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Part 2

Band 6+: Why do some people like to stay up late?

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So I would say that there are many reasons why people stay up late. It depends on what type of person they are. First, they can be staying up late to complete their work. For example, a programmer may stay up late trying to complete their programs and fix errors they've been working on for the last few days. I've heard from my sister and my brother that when you're working, you will encounter many unexpected problems that require you to spend some of your leisure time to have them fixed. Another reason for people to stay up late is to get some recreation after working throughout the day. For instance, as a high schooler, I have to spend most of my time during the day in school where we are barely able to use smartphones and the internet. So when we get home, the amount of time we have after school is when we can play with our friends or communicate on the internet, which is really relaxing. I think it is essential.
Actual audio transcript (What native speakers are likely to hear):

So I would say that there are many reasons why people stay up late. Uh, but it depends on what type of person they are. So first, they can be staying up late to complete their work. You can imagine a programmer can stay up late trying to complete, uh, their programs and fix some errors that they’ve been working on for the last few days. That is really realistic. Since I’ve heard from my, um, my sister and my brother as well that when you’re going to work you will, uh, be piping many, like, unexpected problems, which require you to spend some of your leisure time on, uh, have them fixed. I mean, that is um, something that I expected, uh, when I was younger, and even now I understand that it is necessary, but I hope that when I am working, I want to hype spend too much time on that. So Another reason for people to stay up late is to, uh, get some recreation as they are working throughout the day. Like, uh, as I am a high schooler, I have to spend most of my time during the day in my school where we are barely be to to use smartphone and, uh, the internet. So when we got home, like, emailed the amount of time we have after school is when we can, uh, play with our friend on communicate to the internet, which is really, uh, relaxing. So I say, yeah, it is essential.

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