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minstrel: Oh splendid! Here is one to get those creative juices flowing!
witch: Lovely!
minstrel: That was my favorite song! How about another one? Say, what does the toe nail do?
witch: Just an ingredient for the potion. I need some more materials lying around for the potion, and it might that like I'll be speaking to the objects, but rest assured it is part of the potion making ritual.
minstrel: will you be needing this?
witch: Ah yes thank you.
minstrel: That sure smells funny. I guess it's not supposed to taste good huh? As long as it works.
witch: Now if it doesn't mean too much, I will ask that you step outside for a little while while I brew the concoction. It gets quite reactive and we would not like a inexperienced lad involved in the dark arts. I will let you know when it is done.
minstrel: Sure thing. I will just sing you a song from out here.
Summarize the dialogue | witch needs some more materials for the potion. minstrel will step outside for a little while while witch brews the concoction. |
Postdoc F: OK it s it s very pause eh it s pause very brief I mean just let me just hand these out Oops
Grad H: Is this the same as the email or different ?
Postdoc F: It s slightly different I pause basically the same But same idea So if you ve looked at this you ve seen it before so pause Basically pause as you know pause part of the encoding pause includes a mark that indicates pause an overlap It s not indicated pause with pause tight precision it s just indicated that OK so It s indicated to to so the people know pause what parts of sp which which stretches of speech were in the clear versus being overlapped by others So I pause used this mark and pause and pause pause divided the I wrote a script pause which divides things into individual minutes pause of which we ended up with forty pause five and a little bit And pause you know minute zero of course is the first minute up to pause sixty seconds And pause What you can see is the number of overlaps pause and then pause to the right pause whether they involve two speakers three speakers or more than three speakers And pause pause and what I was looking for sp sp specifically was the question of pause whether they are distributed evenly throughout or whether they are pause bursts of them And pause it looked to me as though you know y this is just pause eh eh this would this is not statistically pause verified pause but it pause did look to me as though there are bursts throughout rather than being pause localized to a particular region The part down there where there s the maximum number of pause of pause overlaps is an area where we were discussing pause whether or not it would be useful to indi to s to pause code pause stress pause sentence stress pause as possible indication of pause information retrieval So it s like pause you know rather pause lively discussion there
Professor D: What was what s the the parenthesized stuff pause that says like e the first one that says six overlaps and then two point eight ?
Postdoc F: Oh th pause That s the per cent So six is pause two point eight percent pause of the total number of overlaps in the pause session At the very end this is when people were pause you know packing up to go basically there s pause this final stuff I think we pause I do not remember where the digits pause fell I would have to look at that But pause the final three there are no overlaps at all And pause couple times there pause are not So i it seems like it goes through bursts pause but pause that s kind of it Now pause Another question is pause is there are there pause individual differences in whether you are likely to be overlapped with or to overlap with others And again pause I want to emphasize this is just one pause particular pause pause one particular meeting and also there s been no statistical testing of it all but pause I pause I took the coding of pause the I you know my I had this script pause figure out pause who pause was the first speaker who was the second speaker involved in a two person overlap I did not look at the ones involving three or more And pause pause this is how it breaks down in the individual cells of pause who tended to be overlapping most often with who who else and pause if you look at the marginal totals which is the ones on the right side and across the bottom you get pause the totals for an individual So pause If you pause look at the bottom those are the pause numbers of overlaps in which pause pause Adam was involved as the person doing the overlapping and if you look I m sorry but you are o alphabetical that s why I m choosing you And then if you look across the right pause then pause that s where he was the pause person who was the sp first speaker in the pair pause and got overlap overlapped with by somebody And pause then if you look down in the summary table pause then you see that pause th they are differences in pause whether a person got overlapped with or pause overlapped by
Grad H: Is this pause just raw counts or is it So it would be interesting to see how much each person spoke
Postdoc F: Yes very true very true it would be good to normalize with respect to that Now on the table I did pause take one step toward pause away from the raw frequencies by putting pause pause percentages So that the percentage of time pause of the of the times that a person spoke pause what percentage pause eh w so Of the times a person spoke and furthermore was involved in a two two person overlap what percentage of the time were they the overlapper and what percent of the time were they th the overlappee ? And there it looks like you see some differences pause that some people tend to be overlapped pause with more often than they are overlapped but of course i e this is just one meeting pause pause there s no statistical testing involved and that would be pause required for a for a finding pause of pause any pause kind of pause scientific pause reliability
Professor D: S so i it would be statistically incorrect to conclude from this that Adam talked too much or something
Grad H: No no actually that would be actually statistically correct
Postdoc F: That s right And I m pause you know I m I do not see a point of singling people out
Professor D: B I I I rather enjoyed it but but this
Postdoc F: now this is a case where obviously
PhD A: But the numbers speak for themselves
Postdoc F: Well you know it s like I m not I m not saying on the tape who did pause better or worse
Grad H: Yes that s right so you do not nee OK
Postdoc F: because pause I do not think that it s I pause you know and and th here s a case where of course human subjects people would say be sure that you anonymize the results pause and and so might as well do this
Grad H: when this is what This is actually when Jane sent this email first is what caused me to start thinking about anonymizing the data
Postdoc F: Well fair enough Fair enough And actually pause you know the point is not about an individual it s the point about pause tendencies toward pause you know different styles different speaker styles And pause it would be you know pause of course pause there s also the question of what type of overlap was this and w what were they and i and I and I know that I can distinguish at least three types and probably more I mean the general pause cultural idea which w the conversation analysts originally started with in the seventies was that we have this strict model where politeness involves that you let the person finish th before you start talking and pause and you know I mean pause w we know that pause an and they ve loosened up on that too s in the intervening time that pause that that s that s viewed as being pause a culturally relative thing I mean pause that you have the high involvement style from the East Coast where people will overlap often as an indication of interest in what the other person is saying And Well there you go Fine that s alright that s OK And and pause you know in contrast so Deborah d and also Deborah Tannen s pause thesis she talked about differences of these types pause that they are just different styles and it s pause you you can not impose a model of pause there of the ideal being no overlaps and pause you know conversational analysts also agree with that so it s pause now universally pause a ag agreed with And and als I mean I can not say universally but anyway the people who used to say it was strict pause pause now pause do not I mean they they pause also pause you know pause ack acknowledge the influence of pause sub of subcultural norms and pause cross cultural norms and things So Then it beco pause though so just just superficially to give pause pause a couple ideas of the types of overlaps involved I have at the bottom several that I noticed So pause there are backchannels like what Adam just did now and pause anticipating the end of a question and pause simply answering it earlier and there are several of those in this in these data where because we are pause people who ve talked to each other pause we know pause basically what the topic is what the possibilities are and w and we ve spoken with each other so we know basically what the other person s style is likely to be and so and t there are a number of places where someone just answered early No problem And places pause also which I thought were interesting where two or more people gave exactly th the same answer in unison different words of course but you know the basically pause you know everyone s saying `` yes `` or you know or ev even more sp specific than that So the point is that pause overlap s not necessarily a bad thing and that it would be i am pause i useful to subdivide these further and see if there are individual differences in styles with respect to the types involved And that s all I wanted to say on that pause unless people have questions
Professor D: Well of course th the biggest pause pause result here which is one we ve pause we ve talked about many times and is not new to us but which I think would be interesting to show someone who is not familiar with this pause is just the sheer number of overlaps That that Right ? pause that that here s a relatively short meeting it s a forty pause forty plus minute pause meeting and not only were there two hundred and fifteen overlaps pause but pause I think there s one pause one minute there where there where where there was not any overlap ? I mean it s pause throughout this thing ?
Postdoc F: Well at the bottom you have the bottom three So four four minutes all together with none none
Professor D: Oh so the bottom three did have s stuff going on ? There was speech ?
Postdoc F: Yes huh But just no overlaps
Professor D: OK so if the this
PhD A: It would be interesting to see what the total amount of time is in the overlaps versus
Postdoc F: Yes exactly and that s that s where Jose s pro project comes in
PhD E: I h I have this that infor I have th that information now
PhD G: I was about to ask
Professor D: Oh about how much is it ?
PhD E: The the duration of eh of each of the overlaps
Professor D: O oh what s what s the what s the average pause length ?
PhD E: M I I have not averaged it now but pause I I will I will do the the study of the pause with the with the program with the the different pause the nnn pause distribution of the duration of the overlaps
Professor D: You do not know ? OK you you don you do not have a feeling for roughly how pause much it is ?
PhD E: mmm pause Because the the is The duration is pause the variation the variation of the duration is very big on the dat
Postdoc F: I suspect that it will also differ pause depending on the type of overlap pause involved So backchannels will be very brief
PhD E: Because on your surface eh pause a bit of zone of overlapping with the duration eh overlapped and another very very short i probably it s very difficult to to because the the overlap is on is only the in the final `` S `` of the of the the fin the the end the end word of the pause previous speaker with the the next word of the the new speaker I considered pause that s an overlap but it s very short it s an `` X `` with a and the idea is probably eh pause when eh when eh we studied th th that zone eh pause pause eh we h we have eh eh pause confusion with eh eh noise With eh pause that fricative sounds but pause I have new information but I have to to study
Professor D: but I I would you
PhD G: You split this by minute pause so if an overlap straddles pause the boundary between two minutes that counts towards both of those minutes
Postdoc F: Yes Mm Actually pause actually not so pause le let s think about the case where A starts speaking pause and then B overlaps with A pause and then the minute boundary happens And let s say that after that minute boundary pause B is still speaking pause and A overlaps pause with B that would be a new overlap But otherwise pause let s say B pause comes to the conclusion of of that turn without pause anyone overlapping with him or her in which case there would be no overlap counted in that second minute
PhD G: No but suppose they both talk simultaneously pause both a a portion of it is in minute one and another portion of minute two
Postdoc F: OK In that case pause my c pause the coding that I was using since we have not pause pause incorporated Adam s pause coding of overlap yets the coding of `` yets `` is not a word since we have not incorporated Adam s method of handling overl overlaps yet pause then pause that would have fallen through the cra cracks It would be an underestimate of the number of overlaps because pause I wou I would not be able to pick it up from the way it was pause encoded so far We just have not done th the precise second to sec you know pause second to second coding of when they occur
Professor D: I I I m I m I m confused now So l l let me restate what I thought Andreas was saying and and see Let s say that in in second fifty seven pause of one minute pause you start talking and I start talking and pause we ignore each other and keep on talking for six seconds So we go over So we were we were talking over one another pause and it s just in each case it s just sort of one pause interval Right ? So pause we talked over the minute boundary Is this pause considered as one overlap in each of the minutes the way you have done this
Postdoc F: No it would not It would be considered as an overlap in the first one
Professor D: OK so that s pause good i I think in the sense that I think Andreas meant the question
PhD B: That s pause that s good cuz the overall rate is
Postdoc F: They are not double counted
PhD G: Other otherwise you would get double counts here and there And then it would be harder
Postdoc F: I should also say I did a simplifying pause count in that if A was speaking pause B overlapped with A and then A came back again and overlapped with B again I I did not count that as a three person overlap I counted that as a two person overlap pause and it was A being overlapped with by D Because the idea was the first speaker pause had the floor pause and the second person pause started speaking and then the f the first person reasserted the floor pause kind of thing These are simplifying assumptions did not happen very often there may be like three overlaps affected that way in the whole thing
Grad H: I want to go back and listen to minute forty one Cuz i i I find it interesting that there were a large number of overlaps and they were all two speaker I mean what I thought what I would have thought in pause is that when there were a large number of overlaps it was because everyone was talking at once but apparently not
Postdoc F: That s interesting That s interesting there s a lot of backchannel a lot o a lot of
Grad H: This is pause really interesting data
PhD B: I think what s really interesting though it is pause before d pause saying `` yes meetings have a lot of overlaps `` is to actually find out how many more pause we have than two party
Postdoc F: I think so too I think
PhD B: Cuz in two party conversations like Switchboard there s an awful lot too if you just look at backchannels if you consider those overlaps ? it s also ver it s huge It s just that people have not been pause looking at that because they ve been doing single channel processing for pause speech recognition So the question is you know how many more overlaps pause do you have pause of say the two person type by adding more people to a meeting and it may be a lot more but i it may pause it may not be
Professor D: Well but see I find it interesting even if it was not any more because pause since we were dealing with this full duplex sort of thing in Switchboard where it was just all separated out we just everything was just nice so that so the issue is in in a situation pause where th that s
PhD B: Well it s not really pause `` nice `` It depends what you are doing So if you were actually pause having depends what you are doing if Right now we are do we have individual mikes on the people in this meeting So the question is you know `` are there really more overlaps happening than there would be in a two person pause party `` And and there well may be but
Professor D: Let let m let me rephrase what I m saying cuz I do not think I m getting it across What what I what I should not use words like `` nice `` because maybe that s too i too imprecise But what I mean is that in Switchboard pause despite the many many other problems that we have one problem that we are not considering is overlap And what we are doing now is pause aside from the many other differences in the task we are considering overlap and one of the reasons that we are considering it pause you know one of them not all of them one of them is that w at least pause you know I m very interested in the scenario in which pause both people talking are pretty much equally pause audible and from a single microphone And so pause in that case it does get mixed in and it s pretty hard to jus pause to just ignore it to just do processing on one and not on the other
PhD B: I I agree that it s an issue here pause but it s also an issue for Switchboard and if you pause think of meetings pause being recorded over the telephone which I think you know this whole point of studying meetings is not just to have people in a room but to also have pause meetings over different phone lines Maybe far field mike people would not be interested in that but all the dialogue issues still apply so if each of us was calling and having pause a meeting that way pause you kn you know like a conference call And just the question is pause y you know in Switchboard pause you would think that s the simplest case of a meeting of more than one person and pause I m wondering how much more pause overlap pause of pause the types that that Jane described happen with more people present So it may be that having three people pause is very different from having two people or it may not be
Professor D: That s an important question to ask I think what I m pause All I m s really saying is that I do not think we were considering that in Switchboard
PhD B: Not you me But but but
Grad H: Though it was not pause in the design
Professor D: Were you were you were you were you measuring it ? I mean w w were
PhD B: There there s actually to tell you the truth the reason why it s hard to measure is because of so from the point of view of studying dialogue I mean which pause Dan Jurafsky and Andreas and I had some projects on you want to know the sequence of turns So what happens is if you are talking and I have a backchannel in the middle of your turn and then you keep going what it looks like in a dialogue model is your turn and then my backchannel even though my backchannel occurred completely inside your turn So for things like language modeling or dialogue modeling pause it s We know that that s wrong in real time But because of the acoustic segmentations that were done and the fact that some of the acoustic data in Switchboard were missing people could not study it but that does not mean in the real world that people do not talk that way So it s
Professor D: I was not saying that Right ? I was just saying that w now we are looking at it And and and you you maybe wanted to look at it before but for these various technical reasons in terms of how the data was you were not
PhD B: Right We are looking at it here
Professor D: So that s why it s coming to us as new even though it may well be pause you know if your if your hypothes The hypothesis you were offering eh Right ? if it s the null poth comment hypothesis and if actually you have as much overlap in a two person we do not know the answer to that The reason we do not know the answer to is cuz it was not studied and it was not studied because it was not set up Right ?
