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471. Hey,

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what's going on everyone? Jun here

0:51

with Happa Eikaiwa. Are

0:54

you feeling it? Love is in

0:56

the air. Valentine's Day

0:58

is just around the corner, and

1:00

you can see red and pink colors,

1:02

as well as heart-shaped decorations everywhere you

1:04

look. Although some people

1:07

might say that Valentine's Day has become

1:09

commercialized over the years, it's

1:11

still a very special day that is celebrated

1:13

in many countries around the world. Each

1:16

culture has its own unique way of

1:18

celebrating Valentine's Day, and today, I'd like

1:21

to share with you how Americans celebrate this

1:23

day. Did you

1:25

know that Valentine Day is followed by Valentine's Day. There

1:29

are many ways of celebrating it. The tradition was a

1:31

pandemic, but now there is still

1:33

tradition of celebrate their love by distributing roses, giving

1:36

candles, independent animal critters, dolls, and masks to them on Valentine's Day. Right

1:39

here, you can even get a bouquet. The

1:41

traditions had spread abroad, and many

1:43

countries started to celebrate on Valentine's

1:45

Day starting a event that's becoming more popular.

1:48

There are so many weirdo idea posts that

1:50

make us wonder whether we should celebrate, Did

1:54

you know that Valentine's Day is a big

1:56

deal in schools all across the United States?

1:58

It's a celebration of love. special time

2:01

for elementary school kids to show

2:03

their appreciation for their classmates by

2:05

exchanging cute Valentine's Day cards. I

2:08

remember my own experience when I transferred

2:10

to an American school in 4th grade.

2:13

I wrote a thank you letter to my classmate, thanking

2:16

him for being my first American

2:18

friend. It's funny to

2:20

think back on it now because I'm pretty

2:22

sure my letter was full of spelling and

2:25

grammar mistakes but we ended

2:27

up going to the same high school in

2:29

college and we've been the best of buddies

2:31

ever since. And

3:00

I remember she said that she was better

3:02

than me. So

3:06

I think it's funny to think back on it.

3:11

Valentine's Day is a special day for couples.

3:14

It's common for couples to go out to

3:16

fancy restaurants and many of

3:19

these restaurants offer Valentine's Day specials.

3:22

Popular spots tend to get booked weeks

3:24

in advance so it's best to

3:26

make reservations early. Traditionally, men

3:28

give gifts to women on this day

3:31

but nowadays, both partners usually

3:33

exchange gifts and cards. It's

3:36

also common to send Valentine's Day cards

3:38

to family members, especially to

3:40

one's mom. And if

3:42

you're a pet lover, you'll be

3:44

happy to know that many people buy gifts

3:46

for their furry friends on this day too.

3:49

In fact, one in four people

3:51

buy Valentine's gifts for their pets. And

3:54

would you believe that almost half of them admit

3:57

they cuddle with their pets more than their partner?

4:00

How funny is that? Here

5:00

are some fun and random facts about

5:02

Valentine's Day. It's the

5:04

second most popular day for sending cards,

5:07

just after Christmas. And

5:09

guess what? Lots of couples

5:11

choose a special day to get engaged.

5:14

In fact, about 10% of

5:16

couples in the United States celebrate

5:18

their engagement on Valentine's Day. But

5:21

remember this day is not just for couples.

5:24

It's a perfect opportunity to show some

5:26

love and appreciation to all the people

5:29

you care about, like your

5:31

friends, family members, and

5:33

even pets. So

5:35

go ahead and spread some love today.

