Good Manners What to Do and Say in English

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welcome back to ask Alicia the weekly

series where you ask me questions and I

answer them

maybe first question first question this

week comes from I’m on hi again I’m on

I’m on says what is the use of definite

article the we use the with a singular

noun to refer to a specific instance of

that noun so when you’re telling a story

we’ll often introduce the first instance

of a noun with a and then after that

we’ll use the to refer to the specific

instance of that thing so for example a

simple story I was walking down the

street and I saw a dog the dog was

really cute I pet the dog so in that

situation when I introduce a dog in the

story the first time I talk about the

dog in the story I use a to introduce it

then after that I use the to refer to

that specific dog that I introduced

earlier in the story every other time

that I want to talk about that same dog

I use the before it so use the word the

when you need to refer to a specific

noun or when you have to refer to a

specific group so for example the

teachers in the school district went on

strike so specifically we’re talking

about teachers in a specific school

district the teachers went on strike the

mothers at the PTA meeting organized a

bake sale it’s a specific group that is

defined by something else so in this

case the mothers at the PTA meeting only

the mothers that were at that meeting

not the mothers from a different group

for example so we use the two to talk

about a specific instance of something

next question next question comes from

Johnny hi Johnny you wrote a very long

message thank you very much for watching

there’s a slang expression that I’ve

heard several times and don’t understand

well I know right using I know

right it’s like an invitation then for

the other person to agree again

really I know right so think of I know

right as like an even stronger like even

more emphasis on the agreement and an

invitation for the other person to agree

again I know right it’s like yes and you

agree too don’t you next question comes

from Zafar Ahmad Zafar amok hi the far

asks about two sentences okay one have

you ever cried in a film - have you ever

cried at a film my question is about the

preposition in or at which sentence is

correct and explained the reason of

course that would explain the reason

let’s take a look at the first one have

you ever cried in a film this is

actually a point where the differences

between British English and American

English might come into play a little

bit have you ever cried in a film could

have a few different meanings depending

on the situation if for example you were

speaking to an actor and you say have

you ever cried in a film meaning when

you were in a film when you were acting

in a film did you cry at any point in

time so have you ever cried in a film it

could also mean have you gone to watch a

movie in a movie theatre and cried at

the movie theatre or in the movie

theatre your second sentence have you

ever cried at a film so using act shows

like the direction of an emotion like we

use it with other emotions as well like

my mom is mad at me or my dad is angry

at me so it’s showing the direction of

emotion so in this case have you ever

cried at a film meaning did a film cause

you to cry have you ever cried because

of a film in my case though if I wanted

to ask my friend if a movie had ever

caused them to cry I would say have you

ever cried at a movie next question next

question comes from Eagle or hi Igor why

are groups like

berry hurry study tidy and try in the

irregular verbs list their past simple

and past participle forms have edie

endings like other regular verbs the

course books used have listed these

verbs in the irregular verb list alright

tough question because I did not create

the textbooks and I don’t know the logic

that was used for the textbooks but if I

had to guess why those verbs are

included as irregular verbs I would

imagine it’s because these verbs all end

in Y and yes although the verbs do end

in E D there is an irregular change that

happens with verbs that end in Y so

that’s to drop the Y and add ie D

instead of just an IDI so we maintain

that Isan like tidy Barry

however the spelling of the word changes

next question news from poll ria pouria

asks what’s the difference between these

words interior and internal exterior and

external alright well there are

grammatical differences interior and

exterior are nouns internal and external

are adjectives we use interior and

exterior to talk about the inside and

the outside of something but internal

and external are used those are

adjectives we use them to talk about the

qualities of something

next question from stanislav hi

Stanislaw stanislav asks how do you

politely address unfamiliar women and

men lady miss mrs. mister and sir

ah nice question all right if you’re in

a formal situation it’s better to use

mr. with men sir tends to be used more

in like a service relationship so the

same thing with ma’am for women mrs. is

used for married women if I don’t know

