Question: Problem: Given the question: Read the below conversation.  Apartment Manager: Well, hi Mr. Brown. How's your apartment working out for you?  Tenant: Well Mr. Nelson. That's what I would like to talk to you about. (What?) Well, I want to talk to you about that noise! (Oh) You see. Would you mind talking to the tenant in 4B and ask him to keep his music down, especially after 10:00 o'clock at night?  Apartment Manager: Ohhh. Who me?  Tenant: Why yes. The music is blaring almost every night, and it should be your job as manager to take care of these things.  Apartment Manager: Hey, I just collect the rent. Besides, the man living there is the owner's son, and he's a walking refrigerator. (Well ...) Hey, I'll see what I can do. Anything else?  Tenant: Well, yes. Could you talk to the owners of the property next door about the pungent odor drifting this way.  Apartment Manager: Well, the area is zoned for agricultural and livestock use, so there's nothing much I can do about that.  Tenant: Well, what about the .... That, that noise.  Apartment Manager: What noise? I don't hear anything.  Tenant: There, there it is again.  Apartment Manager: What noise?  Tenant: That noise.  Apartment Manager: Oh, that noise. I guess the military has resumed its exercises on the artillery range.  Tenant: You have to be kidding. Can't anything be done about it?  Apartment Manager: Why certainly. I've protested this activity, and these weekly (Weekly!) activities should cease ... within the next three to five years.  What would the listener say?
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Tenant: Hey, you never told me about these problems before I signed the rental agreement.


Problem: Given the question: Read the below conversation.  Man: Yes, I'd like to report a theft.  Police Officer: Okay. Can you tell me exactly what happened.  Man: Well, I was walking home from work two days ago, enjoying the nature all around me ... the birds, the frogs, the flowing stream ... [Okay, Okay] when this woman knocked me right off my feet, grabbed my stuff, and ran off through the trees. [Hmm]. I was so surprised by the ordeal that I didn't go after her.  Police Officer: Yeah. Can you describe the woman for me?  Man: Yeah. He was about a hundred and ninety centimeters tall ...  Police Officer: Wait. You said a woman robbed you.  Man: Well, I'm not really sure. [Hmm]. You see, the person was wearing a white and black polka dot dress, a light red sweater over it, and she ... or he ... was wearing a pair of basketball shoes.  Police Officer: Humm. What else can you tell me?  Man: Okay. Like I said, the person was about 190 centimeters tall, heavy build, with long wavy hair. She ... or he ... was probably in his or her late 30's. I didn't get a good look at the person's face, but well ... uh ....  Police Officer: What? Was there something else?  Man: Well, the person ... had a beard.  Police Officer: Ah! What was, uh, taken ... exactly?  Man: Well, just my left shoe. Bizarre, isn't it?  Police Officer: Ah. The "bearded woman" has struck again!  Man: The "bearded woman"?  Police Officer: Yeah. It's this man who dresses up like a woman and, for some unknown reason, removes the left shoe from his victims. He's really quite harmless, though, and he usually returns the shoe to the crime scene a couple of days later.  What would the listener say?
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Man: Hey, he can keep my shoe, and I'll just take off my left shoe every time I walk through the park.


Problem: Given the question: Read the below conversation.  M: Maria, I know you've arrived here only recently. Can you tell me if there is anything that has surprised you about British people?  What would the listener say?
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Answer: W: People here are more serious than that in Spain. Spanish people are lazy but fun to be with. Also, before I came to England, people told me that the English are very polite. It is known internationally. But I don't think it is true. Using words like please, thank you, sorry, and excuse me is one thing, but real politeness is more than that, I think.