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Hiro:
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Hi Peter, happy birthday!
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Maria:
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Yeah, happy birthday!…Wow
it's a great party!
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Peter:
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Thanks, good to see you both.
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Hiro:
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Here, this is for you, from
both of us.
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Peter:
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Thanks a lot. I'll open it
later with my other presents. Would you like a drink? Beer?
Wine?
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Maria:
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Yeah, I'd love a wine.
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Hiro:
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Sorry, but I don't drink alcohol.
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Peter:
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That's fine; we've got a lot
of other drinks. The drinks are over there at the bar.
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Maria:
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Thanks. Hiro, let's get a
drink.
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Hiro:
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Oh great, I'm really thirsty.
Hey, Maria, that's a nice dress you're wearing.
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Maria:
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Thanks a lot.
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Hiro:
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Hey, isn't it your 21st birthday
next week? Are you having a party?
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Maria:
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No, in Colombia we don't celebrate
21st birthdays. Girls have a big party for their 15th birthday
and boys have one for their 18th birthday.
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Hiro:
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So what do girls do?
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Maria:
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Girls wear long dresses and
have a big party with family and friends. Of course we get a
lot of presents too. What about in Japan?
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Hiro:
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In Japan a 21st isn't a special
birthday. We usually go out with our friends or maybe we have
a dinner with our family. People love to give presents in Japan.
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Maria:
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Don't you bow when you give
a present?
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Hiro:
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Yeah that's right. We use
both hands to give the present and we bow but we don't open
the present straight away.
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Maria:
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That's interesting. We usually
open the present straight away, but not on special birthdays.
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Peter:
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Hey, Maria, Hiro, it's time
to eat. Would you like something?
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Hiro:
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Yes please.
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Maria:
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Thanks, but I'll have something
in a minute.
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Peter:
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OK, the food is next to the
bar. Help yourselves. Oh, there's Mauro, excuse me...
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