【一起闲话英语】看电视-How much TV do you watch?

Good, Thailand speaker I don't like watching TV that much. I would just spend like one or two hours a week, cause I think it's just a waste of time in just sitting and staring at one box. Shibika, India speaker At home, in India I watch TV a lot. I j

【一起闲话英语】最后悔莫及的事情-Big Regret

Arienne, Norway speaker My one regret... I can't really answer that because I don't really have any regrets. All my life I have basically had a few dreams and my dreams I have basically fulfilled. My first dream was going to the United States on exch

【一起闲话英语】给考生们的建议—Advice for exams

Transcript: Morning, everyone. Quiet, please. OK, Im going to give you some advice to help you prepare for the exams next week. So make notes as Im talking. Are you ready? While you are studying, eat food that gives you energy. Dont be tempted to eat

【一起闲话英语】艰难的情形—Difficult situations

Transcript: A Boy: Mum? Mother: Yes? Boy: You know that Economics exam I had last week? Mother: The one you didnt revise for? Boy: I did revise for it. I was working on it all weekend. Dont you remember? Mother: Oh, yes, I remember. Apart from going

【一起闲话英语】指明方向—Giving directions

Transcript: A. Go straight on. Then take the first left on to Green Street. Walk past the library and its the building next to the library on the left. B. Go straight on. Go past the traffic lights. You will see a shop on the right. Go past that and

【一起闲话英语】学习英语的问题—Problems with My English

Passage Transcript i came from Japan to the United States in nineteen sixty-one. it was long long time ago. that means, Im pretty old. im not a young girl anymore. hehe. and, uh, ah, in nineteen-sixties, early nineteen-sixties Japan was still, uh, in

【一起闲话英语】采访游泳运动员-Interview with a swimmer

Transcript: Interviewer: Hello, Dan. Dan: Hi. Interviewer: Can you tell me about a typical day in your life for the school magazine? Dan: Yeah, sure. Interviewer: So, what time do you get up? Dan: Oh, I get up very early. I get up every day at 5 oclo

【一起闲话英语】最喜爱的餐馆-Favorite Restaurant

Sarah / England speaker My favorite restaurant would have to be a chicken restaurant called Nando's. The menu is predominantly chicken and it's Portuguese style, so it's spicy. You can choose a spice and you can have it in the form of chicken on the

【一起闲话英语】去机场最好的方式-To The Airport

Anita, Taiwan (Taipei) speaker From my city what is the best way to get to the airport? I live in Taipei and the best way to get to the airport is to drive the car but because of traffic is bad, recently I took the bus to the airport and I think that

【一起闲话英语】何时打扮？-Dressing Up

Jeannie, United States speaker I usually dress up for work. If I have a boyfriend who wants to take me out somewhere really nice, then I will put on a nice dress. I've always wanted to go back and relive my prom situation where you got to where very,

【一起闲话英语】你相信有鬼吗？-Ghosts

Adrienne, The United States speaker Do I believe in ghosts? Yes, I think I do. I struggle with it, but I actually think I lived with one time. There were a lot of really strange events happening in this house where I lived and my roommates and I were

【一起闲话英语】你做什么饭最拿手-Cooking

Skip, The United Sates speaker What is something I can cook well? I have two main dishes when I cook for myself or even for friends. One is some version of fried rice - Chahan in Japanese. I have several versions that I can do pretty well, and the ot

【一起闲话英语】你今天穿的什么衣服？-Clothes

Conrad, The United States speaker What am I wearing today? I'm wearing my Japan national soccer jersey. It's not really a jersey. It's more of a polo shirt. I bought it right during the World Cup and I was a proud supporter of Japan's team. Unfortuna

【一起闲话英语】你想成为名人吗？-Celebrity Life

Jeff, Canada speaker Would I like to be a politician, athlete, a movie star or a musician? Oh, that's an easy one. I definitely would like to be a musician. I'd hate to be a politician, and I'd hate to be a movie star, and there's not much difference

【一起闲话英语】你做出过改变吗？-Have you changed?

Ruth, England speaker The same as I did in high school? Definitely not, no! For a start I look a lot older. I look the same in that I wore glasses then and I still wear glasses now but actually more often than not I wear my contact lenses now and I w

【一起闲话英语】自我介绍-Introductions

Hello, my name is Anita and I'm from Taiwan and Taiwan is a very small country and I'm not sure where Taiwan can be considered a country or not. I like Taiwan very well because we have nice food, nice weather, the winter is warm and people are friend

【一起闲话英语】垃圾食品-Junk Food

Anita, Taiwan speaker What junk foods do I eat? I like potato chips, chocolates, candy bars but these days because of diets though I don't usually eat a lot, but of course during the party with my friends we always buy lots and lots of junk food and

【一起闲话英语】关于下雨-Rain

Marion, Ireland speaker Well, in Ireland we always have a lot of rain. It tends to rain for most of the year so I'm quite used to rain, but it's a soft rain, so I quite like the soft rain. I don't like really, really hard rain that stops you from doi

【一起闲话英语】哪里的天气好-Good Weather Spots

Akane, Canada speaker What part of your country has the best weather and the worst weather? Well, I would say that the best part of the country with weather is Vancouver or the West Coast of Canada because they have very mild summers and winters. Tha

【一起闲话英语】极度喜欢的食物-Food Cravings

Eucharia, Ireland speaker A food I always crave, well, now I'm not living in Ireland. I always crave Irish soda bread. My grandmother used to make it when I was a child in a really old-fashioned fire oven and there was nothing like it. It's kind of,