arranging. That's a real course? Why would someone want to do that?
#Person1#: You sit in front of the TV watching baseball for 3 hours every Saturday. And many people would find that boring, too.
#Person2#: OK, relax. Let's see what else.
#Person1#: Photography. That looks interesting. It started last week, but I don't think that would be a problem.
#Person2#: But look at the price. $280 is too much for me. I wonder why it's so expensive. I don't think I can afford it. But, hey, at least it's $40 cheaper than the Italian wine course. Look at that. $400 web design for beginners. It's pretty cheap. What do you think?
#Person1#: I don't want to see a computer in the evening too.
#Person2#: Hey, look. How about Indian cooking? Starts this week. A little bit expensive.
#Person1#: $190. You know how much I love Indian food. I'll call him tomorrow to see if there are still spaces available.
#Person2#: I'll call them right away.
#Person1#: There won't be anyone there now. We'll try in the morning.
#Person2#: This will be great. We can have our own Indian dinner parties.",Ben and #Person1# are talking about the evening courses. They finally decide to have Indian cooking and will make a call for that.
test_445_2,"#Person1#: There you are, Ben. The information about the evening classes I sent off for has arrived. Right, here are the general courses.
#Person2#: Flower arranging. That's a real course? Why would someone want to do that?
#Person1#: You sit in front of the TV watching baseball for 3 hours every Saturday. And many people would find that boring, too.
#Person2#: OK, relax. Let's see what else.
#Person1#: Photography. That looks interesting. It started last week, but I don't think that would be a problem.
#Person2#: But look at the price. $280 is too much for me. I wonder why it's so expensive. I don't think I can afford it. But, hey, at least it's $40 cheaper than the Italian wine course. Look at that. $400 web design for beginners. It's pretty cheap. What do you think?
#Person1#: I don't want to see a computer in the evening too.
#Person2#: Hey, look. How about Indian cooking? Starts this week. A little bit expensive.
#Person1#: $190. You know how much I love Indian food. I'll call him tomorrow to see if there are still spaces available.
#Person2#: I'll call them right away.
#Person1#: There won't be anyone there now. We'll try in the morning.
#Person2#: This will be great. We can have our own Indian dinner parties.","Ben and #Person1# are looking for a suitable evening class for Ben, and they are interested in Indian cooking after comparison."
test_445_3,"#Person1#: There you are, Ben. The information about the evening classes I sent off for has arrived. Right, here are the general courses.
#Person2#: Flower arranging. That's a real course? Why would someone want to do that?
#Person1#: You sit in front of the TV watching baseball for 3 hours every Saturday. And many people would find that boring, too.
#Person2#: OK, relax. Let's see what else.
#Person1#: Photography. That looks interesting. It started last week, but I don't think that would be a problem.
#Person2#: But look at the price. $280 is too much for me. I wonder why it's so expensive. I don't think I can afford it. But, hey, at least it's $40 cheaper than the Italian wine course. Look at that. $400 web design for beginners. It's pretty cheap. What do you think?
#Person1#: I don't want to see a computer in the evening too.
#Person2#: Hey, look. How about Indian cooking? Starts this week. A little bit expensive.
#Person1#: $190. You know how much I love Indian food. I'll call him tomorrow to see if there are still spaces available.
#Person2#: I'll call them right away.
#Person1#: There won't be anyone there now. We'll try in the morning.
#Person2#: This will be great. We can have our own Indian dinner parties.",#Person1# and Ben discuss what evening classes they shall get and come into an agreement to have an Indian cooking course for their interest.
test_446_1,"#Person1#: How meat? Shall we all go for a meal at the pizza experience this evening?
#Person2#: We went to the pizza experience last Wednesday, didn't we?
#Person1#: Yes, we did, and the time before that, why don't we go to the Steakhouse.
#Person2#: But Bridget doesn't eat meat, does she?
#Person1#: No, she doesn't. Well, what about the Kingfisher? She eats fish, doesn't she?
#Person2#: Yes, she does, but Arthur doesn't.
#Person1#: I know let's go to the Carrots.
#Person2#: Oh yes, we've had lunch there a couple of times, haven't we?
#Person1#: Yes, but I just remembered it isn't open on Thursday. Let's go tomorrow evening instead.",#Person1# and #Person2# decide to go to Carrots where can meet everyone's requirements with others tomorrow evening.
test_446_2,"#Person1#: How meat? Shall we all go for a meal at the pizza experience this evening?
#Person2#: We went to the pizza experience last Wednesday, didn't we?
#Person1#: Yes, we did, and the time before that, why don't we go to the Steakhouse.
#Person2#: But Bridget doesn't eat meat, does she?
#Person1#: No, she doesn't. Well, what about the Kingfisher? She eats fish, doesn't she?
#Person2#: Yes, she does, but Arthur doesn't.
#Person1#: I know let's go to the Carrots.
#Person2#: Oh yes, we've had lunch there a couple of times, haven't we?
#Person1#: Yes, but I just remembered it isn't open on Thursday. Let's go tomorrow evening instead.","#Person1# and #Person2# discuss the restaurant to eat with friends and find that the suitable restaurant isn't open today, so they decided to go tomorrow evening instead."
test_446_3,"#Person1#: How meat? Shall we all go for a meal at the pizza experience this evening?
#Person2#: We went to the pizza experience last Wednesday, didn't we?
#Person1#: Yes, we did, and the time before that, why don't we go to the Steakhouse.
#Person2#: But Bridget doesn't eat meat, does she?
#Person1#: No, she doesn't. Well, what about the Kingfisher? She eats fish, doesn't she?
#Person2#: Yes, she does, but Arthur doesn't.
#Person1#: I know let's go to the Carrots.
#Person2#: Oh yes, we've had lunch there a couple of times, haven't we?
#Person1#: Yes, but I just remembered it isn't open on Thursday. Let's go tomorrow evening instead.","To better cater to more people's taste, #Person1# and #Person2# discuss which restaurant they should go to."
test_447_1,"#Person1#: What are you doing this Saturday, Gene?
#Person2#: Well, first thing in the morning I'm going to take my driving test.
#Person1#: Really? I thought you had a driver's license.
#Person2#: No, I've never needed one. I've always lived in Boston and it's easy to get around on public transportation. But now I'm taking a job in Los Angeles.
#Person1#: Congratulations.
#Person2#: Thanks. But everyone knows that to live in LA you have to drive. So I've been taking lessons and I'm going to take my test tomorrow.
#Person1#: Are you planning to buy a car once you pass your test?
#Person2#: Yes, I've already picked out the car. I want a twenty sixteen Honda Accord.
#Person1#: Oh, that's a nice looking car.
#Person2#: It is. But I'm not buying it for that reason. It has the safety features that I want.
#Person1#: Such as?
#Person2#: Well, it has a back view camera. As a new driver, I feel more comfortable with that than with just a back view mirror.
#Person1#: That makes sense. My Toyota has that too.
#Person2#: It also tells you when you should stop or when it's safe to change lanes.","Gene will take a driving test to get a license, given that Gene has to drive living in LA. Gene will buy a twenty sixteen Honda Accord for its safety features."
test_447_2,"#Person1#: What are you doing this Saturday, Gene?
#Person2#: Well, first thing in the morning I'm going to take my driving test.
#Person1#: Really? I thought you had a driver's license.
#Person2#: No, I've never needed one. I've always lived in Boston and it's easy to get around on public transportation. But now I'm taking a job in Los Angeles.
#Person1#: Congratulations.
#Person2#: Thanks. But everyone knows that to live in LA you have to drive. So I've been taking lessons and I'm going to take my test tomorrow.
#Person1#: Are you planning to buy a car once you pass your test?
#Person2#: Yes, I've already picked out the car. I want a twenty sixteen Honda Accord.
#Person1#: Oh, that's a nice looking car.
#Person2#: It is. But I'm not buying it for that reason. It has the safety features that I want.
#Person1#: Such as?
#Person2#: Well, it has a back view camera. As a new driver, I feel more comfortable with that than with just a back view mirror.
#Person1#: That makes sense. My Toyota has that too.
#Person2#: It also tells you when you should stop or when it's safe to change lanes.",Gene is learning to drive and wants to buy a sixteen Honda Accord after passing the test.
test_447_3,"#Person1#: What are you doing this Saturday, Gene?
#Person2#: Well, first thing in the morning I'm going to take my driving test.
#Person1#: Really? I thought you had a driver's license.
#Person2#: No, I've never needed one. I've always lived in Boston and it's easy to get around on public transportation. But now I'm taking a job in Los Angeles.
#Person1#: Congratulations.
#Person2#: Thanks. But everyone knows that to live in LA you have to drive. So I've been taking lessons and I'm going to take my test tomorrow.
#Person1#: Are you planning to buy a car once you pass your test?
#Person2#: Yes, I've already picked out the car. I want a twenty sixteen Honda Accord.
#Person1#: Oh, that's a nice looking car.
#Person2#: It is. But I'm not buying it for that reason. It has the safety features that I want.
#Person1#: Such as?
#Person2#: Well, it has a back view camera. As a new driver, I feel more comfortable with that than with just a back view mirror.
#Person1#: That makes sense. My Toyota has that too.
#Person2#: It also tells you when you should stop or when it's safe to change lanes.","Gene is taking a new job in LA, which requires Gene to drive. So Gene has been taking driving lessons and has picked out a car for its safety features."
test_448_1,"#Person1#: I'd like to see that pen, please.
#Person2#: You mean this one?
#Person1#: No, the other one in the brown case.
#Person2#: Oh, this one... Here.
#Person1#: May I try it?
#Person2#: Sure.
#Person1#: It's very smooth. I'll take it.
#Person2#: Cash or charge?
#Person1#: Charge, please.",#Person1# buys a pen from #Person2# and pays by charge.
test_448_2,"#Person1#: I'd like to see that pen, please.
#Person2#: You mean this one?
#Person1#: No, the other one in the brown case.
#Person2#: Oh, this one... Here.
#Person1#: May I try it?
#Person2#: Sure.
#Person1#: It's very smooth. I'll take it.
#Person2#: Cash or charge?
#Person1#: Charge, please.",#Person1# takes the pen in the brown case which writes smoothly at #Person2#'s shop via charge.
test_448_3,"#Person1#: I'd like to see that pen, please.
#Person2#: You mean this one?
#Person1#: No, the other one in the brown case.
#Person2#: Oh, this one... Here.
#Person1#: May I try it?
#Person2#: Sure.
#Person1#: It's very smooth. I'll take it.
#Person2#: Cash or charge?
#Person1#: Charge, please.",#Person1# buys a pen from #Person2# and pays via charge.
test_449_1,"#Person1#: How did your company's fundraiser go?
#Person2#: The fundraiser events went really well. We were able to partner with a few of our competitors, all in fun of course, to sponsor a marathon for the American Cancer Society. All of the people who participated it had a great time, and we were able to raise a lot of money to contribute to cancer research.
#Person1#: So how does it work? How were you able to make money with the marathon?
#Person2#: Each of the runners that participated the marathon race paid a ten dollar entrance fee. Also, they went door to door to get sponsors who pledged a dollar per mile that participants ran. All in all we were able to raise several thousand dollars.
#Person1#: Sounds like a great deal for the American Cancer Society.
#Person2#: In all honesty, it's also a great deal for our company. The exposure that we gained from sponsoring an invent like this was great for our image in the community. We accomplished as much as last year's advertising campaign, plus we were able to do a little fundraising for a good cause.","#Person2# tells #Person1# that the company raised a lot of money to contribute to cancer research, and the marathon event was also a great deal for our company"
test_449_2,"#Person1#: How did your company's fundraiser go?
#Person2#: The fundraiser events went really well. We were able to partner with a few of our competitors, all in fun of course, to sponsor a marathon for the American Cancer Society. All of the people who participated it had a great time, and we were able to raise a lot of money to contribute to cancer research.
#Person1#: So how does it work? How were you able to make money with the marathon?
#Person2#: Each of the runners that participated the marathon race paid a ten dollar entrance fee. Also, they went door to door to get sponsors who pledged a dollar per mile that participants ran. All in all we were able to raise several thousand dollars.
#Person1#: Sounds like a great deal for the American Cancer Society.
#Person2#: In all honesty, it's also a great deal for our company. The exposure that we gained from sponsoring an invent like this was great for our image in the community. We accomplished as much as last year's advertising campaign, plus we were able to do a little fundraising for a good cause.",#Person2# tells #Person1# that the company not only raised a lot of money sponsoring a marathon for the American Cancer Society but also established a good image out of this fundraiser event.
test_449_3,"#Person1#: How did your company's fundraiser go?
#Person2#: The fundraiser events went really well. We were able to partner with a few of our competitors, all in fun of course, to sponsor a marathon for the American Cancer Society. All of the people who participated it had a great time, and we were able to raise a lot of money to contribute to cancer research.
#Person1#: So how does it work? How were you able to make money with the marathon?
#Person2#: Each of the runners that participated the marathon race paid a ten dollar entrance fee. Also, they went door to door to get sponsors who pledged a dollar per mile that participants ran. All in all we were able to raise several thousand dollars.
#Person1#: Sounds like a great deal for the American Cancer Society.
#Person2#: In all honesty, it's also a great deal for our company. The exposure that we gained from sponsoring an invent like this was great for our image in the community. We accomplished as much as last year's advertising campaign, plus we were able to do a little fundraising for a good cause.","#Person1# asks about the fundraiser of #Person2#'s company. #Person2#'s company with other companies sponsored a marathon for the American Cancer Society, which was good for the advertising campaign."
test_450_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me.
#Person2#: Yes?
#Person1#: Can you tell me the way to the Peak Tram, please?
#Person2#: Certainly. Go along Queen's Road...
#Person1#: Along Queen's Road...
#Person2#: Yes, and turn right at the Hilton Hotel.
#Person1#: Right at the Hilton.
#Person2#: Then go up Garden Road, past the Cathedral.
#Person1#: The Cathedral?
#Person2#: Yes. Then cross the road at the next traffic lights. The Peak Tram is straight ahead. You can't miss it.
#Person1#: That's very kind of you. Thank you. Er... have you got a pencil?
#Person2#: Yes. Why?
#Person1#: Can you repeat all that? I think I'd better write it down.",#Person1# asks #Person2# for the way to Peak Tram and writes it down.
test_450_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me.
#Person2#: Yes?
#Person1#: Can you tell me the way to the Peak Tram, please?
#Person2#: Certainly. Go along Queen's Road...
#Person1#: Along Queen's Road...
#Person2#: Yes, and turn right at the Hilton Hotel.
#Person1#: Right at the Hilton.
#Person2#: Then go up Garden Road, past the Cathedral.
#Person1#: The Cathedral?
#Person2#: Yes. Then cross the road at the next traffic lights. The Peak Tram is straight ahead. You can't miss it.
#Person1#: That's very kind of you. Thank you. Er... have you got a pencil?
#Person2#: Yes. Why?
#Person1#: Can you repeat all that? I think I'd better write it down.",#Person1# asks #Person2# for directions to Peak Tram and writes it down.
test_450_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me.
#Person2#: Yes?
#Person1#: Can you tell me the way to the Peak Tram, please?
#Person2#: Certainly. Go along Queen's Road...
#Person1#: Along Queen's Road...
#Person2#: Yes, and turn right at the Hilton Hotel.
#Person1#: Right at the Hilton.
#Person2#: Then go up Garden Road, past the Cathedral.
#Person1#: The Cathedral?
#Person2#: Yes. Then cross the road at the next traffic lights. The Peak Tram is straight ahead. You can't miss it.
#Person1#: That's very kind of you. Thank you. Er... have you got a pencil?
#Person2#: Yes. Why?
#Person1#: Can you repeat all that? I think I'd better write it down.",#Person1# asks #Person2# for the way to Peak Tram. #Person2# tells so and is asked to repeat so #Person1# can write it down.
test_451_1,"#Person1#: Good morning, Madam. What can I do for you?
#Person2#: Can you show me some traditional Chinese arts and crafts?
#Person1#: Maybe sandalwood fan is good.
#Person2#: Would you show me some?
#Person1#: Of course.
#Person2#: They really smell fragrant. How much is a real sandalwood fan?
#Person1#: The small ones are one hundred yuan for each. And the big ones are two hundred and thirty yuan.
#Person2#: I'll take two small ones and a big one.
#Person1#: What else are you interested in?
#Person2#: I'm afraid not.
#Person1#: OK. Here you are.",#Person1# shows #Person2# the sandalwood fans. #Person2# buys two small ones and a big one.
test_451_2,"#Person1#: Good morning, Madam. What can I do for you?
#Person2#: Can you show me some traditional Chinese arts and crafts?
#Person1#: Maybe sandalwood fan is good.
#Person2#: Would you show me some?
#Person1#: Of course.
#Person2#: They really smell fragrant. How much is a real sandalwood fan?
#Person1#: The small ones are one hundred yuan for each. And the big ones are two hundred and thirty yuan.
#Person2#: I'll take two small ones and a big one.
#Person1#: What else are you interested in?
#Person2#: I'm afraid not.
#Person1#: OK. Here you are.","#Person1# shows #Person2# some sandalwoods, #Person2# likes it and buys some."
test_451_3,"#Person1#: Good morning, Madam. What can I do for you?
#Person2#: Can you show me some traditional Chinese arts and crafts?
#Person1#: Maybe sandalwood fan is good.
#Person2#: Would you show me some?
#Person1#: Of course.
#Person2#: They really smell fragrant. How much is a real sandalwood fan?
#Person1#: The small ones are one hundred yuan for each. And the big ones are two hundred and thirty yuan.
#Person2#: I'll take two small ones and a big one.
#Person1#: What else are you interested in?
#Person2#: I'm afraid not.
#Person1#: OK. Here you are.",#Person2# wants some traditional Chinese arts and crafts. #Person1# shows her sandalwood fan and she buys some.
test_452_1,"#Person1#: What are the factors that have great impact on the perspective of this corporation?
