1.Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.)
A:
Victor: Laura, I have a surprise for your birthday.
Laura: Oh, good! I love surprises.
Victor: It's outside!
Laura: Oh, wow! It's too big to bring inside!（They walk out of the house.）
Victor: Okay, now open your eyes.
Laura: Oh, wow! A mobile phonefor my car! Oh, Victor! You're the greatest! I can hardly wait to begin dialing. (She starts calling.) Hello, Mary? You'll never guess where I'm calling from.
Mary: From the phone booth?
Laura: No!
Mary: From your dad's office?
Laura: No! Certainly not! All right. I'll tell you. I'm calling from my car!
Mary: You mean you ran into a phone booth?
Laura: No. I did not run into a phone booth. I have my own mobile car phone!
Mary: Wow! That's great! Now let me take down this number. It's 732-345-2886. That's 345-AUTO!
B: Laura: From now on I'll receive all my calls at this new number. Now to dial all my other
friends and give them this number.
C: (In the weeks that followed, Laura made all her calls from the car and received them there, too. Then one day...)
Laura: (Crying loudly) Oh, no! They towed away my phone!
Victor: Huh?
Laura: My mobile phone! It was in my car. They towed it away!
Victor: Don't cry! We'll go get it! There's a police station! Hang in there.
Laura: That reminds me of my phone! Victor, hurry!
D: (At the police station)
Police Officer: There's a $75 fine. Pay that and you get your car back.
Laura: No problem. Okay. Which credit card do you prefer?
Police Officer: No credit cards, Miss. Just cash.
Laura: Cash! That's gross! I don't carry gobs 7of cash!
Victor: I think between the two of us we can come up with it.
Laura: (Looking in her purse) Ten, fifteen, sixteen, twenty...
Victor: I've got a twenty.
Laura: (Counting the money in front of the police officer)
$69.75...85...90...91...92...93...98...99...$75! Whew! I made it!
Police Officer: Okay. Take this receipt to this impound lot and claim your car!
Laura: At last! Let's hurry, Victor! I can't stand it anymore! (They rush out.)[page]分页标题[/page]
Victor: There's the impound lot!
Lot Guard: How can I help you?
Victor: We've come to claim the blue 1999 Toyota with the personalized "Laura" plates.
Lot Guard: Thank goodness! Now I can get back to work instead of spending all my time taking phone messages for you.
