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#Person1#: I'm sorry, Sam. I don't want to go to the folk concert.
#Person2#: How about going to the theatre?
#Person1#: I don't like going to the theatre.
#Person2#: Well, what do you like doing?
#Person1#: Travelling, swimming, going to the cinema. And you?
#Person2#: I like painting, sailing, watching football and talking to you.
#Person1#: I like talking to you, too.
#Person2#: Do you want to go to an exhibition? There is one at the Xinghai Exhibition Hall tomorrow.
#Person1#: That's a good idea. | #Person1# and Sam decide to go to the exhibition at the Xinghai Exhibition Hall tomorrow. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: I think I should join a fitness centre. I am getting a little fat and I'm totally out of shape. Even a quick walk of a few hundred metres leaves me out of breath.
#Person2#: I'm afraid you are beginning to look a little overweight. You really need to stop smoking. That's the main reason you're unhealthy.
#Person1#: I guess you're right. I've tried stopping, but I just can't seem to quit.
#Person2#: Why don't you try smoking one cigarette less each day? How many do you smoke each day now?
#Person1#: I smoke around 30 each day.
#Person2#: Ok. So for one month, reduce the number you smoke by one a day. At the end of the month, you'll have quit. You should also buy a tracksuit and go jogging every morning. You don't need to jog far.
#Person1#: If I do a few exercises at home, like crunches, I'll soon deal with this waistline.
#Person2#: Be careful when you go jogging. Don't put yourself under too much stress. You're still a smoker shouldn't do too much exercises in your condition.
#Person1#: I'll join a fitness centre. I'm sure they'll be able to give me more advice. There's one near my office, so I can go before and after work. I don't want to go jogging in the street, so I'll use a treadmill.
#Person2#: Good idea. Remember to eat healthily too. The trainers at the fitness centre will be able to advise you on your diet. | #Person1# wants to lose weight and keep fit. #Person2# suggests #Person1# should stop smoking by reducing the number #Person1# smokes by one a day and go jogging every morning. #Person1#'ll join a fitness center and get some health advice. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Hello, is that Mr. Li?
#Person2#: Yes, speaking. What can I do for you?
#Person1#: I am calling to check your information before the interview. What position did you apply?
#Person2#: I am applying for the waiter in your pub.
#Person1#: Excuse me. Could you slow down a little? I couldn't catch you.
#Person2#: Sure. I will try my best to slow down. | #Person1# calls Mr.Li to check his information before the interview. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Northward Airlines. Can I help you?
#Person2#: Hello. I'd like to reconfirm my flight, please.
#Person1#: May I have your name and flight number, please?
#Person2#: My name is Daniel Adams and my flight number is 374.
#Person1#: When are you leaving?
#Person2#: On May 11th.
#Person1#: And your destination?
#Person2#: Buenos Aires.
#Person1#: Hold the line, please. (. . . ) All right. Your seat is confirmed, Mr. Adams. You'll be arriving in Buenos Aires at 4 o'clock p. m. local time.
#Person2#: Thank you. Can I pick up my ticket when I check in?
#Person1#: Yes, but please check in at least one hour before departure time. | Daniel Adams calls Northward Airlines to reconfirm his flight on May 11th to Buenos Aires. #Person1# tells him his seat is confirmed. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Some places aren't good to go. But I can show you the right bus to take. It will be no problem.
#Person2#: We want to see the Statue of Liberty too.
#Person1#: I have never done that myself. But I hear it is very interesting. You two should go.
#Person2#: You have never gone to the Statue of Liberty? ! I can't believe it! But you live here!
#Person1#: Yes, but I'm very busy with work. And you know how it is, sometimes people don't visit the tourist sites in their own country.
#Person2#: I know. Are the subway trains easy to take here? | #Person2# wants to see the Statue of Liberty and is surprised that #Person1# who lives here has never seen it. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Hello. floor service, can I help you?
#Person2#: Hello, this is Smith from 1308, can you add something to my room?
#Person1#: No problem, what would you need, Mr. Smith?
#Person2#: 2 towels and l Turkish towel, please?
#Person1#: OK, I will send them to you soon.
#Person2#: Thank you.
#Person1#: Anything else, Mr. Smith?
#Person2#: No more, thank you very much. | Mr. Smith calls #Person1# to send 2 towels and 1 Turkish towel. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Good morning. Ru Via Hotel, Room Reservation. Can I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. This is Peter calling from New York, I have to change the date of reservation.
#Person1#: How and in whose name has the reservation been made?
#Person2#: By telephone and in my name.
#Person1#: Please wait a moment. I'll check it in the computer. Thanks for your waiting. You've booked 10 standard rooms for trade negotiation for March 5th, 6th and 7th, is it correct?
#Person2#: Right, but the negotiation has been postponed until 5th to 7th of April. Do you think it's possible for us to change the reservation?
#Person1#: Let me check the reservation list. Fortunately, we have just 10 standard rooms available for the three days. | Peter calls Ru Via Hotel to postpone the date of the room reservation, and #Person1# tells him there are rooms available. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: All the food smells tasty today and makes my mouth water.
#Person2#: Let's line up here. This line seems a little shorter.
#Person1#: What's on the menu today?
#Person2#: Fish, beef, pork, chicken, vegetables and beancurd. For staple food we have rice, steamed bread, stuffed buns and noodles.
#Person1#: Oh, we're lucky today, aren't we?
#Person2#: I'd rather take stewed cabbage with beef.
#Person1#: I think I'll take fried fish, because fish is one of my favorites.
#Person2#: That's good, we can share what we have. Here we are. You go ahead.
#Person1#: ( They get everything ready ) Here is a free table. Let's sit down. Help yourself to some fish please. Isn't it delicious and appetizing?
#Person2#: I'm sorry I don't like it. It's a little too salty for me.
#Person1#: I see. You people from south prefer sweet, don't you?
#Person2#: Yes, I like the fish cooked in sweet and sour sauce best. Try some beef, please.
#Person1#: Thank you. I'm through with one steamed bread and I'd like a second helping.
#Person2#: Your appetite is good.
#Person1#: I'm always feeling hungry. | #Person1# and #Person2# are dining at the canteen. #Person2# takes stewed cabbage with beef, and #Person1# takes fried fish. They share food and talk about their tastes. #Person2# thinks the fish is salty and prefers sweet. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Good morning. May I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. I'm looking for an apartment. I'd like two bedrooms.
#Person1#: All right. Have a seat, please. Let me ask you a few questions. First of all, may I have your name, please?
#Person2#: My name's Donald Eakins.
#Person1#: How do you spell your last name, Mr. Eakins.
#Person2#: It's E-A-K-I-N-S.
#Person1#: E-A-K-I-N-S. First name, Donald. And what's your present address, Mr. Eakins?
#Person2#: It's 1446 Pine Street.
#Person1#: 1446 Pine. That's in San Francisco, isn't it?
#Person2#: Yes, it is. | Mr. Eakins's looking for an apartment with two bedrooms and tells #Person1# his basic information. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: A report says running red lights causes one thousand traffic accidents every year.
#Person2#: It's horrible. Why do drivers run a red light then?
#Person1#: Maybe they know they shouldn't run a red light, but when they are driving they don't pay enough attention to traffic lights.
#Person2#: Talking on the cell phone while driving is very dangerous too. It increases the chance of accidents.
#Person1#: I know. If a policeman catches you using the cell phone while driving, you will be fined. | #Person1# and #Person2# are talking about that running red lights causes traffic accidents. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: What's the problem?
#Person2#: There was a stop sign back there that you didn't stop for.
#Person1#: I really didn't see it.
#Person2#: How'd you miss it?
#Person1#: I only saw bushes at the intersection.
#Person2#: Those bushes are covering the stop sign.
#Person1#: I really didn't mean to run it.
#Person2#: I see why you didn't stop.
#Person1#: Are you still going to write me a ticket?
#Person2#: No, I'm just going to let you go.
#Person1#: Thanks for being so understanding.
#Person2#: That's all right. Make sure to look closely next time. | #Person1# tells #Person2# #Person1# didn't stop at the stop sign because it's covered by bushes. #Person2# lets #Person1# go. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Good morning. So this is the first day for you to work here, I hope you'll like your job.
#Person2#: Good morning, Ms. Wilson. I've got a lot to learn from you. I think I'll enjoy working with you.
#Person1#: I hope so. Now let me tell you your duties here. This is your desk. Please sit down.
#Person2#: Thank you.
#Person1#: Your main duty is to answer the phone calls and transfer them to the person wanted.
#Person2#: I see. What if the person wanted is out?
#Person1#: In that case, you are supposed to ask the caller to leave a message.
#Person2#: Is there anything else I should do?
#Person1#: Yes, you are responsible for keeping all files in order.
#Person2#: All right.
#Person1#: If you have any questions. I will help you.
#Person2#: Thank you. | Ms. Wilson shows #Person2# #Person2#'s desk and tells #Person2# about #Person2#'s main duties since #Person2# works here for the first day. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Good morning, Janice. Our office will hold a welcoming party in the evening, so I will allocate you some assignment.
#Person2#: Is that difficult?
#Person1#: Don't worry. I will find someone to assist you.
#Person2#: That's all right. What can I do?
#Person1#: Firstly, you should go to the supermarket, which is nearest to our company, to buy some fruit, drinks, desserts and cakes. Here is the list of things you need to buy.
#Person2#: Well. I can do it. And then?
#Person1#: The meeting room on the Fourth Floor needs to be swept. Jerry and Tom will help you at that time. Any questions?
