Hello, Lovely, I'm Maria.

And my name is Rory, and we're the host of the IELT Speaking for Success podcast.

The podcast dreams to help you improve your speaking skills as well as your listening skills along the way.

We started this podcast to give you gorgeous grammar and fabulous vocabulary for your high-eyed school.

Your band nine score. Oh Maria, what a lovely outfit. Oh, thank you. I'm going out. Perfect. Let's talk about going out.

Going out, dear listener, yes, when you go out for fun.

You go to a restaurant, you go clubbing, you know, you go to a bar or just like go out for

a walk, you know, a nice, lovely walk.

How often do you go out?

Well, that depends on what you mean.

If you mean just leaving the house, then I think I'm out and about just about every day.

But if you mean going out to socialize, then not that often, unless going to the houses of my friends counts. Where do you usually go?

Well, like I said, it's usually someone's home for a get-together.

I don't think I've ever been one for going to a bar or clubbing or anything like that.

Even when I do go out, I really don't like it.

Have your going out habits changed?

Well, I certainly used to go out in town more often, but that was just because it was the done

thing, so it was more about giving in to peer pressure than any genuine desire to be out

and about.

Nowadays, I'm much more into staying at home or visiting friends in their homes.

Do you always take your mobile phone with you when you go out?

Almost always, yeah.

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