Evenings
Do you do the same thing every evening? Do you prefer to spend your evening with family or friends? Do you do the same thing in the evenings as you did when you were a child?
Vocabulary
  • Routine (noun) — a sequence of actions regularly followed.
  • Riveting (adj.) — extremely interesting.
  • By virtue of smth (phrase) - because of, or as a result of
  • Proximity (noun) — the state of being near in space or time.
  • Preference (noun) — the fact that you like something or someone more than another thing or person.
  • Escalate (verb) — to become or make something become greater or more serious.
  • Radically (adv.) — completely or extremely.
  • For starters (phrase) — used to say that something is the first in a list of things.
  • Solo (adj.) — alone; without other people:
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Questions and answers
M: Let's talk about evenings. What do you often do in the evening?

R: It's a pretty set routine to be honest. On Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, I'll go to the gym after school and then hit home, have dinner and go to bed. And Tuesday and Friday are a bit more open, and sometimes I go out or have people around. But more often I'll do work like writing, so, well, either way, it's not terribly riveting, sadly.

M: Do you do the same thing every evening?

R: Well, not exactly the same thing, except just before bed. I'll always brush my teeth, get changed into my jammies and apply moisturizer and then it's lights out.

M: Do you prefer to spend your evening with family or friends?

R: I actually prefer to spend it by myself. So I spend the whole day around people, but if I have to spend it with people, I don't mind which group to be honest. I suppose my friends are more accessible at the moment. So I'd spend it with them. But that's more by virtue of proximity than preference.

M: Do you ever work or study in the evenings?

R: Well, I try not to these days, but it happens sometimes when there's a lot to do. So usually I'll set aside an hour or so for it and no more but it has a hub of escalating still sometimes.

M: What's a popular activity for people in your country in the evenings?
R: I'm not sure. Everything is a bit radically different these days. I say a bit radically different. It is radically different due to the crisis! Though I imagine some people still eat together and evenings watch the local news and have some kind of fun like playing games or going out.

M: Do you do the same thing in the evenings as you did when you were a child?

R: Not quite. There's a lot less homework and walking for starters, I think there's more alone time too, so solo activities are more of a thing.
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