Nancy : hello ?
Mari : May Ispeak to Nancy , please
nancy : Speaking
Mari Uh hi , uh my name is mari , and I'm calling about the room for rent . Isaw your ad at the campus housing office.
Nancy : oh , right. OK , uh , are you a student ?
Mari : well right now I'm just studying English but I'm planning to start college full -time in Merch
Nancy :I see where are you living now ?
mari : I've been living in a house with some otherstudents but I don't like it ther.
Nancy : why ? what's the problem ?
Mari : Well , first of all , , it's really noisy , and it's not very clean . The other people in the house are real slobs. I mean they never lift a fnger to clean up after themselves. It really bugs me ! Ineed a place that's cleaner and more private
Nancy : Well , it's relly quiet here. We're not home very much
Mari : what do you do ?
Nancy : I teach English at , the college .
Mari : Wait a minute ! Didn't we meet yesterday at the plecement exam ?
Nancy : Oh . . . you're the girl from Japan ! What was your name again ?
Mari : Mari
Nancy : Right . What a small world!
Mari : it really is . By the way , who else trves in the house ? The ad said there are three people .
Nancy : Well , besides me there's my cousin and a part-time student Uh , are you OK with having roommates ?