dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, thanks for coming to visit me _____. Wow, you think you haveenough layers____

Mark: Ithink it's just ___. I left the house with this ____ and this ____ in mybag, and was glad I had them with me.

Jingjing: Hmm, it must have gotten ___ in the ___. It was fine ____ overhere.

Mark: Yeah,_________

Jingjing: Isn't it the same where you ___?

Mark: Well,I got used to _____ as a kid. ______ were cold wherever I lived.

Jingjing: What about for Hallowe'en? Is it too ____ for kids to go out _____?

Mark: I____as a ____ one year, because it was too cold to wear any other _____.

Jingjing: That means you just ____ your ski ___ and ____, because you were too ___to make a real ____, right?

Mark: ______! Other years, I made my own costumes. I won an ___ fora ___ costume one year. Anyway, most Hallowe'en parties are ____.

Jingjing: Did you go ____ and get candy from your _____?

Mark: _____years, I did that. Most Hallowe'ens, I just ___ and watched ____movies, maybe had a few friends __.

Jingjing: Did you ____ candy?

Mark: Myparents were ____. So, they gave away ____ and ____ of ___ fruit. My house had a big set of ___ to go up, before the front door.

Jingjing: Ibet you had a lot of tired and ____ kids walking____ those stairs.

Mark: Yeah,we should've made a ______

Jingjing: Haha. Then you could have eaten all those ———!

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, do you mind if I ask you a few more questions about ______?

Mark: Autumnculture? We don't really have ____ Day in America, except among people_____ who celebrate it.

Jingjing: Whatabout ____? Isn't that ____?

Mark: That'snot until the ___ Thursday in ____—still a long _____.

Jingjing: Iknow. I keep seeing a _____ basket, which was used as a ___ of autumn inthe ____. I wanted to ask you ______.

Mark: Abasket, huh. What did it look like?

Jingjing: Itwas ______.

Mark: Oh,the cornucopia! Yeah, that's a symbol of ____,especially around _____.

Jingjing: Dopeople _____ their houses with those baskets?

Mark: A_______would set a small one as the ______ on their ____ table,as well as another one in their _____.

Jingjing: OK, that answers my question. Back to Hallowe'en: what's the story______?

Mark: Thosewere _________

Jingjing:

Mark: Iguess they ——with the same idea. Now they're just ——— decoration.

Jingjing: OK. If I buy a big ——, I hope you'll help me —— a jack-o-lantern

new words andphrases

from dialogue 1

layers: wearingseveral thinner items of clothing, rather than just a thin shirt and a veryheavy jacket

volatile: changingfrequently and suddenly, unstable

trick-or-treating: collectingcandy from neighbors, by showing up at their doorstep in costume

horror movies: scarymovies with monsters, ghosts or serial killers

from dialogue 2

cornucopia: "the hornof plenty" a basket, shaped like a horn, symbolizing abundance

abundance: havingmore than enough of what you need

centerpiece: a set ofdecorations at the center of a table in a formal dining room

jack-o-lantern: a pumpkincarved with a scary face, and a candle inside