Hello! Today I'll be speaking with Mike. HE'LL be the one interviewing me.
I’ll interview you too another time. But for now, I should demonstrate my Mandarin.
So, your 3 months are almost up! Only two weeks left!
Not two weeks, 17 days.
I didn’t count the days. More or less.
OK. More or less.
2 weeks, more or less, so do you feel like you are running out of time?
Have you reached your goal?
Well my "goal" was actually to learn really fast!
When I started... I said I wanted to speak fluent Chinese... I wanted to speak it at level C1
But that wasn't my real goal, you know!
Many viewers probably have no idea what your real goal is
If your goal is to know as many Mandarin words as I do
or to be experienced in speaking Mandarin, it would be impossible in just 3 months
However, I think from listening to Benny speak now
it sounds quite fluent, especially for 3 months! Do you think it's fluent?
For now I don’t think I speak fluent Chinese, but I think that in April I will...
You know it's really hard to know what "fluent" is.
Hard to understand "fluent"?
It’s hard to define this word.
So if you are a linguist, you might not feel it's fluent Chinese.
Might not "believe" it's fluent Chinese.
But most people MAY think that I speak very well.
You know, for most people, they don’t...
they don't care if you make a few mistakes...
They have this attitude
Right, their attitude.
They know that you are still learning. If you make a few mistakes, I guess it doesn't matter.
You still communicate fine, and that's your true goal afterall.
Exactly. Communication is the most important thing.
I know very well that in April I won't speak perfect Mandarin.
"perfect"
Perfect Mandarin. I know I make mistakes, but you know what, I make mistakes in English, too!
You really make mistakes when speaking in English?
Yes! Sometimes when I get nervous
I don’t know what to say.
I know that his English is getting worse! How much English have you spoken this month?
I haven’t spoken English this month.
However, when I call my parents on the phone, I do speak English.
But my mother told me that my English is quite weird now!
So your English is getting worse!
Since you’ve been in Taiwan for two or three months, what’s your biggest impression of the country?
Biggest "im...pression"? I don’t know what you mean.
For instance, what impression does it leave you with ... impression ...
Alright, I can’t use any English. I’ll use Spanish instead then!
"impresión"
OK. Yeah, yeah, he knows about my goal. I can't speak any English.
What’s your biggest impression then?
"Impression"
OK!! I know that word!
In my opinion, Taiwanese people are very patient.
When I'm speaking to them incorrectly, they let me...
If I say "wait a sec... I've forgotten that word...", it's no problem.
So ... very good, thanks. I’ll interview you next time!
Great questions. Thank you. Bye bye!
Alright, thank you. Thanks, bye bye. (Whoops! English.)
No worries!