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hometowns00:00:07
beth hey beth how's it going00:00:11
ollie hi i'm fine00:00:15
how are you fine thanks00:00:18
beth this is lee lee00:00:21
this is my friend beth nice to meet you00:00:25
nice to meet you are you from around00:00:28
here00:00:29
no i'm from seoul korea00:00:32
really that's interesting seoul's the00:00:36
capital of korea00:00:37
isn't it yes that's right how about you00:00:41
what's your hometown i'm from san antomo00:00:45
california00:00:47
san andremo is that a big city00:00:51
no it's a small town in northern00:00:54
california00:00:55
there are about 20 000 people there00:00:59
what's the population of seoul it's a00:01:02
really big00:01:03
city there are over ten million people00:01:06
in seoul00:01:07
wow that's a lot of people00:01:11
yes it is but there's good public00:01:14
transportation00:01:15
so it isn't bad how about the night life00:01:19
are there any good clubs or discos00:01:22
are you kidding there are hundreds seoul00:01:25
has fantastic00:01:27
nightlife uh oh00:01:30
i have to run the library closes in 1000:01:33
minutes00:01:34
see you guys later bye beth00:01:37
take care beth you too bye00:01:52
shopping00:01:58
hi beth come on in hi alicia00:02:02
how are you doing pretty good00:02:05
alicia this is my friend ollie he's from00:02:08
silver spring maryland00:02:11
hi ollie it's nice to meet you00:02:14
nice to meet you too well please come in00:02:17
and have a seat00:02:18
thanks can i get you something00:02:22
coffee soda oh no00:02:25
thanks no thank you i'm fine00:02:29
so alicia we're going to go shopping do00:02:32
you want to come00:02:33
gee i don't know i shop mostly online00:02:37
these days00:02:38
really why is that because it saves time00:02:43
and gas oh right00:02:46
what do you mean well you don't have to00:02:49
drive your car00:02:51
right and you don't have to look for00:02:53
parking the mall00:02:55
is so crowded these days yeah but online00:02:59
you can't see things very well and you can't touch00:03:02
them00:03:03
and with clothes you can't try them on00:03:06
i like to browse when i go shopping00:03:09
me too and it's such a nice day00:03:12
why do you want to sit in front of a00:03:14
computer screen00:03:16
yeah i see what you mean but i don't00:03:19
have much money00:03:21
no problem you can come with us and save00:03:24
money00:03:25
how we aren't going to take any money or00:03:28
credit cards with us00:03:29
and we aren't going to spend any money00:03:32
we're just going to look around00:03:34
that's right we're going window shopping00:03:38
great idea then i am going00:03:45
staying in touch00:03:50
lee are you okay what's the matter00:03:54
yeah lee why are you so sad00:03:57
i'm reading an email from my mom in00:04:00
korea00:04:01
is she all right yes she's fine00:04:05
but i miss her and i miss my other00:04:07
family and friends in korea00:04:10
i guess i'm homesick yeah00:04:13
i sometimes get homesick for my family00:04:16
me too i really want to see my family00:04:19
and friends in california soon00:04:22
how often do you hear from your family00:04:24
lee00:04:25
besides email i get two or three letters00:04:28
a month00:04:29
how about you i usually call home00:04:33
i usually stay in touch just by phone00:04:36
because it's easy00:04:37
well i really want to talk to my family00:04:41
email just isn't the same but it's00:04:44
expensive to call korea00:04:46
oh call them lee just talk for three00:04:49
minutes00:04:50
yeah that's not very expensive00:04:54
in fact you can use my phone card00:04:57
good idea call now before we go to the00:05:00
movies00:05:01
there's a pay phone over there you're00:05:04
right00:05:05
i really need to talk to them but wait00:05:07
for me00:05:08
okay great00:05:16
calling a hospital00:05:31
welcome to faber hospital and clinics00:05:35
if this is an emergency please hang up00:05:38
and call nine one one please listen00:05:42
carefully00:05:43
as our menu options have changed00:05:46
for the 24-hour pharmacy please press00:05:49
one for family medicine00:05:52
press two for the health clinic00:05:56
press three to speak to the operator00:06:00
please press zero or just stay on the00:06:03
line00:06:05
hmm i need the clinic i'll press00:06:08
three00:06:11
health clinic can i help you yes00:06:15
i think i have the flu i feel awful00:06:19
would you like to make an appointment00:06:21
yes i'd like to see a doctor00:06:24
all right could you come in tomorrow00:06:26
afternoon00:06:27
at one o'clock yes i can come then00:06:31
oh should i bring any money no00:06:35
just your id and insurance card00:06:38
okay now could i have your name00:06:42
and insurance number yes00:06:45
my family name is halal h-a-l-a-l00:06:50
my first name is ali a-l-i00:06:54
and my insurance number is zero zero00:06:57
zero00:06:58
four eight one six two four00:07:02
okay you're all set don't forget to00:07:06
bring your health insurance card when00:07:08
you come in tomorrow00:07:09
okay all right we'll see you tomorrow at00:07:13
one00:07:14
yes thank you thank you very much00:07:17
bye bye00:07:25
going out00:07:30
okay great i'll see you tomorrow at00:07:32
seven o'clock00:07:34
right bye hmm00:07:37
who was that yeah someone special00:07:41
that was michelle a really nice guy in00:07:44
my computer science class00:07:46
he asked me out i accepted00:07:49
so so one phone call and now you have a00:07:52
boyfriend00:07:54
oh come on alicia he's not my boyfriend00:07:57
yet well it sounds nice00:08:01
i need my parents permission to go out00:08:03
on a date with a boy00:08:05
yeah one of my friends here at the00:08:07
college is from india00:08:08
and he says in his country parents used00:08:11
to arrange00:08:12
all dates and marriages too and00:08:15
sometimes they still do00:08:17
wow that's interesting00:08:20
hmm lee you said your friend is from00:08:24
india that's right and your friend is a00:08:27
guy00:08:28
right yes his name is varun00:08:32
well a girlfriend of mine in my math00:08:34
class is from india too00:08:36
her name is parvina do you think varun00:08:40
would like to meet her00:08:41
you mean on a date sure00:08:45
why not that's a great idea alicia00:08:49
