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This is English USA, on the Voice of
America. Now, Lesson 31, Part 1. |
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MARTIN: |
Alan! Alan! |
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ALAN: |
What? |
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MARTIN: |
Turn off that music. I don't like that
music. I'm working. |
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EILEEN: |
Did you call, Martin? |
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MARTIN: |
No, I didn't. I mean I called Alan. I didn't
call you. |
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EILEEN: |
Do you want Alan? |
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MARTIN: |
No, I don't want him. I wanted him to turn
off the music. I'm working. I'm writing. I didn't want that music.
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EILEEN: |
You often play music. |
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MARTIN: |
I don't play that music. I don't like that
music. |
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EILEEN: |
OK. I'm going to tell him. |
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MARTIN: |
I told him. He turned off the music. |
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EILEEN: |
Oh, yes, he did. I'm going to make some tea.
Do you want some? |
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MARTIN: |
No, thanks. May I have some coffee? I don't
like tea in the morning. |
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EILEEN: |
I'm going to bring coffee. |
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MARTIN: |
Sue! Sue! Eileen! |
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EILEEN: |
Did you call? |
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MARTIN: |
Is Sue listening to television? |
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EILEEN: |
Yes. She often listens on Saturday morning.
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MARTIN: |
May I speak to her? |
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EILEEN: |
Of course. I'm going to get her. |
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SUE: |
Did you want me, daddy? |
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MARTIN: |
Yes, I did. What are you doing? |
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SUE: |
I'm watching TV. |
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MARTIN: |
Do you like TV? |
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SUE: |
Of course. Don't you like TV? |
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MARTIN: |
I don't like loud TV. I want to work today.
I can't work with loud TV. |
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SUE: |
Do you want me to turn off the TV? |
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MARTIN: |
No, I don't want you to turn it off. Can you
turn it down? I can't write with loud TV. |
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SUE: |
What are you writing? |
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MARTIN: |
I'm writing a story about football. |
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SUE: |
You wrote about baseball. You wrote about
tennis. Now you're writing about football. |
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MARTIN: |
Don't you like sports? |
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SUE: |
I don't like some sports. |
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MARTIN: |
What sports don't you like? |
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SUE: |
I don't like ball games. |
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MARTIN: |
What sports do you like? |
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SUE: |
I like swimming. What sports don't you like?
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MARTIN: |
I don't like -- racing. |
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SUE: |
You don't like horses?! Yes, you do. |
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MARTIN: |
I don't like car racing. |
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SUE: |
Oh. |
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MARTIN: |
And I don't like loud TV. |
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SUE: |
TV isn't a sport! |
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MARTIN: |
I don't like it. |
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SUE: |
OK. Is it too loud now? |
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MARTIN: |
No, it isn't. I want to finish this story
today. |
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EILEEN: |
Here's the coffee. Do you want some cake?
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MARTIN: |
No, thanks. Only coffee. |