#Person2#: Who will pay for these things?
#Person1#: Don't worry about that. I have already calculated the money about things you will buy. Remember to give me the receipt when you come back.
#Person2#: OK. I will go in no time. | For the welcoming party tonight, #Person1# allocating Janice some assignment, including shopping for food and sweeping the meeting room with Jerry and Tom's help. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Welcome to our company.
#Person2#: I really love this kind of atmosphere.
#Person1#: An impressive officer is vital to the image projected by the company.
#Person2#: There are people everywhere. What's that girl doing?
#Person1#: She is dealing with customers and driving up new business. The guy next to her is in charge of their office computer network.
#Person2#: And what about that man there?
#Person1#: He is our accountant.
#Person2#: I see you have a coffee bar for a water cooler. The staff here must be comfortable. I think it really helps morale when people feel supported by their employees.
#Person1#: Indeed, they are. Keeping staff happy is the only way to keep them with the company. | #Person1# is introducing the workplace and the employees to #Person2#. #Person2# admires the comfortable atmosphere of the company. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: I've been having problems getting onto the Internet.
#Person2#: Have you checked your connection settings?
#Person1#: Yes, they're fine. I suppose. the server might be down again.
#Person2#: Yes, there have been a few problems recently. Why don't you call the IT department? | #Person1# tells #Person2# #Person1# has problems getting onto the Internet. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Sir, I want to ask for a leave for five days. Here is the request form.
#Person2#: Let me see your form. You mentioned that you want five days to go back home for New Year, right?
#Person1#: Yes, I need to go home to have a family reunion.
#Person2#: Do you still remember we already have a New Year celebration on January 1st?
#Person1#: Yes, sir. I remember it. But our Chinese usually celebrate the New Year on lunar calendar.
#Person2#: Well, I understand that. Your request is approved. Remember to give my best regards to your parents. | #Person1# asks for a leave to go back home for the Chinese New Year, and #Person2# approves the request. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Hi, Professor Higgins.
#Person2#: Hi, Julia.
#Person1#: Would you be able to help me organize my essay?
#Person2#: Certainly. What topic have you chosen?
#Person1#: Women in Politics.
#Person2#: That topic is very broad. I think you should narrow it down.
#Person1#: Do you think I could just do women in English speaking countries-say the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Britain?
#Person2#: Well, that would be better.
#Person1#: I am interested in the pattern of political involvement of women in those western democracies. With New Zealand and Australia leading the way, women in those countries had the vote soon after the end of World War I.
#Person2#: It would be good to begin with a discussion of when women got the right to vote and how they use it.
#Person1#: The record of women in politics in all those countries has been similar. None of them has women represented more than 10 percent of members of the national legislature.
#Person2#: Remember, it is not what you think. You must back up your opinions with facts. Support for all your ideas is essential. I think you should check the statistics on what percentage of women hold political office in the national governments.
#Person1#: Okay, I also plan to discuss the role of organized women's rights.
#Person2#: That is a good idea, but remember this term-paper is only 5,000 words so you must keep your topic focused.
#Person1#: Could I bring you a rough draft next week?
#Person2#: I would prefer if you brought an outline, breaking down your main topics and subtopics. It may be a good idea to bring some of your reference materials along.
#Person1#: Sure, I will do that. Thank you very much. | Julia asks for Professor Higgins's help to organize her essay. Julia chose the topic of Women in Politics, and Professor suggests narrowing it down. Professor tells Julia what to begin with and must back up her opinions with facts. Julia will bring an outline and some reference materials next week. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Stanley, there is a Mr. Miller on the phone who wants to talk to you.
#Person2#: I'm busy at the moment. Can you ask him to hold? Tell him I'll talk with him in a few seconds.
#Person1#: Sure, he's on Line 2.
#Person2#: Thanks, Jane. | Stanley tells Jane to ask Mr. Miller to hold because he's busy. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Do you like Chinese food?
#Person2#: Yes, Ido.
#Person1#: What's your favorite Chinese food?
#Person2#: Mm. It's hard to say. I like hot and sour soup a lot but I guess I like bean curd better.
#Person1#: Do you eat Chinese food often?
#Person2#: Once in a while. | #Person2# tells #Person1# #Person2# likes hot and sour soup. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: I think we'd better go over my schedule, Irene. I'm going to have a look at our European operation, as you know, and as I'll be visiting a number of countries, I'd like you to make the bookings.
#Person2#: Right, Mr. Buck. I'll take down the details.
#Person1#: Well, I'm leaving on Tuesday, April 15th, for London. I'm going to attend a sales conference for our British representatives. That runs through Wednesday and Thursday, and then there's a reception at Canada House on Thursday evening.
#Person2#: Are you going to meet the Ambassador, then?
#Person1#: I guess so. But the main thing is that on Friday morning, I have a meeting with the British Minister of Trade and Industry. We're going to discuss the site of our new plant in Scotland.
#Person2#: So when are you leaving for Paris?
#Person1#: First flight on Saturday morning. I'm planning to meet my wife there. She's going to fly over direct, arriving in the afternoon. Then we'll have a relaxed weekend before I see Mr. Chambery, the European Manager, on Monday. So from Paris on, I'll need a double room.
#Person2#: How long are you going to stay in Paris, Mr. Buck?
#Person1#: Only till Monday evening. I'm going to Rome to see our plant there on Tuesday, and on Wednesday I'm due in Madrid to inspect the new factory.
#Person2#: And that's the last item on the agenda. So when are you coming back? Are you going to fly from Madrid?
#Person1#: Yes, on the first plane out on Thursday. We must be back on Friday, the 25th. It's my daughter Sharon's birthday. | Mr. Buck is going over his schedule from April 15th to 25th with Irene as he's going to have a look at the European operation, and he needs Irene to make some bookings. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: I am taking this great course-Psychology of Language, it's really interesting. Since you are a psychology major, you should sign up for it.
#Person2#: Actually I tried to do that, but they told me I have to take language studies first. | #Person1#'s taking an interesting course and suggests #Person2# sign up. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Hello, Susan.
#Person2#: Macman Dossor, my favorite customer. How are you?
#Person1#: I'm fine. I heard you weren't well.
#Person2#: Well, I was away for a couple of weeks. But I am fine now. Er, you were going to the States, weren't you?
#Person1#: Well, I didn't make it. What I've been doing is reorganizing the whole department nonstop since I saw you, and I just haven't had a moment to myself. This is the first time I've been in here since Christmas.
#Person2#: Well, it's good to see you again. Are you ready to order? | Macman Dossor, Susan's favorite customer, comes to Susan's restaurant. They talk about how they've been recently. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: How are your wedding plans going?
#Person2#: Very well. We started organizing everything early to avoid a last minute rush to get things done.
#Person1#: When will your wedding take place?
#Person2#: At ten o'clock on the morning of next Sunday. We have invited all our relatives to the wedding.
#Person1#: It will be a large church one. Is your wedding dress ready?
#Person2#: Yes, its design is very elaborate and the designer took many weeks to make it.
#Person1#: You will be very beautiful on your wedding day.
#Person2#: Thank you!
#Person1#: Which hotel will the reception be held at?
#Person2#: The Palace Hotel.
#Person1#: It's excellent. A friend of mine had her wedding reception there and said it was perfect, though very expensive.
#Person2#: It will be expensive, but we think it will be worth.
#Person1#: I think you made the right decision. | #Person1# asks #Person2# how #Person2#'s wedding plans are going. #Person2# says it goes well and tells #Person1# the time, the wedding dress, and the hotel. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: I'm sure you never dare to go against your wife.
#Person2#: Why should I go against her? She always seems to have better ideas.
#Person1#: Have you ever got the goods on her for wrong doings?
#Person2#: Get the goods on her? She never allows me to go to her office. And she is a good woman. She has been faithful all these years.
#Person1#: Well, it's nice to have a husband like you. | #Person2# tells #Person1# he never goes against his wife and thinks she's good. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: They probably need a psychiatrist.
#Person2#: Oh, a psychiatrist! Never heard of such nonsense! If only I could get my hands on them!
#Person1#: You might get beaten up.
#Person2#: I don't know.
#Person3#: I'd like to meet them and really give them a piece of my mind.
#Person2#: They must be made to suffer.
#Person1#: Perhaps they've suffered a lot already. After all, crime is a disease.
#Person2#: Which needs some pretty incisive surgery.
#Person1#: Well, it needs treatment. But primitive punishment doesn't necessarily do any good.
#Person2#: I don't agree. Primitive people need primitive punishment. The trouble is you haven't been robbed.
#Person1#: Oh no, the trouble is, you have! | #Person2#'s been robbed and is angry. #Person1#, #Person2#, and #Person3# are discussing how to deal with the criminals. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: I need to find the cereal aisle.
#Person2#: The cereal is over by the breakfast foods.
#Person1#: Where is that at?
#Person2#: It's by the oatmeal and breakfast bars.
#Person1#: I think I can find that.
#Person2#: Did you need help finding anything else?
#Person1#: Actually, I do need to find the dishwashing detergent.
#Person2#: That would be over by the paper towels and toilet paper.
#Person1#: I thought it was over there.
#Person2#: Yeah, you'll find it there.
#Person1#: I really appreciate all your help. | #Person2# tells #Person1# where to find the cereal aisle and the dishwashing detergent. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: I like this television very much. How much does it cost?
#Person2#: It's the most expensive model in the shop. It costs five hundred pound.
#Person3#: That's too expensive for us. We can't afford all that money.
#Person2#: This model's less expensive than that one. It's only three hundred pound. But, of course, it's not as good as the expensive one.
#Person1#: I don't like this model. The other model's more expensive, but it's worth the money. Can we buy it on instalments?
#Person2#: Of course. You can pay a deposit of thirty pounds, and then forty pound a minth for three years.
#Person1#: Do you like it, dear?
#Person3#: I certainly do, but I don't like the price. you always want the best, but we can't afford it. Sometimes you think you're a millionaire!
#Person1#: Millionaires don't buy things on instalments ! | #Person1# and #Person3# are buying television at #Person2#'s shop. #Person1# prefers the most expensive model and thinks it's worth the money, but #Person3# thinks it's too expensive. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: I know I'm a blabbermouth, but what do you think she should do, John?
#Person2#: Honey, we're in the museum now. We're not here to discuss your coworker's love life. We're here to enjoy the great paintings by Picasso!
#Person1#: I know! But it's really important to her! Her whole life could be ruined by this man!
#Person2#: You're making a federal case out of it. One unhealthy love affair can't ruin anything. It could even make your life more interesting.
#Person1#: Are you serious, John?
#Person2#: All I'm trying to say is that life is. . . like. . . er . . . this painting. | John's wife is talking about her coworker's love life when visiting a museum, but John doesn't want to discuss it. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Nice to see you, Mary! Come in, please!
#Person2#: Thank you Tom, but I am afraid not now. I've come only to return the book borrowed from you.
#Person1#: Wonderful. I've been waiting for you a long time and longing to know what you think of it.
#Person2#: It is very interesting and I've learned a lot from it.
#Person1#: Well, so it is with me.
#Person2#: Oh, sorry. I can't go on talking about it with you any longer.
#Person1#: It doesn't matter. Better stay here for another 10 minutes.
#Person2#: No, I'll go and buy some food in the shop and I have to say goodbye to you.
#Person1#: Goodbye. | Mary comes to Tom's to return a book. Mary tells John the book is very interesting, then she leaves for shopping. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Where did you stay in London?
#Person2#: We stayed with my uncle. He lives in London.
#Person1#: What did you do in London?
#Person2#: We went shopping in Oxford Street. Oxford Street is one of the best places to shop in London. I bought a great pair of jeans there.
#Person1#: What else did you do?
#Person2#: We went to see a musical. We saw the show Cats. It was wonderful. I love the songs and the dancing.
#Person1#: Did you go anywhere else in England?
#Person2#: We went to stay with my aunt in York.
#Person1#: Where's York?
#Person2#: York is in the northeast of England. There's a big church there and a castle and very old walls around the city.
#Person1#: Like the Great Wall of China?
#Person2#: A little bit, but York city walls are much smaller. It was fun walking around the city on the walls.
#Person1#: What was the food like?
#Person2#: Wonderful, both my uncle and my aunt run Chinese restaurants. | #Person1# asks #Person2# #Person2#'s stay in London. #Person2# tells #Person1# what #Person2# did there, where the city of York is, and how the food is like. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Hello, this is Katrina Travel Agency. May I help you?
#Person2#: Yes, this is Edgar. I'll have a holiday. And I'm thinking about traveling abroad with my parents. Can you give me some advice?
#Person1#: Of course. May I ask how long you will plan to travel.
#Person2#: About a week.
#Person1#: OK. What do you have in mind?
#Person2#: I'd love to go to Europe.
#Person1#: You are very lucky we have a special offer for European tours.
#Person2#: Great. Can I have some extra information?
#Person1#: Sure, for family tours, we have 5 European cities on the list. And we'll see Big Ben in London, Eiffel Tower in Paris and other places of interest.
#Person2#: That's just what I am thinking of. I'll talk about this with my parents and call you back. Thank you. | Edgar calls Katrina Travel Agency to ask for some advice on traveling to Europe for a week with parents. #Person2# recommends special family tours. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: My history professor says I should think about a job in politics, but I don't think I'd make a good politician.
#Person2#: Why not?
#Person1#: You know me. I'm not good at dealing with people and politicians have to work with people all the time.
#Person2#: That's true. So what do you think you want to do?
#Person1#: I think I will be a good artist. I love painting pictures.
#Person2#: That reminds me of a problem I'm having. You know my parents have a restaurant, right? They want me to be the manager.
#Person1#: And you want to?
#Person2#: No way. A restaurant manager has to manage other people. It would be terrible. I'm too disorganized. Honestly, I want to be a teacher because I like working with kids and I'm good at it.
#Person1#: That's true. | #Person1#'s history professor says #Person1# should be a politician, but #Person1# wants to be an artist. #Person2#'s parents want #Person2# to become their restaurant manager, but #Person2# wants to be a teacher. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Hello.
#Person2#: Hi, Sue. It's Bil Parker from your geometry class.
#Person1#: Oh. Hi, Bil. How are you?
#Person2#: Fine, thanks. Listen, I'm working on our assignment and I can't seem to figure out question tend and the teaching assistant's out of town, so I was wondering if you could help me.
#Person1#: Well, I did the last one. But I'm not sure it's right.
#Person2#: At least you finally figured it out. I didn't get past the first three steps. Would you like to have coffee with me? We could go over all of the problems.
#Person1#: That's a good idea. I need help with question 3. I'm completely lost on that one.
#Person2#: Are you free now?
#Person1#: I have swimming practice in a few minutes and then I have to study for a biology exam. But I could meet you right after dinner.
#Person2#: That's bad for me. I have a meeting for the signal.
#Person1#: The what?
#Person2#: The signal. You know, the campus literary magazine. It comes out once a month.
#Person1#: Oh, sorry. I just came here this year.
#Person2#: I'll give you a copy. In fact, I'll bring it when we meet.So anyway, what about tomorrow? After lunch maybe?
#Person1#: Great. See you around 1:00. | Bil Parker calls Sue to asks for her help with the assignment. He invites her for coffee so that they could go over the geometry problems. They will meet around 1:00 tomorrow. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Well, I want to talk to you about the training schedule. At the moment you're only doing an hour of training a day, right?
#Person2#: Yes.
#Person1#: You need to increase that to 2 hours a day.
#Person2#: 2 hours? What will I do during the extra hour?
#Person1#: You will have to do some strength training exercises.
#Person2#: It sounds tiring.
#Person1#: Yes, but you do get 8 hours of sleep every night. Now, about your diet! First of all, lots of rice and bread, and you could only eat white meat, such as chicken and turkey. Red meat is not allowed.
#Person2#: What? I love fast food. Does that mean I can't eat hamburgers anymore?
#Person1#: Yes.
#Person2#: Oh, no! And pizza?
#Person1#: No, you shouldn't eat that either. But you must eat vegetables 3 times a day, and fruit 4 times a day.
#Person2#: OK, I can do that. | #Person1# talks to #Person2# about the training schedule. #Person2#'s training time increases to 2 hours per day, and the diet is also changed. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: You look tired.
#Person2#: Yeah, I'm worn out. I've been surfing the Internet.
#Person1#: Were you doing school work or playing games?
#Person2#: Well, I wanted to get some information about Canada for my project, but I found a really interesting chat room with people from that country and started chatting.
#Person1#: Did you get the information you needed?
#Person2#: Yes, but then we spent a lot of time chatting about other interests. | #Person2# tells #Person1# #Person2# is worn out because #Person2# has been surfing the Internet. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Were you always interested in starting a food business?
#Person2#: Actually, I was interested in sales at first, because that's what both my parents do. But I used to work part time in a cafe when I was a kid and that's what got me interested.
#Person1#: What was the first place you opened?
#Person2#: I rented a cheap place near the university and I started selling lunches to the students. The place was always crowded at lunchtime, so one day I sold it. With that money, I opened a much bigger place downtown. | #Person2# tells #Person1# how #Person2# started a food business, and the first place #Person2# opened. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Do you plan to further your study?
#Person2#: Yes, I have been always learning the Economics on my own. My dream is to get a master's degree in Economics.
#Person1#: If you make every effort to the company, you will have a great chance to attend the on-the-job postgraduate. The tuition fee will be financed by our company.
#Person2#: Really? It is amazing. I will apply for a position in your company. | #Person2# dreams to get a master's degree in economics. #Person1# suggests the on-the-job postgraduate. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Good afternoon, ma'am. May I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. Can I deposit valuables here?
#Person1#: Of course, you can. Please put your articles in this bag and seal it.
#Person2#: OK.
#Person1#: Thank you. Here is your tag.
#Person2#: Would you tell me the rate per day for depositing my bag?
#Person1#: Sure, madam. Only one dollar.
#Person2#: When does the cloakroom close?
#Person1#: This cloakroom is open until 10 p. m.
#Person2#: Oh, dear! I won't be back until about 11:30 tonight. Where can I pick up my bag?
#Person1#: We will transfer your bag to the Lobby Floor Cloakroom. You may collect it there, madam.
#Person2#: I see. Thanks a lot.
#Person1#: You're welcome. | #Person2# deposits her bag in #Person1#'s place. She will pick her bag at the Lobby Floor Cloakroom at 11:30 tonight. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: I need help. I think my arm is broken.
#Person2#: Alright. Have you been to this hospital before?
#Person1#: No, I haven't. I need help quick. It hurts really badly.
#Person2#: I understand. It's good you came to the emergency room.
#Person1#: Let me see a doctor.
#Person2#: I'm sorry, sir. You will need to wait at least a short time.We are very busy tonight. There was a big car accident on Highway 106.
#Person1#: I thought this was the emergency room.
#Person2#: It is. But unless you are critically injured, you still need to wait.You aren't bleeding, are you?
