TAPESCRIPTS & vocabulary▲

Unit 1 Getting to know each other

Tapescript—p. 4(Stephanie asks Nina)

Which sports do you like?

Uh...I like surfing and snowboarding, but not football and basketball and those sports that  
you have to watch on TV with your boyfriend.
Yeah—I hate that, too. You don't like basketball?
No. Not really. Not unless it's a friend that I know that's playing.
Or if you're playing.
Yeah.
Yeah—I agree. What kind of music do you like?
I like mostly reggae. Mostly reggae.
Okay...How often do you eat out?
Oo—uh...I don't have much money, so I think I only eat out...umm...when my parents comeand visit me and pay for it.
Yeah, or on special occasions we usually go out.
Yeah.
Good times. Umm...do you have a part-time job?
Not right now. I'm going to school and that takes up mo[ch]...most of my time, so I don't
really have time for a part-time job. But in the summers I work full-time.
What was your first job?
Uh...working for my dad at a water-ice stand.
That's cute. Do you live alone?
N(o)...I don't have a house right now. I'm living in my sister's dorm room.
Yeah! Umm...who do you plan to live with?
Three of my friends—Erin, Josh, and Brad.
Okay...umm...what is something you want to buy?
Buy. Oo—a car.
We have a car.
One that works!
Where the windows work? Umm...alright. What kind of person do you want to marry?
Oo...
Uh...your brother.
I know—good answer! Okay—we'll go on. Uh...what's something you do well?
Uh...well, I'm a photography major, so I would hope that I take good pictures.
You do. You do. What kind of animal would you like to be?
Oo...umm...I'd say a bird.
Really?
Yeah, 'cause you can fly.
That's true. I thought you were going to say my puppies.
Oh, if I couldn't be a bird, I would be a puppy.
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Yeah. What's a place you want to visit someday?

Italy. 'Cause that's where my dad was born. And I want to go see my family.
What's your future dream?
Mm...to be a freelance photographer. And to not have to work for anybody but make  
money on my own.
And to marry my brother.
Yeah.

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Unit 1

Getting to know each other

Key Vocabulary(I) agree (watashi mo soo omou)'cause (=because)"I would hope..." (...no hazu)
major (senkoo)
mostly (hotondo; daitai)
not really (amari)
not unless (...de nakereba)on (my) own (jiriki de)pay for (something) (harau)
plan to (...no tsumori)
puppy (koinu)
special occasion (tokubetsuna hi)take up (time) (jikan o kuu)
"water-ice stand" (kakigoori)
Well... (Eeto...)(windows) work (chanto shiteiru)▲

Unit 2 Talking about Interests

Tapescript—p. 8(Dave asks Kalani)So, the first topic is movies. What kind of movies do you like?

Umm...I like...uh...smaller budget...umm...not mainstream blockbuster kind of stuff, youknow, umm...foreign films...
Uh–huh.
...umm...more arty productions.
Who's your favorite actor or actress?
Li(ke)...I don't really have a favorite.
You don't have one?
Nah.
Yeah—me, neither. Except I like Penelope Cruz. She's the one that...
Oh, okay. Yeah.
...with Tom Cruise.
Yeah, she's pretty gorgeous.
Yeah, she's good–looking. What's one of the best movies you've ever seen?
Uh...there's a movie of shorts by Akira Kurosawa that's called "Dreams." That's a really
good film.
Uh–huh. I like that, too.
Umm...
Kurosawa?
Um–hm.
Yeah.
A French film called "Toto le Heros" was a lot of fun. Uh...best movie I've ever seen...I reallylike "Bleu" by...umm...Krzysztof Kieslowski.
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Uh–huh.

It's a Polish director.
Uh–huh. How often do you go to the movies?
Uh...probably about once or twice a month.
Once or twice a month? How often do you rent videos?
Umm...not very often 'cause I can borrow them from the library.
Which movie do you want to see?
Umm...I've...I've been wanting to see American Beauty again...'cause it's...
You saw it once?
Yeah, I saw it in the theater when it came out. Yeah.
Okay, the next topic i(s)...the next topic is Food and Drink. What kind of restaurants doyou usually go to?
Uh...probably Thai or Greek or...
So you like ethnic food?
I guess so. I don't know if we consider it ethnic food in Hawaii...it's just...
What's your favorite food?
What's my favorite food? Umm...for some reason pizza came to mind...
Pizza?
...but that's pretty easy to get sick of.
Yeah. What's a food you hate?
Uh...sometimes pizza. Umm...a food I hate. I'm not a big meat eater. I don't eat beef, youknow, usually...
You don't like beef?
...I'm not into steak or that kind of thing.
How often do you eat out or go to coffee shops?
Uh...I pretty much eat lunch out five days a week.
How about go to coffee shops?
Coffee shops? I don't drink coffee, so pretty rarely.
How often do you go drinking?
Drinking alcohol?
Yeah.
Uh...I might have a drink or two once a week maybe...maybe on(ce)...maybe once every two
weeks really...actually...
Once...once every two weeks or...?
...I'm probably more likely to drink 'kava' actually.
What's kava?
Kava is a...it's a drink from the Pacific area. The Hawaiians used to drink it; they call it 'ava'.
It's from...it's a...it's from the pepper plant. It's from the root of the pepper...
It has alcohol in it or...?
It's not alcoholic, but it is...umm...uh...whatever you call it.
It...it does something to you?
Yeah.
Hallucinogenic? No!
Not quite.
What do you...what do you usually drink? You usually drink kava? You don't drink beer orwine or...?
I'm not a big drinker...
No?
...No. I'll have a couple of drinks socially.
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Do you like sake?

I've never really had sake.

