Improve Your English: English in Everyday Life

MAN:
Uh, I like to play sports. I like to drive my Jeep, um, 
go 
four-wheeling
. Um, I guess mess around with the 
computer, a few things.
INTERVIEWER:
What kind of sports do you like to play?

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MAN:
Uh, I played soccer for about four years. I was a 
goalie. I played lacrosse for two years—I was still goalie. 
I’m very, I have that catlike refl ex even though it doesn’t 
look like it ’cause of my size. Uh, I play a sport called 
wallyball. It’s volleyball and handball mixed in together, 
but instead of playing volleyball outside, it’s indoors in a 
small court, and you can use the wall to bounce the ball 
off of. You just can’t touch the ceiling or you can’t touch 
two walls at the same time and you still use the ground 
to score on. Like, I play with kids my age on one team 
and fi fty-year-old guys on the other team. So far, that, we 
barely ever beat 
’em
, so far, the old guys. 
INTERVIEWER:
So how many people are on a team?
MAN:
Um, it depends on how many people show up that 
night. I mean, it could be three, three on three, it could 
be two on two, it could be, uh, up to three teams of four.
INTERVIEWER:
Do you have, do you play in a league or just 
pickup games
?
MAN:
It’s more of like, I play with my girlfriend’s dad and 
just—it’s more of like people we know throughout, uh, 
businesses and stuff , and friends.
10. MAKING MOVIES
MAN:
Um, when I can manage some time, uh, I always 
have believed in-in, uh, being industrious. I try not to 
limit myself to just nursing or business. I fi nd time to, 
uh, to showcase or act in some movies, if that’s possi-
ble. I also did modeling, uh, in my day, and, uh, and it 
is my aspiration to end up on the big screen one day in 
Hollywood. So this is just a movie that actually, uh, was 
released today. Uh, it’s called 
Th
rough the Fire
. It’s, uh, a 

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