ESLPodcast 22 - Seeing Old Friends(会会老朋友)

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This is turning out to be a month for seeing old friends. I got an email a couple of weeks ago from a old friend from graduate school. She and her family are visiting L.A. for a week. They plan to see family and to visit old friends. Since she moved out of the country, I hadn't seen her in ages. I'm looking forward to meeting her new kids and seeing her again.

还有一个月就要见到我的老朋友们了。几周前，我收到了来自研究所的老朋友的一封电子邮件。她和家人要来拉斯维加斯待一周。他们打算见见亲人，并拜访一下老朋友。自从她出国以后，好几年我都没有见过她了。我非常期待见到她的孩子们，并再次见到她。

Another old friend called this week. She and I were buddies in our undergraduate days. She plans to swing by L.A. on her way to San Francisco. We've made plans to have lunch. She works in Washington D.C. as a political advisor and is usually very busy. I'm glad she could make time for us to get together.

When we say good-bye to our friends, we always hope to keep in touch. But, what with this and that, it's sometimes hard to do. With friends that I've fallen out of touch with, it's sometimes hard to meet up again and pick up where we left off. We've both moved on to a different phase in our lives. Some of my old friends have become very successful, living lives in the fast lane . Other friends are struggling along and are just making ends meet. But, no matter how they're doing, it's always nice to touch base again.

I'm really looking forward to seeing these old pals of mine and catching up after all this time.

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse