Текст № 15 для прослушивания и материал для собеседования к экзамену по английскому языку

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Listen to the radio programme and answer the questions below.

1. What did Margaret do before she became a housekeeper?

2. What made Margaret change her job?

3. Why was she once worried when people asked her what she did?

Jackie: Hello, welcome to the programme, I'm Jackie Dalton.

Margaret: Hello, my name is Margaret McMullen...

Jackie: Margaret, what are you?

Margaret: I'm the Head Housekeeper at this incredibly beautiful Tudor house, which has been restored.

Margaret: Well, I decided to enter into the service world when I had to leave my job. I worked as a teacher in a school.

Jackie: Why were you a bit worried about the decision you made?

Margaret: When I decided that I would do this, I thought "Here you are, you are a university graduate, you're a qualified teacher, you've had a professional career — why on earth do you want to go on and be a professional cleaner?"

Jackie: So, why did you finally make that decision?

Margaret: I thought well, I don't particularly want to carry on doing what I'm doing because it is stressful, I want to do something different.

Jackie: Were you uncomfortable at first when other people asked you what you did?

Margaret: Well, I had difficulty with that because I'd always thought of myself as being a professional person in a professional job. I never associated housekeeping with a profession.

Jackie: But what do you think now?

Margaret: Now I'm comfortable with being a housekeeper. I think it's a real profession and a good job for me.

 

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Текст № 16 для прослушивания и материал для собеседования к экзамену по английскому языку

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Listen to the radio programme and answer the questions below.

1. What are the three main ingredients of the great British breakfast?

2. What is a new trend or fashion in London's top restaurants?

3. What are the key ingredients of a breakfast in a London cafe?

Script: Hello, I'm Amber, in London Life today, we find out what the traditional British breakfast is made of, and why it is becoming more and more popular, especially in London. Let's listen to three people.

Speaker 1: It's a meal that everyone outside of England has heard of, and dreams about, and we don't know what it is, but when we come here, we want to eat it. I got here, and I went to a cafe and there was the bacon, eggs and fried potatoes, and I thought — is this all there is?!

Speaker 2: I think it's very important to start a day. If I've got a long day at work, I try and eat egg and bacon in the morning because it's protein — it keeps you going all day. Now in London, there're lots more people having business meetings in top restaurants and it's getting very fashionable to have breakfast.

Speaker 3: I would say the cafe experience is very important, you know, it's less than 50 % the food, as it is. In a good cafe, they're not going to hurry you out. There are the smells, there are the sounds — you are just listening to the world go by.

 

 

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Listen to the radio programme and answer the questions below.

1. How long has Brian lived on his boat?

2. Why did he decide to leave London?

3. What can he do with his boat that he couldn't with a house?

Jackie: Hello, I'm Jackie Dalton. Have you ever wanted to do something completely different? Well, one man now lives on his boat. Brian, welcome.

Brian: Hello!

Jackie: How long have you been living on the boat and why did you move there?

Brian: I've been down here now for about 12 years. I used to live in London. The family had grown up, the wife had died. I had this big house... and I thought who for? I'm going to go and live on the boat.

Jackie: Are you glad you decided to leave London and live on a boat in Brighton?

Brian: Best decision I've ever made.

Jackie: Brian, what can you do on a boat that you can't do in a house?

Brian: All these boats have got all the comforts that are required for living on board: microwaves, televisions, fridges... If you don't like your neighbours, you can go to another place. There's a lot going for living on board. I love everything that's down here. I love these lovely nights, the lovely sunsets. People pay for this, you know, they ask me silly questions like "Where do you go for your holiday?" and I look out here and I look at them and I think: "Every day is a holiday!"

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Listen to three speakers and answer the questions below.

1. What made the first speaker's sister angry?

2. Why couldn't the second speaker trust her sister?

3. What kind of relationship does the third speaker have with her sister?

Script:

Speaker 1: It used to be funny having a twin sister at school. People would mix us up, which was funny. But we never thought the same way about things and we used to argue at least once a day. We were both independent, but that didn't stop people buying us the same birthday presents, or one to share between us, which was a disaster! I didn't mind, but it used to make her angry.

Speaker 2: I used to enjoy sharing a bedroom with Katie because it was our own private space where we could be alone. We had different ideas about music and clothes, but we were closer than normal sisters would be. There was a link between us — even though she didn't always keep my secrets when I asked her to, so I could never trust her.

Speaker 3: According to my mum, I was surprised when she told me that Emily and I were twins. We had the same ideas about most things — clothes, music, boys — and although we always tried to be individuals, it never really worked because we were a team. Emily is the first person I'll turn to if I'm feeling bad because I know I can rely on her.

 

 

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