PART 7
LESSON 4 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MY VACATION. Lsf(4),imlkfwdtmvct
Jake: In February, the new company moves to the Midwest. Ifbr,tnvpnmvsttmdwst
This is Jake Seltzer reporting from Dallas, Texas. Ts(i)sjksltrptfdls,txs
Maria : Good job, Jake. Gjb,jk
Connie : Jake did very well. jkddvrw
Maria : Yes. He did very well. He's already a good host. Ys,hdvrw,hs(a)rdgdhst
I think Jake is becoming a much better reporter too. itkjkisbcmcbtrptt
Connie : That's good. You need some help. You look tired. Ttgd,yndsmhlp,ylktd
Maria : I am tired. I'm looking forward to my vacation. Imtd,imlkfwdtmvct
Connie : Vacation? That's great, Maria. Vct,ttgt,mr
You should quit worrying about WEFL. Where are you going? ysqtwrabtwefl
Maria : I'm going asking in Colorado. Imgg(a)skicld
I can imagine skiing through deep snow on a cold morning. Icn(i)mgsktdpsnn(a)cdmn
I imagine warming my feet near the fire. Imgwrmftntf
I love walking in the snow. I think about-- ilvwkitsn
Connie : Stop talking about it. Stptkg(a)bt(i)t
Maria : I really enjoy skiing. irljsk
Connie : Are you going alone? Aygg(a)l
Maria : Yes, but I'm seeing friends in Aspen. Ys,btimsfdin(a)sp
Connie : Who? W(h)
Maria : Sam Finch wants me to ski with him. smfcwtmtskwthm
He's going there for a conference. Hsgtfr(a)cfc
Connie : I've seen him at the station, but I don't know him. Ivshm(a)ttstt,bt(i)dkhm
Tell me about him. tmabthm
Maria : Well, he's a businessman. He over part of WEFL. W,hs(a)bsnsm,hovpt(o)fwefl
He has a meeting in Aspen. He's a very nice guy. Hhs(a)mtin(a)sp,hs(a)vrncg
Connie : That's great, Maria. I'd like to go to Aspen too。 Ttgt,mr,idlktgtsdpt
Maria : Yeah, but right now we have a show to do. brtnwhvstd
What's your story? wtystr
Connie : The story is about education and jobs. Tstris(a)bt(e)dctn(a)djb
I'm going to interview high school students this afternoon about their plans for the future. Imgtitvhsclstdtts(a)ftnabttplsftft
Maria : OK. Let me see. Ok,ltms
Connie : Education and jobs. That's the subject of this report. Edctn(a)djb,tttsbjct(o)ftsrpt
Almost three million students will graduate from American high schools this year. amsttrmlstdtwgdatfamrchsxltsy
Half of them want jobs now. They need to work. Hf(o)ftwtjbn,tndwk
Maybe they can't go to college. Maybe they have to earn money. Mbtcgtclg,mbthvtemn
All of them have to plan their future. And they have to do it now. aftmhvtptft,athvtditn
What will they do? Today we're going inside Stamford High School to find out. Wwtd,tdwgisdstfdhscltfd(o)t
Connie : OK, Mik e. Let's go inside. Ok,mk,ltgisd
I want to shoot some pictures of students in the classroom, iwtstsmpcts(o)fstdts(i)tclsr
and then I want to interview some of the students. Adtiwtitvsmtstdt
Connie : OK. What are your hopes for the future? Ok,wtayhpftft
What do you want to do when you graduate from high school or college. . . ? Yes? Wdywtdwygdatfhscloclg,ys
Student 1: I hope to join the Peace Corps and do, ihptjtpccps(a)dd
uh, research or field work in India. U,rscofldwkin(i)d
I speak Hindi and I'd like-- ispkhdaidlk
I hope to learn a language a bit more proficiently. Ihptln(a)lgagbtmpfctl
Connie : And what do you hope to do? awtdyhptd
Student 2: Um. . . I want to. . . u,iwt
I hope to become an astronaut, hopefully. . . ihptbcan(a)stn,hpfl
um. . . or some kind of scientist dealing with space and astronomy in particular. . . u,osmkd(o)fsxtstdlwtspcad(a)stnmiptcl
Connie : Do you want to land on the moon? Dywtld(o)tmn
Student 2: Yes, I want to land on the moon. Ys,iwtld(o)ntmn
Connie : That's interesting, but do you want to work that hard? Ttitst,bdywtwkthd
Student 2: Well, I don't want to work that hard, wl,idwtwkthd
but I'm going to have to. If I want to. . . if I get my dream. So. . btigthvt,iwt,ifigtmd,s
Connie : What do you plan to do when you graduate from high school? wdyptdwygdatfhscl
Student 3: When I graduate from high school, I'd like to go to. . . wn(i)gdatfhscl,idlktgt
go to college and try to get a job in a large company gtclgatgt(a)jb(i)n(a)lgcpn
to become an accountant and make a lot of money and just live well off. Tbcactt(a)mklt(o)mnadjstlvwl(o)
Student 4: I plan to be a social worker iptbscwk
Connie : My best friend is a social worker. . . . What do you want to do? Mbstfd(i)s(a)scwk,wdywtd
Student 5: Well, I want to be in the NFL playing football and have my own business. Wl,iwtbitnflpftbl(a)dhvmovsns
Connie : What do you want to do? wdywtd
Student 6: I'm not really sure. I want to go on to college, imnrls,iwtgotclg
and I want to study fine arts. Ad(i)wtstdfat
Student 7: I imagine coaching high school football. imgcchsclftb
Connie : What do you enjoy? wdyj
Student 8: I enjoy athletics. I enjoy playing field hockey and doing gymnastics. Ijaltc,iejplfldhcadgnstc
Um. . . I enjoy reading. Uh. . . I like to read fiction. U,ijrd,u,ilktrdfct
I don't like. . . um. . . I don't enjoy science fiction, idlk,u,idjscfct
but. . . um. . . any other kind of fiction I enjoy. B,u,anotkd(o)ffctij
Student 9: I want to teach English. iwttcegls
Connie : That's terrific . tttrfc
Connie : OK, Mike. Great interviews! Ok,mk,gtitvs
Are you ready? ayrd
Connie : In our next report, ionxtrpt
we'll find out what students really like and don't like. Wlfd(o)twstdtrllkadlk
What's interesting, what's exciting, and what's boring. Wtitst,wts(e)xct,adwtbr
I'm Connie Swift reporting for WEFL. imcnswftrptfwefl
