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DIALOGUE 11
Hana: Hello!

Daniel: Hello, come in.

Hana: Where is everyone?

Daniel: Well, everyone is doing something right now.

Hana: Oh, really? Where's your mom?

Daniel: My mom? She's at the mall. I think she's shopping. I think she's getting the
groceries for the week.

Hana: Oh! How about your dad?

Daniel: Well, every weekend he goes to the country club, so I think he's playing golf
with his friend now.

Hana: Where's your brother and sister?

Daniel: My brother, he's upstairs. I think he's probably sleeping or playing video
games as he always does. And my sister, she's at school. She's playing
soccer ‘cause she has a game today.

Hana: Oh, really? When does the game start?

Daniel: I think in twenty or thirty minutes.

Hana: Let's go watch it.

Daniel: Really, that sounds fun. Let's go.

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Sarah: Adam, I've been trying to reach you all day. Where have you been?

Adam: Oh sorry, when did you call?

Sarah: I first called you at 3 o'clock.

Adam: Oh, sorry. I was playing soccer.

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Sarah: Well, I tried calling you again at 5:00

Adam: Oh, I was going home on the train.

Sarah: Well, why didn't you return my message?

Adam: I was, I was sleeping.

Sarah: Well, what happened when you got off the train?

Adam: As I was leaving the train, I saw a friend and we started talking and I just
didn't look at my phone. What was it that you wanted to talk about?

Sarah: Well, I was thinking about getting a new boyfriend.

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Sarah: Hey, Adam. Have you done the things I've asked you to do yet?

Adam: What did you ask me to do?

Sarah: I asked you to take out the trash.

Adam: I haven't done that yet.

Sarah: How about wash the dishes?

Adam: I washed a few dishes.

Sarah: Wash the car?

Adam: No, I haven't washed the car.

Sarah: What did you do today?

Adam: I was sleeping mostly.

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DIALOGUE 14

Todd: So, Meg, you're getting married soon. How are things going?

Meg: Things are going pretty well. We have a lot of planning to do.

Todd: I bet. So, have you hired a band yet?

Meg: No, we haven't hired a band yet. My brother has some friends who were in a
band. So, he's going to ask them.

Todd: Cool. And have you gotten the caterer for the wedding?

Meg: Yes, we have gotten a caterer because the food is very important. So, we
ordered it in advance.

Todd: Oh, what kind of food?

Meg: We're going to have traditional American food.

Todd: Oh, nice. Nice. So, have you bought a dress yet?

Meg: Yes, of course, I have bought a dress. That's the most important part. So
last week I picked up my new dress.

Todd: Have you tried it on yet?

Meg: Yes, I've tried it on many times already.

Todd: Okay. Cool. Have you shown it to your groom-to-be?

Meg: No. I haven't shown it to my groom-to be because it has to be a surprise on

the wedding day.

Todd: Oh, that's right. So, have you ordered the flowers?

Meg: No, not yet. I haven't ordered the flowers because I'm waiting for some
special flowers from the florist. So still waiting.

Todd: And have you sent out the invitations?

Meg: Yes. We have sent out the invitations. We sent them out maybe a month
ago.

Todd: Oh, cool. So, then I assume you have booked the hall.
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Meg: Yes. We have booked the hall because we wanted to have it at a special
hall. So, we booked it probably six months ago.

Todd: Okay. Cool. Well, the only one problem, I didn't get an invite. Am I invited to
your wedding?

Meg: Oh, I brought the invitation with me today.

Todd: Okay. Great. Thanks.

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Todd: Hey, Meg. I have a big favor. Can you help me out?

Meg: Sure, what do you need?

Todd: My parents are coming to visit me but I can't go to the airport to pick them
up. I have an important appointment. Do you think you can go to the airport and
pick them up?

Meg: Yeah, absolutely. But what do your parents look like?

Todd: Yeah. Well, they look kind of unique actually, so you can't miss them. My
dad, he's really tall, and he's really hairy. He's got big kind afro-like hair and he's
got facial. He's got a Fu Manchu so he has a mustache and a little goatee,
and he's kind of muscular.

