[originaltext]W: Hi, Steven. What’s up?M: I am planning a summer vacation, try

W: Hi, Steven. What’s up?
M: I am planning a summer vacation, trying to coordinate schedules with friends and family, but maybe there’s another way, even a better way, to take a vacation.
W: What do you mean?
M: I mean maybe I should travel alone this time. Nowadays, people are travelling alone in record numbers.
W: There are many places that people have longed to go. But I often hear them say they have nobody to go with.
M: True. I should travel alone. Last year, my editor sent me to Paris to explore the city by myself. That was the assignment. On my own, thousands of miles from home, I could slow down. I began to really enjoy all of the marvelous, everyday things I miss when talking with or looking after companions.
W: Sounds to me so amazing. By travelling alone, we are able to zero in on details because there is no one to distract us, no one to tell us to hurry along, to stop lingering on some shopping centres to buy things you don’t want.
M: Definitely.  And you have the freedom to pursue your particular interests. You can develop your aesthetic sense at your own pace. You can explore art and design shops, places that may inspire a new hobby or a creative endeavor.
W: Alone, we can be reflective, like the day I took myself to a tea ceremony in Tokyo. We can step outside our comfort zone. Alone, we can climb a hill on an autumn afternoon, and consider how we are living our life and how we want to live it in the future—a process that can get inhibited when other people are around.
M: Indeed.
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. What is the man busy with?
9. What does the man say about his assignment in Paris?
10. Why is travelling alone so beneficial according to the speakers? 11. What does the woman say about her trip in Tokyo?