Moving to NEW ZEALAND – NZ vs USA(Part1 0:00-4:24)

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Warm Up
  1. What do you think/know of New Zealand?
  2. What’s one difference between New Zealand and Japan?
  3. What’s one difference between New Zealand and America?
Listening
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  1. How are the toilets different in New Zealand and America?
  2. Are there dryers in New Zealand?
  3. Do people in New Zealand like birds?
Key Words & Phrases
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  1. go number two
  2. inflate
  3. outlets
  4. to plug something in
    1. plug your laptop in
  5. New Zealanders are just really fit
  6. for the most part
  7. New Zealand weather changes in like two seconds
    1. Girls take half a day to choose what to wear
    2. She’s been studying all day
  8. downpour
  9. We spent our nights huddled around the fire.
  10. Kiwis love to crack jokes
  11. Mammals that are native to New Zealand
  12. It’s rubbing off on me.
  13. Since when were you into birds?
  14. It still shocks me even though I know it’s a thing.
Discussion
  1. What do you think about people going barefoot in public?
  2. Would you like to see the birds in New Zealand?
  3. Do you ever wear shorts in the winter?
Script (*一部不正確です）
Part1
00:00 Oh totes Reds said Stoops totes Reds you
00:07 hey guys, welcome back to the Josh and
00:10 Melissa I’m Josh and I’m Melissa and
00:12 together we make the Josh and Melissa no
00:21 one thinks that’s funny except us huh
00:23 definitely not there are a few things
00:25 that we have noticed good, bad, ugly no so
00:33 we wanted to share with you guys some of
00:36 those differences between the u.s. and
00:39 New Zealand. Let’s get into it which way
00:46 are they going to go alright so the
00:48 first thing I noticed which I noticed
00:50 immediately as soon as we got into the
00:53 airport in Auckland was the toilets the
00:56 flushers are different so in the u.s. we
00:59 just have one handle but in New Zealand
01:01 they have two different buttons there’s
01:03 always a small one and a big one I think
01:05 I figured it out I think the small one
01:08 is for when you go number one and the
01:11 bigger one is for when you go number two
01:13 which is smart water conservation we
01:16 should think of that more mailboxes here
01:18 there like somebody took a straw and
01:22 just inflate it so here’s the u.s.
01:25 mailbox relatively small and just like
01:27 straight lines but then the New Zealand
01:30 mailbox everything is just kind of but
01:32 it’s cute yeah they look like little
01:34 marshmallow metal book yeah so another
01:36 weird thing is the outlets here in the
01:39 US outlets are just on you plug
01:42 something in and it’s just now that it’s
01:44 charging it’s just now here you have a
01:46 little wipe switch next to the LF you
01:48 have to plug in the thing but then it
01:50 may still not be charging so then you
01:51 have to turn on the switch which is bad
01:53 sometimes because
01:54 them to maybe plug your laptop in in the
01:57 morning trying to get it to charge so
01:59 you can use it later you forget to turn
02:00 the switch and then it’s hiking New
02:06 Zeeland has so many beautiful hikes
02:09 however they’re not called hikes here
02:11 they are called either walks or tramps
02:14 and honestly I feel like I’m lying to
02:17 myself maybe New Zealanders are just
02:19 really fit we’re just not
02:22 I think dryers we’ve found out are just
02:25 kind of a North American thing because
02:27 there are no dryers here for the most
02:29 part it takes so long to hang things up
02:32 on a clothesline and then because New
02:34 Zealand weather changes in like two
02:36 seconds it could be a nice day so you
02:38 run out and do laundry and then try to
02:39 get your clothes up on the line and then
02:41 all of a sudden downpour and they’re
02:44 whiter than they start so the first
02:46 house we stayed at was them and not
02:49 centrally heated it’s so cold and we’re
02:51 I think part of the problem too is we’re
02:53 here in the winter cranked the logs on
02:54 the fire and then we just spent our
02:57 nights like huddled around the fire
02:58 because we’re so cold
03:01 Kiwis love to crack jokes they they’re
03:06 just all real funny people at least that
03:08 we’ve encountered they love making fun
03:10 of you and they love cracking the jokes
03:12 even if no one else is laughing Nayla
03:15 it’s it’s hilarious there aren’t really
03:18 any mammals that are native to New
03:20 Zealand there are some mammals here now
03:21 like sheep just tons of birds are native
03:24 to New Zealand and I think because of
03:26 that Kiwis love birds everyone here is
