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[00:00.00]1.Although the water was only four feet deep,it was over her head.
[00:06.03]She must have been less than four feet tall.
[00:08.83]2.Stone does not want to go to work in his father's dental office.
[00:13.98]Stone's father is a dentist.
[00:16.56]3.The performance started at eight o'clock,and they were fifteen minutes late.
[00:22.73]They got there at a quarter after eight.
[00:25.10]4.He was given a ticket because he drove past a stop sign.
[00:30.17]He got a ticket for a traffic violation .
[00:33.33]5.She finally received her driver's license after her third try.
[00:39.05]She had tried unsuccessfully twice before.
[00:42.00]6.Actually,Frank's mother is my older sister.
[00:47.31]Frank is my nephew.
[00:49.32]7.David cannot wait for his eighteenth birthday so he can get a driver's permit.
[00:55.85]One must be at least eighteen years old to get a driver's permit.
[00:59.98]8.He paid 4,000 dollars for a new car;that's 500 dollars more than it would have cost last year.
[01:07.89]Last year's car would have cost 3,500 dollars.
[01:11.86]9.The avenues of Manhattan are planned so that uptown is north and downtown is south.
[01:18.55]An uptown train would be traveling north.
[01:21.50]10.She bought four pounds of tomatoes at seventy cents a pound.
[01:26.57]She paid $ 2.80 for the tomatoes.
[01:29.97]11.Like his father and his father's father,Alfred is an English teacher.
[01:36.37]Alfred's grandfather was an English teacher.
[01:39.53]12.She enjoys shopping in the mall because there is more variety in the stores.
[01:45.85]There are more different things in the stores in the mall.
[01:49.90]13.Some people travel great distances from home just to sit and watch the same television programs they always watch.
[01:58.78]Some people watch their favorite programs wherever they are.
[02:02.54]14.His new boat is forty feet long,which is five feet longer than his old one.
[02:09.23]His old boat was thirty-five feet long.
[02:12.26]15.To get to Denver you must change trains in Chicago.
[02:17.48]The trains do not go directly to Denver.
[02:20.07]16.There has been a two_dollar increase in the bus fare;it now costs fourteen dollars one way.
[02:26.96]The fare used to be twelve dollars.
[02:29.55]17.Emmy is a typical teenager;she loves to talk on the phone.
[02:36.08]Most teenagers like to talk on the phone.
[02:38.67]18.The star quit the show two months before the end of her one year contract.
[02:44.99]The star remained in the show for ten months.
[02:47.73]19.The letter was returned unopened because the address on it was wrong.
[02:54.42]The letter had never been opened.
[02:56.43]20.When everything else failed,he asked his father for more money.
[03:02.60]He asked his father for more money after he had tried everything else.
[03:06.85]21.Despite the advice of her physician,she continues to eat candy and cake.
[03:14.04]The lady consulted a doctor.
[03:16.05]22.Because the liquor stores were closed,they could not get champagne for the party.
[03:22.29]They could not purchase the champagne because the stores were closed.
[03:26.79]23.Marianne had lost her job;she could not afford to buy her son a present.
[03:33.03]Marianne could not afford to buy a present because she was out of work.
[03:37.23]24.The Board of Directors dismissed him because he had missed two consecutive meetings.
[03:44.13]He was dismissed because he missed two meetings in a row.
[03:47.81]25.Laura lost five pounds on her diet ,but her mother lost twice as much.
[03:54.42]Laura's mother lost ten pounds.
[03:57.01]26.Some people feel that lighting three cigarettes on one match means bad luck.
[04:03.70]Some people feel that various things bring good or bad luck.
[04:07.67]27.Although this bag is much larger,that container will hold more golf balls.
[04:13.62]28.She was able to go to work while her husband took care of the house.
[04:18.77]Her husband helped her by taking care of the house while she worked.
[04:22.30]29.He refused to take his rubbers with him even though it was raining.
[04:26.87]Although he know it was raining.he did not wear his rubbers.
[04:30.26]30.Stone felt that the reward he was given really belonged to his friend.
[04:36.72]Stone felt that he was unworthy of the reward.
[04:39.67]31.They displeased the professor by quitting college in their senior year.
[04:45.91]The professor was displeased because they quit college.
[04:49.31]32.Herman put off writing his term paper until the last weekend.
[04:56.07]Herman completed his term paper on the last weekend.
[04:59.02]33.She was lucky to find one garage open during the holiday weekend.
[05:05.06]Almost all the garages were closed on the holiday weekend.
[05:08.95]34.It takes an hour to get home;you must leave now if you want to arrive by noon.
[05:15.56]It is now eleven o'clock.
[05:17.62]35.A baker's dozen means one more than the exact number.
[05:22.77]A baker's dozen actually amounts to thirteen.
[05:25.51]36.The manager crossed the item off the list.
[05:30.58]He removed the item from the list by drawing a line across it.
[05:34.11]37.She used to babysit while she was a freshman,but now she works at the library on campus.
[05:41.08]She has been working at the library rather than babysitting.
[05:43.88]38.On the bookshelf in the office is a dictionary for everyone's use.
[05:49.02]Anybody can use the dictionary in the office.
[05:52.18]39.It would be a good idea to look into the company before you invest all you money.
[05:58.43]Investigating the company before investing your money is a must.
[06:02.11]40.I want to contact a friend of mine immediately,but I have no way of knowing where she lives.
[06:08.35]I don't know and am not able to find out where she lives.
[06:12.04]41.I prefer to work with a manager who speaks straight from the shoulder.
[06:17.47]The manager speaks frankly.
[06:20.13]42.Although she already had a lot of work to do,she took on more responsibilities.
[06:26.46]She undertook more responsibilities.
[06:29.62]43.The forecast is for morning showers,light westerly winds and possibly some snow by noon.
[06:37.90]It's expected to be rainy ,a little windy and cold.
[06:41.95]44.Last year I commuted to school from my home but this year I am living in a school dormitory.
[06:48.84]I  traveled regularly between home and school last year.
[06:53.10]45.We are looking forward to the vacation which will last a couple of weeks.
[06:58.53]We have a few weeks vacation.
[07:00.96]46.He dropped Nancy off at her house.
[07:05.09]He took Nancy home.
[07:07.02]47.She's been chosen to represent our class on the committee.
[07:12.25]She will represent us on the committee.
[07:14.76]48.It feels warm today,but spring is still a month away.
[07:20.48]In a month,we will have spring.
[07:22.85]49.Bill is going to present his paper at the Third international Graphic Symposium this morning.
[07:30.12]50.Nancy would like to increase her typing speed to get a better job,and so would I.