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[At  the office ...]                            TESSON 30
            Kate: Uh, Alex?                               Listeninp PartA
            Alex: Yes?
                                                          A: Did you hear about the woman who broke
           Kate:  Have you made dinner  reservations
                                                             into someonet  house  and stole a laptop?
                 for tonight?
                                                          B: No, what happened?
           Alex: Oh, was I supposed  to...um, no, not
                                                          A:  IWell,  she got arresred  when she tried to sell it
                 yer...um...so  should  I stick to a budget,
                                                             back to the person she stole it from.
                 or do you think it would be appropriate
                                                          B: \7ait, did you say she tried to sell it back to the
                 to splurge a little ... ?
                                                             owner?
           Kate: Oh, I think it makes sense  ro splurge,
                                                          A: Yeah. She actually  stole the computer from her
                 dont you? These  are imporranr  clienrs,
                 so you should  take them somewhere          next-door neighbor. Then  she had a garage  sale
                 really nice.                                in front of her house where she tried to sell the
           Alex:  Sure, thatt  a good idea. Uh, could you    compurer and a lot of other stuff. The owner
                 recommend  a good place?                    of the compurer  just walked  outside his house
           Kate: How about Luigi's?                          and saw his computer on a table with a price
           AIex: OK. Good idea. I'll call them right         tag on it.
                 now. Yes.. .yes, I can wait.. .yes, I d  B:  \W4rat  did he do?
                 like a reservation for three people for
                                                          A: He picked it up and started walking  away with
                 tonight. ..7:30 if possible.  . .the name is
                                                             it, and she told him he had to pay for it.
                 Alex. ..Grear, thank you.
                                                          B: Hold on. Did you say she told him to pay for
                                                             it? Didn't  she know it belonged to him?
         [Later  that day...]
                                                          A: No, she had never seen him before.
           Kate: \7e're so glad to be able to work with     -What
                                                          B:      do you mean she hadnt seen him before.
                 you in person. So, to get started,  why
                                                             He was her next-door neighbor,  right?
                 dont you tell us a little about your goals
                                                          A: Yeah, he was, but I guess he and his family had
                 for your visit?
          Luisa: Certainly.  \Well,  first of all, IU like to  only moved in a couple of weeks earlier.
                 become  more familiar  with your         B: That's incredible. Didnt she think he might see
                 company  and the services  you offer.  yes,  the computer outside her house?
                 and IU like to give you some more details  A: I guess not. An).way, the guy walked  away with
                 about the project  we're planning,  and talk  the computer, and the woman actually  called
                 about  how we might collaborate  on it.     the police ro come and arrest himl



         LESSON  29                                       Listening,  Part B
         Conversation,  Part C                            B:\flait, she called the police?
         Robert: Did you see the match?                  A: Yeah,  can you believe it? They came to her
                            \What
         Tristan:  The match?     match?                    house and talked to her and the real owner of
         Robert:. Uh...the  \World  Cup? The biggest  soccer  the computer. V4ren they turned the laptop on,

                 tournament  in the world? Brazil was       they found that all of his files were still on it.
                 incredible! It was a close game.        B: \7ow, that's amazing.
        fiistan: Oh? That's  grear. So, do you know what
                                                         A: I know. The police  arrested her and took her
                kind of car that is? I really like it.
                                                            to jail. They also took away all of the items
        Robert: Uh, not sure. So yeah, it was a really
                                                            she was trying to sell. V4-ren they investigated,
                close match. At the end of the second
                                                            they discovered  that she had stolen everyrhing
                half the score was tied, so the match
                                                            from people in her neighborhoodlThey  also
                went into overtime.  Then Brazil had this
                                                            found out shet already  a convicted  criminal.
                penalry kick, and...
                                                            She has been breaking  into houses and stealing
        Tristan: Did they? Speaking  of overtime,  did I
                                                            since she was a teenager.
                mention  how much I've been working
                lately?  I ve been working so much.
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