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Unit 2

Talking about Interests

Key Vocabulary

I guess so (=I think so)mainstream (shuryuu no)
more likely (...suru hoo ga ooi)nah (=informal "no")not into (steak) (=don't like)not quite (soko made wa ikanai)
Polish (poolando no)
pretty (gorgeous) (kekkoo)
pretty much (hotondo)
probably (tabun)
rarely (mareni)root (ne; nekko)
shorts (tanpen)socially (tsukiai de)stuff (sakuhin)
use to (izen...shita)
whatever you call it (nan to iu ka
wakaranai kedo)

a couple (=two)
actually (jitsuwa)
alcoholic (=has alcohol in it)
arty (geijutsutekina)
blockbuster (daihittosaku)
borrow (kariru)
budget (yosan)'cause (=because)call it... (called...) (...to iu)(it) came out (roodoshoo de yatta)
come to mind (omoiukabu)
consider (kooryo suru)
except (...igai)
for some reason (nazeka)
get sick of (iya ni naru)
good-looking (bikei no)
Greek (girisha no)hallucinogenic (genkaku o okosaseru)▲

Unit 3 Talking about Family

Tapescript—p. 11, Conversation 1(Stephanie asks Nina)

Are you married?

No.
Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Yes. I have a sister, Christina, and a brother, Tony—both younger.
How old is Tony?
Tony is seventeen.
And how old is Christina?
She's eighteen now—going to be nineteen next month.

Tapescript—p. 11, Conversation 2(Nina asks Stephanie)

Are you married?

No.
Do you have any sisters or brothers?
Yes, I do. I have three older brothers—Eric, Kris, and Dana.
How old are...are they?
Oh, gosh...umm...okay—Eric is twenty-six, Kris is twenty-four, and Dana is twenty-one.

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Tapescript—p. 11, Conversation 3(Dave asks Mary)

Are you married?

Yes.
Yes. Do you have any children?
Yes.
How many children do you have?
Five.
Five?!
Five.
How old are they?
Uh...from thirty-five to forty-eight.
Thirty...
Between thirty-five and forty-eight.
Could you give me...their name...their names and their ages?
Let's see...Ron is thirty-five, Marilyn is thirty-nine......Eric is forty-four, Steven is forty-five,and Janet is forty-eight.
Uh–huh. Wow! Do you have any brothers and sisters?
Yes, I do.
How many?
I have one living brother.
How old is he?
Uh...seventy-six.

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Unit 3

Talking about Family

Key Vocabulary
between (35) and (48) (...to...no aida)from (35) to (48) (...kara...made)gosh (eeto...)Let's see... (Eeto...)living (brother) (mada ikiteiru)▲

Unit 4 Talking about People

Tapescript—p. 17(David)My mother is five foot three inches tall. Uh...she has light brown hair, but it's starting to grey.
She probably wouldn't want me telling you that. Uh...she has dark brown eyes and a roundish
face. And...she's fairly skinny.
Uh...my father is five foot seven inches tall. He weighs about a hundred and sixty pounds. And
he has a really big stomach. He also has long grey hair, and it's starting to thin on top.
My best friend is six feet tall. He's got bright red hair, bright green eyes, and a whole lot of
freckles.
My ideal partner is five foot eleven. She has dark brown eyes and dark skin.
My favorite actor is Robert DeNiro. He's five foot eight inches tall, weighs about a hundred andseventy pounds, and he changes his appearance all the time for the different roles that heplays. But one thing's consistent is that he has a mole, a birthmark, right above his lips.
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Unit 4

Talking about People

Key Vocabulary

5 foot, 3 inches (=160 cms)
5 foot, 7 inches (=170 cms)
5 foot, 8 inches (=172 cms)
5 foot, 11 inches (=180 cms)
6 feet (=183cms)

appearance (mikake)birthmark (aza)consistent (ikkanshiteru)
fairly (skinny) (kekkoo)
mole (hokuro)probably (tabun)roundish (marui)
starting to grey (shiraga ga dehajimeru)
starting to thin (usukunari hajimeru)
weigh (omosa ga...aru)

160 pounds=72.5 kilos
170 pounds=77 kilos▲

Unit 5 Talking about Work

Tapescript—p. 20(Dave asks Kyle)

What do you do?

I work at a coffee shop.
Where do you work?
       At Starbucks.
Oh—Starbucks. I love Starbucks! I...I go there almost every day.
Every day?
Yeah. Almost or maybe...five...five days a week.
It is a...it's a daily activity...
Yeah.
...drinking coffee.
How do you like it?
I enjoy the people, so I enjoy the job.
What do you do there?
I coordinate work for the workers—tell them what to do.
So yo...are you a manager?
I'm a Manager on Duty.
What else...
When I'm there I'm a manager.
...what else do you do?
I make the perfect latte, the perfect cappuccino, the perfect mocha. I make beverages.
How many days a week do you work?
About five days a week...
Five days a week?
...sometimes more, sometimes less.
What time do you start work?
Uh...generally I start at three-thirty in the afternoon...
Uh–huh. What time do you finish?
...and then it goes til twelve o'clock at night, and on weekends it starts at five o'clock in
the afternoon and goes until one o'clock at night.
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So the weekdays...uh...

