新东方商务英语BEC中级口语精选讲义(五)
2008-09-03来源:
2 Job Satisfaction
2 Interesting & challenging
Traveling opportunity
Training (career development)
Financial benefits
Free Time
Do you have much free time?
How do you spend your free time?
What do you do in your free time?
What's your hobby?
Why do you like…?
Is there any particular reason why you enjoy…?
When did you first take up / start…
(Why did you start then?)
2 Particular reason
2 Cultivate a hobby
2 It's never too late to take a hobby.
---Churchill
2 Outdoor activities:
Sports: tennis / golf / baseball / attend the gym / fitness center
u Work out=exercise
2 Recharge the battery:
Attend a training course
Read various books, for example…
2 Chat online
Watch TV
(passive viewer) TV=one-eyed monster
ads (advertisement advert)
u Commercial
u Teleplay
u Educational programs
u Amusement programs
2 Music: classical / light/ pop / jazz / blues
folk
2 Fine arts
Abstract painting / oil painting
u I am fond of traveling. Traveling is a good way of learning and a good way of communicating with other people.
u No, I don't have much free time, because so many wonderful courses are fixed.
u I prefer doing exercises, (most of time) I'd like to attend the gym or go to the fitness centers. If time is enough, I'll read various books.