2 INTERVIEWS EXTRA

ELEMENTARY UNIT 2
1 OVERVIEW: Watch the video. Who has a similar routine to yours?

2 Read the text about the presenter, Finn. Then watch the video from 00:10–0:25 and complete the text.
Hi, I 1’m Finn. I 2_____________ for the Finn
BBC 3_____________ London as a producer.
I 4_____________ work at nine thirty and
usually 5_____________ around six. What
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_____________ you do?

Glossary: BBC producer = makes TV and radio programmes

3 Look at the two people opposite and read the things they say. Check new
words in your dictionary. Then watch the video and write A or B next to
each sentence.
1 I teach science at a secondary school. A
2 I’m a student. A
3 I catch my bus at about twenty past seven.
4 I catch the tube home. Then I make some food.
5 And I like getting home and relaxing in the evenings.
6 I love what I’m doing. I love my course.
7 I don’t like the rush in the mornings.
8 Getting up at half past six. B

4 What do they do? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video from 0:25–0:45 and
circle the correct answer in italics.

A B C D E

She’s a receptionist/ He’s an He’s an engineer/ He teaches English in He’s a student nurse/
secretary in London. English teacher/ retired. Abu Dhabi/Argentina. doctor.
accountant.

Glossary: retired = he doesn’t work now because he is 65.

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5 What’s their daily routine? Look at the people in Exercise 4 again and read their answers below. Then watch the
video from 0:47–2:00 and match their answers to pictures A–E in Exercise 4.

I don’t have breakfast

because I don’t have time.
D
1 It takes me about 20 minutes
to get to my workplace.

I get into work – always have 4

a meeting in the morning.

2 Well, normally I go for a walk,

and go to the gym every morning.

Usually I wake up and make 5

a couple of cups of coffee.

Glossary: have a meeting = meet with other people to talk about work

6 What do/don’t they like about their daily routine? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the
video from 2:01–3:14 and underline the correct answers, a or b.

A B C
1 His daily routine is always 1 He likes his _____________ now. 1 He _____________ the people he
_____________. a) work b) free time works with.
a) the same b) different 2 He _____________ his daily a) likes b) doesn’t like
2 Sometimes people are quite routine. 2 He _____________ very happy with
_____________. a) enjoys b) doesn’t enjoy his job.
a) angry b) happy a) is b) isn’t

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7A THE WAY WE SPEAK: The people in the pictures say clock times in different ways. Watch the video from
0:47–2:00 again and complete the times.

A B C D E

1 I get up at about 2 I get up at about 3 I leave at 4 I work from 5 And I work from
half past six, grab _____________. _____________ _____________ nine till about four
a cup of tea … and get home eight until three _____________.
about six. thirty.

7B Draw the times from Exercise 7A on the clocks below.

1 2 3 4 5

8 Write your answers to Finn’s questions.

1 What do you do?
________________________________________________________________________________________________.
2 What’s your daily routine?
________________________________________________________________________________________________.
3 What do you like about your daily routine?
________________________________________________________________________________________________.
4 What don’t you like about your daily routine?
________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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