[speaker001:] Thanks for offering to give me a lift. I 'm looking forward to this party, but I didn 't want to go alone.
[speaker002:] Don 't mention it. It 's my pleasure. Have you been to one of these large, sit-down dinner parties since you got to New Haven?
[speaker001:] No, this is my first.Last week I went to a cookout for new professors at Dean Barksdale 's home. I took a taxi because I didn 't want to be late.But I was the first one
[speaker002:] Cookouts often start slowly. A two o 'clock start means you arrive any time after two.
[speaker001:] Thanks for telling me this.
[speaker002:] I was late getting back from the mall, but I 'm hurrying.
[speaker001:] Why are you in such a hurry? They said, Dinner at eight, and it 's only seven-fifteen. I don 't want to be the first one there again.
[speaker002:] Don 't worry. We won 't be the first.