Thailand

Gloria

Todd

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Todd: Gloria, what are your plans for the summer?

Gloria: I'm going to Thailand for two weeks and then I'm going to England for three weeks and then

back to the US.

Todd: OK , wait, Thailand, you're going to Thailand?

Gloria: Yes.

Todd: OK, what are the plans for Thailand?

Gloria: I'm going with a friend of mine, Adrienne and we're going to go to the Bridge over the River Kwai and then we're going to go to the beaches and I hope to take a scuba diving course.

Todd: OK, so you've never been Scuba diving before.

Gloria: No, I've only been snorkeling

Todd: Oh, actually, you know what, I got trained in scuba diving in Thailand in Ko Tao.

Gloria: Ah, that's where I'm going.

Todd: Really!

Todd: Yeah

Gloria: Oh, it's really good. It's pretty cheap too.

Gloria: Yeah, yeah, I got the brochures from that.

Todd: Oh, great. So who is this Adrienne person?

Gloria: She's another teacher, that for two semesters we lived, one semester next door, and another semester she lived upstairs from me and we've just become really, really good friends and then this semester even thought we're not living near each other, somehow we still remained being friends and we love to go to flea markets and buy cheap kimono

Todd: Cheap kimonos?

Gloria: Yeah, we'll spend 500 or 1,000 yen maximum and find used antique flea market kimono.

Todd: Cool, how many have you bought so far?

Gloria: Dozens, probably

Comprehension Quiz

Read or listen to the text and answer the questions below.

1) Where is she going after Thailand? 

 a) Japan

 b) America

 c) England

2) Who is she going to Thailand with? 

 a) A friend

 b) Her sister

 c) No one

3) What place does she plan to visit? 

 a) The ruins of Ayuttaya

 b) The Emerald Palace

 c) The bridge over the river kwai

4) What will she learn in Thailand? 

 a) Thai cooking

 b) Scuba diving

 c) Thai massage

5) What does she like to buy at flea markets? 

 a) Old photos

 b) Used kimono

 c) Antique watches