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MRS.JOHNSON: Hello.
Where you at the butcher's?
MRS.WILLIAMS:Yes. I was.
Were you at butcher's, too?
MRS.JOHNSON: No, I wasn't.
I was at the greengrocer's.
How's Jimmy today?
MRS.WILLIAMS:He's very well, thank you.
MRS.JOHNSON: Was he absent from school
last week?
MRS.WILLIAMS:Yes, he was.
He was absent on Monday,
Tuesday,
Wednesday and Tuesday.
How are you all keeping?
MRS.JOHNSON: Very well, thank you.
We're going to spend
three days in the country.
We're going to stay at my
mother's for the weekend.
MRS.WILLIAMS:Friday, Saturday and Sunday
in the country!
Aren't you lucky!
参考翻译：
约翰逊夫人：您好。刚才您在肉店里吗？
威廉斯夫人：是的，我在肉店里。
您也在肉店里吗？
约翰逊夫人：不， 我不是。
我在蔬菜水果店里。
吉米今天怎么样？
威廉斯夫人：他很好，谢谢您。
约翰逊夫人：上星期他没上学吧？
威廉斯夫人：是的，他没上学。他星期一、
星期二、星期三和星期四没
去上学。你们身体都好吗？
约翰逊夫人：很好，谢谢您。我们打算到
乡下去三三，在我母亲家度
周末。
威廉斯夫人：星期五、星期六和星期日在乡下
过！你们真幸运啊！