#Person1#: No. Only a little. I fell off my porch.
#Person2#: Oh, that's terrible. Is it your right arm or your left arm?
#Person1#: My left arm.
#Person2#: Can you fill out this form then?
#Person1#: No, I can't. I'm left-handed.
#Person2#: That's very inconvenient for you then.You ' ll probably have a cast on your left arm.
#Person1#: Yes. But why do I have to fill out a form anyway? This is the emergency room.
#Person2#: Yes, it is. But even in emergency rooms there is some paperwork to be done.Have you ever been in an emergency room before?
#Person1#: No. Just let me see a doctor. I'm worried about my arm.
#Person2#: Be brave, sir. It won't be long. I will fill out the form for you. What is your name?
#Person1#: Steve Schliessman. S C H L I E S S M A N.
#Person2#: Alright Steve. Your social security number?
#Person1#: 349-95- 8821.
#Person2#: Do you have medical insurance?
#Person1#: Yes, I do. Blue Cross.
#Person2#: Do you have your insurance card with you?
#Person1#: No, I don't.
#Person2#: Well, you can call it in later. You can phone us.
#Person1#: Can I sit down now?
#Person2#: First I need to get your address. Try to move your arm as little as possible. | Steve has to wait for his arm to be fixed because the emergency room is busy with the car accident. #Person2# helps Steve to fill out the form while waiting. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: what did you do last night?
#Person2#: I just stayed at home and watched TV.
#Person1#: did you watch the Barcelona versus Madrid game?
#Person2#: yes, it was a very evenly matched game.
#Person1#: what were the results of the game?
#Person2#: it ended in a tie.
#Person1#: what was the actual score?
#Person2#: it was three all.
#Person1#: really? I thought Barcelona was going to win. They are a much better team than Madrid.
#Person2#: if Barcelona had played as they normally do, they should have won.
#Person1#: what happened?
#Person2#: their goalkeepers got injured after the first goal, but he kept on playing anyway.
#Person1#: that explains it.
#Person2#: how many more games are left this season?
#Person1#: that was the last game before the playoffs.
#Person2#: when do the playoffs start?
#Person1#: in a few weeks. Are you planning on watching them?
#Person2#: of course! I really love watching football games on TV.
#Person1#: Me, too! Do you want to come over and watch the next game at my place? I'm planning on having a few people over to watch it together.
#Person2#: sure, that would be great.
#Person1#: Ok, it's a date then! | #Person1# and #Person2# discuss the Barcelona versus Madrid game and plan to watch the playoffs together in a few weeks. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Hello, where can I buy an inexpensive cashmere sweater?
#Person2#: Maybe you should look around for an outlet.
#Person1#: That is a wonderful idea.
#Person2#: Outlets have more reasonable prices.
#Person1#: Thank you for your help.
#Person2#: No problem. Good luck | #Person1# wants to buy a sweater.#Person2# suggests an outlet. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Are you a blogger?
#Person2#: Sure I am. I've been writing a blog for almost three years.
#Person1#: Oh, it seems that I'm the only one who never blogs. When did you get started?
#Person2#: I began blogging when I first went to the US for my graduate strides.
#Person1#: What do you usually write about?
#Person2#: At first, I'll write about my life there. Like interesting things on the campus, travel stories, special English words that I come across. Sometimes, I'll post my pictures on my blog so my friends and family can get to know how everything's going.
#Person1#: That's interesting. How often do you write a blog?
#Person2#: It's random. If there happen to be a lot of things going on, I may add several new entries in a week, and if I've got nothing to share, I may leave my blog untouched for weeks.
#Person1#: Got it. Are you still updating your blog?
#Person2#: Sure, since I came back from the US, I've been keeping the habit of blogging, simply to share my personal insights on any topic I like.
#Person1#: Good for you. I know many people just leave their blogs alone after the first few months. | #Person2# has been writing blogs for three years. #Person2# writes about #Person2#'s life and #Person2# is still updating blogs. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: What did you think of the film?
#Person2#: I liked it. I thought it was great.
#Person1#: Yes, I liked it, too. Did you like the acting?
#Person2#: Yes. I thought it was excellent. Didn't you?
#Person1#: Not really. I thought it was disappointing.
#Person2#: It's a nice cinema, isn't it?
#Person1#: Do you think so? I don't like it very much. I found it rather uncomfortable. | #Person1# does not like the acting and the cinema but #Person1# does | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Excuse me, can you tell me where I can take a taxi? This is the first time I have been in England, so I don't know where I can do at all.
#Person2#: Of course. Don't worry. I'll call one for you.
#Person1#: Thank you very much, by the way, is it quite expensive to take a taxi?
#Person2#: Yes, besides it versa according to the distance.
#Person1#: All right. I only hope to get a skillful driver, and drive me to my stop safe way.
#Person2#: No problem.
#Person1#: Thanks a lot, bye bye.
#Person2#: You are welcome, bye. | #Person2# calls a taxi for #Person1# and says the fare depends on the distance. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: How long have you been living in New York?
#Person2#: Oh, about two years now.
#Person1#: Where do your parents live?
#Person2#: They still live in Shanghai where I was born.
#Person1#: Do you write or call them very much?
#Person2#: Yes, I try to keep in touch with them. | #Person2# has lived in New York for 2 years. #Person2# misses #Person2#'s parents in Shanghai. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: I have two finals this week and one oral presentation and I'm not ready for any of them!
#Person2#: Sounds like you will be doing some serious cramming till Friday!
#Person1#: I hate this part of school.
#Person2#: Why did you put it off until the last minute?
#Person1#: I didn't mean to. Things just kept taking up all of my time.
#Person2#: Maybe you got your plate too full this semester? You can change that next semester.
#Person1#: I think I'd better. I have twenty four credits this time around. That might be a bit much.
#Person2#: I'll say. The regular eighteen is just about all I can handle myself. | #Person1# put two finals and one oral presentation until the last minute because #Person1#'s plate is too full this semester. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Television is undoubtedly a great invention, but one of the main criticisms of it is that people just aren't selective enough. Lesley, got a television. how do you pick out the sorts ofprogrammes you want to watch?
#Person2#: I try and look at the programmes that are on to decide which particular ones interest me, rather than you turning it on a seven o'clock and you leaving it on until half-past eleven when the programmes finish.
#Person1#: Do you think of television though as a great time-waster?
#Person2#: Un. . . I think it can be a time-waster and it depends on how particular people are about what they want to see. . . Mm, it can just be a sort total amusement for someone and totally consuming without reallyconsidering what it is they're watching.
#Person1#: Aha, but how do you prevent it coming into your life and taking oversour evenings and at the same time perhaps get. . . get out of thetelevision some of the sort of best things. . . best programmes that. . . that undoubtedly are on television?
#Person2#: Well, I suppose one of the problems is. . . will depend on what a person's life style is, and that if he has other outside interests which are equally important to him as television, he will then, you know, hmm. be more careful about which programme she wants to watch because he has time which he wants to use for other things.
#Person1#: Do you think though that. . . that in. . . in a sense television skilled people's own er. . . sort of, creativity or their ability entertain themselves because if they're bored all they do is justturn on the television?
#Person2#: Yes, I think that is a danger, and I think that. . in fact is what mishappening to a lot of people who use it as their. . . their main. . . um field of amusement and. . . because they don't have other outside interests and even when people come round they'll leave the television and not be, you know, particularly interested in talking to them, you Know the television will be the main thing in the room. | Lesley looks at the programmes that interest Lesley. Lesley believes that television can be a time-waster. Lesley also supposes that if a person has other outside interests, he will be more careful about television programmes. Lesley thinks that televisions threaten people's ability to entertain themselves. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: It's time to leave the office for the night. Firstly I log off my computer, then I set the electronic security system.
#Person2#: That's pretty advanced.
#Person1#: Now I'll quickly send a short message to my wife and take the elevator down to the basement.
#Person2#: Is that where you park?
#Person1#: Yes, the car park is under constant video surveillance, so my car is quite safe. Please get in.
#Person2#: Thank you. Where is your key?
#Person1#: There's no need, I have keyless entry, and the steering wheel recognizes my finger prints before starting the car. Now, we can look at the navigation system to find the best route home.
#Person2#: That's amazing, it even shows all the roads that are congested at the moment.
#Person1#: Using GPS I can rely on this to direct me home. Now I just need to find my E-Card to automatically open the gate and we can drive out.
#Person2#: Pretty soon cars will be driving themselves.
#Person1#: Maybe, but in the meantime why not help me find the remote control for my garage door?
#Person2#: Here it is, and here we are.
#Person1#: When I turn off my home alarm, the house will automatically tum on the lights and set the climate to a comfortable level.
#Person2#: I have to get home, but I don't need all of this fancy technology, I think I'll just walk. | #Person1# logs off the computer and set the electronic security system. Then #Person1# texts #Person1#'s message on the way to the basement. #Person1#'s car has keyless entry and GPS. #Person1#'s house can automatically turn on the lights and set the climate. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: How are you getting along with your paper?
#Person2#: I haven't finished it. It is very difficult.
#Person1#: You should hand it in before next Sunday.
#Person2#: Oh, I know. I will try my best.
#Person1#: I believe you can do a good job. | #Person1# asks #Person2# to hand in the paper before next Sunday. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Hello.
#Person2#: Hello, Claire. This is Mick.
#Person1#: Mick! Nice to hear from you again. How are you?
#Person2#: Fine, thanks. And you?
#Person1#: Oh, not so bad. I've been very busy, but I'm going away on holiday soon.
