Connected speech – Practice

by Teacher Mingo

Emma in Spain

Around this time, ten years ago, I left my home country for the first time in my life. I
was thinking about going to Canada or the USA. But… no. Instead, I moved to Spain
during the second year of my degree to study there.

I studied in Tarragona, a city in Catalonia. Originally, I was only supposed to go for

one term, but the coordinator messed up and accidently put “one year” on the form.
My first semester there was tough. I felt like I didn’t really fit in. The other students
used to ask me if I wanted to go out, but I didn’t want to.

In the second semester, I decided to make some friends with some local Catalan
girls. They all showed me some interesting things about the culture and I really
enjoyed my second semester. After my year was up, I had to move back to England
to finish my degree.

Now, ten years later, I’m back in Spain and living in my dream city, Barcelona.