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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
Good morning!
Good morning!
Still good morning?
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Is it good morning?
That's a good morning.
So I've got a message from The Hunter.
The Hunter!
Be careful, guys.
The Hunter.
This is from The Hunter.
You gotta be careful.
Yeah.
初めまして!
初めまして!
Hunterと申します。
初めまして!
いつもポッドキャスト楽しく聞いています。
ありがとうございます。
実は今年の3月からジョージア州に住んでいて、
Oh my god!
先日、ケビンさんの故郷であるロームで運転免許を取得してきました。
Wow!
You went to Rome!
Yeah.
Damn!
The Rome has...
運転免許センター?
I think so.
I don't know.
I've never taken a driver's license.
But my sister did.
Yeah, so I think there is one.
Yeah.
日本の免許とは違い、非常に簡単に免許が取れましたが、
実技試験は免許センターの駐車場内で、
重烈駐車とバック駐車して終わりという内容に、
本当にこれでいいのかと思うところも多少ありました。
そこでケビンさんがアメリカから日本に来て衝撃を受けたことがあれば教えてほしいです。
よろしくお願いします。
Oh, thank you!
Thank you.
Wow!
Hunter Fun is living in Georgia.
I wonder how...
Near Rome maybe?
Yeah, maybe near Rome.
Because she went to Rome, right?
Maybe like...
Yeah, like Athens or...
Athens?
Or like...
I forgot where that was.
Yeah, I forgot the name of the place.
The city next door?
The city next to my place.
Atlanta? Maybe Atlanta?
Atlanta? If it was Atlanta, I think there's a closer option than Rome.
Because it's like a two-hour drive.
From Atlanta to Rome, right?
It's far.
That's far.
I'm sure there's a closer driving school than the one in Rome if she was living in Atlanta.
And bigger one.
A bigger one.
I have a feeling that you're kind of making fun of Rome here.
Like I feel the disrespect for Rome.
Like that first question, I'm like, "Oh, there's a driving school in Rome?"
Well, fuck yeah, there's a driving school in Rome.
The bigger one in Atlanta.
Okay, maybe the bigger one.
I don't know.
Maybe.
I don't know. Possibly. I don't know. You never know.
But I wonder how long she's been there.
Oh, wait. So half a year?
Yeah, it's just... yeah, six months, five months.
So Hunter-san, I have several places I want you to go.
Oh, that's nice.
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In Atlanta?
In Rome.
Oh, in Rome, right?
Why are you surprised, man?
Tell me the places.
So the first several is already... I'm sure, like if you're living in Rome, you can buy it.
Yeah.
But Chick-fil-A is one, definitely go for Chick-fil-A.
Go for...
Hamburger shop, right?
Chick-fil-A, that's a sandwich shop.
A sandwich shop, yeah.
Honey baked ham.
Okay.
That might be a little tricky. I think there's only one honey baked ham in Rome.
So honey baked ham, that's a sandwich that I really like. It's really good quality.
Any barbecue shop, they would sell pulled pork sandwiches. That's good. Just try that.
If you're into sports, there's a lot of free tennis courts.
Okay.
Free. Absolutely free.
One, I think Berry College has a free tennis court you can use.
Okay.
Berry College?
Berry College. I think that's the name.
In Rome?
Yeah, in Rome. There's colleges in Rome.
Okay.
There's a theater in downtown Rome.
Okay.
That's really like...
Like...
Like Mukashinagara no?
Is it a movie theater?
Yeah, I think it's a movie.
I think it's a movie theater.
I think.
But they show like really old movies.
Yeah, old selected movies.
Yes.
And there's a theater in downtown Rome.
Okay.
Yeah.
So that's good.
There's a golf course.
It's really cheap.
You should enjoy golf there as well.
It's like only like $10 I guess.
$10, $12, $15.
With the cart.
With the cart.
It's very cheap.
Yeah, it's very cheap.
You'll find my dad there.
That's nice.
That's the best place you should visit too.
When you're in Rome.
He's gonna be in the car speaking French.
He's gonna be flossing his food.
Yeah, he's gonna...
He's probably flossing, right?
Yeah.
Oh, that's the...