i don't know maybe they need their00:08:51
parents permission00:08:53
oh come on lee okay okay00:08:57
i don't know why you want to be a00:08:59
matchmaker but i'll ask varun00:09:02
great and i'll call parveena00:09:12
sleep deprived00:09:18
ollie what's the matter you look so00:09:21
sleepy00:09:23
yeah can't you wake up this morning00:09:26
no i can't i can hardly keep my eyes00:09:30
open00:09:31
i was up late last night my friend had a00:09:34
party00:09:35
i only got about four hours of sleep00:09:39
why didn't you sleep in this morning i00:09:42
have to meet my study group at the00:09:43
library00:09:44
we have a big test next week a big00:09:48
test why didn't you study last night00:09:51
instead of going to the party00:09:53
oh it's okay i studied a lot before the00:09:56
party00:09:57
maybe that's not a good idea why not00:10:01
i read a research study it said that if00:10:05
you don't get enough sleep00:10:06
after you study you may forget thirty00:10:09
percent of what you studied00:10:11
especially if you studied something that00:10:13
is very complex00:10:15
thirty percent that's almost one-third00:10:19
yes that's a lot are you sure alicia00:10:23
yes even two days after you study00:10:27
if you don't get enough sleep you forget00:10:30
a lot00:10:31
it's called being sleep deprived00:10:34
well i read that eating right can help00:10:36
you study00:10:38
you mean what you eat helps you study00:10:41
yes there are chemicals that help you00:10:43
stay alert00:10:44
i think the best foods are fish eggs00:10:48
soy rice and peanuts00:10:51
so you should get enough sleep and eat00:10:53
the right foods00:10:55
that sounds like good advice i'll see00:10:58
you two later00:11:00
where are you going ollie home to take a00:11:03
nap00:11:09
looking for a summer job00:11:17
thanks for coming with me to the00:11:19
placement center ali00:11:21
don't mention it it's nice to have your00:11:23
company00:11:24
besides i need to find a summer job too00:11:28
what kind of job are you looking for00:11:30
ollie00:11:31
i'm hoping to find one in my major00:11:34
public health00:11:35
i'm sure you can do you have any00:11:38
experience in public health00:11:40
yes i do i worked part-time in a lab in00:11:44
maryland last summer00:11:46
that's great i want to find a job00:11:48
writing for a local newspaper00:11:51
i'd like to be a reporter your major is00:11:54
journalism00:11:55
isn't it uh-huh i had a great job last00:11:58
summer when i was in mexico city00:12:01
really what did you do i worked00:12:04
part-time for00:12:05
excelsior it's the biggest newspaper in00:12:08
mexico00:12:09
what did you do there i wrote local news00:12:12
stories00:12:13
you know news about mexico city but00:12:16
someday i want to write international00:12:18
news stories00:12:20
then i can travel around the world and00:12:22
find out what people are like in other00:12:24
places00:12:25
that sounds wonderful i'm sure you can00:12:28
do it00:12:29
are there any jobs in public health on00:12:31
the bulletin board00:12:33
no i don't see anything interesting00:12:36
you should try looking on the web there00:12:39
are some great job sites00:12:41
that's how i found the job in mexico00:12:43
city00:12:44
that's a good idea do i search for00:12:47
public health00:12:48
try jobs in public health or the names00:12:52
of specific jobs00:12:54
i search for newspaper reporter00:12:57
i'll go to the computer lab right now00:12:59
and try that00:13:00
see you later00:13:06
at a food court00:13:14
wow look at all these different places00:13:17
to eat00:13:18
you said it there are so many choices00:13:21
american fast food chinese italian00:13:25
vegetarian00:13:26
i can't decide what to eat what are you00:13:29
going to have dan00:13:31
i'm hungry i'm going to the fast food00:13:34
place00:13:35
i want a double cheeseburger and a large00:13:38
order of fries00:13:40
oh how many cheeseburgers do you eat00:13:43
every week00:13:44
you had a couple at the picnic yesterday00:13:47
didn't you00:13:48
yeah so what i like cheeseburgers00:13:53
i think pat's worried about you why00:13:56
i'm healthy but cheeseburgers have a lot00:14:00
of fat00:14:01
and a lot of calories okay00:14:04
okay what are you going to have00:14:08
i'm going to have some tofu and rice at00:14:10
that chinese place00:14:13
oh i forgot you're a vegetarian00:14:16
right right hmm00:14:19
i think i'm going to have a salad are00:14:22
you on a diet00:14:24
no diet i just like to eat healthy food00:14:28
what are you going to have to drink a00:14:30
large cola00:14:32
a large cola but there's lots of00:14:35
sugar and soda dan's right00:14:38
and sugar's bad for your teeth all right00:14:42
i'll have a diet cola there's no sugar00:14:45
in that00:14:46
great and i'll have a salad too00:14:56
arriving in san francisco00:15:04
look guys up ahead there's san francisco00:15:08
we're almost there look at that skyline00:15:13
what's that tall triangular building it00:15:16
looks like a tower00:15:17
that's the transamerica building it's00:15:20
one of san francisco's landmarks00:15:22
it's almost as famous now as the golden00:15:25
gate bridge00:15:26
the cable cars chinatown00:15:29
well i can't wait to go to all those00:15:32
places00:15:33
and alcatraz too you said it00:15:36
alcatraz used to be the prison where the00:15:39
most dangerous00:15:40
criminals in the united states were put00:15:43
now it's a really interesting former prison00:15:46
and great place to tour00:15:49
let's try to go there tomorrow then we00:15:51
can also do something else tomorrow00:15:55
uh-oh dan what's wrong with the car00:16:00
yeah why are we going slower00:16:03
oh no i think we have a flat tire00:16:07
we have a spare tire don't we yes i00:16:10
think so00:16:11
i'll pull over00:16:20
there it is it is a flat tire00:16:24
now who can help me change it i00:16:27
can i can't believe we have a flat tire00:16:32
and just before we got to san francisco00:16:35
oh it'll take us just a few minutes to00:16:38
change it00:16:39
then we can start to explore the city00:16:47
earth day00:16:54
come in hi alicia00:16:57
how's it going hi lee i'm fine00:17:00
but busy what are you doing00:17:04
i'm making a sign for earth day earth00:17:07
day00:17:08
what's that on earth day people think00:17:11
about pollution and00:17:12
other problems with the environment00:17:15
really00:17:16
when is earth day next monday00:17:19
and is it every year yes it is00:17:23
the first earth day was in 197000:17:26
and it now happens every year on april00:17:29
22nd00:17:30
on that day people talk and learn about00:17:33
problems with the environment00:17:36
like how well one year00:17:39
thousands of people came to washington00:17:41
dc to support clean00:17:43
energy in italy 15000:17:46
towns and cities had car less weekends00:17:49
when nobody could drive00:17:51
you mean earth day happens all over the00:17:53
world00:17:54
yes it sure does earth day happens in00:17:57
many countries00:17:59
and what's going on here at the college00:18:02
there's a lot happening at the college00:18:04
at the student union there will be00:18:06
exhibits on pollution00:18:08
students will also plant some trees00:18:10
around the college campus00:18:13
so what are you planning to do on earth00:18:15
day00:18:16
i'm planning to give a speech about00:18:17
pollution00:18:19
also i'm going to carry this sign00:18:22
what does it say save the earth00:18:26
that's great alicia can i go with you00:18:28
and help00:18:29
i want to help the environment too00:18:32
surely00:18:33
would you like to carry a sign too yes00:18:36
i sure would00:18:43
meeting new friends00:18:50
hi how are you doing hi00:18:53
you're jack right yeah00:18:57
and sorry you're00:19:00
peter peter riley oh yeah we met on00:19:04
campus last week00:19:06
peter this is my friend ming li she's00:19:09
just moved into the building00:19:11
heimingli nice to meet you you can just00:19:14
call me ming00:19:16
lee's my last name oh man00:19:19
that sounds chinese oh00:19:22
so you're from from san francisco00:19:25
my parents came over from hong kong00:19:28
before i was born00:19:29
oh that's cool actually uh00:19:33
i was thinking of taking chinese this00:19:35
term00:19:36
maybe you could help me well my chinese00:19:40
really isn't very good00:19:41
uh listen peter we're really hungry00:19:46
do you want to get something to eat with00:19:47
us sorry i can't00:19:50
i have to go meet my new roommate oh00:19:53
okay00:19:54
well stop by sometime i'm up in 212.00:19:58
hey i'm on the same floor i'm in 220.00:20:02
no kidding well nice meeting you ming00:20:06
i'm sure i'll see you guys soon see you00:20:09
later00:20:16
vacation plans00:20:21
wow look it's raining cats and dogs00:20:24
again00:20:27
i hate this weather when does winter00:20:29
break start00:20:31
winter break it's only october00:20:34
i know but i'm sick of studying00:20:38
i want to go someplace warm and lie on00:20:40
the beach for a week00:20:42
someplace where it's sunny and dry00:20:45
florida or00:20:46
hawaii maybe yeah where we can go00:20:49
swimming and snorkeling and get a great00:20:52
tan now that's my idea of a perfect vacation00:20:56
not mine i can't swim very well00:20:59
and i don't like lying in the sun00:21:02
oh yeah how come i don't know00:21:06
i just prefer the mountains especially00:21:09
in winter00:21:10
i love snowboarding in fact i'm planning00:21:14
to go to bear mountain with some00:21:16
friends in december do you guys want to00:21:18
come00:21:19
no thanks i went there last year i was00:21:23
freezing the whole time00:21:25
anyway i don't know how to ski very well00:21:28
last year i fell about a hundred times00:21:32
peter how about you sorry i'm like jack00:21:36
i don't want to go any place where it's00:21:38
below 70 degrees00:21:41
by the way what's the weather forecast00:21:43
for tomorrow00:21:45
the same as today cloudy cold00:21:48
and a 90 chance of rain oh00:21:51
no i left my umbrella at the library00:21:55
you can borrow mine i've got an extra00:21:57
one00:22:03
shopping for food00:22:11
well i got a few groceries that aren't00:22:14
on the list00:22:16
i can see that we're not shopping for an00:22:19
army you know i always do this when i'm00:22:23
hungry00:22:24
well let's see what you have here00:22:27
some nice fresh strawberries for only00:22:29
1.79 a pound00:22:32
well that's fine they always have nice00:22:35
produce here00:22:36
but why do you have all these cookies00:22:40
don't you like them oh i don't know00:22:44
i hope you got a box of tofu00:22:47
i think i forgot where's the aisle with00:22:50
the asian foods again00:22:52
aisle three i'll go get it00:22:56
wait this steak you got looks really00:23:01
expensive well it isn't it's on sale for00:23:05
just00:23:06
3.99 a pound00:23:09
and what's this more ice cream00:23:13
we already have a quart at home why00:23:16
don't you put it back00:23:18
meanwhile i'll get in line right here00:23:24
i'm sorry miss this is the express line00:23:28
and it looks like you've got more than00:23:30
10 items00:23:31
oh and we don't take checks here00:23:41
in the city00:23:46
peter are you going downtown today00:23:49
uh-huh why can you give me a ride00:23:53
i have to run some errands where do you00:23:56
need to go00:23:57
uh a lot of places first00:24:00
i have to go to the bank could you drop00:24:03
me off at the00:24:04
corner of king boulevard and second00:24:06
avenue00:24:07
king and second oh sure00:24:10
i know where that is but why are you00:24:13
going to the bank00:24:15
why don't you use the atm machine on00:24:17
campus00:24:18
because my debit card isn't working i've00:24:21
got to get a new one00:24:23
and the cleaners is next door to the00:24:25
bank00:24:26
i have to pick up some clothes there00:24:28
anyway why don't you use the laundry00:24:30
room here in the building00:24:32
i'm not picking up laundry it's dry00:24:35
cleaning00:24:36
by the way is there a computer repair00:24:39
shop near there00:24:40
i need to drop off my laptop computer00:24:44
repair00:24:45
oh yeah there's a good buy across the00:24:48
street from the bank00:24:50
they fix computers there oh00:24:53
that's convenient so00:24:56
what are you going to do downtown i'm00:24:59
going to the courthouse00:25:01
i've gotta pay a traffic ticket no00:25:04
kidding00:25:05
i have to pay a ticket too i just got a00:25:08
ticket last week00:25:10
but kenji you don't drive i know00:25:14
i got a ticket for jaywalking really00:25:18
yeah i didn't know it's illegal to cross00:25:21
in the middle of the street00:25:28
finding the right apartment00:25:32
i'm so stressed out my landlord just00:25:36
raised my rent i think i'll have to move00:25:40
really you know my building has some00:25:44
vacancies00:25:45
it's a pretty nice place and it's just00:25:48
10 minutes from campus00:25:50
oh yeah how much is the rent for a00:25:53
studio00:25:55
there are no studio apartments in our00:25:57
building00:25:58
my neighbor just moved out of a one00:26:00
bedroom he paid eight hundred fifty00:26:02
dollars a month i think00:26:05
that's not bad tell me more00:26:08
well one bedrooms come with a bathroom00:26:11
a kitchen a fireplace in the living room00:26:15
pretty big closets and uh00:26:18
are you looking for a furnished or00:26:20
unfurnished place00:26:22
unfurnished i have all my own stuff00:26:26
what about parking and laundry00:26:29
there's no garage you have to park on00:26:32
the street00:26:33
but there is a laundry room downstairs00:26:37
hmm i think i'm interested could you00:26:40
give me the address00:26:42
sure it's 1213 rose00:26:45
avenue the manager's name is mr azizi00:26:50
call him up or just stop by and talk to00:26:53
him00:26:54
thanks ming i'm going to do that00:26:56
tomorrow for sure00:27:03
learning new customs00:27:09
so salma is this your first trip to the00:27:12
united states00:27:14
yes it is and what's your impression so00:27:18
far00:27:19
well the people are really friendly and00:27:22
the city is beautiful00:27:24
but the food well it's not so good00:27:28
oh yeah that's what i thought too when i00:27:31
first got here00:27:32
but i'm used to american food now i00:27:35
actually00:27:36
love hot dogs and french fries so00:27:39
last night i took salma to a mexican00:27:42
restaurant00:27:43
i wanted her to try something exotic did00:27:45
you like it00:27:47
yeah the food was pretty good but it was00:27:50
too much00:27:51
i couldn't finish it all someone was00:27:54
amazed when i took the leftovers home in00:27:57
a doggie bag00:27:58
yeah that's funny isn't it they call it00:28:01
a doggy bag00:28:02
but it's for people anyway what else00:28:06
surprised you00:28:07
that the restaurant was so cold00:28:11
we don't use air conditioning so much in00:28:13
my country00:28:15
oh and the water had ice in it too00:28:18
i had to put on my sweater i was so cold00:28:27
excuse me hello00:28:31
oh hi eduardo excuse me miss00:28:34
but we don't allow cell phones in the00:28:37
restaurant00:28:38
oh sorry i didn't know00:28:42
edmardo i'll have to call you back00:28:47
that's strange for me in lebanon00:28:50
we use phones everywhere i mean00:28:54
we try to talk quietly in a place like00:28:56
this00:28:57
but same in japan this kind of rule is00:29:00
getting more popular though00:29:02
i'm sorry selma no no it's okay00:29:06
when in rome do as the romans do00:29:14
touring a health club00:29:19
[Music]00:29:21
hi i'm adele i'm sure you're going to00:29:25
like it here00:29:26
let me show you around00:29:31
here's the weight room we've got the00:29:33
newest machines00:29:35
our instructors can show you how to use00:29:37
them this is cool00:29:40
yeah i really need to start lifting00:29:42
weights00:29:45
[Music]00:29:47
and here is a cardio class i've never00:29:51
tried cardio00:29:52
it's just dancing isn't it not really00:29:56
actually they're working harder than you00:29:58
think and00:29:59
cardio is very good for your heart sure00:30:02
is00:30:03
but you should do it at least three00:30:05
times a week00:30:06
if you want to be in good shape well i00:30:09
already jog00:30:10
three times a week that's terrific you00:30:13
also have boxing and yoga classes here00:30:16
don't you yes i'll give you a schedule00:30:19
of classes when we finish our tour00:30:24
now here's our swimming pool wow00:30:28
look at that woman in the middle lane00:30:30
she's really fast00:30:32
isn't she oh yeah that's ellen00:30:35
one of our instructors i'd like to take00:30:38
lessons from her00:30:40
you're not the only one come on i'll00:30:42
show you the showers in the locker room00:30:47
you know if you want to join our gym you00:30:50
ought to do it before the end of the00:30:51
month00:30:52
really why well because we have a00:30:56
special discount for students this month00:30:59
let's go to my office and i'll tell you00:31:00
all about it00:31:06
watching tv00:31:14
hey listen to this the average american00:31:17
watches00:31:18
four hours of tv a day a day00:31:22
you're joking no it says so right here00:31:25
in this newspaper00:31:27
hmm i guess you're an average american00:31:31
jack you00:31:32
always have your tv on come on00:31:35
are you saying i'm a couch potato00:31:38
yeah i really think watching tv is a00:31:42
waste of time00:31:44
oh come on some programs are bad00:31:47
like those soap operas but what about00:31:50
sports or the news00:31:52
you watch those sometimes don't you well00:31:55
actually for the news i prefer the00:31:58
newspaper00:31:59
or the internet why first00:32:02
because they give you a lot more00:32:04
information00:32:06
and i can read them anytime i want00:32:09
plus i hate all the commercials00:32:12
i know what you mean that's why when the00:32:15
commercials come on00:32:16
i just turn down the volume or change00:32:19
channels00:32:20
yeah i noticed that channel surfing00:32:23
drives me crazy okay00:32:26
next time you come over i'll let you00:32:29
have the remote control00:32:31
oh that's so sweet but i have a better00:32:34
idea00:32:35
next time i come over let's just turn00:32:37
the tv00:32:38
off advertisers00:32:44
meeting old friends00:32:51
ming look i can't believe it00:32:55
it's dan hey dan how are you00:32:59
yolanda ming wow00:33:03
i haven't seen you guys since graduation00:33:06
night00:33:07
i know you look great00:33:10
thanks so do you so00:33:14
what have you been up to well00:33:17
i go to faber college really00:33:20
do you like it yeah so far00:33:23
but i've been studying really hard00:33:26
sure you have so what's your major00:33:31
it's computer science ah00:33:34
that makes sense you always were good at00:33:37
math and science00:33:40
thanks anyway what have you guys been up00:33:43
to00:33:44
well i'm a sales rep for a publishing00:33:47
company00:33:49
no kidding how do you like that oh00:33:52
i love it i'm on the road a lot00:33:55
but i get to meet some interesting00:33:57
people00:33:59
that's terrific and how about you00:34:01
yolanda00:34:03
i'm studying pre-med at state college00:34:06
wow you can be my doctor you always were00:34:10
good at science too00:34:12
well it was great seeing you both let's00:34:15
keep in touch from now on00:34:17
email me sometime here's my address00:34:25
explaining a sport00:34:31
okay guys let's warm up and stretch00:34:34
we've gotta work on balance and00:34:36
flexibility00:34:38
so ming when did you get into this00:34:41
karate stuff00:34:43
karate's japanese ming's showing us00:34:46
taekwondo and it's korean00:34:49
cool so what's the difference00:34:53
taekwondo uses hundreds of different00:34:55
kicking moves00:34:57
but karate well kenji it sounds like you00:35:00
know something about karate00:35:02
yeah karate uses more punches and blocks00:35:06
too maybe you've seen guys break wooden00:35:10
boards with punches00:35:12
you know like i learned that when i was00:35:16
in school00:35:17
that's great i wish i could do that00:35:22
so ming why did you get into taekwondo00:35:26
i had a korean friend in middle school00:35:29
and he said it could help me get in00:35:31
shape and build my confidence so i tried it00:35:35
and i really liked it it looks like you00:35:38
succeeded00:35:39
well i'm still working on it i've really00:35:43
improved my00:35:44
speed and power it also helps you focus00:35:47
you'll see awesome let's get started00:35:57
on a college campus00:36:04
excuse me could you tell me where00:36:07
kimbell hall is00:36:09
oh you mean campbell hall oh yeah00:36:12
right do you see that brown building00:36:15
over there00:36:17
uh behind the fountain yeah00:36:20
that's it come on i'm going there too00:36:23
are you here for the english placement00:36:25
test yes i00:36:27
am how about you actually i'm one of the00:36:30
english teachers here00:36:32
oh really maybe i'll be in your class00:36:36
it's possible what's your name00:36:39
mari kohanda but most people call me00:36:42
mari and you i'm nancy anderson00:36:46
so where are you from japan00:36:49
aha and uh how long have you been here00:36:54
just three weeks really00:36:57
but your english sounds great thanks00:37:01
that's because my family used to come00:37:03
here every summer to visit my00:37:04
grandmother when i was little00:37:07
i can speak pretty well but00:37:10
now i want to go to college here so i00:37:12
need to improve my skills00:37:14
especially writing yeah so00:37:18
uh that's why i signed up for this00:37:20
english program00:37:22
i see uh what do you want to major in00:37:26
international business my father has an00:37:29
import export company and he does a lot00:37:32
of business here in the states00:37:34
oh i see and i also want to take art00:37:38
classes because i'm really into art art and00:37:41
business00:37:42
wow that's an interesting combination00:37:45
but can't you study those things in00:37:48
japan00:37:49
well sure but you have to speak good00:37:51
english these days to get ahead in00:37:53
business00:37:54
it's better for my career if i go to00:37:56
college here00:37:58
well here's campbell hall good luck on00:38:01
the placement exam00:38:02
it was nice meeting you mari thanks you00:38:05
too00:38:06
see you later bye bye00:38:14
finding a place to live00:38:24
hello may i speak to nancy please00:38:28
speaking uh hi um my00:38:32
name is mari and i'm calling about the00:38:34
room for rent00:38:36
i saw your ad at the campus housing00:38:38
office00:38:39
oh right okay uh are you a student00:38:44
well right now i'm just studying english00:38:47
but i'm planning to start college00:38:49
full-time in march00:38:51
i see where are you living now00:38:55
i've been living in a house with some00:38:57
other students00:38:58
but i don't like it there why00:39:01
what's the problem well first of all00:39:04
it's really noisy and it's not00:39:07
very clean the other people in the house00:39:10
are real slobs i mean they never lift a finger to00:39:13
clean up after themselves00:39:15
it really bugs me i need a place that's00:39:19
cleaner and more private well it's really quiet00:39:23
here00:39:24
we're not home very much what do you do00:39:27
i teach english at the college wait a00:39:30
minute00:39:31
didn't we meet yesterday at the00:39:33
placement exam00:39:35
oh you're the girl from japan00:39:39
what was your name again mari00:39:42
right what a small world00:39:46
it really is by the way00:39:49
who else lives in the house the ad said00:39:51
there are three people00:39:53
well besides me there's my husband00:39:56
andrew00:39:57
and my cousin jeff he's a musician and a00:40:00
part-time student00:40:02
uh are you okay with having male00:40:04
roommates00:40:05
sure as long as they're clean and not00:40:08
too noisy00:40:10
don't worry they're both easy to live00:40:12
with okay00:40:14
um is the neighborhood safe oh00:40:17
sure we haven't had any problems and you00:40:20
can walk to school from here00:40:22
well it sounds really nice when can i00:40:26
come by and see it00:40:27
can you make it this evening around five00:40:31
then you can meet the guys too yeah five00:40:34
o'clock is good00:40:35
what's the address it's 347500:40:40
hayworth avenue do you know where that00:40:43
is00:40:44
no i don't okay from00:40:48
university village you go seven blocks00:40:51
east on olympic avenue at the00:40:53
intersection of olympic and alfred00:40:56
there's a stoplight turn left and go00:40:59
up one and a half blocks our house is in00:41:02
the middle of the block00:41:03
on the left that sounds easy00:41:07
yeah you can't miss it listen i've gotta00:41:10
go someone's at the door see you this00:41:12
evening00:41:13
okay see you later bye bye00:41:24
borrowing money00:41:32
hello hi dad jeff how are you00:41:36
i'm fine dad how's mom did she get over00:41:40
her cold00:41:41
yes she's fine now she went back to work00:41:43
