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Question
Form groups of 3. Read aloud the conversations in the story, each group presenting one piece of conversation.
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Solution
Students do it by themselves.
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Raina: You know you never heard of them until this moment. How can you stoop to pretend!
The Man: Forgive me. I'm too tired to think, and the change of subject was too much for me. Don't scold me.
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