台灣近日受到西南風影響，造成天氣不穩定，很可能會發生局部大雨，大家出門的時候可別忘記帶傘噢！而說到天氣，就必須要提到英國了，或許是因為英國的天氣非常多變，據説英國人發展出一種文化：當朋友見面寒暄聊天時，最安全、適合的話題便是談論天氣，因為它既不觸及個人隱私，又不涉入政治。所以下次如果你的英國朋友一見到你便問「Have you seen the weather forecast?（你看天氣預報了嗎？）」，不用覺得太奇怪。
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Dialogue A
Getting Help Booking Tickets
Ka: Kathy Ke: Kevin J: Jim
Kevin is on his laptop in the living room.
Ka: Hey Kevin, what're you up to? No class today?
Ke: We're in between semesters now, so I have two weeks off. I'm going to visit my family. Didn't Dan tell you?
Ka: No, he didn't. But it's good that you are going home.
Ke: Yeah. My parents will be happy to see me. The problem is that I'm having trouble finding cheap tickets.
Ka: Why don't you ask Jim for help? You know he works for an airline company, right? I bet that he can find you a great deal.
(Later, Kevin and Jim are discussing tickets.)
J: Well, we've got a few choices for you. There's an incredible deal on first-class, direct flights tomorrow, but they're still around US$1,400 round-trip.
Ke: I can't re...
