dialogue 1

Jingjing: Buonasera, Mark! --------

Mark: Justcoffee.

Jingjing: Ican see that! What kind is it?

Mark: It'san Americano. ----------- I don't usually like milky coffee.

Jingjing: Itlooks like you're enjoying it. ----------to buy as a gift for someone.

Mark: Is ita special occasion?

Jingjing: It'll be her----------. I thought a coffee machine would be-----------inthe morning, and is spending too much ---------------

Mark: A coffeemachine would be a-----------e. I don't think it's a very good gift, though.

Jingjing: Why not?

Mark: Well, --------------. You're not into coffee. It's thoughtful, as you said. There's---------------

Jingjing: What's that?

Mark: Well, the good ----------huge. They take up lot--------------. Thesmaller ones are OK, ----------- but, if not, it's likely to -----------whatthey already have.

Jingjing: Itold you she -------- one. That's why she ---------- on the way to work.

Mark: Right, but she ---------- on her shopping list.

Jingjing: Yeah, OK. ----------- of a gift!

Mark: Youcould get her a --------- That makes -------------coarselyand consistently beforehand. Oh, and you------------or just one of those, if she's not such a dear friend. Ha ha.

Jingjing: She's one------------ from university. I guess I could get her bothof those things. How do I ---------------

Mark: You----------------------. Icould take a photo for you, of a good French press I saw in a store. Asfor a grinde--------------- that the ground-up beans fall into a jar ratherthan staying up ------------some more.

Jingjing: OK. I'll wait for you to send --------------h------online shops.

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Buonasera, again, Mark! I got that picture ------------ I had no idea a ---------------

Mark: Didyou find a ------------online?

Jingjing: Not ---------

Mark: Hey, why don't ------------ coffee beans?

Jingjing: What would ----------------------machine to brew them?!

Mark: She --------one. Or you could just give her ------------one for her to buy.

Jingjing: Ithink we're ----------

Mark: Just apackage of those drip-bags ------------—until she picks out amachine on her own.

Jingjing: Oh, yeah. ------------- How about beans, then?

Mark: Well, my ---------------Blue Mountain coffee. If it's pure, it's about four toten times the price ---------- So, even a small package of that -----------------

Jingjing: Hmm. ----------------------

Mark: Another kind I like is Costa Rican coffee. ------------

Jingjing: --------------------ndKenya were the world's largest -----------

Mark: They're up there. ---------------e. The thing is, you canfind it anywhere. So, it might just seem lik---------------------------- ------------------

Jingjing: Isee your point. There's a --------------------hop on my way home. Ican swing by t-------------

Mark: I bet theydo. If not, send me---------------an extra package or two to pass alongas ---------------

Jingjing: OK. There's still ----------------- I'll let you know tonightor tomorrow morning.

Mark: GreatI'll hear from you then.

Jingjing: Ciao!

new words andphrases

from dialogue 1

buonasera: hello (Italian, literally meaning “good evening”, but used anytime after noon)

coming from you: when anidea or an object would mean something different depending on who says it orgives it (so, after this phrase, there is an evaluation of the idea or object)

a French press: a simplecoffee machine, with a glass cup and a filter that gets pushed down from thetop to the base

You get what youpay for.: (a saying)Good things of this type are usually expensive, while cheap ones typically havesomething wrong with them.

from dialogue 2

brew: makecoffee, simply by soaking it in hot water (can be used for espresso also, whichis made by shooting boiling water through an open-bottom container of groundbeans)

drip-bag: apaper-cloth bag with a cardboard holder, so that someone can pour hot waterover ground beans, and coffee drips from it into their cup

full-bodied: whencoffee or wine has a strong flavor, including the range of flavors people wouldexpect

Ciao: hello or goodbye (Italian)