English Corner2011.9.2 （Fri.）
Part A Acting and Learning
Elsa: Excuse me .Is this seat taken?
Grandpa: No, it\'s not taken.
Elsa: Oh, thank you.
Grandpa: Oh, let me help you with this.Elsa: Oh, thank you.
Grandpa: Do you want to sit by the window?
Elsa: No, no,no.I like the aisle seat better.Please, you sit by the window.
Grandpa: My name is Stewart...Malcolm Stewart.Pleased to meet you.
Elsa: I\'m Elsa Tobin.How do you do?
Grandpa: Do you live in New York?
Elsa: No,no.I\'m from Florida.
Grandpa: I am, too.But didn\'t you just get on?
Elsa: No,no.I just changed my seat.A man next to me was smoking, and smoke really brothers me .Where are you from in Florida?
Grandpa: Titusville.It\'s near Orlando.
Elsa: Small world.I\'m form Titusville,too.Grandpa: Really? What part?
Elsa: My husband and I live near Spaceport.
Grandpa: I know that area.My house is only a few miles from Spaceport.Do you still live there?
Elsa: Oh yes.My husband\'s there now.He couldn\'t take time off to come to New York with me.Do you still live there? Grandpa: No.I sold the house and the furniture, put a few personal things in an old trunk, and shipped it to my children in NewYork.That\'s my desination.
Elsa: Are you married?
Grandpa: My wife died four years ago.She was a wonderful woman.A real friend.
Elsa: I\'m sorry.Really, I\'m sorry.
Grandpa: Lots of wonderful memories.We were married almost fifty years.Well, forty-seven, to be exact.
Elsa: John and I celebrate our fortieth anniversary next month.
Grandpa: Oh, congratulation! That\'s nice.What does John do?
Elsa: He\'s an aerospace engineer and works for Orlando Aircraft Corporation.He started with them almost forty years ago.What do you do?
Grandpa: I just retired.Had my own company.A construction company.Roads, big stuff.But I just sold it and retired.Conductor: Excuse me, ma\'am.Ticket,please.
Elsa: Would you kindly hold these keys, please? I have a ticket, I know.I was in the smoking section.
Conductor: It\'s OK, lady.Take your time.
Grandpa: I\'m sure it\'s in your purse, Mrs.Tobin.Elsa: Oh,here it is.
Grandpa: And here are your keys.Elsa: Thank you.
Grandpa: Do you have family in New York?
Elsa: No, no.But do have very close friends in New York City.We like to go to the theater togther.You said you have family in New York.
Grandpa: Yes,indeed.A son and his wife and their three children-my grandchildren.
Elsa: You must be excited.Grandpa: I can\'t wait to see them!
Elsa: Are you going to live with them?Grandpa: Yes.Grandpa: Well...they want me to, but it\'s too early to know for sure.I\'m pretty independent.I tried to teach my kids the importance of independence, but I\'m not sure I want to be alone.Some people don\'t mind being alone.I do.Elsa: I understand.But tell me.Why did you stop working?
Grandpa: I retired because...I wanted to be with my family.I didn\'t want to be alone anymore!