03:30 like a birder you could say and it’s
03:32 rubbing off on me because now I notice
03:34 all these birds oh yeah you can
03:36 breakfast and just like wow look at that
03:38 bird bird so since one of you had a bird
03:43 this one is strange and it still shocks
03:46 me even though like I know it’s a thing
03:49 people don’t wear shoes and
03:52 it is so strange to me I don’t
03:54 understand it all so it’s weird because
03:57 oftentimes they’re not even barefoot
03:59 they’re like in big wool socks like
04:01 wandering through the grocery store yeah
04:03 the only thing I can figure out is maybe
04:05 they’ve been working on the farm so
04:07 they’re gumboots
04:08 are dirty and they didn’t feel like
04:10 putting on other shoes to add on to the
04:14 no shoes we’ve also noticed really short
04:18 shorts in the winter maybe if you’re
04:21 cold so shoes pants on you’re welcome
Part2
04:25 oil changes are incredibly expensive
04:28 here in the US that would cost like 40
04:32 bucks maybe in New Zealand we paid over
04:34 200 don’t understand I
04:36 moving to New Zealand I’m super glad I
04:39 know how to change though because it
04:40 costs so much money that now let’s do it
04:42 myself this is something that is
04:45 confusing to me the best thing that I’ve
04:47 noticed about Kiwis is that they’re very
04:50 relaxed and chill and easygoing however
04:54 also the worst thing that I’ve noticed
04:57 about Kiwis is that they are very
04:59 relaxed and chill and easygoing now in
05:02 normal life that’s great
05:04 love it great attitude towards life
05:07 however in professional life not so
05:10 great
05:11 notice this a lot whatever we’re trying
05:12 to get an appointment or anything done
05:16 it’s not a quick process it does
05:18 eventually happen and people are always
05:20 very nice but it takes a long time we’ve
05:27 been having a lot of eggs in New Zealand
05:28 first of all no one keeps their eggs in
05:31 the fridge here but also that yolks on
05:34 eggs are like super brightly coloured
05:37 here in the u.s. they’re kind of like a
05:38 hey-oh yellow there they’re like real
05:41 bright yolks so all right another thing
05:43 I’ve noticed which is good and bad there
05:46 is a lot less to choose from
05:49 so in the US if you go to the store you
05:51 have a lot of choices even shampoo you
05:54 have an entire row of shampoo choices in
05:58 New Zealand you don’t it makes it faster
06:02 eventually to go grocery shopping and
06:04 like run errands and stuff because
06:06 there’s less to choose from so you just
06:07 grab it but it also at the beginning
06:10 makes it a lot slower because you’re not
06:12 used to only being able to choose from
06:14 five they have super good coffee in New
06:16 Zealand I didn’t even like coffee in the
06:18 US and now I drink coffee every day so
06:20 then just a little creature here called
06:23 the sand fly and so cute another name
06:27 for sand flies is Lucifer sand flies are
06:30 the worst sand fly has always bite you
06:32 on the feet and ankles they itch so bad
06:34 it’s like a mosquito bite on steroids
06:38 they wake me up at night because they
06:39 itch so that it’s awful I used to really
06:42 not like road trips like I’ve never been
06:44 someone that just enjoys sitting in a
06:46 car and driving for a long period of
06:48 time in New Zealand
06:49 I don’t mind it because it is so
06:52 beautiful but the roads are so small and
06:57 so windy I get carsick decently easy and
07:00 so that’s not it’s not a fun time with
07:03 my stomach at least it’s pretty to look
07:05 at
07:05 so here’s something we are vegetarians
07:09 by night
07:11 because we are actually vegetarian but
07:14 meat is so expensive here more of the
07:16 story is eating meat is original and
07:18 less but certainly not least phone plans
07:22 and internet internet and phone plans
07:26 are not unlimited it’s not the norm
07:29 in the u.s. phone lids always have an
07:31 option for unlimited data here I don’t
07:33 even know if it’s an option to have
07:35 unlimited on your phone internet in your
07:38 home is always unlimited you just pay
07:41 per month and you can use however much
07:43 internet you want in New Zealand that’s
07:46 like a luxury to have unlimited internet
07:49 for the month most people pay for a
07:51 certain chunk and then if you use that
07:53 all up you’re done for alright guys I
07:55 hope you enjoyed hearing the different
07:58 things that we’ve discovered about New
08:00 Zealand and the US if you guys have any
08:03 other things if you guys have been to
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08:15 video I’ll see you guys next time Josh
08:17 and Melissa out