【一起闲话英语】一天当中的大餐与错过的一餐-Big meals and skipped meals

Gareth / England speaker Probably, my biggest meal is dinner. I do skip meals, but that's because of my work schedule; it kind of prevents me from eating lunch until very late in the day. I like to have a big breakfast, so that I can prepare for that

【一起闲话英语】关于运动的最美好回忆-Best Sports Memory

Aiman / Syria speaker My best moment in sports was the last time I was cycling and I was really close to winning that race but I had a puncture and I had to withdraw from that race. But, that was really a great moment for me because I came a really l

【一起闲话英语】好老师具有什么品质？-What Makes a Good Teacher

Cheryl / Guam speaker What makes a good teacher? Well, I think that a good teacher is able to listen well to a student's concerns, answer questions well, explain anything that the student might not understand. I remember my favorite teacher in elemen

【一起闲话英语】最适宜居住的地方-Best Place to Live

Samir, Sweden speaker In my country, in Sweden, of course, I'd have to say my home country, my home city Gothenburg. It's the West Coast, and it has the best beaches, and I think it's the best city because the people are all so polite, and they're no

【一起闲话英语】你喜欢做饭吗？-Do you enjoy cooking?

Santi, Indonesia speaker Yes, I enjoy cooking, especially with my sister because I prepare all the things, but she will wash. That's our agreement, and I like to cook with the simple ingredients, less than five because it will take little time. Tom,

【一起闲话英语】喜欢参加或者观看什么运动？-Sports

Adrienne, The United States speaker What is my favorite sport? My favorite sport to participate in is actually swimming, and I used to do it competitively when I was younger. Now I just do it for fun and for exercise, but my favorite sport to watch i

【一起闲话英语】你喜欢的科目-School Subjects

Arienne, Norway speaker In school, when I was younger, I had a bunch of subjects, but my favorite subjects were maybe language subjects and math. I like numbers and I like learning languages. The subject I was not very good in was history and geograp

【一起闲话英语】最喜爱的音乐-Favorite Music

Jeff, Canada speaker What kind of music do I listen to? I listen to all kinds of music, every genre of music I have and the type of music I listen to depends on the type of mood I'm in, so if it's night time and I want to relax, I listen to classical

【一起闲话英语】喜欢做饭还是打扫卫生- Cooking or Cleaning

Paul / England speaker I prefer cooking because I enjoy the creative aspect of cooking, the idea of bringing together a number of ingredients, and you know, cooking is something that's going to taste good. And for these reasons, I enjoy cooking to cl

【一起闲话英语】孩子是否被宠坏了？-Are Children Spoiled Today?

Tony / Mozambique speaker I would say, maybe children are spoiled, because I remember when I was younger, like we had to work hard if we wanted to get something from our parents. Or even the stories you hear from your parents, they're basically used

【一起闲话英语】是否会养奇特的宠物-Would you like to have an exotic pet?

Mak / Croatia speaker No, I would like to have, you know, pets, like dogs ... well, yeah, dogs. No, not cats. Dogs, because they're just I think friendlier, and I'm used to them since I have two dogs, and they call them German Schnauzers. Sarah / Eng

【一起闲话英语】政治危机还是环境危机？-Politics or the environment?

Sarah / England speaker I am probably more worried about political dangers rather than environmental, mainly because with environmental, you have the option to change what's going to happen to the environment. You can sort of try and change that as m

【一起闲话英语】喜欢自己学还是与他人一起学-Studying alone or in groups

Katia / Mexico speaker I prefer studying alone, because if I have to work on one particular issue, I stay as long as I need to, studying that part. So, I'd rather study by myself. Sunny / Korea speaker I think I prefer studying in groups, because I c

【一起闲话英语】坐飞机时你都干嘛-In Flight

Matthew / U.K. speaker My wife and I like to play cards, backgammon, other games like that. I try and read. I try and watch the movies, but often I just look out the window. Eoin / U.K. speaker When I'm on flight I like to sleep, but unfortunately I

【一起闲话英语】你想投身什么样的商业？-Business Idea

Aki / Japan speaker Maybe, I'd like to do something with trading maybe. I don't want to handle goods, but maybe importing, exporting stuff like in between maybe Japan and the U.S. since I can speak both languages. Import-Export. Helen / Canada speake

【一起闲话英语】在大公司还是小公司工作-Big or Small Company

Chris / England speaker I suppose there are advantages to both, working for a small company, you might have more space and more time to work on projects that you're interested in, but a big company, I suppose, you might think, you have more job secur

【一起闲话英语】你觉得你住的地方让你感到快乐吗？-Happy Place

Anita, Taiwan speaker Am I happy where I live now? I'm really happy where I live now. It's because my apartment is big and it's new. It's very comfortable. I can do whatever I want. The neighborhoods are good the people around is good and it actually

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