Situation 11: Meeting Jimmy's Friend
(Su-mi's cousin Jimmy takes her to meet his friend Tommy.)
Jimmy: Sue, this is my friend Tommy. He is my best friend.
Su-mi (Sue): Hello, Tommy. It is very nice to meet you.
Tommy: Hi, good to meet you, too.
Jimmy: Sue just come here from Korea. She is going to stay (here) for one week.
Tommy: From Korea? Cool! Where is Korea? Is it in China?
Su-mi (Sue): No. Korea is not in China. Korea is between China and Japan.
Tommy: Oh, sorry. But you speak Chinese, right?
Su-mi (Sue): No, of course not. I speak Korean.
Tommy: Really? I didn't know that. In America, we don't have many chances to learn about Korea. Can you tell me some more things about your country?
Su-mi (Sue): Of course. Ask anything you want, and I will try to answers as well as I can.
Tommy: Well, what do you eat in Korea?
Su-mi (Sue): We eat a lot of rice and kimchi.
Tommy: Kimchi? Isn't that really hot and spicy?
Su-mi (Sue): Yes, sometimes. But there are many kinds of kimchi.
Tommy: Really? I didn't know that. But if you eat only rice and kimchi, don't you get bored?
Su-mi (Sue): That is not all we eat. There are hundreds of kinds of Korean food. We eat all kinds of meat, fish and vegetables. And these days, young people also eat pizza, hamburgers and spaghetti. Seoul is becoming a very international city.
Tommy: Wow, I didn't know that. It's Seoul a big city?
Su-mi (Sue): It's very big. About fourteen million people live there.
Tommy: Fourteen million? That's bigger than LA!
Su-mi (Sue): Yes, you should come with Jimmy to visit Korea.
Jimmy: Yeah, let's go to Seoul next summer.
Tommy: I would like that very much.
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