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This is English USA, on the Voice of America.
Now, Lesson 31, Part 2. |
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EILEEN: |
Martin. Come to lunch. |
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MARTIN: |
No, thank you. I don't want to eat. |
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EILEEN: |
You have to eat! |
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MARTIN: |
I want to write. |
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EILEEN: |
You can't stop eating. |
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MARTIN: |
I don't want to stop now. I don't like to stop. |
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EILEEN: |
But you can't write all day. |
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MARTIN: |
I'm going to finish this story. |
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EILEEN: |
OK. |
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MARTIN: |
Oh, hello, mother. No, I'm not eating lunch. I don't like to stop
writing. I know. I can't stop eating. I'm going to eat later. What? No, I don't like going to the office on Saturday. I like to
work at home on Saturday. No, I don't like to drive on Saturday.
Mother, how is father? Good. Is he at home? No, I don't like to stop
work. I'm going to see him next week. OK. Goodbye. |
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ALAN: |
Hi, dad. |
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ALAN: |
May I come in? |
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MARTIN: |
Yes. You are in. |
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ALAN: |
Dad, may I go to a party tonight? |
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MARTIN: |
I don't know. Where is the party? |
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ALAN: |
It's going to be at Billy's house. |
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MARTIN: |
Who is Billy? |
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ALAN: |
Billy Itoh. |
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MARTIN: |
Excuse me. |
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ALAN: |
Billy Itoh. |
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MARTIN: |
Spell it for me. |
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ALAN: |
I-T-O-H. Itoh. |
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MARTIN: |
Who is Billy Itoh? |
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ALAN: |
He's a boy in my class. His parents are from Japan. |
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MARTIN: |
What do they do? |
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ALAN: |
His father has a business downtown. |
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MARTIN: |
What kind of business? |
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ALAN: |
Electronics. Billy's mother works in the business too. |
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MARTIN: |
When is the party? |
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ALAN: |
Tonight. |
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MARTIN: |
What time? |
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ALAN: |
Ten o'clock. |
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MARTIN: |
Ten o'clock. That's very late. I don't like late parties. |
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ALAN: |
It's Saturday night. There is no school tomorrow. |
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MARTIN: |
When is it going to finish? |
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ALAN: |
I don't know. In the morning? |
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MARTIN: |
The party is all night?! I don't like all-night parties. You're too
young. |
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ALAN: |
I'm not young. I don't like to be called young. |
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MARTIN: |
You are young. |
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ALAN: |
Oh, dad. I'm not very young. Sue is young. I'm not young. |
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MARTIN: |
Are Billy's parents going to be there? |
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ALAN: |
Of course. |
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MARTIN: |
Did you ask your mother? |
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ALAN: |
Of course. |
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MARTIN: |
What did she say? |
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ALAN: |
She doesn't like late parties. She doesn't like all-night parties.
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MARTIN: |
Excuse me. |
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ALAN: |
She doesn't like all-night parties. |