6:00

All right, let's get into

6:02

today's topic. What

6:21

are your thoughts on Valentine's Day? In

6:24

today's conversation, Maria from the US

6:26

and Philip from Australia share their

6:29

thoughts on Valentine's Day and

6:31

how it is celebrated in their countries. Philip

6:34

thinks that Valentine's Day is a marketing

6:36

gimmick while Maria mentions

6:38

the influence of social media

6:40

on promoting Valentine's Day. Let's

6:43

listen and learn about how Valentine's Day

6:46

is celebrated in modern times in the

6:48

US and Australia. Are

7:19

you guys ready? Let's

7:26

get started. Questions

7:34

of the Day 기양는

7:36

신습만. Number 1. Based

7:40

on Philip's observations, what

7:42

sort of companies start advertising around

7:44

Valentine's Day in Australia? What

7:47

is Philip's opinion? What is the difference between

7:50

Valentine's Day and Valentine's Day? Number

7:56

2. What has

7:58

Philip observed about Valentine's Day in Australia? in Australia,

8:00

specifically how much or how

8:02

little people participate in it.

8:06

Filipe wa osura riya de no barenta in

8:08

de nitsi te, dorekura no san kachaka yutomot

8:10

de mas ka? Number

8:13

3. Why

8:15

does social media play a part in

8:17

promoting Valentine's Day in America, according

8:19

to Maria? Maria

8:22

wa nasi america de wa esu nitsi

8:24

te, dorekura no san kachaka yutomot de

8:26

no de shoka? Live

8:29

conversation. Alright,

8:31

Philip, so how do people generally feel

8:33

about Valentine's Day in your country?

8:36

I think it's a real love-hate relationship with

8:38

Valentine's Day. I

8:42

know a lot of companies try to

8:44

push it, especially like florists and jewelers,

8:46

especially around Valentine's Day or the week leading up to

8:48

it. There'll be ads up to ads on

8:52

TV or even through social

8:54

media or media trying to push it. But

8:57

it's a bit of a pain. I think not

8:59

many people take it seriously,

9:01

at least around my city.

9:04

Sure, there's the occasional couple

9:07

or married couple

9:09

that will go and do a date on

9:11

that day or at least the weekend of.

9:13

But I don't know. I

9:16

think it's kind of losing its touch. A

9:18

lot of people don't really, I've never

9:21

really heard about it the last few years from people

9:23

in my social circle. Maybe I'll

9:25

just hang around with people that don't care

9:27

about Valentine's Day. But yeah, there's

9:29

not much. I can't really say much about it.

