【正文】 t we print it out — right now? Janet: Sure. 。ve asked us to print it out and put it up in college. You want to help me? Janet: Sure! It might be an idea to ask Kate to help. Mark: Yes, let39。s this poster they want to put up all over the university. It tells you easy ways of saving energy. I39。m the same. Actually, there39。t do it — I don39。t it worry you? Janet: Yes, it39。m going to write a letter this evening. Janet: Really? You know, I think I might go to the next meeting. I39。re right ... Excuse me ... Conversation 2Janet: By the way, Mark, how did your meeting go? Mark: Quite interesting, actually. Janet: So what did they talk about? Mark: Uh, recycling, mostly. They have this plan ... that everyone should write to the Council. Ask them to collect more rubbish. You know, like, all the plastic, which they don39。m just concerned about the environment. I39。t told you, I39。d stop some people. Kate: They could always extend the Park and Ride scheme. Janet: It39。d sort out the traffic problems. And it would reduce pollution. Janet: I don39。m fine. Janet: Would they really do that — ban cars? Mark: It39。t you worry about your health when you39。s getting worse and worse! Kate: Tell me about it, it39。m OK, thanks. How39。re run down or depressed, you39。t read as quickly as my friends, so it takes me a long time to write my essays. Doctor: OK, Janet. I want you to try and take a few days off. I39。s your favorite food? Janet: Fried rice! Doctor: Not much fried rice for dinner in college, is there? Um, any worries about your work? Janet: No. Maybe. Yes, I suppose so. Doctor: Do you have an essay crisis? Janet: Yes! I haven39。s a bit fed up with Western food. Doctor: OK, so you39。t think my parents would like me to have one while I39。s fine. I39。m going to ask you a few questions. How39。t been eating or sleeping properly. She fell asleep in the lecture this morning. Doctor: Hmm, and what did the lecturer think of that? Janet: Fortunately, he didn39。re not making a fuss. I am! And I39。t want to make a fuss. It39。ll give you a checkup。t worry about me. Kate: You poor thing! Why don39。s nothing. I39。t you make an appointment to see the doctor? Janet: But I39。ve lost some weight. Do you feel sick? Janet: Mostly homesick. Kate: Have you talked to your tutor? Janet: No! Why would I do that? Kate: Well, it39。ve lost my appetite. I can39。ve got an essay to write. Kate: Are you eating properly? I didn39。t know. Maybe I39。m OK. I am not sleeping very well at the moment, so I39。t look too good. What39。ll go to DC for six days to do some sightseeing. And then I39。s my team! Mark: Then I39。ll catch the Greyhound bus to Boston, and relax in a hotel for three days. Kate: The museums in Boston are great! You absolutely must visit them. Mark: OK, I39。ll be looking after teenagers, city kids mostly. We39。m travelling around for about four weeks, back in time for the start of term. Kate: Where are you staying? Mark: On the campsite in the mountains. It39。m flying to New York City, and then I39。m travelling around the States for three months. Janet: Three months! Wow, you39。ll get those tickets when I39。ll need it for the cheap flights and the acmodation. Oh, and any travelling within the US? We can get you seats on Greyhound buses, if you want. Mark: Actually, that would be great. Can you get me a seat from New York to Boston, travelling on the 12th of August? And then one from New York to Chicago on the 17th? After Chicago I39。ll have to do that at the airport. What about acmodation? Mark: Well, most of the time I39。d like to book a flight and make a hotel reservation. Assistant: Going to ...? Mark: To New York, please. Assistant: Is that a oneway or a return? Mark: A return, please. Out on the 17th of June and ing back on the 10th of September. Assistant: OK, and I guess you want economy not club? Mark: Yes, economy, please. Could I have an aisle seat, not a window seat? Assistant: I39。s do that. Rob: There39。t there a pub nearby? I seem to remember passing one. I39。t it wonderful? Rob: Come on, let39。s no real concern? Rob: No, I told you, honey, there39。t hurt him. Kate: Oh, good! So he39。t be with him. Rob: Julia, I spoke to Granddad as soon as we landed and he said the doctors aren39。ll be fine! Kate: Tell me all about it. What exactly happened? Rob: He fell down the steps in the backyard. Kate: Oh, poor Granddad! So go on! Rob: He was taken to the hospital by ambulance ... they kept him there for several hours, didn39。s serious. Julia: I don39。s OK. He broke his arm but they don39。m at university! Rob: OK, honey. It39。t it beautiful? Rob: Wow, Kate, honey! I love your school! Kate: No, Dad, I39。m meeting them outside the Lodge. Conversation 2Julia: This is great. It39。t think you worry a lot, do you? Kate: No, I39。m sociable, like Mum — Janet: You39。s good at listening, you can tell him anything. Um ... could you put those over there? Janet: Sure. So who are you most like? Kate: You tell me! Janet: Hmm, you39。s a lot more chilled than Mum. Janet: They do sound quite different. Kate: Yes. Mum — she tends to worry a lot, whereas Dad39。t as sociable — he39。s pretty sociable — she39。re great. They39。s ! I must clean up my room, it39。t have a dress