[originaltext]M: Hi, Katia, welcome to our program. (12) Today we are speaking

M: Hi, Katia, welcome to our program. (12) Today we are speaking about friends and money. Katia, if a friend came to you asking to borrow some money, what would your reaction be?
W: (13) If I have a good friend that really needs the money then, and of course, if I have the money, I would probably lend it.
M: So, in what situation would you lend your friend money?
W: Well, for example, (13)it’s a person that is really trying his best to have money and it’s in a situation that it’s an emergency and then I would lend it. What about you, Paul?
M: Um, (14)I would be a little bit nervous to lend a close friend money because I think that money can sometimes affect a friendship.
W: I guess that’s true. Do you have a bad experience with it?
M: Actually, I do. Yeah. I’ve had a bad experience with a very close friend of mine. (15)He was asking for money from me and at first just once and then twice and then he started asking for more money and it actually had a big effect on our friendship. W: Are you still friends?
M: Oh, we’re not. We’re not friends anymore, but he did buy his car.
W: Oh, wow! That was for a car?
M: Yeah, (15)he kind of cheated me out of a lot of money, but he was working as well trying to save some money and in the end he bought his car but he lost his friend.
　　12. What is the conversation mainly about?
　　13. What’s the woman’s attitude towards lending money to friends?
　　14. Why is the man nervous when lending money to a close friend?
　　15. What can we learn about the man’s friend?