LISTENING EXTRA

WHERE I LIVE...CLICK HERE
ANSWER KEY:

1b        2b        3c        4a        5c        6c        7a        8b        9c        10b

Listen to people talking about where they live. Choose the best answer: a, b, or c.

Dave and Maggie Example: 0     Dave and Maggie live in        a   a house.        b   a flat.        c   a cottage. 1     Their home is        a   big.        b   small.        c   modern. 2     The kitchen is        a   upstairs.        b   downstairs.        c   in the living room. 3     Their neighbours are        a   old.        b   young.        c   friendly. 4     Where does Maggie’s mother live?        a   next door        b   in a different area        c   in the same house 5     What does their home have?        a   a balcony        b   four bedrooms        c   a garden  Dave and Maggie Maggie We have a small house in an area of Dublin called Donnybrook. It’s quite a small house. There’s a living room and a kitchen downstairs, and then two small bedrooms upstairs, but it’s big enough for us. There’s my husband and me, and our son, Thomas. Dave The houses around here are about a hundred years old and people are very friendly. People don’t want to move away, they want to live near their family, so my parents are very close … Maggie … and my mother lives next door! We have a small garden where Thomas plays, and I go out and have a chat with my mother! Thanos I live in a flat on the fourth floor. I live alone. There’s a kitchen where I cook and eat, a living room with a balcony, and two small bedrooms. I live in Athina – you say Athens in English – but not in the centre of town because there are too many cars. It’s a nice area. The shops aren’t far, and the flat is comfortable. It’s about five years old, which I like. I don’t like old buildings.

Thanos 6     Thanos lives        a   with his family.        b   with his friends.        c   on his own. 7     His home has a total of        a   four rooms.        b   three rooms.        c   two rooms. 8     Where is his home?        a   in the centre of town        b   in a nice area        c   in an area with too many cars 9     Thanos says his home is        a   quite old.        b   very big.        c   comfortable. 10   Thanos likes to live in        a   old buildings.        b   new buildings.        c   the centre of town.

LISTENING EXTRA

the Forrester family. Click: listening

ANSWER KEY:

1F        2T       3F        4F        5F        6T       7T       8F        9T       10F

Listen to the description of the Forrester family. Mark the statements T (true) or F (false).

Example:

0     Mr and Mrs Forrester have two children.    T

1     Both their children live at home.    _____

2     Their daughter is a student.    _____

3     The mother is a journalist.    _____

4     Mr Forrester works in a restaurant.    _____

5     Mr and Mrs Forrester sometimes go skiing.    _____

6     They often visit Paris in the spring.    _____

7     They stay in a hotel near the river.    _____

8     They eat all their meals at the hotel.    _____

9     They like French food.    _____

10   They never take taxis.    _____

TRASCRIPTION

 Mr and Mrs Forrester have a son and a daughter. The son lives at home, and the daughter is a student at university. Mr Forrester is a journalist. He works for The Times. He writes articles about restaurants. ‘I love food!’ he says.

‘Every spring the children go skiing, so my wife and I go to Paris on holiday. We stay in a hotel near the River Seine. We have breakfast in the hotel, but we have lunch in a restaurant. French food is delicious! We walk a lot, but sometimes we go by taxi. After four days we don’t want to go home and go back to work.’

LISTENING EXTRA

A rock star talks about her daily routine. Listen to the mp3 file and put the words from the table into her itinerary. There are six extra phrases you don't need to use. Then listen again to check. Right click here for the mp3 listening file. http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening/1L2-rockstar.mp3

 lunch a coffee to bed my newspaper a pastry and a coffee arrive with the music a beer with the lyrics to eat in a restaurant until about midday my e-mail for a drink the internet do some shopping first my book

 Elisa's Diary
7.00: Get up. 8.00: Check _______________ . . 9.00: Use ________________. 10.00: Have ________________ in a cafe and read ________________. 11.00: My car arrives to take me to the studio. 12.00: Have ________________ with other members of the group. Then start work. 1.00 - 2.00: Recording in the studio. 3.00: Have ________________ 4.00 - 6.00: Help the rest of the group ________________. 7.00: ________________ home. 9.00 - 10.00: Go out ________________. 11.00: Go ________________.

