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191. Culture Shock: The 4 Stages

Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

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The Dangers of Not Understanding People in French

"I'm living in Paris and my French is not very good so when I'm with French people I'm listening to them obviously I can't understand everything they're saying" "So what I miss is the sense of humor okay I hardly ever get jokes in French now this could mean one of two things it could mean French people or Parisian people have no sense of humor," he says. He goes on to talk about a phenomenon called the charisma man in Japan who has an extraordinary ability to make girls laugh at his every word but also feels awkward trying to speak English around him. In Scotland you realize that you're far from advanced because you can't understand anything they're saying because there

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