王强口语
r, you see! I manage to pick up what I want in record time!
Victor: Great! Let's head for the express line. Everyone knows express lines move much faster than regular lines.
Mike: All right!
(They get in line.)
Mike: Unfortunately, this express line doesn't move at all!
Cashier: (Shouting) Price check on Munchy Cereal and Florida Grapefruits!
Customer: Now where did I put my checkbook and store coupons?
Victor: The next line has one shopper. Let's switch lines!
(After switching lines)
Mike: Holy cow! Her cart looks like Mt. Everest! (Thinking of switching lines) Good grief! It's too late to go back to my original line. By now the line is three times as long as it was before!
D: (At the check-out counter)
Victor: Thank God! The line moves along at a real fast pace.
Mike: Gee! I forgot one thing! (Saying to a lady) Uh, ma'am, would you please mind my cart for a second?
Female Customer: Sure!
(A few minutes later)
Mike: Miracle of miracles! I managed to get back to my cart just as it's my turn to be totaled! I'm here.
Female Customer: Computer break-down !
Mike: Computer break-down?
Female Customer: Not to worry. It never takes more than a half hour to clear up!
Mike: A half hour?! But you have only one more item to total. Can't you do it in your head?
Female Customer: Sorry, sir. We're not allowed to.
(Finally the computer kicks in and Mike's agony is gone.)
Bagger: Paper or plastic, sir?
Mike: Ellen!
Bagger: Hi, Mike!
Mike: (Saying to Victor in a low voice) She's the new girl in my history class, the one I've been dying to meet!
Bagger: Are you going to the school dance this Friday?
Mike: Uh, I am, if you are.
Bagger: Then I guess I'll be seeing you at the dance, Mike!
Mike: Count on it! (He waves good-bye to Ellen.) Oh, wow! Oh, wow! What was I
saying to myself before I met Ellen? Oh, now I remember. I can't think of anything I enjoy more than shopping!
r, you see! I manage to pick up what I want in record time!
Victor: Great! Let's head for the express line. Everyone knows express lines move much faster than regular lines.
Mike: All right!
(They get in line.)
Mike: Unfortunately, this express line doesn't move at all!
Cashier: (Shouting) Price check on Munchy Cereal and Florida Grapefruits!
Customer: Now where did I put my checkbook and store coupons?
Victor: The next line has one shopper. Let's switch lines!
(After switching lines)
Mike: Holy cow! Her cart looks like Mt. Everest! (Thinking of switching lines) Good grief! It's too late to go back to my original line. By now the line is three times as long as it was before!
D: (At the check-out counter)
Victor: Thank God! The line moves along at a real fast pace.
Mike: Gee! I forgot one thing! (Saying to a lady) Uh, ma'am, would you please mind my cart for a second?
Female Customer: Sure!
(A few minutes later)
Mike: Miracle of miracles! I managed to get back to my cart just as it's my turn to be totaled! I'm here.
Female Customer: Computer break-down !
Mike: Computer break-down?
Female Customer: Not to worry. It never takes more than a half hour to clear up!
Mike: A half hour?! But you have only one more item to total. Can't you do it in your head?
Female Customer: Sorry, sir. We're not allowed to.
(Finally the computer kicks in and Mike's agony is gone.)
Bagger: Paper or plastic, sir?
Mike: Ellen!
Bagger: Hi, Mike!
Mike: (Saying to Victor in a low voice) She's the new girl in my history class, the one I've been dying to meet!
Bagger: Are you going to the school dance this Friday?
Mike: Uh, I am, if you are.
Bagger: Then I guess I'll be seeing you at the dance, Mike!
Mike: Count on it! (He waves good-bye to Ellen.) Oh, wow! Oh, wow! What was I
saying to myself before I met Ellen? Oh, now I remember. I can't think of anything I enjoy more than shopping!
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Long Conversations
A:
Victor: You look beautiful, love bug!
Helen: I do, don't I?
Victor: Why, you could pass for a movie star, or a glamorous top fa