English Conversation Where is your hometown LISTEN AND PRACTICE

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so john where are you from

i guess my hometown is not too big

it’s a little town in the countryside in

northampton there are

only ten thousand people there

so it is very quiet in my hometown

i do not really like it wow

there aren’t very many people no it’s

very small

is there anywhere to go in your town

there aren’t very many businesses there

isn’t a shopping mall

there are a lot of grocery stores and

there are a lot of gas stations

but there isn’t much to do there

oh really are there any movie theaters

well there is one movie theater so

that’s a nice thing to do

is the movie theater good or bad

in fact there are many screens in the

theater

there are eight different movies showing

how about at night what do you want to

ask about

what’s fun to do how about at night

is there very much nightlife

yeah there is not so much but there is a

bowling alley

it’s fun to go bowling with friends

there is a bowling alley and a movie

theater

anything more to do there is one

restaurant where you can go for tacos

and burritos

and there’s one more restaurant for

pizza and spaghetti

um that must be boring

but during the daytime you can go to the

park

what’s inside the park there’s a river

that goes through the town

so in the middle of town there’s a river

and there’s a park that goes along both

sides of the river

and at the park there is a tennis court

and a disc golf course

disco golf yeah i like to play disc golf

with my friends

it’s really fun and after we finish

playing disc golf

we usually go to the pizza restaurant

oh i see how about schools are there

very many schools

let’s see no there aren’t very many

there’s only one elementary school

one junior high school and one high

school that’s it

interesting yeah there aren’t very many

schools but the town doesn’t need more

schools because

there aren’t very many people there

i see are there any mountains

no the whole area is a very flat there

are no mountains but there are a lot of

trees

in fact there are trees on my town’s

sign because my town is famous for all

the trees on every street

oh wow sounds like a great city

so harley as i understand you live in

croatia

where are you from what do you like and

dislike about your place

yes i live in croatia in a city named

phula

where is the city actually

it is situated in the austrian peninsula

and it’s the biggest city in

istria it counts a population

of around 60 thousand

and do you like it what i like about

hula is the fact that it’s perfectly

sized

it’s not too big nor too small and it

has

all of the civilization benefits as any

western european city

that’s good though for example

in the area of education and culture

there is a university

a theater a cinema a great number of

galleries

museums libraries there are some

historical sites and so on

then for example in the health area

there is a hospital

a number of private clinics dentist

offices

ambulances and pharmacies and so on

what about places for entertainment

there are places to go such as

restaurants bars

exhibitions concerts especially in the

summer during various festivals

sports gastronomics musicals

dances and theatrical events

wow that sounds interesting

also pula is surrounded by the adriatic

sea

so you can always go to the beach or to

one of the many beaches

to sunbathe or go fishing or sailing

really i really like living near the sea

if you prefer the land you can take a

field trip to the surrounding places

and discover their natural and other

attractions

all together i really love living there

okay you only told me about your

positive sides of living in pula

what about your dislikes well like any

other place there is no perfection

the downside is that we have a huge

traffic problem i would say

especially lately due to some

construction projects

that sounds uncomfortable

so i recommend using public

transportation whenever possible

or simply going on foot some people

might say that pula doesn’t exactly have

a wild nightlife

but i don’t consider it a downside

rather a peaceful alternative to some

other

tourist destinations so that’s it

would you prefer to live somewhere else

to be honest i’m not kind of a city

person

and i am quite fed up with the traffic

jam in the city

so if i were to live somewhere else it

would have to be somewhere off the

beaten track to escape the hustle and

bustle of city life

that way i can be closer to nature and

soak up fresh air every morning

most people in this world do not live in

their home towns

why well i guess the majority of people

feel that there could be

more opportunities outside of their

hometowns and consequently comfort zones

therefore many believe that living in

such a comfortable place

with relatives and friends can be

distracting and too relaxing

on the way of pursuing goals

they might go abroad as well right

yes people not only youth strive to

explore other places and experience

different cultures across the globe

which affects a person’s personality

more

the hometown of the current city why

hometown defines how a person behaves

and the current city defines how a

person wants to change

i think that the hometown has a much

greater impact on a person than the

current city

okay thanks harley

thank you

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