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I'm Neil. And I'm Beth.
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Hello Beth, how are you doing today?
I am very well, thank you Neil.
How are you doing? I'm pretty good.
What are we talking about today?
Well, today we are talking about our plans for the future.
So Beth, do you like to make plans for the future?
No, I don't like to make lots of plans, but I think it's good to have some plans.
What about you? Yes, I have let's say, dreams about the future.
Oh… But not really plans, so things I'd like to do maybe in the next few years.
OK. Well, I'm interested to hear about your dreams. So what are your plans for the future?
Well, in the next few years my kids will probably leave home because they're growing up.
and so I'll have a lot more time.
And I would like to do things I don't do very much now.
So when they leave home, I'll spend more time going for walks in the countryside or playing music or cooking nice meals.
OK. That sounds really good.
Yeah, good plans. How about you, Beth?
Do you have any goals in your life?
Well, there's a few things that I want to do.
So for example, if I can, I want to move to a bigger house.
Hopefully, if I can, I will move to the countryside.
Because at the moment I live in a place where there are quite a few other houses, but I would really like to be out with more fresh air and places to go walking more easily.
Is there anything, Neil, that you have always wanted to do but you haven't done yet, like travel somewhere or do something crazy like skydiving?
Yes, there are always interesting places in the world to visit that I haven't visited so far.
I think also I would really like to get very, very good at a foreign language.
Hmm, okay, that is a good goal.
Because at the moment I can speak bits of language but nothing really impressive.
Yeah, okay. Yeah, I think I have, yeah, similar goals.
If I have the time, I'll travel to some other countries and practice speaking different languages was a bit better than I can do at the moment, but it's difficult with time and money.
Travelling is expensive, so we'll see.
One day, Neil, we will both be retired.
Have you got any thoughts on what you want to do when you're retired?
I know it's not yet.
No, but it's a bit closer for me than you.
It's difficult to think what I would like to do with all that free time but I think it's important to have a plan rather than just sit on the sofa watching TV all day.
You'd better start thinking then!
Let's recap the language we used during our conversation.
We had goals – things you want to do or complete.
And we talked about future plans, using the first conditional with when.
For example, Neil, when your children leave home, you'll play more music and go on walks.
And we used the first conditional using if to talk about future possibilities.
Yes, I said that if I can, I will move to a bigger house.
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