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MARTIN: |
Black coffee, please. |
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MRS. W: |
No sugar? |
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MARTIN: |
That's right. Thank you. |
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MRS. W: |
Mr. McCammon. This is Martin Learner.
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MR. MC: |
Hello. I'm Malcolm McCammon. How are you?
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MARTIN: |
Fine thanks. How are you? What do you do? |
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MR. MC: |
I'm Conrad's father.
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MARTIN: |
What grade? |
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MR. MC: |
Second grade. I'm a father and a lawyer.
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MARTIN: |
Where are you from? |
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MR. MC: |
I'm from Lawrence, Kansas. I studied at the university there. What
do you do? |
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MARTIN: |
I'm a reporter for the Voice of America. I'm writing a story about
schools. |
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MRS. W: |
This is Glen Edwards.
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MARTIN: |
Hello. How are you? |
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GLEN: |
Fine thanks. How are you? |
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MARTIN: |
Fine thanks. |
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GLEN: |
Are you a father? |
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MR. MC: |
He's a reporter.
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MARTIN: |
I'm a father too. What's that? |
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GLEN: |
It's corn.
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MR. MC: |
It's red!
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GLEN: |
Yes. It's interesting. |
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MARTIN: |
Your child is in third grade? |
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GLEN: |
Yes, my son is in third grade. |
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MARTIN: |
What do you do? |
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GLEN: |
I'm a gardener. I grow red corn. |
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MR. MC: |
He's a gardener. He's a banker too. |
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MARTIN: |
Is your son a gardener?
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GLEN: |
Yes. He grows carrots and onions. I grow corn, tomatoes, potatoes,
and squash. |
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MARTIN: |
Mr. McCammon, are you a gardener? |
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MR. MC: |
Oh, no. But I'm a cook. |
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GLEN: |
Yes, he's a good cook. |
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MR. MC: |
I
don't cook red corn! I cook yellow corn and white corn, but I don't
cook red corn. |
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MRS. W: |
Mr.
Learner. Come meet Miss Frazetta. Tobi, this is Martin Learner.
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TOBI: |
Good evening. Are you a teacher? |
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MARTIN: |
No,
I'm a reporter. |
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TOBI: |
That's interesting. I'm a reporter too. |
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MARTIN: |
I
write stories for radio. |
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TOBI: |
I
write for the newspaper. Are you a parent? |
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MARTIN: |
Yes, but my children are in Baltimore. |
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TOBI: |
Are
you from Baltimore? |
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MARTIN: |
Yes, I live in Baltimore. |
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TOBI: |
My
daughter is in fourth grade. |
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MARTIN: |
I
visited fifth grade today. What's that? |
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TOBI: |
It's a rock. They're studying rocks in science. |
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MARTIN: |
Hello, I'm Martin Learner. |
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JILL: |
Hi.
I'm Jill Goldsmith. |
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MARTIN: |
What do you do? Are you a teacher? |
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JILL: |
No,
I'm a student. I'm studying art. I'm going to teach art. |
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MARTIN: |
Where are you studying? |
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JILL: |
At
the university. |
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MARTIN: |
Would you like coffee? |
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JILL: |
No,
I would like cake. |
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MARTIN: |
Hello, Gary. This is Miss Goldsmith. This is Gary Durant. He's the
assistant principal. |
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GARY: |
Hello, Miss Goldsmith. |
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JILL: |
Call me Jill. |
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MARTIN: |
She's a student. She's going to be an art teacher. |
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GARY: |
I'm
delighted. |
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JILL: |
Are
you a teacher? |
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GARY: |
Yes, I teach mathematics. |
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MARTIN: |
Excuse us. We're going to find cake and coffee. |
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GARY: |
Come with me. |
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