Weekdays are eight o'clo(ck)...eight...eight hours, you know.
Uh–huh.
Seven and a...seven and a half hours with a half an hour break. Weekends are...are about
seven and a half hours.
When is your break time?
Break time...generally it's about three hours into it. We have a ten-minute break, two hours
into it.
So, six-thirty or so?
About six-thirty, seven...seven-thirty...
Is that...half an hour break or...?
...the median. Yeah, half an hour, half an hour lunch break, two 'tens.'
What time do you get home?
Oo—sometimes I get home pretty late. But most usually it takes about half an hour to get
home...after work.
So...so you work til twelve and sometimes you get home at twelve–thirty?
Generally.
Do you ever work overtime?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah?
Yeah.
How long?
Well, they offer you an opportunity to make extra money with overtime.
Uh–huh.
So occasionally I work...uh...about forty-five hours a week...
Uh–huh.
...it comes out to be.
So normally it's forty?
Normally it's forty.
You work weekends, right? You...
I do work weekends.
...usually.
Always.
Saturday and Sunday. And weekends, and what are the other days?
Uh...weekends, weekdays pretty much. Mond...
I mean, do you have a set schedule?
Never.
No?
Never.
So three weekdays and two days on the weekend.
I'm one of the few people at the job who has an opportunity to work anytime because I'm
not in school right now...
Uh–huh.
...so my schedule is floating.
That's good. Do you ever go out with your co-workers?
Yeah.
Yeah?
Often.
A lot? Yeah? Good friends?
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Very. Well, I was friends with my co-workers before working at Starbucks.
Is that how you got the job or...?
Uh...
Or is that how they got the job or...?
They knew about me being a worker at a hotel before I started working at Starbucks. So
then they offered me the job based on what they'd seen at the hotel.
Sorry to ask you this question if it's a full-time job, but how much money do you make?
Umm...right now I make seven twenty-fi...let's see...seven-fifty...seven seventy-five an hournow.
Seven seventy–five an hour.
An hour.
So you get paid by the hour?
By the hour—yeah.
And if you work overtime it's more?
If you work overtime, it's time and a half.
Uh–huh.
So...
So, what is that ten...eleven bucks an hour?
About eleven...eleven bucks an hour.

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Unit 5

Talking about Work

Key Vocabulary"it comes out to be" (...ni naru)
median (=average)occasionally (tokiori)offer (mooshi deru; teikyoo suru)
opportunity (=chance)
pretty (late) (kekkoo)
pretty much (hotondo)til (=until)
time and a half (=150% of normal pay)"two tens" (=two ten-minute breaks)
What else? (hoka ni)

almost (every day) (hotondo)"based on what they'd seen" (sonohatarakiburi o mite)
beverage (nomimono)buck (=dollar)"floating" (=changing)
generally (taitei)
get paid by the hour (jikyuusei)
I mean (tsumari)"I'm one of the few people who..." (...de aru
marena juugyooin no hitori)(3 hours) "into it" (sanjikan tattara)▲

Unit 6 Talking about Past Experiences

Tapescript—p. 24(Lisa asks Ariel)

How was your vacation?

It was great. I had a lot of fun.
Where did you go?
I went to Las Vegas.
How long did you go for?
Umm...I was there for about two weeks.
So who did you go with?
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Umm...I went by myself to begin with. I was visiting a friend. And then another friend cameover and joined me there.
So what did you do there?
We went to the main drag and looked at just... looked at all the casinos and we didn't
gamble 'cause none of us were twenty-one but...just saw the sights.
Where did you stay?
I stayed at my friend's house.
What kind of food did you eat?
We went to a bunch of different restaurants. We went to the Cheesecake Factory and had
spaghetti and cheescake.
What souvenirs did you buy?
I bought gifts to bring home to friends and family.
Like what kinds of gifts?
I bought candles and stuffed animals.
How much did the trip cost?
Far too much. Umm...I think it cost me...the plane ticket cost about four-hundred
dollars...and altogether maybe about five-hundred...and fifty.
What did you like best about Las Vegas?
It was nice to see my friend. And...all the hotels, all the theme hotels. The best part was at
the Bellagio—they had a water show. That was nice.
That's cool!

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Unit 6

Talking about Past Experiences

Key Vocabulary
a bunch of (=a lot of)altogether (zenbu de)"Bellagio" (=the name of a hotel)
by myself (hitori de)'cause (=because)
come over (yattekuru)

far too much (...sugiru)
join (kuwawaru)
main drag (menukidoori)
sights (meisho; kankoochi)
stuffed animal (nuigurumi)
to begin with (saisho wa...)▲Unit 7 Talking about Sports

Tapescript—p. 29(Ariel asks Lisa)

Do you play any sports?

Yes, I play basketball, soccer, I used to play softball when I was younger, and I ski.
Umm...what sports do you follow or watch?
Umm...I don't really follow any bask...anything. I like to watch basketball sometimes on TV,
but I don't follow it.
Do you watch football, too?
Umm...occasionally. With...sometimes with...uh...Superbowl or...
Right.
...or my dad...watch...
Umm...do you prefer college or professional?
Umm...both now. Since I'm in college, I'm more into the college sports.
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Right.

But I like...I really enjoy watching basketball live.
What's your favorite sport?
Umm...to play? I love basketball.
Umm...are you a good basketball player?
Umm...I'm okay I guess. Umm...I had somebody helping me out...
Oh, that's nice.
...so I improved my game a lot.
Right.
But...yeah...I enjoy to play...so it made it...like...more fun.
Umm...when did you start playing basketball?
When I was in fourth grade.
Oh, wow! Why do you like it?
Umm...it's just active and gets me involved, friends, and I don't know—enjoy playing.
Umm...what's a sport you don't like?
Golf.
Why?
Because it's boring and slow.
Where do you usually play basketball?
Umm...[in] the court outside.
On the school court?
The school—yes. Yeah.
Uh...umm...how often do you play basketball?
Umm...every day. Practice every day.
How often do you exercise?
Uh...well...every day. Well...
Do you...do you go to the gym and do it or...?
Yeah.
Umm...are you in good shape?
I'd say so.
That's good.
Pretty good.
Umm...were you on any sports teams at school?
Umm...yeah—basketball.
Who do you think is the best athlete in America?
I don't know.
Do you have a sports hero?
Umm...not really.
No?
No.
What sport do you think is the most expensive?
I would probably have to say...uh...polo.
What sport do you think is the cheapest?
Umm...running.
Umm...what sport do you think is the most dangerous?
Hockey.
Yeah, I wouldn't play hockey either. All that blood on the ice.
Yeah.
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Unit 7

Talking about Sports

Key Vocabulary
blood (chi)boring (tsumaranai; taikutsu)
don't understand the point of... (...no imi ga
wakaranai)
fourth grade (=usually 10 or 11 years old)"gets me involved" (muchuu ni saseru)
I guess (=I think)"I would probably have to say..." (=I thinkprobably...)I'd say so. (=Yes, I think so.)

improve (jootatsu suru)
into (college sports) (muchuu ni naru)
not really (betsuni)occasionally (tokiori)
prefer (...no hoo ga suki)
pretty (good) (kekkoo)
Right. (Hee.)
since (=because)
use to (izen wa...shita)▲

Unit 8 Talking about other Countries

Tapescript—p. 31, Conversation 1(Nina asks Stephanie)

Stephanie, do you like Mexican food?

