B2 – Upper Intermediate
The term “bucket list” is a list of all the goals and dreams we want to achieve in our lives before we kick the bucket. It can be in a duration of a month, a year, or even a lifetime; depending on the person. Almost everyone makes a bucket list. Some are doable but others are just unachievable. More or less, people make one for some sort of self-fulfillment.
Hear more information about it from the audio below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-200416
Discussion Questions:
- How can having a bucket list be good for you?
- How can having a bucket list be bad for yourself and/or others?
- What items are on your bucket list?
- Do you like planning activities or are you the spontaneous type?
- What really excites you the most in life?
4 replies on “Are Bucket Lists Always a Good Thing?”
1.How can having a bucket list be good for you?
I don´t know, at this moment y dont have a bucket list, but there are activities that I would like to do ever.
2.How can having a bucket list be bad for yourself and/or others?
In my opinion this option isn´t real, because to realiced the things of the list depend the people, and your implication.
3.What items are on your bucket list?
if i had a bucket list, i would like to do many travels to arround the world, for example.
4.Do you like planning activities or are you the spontaneous type?
i´m a crazy girl! I´m spontaneous
5.What really excites you the most in life?
I like it have more time to realise the activities that i really like
Hope you really get to travel the world someday! Thanks for answering our questions about bucket lists. Here are some sentences you can say better:
I don´t know, at this moment y dont have a bucket list, but there are activities that I would like to do ever.
> I don´t know, at this moment, I don’t have a bucket list but there are activities that I would like to do someday.
In my opinion this option isn´t real
,because to realiced the things of the list dependthe people,and your implication.> In my opinion, this option isn´t real because
torealizing the things on your list depends on you and your commitment to doing them.Well done. Keep writing!
How can having a bucket list be good for you?
I think that a bucket list sometimes is good for me because I would have challenges to achieve. For instance, meeting my family who live in Venezuela. We lost contact with them since my mom was a child.
How can having a bucket list be bad for yourself and/or others?
The bucket list will be bad for people because it would limit the way the people live. I agree with the explanation of the article which relates that the bucket list is against the spontaneity.
What items are on your bucket list?
The items of my bucket list are learning korean or japonease language because I’m a fan of their culture. Also writing a novel but this is not gonna happen (most likely. A item that It would get me thrilled is visiting the Prince Edward Island. This Island is where the Anne of Green Gables novel is set.
Do you like planning activities or are you the spontaneous type?
I am usually sponteneous but depending on the activity I need a plan beforehand. For instance, climbing to the top of Teide needs a specific permission from the public administration.
What really excites you the most in life?
What really thrills me is travelling and spending time with friends or meeting new people.
Good job writing your ideas. Look at this sentence and the words you can replace them with to be a bit more accurate:
I agree with the explanation of the article which relates that
thebucket listisagainstthespontaneity.> I agree with the point of the article that states/claims that bucket lists go against spontaneity.
Keep expressing yourself through writing.