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But the ee ctelings Have you any __ how much damage [We have arranged for someone you within the next three ‘weeks! I'm afraid that just isn’t pod “eninnoln _! The water damaging my house now! All 'm asking fOr ____is someone three im 400 long. You should have better stems in prevention. \'ve d problems with the city water ices in the past. This isn't the first time this has ippened. I'd like to speak to your 1 darling F/L 2 dear = ESI 3 ma'am F/L 4 officer E/1 5 sir FAL a @)?2 Listen to four short conversations. Number the words in 1 in the order you hear them. There is one word that you don't need, b Match conversations 1-4 to photos a-d. ol, Su Listen again. in which conversation (1-4), 1 has the speaker not understood something? 4 @ 2 is the speaker trying to get to work? = ' 3 has the speaker had this problem before? i 4 does the speaker want to complain about something? 4 paenTesy When you listen to a conversation, think about the relationship between the speakers. Are they speaking _formally or informally? How do they address each other? __Teical deductions about how the speakers know. UAasrani wie they are saying ea Ettore Gassani 2 \Syer 2 Maro 2 paren’ Read the text again more slowly. Answer the questions. 3 Friday 4 Alain Elkann agichional cnaracter 2 Journalist _ Parents Ordered to Change Child’s Name from Friday By Chris Irvine Italy's Court of Appeal has banned a couple from naming their son Venerdi (Friday) because the fame could expose the boy to ridicule. Named after the manservant of Daniel Defoe’s famous navel Robinson Crusoe, the Cassation Court said the name Was associated with being a servant. The judges also ordered the boy to be renamed Gregorio, named after the saint’s day on which he was born. The boy’s parents, known only as Mara 0 an¢ Roberto G, had said they should be free to name hhim as they pleased and said they would continue to call the boy Friday, describing it as “nice.” They ‘even threatened to call their next child Mercoledi (Wednesday). ‘The verdict provoked mixed reaction across Ttaly Gian Ettore Gassani of the Italian Association of Matrimonial Lawyers agreed with the ruli told an Italian news agency that Italian law mandated changes “when the child’s name is likely to limit social interaction and create insecurity.” 1 Why did the court reject the name Friday? Because his name was 530018 1¢ What name did Venerdi’s parents say they would use for they Anreatened to call Aner What name does a journalist suggest is worse than Frida They will call WM Fuday Ane 13 1h Why are more and more people giving their children unusual names? Berause, agysarly due to celebrity rend Where else have unusual names been banned? Th_New Zealond Which unusual names have been permitted? [d\' Merle wed Italian journalist Alain Efkant' a i Friday ‘was a good name, adding: “It would have been different if they'd called him Friday the 13th.” Friday joins an ever growing list of banned namesy which are becoming more popular Sfguably dive to the celebrity trend of giving unusual names to their children, In February, a judge in New Zealand made a young irl a ward of the court so she could change her a Does The Hula From Hawaii, The name embarrassed the nine-year-old pose her to teas name from T udge said th and could Other names banned include twins called Fish and Chips, although Number 16 Bus Shelter was one of the more bizarre ones allowed. In New Zealand again, last year a couple was banned from naming, their baby 4Real, so they settled on Superman, According to genealogy website findmypast.com, the UK has six boys named Gandalf, 29 Gazzas and even 36 Arsenal STRATEGY When you read a difficult text for the first say? don’t panic! Don't worry bout understanding every word, y? Instead, read the text quickly and try to get a general understanding of it (the Bist). Look for facts that will tell you the main subject of the text. Then read the text again more slowly a servant their child now? Vion peeled the name Number \6 Bos Shelter

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