I struck up a conversation with a co-worker the other day who I found out had immigrated from Iran when he was 18. He literally escaped the country on camel-back riding for several days (actually, the traveling was all done at night) through a sand-storm with human smugglers to make it out of Iran several years after the Islamic Revolution.
There's a lot more to the story I heard but the highlight for me was hearing how he learned English. After working all day (and most of the evening) he would come home and watch late-night TV. His favorite and most helpful show in learning English: "The Honeymooners." To this day he loves the show and can't get enough of it.
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