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so, tanya. how's your days going
busy. hey, do you mind if i ask... who's the girl in that picture? she looks very familiar.
oh, that's sara, my best friend. she was the first person that i met in college. we've been friends ever since.
are you very similar?
no, not really. i can be pretty reserved sometime, but she's so outgoing. she's someone who makes friends easily.
yeah, i want to be that kind of person!
i guess that's why she's such a good salesperson.
oh! that's how i know her! she works at the bookstore near my house!

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THERE CELEBRITY FRIENDSHIPS THAT PAID OFF BIG
what happens when friends work together? can they help each other or do they have problems? maybe it can go either way, but for some friends, the payoff is big. here are some who became famous parthers and accomplished amazing things together.
CHAD HURLEY AND STEVE CHEN
you may not have heard of this pair, but these are the guys that started youtube. chad and steve were colleagues at another internet company and became friends. in 2005, they started youtube in a garage. one year-and millions of videos-later, they sold the company for over a billion dollars!
DREW BARRYMORE AND NANCY JUVONEN
drew barrymore met nancy juvonen on a film set. they shared a common interest in producing films, and drew invited nancy to become a partner in a production company. their partnership produced many successful films, and it was drew who introduced nancy to her husband, jimmy fallon. nowadays, the parteners are associates in a different way. they are both mothers whose children are also good friends.
MATT DAMON AND BEN AFFLECK
matt and ben were childhood friends from boston who nobody had heard of until they starred in the movie good will hunting in the 1990s. but they weren't just the stars. these ambitious guys also wrote the script for the movie and won an oscar for it!

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hey, clare. what are you looking for?
my smartphone. i can't find it anywhere!
oh, that's too bad. you look really upset about it.
yeah, i am. my whole life is in there! phone numbers, pictures, emails, everything. i've got to find it!
have you tried looking under the sofa?
yes. what a disaster! i do everything with that phone. i even use it for paying bills. and i need it right now to email my boss.
wow, your life really is in that thing. i only use my phone to make calls. it's can't even send emails.
well, then you should get a phone like mine!
you're probably right. hey, here it is!can i have it?

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ROBOTS AMONG US   [BY LORI CHEN]
more and more human jobs are done by robots now. they build cars, clean homes, deliver poducts, and do other automated tasks. however, until recently, robots have not been able to look you in the eye and smile . but now, human-like robots are becoming a reality. the following examples show how this is happening.
Robots in the classroom
if you visit a korean classroom, you might see a yellow and black robot named robosem. robosem's job is to help students practice language lessons. across the word in the united kingdom, you might find a cute whie robot named nao. nao is very user-friendly and helps young children learn computer programming.
Robots in the service industry
in japan, robots are appearing in service jobs. at the henn-na hotel in nagasaki, a robot who looks like a young woman stands behind the front desk. in order to make you fell comfortable, she smiles as she checks you into your room and gives you your key. later, you might interact with another human-like robot at a bank or even at a cafe.
Robot friends
how about a convenient build-your-own robot kit? companies in the US now offer plans for building personal robots. people can program their robots with apps. a robot named jimm, for example, can be programmed to be a friend. jimmy can download information from social media in order to have a conversation with you, pernaps over dinner in a restaurant.

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ana! you're back! how was your trip to brazil?
great, once i got there. my flight was delayed by mechanical problems. by the time my plane finally landed in rio, my connecting flight had left.
oh, that's terrible!
i know. luckily, my friend lives in rio, so i stayed with her. and the rest of my trip went smoothly.
that's good. i'm glad to hear that.
thanks. how about you? didn't you go somewhere recently?
yeah, i was in paris for work last month. i hadn't been there before, so i visited lots of museums in my spare time.
wow, that's great!
yeah, but unfortunately, my flight was delayed, too!

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