if someone is married or not a woman is

married or not I’ll use miss next

question expression is from Leon hi Leon

what are the differences between test

exam quiz and questionnaire and when

should I use each of them nice question

all right let’s start with test and exam

we use these two words quite similarly

when we’re talking about

tests of knowledge or like examinations

at school we can use either of those

like I have a test this week or I have

an exam this week I think in American

English test is probably used more

commonly than exam or the long form

examination however when we want to

check the status of our bodies will

often use the word exam so for example a

physical exam that’s an expression we

use to mean like a full check of the

body which is commonly done maybe once a

year or so so an exam like a dental exam

or an eye exam is a check of the

condition of your body as well a quiz is

essentially a mini test a questionnaire

however is quite different from the

three that we’ve talked about thus far a

questionnaire is something that’s given

usually to customers that is for

feedback we use questionnaires for

feedback so those are all the questions

that I want to answer this week thank

you so much for sending your questions

remember if you have not sent the

question yet or if you just want to send

other person will try to answer it

next he says

I’m Gustavo

the first part of this sentence is a

contraction of two words I and am the am

here functions like an equal sign in

math

I’m I’m the next word in the sentence is

a name

gustavo together its

Gustavo

the structure of the pattern is hi how

do you do I’m plus your name now you try

imagine your name is John say hi how do

you do

I’m John

hi how do you do I’m John now imagine

your name is Aiko

say hi how do you do I’m Aiko

hi how do you do I’m Michael now use

your name

okay there are two additional things you

need to know first there’s a shortcut

for giving your name

just drop the I’m from the final

sentence of the self introduction for

example if Gustavo just said hi how do

you do

Gustavo Henry would have understood it

was his name

this would be especially clear if

Gustavo extended his hand for a

handshake while saying this in very

casual situations you can even drop the

and the how do you do all that is left

would be your name the second thing you

need to know is you can use I’m with

just the first name or your first name

and the last name together

I’m Henry Eddins

Eddins is Henry’s family name using both

your first name and your last name is a

little more formal it also gives you

less privacy for example if people know

both your first and last name they can

find you on the internet more easily so

it may be more common for strange to say

just their first name than people

meeting in a more friendly environment

next you’ll learn how to tell people to

call you by a nickname just like Henry

did in the scene

but please call me Hank

but please call me Hank the first word

in the sentence is butt

this word is not necessary but it makes

the transition to the rest of the

sentence smoother Henry uses this to

introduce a new piece of information and

this information changes something about

what he said before but makes this clear

the next word introduces a polite

request please PLEASE next is a request

to use a certain name call call

after this is the word me

me last is a common nickname for men

named Henry Hank

Hank

please call me Hank

the sentence structure is please call me

plus your nickname now you try imagine

your nickname is Matt say please call me

Matt

please call me Matt now imagine your

nickname is Lulu say please call me Lulu

please call me Lulu now use your own

nickname say please call me and then use

your nickname

finally when you meet someone for the

first time it’s polite to say a set

phrase at the end

nice to meet you

usually both people will say this or

something similar to it

now you try

nice to meet you

now it’s time to practice your new

ability

let’s practice this is your chance to

introduce yourself try to remember what

you learned and practice by speaking

aloud it’s your first day in the US and

you’re meeting your new neighbor ready

here we go what’s the first thing you

say to someone you’ve just met

hi how do you do how do you tell someone

your name

I’m named I’m Henry Eddins how do you

tell someone your nickname

please call me your nickname please call

me Hank what’s the last thing you say to

someone you’ve just met

nice to meet you great job you’ve just

introduced yourself you’ll follow this

same pattern many times so be sure to

practice it

well done now watch the scene one more

time after that go and practice with all

your American friends or with us in the

comments bye excuse me sorry about that

how do you do I’m Gustavo nice to meet

you Gustavo I’m Henry Eddins I’m sorry

can you say that again please

a bit slowly Henry Eddins Henry Eddins

that’s it but please call me Hank Hank

nice to meet you welcome to English

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the fastest easiest and most fun way to

