原版英语对话1000个:058 Canada
时间：2019-01-20 作者：英语课 分类：原版英语对话1000个
Todd: OK. Hello!
Jamie: Hi!
Todd: Hi! Can you introduce yourself please?
Jamie: My name is Jamie. I'm living here in Japan, and I'm from Canada.
Todd: OK. Where are you from in Canada?
Jamie: Vancouver, Canada. British Columbia.
Todd: Oh, nice. Were you born there?
Jamie: I was born in British Columbia, in Victoria.
Todd: OK.
Jamie: But I spent my adult working life in Vancouver and Japan.
Todd: OK. How long have you been in Japan?
Jamie: Let's see, four years right now, and a grand total of six years.
Todd: Wow. How much longer do you plan to stay in Japan?
Jamie: That's a good question. I ask myself that on a daily basis.
Todd: Yeah. Yeah. Me, too. OK. So we'll go ahead and pass on that one.... What do you think about Canada?
Jamie: Canada is a great place. It's a..you know being Canadian of course, I'm pretty, fairly nationalistic about it, but it's not a perfect place, obviously 1. A lot of high taxes. Not always the job you want is available but ultimately 2 it's, you know, it's a pretty good place.
Todd: OK. So when you get gray and old, is Canada the place you'll settle down in?
Jamie: Settle down, that's kind of a hard call as well, but I certainly think of Canada as being the place where I'd like to take it easy on a regular basis.
Todd: OK. Great. Thanks a lot Jamie.
Jamie: OK. My pleasure.
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