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Music
Speaker 1: What instrument would you like to play ?
Speaker 2: I would like to play a small wooden instrument called a kalimba, that consists of metal pedals and strings.
Speaker 1: Great what about you, Toi?
Speaker 3: I would like to play bass guitar.
Speaker 2: Shall we talk about our favourite instruments?
Speaker 1: My favourite instrument is drum. I love play drum.
Speaker 2: I would love to play the violin but they’re too expensive, they are too difficult, you need many hours to practice and they’re big and heavy.
Speaker 1: Oh great, as for me I would love to play upright bass bass or double bass I don’t know. It’s quite expensive instrument but big one but sounds amazin. It’s like a drum but with strings.
Speaker 3: My favourite instrument is the bass guitar.
Speaker 1: What kind of music do you like ?
Speaker 3: I like to play electronic dance music.
Speaker 2: My favourite music depends on my mood. To dance, I like pop or soft rock and to study or to relax I like classical music with the sounds of birds, waterfalls and fireplaces.
– Well for me there is no specific type of music that I love I might listen to rock to pop to anything anything that is is you know that sounds like I think sometimes some music depends on the mood if I’m in the Mood of listening to Rock a lot of listen to rock and if feeling relaxed had listened to classical music or opera music
– Is a good way to get relaxed people usually listen to a specific kind of music it depends on their mood are depend on their how they feel in that specific moment
– I also love Indian music is very spiritual it’s very close to my heart I don’t know why but I just love listening to traditional Indian music
– In Greece there is a distinction between the national music and Greek music and most restaurants and tavernas that will always be Greek music and in some of these tavernas and restaurants their loss of the live performance with bands using the famous bouzouki famous traditional music instruments for the Greek music in Greece also there are pubs clubs that have live International Music Rock
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– Well for me there is no specific type of music that I love, I might listen to rock to pop to anything that is… you know… that sounds like, I think, sometimes, some music depends on the mood. If I’m in the mood of listening to Rock a lot, I listen to rock, and if I feel relaxed, I listen to classical music or opera music.
– It is a good way to relax, people usually listen to a specific kind of music, that depends on their mood or how they feel in that specific moment.
– I also love Indian music, it is very spiritual, it’s very close to my heart… I don’t know why… but, I just love listening to traditional Indian music.
– In Greece there is a distinction between the national music and Greek music. In most restaurants and tavernas that will always be Greek music, and in some of these tavernas and restaurants there is lots of live performance with bands using the famous bouzouki famous traditional music instruments. For the Greek music in Greece also there are pubs clubs that have live International Music Rock.
when I want to cool down sometimes I listen to classical music
I like different types of music it depends on the situation when I’m training I listen to rock music
I like Jazz
I can’t stand jazz
as I like very old jazz I like so many kind of music especially music for no particular reason
Rivers
A – There are two rivers in our city. The Rebnitsa is shallow and the Oka is polluted.
J – I am next to The Dneiper. It is probably the biggest river in Ukraine.
G – In Delhi the river is called the Yamuna. It isn’t as polluted as the Ganges.
J – There are hydro-electric stations on the river.
K – There are rivers in Morroco, the biggest is called the Sebou River. I live near the Oum Rabia river.
J – I was born by the sea, I prefer the sea to rivers. I compare everything to the sea.
K – Have you swam in a river before?
J – I don’t like to swim in rivers.
A – I also prefer swimming in the sea but I’m afraid of sharks.
J – The warmer the river, the dirtier it is.
K – Is it true that if the river is warmer, it is dirtier?
The best country
On your travels
S1: Are you travelling now?
S2: I’m currently in Slovenia. I’m travelling and studying at the same time.
S3: I’m not travelling at the moment, because we have problems with the gasoline for cars.
S1: I guess, travel is a great thing for everyone.
S3: I agree that travelling is enjoable. We want to enjoy life, one of the things that makes life enjoyable is travelling.
S2: Travelling is really meaningful , we can learn the culture, language and religion, and we learn to communicate and respect each other.
* We did this transcript the day after the audio. We made a few changes where we thought they were needed.
S1: Alright, so I haven’t been to a lot of places in the world outside Indonesia but I would like to go to New Zealand. It’s, like, the top of my bucket list. But among the places I’ve been to so far I really love Amenete, it’s, like, a tourist city in the north of Indonesia and it has, like, plenty of good beaches and stuff.
S2: I enjoy travelling very much and I live in Sweden and I have travelled a lot in Sweden. In Sweden you can go to the north of the country for skiing, you can go to the seaside for swimming. The water is not as warm as in the Mediterranean or India or Thailand but its perfect. Local tourism with good food and a lot of nature and forests.
* We did this transcript the day after the audio. We made a few changes where we thought they were needed.
We didn’t have time to make a transcript.
Becoming a parent
S1:
When you become a parent, you are getting new experiences like how to deal with the pressure after becoming a parent, but somewhere it is also true that when you become a parent, you get a lot of happy moments too, like you can play with your son and daughter. You can create a lot of beautiful memories with them. I think that becoming a parent is a very good thing and I would like to be a parent in future.
S2:
Being a father is definitely not easy, it has a lot of responsibilities. Despite this it is very interesting and fun, and I am very glad that I became a father and I love my son. He is one year and six months old. He is very active and funny guy.
Hello Mr let’s imagine we are parents what would be the gender of a child
I think it would be a girl
no I already have three daughters please change your opinion
I’m so sorry but I know it’s a girl you know you just know it
ok let me ask you one more question how much how many childs do you want
as long as their daughters I don’t have a problem with the number
S1: John, are you a parent?
S2: Yes, I am.
S1: So, how many children do you have?
S2: I have three daughters. Sonia, Sasha and Lisa.
S1: How old are they?
S2: They are 15, 9 and 8 years old.
S1: Hello everyone, I’m Valter, I have two daughters, one is twelve years old and the other one is eighteen months old. And it is awesome experience…the age gap between the girls is teaching me…is reminding me how things were different, when the older one, Maria-Clara, was LITTLE and things were more difficult so I can enjoy more this first time of her childhood.