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Unit2: People’s lives
Listening
Note completion
1. Work in pairs. Match the questions (1-8) with the gapped answers (a-h).
1. Could you read the long number to me, please?

A. … 12th

2. Could you give me acontact number, please?

B. visa card no:…

3. How much is the flight to Madrid?

C. occupation:…

4. What date’s yourbirthday?

D. …street

5. What time shall we meet?

E. about … km

6. Can you tell me what you do?

F. at… pm

7. How far is it to your office?

G. price: $...

8. I wonder if you could tell me the address?

H. mobile:…

2. Which answers in Exercise 1 need:
1. words only?
2. numbers only?
3. words and numbers?
3. [Track 7-10]Listen to four conversations and complete four of the answers to the questions in
Exercise 1 (a-h).

Transcript:
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Conversation 1

Man

Could you give me a contact number, please?

Woman

Sure - I'll give you my mobile. It’s 07816 038924

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Thanks - we'll let you know when the glasses are ready.
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Conversation 2

Woman

How much is the flight to Madrid?

Man

It’s $349

W

Do you have anything cheaper - say, $300?

M

I’m afraid not.


- Conversation 3
Man
How old are you, Maddy?
Girl

I’m 16.

M

And what date's your birthday?

G

October the 12th

M

Good, so we’ll be able to start the driving lessons in the second half of October.

G

Yes.

- Conversation 4
Man
Shall we see each other later in the coffee bar?
Woman

OK. What time shall we meet?


M

Um, can you get there by four thirty?

W

My maths class finishes at four, so…yes…that should be OK

4. Look at the notes below. For which question (s) will you have to:

a write a number?
b spell a word?
c write the name of a place?
d write a subject of study or a language?
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e write an activity which people do in their spare time?
f write the name of a job?

Name: Sanjay 1………. Age: 2………
Occupation: 3……….

Other expeditions:
 has crossed 4……….
 has climbed Mount 5………
Special skills:
 has done a 6……..course
 can speak 7………
Qualifications:
 degree in 8………
Free-time activities:
 9……..
 keeping 10……..

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5. When you listen to the recording, you will often hear a phrase which signals the answer to a
question. Match each of these phrases (a-i) with one of the gaps (1-10) in Exercise 5. You will
need the same phrase for both gap 9 and gap 10.
a. a trip he made across
b. been to university
c. like doing in his spare time
d. can hold conversations in
e. he’s called

f. he’s done a course in
g. how old he is
h. they went up a mountain
i. what does he do
6. [Track 11] Listen and complete the notes in Exercise 5. Write NO MORE THAN TWO
WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Transcript:
Clive Hello?
Debbie Hi, Clive, is that you'?
CYes, hi, Debbie.
DDid you manage to see those candidates for our expedition?
C Yes, I did, and there was an extra one who was quite a surprise. You know, he hadn’t applied and he
just turned up out of the blue, so we haven't got any details for him.
D Really? Tell me about him
C OK, and you can take some notes Then we’ll see what we think.
D Fine.
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CFirst, he’s called Sanjay Dubashi.
D OK Sanjay is spelled S-A-N-J-A-Y, right?
CCorrect and Dubashi is D-U-B-A-S-H-l.

DD-U-B-A-S-H-l, fine, thanks, I’m just getting that down And did you find out how old he is?
CSure, he's round about our age, you know - well, a couple of years older, he’s 27, quite a big man,
quite muscular, impressive, with a big moustache
DAnd what does he do?
CWell, actually, he just says he's an office worker, you know, just one of those people with quite a
routine job in an office.
DMm, doesn’t sound like he finds his job very interesting Has he got any experience, do you know, of
going off to remote places on foot?
CYes, he’s been all over the place He was telling me all about a trip he made in a Land Rover across
Central Africa from one side to the other, which sounded pretty exciting and dangerous
DGreat! I think Itwould be really interesting to cross Central Africa. I’d love to do that. Anything
physical1? I mean, where he actually had to walk instead of driving - you know, being so muscular, as
you say?
CMm, I was coming to that Last year, he went to Russia with some friends in their summer holidays
and they went up a mountain. Let’s see, um, Mount Elbrus,It’s called.
D Wow, now that’s really quite something. By the way, Elbrus is spelled E-L-B-R-O-S, Isn’t it?
CNot quite, it’s U-S
DAh, OK What qualifications does he have which would interest us? Has he done any sort of
specialist training, for example?
CWell, he’s done a course in first aid, which may be pretty useful. If any of us get injured, he should
know what to do.
DGood. It might be useful to have someone who knows how to do first aid in case someone has an
accident. Can he swim?
CI didn’t ask, now you mention it. I forgot But he did tell me he can hold conversations in five
languages He’s not fluent in all of them, but he can get by. He grew up in India, and I suppose that
helps, you know, for learning languages, though now he lives over here.
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DRight. What else? Has he been to university, for instance?
CYes, he graduated in media studies, though he says he’s never worked in the media
DOK, and when he’s not off on expeditions to remote places, what does he like doing in his spare
time?
CHe seems to do all sorts of things One thing he told me which could be useful is that he likes fishing
DYes, we’d better tell him to bring his fishing rod - that is, if we choose him
CAnd he seems to spend a lot of time at the gym - he says he really likes to keep fit And when you
meet him, you’ll believe it’s true
DGreat, another fitness fanatic, like you. Well, sounds like I should meet him, doesn't it? When can
you fix that up?

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