A New Way of Life

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Intermediate

Task 2: A New Way of Life

1. Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements.
(1) The two interviewees are
and
. They have given up
and
to start
.
(2) Michelle and her husband decided to come to live in a
because they had worked
and had hardly
. As a result, their marriage was
. Now they make a living by raising
, growing their own
; they also have a few
.
(3) Mr. Luke has been a
-year
journey round the world. Before his journey, he had been working in a
on the
. He had a bit of money to start with, then he began to do odd jobs like
,
, etc. Now he's going to start a new journey in the
, and he'll be away for about
years again.

2. True or False Questions.
(1)
Daniel and Michelle Burns gave up their jobs just because they felt underpaid.
(2)
Daniel used to be a sales manager and Michelle an advertising executive.
(3)
According to Michelle, a big house and two cars mean everything in life.
(4)
They found this Scottish croft through advertisement.
(5)
They raise all sorts of animals for money.
(6)
Living a natural life in the country makes them happy.
(7)
When he was a factory worker, Luke had to do monotonous work every day.
(8)
People abroad were uncooperative and Luke had to try hard to solve problems.
(9)
Luke had friendly relationship with people abroad. He could communicate with them without knowing their language.
(10)
He had to go to hospital once in India.

3. Complete the following statements with what you hear on the tape.
(1) We have two interviews with people who decided to leave the "
".
(2) We saw this place and we both
it.
(3) It's a very
life, and we're not in it for
.
(4) There's such a lot to do
that we don't have time to
.
(5) All I had to do was put
on the
that hold the
on.
(6) Did you ever feel like
, and
and
?

Listening answers

Task 2: A New Way of Life

1. Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements.
(1) The two interviewees are
and
. They have given up
and
to start
.
(2) Michelle and her husband decided to come to live in a
because they had worked
and had hardly
. As a result, their marriage was
. Now they make a living by raising
, growing their own
; they also have a few
.
(3) Mr. Luke has been a
-year
journey round the world. Before his journey, he had been working in a
on the
. He had a bit of money to start with, then he began to do odd jobs like
,
, etc. Now he's going to start a new journey in the
, and he'll be away for about
years again.

2. True or False Questions.
(1)
Daniel and Michelle Burns gave up their jobs just because they felt underpaid.
(2)
Daniel used to be a sales manager and Michelle an advertising executive.
(3)
According to Michelle, a big house and two cars mean everything in life.
(4)
They found this Scottish croft through advertisement.
(5)
They raise all sorts of animals for money.
(6)
Living a natural life in the country makes them happy.
(7)
When he was a factory worker, Luke had to do monotonous work every day.
(8)
People abroad were uncooperative and Luke had to try hard to solve problems.
(9)
Luke had friendly relationship with people abroad. He could communicate with them without knowing their language.
(10)
He had to go to hospital once in India.

3. Complete the following statements with what you hear on the tape.
(1) We have two interviews with people who decided to leave the "
".
(2) We saw this place and we both
it.
(3) It's a very
life, and we're not in it for
.
(4) There's such a lot to do
that we don't have time to
.
(5) All I had to do was put
on the
that hold the
on.
(6) Did you ever feel like
, and
and
?