MARTIN:

Good afternoon. I'm Martin Learner. Are you Dr. Haroon?

HAROON:

Yes. Hello. We've met.

MARTIN:

Have we?

HAROON:

We met last year.

MARTIN:

Where?

HAROON:

At the hospital. I worked at the hospital last year.

MARTIN:

Do you work there now?

HAROON:

No. I work here at the clinic. Sometimes I have patients at the hospital.

MARTIN:

Who are your patients at the clinic?

HAROON:

Many are old people. Many are poor too.

MARTIN:

Do you like old people?

HAROON:

Yes, I do. They're interesting. I like children too. But I learn many things from old people. Can you see that old man near the door?

MARTIN:

Yes. He has an interesting face.

HAROON:

He has an interesting life.

MARTIN:

How old is he?

HAROON:

He's about eighty years old. He was a photographer. He lived in Europe for sixty years.

MARTIN:

Is he an American?

HAROON:

Yes. He went to Europe to study.

MARTIN:

Did he study photography?

HAROON:

He was young. First, he studied painting. Then he studied photography.

MARTIN:

He's handsome.

HAROON:

Yes, he is. He's strong too. He's not sick. He broke his leg.

MARTIN:

Is his leg broken now?

HAROON:

No. He broke it last year.

MARTIN:

He looks like my grandfather. He's tall and straight. His hair is gray. His face is thin.

HAROON:

His leg is a problem. He can't move it very well. He's very slow. He can't walk very well.

MARTIN:

How many people come to the clinic?

HAROON:

They can tell you in the office. I don't know. Too many. Look in that room.

MARTIN:

I see.

HAROON:

They are waiting to see a doctor.

MARTIN:

Are they waiting to see you?

HAROON:

They are waiting to see any doctor. I'm always here in the mornings.

MARTIN:

Why are they here?

HAROON:

Some are sick.

MARTIN:

They're all old.

HAROON:

This neighborhood is mostly old people. The clinic is near their homes. Do you see that woman near the window?

MARTIN:

The one with white hair.

HAROON:

Many old people have white hair. The one in the blue dress.

MARTIN:

Yes, I see her.

HAROON:

That woman has a pretty face.

MARTIN:

Is she sick?

HAROON:

She's not sick now. She was sick. She's very weak.

MARTIN:

She looks happy.

HAROON:

Yes. She's getting well. But she's not strong.

MARTIN:

Does she live near the clinic?

HAROON:

I think so. She works very hard.

MARTIN:

What does she do?

HAROON:

She helps other old people. She takes them food. She brings them to the clinic. She visits them.

MARTIN:

Wonderful.

HAROON:

She's a wonderful person.