Problem: Given the question "Who is the interviewee?" and the answer "An American youth.", write a conversation that might have happened.

A: Interviewer: What were the things in Britain that you found most strange when you first arrived?Mathew: Well, the first thing is driving on the wrong side of the road..., that would be the- that was very strange because you have this automatic reflex when you go out into the street to look one way and a couple of times I did that and I almost got hit by cars and bikes and all, you know. It's dangerous. It really is dangerous. And you have to teach yourself to look the other way.Interviewer: Someone said that Britain and the United States are divided by a common language. Have you had any difficulties with the language here?Mathew: Oh, yeah-tremendous amount of difficulty but I'm starting to pick it up now-all the lingo and slang and all those-but there's definitely a difference.Interviewer: Can you give me any example?Mathew: Well, the big-I'd say some of the biggest ones would be the word "queue" which means in America "line". I never heard the word "queue" before. Um-what you call "chips", I call "French fries". I never heard them called "chips". Urn-there's so many-urn-words that are different. Ah-" crisps" which mean " potato chips" Yeah, that's - we call them "potato chips" or "chips" in America. You call them "crisps" here. So when I heard the word "chips", I was thinking of "crisps" and not French fry-you know-it's very confusing but-urn-but just some of the expressions like-er-" mate" you know and "love". Those-you know--they're funny. You don't hear them. You don't hear them in America.Interviewer: What about with young people-with people your own age-I mean, do you notice differences there?Mathew: I do notice some differences-er-I think-ah-I think the younger people in Britain are-they seem to be-much more radical than the younger people in the United States. I noticed that. Ah-the dress is different. You see a lot of-I see a lot of males here with earring in one of their-in one of their ears. You don't see that in America that much. Somet-maybe here and there, but not, not like you...

Problem: Given the question "What does the woman think was a good thing at school?" and the answer "Learning manners.", write a conversation that might have happened.

A: M: So how were your schooldays when you were a child, Joan?W: Well, from seven to twelve I went to a school in Belgium.M: In Belgium? How come?W: It was my father's idea. One of his friends was sending his daughter, and my father wanted to impress his friend so he decided to send me, too.M: Just to impress a friend? It's hard to believe. So what was it like?W: We had to get up early and go to church before class. And at mealtimes we just had to sit silently with our hands folded in our laps. And I wasn't allowed to speak English at all. I had to learn French but nobody taught me. I just had to sit in the lessons and try to understand.M: It's awful for a child of seven!W: And they were terribly strict about manners! I suppose that was one good thing. I had the most beautiful manners when I left.

Problem: Given the question "Why did the man go to live in the country?" and the answer "Because he lost his job.", write a conversation that might have happened.

A: Interviewer: Right then, Roger, what made you take off to the country in the first place?Roger: Well, I suppose any one who moves to the country wants their life to be different in some way. I mean, if you have always lived in a city, as I had, then something must happen to make you want to move. In my case I was made redundant, and, when it came to looking around for a new job, I just couldn't face going back into an office again. So I sat down and thought about what I'd really like to do.Interviewer: And that, I suppose, turned out to be something in the country?Roger: No, initially I didn't think of moving, but just of getting a different kind of job, you know social work with kids or old people, that kind of tiring.Interviewer: So what happened, why didn't you?Roger: Well, I hadn't got any of the right qualifications, and it would have taken me two years to get qualified and I certainly didn't want to go back to formal education again.Interviewer: Couldn't you have learned while on the job sort of picked it up as you went along?Roger: No, you have to have a diploma. Anyway, after talking it over with friends who had moved out I thought I'd like to give it a try--after all, a change of scene...Interviewer: Is better than.., yes, we all know that. So, where did you go when you did decide to move?Roger: I went right out to Shropshire. After all I thought if you're going to go rural you might as well do it properly. The first problem though was how I was going to make a living. There are fewer jobs in the country, so I decided to start up on my own.Interviewer: That's pretty ambitious, a townie moving off to the depths of the country and setting up his own business. How did you start, had you got any skills?Roger: I'd always had a garden and grown some vegetables and flowers, you know, usual things, salad stuff, carrots, peas, beans, a bit of fruit, some roses.., so I thought of a small holding, a kind of small farm. But when I looked at the prices to buy, I changed my mind; I didn't...

Problem: Given the question "What can we learn from the conversation?" and the answer "The woman made a mistake.", write a conversation that might have happened.

A:
M: Susan, I've got a few questions. Let's see. Can you type?W: No,I can't type.M: What about shorthand?W: I don't know. I've never tried.M: So you can't take shorthand and you can't type. What can you do, may I ask?W: Well, I can play the piano and the violin.M: Play the piano and the violin?W: Yes, and I can sing and dance.M: Susan, what are you doing here?W: I want a job. I want to work here.M: But you can't take shorthand, and you can't even type.W: No, of course I can't. I'm an actress.M: But I want a secretary.W: Is this the Grand Theater?M: No, of course not. It's the Grand Hotel. The Grand Theater is on the opposite street.