[originaltext]M: Say, Lisa, what are you watching?W: An old Japanese film. I’m

M: Say, Lisa, what are you watching?
W: An old Japanese film. I’m going to spend next year there, so I’d better start familiarizing myself with the culture (23) .
M: You mean you are accepted into the program?
W: Sure was.
M: That’s wonderful. You must be very-excited.
W: Excited and nervous. You know I owe a lot to Professor Whitehead. He wrote a letter of recommendation for me and he bought me some tapes and books so I can work on my basic conversation skills (24) .
M: How much Japanese can you understand?
W: Not a lot right now. But I signed up for Intensive Japanese this semester.
M: I wish I were as talented as you are in foreign languages. I’d love to study abroad.
W: Then why don’t you? The university has lots of overseas programs that don’t require mastery of a foreign language. The tuition is about the same. You just have to be the kind of person who is willing to accept new culture and who can also adapt to a different kind of life style (25) .
M: Really? I might check into this.
W: You won’t regret it.