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Script Melbourne
Script Melbourne
Shirley: No. I’m not from Sydney. Actually, I’m from Melbourne.
Josh: Melbourne?
Shirley: Hmm.
Shirley: Well, you know Josh, Melbourne is a great city. And one of the reasons is because
there are lots of parks. There’s a really big park right in the center of the city.
Josh: Is it beautiful?
Shirley: It’s gorgeous. It’s called the Botanical Gardens. And they have plants from
many different places around the world. And there’s a lake, a small lake in the center. But
what I really love about that park is at one time of the year, they have lots of big fruit
bats that fly into the park and they hang upside down from the trees. They are really
huge, like big sacks. It’s very cool.
Shirley: Yeah.
Shirley: Oh, there’s great shopping in Melbourne. You know, Melbourne has people
from many different countries. So we have a great variety of things; and clothing, cars,
coffee shops, foods from many different countries. So it’s a great place to shop.
Josh: How do you get around in Melbourne? Do you take the bus?
Shirley: You can take the bus but Melbourne has something very special that no other city
in Australia has. We have a tram system. I think they’re called trolley cars in America,
maybe.
Shirley: Yeah. Well, Melbourne has a really big tram system so you can go lots of places
in the city by tram. It’s really good fun.
Shirley: Not so expensive; cheaper than the bus. Maybe about the same as the train.
Cheaper than a car. Probably, one of the cheapest ways to travel in the city.
Shirley: Melbourne has three or four really big universities and some smaller universities,
too. Also, they have some very good private high schools and some very good public high
schools.