People think its joke that mn m age with college degree is paperboy! But, hey, its great. Im paid good mn - $60,000 year for four hours work day. n top of that I often get $50, week in tips. Not bad! job isnt easy. I get u at 2.00 .m. every day, seven days week. The first newspaper is delivered at 2.30 .m. I finish four hours, 65 miles, and 1,000 newspapers later. I drive red Chevy Blazer and the newspapers are packed into the back.
I love the and quiet in the early morning. Most of the time I have the world to myself. Occasionally, I meet jogger. I usually get back home b 7.00 .m. Then I have the rest of the day to b with m family and do what I want. I have two teenage children and m wife works at the University of Iowa. Som days I coach m kids baseball team, other days I play golf. Im also studying for m masters degree at the moment. I want to b marriage counselor eventually, but Im not in hurry. Im enjoying life too much. Som people think its not much of job but, hey, when theyre sitting in n office, Im playing golf! So I ask u - who has the better life?
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III Listen to the text. r about sport and leisure
Im 85 years old, but Ive always bn interested in keeping fit. Recently, I started doing aerobics. I go n week - n - rm - Thursday morning to the local old peoples day centre. Its really nice there. They run special aerobics class for us. Erm - first thing we do is exercise... for about three quarters of n hour. We go through all the exercises to music. There are between four and eight of us depending n the weather, really. W just wear loose-fitting clothes and comfortable shoes or trainers and, - erm - apart frm the music, and Julianne, ur lovely instructor, we dont need anything else! Im quite good at it now. I n do most of the exercises, although there are n or two that are bit energetic for m at m age - erm - Im n of the oldest - erm - some of the others are just babies of about sixty! Afterwards we ll go for u of tea and piece of cake in the coffee bar. Its really nice morning.
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III Listen to the text. Jenny about sport and leisure
I didnt start skiing until m mid 40s. Now I go n or twice year for two weeks, usually in early spring. I live in London, so I go to ski resorts in Europe - in France, Italy, or Austria. At first it was really difficult, starting in m 40s. I spent most of the time n m bottom! But I was determined to learn so I took some classes. husband thought I was mad - but children said You go for it Mum! so I did and now m husbands taken u skiing, too. I have m own skis, ski poles, and boots and stuff - that I take with m, and of course ll the latest clothes its important to b fashionable n the ski slopes, u know. I have lovely ski suit - I like to look good. Now m instructor says Im very good skier and in fact I vn give lessons to friends - and m husband! If uv never bn skiing, u should try it. , I could give u your first lesson!
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III Listen to the text. Thomas about sport and leisure
I absolutely love football. Im crazy about it. Its the best! I love watching it but I especially enjoy playing it. I m nine years old nd I play for the local team at m schools footba1l pitch. I play matches twice week - n Friday evenings after school and n Sunday mornings. And we also have footba1l coaching Tuesday evenings when we just practice all ur football skills. Its brilliant! Er - we all have special kit - football shirt with number n the back - er - Im number 7, its m lucky number! And we wear shorts, socks and stuff, ll in matching colors and of course our football boots - oh - and we also have to wear shin pads for protection, u know. We have team tracksuit, too - but we only wear this before and after matches and for training. rm - m mum always comes to support us - ven when its raining. mm - m team isnt very good, in fact, we nearly always lose - but we dont care! Er - ur football coach, Martin, says winning doesnt matter its taking part that counts - mmm - mb hes right, but do you know what I think? I think its just fantastic when we win! Yeah.
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