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Intermediate-High, Unit 1

Exercise: Act out the text in Hebrew while looking at the English text.

The Israelis

The Israelis are very stubborn. A lot of Israelis don't even
know how to write the word lenient. But, like every person,
they won’t say that they are stubborn. They will say that
they simply "know to stand up for themselves." A lot of
Israelis have high confidence, and even [also] if they don't know English
– they will always say that they speak excellent English, and they will
try to talk with every person who has an Anglo-Saxon accent in English,
even [also] if he understands Hebrew excellently.
Many people say that the Israelis are rude, maybe because of the
qualities that we mentioned, and perhaps because of the behavior of the
Israeli drivers. Who didn't hear about the stressed, nervous Israeli drivers
who yell on the road? If you haven't heard, you probably have never
driven on a road in Israel for more than 5 minutes.
But just a minute, there are also many beautiful things in Israelis. Even
though that on the road they are stressed and nervous, in life they are
very calm and optimistic, and believe that always “it’ll be OK”. The
Israelis are very generous, and if you stay as a guest at Israelis you will
always come out with food and drinks for two weeks. And most
importantly, they are very friendly, and they call every person on the
street "my brother".

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