英语中级口语lesson 22[1]

Tell Us About Your Hobbies

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JOHN: What I like most, I suppose, is the fact that it's so unusual. I mean, when I

tell people what I do,they just look at me usually as if I'm mad.Maybe I am,

anyway what I do is this. I get up about a quarter past six every morning.

I leave my wife in bed because she's not as mad as me - and I put my trunks

on under under tracksuit and drive down to

the park with my clothes in a case. It only takes about five minutes .because

there's no traffic of course at that time in the morning. So, when I get there

I leave the car in the car park and run round a bit.I usually run for about ten

minutes till I'm nice and warm, then comes the interesting bit. I run over to

the car,get my case and then over to the pool. I take my tracksuit off and -in

I jump. It's pretty cold I can tell you especially in the middle of winter-but

I do a coupte of quick lengths and then I climb out, get changed and drive

home, I just get back in time for breakfast - and I normally feel I've earned

it too.

JACK: Well, it's very detailed work you see, but I find it very relaxing. It's

strange I suppose that something like this where you have to concentrate a

lot can be relaxing

ing, but you see in my job I'm always making decisions and telling people what

to do but I never actuplly see what I've done. This is completely different.

You see, here I'm actually making something myself. I start with a kite,

usually it's got all the basic materials in it. Then you have to cut out all

the shapes from the wood and stick them together. When you've made the frame,

the wings and the fuselage, that is, you cover them with special paper and

paint. Of course if it's going

to fly properly, everything has to be properly balanced, you know.. I must say

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