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Ｉ'm　realｌｙ　soｒry:
Teｄ:　Oh,　Ｉ＇m rｅａlｌｙ sorｒｙ. Are yoｕ OK？
Ａnａ： Ｉ'm ｆｉnｅ. Bｕt　Ｉ'm　noｔ　ｖｅry ｇoｏd aｔ　tｈｉs.
Ｔeｄ: Nｅiｔｈeｒ am I. Sａy, aｒe you from South Amｅricａ?
Ana:　Yｅｓ,　I　am oｒｉｇinally. I waｓ　bｏrｎ in　Ａrｇentina.
Ted ：Ｄiｄ　you gｒow up thｅre?
Ana：Ｙeｓ，I did,but my ｆａmｉly moveｄ ｈeｒe ｅｉght ｙｅars　ago wheｎ I　ｗas　iｎ hiｇｈ ｓcｈｏol.
Ted :And ｗhere did you leaｒn to ｒollaｒbｌaｄe?
Aｎa:Herｅ　ｉn the　park.Thiｓ ｉs ｏnly my secoｎｄ tiｍe.
Teｄ　:Wｅll，it＇s　my fｉｒst tiｍe.Caｎ yoｕ gｉve me sｏme lesｓｏns?
Aｎａ:Sｕre．Jｕst folloｗ me.
Ｔｅｄ :By　tｈe way,my naｍｅ iｓ　Ｔed.
Ana：Aｎd Ｉ'm Ａｎa.Nice　to　mｅet yoｕ.

Ｈey,ｈey！thａｔ ｗａs fun
Ted:Ｈｅy,hｅy！tｈat wａs　ｆun.Ｔhaｎk ｙou　fｏr　tｈｅ ｌessｏｎ!
Ana:Ｎｏ pｒobｌｅm.So，tell ｍｅ　ａ lｉttｌe ａｂoｕt　youｒｓelｆ.Whａｔ　ｄｏ you　dｏ?
Teｄ:I work iｎ a travel ａgｅncy.
Anａ:Ｒealｌy! Whａｔ ｄo　yoｕ　dｏ there?
Ted：Ｉ'ｍ in chａrge of ｔheir computers.
Anａ:Oh,so ｙou're a　ｃomputer specialist.
Ted:Weｌl,　ｓｏrｔ oｆ.Yeah，I ｇuess sｏ.
Aｎa：Tｈat＇s greａt．Thｅn mａybe yｏu cａn give　me sｏme　ｈeｌｐ　with ａ coｍｐuter　coｕrsｅ　I'm tａｋｉｎg.
Ted:Ｏｈ,sure...Ｂut oｎly　iｆ you pｒｏmisｅ　ｔo gｉvｅ ｍe somｅ moｒe rolｌaｒblａding lessons.
Ana：It's a deal!

Ｉnｔerviｅwｅr:Where ａrｅ you fｒom originally，Yu Honｇ？
Yu Ｈong:I'm from China．.．ｆrom　neaｒ Ｓｈaｎghai．
Intｅrvｉeｗer:Ａnｄ wｈeｎ　ｄid ｙou move here？
Ｙｕ　Hong:Ｉ camｅ　ｈeｒe　afｔer I graduaｔed from cｏllegｅ.Tｈat was in 1992．
Inteｒｖiewｅr:And ｗｈａt do　ｙou do ｎｏw?
Yｕ Hoｎg：I＇m　a ｔranｓportatiｏn engｉneer．
Ｉnterviewer:I ｓｅｅ.So yｏu ＇re ａn　imｍigranｔ to the　Unitｅd Ｓtａtes．
Yｕ Hong:Yes,that'ｓ rigｈt．
Inｔerｖiewｅr：Wｈat arｅ sｏmｅ of dｉfficulties　ｏf bｅｉｎｇ ａn immigrａnt in ｔｈｅ U.S.?
Yu Hｏng:Oh，tｈat's not an　easy ｑueｓｔion to answｅr.Ｔhere　are　so maｎy thinｇs，rｅally.I gueｓｓ one of the ｂiggｅst diｆｆicｕltiｅs iｓ thａt I dｏｎ't have　any ｒelaｔives here.I meａn,　I　ｈａve ａ　lｏt　of frienｄs，buｔ ｔhat's　not ｔｈｅ　saｍe thing.Iｎ Ｃｈｉna,on　the ｈoliｄayｓ or tｈe weekenｄ,ｗe　visｉt　ｒelatiｖeｓ.It isn'ｔ the sａｍe　heｒe.
Intｅrviewer:And what dｏ yoｕ miｓs ｔｈｅ most frｏm homｅ？
Yu　Hｏｎg:Oh, thａt's easy:my ｍｏm's ｓoup!She ｍakes ｇreat soup.I reａlly miss my　ｍothｅr＇s　cｏokiｎg．

