6 Oversleeping
1. What did you do over the weekend?
2. I went to my student's orchard to pick peaches and pears.
3. Do you like fresh fruit?
4. Yes, I do, but I prefer preserved fruit to fresh fruit.
5. Do you like pickled food?
6. Yes, I like it, especially pickled cucumbers and carrots.
7. Do you know how to pickle cucumbers?
§. Yes, I've got a special recipe for it.
9. From whom did you learn the recipe?
10. I learned it from a chef.
11. Is the chef you learned it from the head cook in a
restaurant?
12. Yes, you 1 re right.
13. How did you meet the chef?
14, He's my brother-in-law.
15. Would you please show me how to pickle cucumbers?
16. I'in sorry, I can't, because I must study European
literature now.
17. You must be kidding me, European literature is just for
sophomores-
18* Yes, it is, but I flunked it last semester. I'm now
repeating the course.
19. How did you flunk it?
20. I didn't take the final because I overslept.
21. Do you often sleep late?
22. No, I usually get up before five o'clock, but I got drunk
the night before the examination.
23. Are you addicted to drinking?
24. Does "be addicted to" mean "can't go without"?
25. Yes, you're completely right.
26. As a matter of fact, I seldom drink.
27. Why did you drink so much the night before your final?
28. I went to a wedding and drank a lot in order to prove I
was a real man.
29. Did you prove you were a real man?
30. No, I acted like a stupid drunkard.
31. Can you hold r. lot?
32. No, I can't. Usually, I get drunk on two glasses of beer.
33. I've got a bottle of Scotch. Would you like to drink
with me?
34. Yes, I'd love to drink with you. I've been anxious to
drink Scotch whiskey, but I can't afford to buy it.
35. Now I know you're addicted to drinking. You can tell me
how to pickle cucumber while we drink.