ACCOMMODATION


1.      Listen to the recording. What are the three areas the presenter is going to talk about?

2.      Look at the text and try to fill in the gaps. Then compare it with your neighbour.


Hello / well I’ve been asked to talk about the course that you’re about to embark upon from the
perspective of having done the same course last year / so I thought I’d look at three areas that
were important for the students on the course last year/ obviously I won’t cover everything / so do
please feel free to add any comments you might have or ask any questions at the end.

The three areas I wanted to look at were first of all problems related to adjusting to student life
/ then the day-to-day workload of the course / and thirdly written assignments the problem of
written assignments.

First of all then / adjusting to student life / I don’t think anybody should underestimate the
importance of getting good (1) ……………………….  It’s very important I think to make yourself as
comfortable as you can / as quickly as possible / because the course only lasts a year / it’s not
long enough to get a cheap flat and decorate and do the necessary (2) ……………………......…  so most
people tended to live in student

(3) …………… or in university accommodation / halls of (4) ……………....……… where you could have your own
room and you had the option of eating meals in college or opting out of that and / making other
arrangements for food / perhaps eating at the students‘ (5) ………………………  or cooking your own meals /
in fact I think some of the people on the course last year who did initially live a little way out
of the city / came in / they changed their accommodation and tried to get a room in one of the
halls of residence / because they felt happier and more (6) …………………….......…/ and with the heavy
commitment that this course does involve it’s important to feel relatively free of other worries so
you can (7) …………………..……   on the work /

also I think it was / quite difficult for some of us who had been working for a number of years to
(8) ………………………to being a student again / and I think this / is also something that you need to
consider if you’ve had your own (9) ……………………… perhaps your own flat / you’ve been working / to
suddenly adjust to being in an academic (10) …………………...........……  as a student again does take
some time / so all these things need consideration and I think it’s important as I said to get
accommodation that is the best that you can (11) ………………………  so that you’re relatively (12)
………………………and comfortable as quickly as possible.


3.      Listen to the tape and complete the gaps with the expressions you hear. Then
compare with your own words.


4.      Study the dialogues (Hotel)

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(Based on Study Speaking; T.Lynch , K.Anderson; CUP, 1992)