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welcome back to another episode of real English with real teachers we are back
on the streets of London to expose you to some naturally spoken English so
let's see who we find today
what's the first thing you notice when you meet someone new
their hair yeah what if they're wearing a hat
if they're bald or not okay
what is the first thing you notice when you meet someone
their face
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you check out italki just how Charles has done as a professional football player
who's just joined Arsenal and we're gonna see how he likes italki thank
you for giving us 20 seconds of your time Charles
it is not a problem not at all
can you quickly tell the
fans why you decided to come to italki and learn online instead of staying in
the traditional classroom yes it is quite simple really I could not get to
the class because I am playing football all day it is a very intensive training so
online is a very convenient for me to practice my English
Thank You Charles
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video name the first thing that you notice when you meet somebody new
oh their eyes
why are the eyes so special cuz you look into them first
that's how you see anyway yeah or if they have pretty eyes
yeah and you like them
if they're just dull eyes then well then you pretend like they're pretty for their sake
I think mouth in my case oh right
I tend to look at people being slightly deaf I think I lip read a bit you know
and so I tend to look at people's mouths rather than their eyes
anything else that's really important their smile yeah
okay
what's the first thing you notice when you meet someone new their eyes their
teeth okay do you look into their dental records [laughter] no
do you like it if they've got glasses is that a deal breaker I don't care
you don't care contact lenses I don't care, no
take anything yeah
their smile probably generally speaking British people are quite stereotypically
bad with smiling at people in the street but oh really
I think it's quite important in this day and age so yeah
their face or like their outfit what did you think when you first saw our outfits
studenty [laughter] that's a good one
yeah d'you know what I mean I do yeah I feel quite studenty
yeah yeah something like that
I think it's me trying to hold
on to my youth yeah cling to the last shreds
what's something that you notice about someone when you
meet them instantly instantly how good-looking they are
how good-looking they are
would you say in New Zealand people are more smiley yeah I'd say that
I'd say that I think that people just get a bad rep and especially big cities
like London for being busy and not very approachable but most Londoners I
feel they are quite approachable good
do you make a conscious effort to just stare at the
mouth or do you go back and forth between the eyes and the
mouth or yeah well I think you should look people in the eyes they expect it
so I make that conscious effort yeah you look at your person's face yes and
then you ask questions and hopefully you get a feeling for what sort of person
they are yeah in a short period of time
do you think it's strange because I
was talking to Charlie about this the other day he said if you look at someone
in the eyes for longer than five seconds people get a bit weirded out they feel
uneasy how do you feel about that no I wouldn't never experienced that no
I s'pose [suppose] yeah perhaps you're right looking at you now yeah [laughter]
I am not like my wife she very much
looks at the person and decides what they're like before even having their
conversation which annoys me intensely because there are beauty is only
skin-deep some people have very piercing eyes don't they
yeah like Hitler the Hitler stare
his eyes were very distinctive apparently yeah he had a very piercing menacing gaze
yeah well you haven't you have lovely soft eyes
so you like to give them a bit more time yeah I do yeah
does your wife give them a second chance no
no right so she's quite cut-throat yeah
anything else that you notice first thing what about with your wife what did you
I suppose you notice the way they're
dressed don't you and you form an impression about them by the way they're dressed I suppose
and you kind of expect a certain style of dress with certain people don't you I
mean I would look at these youngsters over here and everyone is wearing trainers
you know there's not one proper pair of shoes amongst them and that's the way they are
I mean like today I'm wearing a jacket I'm not wearing a tie but
you look dapper you look very dapper the hat the long coat the shoes
yeah I mean not many people
have proper raincoats these days I don't suppose no
and that's a hangover from when I was at
work you know so yeah
still got it when I retired you've got style I think the older generations have a lot
more style than we do nowadays so we're going to leave Harry there to reminisce over the older
generation and they're less studenty appearance and ask you the same question
we asked these lovely members of the public which is what is the first thing
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