M: Mrs. Boddington, take a seat please. ,F: Thank you, Mr. Wilshire. Nice to see all of you again. ,M: Mrs. Boddington, do you know why you are here? ,F: Well, I suppose you want to talk to me about my, ah, unusual teaching methods, right? ,M: Emm, in a way, yes, miss. ,F: I knew this would happen. I'm sorry, but the way we learn math when we were in school just doesn't cut it with the kids of today. They need more hands-on learning, more special projects and more in your face instruction. ,M: We know and that's what we wanted to talk to you about. ,F: I'll be happy to bring this up with the Principle if necessary. ,M: Well, you can talk with him when he gets here in a minute. But I wanted to be the first to congratulate you on your promotion to head of the math department. ,F: Oh, well. In that case, thank you very much.
(A) M: You are welcome. I just want to congratulate you on your retirement. And you can talk with him when he gets here in one hour. (B) M: You are welcome. I just want to congratulate you on your birthday. It's a pity the way we learn English when we were in school just doesn't cut it with the kids of today. (C) M: I am afraid I did not quite catch what you were saying. Please repeat it. (D) M: You are welcome. I just want to congratulate you on your promotion to head of the Chinese department.
C