第1176期:Going Home

Todd: Hello, Gabrielle!Gabrielle: Hello!Todd: How are you doing today?Gabrielle: Good thanks.Todd: Now, Gabrielle, I hear that you are going back home to New Zealand.Gabrielle: That's right. I'm going home for summer.Todd: OK. What are your plans?Gabrielle: Probably a week relaxing, going camping, and then I'm going back to work.Todd: Oh, OK. Where do you work?Gabrielle: I teach as an English teacher in Christchurch in New Zealand.Todd: Oh, OK. And that's where you're from, naturally.Gabrielle: That's right.Todd: Were you born there?Gabrielle: I was, yeah.Todd: Well, you are going to have this short little break or vacation, are you going go to the beach or the mountains?Gabrielle: Probably, to the beach and camping for about a week with friends. Yeah.Todd: Actually, how warm is it in the summer?Gabrielle: Probably, a maximum of about 30 degrees. A nice dry heat. Very comfortable.Todd: So when you go to the beach is the water warm enough to swim in?Gabrielle: No, no! We swim but it is not warm. Yeah! It's pretty chilly actually.Todd: OK. Any other plans when you go home?Gabrielle: Yeah, I'm looking forward to catching up with friends and family and animals.Todd: Animals?Gabrielle: Well, I miss my pets.Todd: OK. Well, what pets do you have?Gabrielle: I have a cat, a dog, a sheep called Sydney, and two goldfish.Todd: Wow!Gabrielle: Yeah! And I really miss them.Todd: I'm sure they're really excited to see you. Alright, thanks a lot.Gabrielle: Cheers!