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In the stories and conversations in Book 1, you are going to hear a lot about Emilie Bertrand, Bob Ennis and Randy Chen. Emilie is the same age as Bob. They are 23, but Randy is only 20. Only Bob is American, but they are all living in the same country, the United States. Emilie comes from France, and Randy was born in Beijing.
Emilie was born and brought up in the suburbs of Paris. While she was a student there, she earned extra money by modeling for one of the top fashion houses in France. After high school, Emilie wanted to study fashion and spent three years in college to learn the business. Her parents were not pleased with her decision to study the arts. They always thought Emilie should be a teacher. But Emilie had her dream, and she wanted to make it come true. After she graduated, Emilie ran into a problem. She could not find a job in Paris. After she looked for several months, she had to make a difficult choice: give up her dream or leave her family and get a job in the United States. She chose to go to the United States two years ago, and now she has quite a good reputation in her field.
Bob comes from San Francisco, and like most young men of his age, he leads a fairly normal life. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree and his major was electronic engineering. He was just an average student who was always good at sports. He likes track and field the best. He still isn't married and shares an apartment with two of his friends from college.
Randy has a very promising future. He just arrived in California from Beijing. Back home Randy always spoke English very well because it was his ambition to do his college work in America. After he finished at one of the best high schools, he spent two years in the army. At first he wasn't sure he would get accepted to an American college, but finally he got into one of the best. He arrived in the States only four weeks ago, so he has many things to learn. He lives in the dormitory.
