dialogue: #Person1#: How do you feel about teaching my friend how to read? 
  #Person2#: How old is your friend and why doesn't he know how to read? 
  #Person1#: He's 78 and he's a new emigrant from South America and he's never been to school. 
  #Person2#: Does he even know how to speak English? 
  #Person1#: No. But I thought that you could start with reading and then go from there. 
  #Person2#: That was very thoughtful of you to volunteer me. 
  #Person1#: Come on. You're great at teaching and I know you will love him. He's adorable! 
  #Person2#: Oh, all right. Have him come over here for dinner. But you get to make dinner! 
summary: #Person1# volunteers #Person2# to teach a 78-year-old illiterate American how to read. #Person2# thinks it challenging but agrees on the condition that #Person1# makes dinner.
topic: teach