1.

Summer vacation
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Man: How was your summer vacation?

Woman: Great! I went to Italy with my family. It was so fun there! We met lots of
really nice people and ate really delicious food.

Man: Where did you stay?

Woman: We stayed at a hotel on the beach so we woke up every day to the

sunrise over the water. Each day we swam in the ocean and took long walks on
the beach. At night, we sat and watched the stars. We saw so many stars!

Man: Did anything exciting happen?

Woman: Yes! One day, we found a wallet on the beach. We took it to the police
department. We told the police that someone lost their wallet. They took it and
we left. The next day they called us, so we went back to the police station.

Man: Ooh! Why did they call you?

Woman: They found the owner of the wallet and he wanted to meet us. He was
so happy that he got his wallet back, so he bought us a really nice bottle of
wine.

Man: Oh cool! You made a local friend!

Woman: Yes, we became friends and had dinner that night. The man’s name
was Yuri. He told us all about the town and gave us tips for our vacation. That
night, he paid for the meal because he was happy we found his wallet and got it
back to him. We knew we would be friends forever!

Woman: Wow! What a great trip!

2. Yesterday activities
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Man: What did you do yesterday?

Woman: Yesterday was my day off. I started the day early and finished up a lot
of house chores before work. I cleaned the kitchen, mowed the lawn, mailed
some letters, emptied the trash, and washed my clothes. I even dusted the
furniture.

Man: Wow! What did you do after that?

Woman: After that, I walked to work because I needed to do some things for my
job. I didn’t take the bus because it looked full. I enjoyed the walk though, as I
strolled through the park to my office.

Man: Wait! Did you work? It was your day off!

Woman: Yes, I know! I did work! I worked for about three hours. I checked
some emails and finished a paper I needed to send to a customer.

Man: Did you work long?

Woman: No, after that, I walked to my local gym. I exercised for about one
hour. I lifted weights and walked on the treadmill for some time. Then, I
showered and headed home.

Man: What did you do last night?

Woman: At home, I cooked dinner and chatted with my roommate. After eating,
I cleaned up the kitchen. I wanted to watch a movie, but it was too late so I
decided not to. All in all, it was a good day.

3. Was, Were
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Conversation 1
Man: How was the movie?
Woman: It was really good.
Man: Was it scary?
Woman: Yes, it was really scary.
Man: Nice. Was it crowded?
Woman: No, it wasn’t. There weren’t many people there, suprisingly.

Conversation 2
Man: Where were you last night?
Woman: I was at work.
Man: Really? I was at your shop. You weren’t there.
Woman: No, I was in the back working.
Man: You were?
Woman: Really! I was there.
Conversation 3
Man: How was the test?
Woman: It was really hard.
Man: How long was it?
Woman: There were about 20 problems.
Man: Yeah! What was your score?
Woman: Let’s just say, it wasn’t great, but it wasn’t bad either.

Conversation 4
Man: Do you know who was at the party?
Woman: Jason was there. So was Sue.
Man: Were Tom and Katie there?
Woman: No, they weren’t there, but their son was.
Man: Oh, I see. So, was it fun?
Woman: Yeah, it was a fun evening.

4. Past tense
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Conversation 1
Man: What did you do yesterday?
Woman: Nothing much. I just stayed at home and cleaned the house.
Man: How boring!
Woman: Yeah, it was. And you? What did you do?
Man: I drove to the mountains and went hiking.
Woman: That sounds fun!
Man: It was. I had a great time.

Conversation 2
Man: Did you do anything this weekend?
Woman: I did. I took the train to the city and met my friend.
Man: Oh, yeah! What did you do?
Woman: We had lunch and did some shopping.
Man: Did you buy anything?
Woman: No, I didn’t. I just went window shopping. I’m trying to save money.
Man: Me too!

Conversation 3
Man: How was your day?
Woman: Terrible. I was so busy.
Man: Oh, that’s too bad.
Woman: Yeah, we were so busy at lunch. One person called in sick so we were
short-staffed.
Man: That’s not good. How did you manage?
Woman: The came in and helped us.

Conversation 4
Man: Did you talk to Bob?
Woman: I did. He said he was sorry.
Man: What did he say?
Woman: He said he didn’t mean to get mad at you.
Man: Well, he did. He made me cry.
Woman: I know. But he is really sorry about it.

5. Life history
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Todd: Hey Meg, so let's talk about our life history.

Meg: Okay, let's do it.

Todd: So first, when were you born?

Meg: I was born in 1984. What about you?

Todd: I was born way before that. I was born in 1969.

Meg: Oh!

Todd: Yeah, a ways ago.

Meg: Not too long ago.

Todd: Yeah, 47 years ago, but yeah.

Meg: Okay, a long time ago.

Todd: Okay, so when did you graduate high school?

Meg: I graduated high school in 2003.

Todd: Oh my gosh. Really!

Meg: What about you?

Todd: Wow, I graduated high school in 1987.

Meg: Ah, when I was three years old.

Todd: Wow, yeah! Ah, we were probably about the same intelligence level
about that time.

Meg: No, that's not true.

Todd: And when did you graduate from college?

Meg: I graduated from college in 2010. When did you graduate from college?

Todd: I graduated from college in 1993, so like you I took a little extra time to
graduate.

Meg: Yeah, I took more time than normal.

Todd: And when did you get your first job?

Meg: I got my first job when I was 17 years old, I think. When I was still in high
school.

Todd: What did you do?

Meg: I worked at a wedding shop, a wedding dress shop, so I helped to assist

the customers and clean the dresses.

Todd: That's a cool job.

Meg: Ah, it wasn't so great actually.

Todd: Why?

Meg: Because brides can get a little crazy.

Todd: I can imagine.

Meg: What about you? When was your first job?

Todd: Well, my first unofficial job was when I was 13. I was a dishwasher.

Meg: Oh, at a restaurant?

Todd: Yeah, and I think it was illegal because I was 13. But yeah, I was a
dishwasher. But then my first official job was at McDonald's.
Meg: Oh, what did you do there?

Todd: I made the filet-o-fish. But I got fired.

Meg: Oh, why?

Todd: Also, again I lied about my age. So actually wait, I was 14, and I lied and
said I was 15 and they fired me, but I worked there for three months.

Meg: Oh, and you got paid?

Todd: And I got paid.

Meg: Well, that's good at least.

Todd: It was good times. Good times.

Meg: (Laughter)

Todd: OK, so when did you meet your best friend?

Meg: I met my best friend in 2007, so about 10 years ago. What about you?

Todd: Oh gosh, I met my best friend in high school, so I was a sophomore, a

second year student, so that was 1984 or 1985.

Meg: Wow! So you've been best friends for a long time.

Todd: A long time, yeah, yep. So how about phones? When did you get your
first phone?

Meg: Hmm! I think I got my first phone when I was also 17, the same year I had
my first job. It was my first cell-phone, was that year. What about you?

Todd: Well, I got my first phone also when I was 17, but it was a real phone. My
parents gave me my own phone line in my house, so I had a phone in my room.
Back then that was common in the 80s, so young high school people would
have their own phone in their house.

Meg: Yeah, some of my friends had that when I was growing up also, but I
wasn't lucky enough to get my own phone until I could pay for it myself.
6. Life in the 80's
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Todd: Rachel, did you grow up in New Zealand?

Rachel: Yes. I did.

Todd: Nice. I grew up in the States, and I thought we would talk about how life
is so much different for teens today than it was for our generation.

Rachel: Okay. I think we can do that.

Todd: Obviously the first thing is that when we were young, we didn't have
smart phones and things like that. We didn't have the internet, actually.

Rachel: We didn't have internet. We didn't have email.

Todd: Yeah. I remember if you wanted to meet a friend, you would have to plan
it way in advance-

Rachel: Yes.

Todd: You would have to wait by the phone. Remember that, waiting by the
phone. You couldn't go outside because if you were waiting for the call, you had
to wait at your house until you got the call, and then-

Rachel: We didn't even have an answering machine at my house.

Todd: Wow, my gosh. That's really old school.

Rachel: We used to have to wait by the phone.

Todd: Yeah.

Rachel: I used to spend every afternoon after school on the phone with my
friends. After we got home from school, we would call each other, and discuss
the day's events I suppose.

Todd: Yeah, you had so much to share. That's true. I think-

Rachel: So, my teens these days, they come home from school, they get on
their phone, and they text all their friends.

Todd: Right. And they do it all day, like it's constant. Constant chatter.
Rachel: Yeah.

Todd: I think maybe that's why I'm not so much into texting. It's just too much
work. I like to build up the mystery of not knowing what somebody did for a
while.

Rachel: Mm, yeah. But I was thinking about it recently, and I think that it was
similar because we used to telephone a lot. But then we did have to wait a long
time before finding the news.

Todd: True. Yeah, I read once about how a lot of the movie plots from the '60s,
'70s, and '80s wouldn't work today because of cell phones.

Rachel: Yes.

Todd: Because a lot of the story line-

Rachel: Are about missed communications and-

Todd: Right, right. Yeah.

Rachel: Yes. And somebody arrived and somebody else didn't.

Todd: Another one I think that's really obvious is bottled water. When I grew up,
there was no such thing as bottled water. You had to get water from a faucet,
right?

Rachel: Yes, or a tap.

Todd: Yeah, and I think I remember when they first started coming out
with bottled water. I think I was about 14 or 15.

Rachel: It was a bit later in New Zealand, I think.

Todd: Yeah. That was crazy. I mean do you remember what it was like when
people were first drinking bottled water, how strange it seemed at the time?
Everyone was like, "Why don't you get it from the tap?"

Rachel: [crosstalk 00:02:32]. Well, it's very clean in New Zealand, so the tap
water was clean. So, there was really no reason.

Todd: Yeah, if you come from a temperate climate, it was never a problem,
right? Because you just ... I'm from a temperate climate as well, and so the
water doesn't really have problems with bacteria or things like that. It's always
clean. It used to be clean. In New Zealand, it's probably still clean.
Rachel: The rivers used to be clean, but they're not so clean now.

Todd: Oh really? Even in New Zealand?

Rachel: Problems, yeah.

Todd: Oh, really. Shocking.

Rachel: Mm, it's a bit sad.

Todd: Yeah. How about other things that we used to do when we were kids.
One thing is I think compared to kids today, is we used to spend a lot of time
outside.

Rachel: Yes.

Todd: Actually, our parents would not allow you to stay inside. You had to go
outside.

Rachel: You had to go outside.

Todd: Right?

Rachel: It's the opposite today.

Todd: Yeah.

Rachel: They tend to make them stay inside, won't let them go outside.

Todd: Why is that? What's the rationale for why they should stay inside?

Rachel: Safety.

Todd: Safety?

Rachel: Mm.

Todd: Yeah.

Rachel: We didn't used to hear about all of the kidnappings and abuse in the
media, so people weren't afraid of it.

Todd: Right. Yeah. And the crazy thing is I think-

Rachel: You hear about it now.

Todd: It's actually safer now, right? They say-

Rachel: Yeah, it's safer now.

Todd: Even in the state where they hear about this, I think statistics say that it's
actually safer than it was before, but the perception is there.