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Chapter 1: Singlish
REPORTER: ENGLISH AND CHINESE ARE THE TWO MAIN LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN SINGAPORE.
BUT IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY, THERE ARE SOME WORDS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO THIS
ISLAND STATE. THIS IS A HAWKER CENTER. ON THE HIGHWAY, ONE CAR CUTS ANOTHER
OFF. A VOID DECK, THE OPEN AREA BELOW AN APARTMENT BLOCK. HERE AT THE
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, A TEAM OF LANGUAGE EXPERTS HAVE BEEN
WORKING FOR MONTHS ON A NEW DICTIONARY THAT INCLUDES WORDS UNIQUE TO
SINGAPORE—
INTERVIEWEE: WORDS LIKE AIR FLOWN, HAND PHONE, VOID DECK. THESE WORDS ALSO
REPRESENT THE REALITY OF ENGLISH USE IN SINGAPORE.
REPORTER: IN A MULTICULTURAL, MULTILINGUAL SOCIETY LIKE SINGAPORE, THERE ARE
PLENTY OF SHORTCUTS IN COMMUNICATION. THE MOST COMMON SINGLISH WORD, KIASU.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
INTERVIEWEE: THE NOTION OF OVERCOMPETITIVENESS.
REPORTER: BUT PEOPLE IN LONDON WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT WORD.
INTERVIEWEE: THEY WOULDN'T.
REPORTER: RESEARCHERS GATHERED DATA FROM NEWSPAPERS FOR A SELECTION OF WORDS
TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NEW DICTIONARY. THE SINGAPORE DATABASE WAS COMPARED TO
THE 100 MILLION WORD BRITISH VERSION TO DETERMINE HOW OFTEN WORDS WERE USED.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE. IN SINGAPORE, THEY CALL YOU A LAMP POST IF YOU ARE THE
UNWANTED THIRD IN A TRIO.
INTERVIEWEE: WHERE YOU'RE UNWANTED, YOU'RE IN THE COMPANY OF LOVERS WHO WOULD
RATHER BE LEFT ALONE.
REPORTER: TWO'S COMPANY, THREE'S A CROWD.
INTERVIEWEE: TWO'S COMPANY, THREE'S A CROWD, YEAH.
REPORTER: SINGAPORE VERSION: YOU'RE A LAMP POST.
INTERVIEWEE: IN THE INFORMAL CONTEXT, YES.
REPORTER: THE 1,202 PAGE DICTIONARY IS NOW AVAILABLE IN BOOK STORES. IT SITS
ON THE SHELF BESIDES THE MORE FAMOUS LONGMAN AND WEBSTER'S. HERE AT THE
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, STUDENTS SEE THE INCLUSION OF SINGLISH IN
THE DICTIONARY, EVEN AS AN APPENDIX, AS A GOOD IDEA.
INTERVIEWEE #2: I FEEL THAT WHAT THE DICTIONARY HAS MANAGED TO DO IS GIVE US
A SENSE OF CONFIRMATION OF THINGS THAT WE'VE GROWN UP WITH. YOU KNOW, THESE
ARE WORDS THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN USING FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS.
INTERVIEWEE #3: IT'S JUST LIKE BRITISH ENGLISH VERSUS AMERICAN ENGLISH. YOU
HAVE YOUR SLANG, SO HAVE WE. SO IT'S PRETTY NATURAL. YOU DON'T REALLY REALIZE
IT ANYWAY--YEAH.

REPORTER: IN SINGAPORE, THE USE OF SINGLISH IS LOOKED DOWN ON BY SOME AS
NONFORMAL COMMUNICATION THAT SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED. CHANGE WILL COME SLOWLY.
A MONEY CHANGER WILL ALWAYS HANDLE CURRENCY, AND A SALE WILL ALWAYS BE A
SALE. TOM MINTIER, CNN, SINGAPORE.
Chapter 2: Moving Day
REPORTER: IT'S MOVING DAY AT THE HOLLIS HOUSEHOLD. AND FOR HARRIET, IT'S
LAST MINUTE EVERYTHING.
HARRIET HOLLIS: I FORGOT ABOUT THAT.
REPORTER: WHILE THE PROS TACKLE THE HEAVY LIFTING, MOM PACKS UP THE ODDS AND
ENDS. THEN IT'S OFF TO SCHOOL, WHERE HER TWO BOYS SAY THEIR FINAL FAREWELLS.
HENRY HOLLIS: BYE.
TEACHER: BYE; YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME IN ATLANTA, OKAY?
HENRY HOLLIS: OKAY.
TEACHER: BYE.
REPORTER: AT HOME, AMID THE PACKING, THEY READ OVER GOODBYE NOTES FROM
FRIENDS.
HENRY HOLLIS: "DEAR HENRY, I REALLY LIKED YOU. "EVERYBODY WILL MISS YOU WHEN
YOU LEAVE. I LIKE"--
REPORTER: RITUALS SUCH AS THIS ARE IMPORTANT IN HELPING CHILDREN THROUGH
WHAT CAN BE A TRAUMATIC TRANSITION.
HARRIET HOLLIS: WELL, THEY'VE BOTH HAD NIGHTMARES THIS WEEK. THEY'VE BOTH,
"MOM, I HAD A BAD DREAM." SO THEY'VE--I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ANXIOUS. I KNOW
THAT YOU SEE SOME OF THIS.
