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narrator: 
 Track 2. Listening Part 1, 
worksheet 2
narrator:  you will hear three different extracts. 
For questions 1–6, choose the answer 
(A, B or C) which fits best according 
to what you hear. There are two 
questions for each extract. 
narrator:  Extract one. you hear two friends 
talking about travelling on public 
transport. now look at questions one 
and two. 
Man: 
I find commuter behaviour on public 
transport fascinating, especially at rush 
hour.
woman: 
Yeah, it’s weird how uneasy it makes 
people being forced into such intimacy 
with strangers, all helplessly crowded in 
together. I guess that’s why they read or 
listen to music and engage with fellow 
travellers so reluctantly … just to give up 
a seat for someone elderly or disabled and 
so on. 
Man: 
People approach each other so 
apologetically … mind you, half the time 
nobody registers that there’s someone 
speaking to them because they’re all 
wearing earplugs or headphones. And 
people put a bag on the seat next to them 
just to lower the chance of someone 
sitting there. 
woman: 
Yet, apparently chatting and positive body 
language are actually more successful 
ways of getting to feel at ease than 
defensive strategies. I heard a radio 
programme about it. It seems the seat 
layout can be a problem: it’s awkward 
to talk to anyone if you’re right next to 
them, but if you’re facing each other you 
can pick up key non-verbal signals which 
makes you feel less vulnerable. You’d think 
on regular commutes, where you often 
see the same faces in the same seats, it 
wouldn’t be such a problem and people 
would be more at ease, but I’m not sure 
that’s the case.