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UNIT 2
OverviewWatch the video podcast. Who has a similar routine to yours?
1 Read the text about the podcast presenter, Finn. Then watch the video podcast from 00:10- 0:25 and complete the text.
Hi, I 1 ’m Finn. I 2_____________ for the BBC 3_____________ London
as a producer. I 4_____________ work at nine thirty and usually
5_____________ around six. What 6_____________ you do?
Glossary: BBC producer = makes TV and radio programmes
2 Look at the two people below and read the things they say. Check new words in your dictionary. Then watch the video podcast and write A or B next to each sentence.
1 I teach science at a secondary school. A
2 I'm a student.
3 I catch my bus at about twenty past seven.
4 I catch the tube home. Then I make some food.
5 And I like getting home and relaxing in the evenings.
6 I love what I'm doing. I love my course.
7 I don't like the rush in the mornings.
8 Getting up at half past six.
3 What do they do? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video podcast from 0:25-0:45 and circle the correct answer in italics.
She’s a receptionist / He’s an English He’s an engineer / He teaches English in He’s a student nurse /secretary in London. teacher /accountant. retired. Abu Dhabi / Argentina. doctor.
Glossary: retired = he doesn’t work now because he is 65.
A
B
A C D EB
Finn
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4 What’s their daily routine? Look at the people in Ex 3 again and read their answers below. Then watch the video podcast from 0:47-2:00 and match their answers to pictures A-E in Ex 3.
Glossary: have a meeting = meet with other people to talk about work
5 What do/don’t they like about their daily routine? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video podcast from 2:01-3:14 and underline the correct answers, a or b.
1 His daily routine is always ___________ .
a) the same b) different
2 Sometimes people are quite ___________ .
a) angry b) happy
1 He likes his _______ now. a) work b) free time
2 He ___________ his daily routine.
a) enjoys b) doesn’t enjoy
1 He ___________the people he works with.
a) likes b) doesn’t like
2 He ___________very happy with his job.
a) is b) isn’t
A B C
I don’t have breakfastbecause I don’t have time.
1D
I get into work – always have a meeting in the morning.
2
Usually I wake up and make a couple of cups of coffee.
3
It takes me about 20 minutes to get to my workplace.
4
Well, normally I go for a walk, and go to the gym every morning.
5
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UNIT 2
The way we speak6A The people in the pictures say clock times in different ways. Watch the video podcast from 0:47-2:00 again and complete the times.
6B Draw the times from Ex 6A on the clocks below.
7 Write your answers to Finn’s questions.
1 What do you do? ___________________________________________________________________________________.
2 What’s your daily routine? ___________________________________________________________________________________.
3 What do you like about your daily routine? ___________________________________________________________________________________.
4 What don’t you like about your daily routine? ___________________________________________________________________________________.
A C D EB
1 I get up at about half past six, grab a cup of tea …
3 I leave at ___________ and get home about six.
4 I work from ________ eight until three thirty.
5 And I work from nine till about four ________ .
2 I get up at about ___________ .
1 2 3 4 5
Office workers who have a routine are happier than ones who don’t. Find out more here:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1294359.stm
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