PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The Interview
A room at Chaeng Watthana, the officer across the table: please introduce yourself, take your time; my name is Jack Reed; originally from Seattle; my occupation is boatbuilder; I have lived in Thailand six years; married, with one child; where did you learn Thai; at a noodle stall at a pier: introducing yourself formally, in five sentences.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
An interview room at the immigration office at Chaeng Watthana on a morning in January, a table and two chairs: the officer speaks office Thai with the polite word, and Jack answers in the formal register, the polite word on every sentence.
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