dialogue 1:

Jingjing: Mark, you look like you got______.　Have you been ______ much this spring?

Mark: Just the ______!　I'm really ______that I ______ much of the ______ this season.

Jingjing: I though you got out to the ______ a week.

Mark: Oh, yeah.　I guess I've started to ______.　That park's really ______—lots of______ and ______.　I'd like to see some of Beijing's ______.

Jingjing: You mean, a park with ______, or ______?

Mark: Yeah, and______; that kind of ______.

Jingjing: ______go to Pavilion Park then?

Mark: There's a park with______?　Why haven't I ______ it?

Jingjing: In Chinese, it's called Taoranting Park.　It's in the ______ of the city, near a ______ ______subway ______.

Mark: Oh, I've been there ______.　Is it ______ this time of year?

Jingjing: Sure.　That one's ______ because people ______ have ______.

Mark: I bet it's ______.

Jingjing: It might get pretty______ on a ______.　Anyway, you could send someone ______, from your ______, to ______out a ______ on a ______.

Mark: That sounds like it'd be a great way to______ a ______.　Thanks for the ______!　Is there anything else ______?

Jingjing: I'm not quite sure ______ it is from the Temple of ______.　That's in the______ part of town though.

Mark: Hmm.　If Taoranting Park isn't ______ enough, then I'll know where to ______ ______.

Jingjing: Hey, the ______ buildings at the Temple of Heaven might have a lot of ______; but it's a big park, with plenty of______.　Have you been to the ______over by the ______ ______?

Mark: No, I______.　I think you told me about it ______.

Jingjing: Yeah.　I remember you liked______.　There's one there.　You should go there and______.

dialogue 2, a week later:

Jingjing: Mark, did you ______ to those places I______?

Mark: I did.　______!　I had______, and ______of the ______.　Now I'm ______where to go ______.

Jingjing: You could see ______ at Yuyuantan Park.　But that's ______ to be pretty______.

Mark: Hmm, ______.　I'd rather not get ______ on my ______.

Jingjing: Then there's Zhizhuyuan Park, also near the ______.　If I remember ______, it has lots of ______ and ______, even an ______ area for______.

Mark: I haven't been there ______.　It'd be______ to see ______ things have ______.　There was a ______ I liked in that area too.

Jingjing: Well then, you have your ______!

Mark: Are you______ this Saturday?　Wanna______ us?

Jingjing: I've already ______ to ______ Coal Hill and then______ through Beihai Park with a few friends of mine.　But we ______ an early time and might be ______ when you're ______ at Zhizhuyuan.

Mark: Wow, you'd _______ ______!

Jingjing: ______, I like to see lots of ______on the weekend.　______ when you get to where you're going.　I might be able to ______ with you.

Mark: OK.　______.　Remind me when you're ______ at Beihai, if you haven't ______ me before that.

Jingjing: What's the______ you were going to ______?

Mark: Well, if it's ______ there:______ ______.

new words and phrases

bummed out:

take <something> for granted:

whatnot:

steer clear:

get trampled:

be all parked out: