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They promised to keep an eye on the house for us.
Q: What are the two speakers going to do?
6. M: Hurry up, Linda!
I hear that there aren’t many tickets left for the football match.
W: I am ready now. Let’s go. It is the early bird that catches the worm.
Q: Why did the man ask the woman to hurry up?
7. W: Did you hear that the convenience store next to the gas station was held up last night?
M: Yes, I heard it on the radio this morning.
Q: What happened to the convenience store?
8. M: Congratulations! I just heard about your acceptance into a law school.
Do you think you would join your brother’s firm after graduation?
W: Not likely. He is a tax lawyer, and I am going to major in criminal law.
Q: What does the woman mean?
9. M: Excuse me, but could you tell me how to get to the Friendship Hotel?
I thought it was on this corner, but I seem to have made a mistake.
W:I am sorry, but I am a stranger here myself.
Maybe you can try calling them. There is a phone over there outside the department store.
Q: What does the woman mean?
10. M: How is it going, Mary? You look a little overwhelmed.
W: Exactly. You know,
I’ve got a million things to do and all of them have to be finished in the next 30 minutes.
Q: What does the woman mean?
Section B Compound Dictation
Certain phrases one commonly hears among Americans capture their devotion to individualism: