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in by dull, monotonous little trees! It’s not as if we had smooth – you can’t expect it to be all plain sailing when
to come here. There were lots of other places we could you’re travelling to oases and places like that.
have gone if only we’d realised. Woman: I agree, and I really appreciated sharing buses
Woman: Oh, Don. If only you’d put on some repellent! and ferries with all sorts of interesting people – you
And if you’d please just stop moaning for a while, know, I learned a lot about the country just from
perhaps we could start enjoying ourselves a bit. Just chatting to them. It could all have been quite dull
think what a lovely change this is from city life! otherwise, you know, waiting for transport in villages
Man: Some change! Even if we’d stayed at home, it’d be and so on. At times, I felt I wanted the journey to go on
better because I’d be relaxing in front of the telly right forever. It wasn’t all delightful, but there was something
now, instead of paddling up this miserable river. unexpected round every corner.
Woman: Don! Man: That’s right.

Extract Two Vocabulary
Woman: So, what will we do if the weather breaks? Do Phrasal verbs
you think we’ll have to call it a day?
Man: Call it a day? No way! Not after all the hassle we’ve 1 1 f 2 b 3 e 4 d 5 i 6 a 7 c 8 g 9 h
had to get this far, all the money we’re raising and all
those people we’d be letting down! Look, we’re taking 2 1 come up 2 signed up 3 never live it/them down
all the right equipment – wet weather gear, good boots, 4 let … down 5 put off 6 pay up 7 setting off
you really can’t ask for more. Anyway, we’ve committed 8 count on 9 go through with
ourselves to this thing, so we’ve got to go through with
it. Look, if things start looking really bad, we can always
put the walk off for a while and set off a bit later. Grammar
Woman: OK, but we were warned about this, you Conditionals
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remember. North-west Spain can be pretty icy at this
time of year. 1 1 a and j 2 d 3 b and c 4 e, f, g and h, 5 i
Man: Of course, but that’s all part of it, isn’t it? And if we 2 Suggested answers
don’t do it, we’ll never live it down. I’m sure we’ll make 1 Because the speaker is imagining an activity in
it, I mean, our names will be dirt if we don’t.
progress at the moment, as an alternative to what
Woman: That’s a good point, and I guess they’d pay up he is actually doing.
anyway even if we didn’t make it, wouldn’t they?
2 past time (they’re both 3rd conditional)
Man: Hopefully, and anyway a little hardship never did 3 Because it was snowing throughout the period in
anyone any harm. which they were waiting. If the speaker had said
‘hadn’t snowed’, we would understand that the
Extract Three snow started and stopped during this period.
Man: So, you managed to get off the beaten tourist track 4 wouldn’t have insisted
during your trip too, Kate. 5 ‘If he hadn’t been so stubborn’ would describe
how he was at the time when he insisted; ‘If he
Woman: That’s right, and, like you, to places which are
wasn’t so stubborn’ describes how his behaviour
really for the more intrepid traveller.
or personality is generally.
Man: Right. It’s a good idea for people going there
on their own to do bit of advance planning, but not 3 1 hadn’t left, wouldn’t be wandering 2 wasn’t/
too much, because I think if you leave yourself open weren’t rushing, would/’d be 3 wasn’t/weren’t,
to whatever comes up, it can be very rewarding. Of would/’d probably have reached / probably would
course you’ll form all sorts of opinions about what you have reached 4 would/’d try, were/was, would/’d
see more or less on the spur of the moment, but that have 5 were, would/’d carry 6 wouldn’t have
doesn’t matter, because if you’re open-minded about happened, had been concentrating 7 would ever
things, you’ll soon discover you were mistaken about a abandon, was travelling 8 would/’d like, will/’ll
lot of them. And you have to take the rough with the show

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