Intro
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How much stuff do you have? Unless you’ve moved recently, its likely that you don’t really know.
When you move from one house or apartment to another, it’s the one time you touch all of your things. You have to decide what to keep, what to get rid of, and how you will ever get all of this stuff to your new place.
Even if you’re just moving to a new home in the same city, it can be a challenge. Some people rent trucks, others use their own cars, and some spring for professional movers. Jason is about to move. Find out what advice Amy has for him.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Jason: I just got the keys to my new place today.
Amy: Oh, great, so that means you’re gonna be moving soon.
Jason: Yeah, in about a week. I’m trying to decide if we should rent a moving van or not.
Amy: Have you done that before, or have you just always gotten a friend with a truck or something?
Jason: Yeah. I’ve just made like 15 trips.
Amy: Ugh, such a hassle. What about hiring movers? That seems like such a luxury, but it would make it so much easier.
Jason: It might be worth it. I mean, I didn’t even look into it. I just assumed it would be too expensive. But yeah, maybe it is worth it. I mean, can you imagine, just like, “Alright guys, see you at the end of the day.”
Amy: Yeah, see you at my new place.
Jason: We’re gonna go have lunch.
Amy: That sounds worth it to me. I don’t know what the cost is, but that sounds priceless.
Jason: I think part of my fear is that…like I’m not a terribly organized person, but my stuff is organized in a way that I know where it is. So I think maybe I wouldn’t be able to explain to them how I want it packed up.
Amy: They don’t unpack it and arrange it in your new place, they just get it into the house. You can always still move your furniture around or set your books up however you want them.
Jason: There’s always that problem after you move, though, that you can’t find your stuff.
Amy: That’s true.
Jason: And I think it would be even worse if I had movers.
Amy: Yeah, maybe.
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Discussion
Jason is about to move into a new place. He is trying to decide how to move all his belongings.
Amy asks if he is going to hire movers. Jason has never hired movers in the past. He has always moved himself, making several trips in order to get all of his belongings. He thinks it might be worth it to hire movers, because moving is such a hassle.
On the other hand, Jason isn’t sure he trusts movers to pack up all of his stuff in an organized way. He is afraid that if he hires movers, he won’t be able to find things as easily after he is in his new place.
Have you ever moved before? Did you hire movers, or did you do it yourself? What advice do you have for Jason?
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