#Person2#: External factors. I think the main external factors are political, economic, social and technological factors.
#Person1#: What are the internal factors that influence the company?
#Person2#: The internal factors are composed of human resources, team spirit, innovation spirit and coordination between different departments, etc.",#Person1# asks #Person2# about the factors influencing the company.
test_452_2,"#Person1#: What are the factors that have great impact on the perspective of this corporation?
#Person2#: External factors. I think the main external factors are political, economic, social and technological factors.
#Person1#: What are the internal factors that influence the company?
#Person2#: The internal factors are composed of human resources, team spirit, innovation spirit and coordination between different departments, etc.",#Person1# asks #Person2# for the factors that influence the company and the perspective of the corporation.
test_452_3,"#Person1#: What are the factors that have great impact on the perspective of this corporation?
#Person2#: External factors. I think the main external factors are political, economic, social and technological factors.
#Person1#: What are the internal factors that influence the company?
#Person2#: The internal factors are composed of human resources, team spirit, innovation spirit and coordination between different departments, etc.",#Person1# and #Person2# talk about external and internal factors influencing the corporation.
test_453_1,"#Person1#: All right. I want to bring everybody back on this subject. When can we start working on this?
#Person2#: Well, we could probably get started with a preparatory meeting this afternoon at 2:00.
#Person1#: I tell you what, 2:00 is not available for me, but you can get started and I'll come by at around 3:00
#Person2#: That's fine with me. How much time are we going to have to work on this?
#Person1#: Perhaps one year, I'm not sure.",#Person1# and #Person2# negotiate the time to start working on the subject.
test_453_2,"#Person1#: All right. I want to bring everybody back on this subject. When can we start working on this?
#Person2#: Well, we could probably get started with a preparatory meeting this afternoon at 2:00.
#Person1#: I tell you what, 2:00 is not available for me, but you can get started and I'll come by at around 3:00
#Person2#: That's fine with me. How much time are we going to have to work on this?
#Person1#: Perhaps one year, I'm not sure.",#Person1# and #Person2# negotiate the timing of the preparatory meeting for a future subject.
test_453_3,"#Person1#: All right. I want to bring everybody back on this subject. When can we start working on this?
#Person2#: Well, we could probably get started with a preparatory meeting this afternoon at 2:00.
#Person1#: I tell you what, 2:00 is not available for me, but you can get started and I'll come by at around 3:00
#Person2#: That's fine with me. How much time are we going to have to work on this?
#Person1#: Perhaps one year, I'm not sure.",#Person1# and #Person2# will start a preparation meeting at 3:00. The project may run a year.
test_454_1,"#Person1#: May I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. I have to stay in your cry for just one day, can you suggest a short tour?
#Person1#: Are you interested in the natural landscape or the human landscape?
#Person2#: I would prefer the first one.
#Person1#: Sure. We have a one-day trip along the river. It's quite beautiful.",#Person1# suggests a tour according to #Person2#'s preference.
test_454_2,"#Person1#: May I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. I have to stay in your cry for just one day, can you suggest a short tour?
#Person1#: Are you interested in the natural landscape or the human landscape?
#Person2#: I would prefer the first one.
#Person1#: Sure. We have a one-day trip along the river. It's quite beautiful.",#Person2# asks #Person1# for some tour advice on the natural landscape.
test_454_3,"#Person1#: May I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. I have to stay in your cry for just one day, can you suggest a short tour?
#Person1#: Are you interested in the natural landscape or the human landscape?
#Person2#: I would prefer the first one.
#Person1#: Sure. We have a one-day trip along the river. It's quite beautiful.",#Person2# wants a short tour in the natural landscape under #Person1#'s suggestion.
test_455_1,"#Person1#: Good afternoon, sir. Can I help you?
#Person2#: I'd like a beef-burger, a French fries and a milk shake, please.
#Person1#: What flavor would you prefer, sir?
#Person2#: I'm not quite sure. What do you have?
#Person1#: We have strawberry, chocolate, vanilla and banana.
#Person2#: Very well, I'll try the banana flavor.
#Person1#: Anything else, sir?
#Person2#: No, thanks. That will be all.",#Person1# helps #Person2# to order some food.
test_455_2,"#Person1#: Good afternoon, sir. Can I help you?
#Person2#: I'd like a beef-burger, a French fries and a milk shake, please.
#Person1#: What flavor would you prefer, sir?
#Person2#: I'm not quite sure. What do you have?
#Person1#: We have strawberry, chocolate, vanilla and banana.
#Person2#: Very well, I'll try the banana flavor.
#Person1#: Anything else, sir?
#Person2#: No, thanks. That will be all.",#Person2# orders some food with #Person1#'s assistance.
test_455_3,"#Person1#: Good afternoon, sir. Can I help you?
#Person2#: I'd like a beef-burger, a French fries and a milk shake, please.
#Person1#: What flavor would you prefer, sir?
#Person2#: I'm not quite sure. What do you have?
#Person1#: We have strawberry, chocolate, vanilla and banana.
#Person2#: Very well, I'll try the banana flavor.
#Person1#: Anything else, sir?
#Person2#: No, thanks. That will be all.","#Person2# orders a beef-burger, french fries, and a banana milkshake at #Person1#'s shop."
test_456_1,"#Person1#: Wow, there are so many lanterns to appreciate. Now, I can see why it's called the Lantern Festival. It deserves its name.
#Person2#: Yeah. People always enjoy the lighted lanterns and the gala performances.
#Person1#: What are they doing over there? People keep on gathering there.
#Person2#: Did you notice the characters on the lanterns?
#Person1#: Sure. But you know that I can't read any Chinese characters. What do they say?
#Person2#: They are puzzles. It's a tradition to solve the puzzles on the lanterns during the Lantern Festival.
#Person1#: Very interesting. But I'm afraid we'd better do something else. Hey, look! There is a huge lantern there. Let's get close to it.
#Person2#: It's really eye-catching. It's the biggest dragon lantern I've ever seen in all my life.
#Person1#: Really? Then I'm really lucky. Oh, it's spewing fireworks from its huge mouth.
#Person2#: Very impressive. It's made of glass which makes it even brighter.
#Person1#: There are many Chinese characters on its body, too. What are they about? Puzzles?
#Person2#: Let me have a look. Oh, no. They are Chinese poems which describe this happy scene.",#Person1# and #Person2# are appreciating lanterns. #Person2# explains the customs of the Lantern Festival and Chinese characters on the lanterns to #Person1#.
test_456_2,"#Person1#: Wow, there are so many lanterns to appreciate. Now, I can see why it's called the Lantern Festival. It deserves its name.
#Person2#: Yeah. People always enjoy the lighted lanterns and the gala performances.
#Person1#: What are they doing over there? People keep on gathering there.
#Person2#: Did you notice the characters on the lanterns?
#Person1#: Sure. But you know that I can't read any Chinese characters. What do they say?
#Person2#: They are puzzles. It's a tradition to solve the puzzles on the lanterns during the Lantern Festival.
#Person1#: Very interesting. But I'm afraid we'd better do something else. Hey, look! There is a huge lantern there. Let's get close to it.
#Person2#: It's really eye-catching. It's the biggest dragon lantern I've ever seen in all my life.
#Person1#: Really? Then I'm really lucky. Oh, it's spewing fireworks from its huge mouth.
#Person2#: Very impressive. It's made of glass which makes it even brighter.
#Person1#: There are many Chinese characters on its body, too. What are they about? Puzzles?
#Person2#: Let me have a look. Oh, no. They are Chinese poems which describe this happy scene.",#Person1# and #Person2# participate in the Lantern Festival appreciation performance and enjoy the activities.
test_456_3,"#Person1#: Wow, there are so many lanterns to appreciate. Now, I can see why it's called the Lantern Festival. It deserves its name.
#Person2#: Yeah. People always enjoy the lighted lanterns and the gala performances.
#Person1#: What are they doing over there? People keep on gathering there.
#Person2#: Did you notice the characters on the lanterns?
#Person1#: Sure. But you know that I can't read any Chinese characters. What do they say?
#Person2#: They are puzzles. It's a tradition to solve the puzzles on the lanterns during the Lantern Festival.
#Person1#: Very interesting. But I'm afraid we'd better do something else. Hey, look! There is a huge lantern there. Let's get close to it.
#Person2#: It's really eye-catching. It's the biggest dragon lantern I've ever seen in all my life.
#Person1#: Really? Then I'm really lucky. Oh, it's spewing fireworks from its huge mouth.
#Person2#: Very impressive. It's made of glass which makes it even brighter.
#Person1#: There are many Chinese characters on its body, too. What are they about? Puzzles?
#Person2#: Let me have a look. Oh, no. They are Chinese poems which describe this happy scene.",#Person1# and #Person2# are appreciating lanterns. #Person1# asks about the Lantern Festival and #Person2# talks about the custom and puzzles on lanterns.
test_457_1,"#Person1#: Hi, Tina, I've got good news. I have successfully passed the first two rounds of interview with ABC Company. They informed me to go to the final round next Monday. It looks very promising.
#Person2#: That is awesome. Congratulations! I know you can make it.
#Person1#: Thanks. Let's go for a celebration this evening. Are you free?
#Person2#: Yes. Wait for me at the cafe down my office building. Say 5 PM, ok?
#Person1#: No problem. See you!
#Person2#: See you!",#Person1# invites Tina to a celebration of #Person1#'s passing the interview.
test_457_2,"#Person1#: Hi, Tina, I've got good news. I have successfully passed the first two rounds of interview with ABC Company. They informed me to go to the final round next Monday. It looks very promising.
#Person2#: That is awesome. Congratulations! I know you can make it.
#Person1#: Thanks. Let's go for a celebration this evening. Are you free?
#Person2#: Yes. Wait for me at the cafe down my office building. Say 5 PM, ok?
#Person1#: No problem. See you!
#Person2#: See you!",#Person1# and Tina plan to celebrate for #Person1#'s going to the final round interview.
test_457_3,"#Person1#: Hi, Tina, I've got good news. I have successfully passed the first two rounds of interview with ABC Company. They informed me to go to the final round next Monday. It looks very promising.
#Person2#: That is awesome. Congratulations! I know you can make it.
#Person1#: Thanks. Let's go for a celebration this evening. Are you free?
#Person2#: Yes. Wait for me at the cafe down my office building. Say 5 PM, ok?
#Person1#: No problem. See you!
#Person2#: See you!",#Person1# has passed the first two rounds of the interview and invites Tina to celebrate it.
test_458_1,"#Person1#: Oh, it's getting late. I've got to run. It was nice talking to you, karren.
#Person2#: Thanks, Tim. Nice meeting you, too.
#Person1#: I guess we'll see each other around.
#Person2#: Yeah, I hope so. Well, take it easy.
#Person1#: You too.",Tim and Karren say goodbye.
test_458_2,"#Person1#: Oh, it's getting late. I've got to run. It was nice talking to you, karren.
#Person2#: Thanks, Tim. Nice meeting you, too.
#Person1#: I guess we'll see each other around.
#Person2#: Yeah, I hope so. Well, take it easy.
#Person1#: You too.",Tim and Karren say farewell words after meeting.
test_458_3,"#Person1#: Oh, it's getting late. I've got to run. It was nice talking to you, karren.
#Person2#: Thanks, Tim. Nice meeting you, too.
#Person1#: I guess we'll see each other around.
#Person2#: Yeah, I hope so. Well, take it easy.
#Person1#: You too.",Tim and Karren say goodbye to each other.
test_459_1,"#Person1#: We're having a department meeting at 10 o'clock, ok?
#Person2#: That's fine. . . I need to pick up some stationary-you know, a stapler, scissors, files, who should I see about that?
#Person1#: See Julie, the receptionist. She knows where all that stuff is kept. You might like a calendar for you desk. She can give you one of those too.
#Person2#: Thanks. I need to make a few photocopies.
#Person1#: The photocopier is near my office. Come on, I'll show you where it is.
#Person2#: Do you enjoy working in this office?
#Person1#: Yes, I do. Everyone's really friendly. Sometimes, I wish I worked outdoors more, especially during the summer.
#Person2#: What's usually discussed at the department meetings?
#Person1#: We usually tell each other where we are with various clients and potential clients. The boss assigns extra duties to people who she thinks can best deal with them. It's also a chance to put forward su",#Person1# informs #Person2# of the meeting and helps #Person2# pick up some stationery. #Person1# also shares the experience of working and meetings.
test_459_2,"#Person1#: We're having a department meeting at 10 o'clock, ok?
#Person2#: That's fine. . . I need to pick up some stationary-you know, a stapler, scissors, files, who should I see about that?
#Person1#: See Julie, the receptionist. She knows where all that stuff is kept. You might like a calendar for you desk. She can give you one of those too.
#Person2#: Thanks. I need to make a few photocopies.
#Person1#: The photocopier is near my office. Come on, I'll show you where it is.
#Person2#: Do you enjoy working in this office?
#Person1#: Yes, I do. Everyone's really friendly. Sometimes, I wish I worked outdoors more, especially during the summer.
#Person2#: What's usually discussed at the department meetings?
#Person1#: We usually tell each other where we are with various clients and potential clients. The boss assigns extra duties to people who she thinks can best deal with them. It's also a chance to put forward su",#Person1# helps #Person2# find the things that #Person2# wants. #Person1# finds it comfortable working in the office.
test_459_3,"#Person1#: We're having a department meeting at 10 o'clock, ok?
#Person2#: That's fine. . . I need to pick up some stationary-you know, a stapler, scissors, files, who should I see about that?
#Person1#: See Julie, the receptionist. She knows where all that stuff is kept. You might like a calendar for you desk. She can give you one of those too.
#Person2#: Thanks. I need to make a few photocopies.
#Person1#: The photocopier is near my office. Come on, I'll show you where it is.
#Person2#: Do you enjoy working in this office?
#Person1#: Yes, I do. Everyone's really friendly. Sometimes, I wish I worked outdoors more, especially during the summer.
#Person2#: What's usually discussed at the department meetings?
#Person1#: We usually tell each other where we are with various clients and potential clients. The boss assigns extra duties to people who she thinks can best deal with them. It's also a chance to put forward su",#Person1# and #Person2# will have a department meeting. #Person1# tells #Person2# how to get stationeries and introduces about the meeting.
test_460_1,"#Person1#: Hello! I'm now trying to take a bath, but there are too many buttons, would tell me how to use them?
#Person2#: I see, we have an explanation left on the table. If you follow the direction, it's quite simple.
#Person1#: I read it, but I couldn't understand it. Would you come to my room and tell me how to use them?
#Person2#: Oh, certainly.
#Person1#: And also tell me how to use other switches.",#Person1# asks #Person2# to teach #Person1# how to use the bath.
test_460_2,"#Person1#: Hello! I'm now trying to take a bath, but there are too many buttons, would tell me how to use them?
#Person2#: I see, we have an explanation left on the table. If you follow the direction, it's quite simple.
#Person1#: I read it, but I couldn't understand it. Would you come to my room and tell me how to use them?
#Person2#: Oh, certainly.
#Person1#: And also tell me how to use other switches.",#Person1# calls #Person2# for getting to know how to use buttons and switches so #Person1# can take a bath.
test_460_3,"#Person1#: Hello! I'm now trying to take a bath, but there are too many buttons, would tell me how to use them?
#Person2#: I see, we have an explanation left on the table. If you follow the direction, it's quite simple.
#Person1#: I read it, but I couldn't understand it. Would you come to my room and tell me how to use them?
#Person2#: Oh, certainly.
#Person1#: And also tell me how to use other switches.",#Person1# has trouble with the bath. #Person2# teaches #Person1# how to use it.
test_461_1,"#Person1#: Where is the shelf of best-sellers?
#Person2#: Books in the first aisle are all best sellers.
#Person1#: Could you give me some advice on books for killing time on the train?
#Person2#: Well, do you like novels?
#Person1#: Yes, very much. Which one is the latest?
#Person2#: Here is one written by famous Japanese novelist. You can have a look.
#Person1#: Thank you for your help.
#Person2#: My pleasure.",#Person1# asks #Person2# for advice to choose books.
test_461_2,"#Person1#: Where is the shelf of best-sellers?
#Person2#: Books in the first aisle are all best sellers.
#Person1#: Could you give me some advice on books for killing time on the train?
#Person2#: Well, do you like novels?
#Person1#: Yes, very much. Which one is the latest?
#Person2#: Here is one written by famous Japanese novelist. You can have a look.
#Person1#: Thank you for your help.
#Person2#: My pleasure.",#Person1# wants to choose a book to read on the train and #Person2# recommends one by a Japanese novelist.
test_461_3,"#Person1#: Where is the shelf of best-sellers?
#Person2#: Books in the first aisle are all best sellers.
#Person1#: Could you give me some advice on books for killing time on the train?
#Person2#: Well, do you like novels?
#Person1#: Yes, very much. Which one is the latest?
#Person2#: Here is one written by famous Japanese novelist. You can have a look.
#Person1#: Thank you for your help.
#Person2#: My pleasure.",#Person1# wants some books to kill time and #Person2# suggests a novel.
test_462_1,"#Person1#: How do you feel about teaching my friend how to read?
#Person2#: How old is your friend and why doesn't he know how to read?
#Person1#: He's 78 and he's a new emigrant from South America and he's never been to school.
#Person2#: Does he even know how to speak English?
#Person1#: No. But I thought that you could start with reading and then go from there.
#Person2#: That was very thoughtful of you to volunteer me.
#Person1#: Come on. You're great at teaching and I know you will love him. He's adorable!
#Person2#: Oh, all right. Have him come over here for dinner. But you get to make dinner!",#Person1# asks #Person2# to help teach #Person1#'s friend English and #Person2# agrees.
test_462_2,"#Person1#: How do you feel about teaching my friend how to read?
#Person2#: How old is your friend and why doesn't he know how to read?
#Person1#: He's 78 and he's a new emigrant from South America and he's never been to school.
#Person2#: Does he even know how to speak English?
#Person1#: No. But I thought that you could start with reading and then go from there.
