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Sun-hee, Tara, and Claudia were preparing to go to Mexico for a vacation.While Sun-hee was talking to Mike on the phone, Claudia and Tara had some trouble preparing for the trip. First, Tara couldn’t find her bag and then Claudia didn’t know where her ticket was. Things got worse when Claudia couldn’t find her money and cell phone. But Sun-hee helped them out. She seemed to be totally relaxed because she had already finished getting ready. Sun-hee told Mike about all the errands she had done earlier that day. She had confirmed her flight, got traveler’s checks, changed her voice-mail message, and paid the bills. Finally, Tara and Claudia were ready to go and Sun-hee checked to be sure they had everything. However, after they left,Sun-hee soon came running back in. Why? She had forgotten to take her ticket and passport!Unit twoIt was a very hot day and Takeshi came home to find Mike using his imagination to stay cool. Takeshi complained about not going to Hawaii with other friends and about not having an air conditioner in the room. Mike tried to teach Takeshi how to imagine being at the beach. When Takeshi asked where the water for the beach was, Mike sprayed Takeshi with water which made Takeshi angry. Then, Mike pretended to use an ironing board for surfing even though Takeshi told him not to. So, Takeshi decided to use his imagination and he threw water all over Mike, pretending it was a wave. Mike wasn’t too happy, but Takeshi thought it was pretty funny!Unit threeClaudia and Roberto were talk ing about Roberto’s new job. Roberto was excited, but he was a bit nervous about learning a new software program. Claudia told him not to worry and promised to help him learn it. Then Roberto asked Claudia if she might get promoted soon because her boss had been transferred to a different office. Claudia said that getting promoted was not a big deal. She explained that her goal was to quit her job someday and relax. Roberto, however, said his life was planned already, almost right up to retirement. He thought it was important to have well-defined goals, but Claudia said that Roberto should keep his options open, and ―go with the flow.‖Roberto agreed, but only if the ―flow‖ followed his plan!Unit fourSun-hee didn’t feel well, so Tara asked Takeshi and Mike to come over. When they arrived, Takeshi asked Sun-hee how she was feeling. Sun-hee said she was very tired, a little dizzy, and that she might even have a fever. Tara then explained that Sun-hee had also been very anxious about a meeting with the president of her university. Mike told Sun-hee to eat something, but she refused and said, ―I can’t eat. I’m not hungry.Then the phone rang. It was the president’s secretary. She informed Tara to tell Sun-hee that the meeting had been canceled. When Sun-hee got the news, she immediately started to feel better and said, ―It must be a miracle or something.‖ But her friends knew it was not a miracle. She had just been nervous about the meeting!Takeshi got a letter from the Columbia Graduate School. While Sun-hee and Mike were waiting for him to come home, they tal ked about Takeshi’s plans for grad school. Takeshi had applied to several graduate programs, but two schools had already rejected him! Mike said that Takeshi was going to hit the road if he didn’t get accepted. When Takeshi got home, he explained that if h e didn’t get accepted he was going to travel for a while and then he would apply to graduate school again. He also said that if he was accepted, he was going to become a film director. Takeshi finally opened the letter — and it was good news! Takeshi was going to go to grad school at Columbia!Unit sixRoberto and Mike were in a restaurant.A woman was talking loudly on the cell phone. Roberto said that he can’t stand cell phones.Mike said he avoids taking calls in public unless it’s very important. But t hen Mike’s father called to give Mike his new cell phone number. While they were talking,Mike’s mother called on the other line.She started to ask Mike to ake a message for his dad ,but Mike couldn’t stand taking messages, so he connects his mother and father.At that point,the woman who was talking so loud on her phone earlier says to Mike,” Do you mind?”Then she turned to her friend andsaid the same thing Roberto said,” I can’t stand cell phones—especially in public places.”Unit sevenClaudia was at R oberto’s to pratice playing the flute .As Roberto was playing his guitar.Claudia said that she hoped she would be that good some day.Roberto told Claudia that he had been playing since he was a teenager and reminded her that,”Practice makes perfect!”Claudia explained that practicing at home because Tara and Sun-hee had been studying a lot lately.Roberto told her not to worry because they could practice together. Roberto suggested three different songs to play,but Claudia hadn’t played any of them .Finally,she suggested a song she had been practicing lately. Roberto said he hadn’t played it for a long time,but it was one of his favorites----“Twinkle,Twinkle.little star!”Unit 8Sun-hee tells Tara that personal ads will not help her find a relationship.Tara says she hasn’t met “Mr.Right”yet,but she’s still had fun on dates she made through the personals.Then Tara reads some ads out loud and Sun-hee finds something wrong with each one.Tara thinks Sun-hee is too fussy and says,”No wonder you haven’t tried dating through the personals yet.”Sun-hee says she did answer a personal ad once,and it was an awful experience. Then Sun-hee pretends to read an ad about an “intelligent female”who feels like seeing Brad Pitt’s new movie. When Tara realizes Sun-hee is joking decides to stop reading the ads and go out to a movie with Sun-hee.。