Thursday 22 November 2001

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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