yesterday00:41:45
that's good um dad00:41:48
i need to ask you something i'm sure son00:41:51
what is it00:41:52
well uh the truth is00:41:56
i'm broke again could you lend me 20000:41:59
just till the end of the month broke00:42:02
again00:42:03
jeff when you moved in with nancy and00:42:06
andrew00:42:07
you said you could make ends meet but00:42:10
this is the third time you've asked me00:42:11
for help00:42:13
i know i know i'm sorry but00:42:16
see my old guitar broke and i had to buy00:42:19
a new one00:42:20
i can't play on a broken guitar right00:42:23
look jeff00:42:24
if you want to play in a band that's00:42:26
okay with me00:42:27
but you can't keep asking me to pay for00:42:29
it00:42:30
okay okay you're right but what do you00:42:33
think i ought to do00:42:35
everything costs an arm and a leg around00:42:37
here00:42:38
well first of all i think you'd better00:42:39
go on a budget00:42:41
make a list of all your income and all00:42:43
your expenses00:42:44
and then it's simple don't spend more00:42:47
than you earn00:42:48
but that's exactly the problem my00:42:50
expenses are00:42:51
always larger than my income that's why00:42:54
i need to borrow money from you00:42:56
then maybe you should work more hours at00:42:58
the computer store00:43:00
dad i already work 15 hours a week00:43:04
how can i study and work and find time00:43:07
to play with my band00:43:09
come on jeff when i was your age i know00:43:12
i know when you were my age you were already00:43:15
married and working and going to school00:43:18
that's right and if i could do it why00:43:20
can't you00:43:21
because i'm not you dad that's why00:43:25
alright jeff calm down i don't expect00:43:28
you to be like me00:43:29
but i can't lend you any more money your00:43:31
mother and i are on a budget too you00:43:33
know00:43:34
maybe i should just drop out of school00:43:37
work full time00:43:38
and play in the band in the evenings i00:43:41
can go back to school later00:43:43
i wouldn't do that if i were you yeah00:43:46
but you're not me00:43:47
remember it's my life all right jeff00:43:50
let's not argue why don't you think00:43:53
about00:43:54
this very carefully and call me back in00:43:56
a few days00:43:57
and in the meantime you'd better find a00:43:59
way to pay for that new guitar00:44:02
yes dad all right goodbye son00:44:06
bye00:44:14
finding a job00:44:19
hey jeff what's going on oh00:44:22
i'm looking at the classified ads it00:44:25
looks like i have to get a job00:44:27
i thought you had a job at a computer00:44:30
store or something00:44:32
yeah but that's part time i need00:44:35
something full time00:44:36
really but what about school what about00:44:40
your band00:44:41
how can you work full time well00:44:44
to tell you the truth i'm probably going00:44:47
to drop out of school for a while i'm just not00:44:50
in the mood for studying these days00:44:52
i'd rather spend my time playing with my00:44:55
band00:44:56
but my father won't support me if i'm00:44:58
not in school00:44:59
i see well what kind of job do you want00:45:03
to get00:45:04
well ideally something involving music00:45:07
like in a record store but if that's not00:45:10
possible00:45:12
i don't know but whatever i do it'll be00:45:14
better than my first job00:45:17
oh yeah what was that believe it or not00:45:21
the summer after i finished high school00:45:23
i worked at burger ranch00:45:25
you in a fast food place what did you do00:45:29
there00:45:30
i was a burger flipper you know i made00:45:33
hamburgers all day long00:45:35
that sounds like a pretty boring job00:45:39
it was the worst and i haven't gone00:45:41
inside a burger ranch since i quit that00:45:44
job00:45:46
hi what's so funny do you remember my00:45:49
job at the burger ranch00:45:51
oh yeah that was pretty awful but00:45:54
actually00:45:55
it doesn't sound so bad to me right now00:45:58
why nancy00:45:59
what's wrong oh i'm just really00:46:02
really tired i'm teaching four different00:46:05
classes this term00:46:07
and two of them are really large00:46:10
sometimes i think i've been teaching too00:46:12
long00:46:13
how long have you been teaching 12 years00:46:18
maybe it's time to try something else00:46:21
like what well00:46:24
i've always wanted to be a writer i00:46:26
could work at home00:46:29
oh don't listen to her mari she always00:46:31
talks this way when she's had a bad day00:46:33
at school00:46:34
at least you have a good job nancy look00:46:38
at me i'm broke and dad won't lend me any more00:46:41
money00:46:42
oh stop complaining if you're so poor00:46:45
why don't you go back to the burger00:46:47
ranch00:46:49
listen you two stop arguing look at me00:46:52
i can't work at all because i'm an00:46:54
international student00:46:56
okay okay i'm sorry nancy tell you what00:47:00
let's go out to dinner i'll pay00:47:04
but you're broke all right you pay00:47:08
oh00:47:16
a single mother00:47:24
who's there it's sharon and joey00:47:27
hi come on in what's happening00:47:32
jeff can you do me a big favor i just00:47:34
got a call from the office00:47:36
they want me to look into a computer00:47:38
problem right away00:47:40
would you mind watching joey until i get00:47:42
back00:47:43
sure no problem is he asleep yeah00:47:47
he just fell asleep 10 minutes ago he00:47:49
usually sleeps for a couple of hours at00:47:51
this time of day00:47:52
but if he wakes up just give him a00:47:55
bottle00:47:56
oh what a cute baby he's so00:47:59
little mari this is our neighbor sharon00:48:03
and her son joey sharon this is our new00:48:06
roommate mari00:48:08
nice to meet you you too00:48:11
listen i've got to take off thanks so00:48:14
much jeff for helping me out00:48:16
bye hey jeff00:48:19
i didn't know you liked babies well00:48:23
joey is special i take care of him from00:48:25
time to time when sharon's busy00:48:28
and then she does favors for me in00:48:30
return00:48:31
like last week she lent me her car00:48:34
and her husband is he she's not married00:48:38
i don't think she ever was actually00:48:40
never00:48:41
nope never i think she's happy being a00:48:44
single mother00:48:45
oh is that pretty common in america00:48:50
well it's certainly becoming more and00:48:52
