Name: ICRT Joey's Real Talk: What Sets Taiwan Apart? 老外眼中的台灣專屬現象
Uploaded: 2024-08-07T07:55:12.000Z
Duration: 28 min 54 s
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Future simple

We're going to talk about Universiad. We're going to talk about Taiwan and Universiad.

Past simple

Phil, you went to quite a few of the games.

Yeah, and how did you think of the games?

Yeah, no, they were good. It was a lot of fun.

People were... the crowds were loud and everything, and I got to see, you know, world-class athletes doing what they do best. It was exciting.

Do you feel like Taiwan gave all of their energy and warmth to receive these athletes from around the world?

Definitely. Yeah, they were very supportive of everybody, doesn't matter what country they were from.

It feels that way, because quite a few of them went back home and started to write on blogs and talk about Taiwan quite a bit.

And some of the things they talked about, we thought, are pretty funny.

So today, we're going to go through some of these, quote-unquote, lasting impressions of Taiwan on these Universiad athletes.

Because, after all, they come from all different backgrounds, all sorts of cultures.

But, seeing as someone who has been to Japan before, what did you... you're a Canadian, right?

So, what did you think of Taiwan when you first came here?

But, I don't know, I was... it took me a while to find toilet paper.

I was expecting it to be in rolls. I didn't realize that it comes in, like, these square packages that you have to, like...

So, you weren't sure if those could go...

Well, I didn't know what it was. I couldn't read Chinese at the time.

And my friend, like, sent me a picture, like, by the way, this is what toilet paper looks like.

Taiwan is actually, like, the last country who used this kind of toilet paper.

Yeah, because we used that when we were poor.

When you're really poor, you don't even use toilet paper.

Oh, we got a packet right here. Okay, let's talk about toilet paper for a second.

Do you find this to be a good, sort of, applicant, or, you know, something that you can apply and get these done?

It's a perfect square you can fold it into.

It's fine. I mean, what I do like about it is how it's, like, versatile.

Like, if I need to, like, blow my nose, I don't need to, like, try to rip it off of the roll.

Don't, like, blow your nose and then put it, or vice versa.

Well, usually when you've used it once, you get rid of it.

Oh, is that how you're supposed to do it?

That was your first impression of Taiwan.

What else do you think is worth mentioning that may actually come up on this list of people's lasting impression of Taiwan?

I mean, at that point, it wasn't really, like, you know, it wasn't really more than anywhere else.

I didn't feel like people, except for actually once when I was trying to find a hiking trail with my friends that I just met, my new classmates.

We asked this woman in a family mart, and we asked her if she knew where the trail was.

And then she walked us all the way there, and it took, like, ten minutes.

So she showed us, because she figured, you know, she directed us.

Also because Taiwanese streets are really hard and confusing.

So anyways, I guess that's why she thought it was probably necessary.

Did she leave you with a packet of toilet paper just in case?

And I don't know if we'd want to take it on a hike with us.

Alright, so Rachel and Yvonne, we're going to run down a list of some of these athletes' lasting impressions on Taiwan.

And you're going to tell me whether or not you think it's true about Taiwan, okay?

First off, convenience stores are convenience.

Do you guys feel like you're being spoiled with convenience stores in Taiwan?

Have you ever been to convenience stores outside of Taiwan?

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ICRT Joey's Real Talk: What Sets Taiwan Apart? 老外眼中的台灣專屬現象

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