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Streamline English Town n Country; A Hard Life

Town n Country Town and country Chris: I was born in a small country village, It  was too quiet. Stan: You were lucky! Chris: I don't think so. There wasn't much thing to do. That's why many young people go to London. Stan: But London's too expensive for young people. Chris: But they still go ...they want excitement. Stan: Hmm ... I don't want excitement, I just want a quiet life, that's all. A Hard Life: Jerry Floyd is talking to his grandfather about his new job: "It's terrible granddad. I have to get up at 7 o'clock because I have to catch the bus to work. Because I'm new, I have to make the tea. I have to work hard... I'm only happy at weekends, I don't have to work then. " His grandfather isn't sympathetic: "I had to work when i was 14. I lived in South Wales  and there wasn't much work. I had to be a coal miner. We had to work 12 hours a day. We didn't have to work on Sundays ... but we had to ...