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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