9:31

It's kind of there and

9:34

there's sort of feeling the shops

9:36

and then it kind of just fades away. How

9:41

about America? Yeah,

9:43

I agree with you. I think

9:46

that it is a huge advertising

9:48

time for jewelers, florists, and candy

9:51

salesmen. There's a

9:53

lot of candy chocolate that happens everywhere

9:56

you go. So it's

9:59

a big corporation. you

10:01

know, they're getting lots of money during this

10:03

season. They're advertising all over for it on

10:05

TV. I think

10:07

that women in America tend

10:10

to get really excited about

10:12

Valentine's Day. We have

10:14

these kind of high expectations,

10:17

I would feel that, you know,

10:19

it's a day I need to get something

10:21

because if I'm not getting something, I'm looking

10:23

on Instagram, I'm seeing Facebook, all my friends

10:25

are getting stuff. I think that it's

10:28

a lot in our social media. That

10:31

day, lots of women are

10:33

posting about their significant others. Oh,

10:35

I love so and so he's

10:37

the best, you know, Valentine's Day

10:40

a girl could ask for or, you

10:42

know, I'm so thankful for, you know,

10:44

David, we've been together for nine years

10:46

and this Valentine's Day, he surprised me

10:48

with X, Y, and Z. A

10:51

lot of engagements happen on Valentine's

10:53

Day. You'll

10:55

see a lot of women posting, you know, with

10:58

their rings. So I

11:00

don't really know how it is for men. My, my

11:02

partner does not really seem to care at all. He

11:05

knows that I care. So he'll do stuff for

11:07

me, but I don't think it's, it's

11:09

the same for both of us in America. You

11:11

know, men don't really seem

11:14

to post about it or, you know, want to

11:16

make reservations and big plans on that day. They

11:18

do it because of their obligations to who they're

11:20

with. Let's

11:22

go over the answers. Kyo

11:25

no shitsumon ni kotai teikimashou. Number

11:28

one, based on

11:30

Philips observations, what sort

11:32

of companies start advertising around Valentine's

11:34

Day in Australia? Philip

11:37

uni oroto oso rariya de wa barentan

11:39

de no jiki ni naruto donai onaki

11:41

yo ako kunichika yo yajimeruto kanjite imasu

11:44

ka? Philip

11:46

says that florists and jewelers often

11:48

advertise around Valentine's Day in Australia.

11:52

Philip una barentan de no jiki ni

11:54

naruto oso rariya de wa hanai ayo

11:56

hosa kite nga wo kunokoko das toi

11:59

imasu. What

12:03

has Philip observed about Valentine's Day in

12:05

Australia? Specifically, how much

12:07

or how little people participate in

12:09

it? Philip

12:11

has observed that there aren't many couples

12:14

that celebrated openly, at least in

12:23

the city he lives in. Why

12:36

does social media play a part in

12:38

promoting Valentine's Day in America, according to

12:40

Maria? Maria

12:42

says that women tend to post on social

12:44

media about their Valentine's Day gifts from

12:54

their significant others. Summary,

12:58

Kaibano Yo-Yaku Maria and Philip discussed the presence

13:12

and impact of Valentine's Day in

13:15

America and Australia respectively. While

13:18

the holiday is recognized in both countries, its

13:20

effects are different in each. The

13:24

American people are very happy to be

13:26

here. The

13:31

American people are very happy to be here.

13:39

Philip has observed that lots of

13:41

florists and jewelers will heavily advertise

13:43

around Valentine's Day. However,

13:45

he has also noticed, at least in

13:48

the area he lives in, that there

13:50

are not many couples celebrating it openly.

13:53

There may be a few, but not as many

13:55

as one might think. Maria

14:00

agrees with Philip, observing similar things

14:02

in America around that holiday. She

14:25

says that florists, jewelers, and chocolate

14:27

makers advertise heavily during the days

14:30

leading up to Valentine's Day. Maria

14:48

has also noticed that women in America tend

14:50

to place a heavy emphasis on it. Social

14:54

media reinforces expectations of Valentine's

14:56

Day with many women posting

14:59

on their social media about the gifts

15:01

they received from their significant others. Men

15:04

by contrast don't seem to care as

15:07

much about Valentine's Day. Men

15:09

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15:11

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15:14

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Nani na ino chokusen. Leading

17:01

up to... Wa tukuten wo deki go to ya joukyo

17:03

no mai no jiki wo ara was toki ni tsuka

17:05

warae lu hyo ge nde. Nani ka

17:07

wo kouro chokusen no ki kan wa rawa shimasu. Atoe

17:10

ba. Leading up to Valentine's

17:12

Day. To yuto. Baren tain de

17:15

no suji tsu mai kara su shu ka mai no

17:17

ki kan wa rawa shi. Baren

17:19

tain de ni mokete o kun no mise wa

17:21

hatou de kasara re mas. Wa. Many

17:24

shops are decorated with hearts leading

17:26

up to Valentine's Day. To yimasu.

17:30

Baren. The shopping

17:32

malls get busy leading up to Christmas.

17:35

Christmas chokusen wa shopping mode wa

17:38

kon zatsimasu. I

17:40

practiced every day leading up to my

17:43

presentation. Rezen

17:45

no chokusen made wa tashwa mai ni

17:47

shidenshu shimasu. I

17:49

started getting cold feet leading up to my

17:51

wedding. Ke kon

17:54

shikino chokusen ni naruto shi wa ke

17:56

kon surunou ga kohaku nari mas. Number

17:59

two. The Weekend of

18:01

今麼放放放 The

18:05

Weekend of 今麼放放放 We

18:13

are planning a barbecue party on the

18:15

weekend of my birthday. The

18:18

weekend of 今麼放放 The

18:24

weekend of 今麼放 The

18:26

day of 今麼放放 I

18:29

am leaving for Hawaii on the day of Christmas.

