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1. California 加利福尼亞州

2. San Francisco 舊金山(三藩市)

3. It's the largest Chinese population and the oldest in the United States. 舊金山的華人區是全美最大最老的。

4. Chinatown 中國城

5. No problem at all. 完全沒問題。

6. So it's nice weather most of the year, and people are sort of happy. 一年大部分時間天氣都很好，所以人們都挺開心的。

7. gay rights movement 同性戀權利運動

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Northern California >> NorCal 北加州(Sacrameto 加州首府, San Francisco 舊金山)
Southern California >> SouCal 南加州 (Los Angeles 洛杉磯, San Diego 圣地亞哥)

9. rivalry 競爭關系

10. It's a weird relationship. People in Northern California don't really like Southern California that much.

關系比較微妙。北加州的人不太喜歡南加州的人。

11. Many people in San Francisco and Northern California think that people in Southern California are a little shallow or superficial.

很逗舊金山人和北加州的人都覺得南加州的人有點膚淺。

12. entertainment industry 娛樂業

13. struggling actor/actress 想要成名的演員

14. There's a lot more of that. You have that in San Francisco too, but not in the same way. 還有很多這種事。舊金山也有這樣的事，但不太一樣。

15. Palo Alto, Silicon Valley 硅谷，帕羅奧圖

16. low profile 低調

17. It rains a lot. And more than that, it's really foggy. 經常下雨，不止這樣，還霧蒙蒙的。

18. It's not free unfortunately. Before, it was very cheep. It was not that expensive. But recently it‘s become much much much more expensive.

很不幸不是免費的。但以前確實很便宜，一點也不貴。但最近變得越來越貴了。

19. tuition 學費

20. I think tuition, only tuition for one year, is 15,000 to 20,000 dollars a year.

我覺得光學費一年就要一萬五到兩萬美金。

21. I think it's about 40,000 a year. 我覺得大概一年四萬美金吧。

22. concrete 混凝土

23. It's pretty here too though. It's pretty in different ways. 這里也很美啊，美的方式不同罷了。