Listen to the same interview for the second time and complete the statements given below.
1. Most of us these days get to travel to foreign countries … .
2. I was on holiday in Italy with some friends and when the time came … .
3. I didn’t speak the language but I had met lots of foreigners who were working there and I … .
4. Although if I’m honest it was all so different and exciting … .
5. Then after six weeks or so I … .
6. I wasn’t particularly concerned because … .
7. … to begin with I just worked in the kitchen, … .
8. My Italian’s … and I’ve started … .
9. It was certainly worth taking the risk but I think I was very lucky … .
Ú Language Focus
Insert the prepositions.
1. I was … holiday … Italy … some friends.
2. Fortunately, I had some money. I’d planned … buying a car … some of my savings.
3. So I handed … my notice … work and that was it.
4. I was so busy I didn’t have time to think … things.
5. I hadn’t found getting a job … easy … I’d expected.
6. I think I was very lucky to find myself …a situation where everything worked … .
Ú Follow-up Activity
Have you ever considered living abroad? Speak on difficulties Karin Newman had when she decided to stay in Italy. Do you think it is worth taking the risk?
HABITS AND CUSTOMS.
Recording 5
Ú Pre-listening Task
Consult a dictionary if you have any difficulties in translating the following words and expressions.
fondness floppy
a double-decker bus vinegar
distil
Ú Listening Task
Listen to three visitors to various countries talking about habits and customs which surprised or shocked them. Fill in the table below with the countries they visited and the habits or customs they talk about.
| Country visited | Habit/ custom | |
| Speaker 1 | ||
| Speaker 2 | ||
| Speaker 3 |
Ú Language Focus
Fill in the sentences with the prepositions.
1. Three years ago I was … a tour … Africa.
2. Nigerians have a great fondness … making speeches.
3. They stayed at school … lunch and had all these sandwiches.
4. Somebody can make a speech … how nice it is to have you … a cup of tea.
5. They have a great love … sort … performance.
Ú Follow-up Activity
Speak on the various habits and customs which surprised or shocked the speakers. Have you ever had an experience of being misunderstood by cultural habits while staying in a foreign country?
WHEN IN ROME…
Recording 6
Ú Pre-listening Task
Learn the following words and expressions.
barren (adj) – неплодородный
lush (adj) – плодородный; богатый
seed (n) – зерно, семечко
geranium (n) – герань
chalet (n) – a house with a steeply sloping roof, common in places with high mountains and snow such as Switzerland (шале)
to drive smb nuts – сводить кого-либо с ума
ÚListening Tasks
You will hear five people describing their first visits to another country. Define the countries the speakers visited and the popular habits associated with them.