so Todd where are you from I am from the US I am from San Francisco it's on the west coast and what do you do I'm an English teacher also I create Lo so I work on Lo a lot okay how old are you I am 47 yeah I am old no it's not old uh who is your best friend my best friend is Don he is a teacher too he lives in America and are you married no I am not married I am still single where does your mom from my mom is from California she is from Los Angeles and what does she do she is a manager she works in a club clothing store uh where does your dad from my dad is from San Francisco he is not from Los Angeles um but he met my mother in Los Angeles and what does he do uh he is also a manager he works for a tree cutting company they cut trees wow that sounds exciting yeah cool job is it dangerous it is a little dangerous a little and Amy what about you where are you from I'm from Glasgow on the west coast of Scotland in the United Kingdom nice and what do you do I'm also a teacher nice what do you teach uh I teach English me too it's fun isn't it it is it is very fun um excuse me can I ask how old are you of course you can ask I'm 34 okay very young very young uh where is your mom from my mom is also from Glasgow ah nice what does she do well she's retired now but she was a nurse oh nice and is your dad from Glasgow yes he is what does he do he's also retired but he used to be a teacher oh wow many teachers yes looks like it well thanks Amy nice talking to you you too Todd Natalie let's talk about our favorite things sure first what is your favorite color H my favorite color is purple really my favorite color is purple too oh really yeah but I don't have purple clothing I love the color purple but I don't have purple clothes oh well everything I wear is purple no kidding yeah really that's so cool so what about food what's your favorite food H good question my favorite food is Pizza I love pizza but I don't like really big pizzas I love pizza too what is your favorite topping on pizza I like really spicy toppings so salami or pepperoni uh chilies um sometimes bell peppers too do you like thick Pizza or thin pizza no I don't like thick pizza because I can't eat too much but the thin pizzas I get lots of toppings and I don't feel so full yeah I agree what about Seasons what is your favorite season H my favorite season is winter winter yeah love winter don't you no I hate winter why do you like winter I love the snow oh I hate the snow well I like the snow a little bit but I hate cold weather yeah I guess the cold is kind of annoying but the snow is so much fun I go skiing and I play snowball fights and I build snowmen yeah that sounds fun what about sports what's your favorite sport I'd say my favorite sport is tennis that's interesting do you play tennis yeah but I'm not very good do you like singles or doubles at the moment I'm having singles lessons they're really fun oh now you are taking tennis lessons yes about twice a week do you watch Tennis on TV yes I watch it all the time who is your favorite tennis player H I really like Raja federa yeah he's really good okay last question what is your favorite movie um I don't have a favorite movie but I really like comedies so what is your favorite comedy my favorite comedy is Ace Ventura Ace Ventura is very funny but that movie is really old it is but it's a classic Todd it's like 20 years old I think maybe more I know I've seen it a hundred times yeah I like it a lot too hey Shantel what do you do on the weekend on the weekend I wake up and first I make breakfast oh what do you make I like to make toast all right I often eat toast too do you put butter on your toast I do uh I put butter and jam o I love butter and jam on my toast do you eat cereal no well I used to but not anymore yeah on the weekend I don't eat cereal uh on the weekend I cook a nice breakfast but I eat cereal during the week what else do you do on the weekend H let's see after I eat breakfast I clean the kitchen and make my bed what about you I also clean my house uh I clean my rooms I vacuum I wash the windows I wash the dishes I do my laundry I do that on Saturday but on Sunday I have fun and what do you do for fun I go to the park I play sports I play soccer at the park sometimes I ride my bike sometimes I go hiking I do lots on Sunday on Sunday I relax I don't study I don't work and I don't clean my house nice what do you do on Sunday I also enjoy my time on Sunday I really like to meet my friends and sometimes we go to festivals or visit New cities and we eat a lot of really good food oh that sounds fun Yes actually we also really enjoy camping do you like camping I love camping I love the outdoors I go hiking often oh me too oh that's cool what about Sunday evening oh Sunday evening I relax I cook a big dinner and I listen to music and and sometimes I read my book but often I go to sleep very early on Sunday oh wow and you well on Sunday I don't cook I usually order food I order pizza or maybe I eat at a restaurant um and then later in the evening on Sunday I always watch TV so my favorite TV show is on Sunday night and what's your favorite TV show my favorite TV show is called billions billions yeah it's about money and power in New York it's very interesting nice maybe I should watch it oh you should but you go to bed early yes around 9:00 oh okay maybe you can see it okay hey Todd let's talk about colors all right what is blue ooh the ocean is blue the sky is blue mm during the day the sky is blue and my eyes are blue oh mine too what is red red let's see well tomatoes are red strawberries are red R and and Roses are red roses are red that's right yep what is green well lots of vegetables are green so lettuce is green cabbage is green or purple and asparagus is green asparagus right also grass is green Ah that's right grass is green what is yellow ooh well lemons are yellow uh the sun is yellow sometimes or orange or red what else is yellow sunflowers are yellow ooh sunflowers are yellow that's nice what is orange H also sometimes the sun is orange oranges are orange of course and Parsons are orange yes oh I know what carrots carrots carrots are orange carrots are orange what is black H sometimes dirt is black mhm the night sky is black right and your shirt is black it is I like my black shirt what is white vanilla ice cream is white M the snow is white yes and clouds are white clouds are white o and sometimes clouds are black yes when it's going to rain or gray right what is pink ooh some flowers are pink mhm ooh cotton candy is pink yes and sometimes lollipops are pink yeah a lot of candy is pink sometimes now sometimes women's clothing is pink or or mens do you like pink shirts I don't usually wear pink shirts what about you I don't like pink shirts I don't like pink actually oh that's too bad so what is your favorite color my favorite color is orange really orange yeah nice I love Orange it's so bright what about you I have three I like the same I know I like green I love green I love blue I love purple M you like the cool colors right and I don't like orange I don't like yellow and I don't like pink you don't like the warm colors yes bright colors not so much ah I see what about red do you like red I don't especially like red I like red poppies a type of flower all right yeah but I don't like to wear red yeah me too do you dislike any colors um actually I don't like brown I think it's a boring color yeah that's true but often dogs are brown and I love dogs I also like dogs so a brown dog is okay but a brown shirt no thank you hey Todd what is your hometown my hometown is San Francisco oh nice is your town beautiful yes San Francisco is very beautiful it has a nice view of the ocean sounds nice is your town clean it's pretty clean sometimes it's dirty some places are dirty but usually the city is clean oh is San Francisco dangerous no it's not too dangerous sometimes we have crime but it's safe great is your town expensive yes San Francisco is very expensive everything is expensive food is expensive housing is expensive shopping is expensive everything oh really is San Francisco famous yes it's very famous uh in America it's famous for its Bridge we have the Golden Gate Bridge it's the world's most famous bridge I think I know that bridge is your town hot never San Francisco is never hot it's never super cold but it's never hot it's always warm or cool sounds great is San Francisco interesting I think so it's a very interesting City we have people from everywhere and we have good food we have nature nearby and we have interesting buildings wow I'd like to go there oh you should what about your city what's your City My City is Chicago ooh Chicago Chicago is your city beautiful yes it's very beautiful with lots of tall buildings and a big lake oh nice is Chicago clean some parts of Chicago are clean and other parts are a little dirty how about dangerous is Chicago dangerous similarly some parts are dangerous and some parts are safe yeah San Francisco is the same I think every American city is the same I think that's true most places are safe but some places are dangerous right is Chicago expensive yes because it's such a big city almost everything is expensive food attractions parking entertainment everything sounds like San Francisco I think so a little similar is it hot it can be hot in the summer usually July or August it gets hot sometimes is it interesting yes of course Chicago is very interesting we have many museums and things to do and we also have nature at the lake you can go and enjoy the day on the beach oh nice is Chicago by the ocean it's not by the ocean it's by a really big lake called Lake Michigan what about San Francisco is it by the ocean yes San Francisco is on the ocean it's on the Pacific Ocean right so we have really nice beaches do you like the beach I do but the beaches in San Francisco are a little cold oh in Los Angeles they're warm but Los Angeles is not interesting and it's expensive and it's not beautiful right so I don't like Los Angeles so we should stick with San Francisco or Chicago yeah okay so Meg are you busy do you have a busy week yes I usually have a busy week yeah me too so what day is your busiest day my busiest day is Thursday ooh Why on Thursday I have to work from early in the morning until around 6:00 p. m. I have to teach classes and then after that I need to do my shopping at the supermarket oh okay I do my shopping on Saturday oh really yeah always on Saturday what else do you do on Saturday uh on Saturday I do all my boring activities like what I do my shopping I do my laundry I run errands I clean my apartment I do boring stuff because on Sunday I like to have fun a what do you like to do on Sunday on Sunday I