Inｔerｖieｗer:Where aｒe ｙou from,Ajａy？
Aｊay:I＇m froｍ　India.
Inｔｅrvieweｒ:And ｗhen did yｏu mｏve tｏ ｔhe U.S.？
Ajay：Iｔ　ｗaｓ ｉｎ　19９1
Intｅｒviewer:Are　you ｓtｕdying ｈere aｔ ｔhe mｏmeｎt?
Ａjay:Ｎｏt noｗ．Ｉ caｍe here　as　a stｕdent aｎｄ graduated　two ｙeas　ago．I’ｍ woｋｉng　ａｓ a　computer teｃｈｎician．
Inteｒvieｗer: Ｕh－hｕｈ.And　wｈａt was ｉｔ lｉkｅ whｅｎ yｏu fｉrsｔ ｃame here？Was it　difficulｔ？
Ajａy: Yeah,iｔ ｗas　at timｅs．Ｔhe ｍａin dｉfｆicｕｌtｙ I had waｓ ｗith ｔhe　ｅducatｉoｎaｌ sｙｓｔem．Thｉngs　are　very　dｉfｆerent hｅre.Ｔｅａｃｈing meｔhodｓ,everythｉｎg ｉs very ｄiｆｆerent　from ｗhat I was uｓｅd to ｉn Inｄｉa.
Inｔｅrvｉｅwｅr: Anｄ　ｗｈａt do　yｏｕ miｓs tｈｅ mｏst fｒoｍ Iｎdia?
Ajay: To　ｔell　yｏｕ tｈｅ truth,aftｅｒ yoｕ’ｒe　hｅrｅ　ｆｏr a while,you　dｏn’t ｍiｓｓ anything　veｒy much.Buｔ　Ｉ　guess　the　wｅａtｈeｒ anｄ　my　fａmiｌy are thｅ ｔｈings　Ｉ misｓ.And tｈe　ｑuaｌity　of lｉfｅ．Ｔhe quality of liｆｅ　ｉs mｕch nicer bacｋ ｈome,ｆｒaｎklｙ sｐeaking．

A: Hey! Are thｅse ｐiｃｔｕres ｏf yｏu　whｅn ｙｏｕ　weｒｅ ａ kｉd?
B: Yeah! Thａt’ｓ mｅ iｎ ｆront of　ｍy uncle’s beach hｏｕsｅ. Wｈen I wａs a　kid, we uｓed to ｓpend two weeks eveｒy summer.
Ａ: Wow, I ｂeｔ tｈat was fuｎ!
Ｂ:　Ｙeaｈ. We　aｌwayｓ haｄ a ｇreａt timｅ． Eｖｅry day we used　ｔｏ geｔ　up earlｙ aｎd　ｗａlk aｌong the beaｃh. I haｖe a ｇrｅat shell　coｌｌection． Ｉn fact, Ｉ tｈink ｉt’s ｓｔｉｌl　up in the　attic！
Ａ: Ｈey, I used　ｔo　collect ｓｈells, too, when I was　a　kid. Ｂut ｍy parents tｈｒew tｈem out!

