Anita, Taiwan
What is something I wish I had more time to do1? Actually, I'm a member in a band at my university and I spend a lot of time with those members practicing music but I think I would like to have some more time to play music with them because I think to play with, to play music with those members is really interesting.
What is something I wish I had more time to do1? Actually, I'm a member in a band at my university and I spend a lot of time with those members practicing music but I think I would like to have some more time to play music with them because I think to play with, to play music with those members is really interesting.
Al (England): Something
I wish I had more time to do is socialize2 cause
I don't go out3
and meet people as much as I would
like4 to so it would be nice to be a member of a club or join5 a circle of
some kind where I can meet more people, perhaps6
at the weekend.
Barbara (Australia):
Something I really
wish I had more time to do would be study Japanese. At the moment, I'm self-employed7 so I have to work everyday to get enough money8 to make ends meet9 so I don't really have enough
time for studying Japanese, which is what I would really like to do. You have
to spend a certain amount of time10 each day doing it otherwise11 you won't make any progress. I really wish I had more time to do that.
Mark (Alabama):
I wish I had more
time to read. I enjoy12
reading but I waste13
so much time, whether on14
the internet or at work. I guess14
I shouldn't16 say
that work is a waste of time, but you know, I do so many other things17 and I keep18 so busy, I never have time to read and
it's the one thing that I usually wind up regretting19. Many times I think, "Ah, I really need to read
more."
Ruth (England):
There are many things
that I wish I had more time to do but probably
the main one20 is I wish I had more time to spend outside
looking at the beauty of nature21
cause we tend to spend a lot of time inside at work and I don't think I wish I
had more time for things like watching TV or anything like that22 because I think that's quite boring23
really. I think I would like to spend more time outside.
Simon (Canada):
I wish I had more
time to just hang out with friends24,
you know, not only me but also friends don't have a lot of free time but since it's summer now25
it would be great that if three days a week I could just hang out and have a barbecue26 with my
friends
Vocabulary
1.
I wish I had
more time to do = eu desejaria ter mais tempo para fazer
3.
go out = sair
4.
as much as I
would like = tanto quanto eu gostaria
5.
join= juntar-se
a, entrar para
6.
perhaps = talvez
8.
to get enough money = conseguir dinheiro
suficiente
9.
to make ends meet = fazer frente às despesas
11. otherwise = do
contrário
12. enjoy = adorer
13. waste = desperdiçar
14. whether on = seja na
...
15. guess = achar
16. shouldn't = não
deveria
17.
so many other things = tantas outras coisas
18.
keep = manter-se, ficar
20.
probably the main one = provavelmente a
principal
21.
beauty of nature = beleza da natureza
22.
anything like that = qualquer coisa assim
23.
quite boring = bastante entendiante
24.
hang out with friends = sair com amigos
25. since it's summer now = uma vez que (já que) é verão agora
26. barbecue = churrasco