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Unit 1 D Fine. Now, let's see, what's next? Er. yep. Can you tell me
what you do - I mean, are you working or studytng?
COl Track 1
J Well, at the moment I'm doing a temporary job with a
Don Hello, come 1n and take a seat.
company here in Sydney - I'm an economist in fact.
Jenny Oh. thanks. D OK - and how long do you think you'll be here 1n Sydney?
D Good ... and how can I help you? J At least a yea1·. I may look for work here afterwards.
J Well, I'd qu1te like to JOin th1s International Social Club and D Great. Now, you want to join the International Social Club,
I was hoptng you could help me and it would be good to know a bit about your free-time
D Yes, no problem. Let me just get the form up on my screen mterests as well. What do you like do1ng?
and I'll fillm your details. Let's see .. yes, here we are. J Well. I'm qu1te mustcal and I really enJOY singing.
OK, the first thtng we need is your name.
D Mm-hm.
J Jenny Foo, that's F- double 0.
J Back home. I sang with a band -just you know, for fun.
D OK, great and can you tell me how old you are, Jenny? But for me, what I like best is dancing. You know, the
J I'm 21. modern sort? I really love it.
D Great and how long have you been here in Australia, by COl Track 2
the way?
Don So how are you gett1ng on here? I mean, your
J I amved just last month, two weeks before the start of the level of English is better than most people who come from
academic year, just to sort thtngs out and settle 1n a bit. overseas to work and you've got a really mce American
D Good idea. Where are you from ongtnally? accent. so I don't suppose you have any commun1cat1on
problems 1n the offtce, though you might fmd some of our
J I'm from Kuala Lumpur - that's where I was born and Australian slang more difficult to understand.
brought up.
Jenny Well, a bit, but I haven't met that many
D So, you're Malaystan, are you? Australians yet - outstde of work, I mean.
J That's nght though I lived 1n the Un1ted States for a D Rtght.
couple of years when I was a teenager - we went there
J But could you tell me a bit about the International Club,
for my father's JOb.
now I've JOined?
D Rtght. And can you tell me your current address. please?
D Sure. We've got - er, let's see - currently about 50
J Sure. Just at the moment I'm lodgtng w1th a family at members, but people join all the time, so I should think
13 Anglesea Road 1n Bondi. that figure will go up. Last year, we had 30 members and
D OK, let me JUSt type that 1n. Er. how do you spell Anglesea, the year before just 18, so we're growing and getting
by the way? better known. I reckon that at this rate, next year we'll
have about 80.
J It's spelled A- N-G- L- E- S-E-A
J And does the club hold regular meettngs?
D Thanks. That's qutte a long way from the c1ty centre, tsn't
it? Is it a problem getttng into the city centre? D Yes, every second Thursday even1ng tn fact so a couple of
t1mes a month, though of course when you start maktng
J Not really, because the buses are good, and it's a nice,
fnends, you'll be getttng together w1th them more often
qu1et area to live in.
than that, I guess. The next meettng will be next Thursday
D Mm. that's true. So I guess you must have a cell-phone 1f I'm not m1staken. Er, yes, that's nght.
number you can give me so we can keep you Informed of
J And what happens when the club meets - I mean, what
events and so on.
sort of things are orgamsed?
J Yes. Let me just have a look - it's a new one, so I haven't
D The usual thing IS for one of the members to g1ve a little
learned the number yet. Ah. here 1t IS. It's 040 422 9160.
presentation about where they're from. their customs and
D ... 9160. OK, good. And you ltke the family you're living so on, but from time to time they do other things - out1ngs
With? to places around Sydney, or meettng up to eat together in
a restaurant or go to a concert together or something like
J Sure. They've got a little boy, who is qu1te no1sy, but he's
that.
really no trouble.
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