Traveling
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Nicoleta
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Todd
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Todd: OK, Hello!
Nicoleta: Hello!
Todd: Hi. What's your name?
Nicoleta: Nicoleta.
Todd: Hi, Nicoleta. Uhm, Nicoleta, where are you from?
Nicoleta: Germany.
Todd: Oh great. Where in Germany?
Nicoleta: It's called Tria, but it's quite, quite small.
Todd: OK. So like north, east...
Nicoleta: Southwest.
Todd: Southwest.
Nicoleta: Exactly.
Todd: OK
Nicoleta: Near Luxemburg.
Todd: Oh, OK. Must be pretty. OK, we're going to talk about traveling. Do you like to travel?
Nicoleta: Yes, of course.
Todd: OK, what places have you visited?
Nicoleta: I've been to some places in Europe and to New York and now I'm in Japan.
Todd: Wow, you've been all over. OK, what's your favorite place so far?
Nicoleta: I have three. The Toscana in Italy, New York and I think, Tokyo.
Todd: Oh really? Wow! One in
every continent.
Todd: Do you have a lot of luggage when you travel?
Nicoleta: Yeah, if I can, yes. I mean there are limits.
Todd: Sure. So how many suitcases did you have when you came to Tokyo?
Nicoleta: One.
Todd: Just one?
Nicoleta: A big one. Yeah, it's about 20 kilo, so, yeah.
Todd: OK, where would you like to go?
Nicoleta: Oh, that's difficult. I don't know. South America maybe.
Todd: OK. Do you speak Spanish?
Nicoleta: No, but...
Todd: Yeah. Actually, you speak English perfect.
Nicoleta: Oh, no.
Todd: And you speak German. So, do you speak any other languages?
Nicoleta: Yeah, I speak French and yeah, I'm doing a little bit Japanese but..
Todd: Oh, yeah, it's hard huh!
Nicoleta: It's very hard yeah.
Todd: I've been here four years and my Japanese is terrible. Last question, are you nervous when you fly?
Nicoleta: Yes, definitely.
Todd: Yeah.
Nicoleta: Yeah.
Todd: Yeah, me too. OK, thanks
a lot, Nicoleta.
Nicoleta: Yeah.
quite
But it's quite, quite small.
The adverb 'quite' in this sentence means 'slightly' or 'a bit'. Notice the following:
- This dress is quite small for me.
- Although they're twins, they're quite
different from one another.
all over
Wow, you've been all over.
The phrase, 'all over' a place means in every part of it or seen everywhere. Notice the following:
- I don't want to drag my dog all over the city.
- His pictures are all over the house.
so far
What's your favorite place so far?
'So far' would most likely mean 'until now' or 'up to this extent'. Notice the following:
- Rina has only sold twenty candles so far.
- How's your driving lessons? Pretty good so
far?
terrible
My Japanese is terrible.
The word, 'terrible' means unpleasant or of low quality. Notice the following:
- I had such a terrible day in the office.
- I haven't been to such a terrible place!
fly
Are you nervous when you fly?
"To fly' means to go somewhere in an aircraft. Notice the following:
- We flew back to Tokyo just to get things done.
- As a flight attendant, it's part of her job to
fly thousands of miles every year.
Vocabulary Quiz
terrible • fly
Todd talks about how he was lost his wallet four times and what happened each time.
