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Hello, everyone! I am Leora Andersen, and it’s very nice to be with you again.
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It’s quite cold now. It’s very cold and snows a lot in the northern part of the United States. ( . .)
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There are people moving down to the South for the winter for warmer weather. We call them snowbirds. ( . ‘snowbirds’ .)
‘snowbird’, ‘snowbird’ .
In the winter, many people from Canada and the Northern part of the US move down to the sunny areas like Florida, Arizona, Texas, even Australia and New Zealand. ( , , , .)
‘Florida’ ‘Arizona’, ‘Texas’ ‘sunbelt region’ . ‘Australia’ ‘New Zealand’ .
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They either drive their RVs, or they rent condominiums or stay in resorts or hotels. ( .)
RV(Recreational Vehicle), , ‘condominium’ ‘resort’ ‘rent’ .
‘Florida’ ? ‘Florida’ ‘Orlando’ .
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(the Venice of America) ‘Fort Lauderdale’ , ‘Florida Keys’ .
, ‘the Florida Keys’ . ‘key’ ‘cayo’ .
‘Florida Keys’ ?
There’re so many things to do. You can snorkel, there’s parasailing, all kinds of water sports, water-skiing, kayaking, windsurfing, sunset sailing, banana boats, fishing, shopping, and of course restaurants. ( . , , , , , , , , , , …)
Snorkeling: ?
Glass-bottom boat: .
Fishing:
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380 3.4 , ‘tarpon’ .
‘Florida Keys’ 15 , 25 , ‘Key’ . ‘Upper Keys’, ‘Middle Keys’, ‘Lower Keys’ , ‘Key West’ ‘Lower Keys’ .
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Key West is famous for many reasons. The first thing I can think of is a famous American musician named Jimmy Buffet started Margaritaville, a very famous restaurant there. ( . .)
Did you want me to sing Jimmy Buffet’s Margarittaville song?
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Yeah, will you try it a little bit? ( , ?)
Oh, no. I’ll have to practice. ( , . .)
OK. I will give you one week then….( . .)
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There are many festivals, beautiful sunsets, the water is beautiful sky blue. And the food is very good because of all of the seafood restaurants. ( , . . .)
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Key West is famous for many things.
(Key West is famous for many reasons.)
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Key West is famous for the sunsets. We not only watch it, we celebrate it!
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Key West Sponge Market: .
There’re a lot of natural sponges that people find in the waters in Key West. ( .)
Yes, they sell these dead animals that they bring up from the waters. And many people buy them to have a souvenir from Key West. ( (= ) . .)
Hemingway House ( ): ‘ ’ , 1931 10 . , . / , , , .
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Ernest Hemingway is the most popular American novelist of the 20th century.
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Ernest Hemingway is the most respected American writer of the 20th century.
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The Sun Also Rises (1926) .
A Farewell to Arms (1929) .
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) ?
The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
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Key West is famous for many things.
(Key West is famous for many reasons.)
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Ernest Hemingway is the most popular American novelist of the 20th century.
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Florida “Key West” . , Leora . . Thank you for joining us, and see you again soon. Bye.
