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M: When are you flying to Shanghai?
W: The day after tomorrow.
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W: Hi, David! Could I borrow your camera?
M: Hi, Alice. I’d be glad to if I had one. This one actually belongs to Jane.
W: Ah, in that ease, I'll ask Mary to lend me hers.
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M: If you gave me a hand, I could get this work done in half an hour.
W: I would, but the post office will close in ten minutes.
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W: Would you like to try on that jacket, sir?
M: Thank you, but I think the color of that jacket doesn't suit me.
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W: Good afternoon, Mr. Maxwell. You're alone today?
M: Yes, thank goodness. There's nobody to spoil my lunch today.
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M: Betty, look at this picture.
W: There’s an old woman in the picture.
M: Yes, she is now 106 years old.
W: How is she able to live so long?
M: There was almost no traffic in her town, so the pollution was not bad. Another reason is that she knew a lot about medicine and she could take good care of herself.
W: How did she earn money?
M: She picked herbs from the mountain and sold them as medicine to make money.
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W: You've been to Paris, haven't you?
M: Yes. As a matter of fact, I used to live in Paris.
W: Well, I’m planning to go there soon, and I wonder if you could suggest some good places to visit.
M: Sure. You should go to Notre Dame. You also ought to see the palace at Versailles. And you must visit the Louvre.
W: Those sound like excellent suggestions. Can you suggest any good places to eat?
M: Yes. Eat at Maxim's. And if you go there, I suggest you order the duck. It's delicious.
W: Sounds good.
M: Oh, and one more thing. Be sure to have someone take your picture in front of the Eiffel Tower.
W: I’ll do that. Thanks a lot.
M: Send me a postcard, will you?
W: OK.
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W: Now then, Mr. Wang, what seems to be the matter?
M: I just can't sleep, doctor.
W: I see. And how long have you had this problem?
M: Oh, for about two weeks now.
W: Two weeks? Are you having headaches?
M: Sometimes.
W: Fever?
M: No.
W: Are you having any family problems?
M: No, not really. My wife and I got along very well.
W: And how about your work?
M: Well, I have been working a lot recently -- 10 to 12 hours a day.
W: Maybe you should take a vacation and just relax for a while.
M: Well, I can't right now. We're in the middle of some important business.
W: Yes, I understand, but you really should slow down and relax.
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M: Good evening, madam. I understand that you were robbed.
W: I certainly was.
M: When did this happen?
W: About two hours ago.
M: Why didn't you report it earlier?
W: I couldn't! I was tied to a chair and couldn't move.
M: Please tell me exactly what happened.
W: I was sitting in this room watching television when someone knocked at the door. Without thinking, I opened it.
M: That wasn't very wise, madam.
W: I know. I was expecting my husband, you see, and I thought it was him.
M: You should never open a door without looking to see who it is. What happened then?
W: Two men rushed into the flat. One of them threatened me with a knife while the other tied me to a chair.
M: Did you get a good look at them?
W: I’m afraid not. They had stockings over their faces.
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Rainforests are important places for people and animals.
There are different kinds of rainforests. Some are high in the mountains and others are near the sea. In the last forty years, humans have destroyed half of the earth's rainforests.
Rainforests are home to about fifty million people. There are also millions of animals, plants, and insects that live there.
When we destroy the rainforests, people lose their homes and lots of species of animals and plants disappear. Once these animals and plants have disappeared, we will never see them again. The weather in the rainforest is hot all year round. The weather is always wet, too.
The Amazon rainforest is about a hundred million years old, and it has more species of animals and plants than any other place on earth. People have now cut down much of that rainforest to plant coffee and sugar.
