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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.Interviewer:

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.

1.A:

Hey!

Arethesepicturesofyouwhenyouwereakid?

B:

Yeah!

That'

smeinfrontofmyuncle'

sbeachhouse.WhenIwasakid,weusedtospendtwoweekseverysummer.

A:

Wow,Ibetthatwasfun!

Yeah.Wealwayshadagreattime.Everydayweusedtogetupearlyandwalkalongthebeach.Ihaveagreatshellcollection.Infact,Ithinkit'

sstill

upintheattic!

Hey,Iusedtocollectshells,too,whenIwasakid.Butmyparentsthrewthemout!

2.A:

YouknowwhatIremembermostaboutgrowingup?

What?

Visitingmygrandparent'

shouse…youknow,onholidaysandstuff.They

livedwayoutinthecountry,andmygranddadhadahorsenamedBlackie.

Hetaughtmehowtoride.Ijustlovethathorse-andshelovedme,too!

Iusedtoreallyenjoyspendingtimeatmygrandparent'

shouse.Andevery

timeIcameback,Blackierememberedme.

Ah,memories!

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.We

needmoremodernbuses…niceair-conditionedones.

Andtheyneedtoputmorebusesontheroad.

Right.Andtherearetoomanycarsdowntown,andthereisn'

tenough

parking.

sforsure.It'

simpossibletofindaparkingspacedowntownthesedays.

Ithinktheyshouldbanprivatecarsdowntownbetweennineandfive.

buses

Oh,youmeantheyshouldn'

tallowanycarsexcepttaxisand

duringtheregularworkday.Hmm…thatsoundslikeareallygoodidea.

Excuseme.Couldyoutellmewherethebankis?

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.

Whatdoyouthink?

Well,ithasjustasmanybedroomsasthelastapartment.Andthelivingroomishuge.

C:

Butthebedroomsaretoosmall.Andthereisn'

tenoughclosetspacefor

myclothes.

Andit'

snotascheapasthelastapartmentwesaw.

Butthatapartmentwasdarkanddingy.Anditwasinadangerousneighborhood.

sseeiftherealestateagenthassomethingelsetoshowus.

Well,howdoyoulikethisspace,then?

Oh,it'

smuchbetterthanthatotherone.ThethingIlikebestisthebedrooms.Theyaretoohuge!

Yes,theyareniceandbig.

Andtherearetwobathrooms!

Icouldhavemyownbathroom!

Yes,Iguessyoucould.

Theonlyproblemisthecolorofthelivingroom.Ireallydon'

tlikethose

darkgreenwalls.

Oh,I'

msurewecanchangethecolorifwewantto.

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?

sasubwaystationjustdownthestreet.Actually,theapartmentis

locatedrightdowntown,soyoustepoutofthebuildingandtherearestoresandrestaurantseverywhere.Butit'

sonahighfloor,soyoudon'

thearanystreetortrafficnoise.

ItsoundslikejustthekindofplaceI'

mlookingfor.I'

dliketocomesee

it,please.

Sure.Letmegiveyoutheaddress.

9）

1.Yeah,Ireallyneedachange.I'

vebeendoingthesamethingsforoverfiveyearsnow,andI'

mjustnotlearninganythingnew.It'

sthesameroutine

everyday,andIamreallysickofsittinginfrontofacomputer.IthinkIneedtotrysomethingtotallydifferent.Iwanttobeinaprofessionthatinvolvesmeetingpeople.

2.Ireallyneedtojoinacluborsportsteamtogivemesomethingtodoonweekends.Igetreallyboredontheweekends,andifIjoinedaclub.I'

d

probablygettomeetpeopleandmakenewfriends.

3.Ishouldtakeatypingcoursethissummer.Ireallyneeditformyschool

work.Andpeoplesaythatifyoucantypereallywell,it'

ssomethingyou'

llfindusefullaterinlife.

4.Gosh,Ireallyhavetogoonadiet.I'

vegainedtenpoundssincelastyear,

andeveryonetellsmeIlookfat.AndifIdon'

tloseweightnow,Iwon'

tbe

abletogetintoanyofmysummerclothes.

10）1.A:

Sowhereareyouworkingnow,Terry?

tlikeit,though.

tpayverywell.

mstillatthebank.Idon

stoobad.Whynot?

sboring,anditdoesn

Iknowwhatyoumean.Idon

tlikemyjobeither.IwishIcouldfinda

betterjob.

Actually,Idon'

twanttoworkatallanymore.IwishIhadalotofmoneysoIcouldretirenow.

Hmm,howoldareyou,Terry?

Uh,twenty-six.

SohowarethingsgoingwithyouandSusie,Terry?

Oh,youdidn'

tknow?

SheandIbrokeupacoupleofmonthsago.Wedecidedweneededabreakfromeachotherforawhile.ButImissheralot.Iwishwecouldgetbacktogetheragain.

I'

msureyouwill.

Ireallyhopeso.Sowhatkindofjobwouldyouliketolookfor?

mnotsure,butI'

dlovesomethingthatwouldinvolvetravel.AndIdreallyliketomovetoanothercity.I'

msickofthisplace.Ineedtolivesomew