Meg: Wow. So, I think I should be able to see your dad very easily.

Todd: Right. So, you can't miss him. And also, my mom is pretty easy. She's like
kind of sixtyish. She's in her 60's and she kind of has blondish grayish hair.
She's kind of medium build. And she's kind of average height.

Meg: Okay. Well, it sounds like no problem. I think I can find them at the airport.

Todd: Okay. There will be one other person with them and she might be the one
actually looking around trying to find you. And that's my niece.

Meg: Oh, what does your niece look like?

Todd: Okay. So, she's in her 20's. She's very thin, and she has long blond hair.
And yeah, she's quite energetic, so you'll probably see her running around. So, I
have a feeling she's going to be the one looking for you.
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Meg: Okay, great. Then I'll look for your niece.

Todd: Okay, great. I really appreciate this.

Meg: No problem.

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Meg: Hey, Todd. I was talking to your girlfriend and she seems really fit.

Todd: Yeah. She's very fit. It's kind of a problem actually.

Meg: Oh really? Why?

Todd: Well, she watches what she eats and she's very careful about the food she
eats. So, she doesn't eat meat, she doesn't eat fast food. She doesn't eat
sugar. She doesn't drink coffee. So, because she doesn't eat or drink all
these foods, it's kind of hard if we go out to dinner or if I want to eat
something because then I feel guilty.

Meg: Do you also not eat those foods?

Todd: No. Are you kidding? I mean, I always eat fast food and I love to eat sweets
and stuff like that. So, we both love exercise, right. So, she exercises a lot. I
exercise a lot. She exercises more than I do but yeah, the diet thing is kind
of a hassle.

Meg: Hmm.

Todd: So, what do you think I should do?

Meg: Maybe you should also try to be healthy because it sounds like a good idea.

Todd: Yeah, maybe. I'll give it a try. But the thing is, you know, she – there's one
other problem. She eats five small meals a day, so never eats big meals.
So, we can't go to a restaurant and stuff like that. So, it's just really hard to
adjust. I mean, I love a big breakfast, you know. She never eats a big
breakfast. She always eats these small little meals, so yeah.

Meg: Well maybe, you can cook at home together.

Todd: Maybe. Or maybe I should just get a new girlfriend.

Meg: Maybe. Good luck.

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DIALOGUE 17
Meg: Hey, Todd, I want to go to Osaka. What's the best way?

Todd: The best way, you know, it kind of depends on your time and your cost, and
your comfort. The easiest might be the ferry. So, the ferry leaves every day
at 7 o'clock. And it goes overnight and it arrives in Osaka at I think 6 o'clock
in the morning. So, it's a nice trip. You're on the boat. You could kind of
have dinner on the boat. You go to sleep and then you wake up, and then you're
there. And it costs about $70.

Meg: Sounds pretty good.

Todd: Yeah. It's good. Yeah. But you sleep in a big area with other people. So it's
like a shared sleeping area.

Meg: Right. What are some other ways?

Todd: Well, if you have lots of money, you can take the train. The train is
convenient because it leaves every hour from the downtown station and it
takes about four hours, three and a half hours. You have to transfer the train
once. But it leaves every hour. It costs a little bit. It costs, you know, about
300 bucks. But it's an enjoyable ride and, you know, you're never stuck in
traffic.

Meg: So, ferry, train; what else?

Todd: You can take a plane. There are two flights. One flight leaves early in the
morning, another flight leaves in the afternoon. And that's probably the
fastest because if you fly there, it only takes one hour. But it takes 30 minutes
to get to the airport. It's outside of town. And then you have to get there an
hour early for your flight and check in your bags and stuff. So, it still takes
door-to- door probably 45 hours. And also, flights, they can be cheap, but
they're about 100 bucks.

Meg: Oh, okay. Are there any other ways?