often go hiking or I go to the park or I go to the beach I go to the beach almost every Sunday wow that sounds really fun yeah the beach is beautiful nobody is there it's really nice yeah it sounds great how about you what do you do on Sunday on Sunday I always go to church in the morning and sometimes I'll have lunch with friends after church oh cool and then I usually clean as well Sunday evening before the new week starts now do you work Monday to Friday yes I work every weekday what about you uh I work Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday I don't work Wednesday oh what's your schedule like on Wednesdays on Wednesdays I usually stay at home and I relax sometimes I go shopping sometimes I go to the park sometimes I prepare lessons because I'm a teacher so sometimes you do a little work on Wednesdays yes but I do work at my house all right never go to school on Wednesday why not because it's a day off so how about Monday are you busy on Monday I'm usually busy on Monday because my schedule is similar to Thursday so I have to teach class until around 6:00 p.
m. yeah Mondays are busy for me too Mondays are busy Thursdays also are busy Tuesday and Friday are not so busy h you're schedule sounds a little similar to mine yeah well we're both teachers that's true what about activities do you do any activities during the week during the week if I have free time sometimes I will watch a TV show or a movie and I also go to Japanese language class oh nice yeah so sometimes I have homework so I have to do my Japanese language homework Some Nights what about you uh I play foota on Tuesday nights so every Tuesday I play foota with my friends for two hours and that's fun and then sometimes on Friday I meet my friends for dinner H that sounds good and I also like sports so I usually watch sports on TV on Monday what sports do you usually watch on Monday I watch everything I watch baseball I watch basketball I watch American football and I watch soccer so I come home and I watch a video of a game from Saturday or Sunday so I don't watch sports on Saturday or Sunday I watch the video later on Monday night is it better that way yeah usually I don't check the internet so I don't know the score ah well sounds like you have a busy schedule you too so Abid Demi let's talk about languages sure so you are from Nigeria and Nigeria has many languages correct that's true yes how many languages can you speak I would say that I can speak what language very well me too and that would be English but I speak another I speak other languages fairly well Yoruba which is a Nigerian language French and a little bit of Japanese as well now you are Canadian also and in Canada students study French correct that's true yes do you speak French often in Canada while I was living there I spoke it a lot more yes uh do you like French I love French I love learning languages French I think is very hard for some people myself included because the pronunciation of some words is very different than the pronunciation of American English so I think it's funny that there are some words in French that that look exactly the same as words in English but we pronounce them completely differently for example I will say the word in English and you say the same word in French okay I try for example impossible impossible right so that is so interesting again impossible impos and they're spelled the same correct that's true yeah how about reservation res that's so cool I have never thought of it like that before Todd but you're right they look the same but the pronunciations are different I think it's a trick because we see the word and we know how to say it one way but we have to say it a different way and true we just can't do that well that's true yeah so uh you can speak uruba yuru Ur how do you say how are you in uruba Boni oh that's so cool again b b Boni oh wow that's so cool thank you yeah have you ever taught that language no never I don't think too many people want to learn it outside of Nigeria I think in the future more people will want to learn unique languages I hope you're right yeah maybe maybe what language do you want to learn in the future I have many that if I had more time I would like to learn I'm interested in Japanese of course I live in Japan now so I would like to speak it better I would also like to learn uh Mandarin Russian haa another Nigerian language Spanish and maybe a couple of others yeah there's so many languages I want to learn I want to learn Spanish too um I can speak some Thai and Japanese because I lived as a teacher in both countries but I want to learn a language that has the same alphabet so I can read Thai but not very well and I can read Japanese but not very well but I want to learn a language where it's easy to read and see what the word is you know because in Thai you can't do that in Japanese you can't do that I know what you mean it would make it easier to learn the language but in Russian you can't do that that's true right it's completely different that's true but they have alphabets that are they're the same so you just have to decode them a little bit yeah we have have the phrase It's All Greek to me which means you have no idea anyway thanks a lot Abby Demi thank you Todd so Natalie what is a typical day for you for example what is a typical morning well I wake up at about 7:00 a. m.
