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Hong Kong

Laura talks about her city of Hong Kong and living in high rises.

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Todd: OK, we're here with Laura. Hello!

Laura: Hi!

Todd: Hi! Now, Laura, where you are from?

Laura: I'm from Hong Kong.

Todd: Hong Kong. That's great. So tell us about Hong Kong.

Laura: Well, it's a country for people, and well, when I ask my friends would they love Hong Kong they just say, Oh well, many good cheap things to buy, what, so many, a lot of delicious dishes, what, so.

Laura: And Hong Kong is a really big modern city, with tall, tall buildings.

Todd: Do you live downtown where all the tall buildings are?

Laura: When, I'm in the city. I live in the 24th floor.

Todd: The 24th floor.

Laura: So my brother live in 44.

Todd: Wow!

Laura: It's amazing right?

Todd: Yeah, that's insane. Wow

Laura: So just for residential users we have very tall buildings.

Todd: Oh, OK. What's the best thing about Hong Kong?

Laura: Well, what do you mean?

Todd: Like what's something that is really nice about living in Hong Kong?

Laura: Mm!

Todd: It's kind of hard. I'm sorry. On the spot, how about the food? Does Hong Kong have really good food?

Laura: Maybe a lot of choice. So you have different kind of cuisine, like Japanese food, Chinese food, Western food, well, a lot of choice.

Todd: OK. And the people of Hong Kong, do they all speak different types of Chinese?

Laura: Well, mainly Cantonese, but sometimes, well in school they usually speak English.

Todd: Really!

Laura: Yes, now because well, we are a part of China, so we usually, we have to learn Mandarin as well.

Todd: OK, so you speak Mandarin, Cantonese, and English.

Laura: Well, you can say that.

Todd: That's amazing. OK, thanks a lot.

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