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Meeting 2
2. The New Realtor
Norma was discouraged. She was a new realtor. She had recently passed the state
test on her first try. Then she joined a realty company. They offered training classes two
to four times a week. Norma attended the classes faithfully.
But because English was her second language, she didn't catch everything that the
instructor said. When she asked the instructor to repeat something, he told her to see
him after class. But when other students asked a question, the instructor answered the
question right then and there.
To Norma, the instructor always said, "See me after class." Then, when she tried to
see him after class, he would say that he was late for an appointment. "How about next
time?" he would say. He was always too busy to help her.
"He's not too busy, he's just too lazy," her boyfriend said. "There are too many
'instructors' like that. All they care about is presenting their information. If the students
don't get it, that's their problem. You have to be strong. These people are not going to
help you. They want you to fail, because that means less competition for them. It's a dog-
eat-dog business."

Vocabulary
1) appointment
2) attend
3) competition
4) discourage
5) fail
6) faithfully
7) lazy
8) realtor
9) realty
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>> Exercise
1) Was Norma encouraged?
2) Was she a new realtor?
3) Had she recently passed the city test on her first try?
4) Did she join a realty company?
5) Did they offer training classes five times a week?
6) Did she attend the training classes?
7) Was English her first language?
8) Did she catch everything that the instructor said?
9) Did the instructor tell her to see him after class?
10)Did the instructor tell the other students to see him after class?