Holly: So what have you decided about your birthday party, Max?
Max: Not much, Holly. To be honest, I haven’t thought about it at all.
Holly: Well, it’s getting close, so you need to send out the invitations soon. By this Friday,
really, to give people time to reply.
Max: I don’t really know who to invite. My schoolfriends, of course, and Mark, Jack and
Sean.
Holly: And Tilly and her sister.
Max: Yes. And Alicia. I hope she’ll be there. But I’d prefer not to have a huge number of
guests.
Holly: Twenty?
Max: Not that many, if possible. It’s only a small flat, and I only really want my close
friends there anyway.
Holly: I can understand that.
Max: Even so, some of them won’t know each other. My friends from round here aren’t
the same kind of people as the ones from school. They like different things, really.
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Holly: Well, that should make the party more fun!
Max: Maybe, but it`ll make it harder to choose music that everyone likes. I’ll have to go
down to the supermarket and buy some different kinds of music, to keep everyone happy.
Holly: If I were you, I’d make my own CD. You’ve got some great music on your
computer, and you could put lots of different things on it.
Max: That’s true. Though not everyone will want to dance, or listen to music all the time.
Maybe I should put a DVD on in another room?
Holly: Not if it’s just any old movie. That would be like watching TV at home.
Max: No, I was thinking of getting a new film that most people haven’t seen yet.
Holly: That’s a good idea! There are sure to be some who’ll want to watch it.
Max: Right.
Holly: So the only thing left to decide, I think, is which day to have the party.
Max: It’s got to be a weekend, so not the Thursday. Saturday would be best, I think.
Holly: I agree the weekend’s best, but the problem is that lots of people will be away on
the Saturday. Perhaps you should have it on the Friday?
Max: I don’t know.
Holly: I don’t think Alicia can come on the Saturday.
Max: All right, then. I’ll have it the day before.
Holly: I thought you might.