【正文】 u usually do in your spare time? ( 5 6 )55. What are your spare time interests? ( 5 6 )As a matter of fact, I have very few spare times these days. My studies are so important to me that I have given up all my other activities. I used to love playing tennis, but now I simply do not have the time.55. What do you usually do in your spare time? ( 7 8 )55. What are your spare time interests? ( 7 8 )Well, these days, surfing on the Internet has been my only interest in leisure time. I have just bought my first puter, and love to look for exciting web sites that I have not known before. Moreover, by means of web cameras I am able to watch what wild animals are doing in many parts of the world. I particularly like to watch the polar bears playing with their cubs. Surfing on the Internet is of course very time consuming, so I don?t really have time for anything else.56. Do you often watch TV? What is your favorite program? ( 5 8 )Yes, I often watch TV. My favorite program is called ?Discovery?. It is not a science fiction but a documentary on real life events and happenings. For example, it had a program on the latest eclipse of the sun that occurred at the end of the year. The program also talks about nature. Last week it explained how some birds have adapted themselves to survive in a desert. 6 57. Do you think watching TV is a waste of time? ( 5 8 )No, I don?t think so. We can learn a lot from watching TV and it is a good way to relax. Soap operas help me to relax, while the documentaries are informative. Lastly, I believe that TV has bee the best source of information these days. For example, it is a fast and convenient way to find out about the latest news from all over the world.b) FRIENDS58. What does friendship mean to you? ( 5 8 )Friendship is of great importance to me because I believe that it lays solid foundation for many of our relationships. Husbands and wives, for example, should be friends. In addition, I need friends to help me when I am in trouble. I know this sound selfish, but I feel that it is one of the reasons why I have friends, and they would not mind me saying so. In turn, my friends know that I will always be available if they turn to me.59. Do you have a lot of friends? ( 5 8 )Yes, I have a lot of friends. Some of them are only casual friends like my friends at work, but I also have some best friends who I have known for many years. I will do anything to help them when they need me, and I know they would do the same for me.60. Do you prefer to be alone or to be with friends? ( 5 6 )I prefer to be alone. Please allow me to explain. I like reading, which takes a lot of my time. Reading to me is a way of studying, so I have to do it alone. I often have to check the meaning of unfamiliar words in my dictionary, which is a slow process taking a lot of time.60. Do you prefer to be alone or to be with friends? ( 5 6 )I prefer to be with my friends. Please allow me to explain. At work I spend most of my time alone in my office. So after work I like the pany of other people. I often invite some of my friends over, and we listen to our favorite music, or just chat the whole evening.60. Do you prefer to be alone or to be with friends? ( 7 8 )It depends. Sometimes I prefer to be alone. For example, after a hard day at work I just want to relax without anybody disturbing me. Those are the times that I might meditate on the meaning of life for example, or just savour some fond memories. On the other hand, sometimes I want to be with my friends. For example, over weekends, I like to go out with them and enjoy their stimulating pany.61. What do you usually do with your friends? ( 5 6 )We do a lot of things together. Visiting net bars is one of them. We go there to play puter games or surf the net to have a chat with young people abroad. We often spend hours there at a time. The other interest we share is to play basketball. We usually challenge another group to play against us.61. What do you usually do with your friends? ( 7 8 )We usually go to the movies. My friends and I like cartoons very much, so we find out in the newspaper where a new cartoon is being showed and go and watch it. In addition, we like to watch a good action movie from time to time. We find the spectacular crashes and explosions very exiting. These movies are from Hong Kong or Hollywood, and have famous actors like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tom Cruise playing in them.c) WEEKENDS62. What do you usually do on weekdays and on weekends? ( 5 6 )On weekdays I go to school. On weekends I like to go out with my friends. We go and visit new shopping malls in the city. Then we would browse around all shops in the malls. Sometimes we sit in a restaurant and have something to drink while we watch the crowds of people go by.62. What do you usually do on weekdays and on weekends? ( 5 6 )On weekdays I go to school. On weekends I like to stay at home. I can easily spend a weekend watching TV and just relaxing. For example, I like the soap operas like ?Friends? and so on. I know the characters in Friends very well by now, some of whom I love and some I hate. I know that some of the plots are silly and overdramatic, but it is good entertainment for relaxation, as I don?t have to think very hard to follow the stories.d) OUTINGS 7 63. What do you usually do when you go out? ( 5 6 )I usually go to the nearest net bar with some of my friends. We spend many hours playing games or surfing the net. In addition, net bars are a great place for social gatherings. There we meet other youngsters and just hang around talking, and generally having a good time.63. What do you usually do when you go out? ( 5 6 )I usually go shopping with my mother. The reason for this is simple. We ladies usually need a lot of clothes to make us look beautiful, so we love to go shopping. Often we don?t actually buy anything, but just go windowshoppin