oh that's early yes I really am a morning person I think you are a morning person I'm not a morning person at all oh well I don't actually get out of bed until about 7:30 okay so what do you do well I play on my phone I check my emails I check Facebook and I read the news uh and do you eat breakfast at home home I usually prepare breakfast at home yeah what do you eat oh just the simple stuff eggs bacon sausages sometimes I'll have toast do you drink coffee or tea no I don't like coffee or tea oh what do you drink actually I like hot chocolate in the morning yeah I like hot chocolate too so what about your day well I'm a teacher I teach at a school lessons start at about 9:00 a. m. and we have lunch at noon how many classes do you have in the morning each class lasts an hour so I have three classes do you eat lunch at school yes we have a huge canteen ah is the food good the food is great and it's so much fun eating with the students too is the food cheap or expensive um it's pretty cheap I'd say maybe $3 for lunch oh that's really good yeah and for that you get a lot of food what do you do in the afternoon in the afternoon I have more lessons usually taking me till about 400 p.
m. oh and do you have big classes yes so I teach English that means I teach the whole year so I have really big classes we have about 200 students at the school that's a lot yes it is what about the evening what do you do in the evening when I get home I'm usually really tired so I get changed into my pajamas and I watch TV for about 2 hours after that I'll maybe have some dinner maybe get a pizza and then read a book or play on my phone again what do you watch on TV I really like watching Korean Drma Korean dramas are cool I know the characters are so much fun do you listen to K-pop uh a little bit but I think it's a little bit boring I prefer American pop oh so you like Korean dramas and American music that's right I also like game shows ah what game shows well actually my favorite one is busted and that's also Korean okay I need to see that so when do you go to bed most nights I go to bed at around 1 p. m.
but at the weekend sometimes it's later maybe around midnight well I think you have an interesting and long day that's right I'm usually very tired hello Shantel hello let's play a game okay can you guess the famous person let's play okay person number one she is American okay she is a singer she is young she is about 25 years old and now she is very famous her hair is blonde and she's very cute and very pretty H is it Taylor Swift yes correct ding ding ding ding ding okay so the next person is also very famous he is from Argentina he is a soccer player he is very good at sports and he is on a team in Spain oh on a team in Spain yeah he is very good he is a little short but he is quick he is very fast H I don't watch soccer so much but is it Christiano ronaldi no it is lonel Messi o I don't know oh no who he is Aldo is the Rival of Leonel Messi I see okay so one one all right ready next one this person is from Hong Kong he is older he is my age about 50 maybe older he is good at martial arts he is in many movies okay oh also he is funny he is very funny is it Jackie Chan yes correc ding ding ding okay so now let's switch you ask me okay this person is a woman she is American and she is a very famous singer in the United States and in the world and she is married to a very famous rapper do you know who she is is she Beyonce yes very good B bing bing bing she is Beyonce oh nice okay are you ready for the next person I'm ready okay he is a Jamaican and he runs really fast okay he is fast he's from Jamaica mhm and he is so fast he joined the Olympics and won many times is he a Gold Medal winner he is a Gold Medal winner oh I know who is it it is usin Bolt correct hey ding ding ding thanks Shantel so Todd you live in Japan do you see your family often uh yes I see them often I see them usually once a year but I write to them often and I call them sometimes okay and when you see them do you go to the United States to visit them or do they come to Japan uh I go to America and then everyone goes to my mom's house and everybody meets me at my mom's house uh which is nice I see my sister and we we talk a lot and uh it's good does your mother miss you yes she misses me and I miss her a lot so it's very nice to see her and also I miss my dad and I miss him a lot so I'm always happy to see him nice and what about your sister when you are in the United States do you have some activities you like to do together uh yeah sometimes uh we do stuff together maybe uh I will meet her at a cafe or I will uh go shopping with her so we do something fun each time I go back nice also when I go home I see my best friend and that's always nice um I usually meet him for dinner and of course I call him and it's always nice to see my best friend and how about your family well since I live in Japan I also call them and write them but usually we only Skype about once a month oh so who do you Skype with the most your mom or your dad I Skype the most with my father because he wakes up very early so his time and his schedule match my schedule so it is easy for us to Skype do you call him or does he call you I usually call him but sometimes he calls me usually if he calls me it's because I haven't called in a long time uh-oh mhm so sometimes you make him mad a little angry all right that's nice but you have a brother too right I do have a brother and I call him less frequently because he is so busy with his job so we speak about once or twice a month by messages or by phone oh that's nice so do you follow your family on social media yes I use Facebook oh I use it too it is a really easy way to keep in contact with them yeah I agree what about other social media do you use Twitter no I don't use Twitter and I don't use other social media either only Facebook uh that's good I think too much is too bad I agree but I do love Facebook because I can speak with my brother and my mother and my father anytime so with Facebook do you check it every day I do check it every day maybe it's a bad habit but I do like to check it every day do you check your Facebook every day not every day I check it maybe three times a week three times a week yeah I don't use it much and I don't use it on my phone oh that's a good idea yeah I like my free time do you use other social media such as Twitter or Instagram I do use Twitter but I don't use it on my phone I only use it on the computer okay okay what about Instagram oh I don't use it at all do you use it no I don't use it oh that's right you only use Facebook I only use Facebook oh interesting well that's nice that we can talk to our family on Skype and Facebook because Japan is so far from America yes and I think they are very happy too yeah I think they are happy hey Natalie I like your outfit it looks really cute oh hey Todd thank you so that shirt looks expensive did it cost a lot oh this one yeah it was about $50 $50 that's a lot I know it's an American brand ah do they have that shirt in different colors yes so I actually have this top top in six colors really what colors I have it in purple blue red gray white and black actually I have two black ones so that's seven you have two shirts in Black why well black is such a good color to wear it matches everything yeah so true so true what about your pants those pants are pretty cool too oh these yeah these were much cheaper than the tops I bought these in San Francisco they cost about $4 ooh those are cheap that's a good price it is and I only have one pair of these and your shoes did you buy those shoes in San Francisco too no I didn't buy these in San Francisco these I bought online you bought them online yes these sandals are really hard to find so I had to buy them through Amazon oh I like Amazon I buy lots of things on Amazon for example I bought this watch on Amazon how much did it cost well this watch was really cheap this watch only cost about $20 W yeah but I have two watches and I also bought a nice gold watch on Amazon that watch was very expensive it cost $200 whoa $200 on a watch I think my watch only cost hm maybe $70 but I really like this watch it's an Apple watch I bought it in Malaysia I've had it for about 2 years now but I think now that I have an Apple Watch I'll always have apple watches yeah that is a nice watch I won an Apple Watch too yeah that's so cool I spend so much time on my phone and the watch works really well with my phone I definitely recommend it yeah I like this cheap watch because if it rains or if I play sports or if uh I am traveling I can take my cheap watch because this watch is not important I can break it I can lose it I can do anything but my gold watch that watch is expensive so I keep it at home I only wear it on nice occasions oh well it's nice to have something a little a little more expensive but my watch can tell me what the weather's like my watch can tell me how many calories I've burnt and my watch can tell me what the time is anywhere in the world you know I think I need to get a watch like that this is the greatest watch hey Todd so let's talk about countries all right let's do it h so you live in Japan right now yes that's right I live in Japan and I teach English in Japan oh cool and tell me what's expensive in Japan well Japan is a very very expensive country uh so transportation is very expensive in Japan train tickets are expensive also sometimes taxis are expensive even buses are expensive wait so you don't have a car in Japan actually I do have a car that's funny because in Japan cars are very cheap so cars are cheap but taxis are expensive it's crazy that's so weird in the UK where I'm from taxis are really cheap but to have your own car it's so expensive wow that's strange hm so I'm really interested in Japan tell me what's beautiful in Japan oh Japan has lots of beautiful things the temples are very very beautiful um the nature and the scenery uh are beautiful as well there are beautiful forests beautiful lakes beautiful beaches and even beautiful buildings cool so what is difficult about living in Japan well Japanese is difficult so reading Japanese is very difficult writing Japanese is difficult because kanji is difficult Kani is the Japanese character and how many characters are there in kanji there are about 2,000 characters so it's difficult to learn all the characters all