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.)liuxuepaper.com