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This is English USA, on the Voice of
America. Now, Lesson 33, Part 1. |
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CARA: |
Hello, Martin. Did you finish your story? |
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MARTIN: |
Yes, I did. I worked on Saturday. |
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CARA: |
When did you finish? |
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MARTIN: |
I
finished in the evening. |
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WALEED: |
Hello, Cara, Martin. |
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CARA: |
Hi, Waleed. |
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MARTIN: |
Good morning, Waleed. How are
you? |
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WALEED: |
Fine thanks. Did you have a nice weekend? |
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CARA: |
Wonderful. |
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MARTIN: |
I
worked. |
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WALEED: |
Did you work at the office? |
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MARTIN: |
No, I worked at home. I finished a story. |
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WALEED: |
I
can't work on the weekend. The children are very noisy. |
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MARTIN: |
I
don't like to work on weekends. |
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CARA: |
Martin, when are you going to Pittsburgh? |
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MARTIN: |
On Tuesday. |
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WALEED: |
Are you working on a story? |
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MARTIN: |
Yes, I'm writing a story about Pittsburgh. |
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WALEED: |
Didn't you write a story about Pittsburgh last year? |
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MARTIN: |
Yes, I did. I wrote a story three years ago too. I visit
Pittsburgh often. Sometimes I write a story. I want to see the
changes. |
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WALEED: |
Has it changed? |
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MARTIN: |
Yes, it has changed. I wrote a story ten years ago too. |
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WALEED: |
Pardon? |
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MARTIN: |
Ten years ago. |
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CARA: |
When did you first visit Pittsburgh? |
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MARTIN: |
In 1975. I went with my father to a baseball game. |
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HOWARD: |
Good morning, everybody. |
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OTHERS: |
Good morning, Howard. Hi. Good morning. How are you? |
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HOWARD: |
Where are you going this week, Martin? |
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MARTIN: |
Pittsburgh. |
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HOWARD: |
When are you going? |
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MARTIN: |
I'm going on Tuesday. |
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CARA: |
I'm going to work now. There's a meeting this morning. |
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HOWARD: |
When is the meeting? |
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CARA: |
It's at eleven forty-five. |
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WALEED: |
Eleven forty-five? When is our meeting, Martin? |
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MARTIN: |
Our meeting is at eleven forty-five. |
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WALEED: |
Can we change our meeting? |
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MARTIN: |
Of course. What time do you want to meet? |
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WALEED: |
Can we meet at eleven o'clock? |
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MARTIN: |
Yes, we can. Do you want to meet in your office? |
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WALEED: |
Can we meet in your office? |
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MARTIN: |
When are we going to finish? |
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WALEED: |
Before the other meeting. |