I. Greeting
1. A Hi, Hiromi! Long time, no seen (see)! How are you?
2. B Hi. I’m fine. It’s been a really long time…
3. A I know.
II. Small talk <none>
III. Introducing the topic
4. A How was your summer break?
5. B Um, it was great.
6. A So, how great you…?
7. B Okay, I’ll tell you. First, um, I went to Cancun. Cancun is…
8. A Where is Cancun?
9. B …is, um, part of, it’s part of Mexico.
10. A Uh-huh.
11. B (An) island of Mexico.
12. A Uh-huh.
13. B And I went with my friend, uh, I mean, sorry, with my family. And, um, the reason why I liked Cancun was because the beach was great.
14. A Cool, you like beach (going to the beach)?
15. B Yes. I love to swim and I love to, um, go play on the beach, yes, and, um, the second reason why I liked Cancun was because the food was great. They had tropical fruit, um, Mexican food…
16. A Yeah, I know tacos.
17. B Uh-huh, tacos, yes.
18. A Did you eat tacos?
19. B Yes, of course, tacos and fajitas.
20. A Uh-huh. Was it different from when you eat the tacos (in the) US…I mean America… And tacos in Mexico…
21. B Actually in Mexico.
22. A Which was better?
23. B Mexico. They had, um, more hot stuff there.
24. A Uh-huh, uh-huh.
25. B So, I liked Mexican food in Mexico.
26. A Oh, yeah.
27. B Yes. Um, I also went shopping.
28. A Uh-huh.
29. B Of course.
30. A Of course!
31. B Yes, lots of shoppings (shopping). That’s about it for Mexico. I went there about a week, for a week, so I, I pretty much enjoyed myself there.
32. A Yes.
IV. Reintroducing the topic
33. B Um. Well, what about you? Did you do anything this summer?
34. A Uh-huh. Yeah, it was fun…very much. I went to Chicago this summer.
35. B Oh, really?
36. A Yeah.
37. B Wow. How was it?
38. A Yeah, it was great. Yes, it… the, the Chicago, you know, is (a) very big city…
39. B Right.
40. A …and, it’s got, um, (a) pretty sea too.
41. B Oh really? They have (a) sea?
42. A Yeah.
43. B Oh, they do? I thought the city was only for shopping.
44. A Um. No. That was really pretty.
45. B Uh-huh.
46. A There was a lot of green (greenery) and the nature was very pretty.
47. B Wow.
48. A And of course the (it’s a) very big city and (has) tall buildings. But that excited me a lot. I really liked that situation and...
49. B Did you, so you shopped a lot too…
50. A Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Yes.
51. B Wow. Was it cold?
52. A Un-un. Not really.
53. B Not cold?
54. A Because it’s summer.
55. B Summer.
56. A And the pizza was really good.
57. B Pizza?
58. A Yeah!
59. B Oh, really?
60. A Chicago is famous for pizza, you know.
61. B Oh that’s right so…
62. A Uh-huh. So, it was really good.
63. B Was it expensive there, though?
64. A Um, not really.
65. B Oh.
66. A It isn’t… It doesn’t have any different (difference).
67. B Oh.
68. A Of course it’s…cheaper than Japan.
69. B Cheaper than Japan.
70. A Yeah, of course.
71. B That’s true.
72. A Yes. And I went to Virginia too.
73. B Oh, really?
74. A Yes.
75. B Virginia. How was it? Isn’t it different from Chicago?
76. A Uh-huh, yes. It’s part of south… Yeah, South America… (the Southern States).
77. B Ah-huh
78. A Um, I don’t know…
79. B It’s around…
80. A Yeah. And I, um, I thought the Virginia is too isolated and…
81. B Isolated?
82. A Yeah. So, I, I don’t know. I just, I didn’t fit that place so...
83. B So, if you were to compare Chicago and Virginia, you liked Chicago better than…
84. A Of course, yes. Yeah. But the people were very kind there. You know, very nice people were there…
85. B Were they, were, do… Were there a lot of, um… Were there a lot of, um, old people there?
86. A Yes.
87. B Country people?
88. A Yes. They, they have farms.
89. B Oh really.
90. A Cows and horses
91. B Cows?
92. A Yeah. They have (an) apple festival.
93. B Oh they do?
94. A Yeah.
95. B Apple cider.
96. A Yeah. And apple sauce!
97. B Apple sauce too.
98. A That was good.
99. B That’s nice.
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