Text 1W: What do you think we need to buy for our new kitchen?
M: We've got a fridge and a dinner table already. We need some chairs.
Text 2 I'd like to stay two nights please.
W: Do you want full board or half board?
M: What's the difference?
W: Full board includes all meals and half board includes just breakfast and dinner.
Text 3 Shouldn't we invite Kathy to the party tonight?
W: Invite Kathy? She is the one who plans the whole thing.
Text 4 Did you say you were driving to town this morning?
W: Yes. I have to withdraw some money from the bank to pay my book store bills.
Text 5 What are you working on so hard?
W: An article for the news paper. If I am late, it won't get printed until next week.
Text 6 Excuse me, I think you are in my seat.
W: Sorry, but it says 7A on my boarding card.
M: Oh, right. I asked for a window seat, you see.
W: Yes, so did I. What's your seat number?
M: Let's see. Oh, it's 8A.
W: So I guess you are in the seat behind me.
M: Oh, yes. Sorry about that.
Text 7 Can I help you?
W: Yes. How much are these T­shirts?
M: They are 12 dollars 50 cents each.
W: I like the green one, but it isn't big enough. Have you got a larger size?
M: Just a minute. No, I'm sorry. We haven't. What about the black one?
W: No, it's too dark. I prefer something lighter, yellow or pink.
M: How about the pink one?
W: Yes, that's nice. I'll take it.
M: That's 12 dollars 50 cents then please.
W: Here you are.
Text 8 So how long have you been living in London?
M: Er, a couple of years. How long have you been working here?
W: Only a few months. I moved down here for the job. There was no work for where I came from.
M: Where did you come from then?
W: I came from a small village called Arnside near Lancaster a year ago. There was nothing to there. So I moved to London.
M: Do you enjoy working here in this restaurant?
W: Very much so.
Text 9 I am sure you've noticed a lot of things that are different about our school.
W: Oh, yes. In the United States, we don't have to carry a big schoolbag with us like you do.
M: Why is that?
W: We have a locker of our own, which is a small box with a lock. We keep textbooks and our personal things in it. I just bring a daypack to school.
M: A daypack?
W: Yes. It's a small bag that you carry on your back.
M: What do you carry in it?
W: My notebooks or a few books for homework.
M: That's convenient. Is there anything else you've noticed about our school?
W: Yes. I am surprised that everyone is so silent in class.
M: What do you mean?
W: Well, we usual ask questions about exams, homework or textbooks on the first day of the school year. The teacher likes such questions.
M: So you felt it different.
W: Yes, I expected to see a lot of discussions in class, because we learn in that way in the United States.
M: I see. That would be a good topic for our school newspaper for the first month of the term. Nice talking with you. See you around. Bye.
W: Bye.
Text 10 Good morning, everybody. Today, for our writing class, we are glad to have Mr. Henry Stone with us, a well­known writer in this country. He is going to share with us his writing experiences. Now, Henry, please tell us how you find so many interesting things for your stories.
M: OK. I watch people a lot. I do that when I travel. I've been to many countries such as Britain, Italy and Sweden. So I spend a lot of time at airports. While waiting for my flights, I watch people passing by and start my imagination. For example, the other day, when I was waiting for my flight to Greece, I saw a couple. They were buying magazines at that moment. They were not wearing business clothes, but the man was carrying a suitcase. Every few seconds, the woman looked around. I wondered if someone was following them. Perhaps they were running away and you know this reminded me of a story in the newspaper that day: a bank clerk stole one million pounds a week before and disappeared with his wife. There was a picture of them in the paper. The couple really looked like the wiz. Maybe I should stop them. Just then, I saw them say goodbye to each other, and the woman walked away. Well, sometimes I make mistakes like that. But I find things like that very useful for my writing.