Todd: Hey, Marika!

 

Marika: Hey!

 

Todd: How you doing?

 

Marika: I'm OK. How are you?

 

Todd: Good. Marika do you like summer?

 

Marika: No, I don't like summer it's my least favorite summer.

 

Todd: Wow, why?

 

Marika: Because I don't like hot weather. I don't like being hot and sweaty and uncomfortable.

 

Todd: OK. Well, it's pretty hot in Japan so you must not like summer here.

 

Marika: No, I don't.

 

Todd: Is it hot in summer where you're from?

 

Marika: Yeah, it's pretty hot but usually we go away on the weekends to cottages and we go swimming in lakes and stuff.

 

Todd: Oh, that's nice. Where are you from by the way?

 

Marika: Canada.

 

Todd: So, what's your favorite season?

 

Marika: Winter or fall.

 

Todd: OK. Well, what do you do in the winter?

 

Marika: In the winter, activities you mean?

 

Todd: Yeah.

 

Marika: I go snow boarding and I go to onsens and I walk around and I enjoy the cold weather.