2024-05-18
31 分钟Hi everybody.
My name is Shawna and this is the american English podcast.
My goal here is to teach you the English spoken in the United States through common expressions, pronunciation tips, and interesting cultural snippets or stories.
I hope to keep this fun, useful, and interesting.
Let's do it.
Welcome back.
Hope you're having a nice day.
In this chats with Shawna episode, I'm going to reflect on various aspects of us culture.
Although I talk about culture all the time, it's not often we talk about some basic things like everyday life things, and the truth is, I don't often think about the topics I'm going to discuss today.
They're pretty random.
We're currently in Brazil and I don't know about you, but there's something about being in a foreign country where life and people are different that forces you to reflect on who you are.
Sometimes it's simple things like preferences.
I crave a big cup of coffee in the morning, probably because I grew up in a country where that's the standard.
Our portion sizes and just the sizes of our drinks are pretty big.
After many years drinking it that way, it's hard for me to get used to small, concentrated cups of coffee that are common in other countries.
They taste great, but it's a little frustrating that I take two sips and they're gone.
If you've lived or spent a significant period of time in a foreign country, you probably also know it forces you to reflect on more profound things, like how people think differently or interact with each other differently.
For example, in Brazil, people are absurdly nice, genuinely enthusiastic about things to the point I have to ask myself, does my facial expression match the energy level?
Have you guys done this in the United States?
Have you thought about this through your experiences?