Thursday 22 November 2001 |
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The Tonight Show
| Supermodel Gisele Bundchen was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and said she learned English by listening to Mariah records. Here is that part of the transcript: Jay: Now, you told me you learned English from cds.
Gisele: Yes.
Jay: Like, whose cd?
Gisele: Like, Mariah Carey.
Jay: Mariah Carey?
Gisele: Because Mariah Carey's, like, big, huge in Brazil. And when I came to America, my sister - the only cd she had was a Mariah Carey cd.
Jay: Right.
Gisele: So she gave me one of her Mariah Carey cds, and I bought more because they had the thing inside where you can read, you know...
Jay: Read the lyrics?
Gisele: Read the lyrics and listen over and over again. It was easy to learn, so I liked that.
Jay: So you learned the...
Gisele: Thank you, Mariah.
Jay: You just learned the words to the song, but you don't really learn...
Gisele: But I think it was so much easier for me 'cause watching tv or doing other things was giving me a headache, because I couldn't understand. And listening to the music, it was kind of fun because I could, like, enjoy the song and try to sing with it.
Jay: But how did you know what the words meant from the cd?
Gisele: I didn't know. I was just... [light laughter ] I was just singing it. I was just, like, copying what she was saying, and then I was going around, and it was easier for me to say. And then after a while, I was, like, understanding what word means what.
Jay: Oh, I see.
Gisele: But that was the easiest way to learn a language, is cds. So guys, any language you want to learn, buy the cd.
Jay: Buy the cd, okay.
Gisele: Of the language you want to learn. Many thanks to Pamela.
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