Love it! Love Mexican food. It's so good.
What kind of Mexican food can you make?
Oh, my goodness. Well, I don't know...tacos are pretty easy to make. Umm...and then, ofcourse, like nachos 'cause you just kind of throw the cheese and the salsa and melt it [up].
But...umm...I don't think I've really made very much. I usually go out for Mexican food.
Do you like Chinese food?
Love it!
What kind of Chi...Chinese food can you make?
See, I can't really make these foods, but I love moogoogaipan.
What's that?
It's got like vegetables in it and like chicken and...I don't know. It's good. It's really good.
Do you like Indian food?
I don't believe I've ever had Indian food.
Okay. So then I guess you've never really made Indian food then.
No.
Okay. Umm...do you like Italian food?
Love Italian food—that's probably my favorite.
What kind of Italian food can you make?
Mm...well, everyone can pretty much make pasta—that's not too hard. But it's really good if
you bread some chicken, put that over like some angel hair pasta with like marinara sauce.
And then, of course, garlic bread—it's so good.
I agree.
Yeah.
Do you like Korean food?
I can't say that I've ever had Korean food...specifically.
Do you like Thai food?
Yes.
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I can't cook Thai food, but I like it.

Tapescript—p. 31, Conversation 2(Dave asks David)

Do you like Mexican food?

I love Mexican food.
Yeah—me, too. What kind of Mexican food can you make?
Uh...I like...I like to make a mole mo...most.
Mole?
Yes.
Like guacamole? What's a 'mole' ?
A mole is a traditional Mexican...uh...dish which involves using...cooking like a...a toughprotein product like chicken...like a...like a chicken thigh, and...uh...you cook it over a long
period of time in a puree of...uh...nuts and unsweetened chocolate with...uh...like stock.
Wow—I've never heard of that. Do you like Chinese food?
Sure.
What kind of Chinese food can you make?
Uh...I can pretty much...uh...improvise on any sort of stir fry type dish...uh...
Stir fry?
Sure.
Wow! Do you like Indian food?
Not particularly.
What...what...what...Can you make anything? What kind of Indian food can you make?
Oh, yes. I mean I can make a variety of curries and whatnot but...uh...
But...you don't like spicy food or...?
I...I do like it. I just don't necessarily like their combinations of spices all thetime...sometimes a little overpowering.
But you can make curry?
Sure. Yeah. I like Thai curry as opposed to Indian curry [more].
Yeah—me, too. I had Thai curry for lunch. Do you like Italian food?
Uh...I love Italian food.
What kind of Italian food can you make?
Uh...traditional answer would be pasta, but uh...
What kind of pasta?
I said the traditional answer would be pasta. But, you know, Italian food ranges in manydifferent...uh...areas as you go from the north to the south. So...uh...I like to make risotto alot, which is a rice dish.
Uh–huh. Right. How come you know so much about cooking?
I used to be a chef.
Okay. Where were you a chef?
Uh...in Manhattan.
Manhattan. Wow—at what kind of restaurant?
Uh...I st... all classical French restaurants.
Really? Hmm...do you like Korean food?
I have limited knowledge [in] Korean food, but I do like it.
You can't make any kind of Korean food...or...?
I can make some of the basic barbecue items but...
Like kalbi?
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Yeah, like kalbi and whatnot and...uh, you know, some of the soups. But...uh...some of themore complicated stuff, I don't have a taste for the flavors just yet.
Like what kind of soup...like...uh...kimchee chige or...?
Yeah...yeah exactly. Uh...anything, you know, the simple...uh...curried soups with tofu in [it].
Uh–huh. Do you like Thai food?
Oh—yes!
You like Thai food, don't you?
I like Thai food.
Can you make Thai curry or...?
Yes...
...or...uh...
...I can make red curry, green curry, Penang curry...any type you like.

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Unit 8

Talking about other Countries

Key Vocabulary(I) agree (watashi mo soo omou)
and whatnot (=etc.)
angel hair pasta (=thin pasta)
as opposed to (...to kurabete)believe (=think)bread (chicken) (panko o mabusu)'cause (=because)
complicated (stuff) (fukuzatsuna mono)
dish (ryoori)"don't have the taste for the flavors" (mikaku
ga dekitenai)"don't necessarily like" (=don't like)exactly (sonotoori)guacamole (=avacado dip)
how come (informal="why")
I guess (=I think probably)"I can't say that I've ever..." (=I've never...)improvise (sokkyoo de tsukuru)
items (=things)
kimchee chige (=a thick, spicy soup madewith kimchee and pork)
like (guacamole) (=for example)
limited knowledge (chishiki ni genkai ga aru)
melt (tokeru)(I) mean... (Tsumari...)(I've) never heard of... (...kiita koto ga nai)
not particularly (amari sukijanai)
Oh, my goodness! (Ee?!)"over a long period of time" (=for a longtime)
overpowering (tsuyosugiru)
pretty (easy) (kekkoo)
pretty much (daitai; hotondo)
probably (tabun)"ranges in many different areas from thenorth to the south" (kita kara minami
made iroiro)
Right. (naruhodo; sooka)
See... (Soone...)sort of (=kind of)stir fry (...itame; itameru)
stock (=soup base)thigh (momoniku)
throw (nageru)
type (=kind)unsweetened (mutoo no; amakunai)
use to (izen wa...shita)
Well... (Eeto...)▲Unit 9 Talking about experiences

Tapescript—p. 37(Stephanie asks Nina)

What's the most beautiful place you've ever been to?

