[originaltext]W: Jack, have you and Anne decided when you’re going to get marri

W: Jack, have you and Anne decided when you’re going to get married?
M: Next year, we hope, Mom, but we are not sure about it. It is not easy to find a house.
W: Have you made any inquiries yet?
M: Yes. It’s almost impossible to find an unfurnished house to rent. There are lots of furnished flats, but the rents are very high.
W: How much does it cost to buy a plot of land and build a house? Have you any idea?
M: I haven’t a very definite idea. Between 30 and 40 thousand pounds at least. It’s no use thinking about building a house.
W: And even if you had a house, there’d be the furniture, and all sorts of other things.
M: Yes, I know. Anne and 1 have been saving up. We’ve saved a few thousand pounds, and could buy furniture. But the house is still the problem.
W: What size of the house would you want, Jack?
M: Oh, quite a small one. A living room and a kitchen, two bedrooms and a bathroom.
W: Suppose your dad and I offer to help, Jack?
M: Oh, Mom! That would be wonderful! But do you mean it? Are you serious?
W: I think we could offer you some money. It’s time you and Anne were married. Your father married before your age. Talk about it to Anne and find out where Anne would like to live--in the suburbs, or right out in the country.
M: Anne will be de. lighted, I’m sure. And we both like to build our house in the country. Thank you, Mom! We shan’t have to spend weeks and weeks hunting house now.