Friday, July 29, 2005

Vocab from Units 1 and 2

Living in Auckland
NZ cities are not very crowded. Immigrants who come to Auckland are often surprised at how relaxed the lifestyle here is. The public transport system is not as huge as it is in bigger cities overseas. Some people miss the noise and the excitement of their home towns and think that Auckland is quite boring. It is certainly not as busy as a lot of Asian cities. The way of life is very different from a city like Calcutta in India, where I lived for several years.


The big tree
Every night when she came home from work, she noticed the tree in her new front garden. It was huge, and the branches went over the fence into the neighbour’s garden. The thing she liked best about the tree was that lots of native birds came and sang in it and built their nests in it.

One day, her neighbour came over and introduced himself. They had a conversation about the tree. He wanted her to cut it down, as he said that it blocked the sunshine and made his garden feel crowded. He said he would help pay for someone to cut it down. She knew that in autumn the falling leaves would probably be a big problem. In the end she decided to cut down the tree herself. Her neighbour was very happy and helped her to cut it up into firewood. At first she missed the tree, but now she has got used to it not being there.

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