#Person2#: Good. Listen. I'm phoning because I want to invite you to a party. At our Newhouse. And. .
#Person1#: New house? Really?
#Person2#: Yes. We've moved. That's why we're giving the party. Can you come?
#Person1#: Well, that depends. When is it?
#Person2#: This Saturday evening.
#Person1#: Well. . . I'm going away on Sunday morning. Very early. Will the party go Convery late?
#Person2#: Until two in the morning. But you don't have to stay that long. Well? What about it?
#Person1#: All right. I'll come. But I'd like to bring a present Something for your new house. What would you like?
#Person2#: Nothing. I mean, don't bring anything. It isn't necessary.
#Person1#: But I'd still like. . .
#Person2#: Just bring yourself! I'm looking forward to seeingyou again. It's been a long time!
#Person1#: Yes, it has. I'm looking forward to seeing you. too. and your new house. Uh. . . when does the party start?
#Person2#: Come any time after eight. All right? .
#Person1#: Yes. Oh. by the W. .
#Person2#: Bye! See you on Saturday evening.
#Person1#: Wait a moment, Mick. You haven't. . . Mick? Are you still there? You haven'tgiven me your new address. Hello? Mick? Hello? | Mick invites Clarie to a party on Saturday evening. Clarie will attend the party but Mick has not given Clarie address. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: There's a big sale on clothes and sporting goods at Riverside Mall.
#Person2#: Sporting goods? Is that bike Tim wanted on sale?
#Person1#: Yeah, it's 30 percent off the regular price.
#Person2#: Well, maybe we could get it now and hide it until his birthday.
#Person1#: Yeah, it's a couple weeks away, and we don't have anything yet.
#Person2#: Don't buy him underwear again. He hates that.
#Person1#: I know, I know, but if I didn't buy it for him, he'd never buy it.
#Person2#: See anything else we need there?
#Person1#: Well, all shoes are 20 percent off.
#Person2#: Shoes? You already have a closet full of shoes.
#Person1#: I know, but another pair can't hurt.
#Person2#: Oh, all right. I need some new shirts, too. Let's go after breakfast. | #Person1# and #Person2# are planning to buy a bike for Tim's birthday. #Person1# wants to buy shoes. #Person2# wants some shirts. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: I enjoyed talking to you.
#Person2#: I enjoyed talking to you too.
#Person1#: We should hang out some time.
#Person2#: I think that would be nice.
#Person1#: Is there anything you would like to do next time?
#Person2#: Do you want to go out to eat?
#Person1#: I'd like that.
#Person2#: So I'll see you next time.
#Person1#: I'm going to call you soon.
#Person2#: I'll talk to you later.
#Person1#: See you soon.
#Person2#: Goodbye. | #Person1# and #Person2# plan to hang out and eat together next time. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Where do you want to go?
#Person2#: I am going to the Capital Hotel.
#Person1#: Get in. I will take you there.
#Person2#: About how much it will cost?
#Person1#: $ 50.
#Person2#: On the meter?
#Person1#: Ye, of course.
#Person2#: OK. let's go. | #Person1# takes #Person2# to the Capital Hotel for $50. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: In case you didn't know, I'm checking out in half an hour.
#Person2#: That won't be a problem, sir.
#Person1#: That's good to hear. Now there's still a whole New York day ahead of me.
#Person2#: You're right, sir. Your whole day is still ahead of you.
#Person1#: I still have time to explore more of New York, but I need a place to secure my baggage.
#Person2#: We have a storage place here, but you have to leave a deposit.
#Person1#: A deposit, huh? I would think my baggage would be enough of a deposit.
#Person2#: Just present your VISA card, and there won't be any problems.
#Person1#: That deposit bothers me. Give me a minute.
#Person2#: Okay, sir, but remember how close it is to your checkout time. | #Person2# helps #Person1# check out and store his baggage in a storage place. #Person1# pays with a VISA card. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Can I help you, sir?
#Person2#: Yes, I want to book a plane ticket from Beijing to Shanghai.
#Person1#: OK. Which day do you want to book?
#Person2#: The day after tomorrow.
#Person1#: Which flight do you want?
#Person2#: I'd prefer a morning flight.
#Person1#: What about Flight 516?
#Person2#: Book it for me, please. How much should I pay?
#Person1#: 1 500 yuan. How will you pay for this, sir?
#Person2#: Credit card.
#Person1#: OK. Here's your ticket.
#Person2#: Thank you. | #Person1# helps #Person2# to book a flight from Beijing to Shanghai. #Person2# pays by card. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: How long do you plan on staying?
#Person2#: I don't know! Can I park my car now?
#Person1#: We are open from nine to nine. So be sure to be back by then.
#Person2#: Fine! I'll be back by nine then. Don't worry.
#Person1#: Alright. There's a spot open at the far end of the lot. Here's your parking stub.
#Person2#: Finally!
#Person1#: Please drive slowly. | #Person2# want to park. #Person1# gives #Person2# a parking stub. #Person2# will be back by nine. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: What schools have you attended?
#Person2#: I finished Young Primary School in 1998, and entered Xi'an Middle School that same September. I graduated from there in July of 2004, and that September I entered Wuhan University, where I'm studying now.
#Person1#: How do you think the education you have received will contribute to your work in this company?
#Person2#: I think I have a good understanding of fundamentals in the areas your company deals with, and I can go on from here to build up the specific skills and knowledge I need to do my job well.
#Person1#: Your graduation thesis was on Medical Application of Laser, right? What were your conclusions?
#Person2#: Yes. I did some work on that, and I found out some really interesting things about the conductivity of liquid helium. I was sure I had a great discovery until my teacher told me the same discovery already made twenty years ago. I think the most important thing, I learnt though, was the importance of keeping good records. | #Person2# studied in Young Primary School, Xi'an Middle School and Wuhan University. #Person2# thinks #Person2# has a good understanding of fundamentals in the areas. #Person2# found out interesting things about the conductivity of liquid helium. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Do you have any other questions?
#Person2#: Yes, may I ask something about the salary and benefits in your company?
#Person1#: According to our regulations, you will be on probation for the first three months.
#Person2#: What is the salary while on probation?
#Person1#: In this period, you can only get the basic salary, 2, 500 yuan per month.
#Person2#: That sounds fine.
#Person1#: The salary will be deposited into the bank on the 15th every month. Your salary will be raised every year in October, depending on your performance evaluation. you can get a bonus once a year. and it's normally in December.
#Person2#: Are there paid holidays?
#Person1#: Yes, you may enjoy a seven-day paid holiday in the first year. After that, you can have two more days each year. | #Person1# tells #Person2# that #Person2# can get 2500 yuan per month during the three-month probation. The salary will be raised depending on #Person2#'s performance. There are paid holidays. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Hello! You're welcome to Guangzhou Fair.
#Person2#: Thank you. I'm from America. Here is my business card.
#Person1#: Glad to meet you, Mr. Smith. My name is Wang and here is my name card. I'll be glad to do what I can for you.
#Person2#: Great! This is my first visit to the Fair. Everything is new to me. Would you please give me some information?
#Person1#: Glad to. The Fair is a big gathering taking place twice a year, thousands of businessmen from more than a hundred and fifty countries and regions are here to trade with China.
#Person2#: What about your company?
#Person1#: Ours is a company special in exporting leather products. And what about yours?
#Person2#: My firm has high standing in my country. My bank is the City Bank, New York. You may refer to it for my status. | Wang introduces Guangzhou Fair to Smith. Many businessmen worldwide attend the Fair. Wang is from a company specializing in exporting leather products. Smith is from a famous firm. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: OK, I think we have two choices of where we can spend our vacation. The first place is a little house. It's located on a fruit farm. But it says there's no air conditioner.
#Person2#: That's OK. It's on the rainy side of the island. It's cooler there. We can use a fan.
#Person1#: You're probably right. It says it looks pretty basic. No washing machine or dryer, not even a TV!
#Person2#: Oh, no! What are we going to do without a TV! That's terrible!
#Person1#: Very funny. I'm just letting you know about the place.
#Person2#: I know. What's our second choice?
#Person1#: It's on the opposite side of the island. Very nice place with a big swimming pool. It's only three blocks from the ocean. Well, the pool area also has barbecue grill, beautiful gardens...
#Person2#: Well, it does have everything. Washing machine, dryer, TV, VCR, frying pan... All we need is a toothbrush. Let's go with the second choice. I can't wait to go!
#Person1#: OK. I'll call them right now and reserve it. | #Person1# and #Person2# has two house choices. The first house is cooler but has no washing machine or TV. The second house has a swimming pool and everything. #Person1# and #Person2# will reserve the second house. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: What did the director say when you told him about our plans?
#Person2#: Well, it wasn't as bad as I expected. I thought he'd just give us a flat out 'No'.
#Person1#: It's OK, then?
#Person2#: Well, maybe. But he put a lot of conditions on what we could do. | #Person2# tells #Person1# that the director tells them what to do. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Hello, Nora, I heard about a flat that might interest you girls. It's near the central bus station on the main road, and about 75 pounds a week, quite reasonable. The problem is, it's only got two bedrooms, but I expect two of you could share.
#Person2#: Well, as long as it's to me, I've got to have my own room, because I've been working at home most of the time, any other information?
#Person1#: Yes, it's got a very big and well equipped kitchen, and I know you like cooking. So that's another point in its favor, but there is a small sitting room, and not much furniture yet. So let me know quickly if you want it or it will be taken. | #Person1# tells Nora about a flat near the central bus station. Nora wants to have her own room. The flat has a good kitchen but the sitting room is small. The flat doesn't have much furniture. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: I heard you had got a wonderful job in a post office. How's your new job going?
