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Ben : Hey let's talk about some like celebrities you like, or someone you know. Hana : Oh yeah. Yeah, yeah. My favorite singer is Taylor Swift. Ben : Really? Hana : Mm-hmm. Ben : Wow, why do you like Taylor Swift? Hana : First I like her songs, but mainly I like her look you know. That red lips and white skin and blonde hair. Kind of typical American. Ben : Albino, yeah. Hana : When I saw her...

Hana : Okay, so let's talk about movies. Ben : Okay. Hana : What kind of movie do you like? Ben : Well, my favorite genres are actually, let's see, science fiction, sci-fi, and horror. Hana : Horror? Ben : Yeah. Hana : What was the last movie you watched? Do you remember? Ben : The last movie I watched was a science fiction. It was called The Shape of Water. Hana : Okay. Never heard, never seen, y...

Todd : So, Meg, what do you like to do in your free time? Meg : Actually, I love cooking. I like to try new dishes and I love baking as well. Todd : Oh, nice. That's interesting. Because I hate cooking. Meg : Oh, really? Todd : Yeah. And I don't know anything about baking, but I like cleaning. Cleaning is relaxing. Meg : Really? Is that true? Todd : Yeah. Really, I like cleaning. So, my house is u...

Abidemi : Todd, are you good at saving money? Todd : No, I'm terrible. I waste money. I waste so much money. Abidemi : How? Todd : Well, I don't buy things on sale. I don't use coupons. I buy anything I see. Abidemi : So, when I shop, I don't look at prices. I just see the food or the thing and I get it and I buy it and I pay for it. And, then it's sometimes very expensive, so I just waste money....

Todd : Meg, I'm going to give you a test. Meg : Okay. Todd : It's a personality test. Meg : Uh-oh. Todd : And we want to know, are you a pack rat? Meg : Am I a pack rat? Todd : Right. Do you save things, do you keep things, or are you a minimalist? Do you have very few things in your house? Meg : Well, I think I try to be a minimalist, but I'm a little bit of a pack rat. Todd : Okay. We'll take th...

Todd : So Katie, I want to go to the mall. Katie : Okay. Todd : Have you been to the new mall? Katie : Yeah, I actually went there just yesterday. Todd : Okay. So I want to buy some computer stuff. Is there a computer store? Katie : There are two computer stores. Todd : Really? Ooh, that's good. Katie : There's a computer store on the first floor, and then very close to that there's also a Mac sto...

Ben : Hana, you just told me that one way to help with listening and practicing and understanding idioms is through American television dramas. Right? So, TV shows. Hana : Yes. Ben : Yeah. While you were learning English, what are some shows you watched? Something I wanna tell my  students  they can watch. Hana : My favorite all time is the TV drama called Friends. Ben : Oh, yeah! Yeah....

Ben : Hana, I'm currently teaching English as a Second Language, and I love for my  students  to get confident in producing English or increasing their listening ability. I know that you speak English as a second language, but you do such an amazing job and it's inspiring to me, so I love my students to improve and like it, and so because you're a perfect example, what are some...

Todd : So I'm here with Olga, who's a health coach and a life coach. You've talked a lot about things we should do, but what about stopping doing things or breaking bad habits? That's the hardest thing, right? What's your advice for giving up sugar or alcohol or obsessive behavior, things like that? Olga : Well, actually, I am not suggesting that people fight with themselves, and they avoid or bre...

Todd : So I'm here with Olga, and she's a health coach, and we were talking about the difference between modern trends in nutrition and traditional health and things like that. I thought I would throw out some idioms, and you ... age-old idioms, words of wisdom, and how they apply today. So the first one is: variety is the spice of life. Olga : I totally agree with that, and I see it in clinical p...

Gyri : What are some talents you wish you had? Viyasan : I would say this talent spreads a long time back and it's always something I'm very envious about. I don't have the best memory and so I really wish that my talent was to remember a lot easier or even have a photographic memory. I think that would be very useful, especially as a  student  during exams where we're able to read quite...

Gyri : Okay. Viyasan, have you ever overcome any fears. Viyasan : Okay, that's a good question. I think there's many fears that I've overcome and I'm sure everyone has as well, but the one that sticks out to me the most was attending university after high school. I think the scariest part of that was meeting all the different types of people, different people from different cultures, from dif...

