Listening 1.

2
What kind of music do you listen to?
Do you play a musical instrument? Which?
What TV programmes do you watch?
Do you do any sport or exercise? What?
What kind of books or magazines do you read?
How often do you go to the cinema?
What did you do last weekend?

Listening 1.3
Do you live with your parents?
Did you have a holiday last year?
Where does your sister work?
When did you start studying English?
What did they talk about?

Listening 1.4
Are you hungry?
Is therea bank near here?
What was that noise?
Where are you from?
Where were you born?

Listening 1.7
1
A What’s your name?
B George.
A How do you spell it?
B G-E-O-R-G-E
2
A What’s your name?
B Celia.
A That’s a pretty name. How do you spell it?
B C-E-L-I-A.
3
A What’s your name?
B Wayne Roberts.
A How do you spell your first name?
B W-A-Y-N-E.
4
A What’s your name?
B Katie.
A Is that K-A-T-Y?
B No, it’s K-A-T-I-E.
5
A What’s your name?
B Hannah.
A Sorry, Hannah or Anna?
B Hannah with an H; H-A-N-N-A-H.
6
A What’s your name?
B Christopher.
A How do you spell it?
B C-H-R-I-S-T-O-P-H-E-R.

Listening 1.8
1
Passengers on the British Airways flight to Barbados please go to gate number 40 where this
flight is ready to board.
2
A How far is it from London to Manchester?
B I’m not sure. Let’s google it. Ah, it says here 181 miles.
3
A Hallo.
B It’s Ben. I’m at the station. Do you have Nicola’s mobile number?
A Er … yes, Just a moment.
B OK.
A It’s 0792 9618 847.
B 0792 9618 847?
A That’s right.
4
A Where do you live in Ireland?
B I live in a village near Dublin.
A How big is it?
B It’s quite small. The population is only about 2,500 people.
5
A Can I have two cokes and a mineral water, please?
B Two cokes?
A Yes, and a mineral water.
B How much is that?
A Six pounds fifteen.
B Sorry? Fifty or fifteen?
A Fifteen. Six pounds fifteen.

Listening 1.9
A Tell me about Molly. What does she look like?
B She's quite tall and she has short dark hair. It's very curly. And she has brown eyes
and a beautiful smile.
A And what's she like?
B She's really nice – very friendly and extrovert. She's got lots of friends. I'm sure you're
going to like her.

Listening 1.10
2 She has curly red hair.
3 She has long straight hair.
1 She has big blue eyes.
6 She has dark wavy hair.
5 He has a beard and a moustache.
4 He’s bald.
7 He’s very tall and thin.
9 He’s quite short and a bit overweight.
8 He’s medium height and quite slim.
Listening 1.12
I usually work at home.
They don’t live near here.
Do you speak French?
Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.
Holly knows me very well.
It doesn’t often rain here.
Does Alice like jazz?
Yes, she does.
No, she doesn’t.

Listening 1.13
1
We often go out on Friday night.
She doesn’t usually study at weekends.
I’m never ill.
He’s always late for work.
2
She gets up early every day.
We have English classes twice a week.

Listening 1.14
My first impression of Alexander was that he was much older than me. In fact he was 32, but
I thought he was older. But when we started talking I really liked him. He was extrovert and
funny and he had a very good sense of humour. He works for a TV company and he told me a
lot of good stories about his work. He was also interested in the same things as me – art and
music and we talked a lot about that. Physically he wasn’t really my type. It’s difficult to say
why. He was tall and dark and quite good-looking and he had a nice smile but there just
wasn’t any chemistry between us. I could imagine going to a concert or theatre with him, but
as a friend. Sorry Mum, but no.

Listening 1.15
When I first saw Oliver I thought he looked warm and friendly, and more attractive than
Alexander. He was quite tall with short, blond hair and he had lovely blue eyes, a bit like the
actor Jude Law. He was a bit shy and quiet at first but when we started chatting he relaxed
and we found we had a lot of things in common – we both like books, and the cinema. He
was generous too – he wanted to pay for everything. I really enjoyed the evening. When it
was time to go he asked for my phone number and said he wanted to meet again. We walked
out of the restaurant and went to look for a taxi. And then something happened, and I knew
that it was impossible for me to go out with him. He said ‘At last!’ and took out a packet of
cigarettes. That was it, I’m afraid. I could never have a boyfriend who was a smoker. I think
perhaps for my next date I’m going to choose the man myself. I don’t think another person
can really choose a partner for you.

Listening 1.22
1
A What are you doing?
B I’m sending a message to Sarah.
2 My brother is doing a two-month course in the UK.
3 In this picture the woman is standing near the window.

Listening 1.23
A What do you do?
B I work for Microsoft.
A What are you doing?
B I’m checking my emails.

