20. Why does the woman want to borrow some books?
21. What does this library allow the people who have joined the library to do?
Conversation Two
M: Excuse me, madam.
W: Yes?
M: Would you mind letting me take a look in your bag?
W: I beg your pardon?
M: I’d like to look into your bag, if you don’t mind.
W: Well I’m afraid I certainly do mind, if it’s all the same to you. Now go away. Impertinence.
M: I’m afraid I shall have to insist, madam.
W: And just who are you to insist, may I ask? I advise you to take yourself off, young man, before I call a policeman.
M: I am a policeman, madam. Here’s my identity card.
W: What? Oh…well…and just what right does that give you to go around looking into people’s bags?
M: None whatsoever, unless I have reason to believe that there’s something in the bags belonging to someone else.
W: What do you mean belonging to someone else?
M: Well, perhaps, things that haven’t been paid for.
W: Are you talking about stolen goods? That’s a nice way to talk, I must say. I don’t know what things are coming to when perfectly honest citizens get stopped in the street and have their bags examined. A nice state of affairs!
M: Exactly, but if the citizens are honest they wouldn’t mind, would they? So may I look into your bag, madam? We don’t want to make a fuss, do we?
W: Fuss? Who’s making a fuss? Stopping people in the street and demanding to see what they’ve got in their bags. Charming! That’s what I call it: charming! Now go away; I’ve got a train to catch.
M: I’m sorry. I’m trying to do my job as politely as possible, but I’m afraid you’re making it rather difficult. However, I must insist on seeing what you have in your bag.
W: And what, precisely, do you expect to find it there? The Crown Jewels?
M: No need to be sarcastic, madam. I thought I’d made myself plain. If there’s nothing in there which doesn’t belong to you, you can go straight off and catch your train and I’ll apologize for the inconvenience.
W: Oh, very well. Anything to help the police.
M: Thank you, madam.
W: Not at all; only too happy to cooperate. There you are.
M: Thank you, madam. Six lipsticks?
W: Yes, nothing unusual in that. I like to change the color with my mood.
M: And five powder compacts?
W: I use a lot of powder. I don’t want to embarrass you, but I sweat a lot.
M: And ten men’s watches?
W: Er, yes. I get very nervous if I don’t know the time. Anxiety, you know. We all suffer from it in this day and age.
M: I see you smoke a lot, too, madam. Fifteen cigarette lighters?
W: Yes, I am rather a heavy smoker. And … and I use them for finding my way in the dark and … and for finding the keyhole late at night. And … and I happen to collect lighters. It’s my hobby. I have a superb collection at home.
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