 Lesson
28 - Pastimes
Dialogs for everyday use. Short situational dialogs for
students of English as a Foreign (EFL) or Second (ESL)
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Pastimes
Roger: What do you do in your
spare time?
Barry: Oh, nothing special. I read… watch TV… go to the movies.
Roger: Don’t you have any hobbies, like
stamp collecting or things
like that?
Barry: No, I don’t have any hobbies.
How about you?
Roger: I have
just one—photography. It’s expensive, but it’s a lot of fun. |
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Conversation Notes |
- spare time
- Meaning is leisure; extra time; free time.
- nothing special
- Meaning is no particular thing. I read. . . watch TV ...
go to the movies. Notice the rising intonation on the first two elements of
the series.
- stamp collecting
- A compound noun. Therefore the principal stress falls on
the first word.
- How about you
- Meaning is do you have any hobbies? This question How
about you? has the effect of directing the original question back to the
other speaker.
- just
- Meaning is only.
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Source: U.S. State Department |
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