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Hi, I'm Lieke, I'm 21 years old
and I'm from Holland. |
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Hello, my name is Jennyfer, I'm 24
and I come from France. |
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There are so many things you can do here. |
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All the adventurous stuff
is just so exciting. |
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Even though I'm studying,
sometimes it just feels like I'm on holiday, |
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there's so much going on. |
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I'm really glad I chose Cairns. |
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If you don't like big cities,
it's a really a good place to be. |
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The teachers, they're really nice,
they're very helpful, |
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they're all so smiley and friendly. |
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In the classroom, the teachers use
a variety of techniques, |
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and they work to help
each student individually. |
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We've all been here a long time,
so our students get to know them, |
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not only as teachers, but as friends. |
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We are WiFi throughout the building. |
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We have 2 state of the art computer rooms,
where students can have access all day. |
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We also have a great cafe
on our outdoor balcony area, |
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which provides morning, tea and lunch, |
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so students actually don't need to leave
the school to go out for lunch. |
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When you come to Kaplan Cairns,
we can offer 2 types of accommodation. |
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Home stay is a wonderful environment
for students, |
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because they live, breath, speak English
and the Australian culture, |
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from the moment they are met
at the airport by their host family. |
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My accommodation in Cairns
is a home stay family, |
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so I chose this kind of accommodation
to practice my English more. |
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You really need to be in immersion
of English to speak English all the time. |
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Alternatively, students are
in a share apartment, |
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they have their own room, but they share
their kitchen, bathroom, living facilities. |
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What I like about share accommodation
is that you've got your own space. |
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There is a swimming pool located
just at the back of the garden, |
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and you can just do whatever you want. |
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I like to be independent,
so it's perfect for me. |
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The school is really well situated,
it's close to everything. |
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5 minute by bicycle you have the lagoon. |
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The lagoon is a very beautiful place,
it's like a big swimming pool. |
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The lagoon is a perfect place
to chill out after school. |
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You just take your towel and your swim wear
and just lay out on the grass, it's perfect. |
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The things that you can do with Kaplan
is cable ski. |
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It's very close to Cairns so it's easy to go
and it's very funny. |
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Cable skiing is like snowboarding on water,
it's just so much fun, |
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it's just hilarious, trust me. |
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One of my favorite place here to go out is
the Woolshed on Thursday night, lady's night. |
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It's very good, because all the students
from Kaplan go there on Thursday, |
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so it's like you are in a party
with your friends really. |
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The nightlife in Cairns is so much fun.
It's just great. |
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People dance on the tables, definitely,
definitely go to the Woolshed, |
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on a Thursday night. |
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One of the things you really need to do
is go to Franklin Island. |
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That place was just gorgeous. |
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We went there by boat and first
you just go into the rainforest, |
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and then you can just go snorkeling there,
you can go diving. |
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We saw turtles, many, many just colorful,
beautiful fish. |
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After that we had a really nice lunch
actually, all sea food, |
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and it just felt like I was in heaven. |
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I need to continue to work on my English,
but now I know I can travel, |
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and speak with everybody without any problem. |
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Life here is so good. |
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My English has definitely improved
in those 7 weeks. |
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That's just amazing to see. |
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Being here has been unforgettable,
I made such good friends, |
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and I don't want to think
about going back at all. |
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I will never forget this time
here in Cairns, just great, really, |
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you're going to love it. |
