INTERVIEWS EXTRA 1

UPPER INTERMEDIATE UNIT 1
1 OVERVIEW: Watch the video. Work in pairs and
discuss the questions.
1 Do young people move away from their families
and share flats together in your country?
2 Whose opinions about flatmates do you agree
with most?
2 Read Pasha’s introduction. Choose the correct
alternative to complete the extract. Then watch the
video from 0:12 to 0:27 and check your answers.
Hi, my name is Pasha, I work for the BBC as a
producer and I do a lot of DJ-ing in my spare time.
I 1lived/have lived in London for 2some/many years
now with my 3family/friends and sometimes I 4annoy/
anger them with my music. 5What/How about you?
Do you have any 6annoying/noisy habits?
What about you? Do you have any
annoying habits?
3 A Watch the video from 0:28 to 1:16. How many
people say that they don’t have any annoying
habits?
B Read the speakers’ answers. Choose the correct
alternative to complete the extracts. Then watch
the video from 0:28 to 1:16 again and check your
answers.
1 I bite/chew my nails and I probably talk a bit too
loudly.
2 I’m really bad at making/doing decisions – that’s
one of my annoying habits.
3 Er, yes. Basically, putting/taking off clothes when I’m
getting changed and leaving them exactly where I
am, and not putting them where they should be.
4 I’m very disorganised/messy, which is quite
annoying, I think, for my boyfriend anyway.
5 Yes, I do. I’m told that I snore/talk when I’m in bed.
6 I would have to say, babbling around the topic
sometimes because I think out/in loud, so, you
know, taking a long time to get to the point of
something I think would be annoying.
7 Erm, not that I know of. Probably singing/talking
too much.
Do you have any experience of flat-sharing?
4 A Match the phrases 1 to 5 with their meanings a to e.
1 could not stand a had a good relationship
2 bongos b do not care
3 not fussed about c do to them what they did to
me
4 get my own back d really disliked
5 got on really well e drums
B Read the speakers’ answers and use the phrases 1–5
from 4A to complete the extracts. Watch the video
from 1:17 to 2:17 and check your answers.
1 Absolutely. As a student I shared flats quite a lot,
and just, different people have different ways
of doing things. I’m someone who likes to keep
things clean and tidy and I guess a lot of students
are just that.
2 I’ve always lived with friends so it’s always, we’ve
always and had a really nice
experience.
3 I’ve had some experience of flat-sharing about
three years ago. People that are basically very
untidy. Their habits that I, kind of, –
bad hygiene.
4 Yes, when I was a student – two of my flatmates
decided to learn the – that was
really annoying.
5 Yes, when I was a student, I shared with five
different people, one of whom was very noisy and
they would play music early in the morning when
I was trying to sleep. So, in return, I would play
music late at night when they were trying to sleep,
just to .
What habits or qualities in a flatmate
would you find most annoying?
5 Read the annoying habits in the box and check any
new words in your dictionary. Watch the video from
2:18 to 3:33 and tick the habits you hear. There are
four extra habits.
smoking
playing computer games
being insensitive
making a lot of noise
being messy
being untidy
being dirty
staying in bed
playing the bongo
not clearing up aer cooking a meal
talking too much
leaving the washing up
6 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions with your
partner.
1 Do you have any annoying habits?
2 Have you ever shared a flat?
3 What habits or qualities in a flatmate would you
find most annoying?

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