[originaltext]W:Hi, Eric. How was your weekend?M:Great! I met Maria’s parents.

W:Hi, Eric. How was your weekend?
M:Great! I met Maria’s parents. And we told them we want to be engaged.
W:Eric, that’s wonderful. Congratulations!
M:Thanks, Alice. I really like her parents, too. They are very nice. Mrs. Carmona speaks four languages and Mr. Carmona is a diplomat. In fact, he gives us a speech at the law school on Saturday morning.
W:Oh, that was Maria’s father? I heard his speech.
M:You did?
W:Well, I heard part of it, I listened to it for ten minutes, and then I fell asleep. I thought I was in class. Anyway, tell me about your weekend. M: Saturday evening we saw a play. And Sunday afternoon we watched a soccer game. Then Sunday night we all went out for dinner. Maria, her parents and me. That was the first chance we had to talk.
W:Were you nervous?
M:At first I was. We didn’t say much. Mr. Carmona told us some good stories about his experiences as a diplomat and they asked me about my hobbies.
W:And what did you say?
M:Well, I didn’t tell him about my flying lessons. I told them about my chess play and my classical music collection.
W:Good idea! Her parents really approve of you. Don’t they?
M: I guess so. Maria called this morning and said, " My father told me he’d like you for a son-in-law right now.
W: That’s great.
M: Not exactly. I want to get married after graduate school in about three years.
8. What does Eric say about Maria’s father?
9. What did Maria and Eric do last Sunday afternoon?
10. When did Eric go out for dinner with Maria’s parents?
11. What do we learn from Maria’s phone call this morning?