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Dialogues for beginners
Narrator: Randall Benton & Barbara Dawson Matt & Caryl Auckerman (USA)




Dialogue 1
- Hello. My name`s Pete. What`s yours? - Ann - Nice name. I like it very much. - Thank you. You name`s good, too. - It was nice meeting you. - Thanks. It was nice meeting you.

Dialogue 2
- What`s the date today, I wonder? - Sunday, the 8th of March. - What is it famous for? - Don`t you know? It`s International Women`s Day.

Dialogue 3
- Are lessons over? - Yes, they are. - Where`re you going? Home? - No, to the pictures. My friend`s waiting for me there. - Good luck, then. Good bye. - Well, I`m off. See you later.

Dialogue 4
- Have you got any hobbies? I have. I like English. - So do I. - Do you read much? - Yes, because I want to know English well. - Oh, let`s talk English for a bit. - No objections to it.

Dialogue 5
- Oh, dear, hurry up! - I`m trying to. - Well, come on. It`s your first day at school. - Do you want to be late? - I`m ready now. - Off we go!

Dialogue 6
- I don`t think English is easy. - Why do you think so? - Because I have to work hard learning a lot by heart.

Dialogue 7
- I`m going to be an English language teacher. - Why? - For a number of reasons. - What reasons, I wonder? - The main one is I like English.

Dialogue 8
- What do you think the best sort of job is? - Engineering, I think. - I like medicine. - To my mind the best one is the one you like the most.

Dialogue 9
- I say, where`re you going? - To school, as you see. - Why so early, I wonder? It`s only 12 o`clock now. - That`s right, but I`m on duty, you know. - I see. - Where`re you going? - To a friend of mine to play chess. Bye-bye. - Bye-bye.

Dialogue 10
- Please give me that book. - What for? - To have a look at it. - Here you are. - Thank you. - Not at all.

Dialogue 11
- Have you had a good day at school? - Wonderful! I`ve got three really good marks! - Jolly good. Congratulations! - Thank you.

Dialogue 12
- You`re far too lazy. Look at your English. Is this the best you can do? - You know I`m no good at English. - And what about Physics? - I`m ashamed of myself. - You could easily come top of the class. - I`ll work harder, I promise.

Dialogue 13
- Well, hurry up. - I`m trying to. But look, isn`t there half an hour before school starts? - Is that the right time? - I`m sure it is.

Dialogue 14
- School`s almost over. - Yes, I know. - How many more days? - Six. - When do the holidays start? - Next week.

Dialogue 15
- How did you enjoy your summer holidays? - Oh, yes, very much. I spent them at a youth camp. - On the south coast as usual with your elder sister? - Yes, but this time I was alone. - How lucky you were! - That`s right.

Dialogue 16
- Look here, this has got to stop. You`ve come bottom in nearly every subject. - Except Geography. - Yes, indeed. You came second to bottom in that. - It wasn`t really my fault. I was ill for some time, wasn`t I? - That`s no excuse. - I`ll improve. - I doubt it.

Dialogue 17
- My bag, please. - Which one is it? - It`s one of those, there. - This one? - No, not that one. - What colour? - It`s brown… Yes. That`s it. Thank you. - Not at all.

Dialogue 18
- So you`ve passed your exams. - It wasn`t all that difficult. - It`s because you worked hard, I think. - Well, I was all right in History, but I didn`t do so well