1.Againsthumour.

　　A:Hey,didyouhearProfessorSmith'slectureyesterday?Ihearditwasveryfunny!

　　B:Hmm?What'ssogoodaboutthat?University'snotforfun,wecameheretolearn.

　　A:Well,Iguessso.Toomuchhumourinanacademicclasscanbringunnecessarydistractions,andmaycausethestudentstonottakethelessonsseriously.

　　B:Yea,wedidn'tpaidtuitionjusttolistentojokes...ProfessorSmithshouldpaidmoreattentionineducatingus.

　　A:Iagree.

　　2.Forwatchingflimathome.

　　A:Sam,doyouwanttocametocinemawithme?Iwanttowatch.

　　B:Iwanttowatchittoo,butIdon'twanttogotocinema.Wanttorentitandwatchitatmyhouse?

　　A:Whynot?

　　B:Thecinema'stoocrowded,andsomepeoplecanbedistracting,plusyouhavetowaitinline.Rentingissomucheasier.

　　A:Yea,Iguessso.Let'sgothen!

　　3.Forspaceexploration

　　A:Don'tyouthinkthattheuniverseisreallyfascinating?

　　B:Yea,that'swhyIwantedtobeanastronaut.-laugh-Iwantedtojumponthemoon,anddiscoversomeforeignlifeforms.

　　A:Bigdreams!ButIwanttoseeourastronautsexplorethespaceanddiscoversomenewplanets.Earthisslowlyoutofresource.

　　B:Yea,maybeoneday,wecanallliveonanotherplanet.

　　4.Fortheviewthatwomenfaceunequaltreatmentingettingpromoted

　　B:Mymomdidn'tgetthepositionshewantedagain,theypromotedsomenewguytothejob.Ithinkthebossissexist.

　　A:That'snotfair.Inamodernsociety,onewouldthinkthatsexualdiscriminationhadlongdisappeared.

　　B:However,thisisnotthecase.Althoughwomenaregivenmorechancesthantheyhadbefore,manystilldoubttheabilityofwomen.

　　A:Yea,especiallyinatraditionalcountrylikeChina.Somewomenarestillexpectedtostayathomewhentheymarried.

　　B:Ittakestimetochange.

　　4.Fordivorceasthesolutiontoalovelessmarriage

　　A:DidyouhearthatProfessorSue'sgettingadivorce?

　　B:What,why?Ithoughtshereallyloveherhusband?Theyaremarriedfor6yearsalready.

　　A:Yea,butIheardthatherhusbandhadanaffair,andtheydecidedthatlovenolongerexistintheirmarriage.

　　B:Wow,sounexpected!Ihavetoagreewithherdecisionthough,there'snopointofmaintainingamarriageifyounolongerlikeeachother.Thiswillonlycausepainforthebothofthem.

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　　Ihopeyouunderstandthem.I'mnotsureifyouhadwantedaconnectedconversationthatinvolvedallthesetopics,soIbrokethemdownintolittleconversations.Ithinkyoucanmovethemaroundtomakethemflowthough.LikeIwouldsuggestthattopic1bethefirstone,andtopic2bethelastone.Themiddledoesn'treallymatter.Hopeyou'lltakeit.

　　Icantrytogivethetranslationsifyouneedit.