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dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, what's been going on______?

Mark: You mean______ since we saw______?

Jingjing:______ days, really, because last time was Wednesday. Is your baby daughter______?

Mark: She's alright, but she______. It keeps us busy. I'm lucky to still______.

Jingjing: Have you______to do anything fun?

Mark: I wish. The______ I had in the past week was______. I bought some Legos there.

Jingjing: Wow, you're really______ kids usually like. Wait, are they for your daughter______ when she gets a little older?

Mark: I hope she'll like them. I got some of______, called Duplo. None of those are small enough to______.

Jingjing: That's a______ choice. In a few months, she'll______ and trying to eat everything______.

Mark: I'll have to keep______ Legos on a high shelf, then. For now, I'm______.______.

Jingjing: I______ it does. ______ did you buy?

Mark: I didn't buy a set. They______ you know. You just______ and then fit as many Lego pieces as you can, and pay______ the size of the cup.

Jingjing: They don't______ them?

Mark: No______. Just 159 yuan for the______ cup they have.

Jingjing: So, how many______ did you______ squeeze into one cup?

Mark: I'm glad you asked:______. The cup was about______a soda you'd get at the______.

Jingjing: That's crazy. How did you______?

Mark: I______in long blocks, then______ tiny pieces in whatever empty space was left. When I______ at home,______ them fit in the same cup.

Jingjing: That's______, but also kind of______, Mark. Anyway, I hope you're______.

Mark: I am, actually. I'll______you what I've______.

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, do you have______ of some of the stuff you've______with Legos?

Mark: I just have______. Have a look.

Jingjing: Aww, you______ your daughter's name with Legos. That's______.

Mark: Thanks. Here's the______thing I've made. It took about______of all the pieces I have.

Jingjing: That's pretty______. How______did it take you?

Mark: It's hard to say. I was______ yesterday morning, and______ a few Lego pieces together whenever I took a break.

Jingjing: Hmm, it looks like you just bought______. There are just a few with______.

Mark: That makes them______. I'm thinking of my daughter, too. I want her to be______.

Jingjing: But those sets that______ are______—you know, like Harry Potter Legos, or Star Wars Legos.

Mark: I like those. A coworker of mine even______the Friends TV series, you know, Central Perk.

Jingjing: Wow, that's______!

Mark: I thought so too, until I saw a______ set that has all the pieces you need to______,______ on the shelf at the Lego shop.

Jingjing: Aren't you ever______ to just go ahead and get one of those, or one that makes______, or a sports car?

Mark: Every time, Jingjing. ______.

Jingjing: When your daughter______, what would you say if she wants one of those?

Mark: She could______, I suppose. Rather than walking out of the shop______, I'd let her pick out something______.

Jingjing: It's______that you have______different pieces already.

Mark: I hope she'll______.

Jingjing: And,______, it sounds like you're already______.

new words and phrases

be up and about:

It takes me back:

manage to do something:

miserly:

versatile:

ask Santa:

<leave a place> empty handed:

get your money's worth: