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smyfirsttime.Canyougivemesomelessons?

Sure.Justfollowme.

Bytheway,mynameisTed.

AndI'

mAna.Nicetomeetyou.

2.Ted:

Hey,hey!

Thatwasfun.Thankyouforthelesson!

Noproblem.So,tellmealittleaboutyourself.Whatdoyoudo?

Iworkinatravelagency.

Really!

Whatdoyoudothere?

minchargeoftheircomputers.

Oh,soyou'

reacomputerspecialist.

Well,sortof.Yeah,Iguessso.

That'

sgreat.ThenmaybeyoucangivemesomehelpwithacomputercourseI'

mtaking.

Oh,sure...Butonlyifyoupromisetogivemesomemorerollerbladinglessons.

It'

sadeal!

（2）

1.Interviewer:

Whereareyoufromoriginally,YuHong?

YuHong:

mfromChina...fromnearShanghai.

Interviewer:

Andwhendidyoumovehere?

IcamehereafterIgraduatedfromcollege.Thatwasin1992.

Andwhatdoyoudonow?

matransportationengineer.

Isee.Soyou'

reanimmigranttotheUnitedStates.

Yes,that'

sright.

WhataresomeofdifficultiesofbeinganimmigrantintheU.S.?

Oh,that'

snotaneasyquestiontoanswer.Therearesomanythings,really.IguessoneofthebiggestdifficultiesisthatIdon'

thaveanyrelativeshere.Imean,Ihavealotoffriends,butthat'

snotthesamething.InChina,ontheholidaysortheweekend,wevisitrelatives.Itisn'

tthesamehere.

Andwhatdoyoumissthemostfromhome?

seasy:

mymom'

ssoup!

Shemakesgreatsoup.Ireallymissmymother'

scooking.

（3）

1.A:

Hey!

Arethesepicturesofyouwhenyouwereakid?

B:

Yeah!

That’smeinfrontofmyuncle’sbeachhouse.WhenIwasakid,weusedtospendtwoweekseverysummer.

A:

Wow,Ibetthatwasfun!

Yeah.Wealwayshadagreattime.Everydayweusedtogetupearlyandwalkalongthebeach.Ihaveagreatshellcollection.Infact,Ithinkit’sstillupintheattic!

Hey,Iusedtocollectshells,too,whenIwasakid.Butmyparentsthrewthemout!

2.A:

YouknowwhatIremembermostaboutgrowingup?

What?

Visitingmygrandparent’shouse…youknow,onholidaysandstuff.Theylivedwayoutinthecountry,andmygranddadhadahorsenamedBlackie.Hetaughtmehowtoride.Ijustlovethathorse-andshelovedme,too!

Iusedtoreallyenjoyspendingtimeatmygrandparent’shouse.AndeverytimeIcameback,Blackierememberedme.

Ah,memories!

（4）

Whyisthereneverabuswhenyouwantone?

Goodquestion.Therearen’tenoughbusesonthisroute.

SometimesIfeellikewritingalettertothepaper.

Goodidea.Youshouldsaythatweneedmoresubwaylines,too.

Yeah.Thereshouldbemorepublictransportationingeneral.

Andfewercars!

There’stoomuchtraffic.

Say,isthatourbuscoming?

Yes,itis.Butlook.It’sfull!

Oh,no!

Let’sgoandgetacupofcoffee.WecantalkaboutthisletterI’mgoingtowrite.

Soyouarereallygoingtowritealettertothepaper?

Sure.I’mgoingtosaysomethingaboutthebuses.They’retooold.Weneedmoremodernbuses…niceair-conditionedones.

Andtheyneedtoputmorebusesontheroad.

Right.Andtherearetoomanycarsdowntown,andthereisn’tenoughparking.

That’sforsure.It’simpossibletofindaparkingspacedowntownthesedays.

Ithinktheyshouldbanprivatecarsdowntownbetweennineandfive.

Oh,youmeantheyshouldn’tallowanycarsexcepttaxisandbusesduringtheregularworkday.Hmm…thatsoundslikeareallygoodidea.

（5）

Excuseme.Couldyoutellmewherethebankis?

There’soneupstairs,acrossfromtheduty-freeshop.

Oh,thanks.Doyouknowwhattimeitopens?

Itshouldbeopennow.Itopensat8:

00A.M.

Good.Andcanyoutellmehowoftenthebusesleaveforthecity?

Youneedtocheckatthetransportationcounter.It’srightdownthehall.

OK.Andjustonemorething.Doyouknowwherethenearestrestroomis?

Rightbehindyou,ma’am.Seethatsign?

Oh.Thanksalot.

Excuseme.It’smeagain.I’msorry.Ineedsomemoreinformation-ifyoudon’tmind.

Notatall.

Thanks.Doyouknowhowmuchataxicoststothecity?

Well,itdependsonthetraffic,ofcourse.Butitusuallycostsaboutfortydollars.

Fortydollars?

IguessI’lltakethebus.ThatmeansIhavealmostanhourtillthenextone.WherecouldIfindaninexpensiverestaurantintheairport?

Maybeafast-foodplace?

Goupstairsandturnright.You’llseethesnackbaronyourleft.

Thanksverymuch.Haveaniceday.

You,too.

（6）

1.QuiteanumberofthingshavebeendonetohelpsolvetrafficproblemsinSingapore.Forexample,motoristsmustbuyaspecialpassiftheywanttodriveintothedowntownbusinessdistrict.Theycangointothebusinessdistrictonlyiftheyhavethepassdisplayedontheirwindshield.

AnotherthingSingaporehasdoneistomakeitmoredifficulttobuycars.Peoplehavetoapplyforacertificateiftheywanttobuyacar.Andthenumberofcertificatesislimited.Noteveryonecangetone.

Thereisalsoahightaxoncars,soitcoststhreeorfourtimesasmuchtobuyacarinSingaporeasitdoesin,say,theUnitedStatesorCanada.

TheotherthingSingaporehasdoneistobuildanexcellentpubictransportationsystem.Theirsubwaysystemisoneofthebestintheworld.Andthereisalsoaverygoodtaxiandbussystem.

（7）

Whatdoyouthink?

Well,ithasjustasmanybedroomsasthelastapartment.Andthelivingroomishuge.

C:

Butthebedroomsaretoosmall.Andthereisn’tenoughclosetspaceformyclothes.

Andit’snotascheapasthelastapartmentwesaw.

Butthatapartmentwasdarkanddingy.Anditwasinadangerousneighborhood.

Let’sseeiftherealestateagenthassomethingelsetoshowus.

Well,howdoyoulikethisspace,then?

Oh,it’smuchbetterthanthatotherone.ThethingIlikebestisthebedrooms.Theyaretoohuge!

Yes,theyareniceandbig.

Andtherearetwobathrooms!

Icouldhavemyownbathroom!

Yes,Iguessyoucould.

Theonlyproblemisthecolorofthelivingroom.Ireallydon’tlikethosedarkgreenwalls.

Oh,I’msurewecanchangethecolorifwewantto.

（8）

CreativeRentals.Goodmorning.

Hello.I’mcallingabouttheapartmentyouhaveforrent.

Yes.WhatcanItellyouaboutit?

Whereisit,exactly?

It’sonKingStreet,justoffthefreeway.

Oh,nearthefreeway.Canyouhearthetraffic?

Yes,I’mafraidyoudohearsome.Buttheapartmenthaslotsofspace.Ithasthreebedroomsandaverylargelivingroom

Isee.Andisitinanewbuilding?

Well,thebuildingisaboutfiftyyearsold.

Uh-huh.Well,I’llthinkaboutit.

OK.Thanksforcalling.

Thankyou.Bye

Hello？

Hello.Istheapartmentyou’readvertisingstillavailable?

Yes,itis.

Canyoutellmealittleaboutit?

Well,it’saperfectapartmentforoneperson.It’soneroomwithakitchenatoneend.

Isee.Andisitfarawayfromthesubway?

There’sasubwaystationjustdownthestreet.Actually,theapartmentislocatedrightdowntown,soyoustepoutofthebuildingandtherearestoresandrestaurantseverywhere.Butit’sonahighfloor,soyoudon’thearanystreetortrafficnoise.

ItsoundslikejustthekindofplaceI’mlookingfor.I’dliketocomeseeit,please.

Sure.Letmegiveyoutheaddress.

（9）

1.Yeah,Ireallyneedachange.I’vebeendoingthesamethingsforoverfiveyearsnow,andI’mjustnotlearninganythingnew.It’sthesameroutineeveryday,andIamreallysickofsittinginfrontofacomputer.IthinkIneedtotrysomethingtotallydifferent.Iwanttobeinaprofessionthatinvolvesmeetingpeople.

2.Ireallyneedtojoinacluborsportsteamtogivemesomethingtodoonweekends.Igetreallyboredontheweekends,andifIjoinedaclub.I’dprobablygettomeetpeopleandmakenewfriends.

3.Ishouldtakeatypingcoursethissummer.Ireallyneeditformyschoolwork.Andpeoplesaythatifyoucantypereallywell,it’ssomethingyou’llfindusefullaterinlife.

4.Gosh,Ireallyhavetogoonadiet.I’vegainedtenpoundssincelastyear,andeveryonetellsmeIlookfat.AndifIdon’tloseweightnow,Iwon’tbeabletogetintoanyofmysummerclothes.

（10）

Sowhereareyouworkingnow,Terry?

Oh,I’mstillatthebank.Idon’tlikeit,though.

That’stoobad.Whynot?

Well,it’sboring,anditdoesn’tpayverywell.

Iknowwhatyoumean.Idon’tlikemyjobeither.IwishIcouldfindabetterjob.

Actually,Idon’twanttoworkatallanymore.IwishIhadalotofmoneysoIcouldretirenow.

Hmm,howoldareyou,Terry?

Uh,twenty-six.

SohowarethingsgoingwithyouandSusie,Terry?

Oh,youdidn’tknow?

SheandIbrokeupacoupleofmonthsago.Wedecidedweneededabreakfromeachotherforawhile.ButImissheralot.Iwishwecouldgetbacktogetheragain.

I’msureyouwill.

Ireallyhopeso.Sowhatkindofjobwouldyouliketolookfor?

I’mnotsure,butI’dlovesomethingthatwouldinvolvetravel.AndI’dreallyliketomovetoanothercity.I’msickofthisplace.Ineedtolivesomewheremoreexciting.

Iknowwhatyoumean.Itsurecangetboring