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Dan is an elite swimmer who is interviewed about his typical day. He wakes up very early at 5am to go swimming from 6-8am. After swimming, he has a large breakfast. From 11am-4pm, Dan attends university classes where he studies sports science. He has lunch on campus at 2pm. In the evenings, Dan sometimes goes to the gym or meets friends, and has dinner at 7pm before relaxing and going to bed at 10pm.

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Interwiew With A Summer

Dan is an elite swimmer who is interviewed about his typical day. He wakes up very early at 5am to go swimming from 6-8am. After swimming, he has a large breakfast. From 11am-4pm, Dan attends university classes where he studies sports science. He has lunch on campus at 2pm. In the evenings, Dan sometimes goes to the gym or meets friends, and has dinner at 7pm before relaxing and going to bed at 10pm.

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Listening skills practice: Interview with a swimmer – transcript

Transcript for Interview with a swimmer

Interviewer: Hello, Dan.

Dan: Hi.

Interviewer: Can you tell me about a typical day in your life for the school magazine?

Dan: Yeah, sure.

Interviewer: So, what time do you get up?

Dan: Oh, I get up very early. I get up every day at 5 o’clock and go to the pool. Then I swim from
6 o’clock to 8 o’clock.

Interviewer: You get up at 5 o’clock? Wow, that’s early!

Dan: Yeah. Then at 8 o’clock I have a shower, I get dressed and I have breakfast. I have a big
breakfast: cereals, toast, bacon and eggs and orange juice.

Interviewer: What do you do after breakfast?

Dan: At 11 o’clock I go to university. I’m studying sports science and I have classes from 11
o’clock to 4 o’clock.

Interviewer: When do you have lunch?

Dan: I have lunch at about 2 o’clock at the university.

Interviewer: What do you do after classes?

Dan: Sometimes I go to the gym and sometimes I meet my friends at a café.

Interviewer: What time do you have dinner?

Dan: I have dinner at 7 o’clock, then I watch TV or go online and I usually go to bed at 10 o’clock.

Interviewer: Thanks, Dan. That’s a busy day!


Listening skills practice: Interview with a swimmer – exercises

Listen to the interview with a swimmer and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.

Preparation
Do this exercise before you listen. Write a number (1-5) to put these activities in the normal order in the
day.

…………. Get dressed and have breakfast.

…………. Have classes and lunch.

…………. Have dinner and watch TV.

…………. Wake up and have a shower.

…………. Go to bed.

1. Check your understanding: true or false


Do this exercise while you listen. Circle True or False for these sentences.

1. Dan gets up early. True False

2. He has a small breakfast. True False

3. He’s a student. True False

4. Dan has lunch at home. True False

5. He goes swimming after classes. True False

6. Dan watches TV and goes on the internet before bed. True False
2. Check your understanding: gap fill
Do this exercise while you listen. Fill the gaps with an activity from the box to complete Dan’s diary.

get up! go to university meet friends have lunch

have breakfast have dinner go swimming

1. 5 a.m. _____________________________________________

2. 6 a.m. _____________________________________________

3. 8 a.m. _____________________________________________

4. 11 a.m. _____________________________________________

5. 2 p.m. _____________________________________________

6. 5 p.m. _____________________________________________

7. 7 p.m. _____________________________________________

Discussion

What’s your daily routine like?


What time do you get up?
What time do you start and finish school?
Do you do any activities after school? What do you do?
What time do you go to bed?
Listening skills practice: Interview with a swimmer – answers

Answers to Interview with a swimmer – exercises

Preparation

1. Wake up and have a shower.


4. Have dinner and watch TV.
2. Get dressed and have breakfast.
5. Go to bed.
3. Have classes and lunch.

1. Check your understanding: true or false

1. True 4. False
2. False 5. False
3. True 6. True

2. Check your understanding: gap fill

1. get up!
5. have lunch
2. go swimming
6. meet friends
3. have breakfast
7. have dinner
4. go to university

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