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14 October 2014
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Audio 1clip 1

Woman 1: Hello!
Man 1: Hartwig and Klein. Hello!
Woman 2: Good morning!
Woman 3: Good day!
Man 2:Good evening! Welcome to Germany!

Elke: Good morning, Mr Schiller.
Schiller: Good morning, Mrs Schneider. Key number six, please.
Elke: Thank you. Have a nice day!
Schiller:Thank you. The same to you.
Ulli: Hi, Elke. Hi, Mr Schiller.
Schiller: Hello, Mr Michel.

Audio 2clip 2

Man 1: Good morning, Dr Schmidt! How are you?
Man 2: Very well, thank you.
Man 1: Good morning, Ms Schneider! How are you?
Woman 1: Great, thank you! And you? Excellent!
Man 1: Hello, Mrs Schwarz! How are you?
Woman 2: I am fine, thank you, Mr Schiller!

Reinhard: Hi, Almut. It's Reinhard, how are you?
Almut: Great and you?
Reinhard: Very well, thank you! When are we meeting? Today?
Almut: Yes, of course. At lunch.
Reinhard: OK, see you later. Cheerio!
Almut: Cheerio!

Audio 3clip 3

Woman 1: Goodbye
Man 1: Goodbye! (on the phone)
Woman 2: Goodbye, see you later!


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