Lesson One Helping the Homeless Girl 1: Hi. Whittaker: Hi, thanks for coming. Girl 2: Hey, what's this all about, Whit? Girl 3: I've been on pins and needles ever since church. Whittaker: Ooo-hoo, well, I figured a little suspense might increase your...
C: Nurse: .....Don't you want to see him? Jessie: Oh, I'm sure he can't have visitors. Nurse: Yes, he can. He's down in X-ray, but he'll be back soon. Why don't you wait? Jessie: Oh, I really don't want to bother him. Nurse: You won't be bothering hi...
B: Mark...To us, it was one of a thousand looks we'd given each other since this whole thing began. And listen, it's not fair to paint Jim as the wimpy one and me as some kind of saint. You saw the guy, he was Mr. Positive the whole time. That might...
Long Conversations 1. Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.) A: Mark: ... I'm sorry, but I just can't sit here any longer and let this go on. This woman is romanticizing. Now, I can understand why she's doing it. I mean, she's...
Long Conversations 1. Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.) Helen: Sarah moved in and for the first month both of us struggled to get used to each other again. Interviewer: You shouldn't have had much trouble because you used...
Long Conversations 1.Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.) Helen: I'm a 45-year-old self-employed computer programmer. I work at home and have my professional and personal lives well-coordinated . I work a certain number of ho...
B: Henry: In America, they live by the appointment book. When you walk into an office, the first question they ask you is, Do you have an appointment? If you say no they tell you, I'm sorry, Mr. So-and-so can't see anyone without an appointment. Jenn...
B: Victor: Hi, Jane. Where are you off to? Jane: Oh, I'm going to the library to study for midterms. Victor: What's all the rush? Midterms start in three weeks. You've got plenty of time. Jane: I know. This time I don't want to take any test cold. I...
Long Conversations 1. Conversations(Find a partner and practice these dialogues.) A: Bob: Victor, how come you look so exhausted? Were you up all night? Your eyes look like a road map. Victor: Yeah. I pulled an all-nighter cramming for the TOEFL test...
C: (6: 00 News on the air) Anchor: Good evening! I'm Julia Cosby and welcome to 6: 30 News. Tonight we have an exclusive on the Barclay Bank robbery in our usually quiet town. Our ace11 reporter John was on the scene. John: (puzzled) Er... I was? Anc...