#Person2#: That was very thoughtful of you to volunteer me.
#Person1#: Come on. You're great at teaching and I know you will love him. He's adorable!
#Person2#: Oh, all right. Have him come over here for dinner. But you get to make dinner!","#Person2# agrees to help #Person1#'s friend, a new emigrant who had never been to school, to learn English."
test_462_3,"#Person1#: How do you feel about teaching my friend how to read?
#Person2#: How old is your friend and why doesn't he know how to read?
#Person1#: He's 78 and he's a new emigrant from South America and he's never been to school.
#Person2#: Does he even know how to speak English?
#Person1#: No. But I thought that you could start with reading and then go from there.
#Person2#: That was very thoughtful of you to volunteer me.
#Person1#: Come on. You're great at teaching and I know you will love him. He's adorable!
#Person2#: Oh, all right. Have him come over here for dinner. But you get to make dinner!","#Person1# asks if #Person2# could teach #Person1#'s friend, a 78 new emigrant man, to read English. #Person2# will see him at dinner."
test_463_1,"#Person1#: I'm coming to pick up my ticket. This is my reservation note.
#Person2#: Your reservation is right. Please get a ticket booking form from there and fill it.
#Person1#: Here you are. How much is the ticket?
#Person2#: $ 800.
#Person1#: Can I pay by card?
#Person2#: Surely of course. Give me your card please.",#Person1# buys a ticket under #Person2#'s guidance.
test_463_2,"#Person1#: I'm coming to pick up my ticket. This is my reservation note.
#Person2#: Your reservation is right. Please get a ticket booking form from there and fill it.
#Person1#: Here you are. How much is the ticket?
#Person2#: $ 800.
#Person1#: Can I pay by card?
#Person2#: Surely of course. Give me your card please.","After filling the booking form and paying, #Person1# picked up the ticket with #Person2#'s assistance."
test_463_3,"#Person1#: I'm coming to pick up my ticket. This is my reservation note.
#Person2#: Your reservation is right. Please get a ticket booking form from there and fill it.
#Person1#: Here you are. How much is the ticket?
#Person2#: $ 800.
#Person1#: Can I pay by card?
#Person2#: Surely of course. Give me your card please.",#Person1# wants to pick up a ticket at #Person2#'s and pays by card.
test_464_1,"#Person1#: do you have any plans for dinner tonight?
#Person2#: no, I was thinking of putting a frozen pizza in the oven or something. How about you?
#Person1#: I was thinking maybe we could make dinner together tonight. What do you think?
#Person2#: I'm absolutely useless at cooking!
#Person1#: I could teach you how to cook something healthy. Frozen pizza are so bad for you!
#Person2#: I know they aren't good for me, but they are cheap, convenient, and fairly tasty.
#Person1#: I recently saw a piece for spicy chicken curry in a magadize. Maybe we could try that?
#Person2#: yeah, why not. Do you have all the ingredients?
#Person1#: I bought all the ingredients this morning, so let's start!
#Person2#: what do we do first?
#Person1#: first, you need to wash the vegetables and then chop them into little pieces.
#Person2#: ok. Should I heat the wok?
#Person1#: yes. Once it gets hot, put a little oil in it, add the vegetables and stir-fry them for a few minutes.
#Person2#: what about the chicken?
#Person1#: that needs to be cut into thin strips about 3 cm long and then it can be stir-fried on its own until its cooked through.
#Person2#: how about the rice?
#Person1#: I'll prepare it. Do you prefer white rice or brown rice?
#Person2#: white rice, please. None of that healthy brown stuff for me!","#Person1# invites #Person2# to make dinner together, but #Person2# thinks #Person2# is bad at cooking. Thus, #Person1# teaches #Person2# to cook spicy chicken."
test_464_2,"#Person1#: do you have any plans for dinner tonight?
#Person2#: no, I was thinking of putting a frozen pizza in the oven or something. How about you?
#Person1#: I was thinking maybe we could make dinner together tonight. What do you think?
#Person2#: I'm absolutely useless at cooking!
#Person1#: I could teach you how to cook something healthy. Frozen pizza are so bad for you!
#Person2#: I know they aren't good for me, but they are cheap, convenient, and fairly tasty.
#Person1#: I recently saw a piece for spicy chicken curry in a magadize. Maybe we could try that?
#Person2#: yeah, why not. Do you have all the ingredients?
#Person1#: I bought all the ingredients this morning, so let's start!
#Person2#: what do we do first?
#Person1#: first, you need to wash the vegetables and then chop them into little pieces.
#Person2#: ok. Should I heat the wok?
#Person1#: yes. Once it gets hot, put a little oil in it, add the vegetables and stir-fry them for a few minutes.
#Person2#: what about the chicken?
#Person1#: that needs to be cut into thin strips about 3 cm long and then it can be stir-fried on its own until its cooked through.
#Person2#: how about the rice?
#Person1#: I'll prepare it. Do you prefer white rice or brown rice?
#Person2#: white rice, please. None of that healthy brown stuff for me!",#Person1# teaches #Person2# to cook chicken for #Person2#'s original thought of having frozen pizza is unhealthy.
test_464_3,"#Person1#: do you have any plans for dinner tonight?
#Person2#: no, I was thinking of putting a frozen pizza in the oven or something. How about you?
#Person1#: I was thinking maybe we could make dinner together tonight. What do you think?
#Person2#: I'm absolutely useless at cooking!
#Person1#: I could teach you how to cook something healthy. Frozen pizza are so bad for you!
#Person2#: I know they aren't good for me, but they are cheap, convenient, and fairly tasty.
#Person1#: I recently saw a piece for spicy chicken curry in a magadize. Maybe we could try that?
#Person2#: yeah, why not. Do you have all the ingredients?
#Person1#: I bought all the ingredients this morning, so let's start!
#Person2#: what do we do first?
#Person1#: first, you need to wash the vegetables and then chop them into little pieces.
#Person2#: ok. Should I heat the wok?
#Person1#: yes. Once it gets hot, put a little oil in it, add the vegetables and stir-fry them for a few minutes.
#Person2#: what about the chicken?
#Person1#: that needs to be cut into thin strips about 3 cm long and then it can be stir-fried on its own until its cooked through.
#Person2#: how about the rice?
#Person1#: I'll prepare it. Do you prefer white rice or brown rice?
#Person2#: white rice, please. None of that healthy brown stuff for me!","#Person1# asks #Person2# what for dinner and wants to cook something healthy when #Person2# suggests frozen pizza. #Person2# says #Person2# is not good at cooking, but #Person1# could teach #Person2# to make spicy chicken curry with rice."
test_465_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me. I get confused that the two phones on the booth are different, can you tell me how to use them?
#Person2#: Let me have a look. Oh, yes. This one is the IC phone and the other is the coin phone. If you have an IC card, you can insert it into this slot, wait for the dialing signal appearing on the small screen, and then dial the number of the person you are going to call.
#Person1#: Well, I see. How to use the other one?
#Person2#: First, you pick up the receiver, wait for the dialing signal, dial the number, and then put the coin into the slot, press the'speak'button. Then everything is done.
#Person1#: It seems quite easy. I will try both of them.",#Person2# teaches #Person1# how to use the IC phone and the coin phone to call.
test_465_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me. I get confused that the two phones on the booth are different, can you tell me how to use them?
#Person2#: Let me have a look. Oh, yes. This one is the IC phone and the other is the coin phone. If you have an IC card, you can insert it into this slot, wait for the dialing signal appearing on the small screen, and then dial the number of the person you are going to call.
#Person1#: Well, I see. How to use the other one?
#Person2#: First, you pick up the receiver, wait for the dialing signal, dial the number, and then put the coin into the slot, press the'speak'button. Then everything is done.
#Person1#: It seems quite easy. I will try both of them.",#Person2# helps #Person1# distinguish two phones on the booth and tells #Person1# how to use them.
test_465_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me. I get confused that the two phones on the booth are different, can you tell me how to use them?
#Person2#: Let me have a look. Oh, yes. This one is the IC phone and the other is the coin phone. If you have an IC card, you can insert it into this slot, wait for the dialing signal appearing on the small screen, and then dial the number of the person you are going to call.
#Person1#: Well, I see. How to use the other one?
#Person2#: First, you pick up the receiver, wait for the dialing signal, dial the number, and then put the coin into the slot, press the'speak'button. Then everything is done.
#Person1#: It seems quite easy. I will try both of them.",#Person1#'s confused about how to use two different phones. #Person2# tells #Person1# how to use them.
test_466_1,"#Person1#: I heard that EDD has special services to help me get a job.
#Person2#: callous is a great Internet-based placement service that is available to you.
#Person1#: I don't have access to a computer.
#Person2#: There is an area at the EDD Center that is set up with computers for you to make use of.
#Person1#: Is there anything else at the EDD offices to help me with my job search?
#Person2#: We can provide you with information that will help you understand what is available. We also provide workshops.
#Person1#: If I go to EDD in person, what type of workshops might I find there?
#Person2#: Our two most important workshops are Resume Writing and Interviewing.
#Person1#: What are some other places where I might look for work?
#Person2#: Job fairs are popular places to look for work.","#Person2# introduces EDD's popular services to #Person1#. #Person2# tells #Person1# that EDD provided computers, job information, workshops, and job fairs."
test_466_2,"#Person1#: I heard that EDD has special services to help me get a job.
#Person2#: callous is a great Internet-based placement service that is available to you.
#Person1#: I don't have access to a computer.
#Person2#: There is an area at the EDD Center that is set up with computers for you to make use of.
#Person1#: Is there anything else at the EDD offices to help me with my job search?
#Person2#: We can provide you with information that will help you understand what is available. We also provide workshops.
#Person1#: If I go to EDD in person, what type of workshops might I find there?
#Person2#: Our two most important workshops are Resume Writing and Interviewing.
#Person1#: What are some other places where I might look for work?
#Person2#: Job fairs are popular places to look for work.","#Person2# offers #Person1# some information about getting a job including the available services, workshops, and useful places."
test_466_3,"#Person1#: I heard that EDD has special services to help me get a job.
#Person2#: callous is a great Internet-based placement service that is available to you.
#Person1#: I don't have access to a computer.
#Person2#: There is an area at the EDD Center that is set up with computers for you to make use of.
#Person1#: Is there anything else at the EDD offices to help me with my job search?
#Person2#: We can provide you with information that will help you understand what is available. We also provide workshops.
#Person1#: If I go to EDD in person, what type of workshops might I find there?
#Person2#: Our two most important workshops are Resume Writing and Interviewing.
#Person1#: What are some other places where I might look for work?
#Person2#: Job fairs are popular places to look for work.",#Person1# consults #Person2# about EDD's services of seeking jobs. #Person2# tells #Person1# that EDD could provide information and workshops and #Person1# could go Job fairs for jobs.
test_467_1,"#Person1#: Tom, how do you think of second-hand goods?
#Person2#: Why did you ask that? Do you want to buy the used goods?
#Person1#: I'm considering buying a second-hand computer for I'm short of money now.
#Person2#: You know the car I'm driving, which is still in good condition though it is second-hand. And it only cost me 300 dollars. It was so cheap.
#Person1#: But do you really mean that the second - hand goods are just as good as the new ones?
#Person2#: It depends. So you must be careful buying second-hand goods.",#Person1# asks Tom for his opinion on second-hand goods and Tom suggested #Person1# being careful.
test_467_2,"#Person1#: Tom, how do you think of second-hand goods?
#Person2#: Why did you ask that? Do you want to buy the used goods?
#Person1#: I'm considering buying a second-hand computer for I'm short of money now.
#Person2#: You know the car I'm driving, which is still in good condition though it is second-hand. And it only cost me 300 dollars. It was so cheap.
#Person1#: But do you really mean that the second - hand goods are just as good as the new ones?
#Person2#: It depends. So you must be careful buying second-hand goods.",#Person1# asks Tom's opinion about buying a second-hand car and Tom thinks #Person1# should be careful.
test_467_3,"#Person1#: Tom, how do you think of second-hand goods?
#Person2#: Why did you ask that? Do you want to buy the used goods?
#Person1#: I'm considering buying a second-hand computer for I'm short of money now.
#Person2#: You know the car I'm driving, which is still in good condition though it is second-hand. And it only cost me 300 dollars. It was so cheap.
#Person1#: But do you really mean that the second - hand goods are just as good as the new ones?
#Person2#: It depends. So you must be careful buying second-hand goods.","#Person1# asks Tom about second-hand goods because #Person1# wants to buy a second-hand computer. Tom tells #Person1# it might be good, but #Person1# needs to be careful."
test_468_1,"#Person1#: Morgan, can I ask you a question?
#Person2#: sure, what is it?
#Person1#: I was just wondering if many Chinese people take their leftover food home from a restaurant.
#Person2#: in most cities in China, doggie bags are quite uncommon.
#Person1#: what happen to all the leftover food?
#Person2#: it usually goes to the dump.
#Person1#: that seems like an awful waste! Why don't people order fewer dishes so that they don't have to throw so much away at the end of the meal?
#Person2#: ordering a lot of food at restaurants is just a tradition in China. You know, in the past, people could not afford to eat out like they can today.
#Person1#: I guess that makes sense. I just think it would make more sense to take the leftovers home.
#Person2#: well, if you want, you can take the leftovers home.
#Person1#: no, that's OK. You know what they say when in Rome. . .
#Person2#: I was impressed that you tried the pig's feet. I heard that many foreigners don't like to eat them.
#Person1#: many people in my generation don't eat pig's feet, but my parents grew up eating them, so I think they are OK.
#Person2#: did you like them? You could take the last one home with you.
#Person1#: that's OK. I'll try anything once, but sometimes, once is enough!",Morgan tells #Person1# that Chinese people seldom take leftover food home and #Person1# thinks it's a waste. Morgan suggests #Person1# take the leftover pig feet home. #Person1# decides to try to do it once.
test_468_2,"#Person1#: Morgan, can I ask you a question?
#Person2#: sure, what is it?
#Person1#: I was just wondering if many Chinese people take their leftover food home from a restaurant.
#Person2#: in most cities in China, doggie bags are quite uncommon.
#Person1#: what happen to all the leftover food?
#Person2#: it usually goes to the dump.
#Person1#: that seems like an awful waste! Why don't people order fewer dishes so that they don't have to throw so much away at the end of the meal?
#Person2#: ordering a lot of food at restaurants is just a tradition in China. You know, in the past, people could not afford to eat out like they can today.
#Person1#: I guess that makes sense. I just think it would make more sense to take the leftovers home.
#Person2#: well, if you want, you can take the leftovers home.
#Person1#: no, that's OK. You know what they say when in Rome. . .
#Person2#: I was impressed that you tried the pig's feet. I heard that many foreigners don't like to eat them.
#Person1#: many people in my generation don't eat pig's feet, but my parents grew up eating them, so I think they are OK.
#Person2#: did you like them? You could take the last one home with you.
#Person1#: that's OK. I'll try anything once, but sometimes, once is enough!",#Person1# asks Morgan about the food ordering tradition and thinks it's wasteful for Chinese not to take leftover home.
test_468_3,"#Person1#: Morgan, can I ask you a question?
#Person2#: sure, what is it?
#Person1#: I was just wondering if many Chinese people take their leftover food home from a restaurant.
#Person2#: in most cities in China, doggie bags are quite uncommon.
#Person1#: what happen to all the leftover food?
#Person2#: it usually goes to the dump.
#Person1#: that seems like an awful waste! Why don't people order fewer dishes so that they don't have to throw so much away at the end of the meal?
#Person2#: ordering a lot of food at restaurants is just a tradition in China. You know, in the past, people could not afford to eat out like they can today.
#Person1#: I guess that makes sense. I just think it would make more sense to take the leftovers home.
#Person2#: well, if you want, you can take the leftovers home.
#Person1#: no, that's OK. You know what they say when in Rome. . .
#Person2#: I was impressed that you tried the pig's feet. I heard that many foreigners don't like to eat them.
#Person1#: many people in my generation don't eat pig's feet, but my parents grew up eating them, so I think they are OK.
#Person2#: did you like them? You could take the last one home with you.
#Person1#: that's OK. I'll try anything once, but sometimes, once is enough!","#Person1# asks about people taking left-over food in China. Morgan tells #Person1# it's not common and explains this is a tradition. As #Person1#'s parents grew up eating pig's feet, #Person1# thinks the pig feet are OK."
test_469_1,"#Person1#: I swear I will never shop at a street market in China. It's a terrible place full of excellent profiteers! You have to keep an eye whenever it comes to paying for something.
#Person2#: cool down, Harry! What are you really mad about? Did you get ripped off?
#Person1#: yes. Last Sunday I went to a nearby market. It was on open-air fair. I chanced upon this bag and bought it on the spot, without even trying to strike a bargain. I paid one hundred and twenty. And just now I was told by my Chinese colleagues I bought it overpriced. I could have talked my way to thirty.
#Person2#: is that so? I'm afraid people here will not take pity on unlucky guys like you. Bargaining has always been an indispensable procedure in business deals. It's the norm of free trade. The seller sets a preposterous price, and the buyer tries his best to bring it down, until a compromise is reached. Yet you ignored the process. No wonder you ended up easy prey.
#Person1#: but don't you think it annoying to overcharge the customers by such a handsome margin?
#Person2#: of course, that's something really irritating. And the only way to avoid being trapped is to know in advance about the real worth of the stuff. I recommend you to consult the price tags in the supermarket first. And then you may negotiate for a fair deal.",Harry tells #Person2# that the bag was overpriced in a street market. #Person2# suggests that Harry should bargain with the seller and consult the price tags in the supermarket first.
test_469_2,"#Person1#: I swear I will never shop at a street market in China. It's a terrible place full of excellent profiteers! You have to keep an eye whenever it comes to paying for something.
#Person2#: cool down, Harry! What are you really mad about? Did you get ripped off?
