[00:03.21]W: Welcome to visit our city, Mr. Lewis.
[00:06.07]But, of course, you have been here before, haven't you?
[00:09.69]M: Yes, I have. What a good memory you have!
[00:13.46]I was here for the Arts Festival last year.
[00:16.13]W: And what will you be doing on this visit?
[00:18.65]M: Oh, I came here primarily for a holiday and to see some friends.
[00:23.95]But I will also be giving some private cello lessons as well.
[00:27.46]W: I believe that your cello is rather special. Is that true？
[00:31.36]M: Oh,yes. It was made from my uncle
[00:34.32]by a very expert German cello maker called Schuster.
[00:38.44]When I began cello lessons at the age of eight,
[00:42.26]he said that when I grew big enough to handle a full-sized cello,
[00:46.40]he would give it to me.
[00:47.80]W: So when a child begins to play the cello,
[00:51.22]he or she starts on a smaller instrument?
[00:53.81]M: Of course, or he would be very uncomfortable.
[00:57.33]Many children begin with a half-sized cello,
[01:00.47]but as I was big for my age, I began with a two-thirds-sized cello.
[01:05.89]W: Are you going to other places on this trip and will you take your cello with you?
[01:11.07]M:Yes,very definitely.
[01:13.12]W:But isn't it very diffcult taking a cello around with you?
[01:16.82]M:Not really.I just reserve two seats when I am traveling anywhere.
[01:21.14]One for me,and one for my cello.
[01:24.06]It's such a presious instrument to me that it hardly ever leaves my sight.
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