advance english conversation 51-100

7/23/2019 Advance English Conversation 51-100

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51 DrivingJeanna talks about her plans to learn how to drive and get a car.

Todd: OK, Hello!

Jeanna: Hello!

Todd: We're back. What would ou like to talk about

Jeanna: "riving.

Todd: OK. #ell us about driving.

Jeanna: Well, $'% gonna get my permit soon and then $ get to drive. $'% reall lookingforward to that. $t's kind o& the start o& being independent.

Todd: eah, I hear you, so ou sa per%it, is that the sa%e thing as a license

Jeanna: (o, ou have to have our per%it si) %onths be&ore ou can get a license.

Todd: Oh, reall. How do ou get a per%it

Jeanna: ou have to take driving school, then ou have to go to the "*+ and take a test.

Todd: OK. What is the "*+

Jeanna: #he "epart%ent o& *otor +ehicles.

Todd: OK, and the give ou our license o& per%it so ou can drive. OK, when ou have adriver's license what places do ou want to go to

Jeanna: #o see % &riends and to hang out, ust to school and back.

Todd: OK, nice, so do ou have a car right now

Jeanna: (o.

Todd: OK, are ou saving

Jeanna: eah!



5- English Life#ara talks about her ho%etown o& edding back in /ngland and what she likes about it.

Todd: Hello!

Tara: Hello!

Todd: 0an ou say your name please

Tara: OK, % na%e is #ara.

Todd: nd, where are ou &ro%

Tara: $'% &ro% /ngland. $'% &ro% edding.

Todd: edding! OK. Where is edding in /ngland

Tara: $t's south-east o& 2ondon.

Todd: OK. What's our hometown like

Tara: $t's not quite a cit, but it's big. $t's 3uite spacious. $t's not as crowded as #oko.

Todd: eah.

Tara: $t's 3uite a &ew people. lot o& oung people, and a lot o& business there.

Todd: OK. What's the best thing about our town

Tara: #he best thing is the people. #he people there are reall &riendl, and it's still 3uiteclean and sa&e there.

Todd: Oh, that's nice. lright thanks, #ara.



54 reakfastKentaro shares what he usuall has &or break&ast in the %orning in Japan.

Todd: Hello!

!entaro: Hello!

Todd: "id ou have break&ast this %orning Kentaro

!entaro: eah!

Todd: eall! What did ou have

!entaro: $ had a traditional Japanese tpe o& break&ast, natto and %iso soup and rice, whiterice, and &ish.

Todd: Wow! "o ou eat that ever da

!entaro: eah, %abe five days a week $ will eat Japanese stle break&ast.

Todd: Oh, reall! OK. (ice. nd do ou eat it at ho%e or at a restaurant

!entaro: t ho%e.

Todd: t ho%e

!entaro: *%h%.

Todd: OK. "o ou make it yourself

!entaro: *%h%.

Todd: Oh, reall. OK. What is a typical %erican break&ast

!entaro: Well, $ would sa so%ething like ust toast and6or cereal and orange uice or %ilk.

Todd: OK. 7reat and have ou ever had "reakfast in "ed

!entaro: $n bed

Todd: eah!



!entaro: (o, not really.

Todd: (o, OK. nd what ti%e do people usuall eat break&ast in Japan

!entaro: Well, $ would sa but %abe 8to 9. :o%ething around that.

Todd: round 8 or 9. OK. 7reat. #hanks a lot.

!entaro: #hanks.



5; #merican Lifeoko talks a little about her sta in the <nited :tates and wh she went there.

Todd: OK, oko!

$oko: Hi!

Todd: We're going to talk about our trip to %erica.

$oko: #rip to %erica. OK.

Todd: OK. When did ou go to the <.:.

$oko: $t's about ; ears ago.

Todd: nd what did ou do

$oko: ctuall, $ went to *ichigan and $ worked as a volunteer teacher in public school.

Todd: OK. What was the pu"lic school like

$oko: $t was not big, and so it was not big. $ don't know how to sa that, so what should $sa....

Todd: $t was ust a s%all school

$oko: eah. :%all school. :o onl %abe -== students $ think.

Todd: Oh, reall!

$oko: eah, it was reall s%all.

Todd: Wow, that is s%all.

$oko: eah, eah.

Todd: "id ou know all the students

$oko: $ don't think so. $ ust visited so%e classes. es.



Todd: :o what did ou think o& %erica

$oko: $ think it is a great country &or %an people who wants to tr new things.

Todd: OK

$oko: ou know, so &or e)a%ple $ did not have an special skills to teach, but the let %e towork there as a volunteer, and the gave %e a great oppurtunit to %eet a lot o& students,who are reall nice $ think.

Todd: h, OK. $ agree. What were our students like

$oko: #he were reall %otivated to learn Japanese, but the didn't learn a lot. #he ust,the ust wanted to pla with %e, &ro% other countries. Who is &ro%, sorr!

Todd: OK. "o ou have an special %e%ories &ro% our trip

$oko: es, $ visited lots o& places "y myself and $ was reall a&raid o& speaking /nglish topeople there but the tried to understand %e, and the helped %e a lot and $ reall think OK,the are lots o& people who are nice all over the world.



55 %asta DishJessica talks about %aking %anicotti, an $talian pasta dish.

Todd: OK, Jessica, we are going to talk about cooking.

Jessica: OK.

Todd: (ow, ou like to cook!

Jessica: es.

Todd: OK. What can ou cook

Jessica: $ can cook *anicotti, #acos, lots o& &ood.

Todd: OK. :o what is *anicotti

Jessica: *anicotti is...it's a big noodle. $t's hollow on the inside and ou &ill it with di&&erentcheeses and then ou put red tomato sauce over the top o& it and..it's prett good

Todd: :o how do ou %ake it

Jessica: Well, ou use icotta cheese, *o>>arella cheese, u% , ?ar%esan 0heese,a littlebit o& salt, and basil and stu&& and ou %i) it all together in a pot and then ou stuff it in thenoodle, and ou put the noodle in the pan and shove it in the oven &or 45 %inutes and let itcook.

Todd: eah!

Jessica: nd it's good.

Todd: #hat sounds reall good. How o&ten do ou %ake %anicotti

Jessica: Oh, a couple ti%es a %onth, probabl.

Todd: What is the secret to good %anicotti

Jessica: ou got to %ake it tasty, cause i& ou add enough salt or ?ar%esan cheese then itdoesn't taste as good. $t ust tastes like our eating cheese. #hat's it.

Todd: OK. Well $'ll re%e%ber that. #hanks a lot Jessica.

Jessica: ou're welco%e.



5@ JapanKentaro talks a little about his ho%e countr o& Japan and his ho%etown roots.

Todd: Hello! What is our na%e

!entaro: * na%e is Kentaro.

Todd: Kentaro. nd what is our full name

!entaro: * &ull na%e is Kentaro :ugi%ori.

Todd: :ugi%ori.

!entaro: *%h%.

Todd: OK. nd where are ou &ro%

!entaro: $'% originall &ro% Ha%a%atsu cit. Which is in :hi>uoka ?re&ecture, Japan.

Todd: Oh, reall. :hi>uoka is a nice place.

!entaro: Oh, reall!

Todd: eah!

!entaro: Have ou been there

Todd: eah, $ used to live there.

!entaro: Oh..7reat!

Todd: #ell %e about Japan.

!entaro: Well, Japan is, co%pared to the states, it's s%all, homogeneous, however and it's

also has it's own culture.

Todd: OK. eah. eah. $ agree. Japanese culture is ver, ver uni3ue.

!entaro: *%h%.

Todd: What is the capital cit o& Japan



!entaro: #oko.

Todd: #oko

!entaro: $ believe so.

Todd: OK! eah, and who is the leader o& the countr

!entaro: Well, our political leader is *r. ?ri%e *inister Koi>u%i Junichiro.

Todd: OK.

!entaro: Aut our psychological leader will be our /%peror.

Todd: OK. (ice, and do ou like the ?ri%e *inister

!entaro: es, $ like hi%.

Todd: OK. eah, %e too. lright. #hanks a lot.

!entaro: #hank ou.



58 #"ilitiesJa%on talks about things he can and can not do well.

Todd: OK, Ja%on, we're going to talk about a"ilities.

Jamon: OK

Todd: 0an ou cook

Jamon: $ can cook a little bit. $ like cooking.

Todd: What do ou like to %ake when ou cook

Jamon: Just si%ple things. $ love salad. $ %ake a huge salad.

Todd: $ love salad. OK, can ou sing

Jamon: (o, $ can't sing. $ ust sing &or %e. On the...when $ have a shower.

