Pre-intermediate Unit 2 DVD script

P = Presenter L = Libby Potter J = Justin Saunders

R = Rebecca Saunders W = Woman
P: Do you hate your journey to work? Do you feel like you’re wasting time
sitting in traffic jams or on busy trains? People in Britain spend longer
in their cars and trains than anyone else in Europe. So, some people
are choosing to live in Europe, but commute to work in the UK. They
travel to work like this. Libby Potter, a reporter for the Money
Programme, meets Justin Saunders, one of Britain's, 'Dream
Commuters'.
It’s Friday evening and Justin Saunders has just finished work.
He is manager of an online business based in the UK. He’s going
home. But his home is in France. Justin is a Euro commuter.
W: Boarding starts at six o’clock and the gate number will be on the
screens in Departures.
P: Justin flies from Gatwick to his house in south west France. He’s one of
a group of commuters who take the same flight to Toulouse every
week.
There’s a hotel operator, an IT worker, a charity manager and a BT
consultant. But this week there is an extra traveller: Libby, who is here
to interview Justin. The flight takes off. There’s no time for shopping
with these guys.
L: So why did you decide to make this move in the first place?
J: We basically decided to move to France for the better quality of life. We
thought … we looked on the internet and we saw properties available
much cheaper than in Britain. We were fed up with the commuting and
the traffic.
L: But what’s the cost of the commute?
J: When I book the flights early enough, I’m paying something like 38
pounds return.
P: Justin’s life is in a village in south west France, an hour’s drive from
Toulouse Airport and over 700 miles from his Hampshire office.
R: Daddy’s home.

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 Pre-intermediate Unit 2 DVD script

J: Where’s Georgie?
R: She’s asleep.
J: She’s asleep.
R: So, how was the flight?
J: Oh, not too bad. Nice to be back home, though.
P: It’s morning in the French village of Albas, beside the River Lot, and
Justin Saunders seems pretty happy.
R: That’s the house down there. With the terrace.
L: The one just here with the river view.
R: The river view, yeah.
J: We’ve just transformed our lifestyle.
P: Well, wouldn’t you commute by plane for this?

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