51 Driving Jeanna 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 aboutJeanna: "riving. Todd: OK. #ell us about driving. Jeanna: Well, $'% gonna get my permitsoon and then $ get to drive. $'% realllooking forwardto that. $t 's kind o& the start o& being independ ent. Todd: eah, I hear you, so ou saper%it, is that the sa%e thing as a licenseJeanna: (o, ou have to have our per%it si) %onths be&ore ou can get a license. Todd: Oh, reall. How do ou get a per%itJeanna: ou have to take driving school, then ou have to go to the "*+ and take a test. Todd: OK. What is the "*+Jeanna: #he "epart%ent o& *otor +ehicles. Todd: OK, and thegive ou our license o& per%it so ou can drive. OK, when ou have a driver's license what places do ou want to go toJeanna: #o see %&riends and to hang out, ust to school and back. Todd: OK, nice, so do ou have a car right nowJeanna: (o. Todd: OK, are ou savingJeanna: eah!
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$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.
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
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.
@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
@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.
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.
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.
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.
+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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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. 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.
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.
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.