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Biker Bob

Date: May 30 2008

Intro

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When are you happiest? For most people, it’s when you’re doing your favorite hobby like fishing or sewing. It’s always great when your hobby does something practical as well. Like, for instance, get you around town.

Jason saw Bob putting on his small, old-fashioned motorcycle helmet and getting ready to ride, so he decided to stop and talk to him for a few minutes about motorcycles.

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Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Jason: I’m Jason and I’m here with a motor cycle rider. What’s your name?
Bob Wingfield.

This is your motorcycle?
Yes, it is.

And you just got it today?
Yes, I did. They stole my other one and I just took my insurance and bought me a new one today.

And what kind of motorcycle is it?
It’s a 1996 Harley Davidson Fat Boy.

Cool. And so, Harley Davidsons are sort of a big culture in the United States. Do you want to talk about that?
Well, actually I’ve rode all kinds of motorcycles. I started riding Harleys back in the ‘80s and I like them over anything I’ve ever rode. They’re good, dependable motorcycles and it’s kind of my heart, you know what I mean?

Yeah.
It’s where I find my freedom, my peace and my serenity.

OK. So when you get on to ride, you kind of twist the handle like that to make it go. What’s that called?
That’s the throttle.

Throttle. Alright. And where’s the brake on this thing?
The brake is right here.

OK.
This is the clutch.

Cool.
And there’s a foot brake right down there, and you shift it with these foot levers here.

Right on. Well, thanks so much for taking a minute to talk to me.

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Discussion

Bob got a new motorcycle today. His old one was stolen, but luckily it was insured so he was able to get a new one. Bob got a Harley. Harelys are a well-known kind of motorcycle that, unlike a lot of newer brands that make motorcycles covered in plastic, makes bikes seem to be made of nothing but metal, rubber and leather. Bob has ridden all kinds of motorcycles, but he says Harleys are his favorite.

Jason also gets an explanation of a few of the important parts of a motorcycle. The throttle is on the handle bars and when you turn it, it gives the bike gas and makes it go faster. You brake with your hands too, just like on a bicycle. You shift with your feet and you have to use a clutch, just like with a standard transmission car.

But motorcycles aren’t just a bunch of Bob. He says they give him freedom, peace and serenity, What does that for you?

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super_ran

China

When I was young, my father rode the motorcycle. It feels cool~

darkcity

Turkey

ı dont lıke it…because its so dangerously….

tintee

China

yes! I'm a woman.and I think it's cool that a girl drives a motorcycle.I dreamed of a motorcycle in my high school,actually,I dreamed that my boyfriend(though I didn't have at that time)drived me to shool.It must be attactive. Ok,Maybe I just want a boyfriend.

but I don't crazy about it. My favorite hobby is collecting beautiful and meaningful painting.

yueyuezhu

China

Actually, riding a motorcycle might be great to realse one’s superfluous energy. I mean, it can get closer to touch one’s nature and see one’s essential for to us, we are free and relaxed when riding and make use of all our parts of body. Coupled with variable air accounting for the sudden change of speed which is control in our own hands, a broden horizon of beautiful secenery, and with the peculiar mood of as if we were flying freely as well as eagle. Woderful, right? Comparing with drving a car, I perfer to consider them two kind of two totally different extent reacheds. Two journeys, two experience.but in the same way equally fine.

George.col

Colombia

is really strange to watch as the chinese people dislike the motorcycle if was there where it was invented…

i like the motorcycle too.. but i prefer a car

Urarikha

Thailand

I like to sit behide the rider.

freddd

France

The knight of road, it's a great sensation to fell free.
Motorcycle it's a good hobbies, i will buying one, ere long, i hoppe.

吴青峰

China

i want to have it
but i can’t have it.

吴青峰

China

i want to have it
but i can’t have it.

jeemy

China

i like motorbike very much

but i don't like what he said

Bazlur Rahaman

Bangladesh

I don't like motorcycle,coz it's risk

hands_1411

Viet Nam

This kind of vehicle just reminds me of some Hippy guys. And those guys are so wild and adventurous. That might be perhaps you should be equal to them to ride this vehicle cause this is not really safe enough, indeed.

yogesh666

India

yeha,i love riding on bike on the zig-zag way because it's really adventures.

helmot

Iraq

i dont like motorcycle it's very dangrous

Christoph07

Germany

To drive a motorbike is a lot of fun because you get a great feeling in the stomach .

It can be also very practical. In town with much of traffic and stop and go – it is better to have two wheels than four. Or you have a stop and go on a freeway – you have a pretty fortune. Or when you will drive in areas with bad streets or 'off road' You have also fortunes with the right motorbike and you can be faster.

dina.julfiana

Germany

Actually, I like ride motorcycle but since I fell down from the motorcycle, I've never ridden it again and prefer to use a car

helen jiang

China

I prefer nither motorbicycle nor automobile. I like most walking. walking may help me losing weight and keeping my healthy. walking can breathe new air and appreciate secenery around .