The most beautiful place I've ever been is definitely Hawaii.
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Really?

Yeah.
How many times have you been there?
Three. Three times.
Yeah? Okay. What's the best restaurant you've ever been to?
Umm...my dad's restaurant.
It is so good. (Like?), I was there. Umm...how many times have you been there?
Oh—like over two-hundred.
Over two-hundred?
Yeah, definitely—It's free.
You've been there way more than that.
Yeah.
Think about it.
Yeah—probably a thousand.
Umm...what's the best movie you've ever seen?
Oh, my goodness...umm...the best movie...geez...Magnolia.
Yeah? That's a tough question. How many times have you seen Magnolia?
Oh...ten.
Really?
Yeah.
What's the most expensive thing you've ever bought?
Oh, my goodness. Umm...I guess my car. But I only spent about four-hundred dollars on it.
Well, that's okay. Okay—what's the longest you've ever slept?
Thirteen hours.
Really?
Yeah.
Why...why did you sleep so long?
'Cause I probably was up all night.
Yeah. Studying?
Yeah. Studying.
What's the strangest food you've ever eaten?
Black pudding. It's Scottish. It's dried cow's blood.
Really?
Yeah.
That's disgusting!
Yeah.
Oo! Where...where did you eat that?
At my house. My family's Scottish, so when my relatives come over we ha...we cook that.
That's gross!
Yeah.
Okay. What's the longest you've ever talked on the phone?
Probably four hours.
Really?
Yeah.
Who did you talk to?
Your brother.
That's what I figured.
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Unit 9

Talking about experiences

Key Vocabulary'cause (=because)
come over (=visit)
cow's blood (ushi no chi)definitely (zettai ni)
disgusting/gross (kimochi warui; iyana)
dried (kawaita)
geez (fuumu)
I guess (=I think probably)
Oh, my goodness. (Ee?!)probably (tabun)
relatives (shinseki)
Scottish (sukottorando jin)That's what I figured. (soo omotta)
Think about it. (Sonna koto nai deshoo?)
tough (question) (muzukashii)up all night (tetsuya suru)way (more) (=much)▲

Unit 10 Talking about Places

Tapescript—p. 43, Conversation 1(Dave asks Ed)

Where do you live?

I live in Kailua.
Kailua...umm...where is that?
Kailua is on the other side of the mountains from Honolulu.
Uh–huh. Do you live in a house or an apartment?
Uh...I live in a house.
And how big is your house?
Our house is...uh...four bedrooms and four baths.
Pretty big...four baths?!
Yeah. Yeah. Too many baths.
Because you have a lot of kids?
Yes—four kids.
Wow. Do you like the area you live in?
Very much. It's very very quiet.
How long have you lived there?
Uh...we moved there in 1983. So that's about...uh...19 years.
A long time. And what area do you work in?
I work in downtown Honolulu.
Uh–huh. How do you get to work?
Usually by bus.
Why do you take the bus?
Uh...because it's cheap and...uh...it's...uh...fast for me.
It's not crowded?
No. No, I always get a seat.
Do you ever drive?
Sometimes, but not very often.
Like, how often?
Maybe once a week.
Um–hm... How long does it take by bus?
By bus usually thirty-five minutes, or forty-five minutes if there's a lot of traffic.
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How long is it door–to–door?

Umm...that's door–to–door...that...that time.

Tapescript—p. 43, Conversation 2(Dave asks Nancy)

Nancy, where do you live?

At Hickam Air Force Base.
Hickam Air Force Base...where's that?
Near the airport.
Uh–huh. Do you live in a house or an apartment?
A house.
How big is your house?
It's about 1700 square feet—two bedrooms, two bathrooms...
It's pretty...
...two stories.
...pretty big, right?
Yeah, it's spacious.
Um–hm. Do you like the area you live in?
Yeah—we have...umm...lots of trees and open space.
That's good. What area do you work in?
Downtown.
Uh–huh. How do you get to work?
Car—I drive.
Do you ever take the bus?
No.
Never?
Never. Because it takes so long to get here as it is.
How long does it take by car?
About forty-five minutes in the morning during rush hour.
That's like 8:00 o'clock or 7:30?
7:30.
How long is it door–to–door?
Forty-five minutes.

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Unit 10

Talking about Places

Key Vocabulary

pretty (big) (kekkoo)
1700 square feet (=158 square meters)
spacious (hiroi)(two) stories (nikaidate)(a lot of) traffic (juutai)

air force base (kuugun kichi)
baths (=bathrooms)
get a seat (seki ni tsuku)
like... (tatoeba)on the other side (mukoogawa)29▲

Unit 11 Travel English Part I: Traveling to Hawaii

Tapescript—p. 48(Dave asks Ed)

Which islands have you been to besides Oahu?