REPORTER: HENRY, THE OLDEST, HAS MOVED SIX TIMES ALREADY IN HIS YOUNG LIFE.
HENRY HOLLIS: IT'S REALLY HARD TO GO FROM ONE PLACE AND HAVE TO MAKE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT CHANGES LIKE MEETING NEW FRIENDS, AND I HAD JUST STARTED MEETING
FRIENDS HERE.
REPORTER: CHILDREN ARE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE IN A
MOVE. SO IT'S CRUCIAL FOR PARENTS TO LET THEM KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THE FAMILY
WILL GO THROUGH TOGETHER.
HARRIET HOLLIS: WE PRESENT IT TO THEM OF "THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
"AREN'T YOU EXCITED? WE'RE SO THRILLED. "WE'VE GOT A NEW OPPORTUNITY TO GO
TO-- "AND IT'S GONNA BE SUCH AN EXCITING SITUATION FOR OUR ENTIRE FAMILY."
REPORTER: AND SO THEY'RE OFF. IT'S GOODBYE TO THE SMALL TOWN OF CONCORD,
NORTH CAROLINA, AND HELLO TO THEIR NEW HOME IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
HARRIET HOLLIS: ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
CARTER HOLLIS: WHAT?

HARRIET HOLLIS: YOU CAN SEE DOWNTOWN IN FRONT OF YA. LOOK AT THERE.
REPORTER: ROB HOLLIS ARRIVED AHEAD OF THE PACK TO START HIS NEW JOB. HE'S
READY AND WAITING TO GIVE THE BOYS THEIR FIRST LOOK.
ROB HOLLIS: THAT'S HENRY'S ROOM. THIS IS GONNA BE YOUR ROOM.
REPORTER: EXPLORING THE HOUSE AND NEIGHBORHOOD ARE ALSO IMPORTANT STEPS IN
HELPING THE CHILDREN SETTLE IN.
ROB HOLLIS: AND WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN ROOMS
INSTEAD OF SHARING A ROOM, AND MAKING IT A POSITIVE, AND I THINK THEY WERE
PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
REPORTER: USUALLY, THE BIGGEST CONCERNS ON THE MINDS OF CHILDREN ARE MEETING
NEW FRIENDS AND GOING TO A NEW SCHOOL. SO HARRIET MAKES A POINT TO HELP WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL: AND WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
CARTER HOLLIS: CARTER.
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL: CARTER? I'M MISS ALEXANDER. I'M THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL,
AND IT'S SO NICE OF YOU ALL TO COME.
REPORTER: JUST GETTING THE IDEA OF WHERE THINGS ARE HELPS THE CHILDREN.
ROB HOLLIS: THAT'S THE PEACHTREE PLAZA HOTEL, THE BIG TALL CYLINDER.
REPORTER: AND LEARNING THE LAY OF THE LAND CAN BE A FAMILY ADVENTURE, A
BROADENING EXPERIENCE IN A NEW PLACE FULL OF POSSIBILITIES.
Chapter 3: Frank McCourt
REPORTER: MUCH AS THE HUNGER GNAWED AT FRANK McCOURT IN HIS CHILDHOOD, SO TOO
DID THE NEED TO WRITE A MEMOIR SO MANY YEARS LATER. IT IS CALLED ANGELA'S
ASHES, IN MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER.
FRANK MCCOURT: THE WHOLE BOOK, I THINK, IS INVESTED WITH HER SADNESS, AND I
LOOK BACK, AND I FEEL SO GUILTY SOMETIMES, SO SORRY, THAT I DIDN'T TREAT HER
BETTER. BUT I THINK WE ALL, WE ARE ALL IMPATIENT WITH HER. I DIDN'T REALIZE
WHAT SHE SUFFERED, THAT SHE HAD HAD THESE SIX CHILDREN OVER FIVE AND A HALF
YEARS, AND THREE OF THEM DIED IN THAT FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.
REPORTER: McCOURT WRITES OF WHAT HE CALLS A MISERABLE IRISH CHILDHOOD, BEGUN
IN BROOKLYN IN 1931 AND CONTINUED IN THE SLUMS OF LIMERICK, IRELAND, WITH AN
ALCOHOLIC FATHER AND A PIOUS, DEFEATED MOTHER. BUT HIS STORY IS MUCH MORE
THAN THAT. HIS WORDS ARE REAL AND RAW, AND THEY ARE WRITTEN IN THE VOICE OF A
CHILD. THEY TELL A TALE OF SUCH ABJECT POVERTY AND HUNGER THAT AN IRISH WAKE
FOR THE DEAD BECOMES A FEAST FOR A HUNGRY YOUNGSTER.
FRANK MCCOURT: THE WAKE WAS ONE PLACE WHERE YOU COULD--IN IRELAND-- WHERE YOU
COULD GET FOOD, HAM SANDWICHES AND SO ON.

MALACHY MCCOURT: THERE WERE 11 OF OUR CLASSMATES DIED, AND WHICH WE OFTEN
FORGET. BUT THAT DEATH WAS SO OMNIPRESENT, IT BROKE UP THE MONOTONY OF LIFE.
