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English Audio Request

yangsoomary
229 Words / 2 Recordings / 3 Comments

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Today, I'd like to introduce where I live.

I've lived in Austin, Texas since 2007. After getting married, I moved this city because of my husband, who has lived there for 10 years and has been working since he graduated from school in the US. My first impression of this city is that the sky is blue and I can see it easily because the buildings are less than 2 stories except those in the downtown area.

Austin is famous for The Texas Capitol, The University of Texas at Austin(UT), and country music. Many people mistakenly believe that the capital of Texas is other city like Houston or Dallas. The reason may be that Austin is smaller than Houston and Dallas. UT is the third largest university in the States based on the number of the students, also famous for its sports teams. There are many young people and foreign students, so the air of the city is brisk and lively, furthermore the crime rate is low. In the city, country music is so popular you can listen to it at the number of concerts near downtown on weekends. Thanks to these 3 reasons, many people visit the city all the time.

Although Austin is notorious for its hot summers, I love this city because of its educational environment, low crime rate, and active economy.

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yangsoomary
May 21, 2012

Thank you(bella_trixxx and nuttyputty77) for your recordings. I'm so pleased to have these two versions to practice :) I really appreciate it.

nuttyputty77
May 21, 2012

Your welcome Yangsoomary,

A few things I just wanted to correct.

"I moved to* this city because of my husband, who has lived here* for 10 years"

"Many people mistakenly believe that the capital of Texas is one of the other cities* like Houston or Dallas."

The thing with English there are many ways of saying the same thing but in a different order. You can use a different order to say the same thing in English. See lol

yangsoomary
May 21, 2012

You're right! I wondered how I can express naturally these sentences with a different order. Thank you for letting me know how to write it. It's helpful. Thank you so much :)

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