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Hi everyone, welcome to a new episode of

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Easy English. So, we're back on the

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streets of Müster in northwest Germany

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and I want to ask an English language

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test question and I'm basing this on the

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International English Language Testing

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System or as you may know it the LS

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test. The LTS is a recognized

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international standardized test of

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English language proficiency for

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non-native English speakers. Passing

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this test is often a requirement in

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order to obtain a visa to work in most

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English-speaking countries. The speaking

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test is divided into three different

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stages increasing in difficulty. The

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first stage is answering a simple

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question. The second is speaking about a

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topic and the third is a general

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discussion. Let's see how Germans get

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on. Let's go.

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Do you enjoy dining out at restaurants?

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Yeah, I I guess it depends on the

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persons you're dining with. So, in

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general, I would say yeah, I enjoy uh

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dining at casual restaurants mainly.

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Yeah, that's a good answer. Do you

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prefer to have a lot of friends or a

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small group of friends?

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For me, it's a small group of friends

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cuz I like to have just a little group

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of persons around me that I know really,

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really well, guess. So, it's like a

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small family I built myself. Yeah. More

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intimate. Yes. More intimate. Nice. Have

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you ever attended university or college?

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Uh, yes. I attended the university in

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minster.

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Yes. Do you enjoy reading? Reading? Yes,

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but I don't do it much. Okay. Why? Uh I

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have the time. It's just not like in my

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habits to say like that, but I shoot

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more. Yes. What do you usually shop for?

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What do I usually shop for?

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I think things for school like pencils,

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erasers and

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something and like a lot of food I

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guess. Yeah. Okay. But also clothing.

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Good answer. Do you prefer to drink

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coffee or tea?

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Well, tea. No, I like coffee more. Yeah.

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Yes. Did you like your school when you

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were a child? Yes, I like it.

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Um, I like the teachers and

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uh all my colleagues. Yes, I liked it.

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today. Question two, describe a movie

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that you like.

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A

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movie? Oh, honestly I I don't watch a

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lot of

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movies. Uh oh. Maybe the last movie I

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saw. What was the title?

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Uh de la Serpent. The the hack of the

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snake. The the snakes's hug might be a

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translation, right? Okay. takes place in

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the Amazonas and is describing a bit the

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um yeah the the the politics of

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knowledge expropriation of indigenous

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knowledge um by um by uh yeah accidental

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um companies and scientists and yeah I I

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like the setting slow cuts and yeah

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mainly the atmosphere the visual part of

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the of the movie. Yeah. Nice. Talk about

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a person who taught you how to do

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something. Who taught me how to do

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something? Oh, I think that I had to

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talk about my grandma cuz she's a

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really, really kind person. And she

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teached me how to deal with other

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people's and how to be kind and just

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helpful and look around in the world.

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And I really appreciate that knowledge

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from her. So, that's how I go through my

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life and I'm really grateful for that.

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That's a lovely answer. Really nice.

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Describe an animal you want to learn

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more about.

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I would like to know more about penguins

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because I it's my favorite animal, but I

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don't really know much about it. So,

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yeah. Nice. I think there is a new movie

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out or something I saw recently about

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this. Yes, I heard about the m movie,

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but uh I didn't watch it. Yeah. Describe

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a place you visited that left a strong

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impression on you.

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Uh

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Portugal. Yes. Yeah. Porto. Uh Porto to

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be precise. Yes. Okay. And what was it

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that left? Uh I think memories. Uh I

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think because of memories like uh just

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the like the ambience itself and like

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just like also smellings and seeing

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things is just remind me a lot of things

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about I think like childhood and stuff.

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So yeah. Question two. Describe a time

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when you helped someone.

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I once helped an old lady like park her

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car in a parking lot so she can get her

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groceries.

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Describe an important tradition in your

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country.

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Well, like Chitzu Fest or October Fest.

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I think Chitzu Fest is like

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a D thing or what is it? What's it

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called? It's a it's a thing that uh in

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smaller towns and then we come together

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and party. Uh describe a person who has

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inspired you.

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Uh

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there are several uh the Cali family of

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course in their beginning they were

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street musicians too. They're Irish.

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Irish. Yes.

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Question two gets a bit more difficult.

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Okay. describe a place you visited that

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left a strong impression on you

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here in Germany or

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um I I I must say it's uh Müah I I like

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the city very much. Uh I like the people

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and the place here and all the cafes and

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the the bars and the restaurants and

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it's cool. I like it. It's nice.

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And the last question. Um, wow. This is

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really like I did not write this. It's

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like curveball. Uh, what are some of the

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major factors in your opinion

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contributing to the endangerment of

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plants and animals in today's world?

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Can you do it again? Can you say it

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again? Sure. Sure. Sure. Sure. This is

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even for me, I would not know.

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What are some of the major factors

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contributing to endangerment of plants

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and animals in today's world? I think

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it's pretty simple. The

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human that's it. That's my answer.

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So yeah. Yeah. I would say you should

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probably speak more but you are but

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that's like that's just one answer.

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Yeah. Very good. Thank you. How are

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educational systems in your country

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changing at the moment?

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Um I think that uh it's getting more

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digital

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um like with tablets and so on. Um as I

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intended attended school uh I just wrote

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everything down on paper. Um now it's

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changing. Yeah. What can be done to make

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people recycle more often? I think if

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you make like an easy system that people

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can actually do, you know, because

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sometimes it's like there's a lot to do

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like it's complicated system so people

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don't take the time to do it or the

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effort. So make a simple like

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complicated. Yeah, exactly. So maybe

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just a simple thing and that people can

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actually do and want to do it. So yeah,

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I think that's Yeah. Uh how has

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technology changed the way we

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communicate?

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I think technology

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changed like a lot in the 2000s. So, um

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we like the first cell phones 2007 came

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from Steve Jos from Apple and they like

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erased all their regular cell phones

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that are standing still on the street

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side. So, we all have one in our pocket

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that's like a mini computer for like

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doing math, playing games or just

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communicating via text or something.

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Love it. What are the drawbacks of

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learning online?

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What's drawback? Uh drawback would be uh

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negative. What is the negative of

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learning online?

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I think you as though you're not in the

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conversation with each other and it's

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difficult

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to to speak then in in real life. Do you

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think it's important to learn English in

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today's world and why?

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So English

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has I think established as a

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uh as a general

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language. So um I think yes it is

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important to learn English. So so more

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people can communicate communicate

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together.

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Uh basically every language you learn is

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a add-on to yourself.

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So, nice answer. I like that a lot.

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Okay, so there you go. Uh, I want to

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know in the comments below how you guys

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got on with all of those questions I was

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asking on the streets of Müster today.

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Uh, and also let me know if you've taken

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this test before and how easy or how

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difficult you found it to be. And as

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always, we'll see you next time. Ta.

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