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3.14 Melbourne (Views 1456) Answers)
3.14 Melbourne (Views 1456) Answers)
Shirley talks about her hometown of Melbourne, Australia and why it is a nice place.
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.
Shirley: Well, it’s not cheap, but it’s not as expensive as Sydney. Sydney is the biggest city
in Australia. It’s very expensive to live, but in Melbourne, hmm, the housing is so-so.
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 to 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.