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M:Excuse me, madam.
W:Yes?
M:How long can I keep the book?
W:For one month. Please make sure you return thebook before it's due.
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M:Hurry up, Jenny. It's already 7. We'll be late for the film.
W:Don't worry, dear. We still have 20 minutes and it takes us only 15
minutes to get there.We'll be there just in time.
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M:I heard on the radio that it will be sunny during the holiday weekend.
Maybe we can take atrip to Boston.
W:That sounds great. I'll call Jane to see if she'd like to join us.
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W:It's nearly 8. If you want to catch the 9 o'clock train, you'd better go now.
M:Don't worry. I'll drive to the station.
W:In that case, let me go with you and you drop me off at the city center.
I'll go to the openmarket.
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W:I am sorry the cake is late. We'll do better next time. I promise.
M:Well, I'm sorry too. You have to take it back. The birthday party is over
and we don't needthe cake any more.
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W:Oh, it's broken. Jack is not going to be happy when he sees this. It's his
favorite CD. He willtell mom.
M:Please Kathy, can I borrow 10 dollars? I'll buy him a new one and I'll clean
up your room.
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W:How did you like the dishes, sir?
M:Delicious. Everything was excellent here. Thank you.
W:Do you want some coffee, tea, sir?
M:No, thanks. I'm fine. I'll just have the bill please. How much is your service
charge?
W:15% and it's included in your bill. Thank you very much, sir. We look
forward to seeing youagain.
M:Sure. Good night.
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W:Can I help you?
M:Yes. My daughter bought this camera here for my wife's birthday. But it
doesn't work, soI'd like to change it for another one.
W:I see. Let me have a look. Well, we'll be happy to change it for you. But I
am afraid wedon't have another pink one.
M:Oh? What will I do then?
W:Would you like to choose a different color? We do have this camera in
black and orange.
M:My wife doesn't like either of those colors.
W:If you want, we can order another camera just like this one. There
wouldn't be any extracharge for it.
M:That sounds fine. Would you please go ahead and do that?
W:We'd be very happy to. But it'll take at least a week, maybe 10 days.
We'll call you when itcomes in.
M:Thank you very much!
W:You are welcome.
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W:Hi Joe, many people in our department are leaving for Thanksgiving.
What are you going todo?
M:I think I'll just stay at home. I may see some friends and watch a few
DVDs. And I probablywould go to the auto car show. What about you, Aria? What's your plan?
W:I'm going to do some travelling with my family.
M:Oh? Where to?
W:Toronto and on our way we are going to visit my aunt Bettie in Kinston.
M:That's exciting. How long do you plan to stay?
W:Two days.
I have a gettogether party with my college friends on the 10th in Toronto.
Oh,I'm afraid I've got to go now. My husband is waiting for me and we'll
have to pick up Daniel fromschool. Have a nice holiday, Joe.
M:Thank you! You too.
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W:Where can you look if you want to know how tall the tallest person in the
world is or whothe oldest person in the world is? There is only one
place where you'll find all these informationand that's in the Guinness Book of Records. This morning, we have someone from theGuinness Company that produces that famous book, Thomas Loel. Welcome to the program,Thomas.
M:Thanks Sue. It's a pleasure to be here.
W:Perhaps you can start by telling us where the idea for the book came from.
M:Well, it was first suggested in the early 1930s. Sir Hugh Beaver, the
managing director ofGuinness was out shooting birds with some friends.
A bird flew away so quickly that no one wasable to shoot it. Sir Hugh wondered whether this bird was the fastest bird in Europe. And if itwasn't the
fastest, he wondered what was.
W:So I suppose he went to the nearest library to look for the information
and he couldn't findit?
M:Yes. That's exactly what happened. And this made Sir Hugh think there
must be otherpeople in the same situation who wanted this kind of
information. He though that like himself,people would be interested in finding facts about records to satisfy their curiosity.
W:So the idea for a book of records was born. And when did the first book
come out?
M:A few years later in 1955. So to answer your first question, the tallest
person in the worldis 231.7 cm tall and the oldest person is Jeanne L.
Calment who was born in February, 1875.
W:There are also some rather strange records, aren't there Thomas?
M:Yes. That's right. Did you know, Sue, the shortest time that is taken.