— Excuse me, have you been waiting long? — About ten minutes. — _____. — Not while I've been standing here. I'm waiting for the number seven myself. — Good. Hot today, isn't it? — Yes, it is _____. — Me too. This is unusual for March. I don't remember it ever being so hot and dry in March before. — You're from Florida then. — Not really. _____. — My mother and I have just moved here from Indiana. — Pretty cold in Indiana, isn't it? — Yes. That’s why we moved. But we didn’t know that it would be so hot here. We should have gone to California. _____. — No. It’s always a little late. Do you have the time? My watch has stopped working. — _____. — Don't worry. It never comes exactly on the half hour like it should. 1. 61 A: I wish that it would rain and cool off. B: Do you think that we've missed the bus? C: No, it is always quite cool here in summer. D: It is twenty to one by my watch, but it is a little fast. E: Did you notice whether the number seven bus has gone by? F: I was born in New York, but I've lived here for ten years now. G: I have been waiting here for half an hour and still haven't seen the bus. 2. 62 A: I wish that it would rain and cool off. B: Do you think that we've missed the bus? C: No, it is always quite cool here in summer. D: It is twenty to one by my watch, but it is a little fast. E: Did you notice whether the number seven bus has gone by? F: I was born in New York, but I've lived here for ten years now. G: I have been waiting here for half an hour and still haven't seen the bus. 3. 63 A: I wish that it would rain and cool off. B: Do you think that we've missed the bus? C: No, it is always quite cool here in summer. D: It is twenty to one by my watch, but it is a little fast. E: Did you notice whether the number seven bus has gone by? F: I was born in New York, but I've lived here for ten years now. G: I have been waiting here for half an hour and still haven't seen the bus. 4. 64 A: I wish that it would rain and cool off. B: Do you think that we've missed the bus? C: No, it is always quite cool here in summer. D: It is twenty to one by my watch, but it is a little fast. E: Did you notice whether the number seven bus has gone by? F: I was born in New York, but I've lived here for ten years now. G: I have been waiting here for half an hour and still haven't seen the bus. 5. 65 A: I wish that it would rain and cool off. B: Do you think that we've missed the bus? C: No, it is always quite cool here in summer. D: It is twenty to one by my watch, but it is a little fast. E: Did you notice whether the number seven bus has gone by? F: I was born in New York, but I've lived here for ten years now. G: I have been waiting here for half an hour and still haven't seen the bus.