18:43

I am planning

18:45

on throwing a barbecue party on the weekend of

18:47

the 24th. I

18:49

have a big presentation on the day of my birthday. I

19:00

am not

19:02

doing anything on the day of Valentine's Day

19:04

because my wife is working. No.

19:12

3 Lose Its Touch

19:18

Lose its touch 今麼放放 I

19:21

think it's kind of losing its touch. PRETTY

19:35

LOSE to lose its touch 今麼放 Lose

19:40

its touch 今麼放 Lose

19:44

its touch 今麼放 I

19:47

think it's kind of losing its touch. No.

19:51

4 Lose its

19:53

touch 今麼放 Lose

19:57

its touch 今麼放 Reibem,

20:02

is it just me or does it feel like

20:04

Apple is losing its touch? In

20:12

recent years, TV shows have been losing

20:14

their touch. I

20:17

feel like that comedian is losing his touch.

20:25

I feel like that comedian is losing his

20:27

touch. 4.

20:32

Significant Other 4.

20:34

Nightitus In

20:38

other words, you have expense in your heart.

20:42

Instead, I want you to have faith in that

20:44

person because you think you INmachine execut when you

20:46

continue. From the point you

20:48

experienced I just started to learn, I

20:51

wanted you to befoot. I

20:56

was howth upon gamma, I had the advantage. 6.

21:01

I travel to Europe with my significant

21:03

other. 7. I'm going to

21:06

New York with my

21:08

significant other this weekend. 8.

21:11

I'm going to New York with my significant other this weekend. 9.

21:24

I went on a snowboarding trip with my

21:26

buddies and their significant others. 10.

21:29

I'm going to New York with my significant other.

21:33

5. So and So I'm

21:37

going to be here with you. So

21:39

and So is the most important event for

21:41

you to enjoy. I'm

21:45

very happy to be here with you. I'm

21:48

very happy to be here with you. I'm

21:51

very happy to be here with you. Thank

21:55

you. I met So and

21:57

So at the event. I'm very happy to be

21:59

here. I heard about the

22:01

rumor from Soenso. Soenso

22:16

from HR said many employees are getting

22:18

laid off next week. I

22:27

won't mention names but Ms. Soenso

22:29

is so annoying. Repeat

22:40

after me. Number 1. Leading

22:44

up to. The

22:46

shopping malls get busy leading up to

22:49

Christmas. I

22:54

practiced every day leading up to my

22:56

presentation. I

23:01

started getting cold feet leading up to my

23:03

wedding. Number

23:09

2. The weekend

23:11

of. I'm

23:14

planning on throwing a barbecue party on the

23:16

weekend of the 24th. I

23:22

have a big presentation on the day of

23:24

my birthday. We're

23:30

not doing anything on the day of Valentine's

23:32

Day because my wife is working. Number

23:40

3. Lose

23:42

its touch. Is

23:45

it just me or does it feel like

23:47

Apple is losing its touch? In

23:53

recent years, TV shows have been

23:55

losing their touch. I

24:01

feel like that comedian is losing his touch.

24:07

Number 4. Significant

24:10

Other Is

24:13

your significant other coming to the party tonight?

24:19

I'm going to New York with my significant

24:21

other this weekend. I

24:27

went on a snowboarding trip with my buddies

24:29

and their significant others. Number

24:36

5. So and

24:38

So I

24:40

heard about the rumor from So and So. So

24:46

and So from HR said many employees are

24:48

getting laid off next week. I

24:54

won't mention names but Ms. So and

24:56

So is so annoying. Are

25:13

you guys ready? Let's listen to

25:15

the conversation one more time. Live

25:18

conversation. Alright,

25:21

so how do people generally feel

25:23

about Valentine's Day in your country?

