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Dialogue :

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dialogue 1

Jingjing:　Mark, you've got a______, haven't you?

Mark: ______.　But if you need opinions, I could certainly ______ those.

Jingjing:　That's______.　A friend wants to______ a company and needs to make a big decision.

Mark:　Let me guess: he or she is thinking about______ money to______.

Jingjing:　She has a pretty good______ and doesn't need to ______ with the business she's______.

Mark:　Well then I was ______.　What's she starting, by the way?

Jingjing:　It's______ a firm.　She's worked as a______ ______ and video editor for years.

Mark:　Oh, so she wants to______.　How would that be different from ______?

Jingjing:　For one thing, big companies don't______—at least, not as______ as they do with______ enterprises.

Mark:　That I know.　What's got her up ______?

Jingjing:　She needs to decide whether to______, or ______.

Mark:　It's a huge ______, to rent commercial property.　I'd say she'd better ______ until she's making enough to______ office space; but, then again, she needs a______ in order to register her company, doesn't she?

Jingjing:　That's just it.　Luckily, she lives near the city center, and doesn't______ with______client meetings.

Mark:　I'm glad to hear her place is not an______ north of Tiantong Yuan.　Nevertheless, if she has lots of equipment and has more than______ employees, she's never going to ______.

Jingjing:　I think she wants to ______, until she develops a network.　She's considering pushing her living space back, and______ her apartment______ the so-called office.

Mark:　Hopefully she'll see what the officials say about that, before buying______ and ______ for her personal belongings.

Jingjing:　It seems like ______ solution, and perhaps______ solution, for the short term.

Mark:　I'm glad I could help, I guess.　But it didn't sound like______ of______.

Jingjing:　Thanks______, Mark.

dialogue 2

Jingjing:　Mark, what do you think are the ______ between working ______or working______?

Mark:　You know how much I like to______.　It'd be hard to ______ that with people looking over my shoulder in ______.　Still, the best work I've done was done______.

Jingjing:　I think my friend has people who are ______.　As long as they do ______ work and finish projects before______, she's pretty happy to keep paying them.

Mark:　I bet lots of her______ would be glad to______.

Jingjing:　Sure, who wouldn't?　But, you know, ______ can be quite______ work, at times.

Mark:　That's a good point.　It's best to have coworkers______ when doing something as a team.　But aren't they all pretty good with software like Zoom (stuff that would ______, even over great distances)?

Jingjing:　I ______they are.　I'll have to ask her if everything she does can be done on ______.　I think, if she's ______, she'd better look into office space ______.

Mark:　There's also something really ______ about having______, and a conference room where clients can come in and see what you've done for them.

Jingjing:　That would probably ______, for her and her staff, than______ and dealing with receptionists at other offices.

Mark:　Hey, I just had ______.　What about a______?

Jingjing:　Those don't______.

Mark:　You're right.　Bad idea.　But I'm still thinking of ways she could______.　How about ______?

Jingjing:　I like that idea.　______.

Mark:　Remember when we talked about______?　She could______ with one of those.

Jingjing:　That might work—______ she ______ sensitive electronics______ water.

Mark:　That'd be______, but a pretty easy one to______using ______.

Jingjing:　It does sound like ______.　One company______ natural light, one that______ without it most of the time.

Mark:　Yeah, and her clients could ______ not only with quality work done______ but also a few______.

Jingjing:　Ha ha.　I'll ______ she thinks about that.

new words and phrases

My ship has come in.:

what I'm after:

freelance:

on the fence:

chunk of change:

pass off as :　

dilemma:

bullpen:

collaborative:

virtual office:　

on the cheap:

partition: