BASIC SENTENCES
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Maid |
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1. Who did you come to see? |
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Paul |
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2. Mr. Phan RagThaj. |
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3. Is he in? |
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Maid |
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4. He's in. |
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5. Excuse me, [but] what's your name? |
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Paul |
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6. Paul Johnson, [a] friend of Phan's from America. |
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(The maid leaves and in a few minutes phan comes in to greet his friend.) |
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Pha &n |
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7. Say, I'm glad you come to see [me]. |
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8. Have you eaten lunch yet? |
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Paul |
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9. [Not] yet. |
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Pha&n |
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10. In that case, won't you eat with me? |
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Paul |
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11. Suits [me] fine, thanks. |
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(The two friends go to the dining-room, and while they are eating, the conversation turns to occupations.) |
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Pha &n |
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12. What do you do for a living? |
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Paul |
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| 13. I'm the manager of [a] tobacco company. |
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Pha &n |
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14. Do you have a lot of people working for you? |
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Paul |
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| 16. Besides [factory] hands, we have salesmen and clerks, too. |
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| 17. And how about you? What are you doing now? |
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Pha &n |
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18. I'm [a] doctor. |
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| 19. My younger brother's studying medicine, too. |
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| 20. Father wanted us to be doctors. |
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| 21. But he's [a] farmer himself. |
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Paul |
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22. I have [an] older sister who's [a] nurse. |
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| 23. And [I] have a couple of younger brothers, too. |
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| 24. One wants to be [a] teacher, but the other one wants to be [a] business man. |
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Pha &n |
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| 25. In fact, if you want to make a lot of money, [it's] better to be [a] business man. |
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Paul |
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26. I agree. |
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27. But a friend of mine's [a] barber. |
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28. He makes enough to support [his] family. |
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Pha &n |
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29. I wouldn't like to be [a] barber. |
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Paul |
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30. I wouldn't either. |
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| 31. I like to have a chance to travel. |
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