Todd: There's one other way. The cheapest way is actually going by bus. The
good thing is, you know, the busses leave every hour. But you must take a bus to
Fukuoka and then transfer in Fukuoka. And it takes a long time. It takes
about eight hours to get there. But it only costs about 50 bucks. And there
are some busses that go overnight.

Meg: That sounds pretty good. Well, I like to save money but the bus sounds a
little boring. So maybe I'd rather sleep on the ferry.

Todd: Yeah. I think the ferry is the way to go.

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Meg: Thanks.

DIALOGUE 18

Todd: Okay. Sarah and John, we are going to play a guessing game.

Sarah: Great.

John: Sounds great.

Todd: I will describe a city; what city is this in America? First city. It's a really big
city and sometimes, it has cold weather, it has lots of snow. Sometimes it's very
hot in summer. It has all seasons.

John: Well, I know. Is it Milwaukee?

Todd: No, not Milwaukee. It has really tall buildings.

Sarah: I know. I think it's Chicago.

Todd: No, it's not Chicago.

Sarah: Oh.

Todd: It is a very expensive city and maybe it's America's most famous city.

John: Oh, I got it. It's New York City.

Todd: Ping-pong. Okay. Next city. This city has warm weather most of the year. It
also is really, really big, a very big city. And it is famous for movie stars and
the movie industry.

Sarah: I know. I think it's L.A.

Todd: Yes, Los Angeles. Ping-pong.

Sarah: Yay.

Todd: Well, you got it. Okay. Next city. This city has different seasons. It is cold in
winter, a little bit, and it is usually warm in summer. It has lots of fog and it
never has snow.

Sarah: Hmm.

John: Umm.
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Todd: It rains sometimes and it has a big famous bridge.

Sarah: Hmm, is it San Francisco.

Todd: Ping-pong.

John: Good job.

Sarah: Thank you.

John: I was going to guess Seattle.

Todd: Okay. Last city. This city is also famous in America, of course. And it has
warm weather, and it is usually hot all year. And it never snows but it rains
and it has nice long beaches.

John: Oh, is it Orlando, Florida?

Todd: Not Orlando but it is in Florida.

Sarah: Hmm, is it Miami?

Todd: Ping-pong.

John: Good job.

Sarah: Thank you.

Todd: So, I think it's tied. 2-2?

John: Yeah. Wow.

Todd: Okay. So, one more city. Can you guess the city? Okay. So, this city has
four seasons, so it has snow, it has rain, it has beautiful colors in the fall, lots of l
eaves and it has old historical buildings.

Sarah: Hmm.

John: Oh. I know it. It's Chicago.

Todd: Not Chicago.

Sarah: No, no. I think it's Boston.

Todd: It is. Ping-pong.

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John: Wow.

Todd: Sarah wins. Nice one.

Sarah: Yay. Thank you.

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Todd: Okay, guys. We will do another guessing game. This time, guess the movie.
Sarah: Sounds fun.
Todd: Okay. This movie is very famous. It's about 20 years old, maybe 18 years
old. And it is about a love story and about two people that meet on a big ship
and the ship sinks.
John: Oh, it's really, really famous. Is it Titanic?
Todd: You're right. Ping-pong.
Sarah: Titanic. Titanic.
Todd: Okay. The next movie is also a famous movie, but I never saw this movie,
but I know about the movie. And the movie is about a fight. A fight between two
creatures, and both creatures, monsters, come from the ocean. They come
out of the ocean and they fight each other.
John: Two monsters from the ocean.
Todd: Sometimes, they fight in Japan but the last movie, the monsters fight in
America. I think they fight in San Francisco.
Sarah: Ah, is it Godzilla?
Todd: Ping-pong.
Sarah: Yay.
John: Good job.
Sarah: Thank you.
Todd: Okay. So, the next movie is also a movie many teenage boys like, and it's
also about fighting. And it's about machines that fight each other. And I think
the machines come from space. So, the machines are not from earth and
machines can change, and the machines have special powers.
John: Machines that have special powers and change.
Sarah: I know. It's Transformers.
John: Oh, is that right?
Todd: Yes, Transformers. Ping-pong.
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Sarah: Yay.
Todd: Okay. So now, I'm going to go way back. Way back. So this is a movie, also
about an alien. And this alien is very kind and the alien is very shy and the
alien meets a boy.
John: Oh, I know it.
Todd: And they become friends.
John: Do they ride a bicycle?
Todd: They do ride a bicycle.
John: It's ET.
Todd: That's right. Ping-pong.
John: Yes!
Sarah: Good job.
Todd: Okay. So now, one more movie. Okay. So this movie is also old. This movie
is maybe over 25 years old – oh, over 20 years old.
John: I'm better at the old ones.
Todd: Yeah. And in this movie, there is a scientist. And the scientist is trying to find
a special treasure, and he goes all around the world and he needs to find a
special treasure. And he goes to Egypt. He goes to Asia. And he wants to
find something but he has to fight people in the movie.
John: I think it's Indiana Jones.
Todd: Ping-pong. John wins.
John: Yeah.
Sarah: Good job. That's great.
John: I tried really hard.