Oh, I've been to Kauai. I've been to Molokai...uh...Maui, and the Big Island.
Um–hm. What are some things you like about Kauai?
That's my favorite island because...
Me, too.
...we do a lot of hiking there. Uh...so the thing I like the most there is...is the uh...uh...stateparks and the hiking that we can do there.
What are some things you like about Molokai?
Well...uh...one of the things we liked about Molokai was going by mule, taking a mule trip     down to...uh...a leper colony, which is a small village on the north side. Uh...another thing we
enjoyed was going fishing...uh...on Molokai. My kids and I...uh...did some net fishing there.
How about Maui?
Maui...there's this very small town on the east side of Maui called 'Hana.' And it's a...it's abeautiful place, and it's a very interesting drive getting there. Uh...that's one thing. The
other thing is the large volcano there called 'Haleakala.' Uh...going up and just sightseeing
there. Or, as I've done about three times...I've gone hiking there.
Uh–huh. What do you like about the Big Island, Hawaii?
Well, the Big Island is very big, and one of the things that's interesting there is it has manydifferent...uh...kinds of...umm...uh...things you can do. There is the volcano where there's
actually lava...uh...coming out right now. There are rainforests that are quite interesting.
Uh...deep valleys, beautiful valleys...uh...to see. Uh...some nice beaches, especially on thewest side. Yeah—the Big Island is very very nice.
Which...which island would you say [is] your favorite? You said before, right? Kauai is
your favorite?
Kauai is our favorite. Yeah.
Because of hiking?
Yeah. Yeah—there's...there's great hikes on Kauai.
So, which island have you been to the most times?
Kauai.
Kauai?
Yeah.
And how many times have you been there, probably?
I would say we've gone there fifteen times maybe.
Fifteen times.
My wife and I took the children there almost every year for a while.
Uh–huh. I've been there I think four or five times. And what do you usually do when you
go besides hiking?
Umm...we usually go up to a place called...uh...Kokee, which is a state park. And from thecabins there—we stay in a cabin—we can go hiking and swimming...uh...in many
directions...uh...uh...then usually...uh...that's up at 4,000 feet...uh...maybe...maybe...uh
1,200 meters. And then we come down to the shore and usually stay a day or two along
the shore so we can go swimming and see other things around the island.
So where do you usually stay? You stay in a cabin? You don't ever stay in a hotel?
Uh...the truth is that usually we stay in the state cabins, which are fairly cheap.
Right.
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And then because we'd...always have a big family...uh...with us we would stay in acondo...
Um–hm.
...uh...a timeshare condo kind of place.
Right.
Yeah.

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Unit 11 Travel English Part I: Traveling to Hawaii

Key Vocabularyquite (interesting) (kekkoo)
Right. (naruhodo; sooka)
shore (kaigan)sightseeing (kankoo)"the truth is..." (jissai wa...)village (mura)
volcano (kazan)

condo (=condominium)
deep (valley) (fukai tani)especially (tokuni)
fairly (cheap) (kekkoo)
in many directions (iroirona hookoo)
lava (yoogan)leper colony (raibyookanja no kyoodootai)
mule (raba)▲

Unit 12 Talking about Japanese Things       

Tapescript—p. 53
1. 1,500
2. 6,750
3. 17,200
4. 25,500
5. 75,000
6. 136,000
7. 270,000
8. 512,000(David)9. 880,000
10. 1,500,000
11. 4,500,000
12. 9,400,000
13. 23,000,000
14. 25,712,000
15. 47,000,000▲

Unit 13 Talking about Future Events

Tapescript—p. 57(Nina asks Stephanie)

Are you going to do homework tonight?

Nope. Today...today is Saturday—no homework.
Are you going to stay up past midnight?
Yes—it's Saturday.
What time do you think you'll go to sleep tonight?
Tonight...probably going to go to bed around three a.m.
Oh, my goodness! Are you going to wash dishes tomorrow?
No. I'm going to go to the cafeteria and they are going to wash my dishes.
Are you going to watch TV tomorrow night?
No, I don't have a TV.
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Simpsons are on.

I know. I can't, though. Maybe I'll...go somewhere where there is a TV. Probably not, though.
Are you going to eat out the day after tomorrow?
The day after tomorrow—Monday. Umm...probably not. I have to stop eating out; I need tosave money.
Me, too.
Yeah.
Are you going to do laundry this week?
Oh, gosh—funny you ask. Umm...yes. We have been putting off doing laundry for almost amonth. It's...it's not good. So, yes, I'm going to do laundry tomorrow night.
Okay. Can you wash my clothes for me?
Yes.
Okay. Are you going to take it easy next vacation?
Next...umm...yeah. Umm...yeah—that's what vacations are for.
Where do you think you'll go?
Umm...Well, actually if we're talking about next vacation next summer, I'm going to be living
on Black Island, which is a small little island right off of Rhode Island, which is beautiful so...
Hm. Are you going to get married before you're twenty-five?
Umm...married before twenty-five. I think I would like to, or right around there. It's a goodage.
Yeah. That's when your brother got married, right—twenty-five?
Yeah.

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Unit 13

Talking about Future Events

Key Vocabulary
actually (jissai)
funny you ask (ii shitsumon ne)gosh (maitta!)
nope (=informal "no")Oh, my goodness! (Ee!?)probably (tabun)
put off doing (something) (enki suru)
right around (...no atari)right off of (sugu chikaku)
save (okane o tameru)
Simpsons (=a popular funny cartoon)"Simpsons are on" (Simpsons ga aru)
that's what (vacations) are for (...wa sonotameni aru)
though (...dakedo)▲

Unit 14 Talking about School

Tapescript—p. 61(Dave asks David)

What school did you graduate from?

