answer: #Person2# took a year off to travel around the world after high school, while #Person1# went straight to university to learn Chinese. #Person2# thinks Chinese is difficult and #Person1#'ll spend the whole life learning it.
documents: #Person1#: do you mind if I sit here?
  #Person2#: no, of course not. Go ahead.
  #Person1#: don't I know you?
  #Person2#: yes, now that you mention it, I think we had a chemistry class together in high school.
  #Person1#: you're right! How are you? It's been a long time!
  #Person2#: What did you do after high school?
  #Person1#: I went straight to university afterwards. What about you?
  #Person2#: I took a year off to go travelling.
  #Person1#: that sounds exciting. Where did you go?
  #Person2#: I went all over the world. It was the best year of my life. Where did you go to school?
  #Person1#: I went to a small school in Connecticut. It has a very good reputation for its languages department.
  #Person2#: Oh, did you study a foreign language?
  #Person1#: yes, I got a grant to study Chinese.
  #Person2#: that's a very difficult language to learn, isn't it?
  #Person1#: it is, but it's very rewarding.
  #Person2#: so you can speak Chinese?
  #Person1#: I can, but not as well as I'd like to. I'll be studying Chinese until the day I die!
  #Person2#: I think most languages take a lifetime to learn well.