PhD B: all I meant is that if you are asking the question from the point of view of pause what s different about a meeting studying meetings of say more than two people versus pause what kinds of questions you could ask with a two person pause meeting It s important to distinguish pause that you know this project pause is getting a lot of overlap pause but other projects were too but we just could not study them And and so
Professor D: May have been May have been Right ?
PhD B: Well there is a high rate
Professor D: We do kn we do not know the numbers
PhD B: So It s but I do not know how high in fact
PhD A: Well here I have a question
PhD B: that would be interesting to know
Professor D: See I mean i i le let me t I mean my point was just if you wanted to say to somebody `` what have we learned about overlaps here ? `` just never mind comparison with something else what we ve learned about is overlaps in this situation is that the first pause the first order thing I would say is that there s a lot of them Right ? In in the sense that i if you said if i i i
PhD B: I I do not di I agree with that
Professor D: In a way I guess what I m comparing to is more the common sense notion of how how much people overlap pause you know the fact that when when when Adam was looking for a stretch of of speech before that did not have any overlaps and he w he was having such a hard time and now I look at this and I go `` well I can see why he was having such a hard time ``
PhD B: Right That s also true of Switchboard
Professor D: It s happening a lot I was not saying it was not
PhD B: Right So it s just
Professor D: Right ? I was commenting about this
PhD B: OK All I m saying is that from the
Professor D: I m saying if I pause I m saying if I have this complicated thing in front of me and we sh which pause you know we are going to get much more sophisticated about when we get lots more data But Then if I was going to describe to somebody what did you learn pause right here about you know the the modest amount of data that was analyzed I would say `` Well the first order thing was there was a lot of overlaps `` In fact and it s not just an overlap bunch of overlaps second order thing is it s not just a bunch of overlaps in one particular point but that there s overlaps throughout the thing
PhD B: Right No I I agree with that
Professor D: And that s interesting That s all
PhD B: I m just pause saying that it may pause the reason you get overlaps may or may not be due to sort of the number of people in the meeting
Professor D: I was not making any statement about that
PhD B: And and it would actually be interesting to find out because some of the data say Switchboard which is not exactly the same kind of context I mean these are two people who do not know each other and so forth But we should still be able to somehow say what what is the added contra contribution to sort of overlap time of each additional person or something like that | PhD G explained how the data represents the number of overlaps regardless of the number of speakers. It is important to answer the question of whether overlaps are distributed evenly throughout or whether they are in bursts. Anonymizing the results and classifying overlaps by type may assist in standardizing cultural ways of conversing. PhD G proposed finding the average length of overlaps and the distribution of the duration of overlaps . |
king: Ok my dear I would love to get you a new cushion. Maybe the seamstress can make one especially for my Royal Queen
queen: I certainly do hope so, just look at it. It is pitifully flat these days.
king: What do you think of the new painting my dear? It has a Gold frame, just like you like.
queen: It is quite nice that you now mention it.
king: It shows you in a great light, so beutiful
queen: Thank you for your kind words my king.
king: I think it is my favorite painting of you, Rwar
queen: Are you growling at me?
king: You are so fine my lady
queen: You haven't seen the chambermaid around have you dear?
king: Why no, I think I seen her go down the hall to the Kitchen
queen: Hmm she is supposed to be cleaning, sometimes I wonder about that girl.
king: She had her hands full dear she wasn't going on an evening stroll. It's tough being the king you know, help me relax
Summarize the dialogue | king wants to get a new cushion for his queen. The queen is very flat. The king saw the chambermaid go to the kitchen. |
#Person1#: What sort of hours do you work, Steve?
#Person2#: Well, I have to work very long hours, about eleven hours a day.
#Person1#: What time do you start?
#Person2#: I work 9 to 3, then I start again at 5:30 and work until 11, six days a week. So I have to work very unsocial hours.
#Person1#: And do you have to work at the weekend?
#Person2#: Oh, yes, that's our busiest time. I get Wednesdays off.
#Person1#: What are the things you have to do and the things you don't have to do?
#Person2#: Uh, I don't have to do the washing-up, so that's good. I have to wear white, and I have to keep everything in the kitchen totally clean.
#Person1#: What's hard about the job?
#Person2#: You are standing up all the time. When we are busy, people get angry and sharp, but that's normal.
#Person1#: How did you learn the profession?
#Person2#: Well, I did a two-year course at college. In the first year we had to learn the basics, and then we had to take exams.
#Person1#: Was it easy to find a job?
#Person2#: I wrote to about six hotels and one of them gave me my first job, so I didn't have to wait too long.
#Person1#: And what's the secret of being good at your job?
#Person2#: Attention to detail. You have to love it. You have to show passion for it.
#Person1#: And what are your plans for the future?
#Person2#: I want to have my own place when the time is right. | #Person1# asks Steve about his working schedule, job content, the hard part of the job, study experience, work experience, and plans for the future. Steve answers the question in detail and shares his secret of being good at the job. |
Rob: have you seen last game of Suns?
Rob: Marcin Gortat was amazing!
Matt: yeah I know
Matt: this guy is really the future of our club
Matt: but I have heard that he thinks about returning to Poland
Rob: oh no!
Rob: but wait, what can he do there?
Matt: he said he wants to spend some time with family
Matt: and build his own family
Matt: have a baby or so
Rob: can't he do it later? XD
Rob: we have to win whole league
Matt: don't worry, it's just a plan for future
Matt: maybe next year or so | Rob and Matt are talking about Marcin Gortat. |
Ingmar: Hi Judy, do you think you might have time to look at my CV today?
Judy: Yeah, I think so. When do you need it?
Ingmar: I'd like to send off my job application around 10 am tomorrow.
Judy: Ok, that'll work. Anything that needs special attention?
Ingmar: Yes, my education section. No sure what 2 include or leave out
Judy: Ok. I'll see what you have.
Ingmar: Thanks!
Judy: What job are u applying for btw?
Ingmar: It's for a customer service role.
Judy: I see. Is it an exciting company?
Ingmar: Sorta. I heard theyre good to work for at least.
Judy: That's good. Good luck!
Ingmar: Thanks! | Igmar is applying for a customer service job tomorrow at 10 am and needs Ingmar to check her CV, especially the education section. |
goat: Bah!
guard: Foul beast! Give me that!
goat: Bah!
guard: Come here goat. You must be prepared.
goat: Bah, Bah!
guard: How dare you goat!
goat: Bah!
guard: Ah! Now you've done it! You dare to attack the King?
goat: Beah! Bah.
guard: Give me that! What a foul beast you are!
goat: Bah?
guard: Oh now you want to apologize? Ridiculous animal.
goat: Bah!
Summarize the dialogue | goat is preparing to attack the king. |
peasant: i am a farmer
horse: hello farmer. I am the King's Fine horse.
peasant: Hey horsy tell me what brings you to the pond
horse: I guess this where I was left. Doesn't seem sutible place for me to be with all the dead things. I need to be taken to clean water.
Summarize the dialogue | horse was left in the pond and needs to be taken to clean water. |
servant: Hello, young prince!
Summarize the dialogue | The young prince is coming. |
#Person1#: Loans Department, how can I help you?
#Person2#: Hello. Could you give me some details about your Personal Pledge Loans, please?
#Person1#: Certainly, Sir. I'd be happy to. The Personal Pledge Loan is a loan secured by undue certificates, Time Deposits, for example, or Visible Treasury Bonds.
#Person2#: So, as long as I have one of those, I can apply for a Personal Pledge Loan?
#Person1#: That's correct, Sir. The bank will issue receipt to you and also take care of all the pledged securities.
#Person2#: Mmmm. . . how about the period of repayment?
#Person1#: The maximum maturity period is a year, but it also cannot exceed the maturity on the certificates used as collateral.
#Person2#: And the maximum loan amount?
#Person1#: The initial amount is just 2, 000 RIB, but we can go up to 100, 000 RIB. But remember, it cannot exceed the amount on the certificates you are using as collateral.
#Person2#: OK. I'll have a look at what I've got exactly in certificates and get back to you. Thanks for your help. Bye.
#Person1#: My pleasure, Sir. Bye. | #Person2# wants #Person1# to give him some details about the Personal Pledge Loans, such as the period of repayment and the maximum loan amount, and will get back to #Person1# after looking at what he's got exactly in certificates. |
the queen: Hello my dear, I was wanting to talk to you.
king: finally we can rest its been a long day
the queen: I need you to talk to me dear. I have not felt "happy" in a long time.
king: what seems to be wrong?
the queen: You have been distant and It has made me feel unwanted.
king: perhaps we should spend some alone time together
the queen: I want to go somewhere, like where we first met.
king: than that is what we shall do. I do not mean to become distant but ruling this kingdom is very demanding
the queen: I love you honey, thank you for understanding. How have you been?
king: i am very tired it has been a long week with all of the madness this kingdom has
the queen: I am sure, running a kingdom is hard work.
king: i will need to make arrangements but how does the first of next month sound
the queen: I am already looking forward to it!
Summarize the dialogue | the queen is unhappy because the king has been distant. They will spend some alone time together next month. |
Nick: I honestly miss the old times
Nick: when we were still going to the games
Nick: so many good memories
Max: you're not the only one
Max: those were some good times indeed
Nick: do you remember the first title?
Max: how could I forget?