learn English hey everyone I’m Alisha in

this series we’re going to learn some

easy ways to ask and answer common

questions in English it’s really useful

and it only takes three minutes in this

lesson you’re going to learn how to ask

what someone’s job is in natural English

of course you can just say what is your

job this is correct English but it

sounds too direct and awkward native

English speakers almost never say this

in a social situation instead they use a

different question but before we master

that we need to compare it to a very

similar question what are you doing I’m

presenting a video about English

what do you do I’m an English teacher do

you see the difference these two

questions what are you doing and what do

you do sound similar but mean different

things the first one is asking what you

are doing right now this minute you

answer it using an ING verb what are you

doing I’m reading I’m watching TV while

the second is actually a shortened

version of what do you do for a living

this is how we ask what is your job in

natural English let’s practice this

question what do you do what do you do

when native speakers of English ask this

question it can come out very fast and

sound more like what do you do in order

to tell it apart from what are you doing

just listen for the sound on the end of

the question if it’s not there then

you’re being asked what your job is so

how would you answer this question just

think of it as if the other person is

asking you what is your job you could

answer with I am plus your job I’m a

teacher I’m a teacher or I’m an engineer

if you want to learn more job names go

to English class 101.com and check out

the core word lists these cover job

vocabulary and more and include a

picture and audio to help you perfect

your pronunciation you can also mention

the place that you work at starting with

I work at I work at a hospital I work at

a hospital I work at a law firm I work

at a law firm if you work for a big

company that is well known you can say I

work for and then the name I work for

Microsoft I work for Microsoft I work

for the New York Times I work for the

New York Times

now it’s time for Alicia’s advice when

you ask the question what do you do

and the other person tells you their job

it’s polite to make some kind of

positive comment about his or her job

for example how interesting or that must

be exciting or even oh really

remember to sound sincere do you know

how native English speakers ask each

other what their hobbies are hint we

don’t use the word hobbies find out next

time in the third English in three

minutes lesson see you next step

welcome to English class 101.com English

in three minutes the fastest easiest and

most fun way to learn English hey

everyone I’m Alicia this series will

teach you some easy ways to ask and

answer common questions in English it’s

really useful and it only takes three

minutes in this lesson you’re going to

learn some new ways to ask someone

what’s your name including one that you

can use when you have forgotten

someone’s name now what is your name was

probably one of the first questions you

learned when you started studying

English I have to tell you though that

most native speakers of English would

never say this in English just like in

other languages it is often more polite

to be a little indirect of course the

easiest way to avoid asking the question

directly is to not ask at all just

introduce yourself and most people will

respond by doing the same when

introducing yourself simple is nearly

always best just say hi I’m Alicia to

show that you want to know the other

person’s name just add and you at the

end hi I’m Alicia and you

hi I’m Alicia and you just like before

take out my name Alicia and put your

name in its place after you say this the

other person will tell you his or her

name okay now let’s talk about an

embarrassing situation that happens to

everybody you have already met this

person once before but you have

forgotten their name the most polite

thing to do in this situation is to

apologize and ask again there’s a simple

way to do this that’s also polite I’m

sorry what was your name again I’m sorry

what was your name again this sentence

is very similar to what’s your name but

it has three important differences first

we say I’m sorry

a small apology can go a long way after

that we say what was your name this is

just like what is your name but instead

of is we use the past tense was this is

really important as it tells the other

person that you remember meeting them

you haven’t forgotten him or her you

have just forgotten the name this little

word makes all the difference I’m sorry

what was your name finally we add again

to the end this is another hint that

tells the other person that you remember

learning his or her name before but you

just can’t recall it right now I’m sorry

what was your name again this phrase is

appropriate for both formal and informal

situations now it’s time for Alicia’s

advice in the United States it’s normal

to address people by name in

conversation more than once in both

formal and informal situations it’s a

way to show respect or interest in the

other person and can help you make

friends it is also a great way

to practice someone’s name so you don’t

forget it if you are talking to someone

named Anne for example instead of just

what do you do for fun you could say and

what do you do for fun

you can also put the name at the end of

the sentence what do you do for fun and

you don’t want to say the person’s name

too often or it will sound a little

strange but if you practice someone’s

name like this you won’t forget it and

people love to hear their own name in

this lesson we learned what to say when

we forget someone’s name in the next

lesson you’ll learn what to say when you

want to get in touch with someone

whether by telephone email or even newer

ways to communicate what’s your favorite

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fastest easiest and most fun way to

