英语访谈对话 443 Hawaiian Life

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　　Mitchell: Ah, that's a tough question. They're the same because they speak English but they look different. They're more of a, more darker complexion³. They speak in a more pidgeon, we call it "pidgeon English." It's broken English, so it's not, if I go to, for example, if my friends, we'll go to the mainland, lot of them don't really understand them, like, "Can you repeat what you said, please?"

　　Todd: Right

　　Mitchell: But I guess anywhere you go everyone's different, so?

　　Todd: How about, can you say there's a difference in culture in how people are, like in personality⁴, people on Hawaii and people in the mainland?

　　Mitchell: I tend to think that people from the mainland talk more.

　　Todd: Right.

　　Mitchell: Like, yeah they'll just talk about anything, and Hawaiian culture they don't talk as much. they talk when you have to talk real talk, in general, but.

　　Todd: Have you ever actually considered moving to the mainland, or would you prefer to live in Hawaii forever.

　　Mitchell: Well, yeah, I've considered it many times. Actually, my middle brother right now is working in New York City. (Oh, wow) and my oldest brother was working in Boston, (uh-huh) but now he's back in Hawaii working, and my middle brother is still in New York working. Yeah, I would like to live in the mainland, but I'd like to pick a place with nice weather, you know, a warm culture.

　　Todd: Right, right. You can't beat that warm weather in Hawaii. That's for sure. How about the foods? What's some food that's really good in Hawaii?

　　Mitchell: Oh, man, don't get me started on food! Since Hawaii has mixed culture, we call it local food, like it's called a plate lunch. Like for example, you'll pay five bucks⁵, and you'll get whatever you want, you just choose, for example, steak, rice, salad, for all five bucks. The food is I think, is way better than mainland because like, it's, the food is mixed, so like, you can get anything you want. For example, if you go to a food court in Hawaii, we have every section. Chinese, Korean, Hawaiian, Philliphino, so you get to choose whatever you want, you know, Mexican, and I think the portions⁶ are big too.

　　Todd: Oh, wow, sounds good man. I haven't had lunch yet. You're making me hungry.

　　Mitchell: I'm hungry myself.

　　Todd: Thanks Mitchell.

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