Nick: those celebrations were epic
Max: whole city was on fire
Max: one of the players almost fell down from the bus roof :D
Nick: this season they're slowly coming back on track
Nick: so maybe the next title is not that far away
Max: I didn't expect them to play this well so quickly
Max: they're still very inexperienced
Nick: doesn't seem to bother them at all :)
Max: I just hope they won't end up selling all the promising players
Nick: true, just give them 2 or 3 years of playing together
Nick: and the results will come
Max: we really need to go back and see a game again
Nick: a bit hard with me living in another country and you in another city
Nick: but not impossible
Max: we will make it happen!
Nick: agreed
Nick: but we should plan for it ahead
Max: that's not a problem | Nick and Max miss the old days when they were going to the games together. They want to do it again, even if they're living in different places now. |
Jenny: Getting ready for Halloween! xx
Noah: very spectacular! like your make up i guess..
Holly: OMG! that's scary.
Ben: That's what i wake up to every morning! x
Jenny: thank u my love! x
Will: Awesome!!!
Kim: Happy Halloween! | Jenny is preparing herself for Halloween and Kim is wishing all happy Halloween. |
child: I was so busy chasing after you, I left my gold at home. What are we going to do, Ralph?
dog: I may be an old hound but I'm still sly as a fox. We can share this bacon I found!
child: Nice thinking, dog.... I just hope nobody saw that! Those gallows look pretty uncomfortable... Do you think they'd put a dog in shackles??
dog: They'd have to catch me first, you know how ruff that can be!
child: Well.... I'd say, we should probably head back home, before mother sends out the town guard after us. Will you at least pretend to put this on?
dog: Grrr, is that a CAT?!
child: Uh oh.... RALPH, NO, NOT AGAIN!
dog: BOY, THIS IS IMPORTANT! Run and cut it off at the spice merchant!
child: That's it, dog. You're on your own. I won't get in any more trouble for your silly chase games! I'm going home!
Summarize the dialogue | Ralph and the child are going home. The child left his gold at home. Ralph found some bacon. |
User Interface: were going to have the volume control here but because we have got the the LCD and the jogdial we just thought we would use that as the volume
Project Manager: jogdial for volume And what else do you do with the jogdial ?
User Interface: you can use it for more advanced functions like contrast colour and just whatever else we wanted to include as the advanced functions we did not actually go through and specify the
Project Manager: Well of the designers what are they ?
User Interface: what can a TV do ?
Project Manager: That is a good one
Industrial Designer: What else ? the various inputs Are you having a VCR are you having you know which input do you have ? Yep colour sharpness a lot of these things will have to be free and open for users to define them
Project Manager: Sharpness what about sound settings ? d can you change any of those at all ?
Industrial Designer: Audio we have like your basic y your base your midrange your high range Yep leftright balance maybe even preprogrammed sound modes like the user could determine like a series of sound modes and then what could happen would be when you click on that then it would go to that setting
Project Manager: is there anything else at all it can do ? That because that is that is fine Just need to know so I can write it down right I g I guess that is it so we can now We can now have a little look at the the Excel sheet and price listing and see if we need to if we need to rethink anything at all | The jog dial can be used to control volume, contrast, brightness, channels, auxiliary inputs, color, sharpness, sound, audio, left-right balance, and pre-programmed sound modes. |
local: Hi
traveler: Good evening. What a nice bar. And the food smells wonderful.
local: It is always lovely here
traveler: I will be ordering an ale. And yourself.
local: A beer is fine. Its a little sweaty in here
traveler: I find the fireplace pleasant after my long journey to trade my spices.
local: Be wary of scoundrels. Not everyone there can be trusted.
traveler: Well thank you for your words of caution. Here is one of my hats.
local: This is made from wool and looks expensive. You really dont have to
traveler: It is good to give some to people I meet as I travel. Then I don't have to fear the company I keep so much.
local: I appreciate it. Here, take this compass
traveler: Thank you. That will help me in my travels as I watch out for bandits.
local: Nice. Lets drink to life please
Summarize the dialogue | traveler is in a bar. He will order an ale and a compass. |
a hawk: Are you sure? What if some snuck in while you were sleeping?
weapons master: Then they would get chopped in half by my sword! Ha Ha!
a hawk: Well, next time you do split one in half, can you share it with me? I do so love the taste of fresh rabbit.
weapons master: Since you're the royal hawk, I could do that for you. I don't want the king to come knocking at my door.
a hawk: I can see things that are really far away. I can look at things for you in payment.
weapons master: I don't think anyone would dare attack me, as I have been trusted by the king to equip his soldiers for many years already. The guards will protect me.
a hawk: Well, what if there are assassins lurking in the woods? I could claw their eyes out.
weapons master: That sounds fun, but how can you tell assassins apart from honest citizens?
Summarize the dialogue | weapons master is a weapons maker for the king. He is afraid of assassins. The hawk is the royal hawk. The hawk can see far away. The hawk will look at things for the weapons master in payment. |
person: Oh, well. Hopefully they died drunk on rum. I thought I'd be a pirate one day, but I am - or was - a mere clerk for the town grocer. What did you think you'd be when you grew up?
a wild boar: I am still trying to figure that out.
person: Think I can climb that coconut tree? I've seen one of those brown nuts broken open at the grocery. Maybe I can get to the fruit inside? Want in on this?
a wild boar: Yes. I will use my tusk to break it open
person: Excellent! I like this teamwork. Would you mind if hoist myself further up the tree off your back?
a wild boar: Climb up
person: Excellent! Ugh, this is rough work. I should have focused more on my improving physical prowess before attempting to journey across the sea. I wasn't much help on the ship before it sank. Ah, yes! Here! Two coconuts,straight from the branch.
a wild boar: hmm thats good stuff
Summarize the dialogue | a wild boar and a person are climbing a coconut tree to get to the fruit inside. |
Rose: I'm going to the airport
Violet: Have a safe flight!
Rose: Thanks! See you in a few days. | Rose and Violet will see each other in a few days. |
Jason: Have you seen kaka?
Molly: He must in the ground playing football.
Jason: Great See you then.
Molly: Where you going?
Jason: Ground | Jason is looking for Kaka. He must be in the ground playing football. Jason and Molly will see each other later. Jason is going to the ground now. |
prisoner: A King, here in the dungeon? Have ye come to free me?
Summarize the dialogue | The prisoner is in the dungeon. A King has come to free him. |
Laila: Do you guys have a good vegan cake recipe?
Laila: My friends are coming over and some of them are vegan.
Zoe: I've never baked anything vegan I'm afraid
Derek: Once I made a beetroot cake, quite tasty
Derek: Wait let me look for the recipe
Derek: <file_photo>
Laila: That looks tasty! Thank you <3 | Derek gave Laila a recipe for a beetroot cake. |
Austin: dude, this is hilarious
Austin: <file_video>
Charlie: whats that about
Austin: did you hear of that guy from India whos suing his parents?
Charlie: no, why is this important?
Austin: watch it
Charlie: woahhhh this guy is crazy
Austin: he has a point though
Charlie: how can you sue your parents just because they decided to give birth to you.
Charlie: i mean i get it, its logical that you didnt agree to be born because you didnt exist so they couldnt ask you
Charlie: this is so messed up dude
Austin: im just curious if hes gonna win it
Charlie: never heard of such a ridicolous case
Charlie: props for showing me that hahaa
Austin: im always there for you
Austin: to show you the craziest sheit of the internet
Charlie: do you remember the man that was old and felt as if he was 40?
Austin: of course i do
Austin: just googled it
Austin: it was a dutch guy whos 69, and feels 20 years younger
Charlie: loool
Charlie: one day i will win the internet too
Austin: good luck with that
Charlie: cheers! | Austin is sending Charlie funny stories from the internet. |
Anna: I have to stop watching these ultra romantic movies and series on Netflix
Anna: I will never find me a man!!!
Julia: When calls the heart again?
Anna: and again and again
Anna: <file_photo>
Julia: I can't imagine what you could possibly see in him. he's so ugly :P
Anna: He gets cute when you see how noble and gentleman like he is
Julia: gentleman caller you need?
Anna: I do ;(
Julia: Haha I am more into guys like Richard Madden in Bodyguard
Anna: manly, silent, able to get out of any shitty situation bruce willis style?
Julia: and gentle in bed
Anna: of course because it almost always goes hand in hand...
Julia: so you too are a helpless romantic admit it
Anna: when was the last time you slept with someone
Julia: there is no connection xD
Anna: you say? haha, I know, I just said I need to stop watching these movies
Julia: Let's watch something strong and feminine tonight
Anna: you go sister!! | Anna watches romantic movies and series on Netflix. She's dating a guy. Anna and Julia will watch some strong and feminine movie tonight. |
debtor: You are old and senile and you've given up hope. Has any of your family visited you while you've been here all these years?
prisoner: You just don't get it do you? No one has come. No one will come. Our only choice is to escape and hope to clear our names.
debtor: Escape...that will just land us back here or with our head separated from our shoulders...you are a foolish old man...I have friends in high places!
prisoner: Friends in high laces? Such good friends that they allowed you to be paced *here*? With *me*? Give your head a shake!
debtor: You would rather sit with the rats than believe that things could change. I'll call the guard now to ask to see the Duke who is my friend.
Summarize the dialogue | debtor has been in prison for years. He has no family and has given up hope. He has friends in high places. He will ask the guard to see the Duke. |
Mary: Hi my friend :*
Alice: U re not at school?
Mary: No i stayed at home today.
Alice: Lucky u! | Today Mary didn't go to school, she stayed at home. |
a master wizard: Be careful! He will not hesitate to cast a spell to kill you.
animal: I will be stealthy even though I am big. What is a bad wizard doing in such a non threatening place. These people would not do anyone harm.
a master wizard: He wishes to enslave the people to do his bidding, which is why he must be stopped at all costs!
animal: Oh I agree...I have been hunting down and killing all manner of creatures who would harm these people. It's a win-win...I protect them and I fill my belly.
a master wizard: Once you've tied up the evil wizard, I shall dispose of him and transport him away to a magical prison.
animal: I will go then...please don't get me wrong...I have eaten peasants from the village but these people would not even be big enough to be a tasty morsel...here I go...be quick when I am done...
a master wizard: Good work, creature! This evil wizard shall be banished and never hurt humanity ever again!
Summarize the dialogue | animal will tie up the evil wizard and transport him to a magical prison. |
#Person1#: Do you get the news that our company is trying to find out new tactics to test us?
#Person2#: I know something about it. Our company often organizes all kinds of lectures to improve our professional skills.
#Person1#: It takes most of our weekends to listen to these boring lectures, so I can not bear it anymore. It is said that they think out some tests to check our management skills.
#Person2#: Is that true?
#Person1#: Definitely!
#Person2#: If that information is exact, I guess our company is willing to promote someone. | #Person1# is bored with the company's lectures. #Person2# thinks that the lectures indicate the company's willingness to promote someone. |
maid: I understand. Thank you, your highness. I won't fail you again.
royal family: Come to me every day at lunch to report what you've seen starting in two days. I will be gone soon once I marry into another kingdom so we must keep the little prince safe.
maid: Yes, your highness. I will be another set of eyes for you. You can count on me.
royal family: Thank you. Now, do you know if he has finished his schooling today?
maid: Yes, I did see him with the governess until he was done with his lessons. Then he left and that's when I lost him.
royal family: I see. I will go search him out this time. You may go about your task of cleaning his bedroom.
maid: Of course, I will start at once.
royal family: Do not forget to curtsy.
