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Y o rk , th en I’m d o in g so m e sm a ll g ig s in o th e r h a n g o n a m in u te . L o o k over th e re . O u r ta x i’s fe e lin g s w e re h u rt, s o 1 d id n ’t ta lk to h im a s m u ch.
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th e p e o p le . I t’s a ll very n ew to m e. Taxi driver E x c u s e m e, M a ’am . ju st a s frie n d ly an d h ap p y a s u su al. I w a s co n fu sed .
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to in terv iew . Taxi driver I b e lie v e th is is y o u r ce ll p h o n e . Y ou w ith m e . H e a p o lo g iz ed an d th e n he to ld m e th a t in
Rob S h e ’s O K . A n d th is v id eo c lip w ill w o rk g re a t le ft it in m y cab. B u rm a , it’s c u sto m to “d a te” in a g ro u p situ a tio n .
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Don W e ll, th a n k y o u fo r c o m in g in tod ay, K e rri. Taxi driver H av e a n ic e day! w a s s till h a v in g tro u b le n a v ig a tin g th e tw o cu ltu re s
N ow I su g g e st w e have so m e lu n ch . R o b , co u ld Kerri T h a t w a s s o k in d o fh im ! he lived in — th e m o re re serv ed B u rm e se c u ltu re and
you ca ll a ta x i? Don S e e ? N ew Y o rk e rs are re ally frie n d ly p eop le. th e m o re o p en A m e r ic a n cu ltu re .
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Don S o w h en w ill y o u b e c o m in g b ack to N ew th e la n g u a g e to E n g lish o n a ll th e g a d g ets you “th a n k s.” It se e m e d w eird to m e th a t h is re sp o n se s
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Kerri O h , I d o n 't know . ta b le t. T h a t w ay y o u 're re a d in g E n g lish ev ery o f th e sw e e t p o s ts m y A m e ric a n frie n d s’ b o y frie n d s
Waitress H i, gu ys. Is e v e ry th in g O K ? day an d w ith o u t re ally n o tic in g you ju st le a rn a le ft o n th e ir F a c e b o o k p ages.
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Kerri N ew Y o rk w a ite rs n ev e r leave y o u a lo n e ! I to shut down now, th in g s lik e th a t. e sp e cia lly o n a so c ia l n e tw o rk in g site . H e d id n ’t
re ally d o n ’t lik e a ll th is “H i g u y s! Is e v e ry th in g 2 M y tip is to d o th in g s th a t you lik e d o in g , b u t in w a n t h is fam ily an d frie n d s to th in k h e w a s b rag g in g
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Don W h a t? Y o u m e a n w a ite rs a re n 't frien d ly in re a d in E n g lis h , ify o u lik e m o v ies, w a tch th em p o in t o f view , I th o u g h t h e w a s b e in g a bit co ld ;
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Rob O h , th e y ’re v e ry frie n d ly ! g a m es, p lay th e m in E n g lis h . B u t d o n ’t d o th in g s a c tu a lly b e in g re sp e ctfu l.
Kerri Y es, th e y ’re frien d ly , b u t n o t to o friend ly. y o u d o n ’t e n jo y in y o u r lan g u ag e , I m ean ify o u A s c o n fu se d as I w a s a b o u t w h a t’s co n sid ered
T h e y d o n ’t b o th e r you all th e tim e . d o n ’t lik e re a d in g in y o u r lan g u ag e , y o u 'll en jo y g o o d an d b ad m a n n e rs in Ja so n 's c u ltu re , h e fe lt th e
Waitress C a n 1 g e t you a n y th in g e lse ? M o re it even le ss in E n g lis h , an d s o y o u p ro b ab ly w o n ’t sa m e w ay a b o u t A m e ric a n cu ltu re . H e th o u g h t it
d r in k s , m a y b e? le a rn a n y th in g . w a s bad m a n n e rs to re fe r to have a “b e s t frie n d ,” and
Don N o th a n k s . W e ’re fin e. 3 W h a t re ally h elp ed m e to im p ro v e m y E n g lish he w ou ld arg u e w ith m e w h en ev er I ca lle d m y friend
Waitress F a n ta stic. w as h av in g an A m e rica n b o y frie n d . H e d id n't R a c h e l, m y b e s t frie n d . ]a so n said th e re is n o su ch
Kerri S e e w h a t I m e a n ? P erso n ally , I th in k p eo p le sp e ak a n y Ja p a n ese - w ell, n o t m a n y fo reig n ers th in g a s a “b e s t frie n d ” in B u rm e se cu ltu re . T h e re
in L o n d o n a re a lo t m o re easy g o in g . L o n d o n 's ju st d o - s o w e sp o k e E n g lish all th e tim e , an d m y are o n ly “c lo s e frie n d s.” It w ou ld b e in co n sid e ra te
n o t as h e c tic a s N ew Y ork. E n g lish im p roved really q u ickly. W e b ro k e up to n a m e o n e p e rso n as a “b e s t frie n d " b e ca u se y o u r
Don S u re , w e a ll lik e p ea ce an d q u ie t. B u t in m y w h en he w e n t b a ck to th e U S , bur by th en I could o th e r frie n d s w ou ld feel o ffen d ed .
