A New Hobby
Normally, when you get a listening ‘exercise’ from Bite Sized English, I try to provide you with the text of what I’ve said. Today, I’m going to try something different. Here, you can hear me speaking about a new hobby that my wife and I have, and there are some questions at the end. But, it’s different from the regular listening exercises here, because you don’t have the text to compare with if you don’t understand me.
How much of what I say can you understand? Did you try listening more than once? Remember: if you answer these–or the questions in the listening activity–in the comments section, I’ll be glad to correct your English.
March 21st, 2009 at 21:22
That is very good idea…
March 21st, 2009 at 23:45
Hey good luck for your new hobby…
I tried to teach myself some kind of music enstrument like you. For example I tried to play reed flute by myself but I couldn’t succeed. I tried some different ways to learn it but I couldn’t. In addition I hadn’t someone to help me so I made a decision about going to a course. Than I found a teacher who can help me but it was expensive and I could’t supply than gave up. Now my reed flute is standing in my bedroom looking at me in a sad way.
In my opinion a person can learned what ever he/she wants but learning period depends of his/her skills about it -music,language. And if you know which way to go you can succeed easily. So if you don’t know the way you should take lessons from a good trained person.
March 22nd, 2009 at 08:40
Thanks for the good wishes. I’m still enjoying the piano, though I don’t like the way it sounds when I record myself. I guess I have time.
Some points on your comment: not ‘
enstrument,’ instrument. And you said you tried to play it by yourself. I think you mean you tried to teach yourself. (Play by yourself only means to play when nobody else is there. I’m sure you did that a little.) And where you wrote ‘I couldn’t succeed,’ I know exactly what you mean. . . but I would say ‘it didn’t work’ or ‘but I couldn’t.’ That’s just a ‘feeling diferent, though.’Where you have ’supply,’ I suggest ‘pay.’ And you have ‘than’ where you should have ‘then.’
We’ll see about lessons. . . If I take lessons, well. . . Then I’ll feel like I have to practice to “get my money’s worth.” And I don’t need the extra stress. If I get as good as I can alone, I’ll start looking for help.