Summarize the dialogue | Maid will come to the royal family every day at lunch to report what she's seen. The royal family will be gone soon once she marries into another kingdom. Maid saw the prince with the governess until he was done with his lessons. Then he left and that' |
zombie: Brains?
animal: Margghh!
zombie: Use your words beast, lest I feast on your flesh.
animal: Wordsssss are of the nasssssty humans
zombie: Humans are tasty what are you talking about?
animal: They hide from me and run when they see me. Evil creatures.
zombie: Well what are you exactally anyway?
animal: The filthy humanses mutated me and made me a monster
zombie: So you were the product of an experiment?
animal: Yesss. The filthy sssscientistssss did unnatural things to me. Issss that how you too came to be?
zombie: I think it was some sort of magic, to be honest I am unsure.
animal: Ssssorcery. The humans are always playing at it.
zombie: I suppose everyone hungers for power, is that why you stay in the graveyard?
animal: I sstay here because I don't like how the children run from me when they see me
Summarize the dialogue | animal was mutated by humans and he stays in the graveyard because he doesn't like how children run from him. |
child: What a great place to play!
local bazaar: CHILD. No playing.
child: Thank you local bazaar! This will make a great boat for my toy soldier!
local bazaar: Stop. THIEF! Why can't parents keep their children away.
child: Oh look, another kettle! Now I have two! Come, play with me!
local bazaar: i DO NOT PLAY WITH CHILDREn.
child: Oh mister, you're so funny! You're my new daddy now!
local bazaar: How did this happen? You are not my child. Where are your parents?
child: Haha my parents are dead!
local bazaar: How sad. Maybe we should take you to the nearby orphanage.
child: But I've just escaped from there! You wouldn't take me back, would you??
local bazaar: Of course I would!! What good will you do me?
child: I thought you were a nice man.
local bazaar: Never. I am a greedy man. What will you offer me child?
Summarize the dialogue | child is playing in the local bazaar. He steals a kettle and another one. He wants to play with local bazaar. He is not allowed to do that. He is taken to the orphanage. |
Ann: Hey, are you free now?
John: In a moment
Mike: Hi, I will be avail in 5 mins
Mike: What's up?
Ann: Let's have a conference call
Ann: That would be easier
John: Ok, I'm ready
Mike: Let's start at 10, ok?
Ann: Sure. | Ann wants to have a conference call with John and Mike. They will start at 10. |
dog: *Perks ears and spots a rabbit*
rabbit: Hello can you speak to me?
dog: Yes, I am going to catch you for my master, then I will be a good boy!
rabbit: Wait you can't catch me, I'm soo fast!
dog: I'm sorry it is what I must do, I help my master get food and you are food.
rabbit: Your gonna get shot and killed by your master because your a slow and dumb and worst of all...you are such a bad boy!
dog: RAWR!
rabbit: Ah those teeth are really big!
dog: Dang just missed him!
rabbit: You won't be able to catch me!
dog: *Takes a huge leap towards the rabbit* I will get you!
rabbit: Missed again, stupid dog!
dog: I will get you *hits rabbit with paw*
rabbit: Oh that hurts!
Summarize the dialogue | rabbit is running away from the dog. The dog is trying to catch rabbits for his master. |
#Person1#: When it comes to select a fund, you will always read ' Past performance is not an indication of future results ', can you believe that?
#Person2#: Maybe it is right since everything is possible. You know the market changes quickly these days. I still have some confidence in those funds with bad stock performance. Though one stock record is the very important criteria to decide which to buy, I will still consider it if it shows a good performance recently.
#Person1#: But I still have doubted those funds with bad stock performance. For me, a stock record is the very important criteria to decide which to buy. I really want to decrease the risk reach the minimum and achieve the maximum returns.
#Person2#: If you refuse to take risk, you can't have better returns.
#Person1#: I will think about it. | #Person2# will not ignore stocks with bad records if they show good recent performances, and #Person2# tells #Person1# if one refuses to take risks, one won't have better returns. |
#Person1#: I want to mail this package to Korea.
#Person2#: How would you like to send it?
#Person1#: First class, please.
#Person2#: It will cost you 20 pounds because your package is too heavy. It will take 2 days to get there.
#Person1#: 20 pounds? Is there a cheaper way?
#Person2#: Yes, there is. It's the package post way, but it will take you 10 days longer than the first class to get there.
#Person1#: OK, I think I'd like this way. | #Person1# prefers sending the package by post to by first class after being told the price and the duration by #Person2#. |
#Person1#: Hello Mr. Janus. What can we do for you today?
#Person2#: Hello, Miao Ping. It's that time again ; I want to convert my salary. You know, it's so annoying. I wish my company could just pay me in RIB.
#Person1#: Haha! I actually think that many locals would disagree with you ; they are all dying to be paid in US dollars.
#Person2#: Yes, I guess you are right. So, do you need my passport?
#Person1#: Thanks, Mr. Janus. Of course I trust you, but regulations are regulations.
#Person2#: Here you go.
#Person1#: Thanks. And of course, could you fill in the exchange form? | Mr. Janus comes to Miao Ping to convert his salary to RMB. Miao Ping needs his passport and asks him to fill in the exchange form. |
Gloria: Hi Tony, meant to ask you about it for some time now. Will a possible Brexit affect your business?
Tony: In Britain the farce of Brexit looms over everything all day every day. It's going to affect us all in a most adverse manner. No doubt about it.
Gloria: I'll never understand why so many voted for it.
Tony: Nor will I. It is hard to believe that as a nation we have been so stupid as to vote to leave the EU. Utter and sheer short-sightedness.
Tony: When the French protest against their government, they do it on the streets with their Gilets Jaunes. We do protest votes against the government. I’m not sure which nation has developed the more stupid way to object to our government!
Gloria: But will you in your printing business be affected?
Tony: Dunno yet. Actually I've had very few commissions from abroad, so not directly. But we are all going to have less money in our pockets. So there'll be less interest in fancy printed matter.
Tony: But that will affect my holiday plans! And I hate that! The whole nonsense of exchanging money leaves me sick. I've always been out of pocket, no matter whether in Austria or France. And now with the pound going down the drain...
Gloria: We are hardly meeting any British tourists in Mexico now. One couple in Campeche the other day but they said they're attending a convention or sth.
Tony: That's what I mean. We'll be stewing in our own splendidly isolated sauce again.
Gloria: Don't worry. You can always visit us in Austria paying your pounds which we will then spend visiting you in England.
Tony: That's a good plan. But how about me visiting France or Spain??? Any family or friends there?
Gloria: Do you think the second referendum is an option?
Tony: Definitely. Those morons voted "for" out of ignorance, out of sheer lack of knowledge and understanding. Common awareness of economic and political consequences of Brexit has made a quantum jump in this country as late as in the last few months.
Tony: And if you ask me, the Irish border issue cannot be solved thru' any diplomatic channels. It either stays open, the way it is now, or we have a new armed conflict with no prospect of being settled.
Gloria: Hasn't it started yet?
Tony: Yes. I fear the worst.
Gloria: Oh Tony... So wretched.... | Tony's business will be affected by Brexit and both her and Gloria will never understand why people voted for it. It will also affect Tony's holiday plans. Gloria can hardly meet any British tourists in Mexico. Tony thinks the second referendum is an option. |
#Person1#: I'd like to make sure my plane reservation is in order.
#Person2#: May I have your flight number, please?
#Person1#: World Airlines, Flight 201.
#Person2#: And your name, please?
#Person1#: John Anderson.
#Person2#: Yes, sir. You're booked on Flight 201, leaving in one hour.
#Person1#: Thank you. | John Anderson asks #Person2# to check his plane reservation. |
grandmother: Hello, dear. Are you hungry? I was just making some stew.
Summarize the dialogue | Grandmother is making stew. |
king: I suffer from a few bowel diseases, so I only ever visit the washroom once every fortnight. It takes hours, but I feel so much better afterwards.
maid: Goodness, I'm scared to even look. I only have a single towel with me.
king: I might start with a shovel and a bucket if I were you, there might not be enough towels in the palace.
maid: You weren't kidding. This looks more like the amount produced by a herd of cows!
king: Well, they don't call me King Bill the Bovine for nothing!
maid: The smell is positively awful too. I've cleaned my fair share of toilets, but this is by far the most rancid and putrid smell that has ever violated my nostrils.
king: I might suggest getting the High Priest to perform an exorcism before you enter - just to be on the safe side. These are dark times we live in, and having a poop-demon slushing through the palace is the last thing that we need.
Summarize the dialogue | The king suffers from bowel diseases and only uses the toilet once every two weeks. The maid is scared to enter the toilet because of the smell. The king suggests getting the High Priest to perform an exorcism before she enters. |
Drew: Hey guys, I was just wondering if it'd make sense to have the subcommittee meeting before the committee meeting scheduled for this Friday?
Lenna: Sounds good to me, but I'm not sure what's the difference between the two?
Drew: Well, I know it's a little awkward but if the difference isn't clear that's a good reason to talk it over. You agreed to be on the subcommittee, right? 😉
Lenna: Yep... OK, sounds like a plan. I'm up for it. The committee meeting is on Friday so perhaps we should do Weds?
Drew: Yeah, that gives me just enough time to send the minutes around so that Blake and Katia know what we're up
Lenna: Cool. Wednesday at 10 then?
Drew: Yeah, 10 am UK time. @Ivy what do you think?
Ivy: It's fine by me. I do think it's a good idea to work a little bit on the definition of the sub-c-ttee though 😹
Drew: Fair enough, point taken
Ivy: Talk to you soon then
Lenna: Yep xx
Drew: 😚 | Drew, Lenna and Ivy are going to meet on Wednesday on a subcommittee meeting.. They are going to discuss the definition of subcommittee. |
outlaw: That's my bag!
knight: I saw the king's prized jewel in there. He wouldn't have given it to you. You're coming with me
outlaw: Here take it *takes off running*
knight: Oh no again. *runs after and tackles you* Enough of your game!
outlaw: I won't go back, I tell you!
knight: You clearly didn't learn your lesson the last time. Maybe this time they'll have to cut off your hand
outlaw: I steal to eat, you have your way of life I have mine
knight: People that steal to eat usually steal food not jewels from the king. I can't let you go because of that
outlaw: Stealing food feeds me once, stealing a jewel will feed me for two months, which would you rather do?
knight: 2 months? No one is giving you anything for the king's jewel. It's priceless and the king would find anyone that had it
Summarize the dialogue | outlaw stole the king's jewel. The knight chased him and tackled him. |
Hugh: <file_photo>
Julia: is that your son? He's lovely!
Joan: What a cutie! Congrats!
Hugh: Thanks! | Hugh shares a photo of his son with Joan and Julia. |
#Person1#: My name is Sue. How do you do, Mr. Black?
#Person2#: I'm glad to meet you, Sue. Please have a seat.
#Person1#: Thank you, sir.
#Person2#: We've looked over your letter and resume and I'm very satisfied with them. Today I want to invite you talk about insurance you're interested in.
#Person1#: Thank you. I wonder whether I can enjoy the life insurance and health insurance.
#Person2#: Of course. A two-week paid vacation a year, a five-day workweek.
#Person1#: Good. Anything else?
#Person2#: Yes. All the insurance will be linked with your work. We will issue an insurance policy.
#Person1#: Thank you, sir. | Mr. Black is satisfied with Sue's resume and confirms Sue can enjoy the life and health insurance. |
care taker: Oh princess you musnt touch those, they are poisonous, your father has them imported from far away lands. One prick of a thorn can make you fall ill.
the princess who lives in the castle and can't escape.: I rather die than spend another second second inside these walls. please take me with you
care taker: I wish I could princess but your father would have me killed if he knew i helped you escape
the princess who lives in the castle and can't escape.: so give me you clothes and I will give you my dress. I will escape by my self
care taker: Help me dig a hole to bury your dress in and I will give you my clothes. We cant leave a trace of evidence.
the princess who lives in the castle and can't escape.: I will need this for the night. You can sell back my dress. It's worth a lot
care taker: If i sell the dress and someone from the town reports me your father will think if done something terrible to you. I could be beheaded. Its not worth the risk.
Summarize the dialogue | the princess who lives in the castle and can't escape. wants to escape but her care taker won't let her. |
Bret: two first people to reply are getting a free copy of a game on steam lol my brother botched it when buying a coop game for us
Kit: ngdfngdgndfg
Gabe: here I am!
Gabe: gamer Gabe, the Gaber!
Bret: hhahah congrats guyz i'll send you the codes
Dan: why am i always late for every-fukken-thing?!!?!? | Kit and Gabe were first to reply to Bret so they are getting a free copy of a game on steam from him. Dan is dissapointed he was late. |
#Person1#: Why are you so quiet?
#Person2#: My girlfriend just broke up with me.
#Person1#: You must feel terrible now.
#Person2#: Yeah.
#Person1#: I remember my first break up. It was the worst feeling in the world. I was crying everyday for three months. And slowly, it got better. I know you'll feel better too.
#Person2#: You've been through this too?
#Person1#: Yeah. I remember it very clearly. The pain makes it easy to remember. I know you're really hurting right now, but you know many people experience break ups.