learn English hey everyone I’m Alicia

this series explains some easy ways to

ask and answer common questions in

English it’s really useful and it only

takes three minutes in this lesson

you’re going to learn some different

ways people will ask you where are you

from first though where are you from can

mean many things it can mean what city

are you from or what state are you from

in fact Americans ask this question to

each other all the time to learn what

part of America the other person comes

from of course though it can also mean

what country are you from if you want to

answer this question there are two ways

to do it you can say I’m plus your

nationality as in I’m Japanese or

I’m Brazilian or you can say I’m from

plus the country you are from as in I’m

from Italy or I’m from Thailand if

you’re from a really famous city or

place you can say that too

for example I’m from Beijing or I’m from

New Delhi many times though Americans

won’t ask what country are you from or

even where are you from in many casual

situations they will say it in a simpler

way where are you from this is just like

where are you from but they take out the

are where are you from you can use this

to in casual situations of course in the

United States as in other parts of the

world people may be a little more

indirect because they want to be polite

to do this they might ask you if you are

from the place where they meet you for

example if you meet someone in New York

they might ask are you from New York or

if you are in San Diego they might ask

are you from San Diego many parts of the

United States are very multicultural so

asking the question this way avoids what

could be an embarrassing mistake you can

answer this the same way you answer

where are you from just add a simple no

in front for example you can say no plus

I’m plus nationality no I’m French or no

plus I’m from plus country no I’m from

Russia

now it’s time for Alicia’s advice since

the United States is very large people

you meet may take great pride in the

place or region they come from if you

ask someone about where they’re from

they may respond by saying something

like west coast or the east coast or

California or the south or the Midwest

if they answer in this way it usually

means they are interested in talking

more about their region and how it

differs from others in this lesson you

are going to learn how to ask what

someone’s hobbies are without using the

word hobbies you’ve probably seen the

question do you have any hobbies or what

are your hobbies

in an English textbook before however

native English speakers almost never use

the word hobbies when asking about them

a much more natural way to ask the same

question is what do you do for fun let’s

practice this question what do you do

for fun what do you do for fun you can

also ask what do you do in your free

time what do you do in your free time so

how would you answer this question let’s

look at how native speakers would do it

the easiest way is to say I like to or

just I like followed by what you like to

do for example if you like watching

movies you could say I like to watch

movies or I like watching movies I like

to watch movies or I like watching

movies and if you like golf you could

say I like to play golf or I like

playing golf I like to play golf or I

like playing golf you can emphasize how

much you like your hobby by adding a

word like really in front of like for

example

I really like watching movies on the

other hand if you want to play down how

much you like something you can say kind

of for example I kind of like playing

tennis now it’s time for Alisha’s advice

if you don’t have any special hobbies or

don’t want to be specific

a good way to reply is I like hanging

out with my friends and stuff like that

I like hanging out with my friends and

stuff like that just use I like and add

hanging out with my friends and then add

and stuff like that ten different

phrases that you can use to respond to

the question how are you so let’s go I’m

great

the first phrase is I’m great if someone

says how are you you can say I’m great

try to say I’m great with a kind of an

upbeat voice so something you’re like

how are you I’m great I’m feeling bad

I’m feeling bad if you say I’m feeling

bad the other person is probably if

they’re a friend of yours or a co-worker

going to ask you why what happened so if

you want to use I’m feeling bad make

sure you have an explanation ready

anyway somebody says how are you and you

go I’m feeling bad maybe I went out for

drinks last night with my coworkers oops

I’m okay I’m okay I feel like this is

one of those intonation practice ones

I’m okay with that

ah I’m okay it’s like sort of upward

intonation you’re like cool but if

someone says how are you and you’re like

I’m okay they’re like oh no what

happened so you can use your intonation

with I’m okay to make it a good thing or

not so good thing but either way it’s

not like a very sick super-serious just

wrong thank you for asking

yeah I imagine this would be in a more

formal situation like if my friend said

to me how are you and I was like thank

you for asking they’d be like what I

would say

I’m fine or I’m doing well I’m doing

great plus thank you for asking so if

today how are you I’m doing very

well thank you mmm oh that’s how I would

use it and you the next one is and you

liked the least natural response - how

are you is I’m fine thank you and you

like just get out of put just take it

out of your head nobody says that I

always say how about you that’s a much

more natural thing how are you how are

you how are you can be a response again

after you have given your answer to the

question how are you I’m great how are

you how are you I’m good how are you

I’m great how are you I’m okay how are

you how have you been recently how have

you been recently this is only useful if

you haven’t seen the other person for a

while I’m not bad I’m not bad I’m not

bad how are you I’m not bad

no I’m not bad hmm things could be worse

I would probably do this I’m sleepy the

next expression is I’m sleepy Hey it’s

like so specific if someone said how are

you I would probably say I’m okay but

I’m a little sleepy I don’t know that I

would just say I’m sleepy unless it’s a

really good friend of mine it’s a person

close to you you can say I’m so tired

I’m I would say I’m super tired or I’m

really tired and I feel like that’s a

little bit more natural than just I’m

sleepy

I’m good one that I use a lot if someone

says how are you I say I’m good that’s

just probably my go-to response yeah I’m

good I’m good maybe I’ll repeat it while

smiling I’m good I’m good yeah thanks

for asking

hi everybody and welcome back to english

topics my name is Alicia and I’m joined

today by hi I’m Davey

thanks for joining us again baby so

today our topic for discussion is going

to be things that you should not say

when meeting someone for the first time

so please be careful not to say these

things or to ask these questions the

first time you meet someone this could

be very important it’s it could

influence your relationship with that

person for a long time so let’s begin

I’ll start this one okay here we go what

do you have first one I’m not gonna

start that one I’m gonna start with yes

the classic the classic question how

old are you yeah John asked this

question it doesn’t matter like maybe I

could see if you’re like a college-age

person and you’re at a college age

people party and everybody is pretty

much the same age and you just maybe

want to confirm exactly how close an age

you are I can see that but in the adult

world how old are you is like a classic

question not to ask because people some

people might be very sensitive about

their age whether they feel they’re

older or younger than the person they’re

speaking to so don’t ask this question

it’s a it’s a good idea just a better

idea not to ask this question even if

you’re curious if you’re if you’re

curious about how old someone is what do

you do

ah Alicia when did you graduate high

school see what I did there I do see

what you did there so you asked an

indirect question about their age so

that you can kind of guess maybe about

this age so he doesn’t ask me how old I

am but he asks when I completed a

specific point in my life that usually

happens around age 18 or so very tricky

so yeah avoid this question but an

indirect one like that could be good

could be useful okay nice one um what’s

your first tips my first tip is similar

I feel like you might have the better

tips this time because you’re you’re

very specific today my first tip is

avoid overly personal questions or

comments as well so for example asking

about age would be an example of that

but I think there’s there’s lots of

there are very many different overly

personal questions that you could ask

for example asking someone if they have

a boyfriend or girlfriend the first time

you meet that that’s not really

appropriate if you see someone who looks

pregnant and you ask oh when are you due

that’s always dangerous things like that

so but mmm yeah

asking overly personal questions is

something that you should not do when

you’re meeting someone for the first

time as you get to know

one you get to know more about them and

it becomes safer to ask more personal

questions and also to share more

personal information about yourself so

you shouldn’t for example in addition to

asking such questions you shouldn’t be

volunteering very personal information

about yourself just after you’ve met

someone that’s true yeah if you share

