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Addison

When I got to Thailand I was pleasantly surprised to see that my accommodations were phenomenal.  It was a definitely not a scam or a rip-off.  I got a bargain for sure.  I was staying for a month in the same spot and checked-in to the hotel and settled in.  I didn’t need to take a nap or anything as I was still in the same time zone and had no jet lag obviously.  I decided I should probably just go to the beach and try and get some sort of a tan slowly so I wouldn’tlook like a lobster.  I went for a walk along the beach and couldn’t help but eve’s drop some conversations.  Most of the people here were from all over asia.  I had decided to jump in to a conversation with some Chinese people.  They were shocked that I knew any Chinese.  Although, they quickly found out that it wasn’t so hot, but still invited me to have dinner with them later that night.

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Key vocabulary and phrases that are discussed in the podcast:

 

Accommodations – where you are staying or the kind of place it is.  Ex. Hotel, apartment, house.

 

phenomenal – exceptionally great or excellent

 

rip-off – to participate in a scam.  To get swindled or deceived and lose money or get a bad deal on something.

 

Bargain – to get a great deal or buy something at a cheaper price than it is worth

 

settled in – put your things away where you want them to go in your place and have everything where you want it to be

 

time zone - any of the 24 areas or regions in the world which have the same standard time

 

jet lag – the feeling of not being used to a new time zone because of your flight

 

tan – the colouring of skin due to exposure to the sun

 

look like a lobster – if you get a sunburn sometimes people might say you look like a lobster because of your red colour

 

couldn’t help but – an uncontrollable force to do something or behave in some way.

 

eve’s drop – listen to someone else’s conversation without them knowing or their approval

 

jump in – get involved and start talking with the other people that were already having a conversation

 

wasn’t so hot – not good at something.  here the person wasn’t good at speaking Chinese.

 

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