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can i take the subway to the airport from here

i think you can't or i think you can't because there's no subway station around

here yes of course go straight for five minutes you will

see a subway station on your left do you prefer traveling by plane or by

train i prefer traveling by plane

now for number one how do you go to work how do you go to

work that means like i want to know what means of transport do you use to go to

work okay go to work you can say go there in short form go there

t that is not stress you can say as the okay go to gold

go to work how do you go to work i usually go to work by bus

i usually go to work by bus or i usually go to work by train by taxi

or maybe by helicopter or maybe by the subway okay

i usually go to work by bus number two

do you usually travel by train travel here

that doesn't mean travel that means to visit a place or country travel here in

transportation it means to go from one place to another place okay so travel do

you usually travel by train that means do you you do you usually go by train go

to another place by train

do you usually travel by train

you can say yes i do i love traveling by train

yes i do i love traveling by train or you can say

no i don't i usually travel by taxi no i don't i usually travel by taxi

number three can i take the subway to the airport

from here for example uh i'm new to a place for example like now i'm

i'm visiting uh maybe bangkok and uh maybe like i'm in the hotel or maybe a

particular place and then i want to take the subway to the airport but i don't

know that it is possible or not and then i have to ask maybe a local resident the

people there okay wanna go the wonder golden movies

tonight wanna go to the movies tonight that's interesting what time that's

interesting what time how about 9 30 how about 9 30

that's too late for me that's too late for me

i have to get up early to go to work i have to get up early to go to work

what time do you go to work what time do you go to work what time do you go to

work i usually go to work at seven o'clock i

usually go to work at seven o'clock that's too early that's too early

yeah that's why i usually go to bed at 10 and get up for six to get ready for

work yeah that's why i usually go to bed at 10 and get up for six to get ready

for work okay i know it's not easy at all but

give it a try practice again and again and you know

uh when you practice every day or maybe i

think just about 30 minutes a day and after maybe a week you can feel that you

speak quicker faster and after a month i think you know

your speed will really fast and maybe after

maybe one month or two you can speak as fast

as the native speaker don't worry about that practice and practice okay

so that's all for today thanks goodbye see ya

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patty come and drink some tea with me i can't mom i'm too excited

