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English Audio Request

darworth
English / Hi
by darworth on Oct. 3, 2015
284 Words / 1 Recordings / 1 Comments
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British English
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Hi, my name is Amit Thompson. I am 16 years ld. I was born in Sheffield in England but I grew up in London. We moved there when I was 2. My dad is English but my mum is of Indian origin. That’s why I have a British surname and an Indian first name. We actually went to Mumbai for the very first time this summer to visit my mother’s side of the family. That was an amazing experience! I go to Kingsbury High School where I’m enrolled in tons of extra curricular activities. For instance, I’m part of the archery team and the chess club. I actually won the school tournament last year, and I was very proud because some of the players were quite talented. I must say I’m a tech addict. My sister calls me a geek because I have volunteered to help other pupils in the computer lab of our school two hours a week. I have three really good friends and we spent most of our free time together testing new programmes on our computers or playing video games online. I don’ play any instruments, but I create my own music on my computer. I’m really into rock music right now and I’ve come up with pretty good stuff; I’m also a huge fan of sci-fi films such as the Star Wars saga and the Hunger Games. And I’m crazy about the series Star Trek and so is my dad, so we watch the episodes over and over again at weekends. We know all the lines by heart. So, sometimes we turn down the volume and act as the characters of the series. We really have a blast then!

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    Hi, my name is Amit Thompson. I am 16 years old.

    I was born in Sheffield in England but I grew up in London. We moved there when I was 2.

    My dad is English but my mum is of Indian origin. That’s why I have a British surname and an Indian first name. We actually went to Mumbai for the very first time this summer to visit my mother’s side of the family. That was an amazing experience!

    I go to Kingsbury High School where I’m enrolled in tons of extracurricular activities. For instance, I’m part of the archery team and the chess club. I actually won the school tournament last year, and I was very proud because some of the players were quite talented.

    I must say I’m a tech addict. My sister calls me a geek because I have volunteered to help other pupils in the computer lab of our school two hours a week.

    I have three really good friends and we spent most of our free time together testing new programs on our computers or playing video games online.

    I don’t play any instruments, but I create my own music on my computer. I’m really into rock music right now and I’ve come up with pretty good stuff. I’m also a huge fan of sci-fi films such as the Star Wars saga and the Hunger Games. And I’m crazy about the series Star Trek and so is my dad, so we watch the episodes over and over again at weekends. We know all the lines by heart. So, sometimes we turn down the volume and act as the characters of the series. We really have a blast then!

Comments

darworth
darworth
Oct. 9, 2015

Thanks very much! that's absolutely brilliant!