[originaltext]M: Please come in, Miss Edwards, and close the door behind you.W

M: Please come in, Miss Edwards, and close the door behind you.
W: All right. What do you want me to do, Mr. Davis?
M: Have a seat over there. How ere things going in the office?
W: Just fine, Mr. Davis, especially with recent personnel shifts.
M: Yes, I thought so. Well, I and the executive board feel that much of your improved performance in the main office is due to your conscientious efforts.
W: Oh, thank you, Mr. Davis. My job has certainly become easier since we computerized our record-keeping system. The equipment is convenient to use.
M: That’s true. But we are especially impressed with how your influence contributes to good office relations and improved staff attitude toward the work.
W: Well, thank you for your confidence in me. We do have a lot of good people in the office, and the new machinery is wonderful.
M: Yes, but machines are only as good as the people who use them. They can’t ensure harmony and efficiency in a staff.
W: That’s very true.
M: To make a long story short, the board wishes to reward your efforts by making you office manager as of next Monday. That means a $250 raise as of the first of next month.
W: I’m deeply honored, Mr. Davis. Thank you.

W: Hey, Tom.
M: How are things going, Mary?
W: Great, I just finished my last exam for the semester, and now I’m going home to get ready for summer break. What about you?
M: I’ll finish my last exam this afternoon. I’m on my way to the library now to finish studying for it. Where are you going this summer?
W: I’m planning to work in Words Hole, Massachusetts, at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. I’ll he studying whales.
M: That sounds like a great job. I’ll he working nearby on the coast at Nantucket.
W: What are you planning to do on the coast?
M: My uncle owns a restaurant there, so I’ll be working as a waiter at night and then helping him do some accounting a few days each week. I have to save a lot of money fur the next school year. Maybe we can get together and go to the beach this summer since we’ll be living near each other.
W: That sounds good. I’ll ha working on a boat during July, and I won’t return to shore for the entire month. But in June and later in August, I’ll he working in the laboratories and I could drive up and see you in Nantucket.
M: OK. My uncle tells me June is the best time to go there before the town gets too crowded with tourists. Call me before you leave tomorrow and I’ll give you a phone number where I can he reached this summer.
W: All right. I’ll talk to you later. Good luck with your exam!
M: Thanks!