đ DID YOU GET YOUR GRADES YET? (āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϰā§āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻ āĻĒā§ā§ā§āĻā§?)
A: “Did you get your grades yet?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϰā§āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻ āĻĒā§ā§ā§āĻā§?
B: “Yeah. My whole GPA is screwed up now.”
đ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰ⧠GPA āĻāĻāύ āύāώā§āĻ āĻšā§ā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
A: “Why? What happened?”
đ āĻā§āύ? āĻā§ āĻšā§ā§āĻā§?
B: “Well, I bombed my econ final and ended up with a 1.7.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āύāĻŽāĻŋāĻā§āϏ āĻĢāĻžāĻāύāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻāϰ GPA āĻšā§ā§ āĻā§āĻā§ 1.7āĨ¤
A: “Ouch. You must be very disappointed.”
đ āĻāĻšāĻž, āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĨ¤
B: “Well, it’s my fault because I didn’t study as much as I should have.”
đ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰāĻ āĻĻā§āώ, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāϤāĻāĻž āĻĒā§āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋāϞ āϤāϤāĻāĻž āĻĒā§āĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “Why don’t you reâtake the class next year?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϏāĻāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻ āύāĻž?
B: “That’s what I plan on doing unless I keep screwing up. How did you do this semester?”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏā§āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻāĻŋ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāϰ āĻā§āϞ āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ āϏā§āĻŽāĻŋāϏā§āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāϰā§āĻā§?
A: “I didn’t do that well either. I ended up with a 3.2 this semester. That drops my total GPA to 3.45.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āϤā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ GPA 3.2 āĻšā§ā§āĻā§, āĻŽā§āĻ GPA 3.45āĨ¤
B: “My GPA is pretty similar to yours. I have a 3.1 now because of the stupid econ class.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ GPA āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻāĻā§āύāĻŽāĻŋāĻā§āϏ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϏā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻāĻāύ 3.1āĨ¤
A: “What was your GPA before this semester?”
đ āĻāĻ āϏā§āĻŽāĻŋāϏā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ GPA āĻāϤ āĻāĻŋāϞ?
B: “I was sitting happy with a 3.4.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ 3.4 āύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
A: “Why did it go down so much?”
đ āĻāϤāĻāĻž āĻā§āύ āĻāĻŽā§ āĻā§āϞ?
B: “Let’s just say I screwed up more than my econ class.”
đ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻŦāϞāĻŋ, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻā§āύāĻŽāĻŋāĻā§āϏ āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āϤā§āĻ āĻā§āϞ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “What happened to you?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻā§ āĻšā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞ?
B: “I started playing StarCraft and ended up wasting a lot of time.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻ āĻā§āϞāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻāϰ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āύāώā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “You better stop slacking off.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ
āϞāϏāϤāĻž āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
B: “You’re right. I’m not going to play games during school anymore.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāϞāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϰ āĻā§āĻŽ āĻā§āϞāĻŦ āύāĻžāĨ¤
đ HOW WAS YOUR SUMMER VACATION? (āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϰā§āώā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāϞā§āύ āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻā§āϞ?)
A: “Hi Mark.”
đ āĻšāĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻāĨ¤
B: “Oh, hi Stacy.”
đ āĻāĻš, āĻšāĻžāĻ āϏā§āĻā§āϏāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “How was your summer vacation?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϰā§āώā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāϞā§āύ āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻŋāϞ?
B: “I worked over the summer at a restaurant. Have to make tuition money right? What did you do?”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϰā§āϏā§āĻā§āϰā§āύā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻļāύ āĻĢāĻŋ āϤ⧠āĻā§āĻāĻžā§ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§, āϤāĻžāĻ āύāĻž? āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§?
A: “I took summer school. I withdrew from two of my classes last year so I wanted to make them up.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻā§āϞ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāϤ āĻŦāĻāϰ ⧍āĻāĻž āĻā§āϞāĻžāϏ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āϤāĻžāĻ āϏā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
B: “So are you officially a junior now?”
đ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϝā§āύāĻŋā§āϰ?
A: “Yeah. And I have 5 credits to spare. I only needed to take 10 credits over the summer, but I took 15 because the price was the same.”
đ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ ā§Ģ āĻā§āϰā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ ā§§ā§Ļ āϞāĻžāĻāϞā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ ā§§ā§Ģ āύāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
B: “That makes sense. So where is Nicole?”
