[08:58.19]Conversation Two
[09:00.48]W: Jim, thank goodness, you've arrived.
[09:03.32]The class presentation started half an hour ago
[09:06.60]and I was just beginning to panic.
[09:09.12]M: I am sorry I'm late, Allen.
[09:11.41]This morning has been a real mess;
[09:14.48]I didn't think I was going to make it here at all.
[09:17.43]W: Why are you late?
[09:18.67]Our whole presentation depends on these graphs
[09:21.41]you are holding.
[09:22.72]M: Yes, I know, I'll tell you about it later.
[09:25.34]First let's see how we are doing on time.
[09:28.19]Two groups are still ahead of us, aren't they?
[09:31.03]The presentation on the rights of the consumers
[09:33.44]and the analysis of the stock market.
[09:35.85]That means I've got about twenty minutes to prepare.
[09:38.91]W: You do look cold. What happened?
[09:41.31]M: I've been standing outside in freezing temperatures
[09:44.71]for over an hour waiting for a bus.
[09:47.55]W: Over an hour?
[09:48.65]But I thought your apartment was only
[09:50.29]a ten-minute bus ride to our campus.
[09:52.70]M: On normal conditions,
[09:54.34]but the bus was delayed because of the weather.
[09:57.40]So I had to wait another forty five minutes
[10:00.14]for the next bus.
[10:01.34]W: That's Murphy's law, isn't it?
[10:03.64]What was it that said,
[10:05.06]“If anything can go wrong, it will.
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