#Person1#: yes. Last Sunday I went to a nearby market. It was on open-air fair. I chanced upon this bag and bought it on the spot, without even trying to strike a bargain. I paid one hundred and twenty. And just now I was told by my Chinese colleagues I bought it overpriced. I could have talked my way to thirty.
#Person2#: is that so? I'm afraid people here will not take pity on unlucky guys like you. Bargaining has always been an indispensable procedure in business deals. It's the norm of free trade. The seller sets a preposterous price, and the buyer tries his best to bring it down, until a compromise is reached. Yet you ignored the process. No wonder you ended up easy prey.
#Person1#: but don't you think it annoying to overcharge the customers by such a handsome margin?
#Person2#: of course, that's something really irritating. And the only way to avoid being trapped is to know in advance about the real worth of the stuff. I recommend you to consult the price tags in the supermarket first. And then you may negotiate for a fair deal.",#Person2# suggests Harry consult the price tags in the supermarket first and then negotiate for a fair deal after Harry bought a bag overpriced and got a terrible feeling.
test_469_3,"#Person1#: I swear I will never shop at a street market in China. It's a terrible place full of excellent profiteers! You have to keep an eye whenever it comes to paying for something.
#Person2#: cool down, Harry! What are you really mad about? Did you get ripped off?
#Person1#: yes. Last Sunday I went to a nearby market. It was on open-air fair. I chanced upon this bag and bought it on the spot, without even trying to strike a bargain. I paid one hundred and twenty. And just now I was told by my Chinese colleagues I bought it overpriced. I could have talked my way to thirty.
#Person2#: is that so? I'm afraid people here will not take pity on unlucky guys like you. Bargaining has always been an indispensable procedure in business deals. It's the norm of free trade. The seller sets a preposterous price, and the buyer tries his best to bring it down, until a compromise is reached. Yet you ignored the process. No wonder you ended up easy prey.
#Person1#: but don't you think it annoying to overcharge the customers by such a handsome margin?
#Person2#: of course, that's something really irritating. And the only way to avoid being trapped is to know in advance about the real worth of the stuff. I recommend you to consult the price tags in the supermarket first. And then you may negotiate for a fair deal.",Harry is mad because he bought a bag overpriced at a street market in China. #Person2# says it's common and people should know the real worth and then negotiate for a fair deal.
test_470_1,"#Person1#: Employees in this company have to have a good command of English. Do you think you are proficient in both written and spoken English?
#Person2#: Yes, I think I am quite proficient in both written and spoken English.
#Person1#: Well, then, please tell me about your English education.
#Person2#: I have been studying English since junior high school. And I majored in English in college.
#Person1#: I see, do you speak any other languages?
#Person2#: Yes, I speak a little French and Japanese.",#Person1# asks #Person2# about #Person2#'s mastery of English and other languages.
test_470_2,"#Person1#: Employees in this company have to have a good command of English. Do you think you are proficient in both written and spoken English?
#Person2#: Yes, I think I am quite proficient in both written and spoken English.
#Person1#: Well, then, please tell me about your English education.
#Person2#: I have been studying English since junior high school. And I majored in English in college.
#Person1#: I see, do you speak any other languages?
#Person2#: Yes, I speak a little French and Japanese.",#Person1# makes requires about #Person2#'s English standard.
test_470_3,"#Person1#: Employees in this company have to have a good command of English. Do you think you are proficient in both written and spoken English?
#Person2#: Yes, I think I am quite proficient in both written and spoken English.
#Person1#: Well, then, please tell me about your English education.
#Person2#: I have been studying English since junior high school. And I majored in English in college.
#Person1#: I see, do you speak any other languages?
#Person2#: Yes, I speak a little French and Japanese.",#Person1# tells English is important in #Person1#'s company. #Person2# introduces #Person2#'s English education and other language capabilities
test_471_1,"#Person1#: Good morning. How can I help you?
#Person2#: I'd like to open a new account.
#Person1#: Have you filled out an application form?
#Person2#: Yes. And I've brought some documents along with me, too. Do you need to see my passport?
#Person1#: Yes. I'll just have my assistant look over these quickly and then we'll move on to the next step. Did you want to open up a checking account and a savings account?
#Person2#: Yes. Does the checking account come with a debit card?
#Person1#: Yes. Actually, both accounts come with cards that you can use in ATM machines, so that you won't have to come in to the bank to make a transaction.
#Person2#: That's very convenient.
#Person1#: It is. Our customers really like it. Do you have any other questions about your new accounts?
#Person2#: Yes. What's the maximum amount that you are allowed to have in an overdraft?
#Person1#: The maximum is $ 1000.
#Person2#: Is there a penalty for having an overdraft?
#Person1#: Yes, but it's not much. You just have to pay 1 % interest on the account. It's much lower rate than any of our loans and it's much better than owing money to most credit cards.
#Person2#: That's true. Is everything alright with my documents?
#Person1#: They're all in order. If you just sign your name here, you'll receive your cards and pin numbers in the mail in about three weeks.
#Person2#: Thank you very much.
#Person1#: You're welcome.","#Person1# helps #Person2# to open a new account. #Person1# answers #Person2#'s questions about the debit card, the maximum amount in an overdraft, and the penalty for having an overdraft."
test_471_2,"#Person1#: Good morning. How can I help you?
#Person2#: I'd like to open a new account.
#Person1#: Have you filled out an application form?
#Person2#: Yes. And I've brought some documents along with me, too. Do you need to see my passport?
#Person1#: Yes. I'll just have my assistant look over these quickly and then we'll move on to the next step. Did you want to open up a checking account and a savings account?
#Person2#: Yes. Does the checking account come with a debit card?
#Person1#: Yes. Actually, both accounts come with cards that you can use in ATM machines, so that you won't have to come in to the bank to make a transaction.
#Person2#: That's very convenient.
#Person1#: It is. Our customers really like it. Do you have any other questions about your new accounts?
#Person2#: Yes. What's the maximum amount that you are allowed to have in an overdraft?
#Person1#: The maximum is $ 1000.
#Person2#: Is there a penalty for having an overdraft?
#Person1#: Yes, but it's not much. You just have to pay 1 % interest on the account. It's much lower rate than any of our loans and it's much better than owing money to most credit cards.
#Person2#: That's true. Is everything alright with my documents?
#Person1#: They're all in order. If you just sign your name here, you'll receive your cards and pin numbers in the mail in about three weeks.
#Person2#: Thank you very much.
#Person1#: You're welcome.",#Person2# brings some documents to #Person1#'s to open up a new account with a debit card which allows for the maximum $1000 overdraft.
test_471_3,"#Person1#: Good morning. How can I help you?
#Person2#: I'd like to open a new account.
#Person1#: Have you filled out an application form?
#Person2#: Yes. And I've brought some documents along with me, too. Do you need to see my passport?
#Person1#: Yes. I'll just have my assistant look over these quickly and then we'll move on to the next step. Did you want to open up a checking account and a savings account?
#Person2#: Yes. Does the checking account come with a debit card?
#Person1#: Yes. Actually, both accounts come with cards that you can use in ATM machines, so that you won't have to come in to the bank to make a transaction.
#Person2#: That's very convenient.
#Person1#: It is. Our customers really like it. Do you have any other questions about your new accounts?
#Person2#: Yes. What's the maximum amount that you are allowed to have in an overdraft?
#Person1#: The maximum is $ 1000.
#Person2#: Is there a penalty for having an overdraft?
#Person1#: Yes, but it's not much. You just have to pay 1 % interest on the account. It's much lower rate than any of our loans and it's much better than owing money to most credit cards.
#Person2#: That's true. Is everything alright with my documents?
#Person1#: They're all in order. If you just sign your name here, you'll receive your cards and pin numbers in the mail in about three weeks.
#Person2#: Thank you very much.
#Person1#: You're welcome.","#Person2# wants to open a checking account at #Person1#'s bank. #Person1# tells #Person2# about the benefits of #Person1#'s bank. After #Person1#'s assistant looks over the documents, #Person1# tells #Person2# will receive the card and PIN in three weeks."
test_472_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me, how can I get special discount coupons?
#Person2#: Buy more and get more special discount coupons.
#Person1#: Can I get a discount coupon if I buy these goods?
#Person2#: Of course You get a coupon for every 3 bags of sugar.
#Person1#: But how much discount can I get if I use it to buy goods next time?
#Person2#: 10 pence off if you use this coupon.
#Person1#: Can I buy everything in the supermarket by it? .
#Person2#: Yeah, you need to take advantage of it within its expiry date.
#Person1#: How long can I keep it?
#Person2#: The coupon can be used at least one year.
#Person1#: I see. I will take 9 bags of sugar so that I can get 3 coupons.
#Person2#: All right. I will get them for you.",#Person2# answers #Person1#'s questions about getting special discount coupons and how to use them.
test_472_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me, how can I get special discount coupons?
#Person2#: Buy more and get more special discount coupons.
#Person1#: Can I get a discount coupon if I buy these goods?
#Person2#: Of course You get a coupon for every 3 bags of sugar.
#Person1#: But how much discount can I get if I use it to buy goods next time?
#Person2#: 10 pence off if you use this coupon.
#Person1#: Can I buy everything in the supermarket by it? .
#Person2#: Yeah, you need to take advantage of it within its expiry date.
#Person1#: How long can I keep it?
#Person2#: The coupon can be used at least one year.
#Person1#: I see. I will take 9 bags of sugar so that I can get 3 coupons.
#Person2#: All right. I will get them for you.",#Person1# asks #Person2# about the instructions for getting and using the discount coupons.
test_472_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me, how can I get special discount coupons?
#Person2#: Buy more and get more special discount coupons.
#Person1#: Can I get a discount coupon if I buy these goods?
#Person2#: Of course You get a coupon for every 3 bags of sugar.
#Person1#: But how much discount can I get if I use it to buy goods next time?
#Person2#: 10 pence off if you use this coupon.
#Person1#: Can I buy everything in the supermarket by it? .
#Person2#: Yeah, you need to take advantage of it within its expiry date.
#Person1#: How long can I keep it?
#Person2#: The coupon can be used at least one year.
#Person1#: I see. I will take 9 bags of sugar so that I can get 3 coupons.
#Person2#: All right. I will get them for you.",#Person2# tells #Person1# how to get special discount coupons and how to use them. #Person1# buys 9 bags of sugar and gets 3 coupons.
test_473_1,"#Person1#: Steve, thanks for looking after Johnny.
#Person2#: It was a pleasure, Mrs. Robinson.
#Person1#: And this kitchen is so clean. Did you help Johnny with that?
#Person2#: I helped break. . . I mean WASH. . . all the dishes!
#Person1#: That's great. And the garbage, too?
#Person2#: Yeah, uh, it's outside. Listen, I really have to be going now.
#Person1#: Thanks for your help!",Mrs. Robinson thanks Steve for looking after Johnny and cleaning the house.
test_473_2,"#Person1#: Steve, thanks for looking after Johnny.
#Person2#: It was a pleasure, Mrs. Robinson.
#Person1#: And this kitchen is so clean. Did you help Johnny with that?
#Person2#: I helped break. . . I mean WASH. . . all the dishes!
#Person1#: That's great. And the garbage, too?
#Person2#: Yeah, uh, it's outside. Listen, I really have to be going now.
#Person1#: Thanks for your help!",Steve broke all the dishes while looking after Johnny. He's leaving the house when facing Mrs. Robinson's appreciation.
test_473_3,"#Person1#: Steve, thanks for looking after Johnny.
#Person2#: It was a pleasure, Mrs. Robinson.
#Person1#: And this kitchen is so clean. Did you help Johnny with that?
#Person2#: I helped break. . . I mean WASH. . . all the dishes!
#Person1#: That's great. And the garbage, too?
#Person2#: Yeah, uh, it's outside. Listen, I really have to be going now.
#Person1#: Thanks for your help!",Steve helps look after Jonny and house-keeping. Mrs. Robinson appreciates it.
test_474_1,"#Person1#: How can I help you?
#Person2#: I seem to have lost my train ticket.
#Person1#: What's your destination?
#Person2#: I'm supposed to be going to shanghai.
#Person1#: Ok. When is your train supposed to leave?
#Person2#: It's supposed to leave in 30 minutes.
#Person1#: OH, dear. What's your last name, please?
#Person2#: S M I T H.
#Person1#: And your passport number?
#Person2#: Z3264356.
#Person1#: Let me see. . . it doesn't look like we have any information about your ticket here.
#Person2#: Is there anything you can do for me? If I don't make it to shanghai in time, my wife is going go kill me.
#Person1#: Oh dear. I'm really sorry, sir. But you don't have any proof of purchase. You'll simply have to purchase another ticket.
#Person2#: How much is that going to cost me?
#Person1#: It depends on how you want to travel. If you want a soft sleeper, it will cost 610 RMB, if you want a hard seat, it will only cost 100RMB.
#Person2#: I can't possibly travel on a hard seat for 10 hours!
#Person1#: looks like you might like the soft sleeper then.
#Person2#: Yes, fine. Let me see how much money I have in my wallet.
#Person1#: . . . sir?
#Person2#: Where's my wallet? Someone has stolen my wallet!
#Person1#: Perhaps it's in your other pocket.
#Person2#: You're right. It is. Let me have a look. I have 419. 6 RMB. is that enough?
#Person1#: You're just 4 mao short for the hard sleeper, but I'll let it go. Anything for love!
#Person2#: Thanks, ma'am. You're a lifesaver!","Mr. Smith asks #Person1# to help find his train ticket, but #Person1# finds out that Mr. Smith didn't have any proof of purchase. Thus Mr. Smith brings another ticket in the end."
test_474_2,"#Person1#: How can I help you?
#Person2#: I seem to have lost my train ticket.
#Person1#: What's your destination?
#Person2#: I'm supposed to be going to shanghai.
#Person1#: Ok. When is your train supposed to leave?
#Person2#: It's supposed to leave in 30 minutes.
#Person1#: OH, dear. What's your last name, please?
#Person2#: S M I T H.
#Person1#: And your passport number?
#Person2#: Z3264356.
#Person1#: Let me see. . . it doesn't look like we have any information about your ticket here.
#Person2#: Is there anything you can do for me? If I don't make it to shanghai in time, my wife is going go kill me.
#Person1#: Oh dear. I'm really sorry, sir. But you don't have any proof of purchase. You'll simply have to purchase another ticket.
#Person2#: How much is that going to cost me?
#Person1#: It depends on how you want to travel. If you want a soft sleeper, it will cost 610 RMB, if you want a hard seat, it will only cost 100RMB.
#Person2#: I can't possibly travel on a hard seat for 10 hours!
#Person1#: looks like you might like the soft sleeper then.
#Person2#: Yes, fine. Let me see how much money I have in my wallet.
#Person1#: . . . sir?
#Person2#: Where's my wallet? Someone has stolen my wallet!
#Person1#: Perhaps it's in your other pocket.
#Person2#: You're right. It is. Let me have a look. I have 419. 6 RMB. is that enough?
#Person1#: You're just 4 mao short for the hard sleeper, but I'll let it go. Anything for love!
#Person2#: Thanks, ma'am. You're a lifesaver!",#Person1# doesn't find Mr. Smith's proof of transaction after Mr. Smith lost his train ticket. Mr. Smith successfully purchases another ticket with #Person1#'s help.
test_474_3,"#Person1#: How can I help you?
#Person2#: I seem to have lost my train ticket.
#Person1#: What's your destination?
#Person2#: I'm supposed to be going to shanghai.
#Person1#: Ok. When is your train supposed to leave?
#Person2#: It's supposed to leave in 30 minutes.
#Person1#: OH, dear. What's your last name, please?
#Person2#: S M I T H.
#Person1#: And your passport number?
#Person2#: Z3264356.
#Person1#: Let me see. . . it doesn't look like we have any information about your ticket here.
#Person2#: Is there anything you can do for me? If I don't make it to shanghai in time, my wife is going go kill me.
#Person1#: Oh dear. I'm really sorry, sir. But you don't have any proof of purchase. You'll simply have to purchase another ticket.
#Person2#: How much is that going to cost me?
#Person1#: It depends on how you want to travel. If you want a soft sleeper, it will cost 610 RMB, if you want a hard seat, it will only cost 100RMB.
#Person2#: I can't possibly travel on a hard seat for 10 hours!
#Person1#: looks like you might like the soft sleeper then.
#Person2#: Yes, fine. Let me see how much money I have in my wallet.
#Person1#: . . . sir?
#Person2#: Where's my wallet? Someone has stolen my wallet!
#Person1#: Perhaps it's in your other pocket.
#Person2#: You're right. It is. Let me have a look. I have 419. 6 RMB. is that enough?
#Person1#: You're just 4 mao short for the hard sleeper, but I'll let it go. Anything for love!
#Person2#: Thanks, ma'am. You're a lifesaver!",Mr. Smith lost his ticket to Shanghai and couldn't provide proof of purchase. #Person1# helps to buy another soft sleepier ticket and waive some money for him.
test_475_1,"#Person1#: Hi, Ann, welcome back. How's your trip to the states?
#Person2#: Very busy. I had a lot of meetings. So, of course, I didn't have much time to see New York.
#Person1#: What a pity. Actually I have a trip there myself next week.
#Person2#: Do you? Then take my advice. Do the well-being in the air program. It really works.
#Person1#: Oh, I read about that in a magazine. You say it works?
#Person2#: Yes. I did the program on the flight to the States. And when I arrived in New York, I didn't have any problem. No jet leg at all. On the way back I didn't do it, and I felt terrible.
#Person1#: You are joking.
#Person2#: Not at all. It really made a lot of difference.
#Person1#: Hmm...So, what did you do?
#Person2#: Well, I didn't drink any alcohol or coffee and I didn't eat any meat or rich food. I drink a lot of water and fruit juice and I eat the meals on the well-being menu. They are lighter. They have fish, vegetables and noodles, for example. And I did some of the exercises in the program.
#Person1#: Exercises? On a plane?
#Person2#: Yes. I didn't do many, of course. There isn't much space on the plane.
#Person1#: How many passengers did the exercises?