đ āĻŦā§āĻāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āύāĻŋāĻā§āϞ āĻā§āĻĨāĻžā§?
A: “She dropped out of school completely.”
đ āϏ⧠āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋ āϏā§āĻā§āϞ āĻā§ā§ā§ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
B: “Really? Why?”
đ āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋ? āĻā§āύ?
A: “She worked at a startup company as an intern and since the business did well, they asked her if she wanted to work full time.”
đ āϏ⧠āϏā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻāĻĒā§ āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āύ āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻž āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻšāĻā§āĻžā§ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻĢā§āϞāĻāĻžāĻāĻŽ āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
B: “Wow. She’s so lucky. She doesn’t have a degree and she already has a job.”
đ āĻāĻš, āϏ⧠āĻāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύāĨ¤ āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāĻžā§āĻžāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
A: “It sounds good now, but I’m traditional. I want the degree, so I wouldn’t have accepted the offer.”
đ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϞāĻžāĻāϞā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ traditionalāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ, āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧠āύāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻžāĨ¤
B: “Do you know how much they are paying her?”
đ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϤ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāύā§?
A: “I don’t know. But I bet it must have been a good offer, or she wouldn’t have accepted it.”
đ āĻāĻžāύāĻŋ āύāĻž, āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻ
āĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžā§āĻž āϏ⧠āύāĻŋāϤ āύāĻžāĨ¤
đ DID YOU ALREADY TAKE THE HISTORY EXAM? (āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĢā§āϞā§āĻā§?)
A: “Did you already take the history exam?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĢā§āϞā§āĻā§?
B: “Yeah. It was hard. When do you take it?”
đ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŦā§ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§?
A: “I take it tomorrow morning. There is so much material, that I don’t know what to emphasize on. What types of questions did you get?”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϞ āϏāĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĻā§āĻŦāĨ¤ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻž āĻāĻā§, āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĨ¤ āĻā§ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāĻŋāϞ?
B: “Mostly on the civil war. You should also study the impact Martin Luther King Jr. had on American society.”
đ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻāĻžāĻ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋāύ āϞā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§ā§āĨ¤
A: “How about Abraham Lincoln? Did you get any questions about him?”
đ āĻāĻŦā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻŽ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻāύ āύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāĻŋāϞ?
B: “I only had 1 question about him. But you might get more. I don’t know if he will have the same exam or not.”
đ āĻļā§āϧ⧠⧧āĻāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāϏāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
A: “Hopefully he will use the same exam, cause I’m going to spend most of my time studying the civil war. It is a huge section and that is what he lectured the most on in class.”
đ āĻāĻļāĻž āĻāϰāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāϏāĻŦā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āĻŦāĨ¤
B: “If you can’t study everything, then that is probably the best way to go.”
đ āϏāĻŦ āύāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϏā§āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “Aright. Thanks for the info. I gotta go to the library now.”
đ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§, āϧāύā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āϰā§āϰāĻŋāϤ⧠āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
B: “Good luck.”
đ āĻļā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽāύāĻžāĨ¤
A: “Thanks. See ya.”
đ āϧāύā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ, āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
đŦ WHAT’S GOING ON? (āĻā§ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§?)
A: “Hey Bobby. What’s going on?”
đ āĻšā§ āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋ, āĻā§ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§?
B: “Just taking a smoke break.”
đ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϰā§āĻ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “I forgot my cigarette today. Do you have another one?”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻāύāĻŋāύāĻŋ, āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§?
B: “Sure. Here you go.”
đ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻ āύāĻžāĻāĨ¤
A: “Thanks.”
đ āϧāύā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤
B: “I didn’t know you smoked.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύāϤāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻž āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āϧā§āĻŽāĻĒāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
A: “Really? I’ve been smoking for over a year now.”
đ āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋ? āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāϰ āϧāϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāĨ¤
B: “Oh. You’re new to smoking still. I’ve been smoking for 7 years.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāύ⧠āύāϤā§āύāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ ā§ āĻŦāĻāϰ āϧāϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “You ever tired to quit?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāύ⧠āĻāĻžā§āĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻā§?
B: “Many times. I’m really addicted. It’s harder to stop than you think.”