A:　You　ｋnoｗ wｈaｔ　I remember most ａｂｏｕt ｇｒowing ｕp？
Ｂ: Whａt?
A: Visiｔing my grａｎdpaｒeｎt’s　ｈouse… yoｕ know, on hｏliｄays anｄ ｓtｕff． Theｙ lｉved way out ｉｎ tｈｅ ｃｏuntry, and my ｇraｎｄdad had a　horｓe nameｄ　Blaｃkie．　He　tａuｇｈt me　hoｗ to　ridｅ．　Ｉ ｊｕｓt ｌove that horsｅ-ａnd sｈｅ lｏvｅｄ me, ｔoo！ I ｕsｅd ｔｏ　reａlｌｙ ｅnjoy sｐeｎdiｎg timｅ　at my grandparent’ｓ ｈouse. And　eｖery tｉme I camｅ back， Bｌａcｋie　remembｅｒｅd me.
Ｂ: Ah,　mｅmｏries！

Ａ: Why　is therｅ nevｅr a buｓ wheｎ ｙou want onｅ？
Ｂ:　Good　questｉoｎ. Theｒe ａｒｅn’t　enｏugh bｕｓｅs ｏｎ　ｔｈis rouｔe.
A: Sometimes I feel　like　writｉｎg a leｔｔer to tｈe paper.
Ｂ: Gooｄ iｄea.　You　shoｕld saｙ that wｅ ｎeｅd morｅ ｓubwａｙ lines,　too．
A:　Yeaｈ.　Theｒｅ　shoｕld be ｍoｒe publiｃ ｔｒanｓｐortatｉｏn iｎ gｅnrａｌ．
Ｂ： And feweｒ ｃａrs! Thｅre’s tｏo mｕch tｒaffiｃ．
Ａ: Say， iｓ tｈaｔ　ｏuｒ bｕs comiｎｇ?
B: Yes,　it ｉs. Ｂｕt　lｏok． Ｉt’s fulｌ!
A:　Ｏh, nｏ！ Leｔ’ｓ ｇｏ anｄ gｅt ａ cup ｏｆ coffee. Ｗe　can taｌｋ abｏｕt　ｔhiｓ letter　Ｉ’ｍ going to　write.

Ａ:　So ｙou arｅ ｒｅａlly goiｎｇ ｔo ｗｒite a lettｅr to the pａper?
B:　Surｅ. Ｉ’m goinｇ to say sｏmｅthiｎｇ　ａbｏｕt the bｕseｓ. Ｔｈｅｙ’ｒe　ｔoo　olｄ. We　nｅed　ｍore mｏdern buｓes… nice air-ｃondｉtｉonｅｄ ones．
B： And ｔhey neeｄ to put mｏre ｂuｓeｓ on thｅ road.
A: Ｒiｇhｔ． Aｎｄ there ａre ｔｏｏ many ｃaｒｓ dｏwｎtoｗｎ, and thｅrｅ isn’t ｅnｏugｈ parking.
B: Ｔhａt’s fｏr sｕrｅ． It’s　ｉmpoｓsｉｂle to finｄ a　ｐａrｋｉnｇ spａce doｗnｔown ｔｈese dａys.
Ａ：　I ｔhink　tｈey should baｎ ｐｒiｖate ｃａrs　downtown　betwｅｅn nine ａｎｄ fiｖe．
B: Oh， yoｕ mean　they ｓhｏｕlｄn’t aｌlｏw　aｎｙ cars exceｐt taxis anｄ bｕsｅs duriｎg　ｔhe　rｅgｕｌａr workｄay. Hmm… thａt　soｕｎdｓ　like　a ｒeａlly　goｏｄ idｅa.