#Person2#: Not so well, I'm afraid. I just feel like a fish out of water. People there are rather strange to me. | #Person2# does not like the new job. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Hilton Hotel. May I help you?
#Person2#: Yes. I like to reserve two rooms, please.
#Person1#: Certainly, sir. When would you like to come?
#Person2#: Next week. From the first to the third of May. Two nights.
#Person1#: Certainly. What kind of rooms would you like?
#Person2#: A single with a shower and a double with two beds.
#Person1#: Fine. What is your name, please?
#Person2#: Tome Jones.
#Person1#: Thank you. Mr. Jones, your rooms are reserved.
#Person2#: Thank you very much.
#Person1#: You are welcome. | Tome Jones books a single room with a shower and a double room with two beds in Hilton Hotel for two nights. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: You're going to wear out that typewriter.
#Person2#: Oh, hi. What are you doing here at this time of night?
#Person1#: I should ask you that question. Do you have any idea what time it is?
#Person2#: About ten or ten-thirty?
#Person1#: It's nearly midnight.
#Person2#: Really? I didn't have any idea it was so late.
#Person1#: Don't you have an early class tomorrow morning?
#Person2#: Yes, at seven o'clock. My part-time class, for the students who go to work right after their lesson.
#Person1#: Then you ought to go to bed.
#Person2#: Ok. | #Person2# uses the typewriter at night and #Person2# has early class tomorrow morning. #Person2# asks #Person1# to go to bed. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Look at this picture. It might have been taken many years ago.
#Person2#: You're right. It was taken 71 years ago, during the Second World War. I was just 6 years old then.
#Person1#: Is this little girl you?
#Person2#: Yes. And the little boy is my younger brother. The couple standing behind us is our parents. It is the only picture of my family.
#Person1#: Hadn't you taken any pictures together before you took this one?
#Person2#: Of course we did. But all the pictures were destroyed when a bomb destroyed our house. This picture survived because I always took it with me.
#Person1#: Didn't you taken any picture after the bomb?
#Person2#: Well, it was a sad story. My father was killed in that bombing.
#Person1#: I'm sorry to hear that. War left many people sad memories.
#Person2#: Yes. And I'm so glad we can lead such a peaceful life nowadays. | #Person1# and #Person2# are discussing a picture about #Person2#'s family. All other pictures are destroyed in the bombing and #Person2#'s father was killed. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Excuse me. Do you live here?
#Person2#: Yes.
#Person1#: Oh, well, do you know where the English Language Institute is?
#Person2#: Ah, yes. I think I know where it is. Do you have a car?
#Person1#: No, I'm on foot.
#Person2#: Well, as you go out of the station, just continue along the road until you come to the second crossing and then turn left into King Street.
#Person1#: Yes.
#Person2#: Then walk down the street just a bit and take the first turning on the right. And keep walking until you come to the park.
#Person1#: A park, yes.
#Person2#: Well, let's see. Walk through the park. As you get to the end of the path you will see two small roads. Take the road on the right and the English Language Institute is at the end of the road. You can't miss it.
#Person1#: Thank you so much. | #Person2# shows #Person1# the way to the English Language Institute. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Hi. Welcome back to Susan's Gardening Show. I'm Susan, and we're ready to take our next caller. We have Mark from Seattle. Are you still there, Mark?
#Person2#: Uh. Yeah, but maybe not for long.
#Person1#: So, how can we help you today?
#Person2#: Okay. Uh, my wife is really into gardening, and about five years ago, she received a beautiful climbing rose bush ... I think an Agatha Christie [That's a nice one.] from her mother who has passed away. Anyway, the rose plant seems to be on its last leg.
#Person1#: Really? Nomally, that rose is really quite hardy [I know.], and it's very disease-resistant, too. [I know.]
#Person2#: Yeah. Well, this situation ISN'T normal. You see about a week ago, I was doing some yard work, and I was using some weed killer [UH-oh.], yeah, to try to get rid of some terrible weeds and ...
#Person1#: Did you spray the roses?
#Person2#: Uh, well, not exactly. I set the spray container down near the roses while I was trimming a bush, and the container must have gotten knocked over, and the weed killer soaked into the ground near the roses.
#Person1#: How much weed killer are you talking about?
#Person2#: Uh, about six or seven quarts (about six liters or 1.6 gallons), I think. [Oh, that's a lot.] You know, I mean when you put ...
#Person1#: And the roses? What do they look like now?
#Person2#: Oh, Dead, real dead. Dead as a doornail dead, but my wife hasn't seen them yet.
#Person1#: Really? What have you done? Blindfolded her?
#Person2#: Well, I've kept her away from that side of the house where the roses are, but she is bound to see them at some point.
#Person1#: Yeah, yeah. You've got a problem.
#Person2#: I mean, is there anything I can do to revive them?
#Person1#: Not unless you're a magician.
#Person2#: Well, can you recommend a quick-growing variety that can take its place?
#Person1#: Marc. I'm sorry. You've made a mistake ... A big mistake.
#Person2#: ... except that my wife warned me this could happen ... Oh, man.
#Person1#: Oh, shoot. Listen. You made a blunder. A big mistake. A really big mistake. But unless your wife goes on vacation for a couple of years, you're not going to be able to replace the roses that fast.
#Person2#: So, any recommendation? I mean, what do I do?
#Person1#: You need to talk to her.
#Person2#: Are you kidding? You don't know my wife.
#Person1#: I'm sorry. Look. You've waited long enough. Don't let the grass grow around your feet. Say something, but be sure to hide the garden shears before you do. Kneel down; ask for forgiveness now.
#Person2#: But that's what I did when I killed her prized apple tree last year.
#Person1#: No way. Really?
#Person2#: Oh, man. Oh! She's coming in from outside [Oh, no, oh no.].
#Person1#: One final word: Hide the weed killer. [But ...] Thanks, Mark. That's all the time we have for now. Let's move on to the next caller. | Mark's wife has a rose bush. The rose bush seems to be on its last leg. Mark does not spray the roses and soaked the weed killer in the ground near the roses. The roses are dead. Susan suggests Mark talk to his wife because there is no time to replace the roses. Mark killed his wife's apple tree last year. Susan suggests Mark hide the weed killer. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Oh, it's a fine day, isn't it? And the food smells nice. It's a perfect day for a picnic.
#Person2#: Yes, it is. I'm glad it doesn't rain. My name's Mike Gates, by the way.
#Person1#: Oh, hi! I'm Alice. Nice to meet you.
#Person2#: Nice to meet you too. So Alice...what do you do?
#Person1#: I'm studying medicine.
#Person2#: Really? Where?
#Person1#: At Harvard. What about you?
#Person2#: I'm working for IBM.
#Person1#: Oh, are you? That sounds interesting.
#Person2#: Yeah. I like it. Hey, it looks like the food is ready. | Mike Gates meets Alice. Alice studys medicine at Harvard. Mike Gates works for IBM. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Aw, Jane! What did you have to go and do that for?
#Person2#: Do what?
#Person1#: You know what I am taking about. Why did you go and tell Mrs. Wallace how much money I am going to make? Now she will go and tell the whole world!
#Person2#: Well, I am sorry, Paul.
#Person1#: Yeah, but you know she talks to everybody and their brothers.
#Person2#: Well, I apologize. I guess I wasn't thinking. I got all excited.
#Person1#: Oh, well, it's done now. I guess it doesn't matter that much, anyway. They will know in the end. Everyone in this town got a big nose.
#Person2#: You know, it is really a lot of money for a first job... | Jane told Mrs. Wallace how much money Paul is going to make and he thinks Wallace will tell everyone. Jane feels sorry for it. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Fikky, what's going on? Freggis just told me that you're going to be leaving us.
#Person2#: Yes, I really feel bad out of it. But B. N. D. came up with really good offer.
#Person1#: Well, I didn't know you were going to look for a new job.
#Person2#: Well, just between you and me. I think we have some real problems in this department. Don't get me wrong. It has nothing to do with you, Frank. Everybody says you are an excellent manager.
#Person1#: Problems, what problems? Do we have time to talk about it? | Fikky is leaving because B.N.D gave really good offer. Fikky tells Frank that Fikky thinks there are some problems in the department. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: I've planned to go to Washington this afternoon, but I'm too tired to drive and the bus is so uncomfortable.
#Person2#: No problem. I'll save you the cost of a taxi by dropping you off at the train station on my way to work. | #Person2# will drop #Person1# off on #Person2#'s way to work. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: How did you meet your boyfriend, Cindy?
#Person2#: We were in the same science class last term.
#Person1#: Who made the first move?
#Person2#: I did.
#Person1#: Wow!
#Person2#: It was no big deal.
#Person1#: What do your parents think of your dating a boy?
#Person2#: They're glad that I finally got a boyfriend.
#Person1#: They're glad? ! | Cindy met her boyfriend in the science class. She made the first move and her parents are glad. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Check the mirror. How do you like it?
#Person2#: I think the style is a little old-fashioned. It's not what I want.
#Person1#: I think this one fits you. It's the new fashion style.
#Person2#: Oh, yes. That's just the one I want. I will take it. | #Person2# thinks the mirror is old-fashioned. #Person2# likes the new fashion style. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: I've heard that Tom is going to move.
#Person2#: What? Are you sure about that?
#Person1#: Yeah, he is going to move next month.
#Person2#: Where is he going?
