[speaker001:] Are you interested in history?
[speaker002:] Yes, I am. I enjoyed studying it at school, though I had trouble remembering all the dates, so my teacher never gave me good marks.
[speaker001:] I love history, but I 'Ve always thought that learning the reasons behind events is more important than remembering exactly when they happened.
[speaker002:] I wish you had been my history teacher! I might have got better marks!
[speaker001:] Some people say that history repeats itself.
[speaker002:] What does that mean? The same events never happen twice, do they?
[speaker001:] The idea is that the people and dates change, but the reason why things happen stay the same.
[speaker002:] I see. I think I 'd agree with that statement. People often seem to make the same mistakes over and over again.