REPORTER: IN ANGELA'S ASHES, FRANK McCOURT SPEAKS OF HIS ENVY WHEN CLASSMATES
GET TIME OFF FROM SCHOOL BECAUSE OF A DEATH IN THE FAMILY AND OF TRYING TO
HELP ONE SCHOOL CHUM SO THAT HE WOULD BE INVITED TO THE WAKE.
FRANK MCCOURT: HIS SISTER WAS DYING. HE ASKED ME AND MY FRIEND BILLY CAMPBELL
IF WE'D GO AROUND THE CORNER TO ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH AND PRAY TO ST. JOSEPH
AND THE VIRGIN MARY THAT HIS SISTER WOULD HANG ON TILL SEPTEMBER SO THAT HE
COULD GET A FEW DAYS OFF FROM SCHOOL.
REPORTER: McCOURT FINDS AN ODD HUMOR IN THE TELLING OF THIS TALE. BUT HE SAYS
IN THE UGLINESS OF THE POVERTY IN WHICH HE GREW UP, HUMOR WAS A SAVING GRACE.
ANGELA'S ASHES HAS BEEN A CONSTANT ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER LIST AND
IS A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD. HOLLYWOOD PRODUCERS
HAVE BOUGHT THE FILM RIGHTS. AT AGE 66, THIS FIRST-TIME AUTHOR SAYS HE
THOUGHT HE'D PUBLISH THIS BOOK AND RETIRE INTO OBSCURITY. INSTEAD, HE'S
WRITING A SEQUEL. MARY ANN McGANN, CNN, NEW YORK.
Chapter 4: Healthy Aging
REPORTER: THIS IS THE FACE OF AGING... AND THIS... AND THIS. RESEARCHERS SAY
THEIR ADVICE ON HOW TO LIVE AND WHAT TO EAT FOR HEALTHY OLD AGE IS NOT MEANT
ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY OLD.
INTERVIEWEE: IF YOU HAVE PROPER NUTRITION AND PROPER ANTIOXIDANT NUTRITION,
LIKE THE ANTIOXIDANT VITAMINS C AND E, EARLY IN LIFE AND THROUGHOUT YOUR
LIFE, THE BENEFITS ARE GREATER THAN IF YOU START IT LATER.
UNITED NATIONS DELEGATE: EXTENDED LONGEVITY BRINGS PROMISE OF A MORE
FULFILLED AND HAPPY LIFE.
REPORTER: SOME OF THE LEADING EXPERTS ON HEALTHY AGING GATHERED AT THE UNITED
NATIONS TO SAY THAT, WHILE MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN, THE TIME FOR MERE STUDY IS
OVER.
INTERVIEWEE #2: WE HAVE THE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION NOW IN TERMS OF OUR
UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NUTRITION AND DISEASE. IT'S TIME TO
ACT ON THAT.
REPORTER: THE RESEARCHERS HOPE TO GET THE ATTENTION OF POLICY MAKERS,
INCLUDING THOSE AT THE U.N. UNITED NATIONS IS WELL KNOWN FOR PROGRAMS LIKE
UNICEF WHICH FOCUS ON THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN. THE RESEARCHERS WHO GATHERED
HERE SAY SUCCESS IN GIVING CHILDREN THE CHANCE TO GROW UP IS BUILDING A TIDAL
WAVE OF ADULTS WHO MAY NEED CARE. THE GRAYING OF THE POPULATION IN THE UNITED
STATES AND OTHER DEVELOPED NATIONS IS ALREADY PUTTING GROWING BURDENS ON
HEALTH CARE AND PENSION SYSTEMS. THE UPHEAVALS ARE A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME
FOR EVERY NATION.
INTERVIEWEE #3: BUT IT IS OCCURRING AT A MUCH HIGHER SPEED IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES THAT IT USED TO HAPPEN IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD. SO WE ARE IN THE
POSITION, AND WE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENTS OF DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES HOW TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE IN THE YEARS TO COME.

REPORTER: SCIENTISTS DO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS. THEY BELIEVE FEWER PEOPLE WILL
HAVE CHRONIC DISABILITIES AND OTHER EXPENSIVE HEALTH PROBLEMS IF THE MESSAGE
OF PREVENTION IS HEEDED. FOR INSTANCE, GERMAN RESEARCHERS ESTIMATE IT COSTS
ABOUT $1,000 A YEAR TO KEEP A PERSON WITH DIABETES HEALTHY BUT TEN TIMES THAT
MUCH IF THE DISEASE GETS OUT OF CONTROL. AND THE NUMBER OF DIABETES PATIENTS
GOES UP WITH AGE.
INTERVIEWEE #4: THE WHOLE POPULATION-- 5% OF THE PEOPLE, DIABETICS. BUT IN
ELDER PATIENTS, WE HAVE MORE THAN 10%-- IN SOME DECADES MORE THAN 20% ARE
DIABETICS, AND THAT MEANS A LOT.
REPORTER: THE RESEARCHERS SAY, DON'T GET DISTRACTED BY CONTROVERSIES SUCH AS
HOW MUCH OF WHICH VITAMINS TO GET. THE OVERALL ADVICE IS CLEAR: EAT MORE
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND LESS FAT.
INTERVIEWEE #2: IT'S VERY EXCITING THAT WE FOUND THIS CONVERGENCE OF DATA.
THAT IS, THE SAME KINDS OF NUTRIENTS THAT PREVENT CANCER ARE EFFECTIVE IN
PREVENTING HEART DISEASE AND OSTEOPOROSIS. THERE'S A TREMENDOUS OVERLAP IN
THEIR BENEFITS. IT'S NOT ONE NUTRIENT, ONE DISEASE.
REPORTER: ALONG WITH NUTRITION, ACTIVITY--SPORTS-- BEGUN AT AN EARLY AGE HAS
LIFELONG BENEFITS. BUT FOR MORE PEOPLE TO SURVIVE AND BE HEALTHY LONGER,
SCIENTISTS SAY A CLOUD QUITE LITERALLY MUST BE CLEARED FROM THE HORIZON.
INTERVIEWEE #5: WE MUST, ABSOLUTELY MUST, REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS WITH REGARD TO
AVOIDANCE AND CESSATION OF SMOKING IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD.
REPORTER: IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE, THEY SAY THE SMOKING-RELATED TOLL WILL
MORE THAN TRIPLE TO TEN MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR. THE MESSAGE FROM SCIENTISTS
IS MORE THAN A BIOLOGICAL COOKBOOK FOR AVOIDING DISEASE. A GERMAN STUDY
SUGGESTS ATTITUDE SEEMS TO BE VITAL TOO. RESEARCHERS COMPARED WHAT DOCTORS
SAID ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THEIR PATIENTS TO WHAT THE PATIENTS SAID ABOUT THEIR
OWN SUBJECTIVE FEELINGS OF HEALTH. ALMOST TWO DECADES LATER, IT TURNED OUT
THAT THE FEELINGS OF PATIENTS HAD MORE TO DO WITH WHO LIVED AND WHO DIDN'T.
INTERVIEWEE #6: IF YOU ARE ILL, A LITTLE BIT, AND YOU FEEL HEALTHY, THEN YOU
WILL BE ACTIVE, AND SO YOU ARE BELONGING TO THE SURVIVORS.
REPORTER: SCIENTISTS SAY HEALTHY AGING IS A LIFELONG PROCESS.
INTERVIEWEE #7: THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT THIS LIFE COURSE
PERSPECTIVE. THE WAY CHILDREN ARE BEING BROUGHT UP WILL BE IMPORTANT. IT IS,
IF YOU WANT TO USE AN ANALOGY, IT'S LIKE YOUR CAPITAL FOR THE REST OF YOUR
LIFE. IT'S YOUR MAIN ASSET.
REPORTER: LIKE SAVING FOR RETIREMENT IN ORDER TO BUILD A STRONG BALANCE, YOU
HAVE TO INVEST WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG. ANDREW HOLTZ, CNN, NEW YORK.
Chapter 5: Britain’s Changing Society
TALK SHOW GUEST: ...BECAUSE I'VE GOT SO MUCH LOVE TO GIVE.
TALK SHOW GUEST #2: OH, SHE USED TO CRY EVERY NIGHT LIKE THAT YOUNG LADY
THERE, CRY AND SOB.
REPORTER: THEY POUR OUT THEIR HEARTS ON DAYTIME TALK SHOWS.

PRIME MINISTER, TONY BLAIR: SHE WAS A WONDERFUL AND A WARM HUMAN BEING.
THOUGH HER OWN LIFE WAS--
REPORTER: THEIR POLITICIANS PRACTICALLY WEEP IN PUBLIC. THEY EVEN HAVE
CHEERLEADERS AT RUGBY MATCHES. FEW CAN HELP BUT NOTICE THAT BRITAIN'S STIFF
UPPER LIP... IS GIVING WAY TO A QUIVERING LOWER ONE IN PURE AMERICAN-STYLE
EMOTIONALISM.
INTERVIEWEE: I THINK THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT OPRAH WINFREY HAS CHANGED THE
EMOTIONAL CLIMATE OF THE ENTIRE PLANET.
INTERVIEWEE #2: IT WOULD BE SAD IF EVERYONE IN THE WORLD MOVED TO SOME SORT
OF McDONALDSIZATION OF EMOTIONS. I THINK THAT NATIONAL CULTURES ARE STILL
THERE, BUT THEY'RE MUTATING.
REPORTER: ENOUGH SO THAT MANY IN BRITAIN HARDLY SEEM TO RECOGNIZE THEIR
SOCIETY, ONCE SO RENOWNED FOR ITS RESERVE. LIKE CALLERS AT THIS LIVERPOOL
RADIO PHONE-IN.
CALLER: Well, I just think the whole psyche is changing, somehow, over
here in Britain.
VISITING DEEJAY: PAT, CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING? AFTER HAVING WATCHED..
REPORTER: A VISITING BOSTON DEEJAY OVER FOR THE TRIAL OF BRITISH AU PAIR
LOUISE WOODWARD WAS SURPRISED BY THE LEVEL OF EMOTION SHE FOUND AMONG
CALLERS.
VISITING DEEJAY: WE'LL SELL OUR SOUL FOR A WASHER AND DRYER ON THE DATING
GAME, AND MAYBE, IN GREAT BRITAIN, THEY'RE MUCH MORE RESERVED. BUT COMING
OVER HERE, WHAT I SEE IS EXTRAORDINARY EMOTION, POWERFUL, IMPASSIONED.