Todd: Oh, reall, ou sing in the shower (ice, what, what songs do ou sing 2ike pop songs or ust...

Jamon: (o, %ainl reggae. $ love reggae.

Todd: Wow! 0an ou play any musical instruments

Jamon: "iuridu!

Todd: Oh, reall.

Jamon: $t's an ustralian instru%ent.

Todd: eah, eah. Where did ou learn that

Jamon: $ learned in :wit>erland.

Todd: eall. OK. $s it popular in swit>erland

Jamon: eah, it's popular. /verbod knows about it.

Todd: Wow. How long have ou plaed

Jamon: couple of years %abe. *abe ; ears.



59 read*arika talks a little about baking and %aking bread.

Todd: *arika, do ou like bread

&arika: es, $ do.

Todd: OK. What kind o& bread do ou eat

&arika: $ tr to eat whole grain "read or bagels or so%ething that's dark.

Todd: OK. What do ou like to put on bread

&arika: * &avorite thing to put on bread is to%atoes and $ also like hone.

Todd: OK. Aut not together

&arika: (ot together, no.

Todd: "o ou like %ustard

&arika: (o, $ don't like %ustard.

Todd: Oh, $ love %ustard. $ eat %ustard and bread ust plain.

&arika: (o, no. $ know people that eat %ustard sandwiches, and no!

Todd: OK. 0an ou make "read

&arika: es, $ can. ctuall, $'% a baker.

Todd: eall.

&arika: eah!

Todd: Wow!

&arika: $'% a pastry chef .

Todd: #hat's incredible.



&arika: lthough, bread is kind o& a different "ranch. $ do cakes and stu&& like that. $ can%ake bread. * grand%other %akes bread all the ti%e.

5B Driving

Kerri talks about the process o& getting a driver's license in the <nited :tates.

Todd: OK. Keri, can ou drive

!erri: es, $ can.

Todd: "o ou have a driver's license

!erri: $ do.

Todd: OK. :o, how long have ou had our driver's license

!erri: $ think $ got it when $ was 18 actuall.

Todd: OK. How do ou get a driver's license in our countr

!erri: Well, $ think it's changed since $ was a teenager . t that ti%e, ou get a learner's

per%it. nd then ou start driving with our parents. nd ou'd also go to drivers ed. nd

then ou had to pass a driving test. $ think a written test as well.

Todd: OK. "id ou get a per&ect score on our driving test

!erri: $ was close to perfect, eah. $ can't re%e%ber % e)act score but $ re%e%ber it was

prett good.

Todd: "o all the %e%bers o& our &a%il drive

!erri: eah.



@=#d(ectives - )ppositesJa%on is given a word, an adective, and sas the &irst work that co%es to his head.

Todd: OK. Ramon, we're going to talk about opposites.

Jamon: OK.

Todd: What is big?

Jamon: The earth is big.

Todd: Yeah, I agree. What is small?

Jamon: I'm small on the earth.

Todd: That's true. How much o !ou weigh?

Jamon: I weigh "#.

Todd: Wow$ "# kilograms.

Jamon: Yeah.

Todd: Yeah, !eah. I'm a little bit hea%ier, about &....What is e(pensi%e?

Jamon: ) big house is e(pensi%e.

Todd: Yeah, prett! much an!where. Ooh..lou motorc!cle. *orr!$ What is small? Imean..I'm sorr!..what is cheap?

Jamon: What is cheap? The + Yen shop is cheap.

Todd: Yeah. What can !ou bu! at a + Yen shop?

Jamon: )bout e%er!thing.

Todd: Yeah.

Jamon: Which is goo.



Todd: -o !ou think + Yen shops are a goo iea, or o !ou think the!'re

en%ironmentall! a ba iea?

Jamon: o, I like the + Yen shop.

Todd: Yeah. The cheap stu/. )ctuall!. I o to. It's nice. )lright. Thanks a lot.



"+ The 0an 1ames is in a ban. He talks about it an the kin o2 music he pla!s.

Todd: *o, 1ames, !ou're in a ban$

James: Yes$

Todd: OK, tell us about !our ban.

James: I pla! in a *weish 0ubblegum 3unk 0an.

Todd: *weish 0ubblegum 3unk 0an. What e(actl! is that?

James: I on't know, but that's what it sa!s on the 4-.

Todd: OK. What o !ou pla! in !our ban?

James: I pla! base guitar.

Todd: OK. How long ha%e !ou been pla!ing the guitar?

James: I'%e been pla!ing the guitar 2or about + or +5 !ears.

Todd: Oh, reall!$ OK. ice. -o !ou pla! an! other instruments?

James: I pla! a little guitar an a little rums.

Todd: *ince !ou're in a ban o !ou meet lots o2 women?

James: Yes.

Todd: Reall!$ You're a rock star.

James: Yes.



Todd: ice. ice. -o !ou tour or o !ou 6ust pla! where !ou li%e?

James: We 6ust pla! in clubs. 7ocal clubs.

Todd: OK. What the best thing about being a musician, in the ban?

James: It's reall! goo 2or rela(ing an ha%ing 2un.

Todd: Is it !our 2ull8time 6ob?

James: o, it's not. It's onl! a hobb!.

Todd: Oh, OK.



@- The *eather *arika talks about the da's weather and about the kinds o& weather she likes.

Todd: He, *arika!

&arika: He!

Todd: How ou doing

&arika: $'% OK. How are ou

Todd: 7ood. *arika do ou like su%%er

&arika: (o, $ don't like su%%er it's % least &avorite su%%er.

Todd: Wow, wh

&arika: Aecause $ don't like hot weather. $ don't like being hot and sweaty anduncomforta"le.

Todd: OK. Well, it's prett hot in Japan so ou %ust not like su%%er here.

&arika: (o, $ don't.

Todd: $s it hot in su%%er where ou're &ro%

&arika: eah, it's prett hot but usuall we go away on the weekends to cottages and we goswi%%ing in lakes and stu&&.

Todd: Oh, that's nice. Where are ou &ro% "y the way

&arika: 0anada.

Todd: :o, what's our &avorite season

&arika: Winter or &all.



Todd: OK. Well, what do ou do in the winter

&arika: $n the winter, activities ou %ean

Todd: eah.

&arika: $ go snow"oarding and $ go to onsens and $ walk around and $ eno the coldweather.



@4 Ice +ockey

2ike %an 0anadians, 0hris loves hocke. He talks about his &avorite sport.Todd: OK, 0hris, ,riday the .th is coming up. :o, &irst o& all, are ou superstitious

/hris: es. When $ pla sports $'% superstitious. $ have a lucky shirt and stu&& like that.

Todd: Oh, reall!

/hris: eah.

Todd: :o what's our luck shirt

/hris: $t's a bung u%ping shirt that $ got about 1= ears ago. $t's all &alling apart but it's still

% luck shirt.

Todd: OK, :o ou don't wash it or anthing

/hris: $& $ have a good ga%e $ don't wash it until $ have a bad ga%e and then $ wash the

"adness out.

Todd: OK. What sport are we talking about

/hris: $ pla ice hocke.

Todd: Oh, reall.

/hris: eah.

Todd: Oh, so our a hocke plaer! our a prett solid gu.

/hris: eah, $'% a goalie. Aeing a goalie it's a lot to being co%&ortable in the position, so i&

ou have a good ga%e ou don't touch anthing. ou do the sa%e routine. 7oalies are

known to be a little strange.

Todd: Wow. :o that's cool. re ou still plaing in Japan



@;The oyfriend#ara talks about her bo&riend and what it is about hi% that she likes.

Todd: OK, #ara, wh don't ou tell us about our first "oyfriend

Tara: OK, % &irst bo&riend, $ %et in % ho%etown. He's called Aarr. He's % &irst realbo&riend. eah, $ %et hi% at a bar. eah, $ had a bit o& a crush on hi% when $ was oungerand then, eah, we %et a club one night and it carried on &ro% there.

Todd: Oh, that's nice. :o what was it about Aarr that attracted hi% to ou

Tara: He's ver good looking. He's tall and he had a beard. $ like beard.

Todd: Aeards, reall!

Tara: $ like beards. $ don't know wh.

Todd: :hort beard or long beard

Tara: (o, no short. $ ust like stu""le.

Todd: OK. re ou still in contact with hi%

Tara: eah, eah, eah. t the %o%ent he's traveling. He's in $ndia but, we're so oung, sowe o&ten like, separate to go traveling , and then get back together again, because $'% onl-; and he's twent &ive, and we have a serious relationship but, we don't wanna, ouknow, stop doing our own things in li&e.



@5 0uitar #ara loves to stru% on her guitar. :he talks about her new interest in %usic.

Todd: :o #ara, $ see ou've ust bought a new guitar.

