UNIT 10 Lesson 40

1.2 Jefferson Magazine

Continuing our series Hamilton:

Past and Present,

this week we interview Sam Jones,

lifelong resident of Hamilton

and school janitor at Jefferson Junior High

for more than thirty years.

Mr Jones ,tell us about how Hamilton

was many years ago.

Well,when I was young,the city was quite small

but now it is very large.

What about the downtown area?

Well,there were the old buildings,of course-

the church,the museum,and the town hall-

that are still there today.

But there weren't any tall office buildings

like now.

Were there many cars?

Well,there were some but not like now.

There weren't any traffic problems in the past.

And no pollution?

That's right.

There wasn't any pollution.

The city was clean and quiet.

Now there is a lot of noise-too much noise.

Was there any graffiti around the town?

No,not at all.

Now there is graffiti everywhere,

even here in the school sometimes!

Today,Hamilton is a popular place for tourists.

Was it always like that?

No,it wasn't.

When I was a boy,

there weren't any tourists.

I guess there wasn't so much to see

in Hamilton back then!