REPORTER: BE IT A SMALL VILLAGE WEEPING IN A PUB OVER THE FATE OF THEIR
HOMETOWN GIRL IN A U.S. COURTROOM OR AN ENTIRE NATION OPENLY GRIEVING AT THE
LOSS OF ITS PRINCESS, MANY SAY IT IS TELEVISION THAT HAS UNLEASHED BRITISH
FEELINGS.
TALK SHOW HOST; NOW IT'S BECOME ACCEPTABLE. PEOPLE SEE IT ON TELEVISION. IT'S
SPILLED OVER INTO THE MEDIA GENERALLY, INTO NEWSPAPERS, AND PERHAPS
EVERYBODY'S KIND OF MORE AWARE OF "IT'S OKAY TO TALK ABOUT MY DIVORCE OR MY
SEPARATION."
REPORTER: OTHERS SAY BRITAIN'S CHANGING EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPE RESULTS FROM THE
BREAKDOWN OF THE ENGLISH CLASS SYSTEM.
INTERVIEWEE: AS THIS SOCIETY BECOMES SLIGHTLY MORE EGALITARIAN, SLIGHTLY LESS
DIVIDED BY THESE CLASS DIVISIONS, AND AS THE UPPER CLASS LOSES ITS RIGHT TO
DICTATE THE EMOTIONAL TEMPERATURE TO THE WHOLE CULTURE, WE ALL LOOSEN UP A
BIT.
REPORTER: WHATEVER THE CAUSE MAY BE, THE BRITISH NOW SHAMELESSLY WEAR THEIR
HEARTS ON THEIR SLEEVES, OFTEN EVEN OUTDOING THEIR COUSINS ACROSS THE OCEAN.
SIOBHAN DARROW, CNN, LONDON.
Chapter 6: Workplace Communication

REPORTER: TALK IS CHEAP, THE SAYING GOES. BUT LEARNING TO COMMUNICATE CAN BE
EXPENSIVE. THERE'S A BURGEONING INDUSTRY OF BOOKS, VIDEOS, AND SEMINARS
FOCUSING ON WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION, MOST OF IT DIRECTED AT WOMEN.
INTERVIEWEE: HOW TO BETTER SPEAK TO THE UPPER MANAGEMENT, HOW TO COMMUNICATE
BETTER MY NEEDS, NOT SO MUCH AS A WOMAN BUT AS A BUSINESS PERSON.
INTERVIEWEE #2: I'M MORE THE CREATIVE PERSON, AND THE MEN THAT ARE THE
PARTNERS IN THE FIRM ARE MORE THE ANALYTICAL. SO THAT KIND OF CROSSES THE
GENDER LINES AS WELL AS THE RIGHT BRAIN, LEFT BRAIN.
REPORTER: CARMEN DUBROC, PRESIDENT OF WOMANSPEAK, RUNS COMMUNICATION
WORKSHOPS AT CORPORATIONS. THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT MEN HAVE WHEN THEY ASK
ME TO GIVE A SEMINAR AT THEIR COMPANY IS TO TRY TO HELP WOMEN NOT TAKE THINGS
SO PERSONALLY ON THE JOB. DEBORAH TANNEN, A GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
AND AUTHOR, SAYS THE WAY WOMEN FEEL ABOUT CRITICISM HAS MORE TO DO WITH STYLE
THAN EMOTION.
DEBORAH TANNEN: IF A WOMAN IS GIVEN CRITICISM IN A VERY DIRECT, BLUNT WAY,
SHE MAY FEEL MORE HURT THAN A MAN WOULD IN THE SAME SITUATION, BECAUSE SHE'S
EXPECTING IT TO SOMEHOW BE BUFFERED IN THE WAY THAT SHE WOULD BUFFER IT IF
SHE WERE THE ONE PRESENTING THE CRITICISM.
REPORTER: IT'S GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT WOMEN ARE BETTER COMMUNICATORS THAN
MEN. SO WHY ARE SO MANY COMMUNICATION TRAINING TOOLS LIKE THIS SEMINAR
DIRECTED AT WOMEN? THAT'S BECAUSE EXPERTS SAY THE RULES FOR WORKPLACE
INTERACTION WERE ESTABLISHED LONG BEFORE WOMEN GOT THERE. COMMUNICATIONS
TRAINER SUSAN CARNEHAN SAYS WOMEN NEED TO CHANGE THEIR STYLE ONLY IF IT
DOESN'T JIVE WITH HIGHER-UPS.
SUSAN CARNEHAN: WHO'S PROBLEM IS IT, REALLY? IF YOU THINK YOU'RE ASSERTIVE
BUT YOUR BOSS THINKS YOU'RE AGGRESSIVE, WHOSE PERCEPTION AFFECTS YOUR CAREER
THE MOST?
REPORTER: BUT SOMETIMES, EXPLAINING RATHER THAN CHANGING BRINGS THE BEST
RESULT. IN HER RESEARCH, TANNEN FOUND THAT MALE BOSSES SOMETIMES INTERPRET
FEMALE SPEECH PATTERNS, LIKE SAYING "I'M SORRY," AS SIGNS OF WEAKNESS.
