Speaker 1 Kevin is very quick to think negative things about people. Even when he talks about his best friend, he always tells you about his faults. And if somebody hasn’t got any faults, he invents them

Erika

I did!

Examiner

Oh, I’m sorry. You must feel that I’ve been very 

lazy. What else needs doing, then?

Erika

You need to transfer some money to me now, 

don’t you? I don’t have anything left in my bank 

account and I’m supposed to be buying my 

sister a birthday present soon! And I am 

arranging the insurance for the holiday, aren’t I?

You’ll need to pay half of that, too.

Examiner

OK. Thank you for arranging it. Just let me 

know how much I owe you.

Erika

OK, I’ll do that. And could we possibly agree on 

how we’re getting to the airport? You said you 

wanted to go by train, didn’t you? But I thought 

perhaps we could go by coach. It’s much 

cheaper than the train, isn’t it?

Examiner

I suppose so. But I have a railcard. Let me have

a look and see how much discount I can get 

for us.

Erika

OK, great. And we need to buy some currency, 

don’t we? Maybe next week?

Examiner

Why don’t we both go to the bank and sort it out

together?

Erika

That’s a good idea. Let’s do that. And why don’t

you come round to my house one evening this 

week and we can research things to do and see

while we’re there?

Examiner

Thanks. I’d love to.

Solutions

 

Third Edition

 Upper-Intermediate

 

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Audio scripts

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1.12 Exam Skills Trainer 1, Exercise 4

1

Can I have your attention, please? Thank you. As you know,

we’re here tonight to talk about noisy neighbours, and what 

we can do about them. According to the UK Noise Act of 

1996, a neighbourhood should be quiet at night – that is, 

between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Now, it really isn’t 

worth complaining if your neighbour has a birthday party 

once a year. As far as I’m concerned, it’s when the noise 

occurs on a regular basis that you have the right to take 

action. The best way of dealing with the problem is having a 

friendly chat with the person or people involved. Personally, 

I wouldn’t involve the police unless the neighbour refuses to 

co-operate.