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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 Israel. 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 even though on the road they are stressed and
nervous, in life they are very calm and optimistic, and believe that always “it’ll be
OK”. And most importantly, they are very friendly, and they call every person on the
street "my brother".

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