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Mr. Evans : well , it happens in some countries , but usually not over here . so , you're from Italy ?

Mr.Moretti : yes , I am .

Mr. Evans : and you're traveling to Tokyo ?

Mr.Moretti : yes .

Mr. Evans : well , welcome to top notch travel agency . let me introduce you to my staff . then we'll talk about Tokyo . Marie , I'd like you to meet …

Marie : Giorgio Moretti .

Mr. Evans : oh , you know him .

Mr.Moretti : it's very nice to meet you , what's your name ?

Marie : my name ? um … uh … Marie . yes . I'm Marie Lepage .

Mr.Moretti : very nice to meet you , Marie .

Mr. Evans : Marie is our receptionist , she's from Paris . Mr.Moretti  is a new client . he's from Italy .

Cheryl : Giorgio Moretti . Giorgio Moretti , that's Giorgio Moretti

Mr. Evans : yes , I know , he's a new client . he's from Italy .

Cheryl : introduce me introduce me .

Marie : oh , yes , this is ….               Cheryl : Cheryl .

Marie : Cheryl , yes , Cheryl , she's our …

Cheryl : office manager . hello , Mr. Giorgio … I mean , Mr. Moretti.

Mr. Moretti : please . call me Giorgio .

Cheryl : call him Giorgio . it's so meet to nice … I mean , nice to meet you .

Mr. Moretti : it's nice to meet you too .

Cheryl : bob . bob . come meet Giorgio Moretti .

Bob : hey , Giorgio Moretti , hey , man , how are you ? I'm bob , but everyone calls me Roberto .

Mr. Evans : bob is a travel agent . ( to bob ) who calls you " Roberto " ?

Paul : Giorgio Moretti .

Mr.Evans ; paul is a tour guide .

Paul ; Good- bye . so long . take it easy . it's nice to meet you . but I must be gone . good – bye . so long , Signorina . it's nice to know you , but I'm traveling on .

Mr. Evans ; SO . Mr. Moretti. What is your occupation

All ; he's a singer .

Mr. Evans : Everyone knows that .

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Mr. Evans : Mr. Moretti, Marie has some questions for you . then let's talk about Tokyo .

Marie : ok let's see . name : Giorgio Moretti . occupation : singer . famous singer . great and famous singer . nationality : Italian . age : thirty – two ? Married ?

Mr. Moretti : no

Marie : single . phone number ?

Mr. Moretti : this is my information .

Mr. Evans : Everything ok ? come with me . Mr. Moretti .

Mr. Moretti : thank you . Marie

Marie ; I have Giorgio Moretti's phone number .

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Interviewer : are you a music fan ?

Ian : depending on the music . yeah .

Interviewer : so what kinds of music do you like ?

Ian : I like classic rock .

Natalie : hmm … I like to see what's new . I like rock and roll and hip hop and things like that .

Martin : I like classical and jazz .

Interviewer : when do you usually listen to music ?

Natalie : I listen to music whenever I'm waking up in the morning and getting ready and also whenever I'm getting ready to go out in the evening . so I always listen to music .

Interviewer : so how often do you listen to music ?

Ian : um … at least twice a day .

Interviewer : and where are you when you listen to music ?

Ian : in my office or in the car .

Interviewer : do you go to concerts ?

Martin : yes . sometimes .

Interviewer : and what concerts do you like to go to ?

Martin : um … classical music and opera .

Interviewer : do you have a lot of CDs or cassettes ?

Mauro : yes . quite a lot .

Interviewer : could you tell me a little bit about the types of music you have ?

Mauro : well . I like …. You know . rock and roll music and I like American music as a matter of fact .

Natalie : I don't own very many CDs . but my husband owns lots of CDs . so I listen to his instead .

Interviewer : approximately how many CDs do you have ?

Martin : a few hundred .

Interviewer : wow . that's a lot .

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Bob : do you guys want to go out this weekend ? there's a great movie playing at the Glenwood .

Paul : a rock concert sounds better to me .

