- A: Let's go to a restaurant tonight.
B: Okay. Where should we go?
A: (you, like) Thai food?
B: I don't know. I (ear, nm) any. What's it like?
. ,, ,A: It's delicious, but it can be pretty hot!
, ,. B: That's okay. I (he) really hot food.
A: There (be) a Thai restaurant downtown. I (go)
there a couple of times. The food is excellent.
B: Sounds good. I (be, m) to a Thai
restaurant, so it (be) a new experience for me. After we
(get) there, can you explain the menu to me?
A: Sure. And if I can't, our waiter or waitress can. - A: (you, smoke)?
B: Yes, I do.
A: How long (you, smoke)?
B: Well, let me see. I (smoke) since I (be)
seventeen. So I (smoke)
for almost four years.
A: Why (you, start)?. ,
B: Because I (be) a dumb, stupid kid.
A: (you, want) to quit?
B: Yes. I (plan) to quit very soon. In fact, I (decide)
... ,.., to quit on my next birthday. My twenty-first
,, "!
biiday is two weeks from now. On that day, I (intend) to
smoke my last cigarette.
A: That's terrific! You Ifeel) much better after you (stop)
smoking.
B: (you, smoke, ever)?
A: No, I haven't. I (smoke, never) a
.. cigarette in my Me. When I (be) ten years old, I (smoke)
one of my uncle's cigars. My sister and I (steal)
a couple of his cigars and (go) behind
the garage to smoke them. Both of us (get) sick. I
(haw, not) anything to smoke since. then. ..
B: That's smart.
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