#Person2#: But it hurts too much.
#Person1#: I know it's painful, but it's only temporary. After the pain goes away, you'll find other girls.
#Person2#: What if I don't want to find another girl?
#Person1#: You'll change your mind. Look at everyone in the world. They all break up and move on. The faster you understand this, the quicker you will recover.
#Person2#: You're right.
#Person1#: I also know you must still have strong feelings for her, but try to think of all the bad things. You know she didn't treat you that well. Is that the person you want to spend the rest of your life with?
#Person2#: Yeah. Thanks for the talk.
#Person1#: I'll give you a call later. We should hang out. It's good to be around people.
#Person2#: Ok. I'll talk to you later. | #Person2#'s girlfriend just broke up with him. #Person1# shares similar experiences and tells #Person2# that everyone breaks up and moves on. #Person1# encourages #Person2# to recover and invites him to hang out. |
queen: Marvelous man! Bring it here and you shall be duly rewarded - what do you desire? Wealth? Land? Fame?
guard: How about you?
queen: I desire only the cushion!
guard: Prehaps i could settle for this.
queen: Why you insolent welp! My cushion! MY CUSHION!
guard: This cousion is so presious to you. I will keep it till you give me what I desire!
queen: I warn you only once sir - never get between a Queen and her cushion!
guard: You will not get through this shield. I will keep hold of this cusion untill you give me what I want!
queen: But now I am bot armed and defended! Hand me the cushion and your reward will be your life!
guard: I have now Youre sword and the cushion. Keep the sheild. Prehaps you can sit on that!
queen: You foolish guard - let us see how you feel about the wrath of a woman scorned when a flying footstool is thrown your way!
Summarize the dialogue | queen wants the cushion back. The guard wants the sword. The queen is armed and defended. |
#Person1#: Merry Christmas, Bill.
#Person2#: Merry Christmas, Jina.
#Person1#: What are you doing there on the computer?
#Person2#: Come have a look, I received many beautiful e-cards. They are from my friends, all over the world. Christmas wishes for all my friends.
#Person1#: That's pretty interesting. Did you get one from Haven? The reason I ask is that I am looking for her number.
#Person2#: Sorry, I don't have it. But I do have her Email. You want me to sent it to you?
#Person1#: Yeah, that would be great. Thanks.
#Person2#: No worries. I just for her card. And you can get her from Email. I would really like to talk to her again. I kind of miss her a little this days.
#Person1#: Thanks million.
#Person2#: My pleasure. | Bill received Christmas e-cards from his friends. Jina asks for Haven's number. Bill offers Haven's email instead. |
Will: i'm trying to study for my exam but i can't pay attention
Judy: why?
Will: my roommate is playing music, the dog next door won't stop barking
Will: my phone keeps on ringing
Will: I have a stomachache
Will: shall i continue?
Judy: why don't you come to my place to study?
Judy: i'm going out and this place is unbelievable quiet
Will: i'm taking you up on the offer
Judy: you'll be able to concentrate :-)
Will: thanks so much! | Will's trying to study but it's impossible. His roommate is playing music, the dog next door is barking, his phone keeps ringing and he has a stomachache. Judy's place is quiet and, as she's going out, she offers Will to come there to study. He accepts. |
town baker: I'm also the town baker
the town baker: You're mad!!! I'M the town baker!!! I've always wanted to be a cook! My love for baking surpasses my love for people in general, and now here you are trying to sneak in and take my job! What's your plan? Think you're going to steal my special spoon or something???
town baker: You caught me, it is my spoon that you stole from me!!
the town baker: Awww man... It's about to get real. You're gonna wish you hadn't touched my spoon. No one touches my spoon and lives. You've got three seconds to give it back. Three... Two... One...
town baker: Also mine
the town baker: AAAAAGGGHHH! Take that you IMPOSTER!!!
town baker: Shhh relax
the town baker: Don't tell me to relax! And give me my spoon back! I have work to do. I don't have time for this nonsense.
town baker: I also have work to do
Summarize the dialogue | the town baker is angry at the town baker because he stole his spoon. |
deity: I’m glad to hear that. All living things are on their path. Do you come here to meditate or to find comfort?
mice: I come here to find what to eat
deity: Ahh, yes, the basic needs. “Dumplings over flowers” as the Japanese proverb goes.
mice: yes. I have this in exchange
deity: Oh, poor mouse, I have nothing to give for food to you. But, yes, that many may. But, I can help you with heat for the cold winter days. See this candle?
mice: I cant make use of this for anything
deity: Listen, you can. I will give it to the parishioner. Follow him and become his friend. He will see these as gifts from you and be loyal. He will use the and the sword and in return bring you food.
mice: sounds like a clever idea
deity: Well, that’s why I’m a diety.
mice: i respect you more now
deity: I’m glad to hear that. Little mouse. I trust you’ll find food and warmth very soon.
Summarize the dialogue | mice came to the deity to find food and warmth. The deity gave the mouse a candle and a sword in exchange. The mouse will follow the parishioner and become his friend. The parishioner will bring the mouse food. |
#Person1#: How long will it take for our order to be delivered?
#Person2#: Let's see. . . You are importing fifty containers of textiles from China. They should be able to place your order before the end of next week. It will take 2 days for shipping to the port city of Ningpo. The freight will take 3 weeks on the open ocean, and will arrive in Los Angeles approximately a month from today. Domestic shipping will be your responsibility, you can make arrangements with the pier in Los Angeles.
#Person1#: Fine. We will handle domestic shipping, but what about customs? Will we have to pay tariff on our imports? I hope we don't run into any problems with the border control.
#Person2#: No, the Chinese company has that all worked out. With the paperwork you receive with the shipment, you should be good to go. | #Person2# checks #Person1#'s order which needs one month to arrive in Los Angeles from China. #Person1# worries about customs. #Person2# explains the Chinese company has worked out. |
#Person1#: Have you chosen the music for the party yet?
#Person2#: I was going to just let people bring their own.
#Person1#: Oh, I don't think you should do that. One person needs to be in charge. Otherwise, people will start disagreeing. Sony's really good at music. You could ask her.
#Person2#: OK. Have you got her number?
#Person1#: Yeah, it's on my mobile. I'll text it to you. | #Person2# wanted people to bring music, but #Person1# suggests putting Sony in charge. |
Timothy: Hey
Timothy: Do you have Kev's number?
Timothy: If you have kindly share.
Stephanie: Hey
Stephanie: Yeah it is 8767******
Timothy: Thanks
Stephanie: You are welcome | Stephanie shared Kev's number with Timothy. |
#Person1#: what do you do when you see a homeless person on the streets begging for money?
#Person2#: I never really give them money because I don't want to contribute to their addictions.
#Person1#: homeless youth can easily become involved with drugs and prostitution. Do you do anything to help them?
#Person2#: I usually ask them if they want some food and then give them something to eat. I figure that if they're homeless, they're probably hungry.
#Person1#: that's a good idea. Do they usually accept the food?
#Person2#: almost always. However, sometimes they get mad at me for not giving them any cash.
#Person1#: it's sad how more and more young people are sleeping on the streets in London now.
#Person2#: the cost of living in London is just too high for most people.
#Person1#: it's true. The economy is in a bit of mess at the moment.
#Person2#: did you know that few people can pay the rent on minimum wage, let alone pay for food and other living costs?
#Person1#: there just isn't enough affordable housing to go around. If only the housing cost would drop, fewer people would be in financial trouble.
#Person2#: added to that is the high unemployment rate right now.
#Person1#: something's got to change---and it's got to happen soon.
#Person2#: politicians like to ignore the problems of the working class. They like to focus on making life easier for the upper class.
#Person1#: I can only hope that one day they will change. | #Person2# gives food instead of cash to help homeless people. #Person1# agrees with #Person2#. #Person2# and #Person1# complain about the minimum wages, affordable housing, unemployment rate, and politicians. |
worshiper: Hi peasant, what are you doing?
peasant: I am really hungry, I was just trying to find a space to pray for some food.
worshiper: That's a great idea. You will surely get all the food that you need then!
peasant: I hope so, it hasn't been working that great so far, I don't know what I am doing wrong.
worshiper: Well I am an expert and just love it. I can help you!
peasant: please pray with me
worshiper: Okay, what do you do first?
peasant: You tell me, you are suppose to be the expert
worshiper: Okay put your feet like this. Got that?
peasant: Yes ok
worshiper: Now tilt your head to the side, okay?
peasant: To the side, really?
worshiper: It helps to let the spirit of god flow in from the skies into your head through your ears. It's all scientific.
peasant: Alright, like this right?
Summarize the dialogue | peasant is hungry and wants to pray for food. worshiper is an expert in praying and will help peasant. |
Royden: Howdy, trust you are well. May I pose a question of Polish taxi etiquette?
Ed: Hi! Yeah, absolutely. Although I wouldn't say it differs much from the international one.
Royden: Ah, perhaps.
Royden: In SA we have a tipping culture.
Royden: So, in Poland one just pays the fare, no tip?
Ed: Feel free to give the driver the tip, of course it will make no harm. About 10% is enough, I believe.
Royden: Cool, thanks.
Royden: See you on Friday? Are you going?
Ed: Yes, definitely! I'm really looking forward to meeting you in person!
Royden: Oh dear :-)
Royden: It will be great to put faces to typing :-)
Ed: Exactly! :)
Ed: Should you have any questions before the trip, just let us no. But no worries, it's a civilised country. We have electricity, running water and even the Internet connection ;)
Royden: Truly, I know. I have a great deal of respect for Poland.
Royden: I was young when Poles decided to change things, despite what others thought - certain famous shipyards and workers etc.
Royden: Actually, your internet seems spotty today, as you appear to be typing for ages :-)
Royden: Must be off - cheers for now
Ed: Take care and see you soon! | Royden is asking Ed for tips before he visits Poland and they meet in person on Friday. Ed finds a 10% tip suitable for taxi drivers in Poland. |
Andrew: Hi there!
Andrew: I was wondering if you perhaps received my email?
Lincoln: Hi Andrew!
Lincoln: Yes we have, we will be reviewing the details shortly, and get back to you asap.
Andrew: Great! Many thanks! | Lincoln has received Andrew's email and will review it soon. |
royal family: Well I have much more important matters to attend to than damned whipped cream!
knight: But look how much there is! This isn't a minor spill, its a full on flood! And this is after three cleanup attempts! Not to mention the wagon wheels and all the... well we are trying to convince the locals that its just cherry juice and pie filling, but the stench alone is making that lie a bit difficult to swallow.
royal family: As I've said, negotiations with other kingdoms and preventing wars is much more grave in importance.
knight: But sir! I mean, now that you back, you'd think you'd ask a question or two. I admit I haven't been guarding the temple market place for too long, but is this amount of feathers and left shoes strewn about normal?
Summarize the dialogue | royal family has returned from negotiations with other kingdoms and preventing wars. He is disgusted by the amount of whipped cream and wagon wheels in the temple market place. |
vulture: I feel useless sitting around here and just waiting to taste your food. Is there something I can help with? I'm excellent at chopping things up into little pieces.
cooks: You know, if you borrow that knife, maybe you'd have a better chance at catching dinner on your own.
vulture: As much as I like to eat dead things, I don't like killing things. It's a conundrum, I do admit.
cooks: Well how do your fellow vultures get by? Surely not every one of your friends has a personal chef like you do.
vulture: They hang out and wait for things to die. Right now there's an old cat that they're keeping a close eye on. I do want you to know how much I appreciate you though.
cooks: At least it's good to know that my cooking never goes unappreciated. And even better to know that you're not eating dead cat pate....yick.
vulture: Tell me about it, the fur is the worst, I am so sick of spitting up fur.
Summarize the dialogue | vulture wants to help cooks, but he doesn't want to kill anything. |
Marketing: what is the next phase ?
Project Manager: this the last phase of course so
Marketing: the agenda By your humble PM
Project Manager: Well we first should have had a prototype presentation But well as you saw that had not made no sense because we had to drop it
Industrial Designer: We went straight into finance ?
Project Manager: it was more important so I just evaluation criteria You have t produced something about that ?
