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When did you write that?
M ∶ I wrote that in 1960.
W ∶ How old were you then?
M ∶ Umꎬ eighteen. And a year later I went to Indonesia.
W ∶ It was your experience in Indonesia that inspired
your film Eastern Moonꎬ wasnt it?
M ∶ Yesꎬ thats right. Though I didnt actually make
Eastern Moon until 1978.
W ∶ And you worked for television for a time too?
M ∶ Yes. I started making documentaries for television
in 1973.
W ∶ Did you stay in Indonesia for long?
M ∶ For eight years. And it was there that I met my wife
and we got married in 1965. And then we came
back to Britain and continued writing.
W ∶ The writing of The Cold Earth?
M ∶ Yesꎬ and it came out in 1975.
W ∶ That was a bestsellerꎬ wasnt it?
M ∶ Yes. It was.
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M ∶ I cant stand my roommate Jack any more.
W ∶ What happened?
M ∶ He plays computer games every day till well past
midnight.
W ∶ And what?
M ∶ And hes not just pressing the keyboards. When he
gets excitedꎬ he even laughs out loud. I can never
5. with that.
W ∶ Ohꎬ thats too bad. Did you talk to him?
M ∶ Ive talked to him many times.
W ∶ Whats his response to your talk?
M ∶ He just promises that he wont do it again. But two
days laterꎬ hes on it again.
W ∶ I think the problem is that hes addicted to it and
cant get over the addiction. What about helping him
get rid of it?
M ∶ But how?
W ∶ Does his study suffer too?
M ∶ Yes. He failed three courses last year.
W ∶ So try your best to 6.
playing computer gamesꎬ not only for youꎬ but
also for his studies.
M ∶ OK. Ill give it another try.
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Last summer I went to Miami Beachꎬ Floridaꎬ
where I stayed for two weeks. My friend John and I
flew to Miami from New York in three hours. It was
the first time for both of us to travel by air. We sat near
the window of the plane and enjoyed an unusual and
beautiful view of the world. We went there because
the cost was lower. We stayed at a hotel on the beach.
We sl