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UNIT 3 Listening to Everyday Situations

a) Listen to this extract from
an interview with 22-yearold April Considine. Can you
guess which of the following
is her occupation?
teacher
design engineer
doctor
pilot
b) Listen to the second extract
from the interview and
answer to the following
questions.
Who first encouraged
April to be interested in
engineering?
______________________
______________________
On the whole, does April
think that being a woman in
a male environment is a
good thing or a bad thing?
Why?
_______________________
______________________
______________________
c) Are the following sentences
True or False? Write T or F
besides the sentence.
Aprils father is Irish. ___________
A glider is an aeroplane without an engine. _____________
April can fly a glider. ____________
April sometimes works at Marshalls at the weekend. ____________
Aprils work is usually checked by four other people. _____________
A hangar is a big building where you put aeroplanes. _____________
April works in the hangars. ______________
There are many girls in the hangars. _____________
Nobody spoke to April in the hangars. ___________
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d) Listen to the second interview fragment again and check the meaning of the following
phrases. Tick () the things that April says are important in her job. Put a cross () beside the
things that she does not mention.
1. arrive and leave work on time
2. be a hard worker
3. be able to communicate
4. be able to prove yourself
5. be able to work on your own
6. be decisive
7. be courteous
8. be energetic

9. be good-looking
10. be organized
11. be well-dressed
12. be young and enthusiastic
13. go out in the evening with colleagues
14. love your job
15. make sure its right
16. show initiative

e) Explain the meaning of the following expressions that April used (words in bold blue).
1. Hes always been really keen on engineering.
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2. Hes always working on cars and bits and pieces.
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3. He did a little bit himself.
_______________________________________________________________________
4. I got involved with that.
_______________________________________________________________________
5. It still comes down to you.
_______________________________________________________________________
6. if you sit there and just do the minimum.
_______________________________________________________________________
7. They all keep an eye on what Im doing.
_______________________________________________________________________
8. to find out how I was getting on.
_______________________________________________________________________

COMMERCIALS
1) Listen to the radio commercials. Which one is the odd one out (1, 2, 3, or 4)? Why?
_______________________________________________________________________
2) Match the commercials (1-4) with the pictures below.

Commercial number ..

Commercial number ..

Commercial number ..

Commercial number .

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3) Listen to the commercials again and answer the following questions.

a) 500 what? ___________________________________________________________
b) Were here to help you with what? ________________________________________
c) 400 what for what? ____________________________________________________
d) 350 what for what? ____________________________________________________
e) One in three what? ____________________________________________________
f) Dont kid who? ________________________________________________________
g) Kill what? ____________________________________________________________
h) Hate what? __________________________________________________________
i) Book your holidays from where? __________________________________________
4) Which is the best commercial? Why?
_______________________________________________________________________
5) Complete the following phrases from the radio commercials.
a) Help is ___________________________________________ .
b) Just one of the __________________ ___________________ weve got for you.
c) ________________ _____________ at any branch
d) Announcing the great Furniture Fanfare _____________ ___________ ____________ .
e) Weve got everything ___________ ____________ ___________ at prices __________
_____________ _____________ .
f) _____________ ____________ ____________ is the click of a mouse.
g) The place everyone ____________ ____________ ______________ .
6) You are going to provide the following information for the 7 commercials that your class
mates have made.
What is the product advertised
What are its main selling points (price, whats
special about it, convenience, etc.)?
Describe the characters and situation for the
commercial (e.g. two men in a lift, two
women in a caf).
What is the punchline (e.g. Were here to
help you with all those numbers)?
What music and / or sound effects are used in
the commercial

PARACHUTE JUMP
1) Listen to the news report. Are the following sentences True or False? Write T o F besides
each sentence.
a) Someone died. ____________
b) A parachute failed to open properly. ___________
c) The Second Parachute opened properly. ____________
d) Two people broke bones. ____________
e) The man has terrible injuries, the woman is less seriously injured. __________
f) It was the womans first parachute jump. ___________
g) The woman wants to do a parachute jump again. ____________

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2) Listen to the news again and answer the questions with the names from the box.