Tara: eah, $ have, eah.

Todd: eah!

Tara: $t's ver nice.

Todd: :o, what's the reasoning "ehind buing a guitar

Tara: Well, $ work at nights so $ have the dati%e &ree, and to "e honest, %ost people thework in the da so $'% o&ten on my own, and $ ust want so%ething to keep %e entertainedin the dati%e, and $ don't reall like reading books, so $ want so%ething to do with %hands, so $ thought buing a guitar is a good idea.

Todd: "o ou have an kind o& %usic ou would like to sing or learn to pla

Tara: $'d like to learn, have ou heard, there's so%e /nglish bands, like 0old ?la and #urnAreak so $'d like to learn that kind o& stle.

Todd: OK. "o ou plan to take lessons or ust learn on our own

Tara: (o, well a couple o& % &riends, the ou know, the can, the learned guitar as well. $can't reall take lessons in Japan. $ think that %ight be a "it too much, but % &riends aregoing to teach %e. Hope&ull. eah!



@@ Teens and /omputersJeanna answers 3uestions about kids and technolog toda.

Todd: OK, Jeanna, ou like the co%puter!

Jeanna: es, $ do1

Todd: OK. #alk to us about co%puters.

Jeanna: Well, $ go on the co%puter a lot and $ talk with &riends through O2 instant%essenger. nd $ ust %oved &ro% % ho%etown to :acre%ento so it's a good wa to keepin touch with old friends.

Todd: eah. "o ou learn about co%puters at school or on our own

Jeanna: $ picked %ost o& what $ know, $'ve picked it up, through, a know, the ears, andso%e at school, like keboarding and such.

Todd: OK. "o ou have a laptop or a ?0

Jeanna: $ have a ?0. 0o%pac.

Todd: "o ou like our co%puter or do ou want a new one

Jeanna: $ want a new one cause $ think $ screwed mine up and it's a little bit slow now.

Todd: OK. How long have ou had our co%puter

Jeanna: $'ve had it &or about 4 or ; ears.

Todd: Oh, eah, that's prett old &or a co%puter. eah, so do ou talk to our &riends evernight b e%ail



Jeanna: eah, es $ do.

Todd: OK.

Jeanna: :ee going on and ou know the gossip.

Todd: :o nowadas, do high school kids talk b e%ail %ore than phone

Jeanna: *ost people talk b either e%ail or cellular phone. ou know a lot o& people don'tuse their house phones as %uch, and a lot o& people have cellular phones.

Todd: OK. #hanks a lot Jeanna.



@8 Japanese ,estivaloko is answers 3uestions about Japanese tradition and &estivals.

Todd: OK, oko we were ust at a festival.

$oko: eah!

Todd: "o ou want to talk about &estivals in Japan

$oko: es, OK. :o, $ think in Call we have lots o& kind o& &estivals, but it depends on theplaces.

Todd: What are so%e things that %ost &estivals have, like, what can ou see i& ou go to a

Japanese &estival

$oko: O%ikoshi.

Todd: O%ikoshi.

$oko: es. "o ou know the word

Todd: $ think so. What is O%ikoshi

$oko: h, it's reall di&&icult &or %e to e)plain in /nglish, but O%okishi looks like a bigbo),

lots o& people, adult people tr to carr together, and the usuall go to te%ples, and thekind of celebrate a harvest or our happiness or those kind o& things

Todd: OK. "o ou ever carr the O%ikoshi

$oko: h, ou know, $'% not a strong gu so, $'ve never tried it.

Todd: OK. What about &oods What kind o& &oods do people like to eat

$oko: We can see lots o& s%all shops along the street and we can bu reall Japanese &ood,like watagashi, it's a reall sweet cand but it looks like, how do ou sa that

Todd: $ don't know.



$oko: $ don't know. $ don't know either. White s%all stu&&.

Todd: White s%all stu&&.

$oko: eah. :orr. ou should see it. :o it's watagashi or wata%e. $t's reall popular &ood in

%atsuri, and we can see okono%iaki. eah, it's, so%epeople sa Japanese pancake, orso%ething, but tastes di&&erent.

$oko: $t's not sweet.

Todd: $t's not sweet.

$oko: $t's not sweet. :o vegetables, %eat, and so%e sauce.

Todd: Oh, wow! 2ounds good.

$oko: eah, $ think so too. ou should try it.



@9 0ood Dog3Ja%es talks about his beloved dog back ho%e and how he &ound hi%.

Todd: Ja%es, $ saw on our desk ou have a nice picture o& a dog.

James: es.

Todd: OK. #ell us about our dog.

James: * dog's na%e is ?iper. He was a mutt, a ho%eless dog that we picked up o&& the street about &our anda hal& ears ago.

Todd: Oh, wow! :o what kind o& dog is he now

James: He's a ellow lab, golden retriever %i). He's ver ver sweet, ver ver &un to pla with, reall reall nice.

Todd: Oh, that's great. 0an he do any tricks

James: (o.

Todd: (o.

James: We can do one trick where we point our &inger at hi% and go Aang Aang Aang Aang and he falls overdead, but that is the onl trick he can do and he onl does that %abe half the time.

Todd: OK. "oes he bark a lot

James: <suall no. <suall he's prett good.

Todd: ?rett 3uiet.

James: *%,h%!

Todd: OK. $s it a %ale dog or a &e%ale dog

James: eah. $t's a %ale dog.

Todd: :o, no puppies.

James: (o, puppies.

Todd: OK. Would ou like to have another dog, another pupp

James: $t would be &un in the &uture but not &or awhile.



Todd: OK. Oh..alright. nd what colors are apples

!entaro: ed or green or ellow.

Todd: OK. Which color is our &avorite

!entaro: ed.

Todd: ed. eah. eah. ctuall $ like the green apples.

!entaro: eall! Wh

Todd: $ don't know. $ ust..in %erica we have sour green apples.

!entaro: "oes it taste di&&erent than the red apples

Todd: eah, like the red apples are sweet..and the green apples in %erica..the're

ver sour.

!entaro: Oh.

Todd: eah..so..the're ver nice. <%, one last thing! What can ou %ake with

apples

!entaro: pple Juice, apple pie, and apple tea.

Todd: pple tea.

!entaro: eah.

Todd: OK. nd can ou make apple pie

!entaro: (o, not reall.

Todd: eah. *an, %e neither .

!entaro: OK. #hanks.

Todd: #hanks



8= The /ommuteoko talks about her dail co%%ute on the train in #oko.

Todd: Hello, oko.

$oko: Hello, #odd.

Todd: How are ou

$oko: 7ood. How are ou

Todd: 7ood. OK. We're gonna talk about trains.

$oko: OK.

Todd: "o ou take the train everda

$oko: es, $ have to.

Todd: Oh, reall

$oko: eah, cause $ don't have a car.

Todd: Oh, reall

$oko: eah!

Todd: re ou have happ with that "o ou mind

$oko: ctuall no!

Todd: eah, well, what's the train like in the %orning when ou get on

$oko: $t's reall crowded.

Todd: eah!

$oko: es.



Todd: OK. How %uch is our train &are

$oko: l%ost 5== en.

Todd: What's the best thing about taking the train

$oko: *%, nothing.

Todd: (othing.

$oko: (othing. $ don't think it's great. h, $ can sleep on the train.

Todd: OK. "o ou nor%all get a seat

$oko: h, so%eti%es $ can.

Todd: eah.

$oko: eah.

Todd: OK. "o ou read

$oko: 0ause $ can't read a book. $'ll get sick.

Todd: Oh, cause our ees %ove around.

$oko: eah.

Todd: eah, $ gocha. What's the worse thing about the train

$oko: h, too crowded in Japan.

Todd: eah. $t's terrible.

$oko: nd $ have to pa.

Todd: Oh, ou have to pa. our co%pan does not pa.

$oko: (o.



81 2chool LifeJeanna is an %erican high school student. :he talks a little about school li&e.

Todd: Hello!

Jeanna: Hello!

Todd: Hi, what's our na%e

Jeanna: Jeanna.

Todd: OK, Jeanna, how old are ou

Jeanna: $'% 15 ears old.

Todd: 15! OK, are ou in high school

Jeanna: es, $ a%.

Todd: OK. What do ou think about high school

Jeanna: $t's &un. +er diverse.

Todd: What do ou like to stud in high school

Jeanna: $ like histor a lot.

Todd: OK. Wh do ou like histor

Jeanna: $t's interesting to learn about the past, di&&erent things, and di&&erentcultures.

Todd: OK. What's one thing ou don't like about high school

Jeanna: ?eople can be reall cruel.

Todd: Oh, reall! How How are people cruel



Jeanna: #here's a lot o& (udgmental-ness.