 TRANSCRIPT I love working in the music business. It's so interesting and every day is different. The first thing I do every day is I check my e-mail messages. Many fans write e-mails to me and I like reading what they write to me. I write a couple of replies to my fans and then I surf around on some music websites to see what the music journalists say about me. Then I leave the house and go to a small French cafe for breakfast. London is a very busy city and I enjoy relaxing with my cup of coffee and I watch the world go by while I read my newspaper and a couple of music magazines. I usually only eat a pastry with my coffee. I never feel hungry in the morning. At about eleven o'clock, my car arrives and takes me to the studio, which is about ten miles outside the city. I meet the other members of the band and we drink a cup of coffee together and talk about the ideas we have for the day in the studio. We never start working in the studio until about midday. Usually, we begin with the problems of the previous day. At about three in the afternoon, we stop for lunch but sometimes we continue recording if we have some good ideas. Because I am the singer in the group, I must be careful with my voice. I never sing if I feel tired and I drink a lot of water during the day. For the last couple of hours, until about 6 p.m., I don't sing but I help the rest of the group with the music. I go back to London by car and arrive home at about half past six or seven. Sometimes, I have an interview on the TV, which is always really interesting for me. I meet my boyfriend, Peter, and we go to eat a tasty meal in a restaurant. He loves foreign food so we often go and eat in an Indian or Greek restaurant or something similar. I never go to bed too late, as I don't want to be too tired for the studio.

PODCASTS

Jobs. A travel representative

Podcastsinenglish.com –Level1 no.35

http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/listen/level1/travelrep.mp3

Jacky and Richard love travelling. Listen to Jacky interviewing Mary, a travel representative. Mary works in a hotel on the island of Malta. She talks about her daily routine and about hotel guests’ typical problems.

1. Malta is a very popular tourist spot* specially in the ___________________

2. She usually   a) has a big breakfast and goes to work on foot

                                            b) doesn’t have breakfast at home

                                            c) has a quick breakfast and gets a taxi to work

3. She starts work at _________________

4. She wears a uniform at work. She wears a ___________________  jacket.

5. How many days does she have off*? ______________

6. What do they give guests?    a) A small present and flowers

                                                                          b) A drink and a talk about the hotel and the island

                                                                          c) A welcome party

7. They organise trips for the guests and then she        a) stays at the hotel

                                                                                                                      b) goes home

                                                                                                                       c) travels with them

8. Guests’ complaints and problems. Choose the right complaint:

1a. They lose their luggage during the trip

1b. They lose their mobiles and cameras

2a. They don’t like the hotel food

2b.They can’t eat the food because they’re vegetarian

3a.They have problems with their son

3b.They burn in the sun and need to go to a doctor

4a.They want to change their rooms

4b.They never want to change rooms

9. When she stops in the afternoon, she             a) eats a big lunch because she’s very hungry

b) watches TV and relaxes

c) swims or sleeps

10. Why doesn’t she visit Malta when she doesn’t work? Because she’s very ____________

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*spot=place

**off= when she doesn’t work

JOBS. A TRAVEL REPRESENTATIVE

            -KEY

1. in the summer

2.

c) has a quick breakfast and gets a taxi to work

3. at 8:30

4. a blue  jacket.

5. One

6.

b) A drink and a talk about the hotel and the island

                                                                         

7.

a) stays at the hotel

                                                                                                                     

8.

1b. They lose their mobiles and cameras

2b.They can’t eat the food because they’re vegetarian

3b.They burn in the sun and need to go to a doctor

4a.They want to change their rooms

9.

c) swims or sleeps

10. Because she’s very tired

EXTRA LESSONS LEVEL NB1_A1 (BEGINNERS)

SPEAKING SKILLS: EXTRA LESSONS
ROOM: 3
HOURS: from 9.15 to 10.15 or  from 10.30 to 11.30
TEACHER: Ángela Fernández
DAY: 22nd MAY 2017

SPEAKING SKILLS: EXTRA LESSONS
ROOM: 2
HOURS: from 19.00 to 20.00
TEACHER: Ángela Fernández
DAY: 23rd MAY 2017

FUTURE TENSE: TO BE + GOING TO + INF.

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