Lesson 1
Greetings and names
[Music] Hi how are you very good on yourself I'm great thanks Hi how are you hi I'm fine thank you what's your name I'm Anna Sarah how's that spelled a n n a s a r a h hello how...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Part of Getting to know people
Everyday life and personal topics
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Lesson 2
Where people are from
[Music] where are you from I'm from Mongolia where are you from Columbus Ohio where are you from uh San Francisco where are you from I was born on the East Coast outside of Wash...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 3
Jobs and favorite food
computer engineer what's your job I work in technology at University of Southern California [Music] what is your favorite of type of food wow I I love all foods so that's that's...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 4
Hobbies and poker
beach what are your favorite hobbies or activities I I like to play poker um I'm an avid poker player and I also act and stuff like that so how often do you play poker probably...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 5
Favorite seasons
wind what's your favorite season I would have to say fall why is it your favorite uh I love Halloween and I just love how it's transition it transitions over from hot to cold wh...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 6
Morning routines and showers
[Music] a.m. do you usually take a shower in the morning or at night always in the morning do you usually take a shower in the morning or at night usually in the [Music] morning...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 7
Lunch at work
about [Music] now where do you usually eat lunch I eat lunch at my desk I bring my lunch to work every day to save money and I make a salad and I eat it at my desk so what do yo...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 8
Work hours and getting home
random other stuff [Music] when do you work when what are my hours um I start at 9: and I finish at 600 5 days a week what time do you get home I'm usually home by 7 o'clock do...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 9
Bedtime and weekend routines
10 if not I spend most of the day at home and sort of pop out for dinner or take care of the dog or whatever [Music] what time do you usually go to bed oh I like to sleep so I u...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 10
Exercise and sports
sports how often do you ride your bike um probably three times a week do you exercise or play any sports I like to say I do but I've been pretty busy lately so sometimes summer...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 11
Cooking habits
week do you cook um not very very often because I live alone so cooking for one is not very interesting so I usually make a salad or you know I open a can of soup do you cook I...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 12
Reading habits
[Music] day do you read books magazines or the newspaper I read the newspaper um Thursday through Sunday I get it delivered and I read books all the time and sometimes I read ma...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 13
Reading books and magazines
read the newspaper magazines very rarely and books I'm trying to read uh more of uh there was a time where I hardly read any books at all how often do you read books right now m...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 14
Food and movie preferences
what kind of food do you like um I would say pasta [Music] yes what kind of movies do you like do you like drama comedy action sci-fi um I like more of the action but because I...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 15
Favorite kinds of movies
movies do you like drama not action yeah what kind of uh movies do you like well I don't like um action movies very much and I'm not really into like chick flicks I like movies...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 16
Favorite kinds of music
rap what kind of music do you like I like classic rock and roll I like classical I like a whole I don't know a whole variety of music so what kind of music do you like uh Rock w...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 17
Favorite kinds of books
reading a lot of magazines because I just don't have the attention span that I used to have before so a lot of magazines these days yeah what kind of books do you like uh books...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 18
Describing a brother
a little bit taller and more muscular and what kind of movies does your brother like um a like the kind of that I like actually yeah what kind of music does he like hip-hop do y...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 19
Talking about a sister
question or your sister my sister I don't know what kind of music she listens to we don't really talk about that kind of stuff we talk more like about hair and clothes and um do...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 20
Children, nieces, and nephews
lot maybe 10 to 20 20 I have a lot of nephews I have like nine nephews and nieces do you have any kids I have two kids I have an almost 11year old and a seven-year-old and what...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 21
A day in Beverly Hills
stuff mhm okay so what did you do in Beverly Hills we uh well I caught up I caught up with him later they went like I guess star star searching something like that and we met up...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 22
Weekend activities
to church this morning and then we were here at the park did you have a good weekend I did what did you do uh I went to Italian food at columbos and Eagle Rock and then we went...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 23
Breakfast and lunch
breakfast at M H 10:30 or so I think it was around 10:30 did you have lunch this afternoon I did not really have lunch I had such a late breakfast and then I had a cafe frappe f...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 24
Parents and grandparents
parents were born in Pennsylvania um both of them where were your grandparents born my grandparents well I didn't know my grandparents on my father's side and I didn't know my g...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 25
Birthplaces and birth years
in Washington DC uh when were you born I was born in 1967 where were your parents born my dad was born in Germany and my mom was born in New York City and what did your parents...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 26
Family origins and jobs
America where were your grandparents born uh same place Columbia South America and what did they do for a living uh my parents or grandparents um your parents uh my mom worked f...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 27
Changes since childhood
Northrop aircraft defense [Music] contractor were you very different when you were younger compared to now very different yes how were you different uh when I was younger I was...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 28
Neighborhood convenience
but yeah I I grew more confidence especially with the type of job I [Music] do is your neighborhood convenient yes very convenient is there a supermarket or bank or drugstore an...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 29
Places in the neighborhood
there are a lot of houses in my neighborhood um mostly it's residential and and um then there are stores and restaurants and um bars and different kinds of things is your neighb...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 30
Nearby shops and services
very yeah what is there in your neighborhood just everything you can imagine we live just a few few blocks away from Ventura Boulevard and there's just everything there so there...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 31
Traffic, graffiti, and parking
average amount of noise in the city yeah is there much traffic in your neighborhood not too bad no is there much um graffiti no there isn't very much graffiti is there enough pa...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 32
Buses and parking
street street so I don't I'm not particularly aware of them but yeah there are buses on the Main Street which is York Boulevard and Eagle Rock Boulevard is there enough parking...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 33
Neighborhood safety and benefits
graffiti uh there's a little bit of graffiti here and there but I don't think that there's a whole lot of crime you know [Music] what do you like about your neighborhood um my n...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 34
Neighborhood likes and dislikes
there's no you know Target or the more convenient stores like that but other than that no there it's it's I'm happy what do you like about your neighborhood uh I like that it's...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 35
Weekend clothes
so yeah casual and what do you usually wear over the weekends what I'm wearing now so what are you wearing right now I'm wearing a like a kind of a T-shirt and a skirt that I ju...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 36
Clothes for work
shirt what do you usually wear to work uh we don't have a dress code so I'll wear jeans and a a button- down you know a collared shirt or you know that's about it what do you us...
Language: enDuration: 1 min
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