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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