dialogue 1:

Jingjing: Mark, did you ______ that Bill and Melinda Gates are ______?

Mark: Yeah, I read about that ______.　What a______!

Jingjing: I know ______ happen ______, but I ______.　

Mark: Twenty-seven years ago they ______.　Do you know why they're______?

Jingjing: Nothing I read gave a______ reason.　It was all somewhat ______.

Mark: Anyway, I don't want to______ their personal issues.

Jingjing: Yeah, it'll probably______ as a______.　They sent out ______ tweets to announce their decision this spring.　So, it seems they'll ______

Mark: That's good.　No one likes to see______in the media.　Are they going to ______ the Bill and Melinda Gates ______?

Jingjing: They said they______ , just not as______.

Mark: When did they ______?

Jingjing: They met in______.

Mark: Wait.　That was ______ years ago, not ______.　So they didn't______.

Jingjing: Nope.　I remember reading that Melinda said Bill ______ to______ her.

Mark: Geez, 1987—that's a ______.　______, I got my first ______.

Jingjing: That was ______Windows.

Mark: I know.　It ______ DOS.　I was typing DIR/P when a ______ Melinda and Bill were ______.

Jingjing: Well, even if their ______ to______ is final, I hope Bill and Melinda Gates continue______on their ______.

dialogue 2:

Jingjing: Mark, I just ______ a map with ______ worldwide.　A few of these will ______ you.

Mark: Really, what's the______ in the U.S.?

Jingjing: It's ______.

Mark: What about ______?

Jingjing: Only ______.

Mark: That's a______.　Yeah, about______ marriages in the U.S.______ divorce.　It's been that way for______.

Jingjing: Can you guess ______has ______?

Mark: Is it a______ country?

Jingjing: Those are ______ in the______range.　So, no.

Mark: Don't tell me______!

Jingjing: It's ______, with a divorce rate of______.

Mark: Hey, isn't that ______ Europe?

Jingjing: It's______ of Belgium, on the______ with Austria—so, not______.

Mark: Oh, OK.　I'll have to ______ a map sometime.　But I'll ______.　______ other countries have ______ divorce rates?

Jingjing: The Czech Republic, Spain, ______ all have rates above ______.

Mark: I'm ______that Spain______.　Anyway, which countries have the______ of divorce?

Jingjing: ______, Chile, ______ and Mexico.　In ______—————, ______ marriages ______.　Interestingly, those ______ marriages rather than______ marriages.

Mark: Wow, that's a lot to ______!

new words and phrases

like clockwork:

till death do them part:

tie the knot:

no-fault divorce:

make googly eyes at each other:

take your word for it: