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(Phone rings)
Tom: Hi Ted, this is Tom.
Ted: Hey Tom, good to hear from you. How’s Taiwan?
Tom: Good. I’m having a great time.
Ted: What have you been up to? I traveled to Taiwan last time with a few friends. We went to a night market and did what a lot of people around here do quite often, had a late-night snack at a food stall. I felt fun. What else have you done?
Tom: Plenty. This week I went to a KTV on Monday night.
Ted: What’s a KTV?
Tom: Ah,…it’s like singing at a karaoke bar, but you’re in a small room with all your friends and you sing along to music from a video that’s got subtitled words for the song.
Ted: It’s interesting…….
Tom: And my friends took me to drink tea at a teahouse.
Ted: A teahouse-what’s that?
Tom: It’s a place where you drink tea and eat snacks. They drink the tea in an interesting way there. They use a very small teapot and cups, and keep filling the pot with hot water, so the tea you drink’s always hot, and not too strong or weak.
Ted: You sound pretty busy. Have you done anything else that we don’t usually do here?
Tom: Yeah, on Friday night I went out with a few of the guys and they introduced me to this drinking game called the fingers game. Do you know some other activities in Taiwan?
Ted: I know Chinese kung fu, Chinese or Taiwanese Opera and traditional puppet show. You’re having a lot of fun over there.
Tom: Yeah, it’s great, and the people here really make you feel welcome.

Questions:
(1) Who’s in Taiwan?
(A) Tom
(B) Ted
(C) Mark
(2) Drinking game called _____.
(A) Fingers game
(B) Eyes game
(C) Ears game
(3) Activities in Taiwan include all of the following EXCEPT.
(A) Do Chinese kung fu
(B)Go to traditional puppet show
(C)Take a cruise

presentation~~~Jason(李正申) & Mike(黃子秋)

Name: Jason & Mike
Major: English
ID numbers: 93156124 & 93156125
Date: 12/20/2005

Topic:Visiting a Japanese Public Bath


Conversation

Mike: Hey Jason: Have you ever been to a Japanese public bath? I hear it's quite an experience.

Jason: Yes, and what an experience.

Mike: What do you mean?

Jason: Well, it's nothing like visiting a swimming pool in the States.

Mike: Well, what do you do when you go to a public bath?

Jason: First, you take off your shoes before you enter.

Mike: Okay.

Jason: Then, you pay an entrance fee to the man or woman at the front counter. [Um-huh]. Next, you get undressed in the dressing room.And I was very surprised . . . and a little embarrassed to see that the woman who took my money was sitting on a platform where she had a clear view of the men's side of the dressing room. Really? This allows the workers to keep an eye on the patrons' belongings while they are in the bath.

Mike: Wow. And do you wear a bathing suit or something?

Jason: Oh no! You don't wear anything. Then you go into the main bathing area and wash your body while sitting on a small stool about 40 centimeters high.

Mike: On a stool!

Jason: Yeah. It was really hard getting used to bathing in that position. Sometimes, even, people wash each other's backs.

Mike: Oh really. So, what do you do after that?

Jason: Well, after you've rinsed off all the soap, they usually have two or three large baths where you can soak for a while.

Mike: Do you actually share the bath with other people?

Jason: Yeah. Traditionally, the bath played an important role in the community. It gave neighbors an opportunity to socialize while bathing.

Mike: Huh. Interesting.

Jason: When you're all done bathing, people relax in the dressing room by watching TV, drinking tea or juice, or talking to friends. It's quite an experience.


Questions:

1. What is the first thing you do when visiting a Japanese public bath?
A. pay the entrance fee
B. take off your shoes
C. put your clothes in a locker

2. What do you wear when bathing?
A. a swimming suit
B. shorts
C. nothing

3. What do people sometimes do after their bath?
A. watch videos
B. drink something, like tea
C. play Japanese chess with friends