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Yuet Tung aged 31, from Hong Kong

Yuet Tung is her Chinese name, but in English she's known as Clara. She came to the US eight years ago and studied fine art. Now she work son Madison Avenue for a publisher. She married a Vietnamese American three years ago, and they live in Long island. They don't have any children yet.

What does she think of living in New York? 'It's very similar to Hong Kong. It's a busy city, very exciting, and people walk very fast! I like the stores here. They're huge, and it’s cheaper than Hong Kong. But you need a car here, in Hong Kong everyone uses public transportation, because it's good and it's cheap. At first I hated driving here, but it’s OK now.'

What does she like best? ‘The space. Here I live in a house with a yard. In Hong Kong it is so crowded. And the people are friendly. When I go jogging, everyone says "Hi!" And the food is from every country in the world.'

4. Find a partner from each of the other two groups. Exchange the information. Then answer the questions below and compare your answers.

  1. What do the people have in common?

  2. Are they all happy living in the US?

  3. Who has other members of their family living there?

  4. Do they all have children?

  5. Who married someone from their own country?

  6. What do Roberto and Endre like about the US?

  7. What do they say about their own country?

  8. Do they like the people?

  9. What do they say about Americans and their cars?

Text B

1. Divide into two groups (a and b), read your texts and answer the questions to them.

Group A: Read text 1 and 3.

Group B: Read text 2 and 4.

The questions to the texts:

1. What are the people in the texts? Where are they? What are they doing?

2. What nationality are they?

3. Are/Were there any problems between nationalities?

4. What food is mentioned? What’s it like?

London: the world in one city1

Leo Benedictus spent months interviewing the immigrant communities that give the city of London its vitality and, more importantly, its food!

New York and Toronto may think they are more cosmopolitan, but London in the 21st century is certainly the most diverse city ever. This is one of the reasons why it was chosen to host the 2012 Olympic Games. More than 300 languages are spoken by the people of London, and it has 50 nationalities with populations of more than 10,000.

Why is this? Firstly, London is a place of business. Londoners have the fewest bank holidays in Europe and work the longest hours. People come for jobs and money. But that is not why they stay. Language is one reason. Fluency in English is a great gift for their children. Another surprising reason is the character of the London people. They are not as friendly as some other nationalities. But this has advantages - people leave you alone, and you are free to live your own life. Finally, the most delicious reason is - food. You can have dinner in more than 70 different nationalities of restaurant any night of the week. Londoners' enthusiasm for foreign food creates thousands of jobs for new communities.

All Londoners, old and new, have the same principles. They work hard, love their children, and move out of the city centre as soon as they can afford it!