Life in England

A:OK, hello!

B:Hello!

A:Hi, what's your name?

B:My name is Sarah.

A:OK, and Sarah where are you from?

B:I'm from the north of England, Newcastle.

A:OK, so Newcastle, how far is that from London?

B:Um, it's about 300 miles.

A:Uh-huh, do you go to London a lot or have you been to London before?

B:I live in London. I've lived in London for the past seven years.

A:Oh, really?

B:Almost seven years, yeah.

A:OK. Which do you prefer, London or Newcastle?

B:Um,I like them both. I prefer Newcastle because it's smaller, so it's easier to get around and it's also cheaper. London is very expensive.

A:So all your family is in Newcastle?

B:Um, pretty much yeah.

A:So are they always trying to get you to go back and move back to Newcastle?

B:Ah, no, no, because most of the jobs are in the south, anyway for younger people so it's quite difficult to get a job in the north in teaching.

A:OK. Um, what do you like about London?

B:Ah, it's a very busy place, there's lots of things going on all the time.There's also lots of things I don't like about London, but all my friends live there lots of job opportunities.

A:OK, what were you doing before you came to Japan in London?

B:Ah, I was in Austria for a year. I was teaching in Austria, and then I was in London teaching, in London for a few years.

A:What were you teaching in London?

B:I was teaching primary school. I was a primary school teacher.

A:Kids!

B:Yeah.

A:So what's it like teaching kids?

B:Um, tiring. Very tiring. I prefer teaching adults. That's my preference. I've mainly taught adults in TEFL, but in the state system in England it's only been children. It's fun. It's just very tiring.

A:Ok! Thanks.