more common00:48:53
even nancy used to talk about it you00:48:55
know before she got married00:48:58
hi guys hi hi uh00:49:02
what were you saying about me that you00:49:05
used to talk about having a baby by00:49:06
yourself00:49:07
before you met andrew oh yeah00:49:10
i worried that time was running out you00:49:13
know like what if i never got married00:49:16
maybe i'm old-fashioned but i could00:49:18
never bring up a baby by myself00:49:21
i think it would be so difficult yeah00:49:24
raising a child is tough i'm really00:49:26
lucky i met andrew00:49:29
and if you have a baby you'll have jeff00:49:32
here to help you with babysitting00:49:35
we'll see speaking of babysitting i'd00:49:38
better check up on joey00:49:47
using technology to stay in touch00:49:53
come in am i interrupting00:49:57
it's okay i was just catching up on my00:49:59
blog00:50:01
oh yeah what's it about00:50:04
mostly it's about hip-hop like here's a00:50:07
comment from a guy named hassan00:50:09
talking about let's see hip-hop in00:50:12
istanbul00:50:14
in turkey turkish hip-hop00:50:18
sure and here's one from my friend00:50:20
hiroshi00:50:21
the drummer in tokyo hmm00:50:24
maybe i should start a blog about00:50:26
learning english00:50:28
well it's a great way to meet new people00:50:31
that's for sure00:50:32
and all you need is an internet00:50:34
connection well00:50:36
speaking of the internet i wanted to ask00:50:39
your advice about something00:50:41
okay what's up well i just got my cell00:50:45
phone bill for last month00:50:47
and it was a hundred sixty dollars ouch00:50:51
yeah i can't believe it cell phone calls00:50:54
are so expensive here00:50:57
are they cheaper in japan much00:51:00
cheaper and we use our cell phones for00:51:03
email too00:51:04
a lot of people don't even own a00:51:06
computer00:51:08
it's amazing what you can do with cell00:51:09
phones these days00:51:11
talk take pictures send email00:51:14
yeah but anyway jeff i need to find a00:51:18
cheaper way to stay in touch with my00:51:20
parents and my friends in japan00:51:23
and i heard there's a way you can call00:51:24
overseas for free00:51:26
using your computer do you know anything00:51:29
about that00:51:30
of course it's a technology called voice00:51:33
over internet00:51:34
i use it all the time how does it work00:51:38
well you need a computer with a sound00:51:40
card00:51:41
if you've got that yeah i do00:51:44
and you also need a microphone and a00:51:46
headset00:51:49
i don't have those no sweat00:51:52
you can buy them at any electronics00:51:54
store okay00:51:56
what else well then you'll need to00:51:59
download the software which is free00:52:01
and then if the person you're calling00:52:03
installs the same software00:52:04
there's no cost for calling but what if00:52:07
they don't00:52:08
can i call from my computer to someone's00:52:11
phone00:52:12
yes there's a charge for that but it's a00:52:14
lot cheaper than using your cell phone00:52:16
believe me00:52:18
could you show me how it works on your00:52:20
computer00:52:21
right now no it's night time in japan00:52:24
now can we do it in about three hours00:52:28
no problem i'll be here great see you00:52:32
later00:52:39
what do people really mean00:52:46
yolanda hi hi mari00:52:49
how are you fine thanks um is00:52:52
anyone sitting here no have a seat00:52:57
thanks so how have you been oh00:53:00
you know busy i've got school and work00:53:04
and i'm getting ready for my brother's00:53:05
wedding next month00:53:07
oh yeah anyway it's gonna be a huge00:53:11
wedding and oh excuse me uh00:53:13
nancy over here hi00:53:17
nancy this is yolanda she works in the00:53:20
library00:53:22
yolanda this is my housemate nancy she00:53:25
teaches english here00:53:27
nice to meet you yolanda you too00:53:30
well listen actually i've gotta go i00:53:33
have to be at work in ten minutes00:53:35
i'll see you soon mari we'll go to a00:53:38
movie or something00:53:40
sure how about thursday night uh00:53:43
i have to check my calendar i'll call00:53:46
you okay00:53:47
okay see you00:53:50
oh i don't understand americans huh00:53:54
did you hear what she said i'll call you00:53:57
we'll go to a movie00:53:59
but every time i try to pick a specific00:54:01
day or time00:54:03
she says she's busy she has to check her00:54:05
calendar00:54:07
and then she doesn't call mm-hmm00:54:10
why do americans say things they don't00:54:12
mean00:54:13
they act so nice like they always say00:54:16
how are you00:54:17
but then they keep on walking and don't00:54:19
even wait for your answer00:54:21
they're so how do you say it two-faced00:54:25
i know it seems that way sometimes mari00:54:28
but it's not true00:54:30
it's just that for americans00:54:32
friendliness and friendship00:54:34
aren't always the same thing what do you00:54:36
mean00:54:37
well as you know americans can be very00:54:41
open and friendly like they invite you00:54:44
to sit down00:54:45
they ask you questions they tell you all00:54:47
about their families00:54:49
so naturally you think they're trying to00:54:51
make friends with you00:54:53
but actually friendship real friendship00:54:56
doesn't happen so quickly so when people00:55:00
say00:55:01
how are you they're just being polite00:55:04
they don't really care not exactly00:55:08
the thing you have to understand is that00:55:10
how are you00:55:11
isn't a real question it's more like a00:55:14
greeting00:55:15
a way of saying hello aha00:55:18
i get it and have a nice day is just a00:55:22
friendly way to say goodbye00:55:25
exactly now you're catching on but i'm00:55:28
still in the dark about yolanda00:55:30
does she want to be my friend or not00:55:34
it's hard to say maybe she's just too00:55:37
busy these days00:55:38
i guess you'll just have to be patient00:55:41
hmm00:55:42
that's good advice i guess thanks00:55:51
what do you like to do for fun00:55:57
come in hi00:56:00
hey dan how you doing great thanks00:56:04
hey i burned you some new cds cool00:56:08
hi you were at our show last night right00:56:12
yeah i was sorry mari this is dan00:56:16
dan this is mari it's nice to meet you00:56:20
nice to meet you too oh let me get that00:56:23