đ āĻ
āύā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϏāĻā§āϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻ āĻŋāύāĨ¤
A: “Yeah. I tried to quit last month, and I thought it was going to be easy, but it turns out that I’m still smoking.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāύ⧠āĻāĻžā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤
B: “I highly recommend you quit soon. The longer you smoke, the harder it becomes to quit.”
đ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻāĻžā§ā§āĨ¤ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§ āύāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
A: “I think you’re right. Aright. Gotta go to class. Thanks for the cigarette. I’ll talk to you later.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāϞāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧠āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
B: “No problem. I’ll talk to you later.”
đ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
đē DO YOU DRINK MUCH? (āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻ āύā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§?)
A: “Do you drink much?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§?
B: “Depending on what you consider a lot.”
đ āĻāϤāĻāĻž āĻ
āύā§āĻ āϏā§āĻāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
A: “How frequently do you drink?”
đ āĻāϤ āĻāύ āĻāύ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§?
B: “Couple times a week. How about you?”
đ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§ āĻā§ā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ?
A: “Only when I go out. I’m not a big drinker.”
đ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻāϰ⧠āĻā§āϞā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
B: “How much can you drink?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻāĻž āĻā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§?
A: “I usually only have 2 beers.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ ⧍āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤
B: “You’re a light weight.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤
A: “How much can you drink?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ?
B: “I’m usually drinking all night long. At least 10 drinks.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰ⧠āϰāĻžāϤ āĻāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻĒāĻā§āώ⧠⧧ā§ĻāĻāĻžāĨ¤
A: “Don’t you spend a lot of money then?”
đ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āϞāĻžāĻā§ āύāĻž?
B: “No. We usually go to places that have specials. Dante’s over on the Ave has $5.00 pitchers on Mondays. So for ten, fifteen bucks, I can get a lot of drinks.”
đ āύāĻž, āĻ
āĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžā§āĻāĻžā§ āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤ ā§§ā§Ļ-ā§§ā§Ģ āĻĄāϞāĻžāϰ⧠āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “That’s true.”
đ āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋāĨ¤
B: “If you don’t like beer, have you tried mixed drinks? Some of them are pretty good.”
đ āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āύāĻž āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāϞ⧠āĻŽāĻŋāĻā§āϏāĻĄ āĻĄā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
A: “I like beer, it’s just that I get a headache when I drink more than 3.”
đ āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϞāĻžāĻā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āĻ¤ā§ ā§ŠāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
B: “You just have to build up a tolerance. I used to be like that. But your body gets used to it.”
đ āĻ
āĻā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§, āĻļāϰā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋā§ā§ āύā§ā§āĨ¤
A: “It’ll take awhile, but I’m working on it.”
đ āϏāĻŽā§ āϞāĻžāĻāĻŦā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāĨ¤
B: “Hey let’s go out tomorrow night. The Ram Bar and Grill is having a special on pitchers.”
đ āĻāĻžāϞ āϰāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϰ āĻšāĻ, āĻ
āĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
A: “Aright.”
đ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
đļ DID YOUR WIFE GIVE BIRTH YET? (āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻŋ āϏāύā§āϤāĻžāύ āĻāύā§āĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻā§?)
A: “Did your wife give birth yet?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻŋ āϏāύā§āϤāĻžāύ āĻāύā§āĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻā§?
B: “Yeah. She’s a healthy beautiful girl.”
đ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§ā§ā§ āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
A: “Congratulations. How is your wife doing?”
đ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāύāύā§āĻĻāύāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻā§?
B: “She is tired, but getting a lot of rest now.”
đ āϏ⧠āĻā§āϞāĻžāύā§āϤ, āĻāĻāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
A: “That’s good to hear.”
đ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻŦāϰāĨ¤
B: “I’m just glad there were no complications.”
đ āĻā§āύ⧠āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž āĻšā§āύāĻŋ, āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤
A: “If your wife and baby are both happy, what more can you ask for?”
đ āϏā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻ āϏāύā§āϤāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻāϰ āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ?
B: “It’s been a week, and I haven’t slept that well.”
đ āĻāĻ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āĻšāϞā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻāĻŽāϤ⧠āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “That’s normal for anyone with a newborn.”
đ āύāϤā§āύ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻāĨ¤
B: “Yeah, but it’s so hard. I have to work, and then go home and take care of my wife and the baby. I’m going to get sick at this rate.”
