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Introducing Yourself	Presentándose
Hello! My name is Ana. I am twenty-five years old. I live in Miami, Florida with my husband and two children. I have one son in kindergarten and one daughter in first grade. They both attend public school. My husband is a mechanic. On weekends, he works at a restaurant as a dishwasher. The restaurant usually gets more customers on weekends, so they need extra people to wash dishes.	¡Hola! Mi nombre es Ana. Tengo veinticinco años. Vivo en Miami, Florida con mi esposo y dos hijos. Tengo un hijo en kínder y una hija en primer grado. Ambos van a una escuela pública. Mi esposo es mecánico. Los fines de semana, él trabaja en un restaurante lavando platos. El restaurante usualmente tiene más clientes los fines de semana, entonces necesitan gente extra para lavar platos.

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What do you do? What is your profession? I am a lawyer. I work at a law firm. He is a police officer. She is a doctor. We are pilots. They are Real Estate agents. My friend is a firefighter. I am a salesman. I sell insurance. My sister is a nurse. My brother is a soldier. My father is a businessman. My wife is a teacher. My boyfriend is an accountant. His father is a bartender. Her brother is a waiter. Our sister is a waitress. Tom Cruise is an actor. Penelope Cruz is an actress. Rachel is a painter. My son is an artist.

¿Qué hace usted? ¿Cuál es su profesión? Soy abogado. Trabajo en una firma de abogados. Él es un oficial de policía. Ella es doctora. Somos pilotos. Ellos son agentes de Bienes Raices. Mi amigo es bombero. Soy vendedor. Vendo seguros. Mi hermana es enfermera. Mi hermano es soldado. Mi padre es un hombre de negocios. Mi esposa es profesora. Mi novio es contador. El padre de él es cantinero/barman. El hermano de ella es mesero. Nuestra hermana es mesera. Tom Cruise es actor. Penélope Cruz es actriz. Rachel es pintora. Mi hijo es artista.

Try to sleep

Norma went to bed. It was eleven o'clock. She turned out the light. She lay in bed. It was dark. It was quiet. She couldn't sleep. She closed her eyes. She tried to sleep, but she couldn't. She turned the light back on. She opened her book. She started to read her book. It was a good book. She read one page. Then she read another page. After a while, she felt sleepy. She closed the book. She turned out the light. She closed her eyes. She went straight to sleep.