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1 HELLO
UNIT 1

Overview
Watch the video podcast. Who’s from your country?

1 Complete the text about Andrea with the words from the box. Then Andrea
watch the video podcast from 0:11 to 0:22 and check your answers.

my     your     from     you     I’m     is

Hello.1 My name 2 Andrea. I’m 3 Brazil. 4

a producer at the BBC. How about 5
? What’s 6 name?

  Glossary:  (BBC) producer = she makes TV/radio programmes

2 What’s your name? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video podcast
from 0:22 to 1:14 and underline the correct answers.

1  My name is Ailsa Lesley / 2  My name is Keiko Ono / 3  My name’s Cynthia / Halu.

1  Will Porter. 2  Andrew.

4  I’m / My name’s Laxmikant. 5  My name’s Julia / Julianna Kadar. 6  My name’s / I’m Lee.

3 Where are they from? Read and check the names of the countries in the box. Then watch the video
podcast from 1:18 to 1:59 and tick (✓) the countries you hear.

Scotland ✓     Argentina     Thailand     Russia     Uruguay

India     Ireland     Israel     France     Taiwan     Canada
the USA     Spain     Japan     Germany     the Czech Republic

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4 What’s your job? Look at the people below and read their answers. Check new job words in your
dictionary. Then watch the video podcast from 2:01 to 2:28 and match the people to the jobs.
A Will
1  I’m a manager. ________

B  Laxmikant
2  I’m a student. ________

C  Andrew
3  I’m a teacher. A
________

D  Ailsa
4  I work in IT. ________

E  Iris
5  I’m an engineer. ________

F  Ethan
6  I’m a journalist. ________

G  Lee
7  I’m an architect. ________

H  Pedro
8  I’m a doctor. ________

  Glossary:  IT = Information Technology

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The way we speak

5 The people in the pictures spell their surnames. Watch the video podcast from 0:50 to 1:14 and
complete the surnames.

A B
1  My name is Jiri1S _e d_ l a_ c _e k_. 2  I’m John1B _ _ t _ e _ _.

C D
3  Eva F_ u _ r _ a u _. 4   And my surname is spelt B _ _ t _ _ t _.

Personalisation
6 Write your answers to Andrea’s questions.
1  What’s your name?
______________________________________________________________________________________

2  Where are you from?

______________________________________________________________________________________

3  What’s your job?

______________________________________________________________________________________

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