too much personal information the first

time you meet someone that can also be a

little bit sudden a little bit

surprising to the person listening so

that’s a really good point like don’t to

share all this information about your

life it sounds way too familiar way too

fast

over sharing hmm over sharing definitely

so don’t don’t do that the first time

but yeah when is the baby due

boyfriend or girlfriend how old are you

depending on where you are to some

people might be a little bit sensitive

about like jobs it kind of depends on

the place I’ve encountered that a couple

times people don’t want to explicitly so

people don’t want to clearly say what

they do that’s true going off of what

you said to add a couple more personal

items don’t ask about religion or

sexuality the first time you meet

someone because these are two usually

very sensitive topics for people so if

people if you want to you know continue

a relationship with someone and get to

know them better maybe you can ask this

sort of thing in the future but in

general the first time you meet someone

it’s not a good idea to say what

religion are you or what is your sexual

preference that kind of question is far

too personal for the first time you meet

anyone

so that’s pretty that’s a pretty good

one not to ask anybody a similar topic

my my next thing to avoid talking about

with people that you’ve just met is

money and this can differ culturally

that’s one reason I wanted to include

this is because in some cultures in some

parts of the world it’s very acceptable

to ask and talk about money

talk about your financial situation or

how much money you have or how much

money you make and ask people about that

but generally in the english-speaking

world that is considered a taboo you

shouldn’t ask about money because it’s

rude you shouldn’t talk about how much

money you have or you make because it

sounds like you’re bragging and it can

sound very rude I actually remember I

used to live in China and when I lived

in China when I first moved there people

would ask I would meet people and they

would ask me oh how much money do you

make and this was the second or third

question reality of meeting a new person

and I the first few times it really

shocks me I thought it was very strange

but then I learned oh that’s just uh

that’s a more typical question in this

culture but I still was a bit

uncomfortable answering it so I wasn’t

very definite I wouldn’t say exactly how

much money but on the other hand with

the people who were asking you that

question did they tell you how much

money they made mm-hmm not always no

mm-hmm no I see so maybe it was a

curiosity question I think it was a

curiosity class interesting huh that’s

interesting so that’s I think that’s a

really important point because again

people are very sensitive about their

incomes especially in relation to the

other people you’re speaking to but on

the other hand too if you want to talk

generally about like money or prices of

an item like maybe I don’t know the

price of gasoline or like housing prices

have gone up recently in the country

where you live in that’s fine like the

general topic of the economy of money is

fine to talk about but don’t talk about

people’s salary don’t talk about your

bonus or the great new house you’ve just

bought that kind of thing can be really

really sensitive for discussion all

right so I think you have one more tip

thank you and that’s it similar to one

that you gave you mentioned not talking

about religion or sexuality and I have

politics or religion and I was actually

thinking of a movie quote when I thought

of this I remembered a movie quote

something along the lines of never talk

about politics or religion because you

don’t know who you’re going to offend

and now I think that these are very

worthwhile and important topics to

discuss we should be able to talk about

politics and religion with each other

with our friends our family and people

that we know but it’s not a good idea to

bring up these topics the first time you

meet someone because you don’t want to

form a judgment of someone else or have

some

form a judgment of you based on what you

think about politics or religion and so

once you get to know someone you you

want your relationship with someone to

be based on an interpersonal connection

and once you’ve made a good connection

you have a good relationship with

someone then it’s a safer time a safer

relationship to talk about things like

politics religion sexuality and so on

without worrying about someone changing

their opinion of you or you your opinion

being changed of someone else right

exactly exactly and that can be a really

quick way to to maybe make someone feel

defensive if you ask for example well

