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What do people in your country do when they are not working? Do you think the British spend their time differently? Listen to the tape and make notes about the things mentioned in the list below. Make use of any statistical information given to you.
1 Eating 6 Telephones 11 Books
2 Drinking 7 Central heating 12 Newspapers:
3 TV watching 8 Washing machines national
4 TV ownership 9 Cars regional
5 Video 10 Cinema 13 Smoking
Complete each sentence with one of the words or phrases given.
shanty towns commute debt violence
battering booming tough recession
racial tension hostel image racist
high-flyers status slum suburbs
rural depopulation ghetto subsistence squats
1. In Britain today many young graduates want to get a job with high..........
2. The.............of high earners is enhanced by the purchase of a luxury car such as a Porche.
3. The financial centre of London, the City, is full of highly-motivated young............. who are eager to make a lot of money a quickly as possible.
4. All successful business people know how............. lite athe top is.
5. When the economy is............., everyone seems to benefit.
6. In times of.............. it's the poorest that seem to suffer most.
7. The ease with which British citizens can get credit has led to increasing.............within society at large.
8. For those living at.............level, even buying essentials is a struggle.
9. Mary lives in a(n).............with sixty other students.
10. Penniless students in large cities try to save money by living in............., that is, houses which they find to be empty.
11. Financial problems can lead to stress within the family and.............between family members.
12. Wife-............. is a particularly unpleasant form of violence.
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13. In certain inner-city areas............. sometimes occurs between different ethnic groups.
14. Members of ethnic minorities trying to find jobs often complain about....... attitudes on the part of employees.
15. A poor, densely populated area of a town or city lived in mainly by one racial group is called a(n)...............
16. In Third World countries.............have grown up on the outskirts of major cities to house poor workers who have migrated from the countryside.
17. In the developed world run-down and derelict housing in the inner city where people still live is called a(n)..............
18. Throughout the second half of the twentieth century there was a steady move to the cities. In many areas this led to..............
19. People working in large cities often like to live away from the centre in pleasant.............
20. People who work in the city centre but live outside have to.............to work everyday.
