Question: Read the below conversation. W: Come to my office, Billy. Look at your messy hair. This is the third time you have been late for class within this week. And every time you went in, you disturbed the teacher's class. M: Sorry, Miss. I didn't mean to do that, but it was my alarm clock that didn't wake me up. W: That is not a proper excuse. You could set it ahead of the exact time so that you could have got up earlier and not have been late. M: I did that, but it seemed useless when I found the batteries had run out after I woke up this morning. I rushed to school and luckily, my neighbour Mr. Green gave me a hand and took me to school with his car. W: So you could have made it. But you were still late for class. M: The thing is, when I got off, I found I had left my bag in his car. And it was too late to get it back when I realized that. I went straight to the nearest shop and gave him a call. I waited for five minutes before Mr. Green drove back. W: Finally, he gave you your bag and you came to the classroom and you were already 15 minutes late for class at that time. Is that all? What would the listener say?
Answer: M: Miss, you seem to know the entire story. May I go back to class now? Otherwise I will be late for the following class.
[Q]: Read the below conversation. M: Hello, Mrs. Tailor, is Peter there? W: No. He is out on his bicycle at the moment. M: Oh! Can he go swimming this afternoon? What would the listener say?
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[A]: W: Sorry, Jack. He's got a basketball match this afternoon.
input: Please answer the following: Read the below conversation. W: I really need a vacation. I just can't decide where to go. M: Have you ever been to Curacao? W: No, I haven't. It's so far. M: Oh, come on! In this day and age, nothing is far. Besides, once you get there, it's like being in paradise. I really think you should consider it. In fact, I suggest you ask your travel agent about it. W: What's so great about Curacao? It's just another tropical island with a pretty beach. M: Just another tropical island? Bright sunny days with blue water rolling upon to the clean white sand. Gentle winds blowing through the palm trees of clear move at night. Come on! It's a tremendous place to go. W: Oh, I don't know. M: Look! You can go wherever you want. But it's important that you relax during your vacation. And Curacao is the perfect place for that. I mean, you can do all the things you like to do. Play tennis, swim, read, rest, not to mention eat well and get a great suntan. Why are you so hesitant? Come on! Be adventurous. W: You're certainly making it sound better by the minute. OK, maybe I'll check it out with my travel agent. What would the listener say?
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output: M: I suggest you hurry. This is a very busy time of the year. And reservations aren't always easy to get. And it is absolutely necessary that you have reservations.
Please answer this: Read the below conversation. M: Sally,here is a letter for us. It's from Tom. W: Can you read it, please? My hands are wet with all this washing. What would the listener say?
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Answer: M: 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."
Problem: Read the below conversation. W: Mr. Hudson, where were you born and raised? M: I was born in Chicago, but I didn't live there any more. I was raised in Washington, grew up there until I went to college in New York and then Harvard. W: Looking back. How did you think your parents shaped your character? M: Well, it's hard to estimate entirely. I was quite fond of my parents and considered them very good people. My mother was a kind of very feminist and a well-known Jewish poet. She became internationally known. My father was a lawyer. And though it's hard to say how much they influenced me, I liked them, I respected them and I'm sure I was influenced to some degree by them. W: You were educated in the public schools? M: We moved almost every year, so I went to a different public school each year. W: So you would have been in high school and what years... approximately? M: Oh, I was in high school when... 26 or 27? I forgot. I graduated from high school in 32. W: What did you study in university? M: Well, that's a difficult question. I started out thinking I'd be an economist, and then I got disappointed with that. And after an odd experience in my junior year, I decided that I'd go out and study agriculture or management, but I enrolled in both for a whole year and tried to learn the required courses. I lasted a year, and then I came back to the main campus and finished up as an economics major specializing in labor economics. W: Did you go right graduate school or join the army after you graduated from the university? What would the listener say?

A: M: Well, I went to Harvard as a graduate student in philosophy in 1936, and stayed there until the war broke out. I was drafted after I took my PhD exams in the early part of 1941. So I went into the army before Pearl Harbor.
input: Please answer the following: Read the below conversation. M: Excuse me, how much does an ice cream cost? W: Two yuan. And how many do you want? M: Two, please. W: Anything else you want to buy? M: Oh, yes, I still want some bread. A piece of bread, please. W: Here you are. 1.5 yuan a piece. M: By the way, do you have any fruit here, such as apples or oranges? W: I'm sorry we haven't got any. M: All right. Here's the money for you. What would the listener say?
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W: Thank you.