Hello, hello, dear listener and welcome into ILD Speaking Part 2.

Today, the topic for you is describe a popular place for sports.

For example, a stadium that you've been to.

You should say where it is, when you went there, what you did there, and explain how you felt about this place.

Rory, give us your story.

Well, I don't play or do a lot of sport, so I'm not exactly O'Fey with all the various places

people go to and do things like that. But one place that does stand out in my mind is my local

gym. It's just a short walk from my house, maybe 15 minutes along the road near the center of the

city. I go there with my friend Sean every Thursday morning, even though it's early when we go

like 7 o'clock in the morning. It still seems pretty well frequented, at least from what I can

see. You can always see people on both floors operating the various

machines. I suppose the closest sport it's related to is probably weightlifting and you can

definitely see people who clearly do that as a hobby. It's not really a hobby for me. I just like

the company. But I usually just do the same things as most of the more regular Jim Gores.

We use the various machines like the lad pull-down machine, which is like a bar suspended overhead on a cable that you have to, well, pull down while it's attached to various weights.

We also use free weights like barbells and dumbbells, though I have a set at home, so I just tend to use the heavier ones at the gym that I don't have regular access to.

I've never used the treadmills there since I don't like running, but it's certainly an option if I get bored in the future,

and lots of people who are obviously not bored by it seem to be using them quite frequently.

When it comes to my personal feelings about the place, I suppose it's nice to have the option of going there,

but I'm more in it for the socialising than anything else.

If it wasn't there, I suppose I'd have fewer opportunities to hang out with my pals,

but I don't think I'd be too cut up about it.

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