LESSON 18: Street Tonight’s topic: 42nd Harry Barber and this is Radio Station WLFM. Our “Good evening. I’m topic tonight on Call In is New 42nd Street, particularly the Times Square York’s area. the most crime-filled area in the city. a place for drug dealers and It’s It’s alcoholics, action movies and pornography. inhabited by all kinds of street It’s people, from bag ladies and homeless kids to street corner orators and junkies. becoming more and more dangerous. What should the city do? What And it’s do you listeners think? Call in. Maybe you can suggest some solutions. My I think the city should spend time “Hi, Harry. name’s Stuart Amos. doing something about it. They ought to redevelop the whole area. They ought to get rid of the pornography. I stopped going to that area a long time ago because I was really afraid that get mugged or something. I mean, you never I’d see a cop down there. And the Times Square subway station is full of strange characters. Somebody ought to do something. disgraceful. It’s for your opinion. Now would someone call in and tell us “Thanks, Stuart, what the city should do?” Harry. Hilda Diaz. I agree with Mr. Amos. When I was young, “Hello, I’m I used to go to Times Square with my parents. But I take my kids there wouldn’t now. There are too many bad influences like stores that specialize in pornography or weapons. And you always hear foul language in the street. Also, the theater district. I love the theater even though so expensive. But I it’s it’s have to take public transportation to get there, and I my life taking the won’t risk subway when I leave the theater at night. So I never go. Anyway, people have been talking about these problems for ten years and nothing has been done. better not spend another minute talking about it. better do something We’d We’d about it soon!” Hilda. sure we all sympathize with you. But lots of people think “Right, I’m the city had better do something. there anyone who can offer a concrete Isn’t solution? Call in, please.”
LESSON 18: Tonight’s topic: 42nd Street “Good evening. I’m Harry Barber and this is Radio Station WLFM. Our topic tonight on Call In is New York’s 42nd Street, particularly the Times Square area. It’s the most crime-filled area in the city. It’s a place for drug dealers and alcoholics, action movies and pornography. It’s inhabited by all kinds of street people, from bag ladies and homeless kids to street corner orators and junkies. And it’s becoming more and more dangerous. What should the city do? What do you listeners think? Call in. Maybe you can suggest some solutions. “Hi, Harry. My name’s Stuart Amos. I think the city should spend time doing something about it. They ought to redevelop the whole area. They ought to get rid of the pornography. I stopped going to that area a long time ago because I was really afraid that I’d get mugged or something. I mean, you never see a cop down there. And the Times Square subway station is full of strange characters. Somebody ought to do something. It’s disgraceful. “Thanks, Stuart, for your opinion. Now would someone call in and tell us what the city should do?” “Hello, Harry. I’m Hilda Diaz. I agree with Mr. Amos. When I was young, I used to go to Times Square with my parents. But I wouldn’t take my kids there now. There are too many bad influences like stores that specialize in pornography or weapons. And you always hear foul language in the street. Also, it’s the theater district. I love the theater even though it’s so expensive. But I have to take public transportation to get there, and I won’t risk my life taking the subway when I leave the theater at night. So I never go. Anyway, people have been talking about these problems for ten years and nothing has been done. We’d better not spend another minute talking about it. We’d better do something about it soon!” “Right, Hilda. I’m sure we all sympathize with you. But lots of people think the city had better do something. Isn’t there anyone who can offer a concrete solution? Call in, please.”
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