đ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻ āĻŋāύāĨ¤ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻžā§ āĻāĻŋā§ā§ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻļā§āύāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšā§āĨ¤
A: “You’ll get used to it. After everything stabilizes, you can regain your health.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ
āĻā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻšā§ā§ āϝāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
B: “That’s true. I should make sure my wife and baby stay healthy during this time.”
đ āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻā§ā§āĻžāϞ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
𤧠ARE YOU SICK OR SOMETHING? (āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻ āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨ?)
A: “Ahhchooo!”
đ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ!
B: “You’ve been sneezing a lot lately. Are you sick or something?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§, āĻ
āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨ āύāĻžāĻāĻŋ?
A: “No. Every spring time around April, I’m stricken with allergies.”
đ āύāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāϏāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšā§āĨ¤
B: “I never have seasonal allergies.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāύ⧠āĻšā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
A: “Consider yourself lucky.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύāĨ¤
B: “What are all the symptoms?”
đ āϞāĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻā§?
A: “Well, as you just saw, I sneeze a lot. Also, my nose becomes very runny, my throat sometimes itches, and my eyes start to water.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ, āύāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§, āĻāϞāĻž āĻā§āϞāĻāĻžā§, āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻāϏā§āĨ¤
B: “That doesn’t sound good.”
đ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āύāĻž āĻļā§āύāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
A: “No it’s not. So you don’t have any type of allergies?”
đ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āύā§āĻ?
B: “Well, I have a severe allergic reaction to alcohol. It runs in the family.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻā§āĻšāϞ⧠āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
A: “Everyone to some extent is allergic to alcohol.”
đ āϏāĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻšāϞā§āĻ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĨ¤
B: “I get it pretty bad. My whole face turns red, including my ears. My eyes become bloodshot, and I start to itch all over my body.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšā§, āĻŽā§āĻ āϞāĻžāϞ āĻšā§ā§ āϝāĻžā§, āĻā§āĻ āϞāĻžāϞ āĻšā§, āĻļāϰā§āϰ āĻā§āϞāĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
A: “That’s pretty bad.”
đ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĨ¤
B: “But that doesn’t stop me from drinking. Hahaha.”
đ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϤāĻŦā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
âī¸ HAVE YOU LOST WEIGHT? (āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŽāĻŋā§ā§āĻā§?)
A: “Hi Barbara. Have you lost weight?”
đ āĻšāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž, āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŽāĻŋā§ā§āĻā§?
B: “Hi Julie. Yeah. I’ve been on a diet for a couple of months now.”
đ āĻšāĻžāĻ āĻā§āϞāĻŋ, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžā§ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “Wow. You look great.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāϰā§āĻŖ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
B: “Thanks for noticing.”
đ āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϧāύā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤
A: “What type of diet were you on?”
đ āĻā§ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻĄāĻžā§ā§āĻ?
B: “I joined a health club and my trainer gave me tips on eating. With a combination of eating better and exercising, I managed to lose 15 pounds in 2 months.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§ āĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻĄāĻžā§ā§āĻ + āĻāĻā§āϏāĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāϰ⧠⧍ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧠⧧ā§Ģ āĻĒāĻžāĻāύā§āĻĄ āĻāĻŽāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “That’s amazing. What tips did your trainer give you?”
đ āĻ
āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĨ¤ āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻĒāϏ?
B: “Mostly on how to exercise, but the best advice I got was changing my eating habits. Instead of eating 3 times a day, she told me to eat 5 times a day.”
đ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§ ā§Š āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āύāĻž āĻā§ā§ā§ ā§Ģ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
A: “That doesn’t make sense. If you eat more, than how do you lose weight?”
đ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§?
B: “Actually, I’m eating the same amount. I eat 5 smaller meals a day. Basically, it naturally speeds up the metabolism and helps to burn fat at a faster rate.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻžāĻ, āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāϤ⧠āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāϞāĻŋāĻāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžā§ā§āĨ¤
A: “That makes sense. I’m going to try that.”
đ āĻŦā§āĻāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻŦāĨ¤
B: “You don’t need to lose weight.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰ āύā§āĻāĨ¤
A: “I have a little gut I have been trying to get rid of.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ āĻāĻā§, āĻāĻŽāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤
B: “Ah… but remember to incorporate a little exercise into your diet.”
