Exercise RC11-12, page CAN YOU understand these people? - English File Studetn's book, pre-intermediate, Oxford

12.10.

One.

Speaker 1: Did you like school?

Speaker 2: I loved school, actually. Um, I think I preferred senior school more than junior school. But yeah, um, lots of friends, lots of sort of sporting activities and things. So yeah, I loved it.

Speaker 1: What were your best and worst subjects?

Speaker 2: My best subject was probably mathematics. Um, I loved mathematics. Um, found I was sort of very capable at it so it was quite easy. Um, I think it's one of those things that's natural. But, um, worst subject, maybe Latin. Never very good at languages even though I use them every day now, but um never very I like languages now but I hated them at school.

Two.

Speaker 1: Did you have a favorite or least favorite teacher at school?

Speaker 2: Um, let me think about that. Yes, I um, liked the French teacher. She was probably, um, my favorite, favorite teacher because, um, she was French and she taught us to speak with a very good French accent.

Speaker 1: Did she inspire you?

Speaker 2: She did and I'm still learning French and go I live in Australia, um, and I go to France every year and I go to French language schools.

Three.

Speaker 1: Do you have a problem making decisions? What about?

Speaker 2: It depends what sort of decision it is. If it's a sort an instant decision, I make pretty good instant decisions, but longer you think about them then I probably decide or try to decide which is the best decision. So instant decisions is better way for me.

Four.

Speaker 1: Do you know any twins? Are they identical?

Speaker 2: Yes. I'm a twin myself. I have a twin brother. And my sister has got twin boys. They're age sixteen and they're not identical. They don't look very similar and they don't have similar personalities either.

Five.

Speaker 1: Who do you think gossips more? Men or women? Why?

Speaker 2: I think stereoty typical stereotypically, uh, people say women gossip more. Um, but I actually think men gossip quite a lot as well. I think I think men gossip more in a factual way, whereas women gossip more maybe in more of a personal emotional way. So maybe in kind of a nasty way than what men do I would say, but I would say that they probably gossip the same or or in a similar way.