the kanji it's very hard wow I bet that's really tough so tell me what's fun about living in Japan well there's many things uh that are fun about Japan uh the people are fun they're very nice and teaching English in Japan is Fun the student students are very nice so day-to-day life in Japan is fun and exciting so I live in Japan but you live in Thailand so what about Thailand what is expensive in Thailand H well Thailand is a really cheap place to live but some restaurants are really expensive for example if you go to a American restaurant that's very expensive but if you go to street food carts they're really cheap yeah and the street food is very delicious M it's amazing So speaking of food what Thai foods are really delicious so my favorites are pad Capra and this is pork it's spicy with rice and chili I also like Tom Yum go this is like a soup but it's very spicy it usually comes with shrimp and mushrooms Ginger and I usually get some rice yeah I love tomyam it's really really good so what is difficult about living in Thailand I think that transport is a very difficult part of living in Thailand if you have a car the roads are very busy so it takes a long time to get anywhere in the city I usually use the Subway or the sky Train system but these get really busy in the morning so when I'm taking the train to work there's usually so many people on the train at the same time sometimes it actually makes me late for work yeah the trains in Japan are really busy too and what is fun about life in Thailand H good question so I really like the people here typ people are so friendly they're very fun and they always like to hang out yeah Thailand sounds like a nice place to live yeah it's a great place to live actually hey Todd let's talk about months and American holidays all right let's do it great what holiday is in January well on January 1st we have New Year's Day right it's very fun of course I I love New Year's Day me too and what about February in February we have Valentine's Day on February 14th oo that's right so romantic yes and I don't like Valentine's Day why not I never have a girlfriend oh sorry yeah what about March what holiday is in March March has St Patrick's Day right on March 17th yes do you usually celebrate St Patrick's Day I do I love green green is my favorite color me too oh nice what about April April has April Fool's Day but that's not a holiday not really but it's still fun to celebrate on April 1st right oh usually Easter is in April usually yes but the day changes every year right sometimes it's March though true right okay what about in May what holidays are in May in May I think a lot of countries have a holiday on May 1st but America doesn't have a holiday on on May 1st but we do like to have fun holid fun celebrations for Cinco de Mayo May 5th right what do you usually do for Cinco de Mayo we us eat Mexican food same and I hear that in Mexico they don't celebrate Cinco Deo really yeah it's only in America that's funny yeah funny huh I actually heard that St Patrick's Day also is not popular in Ireland oh that's surprising yeah I don't know maybe maybe okay what about June in June we have the first day of summer ooh what day is that I think it's on June 21st I think so the longest day of the year I love that day me too it's the best yeah in July in July in America of course we have July 4th Independence Day yeah what do you do on July 4th Independence Day usually I would have a barbecue with friend friends and family and watch fireworks yeah me too the same it's fun what about August is there a a holiday in August I can't think of a holiday in August but my brother's birthday is August 15th oo that's great yeah my younger brother oh wow do you know of any holidays in August I don't but usually school is out in August so for the whole month there's no school yeah vacation time what about September well September has Labor Day mm but I don't remember the day is it September 1st I'm not sure I think it's September 1st 2nd 3rd or 4th I think it changes every year maybe it's the first Monday I think so let's see after September what holiday is in October the best holiday Halloween yes I love Halloween and Halloween is October 31st right every year plus October has my birthday oh what day is your birthday October 2nd nice yeah when is your birthday not until December ah coming up yes okay so what holiday is in November November we have Thanksgiving Day Yes actually Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday oh you said Halloween I know um I changed I changed it what day is Thanksgiving it changes like Easter it's on the 3D Thursday is it the third or the fourth Thursday it's the fourth Thursday okay you're right it's on the fourth Thursday of every November right how do you usually celebrate Thanksgiving I have dinner with my family and I watch football yes it's tradition watch football yes right okay what about December uh well December has Christmas which is December 25th yes and we also have New Year's Eve which is December 31st right both fun holidays yeah really good holidays I like it because you get lots of time off work or school yeah it's good to spend time with friends and family and get