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W: Oh, no! Hey, Ed, the toilet's still running over. Didn't you call the plumber
M: I didn't have time today, Honey.
W: But you told me you were going to call him today. What were you doing all day I mean, after all, it only takes five minutes to call the plumber.
M: I was working on a project for school all day. I got so involved I forgot all about it, okay
W: Well, I called you from work this morning at 9 o'clock to remind you of it. How come you didn't answer the phone
M: At 9 Oh, that was you calling. I was taking a shower at the time. Hey, since you had time to call me from work, why didn't you call the plumber from work
W: Because you said you were going to! And besides, I didn't have the number with me. And please take off the earphones!
M: Look, you have the Yellow Pages at work, don't you Why didn't you look up the number at work
W: Just, just forget it! I'm wasting my breath talking to you. From now on, if I want anything done around here, I'll just do it myself.
M: Okay, I'm sorry. There is no point in us arguing until we're both blue in the face, all right
W: Yeah, we're not getting anywhere this way. I'll call them.

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[听力原文]11-13
Recently a five-year study was conducted by the Center for Childhood Development in Los Angeles, California regarding the way babies react to different types of people. The findings of the study suggest that infant children seem to be more comfortable around other babies than they are with strange adults.
The results confirm the ideas of Dr. Richard Perelman, a well-known pediatrician, who has written many books about raising children. Dr. Perelman supports the findings of the study and adds that it is a sounder idea to keep children with other children, as in a day-care center, than it is to have children cared for by a baby-sitter.
According to the results of the study, infants benefit from being in the company of other babies on a daily basis. They are likely to reach out to try to touch an unfamiliar baby. The study even suggests that children as young as one year old can form friendships.
Two of the children in the study were especially close. It was reported that if the children were separated for any reason they would start to cry. The only way to satisfy them was allow them to be together. If the findings are true it may lead to an increase in the use of family-oriented day-care centers where children can spend more time with each other and less time with adults.