DEBORAH TANNEN: FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MIGHT SAY, "WHEN I SAY I'M SORRY, IT'S NOT
AN APOLOGY; IT MEANS I'M SORRY THAT HAPPENED." AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO
STOP SAYING "I'M SORRY." IT DOES MAKE YOU A NICER PERSON.
REPORTER: AND WHILE GENDER IS JUST ONE FACTOR IN DETERMINING THE SUCCESS OR
FAILURE OF COMMUNICATING ON THE JOB, IT'S ONE EXPERTS SAY WE SHOULD ALL HEAR
A WORD ABOUT. JEANINE SHARELL, CNN, NEW YORK.
Chapter 7: Romance Survey in Japan
REPORTER: THE PURSUIT OF LOVE KNOWS NO BOUNDS, ESPECIALLY ON VALENTINE'S DAY.
IN JAPAN, WOMEN ARE OBLIGATED TO BUY SWEETS FOR NOT ONLY THEIR SWEETS BUT FOR
MALE COLLEAGUES AS WELL. SO WHEN IT COMES TO ROMANCE, CUPID PRETTY OFTEN IS
OFF THE MARK.
TRANSLATOR FOR INTERVIEWEE: I GUESS, OVERALL, MOST OF US ARE NOT ROMANTIC.

TRANSLATOR FOR INTERVIEWEE #2: I DON'T THINK MEN ARE ROMANTIC AT ALL.
INTERVIEWEE #3: I THINK THAT JAPANESE PEOPLE ARE NOT ROMANTIC.
REPORTER: THE LACK OF ROMANCE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS JAPANESE MEN
AND WOMEN HAVE ABOUT EACH OTHER. IN A RECENT SURVEY BY HARLEQUIN PUBLISHING--
AS IN ROMANCE NOVELS-- MEN IN 19 COUNTRIES WERE ASKED TO RATE THE ROMANCE
LEVEL OF WOMEN. THE RESULT: JAPANESE WOMEN RANKED THE WORST. WHY? WELL, FOR
ONE, THE MEN SAY THEY SELDOM HEAR THE "L" WORD, AND WHEN THE SURVEY ASKED IF
THEY COULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN, WOULD THEY MARRY THE SAME PERSON? 25% OF THE
JAPANESE MEN SAID "NO WAY," THE HIGHEST OF THOSE SURVEYED.
TRANSLATOR FOR INTERVIEWEE #4: I WOULDN'T GET MARRIED WITH THE SAME PERSON. I
THINK I'D BE BETTER OFF WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
REPORTER: HOLD ON, THOUGH. THIS IS NOT A ONE-WAY STREET. TWO YEARS AGO, THE
SAME SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED ON WOMEN. THE CONCLUSION: JAPANESE MEN ARE THE MOST
UNROMANTIC IN THE WORLD. THE PROBLEM MAY HAVE TO DO WITH CULTURE. TO BEGIN
WITH, THE WORD "ROMANTIC" DOESN'T EVEN EXIST IN THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE.
TRANSLATOR FOR INTERVIEWEE #5: I THINK, TO JAPANESE, ROMANCE IS A FANTASY,
AND THEY LEAVE THEIR FANTASY UNTOUCHED, AND WHEN THEY THINK OF THE REALITY,
THEY DON'T INCLUDE THAT ROMANTIC ELEMENT IN THE REAL SIDE.
REPORTER: BUT IF THEY COULD, HOW WOULD THEY EXPRESS THEIR AFFECTION?
TRANSLATOR FOR INTERVIEWEE #6: A PERFECT ROMANTIC DATE FOR ME IS BEING
TOGETHER IN A ROOM, AND THE FEWER THE WORDS SPOKEN, THE MORE ROMANTIC.
REPORTER: SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE ROMANTIC. MAY LEE, CNN, TOKYO.
Chapter 8: Jeans for Everyone
REPORTER: HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT COMPANIES THAT MAKE JEANS HAVE NOTICED THAT
MOST OF US DON'T WANT TO SQUEEZE INTO TIGHT JEANS ANYMORE? AND LEE IS LEADING
THE PACK WITH AN AD CAMPAIGN TO LET WOMEN KNOW THAT THEIR JEANS FIT A WOMAN'S
GENES. AND LEVI'S HAD LAUNCHED A NEW OUTDOOR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN SO THAT
WHILE YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE BUS, YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE NEW, SHAPELIER SHAPE
OF WOMEN WEARING JEANS. ADD TO THAT LIZ CLAIBORNE'S JEANS WITH ROOM TO MOVE,
CALVIN KLEIN'S CLASSIC WOMEN'S FIT, AND DKNY'S DESIGNS THAT DEIFY THE HIPS,
AND YOU'VE GOT A REAL FASHION REVOLUTION HERE.
DKNY REPRESENTATIVE, CATHY LORENZO: TARA IS ONE OF OUR ASSOCIATES, AND SHE'S
GOT ON A PAIR OF JUST THE BASIC FIVE-POCKET JEANS FROM DKNY, AND YOU'LL SEE
SHE'S GOT A NICE LITTLE BODY HERE, AND WHAT'S REAL INTERESTING TO SUPPORT,
IT'S NOT THAT BOY CUT ANYMORE, WHERE WOMEN DON'T HAVE WAISTLINES. THEY DO, OF
SOME SORT, AND THEY'VE GOT CURVES.