Todd: Oh, that's too bad. :o, ou're nice to everbod

Jeanna: 7enerall.

Todd: OK. OK. Who's our &avorite teacher

Jeanna: ?robabl % /nglish teacher



8- Dear )ld Dad

Kerri talks about her &ather and what %akes hi% special.

Todd: OK, Keri, $'ve heard ou talk about our &ather quite a "it. He sounds like aver interesting %an. 0an ou talk a little bit about hi%

!erri: :ure. * dad's na%e is obert and he's an interesting gu. He's retired nowand lives in Oregon and in his free time he's building an airplane Dwow!E eah!

Todd: :o can he &l a plane as well

!erri: eah, he has a private pilot's license.

Todd: Wow, that %ust be prett di&&icult. He's actuall %aking a plane &ro% scratch.

!erri: eah. Well, he used to be an airplane %echanic, so 3uite awhile ago. Auteah, he's doing all the riveting, building all the di&&erent parts o& the plane andasse%bling it.

Todd: Wow! :o when do ou think he's going to be &inished.

!erri: $ don't know. $ got an e%ail &ro% hi% recentl that said he's ust putting the tailsection on soon. Aut $ haven't seen a picture o& that et.

Todd: Wow. :o are ou going to go in this plane with our &ather as soon as it's&inished

!erri: $ hope so. He's having so%eone else test fly it which %ade %e happ when $&ound out. lthough $ trust his work cause he's meticulous but it %ade %e &eel goodthat so%eone else is going to tr it &or the &irst ti%e, but eah, a&ter it's &inished, whenhe's read to take up passengers.

Todd: 0ool. :ounds &un.

!erri: eah. $ think so.



84 *ine:andra is a wine colu%nist. :he gives tips about choosing a wine

Todd: (ow, :andra, hello!

2andra: Hello!

Todd: (ow, ou are a wine connoisseur . Or wine teacher. (o!

2andra: (ot reall!

Todd: (ot reall

2andra: wine connoisseur. (o, that's sort o& a sno""y.

Todd: Oh, reall

2andra: es.

Todd: Oh, OK. :o, how would ou describe what ou do

2andra: wine pro&essional.

Todd: wine pro&essional. OK, so what does a wine pro&essional do

2andra: #r to make money &ro% wine.

Todd: OK.

2andra: :o, $'% a wine writer, a wine colu%nist. $ teach wine.

Todd: OK, so let's sa i& $'% going to have &riends over, and $'% %aking let's sasteak. $'% having a grilling steak. 0an $ serve wine with steak

2andra: es. :teak goes with al%ost an red wine.



8; +orses"aniela loves horses. :he talks a little about horses and how the act.

Todd: Hello, "aniela, how are ou tonight

Daniella: Hi, #odd. $'% &ine, thanks.

Todd: (ow, ou were showing %e a picture o& a horse.

Daniella: es.

Todd: nd ou were saing that &e%ale horses and %ale horses are di&&erent.

Daniella: #he behave di&&erent to %e, so %abe it's ust % imagination, or not but &e%alehorses, %ares, are kind o& cold and aggressive towards %e cause $'% a &e%ale and $ kindo& compete over the %ale coaches' a&&ection, that was % conclusion because %ale horsesare so nice to %e.

Todd: :o ou saing the horse can tell i& it's a %an or wo%an rider.

Daniella: /)actl, % horse can do that. :he's %ore affectionate towards %en.

Todd: eall!

Daniella: eah, and she's a &e%ale.

Todd: :o i& $ want to go horse riding &or the &irst ti%e and $'% on % own.

Daniella: ou don't have to worr because the coach will %ake sure the horse will behaveand it will &ear the coach, at least, and it won't do anthing wrong to ou, but i& ou want to%ake &riends with the horse ou'll probabl have to work out %ore with a %ale horse.

Todd: eall.



Daniella: eah, &or %e it's ver di&&icult to beco%e &riendl with a &e%ale horse. *abe it's ust % i%pression. *abe it's not true but that's % conclusion so &ar.

Todd: Well, that's good to know. #hanks.

85 Japanese 2aladHisa gives a recipe &or a uni3ue kind o& Japanese salad that she %akes.

Todd: OK, Hisa, wh don't we talk about &ood

+isa: 7ood.

Todd: OK, &irst o& all, actuall, can ou cook

+isa: es, $ can.

Todd: eah. What can ou cook

+isa: $ can cook %ost o& the Japanese dishes. nd $ also like baking.

Todd: Oh, reall. OK. :ince ou're Japanese can ou tell us what things ou cook inJapanese cuisine.

+isa: OK. $ use a lot o& vegetables in % cuisine, in cooker, and then $ prepare lotso& Japanese tpe o& salad, which is so%eti%es we call it suno%ono.

Todd: :una%ono. OK

+isa: es, with vinegar which is especiall good &or spring nd the su%%er ti%e,and then also pickles, is one tpe o& thing and then $ use vegetables, even cookedkind o& salad $ use, that is, we call it Oshitashi, green leaves, throughout the ear, $use a di&&erent kind o& green vegeta"les &or salad.

Todd: 0an ou talk about one kind o& salad that ou can %ake 4$es5 nd how doou %ake it

+isa: OK. Cor e)a%ple, this is spring, $ tell ou one kind o& salad, <do.



Todd: <do.

+isa: #hat is a white stick, kind o& vegetable. Just ou peel the% ver thick becauseoutside is 3uite "itter , so inside ou slice up and then put the% in the water withvinegar because that is how ou can keep this white color. $t lasts long, es, and

then, usuall $ put so%e waka%e, sea vegetables, and then two ingredients $ use,and then add so%e ginger, which $ love ver %uch. /hop up so%e ginger, and thenthose three things $ %i) with vinegar, a little bit so sauce and then salt and then ustso%eti%es ou can even marinate i& ou like.

Todd: Wow, sounds good.

+isa: +er light.

Todd: nd $ can bu these ingredients at the Japanese super%arket

+isa: es, green grocer's, and it is onl &or spring ti%e. <do! :ounds like <don. Justou re%ove GnG

Todd: <do. 7ood luck.

+isa: lright, $'ll tr and %ake it.



8@ 2occer in !enya

le) talks about plaing the world's %ost popular sport in his countr.

Todd: le), when ou were little, what did ou like to do

#le6: When $ was s%all and $ was in (unior high school we used to like plaing

soccer with % &riends. ctuall in Kena, what's di&&erent &ro% other countries, we used to %ake ourown soccer ball to pla. :o, it's ver eas.

Todd: Wow. How do ou %ake the soccer ball

#le6: We used to collect like plastic papers and "ind them with string, around the% to %akeso%ething round. :o it was like, ou didn't have to spend an %one.

Todd: Wow, that's ingeneous. #hat's great. :o were ou a good soccer plaer

#le6: (ot reall. $ used to like plaing soccer but $ was not ver good, actuall to tell the truth

Todd: eah, %e too. $ wasn't a ver good athlete. $ %ean $ like sports but $ was never an good. <%,so do ou pla soccer in Japan

#le6: :o%eti%es, until last ear when $ was in school $ still plaed soccer. ight now, actuall $'% notplaing an%ore because $'% like bus.

Todd: eah.

#le6: eah. ou can't pla soccer without a big group o& people and everone is bus right now so $'%not plaing an%ore.

Todd: eah, that's a "ummer . 2ike $ alwas want to pla sports but it's hard asou get older. When's the last ti%e ou plaed soccer

#le6: bout one ear ago. $ think (ove%ber o& 1BB,...-==4, (ove%ber.

Todd: OK. ctuall in Kena do ou call it soccer or &ootball

#le6: $n Kena ou call it &ootball.



Todd: Cootball. $'% sorr.

#le6: ctuall, $'ve been in Japan &or so%eti%e so $'% used to calling it soccer. $n Kena ou call it&ootball.

88 7ending &achines

Hisa has a co%plaint about vending %achines. :he e)plains wh.Todd: OK, hello, Hisa!

+isa: Hi, #odd.

Todd: How are ou doing

+isa: Cine thanks, and ou

Todd: $'% doing prett good. Hisa, ou were telling %e that ou have a concern about Japan.

+isa: es.

Todd: nd what is our concern

+isa: $t's vending machines.

Todd: +ending %achines

+isa: es.

Todd: OK. 0an ou talk a little about that

+isa: es, as ou alread noticed, how %an vending %achines do ou co%e acrossa da i& ou are on the street

Todd: *an, %an.

+isa: $ reall do not think we need that %an and then each one is reallconsuming energy, so that is % big concern.

