[originaltext]W: Can I help you?M: No thanks, I’ve got my ticket, m I’m all Rt

W: Can I help you?
M: No thanks, I’ve got my ticket, m I’m all Rt.
W: Can I ask where you are going?
M: Right now to Xi’an, I’ve just come from Suzhou, and before that from Shanghai and Beijing.
W: Wow! So many places. I’m Chinese and I haven’t even been to so many places.
M: Well, I’ve always dreamed of traveling in China. I’ve been working for a long time to save enough money to come.
W: But you look so young! What kind of work do you do?
M: I study East Asian History, and I also work in a Japanese restaurant, you know, to pay the hills and get some practical experience. I’ve been working there since I was 16.
W: You study and work at the same time? You must be so busy. Why work? Doesn’t your family pay for your studies?
M: Well, I wanted to be independent. I like living in my own apartment, and paying my own bills. I feel free that way, even if do have to budget my time very carefully. But I’m proud to be independent of my family. Besides, I’ve got an elder sister in college and two younger brothers. My parents aren’t poor, but they can’t help everyone. I’ve got scholarships, loans, a job. I’m busy, but doing fine. I don’t need to go to them for moremoney.
W: Aren’t you lonely living on your own? Do you still see your family?
M: No I’m not lonely, and sure I see my family, they only live a few miles away, so I see them once a week or so. We are very close now that we don’t live together. As they say, "absence makes the heart grow fonder!"