I graduated from Millburn High School.
Millburn.
Millburn.
How do you spell that?
M–I–L–L–B–U–R–N.
Was it a public or a private school?
That's a public high school.
Public? Was your school coeducational, or all boys or all girls school?
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Uh...as you'll find mostly in...in the United States, it was coeducational.
Uh–hm. Was your school strict?
Yes—very much so.
How was it strict?
Uh...you can never miss any sort of class. You can never cut a class...
Uh–huh.
...uh...uh...a great deal of homework...
What happens if...so like you have some attendance policy...[if] you have to have 90%
attendance, or what percent?
Uh...you know what? I'm not even certain of what the percentage was. It was...it wasn't
even questioned. It was just you had to be in class.
Really? Huh. Did you have to wear a uniform?
No.
No? You're lucky. Did you belong to any clubs?
Uh...aside from the sporting teams that I was involved with, I was also in Amnesty
International.
Amnesty?
Yes.
Huh? What kind of...
Activities?
What did you do with Amnesty?
Uh...mainly we write letters...uh...to foreign countries—dictators and whatnot, urging themto...
Really?
...change policies.
Wow! So were you on any sports teams? You were on...
Uh...I ran cross country.
Cross country running?
Yes.
Just cross country?
Yes.
Were you good?
Yes, I was fairly good at cross country.
Yeah? Tough sport.
Indeed. A lot of personal...uh...perseverance.
Yeah. Where did you go on your school trip?
Uh...we went to Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. For...one day or...?
Uh...the...the weekend.
The weekend. And where do you...where did...where was your high school [in]?
My high school's in New Jersey.
New Jersey.
So it was about like...400 miles away from Washington.
You took the bus or...?
Yeah, we took a bus.
What did you usually do during your summer vacation?
Uh...when I was younger I used to go to a...a summer camp. Uh...it [was]...[was] mostly
involved...uh...it was all boys, and it—just pretty much playing sports.
During...during high school?
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Oh, no. Oh, you're talk...
This is during high school.
Yeah. Excuse me. During high school I always worked during summertime.
Worked?
Yes.
What kind of job?
Uh...mostly in kitchens.
Kitchens.
Uh...started...started off as a dishwasher,...
Uh–huh.
...prep cook.
So you were saving money for college?
Uh...saving money...saving money for college. You know, trinkets...whatever.
Yeah. Who was your best friend in high school?
My best friend was a gentleman, named 'Glen Jacobson'.
Glen Jacobson.
Yes.
Do you still keep in touch?
Absolutely.
Is he...where is he now?
Uh...he's studying for the semester in Oxford.
Oxford—wow!
And he'll be coming back shortly.
Did you ever get into any trouble at school?
Yes, I have gotten in trouble before.
What happened?
Uh...I was caught smoking a cigarette in the boys' room.
Oh—wow! That's terrible! What...what kind of punishment did you have?
I...I had a week's detention.
Are you serious?
Oh, yes.
You couldn't go to school for a week?
Oh—no. Detention—I have to...you have to stay after class...uh...do your homeworkor...while everyone else...
So stay after class for how long? Like an hour?
An hour. It was...it was an hour...every day.
Every day?
Every day.
That's pretty strict for an American school.
Yeah, indeed.
What's your best mem[bor]y?
My best memory in high school was...uh...when my cross county team won the state finals.
Wow—my...my team won the state finals, too!
Really?
But I'm...I'm from Alaska, so...
Oh!
...no big deal, right?
Well.
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What's your worst memory?

My worst memory in high school...uh...was probably the time I got caught smoking in thebathroom, and uh...I was very scared.
Hmm.

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Unit 14

Talking about School

Key Vocabulary

policy (seisaku)
prep cook (ryoori no shitagoshiraeo suru hito)
pretty much (hotondo)
probably (tabun)punishment (batsu)
save money (okane o tameru)
semester (gakki)(was) scared (kowakatta)
shortly (=soon)
sort (=kind)state finals (shuu no kesshoosen)
terrible (warui)
the boys' room (=mens' bathroom)
trinket (tsumaranai mono)urge (yookyuu suru)
use to (izen wa...shita)
very much so (totemo)whatever (...toka)win (yuushoo suru)
You know what? (jitsuwa...)a great deal of (=a lot of)absolutely (mochiron)and whatnot (=etc.)
aside from (...no hokani)
attendance policy (shussekiritsu ni
tsuite no kisoku)(was) caught (tsukamatta)
certain (=sure)cut class (saboru)
detention (hookago kyooshitsu ni
nokotte hoshuu o ukeru)
dictator (dokusaisha)
fairly (good) (kekkoo)
indeed (hontooni)
involved with (kakawatteita)"it wasn't even questioned" (kangaeta
koto mo nai)
like (400 miles) (=about)
miss (...shisokonau)
mostly (hotondo)
no big deal (taishita koto nai)
perseverance (nintai)▲

Unit 15 Travel English Part II: Traveling to Thailand

Tapescript—p. 67(Dave asks Marcus)

Marcus, how many times have you been to Thailand?

I believe about three times.
Three times...and why do you like it?
Umm...it's nice to travel—you see a different culture, and...uh... you're in a different
country, new environment, lots to learn...umm...prices are low in...in comparison to...uh...US
standard[s].
Yeah, it's really cheap.
Yeah, so you...you feel like you're rich. You can buy a lot; you can shop a lot...umm...you  
get to bargain with people about things. There's a lot of different artifacts...uh...things tobuy...uh...that you won't find in Hawaii because it's just Thailand stuff.
What did you buy?
Umm...bought clothes, bought tools...uh...bought...on one trip...umm..cu...cushion covers
for...umm...for I guess a sofa...or just cushion covers. Of course—foods. We tried different
foods.
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What...what do you usually do when you're there...besides shopping?

Sightsee.
Sightseeing.
Sightsee.
You go to temples?
Mm...some temples—you go to the Golden Palace, the Floating Market, the nightmarket...umm...elephant camp...
Uh–huh.
...uh...went to a butterfly farm, where they also had...umm...scorpions...went to a snake
farm on another trip...uh...where they had a whole show with snakes. Elephant camp was
great.
Ho...uh–huh...Was that in Chiangmai?
That was in Chiangmai...uh...you got to see baby elephants, and elephants take their baths
and do all kinds of stunts and performances.
Have you ever had a traditional Thai massage?
No.
No?!
No.
Those are really good.
Oh, yeah? You tried that.
They're cheap, too. Yeah, they're nice.
Yeah.
Did you bargain for things when you went shopping? You...you did, right? You said you
bargained before.
Right. In some of the stores it's...it's what they call "fixed price" so they don't bargain, butjust about everywhere else yo...you bargain. They all throw out a price and you come backwith a price, and you go back and forth...
Right.
...and my wife would hesitate sometimes because she thought, "Oh, these poor people!"
And I told her,  "They're never going to sell at a loss. So, whatever price you finally settle
on, it's something they're going to make a profit on."Right.
So...it's...they're...they're going to be happy. They're not going to sell [to] you if they're
unhappy.
And how was the food?
Food was good. And...umm...wonderfully cheap. Of course you got to also watch out that
it's...it's clean and sanitary...umm...not everything is going to...umm...have the same
standard[s] of cleanliness.
You didn't get bad diarrhea from eating spicy food? No?
Uh...not from spicy food, but on one part of a Southeast Asia trip I had some durian...and I
thought that was safe 'cause it was in the shell...but the...this lady and I each had moredurian than the others, and we...we did have...umm...the runs after that.
How was the weather?
Overcast at times...umm...
Was it really hot or...?
Mm...sometimes...on...on one of the trips it was pretty hot, warm, muggy...umm...othertimes it was pretty overcast. In general, it's warm. Umm...even at night in Chiangmai I
remember feeling so hot—I just wandered into the McDonald's and got a drink just...just to
get in airconditioning.
Yeah. So usually it was cloudy?
I think my last trip it was...there was...it was more overcast.
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Did you have any problems?

