OSCAR: I (watch) the bicyclists. They are very skillful. I
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(know, not) how to ride a bike, so I (admire)
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anyone who can. Come over to the window. Look at
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that guy in the blue shirt. He (steer) his bike with one
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hand while he (drink) a soda with the other. At the
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same time, he (weave) in and out of the heavy street
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traffic. He (seem) fearless.
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~SHI: Riding a bike (be, not) as hard as it (look)
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I'll teach you to ride a bicycle if you'd like.il OSCAR: Really? Great! ,!,
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TOSHI: HOW come you don't know how to ride a bike?*. - .. -. ,., ':.,;I
,;,.I ,r. OSCAR: I (have, nevw) a bike when I (be)
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L! a kid. My family (be) too poor. Once I (try)
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to learn on the bike of one of my friends, but the other kids
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: I , ..,; all (laugh) 22 at me. I never (ny) again
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because I @e) too embarrassed. But I'd really like to learn
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:!!: now! When can we start?, !>',
.. PART ., II. PAST TIME
i:L!.' i _ Yesterday, Toshi (sit) wms S. ~ttthq. at his desk and (study)
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his grammar book. His roommate, Oscar,
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at his desk, but he (stway, not)
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He (stare) out the window. He (watch)
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bicyclists on the street below.
*"How come?" means "Why?" For example, "How come you don't how how to ride a bike?" means 'Why don't you
bow how m ride a bike?"