Task 1. People are calling home while they are on vacation. Why does each person call? Circle the correct answer. https://english-practice.net/listening-exercises-a2-travel/ 1. Jill 4. Rachel a. has some news a. has good news b. was in a dangerous situation b. needs help c. wants to ask a favor c. to tell her friend about a health problem 2. Sean 5. Mary a. isn't having a good time a. lost her glasses b. has met someone interesting b. was in an accident c. needs money c. has good news 3. John 6. Margaret a. lost his wallet a. is coming home earlier b. lost his ticket b. is taking a different flight c. will be coming back on time c. doesn't have anything to do
This summer, i flew with my parents to rest in turkey in the ancient city of alanya. there i met a lot of foreigners, and they all spoke different languages that i could not understand. we all the family lived in a hotel. it had a cool pool with warm water and a big, winding hill. and next to it is one very small and shallow, for toddlers. everywhere, wherever i look, large palm trees, fanciful cacti, banana, watermelon, melon plantations and thorns unfamiliar to me grew. the city itself was remembered by my ancient fortress walls, narrow winding streets, houses with tiled roofs emphasized the color of this old city. and walking along these streets and embankment, i imagined that now from the horizon there will be a ship with real, terrible pirates. who are sailing here to hide their looted treasures. the sun in turkey is hot, tender, and the mediterranean sea is salty, blue and immense, and beautiful, large waves are rolling on its shore. in it, when the heat subsided, i bathed and played a lot. in the evening turkey turned into a kaleidoscope of different lights. each hotel played a variety of turkish music, various performances were held for children and adults. and on these warm, romantic evenings, i walked with my father and mother along the embankment and listened to the sound of the sea and looked at the sunset. i really liked my summer and happy holidays in turkey.
i am not really happy with how I spend my time. I would like to pay more attention to their families and loved ones, but because of my work schedule I cannot do so. I work as a cook. I get up at 6 a.m. by 7 a.m. I go to work. The road takes me 40 minutes. At 8 am I start my work, but at 8 PM I am going home. Usually by 9 p.m., I'm home. And so almost every day until Sunday. I have one day off a week. In the output I usually try to spend time with friends and family. Also I would like more time to study foreign languages. I attend English classes once a week because other days I'm busy. So there was my situation in life what we have to work more and not dedicate myself to other things. I would like to travel more, to communicate with different people, so I connected his life with the profession of a translator. I know in the future I will succee
