| Good morning, how can I help you? |
| Good morning. |
| I understand you help fix up students with host families. |
| That's right... |
| are you interested in...? |
| Well please sit down and I'll just take a few details. |
| Thank you. |
| Right, now... what name is it? |
| Jenny Chan. |
| Can you spell that please? |
| Yes... |
| JENNY |
| CHAN. |
| Right... and what is your present address? |
| Sea View Guest House, 14 Hill Road. |
| Okay, and do you know the phone number there? |
| Yes... I have it here... |
| 2237676 |
| but I'm only there after about 7 pm. |
| So when would be the best time to catch you? |
| I suppose between 9 and, let me see, half-past, before I leave for the college. |
| Great... and can I ask you your age? |
| I've just had my nineteenth birthday. |
| And how long would you want to stay with the host family? |
| I'm planning on staying a year |
| but at the moment I'm definitely here for four months only. |
| I have to get an extension to my permit. |
| You're working on it? |
| Fine... |
| and what will be your occupation while you're in the UK? |
| Studying English? |
| And what would you say your level of English is? |
| Good, I think. |
| I'd like to say 'advanced' but my written work is below the level of my spoken, |
| so I suppose it's intermediate. |
| Certainly your spoken English is advanced. |
| Anyway, which area do you think you would prefer? |
| Well, I'm studying right in the centre |
| but I'd really like to live in the north-west. |
| That shouldn't be a great problem... |
| we usually have lots of families up there... |
| And do you have any particular requirements for diet? |
| Well, I'm nearly a vegetarian... not quite. |
| Shall I say you are? It's probably easier that way. |
| That would be best. |
| Anything about your actual room? |
| I would prefer my own facilities - 'en suite', is that right? |
| And also if it's possible, a TV |
| and I'd also like the house to have a real garden rather than just a yard, |
| somewhere I could sit and be peaceful. |
| Is that all? |
| Well... I'm really serious about improving my English |
| so I'd prefer to be the only guest if that's possible? |
| No other guests... |
| Yes, you get more practice that way. |
| Anyway, obviously all this is partly dependent on how much you're willing to pay. |
| What did you have in mind? |
| I was thinking in terms of about £60 to £80 a week, |
| but I'd go up to a hundred if it was something special. |
| Well, I don't think we'd have any problems finding something for you. |
| Oh, good. |
| And when would you want it for? |
| I'd like to move in approximately two weeks. |
| Let me see, it's the 10th today... |
| so if we go for the Monday it's the 23rd of March. |
| Yes. |
| Right... |
| good, and if I could ask one last question... |