Hiromi’s Trip to Thailand - Episode 1:
Making a Phone Call
June 26th, 2005
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| by greg76 |
Hiromi is a nursing student in Japan. Mark, from Australia, is her friend. They are not “together”, they are just friends. In this episode, Mark’s phone rings.
1. Making a Phone Call
Mark: Hello, (this is) Mark speaking.
Hiromi: Hello, Mark. This is Hiromi.
Mark: Hi, Hiromi. How are you?
Hiromi: I’m pretty good. How about you?
Mark: I’m ok. Where are you now?
Hiromi: I’m near Sanjo Bridge. Where are you?
Mark: I’m on the corner of Shijo and Karasuma. I’m going to the bank. What are you doing?
Hiromi: I’m just doing some shopping. Do you want to meet for coffee?
Mark: Yes. That’s a good idea.. Where shall we meet?
Hiromi: Let’s meet at Doutor?
Mark: What’s that?
Hiromi: You know! It’s the big coffee shop near Shijo Bridge.
Mark: Oh, yeah, I remember. When shall we meet?
Hiromi: I’ll meet you in twenty minutes. Is that ok?
Mark: No, I need more time. How about I meet you in half an hour?
Hiromi: Ok. What time is it now?
Mark: It’s two fifteen.
Hiromi: Ok. I’ll see you in Doutor at two forty-five.
Mark: All right…Oh, what floor will you be on?
Hiromi: Let’s meet on the third floor. It’s the non-smoking floor.
Mark: Great! I can’t stand cigarette smoke!
Hiromi: I know.
Credits: written by Mark White; voices by Mark White and Hiromi Campbell.
Tags: Doutor, Hiromis Trip to Thailand, Japan, Kyoto, phone, phone call, shijo
That’s quite an Australian accent you got there Mark? Tell us where you are from.
This sounds really nice and the page looks great as well. Congrats!
Thanks Bee. We plan to have lots of fun here. Stay tuned.
I was born in Brisbane and left when I was one. Dad was a shearer and took us out west to Blackall and later Mt Isa so I guess my accent is basicaly rural working class Australian.
Some have said I have a Queensland accent but I do nto think there are really state accents in Australia. It is more a broad country accent and a broad city accent with of course some variation for social class but I do not think these subtleties are detected by most, at least by most EFL learners.
We could post the same dialogue with different speakers using different accents which would be a good way to tune our students in„ÄÄto varieties of English and to raise the flag of English as an international neutral medium of communication rather than the vehicle of any imperialistic notion of US or Brit, or any other culture. „ÄÄ