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MARTIN: |
Hi,
Stefan. Please, sit down. |
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STEFAN: |
Hello, Mr. Learner. |
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MARTIN: |
Oh,
please call me Martin. OK? |
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STEFAN: |
Martin. OK. |
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WAITRESS: |
Morning. What're yu gonna have? |
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MARTIN: |
Two
coffees, please. |
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WAITRESS: |
That's it? OK. |
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STEFAN: |
What did she say? |
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MARTIN: |
She
said, "What are you going to have?" What're yu gonna have? What are
you going to have? |
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STEFAN: |
Ah.
What are you going to have? Sometimes, I do not understand waiters. |
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MARTIN: |
Sometimes, I don't understand! |
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WAITRESS: |
Here y'are. Two coffees. |
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MARTIN: |
Thanks. She said, "Here you are." |
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STEFAN: |
I
understand. |
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MARTIN: |
Stefan, I'm writing a news report. It's going to be about students
in the United States. and I want to write about you. |
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STEFAN: |
You
are going to write about me? OK. |
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MARTIN: |
Good. May I record you on this tape recorder? |
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STEFAN: |
Yes, sure. |
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MARTIN: |
First, tell me your full name. |
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STEFAN: |
My
name is Stefan Nowak. |
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MARTIN: |
I
want to get it right. Please spell it for me. |
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STEFAN: |
S-T-E-F-A-N N-O-W-A-K. |
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MARTIN: |
Where are you from? |
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STEFAN: |
I
am from Poland. |
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MARTIN: |
I
know you're from Poland. What city are you from? Warsaw? |
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STEFAN: |
No,
I'm not from Warsaw. I am from Cracow. Where are you from? |
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MARTIN: |
I'm
from Chicago. But I live in Baltimore now. |
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STEFAN: |
I
lived in Warsaw too. |
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MARTIN: |
Before I lived in Baltimore, I lived in many cities. I lived in
Washington, San Francisco, Paris, and Berlin. |
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STEFAN: |
That's many places! |
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MARTIN: |
Well, I write news stories and reports. Reporters go where there is
news. |
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WAITRESS: |
More coffee? |
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MARTIN: |
Yes, please. |
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STEFAN: |
Thank you. Excuse me, where are you from? |
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WAITRESS: |
Here. |
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STEFAN: |
Where? |
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WAITRESS: |
Here. I'm from Baltimore. Where're you from? |
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STEFAN: |
I
live in Baltimore. |
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WAITRESS: |
I
lived in Florida last year. I lived in California. I lived in Texas.
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WAITRESS: |
I
lived in Ohio, New York, Washington. ... |
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