Task 2. Watch Part 2 again and fill in the table.

What is London like?

You are going to watch a series of video podcasts featuring interviews with people Luke Thompson, a DELTA qualified English teacher in West London, UK, met in the centre of London. He went into London and politely asked members of the public if they would like to do a short interview for people around the world who are learning English and who are interested in listening to native speakers, and finding out about life in London.

Watch the video, try to understand their comments and do the following tasks.

Task 1. The first video includes interviews with people in different parts of central London, so watch Part I and match people to the places where they’re interviewed.

Task 2. Watch Part I again and match people to the places where they’re from.

Task 3. All these people answered three main questions: What’s London like?What is the best thing about London? and What is the worst thing about London? So watch Part I again and put the best / worst things about London into correct boxes and mind who says that.

· difficult to meet people

· Traffic, commuting, going around

· busy

· Price

· the British Airway

· the tube

· the weather

· a good place to live

· quite exciting

· There’s always something to do

· good communication

· stressful

· the old stuff

· really good

· the architecture

· the people and the experience at the Holiday Inn was super

· Everything else

· it tends to be a little dirty

· these lovely parks

· hot and busy

· New York which cannot compare to London

· the most beautiful city in the world

· grimy

· a life city

· Recharge your batteries

· a very nice place to be

Part 2

Task 1. Before watching Part 2 of the video interviews mind the proper names and some vocabulary you’ll hear in the interview. Then watch the video and put down who used these names and words / word-combinations.

Redhill (half an hour away from London)

Camberwell, School of the Arts

muggers – criminals who might steal things from you in public (e.g. attack you and steal your bag)

dodgy people – people who are strange and can’t be trusted

looking at your weirdly – looking at you in a strange way

shove about – push people when in a large crowd (e.g. pushing people when getting on or off a crowded train)

you’ve just got to deal with it – you have to just learn to live with it. You can’t let it make you unhappy.

if you’re into – if you’re interested in

just get stuck in there – get involved without hesitation or fear

and go for it – just do it!

vibrant – full of energy and activity in an exciting way

fast paced – with a quick lifestyle (e.g. people rushing about everywhere, walking very quickly, in a hurry)

get quite a bit (too) much – be stressful and annoying

congested – full of traffic, lots of traffic jams

the right enclave – a small area within the city in which you live and feel comfortable

Task 2. Watch Part 2 again and fill in the table.

Date: 2015-12-18; view: 973