Yes, I agree. Lovely breakfast. Very nice. Excellent coffee, especially, don’t you think Anyway, as I was telling you, it happens to me every time I go to a new place: I always end up paying twice or three times as much as I should for the first ride. But last night was the worst ever. The train got in at about eleven, so I felt lucky to get one--though it looked a bit old and battered. But he was so polite--and you don’t get much of that these days. "Let me take your bags," he says. "It’s a hot, sticky night," he says, "but don’t worry, madam, it’s air-conditioned, "--and it was, surprisingly--"just relax and I’ll get you there in no time." So we went for miles down this road and that road and he pointed out all sorts of buildings and other sights that he said I’d appreciate when I could see them properly in the morning. And he told me that though this was one of the few cities in the world where a
Yes, I agree. Lovely breakfast. Very nice. Excellent coffee, especially, don’t you think Any- way, as I was telling you, it happens to me every time I go to a new place: I always end up paying twice or three times as much as I should for the first ride. But last night was the worst ever. The train got in at about eleven, so I felt lucky to get one—though it looked a bit old and battered. But he was so polite—and you don’t get much of that these days. "Let me take your bags," he says. "It’s a hot, sticky night," he says, "but don’t worry, madam, it’s air-conditioned,"—and it was, surprisingly—"just relax and I’ll get you there in no time." So we went for miles down this road and that road and he pointed out all sorts of buildings and other sights that he said I’d appreciate when I could see them properly in the morning. And he told me that though this was one of the few cities
M: The music and flowers are lovely.
W: Yes, I hope the food is good, too.
W: These are lovely buildings. I’ve never been to this part of the university before. M: It’s a bit out of the way. Where do you normally, uh, hang out W: Computer labs, sir; I’m a research assistant for a special project on a combined government and pri-vate-sector grant. M: We haven’t introduced ourselves. I, of course, am Roger Lambert. W: Dale Kohler, sir. I really appreciate your seeing me. M: Let’s sit down. You said you know my sister’s daughter, Verna. I’m very curious to know how she’s doing. Very. W: Now it’s not very so good, sir. Her little girl’s about one and a half, and I guess that’s a demanding age, at least Verna says the kid is driving her crazy, babbling and getting into things all the time. The project she’s living in is not a good place. She has no real friends. M: Is there anything, you think, I could do for Verna W: Do what I do, sir. Remember her in your prayers. M: That is certainly
A. To ask him to help her to get a grant from the Grants Committee.
B. To offer him a chance to take part in a project.
C. To tell Prof Lambert about his niece and her daughter.
D. To get a recommendation from him to the Grants Committee.
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