Beverly Dennis Jim Kevin Peter Sue

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)

Who parachuted together? ____________________________________________

Who is reporting from France? __________________________________________
Who is in the studio in London? _________________________________________
Who is hospital? _____________________________________________________
Who reported from the United Nations? ___________________________________
Who was on honeymoon? ______________________________________________
Who thinks it was just pure luck? _________________________________________
Who has a broken leg, a broken ankle and two broken feet? _____________________
Who has just a broken leg? ______________________________________________
Who enjoys seeing the daylight and the birds? _______________________________

3) Complete the text below with words and phrases from the box.

Emergency chute faster and faster first parachute (x2) going to die hit
the ground pure luck second, emergency parachute solve the problem
REPORTER: The accident happened when the (a) _____________________ didnt open. Mr McIlwee
tried to (b) __________________ but when he couldnt, he tried to get rid of that chute and use the
(c) ________________________ that skydivers always carry with them. A few hours ago I spoke to
Beverlys father, Dennis Murtaugh, who explains what happened next. His words are spoken by an
actor because the line was not good when we talked.
DENNIS: Unfortunately, Kevin wasnt able to jettison the (d) _____________________ properly so
the (e) __________________________ wouldnt open and they just fell (f) ____________________ .
Kevin told me that they thought that was it, they were (g) ______________________________ .
REPORTER: So how did they survive?
DENNIS: It was (h) _________________________ . I mean they only had half a parachute to slow
them down. They (i) _______________________ at an absolutely fantastic speed. It could have killed
them.
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Types of Holiday

Look at the holiday pictures above. In your opinion, which one is:
a) the most expensive? _____________________________________________________
b) the most comfortable? ___________________________________________________
c) the most energetic? _____________________________________________________
d) the most enjoyable? ______________________________________________________
e) the one you really do not want to try? _______________________________________
1. Before you listen to the audio fragment, look at the five people in the pictures below. Who likes
which type of the holidays shown above?

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Package holiday _____________________________________________________________

Sightseeing holiday __________________________________________________________
Backpacking holiday __________________________________________________________
Cruise ______________________________________________________________________
Camping holiday _____________________________________________________________

2. Did you guess right? ______________________

3. Listen to the fragment again and answer the following
a) Who doesnt like tourist resorts? _____________________________________________
b) Who has tried water-skiing? _________________________________________________
c) Who loves a bit of luxury? __________________________________________________
d) Who has children who go swimming and boating? _______________________________
e) Who doesnt sunbathe? ___________________________________________________
f) Who has been to Scotland? _________________________________________________
g) Who likes nightlife and clubbing? ____________________________________________
h) Who likes places off the beaten track? _________________________________________
i) Who likes galleries and museums? ___________________________________________
4. Use the following diagram as a start for your own holiday wordmap. Use words from the
previous exercises. Try to add as many words as possible to the diagram.

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QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Listen to the interview. As you listen to the mans answers, cross out any information that is
incorrect in the questionnaire below, and write in the correct answer. The first one is done
for you.
QUESTIONNAIRE FORM 03657

1- How often do you go shopping?

Once a week
Twice a week
Three times a week
More than three times

2- How many times do you buy when you go

shopping?
1 item
2 items
3-5 items
6-10 items
10+ items
3- How much time do you spend when you go
shopping?
0-59 minutes
1-2 hours
More than 2 hours

4- What do you buy most often?

Trousers
Shirts
Underwear
T-shirts
Jackets
Sweaters
5- Favourite colour (state item of clothing)?
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________

GRAND HOLIDAY PRIZE

PRIZE DRAW
HOLIDAY FOR TWO IN JAMAICA

2. Rearrange the words in parentheses to make sentences from the interview. Then listen to
the interview again. Which reply (from the box below) follows each sentence? The first one is
done for you.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Oh yes I do, I never win anything!

Look this is really
OK, the fourth question
Right, well the first question is
Sorry?
The same as anybody elses, I suppose.
Itll only take a second.
Yes and how many items do you usually buy?

a)

(a/a/bit/hurry/of/Im/./in)
____________________________________________________________________________
b) (automatically/be/draw/entered/in our prize/./Youll)
____________________________________________________________________________
c) (are/chances/of/?/my/What/winning)
____________________________________________________________________________
d) (I/know/./wouldnt)
____________________________________________________________________________
e) (a/get/lets/move on/./But)
____________________________________________________________________________
f) (have/I/if/./only/to/But)
____________________________________________________________________________
g) (do/for fun/I/Its/not/./something)
____________________________________________________________________________
h) (be/./Dont/know/never/./You/pessimistic/so)

