Examiner:
S hould people fe e l a du ty to do so m e th in g c o n s tru c tiv e in th e ir fre e tim e ?
Candidate:
No, not necessarily. Everyone deserves som e d o w n tim e . M odern life is s tre s s fu l and he ctic
and so w e need tim e s w h en we let go of o u r re s p o n s ib ilitie s and ju s t do s o m e th in g fun. We
can s t ill d ra w b e n e fits fro m hobbies th a t are not g e n e ra lly con sid ered c o n s tru c tiv e - fo r
exam ple, we can develop o u r a b ilitie s to w o rk in te a m s by doing te a m s p o rts , and we can
increase o u r a tte n tio n spans by rea ding a novel w ith long ch a p te rs !
Examiner:
Do people have m ore free tim e now tha n in th e past?
Candidate:
It's a s tra n g e iro ny th a t a lth o u g h we now have so m any la b o u r-s a v in g devices such
as w a shin g m a c h in e s and d ish w a sh e rs, we fe e l we have less free tim e . M any of my
a cq u a in ta n ce s are alw ays c o m p la in in g th a t they are too busy. B ut a c tu a lly I th in k o u r
a n c e s to rs had less free tim e th a n us. The average w o rk e r ha rdly ever got any tim e o ff and
w o rk e d six o r seven days a w eek.
Tracks 05-09
See pages 6 2 -6 3 fo r text.
Track 10
I'm afra id I d o n 't kno w w h a t 're c re a tio n ' m eans.
Track 11
1
W hen I h e a r m u s ic fro m th e 70s, it re a lly ta k e s m e ba ck. It m a k e s m e fe e l lik e I'm a te e n a g e r a g ain,
th e m e m o rie s are so v ivid . So m a n y th in g s fro m th a t p e rio d o f m y life le ft a la s tin g im p re s s io n on
m e, lik e m e e tin g m y f ir s t g ir lfr ie n d and s ittin g m y A le v e ls in s w e lte rin g h e a t. It's s t ill fre s h in m y
m in d .
2
I can b a re ly r e m e m b e r w h a t I did y e s te rd a y le t a lo n e e v e n ts fro m m y c h ild h o o d . W e ll, ha vin g said
th a t, I have so m e vague m e m o rie s . I r e m e m b e r a te a c h e r I re a lly lik e d c a lle d . . . Oh, th e na m e
e sca p e s m e. B u t she w a s so b r illia n t at e x p la in in g th in g s and w a s re a lly k in d w h e n m y b ro th e r
w a s ta k e n ill. Oh w h a t w a s h e r n a m e? It's on th e tip of m y to n g u e ! A nyw ay, as I s a id , I have a bad
m e m o ry .
3
I ofte n re m in is c e a b o u t th e good old days. You have to be c a re fu l th o u g h because it's easy to get
s e n tim e n ta l and see e v e ry th in g th ro u g h ro s e -tin te d g la sse s. T h in g s w e re n 't p e rfe c t back th e n b u t
you o fte n on ly re m e m b e r th e good tim e s . I love lo o k in g at old p h otos. They re m in d m e of pe op le I'd
long fo rg o tte n a b o u t and th e n it a ll c om e s flo o d in g back, lik e m y old frie n d A lic e w h o passed aw ay ten
y e a rs ago. Can it re a lly be th a t lo ng ? D o e s n 't tim e fly!
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