Qｕite a ｎｕｍber ｏf thｉｎｇs haｖe beｅn doｎe to help soｌvｅ trafｆｉc　prｏbｌems in Singａporｅ. Foｒ eｘample,　ｍｏtorists musｔ ｂｕｙ ａ spｅcial ｐａss if they waｎt ｔo ｄrive into the downtown　busiｎeｓs disｔriｃt. Ｔhｅy cａn gｏ　into tｈe busiｎess dｉｓtrｉct onｌy　if they hａｖe ｔhｅ paｓs displayed oｎ their　wiｎdshield.

Aｎotｈｅr thinｇ　Singapｏｒe hａs done is tｏ ｍaｋe ｉt ｍｏre　ｄifficuｌt to buy ｃars. People hａｖe　to ａpｐlｙ fｏr a　cｅｒtiｆiｃａte　ｉｆ theｙ waｎt ｔo ｂuy a cａr． And the number　ｏf　certifｉcaｔes is liｍｉｔed． Not everｙone ｃａn gｅt　ｏｎe.

Theｒe ｉs　also　a hiｇｈ tax oｎ ｃａrs, so　iｔ cｏsｔs thｒee oｒ ｆoｕr tｉｍes ａｓ ｍｕch　ｔo buy a　ｃaｒ in Sｉｎgapｏｒe as　ｉt doeｓ　ｉｎ， ｓａy，　the Ｕniｔｅｄ Sｔatｅs oｒ　Canaｄa.

The otｈer　thing Ｓingapore has dｏne is to bｕild an　excelｌeｎt pubiｃ tｒaｎspoｒtatｉon syｓtem. Ｔhｅiｒ　ｓubwaｙ　sysｔｅm ｉs one of the beｓt　in　tｈe world．　Anｄ　ｔhere iｓ　also a　vｅry ｇoｏd taxi anｄ　bｕs　syｓtem．

A: Ｅｘｃusｅ me.　Could ｙou　telｌ ｍe ｗhere tｈe bａnk　is?
B: Theｒe’ｓ　one upstａirs, aｃrosｓ　froｍ the ｄutｙ-freｅ　shoｐ.
Ａ: Oh, tｈaｎkｓ． Do you　knｏw what　tｉmｅ it　opens？
B: Iｔ　ｓｈouｌd bｅ oｐen now.　It ｏpｅns at 8:00A.M．
A: Good. And　caｎ you tell ｍe　how ｏften　tｈｅ　ｂusｅｓ ｌeave　for the city?
B: Ｙou　ｎeeｄ　tｏ checｋ ａｔ the ｔrａnsｐｏrtaｔion couｎter. It’s ｒｉgｈt dｏwn ｔhe halｌ.
A: OK. And jusｔ　one more thing. Ｄｏ　yoｕ ｋnow wｈere　ｔhe ｎearest rｅｓtroｏｍ　is？
B: Righｔ behiｎd yｏu， ma’aｍ. Seｅ that ｓign?
Ａ：　Ｏh. Thanｋs ａ ｌot.

A: Excｕse me.　Iｔ’ｓ me aｇain. I’m　soｒrｙ. I neｅｄ soｍe　more inｆormaｔiｏn-iｆ yoｕ don’t miｎd.
B: Ｎｏt ａt all.
A: Thankｓ． Dｏ ｙoｕ ｋnow how muｃh a taｘi costｓ ｔo ｔhｅ　ｃity?
Ｂ:　Ｗｅll, ｉt　dependｓ on tｈe　traｆｆｉc, of course. But ｉt usｕallｙ cｏｓtｓ　ａｂout forty dolｌａrs.
A：　Fｏrｔy doｌlaｒs? I　guesｓ　I’ll take ｔhe　bｕs. Tｈaｔ means I have　aｌmosｔ an houｒ till thｅ next one.　Where　cｏuld I finｄ aｎ inｅxpensive restaurant in ｔhe airport? Maybe ａ fａsｔ-fｏｏd place?
B: Go upstaｉrs　and　turn right. Ｙｏu’ll see the　snａｃk bar　oｎ your left.
Ａ：　Thanｋs　vｅrｙ ｍuｃh.　Hａve a　nｉce　day.
B: You,tｏo．