#Person1#: He is going to Canada and to live with his son.
#Person2#: What a pity!
#Person1#: Why did you say that? It's a good thing for him to live with his son.
#Person2#: I know that. But it's pity for us to lose such a good neighbour. You know I always appreciate Tom's company.
#Person1#: Me too. But anyway we hope he lives happily in the future. | #Person1# says that their neighbor Tom will move to Canada next month.
#Person1# and #Person2# feels pity but wishes him happy. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Do you know who's just got married? Old Mc Donald.
#Person2#: Never! He's over 80, isn't he?
#Person1#: He's nearly 90.
#Person2#: Good gracious! Are you sure?
#Person1#: I am. Whatsmore, his wife is 84.
#Person2#: Is she really?
#Person1#: Yes, she is. And guess what, he is her sixth husband.
#Person2#: Really? Quite a woman, isn't she? | #Person1# tells #Person2# that Old Mc Donald got married. He is nearly 90 and his wife is 84. Old Mc Donald is her sixth husband. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: What's your favorite hobby?
#Person2#: I'd like reading books best.
#Person1#: Whdt kinds of books do you like to read?
#Person2#: Literature and economy.
#Person1#: By the way, would you like to see movies?
#Person2#: That's OK.
#Person1#: What do you do in your spare time?
#Person2#: I like to play golf, play badminton or crack jokes.
#Person1#: I just like to sleep like a lazy cat.
#Person2#: That's a bad habit. | #Person2# likes reading literature and economy and playing golf, badminton, and cracking jokes. #Person1# likes sleeping. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: OK, Nick. Here's the question, What movie and its sequel both won an Oscar for Best Picture?
#Person2#: The Godfather and The Godfather II, of course. They were both directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
#Person1#: Whew! I'm impressed! You really know your stuff!
#Person2#: Only about old movies, really. . . | #Person2# knows The Godfather and The Godfather II won Oscars for Best Picture. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: What's the temperature today?
#Person2#: It's about 5 degrees centigrade.
#Person1#: What's the weather forecast for tomorrow?
#Person2#: The weatherman says it's going to snow tomorrow.
#Person1#: Are you used to the climate here?
#Person2#: I think I'll soon get used to it.
#Person1#: What is the average temperature of Beijing?
#Person2#: lt's about 180C, but in winter the temperature may fall to 10-15 degrees below zero. And we have a long winter.
#Person1#: Which season do you like best?
#Person2#: I prefer spring when little by little everything becomes green and the weather is almost always nice. | Today is 5 degrees centigrade and tomorrow will snow. #Person2# will soon get used to the weather. Winter in Beijing is long. #Person2# likes spring best. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: How do you know how old a star is?
#Person2#: For most stars, we find its age from how big it is. We can know its size from the amount of light it puts out and its color. Then the size tells us how long a star will live. Big stars live a short life, while small stars live much longer.
#Person1#: I've always wondered if there is an end in space. Do you think scientists have found the answer?
#Person2#: This is a difficult question. The truth is that we have no idea. We currently don't have a way of testing it. But some scientists will come up with a way in the future. I have faith in it.
#Person1#: The last question is from our readers. Do you believe there is other life in different parts of the universe?
#Person2#: There are so many planets in the universe. Life may exist on other planets, but will we ever find or research them? I think that's very unlikely. | #Person2# finds a star's age from its size. #Person2# has no idea whether there is an end in space. #Person2# thinks that it is unlikely to find other life in the universe. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: I heard you are going to London next week.
#Person2#: Yeah, I'm flying there, though I wish there was another way to go. I fly all over the place for business. I'm off and heading out to Paris or New York, but I hate flying.
#Person1#: Why it's much faster than any other kind of transportation?
#Person2#: Well, it always makes me feel nervous and worried
#Person1#: but there are very few plane. Accidents these days.
#Person2#: Well, perhaps not. But when there are there isn't much you can do about it? Is there
#Person1#: Well, I'm sure you'll be all right.
#Person2#: I suppose so, but I still hate it, especially when you get stuck in a seat between 2 other people.
#Person1#: Yes, there isn't much room. But, at least, the journey is over quickly and then you can forget all about it.
#Person2#: Not really. I keep thinking about flight after it's all over. | #Person2# does not like flying because #Person2# feels nervous and worried.
#Person1# thinks the plane is faster and safer. But #Person2# still hates it. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Brand new sunglasses just $80.
#Person2#: Really? They don't look very new.
#Person1#: These are the latest style from Europe.
#Person2#: Anyway I just bought some the other day.
#Person1#: Not like these. OK, just for you. One pair for $70.
#Person2#: Do they come with a guarantee?
#Person1#: What do you need a guarantee for? These are really tough.
#Person2#: I don't know, you can't lower the price at all?
#Person1#: I don't like to do this, but I guess you can have them for $65.
#Person2#: Sorry I'm on a tight budget.
#Person1#: If you buy two, I can let them go for $50 each.
#Person2#: I'm sorry. I'm not interested. I only want one pair.
#Person1#: Alright one pair for $55.
#Person2#: Deal. | #Person1# bargins for a pair of sunglasses. #Person2# sells the sunglasses to #Person1# with $55 one pair. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Your garden looks great.
#Person2#: Thanks. The weather has been good this year.
#Person1#: What are you growing?
#Person2#: Some Flowers, but mostly vegetables. I have planted carrots, lettuce, beans, tomatoes, potatoes and peppers, and I also have two apple trees.
#Person1#: Those sound good. You can make fresh salads all summer.
#Person2#: That's the plan. I love making fresh salads.
#Person1#: Do you have a lot of trouble with ants or mosquitoes?
#Person2#: They aren't too bad but there are a lot of spiders. | #Person2# grows some flowers and vegetables in the gardern. #Person2# loves making salads. There are spiders in the garden. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hit your car. My baby was crying in the backseat. I got a little concerned and took my foot off the brake a bit.
#Person2#: That's OK. It doesn't look like there is much damage.
#Person1#: I guess I should get you my license and insurance information. Hold on a second.
#Person2#: Let's pull over to the side of the road. So we can let these people behind us get by.
#Person1#: Good idea. OK, here is my information. Should we call the police? Oh, I've never been in an accident before. This is going to make my monthly insurance costs go up.
#Person2#: I'll tell you what. I have a scratch on my passenger side door that will cost me about $100 to get fixed. Why don't we keep the insurance company out of this?
#Person1#: Would you do that? That is so kind. Are you sure you don't want more?
#Person2#: I have kids and bills to pay, too. I know what it's like.
#Person1#: Here, take $150. That's all I have.
#Person2#: Fine. | #Person1# hits #Person2#'s car. #Person1# gives #Person2# $150 to fix a scratch on passenger side door. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Hello, this is Lucy. May I speak to Mr. Smith?
#Person2#: Oh, hello, Lucy. What's up?
#Person1#: I'm afraid I can't come to work today, Mr. Smith.
#Person2#: Oh, what's wrong with you?
#Person1#: I've got a fever and a very sore throat.
#Person2#: Well, you sound ill over the phone.
#Person1#: Yes. I have to stay in bed today, but I'll be able to come tomorrow.
#Person2#: That's all right. Have a good rest until you feel well enough.
#Person1#: Thank you, Mr. Smith. Goodbye.
#Person2#: Goodbye, Lucy. | Lucy calls for sick leave for today. Mr. Smith approves. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Hi, Customer Service Desk. What can I do for you today, sir?
#Person2#: Good morning. I bought this vacuum here a few months ago. But it does not work now. Can I return it or get it fixed?
#Person1#: Do you have your receipt with you?
#Person2#: Yes, I do. Here is the receipt.
#Person1#: When did you buy it from our store?
#Person2#: Let me think... Four months ago.
#Person1#: I'm sorry. You cannot return it because too much time has passed since you purchased it. In order to receive a refund, you must return merchandise to the store within 90 days of purchase.
#Person2#: But the direction book says I will get one-year warranty.
#Person1#: Yes, I know. After 90 days, you need to call the company that manufactured the vacuum to fix it because it is still under their warranty. Their phone number should be in the direction book that came with your vacuum.
#Person2#: Okay. I understand. I will call the Customer Service Office of the manufacturer. Thank you.
#Person1#: You are most welcome. | #Person2#'s vacuum doesn't work now. #Person1# suggests #Person2# call the manufacturer to fix it as it has passed the return period so the vaccum cannot be returened. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Are you planning on voting?
#Person2#: Yes. Are you?
#Person1#: I will be voting tomorrow.
#Person2#: What ' s your polling place?
#Person1#: My polling place is at the park up the street.
#Person2#: Oh, yeah?
#Person1#: Yeah, where is yours?
#Person2#: I don ' t know.
#Person1#: How is it you don ' t know?
#Person2#: The location of my polling place never came in the mail.
#Person1#: You can always just check online.
#Person2#: Let me go do that. | The location of #Person2#'s polling place never came in the mail, so #Person1# suggests that #Person2# check online. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Tell me about yourself and your past experience.
#Person2#: I have worked as an executive secretary for 5 years, first for trading companies, and now I am working for a trust company. I interact well with peers, clients, administrators and bosses. I thrive on challenge and work well in high-stress environments.
#Person1#: How are your typing and shorthand skills?
#Person2#: I can type 100 Chinese words a minute and take dictation in English at 150 words a minute.
#Person1#: Can you operate computers skillfully?
#Person2#: Yes, I can. I have received some special training in computers. Besides I am good at operating common office machines, such as fax machines and duplicating machines.
#Person1#: Sometimes we are very busy and need to work overtime. How do you feel about that?
