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ANITA: |
What's your opinion, Martin? You've been very quiet. |
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MARTIN: |
I've been listening. I'm Martin Learner, by the way. |
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JAY: |
Do
you have children? |
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MARTIN: |
They are a little older, Jay. |
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ANITA: |
Your daughter isn't very old. What do you think about her watching
television? |
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MARTIN: |
In
my opinion, we see too much violence. |
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VANCE: |
I
think we see the other side too. I believe the news programs do very
well. |
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ANITA: |
Let's agree there are too many guns on television. What can we do? |
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VANCE: |
I
don't agree, but I'll listen. |
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JAY: |
Martin, what would you recommend? |
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TINA: |
I
think we should boycott television. |
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YUKI: |
Boycott?
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ANITA: |
That means we should stop watching TV. |
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YUKI: |
I
don't agree. I feel that is not good. |
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MARTIN: |
Are
some programs better than others? |
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ANITA: |
Sure. I think some programs are OK. |
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JAY: |
I
agree. I don't think they're all bad. |
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VANCE: |
I
feel there are more good programs than bad programs. |
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TINA: |
Oh,
no. That's absurd. |
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MARTIN: |
Could you decide which programs are the worst? |
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JAY: |
And
which ones are the best? |
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TINA: |
And
then what? |
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MARTIN: |
Then you could decide on a plan. Maybe you could tell the television
companies how you feel about the programs. |
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YUKI: |
Would they listen? |
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ANITA: |
I
think they would. |
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MARTIN: |
I
believe they would too. They want you to watch their programs.
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JAY: |
They don't want you to turn off TV, like Tina. |
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TINA: |
I
believe I should turn it off when it's bad. |
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MARTIN: |
That's one way, of course. Don't you think you could work together?
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ANITA: |
Do
you think we could write letters? |
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JAY: |
I
don't have time. I don't even have time to watch TV with my
children. |
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ANITA: |
Maybe we need more parents to help us. Do you agree? |
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VANCE: |
That would help I think. Could we study the programs? |
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JAY: |
All
of them? |
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ANITA: |
We
know the most popular ones. We could ask all the parents to list
their children's favorite programs. |
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MARTIN: |
Then ask parents to choose the best. |
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VANCE: |
I
think they should put them in order. You know, best at the top and
worst at the bottom. |
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JAY: |
I
think that's a good idea. |
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YUKI: |
Do
you think we would agree? |
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VANCE: |
Probably not. |
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ANITA: |
I
believe we would agree on some programs. |
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TINA: |
In
my opinion, it won't work. |
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MARTIN: |
I
feel you should try it. You might agree on the very bad programs.
Those are the ones you don't want your children to watch. |
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ANITA: |
Martin, could you help us get started? |
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MARTIN: |
I'd
be happy to. |
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ANITA: |
Good night, Martin. Thanks for coming. |
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MARTIN: |
You're welcome. I enjoyed it. See you soon. |
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