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Hi there and thanks so much for joining me in the speaking section of the course.

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What's going to happen in this lecture is I will give you an example of how to do the student practice

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for part number one.

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So the way that this is designed is that is I'm trying to give you a simulation of what it's like to

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be asked questions by an examiner.

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So in this video, which will proceed forward, you'll, you'll, you'll have an example of what you're

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supposed to do when you're doing the student practice.

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Now, in this video, I'm only going to be answering the first part, which is about your housing.

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This is when you when you're when you do it for yourself, it's a full test.

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So it's a complete 12 questions that you're going to be asked.

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Actually, it's a little bit more than 12 questions that you're going to be asked to do in the student

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practice.

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I'm only going to be answering the first set because I'm just trying to give you a simulation of what

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it's like or what you have to do.

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Now, the purpose of this, of course, is for you to be able to do a self evaluation or to self evaluate

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or or to do an evaluation of your study partner.

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Right.

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So make sure when you're doing this that you are recording yourself or using speech to text software

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to keep a record of what you see it.

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All right.

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So after I finish my sample, then you can go ahead and do practice sets A to E, good luck and have

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a great time doing it.

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We will begin now.

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Where do you live?

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At this very moment, I'm residing with a four person family that has a home located on the northwest

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side of Washington, D.C..

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When I got my scholarship to come and study in the United States, I elected to stay with a stay at

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home family, with a with a home state family, because they would help me with my English a lot.

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It's a beautiful home that has five bedrooms, three bathrooms and a front and back yard that's available

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for relaxation.

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Okay, stop.

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Next question.

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How long have you been living in this place?

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Well, I got my scholarship to come study in the United States in 2017.

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And now it is December of 2019.

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So it's been a little bit over two years at this point.

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In the very beginning, I didn't think it would work out that well because the culture was so different

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from mine.

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But I would have to say it's been a very enjoyable two year so far.

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Next question.

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What don't you like about the place?

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Overall, I'd say I'm pleased with 90% of my current living situation, but one thing that I really,

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really bothers me is that they have pets.

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This family has three dogs, and the dogs have their scent and their their toys all over the home.

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I'm not really a pets kind of person.

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We don't keep pets a lot in my country.

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So this part of the of the of the home really, really bothers me a lot.

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Next question.

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What room is your favorite?

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That's an easy question because I'm in the basement probably 75% of the time.

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The reason why is because they have a large flat to flat screen TV and they have all of the cable channels

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that you could desire.

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When I'm studying English, I normally like to read and have the television on in the background because

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I don't like absolute silence.

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So I would definitely say the basement is where I spend most of my time and I find the most enjoyment.

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Next question.

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Describe the place where you currently live?

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Well, as I said earlier, it's a five bedroom home.

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And what really stands out is this green carpet that they have running throughout the whole house.

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In addition to that green carpet, they have these burgundy, red colored walls.

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So when you're walking in, this home is sort of like being in Christmas and Christmas all year long.

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There's a large kitchen that has an island for people to be able to have their coffee and tea and a

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really long dinner table.

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It's a really great place.

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Can you see yourself living there in the long run?

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Absolutely.

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Absolutely not.

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My current plans are to matriculate to Colorado to start on my master's program in engineering.

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So really, I only have about 4 to 5 months left with this family.

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I'm going to miss them a lot.

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But my reason for being there was just to attain my bachelor's degree.

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I'm almost done with that part of my journey, and so I'll be leaving really, really soon.

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Let's move on to the next question.

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Let's talk about language.

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You're going to have four questions on the topic of language.

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Again, please don't look at the screen and listen carefully.

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Let's begin.

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How many languages can you speak?

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Right now I can hold a conversation in three languages confidently.

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Definitely I can.

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I can speak Twi because this is the local dialect in Ghana and I grew up speaking this language.

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In addition to that, when we're in school, we, we we learn English formally.

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And also English is spoken everywhere around the country because as a former England English colony,

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in addition to those two languages, I also picked up Spanish while I was in high school.

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Do you want to learn another language?

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No.

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Under, no.

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No terms do I want to learn another language.

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I'm pretty burned out on languages at this point.

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It was really, really difficult for me to be able to master master English, even though even though

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I took it growing, even I took it growing up.

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And we speak it everywhere.

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We don't speak it in a formal sense.

