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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