Todd: OK, so what would ou like to see happen in Japan with the vending%achines



+isa: :orr, what where

Todd: 2ike, what would ou like to happen with the vending %achines

+isa: es.

Todd: Would ou like %ore laws or..

+isa: (u%ber 1, it reall aggravates the scener. es, and then i& each one o& ustake drink with us, we reall don't need that %an, each corner, or even one cornerou reall see so %an kinds. nd then that is, we can reall evacuate so %an andthen we will have a sa&er, %ore space on the road, because even without vending%achines, i%agine how narrow our roads in Japan, even the walking path so narrow,it's dangerous.

Todd: nd ou were saing that ou can actuall can see vending %achines in ver

strange places in Japan, like ver, ver &ar places in the countrside

+isa: es.

Todd: Wow.

+isa: :o, ust one e)a%ple is on the summit o& *t. Cui. es, it's a sha%e.

Todd: ll the wa on the top o& *t. Cui

+isa: es. :o those %ountain cli%bers are talking that don't %ake our %ountainslike *t. Cui. $n other words, the are not to put another vending %achine on the topo& other %ountains, because wh we need it.

Todd: eah, that's cra>.

+isa: $t's ridiculous.



89 /hicago"iana talks about her cit, 0hicago, and what she likes about it.

Todd: OK, hello, could ou sa our na%e please

Diana: es, % na%e is "iana Hene.

Todd: "iana, where are ou &ro%

Diana: $ live in 0hicago.

Todd: 7reat, 0hicago! How long have ou lived in 0hicago

Diana: ctuall, onl &or a ear. $'% %ostl a mid-western girl. $'ve lived all over the%idwest.

Todd: OK, like what places in the %idwest

Diana: $ was born in $owa, and $ lived in $ndiana a&ter that, and then $ %oved to$llinois, and then $ grew up mostly in *ichigan, but now $ live in 0hicago and $ loveit.

Todd: OK, so 0hicago is our &avorite place

Diana: es.

Todd: OK, wh do ou like 0hicago

Diana: $t's bus. /verone in 0hicago is alwas bus and the're doing their ownthing, and it's ust &un to be in such an e6citing atmosphere.

Todd: OK. "oes 0hicago have a lot o& good food, a lot o& good restaurants

Diana: es. $& ou like to eat 0hicago is a good place to go. * &avorite place is the#aco Aurrito ?alace.



Todd: #aco Aurrito ?alace. Wow. :ounds good.

8B +ome(icoleta describes her ho%e and how she gets her %eals.

Todd: OK, (icoleta $ a% going to ask ou 3uestions about our kitchen.

8icoleta: *%h%.

Todd: OK, &irst o& all, what do ou do in our kitchen

8icoleta: 0ooking %ostl.

Todd: eah, OK. t our ho%e, back in 7er%an, who cooks at our house

8icoleta: Well, $'% living alone so $ do nor%all.

Todd: OK, do ou cook ever night or do ou usuall bu take-out or

8icoleta: (o, at the weekends, eah, %ostl at the weekends.

Todd: OK. ctuall what's a 7er%an dish that people cook like a..

8icoleta: Typical

Todd: eah

8icoleta: :auerkraut.

Todd: eall

8icoleta:(o, eah, everone asks %e about sausages here b the wa. Aut $ don'tknow a tpical %eal. *abe reall sausages. $ %ean, originall but es.

Todd: OK. What's in our kitchen

8icoleta: "ishes and &ood, &ridge. (o %icrowave.



Todd: (o %icrowave

8icoleta: (o %icrowave.

Todd: #hat's good. ou're healthy. What's so%ething ou can cook ver well

8icoleta: #hat $ can cook ver well :oups.

Todd: OK. 2ike what kind o& soup

8icoleta: Fucchini, cucu%ber.

Todd: How do ou make it

8icoleta: $t's ver eas, ust $ don't know the /nglish word, so don't ask!



9= &otorcyclesHoward is a %otorccle enthusiast. He talks about his bike and hitting the road.

+oward: Hi, #odd.

Todd: He, how's it going, Howard :o $ heard that ou're really into %otorccles.

+oward: h, es, $ love %otorcles. $'ve been riding %otorccles since $ was 15 ears old.

Todd: Oh, reall. Wow! :o, what's the allure o& %otorccles

+oward: Creedo%. $ like the &resh air. $ like being out on % own. nd $ ust like the &eeling o& riding ona bike. $t's like a biccle without having to pedal and ou go a lot &aster.

Todd: eah, that's &or sure. "o ou have an good %otorclcle stories

+oward: bout 1=,=== o& the%.

Todd: Well, have ou ever like taken a special trip on a %otorccle

+oward: $'ve been all over the /ast coast o& the <nited :tates, &ro% ?ennslvania to Clorida on a%otorccle.

Todd: Oh, wow.

+oward: eah, $'ve travelled %an ti%es and %an di&&erent kinds o& roads, and taken all kinds o&

ca%ping trips on bikes.

Todd: Wow, sounds great. :o do ou usuall travel alone or in a group

+oward: l%ost alwas $ go alone. :o%e gus like to travel together but $ &ound $ enoed it b %sel& %ost o& all.

Todd: Oh reall. Oh, wow. "on't ou get kind o& lonel

+oward: (ever, there's alwas a new adventure on ever trip.

Todd: Have ou ever %ade an special &riends out on the road



+oward: :ure, bikers are like a special kind o& fraternity. /ver biker knows each other, and we're allvery close even though we're not close.

91 9eadingKerri answers 3uestions about when and what she likes to read.

Todd: Keri, let's talk about reading.

!erri: OK.

Todd: Cirst o& all, do ou like to read

!erri: es, $ do!

Todd: What do ou read usuall

!erri: $ kind o& alternate between &iction and non&iction.

Todd: OK. What are ou reading now

!erri: $'% reading two books now. The Ethics of Startrek , which % uncle gave %e, which is non&iction, and $ ust started it toda A Spy in the House of Love.

Todd: Oh, OK. $t looks like a prett good book. What is it about

!erri: ight now $'ve ust started, so it's about a wo%en who has been having an affair , basicall.

Todd: OK. When do ou read When do ou find time to read

!erri: $ read on the trains while $'% commuting to work. $ read at night, on the weekends.

Todd: OK. What is our &avorite author

!erri: $ don't have a &avorite author.

Todd: eah. it's kind o& hard to pick.

!erri: eah.



Todd: OK. "o ou go to the librar o&ten

!erri: (o, $ don't.

9- #nimals"iana answers 3uestions about her &avorite ani%als at the >oo.

Todd: What do ou think about the >oo

Dianna: $ like to go to the >oo. $ like to give all the ani%als na%es, like GAert the7ira&&eG, but $ wish the ani%als didn't have to be in the >oo, but $ think it is good when>oos save ani%als, and help to %ake their populations grow.

Todd: eah, the can do so%e good things, definitely. h, what is our &avoriteani%al

Dianna: * &avorite ani%al, ooh, let %e think. $ love cats, ust as a pet but, besides$'d pick the coolest ani%al, $ think $ would pick probabl a %onke.

Todd: %onke!

Dianna: eah.

Todd: eah, there's a lot o& %onkes in Japan. Have ou ever seen a %onke in thewild

Dianna: (o, but % brother is a wild %onke.

Todd: Oh, he's going to have to listen to this now.



. 8ew #ddition*asako is so happ about her new grandchild. :he shares her &eelings.

Todd: *asako, $ was ver surpised to hear that ou are actuall a grandparent.

&asako: es, es

Todd: ou look ver oung. $ was ver shocked. #ell %e about our grandchild.

&asako: :he's a bab. O& course. bab, a bab girl. nd her na%e is, it's Holl.

Todd: <hhuh.

&asako: Holl

Todd: Holl

&asako: Holl. HO22. nd in, with Japanese kani, it's written with the two parts,and one part is the tree, and another part is winter. :o she was born in winter. Herna%e is winter tree.

Todd: Oh, that's nice.

&asako: nd it's, her na%e is G:huuG. $t sounds like a bos na%e, but her parents

want to, want her to be a boish girl.



Todd: Oh, OK. Oh, like a tom"oy.

&asako: eah, %abe.

Todd: *abe. <%, so how does it feel to be a grand%other

&asako: $'% ver proud o& it. nd then $ know i& $ see her, i& she's with %e, living near to % house, then $ &orget ever other thing and then $'% ust ver...how do ou sa grand %other who is reall occupied with her grandchild.

Todd: Oh, eah, like ust u%

&asako: Aababaka in Japanese.

Todd: Aababaka....Well congratulations on the grandchild.

&asako: #hank ou ver %uch.



9;/old 9emedy*arion &eels sick. :he talks about a special cold re%ed she was given.

