M: There's one on Queen's Road. W: Thank you, but how can I get there? M: It's not far from here. Walk along this road and after three blocks you'll see a post office on your right. The shop is just behind it. W: How long do you think it will take me to get there? M: About 20 minutes at the most. Anyway, you can take the No.102 Bus. W: I'd better go there by bus. By the way, where is the bus stop, please? M: Just across the road. W: Thanks a lot. What was said before this conversation?
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Answer: W: Excuse me. Can you tell me which is the way to the nearest shoe shop?
Q: W: I'm going to stay in the city. M: What will you do all day? W: I'm going to work with my father at the workshop. In the evening, I'll read books. On weekends, I'll go to the park with my family. M: Have you ever worked? W: No,but I can learn. What are you going to do this summer? M: I'm going to camp. I've gone to camp for four summers. W: I've never gone to camp. What do you do there? M: We do many things. In the morning, we go swimming and boating. In the afternoon, we play volleyball or tennis. We sit around a campfire at night. We sing or tell stories. W: That sounds wonderful. M: It is wonderful. What's Wales going to do this summer? W: I think he's going to the mountains with his parents. M: Well, so long, Alice. Have fun. W: You too, Leslie. Give my regards to Wales. I'll see you in October. What was said before this conversation?
A: M: What are you going to do after your return from New York?
Question: W: Haven't we, ever? What was said before this conversation?
Answer: M: I am sure we've never had such a lot of snow as lately.
[Q]: M: I guess not much different from everyone else. I'm interested in sport, and I run about 3 miles every day. I particularly enjoy cross-country running, where you have to run across fields, jump over streams and so on. While I'm running I think about all sorts of things, and at the end of a run I'm sometimes surprised to find that I've managed to solve a problem that was on my mind. Next year I'm going to try the London Marathon. It's a long, hard race - 26 miles, or 42 kilometres - and you have to be tough to finish, but I very much want to do it. I worry a bit about getting old and I'd like to prove to myself that I'm still almost as fit as I was twenty years ago. I'm interested in climbing as well as running. I'll never become an expert climber, but I know what I'm doing in the mountains. I successfully completed a course in snow and ice climbing when I was younger, and I've done a series of easy climbs in the Alps during the last few years. My wife doesn't share my interest in mountains. She agreed to go climbing with me once, but she found that she felt ill as soon as she got above 1000 metres, so we decide to follow different hobbies. W: You certainly seem to enjoy various types of recreation. All right, Mr Smith. Thanks for your interesting talk. What was said before this conversation?
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[A]: W: Well, Mr Smith, we have had an interesting discussion about your work. Now, tell us something about your after-work activities.
input: Please answer the following: M: Oh, she just got back home from Korea yesterday and she was too tired to come. She also visited Japan, Singapore and Malaysia. What was said before this conversation?
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output: W: Why didn't your wife come here with you for dinner yesterday?
W: That's exactly what I am doing. M: What subject is it this time? W: Biology, and it's going to be a hard one. M: Don't you get tired of studying all the time? W: Yes, I do. Sometimes I want to throw all of them right out of the window. M: I don't know how you keep on with it. It's too hard to become a doctor. W: Well, you study a lot too. It doesn't seem any easier to become an engineer. M: But at least it doesn't take as long. I'll be out putting up the buildings while you're still a student here. By the way, can I help you with your study now? W: Yes, please. You can read me all these words and see if I know what they mean. M: I don't know if you'll remember all of them. W: You have to learn just as many words as I do, and they're all technical words that I don't understand. What was said before this conversation?
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Answer:
M: Don't tell me you're studying for another exam!