[originaltext]M: Come in!W: Hi, John!(12)I just wondered if you want to go out

M: Come in!
W: Hi, John!(12)I just wondered if you want to go out for a coffee.
M: Oh, hi, Lucy.(13)I was just writing a letter.
W: Writing a letter! Is your phone out of order?
M: No. Well,(13)not exactly a letter. Pete’s applied for a job in an elementary school, and they’ve asked me for a character reference.
W: Oh, dear, you’re not going to tell them the truth, are you?
M: What do you mean?
W: Well, that he’s a big-headed show-off who never does a day’s work.
M:(14)Oh, come on, he is not that bad, I mean, kids love him. He’s always entertaining his little brother’s friends with his magic tricks.
W: Oh yes, he’s great with children, but he’s big kid himself, isn’t he?
M:(15)Yes, I suppose he is a bit immature.
W:(15)And I hope they don’t expect him to work before three o’clock in the afternoon. You know what he’s like, he needs a bomb under him to get him up in the morning.
M: Mm. . . that’s true.(15)But he’s good in a crisis. Remember that time he saved a boy who fell in the hole.
W: Yes, I almost forget. Well, now shall we go and get some coffee?
M: All right.
12. What does the woman want the man to do?
13. What is the man doing when the woman comes?
14. What can we learn about the man?
15. What can we learn about Pete?