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didn’t close properly. We had to pull the Narrator: Track 9 Listening Part 3
blankets right up round our ears to keep
cosy in winter. I liked the house, and
though we didn’t know our neighbours,
it was a nice place to grow up.
Narrator: Speaker 4
Boy: We moved to the city from the
countryside a couple of years ago and
though I’ve never really got used to the
noise, I wouldn’t say I miss being in the
middle of nowhere. If I wanted to see
my mates I’d have to cycle kilometres –
often in the rain. Now I can see them Narrator: Speaker 1
any time I want. There’s not much to
look at out of the windows in the place Woman:
I live now, apart from other buildings,
but I’ve got a massive room and that
suits me. It’s a bit of a weird design this
house – my bedroom’s on the ground
floor, but it’s not really a problem.
Narrator: Speaker 5
Woman: Our new place is a bit cramped, so
sometimes it doesn’t feel like there’s
enough space for us all, but it’s only
temporary till we move to Spain. And
we’re saving money by not renting
something bigger. For the moment we’ve
got a fantastic terrace on the roof – I go
up there whenever I’m in need of a bit Narrator: Speaker 2
of fresh air. In that way it’s better than
our old place. There are also no huge Boy:
trees overshadowing our garden and
no arguments with the people next door
about them! That sort of thing is always
a drawback of living so close to others.
But there’s no such problem here.
Narrator: Now listen again.
3a 1 used to 6 are used to / have
2 use to got used to
3 used to 7 Didn’t / Did
4 didn’t use 8 got used to
5 getting used to
3b 1 c 2 b 3 a Narrator: Speaker 3
Woman:
3c Students’ own answers.
Listening Part 3:3
1a 1 relieved 5 cheerful
2 amused 6 puzzled
3 impressed 7 enthusiastic
4 fed up 8 dissatisfied
1b Student’s own answers.
2 1 C 2 A 3 F 4 D 5 B
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Worksheet 3
You will hear five short extracts
in which people are talking about
holiday accommodation. For
questions 1–5, choose from the
list (A–H) each speaker’s first
impression of the accommodation.
Use the letters only once. There
are three extra letters which you do
not need to use. You now have 30
seconds to look at the questions.
When we arrived at the holiday villa
we were renting in Spain, we were
thrilled with it. We’d flown over some
spectacular mountains on the way in
and, even though the land wasn’t so
high where the house was, when we had
our first glimpse of it sitting there on the
hill, we thought it was breathtaking. You
wouldn’t call it beautiful – it was a bit
too rocky and treeless – but the way it
was situated certainly made an impact.
One disadvantage was that there were
no shops nearby. Despite that it wasn’t
quiet – there was a lot of agricultural
work going on in the fields.
We stayed in this amazing hotel in Italy
last year. It was my family’s first time
abroad and my sister and I were excited
about it. We knew the hotel was in this
village so we were expecting it to be
quiet. But, actually, we got to know loads
of people our age when we hung out.
It took half an hour to walk from one
side of the hotel to the other! OK, I’m
exaggerating, but when we arrived we
were like, ‘Wow, this place is huge!’ The
rooms were pretty good – though, in the
picture online it showed them with cool
TVs and there wasn’t one in mine.
A group of us rented an apartment in
Mexico last summer. We’d spent ages
searching for just the right thing with
enough bedrooms and outside space.
When we opened the door after an
exhausting journey, nothing could have
prepared us for how luxurious it felt –
the photos certainly didn’t match up
to how lovely it was. I slept incredibly
well in my cosy bed. There could have
been a few more home comforts – a
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