#Person2#: Not many.
#Person1#: And how much champagne did they drink?
#Person2#: A lot. It was more popular than mineral water.
#Person1#: So, basically it's a choice. Mineral water and exercises or champagne and jet lag.
#Person2#: That's right. It's a difficult choice.",Ann recommends #Person1# to do the well-being in the air program on the way to New York. Ann introduces the program in detail and #Person1# seems interested in it.
test_475_2,"#Person1#: Hi, Ann, welcome back. How's your trip to the states?
#Person2#: Very busy. I had a lot of meetings. So, of course, I didn't have much time to see New York.
#Person1#: What a pity. Actually I have a trip there myself next week.
#Person2#: Do you? Then take my advice. Do the well-being in the air program. It really works.
#Person1#: Oh, I read about that in a magazine. You say it works?
#Person2#: Yes. I did the program on the flight to the States. And when I arrived in New York, I didn't have any problem. No jet leg at all. On the way back I didn't do it, and I felt terrible.
#Person1#: You are joking.
#Person2#: Not at all. It really made a lot of difference.
#Person1#: Hmm...So, what did you do?
#Person2#: Well, I didn't drink any alcohol or coffee and I didn't eat any meat or rich food. I drink a lot of water and fruit juice and I eat the meals on the well-being menu. They are lighter. They have fish, vegetables and noodles, for example. And I did some of the exercises in the program.
#Person1#: Exercises? On a plane?
#Person2#: Yes. I didn't do many, of course. There isn't much space on the plane.
#Person1#: How many passengers did the exercises?
#Person2#: Not many.
#Person1#: And how much champagne did they drink?
#Person2#: A lot. It was more popular than mineral water.
#Person1#: So, basically it's a choice. Mineral water and exercises or champagne and jet lag.
#Person2#: That's right. It's a difficult choice.",Ann suggests #Person1# take well-being in the air programme including drinking mineral water and exercising so that #Person1# could get over jet lag.
test_475_3,"#Person1#: Hi, Ann, welcome back. How's your trip to the states?
#Person2#: Very busy. I had a lot of meetings. So, of course, I didn't have much time to see New York.
#Person1#: What a pity. Actually I have a trip there myself next week.
#Person2#: Do you? Then take my advice. Do the well-being in the air program. It really works.
#Person1#: Oh, I read about that in a magazine. You say it works?
#Person2#: Yes. I did the program on the flight to the States. And when I arrived in New York, I didn't have any problem. No jet leg at all. On the way back I didn't do it, and I felt terrible.
#Person1#: You are joking.
#Person2#: Not at all. It really made a lot of difference.
#Person1#: Hmm...So, what did you do?
#Person2#: Well, I didn't drink any alcohol or coffee and I didn't eat any meat or rich food. I drink a lot of water and fruit juice and I eat the meals on the well-being menu. They are lighter. They have fish, vegetables and noodles, for example. And I did some of the exercises in the program.
#Person1#: Exercises? On a plane?
#Person2#: Yes. I didn't do many, of course. There isn't much space on the plane.
#Person1#: How many passengers did the exercises?
#Person2#: Not many.
#Person1#: And how much champagne did they drink?
#Person2#: A lot. It was more popular than mineral water.
#Person1#: So, basically it's a choice. Mineral water and exercises or champagne and jet lag.
#Person2#: That's right. It's a difficult choice.","Ann had a business trip to the states and #Person1# will have a trip too. Ann suggests #Person1# do well-being in the air program. She did it on her flight to New York, eating light and healthy, doing exercise, and she felt good after her arrival."
test_476_1,"#Person1#: Hi, Mary, how are you today?
#Person2#: I'm fine, Tom. How are you?
#Person1#: Pretty well. Are you going to John's party tonight?
#Person2#: I want to, but I can't. I've found a job.
#Person1#: Oh, you've found a job? I didn't know that.
#Person2#: I work at McDonald's. I'm the assistant manager, but I want to get a different job.
#Person1#: My father's company will need some people to work for the summer.
#Person2#: What kind of company does he work for?
#Person1#: It's a construction company.
#Person2#: That sounds like it might be interesting. Don't you know what kind of jobs they have?
#Person1#: Well, I don't know for sure, but he said they need twenty-five or thirty new people. They plan to hire them in June. They'll work until the end of August, or the beginning of September.
#Person2#: I'd better try it.
#Person1#: I'll tell my father about it, and then you can call him.
#Person2#: Thanks a lot.","Mary tells Tom that she found a job, but she still wants a different one. Tom recommends his father's company."
test_476_2,"#Person1#: Hi, Mary, how are you today?
#Person2#: I'm fine, Tom. How are you?
#Person1#: Pretty well. Are you going to John's party tonight?
#Person2#: I want to, but I can't. I've found a job.
#Person1#: Oh, you've found a job? I didn't know that.
#Person2#: I work at McDonald's. I'm the assistant manager, but I want to get a different job.
#Person1#: My father's company will need some people to work for the summer.
#Person2#: What kind of company does he work for?
#Person1#: It's a construction company.
#Person2#: That sounds like it might be interesting. Don't you know what kind of jobs they have?
#Person1#: Well, I don't know for sure, but he said they need twenty-five or thirty new people. They plan to hire them in June. They'll work until the end of August, or the beginning of September.
#Person2#: I'd better try it.
#Person1#: I'll tell my father about it, and then you can call him.
#Person2#: Thanks a lot.",Mary is considering changing a job. Tom tells her that his father's company happens to have the hiring plan in the near future.
test_476_3,"#Person1#: Hi, Mary, how are you today?
#Person2#: I'm fine, Tom. How are you?
#Person1#: Pretty well. Are you going to John's party tonight?
#Person2#: I want to, but I can't. I've found a job.
#Person1#: Oh, you've found a job? I didn't know that.
#Person2#: I work at McDonald's. I'm the assistant manager, but I want to get a different job.
#Person1#: My father's company will need some people to work for the summer.
#Person2#: What kind of company does he work for?
#Person1#: It's a construction company.
#Person2#: That sounds like it might be interesting. Don't you know what kind of jobs they have?
#Person1#: Well, I don't know for sure, but he said they need twenty-five or thirty new people. They plan to hire them in June. They'll work until the end of August, or the beginning of September.
#Person2#: I'd better try it.
#Person1#: I'll tell my father about it, and then you can call him.
#Person2#: Thanks a lot.","Mary needs to work at McDonald's so she cannot go to John's party, but she wants a different job. Tom father's company offers a job and Mary is willing to try."
test_477_1,"#Person1#: Harry, what's the matter? You look pale.
#Person2#: I just had a terrible experience.
#Person1#: Did you have an accident?
#Person2#: Not quite, but almost. I was crossing the street just now and was almost hit by a car. Fortunately, I jumped back in time.
#Person1#: How awful! I hope you got the number of the car, so you can report this man to the police.
#Person2#: Before I realized what had happened, the car was gone.
#Person1#: Drivers like that should be punished by the police.
#Person2#: I agree. I won't forget this for a long time.
#Person1#: I am sure you won't.
#Person2#: Yes,from now on I won't cross the street reading my newspaper. I'll have to watch where I'm going, since there are dangerous drivers like that one on the road.",Harry tells #Person1# that he was almost hit by a car and he will be more careful next time.
test_477_2,"#Person1#: Harry, what's the matter? You look pale.
#Person2#: I just had a terrible experience.
#Person1#: Did you have an accident?
#Person2#: Not quite, but almost. I was crossing the street just now and was almost hit by a car. Fortunately, I jumped back in time.
#Person1#: How awful! I hope you got the number of the car, so you can report this man to the police.
#Person2#: Before I realized what had happened, the car was gone.
#Person1#: Drivers like that should be punished by the police.
#Person2#: I agree. I won't forget this for a long time.
#Person1#: I am sure you won't.
#Person2#: Yes,from now on I won't cross the street reading my newspaper. I'll have to watch where I'm going, since there are dangerous drivers like that one on the road.",Harry tells #Person1# that he crossed the street while reading the newspaper and almost got hit by a car.
test_477_3,"#Person1#: Harry, what's the matter? You look pale.
#Person2#: I just had a terrible experience.
#Person1#: Did you have an accident?
#Person2#: Not quite, but almost. I was crossing the street just now and was almost hit by a car. Fortunately, I jumped back in time.
#Person1#: How awful! I hope you got the number of the car, so you can report this man to the police.
#Person2#: Before I realized what had happened, the car was gone.
#Person1#: Drivers like that should be punished by the police.
#Person2#: I agree. I won't forget this for a long time.
#Person1#: I am sure you won't.
#Person2#: Yes,from now on I won't cross the street reading my newspaper. I'll have to watch where I'm going, since there are dangerous drivers like that one on the road.",Harry tells #Person1# he was almost hit by a car and he will be more careful next time.
test_478_1,"#Person1#: Good evening and welcome to this week's Business World, the program for and about business people. Tonight, we have Mr. Steven Kayne, who has just taken over and established bicycle shop. Tell us, Mr. Kayne, what made you want to run yourown store?
#Person2#: Well, I always loved racing bikes and fixing them. When I was working full-time as a salesman for a big company, I seldom had time to enjoy my hobby. I knew then that as soon as I had enough money to get my own business going, I'll do it. I had my heart set on it and I didn't let anything stand in my way. When I went down to the bank and got a business loan, I knew I'd love being myown boss. Now my time is my own. I open the store when I want and leave when I want.
#Person1#: You mean you don't keep regular hours?
#Person2#: Well, the sign on my store says the hours are ten to six, but if business isslower than usual, I can just lock up and take off early.
#Person1#: Have you hired any employees to work with you yet?
#Person2#: Yeah, a couple of friends of mine who love biking as much as I do. They help me out a few days a week. It's great because we play cards or just sit around and talk when there are no customers.
#Person1#: Thank you, Mr. Kayne. We wish you success in your new business.",Mr. Kayne shares with the audience about how he took over and established his bicycle shop as a salesman and how he's running his business now.
test_478_2,"#Person1#: Good evening and welcome to this week's Business World, the program for and about business people. Tonight, we have Mr. Steven Kayne, who has just taken over and established bicycle shop. Tell us, Mr. Kayne, what made you want to run yourown store?
#Person2#: Well, I always loved racing bikes and fixing them. When I was working full-time as a salesman for a big company, I seldom had time to enjoy my hobby. I knew then that as soon as I had enough money to get my own business going, I'll do it. I had my heart set on it and I didn't let anything stand in my way. When I went down to the bank and got a business loan, I knew I'd love being myown boss. Now my time is my own. I open the store when I want and leave when I want.
#Person1#: You mean you don't keep regular hours?
#Person2#: Well, the sign on my store says the hours are ten to six, but if business isslower than usual, I can just lock up and take off early.
#Person1#: Have you hired any employees to work with you yet?
#Person2#: Yeah, a couple of friends of mine who love biking as much as I do. They help me out a few days a week. It's great because we play cards or just sit around and talk when there are no customers.
#Person1#: Thank you, Mr. Kayne. We wish you success in your new business.",Mr. Steven Kayne is invited to share his experience of establishing a bicycle shop by a business program.
test_478_3,"#Person1#: Good evening and welcome to this week's Business World, the program for and about business people. Tonight, we have Mr. Steven Kayne, who has just taken over and established bicycle shop. Tell us, Mr. Kayne, what made you want to run yourown store?
#Person2#: Well, I always loved racing bikes and fixing them. When I was working full-time as a salesman for a big company, I seldom had time to enjoy my hobby. I knew then that as soon as I had enough money to get my own business going, I'll do it. I had my heart set on it and I didn't let anything stand in my way. When I went down to the bank and got a business loan, I knew I'd love being myown boss. Now my time is my own. I open the store when I want and leave when I want.
#Person1#: You mean you don't keep regular hours?
#Person2#: Well, the sign on my store says the hours are ten to six, but if business isslower than usual, I can just lock up and take off early.
#Person1#: Have you hired any employees to work with you yet?
#Person2#: Yeah, a couple of friends of mine who love biking as much as I do. They help me out a few days a week. It's great because we play cards or just sit around and talk when there are no customers.
#Person1#: Thank you, Mr. Kayne. We wish you success in your new business.",#Person1# interviews Mr. Kayne why he ran a bicycle shop. He says he loves it to be his own boss. His friends helped him and they could play when there were no customers.
test_479_1,"#Person1#: They are a nice middle-aged couple, just like us. 
#Person2#: If they are just like us, they are not middle-aged. 
#Person1#: Of course they are. 
#Person2#: Middle-aged means in the middle, Ethel, middle of life. People don't live to a hundred and fifty. 
#Person1#: Oh, we are the part on the edge of middle. That's all. 
#Person2#: Oh, you know, we are not middle-aged. You're old, and I'm aging. 
#Person1#: Oh, fool! You're nearly seventy and I'm in the low sixties. Would you like to spend the rest of the afternoon squabbling about this? 
#Person2#: I can if you like. ",A couple is arguing about whether they are middle-aged. #Person1# thinks they are middle-aged but #Person2# disagrees.
test_479_2,"#Person1#: They are a nice middle-aged couple, just like us. 
#Person2#: If they are just like us, they are not middle-aged. 
#Person1#: Of course they are. 
#Person2#: Middle-aged means in the middle, Ethel, middle of life. People don't live to a hundred and fifty. 
#Person1#: Oh, we are the part on the edge of middle. That's all. 
#Person2#: Oh, you know, we are not middle-aged. You're old, and I'm aging. 
#Person1#: Oh, fool! You're nearly seventy and I'm in the low sixties. Would you like to spend the rest of the afternoon squabbling about this? 
#Person2#: I can if you like. ",#Person2# disagrees with #Person1# on the definition of middle age.
test_479_3,"#Person1#: They are a nice middle-aged couple, just like us. 
#Person2#: If they are just like us, they are not middle-aged. 
#Person1#: Of course they are. 
#Person2#: Middle-aged means in the middle, Ethel, middle of life. People don't live to a hundred and fifty. 
#Person1#: Oh, we are the part on the edge of middle. That's all. 
#Person2#: Oh, you know, we are not middle-aged. You're old, and I'm aging. 
#Person1#: Oh, fool! You're nearly seventy and I'm in the low sixties. Would you like to spend the rest of the afternoon squabbling about this? 
#Person2#: I can if you like. ",#Person1# thinks #Person1# and #Person2# are a middle-aged couple. #Person2# doesn't agree and they argue about it.
test_480_1,"#Person1#: Did your meal meet with your approval? 
#Person2#: Our meal was absolutely perfect! 
#Person1#: How about a dessert to top off that wonderful meal? 
#Person2#: Dessert sounds perfect, but I would like to split something with my friends. 
#Person1#: On this evening's dessert list, we have chocolate mousse cake, homemade fresh strawberry shortcake, and a spicy rum apple crisp. 
#Person2#: I think that the apple crisp would be wonderful. 
#Person1#: One dessert will serve two, so would you like to split a second one? 
#Person2#: We would also like a piece of chocolate mousse cake. Could you bring us four dessert forks, please? 
#Person1#: How about some coffee and tea as well? 
#Person2#: We are all tea drinkers. Please bring us four teas. 
#Person1#: I will prepare your desserts and have someone bring you your drinks right away. 
#Person2#: The hot drinks first would be great. Thanks! ","#Person2# orders the apple crisp, chocolate mousse cake and tea. #Person2# will share with #Person2#'s friends."
test_480_2,"#Person1#: Did your meal meet with your approval? 
#Person2#: Our meal was absolutely perfect! 
#Person1#: How about a dessert to top off that wonderful meal? 
#Person2#: Dessert sounds perfect, but I would like to split something with my friends. 
#Person1#: On this evening's dessert list, we have chocolate mousse cake, homemade fresh strawberry shortcake, and a spicy rum apple crisp. 
#Person2#: I think that the apple crisp would be wonderful. 
#Person1#: One dessert will serve two, so would you like to split a second one? 
#Person2#: We would also like a piece of chocolate mousse cake. Could you bring us four dessert forks, please? 
#Person1#: How about some coffee and tea as well? 
#Person2#: We are all tea drinkers. Please bring us four teas. 
#Person1#: I will prepare your desserts and have someone bring you your drinks right away. 
#Person2#: The hot drinks first would be great. Thanks! ",#Person2# orders some desserts and tea after a perfect meal and #Person2# will share with friends..
test_480_3,"#Person1#: Did your meal meet with your approval? 
#Person2#: Our meal was absolutely perfect! 
#Person1#: How about a dessert to top off that wonderful meal? 
#Person2#: Dessert sounds perfect, but I would like to split something with my friends. 
#Person1#: On this evening's dessert list, we have chocolate mousse cake, homemade fresh strawberry shortcake, and a spicy rum apple crisp. 
#Person2#: I think that the apple crisp would be wonderful. 
#Person1#: One dessert will serve two, so would you like to split a second one? 
#Person2#: We would also like a piece of chocolate mousse cake. Could you bring us four dessert forks, please? 
#Person1#: How about some coffee and tea as well? 
#Person2#: We are all tea drinkers. Please bring us four teas. 
#Person1#: I will prepare your desserts and have someone bring you your drinks right away. 
#Person2#: The hot drinks first would be great. Thanks! ",#Person2# thinks #Person2#'s meal as perfect and orders dessert and tea to share with friends.
test_481_1,"#Person1#: Alright, we need to have a plan here. First of all, which bed do you want? 
#Person2#: Well, everybody wants the bottom bunk. Why don't we flip a coin for it? 
#Person1#: Alright. Do you have a coin? 
#Person2#: Yes. Here's a quarter. I flip it, you call it in the air. 
#Person1#: Heads. 
#Person2#: Sorry, it's tails. You lose. 
#Person1#: Oh, well. So you get the bottom bunk. What about our stereos? It looks like we both brought our stereos. Probably we only have room for one. 
#Person2#: Your stereo is better than mine. Do you mind if we use yours? 
#Person1#: No, I don't mind. I just don't know where we can put the speakers in this tiny room. 
