W：This is a great jacket，but look at the price!$600．It's too expensive!

M：NO，wait，It's pretty reasonable．You're thinking in US dollars，not Hongkong dollars. It's

   only about 100 US dollars．

W：You’re right．

Text 4

 M：I'd like an Italian soup to start with and then some fried noodles．

W：All right．Anything else?

M：Yes，I'd like a cup of coffee afterwards．Make it hot，please．

W：I've got it，sir．    

Text 5   

M：Hi，Kate! Is your daddy at home? W：No，Mr. Smith．He went out 10 minutes ago．Any message?

M：Hmm．Could you tell him to call me back?

W：Sure．Leave it to me．

Text 6

M：Hurry up，Antonia．It is five to eight now．

W：Don't worry．There are still fifty minutes left．

M：But it will take us forty minutes to go to the airport by bus．

W：We'll take a taxi and it will only take us fifteen minutes．

M：Hmm，have you got the tickets with you?

W：Yeah，I put them in the pocket of my jacket．

M：Shall we buy some fruit and some biscuits from the supermarket?

W：No．Everything will be supplied on the plane．

M：Are you ready now?

W：Yeah．Let's go．

M：Taxi! Taxi!

Text 7     

W：That was a wonderful picture．The acting was wonderful，wasn't it?

M：Yes．The story is unique，and the plot is cleverly designed．

W：But I could understand only about half of the English spoken．

M：I have trouble，too，especially when the actors speak so rapidly．

W：Is the picture shown at Royal pretty new?       

M：Yes，it's the latest release．It's a local picture．

W：How do you like the film?

M：The ending and the plot are both good．I was amused by the dialogue．

Text 8

M：Do you mind if I join you?

W：P1ease do．

M：I'm Alan Hook．I work at St. Jude's Training College．

W：How do you do? Barbara Samuel．And what do you do at the college?

M：I'm in charge of the science department．

W：Have you been there long?

M：Just over a year．By the way，I have seen your picture in the paper recentlv．

W：Ah，that must have been the national tennis competition last week．     

M：That's right--you won a cup．

W：Well，I guess 1 was lucky．How about you? Do you play?

M：I used to，but I'm out of practice these days．I must consider joining a club sometime．

  Text 9

W：Hello．Minchhampton Tourist Office．

M：Hello，we want to stay in a hotel in Minchhampton．

W：Well，we've only got three，the Elm，the Hotel Placid and the Singing Fiddle．

M：How large are they?

W：The Elm has twenty rooms．The Hotel Placid has thirty-five rooms and the Singing Fiddle has

    only eight rooms．

M：How much do they cost?

W：The Elm costs 16 pounds per person a night，the Hotel Placid 32 pounds and the Singing Fiddle

    only 8 pounds．

M：Thank you。and what are the telephone numbers?