http://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=527
Moving to a new city can be a lonely experience.
When I fist moved to Los Angeles, I didn't know anyone.
And it was hard to strike up new friendships.
(begin)
I'm a pretty sociable person but it's still hard meeting new people and even harder to make lasting friendships.
I've never been a lone wolf, so beeing in a new city out on my own was a new experience.
(lone more than other peopel)
(independent)
Somtimes I like to do solitary things but after a while, I yearned to be around other people.
(alone, isolated)
(desire, to want to something very mush, to long for)
I would go to busy places to people-watch.
I would see families walking by, groups or friends hanging out together and couples arm-in-arm
(spend time with someone in a very relaxed way)
And wished I was walking along with them.
(=were)
When you're feeling lonely, it sometimes feels like there is a wall between you and eveyone else.
A wall that's not easy to break down.
Slowly I started to meet people at my new job and to see them outside of work.
Having this companionship and comaraderie, especially with people I had good rapport with, was a welcomed change.
(feeling a friendshiop)
(a good understanding)
In time, I made some good friends and I no longer dereaded the weekends.
(overtime, after a while)
(to feel somthing that is going to happen in the future)
But I've never forgotten how hard it was in those first months to be a stranger in a new place.