#Person2#: Probably we can put one on that counter. And we can put one on the floor by the bed. Over there. 
#Person1#: Alright. That's a good plan. What about the desks? We have two desks, one by the window and one by the door? Which one do you want? 
#Person2#: Well, the desk by the window is nicer, of course. Don't you think? 
#Person1#: Yes, I agree. 
#Person2#: So since I got the bottom bunk, why don't you get the desk by the window? That would be more fair. 
#Person1#: Alright. 
#Person2#: I mean, we could flip a coin for it, but I would probably win again. I'm incredibly lucky you know. Especially with girls. 
#Person1#: Is that right? 
#Person2#: Yes, that's right. 
#Person1#: Well, I hope you let me hang out with you then. Maybe I can learn from you. 
#Person2#: Oh, certainly. Certainly. I'm always willing to help beginners. Just call me Big Brother Dave. 
#Person1#: Are all lucky people so stuck up? 
#Person2#: C'mon, don't take it seriously! I'm just kidding. 
#Person1#: Anyway, I get the desk by the window, you get the bottom bunk. That's it. 
#Person2#: Why don't we start unpacking these boxes? 
#Person1#: I will go get something to eat. You unpack first. Then, when I come back, I'll unpack. 
#Person2#: Alright. See you later. ",#Person1# and #Person2# flip a coin to decide which one should get the bottom bunk and #Person2# wins. They negotiate the setting of other things and #Person1# gets the desk by the window. They start to unpack.
test_481_2,"#Person1#: Alright, we need to have a plan here. First of all, which bed do you want? 
#Person2#: Well, everybody wants the bottom bunk. Why don't we flip a coin for it? 
#Person1#: Alright. Do you have a coin? 
#Person2#: Yes. Here's a quarter. I flip it, you call it in the air. 
#Person1#: Heads. 
#Person2#: Sorry, it's tails. You lose. 
#Person1#: Oh, well. So you get the bottom bunk. What about our stereos? It looks like we both brought our stereos. Probably we only have room for one. 
#Person2#: Your stereo is better than mine. Do you mind if we use yours? 
#Person1#: No, I don't mind. I just don't know where we can put the speakers in this tiny room. 
#Person2#: Probably we can put one on that counter. And we can put one on the floor by the bed. Over there. 
#Person1#: Alright. That's a good plan. What about the desks? We have two desks, one by the window and one by the door? Which one do you want? 
#Person2#: Well, the desk by the window is nicer, of course. Don't you think? 
#Person1#: Yes, I agree. 
#Person2#: So since I got the bottom bunk, why don't you get the desk by the window? That would be more fair. 
#Person1#: Alright. 
#Person2#: I mean, we could flip a coin for it, but I would probably win again. I'm incredibly lucky you know. Especially with girls. 
#Person1#: Is that right? 
#Person2#: Yes, that's right. 
#Person1#: Well, I hope you let me hang out with you then. Maybe I can learn from you. 
#Person2#: Oh, certainly. Certainly. I'm always willing to help beginners. Just call me Big Brother Dave. 
#Person1#: Are all lucky people so stuck up? 
#Person2#: C'mon, don't take it seriously! I'm just kidding. 
#Person1#: Anyway, I get the desk by the window, you get the bottom bunk. That's it. 
#Person2#: Why don't we start unpacking these boxes? 
#Person1#: I will go get something to eat. You unpack first. Then, when I come back, I'll unpack. 
#Person2#: Alright. See you later. ",#Person1# and #Person2# initiate a plan to divide the furniture in the room. #Person1# takes the bottom bunk by flipping a coin whereas #Person1# takes the better stereos and the nicer desk.
test_481_3,"#Person1#: Alright, we need to have a plan here. First of all, which bed do you want? 
#Person2#: Well, everybody wants the bottom bunk. Why don't we flip a coin for it? 
#Person1#: Alright. Do you have a coin? 
#Person2#: Yes. Here's a quarter. I flip it, you call it in the air. 
#Person1#: Heads. 
#Person2#: Sorry, it's tails. You lose. 
#Person1#: Oh, well. So you get the bottom bunk. What about our stereos? It looks like we both brought our stereos. Probably we only have room for one. 
#Person2#: Your stereo is better than mine. Do you mind if we use yours? 
#Person1#: No, I don't mind. I just don't know where we can put the speakers in this tiny room. 
#Person2#: Probably we can put one on that counter. And we can put one on the floor by the bed. Over there. 
#Person1#: Alright. That's a good plan. What about the desks? We have two desks, one by the window and one by the door? Which one do you want? 
#Person2#: Well, the desk by the window is nicer, of course. Don't you think? 
#Person1#: Yes, I agree. 
#Person2#: So since I got the bottom bunk, why don't you get the desk by the window? That would be more fair. 
#Person1#: Alright. 
#Person2#: I mean, we could flip a coin for it, but I would probably win again. I'm incredibly lucky you know. Especially with girls. 
#Person1#: Is that right? 
#Person2#: Yes, that's right. 
#Person1#: Well, I hope you let me hang out with you then. Maybe I can learn from you. 
#Person2#: Oh, certainly. Certainly. I'm always willing to help beginners. Just call me Big Brother Dave. 
#Person1#: Are all lucky people so stuck up? 
#Person2#: C'mon, don't take it seriously! I'm just kidding. 
#Person1#: Anyway, I get the desk by the window, you get the bottom bunk. That's it. 
#Person2#: Why don't we start unpacking these boxes? 
#Person1#: I will go get something to eat. You unpack first. Then, when I come back, I'll unpack. 
#Person2#: Alright. See you later. ",#Person2# has the bottom bunk by winning the coin flip with #Person1#. They decide to use #Person1#'s stereos because it's better. #Person1# has the desk by the window for it's fair. #Person1# will go out for food and come back to unpack after #Person2# has done.
test_482_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me. I am interested in getting a library card. 
#Person2#: Sure, let me give you an application. You can fill it out right here at the counter. 
#Person1#: OK, here it is. 
#Person2#: Let me take a look at this for you. May I have your driver's license, please? 
#Person1#: Here's my license and form. 
#Person2#: Okay, Mr. Murray, you seem to have filled the form out all right. Are you familiar with our rules and fines? 
#Person1#: Yes, I know what to do. 
#Person2#: The hours and limitations are printed on the card and this handout. 
#Person1#: OK. 
#Person2#: Thank you for joining the library; we look forward to serving you. ",#Person2# helps Mr. Murray get a library card and reminds him of library rules.
test_482_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me. I am interested in getting a library card. 
#Person2#: Sure, let me give you an application. You can fill it out right here at the counter. 
#Person1#: OK, here it is. 
#Person2#: Let me take a look at this for you. May I have your driver's license, please? 
#Person1#: Here's my license and form. 
#Person2#: Okay, Mr. Murray, you seem to have filled the form out all right. Are you familiar with our rules and fines? 
#Person1#: Yes, I know what to do. 
#Person2#: The hours and limitations are printed on the card and this handout. 
#Person1#: OK. 
#Person2#: Thank you for joining the library; we look forward to serving you. ",Mr. Murray has a library card after filling out the application and checked license by #Person2#.
test_482_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me. I am interested in getting a library card. 
#Person2#: Sure, let me give you an application. You can fill it out right here at the counter. 
#Person1#: OK, here it is. 
#Person2#: Let me take a look at this for you. May I have your driver's license, please? 
#Person1#: Here's my license and form. 
#Person2#: Okay, Mr. Murray, you seem to have filled the form out all right. Are you familiar with our rules and fines? 
#Person1#: Yes, I know what to do. 
#Person2#: The hours and limitations are printed on the card and this handout. 
#Person1#: OK. 
#Person2#: Thank you for joining the library; we look forward to serving you. ",Mr. Murray wants a library card. #Person2# issues one to him after checking his application and driver license.
test_483_1,"#Person1#: What's your working day like? 
#Person2#: I have a typical 9 to 5 job. Actually, I work a little longer than 9 to 5 most days. 
#Person1#: Do you get paid ovetime? 
#Person2#: No, I don't. I get a bonus each month, depending on the value of the contracts I sign with clients. 
#Person1#: Do you have any breaks? 
#Person2#: We have an hour-long lunch break from 12 to 1. we can take coffee breaks during the day. My boss doesn't mind, as long as we get out work done on time. 
#Person1#: My boss gets annoyed if we take coffee breaks. I suppose your job involves a lot paperwork, doesn't it? 
#Person2#: There's some paperwork, but most of the time we put any information onto computers. Then we can send information to each other by email or across the network. Do you work in a cubicle? 
#Person1#: Yes, I do. I don't like it very much. 
#Person2#: I work in a cubicle too, but I I don't mind it. ","#Person1# and #Person2# talk about working days. #Person2# has lunch breaks and doesn't mind cubicles, but #Person1# doesn't have coffee breaks and doesn't like cubicles."
test_483_2,"#Person1#: What's your working day like? 
#Person2#: I have a typical 9 to 5 job. Actually, I work a little longer than 9 to 5 most days. 
#Person1#: Do you get paid ovetime? 
#Person2#: No, I don't. I get a bonus each month, depending on the value of the contracts I sign with clients. 
#Person1#: Do you have any breaks? 
#Person2#: We have an hour-long lunch break from 12 to 1. we can take coffee breaks during the day. My boss doesn't mind, as long as we get out work done on time. 
#Person1#: My boss gets annoyed if we take coffee breaks. I suppose your job involves a lot paperwork, doesn't it? 
#Person2#: There's some paperwork, but most of the time we put any information onto computers. Then we can send information to each other by email or across the network. Do you work in a cubicle? 
#Person1#: Yes, I do. I don't like it very much. 
#Person2#: I work in a cubicle too, but I I don't mind it. ","#Person2# describes how the working days are like, including the working hours and working contents, to #Person1#."
test_483_3,"#Person1#: What's your working day like? 
#Person2#: I have a typical 9 to 5 job. Actually, I work a little longer than 9 to 5 most days. 
#Person1#: Do you get paid ovetime? 
#Person2#: No, I don't. I get a bonus each month, depending on the value of the contracts I sign with clients. 
#Person1#: Do you have any breaks? 
#Person2#: We have an hour-long lunch break from 12 to 1. we can take coffee breaks during the day. My boss doesn't mind, as long as we get out work done on time. 
#Person1#: My boss gets annoyed if we take coffee breaks. I suppose your job involves a lot paperwork, doesn't it? 
#Person2#: There's some paperwork, but most of the time we put any information onto computers. Then we can send information to each other by email or across the network. Do you work in a cubicle? 
#Person1#: Yes, I do. I don't like it very much. 
#Person2#: I work in a cubicle too, but I I don't mind it. ",#Person2# has a typical 9 to 5 job and gets a bonus each month if #Person2# works overtime. #Person2#'s boss doesn't mind coffee break but #Person1#'s boss does. They both work in a cubicle.
test_484_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me.
#Person2#: Yeah?
#Person1#: I've never used this place before. Can you give me some idea what I need to do?
#Person2#: You just put quarters in the machines. It's easy.
#Person1#: Yes, but. . . well. . .
#Person2#: What?
#Person1#: How do I use the machines?
#Person2#: What do you mean? These are the washing machines. Those big things over there are the dryers.
#Person1#: I see. Do the machines have soap in them?
#Person2#: No, of course not. You have to put soap in. Did you bring your soap?
#Person1#: No. I don't have soap.
#Person2#: Well, you can buy some from that vending machine over there.
#Person1#: Thanks. Okay. I have my soap.
#Person2#: My God! You really bought a lot. Why do you need so much?
#Person1#: I don't know. I want my clothes to be clean.
#Person2#: But you can't use so much. The machine won't be able to rinse the soap out.
#Person1#: Oh. I guess I didn't know. I have never washed clothes before.
#Person2#: What? Did you say you never washed clothes before?
#Person1#: Yes.
#Person2#: In your life? Are you kidding? Never?
#Person1#: No. Never.
#Person2#: I can't believe it. How can that be? How old are you?
#Person1#: I'm nineteen.
#Person2#: But how can you live nineteen years without ever washing clothes?
#Person1#: My mother always did it.
#Person2#: Yes, my mother washed my clothes too. But when I was twelve, I started to wash clothes myself.
#Person1#: I know about this fact. American children are more independent. They do more for themselves. But I am from Taiwan. In Taiwan, children must study very hard. So the mother does everything for the kids. The mother wants her kids to get very good grades at school. So I've never washed clothes before. You shouldn't laugh at me for it.
#Person2#: I'm not laughing at you. But let me ask you something?
#Person1#: What?
#Person2#: How are you going to survive here? I mean, if you can't do anything for yourself. If you can't cook, if you can't wash clothes, if you can't clean house. How can you live on your own?
#Person1#: I don't know. It's hard. But I have to learn.
#Person2#: Well, I'll help you learn how to use these machines.
#Person1#: Thanks. My name's Nick.
#Person2#: I'm Alice. I guess I'll have to be your mother for today.
#Person1#: Thanks, Mom. Thanks.","Nick asks Alice how to use washing machines and dryers. Alice teaches him and she's surprised to find that he never washed clothes before. Nick tells her he is from Taiwan, where the mother does everything for the kids. Alice will help Nick to learn how to live on his own."
test_484_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me.
#Person2#: Yeah?
#Person1#: I've never used this place before. Can you give me some idea what I need to do?
#Person2#: You just put quarters in the machines. It's easy.
#Person1#: Yes, but. . . well. . .
#Person2#: What?
#Person1#: How do I use the machines?
#Person2#: What do you mean? These are the washing machines. Those big things over there are the dryers.
#Person1#: I see. Do the machines have soap in them?
#Person2#: No, of course not. You have to put soap in. Did you bring your soap?
#Person1#: No. I don't have soap.
#Person2#: Well, you can buy some from that vending machine over there.
#Person1#: Thanks. Okay. I have my soap.
#Person2#: My God! You really bought a lot. Why do you need so much?
#Person1#: I don't know. I want my clothes to be clean.
#Person2#: But you can't use so much. The machine won't be able to rinse the soap out.
#Person1#: Oh. I guess I didn't know. I have never washed clothes before.
#Person2#: What? Did you say you never washed clothes before?
#Person1#: Yes.
#Person2#: In your life? Are you kidding? Never?
#Person1#: No. Never.
#Person2#: I can't believe it. How can that be? How old are you?
#Person1#: I'm nineteen.
#Person2#: But how can you live nineteen years without ever washing clothes?
#Person1#: My mother always did it.
#Person2#: Yes, my mother washed my clothes too. But when I was twelve, I started to wash clothes myself.
#Person1#: I know about this fact. American children are more independent. They do more for themselves. But I am from Taiwan. In Taiwan, children must study very hard. So the mother does everything for the kids. The mother wants her kids to get very good grades at school. So I've never washed clothes before. You shouldn't laugh at me for it.
#Person2#: I'm not laughing at you. But let me ask you something?
#Person1#: What?
#Person2#: How are you going to survive here? I mean, if you can't do anything for yourself. If you can't cook, if you can't wash clothes, if you can't clean house. How can you live on your own?
#Person1#: I don't know. It's hard. But I have to learn.
#Person2#: Well, I'll help you learn how to use these machines.
#Person1#: Thanks. My name's Nick.
#Person2#: I'm Alice. I guess I'll have to be your mother for today.
#Person1#: Thanks, Mom. Thanks.",Nick is new here and he has never done washing himself. So he asks a girl called Alice for help. Alice's surprised but still teaches him how to use the machines. Nick tells her his mother used to do everything for him.
test_484_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me.
#Person2#: Yeah?
#Person1#: I've never used this place before. Can you give me some idea what I need to do?
#Person2#: You just put quarters in the machines. It's easy.
#Person1#: Yes, but. . . well. . .
#Person2#: What?
#Person1#: How do I use the machines?
#Person2#: What do you mean? These are the washing machines. Those big things over there are the dryers.
#Person1#: I see. Do the machines have soap in them?
#Person2#: No, of course not. You have to put soap in. Did you bring your soap?
#Person1#: No. I don't have soap.
#Person2#: Well, you can buy some from that vending machine over there.
#Person1#: Thanks. Okay. I have my soap.
#Person2#: My God! You really bought a lot. Why do you need so much?
#Person1#: I don't know. I want my clothes to be clean.
#Person2#: But you can't use so much. The machine won't be able to rinse the soap out.
#Person1#: Oh. I guess I didn't know. I have never washed clothes before.
#Person2#: What? Did you say you never washed clothes before?
#Person1#: Yes.
#Person2#: In your life? Are you kidding? Never?
#Person1#: No. Never.
#Person2#: I can't believe it. How can that be? How old are you?
#Person1#: I'm nineteen.
#Person2#: But how can you live nineteen years without ever washing clothes?
#Person1#: My mother always did it.
#Person2#: Yes, my mother washed my clothes too. But when I was twelve, I started to wash clothes myself.
#Person1#: I know about this fact. American children are more independent. They do more for themselves. But I am from Taiwan. In Taiwan, children must study very hard. So the mother does everything for the kids. The mother wants her kids to get very good grades at school. So I've never washed clothes before. You shouldn't laugh at me for it.
#Person2#: I'm not laughing at you. But let me ask you something?
#Person1#: What?
#Person2#: How are you going to survive here? I mean, if you can't do anything for yourself. If you can't cook, if you can't wash clothes, if you can't clean house. How can you live on your own?
#Person1#: I don't know. It's hard. But I have to learn.
#Person2#: Well, I'll help you learn how to use these machines.
#Person1#: Thanks. My name's Nick.
#Person2#: I'm Alice. I guess I'll have to be your mother for today.
#Person1#: Thanks, Mom. Thanks.","Nick has never used washing machines before, and he turns to a girl for help. Nick appreciates Alice's help and tells her his mother used to do washing for him. Alice will help him be more independent."
test_485_1,"#Person1#: Hi. What's up? 
#Person2#: Nothing much. What's new with you? 
#Person1#: Not too much. I've been pretty busy. 
#Person2#: Me too. Seems like all I do is eat and sleep. 
