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Inspired by the stories from the NPR Radio Diary Project, students in four sections of Erika Heppner’s HUL 100 classes bought tape recorders and recorded some of their favorite people and stories. Have a listen and enjoy! |
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Picture remembrance - Hui Liu Wu
We were the best friends, and we had a great time both in China and in New York. Unfortunately, about 6 months ago God has taken her away from me. This picture is a record of our happiness, and also my sadness..
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George Garcia: A young immigrant - Darwin
Orellana
I had recently interview to one of my old friends and I didn’t have a good conversation long time ago, just like I had last week. I was so glad to meet him one more time. His name is George Garcia, but I call him double " G”. I was the person who came up with the nickname and he likes his new nickname. Actually, his old nickname was " vago”, and everyone used to call him by his old nickname. He is of Ecuadorian nationality, the same as me. I know him for many years.
His childhood life was so excited, sharing bad and good moments with me. He used to meet every day with his friends in everywhere. His life was so happy until he had to move away. He decided to immigrate to The United States when he was 18 years old. At the moment his life was so complicated and sad in immigrating to a big country, which is EEUU, looking for a better life.
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Nail salons in U.S. - EunJung Ko
When I first came to the U.S., I was shocked that they were so many nail salons. In my country, people are not used to going to a nail salon to do their nails. There are a few, only in big cities, but it is limited to celebrities or very rich people. But here in the U.S., it is like wearing the right clothing for the right time. People go to do their nails before they go on vacation, before attending a funeral, before a birthday party or even every other week. That is my motivation to interview a nail-person, who is common in the U.S., but not so common in any other part of the world.
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Signs from Earth - Liliana Ferreira
There is no question that the earth is getting hotter. The real questions are How much of the warming is our fault and are we willing to slow the melt down? How much it is affecting us?
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Teenage Education - Maria Prado
"I've been living in the U.S. for almost 5 years and I think teenagers here misbehave more than in my country, Nicaragua"
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Katherine: Immigrants Journey - Nancy Mendez
" Every year millions of people emigrate to The United
Sates looking for there own version of the American dream.
This is the story of one of those people who is making her
dream a reality."
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Romina Bellomo: Host - Romina Bellomo
I had the opportunity to interview the owners of Manic Panic N.Y.C., Tish and Snooky, a pair of sisters in L.I.C. who have turned their taste for punk fashion into a business with a national presence.
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Personal Rose Garden - Salma Khanam
Working in a garden to blooming flower, it’s a very cool feeling. When flowers bloom after hard work and people take picture of these flowers by passing the garden, I feel like I did some thing nice for the world. The reason is, I think, world needs more color.
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An Interview with My Sister - Wida Sidiqi
I interviewed my sister her name is Roya. She is student at LaGuardia Community college, and her major is accounting. For me it was interesting to know about her Oral Communication’s class that I am taking right now. I remember when she entered the college she took ESL 97, with UHL 100 in her first semester. She said that that class was very interesting for her. They, I mean the class did a lot of stuff in class. It was very exciting for her to know different people in her class from all around the worlds. In Roy’s class there were only eight students and all were from different cultures and countries. She enjoyed that class even though it was a little hard for her; she was a beginner that is way.
My sister told me about how the speech lab was helpful for her. They had to record their own vice and then listened to it and make correction. When you listened to your own speech it is very funny to catch mistakes and correct it especially the pronunciation of the vowels sounds. Also, they did speeches and presentation in the class.
She still remembers her class and classmates. She has a good memory of her Oral Communication’s class.
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Chinese Club - Yuening Liao
Jason is the president of Chinese Club at Laguardia community College. He talked about this club purpose, some activities and his experience and some point of view.
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My first experience at LaGuardia - Roger Vasquez
This story is about Roger, whose experience at la guardia community college was frustrated for him because he knew no one and he didn't know what to do and he did not speak English as first language, he is from Mexico, he left there his best friends. He just come here to see what happens here while he studies at LAGCC.
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My first trip to New York - Sanchit Sarker
Here I am talking about my first trip to New York and why I was not satisfied about my curiosity. How I felt when I first saw an airplane.
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Korea - Seohwan Moon
Korea is divided country in the world. In other words, there is no more divided country in the world except the Korea. Nowadays, many people in the world are getting pay attention to Korea, small country of Asia, and they are curious about why this country is separated or what make them not to meet each other. So, this audio transcript could help the people who want to understand about history of Korea.
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Waitress In New York City - Shinta Pradani
The audio diary is about a student name Shinta who is working full time as a waitress in one of the finest Mexican restaurant in New York. This diary was recorded live at the restaurant. How she takes orders and how she socialize with her friends. It’s dun and also a little bit frustrating. At the end, she was glad that everything is going fine. In a Sunday, she was lucky to make a lot of money.
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