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dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, ------------------------- here. Are you doing---------------?

Mark: Yeah,I-----------buy a good----------ound several things --------------

Jingjing: --------------------------------

Mark: -- ---------------------------------------------------------

Jingjing: What's that bottle?

Mark: Oh,this? It's ------------—----------------- actually.

Jingjing: Itlooks--------------------.

Mark: Itmight be. I'll have to ---------- to find out. Anyway, it was------------,and it's one I haven't ---------before.

Jingjing: You must have ------------- almost ---------------ld by now.

Mark: Morethan---------------- different kinds, I guess.

Jingjing: Hey, what's the difference between--------------? I'm ----------------about that.

Mark: Well,beer is a ------- word, about any drink made with a------------------------. Ale has a---------- and usually ----------------, and isn't so-------------. What people think of as typical beer is----------------------.

Jingjing: So, --------- like Tsingtao, Budweiser and Corona are ----------------?

Mark: Yep,that's pretty much your--------, ------------------------------------

Jingjing: And you like ale better?

Mark Sure. My favorite is ------------. Dark beer is too --------, and paleales tend to be -----------------.

Jingjing: Wow, a ------------------------palate!

dialogue 2

Jingjing: I'm back from the--------, and didn't find much.

Mark: Yeah,it was pretty --------------. You didn't ------------ anybeer, I see.

Jingjing: Ofcourse not! I have------------------- that kind of thing.

Mark: Goodfor you. I probably----------------------- per month in beer money.

Jingjing: Uhhuh. That seems like kind of a---------- to me. What was----------expensivebeer you ever tried?

Mark: Ha ha,I ------------------------------

Jingjing: Jeez, that's---------------------------

Mark: It's ----------eer. I've seen some in stores for ------------le.

Jingjing: Wow, I could buy a new -------------- or have --------------

Mark: Ha ha. Anyone who has to make the choice that way should----------------pastthose-------------------.

Jingjing: Have you gotten into ----------------------------?

Mark: Areyou------------? I'm from Portland. That's like ----------------raftbeer! Besides, I even sat down and had -----------once withthe owner of a --------------------- I know ------------ arecatching on in Beijing. A lot of restaurants have them-------------.

Mark: Right.------------ is almost always better than ------------, even if it tastes alittle ----------------.

Jingjing: Well, Mark, I feel like I've gotten a-------------in something I didn'tneed to know.

Mark Hey atleast you know the -------------------, as well as the three major ----------------------

Jingjing: That I do. I'm going to go get the things---------------. Imight catch you at the --------------------.

Mark ---------------------------------

new words andphrases

from dialogue 1

Fancy running intoyou here.

scope out <aplace> (or) scope <a place> out:

odds and ends:

fizzy:

hops:

palate:

from dialogue 2

picked over:

steep:

within reason:

craft beer:

pints:

macro-brewery:

micro-brews:

check stands: