When will Mr Blackman come? [br] [originaltext]F: When will Mr Blackman from GM

F: When will Mr Blackman from GM come to our company?
M: Well, he planned to come on August 23rd, but he called yesterday saying he had to go to Spain on business with his boss. Now he’s planning to come next Friday, that’s August 31st.
F: I see.

P: Now let’s look at our recent product—the GP3 batter. Sales increased rapidly in 2001 to 120,000 packs and then rose a-gain by 150,000 packs in 2002. It leveled off last year, but dropped slightly during the first six months of the year— they were down to 130,000 packs.