Skills 09 Listening and Speaking

Listening

1 Listen to the dialogues. Match the locations (A-F) with the appropriate dialogues (1-5). There is one extra location.

A At a hotel reception 1 Dialogue 1 _____

B On a plane 2 Dialogue 2 _____

C In customs 3 Dialogue 3 _____

D At a restaurant 4 Dialogue 4 _____

E At the pharmacy 5 Dialogue 5 _____

F In a taxi

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2 Read the sentences below. Listen to the dialogues again. Decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F).

1 At the restaurant both girls ordered the grilled turkey with roasted peppers and new potatoes.

2 Mrs Raise booked a single room with a bathroom.

3 The taxi driver wants to sell John the smallest car vacuum cleaner.

4 The passenger on the plane wants to know if she could use the bathroom after landing.

5 Joanna is taking a three-week course in English in Bath.

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Speaking

Work with your partner. Talk about the cultural stereotypes of the following nationalities. What are their characteristic features? What do they think about one another?

French, English, Russian, American, Japanese, Spanish

Now, together answer some of the questions below:

• If you were to live in a foreign country where would you choose to settle down? Why?

• If you were to marry a foreigner what nationality would you choose? Why?

• Have you ever had a shocking cultural experience while travelling abroad? What happened?

• Have you ever done anything inappropriate in a foreign country? What was it? How did you feel then?

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