25:26

It's a real love hate relationship with

25:28

Valentine's Day. I

25:31

know like a lot of a lot of companies

25:33

try to push it, especially like florists and jewelers,

25:36

especially around Valentine's Day or the week leading up to

25:38

it. There'll be ads after ads on

25:41

TV or even through social

25:43

media or media trying to push it. But

25:46

it's a bit of a need. I think not

25:48

many people take it seriously, at

25:51

least around around my city. Sure,

25:54

there's the occasional couple

25:56

or married couple

25:58

that will go and do like a dates

26:01

on that day or at least the weekend

26:03

of but I don't know

26:05

I think it's kind of losing its touch.

26:07

A lot of people don't really I've

26:10

never really heard about it the last few years from like

26:12

people in my social circle maybe

26:14

I'll just hang around with people that don't care

26:16

about the Valentine's Day but yeah

26:19

there's not much I can't really say much about it because it's kind

26:21

of a kind of there

26:23

and there's sort of see it

26:25

in the shops and then it kind of just fades away. About

26:31

America. Yeah I

26:33

agree with you I think that you

26:36

know it is a huge advertising time

26:38

for jewelers florists and candy

26:41

salesmen. There is a

26:43

lot of candy chocolate that happens everywhere

26:45

you go. So it's a big a

26:48

big corporation you know they're

26:51

getting lots of money during this season they're

26:53

advertising all over for it on TV. I

26:56

think that women in America

26:58

tend to get really excited

27:00

about Valentine's Day. We

27:03

have these kind of high expectations

27:06

I would feel that you know

27:08

it's a day I need to get something

27:10

because if I'm not getting something I'm looking

27:12

on Instagram I'm seeing Facebook all my friends

27:14

are getting stuff. I think that it's

27:17

a lot in our social media. That

27:20

day lots of women

27:22

are posting about their significant others. Oh

27:25

I love so-and-so he's the best you

27:27

know Valentine's Day a

27:29

girl could ask for or you know

27:32

I'm so thankful for you know David.

27:34

We've been together for nine years and

27:36

this Valentine's Day he surprised me with

27:38

x y and z. A

27:40

lot of engagements happen on Valentine's

27:43

Day. You'll

27:45

see a lot of women posting you know

27:47

with their rings. So

27:49

I don't really know how it is for men. My my

27:51

partner does not really seem to care at all. He

27:54

knows that I care so he'll do stuff for

27:56

me but I don't think it's it's the

27:58

same for both of us. in America, you

28:01

know, men don't really seem

28:03

to post about it or, you know, want to

28:05

make reservations and big plans on that day. They

28:07

do it because of their obligations to who they're

28:10

with. Awesome

28:12

job today. It's been a while

28:14

since my wife and I went out for Valentine's Day

28:16

dinner. The last time

28:18

we went out for Valentine's Day

28:20

was probably before the pandemic. We've

28:23

always enjoyed celebrating Valentine's Day in

28:25

the comfort of our own home. Typically,

28:29

we exchange Valentine's Day cards and

28:31

enjoy a home-cooked meal while sipping

28:33

on a nice bottle of wine.

29:01

Oh, and I can't forget to get

29:03

a special Valentine's gift for my cats,

29:06

Goro and Kira. They're

29:08

crazy about chao churu, so I think

29:11

I'll surprise them with the variety pack.

29:14

And while they're enjoying their treats, my wife

29:16

and I can relax with a glass of

29:18

wine. That sounds like

29:20

a perfect way to celebrate Valentine's

29:22

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a detailed outline of today's episode. 기어

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네어 네어 어 살요 하화

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에까 어 보로는 게어 살

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있어 마 가우우. 가우는 있복

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기어 보로 어 에어

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어 아구. 가우는 에까

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에까 에어 에고 는

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하화 마 마 노어우.

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to leave a message on my blog. I

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will see you again next week. Pace.

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