Ａ: What dｏ you　tｈiｎk?
B: Well,　iｔ ｈas　ｊust as maｎy beｄroom　ａs the last apartｍenｔ. And　the living ｒoom　is ｈugｅ．
Ｃ:　But the beｄrooｍ are　tｏo　smａlｌ. Aｎd　tｈere iｓn’t ｅnouｇh cｌoseｔ　space fｏr my cｌｏｔhｅs.
Ａ: And it’s not　as　cheａp as the lａst ａpaｒtment ｗe saw.
B： Ｂｕt thaｔ　apartmeｎt　ｗas dａｒｋ aｎｄ　dｉngy. And　it was ｉn a ｄangｅrouｓ nｅighboｒhｏｏd.
A: Lｅt’s　see if tｈe ｒeal estａｔe　agent　has ｓoｍｅtｈiｎg elｓｅ　ｔｏ　show　us.

A：　Wｅll, how ｄo ｙou ｌｉｋｅ thｉs　space，　theｎ？
C:　Oh,　it’s mucｈ ｂetter　tｈａn　tｈａt　ｏｔher one. The thing Ｉ ｌｉke　besｔ　is thｅ ｂeｄｒｏoｍs． Thｅy are too ｈｕge!
B:　Yｅs, they aｒe　nｉce and　big.
C: Aｎｄ therｅ aｒｅ tｗo baｔｈrｏomｓ！ I　ｃｏuld ｈave　my own batｈroom!
Ｂ:　Yes, I guess　ｙou coulｄ.
C： The ｏnｌy prｏbｌem　ｉｓ tｈe cｏlｏr ｏf　tｈe ｌiviｎg rooｍ. Ｉ rｅａｌｌｙ ｄon’t like thｏsｅ ｄarｋ green　ｗalls.
A: Oh,　I’m　sure ｗe　can cｈange the ｃolor if we　want　to.

A: Cｒｅatｉve　Rentａｌs. Good ｍｏｒnｉnｇ.
B： Hello. I’m calｌiｎg aboｕｔ tｈe aparｔment ｙｏｕ have ｆor renｔ.
A: Yｅｓ． Wｈａt　cａn Ｉ　tｅlｌ yoｕ abｏut iｔ?
B: Ｗhｅre iｓ it, eｘacｔlｙ?
A: It’s　ｏn Kinｇ Ｓｔreet,　juｓt off　the fｒeewａｙ.
Ｂ： Oｈ,　neaｒ ｔｈe　freｅｗay． Ｃan　you hear thｅ tｒaffic？
A:　Yeｓ, I’ｍ　ａfｒａiｄ you　ｄo ｈear　ｓome. But　tｈe　aｐartment ｈas ｌｏtｓ of spacｅ． It haｓ tｈree beｄroomｓ and a　very large　living ｒoｏｍ
B: I sｅe.　Ａnｄ　is ｉt in a new buｉlｄｉnｇ?
Ａ：　Ｗeｌl, the ｂｕildinｇ ｉｓ aｂout fiftｙ　yearｓ ｏld.
B: Uh－ｈｕh.　Well,　I’ll ｔhink aｂout　it．
Ａ： OK. Ｔhaｎks fｏr　cａlｌiｎg.
B: Thank yｏｕ. Bye

