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Dialogue 5 Anna's eyes

Where are you from?
Dialogue 5
1	MAX	Good morning, Anna!
2	ANNA	Good morning. Oh! What are you doing here, so early? You must have got up very early today!
3	MAX	Yes, I did. I’m coming with you today. Wecan go by bus together. What do you think?!
4	ANNA	Well look, the bus is here.
5	MAX	A ticket to the city centre, please.
6	BUS DRIVER	One pound twenty five, please.
7	MAX	Here you are.
8	BUS DRIVER	A 20 pound note! You can't pay with big notes on the bus.
9	MAX	Oh, I am sorry, I have no smaller ones.
10	ANNA	Go ahead. I’ll pay with my card.
11	MAX	Oh my God, thank you Anna. How embarrassing!. I'm sorry. Thank you.
12	ANNA	You’re welcome. It’s OK.
13	MAX	You have such beautiful grey eyes!. I'm speechless.
14	ANNA	I’ve often been told that. I’m not from here, that’s why I have these eyes.
15	MAX	Oh, aren't you from here? Where are you from?
16	ANNA	I’m from Romania and these eyes are Romanian too.
17	MAX	Romania, what a beautiful country, I went on holiday there last year. I liked it a lot. Especially the mountains and the sea. And the people were very nice. Let me tell you something, you speak English very well.
18	ANNA	Thank you. I took a course as soon as I got to London. At first, it was very hard: a new language, a new job, a new life. I come from a very small seaside village. It’s so small that it’s impossible not to meet your family when you go out. I miss my country very much, my village, my people. I would like to go back home.
19	MAX	So why did you come? Don’t you like London? Everybody says it’s a great city!]
20	ANNA	London is a very nice city, but almost all my family still live in Romania. I miss them a lot, my parents, my cousins, my friends...It’s difficult to explain.
21	MAX	So... why did you come to London then?
22	ANNA	I had been looking for a job in Romania for 2 years. I didn’t find anything. Besides, at that time salaries were very low. Unemployment was high. There wasn’t anything to do. So, I decided to come to London. I have a brother here.
23	MAX	I see. Have you been in London for a long time?
24	ANNA	Yes, I have. I came to London to work 5 years ago.
25	ANNA	Look, here we are. Our stop.
26	MAX	Can we meet for lunch?
27	ANNA	I’m afraid I can’t. I finish at two and I must leave quickly.
28	MAX	Oh well. What about breakfast?
29	ANNA	I don’t stop for breakfast. I work all morning without breaks.
30	MAX	What do you mean you don’t stop for breakfast? Where in the bank do you work?
31	ANNA	We’ll talk some other day I have to go now. I don’t want to be late.

Text

Max's text 5

Max was born in Castleton, a mountain village. When he started University, he and some of his village mates rented a flat. He had been sharing a flat for six years. When he started to work, he bought his own flat. Max doesn’t like the city centre because it’s very noisy. Max wears very smart clothes, he even wears a tie.

Max's text 5

Anna is from Romania. She was born in Romania in a seaside village, but now she lives in Barcelona. She came to Barcelona because she couldn’t find a job in Romania. She likes Barcelona, but she would like to go back to her country. She lives in a small flat far from the city centre, with her son and her husband. Anna never has enough money to buy clothes. She usually wears a simple dress.

Vocabulary

Max's vocabulary
Max was born in England. He is English.	Max is single. He isn’t married or in a relationship.	The English flag has 2 colours: white and red.	Castleton is a mountain village near Manchester and Sheffield.

Anna's vocabulary
Anna lives in London with her son and her husband. Anna’s parents live in Romania. She has a brother living in London.	Anna is from Romania. She’s Romanian.	The Romanian flag has 3 colours: blue, yellow and red.

Song

[1] rl

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	Romanian
	Catalan
	Polish
	Bulgarian
	English
	Russian

	In Romania
	In England
	In London
	In Castleton
	In US
	In Great Britian

	Have breakfast with Anna
	Have lunch with Anna
	Have dinner with Anna
	Sleep with Anna

Taxi Language/Dialogue 5

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Dialogue 5 Anna's eyes

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