News Exercise #52

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Living in the sticks.

Questions
1) What does the first speaker miss the most?
2) 0:30 Why does he like living in the mountains?
3) 0:37 Living in the countryside makes her care more about what?
4) 0:48 He likes the nature, but he also likes the absence of what?
5) 0:54 How has he changed his lifestyle?
His friend said,”But he can’t meet a woman to save his life.” What does he mean?
6) 1:07 What is the one thing Colorado lacks?
7) 1:12 What does the lady miss?
Why can she accept life without those things?
8) 1:27 Why would he not return to city life?
9) 1:38 “I moved to the bay area, and everyone was ___ ___, like, you ____ ____ ____ and they’ll, like,’Tch!’ you know?”
10) 1:46 What is interesting?
What kind of people live there?

Answers:
1) What does the first speaker miss the most?
“Real pizza, you know? Real food. You know, a deli sandwich at 6 in the morning that has a nice runny egg with a piece of ham on it. It’s perfect, you know what I’m saying? That’s what I miss. I don’t miss anything else.”

2) 0:30 Why does he like living in the mountains?
“West is the best. The reason I like living in the mountains in Colorado is that everything’s so big and immense. You feel small here, kind of brings you into yourself.”

3) 0:37 Living in the countryside makes her care more about what?
“I don’t know, I think that when you are constantly surrounded by nature, you care more about environmental issues because you can see what were destroying.”

4) 0:48 He likes the nature, but he also likes the absence of what?
“Nature, just the surroundings, the people who are not so caught up in the rat race.”

5) 0:54 How has he changed his lifestyle?
“I came out here, I lost weight, I started hiking. I’ve not been to a doctor since. ”
His friend said,”But he can’t meet a woman to save his life.” What does he mean?
It means that it is impossible for him to meet a woman here.

6) 1:07 What is the one thing Colorado lacks?
An ocean: “I think that Colorado would be the perfect state if it had an ocean.”
“I miss sailing.”

7) 1:12 What does the lady miss?
“I miss my bars. I miss, you know, nightlife, a lot.”
Why can she accept life without those things?
“But at the end of the day I would just rather be coming home to nature and not be going home to someplace in the city.”

8) 1:27 Why would he not return to city life?
“To go back there, to all that congestion, all the people, they’re everywhere. It’s just thick with… with attitude, and “I’m better than you,” and “I’ve got possessions.”

9) 1:38 “I moved to the bay area, and everyone was very cold, like, you wave to somebody and they’ll, like,’Tch!’ you know?”

10) 1:46 What is interesting?
“Hermits trying to be social is really interesting!”
What kind of people live there?
“You get a lot of, like, reclusive artist types that don’t really interact well with society. And when they all get together it’s much more interesting than your standard society.”