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SSCCIIEEN
NTTIISSTT AAN
ND
D FFIILLM
MM
MAAKKEERRSS
1. Listen to the conversation and tick () the words you hear.
a. Aeroplanes _______
b. Antibiotics _______
c. Aspirin __________
d. Biology __________
e. Cars ____________
f. Chemistry ________
g. Computer ________
h. Cry _____________
i. Injection _________
j. Laugh ___________
k. Medicine ________
l. Physics __________
m. Ships ___________
n. Shout ___________
o. Space station ______
p. University ________
q. Whisper __________

2. Listen to the conversation again and complete the sentences with Tom or Michelle. The
first one is done for you.
a) Tom ______ speaks first.
b) ___________s going to study science at university.
c) ___________ does not approve of film studies as a university course.
d) ___________ is going to do more than one subject at university.
e) ___________ is very surprised by what _______________ says. We know this because
___________ is asked to repeat a statement.
f) ___________ thinks _____________s question is stupid.
g) ___________ uses medicine as a subject to persuade _______________ of her point of
view.
h) ___________ is worried that some medicines dont work any longer.
i) ___________ thinks that science is the cause of many problems.
j) ___________ uses the common cold to attack ____________s point of view.
k) ___________s going to do a film studies course.
3. What are Toms criticisms of the things Michelle talks about? Complete the table.
Cars and Aeroplanes
1 ______________________________________________
2 ______________________________________________
3.______________________________________________
Computers

1 ______________________________________________
2 ______________________________________________

Drugs/modern medicines

1 ______________________________________________
2 ______________________________________________

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4. Complete this extract from the conversation with one word for each gap.
MICHELLE: What about medicine?
TOM: What about (a) _______________ ?
MICHELLE: Well, without science and (b) ______________ most children wouldnt survive for more
than (c) _______________ five years, and if we did (d) ________________ it into adulthood wed all
be dead before we were (e) ________________ .
TOM: Well, I
MICHELLE: Just think of all the (f) _____________ that keep people alive, all of them (g) __________
by scientists. Think of the aspirin you take for a (h) ______________ , the antibiotics that cure (i)
____________ , all of those things.
TOM: Well, if science is so (j) _______________ , how come we still dont know how to cure the (k)
_______________ (l) __________________ ?
MICHELLE: Look, just because
TOM: And as for (m) ____________ , people have taken so many (n) ____________ that they dont
(o) _____________ anymore. There are (p) _____________ that are drug-resistant.
MICHELLE: Well yes, but who will (q) ________________ out how to get round that (r) ___________?
TOM: I havent the (s) ________________ idea.
MICHELLE: (t) _________________, of course.

Video How to keep your job1

1) What is the full name of the main Character on this video?
__________________________________________________________________________________
2) How do you find this information?
__________________________________________________________________________________
3) Why does he say he wants the job?
__________________________________________________________________________________
4) Where did he work before and why did he leave?
__________________________________________________________________________________
5) What did the previous company call firing employees?
__________________________________________________________________________________
6) What happened to people who were hired after him by the previous company?
__________________________________________________________________________________
7) What is one of the main keys to keeping a job?
__________________________________________________________________________________
8) Why did the boss have to criticize one of his employees?
__________________________________________________________________________________
9) What was the employee's reaction to the critic?
__________________________________________________________________________________
10)What is another quality to keep a job?
__________________________________________________________________________________
11)What were the four shortcomings of the interviewee?
__________________________________________________________________________________
12)What position is Bob getting promoted to?
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Video (Introduction to Foreign Trade)2

1) Is two-way trade important to the USA and to the rest of the world? Why?
_____________________________________________________________________________
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2) Are the Earth's inhabitants, the industries or the resources homogeneously
distributed? What is the consequence?
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
3) What are the so-called invisibles?
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
4) Complete the following Table
IMPORT CONTROL PROCEDURES

EXPORT CONTROL PROCEDURES

5) What document is used to finance the exports?

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6) What will a country lose if there are more imports than exports?
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
7) When will a government grant the import of certain goods?
_____________________________________________________________________________
8) What does Brazil have to sell?
_____________________________________________________________________________
9) How can the balance of trade be disrupted?
_____________________________________________________________________________
10)What are the examples of the goods bought by other countries from the USA?
_____________________________________________________________________________
11)What are the examples of the goods bought by the USA from other countries?
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