Number 8, exercise 2.0:03
Listen to the five speakers and match the speakers with what they say.0:06
Speaker A We live in the East End of London in a street of terraced houses called Royal Row.0:21
The houses in our street were built during Queen Victoria's reign.0:32
They are far from royal.0:36
Each one has two small rooms upstairs and two rooms downstairs.0:38
All the houses in the street are due to be pulled down next year.0:43
We don't like the idea of being rehoused in a block of flats.0:48
We would like to be put in a council house that's got a garden back and front.0:52
Speaker B hi, my name is John.1:00
I live with my parents and I'm an only child in the family.1:06
I have problems which worry me deeply.1:10
I'm not happy at home.1:13
I know I'm ambitious and want to win a place at a university.1:15
My parents, I think, are proud of me.1:19
I am fond of my father, but I find my relationship with mother less satisfactory.1:23
It is difficult for me to bear her love and her pride.1:28
She never leaves me alone.1:32
Speaker C My family is a nuclear family, which means I live with my parents and have a brother.1:38
But I have nothing in common with Rob, who is a college student.1:49
I left school as soon as I could at 16 in particular, and I'm already earning a fair wage as a packer in a small firm.1:52
I admit I'm both jealous and scornful of my brother.2:01
Jealous because Rob is cleverer and scornful because although Rob is older, he is still at school and not earning money.2:05
Speaker D We belong to what they now call low income family, which means that we do not always have an adequate income.2:16
My husband is the only breadwinner in the family.2:30
I'm not employed because of my health.2:34
My son Greg feels little sympathy for his family.2:37
He keeps himself to himself, spends much time with his bike and his gang, which we do not approve of.2:41
He is often rebellious and runs out of the house banging the door.2:48
I'm afraid this is the first step towards breaking ties with his home.2:53
Speaker E We live in a North London suburb.3:01
I'm a working mother and travel to the city each day by underground.3:08
It's a tiring journey.3:12
My husband Edward is a clerk in a local bank.3:15
I am able to work full time only because Edward's mother lives with us.3:18
Mrs. Garrison helps with the housework and takes care of the twins when we are at work.3:23
Sometimes she annoys me by telling me what I should do or criticizing my ways with the children because she thinks I'm too soft with them.3:30
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