#Person2#: That's all right. But could you tell me how often and how many hours I should work overtime?
#Person1#: It just depends. If we have important visiting delegations, you have to stay with us. It's not unusual.
#Person2#: Mr. Smith, I's like to ask you a question.
#Person1#: OK, please.
#Person2#: What specific duties would I perform if I am hired?
#Person1#: Nothing different from a secretary's common responsibilities. However, you know, our company is an international trade-oriented company, can you handle English papers and write English correspondence?
#Person2#: Yes. I specialized in English secretary studies at college and that's one of the main parts of my present job.
#Person1#: What are your salary expectations?
#Person2#: I really need more information about the job before we start to discuss salary. Maybe you could tell me what is budgeted for the position.
#Person1#: The starting monthly salary would be $ 2, 000, with rises after the half year according to your competence.
#Person2#: I think it's acceptable and I really like the job. And when can I know the decision?
#Person1#: We'll inform you of our final decision by early July. Do you have any other questions?
#Person2#: No. Thank you for the time. | Mr. Smith is interviewing #Person2# asking past experience, typing and shorthand skills, computers skill, feeling toward overtime working, and English skilsl, as well as answering #Person2#'s question about specific duties and salary expectations. The result will be informed to #Person2# by early July. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: When was America discovered, Tony?
#Person2#: I'm not certain. Do you know?
#Person1#: America was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492.
#Person2#: In a way that's right. But the Vikings travelled there long beforeColumbus. And what about the Red Indians?
#Person1#: All right. Ask me a question now.
#Person2#: Who invented the electric light bulb?
#Person1#: That's easy. It was invented by Edison.
#Person2#: Correct. Now for a harder question. Who will be the first men on Mars?
#Person1#: I can't answer that. But I think Mars will be visited by men before theed of this century.
#Person2#: Ask me a question now.
#Person1#: All right. What is the nearest planet to the sun?
#Person2#: That's easy. It's.. er. Venus. NO. Pluto. No. Wait a minute. It's Anthe tip of my tongue. Oh dear, what is the nearest planet to the sun? | #Person1# and Tony are playing question game. #Person1# asks Tony the foundation year of America and which planet is the nearest to the sun. Tony asks #Person1# the inventor of the light bulb. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Okay, here are the graphs and figures for this month's sales. Let's review them all together.
#Person2#: This first one, I have a question. . . This graph is marking the sales performance for our line of hair products, right? Can this line be right? It looks like our sales plummeted. I can't believe we did that poorly. . . If I remember correctly, sales went down slightly, but not as dramatically as the graph shows.
#Person1#: I think you are looking at the wrong line. The rapid drop in sales wasn't our hair products. You are correct, the hair product sales decreased slightly, but not dramatically. The one that didn't do so hot this month was the cleaning products. I think there was a problem in the marketing plan. Some people were offended by our advertisements for the cleaning products, but it was already too late to mitigate the damage, so our mistake shows up in the sales.
#Person2#: Well, the good news is the new industrial cleaning products really took off. Look how the sales have shot up over the last two weeks.
#Person1#: That is our one major success. If you look at the other graphs, you can see that most of the other product lines remained steady with little increase.
#Person2#: At lease they stayed the same. That's better than dropping. | #Person1# and #Person2# are reviewing the graphs and figures for this month's sales and analyzing aspects of success and failure. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Mr. Wang, I want to apologize for being late again this morning. I just can't get up in time for work.
#Person2#: So it seems. And what are you going to do about that?
#Person1#: I guess I'll have to buy a new alarm clock. | #Person1# tells Mr. Wang that #Person1# will buy a new alarm clock because of lateness. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Hi, my name is Lean, and I'm from Russia.
#Person2#: Nice to meet you, Lean. My name is Alike. I'm from Japan.
#Person1#: To me English is a difficult language.
#Person2#: A second language is always difficult.
#Person1#: True, but English is harder than most. It's a crazy language.
#Person2#: A crazy language? Why do you say that?
#Person1#: One letter can have several pronunciations and one word can have several meanings.
#Person2#: No wonder you say English is a crazy language. | Lean tells Alike that English is difficult because one letter can have several
pronunciations and one word can have several meanings. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Oh, George, what a beautiful day it is today! The sun is hot and there are just a few clouds scattered here and there! What a perfect day to be at the beach! The kids are going to have so much fun! And we'll be able to relax in the sun while they're playing.
#Person2#: It does seem like the perfect day! I'm glad we chose to get out of the city and enjoy the nice weather! This looks like the perfect spot! Ok kids, put on your sunscreen while your mom and I set up camp. Here, Mary, help me lay down these beach towels.
#Person1#: There we go. Can you help me with the umbrella? Perfect.
#Person2#: Ok kids, here'sa beach ball and a Frisbee, a pail and a shovel. I want to see an impressive sandcastle by the time we leave. Don't stray too far. Wait! Leave your sandals here or put on your wet shoes.
#Person1#: And stay in the shallow area. I don't want to see you go any farther than that sandbar! It's too deep out there and we didn't bring your floatier.
#Person2#: You're back already? The water was too cold, huh? I'll tell you a secret. Do you see that small pool of water over there? It'll be warmer in there. Go see if you can find some seashells or catch some minnows.
#Person1#: What is that? A jellyfish? Jeremy, put that down right now! It could sting you!
#Person2#: Ah! Not on me! Ow! | #Person1# and George are going to the beach with the kids on a sunny day and #Person1# reminds kids of danger. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: I would like to ask for one day off next week. Do you think the manager will agree? I know it is the busy time for our company, but I do have some important things to handle.
#Person2#: Well, it is hard to say. At least you need to come up with a good reason.
#Person1#: Actually, it is my mother's wedding. My parents divorced many years ago. Now she is ready to establish a new family. It is a special occasion. I'Ve got to be there, right?
#Person2#: Yes, you should be there. Go find the manager and ask. I think the manager will understand and approve you a day off. Don't forget to fill in the leave application form. It will be signed by the manager for approval.
#Person1#: Thank you so much. | #Person1# needs a day off for #Person1#'s mother's wedding during the busy time of the company. #Person2# suggests #Person1# go to find the manager with the leave application form. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Are you studying any languages here?
#Person2#: Yes, I'm studying in the Foreign Languages Department.
#Person1#: What are you majoring in?
#Person2#: I'm majoring in English.
#Person1#: Is it difficult to learn?
#Person2#: Yes. The language is hard to learn, but it's interesting.
#Person1#: Do you know anything about Britain and America?
#Person2#: I'm reading a lot of books about the two countries. I like the culture.
#Person1#: Right. It's important to learn the culture of a nation if you want to learn the language well.
#Person2#: You're right. | #Person2# is majoring in English and #Person1# asks #Person2# something about language learning and the culture of nations. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Why are you so late?
#Person2#: I've been through a lot today. I forgot to set my alarm clock last night, so I woke up late this morning. And what is worse, I missed the school bus.
#Person1#: That's enough. Sit down. | #Person2# explains the reasons for being late to #Person1#. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Do you have any siblings?
#Person2#: Yes, I do. I am the oldest child. I have a sister and a brother. My sister is in college and my brother in high school.
#Person1#: How do you get along with them?
#Person2#: We get alone very well. | #Person2# tells #Person1# that #Person2# has compatible siblings. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Jenny, I want to go on a picnic. Could you come too?
#Person2#: I'd be glad to. I love picnicking.
#Person1#: Then, put on your casual clothes and pack some food and beverages.
#Person2#: Can I bring my camera with me?
#Person1#: Sure. Bring enough films, please.
#Person2#: I sure will. | #Person1# invites Jenny to a picnic and tells her to bring some necessities. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Excuse me, miss. Should I check in here for taking MS121 to Florence?
#Person2#: Yes, show me your ticket and passport please.
#Person1#: Here you are. Can I have a seat in the back of the plane?
#Person2#: No problem. Wish you a nice trip. | #Person1# is checking in with the help of #Person2#. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
#Person1#: Do Mona and Jim need a new house?
#Person2#: No, they have a big new fancy house.
#Person1#: Does Jim make a lot of money?
#Person2#: Yes, he does. He is a science fiction writer.
#Person1#: Does Jim need to make more money?
#Person2#: Afraid so. The more the better.
#Person1#: What do they need all that money for?
#Person2#: Well, they spend it pretty quick. New clothes, new computers and new cars every year. And they'Ve got a cook and housekeeper. Mona used to be an actress, she likes to spend a lot of money.
#Person1#: Do they have any children?
#Person2#: No. They want children but no luck yet.
#Person1#: What does Jim like to do?
#Person2#: Jim likes to travel around the world. That's expensive! So he tries to make a lot of money.
#Person1#: What does Mona like to do?
#Person2#: Oh, she enjoys spending money on fancy parties. Mona loves to wear sexy dresses, and she has quite a bit of jewelry.
#Person1#: Wow. . . She sounds like a high maintenance wife.
#Person2#: I guess so. She is also interested in politics. She knows everyone in city government.
#Person1#: Politics can be an expensive hobby.
#Person2#: She is pretty serious about it. Her uncle is a mayor. She wants to follow in his footsteps.
#Person1#: Politics is a hard game to play.
#Person2#: She might do well. Everyone seems to like her. | #Person1# and #Person2# are talking about Jim making a lot of money because Mona and Jim both spend money quickly, Jim likes traveling around the world and Mona is interested in fancy parties and politics. | Summarize the following text in a concise manner while retaining its key information. Make sure to provide a clear and meaningful summary of the content. |
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