Easy, Tiger
It starts with a guy on his way to Beijin, talking about the course he downloaded of Japanesse and Italian, he noticed that both audio programs took the same way; the teacher gives you some phrases and you should practice; so he was going to download again Pimsleur for learning Mandarin, but he was timeless, so he used his "Lonely Planet" phrase book, he remarked that it was hopeless; learning from a book with useless phrases such as; "I want to make love to you" or "How about going to bed?".
After he returned from China, few days later he started preparing for a trip to Germany. First time he went to Germany in 1999, he couldn´t speak with the correct pronunciation, so he spent most of the time talking in English. He didn´t like German, cause when they were Germans were ordering at a restaurant, it sounded like an actual order.
He had gone 10 times to Germany and he had learn many words like "Lebensabschnittspartner" that means the person you are with, not necessary means your lover, so fot this trip to Germany he wants to more prepare than other times, so he downloaded the thirty lessons of Pimsleur German.
When he went to Tokyo, a Japanese told him he needed to read some manga cause he was too polite, but he thaugh every foreigner talks like that and is not a problem.
NEW VOCABULARY
scraped: remove
spraped the wallpaper off, before you paint the wall.
harshness: severe or cruel
The harshness of my mother freaks me out.
bellhop: An employee at a hotel, who carries the luggage
Mom! Tell the bellhop to take our luggage to the room 2067.
Ditch: A long narrow trench or furrow dug in the ground as for irrigation
Don´t put anything on the ditch, or the plants won´t grow.
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