Expressing Likes and Dislikes
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Every one has his or her own likes and dislikes and one person's likes do not exactly match with any other person's likes. this means that every one's likes and dislikes are different from others. In this unit you will study some expressions that we can use for expressing our likes and dislikes about persons or things. By likes we mean the things that please us and by dislikes we mean the things that irritate us.
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The dialogue below is between Shahid Afridi who is a famous Pakistan Cricketer and a TV reporter. The reporter is interviewing Mr. Afridi. Let us listen to the interview
Shahid Afridi
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Interviewer: Hello Mr. Afridi.
Afridi: Hello.
Interviewer: How are you?
Afridi: I am fine, Thanks.
Interviewer: It's pleasure to have you here with us / Today we would like to talk to you about your personal life.
Afridi: It would be my pleasure to talk to you , and I would like to thank you for inviting me to your show.
Interviewer: Coming to our questions, please tell us how does your day start and what time do you get up?
Afridi: I don't like getting up late. I leave my bed before the prayers time, and then go for a long walk. After that I take bath and have my breakfast.
Interviewer: What do you like to have in your breakfast? Do you go for simple food or real taste?
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Afridi I don't mind tasty foods as long as they are healthy But I can' t stand only things in my breakfast.
Interviewer: Would you like to tell our viewers about the kind of personality you have, extrovert or introvert ?
Afridi I like mixing up with people. I am quite fond of making friend and in my free time I like to go out with them for fun
Interviewer : What kind of company do you want to have? I mean what kind of people do you make friends ?
Afridi : Well I like cheerful fellows as my friends. I wish that my friends provide me all pleasures of like and be a source of inspiration for me I hate people who show off and do not care about the poor
Interviewer : What do you like to do in company of your friends ?
Afridi: Well when in Islamabad, I adore going uphill for hiking. At other times I feel myself fond of swimming and hunting.
Interviewer: Tell us about your likes and dislikes in foods. Do you like fast foods or simple dishes?
Afridi : I love to eat Pakistani dishes. When I go abroad, I prefer going to Pakistan restaurants if possible, and in particular I enjoy Biryani and chicken Nihari, Besides this I like to eat mangoes, but I am not quite fond of eating dry fruit. Also I strongly dislike fast food
Biryani
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Interviewer: Mr. Afridi I thank you very much for sparing time and coming to our show and talk to us. It was very pleasant talking to you and getting to know about you.
Afridi: You are most welcome. It was pleasure being here.
Likes
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Dislike
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