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Tu:
Do you travel by car in Iran?
Amir:
Well, you know,when I was in Iran it was just like your case. I feltlike this is natural. This ishow I saw the traffic. Thiswas how it is supposed towork. When you goabroad, and like me rightnow, I'm living abroad,then I go back to Iran, Icannot drive with theflows again just likebefore. It is very difficultfor me. At first, I becomevery much like foreignersand get mad at everymistake, you know, everyillegal moves, you know,other Iranians are doing,so but after awhile I getthe hang of it, so then Ilearn how to really my getwork done.
Tu:
Well, actually, onemore thing is how dopeople cross the road inIran?
Amir:
Well, actually, thegovernment has built verygood infrastructure, so wehave this, you know, thispass-way that you canwalk, you know, and crossthe streets, but well, itreally depends on howmuch these roads arenow implemented, andhow people really feellike ...
Tu:
Following it.
Amir:
Following it. Yeah.
Tu:
Well, actually, onething in Vietnam, onething typical toVietnamese traffic ispeople cross the roadanyway they want.
Amir:
Yeah.
Tu:
We don't go withthem. Yeah, what do youcall it? The white one?The zebra? Like thecrossing line? We don'tcross?
Amir:
Ah, crosswalk!
Tu:
Yeah, yep, that one.We don't cross the roadthere. We just cross theroad whenever we wantand wherever we want.
Amir:
Oh, I see. So whathappens in case of anaccident, if the car hits apasserby?
Tu:
You know, actually,one of the amazing thingsis we never got hit by that.
Amir:
Never?
Tu:
And foreigners lookamazed at it. Like, they just can't believe it. They just don't know why? Howcome people cross theroad without ... butactually we just lookslowly, slowly, one-by-one, and we even cross infront of a car. It's prettynormal for us. It's easythough if you get used toit.
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Part 1:cars in Iran? heavy traffic isnaturalwhen returning, can
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t do itWhen Amir lived in Iran he felt like heavy trafficwas a normal part of life and it didn
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t bother him.However, after he spent time living in a differentcountry, when he returned to Iran it was veryhard for him to believe how bad the traffic was.Part 2:he was like a foreignergot mad at illegal movesgot the hang of it - learned____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Part 3:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Part 4:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Part 5:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
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1. Do you usually travel by car?
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I have a car but usually I take thesubway, because it is faster.2. Does the way people drive botheryou?
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I would rather walk but I like to getexercise and fresh air.3. Are there special places for people tocross the street in your hometown?
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There are so many cars that arebrand new.4. Do a lot of people ride bikes?
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A lot of motorcycles hit people whoare walking. Plus, the air is really bad.5. Is the public transportation systemgood?
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If there are no accidents, then theyusually arrive exactly on time.6. Do buses, trains, and subways arriveon time?
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We have buses, but no subwaysand no trains so most people drive.7. Is it dangerous for pedestrians?
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Everything is really spread out so ittakes a long time to ride a bike.8. Are there a lot of nice cars?
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Yes, we have crosswalks butpeople don
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t always use them.9. Which do you prefer, walking ordriving?
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Yeah, I hate it when people honktheir horn at me. It drives me nuts.10. Do you have a car?
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In this city, you pretty much have tohave a car to get anywhere.
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