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Answer key: Unit 14

Listening | Part 4 Speaker 4
Don’t get me wrong, as far as I’m concerned immigration’s
1 1 T 2 F You have to choose from eight options. fine. In fact I think it’s really necessary considering the
3 Maybe – you should decide whether this way suits skills shortage we’ve got here. But what we’ve ended up
you best or whether you perform better when you with is quite a cultural mix in our office and that means
deal with both tasks each time you listen. 4 T it’s sometimes quite hard for people to get their ideas
across and, you know, sort of marry up their different
2 1 E 2 G 3 H 4 F 5 B 6 G 7 B 8 A 9 H 10 E approaches to work. I’m continually surprised by the sheer
variety of different takes on a situation and the different
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expectations people have. Personally, I think this sort of
Speaker 1 intercultural mix is one of the biggest challenges at work
I was watching this really interesting programme the other today.
day about people who’d come over here to work and
had originally meant to stay just a couple of years, but Speaker 5
then ended up meeting someone and settling down and When I started, everyone was born here and spoke the
things. I thought it was quite remarkable actually, because same language. Now it’s a real melting pot and that gives
we give the impression of being rather a nationalistic rise to no end of problems. But you have to be flexible
lot but that doesn’t seem to be the case at all in fact. and turn these things to your advantage and having
The camera went into people’s houses and showed us kids of five or ten different ethnic backgrounds learning
how they’d been accepted by their new family who were together is a culturally enriching experience for everyone,
adopting all sorts of new customs and behaviours you including me! You have to see the kids from abroad. It’s
wouldn’t expect. What impressed me most was seeing their ability to work hard that absolutely amazes me – and
their new in-laws learning how to cook new dishes. It was it’s actually pressuring our local kids to put in more of an
fascinating, a real eye-opener. effort themselves too. They’re getting better results now,
which is just the opposite of what I’d have expected and
Speaker 2 quite a challenge to my preconceptions!
I go to dance classes every Thursday evening. Anyway,
there’s a student there, quite a young woman, who has
only just recently come to this country, and the other day Vocabulary
she was really looking dead tired so I offered to get her a learn, find out and know; provide, offer
coffee afterwards and we got talking. Anyway, I found out
that she’s working here as a nurse to support her family and give
back home; they’ve stayed behind, you see. Apparently, 1 1 c 2 a 3 b
there are lots of other people in the same situation as her.
Her salary here’s enough to provide their schooling, their 2 1 provide 2 offer
clothing and all sorts of other things back home. But she’s
doing incredibly long hours. It’s being away from your 3 1 find out 2 provide 3 find out 4 learn / find
children and family that must be the worst thing. I think I’d out 5 find out 6 provide 7 learned / found out
find that unbearable.
8 provide 9 offer 10 give 11 provided 12 gave
Speaker 3
My daughter goes to school with this girl, Mariska. Her
family’s just arrived here. They sit together in class, they’re Reading and Use of English | Part 6
friends, and we’ve got to know the parents a bit. Anyway,
they’ve only been here what seems like a couple of 1 1 four texts and four questions
months or so, but they’ve already set up a travel agency 2 Read the texts carefully before you read the
for people thinking of visiting their region. They’ve got questions to make sure you’ve understood them.
all these local contacts, which is a bit of an advantage, I If you do this, you should find the questions easier
suppose, but they’re already doing so well that they’ve to answer. If you don’t read the texts carefully, you
even been able to give jobs to a couple of locals as well. I probably won’t understand what the questions are
think that’s absolutely amazing, don’t you? referring to.
3 to understand attitudes and opinions and find where
they are replicated or not across different texts

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