i'm leaving for taiwan today i know but have some tea sit down and

relax okay okay

let me pour the tea for you i can't do this again for three months

are you sad mom yes my little girl is leaving

mom i'm not little i'm 17 years old

patty i have something for you a journal

thanks write about all your taiwan adventures

okay thanks mom

you're staying with your dad's brother and his family but please go see my

sister and her family too okay

explore hualien take a lot of pictures but be careful

i know don't worry mom

okay honey i love you patty

are you listening to us what grandma i'm sorry

i'm thinking about mom i understand

your mom is wonderful my son married the right girl

so patty what is your favorite tea i like

all kinds of tea well which kind do you like best

green red or oolong tea red tea

what's that it's black tea people call it red tea

here interesting

here is a menu patty sorry grandma

i can't read chinese you can't

well you're going to learn to read some chinese this summer

okay do you like fruit tea or

how about flour tea flowers in tea

yeah like chamomile or jasmine

those are flowers i didn't know can you just choose something for me

good idea roger you come here often choose

something wonderful for patty there are so many teas on the menu

how can you choose just one you keep coming back until you try them all

and there are other things on the menu besides tea

really do they have coffee no

not at this tea house but they do have some food food at a tea house cool let's

order some food hi roger

who is this do you have a new girlfriend she's

pretty thank you

but i'm not roger's girlfriend i'm his grandmother

i know mrs jones hi derek

this is my cousin patty she's staying with us this summer

hello patty it's nice to meet you it's nice to meet you too

you don't look like roger well

our dads are brothers but my mom is chinese she's from hualien

derek we're ready to order okay

hi i'm derek

i am your waiter today what can i get for you

i would like some oolong tea i would like some green tea and patty

will have fruit tea we'd also like some chicken feet and

blood rice cake okay

i'll be right back chicken feet

yes you'll love them wow

taiwan really is different from america here is your tea and food

this looks so pretty the teapots and the little tea cups

i have to take a picture i can take the picture patty

you can be in it that will be more

beautiful okay

wait let's pour some tea into the cups then

let's hold our cups are you okay

i think so wow

that's a hot i haven't had traditional tea like this

for years we usually use tea bags in america are

you sure you didn't burn your fingers patty

yeah i'm okay look my fingers aren't even red

these little tea cups get really hot really fast i remember now

how's your tea patty it's wonderful you should try some of mine too

okay ouch

derek you burned me what

no i didn't jim yes you did

you spilled a pot of tea on me look at my clothes

they're all wet and so is my arm

uh i'm really sorry

how did that happen i didn't touch your teapot

yes you did you are a terrible server

you should be fired fired

no i really need this job

excuse me i'm sure it was just an accident

how do you know did you see it happen well

no did anyone here see what happened

that's what i thought derek wouldn't spill hot tea on you on purpose well

he did i am going to talk to your boss

lauben lauben excuse me but jim is lying

dear journal i'm having taiwan adventures already

grandma and roger took me to a traditional tea house yesterday

the building was beautiful and the tea was delicious

i liked drinking tea made from tea leaves instead of tea bags

i also liked the blood rice cake it was yummy

grandma told me about other tea houses she has been to

she has lived in taiwan for 50 years so she's been to a lot of tea houses

a really exciting thing happened at the tea house a customer jim

said that derek our server spilled hot tea on him and burned him

but jim didn't act like he was in pain also if jim's skin were burned it should

be red and hot his arm was wet but not red

so i knew he lied then we checked jim's table

his pot of tea was almost full and we found a half empty water bottle

jim must have poured the water on himself

we found out that jim is jealous of derek

jim wanted derek's job but the boss hired derek instead of jim

well i'm going to bed it's only 8 o'clock but jet lag is making me so

tired the taiwan traveler patty

here we are this is the entrance to taroko gorge

what a pretty gate let's take some pictures

okay everyone stand over there

great now let's see the gorge

okay get in the car

tell me more about the gorge what can we do here

we can do lots of things we can hike

yes we can hike to some waterfalls okay

there are some easy trails and some hard trails

let's hike on the easy trails one trail is not far from here

it goes to the eternal spring shrine can we hike that trail

is it an easy trail sure let's go what a beautiful view

and this is a beautiful place it is

look at the water the shrine is over a waterfall

that's cool i like this place

it is so peaceful me too brian

what does taroko mean it means beautiful in the amis language

that's a good name for this place dear journal today i went to taroko

gorge with grandma roger and brian what a beautiful place the gorge walls

are so steep the gorge is part of taiwan's cross

island highway workers built this highway in the 1950s

hundreds of workers died building it i saw their names at the eternal spring

shrine taroko is the largest marble gorge in

the world the road through it is next to the li wu

river it's so pretty

i loved looking up at the gorge walls and then down into the river

i really liked the tunnel of nine turns some parts of the tunnel are open

you can look down at the river and in some places the gorge is really

narrow the mountains around here are really

beautiful they are so different from the mountains

at home in colorado mountains here are not as high and they

have a lot more trees tonight we are staying in a hotel in the

gorge tomorrow we'll hike more and visit

another waterfall brian told me about so many beautiful

places here i want to see them all good morning paddy did you sleep well

yes i'm ready for another hike which

waterfall are we going to see grandma wants to hike to buy young waterfall

is that a long hike no

but you begin the hike with a walk through a tunnel

fun where are brian and grandma

they're still eating breakfast brian is a slow eater

we're here how many manto did you eat brian

only four that's a lot

well let's go

okay we'll drive about 300 meters then we

walk through a long tunnel

are there lights in the tunnel no

we'll walk in the dark it will be an adventure

okay

don't worry paddy i brought flashlights

what are we going to do now

we'll take another hike are you tired of hiking yet no i love

to hike i love mountain scenery then let's hike the mystery valley trail