НАДЕЖДА ТОЛЬКО НА ВАС! Read the text "Dream home". Mark describes his dream house.
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Todd: OK, Mark you said that you want to own your own home.
Mark: That would be nice, yes.
Todd: So let's say you can have any home in the world. You can make your dream home, reasonable dream home. OK, what kind of house would you have?
Mark: Well, I don't normally dream of like an enormous mansion, or anything. Just a nice, you know, medium to large size home. I guess almost more importantly for me is to have some land with the house, like I don't like, I wouldn't want my neighbor to be, you know, just three feet away from my house. I'd like to have a little bit of space.
Todd: OK, so assuming you have a big yard and you have this space, you have land, what kind of landscape would you have?
Mark: Well, I grew up in Alabama and I really like the landscape there. It's kind of hilly and lots of trees and lots of pine trees, you know, it’s a deciduous area of America, and lots of lakes so I guess, you know, that kind of setting, like a deciduous you know, lots of trees, lots of lakes, you know, or some water nearby and hills: things like that.
Todd: OK, but actually, what would you want your yard to look like?
Mark: Oh, I see.
Todd: You don't want a lake, right?
Mark: No, no, but, yeah, I don't know, I would want it to be taken care of, but not overly manicured, like I don't want it to be, you know, too much pruning, just, but I wouldn't want it to be completely wild either, so green but not like a just completely perfect square, or anything. I'd like for it to be a little bit, chaotic.
Todd: OK, so what do you want: a big bathroom, small bathroom, big kitchen, small kitchen?
Mark: Big bathrooms, big kitchen. Yeah. The bigger, the better!
Todd: The bigger, the better.
Mark: Yeah.
Todd: Two car garage?
Mark: Sure. That'll be fine. And actually the way the house is decorated, you know, if I'm married, my wife can decorate most of the house but I'd like to have one room that was my room, like that, you know, maybe I could put a small library and lots of books, maybe a pool table but one room that I got to do, you know, my own thing with.
Todd: Yeah, man. You need your territory.
Mark: Yeah, just that one room.
Fill in the gaps:
1. You can make your dream home,
dream home. OK, what kind of house would you have?
2. It's kind of hilly and
and lots of pine trees, you know, it’s a deciduous area of America, and lots of lakes so I guess, you know, that kind of setting, like a deciduous you know, lots of trees, lots of lakes, you know, or some water nearby and hills: things like that.
3. Mark: Big bathrooms, big
. Yeah. The bigger, the better!
Music in my life
I love music. I cannot imagine my life without it. There are days when I can listen to music for hours and I never get bored with it.
I enjoy listening to music. All I need is my smartphone and reliable earbuds. I usually download albums, create playlists and then make sure my phone is fully charged. Then I can walk or take a bus to school while listening to my favourite performers without disturbing people around me.
I like different kinds of music. Usually my choice depends on my mood. Sometimes I listen to classical music (Mozart, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Chopin are my favourite composers) and then there are days when I listen to R&B or New Age or rock music. My friends like rap and hip-hop, so if we meet together we listen to this type of music.
It would have been great to be able to play some musical instrument, but unfortunately I have not learnt to play any. However, I want to try and perhaps one day I will be able to play my favourite pieces.
Перевод
Я люблю музыку. Я не могу представить свою жизнь без нее. Есть дни, когда я могу слушать музыку в течение нескольких часов, и мне никогда это не надоедает.
Мне нравится слушать музыку. Все, что мне нужно - это мой смартфон и надежные наушники. Обычно я загружаю альбомы, создаю плейлисты, а затем проверяю, чтобы мой телефон был полностью заряжен. Тогда я могу гулять или ехать на автобусе в школу, слушая своих любимых исполнителей, не беспокоя окружающих.
Я люблю разную музыку. Обычно мой выбор зависит от настроения. Иногда я слушаю классическую музыку (Моцарт, Вивальди, Бетховен, Шопен - мои любимые композиторы), а есть дни, когда я слушаю R&B или нью-эйдж, или рок-музыку. Мои друзья любят рэп и хип-хоп, поэтому, если мы встречаемся вместе, мы слушаем эту музыку.
Было бы здорово уметь играть на каком-нибудь музыкальном инструменте, но, к сожалению, я не научился играть ни на чем. Тем не менее, я хочу попробовать, и, возможно, однажды я смогу сыграть свои любимые произведения.