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MRS. W: |
Good evening, Mr. Learner. How are you? |
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MARTIN: |
Fine thanks. How are you? |
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MRS. W: |
Fine thanks. This is Mrs. Bane. |
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MRS. B: |
Hello. I'm Robin's mother. |
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MRS. W: |
Mr.
Learner is a reporter. |
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MARTIN: |
Robin is making a picture book. |
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MRS. W: |
That's right. Come see, Mrs. Bane. |
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HAL: |
Hello, Mr. Learner. |
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MARTIN: |
Hello. Call me Martin. |
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HAL: |
Martin, this is Wendy Silver. She's a teacher too. |
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MARTIN: |
Good evening. |
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WENDY: |
Hi.
I teach third grade. |
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HAL: |
Martin visited my room today. |
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MARTIN: |
Yes. I saw the geography lesson. |
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WENDY: |
You're a reporter. |
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MARTIN: |
Yes, I write stories for the Voice of America. I'm writing a story
about schools. |
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HAL: |
Martin, this is Mrs. Bane. |
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MRS. B: |
We've met. |
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HAL: |
And
this is Mr. Bane. |
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MARTIN: |
Hello. |
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MR. B: |
Hello. You're a teacher? |
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MARTIN: |
No,
I'm a reporter. |
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MR. B: |
A
reporter? |
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MARTIN: |
I'm
writing a story about schools. |
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MR. B: |
I
see. |
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MARTIN: |
What do you do? |
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MR. B: |
I'm
a contractor. I build schools. |
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MARTIN: |
Wonderful. |
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WENDY: |
Martin, come meet Mrs. Steele. |
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MARTIN: |
Excuse me, Mr. Bane, Mrs. Bane. |
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WENDY: |
This is Jessica Steele. |
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MARTIN: |
Good evening. I'm Martin Learner. |
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MRS. S: |
I'm
happy to meet you. |
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MARTIN: |
What's that? |
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MRS. S: |
It's a dress from Rumania. It was my grandmother's dress. |
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WENDY: |
Mrs. Steele is Roberta's mother. |
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MARTIN: |
Fifth grade geography? |
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MRS. S: |
That's right. |
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MARTIN: |
What do you do, Mrs. Steele? |
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MRS. S: |
I'm
a housewife. I'm raising three young children. I studied nursing.
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HAL: |
Martin, this is Melissa's mother. |
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MARTIN: |
Hello. I'm Martin Learner. |
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MRS. R: |
Good evening. I'm Rachel Robertson. |
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MARTIN: |
I'm
happy to meet you. This is Mrs. Steele, Roberta's mother. |
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MRS. R: |
We've met, thank you. |
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MARTIN: |
What do you do, Mrs. Robertson. |
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MRS. R: |
I'm
a farmer. |
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MARTIN: |
A
farmer!? |
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MRS. R: |
Yes, I farm five-hundred acres. |
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MARTIN: |
Wonderful! What's that? |
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MRS. R: |
Corn. Soybeans. And wheat. I grow them. |
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WENDY:
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Mrs. Robertson is Becky's mother too. Becky's in third grade. |
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MRS. R: |
They are studying food. |
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MARTIN: |
I
see. |
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PAT: |
Hello, I'm Pat Bryan. Who are you? |
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MARTIN: |
I'm
Martin Learner. I'm a reporter. |
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PAT: |
Where are you from, Martin? |
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MARTIN: |
I'm
from Baltimore. What do you do? |
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PAT:
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I'm
a farmer. And I'm a mechanic too. I farm a hundred acres. And I fix
tractors. |
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MARTIN: |
What's that? |
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PAT: |
I
have a boy in the third grade. It's beans. |
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MARTIN: |
Soybeans? |
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PAT: |
No.
Red beans. I grow soybeans, red beans, and white beans. Last year I
grew green beans and peas. |
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MRS. W: |
This is Mr. Gary Durant. |
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MARTIN: |
Hello. How are you? |
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GARY: |
Fine thanks. |
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MRS. W: |
Mr.
Durant is the assistant principal. Mr. Learner, would you like some
coffee? |
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MARTIN: |
Yes, please. Excuse me, Mr. Durant. |
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