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Sophie's Life

Sophie is a 30-year-old woman. She was born in England, so she is English, but she now lives in Berlin, the capital city of Germany.

Level: A2 · 73 sentences

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1. Sophie is a 30-year-old woman.
2. She was born in England, so she is English, but she now lives in Berlin, the capital city of Germany.
3. Sophie can speak English, German and a bit of Spanish.
4. Last year, Sophie lived in Spain for six months, so she learnt Spanish when she lived there.
5. Sophie works as a teacher in Germany.
6. In the mornings, she works as a technology teacher at an academy.
7. Her students are 16 to 40 years old.
8. She doesn't work with young children.
9. Her students study technology for two years.
10. Their course is two years long.
11. In the evenings, Sophie is a dance teacher at a dance school.
12. She is a really good dancer, so she likes to teach other people to dance.
13. In her dance classes, there are seven students.
14. She says that it is very fun to be a dance teacher.
15. Her favourite style is hip-hop.
16. She says that it is easy, but I think that it is very difficult.
17. One of Sophie's hobbies is dancing, but she has other ones like photography and travelling.
18. Sophie is very good at taking photos.
19. She likes to take pictures of her friends and of her holidays.
20. She puts these photos on Instagram to show her friends and family.
21. She has got two very expensive cameras.
22. She loves travelling and she visits many countries.
23. Her favourite country to visit is Italy.
24. because she loves going to the beaches there, taking photos of the mountains, visiting monuments and eating delicious food.
25. Sophie hasn't got any pets, but she loves animals.
26. She can't have any animals at the moment because she travels a lot.
27. She doesn't want her cat or dog to be sad when she isn't at home.
28. In the future, Sophie wants to have a dog.
29. She loves small dogs, so she will take her dog on holiday with her.
30. Sophie also loves fashion.
31. She is always wearing nice clothes.
32. She likes to wear different colours like pink, blue or green.
33. I think that these colours are very fun.
34. She doesn't like to wear black, grey or white clothes because she thinks that they are boring.
35. Sophie's parents and all her family live in England.
36. She visits them at Christmas, Easter and in the summer.
37. She likes to visit England but she doesn't want to live there.
38. She says that in the future she will live in other countries like Italy, Greece or Portugal because she loves these countries.
39. Sophie doesn't like the cold weather in England.
40. She doesn't like the rain or the grey sky.
41. Germany has similar weather to England, so she says that she doesn't want to live there in the future.
42. She wants to live in a place that is sunny and warm, not cold and rainy.
43. At the moment, she is going to Portuguese classes because she wants to learn this language.
44. She thinks that she will leave Germany next year and will go to Portugal.
45. Sophie has got a boyfriend.
46. His name is Tom.
47. Sophie met her boyfriend in Berlin.
48. He is also a teacher but he is an English teacher.
49. He works in a school with young children.
50. Tom can speak English and German.
51. His mum is English but his dad is German so he can speak both the languages very well.
52. Tom also likes travelling and photography.
53. Two years ago Tom lived in the United States and he loved living there.
54. He lived in New York for one year and he said that it is the best city in the world.
55. When he was in New York He studied a course.
56. But he didn't have a job there, so he moved to Germany to be an English teacher.
57. Tom doesn't like taking pictures of his friends.
58. He likes taking pictures of animals.
59. Tom has got two rabbits and a hamster.
60. He likes to take pictures of his pets and his friends' pets, like cats or dogs.
61. Some people pay him to take pictures of their dogs and cats, so it is a hobby but also a job for him.
62. His favourite animal is a hamster.
63. His hamster is called Toby.
64. Toby is two years old so he is quite old for a hamster.
65. Tom bought his hamster when he came to Germany.
66. He didn't have any pets when he lived in New York.
67. His rabbits are one year old so they are quite young and when Tom moves to Portugal next year with Sophie they will travel with the rabbits and the hamster.
68. They will go to Portugal by car or by train but not by plane because you can't take hamsters or rabbits on a plane.
69. In the future, Tom also wants to have a dog, but he likes big dogs, not like Sophie.
70. His favourite type of dog is a Labrador and he wants to have a Labrador called Max.
71. I hope that they will be happy when they move to Portugal.
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73. Thank you and I'll see you in my next video.