INTERVIEWEE: SEEING THE SLIM-FIGURED WOMAN IS NOT WHAT APPLIES TO EVERY
HOUSEHOLD. SO I DO-- I THINK IT'S GOOD. I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT THEY DO THAT.
DR. BERNIE KAHAN: THE IDEA THAT THE CLOTHES WE WEAR AND THE ADVERTISING OF
THE CLOTHES WE WEAR SHOULD FIT HOW WE ARE AND NOT TRY TO FORCE US TO BE
SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WE REALLY ARE. I THINK IT'S A REAL GOOD MESSAGE.

REPORTER: DR. KAHAN, WHO COUNSELS YOUNG WOMEN WITH EATING DISORDERS, SAYS
THAT MEDIA MESSAGES THAT PREACH IT'S IN TO BE THIN ARE DAMAGING.
DR. BERNIE KAHAN: THE MEDIA PORTRAYS A IDEAL FEMALE FORM THAT REALLY IS QUITE
UNDERWEIGHT COMPARED TO WHAT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WOMAN REALLY DOES WEIGH.
REPORTER: BUT MAYBE THIS WOMAN WILL HELP CONVINCE MEDIA MINDS OTHERWISE. MEET
ANNA NICOLE SMITH, THE NEW MODEL AND THE NEW SHAPE FOR SHOWING OFF GUESS
JEANS. SKIN AND BONES, SHE'S NOT.
GEUSS JEANS REPRESENTATIVE, TRACY MURPHY: SHE'S NOT A SKINNY RAIL. WE'RE
TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THE GLITZY, HIGH-FASHION MODEL AND RELATE MORE TO THE
PEOPLE OF AMERICA.
DKNY REPRESENTATIVE, CATHY LORENZO: THE CURVES LOOK GOOD--YES.
REPORTER: AND BODY IMAGE EXPERTS SAY THAT THIS NEW FREEDOM TO BE FASHIONABLE
WITH A LITTLE MORE BODY FAT MAY HELP PEOPLE SET MORE REALISTIC GOALS FOR
THEIR NEW YEAR'S DIET RESOLUTIONS. YOU MAY NOT HAVE TO LOSE AS MUCH AS YOU
THOUGHT IF YOU FIND A PAIR OF JEANS DESIGNED TO MAKE YOUR BODY LOOK GOOD, NOT
SOME SKINNY MODEL. CAROLYN O'NEIL, CNN, ATLANTA.
Chapter 9: Violence in the Media
REPORTER: WHAT MAKES THE TEENAGER TURN TO VIOLENCE? 15-YEAR-OLD JEREMY BARNES
HAS BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE POLICE SEVERAL TIMES FOR FIGHTING. HE SAYS HE
FOUGHT BECAUSE OF HIS FATHER.
JEREMY BARNES: IF YOUR FATHER TELLS YOU YOU'RE A NOTHING, YOU'RE NOTHING,
YOU'RE NEVER GONNA BE NOTHING YOUR WHOLE LIFE, YOU START TO BELIEVE IT, AND
THEN YOU START STAYING, "HEY, I'M GONNA BECOME MYSELF; "I'M GONNA PROVE
MYSELF TO MY FATHER. "I'M GONNA BE A MAN. I'M GONNA DROP THIS SUCKER, YOU
KNOW." IT'S JUST LIKE THAT.
REPORTER: I'M GONNA DO WHAT? DROP?
JEREMY BARNES: I'M GONNA DROP THIS GUY, YOU KNOW. JUST KNOCK HIM OUT, YOU
KNOW. THAT'S WHAT CAUSES VIOLENCE.
REPORTER: MANY ADULTS SEEM TO BELIEVE THE MEDIA IS TO BLAME. BUT JEREMY AND
OTHER KIDS AT THIS TEEN CENTER SAY THE PROBLEM ISN'T ON TV--IT'S AT HOME.
JEREMY BARNES: TV DOESN'T CAUSE VIOLENCE. IT'S BEING WITH SOMEONE OR
SOMETHING AROUND VIOLENCE. IF YOU COME FROM A VIOLENT HOME, OF COURSE YOU'RE
GONNA BE VIOLENT. A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW THAT ARE VIOLENT HAVE GOTTEN IT FROM
THEIR FAMILY. LIKE, THEIR PARENTS BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF 'EM ALL THE TIME, YOU
KNOW. IT'S LIKE PARENTS GET IN AN ARGUMENT AND TAKE IT OUT ON THE KIDS.
REPORTER: THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL SURVEYED 900 TEENAGERS
AROUND THE COUNTRY ABOUT THE CAUSE OF TEEN VIOLENCE. ONLY 20% SAID TEENS
LEARNED IT FROM TELEVISION. 43% SAID TEENS LEARNED IT FROM THEIR PARENTS.
INTERVIEWEE: WE CAN CONTROL VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA, BUT WE CAN'T ALWAYS
NECESSARILY CONTROL THE INFLUENCE OF PARENTS ON KIDS, AND CLEARLY, KIDS SEE
PARENTS AS BEING MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLENCE IN THEIR LIVES.

REPORTER: THE ADVICE FROM THESE TEENAGERS? FIRST OF ALL, THEY SAY REMOVING
VIOLENCE FROM THE MEDIA WON'T REALLY MAKE KIDS LESS VIOLENT.
