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dialogue 1
Jingjing: Am I calling---------, Mark? I hope you're -----------...

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dialogue 1
Jingjing: Am I calling---------, Mark? I hope you're -----------
Mark: Now's a -------- to talk, Jingjing. Anything --------?
Jingjing: Well, I keep getting asked, by a ---------------- if I can recommend English books about ------------- the one we're having now. I thought I'd relay------------- to you.
Mark: Hmm. ------------------. That's a good topic to be --------------, though.
Jingjing: What would you --------------, off the ------------ your head?
Mark: Two books ----------, one I've read three times, another ----------------.
Jingjing: Tell me about the one you --------------------
Mark: It's called The Stand, and was written by Stephen King. The story begins ----------------------. In the weeks that follow, almost ---------------- leaving only a very few people who are-----------------
Jingjing:-------------------
Mark: It is. Stephen King is a------------writer. The best thing about the story is --------------- feels all ----------- in the world, with people --------------- around him or her.
Jingjing: Hmm, I don't know if I'd want that to be------------------ I devote lots of time to reading. Tell me about --------------, that -------------------.
Mark: OK. That one's The Plague, by Albert Camus.
Jingjing: I know that book. -------------- in France that has an -----------------.
Mark: Yeah, and they--------- so that people in ---------------are fine.
Jingjing: I remember ------------ for a ------------------- I took. We read other -------------- from Camus. He's a ------------------ writer.
Mark: That he is. I wasn't especially interested in -----------when I -----------------book. Let me get a few ----------------- for you. Can I call you back in a few minutes?
Jingjing: Sure. Talk to you then.

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Hey, Mark. You called -----------------------.
Mark: Yeah, it was a quick ----------------
Jingjing: That's funny. -------------since our last talk, I've been --------------------, of an interview with three ----------------of books about -----------------.
Mark: Sounds interesting. Wanna bounce ----------------- off of me?
Jingjing: Let me --------------. Here: Geraldine Brooks, author of Years of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague; Lawrence Wright, who wrote The End of October about a ------------ much like Coronavirus and-----------------on April ------------this year; and Tom Perrotta, with a book called The Leftovers, about the --------------------that kills off---------------of all humans.
Mark: Those all sound ------------ I guess they'd have to be, for a -----------------that took place less than -------------
Jingjing: -------------------
Mark: Last week, yeah. Well, before I ------------with my list, let me ask you some questions about --------------
Jingjing: Sure. ------------
Mark: OK. So, they're all-------------- I'm assuming. Which one is most closely -----------------?
Jingjing: That's a ---------- one. Years of Wonder is a -----------------, though the ------------ who tells the story is --------------. The End of October is based on lots of research, also, because the author talked with-------------------before writing.
Mark: Cool. And I like the ----------- of The Leftovers. I'll add those--------- to my reading list.
Jingjing: What were you going to-------------d?
Mark: Just some------------: Love in the Time of Cholera, and—oops, here's one of the ones you said, --------------. The only others I have are -----------------
Jingjing: I like that ---------------! What are the titles?
Mark: The Great Influenza, by John M Barry; also, The Ghost Map, by Steven Johnson.
Jingjing: Well, it sounds like we ----------------- to do. Catch you later, Mark.

new words and phrases

from dialogue 1
caught me between books:
off the top of your head:
come to mind:
surreal:
excerpt:

from dialogue 2
bounce those names off of me:
made up:
premise:
non-fiction: