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A:

Oh,I'mreallysorry,areyouOK?

B:

I'mfine,butI'mnotverygoodatthis.A:

NeitheramI.Say,areyoufromSouthAmerica?

B:

YesI'moriginally.IwasborninArgentina.

A:

Didyougrowupthere?

B:

Yes,Idid.Butmyfamilymovedhere8yearsagowhenIwasinhighschool.

A:

Andwheredidyoulearntherollerblade?

B:

Hereinthepark.Thisisonlymysecondtime.

A:

Wellit'myfirsttime.Canyougivemesomelessons?

B:

Sure,justfollowme.

A:

Bytheway,mynameisTed.

B:

AndI'Anna,nicetomeetyou.

A:

Hehhey,thatwasfun.Thanksforthelesson.

B:

Noproblem,so,tellmealittleaboutyourself.Whatdoyoudo?

A:

Iworkinatravelagency.

B:

Really?

Whatdoyoudothere?

A:

I'minchargeoftheircomputers.

B:

Oh,soyou're）mputerspecialist!

A:

Well,sortof.Yeah,Iguessso.

B:

That'greatThenmaybeyoucangivemesomehelpwiththecomputercourseI'mtaking.

A:

Oh,sure,butonlyifyoupromisetogivemesomemorerollerbladinglessons.

B:

It'sadeal.

2

A:

Whereareyoufromoriginally,YuHong?

B:

I'mfromChina,fromnearShanghai.

A:

Andwhendidyoumovehere?

B:

IcamehereafterIgraduatedfromcollege.Thatwasin1992.

A:

Andwhatdoyoudonow?

B:

I'matransportationengineer.

A:

Isee,soyou'irreiagranttotheUnitedStates.

B:

Yes,that'sright.

A:

WhataresomeofthedifficultiesofbeinganimmigrantintheUS?

B:

Oh,that'snotaneasyquestiontoanswer.Theresomanythingsreally.Iguessoneofthebiggestdifficultiesisthat,Idon'haveanyrelativeshere.Imean,Ihavealotoffriends,butthat'notthesamething.InChina,onholidaysortheweekend,theyvisitrelatives.Itisn'tthesamehere.

A:

Andwhatdoyoumissthemostfromhome?

B:

Oh,that'easy,mymomssoup!

Shemakesgreatsoup.Ireallymissmymother'scooking.

3

A:

Hey,arethesepicturesofyouwhenyouwereakid?

B:

Yeah,that'smeinfrontofmyuncle'sbeWhenIwasakid,weusedtospendtwoweeksthereeverysummer.

A:

Wow,Ibetthatwasfun.

B:

Yeah,wealwayshadagreattime.Everydayweusedtogetupearlyandwalkalongthebeach.Ihadagreatshellcollection.Infact,Ithinkitstillupintheattic.

A:

Hey,Iusedtocollectshells,too,whenIwasakid.Butmyparentsthrewthemout.

A:

YouknowwhatIremembermostaboutgrowingup?

B:

What?

A:

VisitingmyGrandparentshouseYouknow,onholidaysandstuff,theylivedwayoutinthecountryandmyGrandadhadahorsenamedBlackie.Hetaughtmehowtoride.Ijustlovethathorse,andshelovesme,too.IusedtoreallyenjoyspendingtimeatmyGrandparentshouse.Andeverytimeicameback,Blackierememberedme.

B:

Err,memories.

4

A:

Whyisthereneverabuswhenyouwantone?

B:

Goodquestion,therearen'ehoughbusesonthisroute.

A:

SometimesIfeellikewritingalettertothepaper.

B:

Goodidea,youshouldsaythatweneedmoresubwaylines,too.

A:

Yeah,thereshouldbemorepublictransportationingeneral.

B:

Andfewercars,there'stoomuchtraffic.

A:

Say,isthatourbuscoming?

B:

Yes,itis.Butlook,it'sfull.

A:

Oh,no.Let'sgoandgetacupofcoffee.Wecantalkaboutthisletterrmgoingtowrite.

B:

So,areyoureallygoingtowritealettertothepaper?

arA:

Sure,I'mgoingtosaysomethingaboutthebuses.They'retooold.Weneedmoremodernbuses,nice,airconditionones.

B:

And,theyneedtoputmorebusesontheroad.

A:

Right,therearetoomanycarsdowntown,andthereisn'tenoughparking.

B:

That'sforsure.It'simpossibletofindaparkingspacedowntownthesedays.

A:

Ithinktheyshouldbanprivatecarsdowntown

between9and5.

B:

Oh,youmeantheyshouldn'tallowanycarsexcepttaxisandbusesduringregularworkdays?

Em,thatsoundslikeareallygoodidea.

5

QuiteanumberofthingshavebeendonetohelpsolvetrafficproblemsinSingapore.

Forexample,motoristsmustbuyaspecialpassiftheywanttodriveintothedowntownbusinessdistrict.Theycangointothedowntownbusinessdistrictonlyiftheyhavethepassdisplayedontheirwindshield.

AnotherthingSingaporehasdoneistomakeitmoredifficulttobuycars.Peoplehavetoapplyforacertificateiftheywanttobuyacar.Andthenumberofcertificateislimited.Noteveryonecangetone.There'salsoahightaxoncars.Soitcostsabout3or4timesasmuchtobuyacarinSingaporeasitdoesin,say,theUnitedStatesorCanada.

TheotherthingSingaporehasdoneistobuildanexcellentpublictransportationsystem.Theirsubwaysystemisoneofthebestintheworld.Andthere'salsoaverygoodtaxiandbussystem.

6

A:

Excuseme,couldyoutellmewherethebankis?

B:

There'soopstairs,acrossfromthedutyfreeshop.A:

Oh,thanks.Doyouknowwhattimeitopens?

B:

Itshouldbeopennow,itopens