W: I know. But we’ve been here a week now. Anyway, I’ve been careful inthe sun and I’ve been drinking bottles of water。
M: Then we’d better stay in the hotel today。
10-12
M: Well, do you have anything planned for the Saturday?
W: Eh, I’m kind of busy. Why do you ask?
M: I was wondering if we could get together and do something, like goingto a concert or taking a walk by the lake。
W: I’d love to, but I’m really busy this weekend。
M: That’s too bad。
W: I have promised to help with the cleaning of the house at 10:30 in themorning. And then, I have an appointment with the dentist at 12:30pm。
M: How about after the dentist’s appointment?
W: Then, I have to meet Jim at 4:30pm to help him with the scienceproject due on Monday
morning。
M: OK, then, maybe some other time。
13-15
Well, we are now looking at ways to make shoppingless tiring. You know, a day at the shops wears people out. And we considered anumber of ideas. Carrying shopping around is very tiring, and we looked at waysto avoid that. We thought of hiring out small electrically driven cars toshoppers, but we came up against problems of space. There just isn’t enoughroom. We also thought about those moving walk ways, like the ones you see atthe airports. We decided it against then though, because they require a majorredesign of the whole center. What we have actually come up with is a newtechnology where you but what you want and then just leave it on the shelf.That way, you don’t need to carry your heavy shopping around with you all day.When you want to go home, our computer system automatically sends everythingyou’ve bought to your exit point, and you pick it up there。
16-20 W: Good morning, Sir. Can you help me? M: What’s wrong? W: My daughter is missing. I can’t find her anywhere。
M: OK, calm down. I’m going to help you to find her. How long ago did shego missing?
W: About one hour ago. At 4 o’clock, perhaps. I’ve been looking for herfor almost an hour now。
M: And where did you last see her?
W: We were just shopping in the vegetable section. I turned around andshe was gone。 M: What’s her name?
W: Melissa. M-E-L-I-S-S-A. She’s only five. She doesn’t speak Spanish。
M: OK. What does she look like?
W: She has dark brown hair. She’s thin and small for her age。
M: OK. What is she wearing today?