My telephone rang one evening during the winter vacation.  I answered the call, and I was surprised to hear the voice of one of my old neighbors.  He said, “Brian，this is Takuya.  I am home visiting my parents for the holidays.  Would you like to have lunch together?”  I was very happy to hear from him, and I wanted to know about his college life, so we made plans to meet for lunch a few days later.
    I met Takuya for the first time when he was a third grader at a private high school in Niigata City.  He was busy studying for the college entrance exam, and I was impressed with his hard work, especially in English.  Takuya wanted to go to a college outside of Niigata, and he was very happy to enter a university in Yokohama. 
    Takuya was always interested in law, and when he was in high school, his dream was to become a lawyer.  When he entered college, he chose to study law.  Takuya is now a third-grade college student, and he knows many things about law.  Also, his English is much better than it was three years ago, and during lunch we didn’t use any Japanese.  He told me that he improves his ability by listening to English conversation programs on the radio and by watching American movies.  He reads English language newspapers on the Internet, too.
     Next year is Takuya’s last year at college, and he must study hard to enter a good law school.  Because he can speak English so well, Takuya wants to work in the United States after he finishes law school.  Takuya’s strong study habits and high English ability give him the chance to reach his goals.  I think my friend’s dreams will come true.

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rang＜ring（ベルが鳴る），call（電話），neighbor（近所の人，隣人），college（単科大学），
third grader（３年生），private high school（私立学校），entrance exam（入学試験），enter（〜に入る），
law（法律），lawyer（弁護士），improve（向上させる），ability（能力），conversation（会話），
radio（ラジオ），goal（目標），come true（実現する）