CHARLES: Excuse me. Do you study Chinese at this university?
SUZY: Yes, I do. But my characters are very bad.
CHARLES: It takes a long time to learn Chinese writing.
SUZY: Are you Chinese by birth?
CHARLES: Yes, I am. I am from Guangzhou. I am here to study international relations.
SUZY: How do you like it?
CHARLES: I like it so far. But my English still needs work.
SUZY: I want to study Mandarin and public relations.
CHARLES: Does the Chinese Department here teach regular characters or simplified characters?
SUZY: They teach regular characters.
CHARLES: I see. I'm from Mainland China, so I know simplified characters better than regular ones.
SUZY: You just said your English needs work, yes?
CHARLES: Yes, that's true. Especially my writing. I think my papers aren't good enough. I make lots of grammatical mistakes.
SUZY: Well, I am very serious about learning Chinese. But for me the hard part now is pronunciation. You have the four tones in Chinese. It is very hard. If you have time, maybe we could do a language exchange.
CHARLES: That sounds good. We can settle down the details tomorrow. This is my address and phone number.
SUZY: I'll give you mine too. But sorry, I have to leave now. See you.
