Show 106 Monday 17 July

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STICK NEWS

Kia Ora. In Stick News today, a development company in New Zealand has been fined for cutting branches off a tree.

The 70-year-old tree was sitting happily minding its own business in Wellington, New Zealand when the attack occurred.
By the time police arrived, all its branches had been hacked off.
Police caught those responsible for the attack. They were two brothers who own a development company.

Today in court the company was fined 14 thousand dollars. They’ve also been ordered to replace the tree, and install a plaque at the foot of the new tree outlining its history. And that was Stick News for Monday the 17th of July. Kia Ora.

conversations with sarah
# 68 What are you going to do?

Sarah and Kate discuss paper clip trading.
Step 1: Repeat Tomomi’s lines.
Step 2: Read Tomomi’s line’s on the screen and talk to Sarah.

Tomomi Are you having a summer holiday this year?

Sarah 　Yes. I’m taking a month off.

Tomomi A month?!

Sarah 　Yeah.

Tomomi Wow. What are you going to do?

Sarah 　I’m going to go surfing.

Tomomi Really? Are you a surfer?

Sarah 　Well, I wouldn’t call myself a surfer. But I have been surfing a few times.

Tomomi Where are you going to surf?

Sarah 　In Chiba.

Tomomi Are you good at surfing?

Sarah 　No.

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Music by Kenji Williams from New York, USA.
Used with permission from magnatune.com
From the album Epic.
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