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A diff icult celeb ~ity

·~ ROB'S INTERVIEW
1 VIDEO ·~ GIVING OPINIONS
2 VIDEO
a 2 29 >)) \Vatch or listen to the con,·ersarion at lunch. \Vhar do they
d isagrcc about?

b \Vatch or listen again. Ans,ver the questions.

1 \Vhat docs Kerri think about ... ?
a rhe \Vairers in e'v York compared to London
b people in e\v York corn pared to [Link]
2 \Vho agrees \Vith Kerri? Who disagrees? What do they think?
3 Who p hones Rob? \Vh ar about?

a 2 28 >)) \Vatch o r listen co Rob inrervie,ving

Kerri. \Vhar is she happy / not l1appy to talk
abour?

b Warch or lis te n again. Mark tl1e sentences

T (true) or F (fa lse). Correct the F sentences.
1 Kerri's song is abo ut love.
2 Kerri plays in a band.
3 She used to go o ut"'" ith a mernber of the
band.
4 On ly one of her pa rents \vas a n1usician.
5 Kerri started p laying the guitar \Vhen she
was six .
6 Her nev; album is very different fro n1 t he
.
previous ones.
7 She's been recording and touring recently.
8 She's going to give a big concert in le\v
York.
c 2 30 l)) Look at o n1e extracts fron1 the 3 •411 A SURPRISE FOR KERRI
VIDEO
conversation . C an you ren1en1ber any of the
a 2 32 >)) \Vatch or listen to the end of the lunch. \Vhy is Kerri
1nissing \VOrds? Watch or lis ten and check.
surprised?
1 Kerri , I think people in London
are a lot more easy-going. London's
just not as hectic as New York.
Don Sure, we all like peace and quiet .
But in my , New York is
possibly... well, no, is definitely the
greatest city in the world.
Don't you ?
Kerri To be I definitely prefer
London.
Don Come on, Rob. You've lived in both.
What do you ?

2 Don 0 , London has its

own peculiar charm. But if you _ _
me, nothing compares with a city
like New York. The whole world is
here!
Kerri But that's the problem. It's t oo
big. There are too many people.
Everybody's so stressed out. And
nobody has any t ime for you.
Jenny I don't think that's , Kerri.
New Yorkers are very friendly.
Kerri Oh , they can sound
friendly with all that 'Have a nice '
day' stuff. 0 British and American English
cell phone = American English
d 2 3 1 i)) \\latch or listen and repeat the mobile phone = British English
l11g ig ite phrases. Co py the rhythm and
. . b \ Vatch or lis ten again and complete the information.
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I Kerri thin ks the \vaitress is fr iendly \vhen they leave because
e Practise t he dialogues in c \.Yith a partner.
Don ...
f 2 Jenny is \VOr ried because she th in ks Rob ...
3 Ker ri thi nks that t he raxi dr iver is very...
- The best place to live is in a big city. c Look at the Socia l E n glis h phrases. Can you remember any of
- Cycli ng is the n1os t practical \Vay to get the n1issi ng \vords?
round big cities.
Social English phrases
- You only get good service in expensive
restaurants. Jenny Did you what you said in the restaurant , Rob?

- Ir's irritating '"hen people in shops or Jenny lt's. that. .. you seemed homesick in there.

restaurants say Have a 11ice da)•! Rob Oh,r . 9n a minute.

Rob Our taxi's come
Kerri That was so o 1m!

d 2 33 >)) \Vatch or Ii ren and con1plere the phrases.

e \Vatch or listen again and repeat the phrases. Ho\v do you say
them in your language?

1
• Can you ...?
~ int erview someone or be interviewed
give your opinion about something
D agree or disagree with other people's opinions
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