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The two speakers are planning a Saturday farewell party by dividing the responsibilities of booking the venue and organizing refreshments. The female speaker plans to 'book a classroom' on the third floor to host 'twenty people', while the male speaker agrees to 'bring balloons' and purchase a 'fruit cake', drinks, and apples with Xiao An. By securing a sufficiently large room and arranging party food and decorations, they ensure that the needs of all guests are met. These joint preparations confirm that both speakers are working together to organize a well-equipped farewell celebration.
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The two speakers plan to volunteer at the community library during the summer holidays. The male speaker intends to 'help young children read', while the female speaker decides to join him to 'tidy bookshelves'. This confirms that both speakers will spend their break assisting with community library services.
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The two speakers are talking about redesigning the school bulletin board. The female speaker suggests adopting 'a new design' with green, blue, and activity photos, while the male speaker agrees to draw a sketch tonight. This demonstrates that their conversation focuses directly on revamping the noticeboard.
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The two speakers are planning to enter next month's speech competition. To prepare, they agree to 'practise pronunciation' for 'half an hour' each day and write their speech drafts. They will meet after school tomorrow to start practising together for the contest.
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The two speakers are talking about signing up together for a cooking class at the community centre. The female speaker asks whether they should 'enrol together' to learn how to make dim sum and pasta, and after checking the schedule and cost, they agree. This demonstrates that their conversation centres on deciding to join the class and registering online today.
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The two speakers are planning to send a gift to Xiao Zhou, who has moved to another city. They agree to send two boxes of pastries from his favourite shop nearby, along with a card. The male speaker will buy the pastries this afternoon while the female speaker prepares the card. Together, they plan to post these items tomorrow to make him happy.
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The speaker has accidentally bought train tickets for the wrong date, having mistakenly purchased them for 'next Wednesday' instead of this Friday, which means he does not have the correct tickets for their upcoming trip.
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The problem described in the announcement is that the library is currently closed to the public because it is undergoing 'renovations this week'. This means readers are unable to enter the building or use the study rooms.
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The speaker will be back at approximately 8:30, and the keys are located under the flowerbed at the front door. She states that she will arrive home 'around eight thirty' due to being busy at work. To ensure he can get in, she explains that the key is in the 'usual place', hidden 'under the flowerbed' by the entrance.
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The listener should collect two large delivery boxes, as the speaker notes that a delivery person called about 'two big boxes' arriving while he is at a meeting. He explains that he cannot leave work right now, but will arrive home after finishing work at 'six o'clock', so the neighbour will be home at 6:00 pm.
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The training has been moved to the gymnasium, and the listener should bring rackets. The female speaker announces that because of heavy rain, practice has been 'moved to the gym', and specifically reminds him 'don't forget to bring rackets'. This clearly indicates both the relocated venue for the session and the required sporting equipment.
Replay the audio above as often as you need, and type each line as you hear it. Punctuation and spaces are ignored, so you only need the characters. You need Chinese input switched on — on Windows: Settings → Time & language → Language & region → Add a language → Chinese (Simplified); on Mac: System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources → + → Chinese, Simplified → Pinyin.