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    Do you have your driver’s license? I don’t and as a , I feel a little bit embarrassed about not having my driver’s license. Like most Canadians, when I turned 16 years old, I was really excited to get my driver’s license and as soon as my birthday passed, and I turned 16, I went down to the DMV – the department of motor  – and

    I got my driver’s license. It was really exciting. I had a 6-month learner’s permit and then after that, I did a driving test and got my  license which allowed me to drive for the first time all by myself. It was so cool and I loved the freedom that I had. The  freedom of being able to drive by myself.

    Now, in my  in Canada after 18 months, you can graduate from your novice license to a full driver’s license, however, I never actually did that. I just stuck with my novice license because it was essentially the same thing and I didn’t want to have to take a second driving test.

    Once I left my hometown to go study at university, I actually didn’t drive much where I was living because it was a more  center and I was really into biking at the time. So, I would just very rarely drive my girlfriend’s car around. But I found that I didn’t actually need my own car and I was kind of proud of that, actually. I was saving the environment, I was saving money, I was biking around. It was great and I didn’t need a car.

    So, fast forward 10 or 12 years, and now that I’m 35 years old, I find that I want to drive. Especially when I travel, I would love to be able to rent a car and visit some more  places that require a car. So, last time I was in Canada, I went to go to the driver’s license office, the DMV, to get my driver’s license but because I’m living in Korea, they wouldn’t let me get a driver’s license. They said you’re not a Canadian  and you actually can’t
    get a license unless you’re a Canadian resident. So, now this means that I have to get a driver’s license in Korea and then I will have to get my international driving license as well.

    So, this is my summer plan, and from the research I have done, I’m going to have to go down to the DMV in Korea three times, take a couple of tests, and it’s going to be kind of a   to get my license. Thankfully, they have the testing in English and in Korean, so that will be much easier for me. And I heard that the test is actually quite easy.

    Now, I’m a pretty good driver. I have driven a lot, even though you know I haven’t owned a car. I have driven quite . I drove across the USA and Canada before. So yeah, I have hundreds and hundreds of hours of driving experience. So, I feel  in my driving skill. I think I can get the license easily.

    And, yeah I’m hoping by the end of the summer I will have a Korean and an international driver’s license hanging out in my wallet and I’ll be able to do some road trips shortly.

    So, that’s my summer goal. Getting my driver’s license at 35 years old.

    Script

    AndrewDo you have your driver’s license? don’t and as 35-year-old guy, feel little bit embarrassed about not having my driver’s license. Like most Canadians, when turned 16 years old, was really excited to get my driver’s license and as soon as my birthday passed, and turned 16, went down to the DMV—the Department of Motor Vehicles—and got my driver’s license. It was really exciting. had six-month learner’s permit. And then after that, did driving test and got my novice license, which allowed me to drive for the first time all by myself. It was so cool, and loved the freedom that had. The new-found freedom of being able to drive by myself. 

    Now, in my province in Canada after 18 months, you can graduate from your novice license to full driver’s license, however, never actually did that just stuck with my novice license, because it was essentially the same thing, and didn’t want to have to take second driving test. 

    Once left my hometown to go study at university, actually didn’t drive much where was living because it was more urban center, and was really into biking at the time. So, would just very rarely drive my girlfriend’s car around. But found that didn’t actually need my own car and was kind of proud of that, actually. was saving the environment, was saving money, was biking around. It was great and didn’t need car. 

    So, fast forward 10 or 12 years, and now that I’m 35 years old, find that want to drive. Especially when travel, would love to be able to rent car and visit some more remote places that require car. So, last time was in Canada, went to go to the driver’s license office, the DMV, to get my driver’s license, but because I’m living in Korea, they wouldn’t let me get driver’s license. They said you’re not Canadian resident and you actually can’t get license unless you’re Canadian resident. So, now this means that have to get driver’s license in Korea and then will have to get my international driving license as well. 

    So, this is my summer plan, and from the research have done, I’m going to have to go down to the DMV in Korea three times, take couple of tests, and it’s going to be kind of lengthy process to get my license. Thankfully, they have the testing in English and in Korean, so that will be much easier for me. And heard that the test is actually quite easy. 

    Now, I’m pretty good driver. have driven lot, even though you know, haven’t owned car have driven quite extensively. drove across the USA and Canada before. So yeah, have hundreds and hundreds of hours of driving experience. So, feel confident in my driving skill. think can get the license easily. 

    And yeah, I’m hoping by the end of the summer, will have Korean and an international driver’s license hanging out in my wallet and I’ll be able to do some road trips shortly. 

    So, that’s my summer goal getting my driver’s license at 35 years old.

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    Key expressions
    1. Stick with

    Example sentence: I just stuck with my novice license because it was essentially the same thing…

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    • When I was a kid, I had to take piano lessons and even though I wanted to quit, my mom told me to stick with it. I’m glad I listened to her, now I’m a pretty good player!
    • We should stick with our original plan. If we make any changes now, things could go wrong.
    • She stuck with her abusive boyfriend because she was afraid of what would happen if she tried to leave.

    2. Would love to be able to do [something]

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