Exercise 7B, page 85.0:00
Hey, Liam, did you have a good time on holiday?0:04
Didn't you go to that ski resort that all the travel magazines are talking about?0:08
They say it's just waiting to be discovered.0:12
I'm sorry to say that it's not undiscovered or only by this country.0:16
It's very popular with people from other countries.0:21
Rather too popular, as it turned out.0:24
Oh, well, I suppose that means there are good hotels then.0:26
Yes, our room was comfortable and clean, but it was right next to the lift.0:31
The noise of it going up and down kept us awake at night.0:35
Why didn't you change rooms?0:39
The hotel had none that were vacant and everywhere else in town was booked up.0:41
Is it true that the town is quite pretty with nice old buildings?0:46
There were a few, but most of it is modern and rather trashy.0:51
At least the skiing must have been good.0:55
It was, and to be fair, also quite cheap.0:57
But the restaurants and cafes certainly weren't.1:01
My sister had a lesson from an instructor which she said wasn't very helpful, but really it was the people there who spoiled it.1:04
Do you mean the locals?1:11
No, no, I meant the other tourists.1:13
They were quite rude and we even saw them dropping litter on the snow.1:16
Were they mostly young people?1:20
Actually, mostly families.1:22
Well, we learnt our lesson.1:24
We won't be going back or falling for what journalists say in glossy magazines.1:26
You have 30 seconds to complete the task.1:32
Now you will listen to the texts again.2:05
Hey, Liam, did you have a good time on holiday?2:09
Didn't you go to that ski resort that all the travel magazines are talking about?2:12
They say it's just waiting to be discovered.2:17
I'm sorry to say that it's not undiscovered, or only by this country.2:21
It's very popular with people from other countries.2:25
Rather too popular, as it turned out.2:28
Oh, well, I suppose that means there are good hotels then.2:31
Yes, our room was comfortable and clean, but it was right next to the lift.2:35
The noise of it going up and down kept us awake at night.2:40
Why didn't you change rooms?2:43
The hotel had none that were vacant and everywhere else in town was booked up.2:46
Is it true that the town is quite pretty with nice old buildings?2:50
There were a few, but most of it is modern and rather trashy.2:55
At least the skiing must have been good.2:59
It was, and to be fair, also quite cheap.3:02
But the restaurants and cafes certainly weren't.3:05
My sister had a lesson from an instructor which she said wasn't very helpful, but really it was.3:08
The people there who spoiled it?3:14
Do you mean the locals?3:16
No, no, I meant the other tourists.3:18
They were quite rude and we even saw them dropping litter on the snow.3:20
Were they mostly young people?3:24
Actually, mostly families.3:27
Well, we learnt our lesson.3:29
We won't be going back or falling for what journalists say in glossy magazines.3:30
This is the end of the task.3:36
You now have 30 seconds to check your answers.3:39
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