What do you do in your free time Talking about activities and hobbies Speaking English everyday

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free time activities

and hobbies in order to do

a survey for her school assignment

evelyn came to the park

on a weekend morning to interview the

people there

watch the video and see what the

citizens

usually do in their free time

hello today is such a nice day isn’t it

yes it’s good to see the sun after

nearly

an entire week of rain

can i know your name please

my name is albert what about you

i’m evelyn nice to meet you

i’m doing a survey for my homework do

you mind if i ask you some questions

of course no problem thank you so much

first how old are you i’m currently 64

turning 65 in a few weeks

all right you’re retired aren’t you

yes i am what do you usually do in your

free time

before i retired i was a chef

i love cooking so i usually help my wife

prepare

meals for the day that’s the activity

that takes up most of my time

do you have any other daily activities

well once in a while i check around the

house to see if there’s anything that

needs to be fixed

maybe a broken light bulb things like

that

i jog around the park every morning

and in the afternoon i take my dog

phillip

out for a walk so what about the

weekends

we have a family reunion every saturday

where my children and grandchildren

spend the entire day at my house

we cook together keep an eye out for the

children

and spend hours talking until it’s late

and the children are all sleepy

that sounds really warm you such a

desirable family

do you have any particular hobbies

it might sound weird for my age but i

really

like traveling whether it’s just a road

trip to the suburbs

a hike or a long vacation to further

destinations i enjoy all of them so

much it’s not weird at all

i think it’s very inspiring who do you

often go on these trips with

with my wife and my family of

but sometimes i go with my friend josh

he’s our neighbor and he also loves

traveling as much as i do

so why do you like traveling so much

i spent my entire youth working to give

my family a comfortable life

i didn’t retire because i couldn’t work

anymore

but because i want to learn to live to

the fullest

i choose traveling since it gives me

beautiful memory and knowledge along the

way

i see i might be old but i’m still

strong enough to go here and there

i don’t want to lie on a bed years later

and blame myself for living a boring

life

traveling tightens the bond between me

and my children

when we all had fun together those are

the moments that i will never forget

that’s amazing all right that’s

everything i need to ask

thank you for your time you’re welcome

good luck with the homework

evelyn hi oh hello lucy

you’re here too yes this park is my

favorite place to come on the weekends

what are you doing here uh i’m just

interviewing some people to do a survey

for my class assignment

really are you finished you can

interview me

that’s great i’m still finding people to

ask

alright since you volunteered we will

start now

what do you usually do in your free time

well typically i practice dancing or

drawing

i also go shopping too but not all the

time

just when i have a reasonable amount of

money to spend

wow dancing you’re on a dance team right

yes sometimes i practice for the team’s

project

but i still do it as a hobby

i started dancing a long time ago

and i love being on stage

so why do you have these hobbies

well of course dancing keeps me stay in

shape

i’m not that tall already so i need a

nice

body i just mentioned the other reason

why i dance

and i draw regularly to practice my

skills of course to stay creative too

great what about shopping

there’s actually no particular reason

for that

i just love going out and looking at

things

it works as a way to help me learn to

look at life from a more optimistic

perspective

you know the shops are always so

colorful

and sometimes i get inspiration for my

drawings after going shopping too

i can see most of your hobbies have

something to do with art

do you wish to have a career in this

field

yes i want to be a fashion designer

now when i think about it i guess that’s

also one of the reasons why i like to

draw

do your parents support you it took some

convincing at first

my parents used to seem quite upset when

i spent too much time drawing

but after we had a serious conversation

about my future

and what i want to pursue they

understood

and later started to support me

that’s amazing i’m so happy for you

alright that’s all the questions i need

to ask

i have to go now thank you so much and

see you later

goodbye evelyn

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good morning good morning

sorry to bother you but i’m doing some

interviews for my homework

can i ask you some questions if you have

time

um yes you can i’m not busy at the

moment

thank you so much can i know your name

and age first

i’m ricky johnson and i’m 35 years old

your occupation i’m a financial manager

seems like very busy work

yes you’re right usually i have to take

care of a lot of things for my company

so i don’t have much time to rest

so can you tell me what you usually do

when you have the chance to take a break

hmm it’s hard to answer since i rarely

take breaks

if i have any free time i’ll just work

more

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i can’t waste a minute the time will

come when i’m not wise enough for work

anymore

i want to live financially comfortably

when i get old

wow you work all the time with no means

of entertainment at

all let me think

well sometimes i play golf

on the weekend cool

how long have you been playing since i

started working for my company about

four years ago i believe

most of the games i went to was for

business purposes however

later i found myself starting to enjoy

that very much

is there anything else that you do

i always try to finish work soon and

come home to help my wife prepared for

dinner

of course with the heavy workload i

can’t do that every day but i try my

best

so i guess you can say that whenever i

have free time i either stay at home to

help with

cleaning work or go out to play golf

you sound like a real family man mr

johnson

i guess i can take that as a compliment

i work hard not just for myself but for

my family too

i just want to give them the best that i

can

that’s indeed a compliment okay i

finished the interview

thank you mr johnson no problem

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