Todd: OK, he, *arion, how are ou &eeling toda

&arion: $'% reall tired. Kind o&, $ don't know, % throat's reall scratchy, so %abe

$'% coming down with so%ething.

Todd: Oh, no. #hat's terrible. re ou taking anthing &or it

&arion: ctuall, $ a%. $ had a private student last night and she told %e so%e wild

&or%ula to do. nd she asked %e to take cocacola, boil it, add so%e ginger, and

then drink it, however, $'% ca&&iene sensitive so it kept %e up prett %uch all night,

so $'% reall tired toda.

Todd: How did it taste

&arion: $t wasn't bad. $& it was probabl %ida&ternoon, $ would love it, but 114= at

night it kept me up.

Todd: Oh, no.

&arion: eah.

Todd: re ou going to tr it again, but %abe in the %orning



&arion: (o $ think $'% ust going to stick with the regular cold srup, and ust take

that.

Todd: eah, that stu&& tastes terrible.

&arion: $t does.

95 ,avorite ,oods"iana talks about &ood she loves and what she likes to put on it.

Todd: OK, "iana, we're going to talk about &ood. ou were ust talking about &ood in

0hicago. What kind o& good &ood can ou get in 0hicago

Dianna: 0hicago is &a%ous &or its 0hicago style pi>>a or their hotdogs. #he pi>>a is

different because the put the sauce on top $ guess, and like the have ust

ama;inlgy huge toppings like sausages the si>e o& our hand.

Todd: Wow, seriousl. Whoa! What other toppings can ou &ind on a pi>>a

Dianna: Just nor%al pi>>a toppings like %ushroo%s and pepperoni, lots and lots o&

cheese, to%atoes, &eta cheese is % &avorite, it's kind o& weird but it tastes good.

Todd: $ love &eta cheese. (ice. OK. What is our &avorite topping

Dianna: * &avorite topping on pi>>a is weird but $ like pineapple.

Todd: Oh, eah.

Dianna: eah $ love it. $t tastes good with cheese and sauce.



9@ ,irst Jo"

oe talks about his &irst ob and how success&ul he was at it.

Todd: OK, oe, wh don't we talk about our &irst ob.

9oe: OK

Todd: eah, tell us about our &irst ob.

9oe: ou %ean % o&&icial full-time &irst ob, talking about!

Todd: eah, sure. How about that

9oe: OK. #hat was right a&ter graduating universit. $ beca%e a sales%an.

Todd: Oooh, sales%an! (ice.

9oe: ep, sales%an.

Todd: What were ou selling

9oe: $ was selling nothing.

Todd: (othing

9oe: (othing. Well, basicall $ was selling a %e%bership. :o, that's, it's not

so%ething people can see or visuali;e, but it's like ust %e%bership, so.

Todd: Was it like a %e%bership to a countr club



9oe: eah, actuall a private resorts and gol& clubs.

Todd: (ice. Was this in Japan or in the <:

9oe: $n Japan.

Todd: Wow. What was the best thing about our ob

9oe: #roubles! 0ause $ have to knock on people's houses.

Todd: Oh, wow, it was door to door

9oe: /)actl without an appoint%ents and %e%bership costs 5 %illion en.

:tarting, starting costs.

Todd: 5 %illion en to start and ou %ust have been in ver rich neighborhoods.

9oe: (o, actuall we ust go to an areas. We ust stop o&& at a station and we start

&ro% there.

Todd: eall. Were ou success&ul

9oe: $t's a long stor but to be honest with ou, how %an %e%berships do ou

think $ sold in a ear

Todd: Wow, $ don't know. $ will take a guess. $n one ear, %abe one, two a week, so

% guess is, $ don't know, a hundred.

9oe: One!

Todd: One! One!

9oe: 0an ou believe it!

Todd: :o ou %ust, so ou re%e%ber the luck person ?robabl still re%e%berthat person

9oe: nd ou know what, the person who bought % %e%bership, is who *

&ather.

Todd: Ooh, that's a tough ob.

9oe: $t was rough, reall. $t was reall rough.

Todd: #hat's a lot o& re(ection, ever da. (o, no, no



9oe: $ know, $ %ean i& ou think about it, that's natural though, $ %ean 5 %illion en.

and $ can't reall show the place, cause $ can't take the person to the place. all $ can

do is show the picture and speak and that was right a&ter the bubble econo%

bursted, so nobod had reall, nobod had %one, so.

Todd: Wow, %an so were ou depressed Were ou sad

9oe: $t was ver interesting. $t was hard to motivate %sel&. #he people would call

the police, and call %e like a robber eah, eah, cause $ had to like open the gate

and run to the door and stick % leg so that the won't shut the door.

Todd: :eriousl

9oe: eah, that's how ou do it. "oor to door sells.

Todd: Wow, that's, that's a tough ob. $ don't think $ could do a ob, what's our obnow What do ou do now

9oe: $ a%, $ work &or okoha%a cit and $ a% in a place called okoha%a

0onvention Aureau. $t's a cit ob.

Todd: OK, so the okoha%a 0onvention Aureau1 OK, so ou deal with &oreigners,

naturall cause it's in /nglish.

9oe: nd travellers and visitors and what have ou.

Todd: "o ou like our ob now

9oe: $nteresting! 2ike $ said $ %eet talk to about over -,=== people a da, so it's kind

o& tiring though.

Todd: Wow, -,=== people a da.

9oe: bout -== people an hour. * o&&ice is at the station. okoha%a station. ight

out o& the gate o& the J, so people are going to stop "y.

Todd: ou, that's a lot o& talking. ou %ust be tired o& talking.

9oe: $ a% tired.



98 owlingJoel ust &inished bowling. He talks about his ga%e.

Todd: :o, Joel, how was the bowling %atch

Joel: (ot bad, $ won the &irst one but $ lost the second one.

Todd: eah. How's our ar% &eeling

Joel: (ot bad. * hands are a little tired but % ar%s fine.

Todd: OK, so, are ou going to go ho%e and put so%e ice on it or

Joel: (o, $ don't think so. $ think $ need to get a "eer .

Todd: beer. OK, actuall as soon as we &inish this $'ll be right with you. Wh isbowling so popular do ou think

Joel: $t's cheap and ou can spend as %uch ti%e here as ou want. #hat's what $

like about it. $ noticed like, we can sit there and talk and we're not under a time limit



or anthing. We can ust take our time. nd ou don't need an special skills to plait. nbod can do it.

Todd: eah. How long have ou been bowling

Joel: (ot long. *abe $'ve onl been ten or &i&teen ti%es in % whole li&e.

Todd: Oh, reall. DeahE Well ou look prett good &or onl ten or &i&teen ti%es.

99 Likes and DislikesKeith talks about his pre&erences in ani%als, seasons and %uch %ore.

Todd: OK, Keith, $'% going to ask ou about pre&erences.

!eith: OK.

Todd: Which do ou pre&er, dogs or cats

!eith: "ogs.

Todd: Aecause

!eith: Well, because the're actuall &riendl ani%als. 0ats are kind o& aloof .

Todd: Which do ou pre&er, su%%er or winter

!eith: Oh, su%%er, de&initel.

Todd: eah, wh

!eith: Well, because winter in #oko is kind o& dry, cloud. $t's not %uch &un.



Todd: OK. re ou a %orning person or a night person

!eith: (ight person, all the wa.

Todd: OK. re ou moody in the %ornings

!eith: (o, $'% usuall asleep in the %ornings.

Todd: nd what do ou pre&er, Japanese &ood or *estern food

!eith: Well, in Japan, Japanese &ood cause the sushi here is great.

9B The &ediaKerri talks about where she gets her news and in&o to keep in touch with the world.

Todd: OK, Kerri, $'% going to ask ou about the news. "o ou follow the news

everda

!erri: :o%eti%es.

Todd: How do ou &ollow the news

!erri: Well, in Japan %ostl the radio or the internet.

Todd: Oh, reall. OK. What radio station

!erri: (?, but on the %ilitar station.

Todd: OK. nd what internet websites do ou listen to

!erri: Well, usuall it is ust ? news or whatever.

Todd: OK. How %uch o& the news do ou think is true



!erri: $ don't know. #hat's a tough 3uestion. $ think that because there're so %an

ournalists that o&ten what %akes into the papers is &airl accurate, but un&ortunatel

so%e people leak in&or%ation that is untrue to sway public opinion, so ou have to

kind o& weed through things and consider wh that news stor is made pu"lic.

Todd: eah. How do %ost people in our countr get the news

!erri: $ think %ost people in the states get the news &ro% #+ and &ro% the %ain

broadcasting stations. #he evening news sort o& thing.