i'll be right back okay so00:56:26
mari did you have a good time at the00:56:28
club last night00:56:30
yeah it was pretty wild what did you00:56:33
think of our band00:56:35
well your music is great for dancing but00:56:38
to tell you the truth00:56:39
it was kind of loud i guess i really00:56:42
prefer jazz00:56:44
do you go to concerts much no not very00:56:47
often00:56:48
i can't afford them they're so expensive00:56:52
yeah i know what you mean well what do00:56:55
you like to do for fun00:56:57
i love to eat i love going to different00:57:00
ethnic restaurants and trying new dishes00:57:04
what's your favorite kind of food well00:57:07
japanese of course what about you00:57:11
well i'm not crazy about sushi or00:57:14
sashimi00:57:15
but i really like mexican food oh00:57:18
i can't stand beans and i don't like00:57:21
cheese00:57:22
uh what about indian food i don't care00:57:26
for it00:57:27
too spicy um do you like american food00:57:31
you know hamburgers hot dogs french00:57:34
fries00:57:35
yuck all that fat and salt and sugar00:57:39
we don't see eye to eye on anything do00:57:42
we00:57:43
well let's see what's your opinion of00:57:46
modern art00:57:47
there's a wonderful show at the county00:57:48
museum right now00:57:50
to be honest i don't get the modern00:57:53
stuff00:57:54
i prefer 19th century art you know00:57:57
monet van gogh renoir hmm00:58:01
how do you feel about sports are you00:58:04
interested in football00:58:05
american football i hate it00:58:09
basketball it's okay00:58:12
how about tall musicians with curly hair00:58:16
it depends okay i got it00:58:20
how about tall musicians with curly hair00:58:22
who invite you to a movie00:58:24
science fiction sounds great00:58:28
finally we agree on something00:58:36
to clone or not to clone00:58:43
your dog is so adorable nancy00:58:46
how old is he 11. wow00:58:50
that's pretty old yeah i just love him00:58:53
so much00:58:54
i don't know what i'll do when he's gone00:58:57
well you can clone him you know00:59:00
clone him you're joking right00:59:03
yeah of course but actually it is00:59:05
possible00:59:07
scientists in korea have cloned a dog00:59:09
you know00:59:10
i saw a picture of it in time magazine00:59:13
really00:59:14
i've heard of clone sheep and mice and00:59:17
rabbits00:59:18
but not pets like dogs oh yeah00:59:22
believe it or not there is a company in00:59:24
california that offers a pet cloning00:59:27
service00:59:28
for fifteen thousand dollars you can00:59:30
have an exact00:59:31
copy of your pet that's so weird00:59:35
actually it kind of scares me pretty00:59:38
soon they'll start cloning00:59:40
people and then nah i don't think that's00:59:43
gonna happen00:59:44
i think cloning will be used in positive00:59:46
ways00:59:47
like what like saving endangered species00:59:52
for example scientists could save the00:59:54
giant panda and other animals00:59:56
before they become extinct oh yeah and00:59:59
another thing01:00:01
i heard that scientists will be able to01:00:03
clone body parts01:00:04
you know just grow a new heart or a new01:00:07
tooth01:00:08
uh-huh that's what stem cell research is01:00:11
all about01:00:12
which is similar to cloning a lot of01:00:15
medical problems are going to be solved01:00:16
with that for sure01:00:18
well i'm all for that especially if it01:00:21
can help us01:00:22
live longer or if they can help your dog01:00:25
live longer right01:00:27
right01:00:35
a baby shower01:00:40
hi jeff hi sharon look what i got in the01:00:43
mail01:00:44
hey hi mari join us for a baby shower01:00:48
honoring nancy anderson01:00:50
april 5th 11 a.m hosted by sharon smith01:00:54
and carolyn freeman oh good you got the01:00:57
invitation01:00:58
so can you make it i think so but01:01:02
well what is a baby shower exactly01:01:05
you know it's a party for a woman who's01:01:08
going to have a baby um01:01:10
it's like a welcoming ceremony for the01:01:12
new baby01:01:13
it's a party then why do you call it a01:01:16
shower01:01:17
because the custom is to shower the01:01:20
woman with gifts for the baby01:01:22
get it i see are you invited too01:01:25
jeff no way no man allowed01:01:29
really well not exactly01:01:32
lots of baby showers include men these01:01:34
days but01:01:35
traditionally showers are hosted by a01:01:37
woman's girlfriends01:01:39
or female relatives and they're only for01:01:42
women01:01:43
hmm but isn't nancy and andrew's baby01:01:46
due at the end of may01:01:48
and this invitation says april 5th01:01:51
well yes the custom is to have a shower01:01:54
before the baby is born01:01:56
when the woman is seven or eight months01:01:58
pregnant01:01:59
very interesting and everybody brings a01:02:02
gift01:02:03
right something for the baby you know01:02:06
toys or clothes or something for the01:02:09
baby's room01:02:10
okay the invitation says it's for lunch01:02:14
so yeah we'll have lunch and afterwards01:02:17
we'll play games01:02:19
games what kind of games girl games01:02:23
silly games like bingo or guessing games01:02:26
or01:02:27
baby trivia games and the winners get01:02:30
small prizes01:02:31
it sounds like fun it is01:02:34
and then at the end of the party there01:02:36
is usually a cake with baby decorations01:02:39
and then the mother-to-be opens her01:02:41
presents01:02:42
well the guests are still there sure01:02:46
that's my favorite part everybody gets01:02:48
to see the gifts01:02:50
and go ooh ah and see how happy the01:02:53
woman is01:02:55
wow that's so different from our custom01:02:58
in japan we usually don't open a gift in01:03:01
front of guests01:03:03
really that is different well01:03:06
what kind of gift do you think i should01:03:08
get for her01:03:09
she's registered online so you can see01:03:12
what she's already gotten and what she01:03:14
still needs01:03:16
would you like me to write down the01:03:17
internet address for you01:03:19
sure that would be great uh01:03:22
is there anything i can do to help with01:03:24
the party01:03:26
maybe do the flower arrangements or01:03:28
something01:03:29
oh thanks but it's not necessary01:03:32
everything is all taken care of01:03:34
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