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MARTIN: |
I
like your farm, Walter. |
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WALTER: |
Thanks. I like the farm too. I lived in town for seven years. |
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MARTIN: |
But
you liked the farm? |
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WALTER: |
Yes. My father was a farmer. I was a child. And then I was a
student. I lived in the country for nineteen years. |
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MARTIN: |
Did
you work with your father? |
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WALTER: |
Of
course. I worked in the morning, and I worked in the evening. |
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MARTIN: |
Did
you go to school? |
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WALTER: |
Yes. I went to high school in town. |
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WALTER: |
Some farmers don't like animals. |
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MARTIN: |
You
have cows. |
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WALTER: |
That's right. I like sheep too. |
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MARTIN: |
Do
you grow corn and beans? |
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WALTER: |
Yes. But I have cows and sheep. Do you like sheep? |
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MARTIN: |
I
like animals. But I live in the city. |
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WALTER: |
Where is your home? |
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MARTIN: |
I
live in Baltimore. |
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WALTER: |
Do
you have a family? |
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MARTIN: |
Yes. I have a wife, a son and a daughter. |
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WALTER: |
Are
they with you here? |
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MARTIN: |
No,
they're in Baltimore. My wife is working. |
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WALTER: |
My
brother lives in Philadelphia. That's in the East. |
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MARTIN: |
That's right. |
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WALTER: |
My
sister lives in the West. She lives in Los Angeles. She lived in San
Diego last year. |
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MARTIN: |
Is
she married? |
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WALTER: |
Yes, she is. |
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MARTIN: |
What does she do? |
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WALTER: |
She
makes airplanes. Her husband makes airplanes too. |
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MARTIN: |
Are
your parents living? |
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WALTER: |
Yes, they are. |
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MARTIN: |
Where do they live? |
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WALTER: |
They live in San Diego. They lived with my sister. |
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MARTIN: |
Was
your sister married? |
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WALTER: |
No.
She is married now. She married last year. She moved to Los Angeles.
They stayed in San Diego. |
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WALTER: |
Let's walk to the house. Do you want some coffee? |
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MARTIN: |
Yes, please. |
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WALTER: |
See
the corn? |
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MARTIN: |
Where? |
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WALTER: |
Look to the south. |
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MARTIN: |
Is
that south? I see the corn. |
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WALTER: |
Now
look to the west. |
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MARTIN: |
I
can see soybeans. |
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WALTER: |
That's right. I grow corn and beans. |
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MARTIN: |
Do
you visit your mother and father? |
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WALTER: |
My
wife and I visited my mother and father last year. |
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MARTIN: |
Did
you visit your sister? |
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WALTER: |
No,
we didn't. She visited us here. |
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MARTIN: |
Do
you visit your brother? |
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WALTER: |
No,
he visited us too. We had a family reunion. |
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