I don't feel comfortable with classmates. They call me names and say Pm is too high and Pale (pale). But I can't help her. I exercise, but not too often. There is so much homework to do! Jim (Canada): I need more pocket money to buy some new computer games. Many teenagers in my school have a paper round * or Saturday jobs for a few hours. They make their money. But I can't find a job that I really like. Julia (Australia): My parents won't let me get the job done on Saturday. They say I have to take care of my little brother and do my homework on Monday. This is so boring! Angela (Italy): I hate becausc science teacher is so boring. I would like to continue French and German to take this year. But no one listens to me, including my parents. Martin (New Zealand): Most boys my age have girlfriends. But I can't talk to a girl I really like. I think she is the best and the smartest in oiir school, but very independent and beautiful, too. In the evening, so depressed about it. Claudia (Germany): My parents want me to do music. This is a very hard job, you know. I'm fed up with playing the piano. I just don't want to!
I like this because it means I can read a book or a newspaper. On the Continent, everybody wants to tell you his life story. Some years ago I travelled by train from London to Paris. It was my first visit to Paris so I made up my mind to tour round France for my holidays. As I was going on a long journey I took a lot of books with me. There was an Englishman in the compartment with me and, in a typically English way, he did not speak a word during our journey through the English countryside or while crossing the Channel. But the minute we were in France he said, “Ah, now we are in France, we can talk.” And for the rest of the trip to Paris he told me his life story.
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I like this because it means I can read a book or a newspaper. On the Continent, everybody wants to tell you his life story. Some years ago I travelled by train from London to Paris. It was my first visit to Paris so I made up my mind to tour round France for my holidays. As I was going on a long journey I took a lot of books with me. There was an Englishman in the compartment with me and, in a typically English way, he did not speak a word during our journey through the English countryside or while crossing the Channel. But the minute we were in France he said, “Ah, now we are in France, we can talk.” And for the rest of the trip to Paris he told me his life story.