what do you think of this political

situation it can be it can be a little

bit of a problem because number one that

person might not be interested in

politics so you might make them feel

nervous and two they might be concerned

that they’re going to offend you or

you’re not going to agree with them in

general it just creates too much tension

for a first conversation or maybe even a

second conversation I don’t know so it’s

better to avoid I completely agree

establish that connection first it’s

much better okay I’m out of tips I think

are you out of tips two tips okay great

so those are a few things that you

should definitely definitely avoid the

first time that you’re speaking with

someone if there are anything if there’s

anything that you have tried to use in a

conversation and maybe it didn’t go well

or if you have other tips for something

that you feel in your culture it would

be inappropriate to ask please leave a

comment and let us know about it ten

phrases tourists should never use number

one that’s disgusting disgusting is a

very harsh term to describe something

that doesn’t look good you’re it’s not

attractive and you don’t want to get

near it it’s disgusting it’s a very rude

thing to say because you might be saying

that about something someone else likes

number two my country is better to say

your country is better is a very rude

thing to say when you’re a guest in a

new place especially because if you’re a

tourist you probably don’t know all that

much about this new country so how could

you really say

one country is better than the other

number three I’d rather be back home if

you’d rather be back home that means you

don’t want to be here anymore

and if that’s the case why are you

travelling at all part of the joy of

traveling is getting away from home and

experiencing new things so to say I’d

rather be back home why are you

travelling at all number four

shut up funny story when I was growing

up my mom used to say that shut up is a

bad word so we used to get in trouble

for saying it shut up is a very rude way

to tell someone to be quiet don’t use it

it’s a bad way to say it number five I’m

not very interested in your culture to

say that you’re not interested in

someone’s culture probably means that

you’re not looking hard enough because

every culture has something interesting

about it whether it’s the language the

history the fashion it doesn’t matter

what it is there’s always going to be

something interesting about someone’s

culture number six I don’t like meeting

new people to say you don’t like meeting

new people means that you’re going to

miss out on a very big part of traveling

and that is getting to know people

getting to hear their stories what it’s

actually like to live in that country so

to say I don’t like meeting new people

you’re losing out number seven let’s

just eat at McDonald’s this is something

that a lot of Americans are probably

guilty of when traveling they’re gonna

see in McDonald’s because McDonald’s are

everywhere in the world these days and

they’re going to think it’s easy my

favorite part of traveling is trying new

cuisine in different countries and if

you’re just going to say let’s eat at

McDonald’s that means you’re going to be

missing out on trying local cuisine and

local delicacies and it’s just you’re

not broadening your horizons and you

never know your favorite new food might

just be waiting undiscovered for you and

instead you went to McDonald’s to have a

chicken sandwich number eight boring

boring is a very impolite way to say

that something is not interesting and

you don’t really want to use

when you’re traveling because it’s kind

of rude number nine this tastes awful

to say something tastes awful is saying

that it tastes bad it tastes terrible

you don’t want to eat it anymore and

it’s incredibly rude you don’t want to

say this especially if the person you’re

talking to is the one who made the food

for you in English we have this phrase

don’t look someone’s young and that

means don’t say yuck to something that

someone else might say young or that’s

delicious so you don’t want to insult a

food that someone else likes because

it’s very rude it’s insulting especially

if the person you’re saying that to made

the food for you so don’t use this

phrase number 10 I’m going to spend the

day in the hotel to say you’re going to

spend an entire day at the hotel means

you’re missing out on exploring the

place that you’ve paid to go and see why

don’t you get out there and try new food

and meet new people take pictures climb

skyscrapers climb mountains go hiking do

everything you can possibly do to take

advantage of being in a new place

because I guarantee it’ll be one of the

best experiences you have

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