Episode 10 - Sportsman

Sammy shows Julia some photos of him playing different sports. Why is she not impressed?

Transcript

Julia: Hi, Sammy!
Sammy: Hi, Julia.
Julia: What are you doing?
Sammy: I'm using my phone.
Julia: Right. So what are you doing on your phone? Are you writing a romantic SMS message to me?
Sammy: I'm looking at some pictures.
Julia: Oh. Can I see? Have you got some good ones?
Sammy: Sure! Do you want to see some pictures of me doing sports? I'm pretty good.
Julia: Why not?
Sammy: OK. Here's one. That's me playing tennis.
Julia: What?! You're not playing tennis! You're just ...
Sammy: Oh! And this one ... this is me and my dad.
Julia: Oh, yes. And you're playing tennis?
Sammy: What? We're not playing tennis. We're boxing.
Julia: Oh, yes. Right. ... Yes, of course you are. You're boxing. Silly me.
Sammy: Here's another one.
Julia: Oh. It's your sister.
Sammy: That’s right!
Julia: And she's ... I'm sorry, what's she doing?
Sammy: Playing golf!
Julia: She's playing golf?! But where's the ...
Sammy: You're not really into sports, are you?
Julia: I love sports!
Sammy: But you don't really know about sports, do you?
Julia: I know lots about sports, but your photographs ... I mean, this one! Are you playing golf here, too?
Sammy: No, I'm playing badminton! Can't you tell?!
Julia: No!
Sammy: I'll show you another one.
Julia: No. It's OK, really. You don't ...
Sammy: So what about this one? What am I doing in this one?
Julia: I don't know. Playing football for England, probably.
Sammy: Oh, thanks.
Julia: Well?
Sammy: Cricket.
Julia: Really?
Sammy: OK. So what am I doing in this one? What am I doing here?
Julia: Jumping like an idiot?
Sammy: Ha, very funny! No, I'm swimming. My dad and I are having a race.
Julia: Right. But if you're swimming, why are you laughing? I mean, you can't laugh and swim fast.
Sammy: Because I'm winning! Look at my dad. Just look at his face. You can see he's losing. And he knows I'm the best. And look at ...
Julia: No. Sammy, I don't want to see any more. Listen, Sammy. Number one, you're always talking about yourself. And number two, you're always looking at photographs of yourself.
Sammy: And number three?
Julia: Number three, OK. Number three, these aren't sport! They're just stupid games on your computer!
Sammy: No, they're not! They're like ... they're like, you know, real sports.
Julia: How, Sammy? How are these like real sport?
Sammy: You can hurt yourself.
Julia: Hmph.

Task 1: Check your understanding 1
Task 2: Check your understanding 2
Task 3: Present continuous 1
Task 4: Present continuous 2
Task 5: Present continuous questions
Task 6: Present continuous or simple? 1
Task 7: Present continuous or simple? 2
Task 8: Making sentences

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Average: 3.3 (10 votes)

Submitted by FVPrieto on Tue, 23/09/2025 - 20:40

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I don't like taking photos. I hardly have any photos of myself.

Submitted by Safe_Mode on Sun, 30/03/2025 - 18:30

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I don't have a lot of pictures of myself. Usually, I take pictures of something funny or when I need to remember some texts.

Submitted by sawpaing on Fri, 02/08/2024 - 21:31

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My pictures are mostly of my family, girlfriend, friends, nature, and myself. I don't like selfies or taking photos in everyday situations. However, when I travel, I do take a lot of photos of nature and myself.

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Submitted by Superlearner on Wed, 02/08/2023 - 20:52

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If I'm in a good mood, I photograph funny situations with the people around me. I also like take foto nature, cars and pets.

Submitted by Dariusz on Thu, 16/02/2023 - 11:37

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My pictures usually show nature and my son. I don't have many pictures of myself.

Submitted by Ibrahimyousef on Sun, 20/11/2022 - 14:29

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I don't like taking photo.

Submitted by Pawani on Wed, 05/02/2020 - 12:42

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I would like to take selfies, pets, nature and special situation.
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Submitted by TP on Wed, 05/02/2020 - 12:24

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It depends on the situation. Sometimes I take pictures of people including myself. I usually like taking photographs of sceneries of nature.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 10/01/2020 - 06:40

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Hi, I have a question about episode 10. What is the meaning of the following sentence, exactly: "You can hurt yourself."