Dialogue 25
- Have you done your homework?
- Not yet.
- Why not?
- I didn't have time last night.
- That's no excuse.
Dialogue 26
Mummy! - Yes, dear. What's the matter? You seem upset?
- Yes.
- Well, what's happened?
- You see ... I ... well ...
- Come on now, out with it!
- All right, then, if you must know. I've got a bad mark.
- What? Again?
Dialogue 27
- I say, what's wrong?
- Nothing. Everything's fine.
- Why are you crying, then? Will you tell me what's
happened?
- Well, you see, I've lost my book.
- Have you looked for it everywhere in the room?
- Yes. I still can't find it.
Dialogue 28
- What are you looking at?
- That book.
- Which one? Point to it.
- That one, there.
- Oh, yes. Beautiful one, isn't it?
- Yes, it is. I wish I had it.
- So do I.
Dialogue 29
- What about killing that fly?
- No.
- Why not?
- Why should I?
- Isn't it annoying you?
- No, it isn't.
- Well, it's annoying me.
- In that case you kill it yourself.
Dialogue 30
- Why are you switching on the radio set?
- Shall we listen to the 7 o'clock news?
- Isn't it too early for that now?
- Of course not. It's already one to 7.
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