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Ah , I have ____________________ opportunities in the United Kingdom ? and my university , the University of ____________________ , being so industry - ____________________ , it forces you to get ____________________ and then , in time , get ____________________ . Everything ? s lined up for you to ____________________ on a ____________________ career here . I think ? if you are in the ____________________ sector , of course . . .
In the UK , if you fail your ____________________ once or ____________________ you get banned , maybe ____________________ out ; whereas in Greece , degrees are ____________________ ? you don ? t have to pay - so you can ____________________ them as many times as you like . . . . re - ____________________ them . It might take up to ____________________ years to graduate , with no ____________________ skills . Whereas here , I ? ve just been working , for ____________________ year , as an engine ____________________ already ? a ____________________ engine engine ____________________ - for ____________________ Motors , an amazing ____________________ car firm [ of ] world - ____________________ fame : Bentley and ____________________ - Royce . And this is something my friends in Greece could only ____________________ about .
? Georgios , how did you ____________________ it ? ? they ask me . . .
Ah - this is an ____________________ story , Georgios ! Yeah - I wouldn ? t ____________________ a little bit more of this wine . . . it ? s absolutely ____________________ ! Everything is so ____________________ in your flat ! ____________________ on to your feelings about ____________________ to the UK . . . Georgios . . . what would you say have been the most ____________________ thing [ s ] about this ____________________ ?
Ah well , yes - ____________________ home and ____________________ country . It ? s quite a big thing to do , you know : quite a ____________________ thing to do . I left Greece at the top of the social ____________________ , but I ? m really in the ____________________ here .
Then of course , there ? s the ____________________ barrier . That makes people treat you ____________________ . When I was a ____________________ , my English wasn ? t really as good as it is now ? and I felt I was ____________________ behind ; and I couldn ? t follow . . . what people were ____________________ to me .
The ____________________ change was difficult , I suppose . I ____________________ with other ____________________ in the first ____________________ of ____________________ as a kind of defence ____________________ , really . Er , it ? s ____________________ for an 18 - year - old in a ____________________ country , you know , to ____________________ out to others . You feel safer ____________________ in with people from your own ____________________ , your own ____________________ ; and ____________________ the ____________________ together . In a group . I was , I suppose , rather ____________________ to open ____________________ to others ? at first . It ____________________ ? t that local students didn ? t make a move : they were very ____________________ . And I was just a bit ____________________ . . .