#Person1#: Gotta go. Call me tonight. 
#Person2#: Okay. Check you later. ",#Person1# and #Person2# ask about each other's recent situation.
test_485_2,"#Person1#: Hi. What's up? 
#Person2#: Nothing much. What's new with you? 
#Person1#: Not too much. I've been pretty busy. 
#Person2#: Me too. Seems like all I do is eat and sleep. 
#Person1#: Gotta go. Call me tonight. 
#Person2#: Okay. Check you later. ",#Person1# asks about the things that took up #Person2#.
test_485_3,"#Person1#: Hi. What's up? 
#Person2#: Nothing much. What's new with you? 
#Person1#: Not too much. I've been pretty busy. 
#Person2#: Me too. Seems like all I do is eat and sleep. 
#Person1#: Gotta go. Call me tonight. 
#Person2#: Okay. Check you later. ",#Person1# is busy while #Person2# is flexible.
test_486_1,"#Person1#: Katie, have you looked at your evaluation yet?
#Person2#: Yes, I have.
#Person1#: Let's go over some of these areas. You are always available to work. But you've arrived late several times. Since I've spoken to you about this, you have improved.
#Person2#: I've been trying. I was only late once last month.
#Person1#: That's good. One more thing, Katie, when you don't have a customer, you're always standing there daydreaming. If I ask you to do something, you're always willing. But when you don't have customers, I expect you to polish the jewelry and the mirrors, put new paper in the cash register, restock the boxes and do other things without being asked.
#Person2#: OK.",#Person1# tells Katie about her evaluation and expresses expectations for Katie's future work.
test_486_2,"#Person1#: Katie, have you looked at your evaluation yet?
#Person2#: Yes, I have.
#Person1#: Let's go over some of these areas. You are always available to work. But you've arrived late several times. Since I've spoken to you about this, you have improved.
#Person2#: I've been trying. I was only late once last month.
#Person1#: That's good. One more thing, Katie, when you don't have a customer, you're always standing there daydreaming. If I ask you to do something, you're always willing. But when you don't have customers, I expect you to polish the jewelry and the mirrors, put new paper in the cash register, restock the boxes and do other things without being asked.
#Person2#: OK.",#Person1# reviews Katie's working evaluation and comes up with new requirements for #Person2#.
test_486_3,"#Person1#: Katie, have you looked at your evaluation yet?
#Person2#: Yes, I have.
#Person1#: Let's go over some of these areas. You are always available to work. But you've arrived late several times. Since I've spoken to you about this, you have improved.
#Person2#: I've been trying. I was only late once last month.
#Person1#: That's good. One more thing, Katie, when you don't have a customer, you're always standing there daydreaming. If I ask you to do something, you're always willing. But when you don't have customers, I expect you to polish the jewelry and the mirrors, put new paper in the cash register, restock the boxes and do other things without being asked.
#Person2#: OK.",#Person2# talks about Katie's evaluation and wants Katie to do better when she doesn't have customers.
test_487_1,"#Person1#: It's grandpa's birthday next week. We must have a surprise party.
#Person2#: A party? Do you mean you want to have loud music and food everywhere?
#Person1#: Well, no, but grandpa will. You know he loves jazz.
#Person2#: OK, well, how about having it at a hotel?
#Person1#: Hotels are expensive, and it's too cold for a garden party at this time of year. We really should have it here at our house.
#Person2#: Ok, I suppose you're right. What food should we have?
#Person1#: Oh, I'll make some pizzas, and I'm sure grandma will make a birthday cake.
#Person2#: Yes, I'm sure she will. I'll make some salad, then. What do you think I should get him?
#Person1#: Let me think. No scarves or hats. I'm giving him a scarf and grandpa just bought a hat last month. What about a book? He reads a lot.
#Person2#: Ok, good idea. Oh, what day should we plan to have the party?
#Person1#: Well, the birthday is on Thursday. So we could do it on Friday. No, Saturday. Saturday is the best day for a party.",#Person1# and #Person2# discuss grandpa's birthday. They decide on where and when to hold the party and what food and gift to prepare.
test_487_2,"#Person1#: It's grandpa's birthday next week. We must have a surprise party.
#Person2#: A party? Do you mean you want to have loud music and food everywhere?
#Person1#: Well, no, but grandpa will. You know he loves jazz.
#Person2#: OK, well, how about having it at a hotel?
#Person1#: Hotels are expensive, and it's too cold for a garden party at this time of year. We really should have it here at our house.
#Person2#: Ok, I suppose you're right. What food should we have?
#Person1#: Oh, I'll make some pizzas, and I'm sure grandma will make a birthday cake.
#Person2#: Yes, I'm sure she will. I'll make some salad, then. What do you think I should get him?
#Person1#: Let me think. No scarves or hats. I'm giving him a scarf and grandpa just bought a hat last month. What about a book? He reads a lot.
#Person2#: Ok, good idea. Oh, what day should we plan to have the party?
#Person1#: Well, the birthday is on Thursday. So we could do it on Friday. No, Saturday. Saturday is the best day for a party.",#Person1# and #Person2# are planning a surprise party for grandpa's birthday and talk about what presents they should get him.
test_487_3,"#Person1#: It's grandpa's birthday next week. We must have a surprise party.
#Person2#: A party? Do you mean you want to have loud music and food everywhere?
#Person1#: Well, no, but grandpa will. You know he loves jazz.
#Person2#: OK, well, how about having it at a hotel?
#Person1#: Hotels are expensive, and it's too cold for a garden party at this time of year. We really should have it here at our house.
#Person2#: Ok, I suppose you're right. What food should we have?
#Person1#: Oh, I'll make some pizzas, and I'm sure grandma will make a birthday cake.
#Person2#: Yes, I'm sure she will. I'll make some salad, then. What do you think I should get him?
#Person1#: Let me think. No scarves or hats. I'm giving him a scarf and grandpa just bought a hat last month. What about a book? He reads a lot.
#Person2#: Ok, good idea. Oh, what day should we plan to have the party?
#Person1#: Well, the birthday is on Thursday. So we could do it on Friday. No, Saturday. Saturday is the best day for a party.","It's #Person1# and #Person2#'s grandpa's birthday next week. #Person1# and #Person2# decide to have a party with jazz, pizza at their house. #Person1# and grandma will make food. #Person2# will get him a book. The party will be on Saturday."
test_488_1,"#Person1#: Can I introduce myself? I'm Gian Luca Donatelli. I'm from Spain.
#Person2#: I'm Gina. I'm from Finland.
#Person1#: And who do you work for?
#Person2#: I don't work for a company. I'm self-employed. I am a journalist, I write articles for magazines. I'm here at this conference to research for an article on internet service providers.
#Person1#: That's interesting, a friend of mine works for an Italian service provider. Can I introduce you to him?
#Person2#: Yes, of course, that would be nice.
#Person1#: Robert, can you come here for a minute? This is Gina.",Gian and Gina introduce themselves to each other. Gian introduces Gina to Robert.
test_488_2,"#Person1#: Can I introduce myself? I'm Gian Luca Donatelli. I'm from Spain.
#Person2#: I'm Gina. I'm from Finland.
#Person1#: And who do you work for?
#Person2#: I don't work for a company. I'm self-employed. I am a journalist, I write articles for magazines. I'm here at this conference to research for an article on internet service providers.
#Person1#: That's interesting, a friend of mine works for an Italian service provider. Can I introduce you to him?
#Person2#: Yes, of course, that would be nice.
#Person1#: Robert, can you come here for a minute? This is Gina.",Gian and Gina introduce themselves to each other and Gian introduces the friend Robert to Gina.
test_488_3,"#Person1#: Can I introduce myself? I'm Gian Luca Donatelli. I'm from Spain.
#Person2#: I'm Gina. I'm from Finland.
#Person1#: And who do you work for?
#Person2#: I don't work for a company. I'm self-employed. I am a journalist, I write articles for magazines. I'm here at this conference to research for an article on internet service providers.
#Person1#: That's interesting, a friend of mine works for an Italian service provider. Can I introduce you to him?
#Person2#: Yes, of course, that would be nice.
#Person1#: Robert, can you come here for a minute? This is Gina.",Gian tells Gina she is a self-employed journalist and introduces Robert to Gina.
test_489_1,"#Person1#: I had no idea the countryside was so noisy!
#Person2#: It's usually very quiet in the North Carolina Mountains, Kathy. But this is the year of our 17-year bird calls.
#Person1#: You mean it's only noisy right now for me and it won't be like this again until 2034?
#Person2#: Well, it's not all summer long. They just come out when the weather gets cool, usually after a big storm. They'll be quiet after 4 or 5 weeks.
#Person1#: Where do they go for the next 17 years?
#Person2#: Oh, they live near the mountains for most of their lives. They just come down here to sing and do their special dances.
#Person1#: Sounds like they're in the sky.
#Person2#: Well, they're in the trees mostly.
#Person1#: This is terrible. Now I don't want to walk under any of the trees in this forest. There's probably bird waste everywhere.
#Person2#: So you don't have these in the city. I thought I heard them when I went to Atlanta Georgia.
#Person1#: I've never heard anything like this before. California might not have them.
#Person2#: Maybe they're just in the East.",Kathy complains about the noise and #Person2# explains it's because it's the year of the 17-year bird calls. Then they discuss where the birds live.
test_489_2,"#Person1#: I had no idea the countryside was so noisy!
#Person2#: It's usually very quiet in the North Carolina Mountains, Kathy. But this is the year of our 17-year bird calls.
#Person1#: You mean it's only noisy right now for me and it won't be like this again until 2034?
#Person2#: Well, it's not all summer long. They just come out when the weather gets cool, usually after a big storm. They'll be quiet after 4 or 5 weeks.
#Person1#: Where do they go for the next 17 years?
#Person2#: Oh, they live near the mountains for most of their lives. They just come down here to sing and do their special dances.
#Person1#: Sounds like they're in the sky.
#Person2#: Well, they're in the trees mostly.
#Person1#: This is terrible. Now I don't want to walk under any of the trees in this forest. There's probably bird waste everywhere.
#Person2#: So you don't have these in the city. I thought I heard them when I went to Atlanta Georgia.
#Person1#: I've never heard anything like this before. California might not have them.
#Person2#: Maybe they're just in the East.",Kathy thinks the countryside in the North Carolina Mountains is so noisy as birds come out at this period and #Person2# only hears those birds when #Person2# was in Atlanta
test_489_3,"#Person1#: I had no idea the countryside was so noisy!
#Person2#: It's usually very quiet in the North Carolina Mountains, Kathy. But this is the year of our 17-year bird calls.
#Person1#: You mean it's only noisy right now for me and it won't be like this again until 2034?
#Person2#: Well, it's not all summer long. They just come out when the weather gets cool, usually after a big storm. They'll be quiet after 4 or 5 weeks.
#Person1#: Where do they go for the next 17 years?
#Person2#: Oh, they live near the mountains for most of their lives. They just come down here to sing and do their special dances.
#Person1#: Sounds like they're in the sky.
#Person2#: Well, they're in the trees mostly.
#Person1#: This is terrible. Now I don't want to walk under any of the trees in this forest. There's probably bird waste everywhere.
#Person2#: So you don't have these in the city. I thought I heard them when I went to Atlanta Georgia.
#Person1#: I've never heard anything like this before. California might not have them.
#Person2#: Maybe they're just in the East.",Kathy is annoyed at the noise of bird calls. The birds only come out when it is cool and live in trees mostly. They are not in cities and maybe just in the East.
test_490_1,"#Person1#: Welcome to Danny's, may I take your order please?
#Person2#: Yeah, I'd like a turkey sandwich.
#Person1#: Alright, do you want cheese on your sandwich?
#Person2#: Yes, please and I'd like some other things to go with a sandwich for lunch.
#Person1#: Of course, you have your choice of soup or a salad and a medium drink.
#Person2#: What is the soup of the day?
#Person1#: We have beef with vegetables or chicken with rice.
#Person2#: Oh, I'll have beef with vegetables then and the Diet Coke.
#Person1#: Great, your total is $9.
#Person2#: Here's a 10, keep the change.
#Person1#: Thank you.","#Person1# helps #Person2# to order a sandwich, soup, and a drink for lunch."
test_490_2,"#Person1#: Welcome to Danny's, may I take your order please?
#Person2#: Yeah, I'd like a turkey sandwich.
#Person1#: Alright, do you want cheese on your sandwich?
#Person2#: Yes, please and I'd like some other things to go with a sandwich for lunch.
#Person1#: Of course, you have your choice of soup or a salad and a medium drink.
#Person2#: What is the soup of the day?
#Person1#: We have beef with vegetables or chicken with rice.
#Person2#: Oh, I'll have beef with vegetables then and the Diet Coke.
#Person1#: Great, your total is $9.
#Person2#: Here's a 10, keep the change.
#Person1#: Thank you.",#Person2# orders a turkey sandwich with cheese and a beef with vegetable soup for lunch.
test_490_3,"#Person1#: Welcome to Danny's, may I take your order please?
#Person2#: Yeah, I'd like a turkey sandwich.
#Person1#: Alright, do you want cheese on your sandwich?
#Person2#: Yes, please and I'd like some other things to go with a sandwich for lunch.
#Person1#: Of course, you have your choice of soup or a salad and a medium drink.
#Person2#: What is the soup of the day?
#Person1#: We have beef with vegetables or chicken with rice.
#Person2#: Oh, I'll have beef with vegetables then and the Diet Coke.
#Person1#: Great, your total is $9.
#Person2#: Here's a 10, keep the change.
#Person1#: Thank you.",#Person2# orders a turkey sandwich with cheese and a beef with vegetable soup at Danny's.
test_491_1,"#Person1#: James, why are you watching TV? Your train leaves at 4:30. There are just 2 hours left. Have you finished packing?
#Person2#: I've almost finished packing. Now I'm waiting for the jacket I lent to David last week.
#Person1#: Which jacket, the gray one or the blue one?
#Person2#: Neither, the black one. It's my favorite. I want to wear it to the country because I want to take pictures there.
#Person1#: Then have you packed your camera in your bag?
#Person2#: No, few young people use cameras to take pictures now. A cellphone is good enough for taking pictures.
#Person1#: Well, I prefer to use a Camera, but it's up to you. Then have you put the cookies in your bag?
#Person2#: No, it's too heavy for me. I want to travel light.
#Person1#: I made them especially for your grandparents. They love my cookies very much. I'm sure they'll be disappointed if you don't take them with you. I've told them you take the cookies to them.
#Person2#: All right, I'll take them.
#Person1#: Good. So when will David get here?
#Person2#: He left home about 20 minutes ago. It takes him just 30 minutes to get here on foot. I guess, he'll be here in just about 10 minutes.",#Person1# checks James' packing situation and asks him about his jacket and camera. #Person1# asks James to pack cookies and to give them to his grandparents.
test_491_2,"#Person1#: James, why are you watching TV? Your train leaves at 4:30. There are just 2 hours left. Have you finished packing?
#Person2#: I've almost finished packing. Now I'm waiting for the jacket I lent to David last week.
#Person1#: Which jacket, the gray one or the blue one?
#Person2#: Neither, the black one. It's my favorite. I want to wear it to the country because I want to take pictures there.
#Person1#: Then have you packed your camera in your bag?
#Person2#: No, few young people use cameras to take pictures now. A cellphone is good enough for taking pictures.
#Person1#: Well, I prefer to use a Camera, but it's up to you. Then have you put the cookies in your bag?
#Person2#: No, it's too heavy for me. I want to travel light.
#Person1#: I made them especially for your grandparents. They love my cookies very much. I'm sure they'll be disappointed if you don't take them with you. I've told them you take the cookies to them.
#Person2#: All right, I'll take them.
#Person1#: Good. So when will David get here?
#Person2#: He left home about 20 minutes ago. It takes him just 30 minutes to get here on foot. I guess, he'll be here in just about 10 minutes.",James is waiting for David's return on his black jacket while #Person1# is examing other stuff that James is supposed to take for travel.
test_491_3,"#Person1#: James, why are you watching TV? Your train leaves at 4:30. There are just 2 hours left. Have you finished packing?
#Person2#: I've almost finished packing. Now I'm waiting for the jacket I lent to David last week.
#Person1#: Which jacket, the gray one or the blue one?
#Person2#: Neither, the black one. It's my favorite. I want to wear it to the country because I want to take pictures there.
#Person1#: Then have you packed your camera in your bag?
#Person2#: No, few young people use cameras to take pictures now. A cellphone is good enough for taking pictures.
#Person1#: Well, I prefer to use a Camera, but it's up to you. Then have you put the cookies in your bag?
#Person2#: No, it's too heavy for me. I want to travel light.
#Person1#: I made them especially for your grandparents. They love my cookies very much. I'm sure they'll be disappointed if you don't take them with you. I've told them you take the cookies to them.
#Person2#: All right, I'll take them.
#Person1#: Good. So when will David get here?
#Person2#: He left home about 20 minutes ago. It takes him just 30 minutes to get here on foot. I guess, he'll be here in just about 10 minutes.",James is waiting for David for his black jacket he lent to David before he goes to travel. He wants to wear it to take pictures. #Person1# asks James to take the cookies because his grandparents like to eat.
test_492_1,"#Person1#: Ted, where are you going for your holiday this year?
#Person2#: I haven't decided yet. My wife is going to stay at her parents' for a few weeks. They live in the countryside, you know.
#Person1#: Why not go with her? You can enjoy fresh air there.
#Person2#: Well, to be honest, I don't like living with my wife's parents. So maybe I'll just stay at home. What about you?
#Person1#: I'll spend a few weeks in China. My husband and I want to see around the country.
#Person2#: China is a great country. There are many great places to visit there. I'm sure you'll have great fun.",#Person1# and Ted talk about holidays. Ted will stay at home and #Person1# will go to China.
test_492_2,"#Person1#: Ted, where are you going for your holiday this year?
#Person2#: I haven't decided yet. My wife is going to stay at her parents' for a few weeks. They live in the countryside, you know.
