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Episode 03 - What do you like doing?

Julia and Sammy meet again in the park, but this time he has a question for her. Will she say yes or no?

Transcript

Julia: Hi, Sammy.
Sammy: Well, Julia. Are you ... erm
Julia: Am I ...? Am I what?
Sammy: Are you ... OK?
Julia: Yes, Sammy. I'm OK.
Sammy: Yes, but ... I mean ... Are you doing anything tomorrow?
Julia: Why?
Sammy: Sorry, I know, you're probably busy tomorrow. Meeting someone already.
Julia: Yes. Maybe.
Sammy: Oh, I see. Sorry.
Julia: Yes, maybe I'm meeting someone. If he asks me.
Sammy: Great! Julia, would you like to go somewhere with me tomorrow?
Julia: Oh, I don't know, Sammy ... Yes, of course! I'd love to!
Sammy: Great!
Julia: What shall we do?
Sammy: I don't know. What about running?
Julia: Why? I hate running.
Sammy: OK. Well, what do you like doing? Oh, but not ...
Julia and Sammy: Cycling!
Sammy: I don't like cycling.
Julia: Do you like music? We could go to the opera.
Sammy: My dad loves opera. He listens to it all the time ...
Julia: Great, so ...
Sammy: But I can't stand it.
Julia: OK. OK. OK, so no opera. Great.
Sammy: What about sports? There's a football match in the afternoon.
Julia: I don't like football. It's noisy. And boring. Hey, why don't we go to the museum?
Sammy: Museum?
Julia: Oh. I see. 'Museums are boring'.
Sammy: What about the cinema?
Julia: Oh, so don't you want to talk to me?
Sammy: Of course I do!
Julia: But we can't talk in the cinema, Sammy.
Sammy: Oh, of course, you're right. Look, Julia, you don't want to go to the cinema, and you're not interested in watching football ...
Julia: Well, what about you? You don't understand opera. When you go to a museum, you go to sleep. You just want to ... run.
Sammy: Julia!
Julia: Look, Sammy, I'm sorry. I think we're too different. We just don't like the same things.
Sammy: No, I'm sure there's something we both like.
Julia: Yeah?
Sammy: Yeah. Probably ... Erm ... Oh, I know!
Julia: What? ... Of course! Shopping!
Sammy: Shopping?
Julia: I love shopping!
Sammy: Me too!
Julia: I know! We could go to the department store.
Sammy: Yeah, OK! And there's that new bookshop near to that ...
Julia: Yes! I'd like to go ...

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Task 3: Likes and dislikes 1

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Discussion

If you have ever asked someone out, how did you do it?

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Submitted by mirko88 on Wed, 05/06/2019 - 21:54

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Hi. I am going to old part of town, do you want to join me?

Submitted by Cherif on Sat, 11/05/2019 - 12:47

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finally, they found a common hobby maybe a beautiful love story that starts
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Submitted by Rafaela1 on Sun, 05/05/2019 - 12:46

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Fancy a cup of coffee?　( *´꒳`*)੭⁾⁾ If you are not busy, would you like to have some drinks tonight?　( ⸝⸝⸝°_°⸝⸝⸝ ) Do you like art museums? I know a great exhibition around here. Would you like to join me on Saturday next weekend? \(//∇//)
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Submitted by Trần Thành on Sun, 05/05/2019 - 04:33

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I don't understand phrase "Take the lift". Can you explain to me, please? Thanks you.
Hello tranvanthanh141, The phrase 'take the lift' means to choose the lift rather than the stairs in a building. You can 'take the lift' or 'take the stairs'. It's similar to the way we use 'take' with modes of transport: 'take the train', 'take a taxi' etc. ~ Peter The LearnEnglish Team

Submitted by Estudent on Fri, 29/03/2019 - 10:42

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I ask to out and to meet in a point of the city.

Submitted by jedjandro on Wed, 13/03/2019 - 13:26

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I invited my coworker Luciana to go to the cinema and after that we ate pizza. We talked a lot about ours lives, careers and religion. That day I was so nervous, but at time goes by I was calmer and relaxed. It was a incredible day. Now, we have been married for 5 years. So, It worked! :-)
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Submitted by TP on Thu, 07/03/2019 - 13:43

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Yes, I asked her to go to the museum and we went. At the beginning, she seemed to be enjoying but soon I felt that she couldn't stand it for long. (l like history very much.) Once I was looking at a stone inscription and she said "Don't you think that these are boring?" I said " I enjoy trying to read them." Anyway visiting the museum didn't work very well.
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Submitted by Hazem M Atwaa on Thu, 28/02/2019 - 19:46

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would you like to hang out with me?