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Exercise 6a CD2 Track 44
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Mother: Have you got everytling. Greg? Remember you‘re goteg trekking
Greg: Yes. I thmk so. Mum.
Mother Let’s check. You need a good waterproof jacket.
Greg: Yes. I krów tt’s here
Mother Good. because it n*glit ram. Now what sod ot shoes are you going to wear?
Greg: Fve gol ruy trainers.
Mother: Trawers are no good . If it rans. your feet w»l get wet. Why don*l you
take your proper waMng shoes? Theyll be morę comfodabłe.
Greg: Oh. OK. niget ihem.
Mother And don'i lorgei thiefc socks. Unie® you*ve got thick soefca. your feet
w* hurt. And you need lo take some extra eocks. too.
Greg: Why?
Mother: Becaose if your feet get wet. youli tiave dry socks to put on.
Greg: Oh. rtght. Extra socks.
Mother: Oh. and remember. don*t weur juuns when you go irekklng. tf jeans get
wot, they're very uncomfodable.
Greg: Yes, l know. thuy toki us that.
Mother Good. And. ksten. donl take a big thick jumper. tf you onty Iiave one thick jumper and you want to take It otf. then you’D be cdd. Also, The jumper will be very big and heovy to eony.
Greg: ll’s OK. Mum. I know. I need some t*shid$ and thin jumpers. LooK
theyre horÄ™.
Mother: Great. That‘$ fine. OK. have you goi your wat er bottie?
Greg: Yes. I have.
Mother Good. Remember. you most drink pleń ty of wator. If you don*t. you’l get dehydmted.
Greg: I know. Mum. I know.
Exercise 2 CD2 Track 45
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Things you might do in a gap year
• Be a volunteer
Gap year students help chdril>es al Over the wortd - trom errńronrnentaJ projaots in South America to wortong wilh cksatted people r» ihe UK.
• Leam 9omething
Youcanleamtoski inCanada. sludyArt inllafy, pcactisephotography in Cuba or do a oookery course n your own town ... there are so many possłWrties!
• Eam money
Thnm nre Inls of way* to make some money at home or abrnad - Mce fnit ptrtdng in France. biArftng wnAs te Australia, digging weits te Afrtca or working in chłdron s 9ummer camps in Uie UK or the USA.
• Go on an expedtlion
There are travel comparnes wtich ar rangę trips spetialły kx gappers*. They traveł across African deserts. through South American ramforests or even to the Aniarclkx This te a fartastic tocperience, but often qurle expensłve.
Two dfferenl gap years
l*m goteg to go traueing wilh some frtends. We ra ptarteteg everylhmg carefuly.
Every woek we huve a mwtmg. We wunt to go to Thailond. Camboda and Vietnom. If we have eoough money, wal go for aboul srx mooths. At the moment l*m working in a shop for four months, to eam money lor the trip, and ihen we*re offt Becky Martte. Gloucester
For my gap yeer. I’ve gol a lemporary job in the newspaper Office where my uncłe works Thon Tli have some monoy when I go to uniyersity. Fm just dong boring routine jobs now, but I expcct II do some morę interosting things Wer. I want to be a joumalist so this »s a reats' good opportunity lor me to ge« some experience.
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Exercise 4 CD2 Track 48
Sam: Fm not aurę what l want to do for my gap yaar but I thtek t‘d like to
irorv«l. I might go and slay with some relalives in Austrafin tf l do thot.
FI be abie to eam sonte money because theyil gwe me a job on ther farm. Another posstelity ischam>fwork. l've got a foend who te wneking as a voluntanr for a childran’s charity te Inrte. Fd like to do that. too. so I might dectde to go there and work with him. Fd also Ike to team to dnve. tt’s gomg to be a bosy yearl
Ellie: I haven't deoded what todoin mygopyeBryet. My fnendand I would
hke to go to Chi na. but it wcxild be very expen$ive - that’s the mam problem. Anyway. if we don I have enough money to go to Chma. we
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