Problems...no.
No big problems? No major problems?
No big problems. No major problems. It hap...it helps to have a tour guide.
Oh, you went on a tour.
On a tour. Well, the last trip wasn't on a tour. The last trip with my wife wasn't on a tour,
but we had a tour guide help set it up for us. A local tour guide—so she had arranged
different parts and we were just pretty much on our own after that but... but no problems.
We make...took a lot of precautions ahead of time to make sure. We had xerox copies ofour passports and our charge cards and other things, so in case anything gets lost or stolen,
we will still be able to replace them.
Right...uh...I see.

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Unit 15 Travel English Part II: Traveling to Thailand

Key Vocabulary

overcast (=cloudy)
pretty (hot) (kekkoo)"pretty much on our own" (hotondo
jibuntachi de)Right. (naruhodo; sooka)
sanitary (eiseiteki)
scorpion (sasori)sell (something) at a loss (utte son o suru)
set (something) up (=arrange)(finally) settle on (ochitsuku)
shell (kara)sightseeing (kankoo)
snake (hebi)
Southeast Asia (toonan ajia)
stuff (=things)
stunt (gei o suru)
take precautions (yoboo suru)
temple (tera; jiin)"the runs" (informal=diarrhea)
throw out (a price) (=say)tools (doogu; koogu)
wander into (furari to hairu)
watch out (ki o tsukeru)
whatever (price) (ikurademo)ahead of time (maemotte)
artifact (jinkoo no shina)
at times (=sometimes)
back and forth (ittarikittari)(I) believe (=I think)'cause (=because)charge cards (=credit cards)
durian (=a big, smelly fruit)environment (kankyoo)"fixed price" (teika)(you) get to (=can)(you) got to (watch out) (informal="have to";"should")
hesitate (tamerau)"in case anything gets lost or stolen, we will
still be able to replace them" (nakushitari
nusumaretari shitemo kawari ga kiku)
in comparison (...ni kurabete)
in general (zentaiteki ni)"just about everywhere else" (hotondo no
tokoro de wa...)major (ookina; shinkokuna)
make a profit (rieki ga aru)
muggy (mushiatsui)▲

Unit 16 Talking about Sickness & Health

Tapescript—p. 71(Dave asks David)       Do you smoke more than three cigarettes a day?
Yes. Yes, I do.
You do? How many cigarettes a day do you smoke?
Probably smoke about five cigarettes a day.
About five. Do you get drunk once or more per month?
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Yes. Yes, I do.
Like...how...how often?
Mm...uh...once a week...four time(s)...
Once a week? Do you eat junk food almost every day?
Yes, I do.
What kind of junk food do you eat?
Uh...deep fried foods...uh...I'll eat fast food like McDonald's or whatnot.
Uh–huh. Do you usually get enough sleep?
Now that I['ve] been in Hawaii—Yes, I have been getting more sleep.
How many hours a night...on average?
Uh...between seven and eight hours.
Seven or eight. That's pretty good. Do you need to lose weight?
I don't think so.
No?
No.
Just about right?
Yeah. I...I'd...I'd even gain weight perhaps.
How...how much...how much do you weigh?
I weigh...uh...
Hundred and sixty?
...si...sixty-five kilos.
Sixty–five kilos—how many pounds is that?
About a hundred and forty.
One–forty. Wow—you're light. You don't look that light. Do you catch a cold more than
twice a year?
No.
No?
No, I don't.
Do you have your teeth cleaned once a year?
Yes, I do.
Really? I haven't had my teeth cleaned for five years.
How's that working out for you?
Just fine—I don't like the dentist. Do you eat fruits and vegetables almost every day?
Yes, I do.
Do you exercise at least three times a week?
Certainly.
How often do you exercise?
Al...almost...onc(e)...I'd say daily. I exercise daily.
Um–hm. Is work or school stressful for you?
Oh, very much so.
School's stressful?
School is very stressful.
Do you work? You don't work?
Uh...not as of recent. No.
Why...why is school stressful for you?
Uh...
A lot of homework?
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Yes. A...a...a great deal of homework. Uh...pressure from...uh...to compete with otherstudents.
What's your major?
Uh...I study Hotel & Restaurant Management.
I see...

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Unit 16

Talking about Sickness & Health

Key Vocabulary

light (karui)
like (=for example; about)major (senkoo)"not as of recent" (=recently)
on average (daitai)
perhaps (tabun)
pretty (good) (kekkoo)
probably (tabun)very much (totemo)
weigh (omosa ga...aru)

a great deal of (=a lot of)
and whatnot (=etc.)
certainly (mochiron; tashikani)compete (kyoosoo suru)
deep fried (agemono)
gain (weight) (fueru)"How's that working out for you?"(Chooshi wa doo desuka?)
I see... (naruhodo)
just (about) right (choodo ii)       

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