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Dialogue :

Aesop's fables

dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, we're ______ summer already. Anything new?

Mark: I just started______.　We had the first______ the day before ______.

Jingjing: Oh really?　What ______ are you______?

Mark: The course is part of ______: short stories and______.　We're doing Aesop's______.

Jingjing: Let's see: Aesop was a ______ ______ who was once______.　His stories include the Tortoise and the Hare, and the Boy ______.

Mark: You got it.　______ is ______ about the ______ person.　So, it's hard to ______ if one ______ actually wrote ______stories.

Jingjing: And stories weren't really ______, where they?　I mean, people just ______ stories ______ through______.

Mark: That's right.　Long stories were written as______ with ______.　Shorter ones were______ enough to remember.

Jingjing: I remember hearing ______ about ______.　He was in the ______ and picked the heaviest ______ for a long______.　People thought he was ______.

Mark: Oh, I've heard that one.　The backpack______ to be the______ bag.　So, after his ______, he had very______ to carry.

Jingjing: That's ______ I heard it.　We had to______ about it in school.

Mark: Ha ha, me too.　I think it was the ______.

Jingjing: I can only______ a few of Aesop's fables, though.　Like the two I ______, and just ______ of others.

Mark: When I was ______ for the course, I found a ______.　I'm not even sure it's ______; but there were close to a ______ stories, all ______ Aesop.

Jingjing: Well, that's a ______ list.　When you______ from your ______, you'll have to ______ that I might not have ______ before.

Mark: OK.　I'll get______ and think over which story you're______ to have heard before.

Jingjing: Great.　See you______.

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, did you think of a______ to______ from Aesop?

Mark: Yeah, I ______ you haven't heard this one: ______.

Jingjing: ______.　I don't think I've heard that one.　How______?

Mark: Well, there's this donkey, ______ by a merchant from the ______ to a city ______ where the merchant can ______.

Jingjing: So, the donkey's ______ a load of salt a long way. ______ so far.

Mark: So, it's a______ for the merchant and his donkey.　And every time, they have to______ that has no ______.

Jingjing: Is there a part that's______ enough for them to ______?

Mark: There's a ______, which is ______ and mostly ______.

Jingjing: So, does anything ______in this story?

Mark: I'm ______, if you'll let me.　The donkey______ in the water one ______.　And_______.

Jingjing: It ______, you mean.

Mark: Yes, and the donkey's not only______but also pretty______ that his load______ because of the ______.

Jingjing: So, let me guess, next time, the donkey______ in the same river, but ______.

Mark: That's______.　But the merchant takes him back to the ______ and puts ______ on the donkey's back.

Jingjing: Oh, so when the donkey falls in the water______, the ______ ______a lot of water.

Mark: That's the______.　The donkey's load got ______.

Jingjing: I ______what the merchant did______ after his donkey fell ______.

Mark: ______.　Anyway, you get ______of the story, right?

Jingjing: Sure, it's ______ like this: the same______ doesn't ______ every time.

Mark: That's right.　Hope you______!

new words and phrases

fable:

oral tradition:

meter:

folk tale:

trek:

out of his head:

You got me.:

outcome:

That's beside the point:

moral: