ican'tcommentonthe4thissuesinceitisoutofmyreach.the2ndquestionineedsometimetoactuallylistentothesong...theBeatlesarevery,veryoldsongsandhavetosay,idon'thaveabroadunderstandingaboutit
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A:Ifyouweregoingtorentanapartment,wouldyouliketoliveonthetopfloororonthefirstfloor?
B:mypreferencewouldbethetopfloor.
A:Whyisthat?
B:Well,itprovidesmeabrilliantviewofthesurroundingvicinityanditalsoprovidesasenseofsecurity.
A:Security?Asin...
B:Forsecurity,imeantthathigherfloorsarenotsoaccessiblebypattythieveswhowillclimbupeasilyifiamlivingonthefirstfloor.(joke)
plus,itislessnoisyonthehigherfloorwhichhelpstoconcentratebetteronmyworks.
A:howaboutifthereisaearthquake?
B:ithinkyouaresuggestingishouldchoosealowerfloorinstead,yetiprobablywillrentahousenearthestairwellwhichprovideeasyaccesstosafety.
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A:didyoueverheardthesong,Can'tBuyMeLove/YouCan'tDoThat?
B:theonecomposedbytheBeatles?
A:ofcourse.whatdoyouthinkofit?imeant,thesubtextaboutlove,fameandearthlypossessions?
B:ithinkitisverytruethissonghasbroughtthemfameandlotsofmoney,againstwhattheyhavesaid.(jokes)
A:ontheopposite,iamquiteintriguedaboutthoseoldsongs.justflowlikeendlessrainingseason.thewordsareverystraighttothepoint,rathersurprisingly.ThiswasoneofthefirstPopsongstostartwiththechorusratherthanaverse.
B:well,isupposeishouldgohavealistenaswell!
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C:so,whatdoyouthinkofthehumancloningissue?
D:well,ihavetosayidonottotallyagreeofsomeoftheopinionsonthepositivesofthismatter.
C:yesindeed.butithinkhumancloneactuallymayprovetobeamilestoneintechnologyhistory.mostpeopledisagreeonitbecausetheyareafraidthehumanswillbeovertakebyclonessincetheypossessthesamelevelofintelligence.butibelievetechnologywillfindasolutiontothis,afterall,clonesareusedforservingus.
D:well,true,itcanserveus,butjustasyousaid,itmayendangerourexistence.aslongastherestillisnosolutiontothisquestion,ithinkcloningtechnologyshouldonlybeusedtocloneorgansforsurgery.
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A:let'sdiscussaboutthematteronsmokinginthepublic.
B:smoking?Certainlyaninterestingtopic.inpublic?there'snowayi'mgoingtoagreeonthis.
A:Why?
B:thepointis,thatthisseemstotallyimproperandrudetome.itisatraditioncurtesythatyoudonotsmoke,noreatinthestreet.itisconsideredextremelyimpoliteandno-mannerstosmokeinthepublicinwesterntradition.plus,itisnotconsiderateofallthosewhodonotsmokeandhatethesmell.youdon'tsmokeinthepublic,doyou?
A:idon't.andi'mpositiveaboutthis.butitishardforsmokerstocontroltheirdesires,isit?
B:i'matraditionalperson,andithinkeveryoneknowstherearetimesyouhavetocontrolyourdesires.forexample,youwillneveropenyourcellphonewhenyouareatameeting.itiscommoncourtesyandrespecttoothers.