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1.

A: What do you take for a bad cold, Ted?

B: Oh, I have this great cold remedy.

It always works. I chop up a bunch of garlic, put it in hot water, then drink it

A: Gross! That sounds awful.

B: It /$ awful. I hated it when I was a kid. But my grandmother made me drink it every time I got a cold, and I always felt better a few hours later. It works for her, too. She’s going to be ninety-four years old this summer!

A: Hmm. Maybe I should try it.

2,

A: What do you think is the best thing to take for a cold?

B: I take that new cold medicine. You know, the one they advertise on TV.

A: I’ve seen that commercial. The one with the dancing pink pills, right?

B: That’s the one. Well, anyway, I had this really bad cold a few months ago and I was watching TV when the commercial came on. So I thought, you know, why not try it? It worked so well for me. Now it’s the only thing I take.

A: It sounds pretty effective.

3.

A: Do you have a good cold remedy?

B: Oh, sure. Chicken soup.

A: No way! Does that really work?

B: Have some. I promise you’ll feel better.

‘A: Who makes the soup? Your mom?

B: Actually, my mom’s a doctor, so she doesn’t believe that chicken soup really works. So I make it myself. I just go down to the supermarket and pick up a can. I got the idea from a story ¡ .read in die newspaper. It was all about this guy who ate chicken soup for every meal, and now he’s over a hundred years old.

A: I don’t know. I never believe that stuff.

A: What do you take for a bad cold, Jill?

B: Well, I don’t like to take those cold medicines. They put me to sleep. I bought this last time I had a cold.

A: Whoa, what is that? It looks like the root of a plant.

B: It’s called ginseng.

A: It looks kind of weird.

B: Yeah, but it really works. I live across the street from this woman from Korea, and she told me to try it. You should try it, too!

A: Well, I’ll think about it.

A: What do you take for a cold, Helen?

B: Oh, orange juice. It’s supposed to be good for you because it has a lot of Vitamin C in it. I make a big pitcher of it and drink it all the time.

A: Interesting. Maybe I should try it.

B: You really should. I read about it on this website for health problems, you know, on the Internet? It says that drinking a lot of orange juke can cure just about anything—-even stuff like toothaches and sore muscles!

A: Well, I’m not sure about that. But I’ll try it next time I have a cold.

6.

A: Do you have a good cold remedy?

B: Oh, sure. I usually make some hot tea—with a little honey and lemon juice in it I feel much better after that.

A: Yeah, but you probably take cold medicine, too.

B: No, not at all. Those cold medicines make me feel really strange. I was complaining about it one day to this Mend of mine who is an opera singer. She told me to try that tea. She said it’s what all the famous singers drink when they have a cold.

A: Oh, yeah? Has your singing improved, too?

B: Actually, I think it has. Listen!

Answer Keys

Task 1: A2, B5, C1, D6, E4, F3
Task 2: 1a, 2b, 3a, 4c, 5c, 6b.