021 Workbook Unit 2 Listening
C Listen and write the names and addresses you hear in the extracts. Extract 1 Travel agent: … so would you like to go ahead and make a booking.
Woman: Yes, I think so. Travel agent: OK, I’ll need some details. First, can you give me your name?
Woman: Yes. It’s Christine Howell. Travel agent: Is that Christine with an h? Woman: Yes, C-H-R-I-S-tine. Howell is H-O-W-E-double L.
Travel agent: OK, and your address with a postcode. Woman: It’s 57 Belle View Gardens. That’s B-E-double L, E and then view as a separate word. Belle View Gardens, Maidstone, Kent.
Travel agent: Sorry, Maidstone? Is that M-A-I-D-stone? Woman: Yes, that’s right. Travel agent: And Kent is K-E-N-T? Woman: Yep. Travel agent: OK, and a postcode? Woman: MD6 8QP Travel agent: OK, thanks and now, could you tell me …
Extract 2 Jim: Hello? Craig: Hi, Jim. It’s Craig. Jim: Oh, hi Craig. Craig: I’m just phoning to check the address of the guest house again before we set off. I’m not sure if I’ve got it quite right.
Jim: Wait a moment. I’ll go and get it … OK, ready? It’s called Rose Hill. That’s two words – rose and then hill and it’s 72 Elm Lane – that’s E-L-M like the tree – Winchester.
Craig: And Winchester’s in Hampshire, right? Jim: Yes, it’s Hampshire. I thought you’d know at least which county we’re going to!
Craig: OK, OK, just checking. Jim: I guess you don’t need a postcode. Craig: No, don’t worry. I’m not going to write to them.
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truth in it. Some women obviously want to win and beat an opponent – there wouldn’t be female sporting heroes if not. But I think generally men are more obsessed with outdoing each other. Women want to succeed and do well, but don’t worry so much about beating other people. I mean, if you said to most women would you rather score 80% and be top of the class or score 90% but finish third, they would choose the latter – you know they want to do as well as possible. I think most men would choose the former. It’s being better than someone else that matters. You know, they just can’t bear the thought of other people scoring higher than they do.
Male: Oh, come on! You don’t really think …
Conversation 2 Female: This is the statement that I disagree with most strongly. It’s just nonsense.
Male: Yes, I thought you might not like this one. You must admit that there are still more men in positions of power, though.
Female: Yes, of course – that’s because they don’t give women a chance. When women are in positions of power they do just as well, if not better, than men. Women can manage other people without being competitive and overbearing. Frankly, I didn’t really like Margaret Thatcher, but surely she proved that a woman can be a figurehead.
Male: Mm, I’m not sure she was a typical woman, though.
Female: Why not? What makes me really angry is attitudes like this in the workplace. There are still men who say they don’t feel comfortable with a female boss or supervisor. There are women everywhere that could be much higher up the career ladder if only they were given the opportunity.
Conversation 3 Female: So, my guess is that you think this is true. Male: Yes, absolutely true. The thing that drives me crazy about my wife is her inability to make choices – or at least her inability to stick to the choices she makes.
Female: That’s because men just act on the first thought that comes into their head. Women need to consider all the pros and cons.
Unit 3 Speaking 2
C Listen to some native speakers and decide which statement they are discussing. Write the number of the statement for each answer. Conversation 1 Male: So, what do you think of this statement? Female: Mm, it’s difficult. Of course, it’s ridiculous to say simply that this is true, but perhaps there’s some
Male: Pros and cons! How can it take an hour to decide if a pair of shoes is the right pair of shoes? I mean, if I see a pair of shoes I like, I buy them. If I don’t like them, I don’t buy them. Why should it be more complicated than that?
Female: Yes, but then a week later you regret having spent so much on a pair of shoes you didn’t really need.
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