Cheryl : I'd love to see a play .

Marie : how about an opera ?

Bob : ok . there's a rock concert Saturday night at        8 : 00 p.m . Blue city is playing .

Paul : Blue City . I love them sounds good .

Cheryl : not my style .

Marie : I don't like rock .

Bob : ok . there's a play tonight at midnight at the second avenue theater . it's called conversations with food .

Cheryl : sounds great .

Marie : at midnight ? that's way past my bedtime .

Paul : no . thanks .

Bob : ok . Carmen is paling at the city Opera . 8 : 00 p.m

Marie : great . how much are the tickets ? you're kidding .

Paul : whoa .

Cheryl : no way .

Bob : great . it's a movie then . a time to run is playing at the Glenwood at 7 : 00 p . m

Waitress : a time to run ? oh . don't go to that . it's just awful .

Bob : ok . how about you only live once ? it's playing at the kendall . also at 7 : 00 p .m

Waitress : it's terrible .

Bob : an actor's Life?

Waitress : please .

Bob : Anna Goes home ?

Waitress : NO .

Bob : the left side of the street ?

Waitress : I think there are no more tickets .

Bob : so . what's a good movie to see ?

waitress : there's a French film playing at the Bijou at 8 : 00 p.m

bob : I'm not a French film fan .

waitress : it's a film about an opera singer . …

Marie : perfect .

Waitress : and a rock star …

Paul : great .

Waitress : who meet at a play .

Cheryl : wonderful . thank you .

Bob : yeah . thanks a lot .

Waitress : you're very welcome .

Cheryl : it'll be fun . bob .

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Bob : but I'm not a French film fan .

Tourist : excuse me . I'm looking for the Rose Cinema

Paul : the Rose Cinema . let's see . that's on the corner of market street and park street . or is it third and grand ? no . I think it's on market between first and second avenue . ok . so go around the corner . walk three blocks . no , five blocks to Harper street . turn left . sorry . right . go another two blocks . no . yes . two blocks . to fourth avenue . take a right . yes . walk about five blocks to market street . go right again . go straight two more blocks . the cinema is on you right . no . sorry . your left .

Marie : Paul .

Paul : what ? ( Marie whispers in Paul's ear ) you're looking for the Rose cinema .

Tourist : yes .                               Paul : go across the street .

Tourist : and ?                              Paul : it's across the street .

Tourist : thank you .                    Bob : and you're a tour guide ?

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Interviewer : how would you compare yourself with your sister ? how are you alike and how are you different ? for example , do you like the same kind of music or the same kind of foods ?

Chris : well , we do look alike , but apart from that we're very different . she likes the arts , and I'm more interested in sports .

Deepti : well , I would say , first of all , that my sister is much better with money than I am . um .. she , you know , she can save whereas I like to spend .

Angelique : me and my brother are quite different . I'm much more talkative and he's much more shy . but  other than that , I mean , we grew up in the same house , so we love the same food and we listen to the same music pretty much , and we like the same movies . whenever I go back home . I always watch movies with him and stuff so .

Interviewer : in general . which do you think is better – a small family or a large family ?

Stephan : speaking from personal experience . I would prefer to have a small family like I do . I feel that parents have more time to spend with their children . there's more funds for each child . at the same time I can see how a large family could be fun , having a lot of brothers and sisters and large family occasions .

Interviewer :  so what are the disadvantages of a big family ?

Vanessa : um .. it's very hectic . it's very noisy . it's like a train station – there's always people going in and out . so you can never have time alone and . you know, when I do want time alone , I'll have to go out , out of the house to jog , do something . so it's very , very crowded , noisy , in and out .

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Bob : that's your cousin teddy . he's a waiter . he's single . and he likes rock music .

Cheryl : It's my brother Eddie . he's a doctor . he's got a wife and two kids . and he likes classical music . how about this one ?

Bob : I don't know . a cousin ?

Cheryl : no

Bob : your brother ?

Cheryl :no

Bob : an uncle ?

