LISTENING 6 B1+

Travellers’ tales
A chat among friends
You are going to listen to four friends discussing things that have gone wrong for them when they have been on holiday.

1 Choose the correct option to complete the definitions. 3 Listen again and complete the summary of each
1 pickpocket: a person who steals, often from tourists / shops person’s experience. Write one word in each gap.
2 beggar: a person who asks for money / plays a musical Matt left his wallet on the 1 on his way to the
instrument in public airport. He managed to fly to Australia with only
£2 in his pocket. His 3 picked him
3 put up: to offer assistance / accommodation
up at the airport in Brisbane.
4 visa: a document permitting you to drive a car / enter a
Harriet started to feel 4 the weekend before
country
she was due to start 5 around New Zealand.
5 wallet: small holder for a passport / cards and cash She had an operation and made a full 6 .
6 grab: to take something quickly / without permission Dave had tickets for a 7 but they were stolen
from him at a train station in Italy by 8
2 Listen to the conversation and match the people (1–5) to the
pretending to beg for money.
problems (a–e).
Matt’s friend had the wrong 9 and was sent
1 Matt a victim of theft
back to 10 . On the flight back to Paris he was
2 Harriet b careless behaviour offered a job in a five-11 hotel.
3 Dave c problems with immigration The woman who flew to Grenada 12 she was
4 Matt’s French friend d geographical mistake flying to Granada. She ended up having 13
5 the woman from London e hospital treatment holidays, one in the West Indies and another in
14
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