Ben: It helps in that I have insight to how somebody learning a foreign language needs things explained because I've learned 4 myself. However in some ways it doesn't help because the Japanese learner, the Japanese sort of mind, and how they learn la...
Todd: OK. I'm going to talk about movies. I love movies. I think many, many people around the world today love movies. I probably see one or two movies a week on DVD in my room. I watch the movies on my computer so I am a big, big fan of movies, and...
Yeah, so I think from growing up with dogs, like we always had dogs at home or my granddads house, so we were always playing with dogs, so I've never really had a fear of dogs like some people have, and I always considered myself a dog person, you kn...
One of my friends told me she read a story in the paper today about a man who died from eating mushrooms, which I thought was quite strange because this old man lived in the mountains I think, or lived in a country area where he would have eaten mush...
Todd: OK, Kevin, I hear that you're from Wales. Kevin: Yes, I'm from Wales. Todd: And you're really into rugby! Kevin: Yeah, I love rugby. Um, in Wales everybody plays rugby, in primary school, in juniorhigh school we play rugby. When I was in high s...
I've been at boarding school since the age of 8, which is pretty young if you think about it. The reason I went there was because my family were living abroad and they thought it would probably be better for me to go to school in England. It was real...
Todd: Kawabe, can you talk about your first job interview? Kawabe: Sure, first job interview! This is a funny story and that was a time I took the interview, had an interview with the TV broadcaster, and then it was a very famous one in Yotsuya, in T...
Simon: Where are you from? Matt: I'm from a little country called England. Simon: Oh, yeah, where in England? Matt: All of it! I have no hometown. Simon: OK. OK. Where do you live now? Matt: I'm living in Tokyo, in Japan. Simon: What do you do in you...
OK, I'm going to talk about my one wish. I think everybody has one or two things they wish they could change about themselves and for me I really wish I could sing. Unfortunately I have a terrible voice. I cannot sing at all, and in Japan, this is ve...
Marion: So Steve what's the worst job you've ever had? Steve: Ah, let's see. The worst job I've ever had has to be Fort Fun in East Born. Marion: What's Fort Fun? Steve: Fort Fun is fun for children but it isn't fun for the spotty 16 year olds who ha...
Todd: Um , Kawabe you said you used to be a bike delivery person. Kawabe: Yes, I was. It was not very long but I was doing that for like 6 months. Todd: Do you mean push bike or motorcycle? Kawabe: Push bike? What is a push bike? Todd: Push bike is l...
Nicola: Hi, Cat, that looks like a lovely salad you got there. Cat: Thanks it is. Nicola: What has it got in it? Cat: Um, I cheated and I bought one of those pre-packaged lettuce with herbs and some leftover food from last night, but it's good. It's...
OK, I'd like to talk about consumerism in capitalist and communist countries. I don't know if anyone has actually noticed but Japan is very, what's the word, consumerized. Everything is built for the consumer. You've got huge adverts, you've got talk...
I am totally English but I spent my whole life basically living in other countries, well, my parentsspent most of my life living in other countries. I've actually been at school in England for quite a while of it. Living away from your own country is...
My first pet was bought for me when I was still a baby, so I think, I think I was, I think I was less than six weeks old when my granddad bought me a little terrier pup. So as far, as long as I can remember from being very very young, I could always...