Cheryl : it's my aunt Judy

Bob : sorry .Mrs. Morris . ( to Cheryl ) she looks like your uncle .

Cheryl : tell me something about her .

Bob : she's an architect .

Cheryl : artist .

Bob : married .

Cheryl : divorced .

Bob : two kids . three kids . four kids ? five kids ?

Cheryl : no kids . only eight more . here's an easy one .

Bob : I don't know .

Ch eryl : it's my father

Bob : I know who your father is . why are you showing me photos of  your father ?

Cheryl : my family is coming in one hour . now pay attention

Bob : why do you have such a large family ?

Cheryl : it's not that large

Bob : not that large ? you have six brothers and sisters . fourteen aunts and uncles – who knows how many cousins . nieces . and nephews . I'd say that's a large family .

Cheryl : they're not all coming over .

Bob : no just eighteen of them .

Cheryl : I'm sorry honey . I just want them to like you . calm down . it's ok . you're doing fine .

Bob : ok . I'm ok . your cousin john ?

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Bob : that's your sister's husband Ernie . they live on park street . two kids – Elizabeth is twelve years old and Katie is eight . Ernie's an architect . he likes baseball . basketball . and the movies .

Cheryl : wow . one more

Bob : your nephew David . his nickname is Dave . he lives on king street . he's single . and he's a student . he loves to travel . he likes jazz . and …. He doesn't like fish.

Cheryl : you're amazing .

Mother : very nice .

Cheryl : oh . it's almost 6 : 00

Mother : bob . would you wipe off the counter ?

Bob : I'll be in the bathroom for a while .

Cheryl : bob . hello . everyone, come on in .

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Interviewer : in your opinion . what is healthy food ?

Jessica : I think like a lot of green things like salad and vegetables and fruits are very healthy .

Interviewer : what food would you consider unhealthy

Maiko : um… those fast foods . potato chips , u, … sodas .

Interviewer : so do you try to eat healthy foods ?

I try to eat healthy foods , yes I don't always succeed , but try and eat healthy foods .  

Interviewer : what's an ideal diet in your opinion ?

Cortyan : well , I would say like , potato , vegetables , chicken .

Interviewer : so for example , what might you recommend for a good breakfast ?

Matt : a good breakfast would probably be … an egg , no butter , a little salt and pepper , and maybe a piece of white toast … wheat toast excuse me .

Interviewer : so for example , for dinner tonight , what are you thinking about for dinner tonight ?

Coryan : ok I may do a chicken , broccoli , maybe stir fry which consists of a lot of vegetables like broccoli , carrot , pepper , bean , string beans – those are the things that I love to cook . interviewer : how about spicy foods ? are spicy foods ok to eat ?

Matt : yes , I'm not a big fan of spicy foods , but I think they're ok to eat .

Interviewer : how about sweet foods ?

Jessica : sweet foods ? you can eat sweet foods if you don't eat too much .

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Waitress : are you ready to order ?

Bob : we are .

Cheryl : excuse me . I have a question .

Waitress : yes ?

Cheryl : I'm in the mood for lamb . but the sauce looks too fatty . could I order the lamb without the sauce ?

Waitress : sure .

Cheryl : what does it come with ?

Waitress : French fries .

Cheryl : I don't like fried food . could I have a grilled vegetable instead ?

Waitress : I think we have grilled peppers .

Cheryl : perfect .

Waitress : would you like to start with an appetizer ?

Cheryl : is there oil on the tomato salad ?

Waitress : there's a lot of olive oil , yes .

Cheryl : could I get it without the oil ?

Waitress : Mmm … hmm  . but it won't taste very good .

Cheryl : then I'll just have a mixed green salad .

Waitress : ( to Marie ) and you ?

Cheryl : I'm sorry , I have another question . is there salt on the lamb ?

Waitress : it's cooked with salt and pepper . yes .

Cheryl : I don't want a lot of salt . I think I'll have the fish instead . what's in the sauce ?

Waitress : lemon , butter , milk ….

