W: We’ve got a new case and things get pretty crazy here in the office.

M: Well, then I’ll come to you.

W: No, no, not tonight. Let me see ifI can arrange another night.

M: Sarah, please. We need to talk. It’s about my job.

W: Then tell me on the phone.

M: No, it’s better if we do itin person. How about tomorrow night?

W: I’m not sure. Yocangive me a call tomorrow afternoon.

M: OK.

?in person 亲自

?give sb. a call 给某人打电话

Text 7有客人拜访，着急赶回家

W: Jeff willcall on us this afternoon. Do yoknow where he is now?

M: Er... wait. Let me see. He has sent two messages saying that he’s done withhis work at the office and got a taxi and... and he’ll arrive in twenty minutes.

W: We can’t keep him waiting outside our home. We have to hurry.

M: But it takes at least half an hour to get to the city center by bus. Look at the traffic.

W: Let’s get off. We can save at least twenty minutes by walking through the park.

M: Are yosure?

W: Yes.A hundred percent.

?call on 拜访;看望

?be done with sth. 完成某事

?a hundred percent 完全;百分之百

Text8 意外获得姐姐的一本旧书

W: Morning, Mark.

M: Morning, Clara. How was your weekend?

W: Great. I went to my grandpa’s. He invited us to pick vegetables on his farm. My daughter had a great time there. What about you?

M: Oh, I had a truly incredible experience. Idropped by a yard sale on Saturday and got several books.

W: Novels?

M: A novel and twopoetry collections. As I leafed through the novel, a piece of paper fell out. It was an air ticket from 2012. The flight was from Los Angeles to Chicago and the name on the ticket was Ashley Louis.

W: Was it?

M: Yes. Ashley, my sister. In 2012, she lived in Los Angeles and her husband worked in Chicago. Both of them often flew between two cities. I asked the seller where he got the book. He said it was bought at asecond-hand bookstore in Los Angeles three years ago. Last year, he and his family moved from Los Angeles to Philadelphia.

W: So, all the way cross the country, your sister’s old book landed in your hands. That’s really crazy.

?drop by 偶然访问(某人或某地);顺便访问

?yard sale 庭院拍卖

?poetry collection 诗集

?leaf through 迅速翻阅

?second-hand 二手的

Text 9在印第安纳州上大学的感受

W: Victor, you’ve been here in Indiana for six weeks now. How are yofeeling?

M: I think I’ve got used to college life, going to classes, working out and hanging out with my friends. Though there’s pressure tomeet deadlines, life here is never boring.

W: What’s been hard about being an Indiana basketball player?