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AnSWeRS:

  1  apartment

  2  contract

  3  deposit

  4  bills

  5  notice

  6  salary

  7  overdraft

  8  credit cards

  9  national health service

 10  insurance scheme

 11  check-up

 12  number

 13  top-ups

 14  contract

 15  landline

Ask students follow-up questions, e.g.: 

Have you ever rented?  

How much do people use cheques in your country?  

How expensive is medical treatment in your country?  

Do you prefer a pay-as-you go mobile-phone system?  

How common is broadband?

Listening for gist

4

 

 

1:05–1:08

 

Before starting this listening exercise, 

check that your students know the meaning of these words:

subsidiary

 (a company owned by a larger company)

placement

 (position or job which you are given for a period 

of time)

deposit 

(a first payment you make when you agree to buy 

something expensive like a car or house).

As a pre-listening task, write the four places where the 

meetings take place on the board: 

a bank, an apartment, the 

doctor’s, a shop

. Tell students to match each place with one of 

the conversations. 

For lower-level classes, play the recording a second time and 

ask students to take notes on what each person is trying to do 

(open an account; view an apartment in order to rent; register 

with a doctor; buy a mobile phone).