answer: #Person1# compliments Melissa's English because Melissa isn't a native speaker.
documents: #Person1#: Were you born in the U. S. , Melissa? 
  #Person2#: No, I wasn't. I came here in 1992. 
  #Person1#: How old were you? 
  #Person2#: I was seventeen. 
  #Person1#: So, did you go to college right away? 
  #Person2#: No, because my English wasn't very good. I studied English for two years first. 
  #Person1#: Wow, your English is really fluent now. 
  #Person2#: Thanks. Your English is pretty good, too. 
  #Person1#: Yeah, but I was born here! !