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Interviewer: Uh, what do you like to do for fun?
Joe: Uhm, that's a great question. I was just asking myself that the other day. Uhm, I
really enjoy nature, uhm, going for drives, uh, in like, where the fall foliage is, or like hiking up in the
mountains.
Interviewer: Driving and walking?
Joe: Yeah, hiking in the mountains, getting in touch with nature, and uh, I do, I love
going to the movies, and basically the thing I like more than anything else is just sitting
around with folks talking. That's what I like to do.
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Interviewer: And what do you like to do for fun here in New York?
Marsha: Uh, movies, uh, shows, uhm, bars.
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Interviewer: Hi.
Diane: Hi.
Interviewer: What, what's your name?
Diane: Diane.
Interviewer: Diane what?
Diane: I can't tell you that.
Interviewer: That's okay. And what are you doing out here on the street today?
Diane: Uhm, actually going back to work. I was shopping in Saks Fifth Avenue.
Interviewer: What did you go shopping for?
Diane: I didn't really go to buy anything, but I looked around, and I saw a dress that was
on sale, and it caught my eye, so I bought it.
Interviewer: And so you bought it.
Diane: So I bought it.
Interviewer: That's great. And, uh, do you live here in New York?
Diane: Yes I do.
Interviewer: Where do you live?
Diane: I live on 68th Street.
Interviewer: Okay, and what did you say you did? Did you say what you did for a living?
Diane: No, I didn't say what I did. I'm in publishing.
Interviewer: Great.
Diane: Magazine publishing.
Interviewer: And what do you like to do for fun in New York?
Diane: What do I like to do for fun in New York? I like to get out of New York. I like to go
to the country.
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Interviewer: What do you do?
Robin: What do I do? I basically, it's, I'm like a mailman, but I, I carry around a little
computer thing, and I scan freight out, have people sign for it. You know, deliver like all
paperwork, important documents, and stuff like that.
Interviewer: Uh-huh. So what do you have in your box here?
Robin: Oh, in here I have, I have all my building set up. This is how« I walk around with
it, instead of carrying it all. I push a cart.
Interviewer: Uh-huh. What do you like to do for fun?
Robin: Uh, after work, I like to go home, relax, watch a little TV. When payday comes
around on Friday, I like to go out and spend my money, you know, go out dancing or
whatever.
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Cathy: When you live in Manhattan, you leave, every weekend, when you can.
Interviewer: And what are you going to do on your next holiday?
Cathy: I'm not sure. I think on my next holiday I'll probably get married, and I'll be on
my honeymoon.
Interviewer: Congratulations.
Cathy: Well, thank you.
Interviewer: That's wonderful. When are you getting married?
Cathy: Uh, we're planning September next year.
Interviewer: Beautiful. And what do you like to do for fun?
Cathy: I love to hike, I like to camp, I like to jog, I work out.
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Interviewer: What do you like to do for fun?
Mrs. Provenzano: What do I like« Oh, I love the opera. I love the theatre.
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Interviewer: What do you like to do for fun?
Minda: Uh, I like to go to movies, concerts, uh, out to dinner, socialize with friends and family.
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Interviewer: And what do you like to do for fun?
Steven: Swim, swim and be outside. Anything outside.
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Interviewer: Where are you from?
Melisson: New York.
Interviewer: And are you originally from New York as well?
Julie: Yes.
Interviewer: Yes?
Julie: Yes.
Interviewer: And what do you like to do for fun in New York?
Melisson: Hmmm, well I like to go out dancing, and I like to, uh, go to auditions, and I
like to, uhm, go out to eat, and stuff like that.
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Interviewer: Come on over here.
Eric: I grew up in Brooklyn.
Interviewer: That's beautiful. What's, what's your name?
Claire: My name is Claire.
Interviewer: Claire what?
Claire: Needell.
Interviewer: And how do you spell your last name?
Claire: N ± E ± E ± D ± E ± L ± L.
(Eric indistinct)
Interviewer: Would you intro« would you introduce me to your friend?
Claire: This is Eric Tobias.
Interviewer: And what do you do?
Claire: Uhm, I work at Pocketbooks, a publishing company.
Interviewer: Uh-huh, and what do you do, sir?
Eric: I work at Pocketbooks as well.
Interviewer: Great, and are you from New York?
Claire: Yes, I grew up in Westchester County, and I live in Manhattan now.
Interviewer: And do you« are you from New York?
Eric: I grew up in Brooklyn, New York.
Interviewer: All right. And, uh, what do you like to do for fun in New York?
Claire: Oh, God.
Eric: Jeez. That's a good expression "Oh Jeez". Uhm, what do we like to do? Uhm, I don't
know, you might want to go running in Central Park, or bicycle riding, or, uh«
Claire: I don't know. I walk around a lot, go to the movies, eat, drink.
Eric: Mostly eat and drink I think a lot. Eat and drink a lot.
Claire: We spend money. You shop.
Interviewer: When you go shopping, what do you shop for?
Claire and Eric: Clothes.
Interviewer: That's it?
Eric: Yeah, clothes.
Interviewer: That's good. What«
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Interviewer: What do you like to do for fun?
Jill: I don't have fun. I'm a law student, and all I do is study.
Interviewer: Studying, studying.
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Interviewer: Do you like your job?
Erin: I love my job. It¶s great.
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Interviewer: Do you like your job?
Declan: I do. I love it.
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Interviewer: Do you like your job?
Pamela: Oh yes, I do like my job.
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Interviewer: Do you like your job?
Shari: I hate it!