That's the place you should visit.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
So can you tell me the exact address so that everyone can...
I actually don't know the exact...
But you know, I think there's not many golf courses.
No, I'm talking about your father's place.
Right.
But I think it's in Rome.
But I don't think there's many golf courses in Rome.
So like if you search for golf course Rome, I think you'll find it.
You'll find the one.
I think so.
Does your father like playing golf?
Yeah.
Okay.
So you just go to the golf course and wait.
Wait.
You can see him.
You can play with him maybe.
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Wow, that's nice.
That's very nice.
Yeah.
I'm just exposing my father's life, you know?
It's like...
Imagine tomorrow so many crowded people in a golf course waiting to your dad.
Wow.
Yeah.
I'm interested in theater, like old...
The old theater?
Yeah.
That's nice.
I've actually never been there but...
Okay.
It's a popular place.
Wow, you've never been there?
I've been there once as a field trip from my middle school.
But I don't remember what it was.
But I know it's like a popular, like iconic place in Rome.
Okay.
There's the Olive Garden.
Oh, okay.
Right next to the Chick-fil-A.
Okay.
With a curved road.
Okay.
If you know what I'm talking about.
The Olive Garden, I used to go there a lot.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
Right next to the Starbucks.
Okay.
Is this room like small town?
It's a small town.
Yeah.
Yeah, I know it's a small town but I mean...
In terms of popularity, yes.
But in terms of like size and like geographical size, it's bigger than you think.
Okay, okay, okay.
It's US so everything's bigger in scale.
Okay.
So when you speak about one road, like curved road, that means everyone...
Not everyone will see the same picture.
Like, "Oh, that road."
Because it's big and there's so many roads.
But if you're talking about like Olive Garden, right near the KFC.
Okay.
And right next to the Starbucks, I think we'll know what we're talking about.
Okay, okay.
It's obvious.
Wow, that's fun.
Yeah.
Hunter-san.
Yeah.
Hunter-san.
Hunter-san can go to every place that you went when you were like junior high student.
Yeah.
Even play with your dad.
Yeah.
Play golf with your dad.
That's nice.
I also like shopping at TJ Maxx.
TJ Maxx?
In Ross.
In what?
Ross in TJ Maxx.
That's a discount store.
Okay.
Both store names?
Both store names.
TJ Maxx and Ross?
Ross.
Ross.
Ross.
Ross.
Okay.
Ross.
Okay.
And TJ Maxx.
It's right next to Kroger and Barnes and Nobles in tier one.
Okay.
Something.
And that was...and Panera.
Panera bread.
Okay.
Like if you search, it's all in one district.
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It's all in one like shopping...
Shopping area.
...prouded place.
Okay.
Shit, like whatever it is.
And I used to go there a lot to do some shopping.
So that's also fun.
A discount store?
It's a discount store.
It's very cheap.
Like you can find like 40% off items on popular branded items like Nike, like Ralph Lauren.
Is that like...
Under Armour.
What is that?
Outlet thing?
Much more cheaper than outlets.
Discount stores?
Discount stores.
Do we have discount stores in Japan?
Not like...not a similar one.
There are shops that are called discount stores in Japan.
Like I guess Costco is a wholesaler.
Okay.
Discounted wholesaler.
Okay store.
Okay store.
They sell like...
Okay store.
Okay store.
They are discount stores, right?
I think so.
Okay.
But the discount rate is so much higher.
In the United States.
Yeah.
Ross and those.
Yeah.
This is a little like a side business you can do where you buy things at Ross or TJ Maxx and then sell it on eBay or Amazon and make a lot of profit for that.
You can't do that in Japan.
I've tried but you can't do it.
You've tried.
I've tried.
I actually searched up the price on OK Store and looked it up on Amazon but it's not going to work.
Okay.
Not that different.
No.
Okay.
Wow.
There's one...another place that you should visit.
Yeah.
I think we completely ignored the question.
Yeah.
But it's already 10 minutes, huh?
Yeah.
So.
Kevin-san, if you've been shocked by coming from America to Japan, please tell us.
Let's talk about the next episode.
Okay.
Of course.
Yeah.
All right.