đ āĻĄāĻžā§ā§āĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻā§āϏāĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
A: “Thanks for the advice.”
đ āϧāύā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤
B: “No problem.”
đ āĻā§āύ⧠āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž āύā§āĻāĨ¤
đĻ I WOULDN’T THINK ABOUT GOING ON A DIET (āĻĄāĻžā§ā§āĻ āύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŦā§ āύāĻž)
A: “Can you believe her? She is not even a hundred pounds and she is going off on how she wants to go on a diet.”
đ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻšā§? āϏ⧠āϤ⧠⧧ā§Ļā§Ļ āĻĒāĻžāĻāύā§āĻĄāĻ āύāĻž, āϤāĻžāĻ āĻĄāĻžā§ā§āĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
B: “Tell me about it. If I was as small as her, I wouldn’t think about going on a diet.”
đ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāϞā§āĻā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻĄāĻžā§ā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦāϤāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻžāĨ¤
A: “Me too. But what are we going to do? I have been on 4 different diets and I can’t seem to lose weight.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āϤāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ ā§ĒāĻāĻž āĻĄāĻžā§ā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤
B: “That’s because you don’t exercise. If you were more active, you wouldn’t have a dieting problem.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āϏāĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻž, āϤāĻžāĻ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤
A: “What do you know? You are over weight too.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§ āĻāĻžāύā§? āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻ overweightāĨ¤
B: “I’m not on a diet though.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžā§ā§āĻā§ āύā§āĻāĨ¤
A: “I know. But I don’t have someone to diet with. If we help each other and motivate each other, then I think we can lose some weight.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻā§āĻ āύā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻāϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāϰāϞ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦāĨ¤
B: “I like ice cream too much though.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāϏāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “C’mon. You’ll feel better and look better and as a reward you can eat a little bit of ice cream here and there.”
đ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§, āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāϏāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽ āĻā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤
B: “It does sound appealing.”
đ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϞāĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤
A: “It’s a great idea. I can’t believe I didn’t think of this earlier. Going on a diet with a friend to back you up is a great way to succeed.”
đ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĄāĻžā§ā§āĻ āĻāϰāϞ⧠āϏāĻšāĻ āĻšā§āĨ¤
B: “Okay. I’m in. Let’s do it.”
đ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “Great. I’ll get our plan started right away.”
đ āĻāĻžāϞā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϞā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
B: “Can we start tomorrow though?”
đ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϞ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ?
đ YOU SEE THAT CHICK OVER THERE? (āĻāĻ āĻŽā§ā§ā§āĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻā§?)
A: “You see that chick over there?”
đ āĻāĻ āĻŽā§ā§ā§āĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻā§?
B: “The one in the red shirt?”
đ āϞāĻžāϞ āĻļāĻžāϰā§āĻā§āϰāĻāĻž?
A: “Yeah. Isn’t she hot?”
đ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ, āϏ⧠āĻāĻŋ āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰ āύāĻž?
B: “She’s alright.”
đ āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
A: “Just alright?!? She’s hot!”
đ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻŋ? āϏ⧠āϤ⧠āĻĻāĻžāϰā§āĻŖ!
B: “Why don’t you go talk to her?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧠āύāĻž āĻā§āύ?
A: “You think she’s out of my league?”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϰ⧠āϏ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϞā§āĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϰā§?
B: “Hell no! You’re just a chicken that’s all.”
đ āύāĻž! āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻā§āϤā§āĨ¤
A: “C’mon. I get nervous when I talk to girls.”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽā§ā§ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĨ¤
B: “Why don’t you go stand next to her for awhile and if an opportunity comes up, strike a conversation.”
đ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻā§āĻžāĻ, āϏā§āϝā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤
A: “What do I talk about?”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻŦ?
B: “It doesn’t matter. You gotta find what she’s interested in and go with that.”
đ āϝā§āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧠āύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
A: “I don’t know…”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύāĻŋ āύāĻžâĻ
B: “Do you want me to go talk to her?”
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻŦ?
A: “No. Stay away from her.”
đ āύāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
B: “If you don’t do anything, I’ll bet somebody else will.”
đ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āύāĻž āĻāϰāϞ⧠āĻ
āύā§āϝ āĻā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤
A: “Ok already. I’ll try.”
đ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻŦāĨ¤
