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help you i found some cockroaches

ben you brought cockroaches into our house

sarah they're safe in the box don't worry

when is this winter carnival in quebec in february

it's the biggest winter carnival in the world

there are many cultural events and they have a night parade

we should go no thanks

i'll stay with my new friends maybe you can visit this winter carnival

one day bring lots of warm clothes

now let's enjoy some snow cones

great job you are ready for your presentation

i can see that you did a lot of research yeah

well done so

where are our snow cones ben i'm just practicing

fine let's have snow cones at our small town

festival what festival

ben wants to have a small town festival what do you think

i think that's a great idea we do have our own culture here we can

have all kinds of events we can have a fast talking contest

betty would win you're right

i can dance and i can hold cockroach races

what i have my box of cockroaches

right here ben

a restaurant is not the best place for those

and why do you have them they're for the cockroach races

you did say we could have all kinds of events that's true

it would be an interesting way to celebrate small town

how many cockroaches are in there six

do you want to see them no one

two three four five

uh-one is missing

there's my beautiful junior reporter hi betty

there's something different about you dear

i know your hair is a different color

no hmm

are you taller

no betty i'm the same old me well

you look wonderful thanks betty

so do you have any assignments for me yes i do

i need a writer for my new travel column and are you asking me to write it yes

you're an excellent writer you'll do a good job

thanks betty so what's my first column about

for your first column i want you to write about dubai city

dubai city where is that

it's a city in the middle east are there a lot of interesting things in

dubai city there are for example

they have a place to go skiing inside

really fun

yes and right now workers are building the bird to buy

that's the tallest building in the world great

i'll be sure to write about that good can you finish this assignment by

thursday i'll do my best excellent i can't wait

to read it betty is in the post office

she picks up a big bag it's very heavy

there are a lot of letters and packages inside the bag simon smiles

he is very excited about his package he wants it now

betty looks inside the bag i am looking

i am looking for a package it is not a big package

okay is your name on the box or is renee's

name on the box my name is on there simon way

hmm that is strange i don't see any mail for

you really

are you sure

here it is all right wait

this isn't my package it's for simon monroe

sorry

well your package isn't in this bag

let me look in the back

here's a magazine for renee but i don't see a package

it's here i'm sure sorry

i can't find it what's in the package

uh

nothing special sorry simon your package is not here

the mail is slow sometimes okay

another mail truck will come this afternoon

come back after four really

thanks betty you're a good mailman

i'm not a mailman simon i'm a postal worker

right sorry

well you're a great postal worker thanks simon

i enjoy helping people just last week i sorry i have to go now

see you later hey honey

did you go to the post office

was your package there yes i went but my package wasn't there

yet too bad

do you want to eat lunch here yes

i'll go back to the post office if i have time this afternoon

good i have some cards to mail can i give them to you

sure hey

these cards don't have any envelopes or stamps i know i don't have any

can you buy some envelopes and stamps for me dear

okay how much are stamps now

they're 41 cents each i'm sorry about your package

maybe it'll be there when you go back what package

nothing it's not important

it's just something fun something fun

what is it when simon gets it he'll show you

okay i like getting packages and letters my

friend writes a letter to me every month

why don't you use email no way

i like finding letters in my mailbox hey betty

we aren't open yet that's okay

i just have a message for simon i found your package great

where is it in alaska

what why

the sender sent it to the wrong address the post office tracked your package

honey i'll call girls exercise today about your dvds

dvds girls exercise

i ordered some girls exercise dvds

they have great exercises for my back simon is embarrassed because the dvds

are for women

the exercises work for men too it's okay simon i use girls exercise too

really yes

we can exercise together sarah

how are you how's your boyfriend

betty you know i don't have a boyfriend i know

but you will someday sorry

i asked too many personal questions i don't mind

guess what i just started a blog about life in

small town great do you write about me

of course i have to write about our town's post

mistress and the editor of our town newspaper that's right

hi girls phew

my favorite salesman what are you selling today

well you know whenever i come to town i always bring something interesting

we know well today is no different

here a book

open it hey

there are no pages in this book that's right you don't read this book

you keep things in it no thanks you

someday you'll buy something from me betty

maybe number four smoothly smoothly smoothly

okay smoothie is the mixture of fruits and ice cream or milk

smoothie smoothie number five milkshake milkshake milkshake is the mixture of

ice cream or milk with flavor of fruits okay and then we shake them until it's

full of bubbles milkshake milkshake

number six milk milk

number seven cocktail cork tail tale american english

long or cocktail british english

cocktail cocktail cocktail is a mixture of fruit juice

and a kind of

strong alcoholic drinks okay cocktail eight coke or cola

coke or cola do you know coca-cola okay the same

color soda

soda beer

beer lemonade lemonade is just like

lemon juice okay lemonade mineral water mineral water is the

natural water mineral water hot chocolate hot chocolate people like

to drink this one in the winter because it's hard it's warm okay hot chocolate

wine wine

champagne champagne remember this is ch but we

don't pronounce like chicken okay this is

champagne champagne

we usually drink champagne for the new year

coconut water coconut water okay so one more time smoothly smooth the

milkshake milkshake

milk milk

cocktail cocktail coke

color soda

beer lemonade

lemonade mineral water mineral water

hot chocolate hot chocolate

wine wine champagne

champagne coconut water coconut water

now let's go to some questions and answers what kind of beverage beverage

the same meaning with drink okay what kind of beverage do you usually drink

what kind of beverage do you usually drink i usually drink milk i usually

drink milk do you know how to make lemonade that

means can you make lemonade do you know how to make lemonade yes

of course i do of course they do it's very easy to make it's very easy to make

of course i do it's very easy to make sorry i don't know sorry i don't know

is this the is this cocktail good is this

cocktail good yes it is link them together yesterdays

very tasty yesterday is very tasty

not really it's okay not really it's okay

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i love the beach meku hey roger

does this beach have cute lifeguards i don't know

how do i say help i'm drowning

in chinese you can just say

jo ming can you swim patty

yes but maybe i can practice chinese with a

cute lifeguard patty do you need some sunscreen daisy

i can put it on your back for you no thanks i want a tan first

why my skin is too white

roger do you want some sunscreen not yet i'm going in the water first are you

girls coming let's go

that was fun i love the ocean

me too swimming is fun

i like swimming in a pool better though the water is cleaner and it doesn't have

salt in it well you don't have to drink the ocean water

i didn't try to drink it you splashed me the water went into my mouth

i'm sorry no you're not you're right

there aren't very many people in the ocean today

maybe chinese people don't like to swim no you're wrong

i see chinese people at the pool all the time

some of them are great swimmers

well maybe they're not here to swim

maybe they just come to the beach to have fun

that's why we're here hey guys let's go for a walk along the