presents of course so when is your birthday December 14th ooh nice I have to remember yes you can give me a gift so what is your favorite holiday my favorite holiday is actually Halloween ooh okay I change again me too hello are you the new teacher I am yes my name's Natalie what's your name I'm Todd nice to meet you nice to meet you too welcome to the school thank you so what is your morning schedule so first period I teach math so do I I teach math first period too oh cool after that uh for the second period I teach French you speak French I do we wee that's great well I speak some Japanese so I teach Japanese second period oh that's so cool I wish I spoke Japanese yeah but my Japanese is not very good but I'm the only teacher that speaks Japanese so I teach Japanese maybe you could teach me one day maybe but I don't know much how about third period what do you teach third period third period I teach English ah I teach English too our schedules are very similar I know although it is my first day I'm a little nervous so what about the afternoon schedule what do you teach fourth period H so fourth period I think I have physics oh you teach physics yeah I love physics do you teach physics no I don't teach physics but I teach math so I teach math fourth period oh what do you teach in fifth period in fifth period That's the sports period so I am the Cross Country Coach oh I have sports too but I'm the coach for swimming oh really are you a good swimmer I think I'm a really good swimmer how about you I can swim but I'm not a good swimmer I like running H I hate running how far do you run well for the class usually we run 5k Every Day wow 5K so sixth period I hear that's our teaching hours yeah so sixth period we are in the classroom but the students are free they can do what they want but the students can come to class and ask questions oh cool so do lots of students come and ask questions yeah some students come but not too many oh okay well this is your first day and your first week so maybe the job will be a little crazy but I think after your second or third week the job will be very very easy I hope so I'm really excited to meet the students they seem great oh I think the students will like you a lot oh I hope so too maybe if you have some time you could give me a tour of the school sure I'd love to great thanks so Natalie let's talk about times okay like when we do things sure first when do you get up h i get up around 7:30 yeah I get up early 2 I don't get up at 7:30 but I get up at 88 oh well sometimes I get up at 8 maybe at the weekend yeah actually I always wake up at 6 I wake up very early but I don't get out of bed I wake up I have some water and then I sleep some more I sleep two more hours oh really yeah it's a bad habit sometimes I wake up at 7:30 and I play on my phone for maybe an hour that's so bad I know I read that it's not good to check your phone in bed so I never check my phone in bed oh I should try that what about breakfast when do you eat breakfast I usually eat breakfast at around 8:30 but but sometimes I don't have breakfast uh no time no time how about you uh I usually have breakfast right away so I wake up at 8:00 or I get out of bed at 8: and then I eat something at 8:15 so I eat something as soon as I get up oh no I usually have to wait before I can eat well I always eat and I always have coffee very early do you have coffee every day every day I have three cups of coffee I have one cup of coffee around 8:00 I have another cup of coffee around 10:00 and then I have my last cup of coffee around 2:00 or 3:00 whoa three coffees yeah my office is by a cafe and the cafe has really good coffee so I love their Cafe mochas oh I really don't like the taste of coffee but I do love a hot chocolate oh I hear you so when do you start your day at work or school well I work as a teacher so I start at 9:00 a. m. oh that's fairly early yeah it's okay I work for a few hours in the morning and lunch comes by really quickly how about you when does your day start well I have two jobs so now I make websites and I work at an office so I start at 12:00 so noon so I start my day late and I finish working at 8:00 or 9:00 at night oh I wish I started work at 12 but I don't think I'd enjoy working so late oh it's great I love it because there's no traffic at noon uh when I go to work and there's less traffic at night when I come home so I finish at 9:00 and the train is not crowded and it's really nice how long does it take to get to work it takes 15 minutes by train and if the weather is nice on nice sunny days I walk to work it takes 1 hour and I walk home it takes another hour a I bet that's really nice it is nice I like to walk to work and I like to walk home but I work at night so I eat dinner really late I eat dinner at 10:00 and that's very late and a little unhealthy when do you eat dinner well yeah 1 p.
m. is really late I'm usually in bed at that time I usually have dinner I'd say maybe 7:30 p. m.
wow you have dinner before I finish work I know but if I don't eat at that time I get really cranky so you go to bed around 10:00 yeah most nights but at the weekend I usually go to bed later I'd say midnight sometimes 1 or 2 a. m.
