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about everything that students got up to on a weekend, including the cinema,
theatre and other places.
Mary: I don’t really like markets. All that bargaining, and people gathering around everything, and the smell! Josie: Bargaining’s fun! The challenge is seeing what you’ll get away with. Mary: I’d prefer to buy direct from the farm. Fix me up with a trip to the cowshed where it’s just me, the animals, and a bucket, and I’m happy. I’d camp out under the stars, casting aside the city life, and pleasantly drift off into slumber land. Josie: I’ll have to guard against your ideas. It might sound romantic but you forgot the flies by day and the mosquitoes by night. I couldn’t hang around too long in that kind of world. Mary: Oh well. So, after the markets, you went on your exhausting exploration? Josie: If you mean museum, concert and cinema, then yes! This may not have occurred to you but two of those things required sitting and relaxing. The movie was padded out so I slept through some of it. The concert tickets had been palmed off to me so I realised that it probably wasn’t likely to be that exciting and I was right. I was able it tune most of it out and sleep. The museum did take a bit of time working out where to go but I soon got the hang of it. Mary: Well, you’re very lucky. I had to go to a seminar. The speaker went on, and on, and on. I’m sure he run over but he was able to rattle off so much information on the fly that no one was able to butt in. I figured out that he did say something wrong and I asked him to go over something he’d said, which helped wake me up... Josie: Really. That’s... Mary: ...But after the seminar I got stuck in the cocktail party with another student who rambled on and on and on. I was tempted to knock him down but that would’ve been impolite! Josie: Really! You must... Mary: ...After that I just had to get a drink and unwind. So I left, went to a pub and ended up being talked to by another guy who wanted to rabbit on and on and on. It was not my day! What are you laughing for? Josie: Ha ha. I’m sorry. But it’s funny that you were talking about people who could reel off one fact after another without drying up yet you were unable to shut up when I tried to interrupt! I was just going to say that you have a very sympathetic face and you look like someone that anyone can talk to! Mary: Grrrr. Josie: I’m kidding! http://www.speakoz.com/english-directory/lesson-plans/markets.html
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