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And so I had to learn English formally, and I'm pretty burned out from from learning English.

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So no more languages for me.

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When did you start learning English?

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My English journey began when I was really around five or six years old.

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My parents mainly spoke to me inside of the household, but inside of school we had an English class

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that would help us reinforce some of the English that we that we spoke on the street.

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So from five from five until now, I've had English off and on throughout my life.

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Next question.

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When should children start learning languages?

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As early as possible, in my opinion, is never too early to begin to acquire a new language like English,

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French, Chinese or even Arabic.

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I think that when children are young, their brains can absorb so much, so easily.

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And if parents can get started really, really early on helping them, I think that's that's absolutely

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the best idea for a small child.

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So for me, start at five.

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Now let's go ahead and move on to the next set of questions.

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Let's talk about genes.

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I'm going to ask you four questions about genes.

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Please don't look at the screen.

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Listen to the question and then give your answer to the question.

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Let us begin.

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Do you like wearing jeans?

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Blue jeans.

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Black jeans, red jeans.

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Green jeans.

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They're all my favorite.

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The reason why is because they're so, so comfortable to put on.

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When you have one, a pair of blue jeans, you feel like you can just you for that day.

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You can go in any direction.

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You can relax.

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You can put on a suit jacket and make it a little more formal.

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I love the versatility that a pair of jeans gives you.

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Next question.

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How often do you wear jeans?

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If I could, I would put on a pair of jeans every day of the week.

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That's right.

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Seven days a week I would wear blue jeans.

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However, I'm a I'm a business professional, and there are certain times where I just have to wear

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a suit or wear a pair of slacks.

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But I really love I really love wearing jeans.

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So as it is right now, I wear them maybe two or three days a week.

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Next question.

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Do you spend a lot on jeans?

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Are you kidding me?

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I don't spend very I don't I don't utilize my money on a pair of blue jeans.

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Yes, I love them.

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But I'm not going to use my my my hard earned cash on a pair of blue jeans.

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I'll go down to the the the goodwill and I buy second hand jeans all the time for $5 or $3.

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I do not believe in spending a lot of money on clothes, even if I love even if I love the set of clothes

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like I like I really adore jeans for the last question.

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On what occasions do you wear jeans?

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Most of the time I'll decide to wake up in the morning and grab a pair of jeans if it's a Saturday or

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Sunday.

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Normally on those days I have I don't have any plans and I love to work around my house.

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And so what I have on some blue jeans, they allow for me to be able to do yard work or do housework

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or do work inside the house.

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So it's primarily on the weekend.

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We're moving on to our last set of questions.

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Let's talk about being organized.

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You're going to hear four questions and I want you to not look at the screen.

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Please answer the questions.

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You should be recording yourself or using a speech to text software so that you'll be able to look back

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on what you said.

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Let's start.

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Are you an organized person?

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I would have to answer that in the affirmative.

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I really learned about my time management when I was in middle school, and my parents are really,

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really.

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They really, really are.

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I guess you'd have to say they're anal about being clean and having things in a certain order.

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So I just had that, that, that aspect drilled in me at a very young age.

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I really keep things where they're supposed to be.

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Is it difficult for you to plan for your day?

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Sometimes.

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Sometimes I would have to say it's a challenge to be able to to really think about everything that has

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to be done on a particular Monday or Tuesday.

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The reason why is I sort of reject having to be organized all the time.

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However, when it comes down to it, most of the time I'll put things in order because it helps me to

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get things done.

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But sometimes it is really a challenge.

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Final question.

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I'm sorry.

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Third question.

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What is the advantage of being organized?

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As I just said, getting things done.

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When you don't have when you don't have your life in order, really, you end up missing out on so much

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just because you simply forgot or you just you just really it kind of slipped your mind.

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So the biggest advantage would be getting things done.

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That's what's really, really important in life.

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All right, please stop.

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Next question.

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Do you prefer to be busy during the day or not?

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If you mean.

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If you mean constantly having something to do from dusk till dawn.

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No, I under under no certain terms do I want my entire life absorbed constantly.

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I love being able to go somewhere and sit down and have nothing to do.

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I really, really reject the idea of having to always have my time occupied in some type of task.

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Thank you very much for participating in this speaking practice test.

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The purpose of this is so you can do a self evaluation of what you're doing.