[Q]: Read the below conversation. M: Mary, I've got the soup out for the stew. Do you think it needs any more pepper before I serve it? What would the listener say?
****
[A]: W: It's really quite nice and we did exactly what the recipe says. Why take a chance of ruining it?
input: Please answer the following: Read the below conversation. Merchant: Well hi there. What are you looking for today? Customer: Uh, I'm just looking. Merchant: Well, how about a ring for someone special? Customer: There IS no one special. Merchant: Well, take a look at this CD player. A great bargain today only. Customer: Nah. I already have one, plus the handle is cracked. Merchant: Okay. Well what about this genuine leather jacket? It would look great on you. Customer: Hum. Let me take a look at it. Merchant: Sure. Customer: Umm. There are stains on the sleeves. I'll pass. Merchant: Well okay. Well, wouldn't you like to walk home with some of these great records? Some of the best hits from the 1960's. Customer: Yeah, let's see. [Yeah] Now here's something I'd ... Ah, these records are scratched. Merchant: [Laughter] Just in a couple places. Listen. I'll sell you these ten records for fifty dollars. A steal! Customer: Whoa! They're way too expensive. I'll give you twenty-five bucks for them. Merchant: Ah, come on. I can't charge you less than thirty dollars and break even. Customer: Well, that guy over there is selling similar records for a much better price [Ah!], so thanks anyway. Merchant: Wait, wait, wait, wait. You drive a hard bargain. Twenty-eight dollars, and that's my final offer. Customer: Huh ... I'll think about it. Merchant: Wait, wait, wait, wait. Listen. I'll even throw in this vase. Customer: Now what am I going to do with a vase? Merchant: Well, you can give it to that someone special when you find her... and this ring would look great with it. What would the listener say?
++++++++++
output: Customer: Oh, I'll stick with the records.
Please answer this: 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?
++++++++
Answer: 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.
Problem: Read the below conversation. M: What are your banking hours? What would the listener say?

A: W: From 10 to 4 o'clock, Monday through Thursday. On Fridays we're open until 5. We're closed on Saturdays and Sundays.
Problem: Given the question: Read the below conversation. M: What kind of music do you like? W: I like classical music. Do you? What would the listener say?
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The answer is:
M: Well, you see, classical music always sends me to sleep.
Problem: Read the below conversation. W: I'm so angry with my result! M: Why, what happened? W: Well, I failed my Chinese oral test by 3 points, and I worked so hard for it! What would the listener say?

A:
M: Oh no. Poor you.