Describe an interesting or unusual thing you did recently
You should say
-what the activity was
-who was with you
-why you did it
-why you think it was unusual
-Part 3 for this cue card is rest
- One of the best experiences I had ever had was participating in one of those ‘escape the room’ games, you know, where a team of people is locked in a room and must find clues and solve puzzles to complete a given mission and find the key to escape.
- I had heard a lot about this type of entertainment and really wanted to participate, but only managed to when my friend decided to have an unusual birthday outing.
- So, there were six or seven of us in a team. We were kind of spies who broke into someone’s house to find some secret files.
- Frankly speaking, I don’t remember the storyline in detail, but I remember that we had 1 hour to escape the room to avoid being caught and imprisoned.
- The room, in which we were locked, was packed with different stuff such as books, maps, fedoras, magnets, sticky notes, watches, old wigs, compasses, lamps, board games, playing cards. The puzzles were really challenging and intriguing.
- It was real fun. We were frantically searching for clues. Some of them involved solving riddles, putting items in the correct order, or finding a set of objects hidden in the room.
- What I will never forget is that there was a broken clock and for a long time we could not figure out that we had to pay attention to the time it stopped on.
- By the way, it appeared to be the last clue. So we even thought we would sink with the ship, but then one of us had a brainwave and we survived in the last minute.
- It was really an unusual activity for all of us as we had not done anything like that before. And to tell the truth, expect it to be so interesting.
OR
- I usually go out for walking in the evening every day and play some outdoor games sometimes, but the unusual activity that I did for the first time was really something different.
- It was in the middle of last year when I noticed that some of the people have gathered in a field and they had bicycles with them. They were dressed like professional cyclists and were discussing something.
- That day I was with one of my friends and we went out with our bicycles as part of our evening exercise. My friend and I went closer to the group and heard that they are some members of a bicycling group who do the gathering and cycling as part of their outdoor activity and exercise.
- After few minutes we found that they were planning to round the city in 3 hours with their bicycle and they would start that in next 30 minutes.
- The team leader asked us to join them just when we were planning to leave. They made us the member of the group and it was free. We started cycling with them starting from this place and went through the major parts of the whole city.
- Cycling for the whole 3-4 hours was not an easy task and yet we enjoyed it and were close to the group whole time. After few hours we came back to the place where we started and I found that I was totally absorbed and exhausted.
- The team leader congratulated us because it was our first day and we did well. I looked at my friend and he was looked exhausted and tired.
- The team gave us a membership card and told that they do it twice in a month. Though we had plans for joining them again, we could not do so.
- I found the whole idea of cycling very interesting and a good chance to meet new people. I felt well that we actually did it and the feeling of traveling the whole city riding a bicycle was thrilling.
- I would definitely recommend this activity to anyone capable as it would be a good exercise as well as a chance to know different people who have some common interests.
FOLLOW UPS
Rest
- What are some examples of ways that people use to relax?
- Some people say that, on average, there is more stress in people’s lives today than in the past.do you agree?
- Is the environment important for people to get relaxed?
- How can companies provide their employee with an opportunity to relax?
- What are the differences in the way people spend their free time nowadays and 20 or 30 years ago?
- What do people in your country do in their spare time?
- In general, who do you think has more leisure time, men or women?
- What do young people do in their free time?
- Do you think that people today have more leisure time than in the past?