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W: Excuse me, could you help me?
M: Sure.
W: I need some help with this arrival card–I’m afraid I left my glasses at home.
M: Oh, OK, well let me find a … I had one somewhere–oh, here’s my pen. All right then– your name?
W: Vanderpyl–that’s V-A-N-D-E-R-P-Y-L.
M: OK.
W: And my first name’s Theresa–T-H-E-R-E-S-A.
M: OK. Passport number?
W: E51448859
M: OK. E51448859. Coming from?
W: Hong Kong.
M: A nice short flight. I’m coming all the way from San Francisco.
W: Uh-huh. So, um…address in Singapore?
W: The Hilton Hotel, Orchard Road.
M: Hmm, The Hilton, Orchard Road. Is that O-R-C-H-A-R-D?
W: That’s right.
M: Um, the length of stay?
W: Oh, ah, four days.
M: And our flight number is …?
W: Oh, let’s see. I have my boarding pass right here. OK, it’s AA451.
M: Great. You just have to sign at the bottom.
W: I think I can manage that. Thanks very much for your help.
M: You’re welcome. Oh, I’m Jim McGiven, by the way.
W: Nice to meet you Jim.
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W: Hi, you’re Rick, aren’t you?
M: Yeah, that’s right. And you’re Peggy Sue, aren’t you? I haven’t seen you since we were kids!
W: Oh, I know. Gosh, I hate to think…it must’ve been, oh, twenty years ago.
M: Oh, at least!
W: Well, it was nice of you to come all this way.
M: Oh, I was happy to.
W: Oh, gosh, that’s so sweet. You know, we have people here from all over the place. Do you recognize everyone?
M: Hmm, I think…Wait a minute. Who’s that in the yellow dress?
W: In the yellow…Oh, that’s Aunt Gertrude from Chicago.
M: Gee, she’s so thin now!
W: I know. I think she’s gone a bit too far with her dieting.
M: That’s for sure. Who’s that talking to her? That can’t be…
W: Oh, yes, it is. Good old Uncle Morty.
M: Wow! He’s gotten so big.
W: I know.
M: Does he live around here?
W: Oh, gosh no! He’s still in New York. You’d never get him to move out here.
M: Hmm…who’s that woman over there with the long hair?
W: Long hair, let me see…Oh, you mean in the orange dress? That’s Cousin Emily.
M: Oh, I don’t think I’ve ever met her.
W: OH, really, I’ll have to introduce you. She lives with her family in Bermuda. So we don’t see her very often.
M: And Aunt Jean. She’s looking so old.
W: That’s not too surprising—she is old. She must be, gosh, in her eighties by now.
M: Her eighties? Wow. Does she still live in Boston?
W: Oh, no, no. She left Boston. She moved to Atlantic City a few years back.
M: Well, it’s been great talking to you, but I guess I should go now and meet some of these long-lost relatives.
W: OK. Great to see you, too.
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And this just in … police have arrested three thieves who broke into a jewelry store on Center Street this afternoon and made off with over a million dollars in diamonds. The thieves were involved in a gun battle with police during which a bystander, 25-year-old office worker Alice Cortazzi, was shot in the arm. Cortazzi was taken to the hospital, where she is expected to make a full recovery. The thieves, who took off in a stolen taxi, were caught at the outer island ferry terminal, where they were trying to board a ferry for Macau.
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