今日課堂：

dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, thanks for meeting me --------again. Can you bear this---------?

Mark: Mostly. But I------- coming here to meet you on time.

Jingjing: You could've just ------------ late. I would've waited.

Mark: Nah, Iran to catch the bus, and then---------- the stop. I just need to gorinse my face.

Jingjing: The -------- over there. I'll wait for you a little ways past it.

Mark: OK,I'll be over in a sec. …. Wow,-------- It said, "washafter relief".

Jingjing: Ithink it just ----------the toilet, you know, to prevent the spread of disease.

Mark: InChinese, the first--------- are 便后biànhòu. The signshould say something like wash hands after using toilet.

Jingjing: That doesn't ------------

Mark: It doesn't have to be, --------Just take the sentence you want to say—pleasewash ------------—and remove a few of th-----------

Jingjing: Why not wash hands after toilet?

Mark: ---------Thatmight get visitors thinking------------toilet, then their hands. Ha ha.

Jingjing: Speaking of-----------: "no naked flames".

Mark: I'veseen that one at so many parks, -------------

Jingjing: -------------of a person without any clothes on?

Mark: That'spretty much the only ----------ince we don't use it for animals. But wealso say you can see something------------you don't need atelescope or a microscope.

Jingjing: Hmm. What word----------of naked?

Mark Open: ----------I know someone with a match or a lighter might notthink they're breaking the rules. --------------and that's what park workerscan point to if anyone's breaking the rules. -------------------

Jingjing: Hmm, so many things to---------when writing a sign.

dialogue 2

Jingjing: What about this one: ---------That's short enough, isn't it? And it doesn't have any ----------

Jingjing: This one's my favorite:--------------, please detour.

Mark: Ha ha.--------------. In a cartoon world, it'd probably be suitable. Hmm.

Jingjing: What about------------------

Mark: That'dbe perfect.

Jingjing: Hey, there's -----------: slip carefully. I've seen differentversions of that. What should it say?

Mark: Caution,---------- That's a hard one to guess. Most of thewrong ones seem to suggest that------------------to just do it with care.

Jingjing: Uhhuh. I don't know how-------------

Mark: Wannasee me do it? --------------

Jingjing: -----------eitherof those with me. I'll take a rain check.

Mark: OK. I'll be ready to slip ------------ Oh, that reminds me: I saw onethat said watch out for slippy.

Jingjing: Who's Slippy? ---------------

Mark: Yeah,I've been------------

ever since seeingthat sign. Slippy could be anywhere.

new words andphrases

from dialogue 1

break a sweat: work, run,or do other physical activity that causes you to start sweating

briskly: do something quickly, efficiently, carefullyenough

from dialogue 2

loitering: idling;standing, sitting or lying inappropriately in a public place

detour: a wayaround a main route

take a rain check: plan toask for a favor later (one that is offered now)

look over shoulder for : pay attention, expect to see someoneanytime, avoid being taken by surprise