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Receptionist：Good morning.

Richard：Good morning. My name is Richard Stewart. I'm here to see Mr. Carlson.1

Receptionist：Please sit down, Mr. Stewart. Mr. Carlson will be with you shortly.2

Richard：Thank you.

Receptionist：[ She speaks into the telephone.]Excuse me, Mr. Carlson, but Richard Stewart is here for his ten o'clock appointment with you. OK. Thank you. [ She hangs up the phone.] Like I said, 3 he'll be with you shortly.

Richard：Thank you.

[The intercom buzzes4.]

Receptionist：[ She picks up the phone . ] Yes, Mr. Carlson. Yes, sir. [ She hangs up the phone. ]. He's ready for you, Mr. Stewart.

Richard：Thank you. [ He points to the door of Mr. Carlson's office . ] In there?

Receptionist：Yes. In there. Good luck.

Carlson：[ sitting at his computer5 ] Come in, come in. This is a crazy morning6. [ He shakes Richard's hand.]Hello, Richard.

Richard：Hello, Mr. Carlson.

Carlson：Sit down, sit down.

Richard：Thank you for seeing me on such short notice7.

Carlson：I hope you've brought your pictures along8. [He sees Richard's album ] I see that you have. Let's get right to it. We need a new coffee----table book9, and a book of photos about the United States still feels right. OK, let's take a look. ( Richard gives him the album, and Mr. Carlson looks at the photographs.] Good. Very good. Family Album , U. S. A. It's an excellent title if you had to describe the book in one sentence, how would you do it?

Richard：Well, I'd describe it as a book which is a ...a portrait10 of the United States---- the places.the peolpe----mostly the people. The things I they do, the ways they live, the places they visit, and the landmarks11. A photographic journey12.

Carlson：These are wonderful ---- these photos in yourperforming arts section. Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center.

Richard：I'rn glad you like them.

Carlson：1 do. but ...

Richard：But?

Carlson：There's something missing.13 You've got agood eye, Richard. You're a terrific photographer but before I can publish your work, I need to meet with my marketing department. And you've got to do one more thing.

Richard：What's that, Mr. Carlson?

Carlson：In the section on culture, you've included per----forming arts centers, but you've left out14 street performance. The mimes15. The musicians. The dancers---- in the parks and on the streets. Richard, if you go16 out and photo----graph street performances in the city, you'll have it.

Richard：That is a great idea. the performing arts ceters and the street perfomances. I'll do it.

Carlson：If you do it. I'll publish your work.

Richard：Are you serious?17

Carlson：I've never been more serious. When do youthink you can return with street performances?

Richard：A couple of weeks.

Carlson：If they're as good as the rest of these pictures, it's a deal. [ He shakes Richard's hand.]

Richard：You won't be disappointed, Mr. Carlson. Thanks. [He goes to the door without his book.]

Carlson：[ He hands Richard his book.] Good----bye, Richard, and good luck. See you in two weeks.

[They shake hands again.]

Richard：Good-bye, Mr Carlson Thanks. So if you like the street-performance photos, you'll really publish Family Album, U. S.A.?

Carlson：When I say something, I mean it.18 Go to work Good-bye.

Richard：Good-bye.