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Listen All  |   Person A  |   Person B

A: "I'm calling about the available room. Is it still available?"
B: "Yes it is. Do you know where we're located?"
A: "Yeah. I drove by this morning and I liked the location. What's the rent?"
B: "It's $850 a month. So you would pay $425 a month plus half of the bills."
A: "How big is the place?"
B: "It's a two bedroom, one bath and roughly about 800 square feet."
A: "Is the complex pretty quiet? Can you hear a lot of noise or anything like that?"
B: "They have a strict policy in the apartment complex concerning noise level. So it
stays very quiet after 10 PM."
A: "Are you the only person who lives there now?"
B: "Yeah. I'm only looking for one roommate."
A: "Everything sounds good. Can we schedule a time to meet so I can look at the
place?"
B: "I'm available anytime today or tomorrow."
A: "How about if I come over now?"
B: "That works with me. But what is your name?"
A: "Oh, my name is Brad."
B: "Ok. I'm Randy. So I'll see you in a bit?"
A: "Should only take about 15 minutes to get there."
B: "Sounds good."
A big part of university life in America is the fraternity and sorority. Since many people
do not know what they are, let me explain a little so you understand what I'm talking
about in this session.

Fraternity and sorority is a group of people that get together and live in a big building.
They are in a special group that is defined by their own rules. Most of the students live
in either apartments or dormitories, but an alternative is to live in a fraternity or a
sorority. I don't know the short name for sorority, but the short name for a fraternity is
a frat. It all depends on the sentence whether you should call it a fraternity or a frat.
Also, fraternity and sorority have names and they are already established. The names
are always Greek and so they named the area where these buildings are located, Greek
Row.

Fraternity is the terminology used for guys, and sorority is what they use for the ladies.
So if you are a guy, you will be looking at fraternities, and if you are a lady, you will be
joining a sorority.

The price to live in a fraternity or a sorority is similar to the price of dormitories. There
are many sizes, but as an example, a fraternity house might have 50 rooms. All rooms
either hold 2 or sometimes 3 people. There is a kitchen and food is served at specific
times.

If you want to get into a fraternity or sorority, you usually have to apply and interview
with existing members. Popular ones are very picky and will not let some types of
people in. Others are desperate to fill their rooms so they will accept anyone.
Almost everyone who has been in a fraternity or a sorority never regrets it. There are
more people who regret not having lived in a fraternity than having lived in one. So if
you plan on attending a university in the states and will be there for more than 2 years,
you should definitely consider the frat or sorority life.

Here are some examples of fraternity and sorority names. I do not know these
fraternities or sororities. I am using this as an example so you understand the naming
scheme.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority