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F:  Excuse me, how to go to the Fu-Jen university?

S:  Hmm…my English is not good enough. I don’t know how to answer your question. Bill, your English is better than mine, so it’s your turn.

B:  My English is not good, either. I can’t help you.

F:  Excuse me, do you know how to go to the Fu-Jen University?

Jack is coming and he sees two of them are embarrassed in front of a foreigner.

J:   Good morning! Are you going to the class of chemistry? It’s almost time to be late.

S:  Jack, you are our savior! A foreigner asks us how to go to Fu-Jen University.Our English is not good. We don’t know how to answer his questions. We just depend on you.

J:   No problem! I think I can handle it. What’s the problem, Steven?

S:  The foreigner does not know how to go to the university.

J:   Mister, my friend said that you want to go to the Fu-Jen University, but you don’t know how.

F:   Yes, I’m lost. There are no rules to follow about the names of the streets in Taiwan. It’s different from my hometown in California.

B:   No only streets are not easy to find, but road quality is also poor. There are many holes and they make pedestrians fall off. 

S:   How long have you been living in Taiwan?  

F:   I just live in Taiwan a month. I am accustomed to your culture. This Country has many delicious foods, but the weather is really hot.

S:   Sure, Taiwan is located in subtropical zone; feeling hot is normal. Foreigners usually can’t be accustomed to the hot and humid weather in Taiwan.

B:  About food in Taiwan, have you ever eaten any food that made a special impression to you?

F:   I can’t forget the delicious Taiwanese food like dumplings. Your food is great. It’s very delicious. But I can’t use chopsticks. I still can’t use the chopsticks skillfully now. 

J:    It’s normal. I used to eat food by spoon before seven years old. After the time, I learned to use chopsticks about one year. Now I can use it skillfully.

F:   Everything in Taiwan is strange to me. When I got off the airplane, I felt curious and excited about this country including the McDonalds in Taiwan.

J:   Taiwan’s McDonalds? (amazed)

B:   Taiwan and America both have McDonalds. Do they have any difference?

S:   About the flavor or something else?

F:   First McDonalds in Taiwan made me surprised. Unexpectedly, the hamburgers have rice in it. That really surprised me. Second, the meal’s price is really expensive. I ate it as my main meal in America everyday. But I can’t afford it now because burgers in Taiwan are really expensive.

S:   We seldom go there, either. We go there only when we have the superfluous money. The McDonalds is for busy people to finish quick meal.

B:   You just live here about a month. It’s OK. You can gradually get used to it afterwards.

F:   I hope so, too.

J:    Bill and Steven, it’s time to be late to class now. You should be hurry up or you will be counted absent.

S:   Hurry. We just got ten minutes; hurry up.

J:   So you just follow me. Where do you want to go in Fu-Jen University?

F:   I want to go to the department of Chinese. I am interested in Chinese study. Perhaps I will settle down in Taiwan sometime later.

J:   The department of Chinese is in the building of Fine Arts between colleges of Business and Human Ecology. The building is red and shouldn’t be difficult to locate. Follow me and I’ll bring you there.

F:   How friendly the Taiwanese people are! Thank you. You are really nice!

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