Cheryl : oh , that's too much dairy . maybe I'll have a large salad for my entrée and no appetizer . what's in the salad ?

Waitress : lettuce . carrots , peppers , onions . egg .

Cheryl : no egg . please .

Waitress ; salad . no egg . anything to drink ?

Cheryl : just water . please .

Waitress : ( to Marie ) and for you .

Marie : I'll have the special .

Bob : the special .                          Paul : the special .

Waitress : great .

Cheryl : could I ask you another question ?

Bob , Marie , Paul : no

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Paul : this is delicious .                               Marie : amazing .

Bob : Cheryl , don't you want to try it ?

Cheryl ; no thanks , too many calories . and we need to go .

Bob : I'll ask for the check

Marie : I love dessert .

Cheryl : do you know how many calories are in that cake ?

Marie : no . and don't tell me .

Cheryl : or how much fat was in your steak and your fried shrimp ? or how much salt was on your French fries ?

Paul : do you want us to just eat raw vegetables ?

Cheryl : vegetables are good or how about smaller portions ? and no dessert ?

Marie : no dessert ?

Cheryl : you need to take care of your body . eat healthy food – have vegetables for snacks instead of potato chips and cookies .

Paul : you're right . tomorrow . I'm eating lots of vegetables .

Cheryl : really ?

Paul : for snacks . and I'm having potato chips . cookies for breakfast . lunch . and dinner .

Cheryl : you're terrible ( to bob ) what are you doing ?

Bob : I'm trying to get the check . finally ( to Marie ) do you want that ?

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Bob : where are the tickets ?

Marie : they're printing ok ?

Bob : Mr. Evans needs them right now , the client is coming in five minutes .

Marie : this printer is driving me crazy . it's so slow

Bob : try blowing on it .                         Marie : what ? really ?

Bob : try it . now tap the sides , just try it , now rub this side gently .

Marie : does this really work ?

Cheryl : where are the tickets ?

Bob : they're printing , ok ?

Cheryl : Mr. Evans needs them now . the client is coming in four minutes .

Bob : easy there , Jackie Chan .

Marie : we need a new printer . aren't we getting a new printer ?

Cheryl : you're buying the new printer , aren't you ?

Bob : this is the new printer .

Cheryl : this piece of junk is new ?

Bob : well …. It's new .. to us

Cheryl : this is an old printer ?

Bob : just a little old .

Marie : what kind is it ? is it a CompRight ? Mr. Evans says always buy a CompRight .

Bob : it's a print - ok .

Marie : a print – ok ? what's a print – ok ? ( to Cheryl ) do you know that brand ?

Bob : it's a good brand and very … inexpensive .

Cheryl : we need the tickets now . do something .

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Paul : where are the tickets ?

Cheryl : they're printing , ok ?

Paul : the client is coming up in one minute .

Cheryl : the printer's a little slow today .

Paul : can I help ?               Cheryl : stop

Paul : what ?

Cheryl : don't come near this printer .

Paul : what's the problem ?

Bob : you know machines don't work when you're around .

Paul : that's not true .

Cheryl : is your laptop working ?

Paul : no , it won't turn on .

Cheryl : is your cell phone working ?

Paul : no , it's a lemon .            Cheryl : is your PDA  working ?

Paul L no . but …                     Cheryl : stay away .

Paul : come on .

Cheryl : Paul . we need these tickets right away . we're printing the last ticket . please . do not come near this printer .

Paul : the printer won't stop working just because …

Cheryl , bob : Argh .                  Paul : what ?

Mr. Evans : the client is here , where are the tickets ?

Cheryl : right here , sir .

Mr. Evans : thank you , there are only nine , where's the last one ?

Bob : right here , sir .                Mr. Evans : thank you , what ?

Cheryl : the printer isn't working .

Paul : what ?

Mr. Evans : go across the hall to Mr.Lee's office .ask to print one ticket on his printer ( to paul ) not you . you're sitting here until all the tickets are printed .