Todd : Rachel, I thought we would talk a little bit about items and their shelf life, like how long will you keep something? For example, like a book or clothing, because yesterday I was talking to my  students  and they were surprised when I admitted that the shirt I was wearing, I had had for over 10 years. Now, they're young and they can't imagine that. Rachel : No, that might be a fu...

Todd : I'm here with Rachel. We were talking about expiration dates. You were saying that you throw out your clothes regularly. Rachel : Fairly regularly. Todd : Yeah. Do you donate them or just toss them? Rachel : I put them in the recycling. Todd : There you go. Rachel : And hope they're going to be remade into something else. Todd : Yeah, I guess, yeah I always take it out on the day that they'...

Todd : So, I'm here with Olga who is a health coach and I thought we would talk about learning, so people have to learn all these new things to be healthy. It might be a big change in their life. What type of advice would you give people for completely adapting to new change and learning new things? Olga : Well, I discovered that the most important things that people can do to be healthy and happy...

Todd : Hello, I am here with Olga, she is from Russia. Olga, can you go  ahead  and introduce yourself? Olga : Yes, sure. I do a lot of things that concern health and happiness. I am concentrating on modalities that allow you to help yourself, so I do a lot of courses of self-healing, so I have a lot of different alphabet soup after my name. HHP, which is  Holistic  Health Prac...

Gyri : What are some superhero skills that you would like to have? Viyasan : There's lots of different types of skills out there that have my attention but I think the most important skill or the most useful skill for me would be to clone myself. There's an anime, Naruto, and coincidentally we're in Japan as well. In Naruto, you're able to clone yourself and when you clone yourself you're able to...

Gyri : Okay. So Viyasan, what do you think is the most important, hard work or talent? Or what is more useful? Viyasan : Hm. That's an interesting question because I think they both play a role in whatever task that you're doing, but personally, I think that hard work is more important than talent. And I'll give you a couple of examples of why I feel hard work is more important. I think in order t...

Todd : So Rachel, you said that in your home country, New Zealand, there're lots of birds that don't fly? Rachel : Yes, there are a lot of birds that don't fly. Todd : Wow, so I only new of the kiwi and of course the penguin, but I didn't know of other ones. So first the kiwi. It doesn't fly, right? Rachel : That's the famous one. Todd : Right. Rachel : They don't fly but they can run very fast. I...

Todd : So Rachel, you are from New Zealand, correct? Rachel : Yes, that's right. Todd : Now when I lived in London many years ago my roommate was from New Zealand. Really nice guy, and he had the coolest job. He would ride around motorbike in New Zealand. In the bush as he called it. The wild as we say Rachel : The bush. Todd : The bush. And his job was to just kill invasive species. That was his...

Todd : Hey Jen, we're talking about technology. I'm curious. How many times do you check your email every day? Jen:  Nowadays I check it every day because I have so many emails coming from my company so I have to be updated, but in the past, I would not check it for like, I would just check it two or three times a week. How about you? Todd : Yes, actually I brought that up because I think thi...

Todd : Okay, so, Jen, we're gonna talk about media and technology, phones and music, things like that. So the first one is, how addicted are you to your phone? How long can you go without using your phone? Jen : That's a difficult question because I'm very, I would say I'm very addicted to my phone because I keep on checking it every five minutes. I feel like without my phone my head doesn't, my b...

Todd : Jen, we're talking about gifts. We were talking about giving gifts before. Now let's talk about receiving gifts. What is the best and worst gift you have received? Jen : Why don't you go first. Todd : Sure. Mine is easy. My step-father made a basketball hoop for me in our driveway. He made it for my birthday. It was pretty cool because, he put it up in one day. I had a car at that time, so...

Todd : So, Jen, the holiday season is coming up, and many cultures give gifts around the New Year's for different holidays. First of all, do you like to give people gifts? Jen : What kind of a person would I be if I said, "No, I don't like people giving people gifts?" But yeah, I'm not really good at choosing gifts for people though. Todd : Why do you think that? Jen : Because every time...

Todd : So I'm here with Shantel and we're talking about stereotypes or about images people have about Americans. We're both teachers in Japan and it's interesting what people think about Americans. So I want to bring up a touchy topic, guns. Shantel : Guns in America. Todd : Yeah, so I have to admit that my  students  also are shocked when I tell them that pretty much everybody that I kn...