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Diversity in California
A young American woman talks about how she enjoys the diversity in Californina, with its large Mexican and Asian communities.
Details:
Topic: Life Style
Length: 1:19
Accent: General American
Gender: Female
Speed: Medium
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Questions
1.What does she like about California?
2.According to the speaker, in what language are most of the street names?
3.According to the speaker, what other country did California belong to?
4.Why does she think that Chinese, Koreans and Japanese came to California?
答案
Our Answers for Diversity in California
1.What does she like about California?
The diversity of the culture.
2.According to the speaker, in what language are most of the street names?
In Spanish.
3.According to the speaker, what other country did California belong to?
It used to belong to Mexico.
4.Why does she think that Chinese, Koreans and Japanese came to California?
Because that is the part of the USA that is nearest to Asia.
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Transcript for Diversity in California
okay one of the great things about California which singles that state out over everybody and especially southern California is its diversity. you have this huge mexican influence in California. and it can be seen everywhere, in the houses, in the way of stucco design and everything_ as soon as you go there, you know you are in California. and the street names uh i dare anybody to find street name doesn't have_ that is in English rather than spanish. everything is in spanish over there. and... part of it is because um Mexico is so close and there are so many immigrants in that area that they've influenced California so greatly. and i'm sure part of it has to do with that California was once a part of Mexico. California is a mexican word. and_ or a spanish word. and um... not only is is the mexican culture prevalent there, but the asian culture is. you have a lot of chinese and japanese and korean, all coming to California because it's the closest place to Asia. and it's it's really interesting because um in a lot of places there there is no exposure beyond caucasians. but in California there's everybody.
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