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1. He was thirteen.
2. Yes, he does.
3. For three months.
4. Yes, he does.
5. Yes, he does.		 1. No, he doesn’t.
2. He took some more English classes and started studying again.
3. He lives ‘with his ears open’. He reads newspapers in English and watches the T.V and videos in English.
4. He looks it up in the dictionary, sometimes more than once!
5. Because it’s easier to learn when you are interested in the subject of a text or an article.

- Hello Emilio, welcome to Mansion Ingles. Can you tell me Emilio, how long have you been studying English?

- Erm.. hello well..erm..I’m.. I’ve been studying English from..from I was..er.. thirteen years old, but..er..there is a..a great gap until I …er.. resumed studying English when I was twenty-eight I took ..er..err.. some classes again, and ..er.. from..from..this time I’ve been studying..er…by my… by myself.

- I see, and how have you managed to learn? What systems have you used?

- Well, I…I’ll…I like to..to read..er.. in fact it’s very difficult to..to..find..er.. people that..er..er.. could …find people that ..er..er..could speak..er..with me, so I…I try to..to read and to…to watch T.V.

- Have you taken any formal courses?

- Well yes, as I told you before, I have taken..er..during three months..er..a short..er..er.. short period I think studying English in a academy.

- It must have been very difficult learning..er…by yourself so many years.

- Sure, that’s…that’s true, but I..I…am very interesting in..in..the English language. I find it..er…er…quite…er interesting for me and, well I like languages.

- And what do you do to keep in touch with English, to keep in contact with the language?

- Well, I..I..I..mm.. I live with my..my ears open, and..erm..I try to..to..to watch every.. every advice..and…or every…every sentence I see in newspapers and..erm..and I try to..to watch T.V., or see or watch videos or something...well, this is my method.

- I see, and how do you learn vocabulary, Emilio?

- Well, this is curious, but ..be..because as I told you before, I..I..like to..to read and when I find a new expression, and..er..I..I.try to..to..erm..to see th..this new word, and I..I go to the dictionary. I look..I look up the..the word or expression and I try to..to keep it..err.. very… an..and several times..er.. because..erm.. sometimes you need to go to the dictionary..er.. several times, not only once.

- I see, and finally Emilio, do you have any advice for people who are studying with Mansion Ingles?

- Well, my advice will be..er.. to be very very keen on..on English and…and ..th..th..look for the..the themes you are interested of, and…er…not to stop…mm… sometimes it’s..er..due to the..the..the themes, not the English, so you have to look your…your own subjects, the subject that you are interested. This is my advice.

- That’s very helpful. Thank you very much for your time.
 

       Vocabulario

A great gap = un gran paréntesis
To resume = volver a tomar
Look up (a word) = buscar algo
Several = varios
Keen on something /someone= gustarle a uno algo/alguien
Due to = debido a/por causa de