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1、 . Unit 1 a time to rememberA: Oh, im really sorry. Are you ok?B: Im fine. But Im not very good at this.A: Neither am I. Say are you from South America?B: Yes I am originally was born in Argentina.A: Did you grow up there?B: Yes i did, but my family moved here eight years ago when i was in high scho
2、ol.A: And where did you learn to rollerblade?B: Here in the park, this is only my second time.A: Well its my first time; can you give me some lessons?B: Sure, just follow me.A:By the way,my name is Ted. B:And im Anna,nice to meet you.A: Hey hey, that was fun, thanks for the lesson.B: No problem, so
3、tell me a little about yourself, what do you do?A: I work in a travel agency.B: Really? What do you do there?A: Im in charge of their computers.B: Oh, so you are a computer specialist.A: Well, sort of. Yeah I guess so.B: Thats great, and then maybe you can give me some help with a computer course Im
4、 taking.A: Oh sure, but only if you promise to give me some more rollerblading lessons.B: Its a deal.A: Where are you from originally? Yu hungB: Im from China, from near shanghaiA: And when did you move here?B: I came here after I graduate from college.That was in 1992.A: And what do you do now?B: I
5、m a transportation engineer.A: I see, so you are an immigrant to the United States?B: Yes thats right.A: What are some of the difficulties of being an immigrant in the US?B: Oh, thats not an easy question to answer.There are so many things really. But I guess one of the biggest difficulties is that
6、i dont have any relatives here.I mean i have a lot of friends,but thats not the same thing.In China,on holidays or the weekend,we visit relatives,it isnt the same here.A: And what do you miss the most from home?B: Oh, thats easy.My moms soup; she makes great soup.I really miss my mothers cookingA:Wh
7、ere are you from Ajay?B:Im from India.A:And when did you move to the US?B:It was in 1991.A:Are you studying here at the moment?B:Not now.I came here as a student,and graduated two years ago.Im working as a computer technician.A:Aha.And what was it like when you first came here,was it difficult?B:Yea
8、h,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.A:And what do you miss the most from India?B:To tell you the truth,after you are here for a while,you dont miss an
9、ything very much.Um,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,thats me in front of my uncles beach house.When i was a kid,we used to spend
10、 two weeks there 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 had a great shell collection.In fact,I think its still up in the attic.A:Hey,I used to collect shells too when i was a kid,but my parents threw them
11、 out.A:You know what I remember the most about growing up?B:What?A:Visiting my grandparents house.You know,on holidays and stuff.They lived way out in the country and my grand dad had a horse named blacky.He taught me how to ride.I just love that horse and she loved me too.I used to really enjoy spe
12、nding time at my grandparents house.And everytime I came back,blacky remembered me.B: Oh, memories!Unit 2 Caught in the rushA: Why is there never a bus when you want one? B: Good question. There arent enough buses on this route.A: Sometimes I feel like writing a letter to the paper.B: Good idea.You
13、should say that we need more subway lines too.A: Yeah, there should be more public transportation in general.B: And fewer cars, theres too much traffic.A: Say, is that our bus coming.B: Yes it is,but look,its full.A: Oh no, lets go and get a cup of coffee, we can talk about this letter im going to w
14、rite.A:So are you really going to write a letter to the paper?B:Sure,Im going to say something about the buses.They are too old,we need more modern buses,nice air conditioned ones.A: And they need to put more buses on the road.B: Right.And there are too many cars downtown, and there isnt enough park
15、ing A: Thats for sure.Its impossible to find a parking space downtown these days.B:I think they should ban private cars downtown between nine and five .A: Oh, you mean, they shouldnt allow any cars expect taxies and buses during the regular work day.Hmm that sounds like a really good idea.A: Excuse me, could you tell me where the bank is?B: There is 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 8am.A: Good, and can you tell me how often the
