W:Why trouble him? I'll show yohow easy it is to work the machine.

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W: Good afternoon, Dr. Anderson's office.

M: Hello, my name is John Cremer, and I was hoping I could come in today to see the doctor.

W: Are yoa patient of Doctor Anderson?

M: Well, no. I'm in town at a conference and the manager of the hotel where I am staying suggested that I call you.

W:What seems to be the problem?

M:Well, I got this ringing in my ears.

W: The doctor will be busy at the hospital until this evening. So the earliest yocould see him would be tomorrow morning at ten.

M:I'll come in then if that's OK.

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W: What a great day, don't yothink?

M: I guess so. I didn't notice. I feel terrible because I watched television until after midnight last night.

W: After midnight! Did yowatch so late because yowere bored? I usually watch TV only if I have nothing better to do.

M: Bored? No, I was unhappy because I left my meal tickets in the dining room. There's more than fifty dollars worth of meal tickets lost.

W: So, did watching TV make yofeel better?

M: Well, I felt a bit better while I was watching. Yoknow, it took my mind off my troubles. But after I turned the TV off, I just felt even worse with myself for wasting so much time.

W: I've had that feeling before.

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M: Jane! Imagine seeing yohere.

W:Bob! Glad to see yotoo. I haven't seen yofor ages.

M: Yoknow, I've been hoping to get hold of you. Would yobe able to come over this Friday? My sister just returned from a trip to Canada. She'll be staying with us for a few days. I thought yotwo might like to get to know each other since yotwo are both botanists.

W:Oh! I'd love to. But I can't. I have to go up to my younger brother's graduation on Friday right after work. It takes four hours to get to Seattle, yoknow.

M: Stattle? I thought yowere from Portland.

W:No,I just lived there for a few years.

M:Well,it's really too bad yocan't make it. When my sister was in Canada,she spent the whole time taking pictures of plants. I can't believe how good some of them are.

W: Is there any chance that yocould ask her to stay around for a little bit longer? I'll be getting back early Sunday.

M: I doubt whether we can get her to stay much longer. She is busy.

W: Well, if I can't get hold of ber this time, maybe I'll have to wait till the next time she comes around.

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M: Hi, Judy. How about helping me carry some of these books back to the house, can you? If I try and do it myself ,I think I'll break my arms.

W:Wow, where did yoget so many books —rob a librarian? Oh no, don't tell me yoare going to open a bookstore.

M: Very funny. I was at the bookstore the whole day. After Chirstmas many books that were not popular were on sale. And I picked up so many really interesting ones. Take a look.

W: "Speak Chinese", "Introduction to Aisa""Arts and Culture". Are yoplanning to get a job in Asia?

M: Well, they are all interesting but I bought these books because they were worth the money . I couldn't afford them if they were new. If yohelp me carry them I'll let yohave one.

W: I'd certainly like to pick one. Now let me help you.

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Welcome aboard our bus to Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Francisco. We will be making a stop in Pasadena for the passengers to Riverside to get off and change to another bus.

The bus is supposed to arrive in Pasadena by nine o'clock this evening. There will be a twenty - minute stop at Long Beach at six - thirty for dinner.

Passengers going all the way through to Los Angeles should expect to get in at eight o'clock this evening. If you've continuing on to San Francisco, we should be arriving by seven o'clock tomorrow morning. Be sure to remember the number of the bus when yoare reboarding the bus. The number for this bus is 4234.