dialogue 1
Jingjing: Goodafternoon, Mark. I know you've ------- a home-body; but doyou have any------------?
Mark: There's something------------,which is to--------------------.
Jingjing: Do you mean a----------------or a bike that you have ---------------
Mark: Just a ----------,with pedals. I took a trip --------------- when I was a much ------------
Jingjing: You---------told me about that! --------------- do that, exactly?
Mark: I was-----------. I took the trip between my----------- of high school.
Jingjing: That sounds--------. Did you go with a-------or --------------?
Mark: The----------trip, I took-----------; but before that, I went with groups on a few ------------ andwith one of my best friends----------------------.
Jingjing: Tell me aboutyour------------. Where did --------------- and where did you ----------?
Mark: I started at the ---------------,and I made it----------- to a----------- of Los Angeles, California.
Jingjing: ---------- didit take you?
Mark: It took -------------. I only took----------------- off from riding.
Jingjing: You must haveseen the ------------ quite a bit. What was that like?
Mark: Well, I call it my-----------------trip. In the---------- two states (Washington and Oregon), most of thetrees ----------------. Then, as I --------------, I started to see palmtrees.
Jingjing: Aren't the-----------------------------in California?
Mark: Yeah, I didn'tknow how ----------- California was until I---------------------it. Thatwas a ------------------ section.
Jingjing: --------------you want to do a trip like that again.
dialogue 2
Jingjing: Mark, you weretelling me about ------------------. What was your ------------part?
Mark: ------------- was quitenice. I took a ------------- there, but -------------- in MarinHeadlands. So, I had about a----------- the city, even though I could seethe city from -----------where I-------------------- my tent.
Jingjing: That'd be -----------------------------------------
Mark: It was great, ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Jingjing: A friend ofmine was thinking about doing a ----------------, but probably would want tosee more---------------. What would you ---------- for a -------- trip?
Mark: Portland to SanFrancisco would be great. It'd be better to have--------------- that,though, to put a little ---------------------------
Jingjing: Good to know. Hey, did you see ------------------doing the same thing as you?
Mark: Yeah--------------------------------
Jingjing: Were they---------------people like you?
Mark: No. Most ofthem --------------. One guy was --------------------
Jingjing: Did you------------------------
Mark: Nah. ------------------------. Also, we---------- in the same areas and shared -------------
Jingjing: What was the------------------like?
Mark: Most parks had-------------that were set apart from the ----------------- with -------------. Thatwas nice, often so quiet you could hear the -------------------through thenight.
Jingjing: That sounds -----------. I'll------------------- your suggestion, and hope that you have a chanceto -------------------- like that.
Mark Thanks, Jingjing. Good -----------
new words and phrases
from dialogue 1
home-body: (noun)
solo: (adjective or adverb)
stint: (noun)
from dialogue 2
posh: (adjective)
diner: (noun)
slack: (noun or adjective)