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W:Jack, how do you like the play?
M:It's a simple story with a happy ending. Butluckily, they had a very strong actor and he managedto carry the whole play.
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M:Have we missed it? The man said it's only 5 blocks away, opposite the bank.
W:Wait a minute, the Chinese restaurant, the national bank. There it is, the Radish Hotel.
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M:Let's meet at 4:40.
W:Well, could we make it at 5:20?
M:That's a bit late for me. I could manage 5:10.
W:OK. See you then.
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M:What time are we leaving for the outing?
W:I'll phone you tomorrow. I should have everything sorted out by then.
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W:Thanks for all you've done for me. Hey, listen, would you like to go to see a film sometime?
M:Yeah, that'd be great. I'd love it.
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W:Hey, where is everybody?
M:They took Ben to the park. Where have you been?
W:Sorry, I'm late. I picked up the cake and it took me longer than I expected. When will theparty start?
M:Ben invited 8 children from school and they'll arrive at about 2 in the afternoon.
W:OK then. I'll put the candles on the cake and leave it in the kitchen. And then I'll come andhelp set the table.
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M:So, Messy, how was your holiday?
W:Oh, we loved it. Tom liked Germany best but France was my favorite.
M:So did Rachel finally go with you?
W:No, she wasn't able to. She was called away for a business trip to China.
M:That's a pity. So where exactly did you go and visit?
W:Well, we travelled all over, Italy, Spain and Holland. We even bathed in the Swiss lake.
M:You did, really?
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W:Bob, I am sure you know about secondhand smoke.
M:Of course I do.
W:But have you heard about thirdhand smoke?
M:Thirdhand smoke? I'm afraid not. What is it then?
W:Well, it's here in today's paper. Parents may think they are protecting children fromsecondhand smoke when they smoke outside their home or only when the children are notthere. But now researchers are warning about what they call thirdhand smoke. When yousmoke, dangerous matter from cigarettes gets into your hair and clothing. As babies are theweakest, when you come to a baby, you pass it to the baby and increase the chances ofdisease in the baby.
M:Is that so? In that case, I have to say that I should never get close to a baby.
W:That's right. In fact, all smoking parents should do the same or better give it upcompletely.
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M:Hello, welcome to our program—Today City. I'm Larry. We are going to Louisville Kentuckywhere our guest Michelle Ray comes from. She is proud of her middlesized city with a smalltown feel and big city dreams. Now Michelle, tell us about your city.
W:Thank you Larry. Here is my city. Louisville is my city. The first place I take a visitor fromoutoftown is to the Highlands for shopping and night life. When I have delicious Asian food, Ialways go to the Zen Garden which provides wonderful all vegetable dishes.
M:Wow, that's interesting. Many people go for healthy food now.
W:You can say that again. If I want to go camping and fishing, I'd go to the Red River area.For complete quiet, I can hide away in my house with a good book from one of our publiclibraries.
M:That all sounds very exciting. I am sure some of our listeners will include Louisville in theirtravel plan for their next holiday. Thank you, Michelle.
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M:We are glad to have Dr Garfield to talk to us today about dreams. Let me start by askingthe first question. Does everyone dream?
W:It appears that everyone does. Mostly when people say that they never dream, what theyreally mean is that they don't remember their dreams or they don't think their dreams areimportant. The reason behind is that they might have been made one with a child when theyfirst report their dreams or it was so frightening that they just turned off dreamingcompletely. The other day someone named Davis came to me and said that he used to be agreat dreamer, but suddenly he stopped having dreams. I asked him what had happened. Itturned out that his brother died of a heart attack and he never expected that such a terriblething would happen to a young person. Generally, when they are with some frightening eventsand dream about it was too terrible, people prefer not to dream about it. Actually, the worstthing you can do is stop dreaming, because it means that the bad experience was too painful toeven appear in dreams. As long as you are dreaming about it and even if the dreams arefrightening, your mind is working on it. My personal opinion about what dreams do is that theyhelp us deal with our problems. We see certain patterns take place in dreams. When a personis hurt deep inside, when a person is seriously ill, or when a person has been really sad, ifpeople turn off their dreams totally, it means they don't allow themselves to even think about it.下载本文