dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, what do you think of all the----------in 2020?

Mark: Ithink it's been --------r so far. Hopefully the whole year-------

Jingjing: It might be. You were wondering how long the -------stays alive on ----------,right? Well, I found out that it can live for --------- without a --------,especially on ----------- like a --------- or a --------------.

Mark: Wow. It's really hard to keep people from getting------------. I keep hearing the numbers of---------from countries like--------and ------------. That's also bad news.

Jingjing: It just seems like there's too much bad news to ----------- year.

Mark: Right. On top of that, scientists are --------- could ----------Earth sometime soon.

Jingjing: Ihaven't seen ---------- about that; but I know it's---------. Don't you think it's hard to be -------------these days?

Mark: It's definitely --------. Humans have only lived for -------------

Jingjing: Yeah. Just think about the many millions of years -----------walked the earth, before an asteroid came and ----------------.

Mark: You believe in that--------—about how the dinosaurs---------------?

Jingjing: Well, yes: there's plenty of-------to support it. Anyway, I was just thinking it'd be great if we could be ---------that we had millions ofyears to-------------.

Mark: That'd be cool. But------- annihilation ---------- achieve something great while there's still time—-------------we still have.

Jingjing: What would you call something ---------?---------human race could survive, if something happened to the ------ or even the whole -----------

Jingjing: That's thinking---------

Mark: Well,it's the ---------. We probably just need --------------more years.

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

Mark: Me too!

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, would you like to talk more about being ---------?

Mark: Sure. The---------------, right?

Jingjing: Yeah, let's look on the---------------together.

Mark: OK,now we're just--------- idioms. How about you tell me your----------forstaying ----------?

Jingjing: I make sure to do------things every week: --------------------. That way, Istay physically healthy and---------. Also, I'm ----------every week.

Mark: That sounds pretty good. Yeah, I don't think your----------events need smuch work.

Jingjing: Those things are --------. I read, so that I can understand them -------- And I try not to let them -----------------

Mark: I'mglad you're not one of those people who----------- or someone who getsall ------------

Jingjing: Like I said, it's good to know the news. There's no point in ----------------

Mark: That reminds me, thanks for telling me about------------on surfaces. I had ----------on finding that information.

Jingjing: Hey, that's -----------------------

Mark: Anyway, ---------------. Even with this Covid-19 outbreak, the lock down period has given people ------------------------

Jingjing: Yes, it has. And it's helped many businesses--------- Justthink about what we talked about last time.

Mark: Right. I'm still hoping the---------------will get better.

Jingjing: Yeah, you seemed to think -----------was a -------------to crack online.

Mark: I saidit was ---------- Anyway, better technology would make it easier.

Jingjing: Ibet there are thousands of -------------- now doing their best work far awayfrom their--------

Mark: Ha ha. I hope so.

new words andphrases

from dialogue 1

a possibility something that could happen in the future, while we're unsure how likely it is

catastrophe a terrible thing that happens, and affects thousands or millions of people (suchas a hurricane)

annihilation asituation which results in all humans no longer living

from dialogue 2

needs much work (or,needs a lot of work) needs to be fixed, needs to be improved

get me down makeme sad/depressed

get all riled up getangry/annoyed