[originaltext]M: Hi, Linda! How have you been recently?W: I probably shouldn’t

M: Hi, Linda! How have you been recently?
W: I probably shouldn’t talk about it.
M: Why not? We’re friends, aren’t we? You can tell me anything.
W: Yeah, I know. But you’ve had a tough day, too. I don’t want to bother you with my problems.(9)And you’ve helped me out so many times already. Having a friend like you gives me a lot of hope.
M: But Linda. . .
W: OK, OK. I talked to my grandfather today and told him I had AIDS. I thought that he would help me because I don’t have any money for medicine. He was pretty upset by the whole thing and said he wouldn’t help me.(10)So far, you’re the only person who has been trying to help me. Thank you so much for sharing the apartment with me.
M: No problem. That’s what friends are for, right? And about your family... well, it’s tough. A lot of people don’t understand AIDS. When my uncle was diagnosed with AIDS, people from his neighborhood called him names, threw stones, and even painted nasty words on his house. He finally had to move away from there. But that was no good because the same thing happened in his new neighborhood.
W: But these people are my family.
M: I understand. So what do you want to do?
W: There’s nothing I can do, is there?(11)I guess I’ll just have to wait and hope that my grandfather’s mind change with time.
9. How does Linda feel about the man’s help?
10. How did the man help the woman before?
11. What is the woman going to do now?