pw_Unit_1.pdf

BEGINNINGS

speak out Upper Intermediate

UNIT 1

Overview

Watch the video podcast. Do young people move away from their families and share

lats together in your country? Whose opinions about latmates do you agree with most?

Read the sentences below about Pasha’s life in London. Then watch the video podcast from 0:12-

0:24 and delete the incorrect word.

Pasha

Hi my name is Pasha, I work for the BBC as a producer, and I do a lot of

DJ-ing in my spare time. I 1 lived / have lived in London for many years now

with my friends and sometimes I 2 annoy / know them with my music. 3 What /

How about you? Do you have any 4 annoying / noisy habits?

Glossary: annoying = making you feel slightly angry

2 Do you have any annoying habts? Look at the people below and read the habits 1-7. Then watch the

video podcast from 0:27-1:16 and match the people to the habits.

Deborah

Tamara

Luke

Mairi

Chris

Chaenara

Relwyn

1 snoring when asleep

2 biting her nails and talking a bit too loudly

3 taking a long time to get to the point

4 very messy

5 talking too much

6 bad at making decisions

7 leaving clothes around the bedroom and not putting them away

Glossary: messy = untidy and possibly dirty; snore = to breathe in a noisy way through your mouth and

nose while you are asleep

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speak out Upper Intermediate

UNIT 1

Do you have any expeience of lat shaing? Watch the video podcast from 1:17- 2:18 and match the

speakers A-E to the questions 1-3.

Tamara

Deborah

Luke

Mairi

Chris

1 Who had messy and untidy latmates?

2 Whose latmate(s) was/were noisy?

3 Who had no real problems with their latmates?

What habts or quaies in a latmate would you ind most annoying? Read the habits and qualities

in the box below, then watch the video podcast from 2:22-3:33 and tick (

✓

) the habits the speakers

mention. There are four extra habits that are NOT mentioned.

Glossary: ilth = dirt, especially a lot of it

smoking playing computer games being insensitive making a lot of noise

being messy being untidy being dirty staying in bed

not clearing up after cooking a meal playing the bongo drums

leaving the washing up talking too much

The people below talk about lat sharing and annoying habits. Read the sentences

and write a word or phrase from the podcast with the same meaning as the words in

brackets. Watch the video podcast from 1:19-1:55 again and check your answers.

1 I guess a lot of students are just _________________ about that (do not

care).

Tamara

2 We’ve always _________________ (had a very good relationship) and had a

really nice experience.

Deborah

3 So, in return, I would play music late at night when they were trying to sleep just

to _________________ (do to them what they did to me).

Chris

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BEGINNINGS

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UNIT 1

4 Smoking would be deinitely up there! I _________________ (really dislike)

smokers.

Luke

5 Everything else is really not _________________ (important) but when you’re

lat sharing deinitely tidiness is very important.

Tamara

6 Not tidying up after themselves, leaving a mess after cooking – that sort

of _________________ (thing).

Relwyn

What habits or qualities in a latmate would you ind most annoying and why? Write a short

paragraph below.

______________________________________________________________________________________

BBC LINK

Flat-sharing can provide an economical approach to accommodation, but what

happens when it goes wrong?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7117581.stm

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