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Yesterday, I _ _ _ _ _ two Italian students in a street near Churchill Square. Their names _ _ _ _ Sara and Diletta.

"Where _ _ _ _ you been?" I asked them.

"We _ _ _ _ _ _ just _ _ _ _ _ from the cinema."

"And where _ _ _ _ you _ _ _ _ _ _ now?"

"We are going to the Italian restaurant in Madeira Place."

"_ _ _ _ you mean the one I told you about in class the other day?"

"Yes, that's the one we mean. Would you _ _ _ _ to come with us?"

"Well actually, I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ dancing with Yu-Lan and Hsiu-Feng. They _ _ _ dancing every Wednesday in Kemp Town."

"But where are your Taiwanese friends, Ted? We _ _ _ _ _ see them."

"No, you can't see them _ _ _ _ _ they are invisible. Nail _ _ _ _ them with invisible paint _ _ _ _ nobody can see them, _ _ _ _ I know that they are here. They are _ _ _ _ _ _ right next to me!"

"We think you _ _ _ lying, Ted. We think that you _ _ _ _ like Italian food _ _ _ _ that is why you _ _ _ _ want to come with us."

"I _ _ _ _ _ never _ _ _ _ any lies before in my life. Actually, I love Italian _ _ _ _ _, especially pizza with mozzarella cheese. I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ any Italian food recently _ _ _ I would really love to join you, _ _ _ _ if I _ _ _ _ with you, can I _ _ _ _ _Yu-Lan and Hsiu-Feng? We will only need a table for three _ _ _ _ _ they are both invisible."

"But we will have to order for five people. If we _ _ _ _ so much food, the waiter _ _ _ _ think that we are very greedy."

"But all Italian people _ _ _ _ _ good appetites _ _ _ your food is famous for its lovely flavour."

"That's true, but where _ _ _ _ Yu-Lan and Hsiu-Feng sit if we only _ _ _ _ _ a table for three?"

"That's easy. Yu-Lan _ _ _ sit under the table and Hsiu-Feng can hang from the ceiling. They _ _ _ _ _ be very comfortable, but it will be easy for us to give them food. Have _ _ _ ever _ _ _ dinner with two invisible people before?"

"A long time ago, we _ _ _ _ _ Italian wine with the ghosts of Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, but we _ _ _ _ never _ _ _ _ at the dinner table with two invisible Taiwanese students."

"Look! There's Nail in his new Rolls Royce and two students are _ _ _ _ _ _ in the back. Their names _ _ _ _ Faruk and Ayse."

"Who's the Swiss student in the car behind? I think she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ very dangerously. I think she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ to crash into the back of Nail's new car."

"Don't worry! She _ _ _ a good driver. She _ _ _ _ _ _ Zurich!"