Unit_1_Under_the_Same_Roof
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Unit 1 Under the Same Roof
Interviewer:
Excuse me, er,
could I ask you a few
questions?
First passer-by:
C
ertainly, yes.
Interviewer:
Um...pl...could
you
tell
me
what
you
enjoy
most in life?
First passer-by:
What I
enjoy most in life? I think I
enjoy ... um ...
a nice
meal
.
Interviewer:
Mmm and what do you think's been your
...
or would be your
greatest ambition?
First passer-by:
My greatest ambition would be to
go to
Indonesia
and see the wonderful arts and
dances and musics of that country.
Interviewer:
Oh yes,
fascinating. Er ... what's been
your greatest achievement so far?
First passer-by:
My greatest
achievement, well far be it
from
me
to
say
but
...
um
...
I
think
that
...
Er
...
I
go
back
to the time that I
got to
Oxford
.
I
was
very
very
proud
of
...
of
...
of finding
myself at such a wonderful,
hallowed
...
er
...
university
of
learning.
Interviewer:
Yes,
I'm
sure
you
were.
What
person
do
you
admire most?
U
m ...
Winston
Churchill
.
First passer-by:
Interviewer:
M
mm,
and
who
do
you
get
on
with
best
of
all?
M
y
wife
.
First passer-by:
Interviewer:
Oh ... what was the nicest thing that
happened to you yesterday?
First passer-by:
Yesterday
...
gosh,
I
must
say
my
memory
...
isn't
it
awful
...
er
...
oh
yes,
my
little
girl
came
up
to
me
first
thing
in
the
morning
and she
said,
wonderful person in the
world
.
Interviewer:
H
a
ha. Thank you very much.
First passer-
by:
T
hank you.
Interviewer:
E
xcuse
me,
could
I
ask
you
a
few
questions?
Second
passer-by:
O
h ... yes, all right.
1
Interviewer:
The first one is: What do you enjoy
most
in life?
Second
passer-by:
Um ... well, I ... I'm sorry to be
boring
but
...er...I
really
enjoy
sitting
in
front
of a fire and just reading
by myself
.
Interviewer:
That's lovely, isn't it? Yes and what's
your greatest ambition?
Second
passer-by:
Um ... er ... to have as much money as
possible. I don't mean to be enormously
rich
but
to
be
...
have
enough
not
to
have
to worry.
Interviewer:
Oh yes, and
what do you think's been your
greatest achievement?
Second
passer-by:
Oh,
having
my
daughter.
I've
got
one
little
girl and it's her.
Interviewer:
Oh, lovely.
Which person do you admire
most?
Second
passer-by:
Oh
...
er
...
um
...
well
either
something
quite
frivolous
like...like
an
actor,
like
Laurence
Olivier
or
...
No,
really
somebody
like ... er ...
Mahatma Gandhi, I think.
Interviewer:
Oh
yes.
And
who
do
you
get
on
with
best
of
all?
Second
passer-by:
Oh,
my
daughter
?
she's
awfully
nice
to
me,
ha ha.
Interviewer:
Ha ha, lovely.
What was the nicest thing
that happened to you yesterday?
Second
passer-by:
Well
...
um
...
we
went
out
for
a
very
nice
walk and ... and saw a castle and it
was
just lovely, the whole day.
Interviewer:
O
h, it sounds super! Thank
you very much.
Second
passer-by:
T
hank you.
Interviewer:
Excuse me ...
er ... can I interrupt you
for a moment?
Third passer-
by:
O
h, yeah.
Interviewer:
Would
you
mind
answering a few questions?
The
f
...
the
first
one
is:
What
do
you
enjoy
most in
life?
2
Third
passer-by:
O
h well, I think I enjoy my
work most.
Interviewer:
M
mm
...
and
what's
your
greatest
ambition?
Third passer-by:
Greatest ambition. I think that would
be
to go on a safari in
East Africa.
Interviewer:
Oh,
that
sounds
wonderful.
What's
been
your
greatest achievement?
Third
passer-by:
W
ell, I guess raising three
daughters.
Interviewer:
U
huh. Which
person do you admire most?
Third
passer-by:
M
mm ... I'd better say my
wife! Ha ha.
Interviewer:
A
nd who do you
get on with best of all?
Third passer-
by:
W
ell, I ... I'm sure: my
wife.
Interviewer:
Again,
your wife. And what was the nicest
thing that happened to you yesterday?
Third passer-by:
Yesterday
...
Oh
yes,
yesterday
was
Sunday
and we went for ...
um ... a drive out in
the
country and I think that was just
wonderful.
Interviewer:
T
hank
you
very
much. Thank you, good-
bye.
Third passer-by:
B
ye.
Part
Ⅰ
Getting ready
Part B
1.
Woman: This is my family.
I’
m married. My
husband
’
s name is Bill. We
have two
children
—
a boy and a girl. Our
little girl is six years old, and our little boy
is
four.
Jennie
goes
to
kindergarten,
and
Aaron
goes
to
nursery
school.
My
father
lives
with
us.
Grandpa
’
s
great
with
the
kids.
He
loves
playing
with
them
and
taking them to the park
or the zoo.
2.
Man: This is a picture of me and my
three sons. We
’
re at a
soccer game. Orlando
is
twelve,
Louis
is
ten,
and
Carlos
is
nine.
All
three
of
them
really
like
sports.
Orlando and Louis
play baseball. Carlos is into skating.
3.
Man: This is
my wife June, and these are my three children.
Terri on the right is
the
oldese.
She
’
s
in
high
school.
She
’
s
very
involved
in
music.
She
’
s
in
the
orchestra.
Rachel
—
she
’
s the one in the middle
—
is twelve now. and this is
my
son Peter.
He
’
s one
year older than Rachel.
Rachel
and Peter
are both
in junior
high school. Time really flies. June
and I have been married for twenty years now.
4.
Woman: This is
a picture of me with my three kids. The girls,
Jill and Anne, are
both in high school.
This is Jill on the right.
She
’
ll graduate next year.
Anne is two
years younger. My son Dan
is in college. It seems like the kids are never
home. I
see
them
for
dinner
and
sometimes
on
Saturday
mornings,
but
that
’
s
about
it.
They
’
re really
busy and have a lots of friends.
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