WEEK 06

UNIT 05: ADAPTING TO LOCAL CUSTOMS

TRACK 9
Yeah - uh - it's - I mean - I find it easy to be - It's - it's quite nice to be an Indian in the
UK, because in some ways we get the best ...................... We're able to enjoy our culture
and do the, you know, Indians ...................... So we have a place of worship where we
live ... um ... I'm a Sikh, so we have a Sikh temple where we live and we .......................
We try and go there regularly to - ... uh ... on weekends to participate in the community
gathering. And on festivals it's nice because there's a ....................... population in the UK
for it to be a ce - celebration. I think Ken Livingston made, you know ...um...
....................... - one of our Sikh New Years is actually celebrated in Trafalgar Square
every year in the spring. It's called Vaisakhi. So he - he made a - he - he, I think he - he
really ... uh ... really took a step - went ....................... in trying to integrate and - and that's
great, it's - What I do miss is not having family around to enjoy it with ... uh ... so it gets
....................... sometimes. And then in terms of language, it can be a struggle because we
are trying to teach our ......................., Hindi or Punjabi, and we find that a struggle
because we speak very mixed languages with each other. ......................., Punjabi, English
........................ It's - it's a complete mixed bag. So they're growing up a little bit messed
up as well. I try and enforce the rule with them, but ....................... - Well, the younger
......................., but ... uh ... my older one just answers me back in English and then I really
have to force her to repeat it. And then ....................... in a totally British accent and ... you
know, that's - n - no offence, but that really ........................

TRACK 10
When I went to Spain, I thought it ......................that I lived with Spanish people, so that I
didn't just speak English all the time and stay w - I did know some people ......................to
Madrid as well and - and so that I didn't ......................them and form a clique and
not ...um... interact with the Spanish people. Um, so I lived with two ......................which
was daunting at first ...um... but ......................really well and ... in the beginning they used
to speak really slowly and loud ... um ... to make sure I ......................and I often felt like a
bit of an idiot. Um, but soon they realized that I could understand - even though
sometimes I might not know ......................in response, I could always ... um ... understand
what they were saying. I think the most difficult thing when I first arrived in Spain was... I
found a house really quickly, but it was really hard to sort ......................I didn't understand
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the contract at all, 'cos it was all legal terms and really formal language. So that was really
difficult ...um... and my landlord - landlady was ......................years old so she didn't speak
any English. Um, she didn't really understand why I couldn't understand what I was
reading and that ....................... But I think those are the ......................you ha - you face
when you move to a new country and they're things that you don't think of before you go,
but you have to ......................when you're over there. Obviously, th - the ...um... the
objective of your year abroad is to live in the country where they ......................you're
learning embrace the culture, ... um ... you know, just talk to locals and learn as much - as
many colloquial phrases ...um... and, you know, things that people really say, instead of
just things that you ...................... and from your classes at university.

TRACK 11
- Jeremy: And the ......................here ...
- Kara: Yes!
- Jeremy: ...is very different ....................... Here you s - you come into the office, about
fifteen minutes into your day and you're already getting asked if you ......................, you
know? And then it ......................the day. You could drink up to five, maybe eight cups of
tea in a day if ... uh ... if you were so inclined. And then you've gotta make tea for everyone
else. I mean - I'm - sometimes I ......................I don't drink tea, because it's just too much
pressure for me to - you know, to ...................... this - this tea –
- Interviewer: So - so what do - what do you do when you're back ......................? You
don't drink tea?
- Kara: Coffee purely...
- Interviewer: Just coffee?
- Jeremy: Just coffee.
- Kara: ... purely filtered coffee. A pot ......................by myself and...
- Jeremy: Yeah, you don't really make it for other people and people don't expect - expect
to make it ....................... You're on your own.
- Kara: No, and nobody will ask you if you want... They're getting ......................, 'Would
you like anything?'
- Jeremy: Yeah, it doesn't happen there.
- Kara: No, no never.
- Interviewer: So you just ......................- you just get your own coffee?
- Kara: You just get your own coffee and you... everyone else gets their own. You're left
to .......................
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- Jeremy: Yeah, you're on your own.
- Kara: But it's not impolite.
- Jeremy: ......................!
- Kara: Um, it's not ....................... It's just, you know...

UNIT 6
HANGING OUT

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a. b. c. d.
B.
1. 2. 3. 4.
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2.
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a. b. c. d.
B.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.