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M:I'll pick you up around 8:00
M:Yeah,yeah...Say,why don't we take the express train to
W:OK.I'll see you then.
the airport?It'll be faster than a taxi.
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W:Are you kidding me?A taxi will be faster!We don't have
W:Was the weather nice when you were travelling in Southern
time to argue about this.(6Let's just grab the first cab when
China?
we get downstairs.
M:5 No.It kept pouring all the time.I went there during the M:OK,OK...uh...
wrong season.I should have gone to Australia instead.
W:What is it now?
(Text 6)
M:I can't find my keys.
M:6Hi,Alice.Jane told me you were on a diet.
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W:Yes.But that was really hard.
17.Jim was surprised when his high school class traveled to
M:How much weight have you lost?
England to learn about the life of William Shakespeare,one of
W:Well,7 to start with,I weighed 150 pounds.The first two
England's most famous writers.18 He knew Shakespeare was
weeks I took off 10 pounds,but then I gained back 5 pounds
born in a small town,but until he visited Stratford-upon-Avon,
over the holiday.
Jim couldn't really imagine the place where Shakespeare spent his
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childhood.During his visit,(9Jim learned that Shakespeare's
W:Excuse me?
father was a glove maker.He also helped the city government in
M:Yes,Madam.What can I do for you?
his spare time so his son could go to school for free.Sadly,
W:8Can you tell me where the City Bank is?
when Shakespeare was only 15,his father died while traveling
M:It's upstairs,across from the Bakery Shop.
back from Cambridge.He had to leave school and could not go
W:Thanks.Do you know what time it opens?
to university.2 But the tour guide told Jim's class that it was
M:9It should be open now because it's already 9:00
good that Shakespeare did not go to college.Nobody taught him
W:That's good.And can you tell me how often the buses leave
how to write his plays,so he was free to write in a new way.His
for the City Center?
plays were different and interesting,and he became famous in
M:Every half h