Listening 1.24
Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy is by the British artist David Hockney, and it’s considered to be
one of the greatest British paintings of the 20th century.
It was painted in 1971 and it’s a portrait of two of his friends, Ossie Clark and his wife Celia,
and their cat Percy. Ossie Clark and Celia were fashion designers and they had a very
successful clothes shop in London. In the 1960s they dressed a lot of the famous pop stars of
the time including The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton.
Hockney painted Ossie and Celia a few months after they got married in their flat at Notting
Hill in London. He painted them in their bedroom, because he liked the light there, and on the
wall on the left of the window you can see one of his own paintings.
Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy is a very big painting, approximately 3 metres wide and 2
metres high. The couple are wearing typical clothes of the late 1960s. Celia is wearing a long
dress, and in fact she was expecting a baby at that time. Her husband isn’t wearing any shoes,
and he’s putting his feet into the carpet. This was because Hockney had a lot of problems
painting his feet. He just couldn’t get them right.
Hockney said that his aim with this painting was to paint the relationship between the two
people. Traditionally, when a painter paints a married couple the woman is sitting down and
the man is standing up. In this painting the man is sitting and the woman is standing. Usually
in a painting the married couple are close together, but in this painting they are separated by a
big open window which symbolises the distance between them. The white cat, sitting on Mr
Clark, is a symbol of infidelity. It seems that Hockney didn’t think that their marriage was
going to be very happy, and in fact the couple got divorced four years later.
Celia often posed as a model for Hockney, but she says that this painting, his most famous
picture of her, is not her favourite. She said "It's a wonderful painting, but it makes me look
too heavy."
In 1996, twenty five years after this picture was painted, Ossie Clark died. He was murdered
by his lover in his Kensington flat.

Listening 1.25
1 There are two people in the room.
2 The woman is standing on the left, and the man is sitting on the right.
3 In the middle of the painting, between the man and the woman, there’s an open
window.
4 A white cat is sitting on the man.
5 There’s a carpet under the man’s chair.
6 There’s a telephone on the floor behind the man’s chair.
7 Next to the telephone there’s a lamp.
8 In front of the woman there’s a table, and a vase with flowers in it.

Listening 1.26
My name’s Jenny Zielinski. I live and work in New York. I’m the assistant editor of a
magazine called New York24seven. A few months ago, I visited our office in London to learn
more about the company. I met the manager, Daniel O’Connor. I had lots of meetings with
him, of course. And a working dinner on my birthday... But I spent more time with Rob
Walker. He’s one of the writers on the London magazine. We had coffees together. We went
sightseeing. I even helped Rob buy a shirt! He was fun to be with. I liked him a lot. I think he
liked me too. Rob isn’t the most punctual person in the world, but he is a great writer. We
invited him to work for the New York magazine for a month... and he agreed! So now Rob’s
coming to New York. I know he’s really excited about it. It’s going to be great to see him
again.

Listening 1.27
Hotel Hello, reception.
Rob Hello. This is room 613.
Hotel How can I help you?
Rob There’s a problem with the air conditioning. It isn’t working, and it’s very hot in my
room.
Hotel I’m sorry, sir. I’ll send somebody up to look at it right now.
Rob Thank you.
Hotel Good evening, reception.
Rob Hello. I’m sorry to bother you again. This is room 613.
Hotel How can I help you?
Rob I have a problem with the Wi-fi. I can’t get a signal.
Hotel I’m sorry sir. I’ll put you through to IT.
Rob Thanks.

Listening 1.28
Hotel Hello, reception.
Rob Hello. This is room 613.
Hotel How can I help you?
Rob There’s a problem with the air conditioning. It isn’t working, and it’s very hot in my
room.
Hotel I’m sorry, sir. I’ll send somebody up to look at it right now.
Rob Thank you.
Hotel Good evening, reception.
Rob Hello. I’m sorry to bother you again. This is room 613.
Hotel How can I help you?
Rob I have a problem with the Wi-fi. I can’t get a signal.
Hotel I’m sorry sir. I’ll put you through to IT.
Rob Thanks.

Listening 1.29
Jenny So, here you are in New York at last.
Rob Yeah, it’s great to be here. It’s really exciting.
Jenny And how’s your hotel?
Rob It’s fine. My room is really…nice.
Jenny Do you have a good view from your room?
Rob I can see lots of other buildings.
Jenny Tomorrow I’m going to show you around the office and introduce you to the team.
Barbara’s looking forward to meeting you.
Jenny You remember, Barbara, my boss?
Rob Oh…yeah, sorry.
Jenny And then you can start thinking about your blog and the column. Have you got any
ideas yet, Rob? ... Rob?
Rob What? Sorry, Jenny.
Jenny You must be really tired.
Rob Yes, I am a bit. What time is it now?
Jenny It’s nine o’clock.
Rob Nine o’clock? That’s two o’clock in the morning for me.
Jenny Let’s finish our drinks. You need to go to bed.
Rob I guess you’re right.
Jenny So, I’ll see you in the office at eleven in the morning.
Rob At eleven?
Jenny Is that OK?
Rob It’s perfect. Thanks, Jenny.
Jenny There’s just one thing.
Rob What’s that?
Jenny Don’t be late.
Rob By the way. It’s great to see you again.
Jenny Yeah. It’s great to see you, too.