input: Please answer the following: Read the below conversation. M: Good morning, Madam. What can I do for you? W: Good morning. How much should I pay for these books to be sent to New York? M: Hm, 20 dollars. Anything else? W: Yes, a two-dollar stamp, please. M: That will be 22 dollars all together. W: Here's 25. M: Thank you. And here's the change. W: Thank you. What would the listener say?
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output: M: You're welcome.
Please answer this: Read the below conversation. W: Excuse me, but could you tell me when the plane for Berlin leaves? M: In 40 minutes, at eleven o'clock. The plane for Berlin leaves every two hours. W: How much is a second class ticket, please? M: We have only first class tickets left. It is $ 350 one way. W: OK. I'd like one for the next flight. M: I'm sorry, but I don't sell tickets. You can get one from the machine over there. W: All right. By the way, what's the gate number? M: Four. Down the hall and to the left. What would the listener say?
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Answer: W: Thanks a lot.
Problem: Read the below conversation. W: I've just had my lunch at the cafeteria of our university. M: What do you think of the food today? W: You have to ask. About as terrible as usual, I'd say. M: You know, I think it's about time a group of us speak to some University officials about the quality of the food. W: Do you have a good idea? M: In my view, we had better get rid of the manager. W: Do you think you are the first to think of that? The problem is that the University doesn't want to change another manager. M: You mean you've been through this before? W: Yes, when I was a freshman, I once did that. I once wrote a letter to the Student Services Official and presented a petition signed by 200 students. M: What was his reaction? W: He asked me why all the other students didn't sign it as well. I told him we only had time for a sample, but I was sure almost all the students would have. M: Why was he so cool towards you? Isn't it a serious question? What would the listener say?

A: W: That manager has good friends in the University. You know family connections.
Problem: Given the question: Read the below conversation. W: Stan, you've already finished your essay? I've been working on mine for two weeks, and I'll need another week before it's finished. M: I know, Jenny, it's a huge project - researching. thinking of an argument and then finding details that show the argument is true. W: That part only took me one week. But writing and rewriting,and then deleting and writing again ...that's killing me! M: That part didn't bother me. W: What's your secret? M: I write an outline: a basic plan of what I'm going to say. And then I fill it in with topics for each paragraph. After that,I put notes about what details to include. W: That sounds hard. What would the listener say?
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M: It's easier than you think, and when it's time to write, everything goes really smoothly. I have an outline from last semester that I could show you, if you're interested.
input question: Read the below conversation. W: Oh, look, who's here? Upon my word, if it isn't Mr. White. Oh, Mr. White, you shouldn't have come. M: That's all right. I was told the weather was not good enough. W: Yes, not ideal for flying. M: If it doesn't clear up soon, I'm afraid the flight might be put off. W: Let's hope for the best. M: Mrs. Smith, do you like traveling by air? W: For me there is nothing like traveling by air. It is both speedy and comfortable. Mr. White, there goes the announcement for passengers to board. M: Oh, good news for you. The plane will take off on time as it is clearing up. W: I think I must go now. Thank you for coming to see me off, Mr. White. M: It's a pleasure. Come again, I wish you a pleasant journey. What would the listener say????
output answer: W: Thank you. Good-bye.
input question: Read the below conversation. M: Hey, Karen, you are not really reading it, are you? W: Pardon? M: The book! You haven't turned the page in the last ten minutes. W: No, Jim, I suppose I haven't. I need to get through it, though, but I keep drifting away. M: So it doesn't really hold your interest? W: No, not really. I wouldn't bother with it, to be honest, but I have to read it for a seminar. I'm at a university. M: It's a labor of labor then rather than a labor of love. W: I should say, I don't like Dickens at all really, the author, indeed, I am starting to like the whole course less and less. M: It's not just the book, it's the curse as well? W: Yeah, in a way, although the curse itself isn't really that bad, a lot of it is pretty good, in fact, and the lecturer is fine, as to me, I suppose, you see, I want to do philosophy rather than English, but my parents took me out of it. M: So the courses are OK as such, it's just that had if been left to you, you would choose a different one. What would the listener say????
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W: Oh, they had my best interest and heart of course, my parents, they always do, don't they? They believe that my job prospect would be pretty limited with the degree of philosophy. Plus, they give me a really generous allowance, but I am beginning to feel that I'm wasting my time and their money. They would be so disappointed though if I told them I was quitting.