Todd: OK. #hanks Keri.

B= Life #d(ustmentKeith talks about what is di&&erent and the sa%e a&ter %arriage.

Todd: He, Keith. $ heard ou ust got %arried.

!eith: Oh, eah.

Todd: (ice. :o, how long ago did ou get %arried

!eith: Oh, $ got %arried last (ove%ber.

Todd: eall, well congratulations.

!eith: #hanks a lot.

Todd: :o, what's married life like

!eith: Oh, it's great. $ love %arried li&e.

Todd: How is being %arried di&&erent than being a "achelor

!eith: ou get less dates.



Todd: eah. #hat's for sure. #hat's &or sure. :o at ho%e, do ou share with like thecooking and the cleaning and stu&& like that

!eith: Oh, eah, sure. #hat's the onl wa to do it reall.

Todd: eah. "o ou cook &or our wi&e

!eith: Oh, eah.

Todd: OK. What do ou cook &or her

!eith: $t depends on what she wants but usuall $ do the eas stu&& like pastas andsalads and that kind o& stu&&.

Todd: Oh, that's nice. #hat's nice.

B1 Likes and DislikesKeith talks about things that he likes and dislikes.

Todd: Hello, Keith.

!eith: Hello, #odd.

Todd: He, Keith, what is our &avorite &ood

!eith: * &avorite &ood Well in Japan it's pro"a"ly sushi.

Todd: OK, how o&ten do ou have sushi

!eith: Wow, probabl at least two ti%es a week.

Todd: OK. What is our &avorite drink

!eith: * &avorite drink. Well, cocacola usually.

Todd: "o ou have coke ever da

!eith: (o because i& $ drink too %uch $ gain weight.



Todd: Oh, eah, eah. $ got the sa%e proble%. OK, how about desserts. What's

our &avorite dessert

!eith: * &avorite dessert * &avorite dessert is probabl #ira%isu.

Todd: #ira%isu

!eith: eah.

B- )pposites"iana is given an adective and %ust thing o& the &irst word that co%es to %ind.

Todd: OK, "iana we're going to talk about adectives

Dianna: OK.

Todd: What is hot

Dianna: n oven.

Todd: eah. what do ou put inside an oven

Dianna: ?i>>a.

Todd: ?i>>a. "o ou "ake your own pi>>a at ho%e

Dianna: $ have "efore. $'% not a good cook though, so.

Todd: Oh, eah, %e neither . What is cold

Dianna: #he rtic ocean.

Todd: #hat is true. +er cold. What can ou &ind down at the rtic

Dianna: Oh, ?olar bears.



Todd: eah, polar bears OK, have ou ever seen a polar bear

Dianna: Onl at the >oo.

B4 The &oon and eyond

/bon talks about space travel and what li&e %ight be like in the &uture.

Todd: /bon, we were looking at the internet and we saw that the <.:. is going to trto put people on the %oon, again, in a &ew ears. What do ou think about that

E"ony: OK, about people on the %oon, $ think it's reall cool! $ sa that as a naturalreaction, but $ know the've tried it be&ore. $ think it would be %abe a good ideaecono%icall, but then again not.

Todd: :ure

E"ony: $ %ean, because &irst o& all, how are we &inaciall in the <: What are thedoing $ think the are tring to pick up spirits or distract right now with all the otherunderlying issues!

Todd: eah!

E"ony: Honestl, when $ heard that, $ was like, is this so%e kind o& propoganda,so%e kind o& "ill"oard distraction in % opinion, $ %ean, it's an awesome ideathough i& ou reall think behind it, but $ don't know i& that's what we should belooking at right now.

Todd: :ure, so do ou think it is a waste o& %one or do ou think it helps science



E"ony: $ think eventuall it's a great thing, and it does help, and $ think it's awonder&ul thing to be paing attention to, but $ don't know whether it's the right%o%ent &or it. Aut either wa, the're doing it, so $ think it would be reall neat, $%ean $'ve alwas wanted to sa to %, ou know, one da % kids, GOk, let's go tovacation on the %oon...$ &eel like going out to the suite hotel ou know.2et's go look

at the starsG ou know a &ew %eteors passing b, wouldn't that be neat..to sa thatand reall be able to do that so%eda.

Todd: 7osh, it %ust be reall, reall beauti&ul on the %oon. Well, actuall, ou arever oung. $ think -=! -= ears old

E"ony: es.

Todd: :o, do ou think that is going to be possible, that...

E"ony: eah! eah!

Todd: eall

E"ony: :ince $ was 1=. :ince $ was 1= ears old % &ather would alwas sa to %e,ou know, he's about @- right now, and so, he said, $'ve seen everbod go &ro% carsto everthing and all the advances in technolog is so &ast, he said, '$ can't i%aginewhen our are % age what's it's going to be like &or ou at the rate technolog isadvancing.

Todd: eah!

E"ony: :o $ thought, GWow, that's reall cool!G $'ll be able to do that and $ alwas did.$ alwas thought that and so, in a wa too $'% saing, GWhat took ou so long gusG

Todd: Wow, so that's a%a>ing. ou could actuall be going &or vacation to the %oonin &ort ears

E"ony: Wouldn't that not be cool!

Todd: eah!

E"ony: Just sit there.

Todd: Or *ars.

E"ony: *ars.

Todd: eah! 2ot o& rocks.

E"ony: #he red planet. $ don't know about %ars. $ think the %oon sounds kind o&cooler not as &ar.

Todd: eah!



E"ony: $t depends on what the do with travel.

Todd: eah. ou de&initel would need a round-trip ticket.

E"ony: OK, thanks a lot /bon

B;Travel TipsJason gives travel tips &or people going to 2ondon.

Todd: Jason, actuall $'% going to /ngland this su%%er.

Jason: eall

Todd: eah can ou give %e so%e advice about where $ should go. $'% gonna have

about one week.

Jason: One week. What $ suggest ou do then is sta in the su"ur"s o& 2ondon &ora start, because it's a lot cheaper. $& ou sta in (orth 2ondon then ou can spend allour %one on rent. nd $ guess ou should go around 0entral 2ondon. #hat'swhere all the tourist attractions are. #hat's where all the nightlife is. $t's ust goteverthing ou need reall, but like $ said rent is wa too e)pensive there, so.

Todd: OK, now $ was thinking o& taking a day trip to O)&ord or 0a%bridge or Aath.What would ou reco%%end



Jason: $t depends reall. Aath has got a lot o& histor. $ guess O)&ord is a lot 3uieter,but again there is a lot o& nightli&e there as well. $t reall depends what ou want todo, but Aath is good &or histor, de&initel.

Todd: OK. What about 0a%bridge

Jason: 0a%bridge $'% not too sure about. $ haven't been there so.

Todd: Oh, reall. OK. $& $ want to go to O)&ord or to Aath, how can $ get there "o $have to drive

Jason: #he easiest wa is to get a train. $t can var how %uch ou wanna pa reall.$t's kind o& similar to Japanese trains. Aut traveling as &ar as 0a%bridge and Aathwould be 3uite e)pensive, %abe 4= pounds, which is 3uite a lot o& %one reall, so.

B5 each Life#revor answers 3uestions about what he takes to the beach.

Todd: #revor, do ou like the beach

Trevor: $ love the beach. #he beach is great.

Todd: OK. Wh do ou love the beach

Trevor: $t's nice &resh air, beauti&ul water, ou can pla in the sand, and % ho""y issur&ing, so $ like to go sur&ing.

Todd: Oh..nice. How o&ten do ou go sur&ing

Trevor: $ tr to go as o&ten as possible, usuall ever weekend.



Todd: OK. When do ou go to the beach :aturda :unda

Trevor: <suall earl on a :aturda %orning. #r to "eat the crowds.

Todd: OK. What do ou do at the beach "esides sur&ing

Trevor: Oh, ust rela) on the sand, watch the people, %abe have a swi%, throw a&risbee.

Todd: OK.

Trevor: #hings like that!

Todd: How long have ou been sur&ing

Trevor: :ince $ was ten ears old.

Todd: Wow, since ou were ten. #hat's great! What do ou take to the beach,when ou go

Trevor: towel, and % hat, % sunscreen, % sur&board, wetsuit, so%e &ood andwater, and %abe a radio.

Todd: OK. (ow, ou are &ro% ustralia. How are the beachesdi&&erent in ustralia than Japan

Trevor: #he beaches are %uch bigger and white sand, clean water, ver nice.

Todd: OK. Well, sounds good. #hanks a lot #revor.

Trevor: OK. /atch you later .



B@ 7ancouver :i%on talks about wh he thinks +ancouver, 0anada is a special place.

Todd: Hello!

2imon: Hi!