Marketing: that that is I I sure did And it combines with product evaluation so
Project Manager: you put it in the
Marketing: We all have to keep in mind what has changed now So what we have left on the Because evaluation is based on the initial user requirements Let us make it big Well we evaluate the design with a seven point scale as following Well the remote controls according criteria blah blah blah True or false and then on a scale of seven points a scale as we all know it Well the criteria are based on the user requirements the trends from the marketing research and the marketing strategy of the company itself well they are in a Word document which I will open now I do not know it is open yet No And we all have to agree on a certain level What is this ? Oh I do not know Well the first point is the remote control matches the operating behaviour of the young user So that means the operating behaviour was using quite a lot of functions How do you think about that ?
Industrial Designer: I think it does Because the operating behaviour of the young user was also defined in colour and shape and the use of LCD
Project Manager: of course we dropped a little bit of those
Marketing: the us you It it it is it is mainly con mainly concentrating on a lot of functions in this question
Industrial Designer: Well we have extended menus on the on the LCD screen So
Marketing: You can you can ma you can make a lot of extended menus That is true I mean the the possibilities are almost unlimited to to build in menus in the screen So on a scale from one to seven what do you think ?
User Interface: Two or three Two or three
Marketing: Huh ? Two or three ? Something like that ? Well we have to choose one So what do you say ?
Project Manager: y we should fill this in now
Marketing: I I say two personally But
Project Manager: in the new design I s would say it is three But now in original design I say two
Marketing: well we have to evaluate I guess what we have now and you you said al also three ? Three ? well I say still two but it has to be three then
Project Manager: Hey you are marketing eh
Marketing: I know So it is made bold But it is nah it is not very clear on the sc
User Interface: Or give it a colour
Marketing: Maybe other colour That is better Alright Oh it does not have to be bold anymore well the remote control has Wha
Industrial Designer: Definitely one It has to be
Marketing: The remote control has irrelevant or less used functions For example audio settings and screen settings
Project Manager: Everything You do not use anything else
Marketing: Well So it it is a very true point I mean it hides all those function
Industrial Designer: You are not going to find them
Marketing: But I mean they are hidden in the screen If you do not want to use them you do not s you s just scroll over them And you place them F I do not know where So that is very true I guess for our case
Industrial Designer: the next Not so much so
Marketing: the second point It shows the relevant and most used functions Power button Do we ha still have a power button ?
Project Manager: check with the Excel sheet
Marketing: Well the buttons integrated huh ?
Industrial Designer: it is it is integrated
Marketing: we dropped it You j you just push it in for
User Interface: It is in Oh it was integrateds
Marketing: just just push it in for th for three seconds or something and then
Industrial Designer: E exactly just like a m mobile
Project Manager: Just go scrolling and it will activate
Marketing: it shows the relevant and most used functions on the other on one side I would say yes and the other side I would say no So it is I do not know
Project Manager: It shows the most used functions and they are relevant but
User Interface: Can you change channels directly with with just one button ? No you have to scroll through the menu before
Marketing: With the scroll butt and then say channel And then
User Interface: So it is it is not
Industrial Designer: Well we should b build it so that if you do not kind of push into the menu or something if When it is on it is turned on
Project Manager: You say you double click on the
Industrial Designer: It automatically has the the programme and the volume function but as soon as you click it you go into the menu or some Of you Or you double click it
Marketing: But but how do you change from volume to channel ?
Industrial Designer: No because it has four arrows right ?
Project Manager: Because he is now have a scrollwheel that you can push in Like on the the mouse
Industrial Designer: I was thinking still about our integrated joystick
Marketing: No we have n we have no buttons left So the joystick was not an option So you you have to doubleclick I mean for I mean volume and three double click for the menu or something
Project Manager: Or hold it ten seconds
Industrial Designer: We will make it a Morse code
Marketing: But but ease of use was not very important may I remind you
Project Manager: No no no it should be trendy
Marketing: but that that is not a question the remote control shows the relevant and most used functions Well I think it is pretty much in the middle You have to search for them in in the in the s in the screen in the menu So
Project Manager: i am in the menu
Marketing: So maybe it is more like a f a five Or
Industrial Designer: I would go for five or six Let us not diss our remote
Project Manager: It is the weirdest remote control I have ever seen So
Marketing: Alright the the remote control makes use of technolog technological innovation like LCD screen and speech recognition Well but we dropped the speech recognition But it has at least one innovation
Project Manager: it is still I say two
Industrial Designer: We still have the fruit and vegetable print
Project Manager: Oh that is the next
Marketing: but that that is not that is not this question thi that is the other question
Industrial Designer: Fr Oh I mean the Oh never mind I am a bit lost
User Interface: I think a two No
Marketing: I think LCDs more useful than speech What ? Oh not the bold one
Industrial Designer: It is way more practical
Marketing: Right it has a fancy look and feel by using fruit and vegetable prints primary colours and spongelike material It should have been two questions I realise now because spongelike material is dropped But the look and feel
Project Manager: You still have rubber d Or no
Industrial Designer: So we still we still have the primary colours But only on the on the outside not on the button
User Interface: No you got a plastic
Marketing: The button has also colour
Project Manager: The one button we have
Industrial Designer: still we we dropped also on the the double curve
Project Manager: you could check with the Excel sheet
Marketing: we have single curve now and no and no material So maybe in the middle or something
Industrial Designer: Actually we d we did not do so well on this one Because it is basically an old one with little curve on the side and in a different colour Still it is still hard I mean the spongelike and the three D shape that would give it something young and fresh
Marketing: But then we would have to drop the screen the remote control displays the corporate logo You just have to draw it
User Interface: It is the white part
Industrial Designer: but it be because we could not hardly draw on the b s on the lower half of the screen we could not make it big enough to actually draw in the
User Interface: We have a we have a
Industrial Designer: So I mean I wanted to put digits on the buttons as well But
Marketing: But there is enough space for the corporate logo I mean if there is only one thing
Industrial Designer: Hell If we have only one button
Marketing: So I will say that is very true
Industrial Designer: And even the shape we have now simulates kind of an R and the reversed R
Marketing: The remote control is easy to use Well I would say Skill I would say six or something I do not think it is easy to use or not so
Industrial Designer: The only e the only thing easy about it is that you do not have to move your fingers Because it has only one button
User Interface: And that you only have to control one button
Marketing: It it it has a nice screen But
User Interface: It gives visual feedback So
Marketing: Well I I would say a five or a six
User Interface: I think a five Five
Marketing: What do you say ? Easy to use ? Five or a six ?
Industrial Designer: It is really not easy to use Because you are putting everything
Marketing: I would go for the six too So the remote control is durable I do not know if that is the correct word
Industrial Designer: Definitely in casing because we have a hard plastic
Marketing: But In use both battery as casing ?
Industrial Designer: because the the batteries those thingies last forever And the the casing hard plastic also lasts forever
Marketing: And the casing is plastic ? If you do not drop it too much it is should last pretty long
Industrial Designer: So I would go for one
Marketing: ? But I think rubber compared is better So I think a two is more appropriate I will go go for two the last one ? The remote controls a good example for companys motto we put the fashion in electronics
User Interface: No we put the electronics into the fashion
Industrial Designer: I would go for four Because we kind of tried to but we kind of failed with the budget that we have
Marketing: So a four It is it g it g goes it is not the best we could do I guess But it all has to do with the budget because it is it is not the bad idea we had so So if I understood it right we have to count these numbers
Project Manager: Ooh And ? What ?
Marketing: Oh Alright Word document the we have to count them
Project Manager: Count them Add them ? Or
Marketing: just add them and then divide them
Project Manager: Could somebody start calculator ?
Industrial Designer: Ah we can do the math
Marketing: I all made it po I I all made it I all made it possible for a positive questions so we can count it I mean if you have reversed question you have to reverse the scale
Industrial Designer: Did you make this questionnaire or what ? I would not be able to do it that fast
User Interface: Oh Wait a second Oh It is it is gone wrong
Marketing: How hard is it ?
User Interface: No it is if you press twice on the plus button then you get s s
Marketing: Oh there though there is no n There is no num pads
User Interface: No That is why it is
Marketing: It is a it is a bit
Industrial Designer: Just type in the digits They are all one digit numbers right ? And then you can count them together
Marketing: I think you can just count them by a Three plus one four Nine No sixteen sixteen plus six
Industrial Designer: How hard is this ?
Marketing: Twenty two Twenty two ?
Industrial Designer: Never mind Twenty four Twenty eight
Project Manager: That was the last one That was that
Marketing: That is three Or le less than a three
Industrial Designer: the lower the The lower the score the better right ?
Marketing: makes three point one one one one one one one
Project Manager: So we are better than average | As to have a clear idea about what they had already got, the Project Manager proposed to evaluate finished work first. Then through the review, they found the problem that the joystick might not function as well as they thought before. In addition, in order to keep it innovative, the group decided to add some unique things like fruit logos or make it in a three-D shape. According to the User Interface, they should put the electronics into fashions so the material also needed some discussion. Plastics and rubber were both fine to them for that they were not easy to be destroyed and favored by most youths. After all the discussions, the Marketing offered a questionnaire for them to check whether they made the right decisions. |
cook: Hello
son: My father is a poor farmer. I help him.
cook: That is good of you he must be proud of you
son: I work the fields. I cannot go to school because of my circumstances.
cook: So what are you looking for in the palace kitchen
son: I am really hungry can you give me something to eat?
cook: Sure i have so much food here what would you like to take
son: Can you give me bread, meat and this nice pie for my dinner tonight?
cook: Sure do you have a container so that i can pack for you to also take to your family
son: Yes, put it here in this basket. You are so kind.
cook: It's alright i would also like to build a restaurant and sometimes help the poor people with no food
son: That's a great idea. I would like to help you when I get older.
cook: Are you interested in being a cook?I can teach you some recipes
Summarize the dialogue | son works in the fields because his father is a poor farmer. He cannot go to school. The cook gives him bread, meat and a pie. The cook wants to build a restaurant and help the poor people with no food. The cook offers to teach the son some recipes. |
#Person1#: Good morning, everyone. Let me introduce myself to you...
#Person2#: You don't need to introduce yourself, Yang. You're famous.
#Person1#: Well, thank you very much but I thought l'd try and chair the meeting by the rule, at least for a while.
#Person2#: OK, OK!
#Person1#: Now, I'd like to get things under way. The main topic on today's agenda is the development of a U. S. sales strategy for the new EBB. I'd like to hear all of your ideas, Mr. Wall, you seem in top form today. Could you start the ball rolling?
#Person2#: Uh, oh, sure. Well, I think we should keep in mind that the key to good sales is advertising.
#Person1#: Well, that's kind of obvious.
#Person2#: Give me a break, Mr. Yang.
#Person1#: Uh, let's keep this going, shall we? | Mr. Yang chairs the meeting by the rule. He introduces himself first and then asks people to share their ideas about the development of a U.S. sales strategy. |
Ralph: I've got a problem, Ted.
Ted: No kidding! So, what's new?
Ralph: You're so fucking funny, Ted.
Ralph: Must be hard being so funny.
Ted: Got to live with that:(
Ted: So, what's the problem?
Ralph: It's this bloody printer again.
Ralph: I think it doesn't like me.
Ted: It might be so, I'm afraid.
Ralph: Come on.
Ted: OK. What did you do?
Ralph: Nothing unusual. Just trying to print a few pages.
Ted: From your desk PC or somewhere else?
Ralph: Form my comp.
Ted: And what happens?
Ralph: When I click print nothing happens.
Ted: Do you get any message on your screen.
Ralph: Yeah, I do. It's: Printer not installed.
Ted: Which printer did you choose?
Ralph: What do you mean choose? Just clicked: Print.
Ted: Give me 5 minutes. I'll come over. | Ralph has a problem with the printer. Ted will come over to him in 5 minutes to help. |
#Person1#: What a wonderful sight!
#Person2#: Yes. I've dreamed a thousand times that I could lie down here to relax.
#Person1#: We are tired of jobs and competition. We need a quiet place.
#Person2#: I'd like to stay here for all my life if possible.
#Person1#: So would I. Look, it might be going to rain.
#Person2#: I don't think it will spoil our trip.
#Person1#: It will give us better feeling and atmosphere if it rains.
#Person2#: Let's kick off our shoes to walk on the green flag stoned roads.
