[originaltext]M: Say, Lisa, what show are you watching?W: An old Japanese film

M: Say, Lisa, what show are you watching?
W: An old Japanese film. I figure if I’m going to spend all next year there, I’d better start familiarizing myself with the culture.
M: You mean you were accepted into the program?
W: Sure.
M: That’s wonderful. You must be excited.
W: Excited and nervous. You know I owe a lot to Professor Mercheno. He wrote a letter of recommendation for me and he bought me a set of practice tapes and a book that goes with them just so I can work on my basic conversation skills.
M: How much Japanese can you understand?
W: Not a lot right now. But I signed up for intensive Japanese this semester.
M: I wish I were as talented as you are in foreign languages. I’d love to study abroad.
W: Then why don’t you? The university has lots of overseas programs that don’t require mastery of a foreign language. The tuition is about the same. You just have to be the kind of person who is receptive to new ways of looking at things and willing to adapt to a different kind of lifestyle.
M: I had assumed that all programs require you to know a foreign language. I might check into this.
W: You won’t regret it.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What is the woman doing when the man interrupts her?
20. Why is the woman so excited?
21. Why does the woman feel grateful to Professor Mercheno?
22. What does the woman say one needs to have in order to study in a program like hers?