Ａ： Hello?
B: Heｌlo.　Is tｈｅ apaｒtｍent　ｙou’re ａdvertising ｓtill　ａvaiｌable?
A: Ｙes, iｔ ｉs.
B:　Can yｏｕ tell mｅ　ａ little abouｔ it?
A：　Wｅll,　it’s a perｆｅct　ａpａrtmenｔ ｆor onｅ ｐersoｎ.　Ｉt’s one　roｏm　wiｔh a ｋiｔcｈen aｔ ｏne eｎd.
B:　I sｅe. And is　it far　away from ｔhe suｂwａy？
Ａ:　Ｔｈeｒe’s　a　subwaｙ　ｓtation jusｔ ｄoｗn tｈe strｅet. Aｃtually, the ａparｔｍｅnt　is located right dowｎtown, ｓo　yｏu ｓｔeｐ ouｔ of the buildｉｎg　anｄ　there　are　stｏres　anｄ reｓｔaurａnｔｓ　ｅveｒｙｗｈeｒe. But it’ｓ　ｏｎ ａ hｉgh　floｏｒ， sｏ　yoｕ　don’t ｈeａr ａｎy sｔreet oｒ traffic noisｅ.
B: Ｉｔ　sｏｕnｄs ｌike　ｊust　tｈe　kind of place I’m ｌookinｇ ｆoｒ. I’d　lｉkｅ to coｍe ｓee it,　pleaｓe.
A： Sure．　Let　ｍe giｖｅ you the　addｒeｓs．

A: Tｏwｎ and City Ｒeｎtals. Hｏw cａn I heｌp　you?
B： Hi,　Ｕmm…is that　apartｍeｎt yoｕ adｖeｒtiｓｅｄ　ｓtｉll ａvaｉｌaｂｌe?
A: Yes,　ｉt is.
B: Oh, ｇｏoｄ． Uｍｍ…lｉstｅｎ.　I, can’t ｐay ｔｏｏ　ｍｕｃh, so the　low priｃe ｙou’re ａsking iｓ, is reallｙ good fｏｒ　me.
A:　Greａt.
B: How biｇ is ｉt?
Ａ: It’ｓ　two roｏms， pｌus　thｅ　kitcheｎ aｎd　batｈroom.
B:　Welｌ,　is iｔ　ａ safe pｌａｃe ｔo　live？
A: Wｅll， I can　ｔell　yｏu I’vｅ ｌｉvｅd ｈeｒe　foｒ fｉｖe　yeａrs and I　ｎever　hｅard about anybody haｖinｇ a　problem．
B: Ｏｈ, tｈaｔ’s good. Uh…let’ｓ see. Ｏh, ｙeａｈ． Ｄoes the aparｔmｅnt have a ｌot　oｆ wiｎdowｓ?
A: Ｗindows?　Yes, ｔｈｅre arｅ plentｙ of winｄows.　Bｕt ｕｎｆoｒtunatｅｌy,　tｈeｒe　iｓn’ｔ mucｈ light，　realｌy.　Seｅ, ｔhere’s anｏtｈer　buｉlding riｇhｔ next　to oｕrs.
B：　Oh, ｔhａt’s Oｋ. I’m never arouｎd　iｎ　ｔｈe day anｙｗay.　Ｄo　you ｔhinｋ iｔ’s aｌl　righｔ ｉf I come and ｌoｏk　aｔ iｔ?
Ａ： Ａｎytimｅ． When do　yoｕ want to see　it?

A:　Sｏ ｗhｅrｅ aｒe　you workｉｎg now, Terｒy?
B: Oh，　I’m sｔill　at　tｈe bank． Ｉ ｄｏn’t lｉkｅ iｔ， thｏugh．
Ａ：　That’s toｏ　baｄ. Why not?
Ｂ: Ｗｅll,　it’ｓ boring, ａnd ｉｔ dｏeｓn’t paｙ ｖeｒy well.
Ａ: Ｉ knｏｗ whａｔ　you　meaｎ. I doｎ’t liｋe mｙ job eｉtheｒ. I wish I coulｄ fiｎd　a betｔｅr ｊob．
Ｂ: Actually, Ｉ　dｏn’t wａnt ｔo work at all ａnｙmｏre. I wｉｓh I haｄ　a lｏt　of money so I coｕld　retire　now.
A: Hｍm, hｏw　oｌd　are　you,　Terry？
Ｂ：　Uh， twｅnty－ｓｉx.