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Hello Giulia, I am glad to have you as a correspondent and look forward to talking more in the future. It's cool that you are from Fabriano since that is close to Macerata where I studied abroad for fall semester in 2007. When I took the train from Rome we had to make a stop there to take another train to Macerata. I never ended up going there when I was in Macerata, but I would like to go there the next time I go to Italy since my Italian teacher, Nadia Ceccacci is from there. My name is Tim Cooper and I am from Independence, Oregon a small town of about 7,000 which is about 14 miles from Salem, the capitol of Oregon. Oregon is on the west coast of the United States under Washington and above California. When I was in Macerata I would just tell the Italians I met that my home was north of California since many had not heard of Oregon or at least they did not know where it's located in the United States. I attend the University of Oregon, which is in Eugene, and I am a Junior this year studying sociology and Italian. As I have already mentioned before, I studied abroad in Macerata for 3 months last fall and I lived in a dormitory with other Italian students which was really fun since we spent many nights hanging out in the kitchen talking. I am 21 years old and I have one brother (his name is Brian) and he is 17 years old and is a junior in high school. When I was in high school I played soccer, basketball and tennis.

I like to play tennis and frisbee with my friends when I am not studying. I am not sure if you have heard of frisbee, but it's a really fun game. Also I like to go snowboarding when I can, but it is pretty expensive. Other than that on the weekends I like to go out to some of the bars in Eugene since I just turned 21 a couple months ago and this is when someone can finally drink legally in the US and can go to the bars. Is there even a drinking age in Italy? This next term I will be taking 3 Italian classes, oral skills, medieval literature, and media, art and film in Italy.

So tell me a little bit about yourself. Your family, what activities you enjoy, interests, what you are studying. Anything you would like to say.

I hope to hear from you soon,

Tim

buongiorno Giulia,

Mi chiamo Tim Cooper e e' un piacere essere il tuo corrispondente. Sono di Independence in Oregon. Oregon e' sul lato ovest degli stati uniti, sotto Washington e sopra California. E' interresante che sei di Fabriano perche' e' molto vicino a Macerata, la citta' dove ho studiato per il trimestre scorso in autunno. Abbiamo passato attraverso Fabriano quando abbiamo preso il treno da Roma a Macerata il mio primo giorno in Italia. Ero molto stanco siccome avevo viaggiato per tanto tempo quell giorno! Macerata era una bella citta' e la gente era gentile. Mi piaceva molto a parlare con gli italiani che ho abitato con nella resedenzia dell'universita'. Io frequento l'universita' di Oregon e sono io un terzo anno studente li', Studio sociologia e Italiano. ho un fratello si chiama Brian e' in liceo che ho frequento e lui ha 17 anni. In liceo giocavo tennis, calcio e pallecanestra.

Adesso mi piace giocare tennis e frisbee. Conosci il gioco di frisbee? E' molto divertente. Anche per il fine settimana esco con i miei amici ai bar di Eugene per finalmente posso bere alcol e andare ai bar negli stati uniti siccome ho 21 anni. Italia era molto divertente perche' potevo bere e andare ai bar a Macerata. Sono curioso, c'e' una legge per quando si puo' bere alcol in Italia? Quando posso, faccio snowboard per il fine settimana, anche se e' molto caro (quasi 100 dollari per un giorno). Per il prossimo trimestre prendero' tre corsi italiani si chiamano 'oral skills', letteratura medievale e arte, media e film in Italia.

Cosi' cosa ti piace a fare? Cosa studi? Se hai fratelli o sorelle, quanto? Anche dimmi qualsiasi che vorresti.

A presto,

Tim