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This is English USA, on the Voice of
America. Now, Lesson 49, Part 1. |
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EILEEN: |
Martin, turn the radio down please. |
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EILEEN: |
Are you going to have a busy day, Martin? |
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MARTIN: |
Not too busy. I'm going to finish a story. |
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EILEEN: |
Sue, please call Alan. His breakfast is getting cold. |
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MARTIN: |
What are you doing today? |
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SUE: |
Alan! Hurry up! You're late. |
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EILEEN: |
I'm going to be very busy today. |
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MARTIN: |
Do you want me to shop today? |
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EILEEN: |
Can you? I can't come home until seven o'clock. Can you
shop? |
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MARTIN: |
Sure. |
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ALAN: |
Good morning. |
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EILEEN: |
Good morning. |
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MARTIN: |
Morning, Alan. |
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ALAN: |
I
didn't sleep last night. |
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EILEEN: |
Are you sick? |
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ALAN: |
I
don't think so. May I have some tea? |
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EILEEN: |
Eat something too. |
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MARTIN: |
I'm going shopping today. What do you need? |
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SUE: |
Me? I need things for school. I need some notebooks. And I
want a new pen. I don't like my pen. |
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MARTIN: |
I'm going to buy food. What food do you want? |
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ALAN: |
I
don't want any food. |
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MARTIN: |
You are sick. |
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SUE: |
He listened to his stereo all night. |
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ALAN: |
I
did not. |
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SUE: |
I
heard it. All night. |
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EILEEN: |
Now, now. Let's help daddy. What do we need from the store? |
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MARTIN: |
What do you want, Eileen. |
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EILEEN: |
Please buy some nice tomatoes. |
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MARTIN: |
OK. Anything else? |
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EILEEN: |
Buy some onions. |
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MARTIN: |
We need some milk. |
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EILEEN: |
And bread. |
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SUE: |
I
want some new cereal. I don't like this cereal. |
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EILEEN: |
You wanted it. |
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SUE: |
I
don't like it. |
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EILEEN: |
What do you want? |
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SUE: |
I
don't know. Daddy, you buy some cereal. |
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MARTIN: |
Do we need any eggs? |
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ALAN: |
Ugh. Don't talk about eggs. |
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SUE: |
Yes, he's sick. |
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EILEEN: |
I
want some green vegetables too. |
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MARTIN: |
Do we need any meat? |
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EILEEN: |
No, we have some. Buy some fruit. |
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MARTIN: |
Sue, what kind of fruit do you want? |
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SUE: |
Bananas. |
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MARTIN: |
Alan, what kind of fruit do you want? |
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ALAN: |
Oranges. Do we have any oranges now? |
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EILEEN: |
Yes. Do you want one? |
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ALAN: |
Please. |