Augie: Today’s the day. I’m Giving you the heads up. Our company is Rolling out its new line of cell phones.
Lillian: I can see you’re excited about it. What’s so special about the new products?
Augie: This line of phones has State-of-the-art technology and Never-before-seen features. It’s been In development for over a year and it’s been really hard Keeping it under wraps.
Lillian: I thought information was Leaked weeks ago.
Augie: Those were just Rumors, and the company Put a clamp on those pretty quickly.
Lillian: Wasn’t the new line supposed To come out next month?
Augie: That was the original plan, but since McQ Corp. is coming out with its own line of phones soon, we wanted To get a jump on them.
Lillian: And Steal their thunder.
Augie: Yes, and steal their thunder. We had To scramble to get the phones ready Ahead of schedule, but I think it was worth it. They’re really going To make a splash.
Lillian: I hope so. I hope all of this Hype has been Justified.
Augie: Oh, it will be. I’ll know soon enough.
Lillian: How?
Augie: You’ll be Begging me to get you one.
My worst holiday.
Полезная и не полезная еда на английском.
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