1.Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.)
A:　

Victor:　 Laura, I have a surprise for your birthday.

Laura:　 Oh, good! I love surprises.

Victor:　 It's outside!

Laura:　 Oh, wow! It's too big to bring inside!（They walk out of the house.）

Victor:　 Okay, now open your eyes.
Laura:　 Oh, wow! A mobile phonefor my car! Oh, Victor! You're the greatest! I can hardly wait to begin dialing. (She starts calling.) Hello, Mary? You'll never guess where I'm calling from.
Mary:　 From the phone booth?
Laura:　 No!
Mary:　 From your dad's office?
Laura:　 No! Certainly not! All right. I'll tell you. I'm calling from my car!
Mary:　 You mean you ran into a phone booth?
Laura:　 No. I did not run into a phone booth. I have my own mobile car phone!
Mary:　 Wow! That's great! Now let me take down this number. It's 732-345-2886. That's 345-AUTO!

B: Laura: From now on I'll receive all my calls at this new number. Now to dial all my other
friends and give them this number.

C:　 (In the weeks that followed, Laura made all her calls from the car and received them there, too. Then one day...)

Laura:　 (Crying loudly) Oh, no! They towed away my phone!

Victor:　 Huh?
Laura:　 My mobile phone! It was in my car. They towed it away!
Victor:　 Don't cry! We'll go get it! There's a police station! Hang in there.

Laura:　 That reminds me of my phone! Victor, hurry!

D:　 (At the police station)
Police Officer:　 There's a $75 fine. Pay that and you get your car back.

Laura:　 No problem. Okay. Which credit card do you prefer?

Police Officer:　 No credit cards, Miss. Just cash.

Laura:　 Cash! That's gross! I don't carry gobs 7of cash!

Victor:　 I think between the two of us we can come up with it.

Laura: (Looking in her purse) Ten, fifteen, sixteen, twenty...

Victor:　 I've got a twenty.

Laura: (Counting the money in front of the police officer)
$69.75...85...90...91...92...93...98...99...$75! Whew! I made it!
Police Officer:　 Okay. Take this receipt to this impound lot and claim your car!
Laura:　 At last! Let's hurry, Victor! I can't stand it anymore! (They rush out.)hxw.red