kevin:: so what's your favorite golden oldies?

keiko: you mean my favorite song? i don't know. that's like asking me what was my favorite day last year.

kevin: well, let's make it your favorite song from the sixties.

keiko: i guess, that's a little easier. no, wait, there's a lot of good songs from the sixties.

kevin: okay, how about your favorite beatles song from the sixties?

keiko: that still give me 10 years to choose from.

kevin: all right. how about 1965?

keiko: that's better. wait. i have no idea what songs came out in 1965.

kevin: here, take a look at this top song hits chart from 1965.

keiko: thanks. oh, okay. this is easy. my favorite beatle song from 1965 has gotta be "yesterday."

kevin: isn't "yesterday" every japanese person's favorite beatle song?

keiko: i have no idea. what makes you think that?

kevin: well every time i go to a karaoke bar in japan and look at the song selections, i only find about 3 english songs: "yesterday", "my way", and "i left my heart in san francisco"

keiko: oh, that's funny but you're right. my gosh, you must have been to a lot of karaoke bars.

kevin: as a matter of fact i have. i swear they all use the same song list book.

smith sensei:: in today's english class, we'll be talking about the average american. to begin with, the average u.s. citizen is a married woman age 32. that's because about 51.2% of the population are women and 32 is the median age.

yamada: interesting. and how many children does the "average" woman have?

smith sensei: she has 2.1 children.

yamada: how do you get the "point one"?

smith sensei: very funny.

yamada: just kidding. so how tall is the average woman?

smith sensei: she is 5 feet 4 inches. i don't know what that is in centimeters.

yamada: that's okay. i can figure it out. so what else can you tell me about the average american "woman"?

smith sensei: she is slightly overweight, about 143 pounds and dieting. her dress size is size 10 or 12.

yamada: wow! that sure isn't the median size in japan. japanese women are much smaller!

smith sensei: yes, but as japan adopts the american lifestyle, dress sizes will begin to increase in japan as well.

yamada: how true. so, keep going. tell us more . how about religion?

smith sensei: she doesn't go to church on sunday, but she believes in god.

yamada: how about money?

smith sensei: she makes less than $20,000 a year from her white collar job. she lives in the state where she was born and spends a third of her income on housing.