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Hi!
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Bob the Canadian here.
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A while ago I think in November I asked if people could send me a postcard and a lot
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of you did.
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So in this video we're going to do two things.
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I'm going to look at each postcard and I'm going to help you learn some phrases that
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you can use to describe what you like about something.
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So I'll hold up each postcard and then I'll tell you what I like about the postcard.
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And I'll, of course I'll mention who the postcard is from.
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Before we get started though I do have to say I was overwhelmed with the number of postcards
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that I received.
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It was really fun for me each day to go to the post office and check my post office box
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to see if I had gotten anymore postcards.
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So thank you so much to everyone who sent me a postcard and I'll probably do another
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postcard video in a few months so if you do want to send me a postcard still please do.
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I'm very interested in learning more about your country.
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So the first postcard I want to show you is from Taiwan, and this postcard is extra special
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to me because this is from John and Iris.
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John and Iris live in Taiwan and it says here Hello Bob, My name is John and I always watch
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your video.
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Taiwan is a lovely island.
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I hope you can come someday for a vacation with your family.
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The reason I like this one a lot, I like all the postcards, but I like this one a lot because
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John's wife Iris made this postcard.
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So this is a handmade postcard.
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Thank you very much John and Iris.
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The next postcard I have to hold up a little differently.
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So this postcard is from Olga.
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Olga watches my videos a lot and it says here I'm Olga.
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I'm from Taiwan.
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Your videos make it easy for me to learn.
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I want to say thank you.
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Taiwan has many delicious foods and a Night Market.
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You should come and visit it someday.
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Taiwan is a very beautiful place.
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So thank you very much Olga for this card and hopefully I can come someday and visit
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Taiwan.
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Next card, right here, next postcard.
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This is from Jun and Jun is from Japan and Jun says I'd like to introduce to you the
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Tokyo Skytree.
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It's 634 metres tall.
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It is the tallest tower in the world and the second tallest structure.
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I enjoy your channel.
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Thanks.
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So that's from Jun in Japan.
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What I like about this card is, I like seeing things that people have built that are really,
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really cool to look at really really awesome so this Tokyo Skytree is a really neat tower.
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So I like this card because it shows me a part of the city that I've never seen before.
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The next postcard.
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This postcard is from Wendy and it's says I'm Wendy from Taiwan.
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Taiwan is a big island.
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There are beautiful beaches and mountains.
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The picture on the postcard shows our tradition of releasing sky lanterns to pray for luck
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and I hope you can visit our country someday.
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From Wendy.
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So thank you very much Wendy so if you can see here one of the things I like about this
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postcard is just all of the colour.
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It's just very vibrant, that's maybe a new word for you, but vibrant, it's a very vibrant
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postcard.
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So thank you very much Wendy.
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Next postcard.
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This postcard is from Clive and it says I'm from Taiwan, and I like to watch your videos
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everyday.
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Thank you so much.
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So what I like about this postcard is I like water and I like sunshine so this is a really
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cool picture of a sunset or a sunrise, but thank you very much Clive!
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Next postcard.
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It says I'm Alisa, let me hold that back a little bit, from Taiwan.
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I haven't written a postcard for a very long time.
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I just want to tell you that Taiwan is very wonderful, there's lots of delicious food
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and warm and welcoming people.
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So thank you very much Alisa from Taiwan.
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That's a very cool postcard.
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Thank you!
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You might see there's a theme here.
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I get a lot of postcards from Taiwan.
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Here's the next one.
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This one is from Doreen and it's, it says the night market is one of Taiwan's specialties.
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I really want to come and see that someday.
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At the night market you can enjoy a variety of food and you can get a good taste of the
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food that we eat.
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Thank you Doreen.
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That's an awesome postcard as well.
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Thank you.
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Here we have a postcard from, I'm having trouble finding the name here, maybe there is no name
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on here, but it says, I love your videos they really help me a lot.
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This is a seaside city called Dalian in China and I hope you like it and thank you very
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much I'm still trying to find the name on this postcard but I don't see it but what
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I like about this postcard is you can see this large island out in the water and you
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can see some people I think they're windsurfing.
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If you see really close up I think those people are windsurfing.
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Very cool.
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Thank you!
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Next one.
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This is from Jackey in Beijing and it says I'm writing this on December 25th.
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Happy Holidays!
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I wish you and your family happiness always.
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And then we have a picture here I think this is Disney, grand opening of Disneyland in
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China or Disney, a Disney resort in China.
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So very cool.
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Thank you very much Jackey.
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We have another card here.
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What I like about this card is it has like a little bear riding a bicycle, but I like
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it because, it's , it's a really, it's almost, it's very artlike.
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It's like artwork so it's very cool.
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Bob, I'm excited to write you because this is my first time that I've been communicating
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with someone from a foreign land.
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If I make mistakes in my writing please help to correct it.
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I'm a student in China.
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One of the reasons I like China is because people are very, very kind.
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It has a long history filled with wisdom and a great civilization and also this is from
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Blossom so there we go postcard from Blossom.
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My daughter also really liked this postcard Blossom just so you know because it had the
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bear on the front.
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Here we have a postcard from Jan, or Jan, who also goes by DarkBlue and it says here,
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"Dear Bob, greetings from Aachen, Germany.
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I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Still love your videos and thank you for your passion.
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So I really like old buildings in Europe.
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In Canada we don't have a lot of old buildings so this a cool picture of and old building
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in Germany.
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So it's very cool.
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Thank you very much Jan, DarkBlue.
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Next one we have is, this is from Thailand, and it's from, I have to say this name right,
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I think it's Christie, yes, Christie says, I am from Bangkok, Thailand.
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I like my country because my country has the nickname, the Land of Smiles or the Land of
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Smile.
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And every person here has kindness.
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Thank you for the clips, video clips that you have made to teach us English.
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I have learned a lot of English language from your videos.
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Merry Christmas.
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Happy New Year.
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Thank you very much Christie.
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That's an awesome postcard from Thailand.
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So we've seen this one twice.
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I got this postcard twice.
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It must be a popular postcard in Taiwan.
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It says I like the food in Taiwan because it has lots of diversity.
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Oyster Omelette and all kinds of bubble tea drinks.
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I haven't had bubble tea yet I should do that soon.
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And then I'm not sure who this is from (It is from Richard!) because there is a big sticker
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on the back where they kind of covered it up, maybe I can try and get that off later,
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but thank you so much for this postcard from Taiwan.
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And again I like this one because it has a cool reflection right?
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I don't know if you can see the sky is reflected in the water.
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Very awesome.
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So this is from Una, and it says I'm Una.
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I'm from Taiwan.
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This postcard is to promote our township for Eco-Travel.
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So Eco-Travel is when you visit places to try and take of them and it says I wish that
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you can, I wish that you're able travel to Taiwan someday and visit Heng Chung.
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So I think what I like about this card is it shows animals here.
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I really like animals and this, there's a person I don't know if you can see it a little
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person with a backpack there.
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So very cool.
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I like the green colour of the postcard.
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Here we have a postcard from Germany, awesome, from Berlin and it says hello Bob the Canadian.
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I really like to watch your videos.
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It's really educational and sometimes very funny.
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Well I try!
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My name is Monika and I live in Berlin.
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My husband and I visited Toronto in 2016 and we loved the kindness of the Canadian people.
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So that's from Monika and I love this one cause it's a winter scene.
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I love snow.
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I love winter.
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I love postcards that show winter.
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So here we have another tallest building postcard.
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This is from Taiwan as well.
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This is from Annie, and it says Hi!
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I'm Annie from Taiwan.
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I like the enthusiasm of the Taiwanese people, and I like the delicious food.
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I hope you enjoy this postcard and I look forward to your willingness to make more videos.
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I've basically, I've loved Canada since I was a child but I've had no chance to travel
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there.
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I wish you happiness and health!
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And that's from Annie or Chia-Yi.
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So thank you very much Annie for that postcard.
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What I like about this postcard is I like the deep rich blue sky, er purple sky and
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I like pictures of city skylines.
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So we would call this a skyline at night.
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So that's a really cool, really cool look.
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We have this super colourful postcard from Taiwan.
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This is from Judy and it says here Hi Bob I'm Judy.
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I'm from Taiwan.
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I love Taiwan because the weather is warm and we have many delicious fruits.
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You know Bob the Canadian doesn't eat enough fruit.
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I should maybe come to Taiwan someday and eat more fruit.
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This postcard photo is about a religious festival and it celebrates God's birthday.
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It's very interesting.
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Thank you for your channel.
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I enjoy learning English with you very much.
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So you can see, what I like about this is you can see people who are dressed up in traditional
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clothing.
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Very colourful clothing, and it looks like they're having a lot of fun at their religious
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festival.
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So thank you very much Judy for that postcard.
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Last one folks!
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This is from, let me see if I can find the name, sometimes it's hard to find the name,
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Vicky!
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Thank you Vicky!
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Greetings from Taiwan.
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It's usually hot and wet here which is the opposite of Canada where it's usually dry
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and cold.
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I like our multicultural aspect of our country and our very nice environment.
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On the cover of the postcard is the traditional lantern festival where we write down our wishes
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for the coming New Year on a sky lantern.
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So you can see here the sky lanterns are being sent off into the sky.
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So that's it for postcards.
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I have two more things to show you though.
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I got two Christmas cards.
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So here's a Christmas card.
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It's a tradition in North America to send Christmas cards to family, so this is from
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Wendy and it just says.
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My name is Wendy.
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I came from China but my family and I moved to B.C. Canada, that's British Columbia, about
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four years ago and right now we are living in Canada.
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There are a lot of kind and funny people here just like you!
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Every day I look forward to watching your videos.
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So thank you very much Wendy.
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That's a beautiful Christmas card.
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Says Season's Greetings!
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And then I have one more Christmas card that I got right here.
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So you can see this one, this one's kind of sparkly.
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I'm not sure if you can see that on the front and this is from Silvana and it says Bob I
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just want to let you now thank you for your videos and I wish you Happy Holidays and a
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Happy New Year 2019.
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And this is from Silvana and Silvana actually lives in Montreal, Canada.
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Anyways, that was super fun, it was so fun to get postcards.
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I'm sure I will still get a few more over the next few weeks.
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Again in about three or four months I will ask again for postcards.
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I'll probably ask something more about your country.
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I hope you enjoyed this video.
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If you want to send me a postcard just scroll down in the description of every video is
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my post office box.
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So if you want to send me a postcard please do.
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It's really fun for my wife and kids and I to, to kind of go check the mailbox and to
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find postcards or letters from people in other countries.
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So thank you very much.
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I hope you have a great week ahead of you and I'll see you next week in the next video.
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Bob the Canadian here.
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Learn English with Bob the Canadian.
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See you next week.