Week 5 – I just started.

Emily: Ow. – Excusez-moi! [sighs] – [woman] Laurent! Sybil!
[in Mandarin] Apologize to the lady! [in French] I’m sorry. Can I buy you another one?
Emily: Sorry, I don’t [?] French.
Mindy: Ah, American? –
Emily: Yes. But did you think that I was French?
Mindy: Honestly, no. I was being polite. You… look American. Are you [?] Indiana?
Emily: Chicago.
Mindy: Oh. I was close. I went to junior high in Indianapolis.
Emily: Oh, cool. No [?]! Why?
Mindy: Mm-hm. Ah, long story. Very boring. [chuckles] The story and… Indianapolis.
But the [?], they look like you. Nice.
Emily: Are those your children?
Mindy: No, I’m their nanny. [in Mandarin] Laurent! Stay where I can see you.
I’m teaching [?] Mandarin.
Emily: How long have you been here?
Mindy: Uh… almost a year. From Shanghai.
But my mother’s from Korea. Another long, boring [?].
Emily: Do you love it?
Mindy: Uh, yes, of course I love Paris.
And the food is so delicious. – [Emily] Mm. The fashion, so chic.
The lights, so magical. But the [?]… so mean.
Emily: I mean, they can’t all be mean.
Mindy: Oh, yes, they can. Chinese people are mean behind your [?].
French people, mean to your face. – [Emily] Mm. But you’re on vacation here, so…
Emily: Oh, no. Actually, I [?] here. I have a job with a French marketing firm.
Mindy: Seriously?
Emily: Yeah.
Mindy: Well, so you know.
Emily: Well, I just started.
Mindy: Oh. Do you have any [?] in Paris?
Emily: Uh, no. Um… but my boyfriend’s coming next week to visit, so…
Mindy: Are you lonely?
Emily: No… uh…Sometimes.
Mindy: Give me your [?]. Okay, so here’s my number.
If you’re lonely, you text me, we have dinner. I’m Mindy.
Emily: Nice to meet you.
Mindy: French people [?] this. – Oh. Mwah. Mwah. – [chuckles]
Sybil! Laurent! [in French] You’re not my mother! – I want an ice cream!