Speakout Elementary Video Podcast Unit 2 Lifestyle

Speakout Elementary Video Podcast
Unit 2
Lifestyle

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Hi, I’m Finn, I work for the BBC in London as a producer.

I start work at nine thirty and usually finish around six

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What do you do?

I’m a teacher, I teach science at a secondary school.

I’m a receptionist for Camden Council in London.

I’m an English teacher, actually.

I work for the government.

I’m a student.

I’m retired, yes.

I’m a graphic designer.

I teach English in Abu Dhabi.

I’m a student nurse.

Tell me about your daily routine?

I get up at about half past six, grab a cup of tea,

sometimes some cereal,

I catch my bus at about twenty past seven, to Bristol.

Well I get up at about six o’clock,

I don’t have breakfast because I don’t have time,

I jump in my car and go to work.

It takes me about twenty minutes to get to my workplace,

take phone calls, look after the staff that are there

and some of the children, I leave at five,

and get back home about six.

I work from half past eight until three thirty.

At three thirty I finish, I catch the tube home,

then I make some food.

I get into work, always have a meeting in the morning,

and then always help patients wash and change beds.

Normally I go for a walk

and I go to the gym every morning

and go for a swim.

Usually I wake up, make a couple of cups of coffee,

check my email on the computer.

Then I get on my bike and ride to work,

and then work from nine till about four thirty I’m finished.

What do you like about your daily routine?

I like going to work, I enjoy teaching

and I like getting home and relaxing in the evenings.

It changes, it’s always different,

and it’s enjoyable, I enjoy my work.

I like the fact that I’ve got my own free-time now, yes.

My workplace is quite near to me

so I don’t have to travel far,

I love what I’m doing, I love my course.

Well I like to see the people I work with,

I like the students, I like my job,

it’s a very pleasant place to be.

What don’t you like about your daily routine?

I don’t like the rush in the mornings to get the tube.

The worst part is waking up

especially in the winter

when it tends to be dark and cold.

There’s nothing I don’t like about my daily routine.

I’m a very happy person.

Getting up at half past six.

I like everything about what I do now, I enjoy it, yes.

When I’m coming back home,

sometimes it takes longer

because there’s a lot of traffic.

Sometimes it gets very very busy

and sometimes people can be quite angry or upset.