Problem: Read the below conversation.  M: Lily, don't you think the scholarship from New York University is something great? Why did you decline this offer?  W: I do realize the value of the scholarship. But, if I could explain, my mother doesn't want me to go overseas.  M: Why?  W: You know, I'm the only child in the family. My mother will be living alone most of the time for three years in my absence. She cannot even think of it.  M: Nobody to take care of her?  W: My father travels a lot to many countries and he is doing business in Dubai now. I have to do a lot for my mom at home.  What would the listener say?

A: M: Oh, I see. You are very considerate.


Problem: Read the below conversation.  W: Hi, John. What happened to you? I've been waiting for twenty minutes.  M: Oh, I completely forgot about our meeting. I'm on my way. Please wait for me.  What would the listener say?

A: W: OK. I'll wait for you at the main entrance.


Problem: Read the below conversation.  W: We're having a lovely time,Dad.  M: I'm sure there's a lot to do.  W: There is! We've been for a walk in Central Park. It's so big! Everything here is big. And we've climbed the Empire State Building. The view was fantastic. We haven't been to Greenwich Village yet, and we haven't been to Chinatown, either. We're going to do that tomorrow.  M: Have you seen the Statue of Liberty yet?  W: Oh, yes, we have. We've just had a helicopter out of the city, and we flew really close to it.  M: What about a show? Have you seen a show on Broadway yet?  What would the listener say?

A: W: No, we haven't. We're going to see one on our last night here, but we haven't decided what to see yet.


Problem: Read the below conversation.  M: We are glad to have Dr. Garfield to talk to us today about dreams. Let me start by asking the first question. Does everyone dream?  What would the listener say?

A:
W: It appears that everyone does. Mostly when people say that they never dream, what they really mean is that they don't remember their dreams or they don't think their dreams are important. The reason behind is that they might have been made fun of with a child when they first reported their dreams or it was so frightening that they just turned off dreaming completely. The other day, someone named Davis came to me and said that he used to be a great dreamer, but suddenly he stopped having dreams. I asked him what it happened. It turned out that his brother died by heart attack and he never expected that such a terrible thing would happen to a young person. Generally, when there was some frightening event and dream about it was too terrible. People prefer not to dream about it. Actually the worst thing you can do is stop dreaming. Because it means that the bad experience would be too painful to even appear in dreams. As long as you dream about it and even the dream is frightening, your mind is working on it. My personal opinion about what dreams do is that they help us deal with our problems. We see certain patterns take place in dreams. When a person is hurt deep inside, when a person is seriously ill or when a person has been really sad, if people turn off their dreams totally, it means they don't love themselves to even think about it.