Susan: I’m so glad to see you, David．1. has been such a long time．How are you?

David: I’m fine, and you?

Susan: I’m just wonderful．God, time goes by so quickly! Are you going to the air quality conference in Chicago?

David: I am．And I’m really glad to see you．Just last night I found your name in the conference materials, but it didn’t come to my 2. that we would meet on the plane．

Susan: I’m afraid I haven’t had time to look at 3. conference materials very carefully．I had no idea you were coming, but I am certainly glad to see you．I was feeling very nervous about going there 4. friends．

David: I can imagine．My English has gotten not so fluent since I returned from the States, 5. I’m rather nervous myself．But I saw that you 6. （give） the most important talk at the conference．

Susan: 7. （frank） speaking, I’m scared to death about it．

David: I’m just giving a talk in one of the workshop sections, and I hope I won’t make all of you 8. （disappoint）．

Susan: But your English is much 9. （good） than mine．

David: But you’re now the Director of the Air Quality Institute, so you 10. know the technical terms．

Susan: Maybe．But I still can’t understand totally a lot of technical terms in my field．

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