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Sarah: So, tell me, what languages do you speak?

Todd: Well, I speak two languages. I speak Thai and I speak Japanese. But my
Japanese is not so good and my Thai is just okay. Now, I live in Japan so I
study Japanese and I use Japanese every day. I can speak Japanese at the
supermarket. I can use Japanese at a hotel or with a taxi driver, but I cannot
have a long conversation. Yeah. And you, what languages do you speak?

Sarah: Well, I speak English, of course. And I speak Spanish and Japanese.
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Todd: Wow. Spanish.

Sarah: Yeah. I lived in Ecuador, and so I spoke Spanish everyday, a lot. I used to
think I was fluent. Maybe I forgot some Spanish now.

Todd: Oh, so you can read, speak, write everything?

Sarah: Yeah. In Ecuador, I did everything. I signed my cellphone contract. I could

read that in Spanish. I was – all of my friends I spoke Spanish with, and I
spoke Spanish all the time. But my Japanese is like yours. I can speak only
enough to go to the grocery or ask when the bus leaves or buy a train ticket.

Todd: Yeah. It's difficult. It's hard to have a good conversation in Japanese. But I
can read Japanese. I studied Kanji.

Sarah: Oh really?

Todd: So, my reading is okay, but my speaking is just really bad. I have bad
pronunciation. So, because my Japanese pronunciation is not very good,
Japanese people don't like to speak Japanese with me, I think.

Sarah: My Spanish pronunciation is really bad because I always spoke with other
foreigners who are also studying Spanish. So there would be a Korean
person, me, a Norwegian person, and we were all speaking Spanish
together. So, we all had bad pronunciation.

Todd: Yeah.

Sarah: What about Thai?

Todd: Yeah. I can speak Thai. My Thai is different. My Thai pronunciation is okay.
So, I can have conversations in Thai. I lived in Thailand when I was young,
so – or I was 22 to 26. So, I studied it and I like Thai. But reading in Thai is
difficult for me. So, I can read Japanese better than I can read Thai but I can
speak Thai better, and my Thai listening is better also.

Sarah: Ah. Do you have any Thai friends?

Todd: I do have some Thai friends. And now, I study Thai on Facebook. So every
day, I check my friends' messages on Facebook. And then I use Google
translate to learn new words. So, it's very good. Yeah.

Sarah: Do you think you'll live in Thailand again, someday?

Todd: Maybe. I will visit Thailand again. I don't think I will live in Thailand again.
But I like to go to Thailand because Thai is fun to speak and Thailand has great
food and great weather, good beaches. So, it's nice.
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Sarah: Oh great.

Todd: What about you? Do you want to live in Ecuador, again?

Sarah: Not Ecuador. I love Ecuador but I want to live in another Spanish-speaking
country. I'd like to live in Argentina, maybe or Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is
part of America but they speak Spanish there.

Todd: Yeah. I hear Puerto Rico is really nice.

Sarah: Yeah. I went there for one week and it was just amazing. It has beaches and
mountains, and the people are really fun. And it's a really exciting place to
visit.