- Good day mister Gary Fisher. (this is a name of the writer)
- Hello my friend, Sam!
- How a famous writer is doing?
- I’m fine. And you know that recently a new book have been written by me. It is named “Australian animals”.
- Great! But why did you choose this theme, as you haven’t been to Australia?
- Who said? Last month as fiduciary, I left our town for that country, even it is better to say a continent.
- And how it is there in Australia? What animals from this country did you see and describe in your book? At all, tell me about your book.
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- I know that. And…
- How did you know that?
- From school lessons, of course. It is not all.
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Rubbish in newspapers
- Hello Dan, haven’t seen you for ages.
- Oh, hi Sam, glad to meet you.
- I see a newspaper in your hands, which I think you are going to tear. Is it so?
- Yes, it is. These ads make me really furious. Every time as you open the latest newspaper to read some recent events in the world, you see bright, catchy, small ads everywhere.
- You know Dan, from my point of view this is a global problem, if it can be called so. Many papers are often criticized by reading public because of advertisements. And there are always advertisements of the things that at the moment you don’t need, and sometimes prices are so high that you can’t afford these products yourself. You only waste the time looking through them.
- I can fully agree with your opinion. I’d rather stay at home, put my feet up and enjoy what I’ve got, than dreaming of buying a good new car, for the reason that prices incredibly have felt down from 1,000,000 krons to 999,999 krons. I always have been misleading of the ads. Once I’ve bought some product at the very high price and it haven’t justified my hopes. That is why nowadays we cannot trust advertisements.
- However, don’t you know that economists tend to argue that if we didn’t have advertising there wouldn’t be such a wide choice of things to buy?
- I can understand it, but can we for a little reduce quantity of ads? I think advertising makes things more expensive, and it would be better if the money were spent on improving quality or making things cheaper.
- You are right. The last thing what is necessary to do is to find the ways to improve a newspaper. Newspapers must not to have been glossy, have colourful pictures on the whole start page with lots of small ads, instead of having useful information. For example to have an editorial is a same great idea, as having headlines on the current affairs.
- As I think of this theme that we are discussing now, it can be called rubbish in newspapers. Real rubbish, which’s place is no more than in the recycle bin.
- Dan I’m sorry, but I’ve to run. I promised my coach to be at five on my training session. I’m really sorry, however we may finish our talk later. Just phone to me.
- OK, bye!
- Bye, it was nice talking with you!
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Traveling
- Hello, Dan!
- Hi, Sam, glad to meet you! Haven’t seen you for ages, where you’ve been?
- I’ve been traveling all winter holidays.
- And if it’s not a secret, what places did you visit? May I guess – it was either Sweden or Finland?
- It’s warm, however not hot. I’ve traveled to Lapland, the North of Finland, behind an Arctic Circle. You even can’t imagine what a delightful place it is.
- Wow! I think it’s awesome. What kind of transport did you use and may ask your opinion about the best way of traveling.
- You know I’ve noticed that quite a lot of people have still not found the best way to travel around. As for me I prefer car trip, because it seems remarkable to me. Traveling by in this way attracts me for many different reasons.
- And so what are they? Can you prove your point of view? I think that a bicycle ride is more marvelous, for the reason that it gets you out into the fresh air. You can go along narrow country roads, find new places, see new sights. Furthermore it gives you exercise and keeps you in good health.
- Yes, that’s quite true but you can’t overcome long distances riding a bicycle. The more you ride, depending on your fatigue, the more you legs get tired, twisting (gyrating) treadles. See in your mind's eye how you’ll enjoy picturesque spots, feeling really good. You can stop anywhere you want, though there are some parking problems.
- I catch you, there is nothing to dream of freedom. By the way adventure is necessary for us all, because it keeps us from growing stale and old, develops our imagination, gives us that movement and change which are essential to our life. Sitting on seats of the automobile you can’t afford such breathing space environment.
- OK, you’ve convinced me. Lets better talk of the places you’ve visited traveling by bicycle. For example I stayed in a hotel and went mountain skiing. Outgoing, fantastic! I don’t think you saw other places, excluding our Narva-Jõesuu sandy beach all in waste and the dirty Boltic Sea.
- Oh, Sam, I’m sorry, but I’m in a hurry. I promised my mom to be at home at five o’clock. Should we finish our talk later.
- No problem, I’ll be waiting for your call, bye!
- Bye-bye!