Actual English 13 - Childhood Habits

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Actual English

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M: When you were a kid, were you afraid of monsters in the closet or under the bed?

W: I was afraid of monsters. I’m afraid of ghosts, (I) still am.

M: I never had that fear. I do remember that there were some trees outside the window that made a shadow that looked like a scary clown.

W: Oh, I used to be afraid of clowns, too. My parents took me to the circus and this clown came up to me and I started crying. And since then, clowns tend to give off a scary feel to me. They’re not fun at all.

M: Did you have to keep the closet door closed or anything?

W: I don’t think I did, but my mom tended to scan the room before she put me to bed.

M: What about other childhood habits?

W: Oh, I used to bite my fingernails.

M: Do you still?

W: I don’t. No, I think I stopped naturally when I got a little older. Yeah, but that was a bad habit of mine. I also used to walk like a duck. So, I used to have those kinds of habits. I think I’ve dropped them now.

M: I was a very active kid so I kind of walked on the balls of my feet. So I bounced when I walked. But luckily I learned to dance later and then I was very smooth.

W: Oh, what sort of dancing do you do?

M: I taught ballroom and Latin when I was young.

W: Latin dancing. How romantic!

 

• closet: [kloz-it]
• monster: [mon-ster] (legendary animal, creature)
• still: [stil] (up to this or that time, even now)
• scary: [skair-ee] syn. frightening, chilling, shivery (causing fear or alarm)
• I was afraid of ~. I was afraid of the dark / dogs.
• I used to ~. I used to bite my nails. I used to be a dare devil.
• ~ was a bad habit of mine. Thumb-sucking / Teeth-grinding was a bad habit of mine.
• I’ve dropped (the habit of) ~ now. I’ve dropped the habit of nose picking now. I’ve dropped the habit of chewing pen caps now.

 

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(Actual Interview Question: Talk about your sleeping habits.)

 

When I was a child, I cried a lot and I think this is because I was the youngest of two daughters and I was a mama’s girl so I couldn’t be separated from her but at the same time I was also very independent and responsible. When I was hanging out with my friends I was the one to be very cautious, “Oh, be careful” or “I’ll do it for you” so in that sense I was also very independent. I was a tomboy. I loved to play outside with the boys with the girls. I had a lot of kids in my neighborhood so we always hung out, playing kicked ball or we had a forest in the back so we went hiking a lot. And I was generally a really happy kid except for the crying part, when I wasn’t with my mom. But other than that, I was a good kid, too. I liked everything from reading to playing to watching TV and I would say I had a really good childhood. Other habits that I had, I wasn’t a picky eater, I ate everything that my mom gave me, I drank all the milk I was supposed to drink. And I would say I was a good and easy kid for my parents to raise.

When I was a child, I cried a lot. I was also very independent and responsible. When I hung out with my friends I was the one to be very cautious. I wasn’t a picky eater, I ate everything that my mom gave me.