do you mind if I sit here ?
neutral
user
no , of course not . Go ahead .
neutral
assistant
don't I know you ?
neutral
user
yes , now that you mention it , I think we had a chemistry class together in high school .
neutral
assistant
you're right ! How are you ? It's been a long time !
happiness
user
What did you do after high school ?
neutral
assistant
I went straight to university afterwards . What about you ?
neutral
user
I took a year off to go travelling .
neutral
assistant
that sounds exciting . Where did you go ?
neutral
user
I went all over the world . It was the best year of my life . Where did you go to school ?
neutral
assistant
I went to a small school in Connecticut . It has a very good reputation for its languages department .
neutral
user
Oh , did you study a foreign language ?
neutral
assistant
yes , I got a grant to study Chinese .
neutral
user
that's a very difficult language to learn , isn't it ?
neutral
assistant
it is , but it's very rewarding .
neutral
user
so you can speak Chinese ?
neutral
assistant
I can , but not as well as I'd like to . I'll be studying Chinese until the day I die !
neutral
user
I think most languages take a lifetime to learn well .
neutral
assistant