#Person1#: That's a good idea! | #Person1# and #Person2# are enjoying a great journey after tiredness and pressure, they are in high spirits even if it rains. |
villager: Oh and where does your auntie live? Surely not past the dangerous forest?
child: Um...a long trip from here. It took forever! She gave me a treat!
villager: I'm sure you aren't supposed to eat that before your supper haha
child: Its okay. Mommy probably won't mind since its been a long day. What is the dangerous forest?
villager: Um.. well.. just stay out of there. It's known to have magical creatures in it.
child: Wow! Can you catch one for me with my rope?!!!
villager: I guess I could try to get you a small fairy.
child: A fairy??? That would be amazing! Hmmmm, but she might be sad if you take her from her friends. Maybe she should just stay there. I want her to be happy.
villager: Ah yes. The fairies don't like to be captured so much.
child: It would've been so nice to see one. What makes the forest dangerous?
villager: There are monster that will eat you up.
Summarize the dialogue | child's aunt lives far away. She gave him a treat. The forest is dangerous because there are monsters there. |
servant: Another tough day of work it is.
horse: Always seems to be doesn't it?
servant: It does dear horse.
horse: What do we have to get done today around this cottage?
servant: I must clean the entire place myself.
horse: That is unfortunate. anything I can assist with?
servant: No I must do it myself thanks.
horse: I see, I suppose I will simply take the time to enjoy the nearby grass then.
servant: Yes you take care.
horse: -goes over and checks out the nearby grasses-
servant: It will be over soon.
horse: Then what will happen?
servant: I will get to go back and sleep.
horse: I suppose a long day does make one tired.
Summarize the dialogue | horse and servant have a long day of work ahead of them. |
David: Hi, I won't be able to make tonight's lesson.
Frank: OK. Shall we reschedule for this week?
David: I can't as I have other things planned.
David: Let's just make it next week- same time next Friday.
Frank: OK.
David: Can you please email me all the materials that we were going to cover tonight.
Frank: I'm not home ATM but when I come back I will email you some exercises and worksheets.
David: Great. Thanks!
Frank: The other thing is that I would prefer that in the future you let me know at least 24hours in advance if you intend to cancel.
David: I'll try but it is not always possible.
Frank: I understand that but in the grand scheme of things I do set this time aside in my schedule for you so it would be fair to let me know.
David: I understand.
Frank: Otherwise it is really difficult to schedule and plan my work time.
David: But you can always teach another student tonight.
Frank: I'm afraid that it doesn't work that way. I can't just ring people and ask them to reschedule just because you cancelled.
David: Why not?
Frank: Because it means that they will have to reschedule their plans.
Frank: And that would be really unfair.
David: I see what you mean. | David cancels tonight's lesson with Frank. They will meet same time next Friday. Frank will email him the materials meant to cover tonight. In the future, David needs to inform Frank about canceling at least 24 hours in advance. |
#Person1#: How are you, Kim? I haven't seen you around for a few days.
#Person2#: Oh, I was out sick most of last week. I'm still not completely over it. You'd better not get too close!
#Person1#: I'm sorry to hear about that. Why don't you join me for a hot cup of tea? It'll be good for you!
#Person2#: Sure, why not? I could use a rest. | #Person1# invites Kim to have a cup of tea. |
ghost: You should. I have been haunting these halls for many a year.
dancer: Do you mean me any harm?
ghost: I mean no one harm. But I am lonely and upset. I used to be the king of this kingdom
dancer: I am not sure I believe that. Why would the former King of the Realm be in spirit form?
ghost: No one believes me. But it is true! I have been haunting them because they do not believe me.
dancer: Well it is a beautiful place to haunt
ghost: Yes, and I miss being the king of it all. What are doing here anyways?
dancer: I like the solitude. There is so much bustle up there at the castle
ghost: I think I will take this from you. I have nothing else to do.;
dancer: Well honestly - give that back immediately, my transluscent friend
ghost: Now cut that out!
dancer: You stop that immediately or I'll call .. Ghostbusters!
ghost: Now it is mine again! You cannot bring in what is this Ghostbusters?
Summarize the dialogue | dancer is haunted by the former King of the Realm. He is lonely and upset. He used to be the king of the realm. He is in spirit form. He is haunting the halls because no one believes him. |
Patty: Ehh I feel ill
Patty: I think I'll skip school today
Vicky: What's wrong
Patty: I think I've caught a cold
Patty: Nothing tragic but I don't feel well
Vicky: I'll visit you after school
Vicky: My sister says she'll give me some herbs for you
Vicky: Apparently making tea out of herb mix will make you feel better
Patty: Thanks. It would be lovely to see you and your herbs.
Patty: Thank your sister for me
Vicky: Sure. See ya later. | Patty's a cold and she's skipping school. Vicky will visit her later and bring her herbs for a tea. |
#Person1#: Next please! Hello sir, may I see your passport please?
#Person2#: Yes, here you go.
#Person1#: Will you be checking any bags today.
#Person2#: Yes, I'd like to check three pieces.
#Person1#: I'm sorry, sir. Airline policy allows only two pieces of checked luggage, at twenty kilograms each, plus one piece of carry-on luggage. I will have to charge you extra for the additional suitcase.
#Person2#: What? Why! I am taking an intercontinental flight! I'm flying sixteen thousand CMS! How am I supposed to only take two, twenty kilo bags? That's absurd!
#Person1#: I am sorry, sir, there's nothing I can do. You cannot board the flight with that large bag either. Carry - on bags must fit in the over-head compartment or under your seat. That bag is clearly too big.
#Person2#: Now I see. You charge next to nothing for an international ticket, but when it comes to charging for any other small thing, you charge an arm and a leg! So tell me, miss, how much will I have to pay for all of this.
#Person1#: Let's see. . . six hundred and twenty-five US dollars.
#Person2#: That's more than my round-trip ticket! | #Person2# wants to check three pieces of bags but #Person1# tells #Person2# only two pieces are allowed so the additional suitcase must be charged, which will cost more than #Person2#'s round-trip ticket. #Person2# gets enraged. |
#Person1#: Is there anything that you are interested in?
#Person2#: Yes. Is this your new product this year?
#Person1#: Yes. It's a prototype of our new product. It has got more advantages than the second did.
#Person2#: When is the product going to be on the market?
#Person1#: It will be released next month.
#Person2#: So soon? It seems to be in the early stages.
#Person1#: We have developed new technology about it. And the new product will be a pleasure to be hold.
#Person2#: Well, it's sounding good! I'm looking forward to that. | #Person2#'s interested in a new product and #Person1# tells #Person2# the launch date. |
#Person1#: How are you, Mr. Zhang?
#Person2#: Very well, thank you. And you?
#Person1#: Fine, too, thanks. We met one year ago. We both took part in a party held by our company last year.
#Person2#: That's right. How nice to see you again.
#Person1#: Me too. How is your family?
#Person2#: they are doing well.
#Person1#: Say'hello'to them for me.
#Person2#: Of course. They will be happy you asked about them. | Mr. Zhang and #Person1# greet each other for the first time since their meeting last year. |
#Person1#: Tom, I've got good news for you.
#Person2#: What is it?
#Person1#: Haven't you heard that your novel has won The Nobel Prize?
#Person2#: Really? I can't believe it. It's like a dream come true. I never expected that I would win The Nobel Prize!
#Person1#: You did a good job. I'm extremely proud of you.
#Person2#: Thanks for the compliment.
#Person1#: You certainly deserve it. Let's celebrate! | #Person1# congratulates Tom for achieving the Nobel Prize. |
thief: What a place this is...
priests: I think it's a fitting place for you to find yourself.
thief: You as well. Are any of these jewels yours?
priests: No, they all belong to the king. I am not allowed to have possessions. What brings you here?
thief: Just... looking.
priests: I think I'll return this to its rightful owner. Are you just passing through our kingdom?
thief: Excuse me. Those are mine. I live in this village. Who are you to take my jewels?
priests: Swear on this that the jewels are yours.
thief: I do not believe in this. No.
priests: If you do not believe in this, then why won't you swear that they are yours?
thief: They are mine.
priests: One can't just drop a bible on the floor, especially the king's holy bible!
thief: You are a priest! You must be a fraud to attack an innocent man.
Summarize the dialogue | a thief finds himself in a church and finds jewels there. priests want to return them to their owner. the thief refuses to swear on the bible that the jewels are his. the priests attack the thief. |
Olivia: I have opened an account in your bank
Paul: Good! So now we can have a joint account without having to visit the bank personally
Olivia: I think so
Paul: Perfect, my lovely wifey
Olivia: Haha, I don't know about that, now we will know what we spend our money on
Paul: what's mine is yours
Olivia: even your smelly socks
Paul: even my socks <3
Olivia: What do you want to do this weekend?
Paul: i was thinking about going sailing
Olivia: Tha is a great idea! Can Tom and Sam come with us?
Paul: Sure, I'll look for a boat
Olivia: I'll call them! <3 | Olivia has opened an account in Tom's bank. Now they can set up a joint account. Paul will book a boat for this weekend. |
#Person1#: Where do you think we should go on holiday this summer?
#Person2#: We, I'd like to go to Australia. I know it's far to go, but I think it would be something different and special.
#Person1#: I'd really like to go to the Caribbean. We can relax on the beached and enjoy the sunshine.
#Person2#: There are beaches in Australia too, but I would prefer a more active holiday this year. We could visit Ayers rock and the great barrier reef. It would be so exciting.
#Person1#: But would it be relaxing? By summer. I'll be quite tired from doing so much work. The last thing I need is to use more energy racing around Australia. I'd need another holiday to recover from the holiday!
#Person2#: Oh, come on! A tour of Australia would be relaxing because you'd be doing something different and not working.
#Person1#: Do you think so? I'm not so sure. Anyway, tell me your plans for an Australian holiday. How long do you think we should spend there?
#Person2#: I think we should go for two weeks. We could spend a week in the bush and a week at the great barrier reef-including a few day on the beach for tired office workers!
#Person1#: That doesn't sound too bad. I'd certainly like to go diving. That's one reason I wanted to go to the Caribbean.
#Person2#: We could hire a car and travel around the interior of Australia for several days. If we hire a car, we can go where we like.
#Person1#: We'd have to plan our drive before we leave. Let's get a good guidebook from the bookstore when we go shopping in town tomorrow.
#Person2#: It looks like I might have convinced you to go to Australia! | #Person1# and #Person2# talk about where to go on holiday. #Person1# wants a more active holiday in Australia while #Person2# prefers a relaxing one in the Caribbean. Finally, #Person1# seems to be persuaded into going to Australia after listening to #Person2#'s plan. |
invader: hey there
Summarize the dialogue | invader: hey there |
#Person1#: Good afternoon! Trans Pacific Airline. How can I help you?
#Person2#: I ' m calling to cancel my reservation for Trans Pacific Flight 8 on July 19 from Taipei to Minneapolis. Could you please make it for the same flight on August 2 instead of July 19?
#Person1#: What ' s your name, please?
#Person2#: My name is Judy Wang.
#Person1#: How do you spell your name, please?
#Person2#: My first name is J-U-D-Y, and my last name is W-A-N-G.
#Person1#: Please note that this ticket has a penalty of $ 75 for any change or cancellation.
#Person2#: It ' s OK. Where should I pay for the penalty?
#Person1#: At the airport. OK, Miss. Wang, your Flight 8 on July 19 from Taipei to Minneapolis is canceled. Your new reservation is Trans Pacific Flight 8 from Taipei to Minneapolis at 9 thirty a. m. on August 2.
#Person2#: That ' s 1POJ7403.
#Person1#: That ' s correct.
#Person2#: Thank you!
#Person1#: Is there anything else I can do for you?
#Person2#: No, thanks. I ' m all set. Good-bye. | #Person1# helps Judy Wang change the flight from Taipei to Minneapolis on July 19 to the same flight on August 2. Judy Wang needs to pay $75 for a penalty at the airport. |
resident: Do you know what this is? I think I will take it home with me if I can figure out how to get down from here.
sinners: Ew, why is it all sticky?
resident: Must be the vines. I recognize them. The sap i very poison. Wait a minute. I think I have had too much to drink! This is the tree house near my home and that's my wall hanging! I wonder where the residents went?
sinners: Don't worry about them. They all drank too much and ... fell asleep. I'm not lying to you, this mead I have is some great, potent stuff.
resident: Well, I'm taking this back. If you look out the window you can see my cabin from here.
sinners: Ah, I see. So that's where you live?
resident: That is my humble abode. I think this is mine too.
sinners: What about this? I like this one.
resident: Wow! That a big one! Too heavy for me I'm afraid.
