dialogue 1

Jingjing: Cheerio, Mark! Thanks for ----------- again.

Mark: Noproblem. I'm glad to ------- the house. There was a lot of ----------comingfrom ------------- from mine.

Jingjing: Issomeone in your building ----------------?

Mark: I'mnot sure. Yesterday, the ----- started. I ----- for just over anhour and came back to a--------. So, I thought someone was just -------------or something. Today it ----- again; and, after-----an hour, I --------you.

Jingjing: Well, the ----------------------------------.

Mark: Iknow. My---------- gone already.

Jingjing: You'd think ------ wouldn't be ----- when people are supposed to be ----------

Mark: Yeah, I'm keeping ---- crossed, hoping it's -------. I didn't see any -------------. Anyway, ------- about that. Like you said, all the blue------ andflowers are great this year.

Jingjing: Itseems this year is------ for flowers and ------------------.

Mark: I ----------, early this year, obviously. But I remember the ----------magnolia. Then, ----- I knew, I was ----- ---------------.

Jingjing: And now------------. Those are my ----------. I love their ----------.

Mark: I'm---------too. Who isn't? Chinese roses are great, with those big---------growingfrom -------------.

Jingjing: What's your ---------- flower?

Mark: I'drather ----------say. You'd think it's -----------------

Jingjing: Goahead and tell me.

Mark: Oh, alright:--------. Don't ----------- about it.

Jingjing: Why would I make fun of you? It's kind of a -------preference. ------------------

Mark: Thanks. Hey, I was walking here ---- and saw -------------purpleflowers, just up ahead -------------------

Jingjing: OK. Let's go take a-==-

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, are those the flowers you were talking about, ------------------?

Mark: Yeah. Do you know what they're called?

Jingjing: They're not------- which was what------ when you told me about themearlier. They're some kind of -------------------

Mark: Itdoesn't matter. It's nice to see -----------this year. Why do youthink this spring is -------------?

Jingjing: --------------------------------------------------

Mark: Yeahthere's-------- in this park now, no ------- or --------------------

Jingjing: Iheard that --------when we came in. In the past, you'd see ----------- oneach of these -------------. It might not have been enough to really ----------, but over several weeks could have s---------------------------- so wildly.

Mark: Hmm, Iguess it's a --------, to ----- one or two--------- this spring and see so manymore flowers everywhere.

Jingjing: Did you bring your ----------------?

Mark: Nope. I just use my ---------. I really should bring my DSLR.

Jingjing: Ibrought mine. I just got a-------. Taking pictures of flowers is agood -----------

Mark: That'sa pretty ---------- for such a big camera.

Jingjing: It's just two-----, and it has great-----------. It's for---------. If I take a picture of something--------, it almost always ------- enoughfor me to---------------- it.

Mark: I betyou get a------------- pictures. I have a---------- like that too.

Jingjing: Right. I just have to---------- the same picture, and then look atthose on my --------when I get home. Usually there's a ---------, sometimes a great one that-----------------

Mark: That'sa--------------, Jingjing.

Jingjing: Itgets me ------------------, when I don't ------------ work.

Mark: Right. Let's take ------------------

Jingjing: Wow, this ===========

new words andphrases

from dialogue 1

cheerio: hello(often used in England)

do you a good turn: bebeneficial to you, help you change for the better (lucky, healthy)

winter magnolia: 迎春花

hardy: tough, strong (especially for plants, resistant to frost and dry spells)

there's noaccounting for taste: (a saying) everyone has their own sense ofbeauty, which is totally subjective

from dialogue 2

trample: damagesomething by stepping on it (I was almost trampled by elephants when I was akid.)

DSLR: digitalsingle lens reflex (a kind of camera)

depth of field: when apicture shows a certain object in focus, while those in front of or behind itappear quite blurry

crop: to cut apicture, usually much later on a computer, saving only a piece

(a picture) tellsa story: when a photo or a drawing is meaningful