Read the following passage and do the tasks below.
As a child, Phong always dreamt of going abroad to study. After he graduated from high school, hisparents sent him over to New Zealand to attend college. Phong was very happy that his dream finallycame true.
When he first arrived in the country, Phong’s English was not very good and sometimes he did notunderstand what other people said. He also had difficulties in class because he was not familiar with thenew teaching and learning method. He felt lonely in this new place and missed all his buddies in Vietnam.The food there was so different to what his mum used to cook for him. And for the first time in his life,Phong had to think about his finances, and to plan his spending carefully. But Phong was young andenthusiastic. He learnt to adapt to this new environment. After two years, Phong is now very fluent inEnglish and has achieved the top academic award at his school. He has a lot of friends from differentcountries. He is even good at being able to earn money for his daily needs from his part-time job at arestaurant.
