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Have you visited a farm
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First answer? Yes, several times, but the ones that I really enjoyed visiting the most are the orchards and vineyards, especially in Australia
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I remember I was at a loss for words the first time I visited an orchard
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There were lots of apples and oranges, and the place smelled really refreshing
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Also, visiting a vineyard is memorable as I got to experience wine tasting and with
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witnessed how wines are made. Second answer? Not even once as I'm not interested in farms, as I find them boring
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However, if someone takes me to a farm, I think I'll give it a shot
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Who knows? I may have a change of heart thenT if I get to experience what it's like to be on a farm
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A different way to answer? Yes, actually my family owns a farm and I lived on a farm for 16 years
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before I moved here. We have a dairy farm and some of our relatives manage a hay farm and a poultry farm
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It was actually great to live on a farm as I got to experience milking with my parents
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What kind of farm do you like? Well, any kinds of farm except the poultry farm. I just can't bear this smell of it. It makes me feel sick and worse. It makes me puke. It's just unbearable
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Another way to answer? Without a doubt, it's the orchard. Like I said earlier, the smell is pleasing and refreshing
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How I wish I could own an orchard. I think it would make me the happiest person in the world
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I don't know, as I have never thought about it. Besides, I've never been to any farm yet
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So it's just impossible for me to pick one kind of farm to answer that question
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as I have no experience of visiting one. Do you think farming is important First answer Yes definitely and I can stress enough the importance of the farming industry
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Without it, there won't be any food production. As a result, we all die
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That's why I really despise some of our government leaders for not giving value to our farmers
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They're heartless and ignorant. Second answer? Absolutely. Farming plays an important. role in our existence, we consume foods every single day that are a product of farming
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Made be rice, fruits, meat, eggs, milk, to name a fear. It's impossible to survive without the industry of farming
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Did you do farm work when you were young? First answer? Yes, I helped my parents milking cows and goats
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That was back and breaking actually and I didn't really like it, but I had no choice
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I needed to help my parents then. I usually did that every summer since most of the time I had nothing to do
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The hardest part of that job was when I needed to clean the wastes of those animals after milking
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It wasn't enjoyable at all. Second answer? Now, as I grew up in the city, I didn't get any chance to do some farm work or even visit a farm
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All of my childhood or teenage days were spent playing in a park with friends
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or enjoying swimming in a lake or a river. I just think it's really hard to do some farm work for a child
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Let's talk about New Year. How do you celebrate New Year? First answer
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Well, like what most people do. Spending time with family, preparing some sumptuous foods
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watching fireworks display when the clock strikes at 12. I really love that holiday because it's the only time
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that every family member of ours gather this one. Honestly, I always look forward to that holiday
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Second answer Well in our culture we celebrate New Year by putting up some decorations in our house such as lanterns having a reunion dinner with our family on New Year Eve giving red envelopes to children of course with money and alighting firecrackers to scare away the evil spirits
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Do you still remember a new year that you celebrated? First answer
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Well, since New Year is one of the most special holidays in our country, my memories of every
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New Year celebration are still vivid. I do still remember every single activity that we actually did in the last 10 years of celebrating
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that holiday. This year is really memorable because our way of celebrating it was not as grand as in the past
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because of the many restrictions that caused by the pandemic. Second answer
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I have lots of memories of celebrating the new year, but the one that's really unforgettable was when I was away from my family
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I celebrated my new year by myself, as I couldn't return home due to work
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I worked in a logistics company then, and I couldn't get holidays because of too much workload
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I must say that was the saddest new year I've ever had. Another way to answer
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Yes, I do, but there's nothing extraordinary about the things that we did in the past 10 years of celebrating the new year
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It's just a family reunion, watching fireworks display, making New Year's resolutions that wouldn't normally come to a reality
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However, I just like the new year because I can start all over again
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I mean, I can change my perspective on life and be more hopeful in achieving my short-term and long-term goals
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Do you have any ceremonies to celebrate the New Year in your country
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If I'm not mistaken, I think we have none. Normally New Year is for the family I mean it a great time for reuniting family members who have not seen one another for long Well anyway there usually a New Year Eve countdown in our city but I don really consider
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it as a ceremony as it's not spearheaded by the government, but by private organizations
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Second answer? Yes, however, it's not celebrated in the entire country, only in the state where I'm currently
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living. We do have a street dance every new year honoring our God. This dance is a form of expressing
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our love and gratitude and at the same time welcoming the brand new year full of hope and
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joviality. I really love this ceremony because everyone is just happy and there are lots of
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activities that people can enjoy. Why do people think New Year is a new beginning? Isn't it
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Well, the fact that it's the very first day of the year, it's indeed a new beginning
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People think that it's the very time to start with a clean slate, being motivated to achieve newly created goals
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moving on from the mistakes that were committed in the previous year, and starting to develop a new hobby, among others
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All these things are truly a new beginning. Second answer? I think we all believe that it's a new beginning simply because it's the first day of the year
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We're given another year to be hopeful and to work in our dreams, picking them a reality
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No wonder we all make New Year's resolutions as a guide so we can start our year full of aspirations
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