Todd: How are ou toda

2imon: (ot bad! (ot bad!

Todd: OK. What is our na%e



2imon: * na%e is :i%on Aent>.

Todd: :i%on. How do ou spell our na%e

2imon: :$*O(.

Todd: OK. (ice..nice na%e. h, :i%on, where are ou &ro%

2imon: $'% &ro% +ancouver, 0anada.

Todd: OK. What kind o& place is +ancouver

2imon: $t's a nice place. $t's got %ountains, beaches, and lots and lots o& Japanesestudents.

Todd: eall! OK. h..wh does it have so %an Japanese students

2imon: Aecause the stud /nglish there.

Todd: OK. $s it cheap to stud /nglish is 0anada

2imon: $ think it is cheaper to stud /nglish in +ancouver than the <nited :tates or/ngland.

Todd: Oh, reall! OK. h, what do ou think about +ancouver

2imon: $ love it. ou can go skiing or snowboarding in the winter, ou can gowindsur&ing and hang out at the beach in the su%%er.

Todd: (ice.

2imon: $t's ust a good place to live.

Todd: What is our &avorite thing to do in +ancouver

2imon: $ like to hang out with % &riends and pla soccer.

Todd: 0ool. (ice. ll right, thanks.



B8 &y Dog#revor talks about his beloved dog and describes what it looks like.

Todd: #revor, do ou have a dog

Trevor: eah, $ do have a dog.

Todd: What kind o& dog

Trevor: * dogs a bo)er.

Todd: bo)er. What does a bo)er look like



Trevor: bo)er is %ediu% si>e. :he's got short hair and a ver short stu""y nose.

nd no tail.

Todd: (o, tail. (ice. Which do ou pre&er dogs or cats

Trevor: $'% a dog person. $ like dogs.

Todd: OK. Wh

Trevor: "ogs are a %an's best &riend and the are alwas loyal.

Todd: OK. What do ou %ean loal What does loalt %ean

Trevor: Oh, the'll sta with ou, even through the hard ti%es.

Todd: OK. Which "reed or kind o& dog do ou like besides bo)ers

Trevor: $ like labrodors and $ like, uh, s%all terriers.

Todd: :%all terriers

Trevor: :%all terriers. Jack ussell s%all terrier.

Todd: What color is a terrier

Trevor: Alack and white.

Todd: Alack and white. ll right! What are so%e costs associated with keeping adog

Trevor: %retty cheap reall. ou got so%e vet costs i& the get sick and the got to

have needles, but &ood. #hat's about it reall.

Todd: OK. 7reat. ll right. #hanks a lot #revor

Trevor: :ee a later!



B9#ussies(icola co%pares the people o& ustralia with the people o& Japan.

8icola: $'% gonna laugh!

Todd: OK. Hello!

8icola: Hello!

Todd: Hi. What is our na%e

8icola: * na%e's (icola.

Todd: OK, (icola. Where are ou &ro%

8icola: $'% &ro% ustralia.

Todd: ustralia! 7reat! nd where are ou &ro% in ustralia



8icola: $'% &ro% a state called Iueensland.

Todd: OK. What is Iueensland like

8icola: $t's prett hot. #here's a lot o& beaches and a lot o& rain&orests.

Todd: Oh, rain&orests, reall!

8icola: eah!

Todd: "o ou go in the rain&orest o&ten

8icola: )ccasionally % &riends and $ go hiking there, but not that o&ten.

Todd: OK. re there reall big snakes

8icola: hhhh..$ haven't seen an et.

Todd: OK, that's good. #hat's good. How do ou feel about ustralia

8icola: $t's a beauti&ul place to live. $ like travelling, so $ like seeing other countries.Aut when $ go ho%e $ a% alwas happ to be there. OK. eah, that's nice. $ kind o&&eel the same way about %erica.

8icola: *%.

Todd: How would ou co%pare ustralia and Japan

8icola: #he are ver di&&erent. Japanese people are 3uite "usy, ustralians areprett laid "ack. OK. OK. $ see we're ust about out o& ti%e so anwa thanks.

8icola: OK. #hank ou.



BB /lim"ing ,u(i:teven talks about cli%bing *t. Cui in the cold season in winter.

Todd: OK, :teven, what do ou want to talk about

2teven: Hiking!

Todd: Hiking! re ou a "ig %ountain %an

2teven: eah, eah, $ reall love getting out into the %ountains.

Todd: What %ountains have ou cli%bed

2teven: Well, recentl, $ cli%bed *t. Cui.

Todd: Wow, how long did it take ou to get to the top



2teven: Well, $ actuall cli%bed *t. Cui on &our di&&erent occasions.

Todd: Wow, reall!

2teven: eah, so it was di&&erent ti%es each trek.

Todd: OK, did ou go in su%%er or in spring

2teven: (o, actuall, the &irst ti%e $ went in, to cli%b Cui was in the winter.

Todd: Wow, %an that %ust have been cold.

2teven: eah, well, it wasn't too bad. We had war% clothes and, ou know, we wereconstantly walking, so our bod te%perature was 3uite high.

Todd: "idn't ou slip on the ice Wasn't the ice reall slipper

2teven: Well, we had cra%pons and ice a)es with us.

Todd: eall, $'% sorr, ou had Gcra%ponsG

2teven: eah, the're like spikes that go on our &eet, eah, basicall ice shoes,eah, so ou can actuall walk on the ice with these shoes without slipping, noproble%.

Todd: eall! What was it like on the top

2teven: Well, on that particular occasion we didn't get to the top because it was toolate in the da. We would have arrived at the top ust as the ust was setting and itwould have been ver dangerous $ think co%ing back down, so.

Todd: Aecause it would have been dark

2teven: eah, eah.

Todd: OK. Wow, well, reall impressive.

2teven: eah, $ reall loved it.



1== Life in Idaho

oe was an e)change student in $daho. He talks about his sta while he was there.

Todd: OK, so we're here. "o ou want to go ahead and introduce oursel& to the

listener

9oe: OK, % na%e is Hiroe Hashi. $'ve lived in %erica &or about seven and a hal&

ears. $ lived in $tal &or two ears.

Todd: Wow! ou lived in $tal too.

9oe: ight, right. :o all together $'ve lived in a &oreign countr &or nine and a hal&

ears.

Todd: Wow! #hat's a%a>ing. :o did ou live in %erica be&ore ou lived in $tal



9oe: $ was in $tal when $ was B ears old, no actuall 8 ears old to B ears old.

Todd: "id ou learn $talian

9oe: little bit. Aasicall slangs.

Todd: Wow, so then how old were ou when ou %oved to %erica

9oe: eah, $ was 18. $ was on a e)change progra% &or when $ went to $daho.

Todd: Wow, what did ou think when ou &irst got to %erica

9oe: OK. $ bought new clothing cause % i%age was like 2.., (ew ork, but it was

$daho, but $ didn't know what to e6pect, and $ got o& &ro% the airplane and $ said to

%sel&, GOh, % god!G. #here was nothing there.

Todd: eah, so was it &lat. Was it &lat.

9oe: $t was &lat. $ saw, #here was...$ re%e%ber the sun going down cause it was

nothing, reall nothing a &lat space, 4@= degrees, an airport, cowbos.

Todd: 0owbos!

9oe: ?otatoes. eal 0owbos. :puds.

Todd: :o $daho is cowbos and potatoes.

9oe: /)actl. #hat's all. bout.

Todd: "o ou still like potatoes

9oe: $ stopped eating spuds since $ ca%e back cause $ ate it everda. ou go to 41

$cecrea% shop and there the have spuds icecrea%.

Todd: Wow. :o spud %eans potato.

9oe: eah, spud, it's like $daho /nglish.

Todd: Wow. nd how about cowbos. "id ou beco%e a real cowbo

9oe: $ started to grow % hair, cause i& ou had short hair, people used to call ou

like a newwaver, like &aggots. $t was kind o& a little disaster &or so%ebod di&&erent to

live.

Todd: eah, &or sure, that would be reall harsh. :o tell %e about our &a%il

9oe: * &a%il! $ have two brothers and a sister, and % &ather passed away three

ears ago and % %o% is working.Todd: OK, "o ou miss idaho



9oe: Criends. $'ve %ade so%e best &riends in $daho actuall.

Todd: eall.

9oe: eah, actuall, $'ve lived in 2.., Washington :tate, but $daho.

Todd: When is the last ti%e ou were in $daho

9oe: When $, that's when $ &inished % progra%, so a long ti%e ago. 1=, wow, 1-, 14

ears ago.

Todd: Wow, that is a long ti%e. OK, and where do ou live now

9oe: $ live in okoha%a.

Todd: okoha%a

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