INTERVIEWEE #2: I DON'T THINK JUST SEEING, LIKE, A GANGSTER RAPPER OR
ANYTHING, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, MAKE YOU WANT TO GO OUT AND
KILL PEOPLE.
REPORTER: INSTEAD, THEY SAY MORE COMMUNITIES SHOULD HAVE TEEN CENTERS LIKE
THIS ONE NEAR ATLANTA.
INTERVIEWEE #3: I JUST GOT BACK FROM LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AND AT THE TIME,
I WAS IN A GANG. I WAS RUNNING WITH SOME WRONG PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING. AND
THEN I COME OUT HERE TO GEORGIA. I FOUND A PLACE WHERE I CAN GO, AND THERE'S
NOT THAT MUCH VIOLENCE OR ANYTHING.
REPORTER: THE RULES OF THE CENTER ARE SIMPLE: YOU GET INTO A FIGHT, THEY KICK
YOU OUT. KIDS COME FOR THE GAMES. BUT MOSTLY, THEY JUST COME TO TALK.
TEEN CENTER COUNSELOR: THAT'S WHY I'M UP HERE. I'M, LIKE, A C.O.A. COUNSELOR
FOR CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS, AND I HELP CHILDREN WITH PROBLEMS THAT I HAD
PROBLEMS. AND SO I, LIKE, WANNA BRING MY HELP ON OTHER PEOPLE.
REPORTER: KIDS CAN'T CONTROL WHAT'S ON TELEVISION OR WHAT THEIR PARENTS DO,
BUT THEY CAN LOOK FOR HELP IN SAFE PLACES. ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN, ATLANTA.
Chapter 10: Ecotourism in Brazil
REPORTER: MORE THAN TEN MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN BRAZIL'S AMAZON JUNGLE, AND
MANY OF THEM RELY ON THE RICHES OF THE FOREST TO SURVIVE. SINCE THE 1970s,
RANCHERS, FARMERS, GOLD MINERS HAVE DESTROYED ABOUT ONE-TENTH OF THE AMAZON.
THOUGH THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT HAS TRIED TO CRACK DOWN ON DEFORESTATION, THE
DESTRUCTION ACCELERATES. INHABITANTS OF THE AMAZON SAY IT'S A QUESTION OF
SURVIVAL.
COMMENTATOR TRANSLATING FOR SILVERIA DESOUZA: MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE EIGHT
CHILDREN, SAYS SILVERIA DeSUZA. WE HAVE TO CLEAR THE JUNGLE TO PLANT CROPS.
REPORTER: EVEN WITH HUNDREDS OF INSPECTORS MONITORING THE AMAZON, IT IS AN
AREA SO VAST, IT'S VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL DEFORESTATION BY FORCE. SO
THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING A DIFFERENT TACTIC.
GUIDE: WHAT WE HAVE HERE MOSTLY IS WHAT WE CALL SECONDARY FOREST, FLOODED
FOREST. ECOTOURISM, SPENDING MILLIONS TO DEVELOP TOURISM CENTERED ON NATURE.
TRANSLATOR FOR INTERVIEWEE: PEOPLE CAN MAKE MONEY FROM THE RAIN FOREST
WITHOUT DESTROYING IT. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF SHOWING THEM HOW.
REPORTER: DEEP IN THE RAIN FOREST IN THE STATE OF AMAZONAS, THE JUNGLE IS
ALREADY ATTRACTING TOURISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
TOURIST: IT'S ALL SO PURE. IT'S SO ABSOLUTELY UNSPOILED. AND I THINK IT'S
AWESOME.
REPORTER: TOURISTS HIRE LOCAL GUIDES TO LEARN ABOUT THE RAIN FOREST AND TO
JOURNEY UP RIVER, WHERE THEY VISIT REMOTE VILLAGES AND BUY HANDICRAFTS MADE
BY THOSE WHO LIVE HERE. THEY STAY AT HOTELS THAT RANGE FROM LUXURIOUS TO

PRIMITIVE, LIKE THIS JUNGLE LODGE BUILT LITERALLY IN THE TREES, HOURS FROM
CIVILIZATION. ALL OF THIS HAS CREATED HUNDREDS OF NEW JOBS AND PUT MONEY IN
THE POCKETS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS.
COMMENTATOR TRANSLATING FOR MARIA OLIVERA: BEFORE, THERE WERE NO JOBS, SAYS
MARIA OLIVERA, A HOTEL MAID. NOW THERE ARE NEW OPPORTUNITIES.
INTERVIEWEE #2: THOSE INVOLVED IN ECOTOURISM ARE NOW LOOKING AT THE RAIN
FOREST DIFFERENTLY. IT IS THE REASON VISITORS ARE HERE SPENDING MONEY.
REPORTER: ECOTOURISM IS RELATIVELY NEW TO BRAZIL. ENVIRONMENTALISTS HOPE
THAT, AS THE INDUSTRY GROWS, CREATING MORE JOBS AND BRINGING MORE MONEY TO
THE AMAZON, FEWER BRAZILIANS WILL FEEL COMPELLED TO CUT, CLEAR, AND BURN THE
WORLD'S LARGEST RAIN FOREST. MARINA MIRABELLA, CNN, RIO DE JANEIRO.