Todd: Miki, you went to UC Berkeley, a very famous university in the U.S. What is your university like? Why is it famous? Miki: Why is it famous? Well, I suppose historically it's kind of famous, recent history, because it was a center for the freedo...
Todd: Miki, when you were in college where did you live? Miki: My first year I lived in the dormitory that was quite close to the campus. It was about a five minute walks so it was very convenient but I'm not sure that that many people actually enjoy...
Todd: Miki, where did you go to university? Miki: I went to university in California, at a school called the University of California at Berkeley. Todd: And where is that in California? Miki: It's in the Bay Area, which is in the northern half of Cal...
I was browsing through a bookshop today and I picked up a book on food, which is quite usual for me cause I love food, em, but this book was a bit different, em, it tried to make the connection between the kind of food you eat and how it makes you fe...
Adrienne: I understand you recently rode a train from Milwaukee to Minneapolis. Was this the first time you ever rode a train? Vivian: No, I have been on a train many times as a young person but recently in the past 3 or 4 years I have ridden a train...
Adrienne: So we just had Christmas and I see your knitting bag is out, did you knit anything for anyone for Christmas? Vivian: I started to knit for my granddaughters, but time caught up with me and I was making for them a poncho which consisted of t...
Adrienne: So, Vivian, you have grandchildren! Vivian: I have two lovely granddaughters. Adrienne: Granddaughters! What's it like being a grandma? Vivian: It is a second chance on life because of when you are raising children as a young person you get...
When I was living in Pisa, a few friends and I decided to go to Venice for the carnival, so the carnival in Venice, it's usually, usually about February or March, depending on when Easter is that year cause Easter can change every year, it's a differ...
My bedroom is very messy at the moment. I'm not too happy with it. I'm just looking around and trying to work myself up to actually cleaning it. Em, but I don't like cleaning my bedroom. Sometimes I like it when I tidy things up and I find things tha...
Todd: OK, Kawabe, can you explain Pachinko? Foreigners don't understand pachinko. Kawabe: OK. Explain pachinko. Todd: Yeah, because when we get off the train and go home we often we often walk past pachinko parlours, or in the morning even. Kawabe: I...
