B1 – Intermediate
Hassan al-Tourky has a fascination for old phones. This is his unusual past-time. He and his children have the same passion for old telephones. They even have a small business for it.
Read the transcript and listen to the audio to find out more about Hassan al-Tourky’s unusual hobby.
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Discussion Questions:
- What are your hobbies? What are your unusual hobbies?
- What thing/things do you collect? Why do you love them?
- If you could collect any old thing what would it be and why?
- What thing do you want to own from a famous person?
- Do you want your children to have the same hobby as you? Why or why not?
- Why is having a hobby important?
2 replies on “A Man Collects Old Phones”
1. I have many hobbies: plaaying guitar, watch tv series, movies, reading, writing, take photos, laughing, playing sports like tennis, golf, footbal… I have not enough time to do all I like!
2 I don´t collect anything. Well, I like collect watches, but the ones I like are too expensive, so I have three medium-class watches.
3 It would be old watches and old cars. I love both of them.
4 Maybe I Paco de Lucia´s guitar. But I don´t interested in famous things.
5 Yes I do. Because if they collect old cars and watchs thtat means they have lot of money…
6 Because a hobby allows you forget your routines for a while and makes you became an expert of something.
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I have not enough time to do all I like!
I haven’t got enough time to do everything I like!