LYNDA: Sara, I've heard that you want to move into a homestay family. Is that correct?
SARA: Yes, that's right. I've been staying with my aunt and now my cousin is arriving from Singapore and my aunt needs the room for him.
LYNDA: Oh, that's bad luck. Well, I'll need to get some particulars first. Sara, what's your full name?
SARA: Sara Lim. and that's Sara without the 'h' at the end.
LYNDA: Mmm. How old are you, Sara?
SARA: Twenty-three, only just. It was my birthday on the twenty-first of August.
LYNDA: Happy Birthday for yesterday. How long have you been in Australia?
SARA: A year in Adelaide and six months in Sydney. I prefer Sydney, I've got more friends here.
LYNDA: What's your address at your aunt's house?
SARA: Flat one, five three nine Forest Road,Canterbury. And the post code is 2036.
LYNDA: OK. What are you studying now?
SARA: I was studying General English in Adelaide and now I'm doing Academic English, because I'm trying to get into Medicine next year.
LYNDA: That sounds good, but it'll take you a long time. When would you like to move out from your aunt's?
SARA: My cousin arrives on Friday morning, so I'd better be out on Thursday.
LYNDA: What, the seventh of September?
SARA: Yes, that's right.