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Todd: OK, hello!
Jeff: Hello!
Todd: How are you doing?
Jeff: Good Morning. Good.
Todd: Could you introduce yourself please?
Jeff: I'm Jeff Eagar.
Todd: Jeff. OK. And where are you from?
Jeff: I'm from Canada.
Todd: Oh, OK, where in Canada?
Todd: Cape Breton!
Jeff: Cape Breton!
Todd: OK. and where, where do you live now?
Jeff: I'm living in Japan now, in Saitama.
Todd: Oh, OK. Alright, um, so tell me about Canada!
Jeff: Mm, big, big country, very big..
Todd: Yeah!
Jeff: Nice country! Clean. Um, friendly, friendly people.
Todd: Yeah
Jeff: Cheap. Nice..cold, cold winters, long winters, very long.
Todd: Oh, OK. How much longer do you think your gonna be in Japan?
Jeff: In Japan? I like Japan. Nice place, and I have a Japanese girlfriend now so I'm not sure that's, with her I'm not sure what, what I'll do so it, it'll be a little while.
Todd: OK.
Jeff: But, I like it.
Todd: Oh, great. All right thanks.
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how are you doing?
Hello. How are you doing?
When you ask somebody 'how are you doing?' it means2 you are asking after their welfare4 or his health and emotions.
Notice the following:
He phoned me to ask me how I was doing.
I just popped in to see how you are doing?
introduce
Could you introduce yourself please?
When you 'introduce' yourself to someone it means that you are meeting them for the first time and you are telling them your name.
Notice the following:
I do not know anyone here as the host has not introduced me to anybody yet.
If you want I can introduce you to him.
clean
Nice country! Clean and friendly, friendly people.
When something is 'clean' it means that it is well maintained5 and not dirty.
Notice the following:
Your house is impressively6 clean.
I like it when I have clean bedding on my bed.
long winters
Cheap. Nice cold winters, long winters, very long.
'Long winters' means that the cold weather and snow lasts for a long time in comparison7 to the summer months.
Notice the following:
We had a long winter this year, I am really looking forward to summer!
little while
I'm not sure what I'll do so it'll be a little while.
'A little while' means a short period of time or some amount time, depending on how you use it or say it.
Notice the following:
I will come over for dinner in a little while.
It will only take a little while.
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1 cape | |
n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风 | |
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n.方法,手段,折中点,物质财富 | |
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3 ski | |
n.滑雪橇,滑雪板;vi.滑雪 | |
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4 welfare | |
n.幸福,福利,安康 | |
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5 maintained | |
保持( maintain的过去式和过去分词 ); 保养; 坚持; 保卫 | |
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6 impressively | |
adv.令人难忘地;赫然 | |
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7 comparison | |
n.比较,对照;比拟,比喻 | |
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