Describe your favorite place in your house where you can relax.
Speaking cue card with answers(30 cue)
You should say:
1. Where it is
2. What it is like
3. What you enjoy doing there
4. And explain why you feel relaxed at this place.
· I spend most of my time in my house at mainly two places, one is my bedroom and the second is the living room.
· Out of these, I think the bedroom is my favourite.
· There is a balcony attached to my bedroom, which is my favourite place to relax.
· It has an amazing view of the nearby park.
· I always have my morning tea in the balcony.
· Its very calming and refreshing to just stare into the trees in the park, to listen to the chirping of the birds and enjoy a cup of hot cup of tea or coffee.
· I have also decorated my balcony with some flower pots.
· I water the pots every day after the tea.
· It gives a great sense of satisfaction to see the plants growing.
· Sometimes, I also just sit in the balcony and solve crossword puzzles or Sudoku.
· There are no distractions and I can just sit and focus on the puzzles.
· More than anything, I feel relaxed just sitting there and doing nothing.
· I think it gives me time to delve into my inner thoughts and feelings.
· I think about my problems and when I think about them I either find solutions to them or they just start seeming smaller and smaller.
· Many times, when I am not able to sleep, I just open the balcony doors and sit there and stare into night sky.
· Its like a magic place, I go in stressed and come out refreshed.
Part 3 Follow Up Questions
1. Why is it difficult for some people to relax?
I think some people are just wired that way. They imagine the worst possible scenarios during any situation and because of that they find it difficult to relax. People should live in the moment and forget about the past and the future.
2. What are the benefits of doing exercise?
I think firstly it makes us healthier and fit, which in turn makes us confident. Moreover, it is also essential to be mentally healthy as a healthy mind cannot reside in an unhealthy mind.
3. Do people in your country exercise after work?
Not the old generation, but the young generation certainly. That is why, gyms are getting popular day by day. Most of young give physical fitness a huge priority.
4. What is the place where people spend most of their time at home?
Well, technically speaking most people most of their time in the bedrooms as they sleep there, which accounts for at least one fourth of the day. But apart from that, it is the living room, where people just spend time with their family and do activities like watch TV or read books.
5. Do you think there should be classes for training young people and children how to relax?
Definitely. There has been an increase in stress and pressures in life. I think the stress only increases as people grow older, so it would be better to learn deal with stress from a young age.
6. Which is more important, mental relaxation or physical relaxation?
I think both are important in their own ways. I think our body needs to be relaxed for the mind to be relaxes. Whenever, we have any physical discomfort, our mind can’t focus and if we are mentally tired we are bound to make more mistakes and get hurt doing physical work.
