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Conversation C

a. Afternoon.

B:   Good afternoon.

C:   Hi there.

B:   Where are you going?

A:   It's the, er, Caledonian Hotel, please, it's in...Princes Street.

B:   Caledonian Hotel, I know it, all right. So are you here on holiday?

A:   Right yeah. We're here on holiday. How did you know?

B:   Oh I can always tell. Where are you from. America is it?

C:   No, we're Canadian. We're from Toronto.

B:   Canada, eh? Well, well, that's a long way to come. Is this your first time in Edinburgh?

A:   Yes. it's our first time here, but I have family here.

B:   Is that right? Yes, my family came from near here. They moved to Canada.

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