Summarize the dialogue | resident wants to take a wall hanging home with him. He thinks he has had too much to drink. |
#Person1#: Sound and Vision, Administrative Department, Eve Wheeler speaking. Can I help you?
#Person2#: Good afternoon, madam. This is John Cruise. I wish to register a complaint about my video recorder.
#Person1#: I see. I hope I can be of some help. Can you explain what the problem is, please?
#Person2#: Well, the recorder has severely damaged two quite valuable tapes of mine. And you guaranteed that this machine is the best there. I hope you understand that a simple repair is just not enough. I demand compensation for the lost tapes as well.
#Person1#: I'm sorry. That's all very unfortunate. I'm sure something can be done. I will put you through to our legal consulant, Mrs. Schroder. One moment, please. (dialing sound...) Hello, Mr. Cruise? Thank you for waiting. I'm awfully sorry, but Mrs. Schroder is having a meeting right now. Could she call you back later this afternoon?
#Person2#: I hope you're not trying to get rid of me.
#Person1#: Not at all, sir. I have noted your complaint and I will urge Mrs. Schroder to call you back as soon as possible. Could I have your phone number, please?
#Person2#: Yes. It's 0181 945 8719.
#Person1#: Thank you very much. Goodbye. | John Cruise calls Eve to register a complaint about his video recorder and explains what the problem is. Eve promises to urge their legal consultant to call him back. |
#Person1#: Hello. It's good to see you again, Ms. Harrow, sending more money to your grandson today?
#Person2#: Today I'm here to find out about paying in foreign currency. You do that here, I suppose?
#Person1#: Yes, of course. What would you like to know?
#Person2#: My nephew has told me about something called a ' timing deposit ' or something like that?
#Person1#: A T-I-M-E, Time Deposit. You can chose from 5 different grades
#Person2#: Put me down for 2 years. Here's the money I'd like to pay in... | Ms. Harrow comes to #Person1#'s to find about paying in foreign currency and a time deposit. |
#Person1#: We've got a problem. . . it looks like we'll need more spotlights on the exhibition booth. The client thinks it's too dark, and they want to add halogen lighting. We've already got 3 sets of track lighting from you guys, do you think you could help us out and throw in some halogens?
#Person2#: Oh. . . Um. . . I don't think so. you know the halogen lighting is much more expensive than your track lighting system. Plus I'm going to have to call in some guys to install it for you. That's not going to come cheap.
#Person1#: But it would only be adding to the existing structure. We're not talking about anything new here. . .
#Person2#: It doesn't matter because we will still have to call the electrician out, and they are union labor. It'll cost you a pretty penny. . .
#Person1#: How much do you think it would cost?
#Person2#: Mumm, I estimate it'll run in the neighborhood of. . . $ 500 per light.
#Person1#: $ 500per light? ! That's ridiculous! It can't possibly be that expansive!
#Person2#: It is, I'll tell you why. We'll have to call in the electrician, he's going to charge overtime now because it's already 5PM, and it will probably take him an hour a light. Plus, the halogen lights take more electricity, so your electrical cost is going to be higher as well.
#Person1#: Can't you give me a break on this? We've already spent so much money on lighting, I hate to have to blow so much more on halogens.
#Person2#: No, that's the cost, and that's what it's going to cost us. We can't go in the hole with this. I am giving you my best price, so take it, or leave it. | #Person1# wants to add halogen lighting. #Person2# offers a price but #Person1# thinks it's too expensive. #Person2# explains why it is so expensive. #Person1# still wants to bargain but #Person2# won't budge. |
Monica: What r u making for Christmas?
Cindy: didn't think about it yet. U?
Monica: I thought about some standards like: dumplingd, carp and some other fish
Cindy: what else?
Monica: I'll bake an apple pie and lot's of gingerbreads.
Cindy: I was thinking that I'll try to bake a gingerbread house this year.
Monica: That's great idea!
Cindy: I don't know if I can do it..
Monica: sure u can. Willl u take a part in a competition?
Cindy: I thought about it, the price is nice - 1k$
Monica: that's a lot...
Cindy: I know and I could use some extra cash , but I've never bake a gingerbread house before :(
Monica: it's not so hard to do, the main part is decorating it
Cindy: it should be sth extraordinary...
Monica: if u wan't to win than yes
Cindy: don't know if I can make it
Monica: don't worry, I can help u with the baking part
Cindy: really? that would be life saving
Monica: sure, but the decorations are on u
Cindy: of course, I'll think sth amazing :)
Monica: great, so let me know when u will have a project
Cindy: ok, thank u, u r the best :D | Monica's going to prepare dumpligs, some fish, an apple pie and gingerbread cookies for Christmas. Cindy considers baking a gingerbread house and taking part in a competition where the prize is $1000. Monica offers Cindy her help with baking. |
#Person1#: You looked tired today, John. What's wrong?
#Person2#: I have so many things to do. I am so stressed out.
#Person1#: Well, just relax. You told me that you have one day off today. You said you would take our daughter to the park.
#Person2#: Yeah, but all I can think about is the deadlines I need to meet.
#Person1#: What deadlines?
#Person2#: Well, I have to have the meeting room organized by Friday.
#Person1#: What else?
#Person2#: I also need to come up with a marketing plan for our dairy products and sign a contract with the sales department by Saturday.
#Person1#: It sounds to me that your boss is just taking too much advantage of you.
#Person2#: You think?
#Person1#: Of course. Why not quit? It won't be difficult for you to find a better job that you really enjoy. | John complains to his wife about his current job and his wife suggests he quit. |
Johnny: (b) after work?
Sam: (y)
Johnny: (y) :D | Johnny and Sam are going to meet after work. |
#Person1#: I have difficulty with this form. Will you please explain it to me?
#Person2#: Actually there is a sample over there. But if you still have a problem, let me know.
#Person1#: Oh, that's great. Thank you very much. | #Person2# tells #Person1# there is a sample for the form. |
bat: I... can’t breathe...
tadpole: Let me help you.
bat: Please?!
tadpole: Drink this water. It will help you with your breathing.
Summarize the dialogue | bat can't breathe. Tadpole offers him water to drink. |
Monica: What time are you coming home?
Larry: 6
Fiona: 7:30 | Larry is coming home at 6, Fiona at 7.30. |
chamber maid: Yes, I am afraid I am. Where am I an what are you doing here?
thief: You've managed to make it all the way over to the church. The little we say about why I'm here, the better.
chamber maid: Of course, Of course. Where is the Castle from here and where do these stairs lead?
thief: These stairs lead down to a tunnel between the castle and the church, so that the royal family can escape to sanctuary in times of crisis. It's rarely used now.
chamber maid: Can you lead me to the Castle? I am too frightened to go alone. You are not very big but you look agile and light on your feet. Perhaps you will be useful in an emergency.
thief: I guess I could help you. Do you think we'll run into trouble?
chamber maid: Oh, I don't see why. But there has been a few funny things going on in the Castle. Things going missing and the like... Anyway, here you go. Let's be off!
thief: What kind of things have been going missing?
Summarize the dialogue | thief is in the church. He will lead the chamber maid to the castle. |
#Person1#: We have a variety of trousers. Which one do you like best?
#Person2#: I want to buy one to match my shirt. Can you give me some advice?
#Person1#: What about this one?
#Person2#: Yes,they seem to be my size and go with my shirt quite well. I will take it. | #Person2# buys a pair of trousers with #Person1#'s assistance. |
#Person1#: I think spring is finally here.
#Person2#: Yep, it sure seems like it. However, it's still very cold at night.
#Person1#: Yes, they turned the heat off 6 days ago. It's absolutely freezing in my apartment at night. I have to turn on the air conditioner to blow hot air in order to warm things up a little.
#Person2#: Well, and if you are outside and is a bit of a breeze. It feels cold quickly.
#Person1#: It sure does. I think I'm going to follow my cats example and just sit in the sum that shining in through the windows. | #Person1# and #Person2# talk about the weather and how to keep warm. |
person: What is that blinding light?
angel: I am second to God, I am an angel.
person: Second you say, as in his right hand?
angel: In so many words, yes. I watch over the people on Earth for God. Trying to lead them down the right path.
person: What is your name angel?
angel: I have no name silly, just call me Angel
person: I see, what is your purpose in appearing before me in these woods then?
angel: You seemed to be lost. I can made myself visible to help you find your way out of these woods.
person: Ah seems a simple matter for you to take the time to reveal yourself, well alright lead the way.,
angel: It's this way. Just try to keep up. I forget how slow people can be sometimes.
person: I will stay close behind.
angel: If I get too far ahead, just call for me. I will come back for you. I really don't want to disappoint God.
person: It is important for you to see his will accomplished yes?
Summarize the dialogue | angel is second to God. He watches over the people on Earth for God. He tries to lead them down the right path. He appeared to the person in the woods to help him find his way out. |
Terry: <file_other>
Terry: did you see this interview with Kit Harrington?
Ann: Yeah, I laughed so hard
Ann: <file_gif>
Terry: hysterical to me :D | Ann saw the interview with Kit Harrington and it was hysterical to Terry. |
Reece: Hi, Kylie, what's up?
Kylie: watching some old music videos of Madonna on youtube.
Reece: Cool, she used to be amazing.
Kylie: I think she still is.
Reece: I'm not sure, I think she's finished.
Kylie: That's super cruel to say and exactly what she meant when she accused media of ageism. They don't want to play her because she's over 50.
Reece: But she should also accept she can't be 70 and still show her boobs around.
Kylie: Why not? Should she just stay home now and knit scarfs? C'mon! It's time to end this kind of talk! We all will be 70.
Reece: But we won't run around like sluts (any more) :P
Kylie: I am not sure. We may still want to have sex, talk about our needs etc. And I don't want anybody to tell me how I'm supposed to behave. Neither when I'm 30, nor 70.
Reece: maybe you're right a bit.
Kylie: Sure, I am right. Her fight is my fight! "Bitch, I'm Madonna"
Reece: You made me want to watch her!
Kylie: Yeah! Who's the queen?!
Reece: HAHAHA | Kylie is watching Madonna's videos, he still likes her. Reece thinks she's finished, while Kylie is defending her. Finally Reece and Kylie agree that they defy ageism, and don't want anyone to dictate them how to behave. |
Rebecca: <file_photo>
Rebecca: I finally ate this candy today when I got really stressed out from my work. ┐('～`；)┌
Rebecca: It was nice, thank you. ⊂二二二（ ＾ω＾）二⊃
Abigile: I know!! Didn’t it taste sharp? Some people don’t like it for that reason.
Rebecca: ( ^^)( ^^)
Abigile: When are you coming again?
Abigile: I already found some nice restaurants. It would be really awesome if you join with me.
Abigile:（ ^_^）o自自o（^_^ ） | Rebecca are candy today. Abigile found some restaurants for her and Rebecca to eat at. |
Mandy: Clara, please remember to take with you a saucepan, a thermal bag, a toaster, a bathing suit and a warm sweater!!
Clara: Ok, mum, I won’t forget about anything. Don’t worry!
Mandy: Good, I can’t wait to see you here, at the sea 😊
Clara: Me, too 😊
Mandy: Bye! See you tomorrow!
Clara: Bye mum! | Clara is going to join her mother at the seaside tomorrow. |
town sheriff: hello
rabid wolf: *ARGH* you must let me out of this place.
town sheriff: You know I cant. You are too deadly
rabid wolf: I CAN'T STAY HERE.
town sheriff: you have no choice
rabid wolf: You have me trapped. Why shouldn't I trap you?
town sheriff: you know that wont work!
rabid wolf: I could kill you this instant. Trapping you would feel like like Heaven compared to that.
town sheriff: I keep our town safe. One more threat from you or I will sink this bullet into your skull
rabid wolf: *ARGH* how do you like that?
town sheriff: i will slit your throat
rabid wolf: I'm use to blood. I taste it every day! In fact I love bleeding! I'm sick and deadly
town sheriff: say one more word and you gone!
Summarize the dialogue | rabid wolf is trapped in the town. The town sheriff will shoot him if he makes another threat. |
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