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d e fin ite ly th e g r e a te s t c ity in th e w o rld . D o n ’t you as frien d s, bu t I’ll alw ay s b e g ra te fu l to h im fo r w e still have d isa g ree m e n ts. B u t, w e’ve lea rn ed th at
a g re e ? th e E n g lish I le a rn e d . S o m y tip is try to fin d an a s lo n g a s w e’re a co u p le, w e’ll n ev er co m p le tely ag ree
Kerri T o b e h o n e st, 1 d e fin ite ly p re fe r L o n d o n . E n g lish -sp e a k in g b o y frien d o r g irlfrien d . a b o u t w h e th e r o u r m a n n e rs are go o d o r bad , an d that
Don C o m e o n , R o b . Y o u 'v e lived in b o th . W h a t do 4 I’ve alw ay s th o u g h t th a t le a rn in g v o ca b u la ry m o st im p o rta n tly . ..i t ’s O K to ag ree to d isa g ree !
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m o re relax ed , it’s g o t g rea t p arks and you can cycle th e n ew w o rd s an d p h ra se s I w a n t to re m e m b e r Part 1
ev ery w h ere. It’s d an gerou s to cycle in N ew Y ork! in F re n ch an d in E n g lis h , an d th en w h en I get Interviewer W h a t m ad e you w a n t to b e co m e a
Don W h y w ou ld you cy cle w h en you ca n d riv e a ca r? a q u iet m o m e n t I te s t m y s e lf It re ally h elp s m e s o c c e r re fe re e , o r fo o tb a ll re fe re e a s y o u w ould
Kerri Y ou c a n 't b e serio u s. re m e m b e r n ew v o ca b u la ry . S o th a t’s m y tip . G e t ca ll it?
Don O K , I a g re e , L o n d o n h a s its o w n p e cu lia r a v o ca b u la ry le a rn in g ap p fo r y o u r p h o n e. Juan M y fa th e r w a s a re fe re e , b u t th a t d id n ’t
c h a rm . B u t i f you a sk m e , n o th in g co m p a re s w ith 5 I th in k o n e o f (h e b ig p ro b lem s w h en y o u ’re in flu e n c e m e - in fa c t, th e o p p o site b e c a u se I saw
a city lik e N ew Y o rk . T h e w h o le w orld is here! le a rn in g so m e th in g new is m o tiv a tio n , so m e th i ng all th e p ro b lem s th a t h e h ad a s a re fe re e . B u t as a
Kerri B u t th a t’s th e p ro b lem . Ir’s to o b ig . T h e r e are to m ake you co n tin u e an d n ot give up. S o m y ch ild I w as alw ay s a ttra c te d by th e id ea o f b e in g
to o m an y p eo p le. E v e ry b o d y ’s so stre sse d out. tip is to b o o k y o u rs e lf a v a ca tio n in an E n g lish - a re fe re e , an d a t sc h o o l I u sed to re fe r e e a ll k in d s
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Jenny I d o n ’t th in k th a t’s rig h t, K e rri. N ew Y o rk e rs sp e ak very g o o d E n g lish , lik e th e C a rib b e a n , a s a c o u rs e , fo o tb a ll. I w a s in v ite d to jo in th e R e fe r e e ’s
a re very frie n d ly ... little rew ard fo r y o u rself, an d so you c a n actu ally F e d e ra tio n w h en I w a s o n ly 1 4 y e a rs old .
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Rob S u re , I m iss it, Jen n y . B u rm a — a lso k n o w n a s M y a n m a r. W e m e t in te a m a n d by th e sp e c ta to rs . A fte r all th e s e y e a rs I
Jenny R e a lly ? u p sta te N ew Y o rk , w hen w e w ere b o tli stu d e n ts in c a n still re m e m b e r a m o th e r, w h o h ad a little baby
Rob B u t hey, n o t th a t m u ch ! It’s ju s t th a t m o v in g to co lle g e . W h e n w e firs t g o t to k n o w e a c h o th e r, w e in h e r a rm s, w h o w a s tr y in g to h it m e . S h e w a s so
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