#Person1#: Why not go with her? You can enjoy fresh air there.
#Person2#: Well, to be honest, I don't like living with my wife's parents. So maybe I'll just stay at home. What about you?
#Person1#: I'll spend a few weeks in China. My husband and I want to see around the country.
#Person2#: China is a great country. There are many great places to visit there. I'm sure you'll have great fun.",Ted and #Person2# are discussing the place where they are going to take a holiday.
test_492_3,"#Person1#: Ted, where are you going for your holiday this year?
#Person2#: I haven't decided yet. My wife is going to stay at her parents' for a few weeks. They live in the countryside, you know.
#Person1#: Why not go with her? You can enjoy fresh air there.
#Person2#: Well, to be honest, I don't like living with my wife's parents. So maybe I'll just stay at home. What about you?
#Person1#: I'll spend a few weeks in China. My husband and I want to see around the country.
#Person2#: China is a great country. There are many great places to visit there. I'm sure you'll have great fun.","Ted's wife will stay with her parents for a few weeks, but Ted doesn't like living with them. #Person1# will go to China with her husband."
test_493_1,"#Person1#: Dad should we go to the cinema this afternoon?
#Person2#: Go to the cinema? Well, I don't know.
#Person1#: Helen always takes me to the cinema.
#Person2#: Well, I know your aunt Helen always takes you, but what film will be on today?
#Person1#: No country for old men.
#Person2#: No country for old men? Good, it's an interesting film and it won Oscar Awards. When does it start?
#Person1#: Let me look at the newspaper, it starts at 3:00 in the afternoon.
#Person2#: Well, should we take your mommy with us?
#Person1#: Yeah.
#Person2#: All right, and what should we do after the movie?
#Person1#: Um, go to McDonald's.
#Person2#: To McDonald's? Well, that sounds great, and we can enjoy the nice food.",#Person1# wants to go to the cinema. Dad agreed and they will go to McDonald's after the movie.
test_493_2,"#Person1#: Dad should we go to the cinema this afternoon?
#Person2#: Go to the cinema? Well, I don't know.
#Person1#: Helen always takes me to the cinema.
#Person2#: Well, I know your aunt Helen always takes you, but what film will be on today?
#Person1#: No country for old men.
#Person2#: No country for old men? Good, it's an interesting film and it won Oscar Awards. When does it start?
#Person1#: Let me look at the newspaper, it starts at 3:00 in the afternoon.
#Person2#: Well, should we take your mommy with us?
#Person1#: Yeah.
#Person2#: All right, and what should we do after the movie?
#Person1#: Um, go to McDonald's.
#Person2#: To McDonald's? Well, that sounds great, and we can enjoy the nice food.",Dad agrees with #Person1#'s advice on going to the cinema and McDonald's this afternoon.
test_493_3,"#Person1#: Dad should we go to the cinema this afternoon?
#Person2#: Go to the cinema? Well, I don't know.
#Person1#: Helen always takes me to the cinema.
#Person2#: Well, I know your aunt Helen always takes you, but what film will be on today?
#Person1#: No country for old men.
#Person2#: No country for old men? Good, it's an interesting film and it won Oscar Awards. When does it start?
#Person1#: Let me look at the newspaper, it starts at 3:00 in the afternoon.
#Person2#: Well, should we take your mommy with us?
#Person1#: Yeah.
#Person2#: All right, and what should we do after the movie?
#Person1#: Um, go to McDonald's.
#Person2#: To McDonald's? Well, that sounds great, and we can enjoy the nice food.",#Person1# wants to watch No Country for Old Men with #Person1#'s dad. They will go to the cinema with #Person1#'s mom and eat at McDonald's after the movie.
test_494_1,"#Person1#: Is there something wrong? You look so sad. 
#Person2#: My house was robbed last night and the thieves stole all my furniture. 
#Person1#: No wonder you look so upset. Have you called the police? 
#Person2#: Yes, I have. But I have to wait. ",#Person2# tells #Person1# that #Person2#'s house was robbed.
test_494_2,"#Person1#: Is there something wrong? You look so sad. 
#Person2#: My house was robbed last night and the thieves stole all my furniture. 
#Person1#: No wonder you look so upset. Have you called the police? 
#Person2#: Yes, I have. But I have to wait. ",#Person2#'s home was robbed last night.
test_494_3,"#Person1#: Is there something wrong? You look so sad. 
#Person2#: My house was robbed last night and the thieves stole all my furniture. 
#Person1#: No wonder you look so upset. Have you called the police? 
#Person2#: Yes, I have. But I have to wait. ",#Person2# was robbed and called the police.
test_495_1,"#Person1#: Hey, Charlie, do you want to come to my house after school and play video games with me? I just got a cool new game. We will go pick up my dad at the airport at 6:00 but you can stay for 2 hours.
#Person2#: Sure, Jack. I just have to finish my homework first. What's the game that you got?
#Person1#: It's a game where you create your own character. You can choose how you look and dress and act.
#Person2#: Interesting. I've never played something like that. It sounds really different.
#Person1#: It is. Please be sure to come over. I can't wait to show you.",Jack invites Charlie to play a new video game and Charlie is interested.
test_495_2,"#Person1#: Hey, Charlie, do you want to come to my house after school and play video games with me? I just got a cool new game. We will go pick up my dad at the airport at 6:00 but you can stay for 2 hours.
#Person2#: Sure, Jack. I just have to finish my homework first. What's the game that you got?
#Person1#: It's a game where you create your own character. You can choose how you look and dress and act.
#Person2#: Interesting. I've never played something like that. It sounds really different.
#Person1#: It is. Please be sure to come over. I can't wait to show you.",Jack asks Charlie to come over and play the new video games with him.
test_495_3,"#Person1#: Hey, Charlie, do you want to come to my house after school and play video games with me? I just got a cool new game. We will go pick up my dad at the airport at 6:00 but you can stay for 2 hours.
#Person2#: Sure, Jack. I just have to finish my homework first. What's the game that you got?
#Person1#: It's a game where you create your own character. You can choose how you look and dress and act.
#Person2#: Interesting. I've never played something like that. It sounds really different.
#Person1#: It is. Please be sure to come over. I can't wait to show you.",Jack invites Charlie to play video games after he picks up his dad. Charlie agrees.
test_496_1,"#Person1#: How did you get interested in country music?
#Person2#: Well, when my wife and I first caught our record player. We started to buy all kinds of records, soon, I found that I was buying more country music records than any other kind.
#Person1#: How did you start working for the radio station?
#Person2#: I thought there should be a radio program of country songs, so I went to CBC, and suggested it. That was how we started the program called Golden Country Time.
#Person1#: Then you were asked to write articles to explain the background of those songs.
#Person2#: Yes, but soon I got tired of running to the library to find information. So I started buying country song books and building my own library.",#Person2# explains to #Person1# about how #Person2# got interested in country music and started the program.
test_496_2,"#Person1#: How did you get interested in country music?
#Person2#: Well, when my wife and I first caught our record player. We started to buy all kinds of records, soon, I found that I was buying more country music records than any other kind.
#Person1#: How did you start working for the radio station?
#Person2#: I thought there should be a radio program of country songs, so I went to CBC, and suggested it. That was how we started the program called Golden Country Time.
#Person1#: Then you were asked to write articles to explain the background of those songs.
#Person2#: Yes, but soon I got tired of running to the library to find information. So I started buying country song books and building my own library.",#Person2# shares #Person2#'s career in the past days that is fully intertwined with country music.
test_496_3,"#Person1#: How did you get interested in country music?
#Person2#: Well, when my wife and I first caught our record player. We started to buy all kinds of records, soon, I found that I was buying more country music records than any other kind.
#Person1#: How did you start working for the radio station?
#Person2#: I thought there should be a radio program of country songs, so I went to CBC, and suggested it. That was how we started the program called Golden Country Time.
#Person1#: Then you were asked to write articles to explain the background of those songs.
#Person2#: Yes, but soon I got tired of running to the library to find information. So I started buying country song books and building my own library.","#Person2# tells #Person1# about #Person2#'s own experience about buying more country music than other kinds, starting Golden Country Time at CBC, and writing articles about country music."
test_497_1,"#Person1#: Excuse me, Alice, I've never used this place before. Can you tell me how to use the machines?
#Person2#: What do you mean? These are the washing machines. Those big things over there are the dryers.
#Person1#: I see. Do the machines have soap in them?
#Person2#: No, of course not. You have to put soap in. Did you bring your soap?
#Person1#: No, I don't have soap.
#Person2#: Well, you can buy some over there.
#Person1#: Thanks. OK, I have my soap.
#Person2#: My god, you really bought a lot. Why do you need so much?
#Person1#: I don't know. I want my clothes to be clean.
#Person2#: But you can't use so much. The machines won't be able to remove the soap completely. On the contrary, too many bubbles trapped dirt, allowing bacteria to build up.
#Person1#: Oh, I guess I didn't know. I have never washed close before.
#Person2#: What? Did you say you never wash clothes before?
#Person1#: Yes, never.
#Person2#: I can't believe it. How can that be?
#Person1#: My mother always did it.
#Person2#: Yes, my mother washed my clothes, too. But when I was 12, I started to wash clothes myself.
#Person1#: I know about this fact. American children are more independent. But in my country, the mother wants her kids to get very good grades at school, so she does everything for the kids.
#Person2#: Then how are you going to survive on the campus?
#Person1#: I don't know. It's hard, but I have to learn.","Alice guides #Person1# to use the washing machine and the dryer. Alice began to wash her clothes at the age of 12, but #Person1# has never done that before."
test_497_2,"#Person1#: Excuse me, Alice, I've never used this place before. Can you tell me how to use the machines?
#Person2#: What do you mean? These are the washing machines. Those big things over there are the dryers.
#Person1#: I see. Do the machines have soap in them?
#Person2#: No, of course not. You have to put soap in. Did you bring your soap?
#Person1#: No, I don't have soap.
#Person2#: Well, you can buy some over there.
#Person1#: Thanks. OK, I have my soap.
#Person2#: My god, you really bought a lot. Why do you need so much?
#Person1#: I don't know. I want my clothes to be clean.
#Person2#: But you can't use so much. The machines won't be able to remove the soap completely. On the contrary, too many bubbles trapped dirt, allowing bacteria to build up.
#Person1#: Oh, I guess I didn't know. I have never washed close before.
#Person2#: What? Did you say you never wash clothes before?
#Person1#: Yes, never.
#Person2#: I can't believe it. How can that be?
#Person1#: My mother always did it.
#Person2#: Yes, my mother washed my clothes, too. But when I was 12, I started to wash clothes myself.
#Person1#: I know about this fact. American children are more independent. But in my country, the mother wants her kids to get very good grades at school, so she does everything for the kids.
#Person2#: Then how are you going to survive on the campus?
#Person1#: I don't know. It's hard, but I have to learn.",#Person1# asks Alice how to use the washing machine and the right way to wash clothes on campus. #Person1# tells Alice it's #Person1#'s mother who does all the washing at home.
test_497_3,"#Person1#: Excuse me, Alice, I've never used this place before. Can you tell me how to use the machines?
#Person2#: What do you mean? These are the washing machines. Those big things over there are the dryers.
#Person1#: I see. Do the machines have soap in them?
#Person2#: No, of course not. You have to put soap in. Did you bring your soap?
#Person1#: No, I don't have soap.
#Person2#: Well, you can buy some over there.
#Person1#: Thanks. OK, I have my soap.
#Person2#: My god, you really bought a lot. Why do you need so much?
#Person1#: I don't know. I want my clothes to be clean.
#Person2#: But you can't use so much. The machines won't be able to remove the soap completely. On the contrary, too many bubbles trapped dirt, allowing bacteria to build up.
#Person1#: Oh, I guess I didn't know. I have never washed close before.
#Person2#: What? Did you say you never wash clothes before?
#Person1#: Yes, never.
#Person2#: I can't believe it. How can that be?
#Person1#: My mother always did it.
#Person2#: Yes, my mother washed my clothes, too. But when I was 12, I started to wash clothes myself.
#Person1#: I know about this fact. American children are more independent. But in my country, the mother wants her kids to get very good grades at school, so she does everything for the kids.
#Person2#: Then how are you going to survive on the campus?
#Person1#: I don't know. It's hard, but I have to learn.",#Person1# doesn't know how to use the washing machine and asks Alice for help. Alice tells #Person1# how to use it. #Person1#'s never washed clothes before because #Person1#'s mother did the washing for #Person1#.
test_498_1,"#Person1#: Matthew? Hi!
#Person2#: Steve! Haven't seen you in ages! How long's it been?
#Person1#: it's got to be almost a year now.
#Person2#: how have you been?
#Person1#: I'm pretty good. I've been looking for a place to live recently. My lease runs out next month and I don't want to renew it.
#Person2#: yeah, I remember the neighborhood. Have you found a place yet?
#Person1#: not yet. I am still looking through the classifieds. Wish me luck.
#Person2#: well, maybe I can help. Remember my neighbor?
#Person1#: Mrs. Thou?
#Person2#: yes, her daughter's having a baby, so she's moving in with her to help out. I think if you are interested, you can come over and have a look.
#Person1#: great. It's a lovely neighborhood. And it would be nice to be neighbors again. It would be just like the old days!
#Person2#: I'll ask Mrs. Thou when she's available to show the apartment and let you know. Has your number changed?",Steve is looking for a new place to live and Matthew thinks his neighbor Mrs.Thou might help.
test_498_2,"#Person1#: Matthew? Hi!
#Person2#: Steve! Haven't seen you in ages! How long's it been?
#Person1#: it's got to be almost a year now.
#Person2#: how have you been?
#Person1#: I'm pretty good. I've been looking for a place to live recently. My lease runs out next month and I don't want to renew it.
#Person2#: yeah, I remember the neighborhood. Have you found a place yet?
#Person1#: not yet. I am still looking through the classifieds. Wish me luck.
#Person2#: well, maybe I can help. Remember my neighbor?
#Person1#: Mrs. Thou?
#Person2#: yes, her daughter's having a baby, so she's moving in with her to help out. I think if you are interested, you can come over and have a look.
#Person1#: great. It's a lovely neighborhood. And it would be nice to be neighbors again. It would be just like the old days!
#Person2#: I'll ask Mrs. Thou when she's available to show the apartment and let you know. Has your number changed?",Matthew and Steve meet after a long time. Steve is looking for a new place to live. Mathew's neighbor is moving out and They might be neighbors again.
test_498_3,"#Person1#: Matthew? Hi!
#Person2#: Steve! Haven't seen you in ages! How long's it been?
#Person1#: it's got to be almost a year now.
#Person2#: how have you been?
#Person1#: I'm pretty good. I've been looking for a place to live recently. My lease runs out next month and I don't want to renew it.
#Person2#: yeah, I remember the neighborhood. Have you found a place yet?
#Person1#: not yet. I am still looking through the classifieds. Wish me luck.
#Person2#: well, maybe I can help. Remember my neighbor?
#Person1#: Mrs. Thou?
#Person2#: yes, her daughter's having a baby, so she's moving in with her to help out. I think if you are interested, you can come over and have a look.
#Person1#: great. It's a lovely neighborhood. And it would be nice to be neighbors again. It would be just like the old days!
#Person2#: I'll ask Mrs. Thou when she's available to show the apartment and let you know. Has your number changed?",Steve has been looking for a place to live. Matthew indicates that his neighbor could be possibly available soon and Steve can go to have a look.
test_499_1,"#Person1#: Hey, Betsy, did you hear the great news?
#Person2#: No, Frank, I haven't. What is going on?
#Person1#: I just got a promotion and I'm going to throw a huge party for all of my friends. I would love it if you would come.
#Person2#: Wow, thanks so much. When is the party?
#Person1#: I am thinking of having it on Saturday. I'm hoping there will be 150 people there.
#Person2#: Wow, that is a lot. This must be a big promotion. I would love to go. I think it would be a great time.
#Person1#: Oh, great. The more, the merrier. This really is a big deal for me. We can now afford the new house my wife has always wanted. I just hope I don't have to put too many hours in. I would hate to lose too much time with my family.
#Person2#: I can understand that, but let's keep focusing on the bright side. I can't wait for that party.",Frank invites Besty to the party to celebrate his big promotion. Besty couldn't wait for the party.
test_499_2,"#Person1#: Hey, Betsy, did you hear the great news?
#Person2#: No, Frank, I haven't. What is going on?
#Person1#: I just got a promotion and I'm going to throw a huge party for all of my friends. I would love it if you would come.
#Person2#: Wow, thanks so much. When is the party?
#Person1#: I am thinking of having it on Saturday. I'm hoping there will be 150 people there.
#Person2#: Wow, that is a lot. This must be a big promotion. I would love to go. I think it would be a great time.
#Person1#: Oh, great. The more, the merrier. This really is a big deal for me. We can now afford the new house my wife has always wanted. I just hope I don't have to put too many hours in. I would hate to lose too much time with my family.
#Person2#: I can understand that, but let's keep focusing on the bright side. I can't wait for that party.",Frank invites Betsy to the big promotion party and Betsy is happy to go.
test_499_3,"#Person1#: Hey, Betsy, did you hear the great news?
#Person2#: No, Frank, I haven't. What is going on?
#Person1#: I just got a promotion and I'm going to throw a huge party for all of my friends. I would love it if you would come.
#Person2#: Wow, thanks so much. When is the party?
#Person1#: I am thinking of having it on Saturday. I'm hoping there will be 150 people there.
#Person2#: Wow, that is a lot. This must be a big promotion. I would love to go. I think it would be a great time.
#Person1#: Oh, great. The more, the merrier. This really is a big deal for me. We can now afford the new house my wife has always wanted. I just hope I don't have to put too many hours in. I would hate to lose too much time with my family.
#Person2#: I can understand that, but let's keep focusing on the bright side. I can't wait for that party.",Frank invites Betsy to his party for his promotion and he can afford a big house now. Betsy is willing to go.