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Listen to the recording.

Does Kiki have a positive or negative opinion of transport in her city? Write your answer below.

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Listen to the recording.

Does Kiki have a positive or negative opinion of transport in her city? Write your answer below.

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2Listen to the recording. Answer the questions below.

1. Where is Decatur?

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2. How does Kiki describe the size of Decatur?

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3. What is the most common form of transport in Decatur?

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4. How do people travel if they don’t own a car?

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5. How many train lines are there in Decatur?

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6. Why does Kiki want more public transport?

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3Listen to the recording. Fill in the blanks below.

Neil: Good morning. Um, I’m in the studio with Kiki __________ _____________ and we’re talking about transport. Hi Kiki.

Kiki: Hey, how ya doing?

Neil: Um, Kiki where do you come from?

Kiki: I come from Decatur, Georgia, America.

Neil: Ok, ___________ _________ of America is that?

Kiki: Georgia.

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Neil: Oh, yeah, but south...

Kiki: Oh, um.

Neil: __________-___________?

Kiki: South. South.

Neil: Ok, ok. Now is it a big, big city or small city?

Kiki: Well, it’s _____________ _______. It’s growing.

Neil: Yeah?

Kiki: Mmm hmm.

Neil: How do most people ________ ___________ the city?

Kiki: Well everybody got a car. And folks who don’t have a car, then they drive with other folks.

Neil: So it’s a ________ ______________.

Kiki: Mmm hmm.

Neil: Ok. Do people use buses and trains, ___________ ________ ________? Public transport?

Kiki: Well, yeah, we got buses and trains. Mmm hmm. People use them.

Neil: Do you?

Kiki: ________________, when my car break down, I take a train.

Neil: Ok. Are there lots of trains?

Kiki: Um, only a few. There’s ___________ ________. It’s called ‘Marta’. Do you know ‘Marta’?

Neil: What, there’s one train line?

Kiki: One train.

Neil: In the ____________ ________?

Kiki: Uh huh. Yup.

Neil: Because most people travel by car?

Kiki: That’s right.

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Neil: Ok.

Kiki: Mmm hmm.

Neil: Ok. Do you, wh, wh, what do you think of that? Is it ____________________ _______ ________?

Kiki: No. Mmm mmm. It ain’t convenient for nobody. What you talking about? Mmm.

Neil: So you want more ________________ __________________?

Kiki: Yeah.

Neil: So what, what, what do you want?

Kiki: We need more ____________.

Neil: Ok.

Kiki: Mmm hmm.

Neil: So look, look Kiki, thanks for coming in.

Kiki: Ok, thank you.

Neil: And uh, see you next time.

4 Look at the words from the recording below. Match each word on the left with the defi nition on the right.

1. pretty big a. isn’t

2. folks b. the name of a train

3. car culture c. big but not very big

4. break down d. people

5. Marta e. broken (vehicles)

6. ain’t f. people usually use cars

Look at the words from the recording below. Match each word on the left with the defi nition on the right.

1. pretty big a. isn’t

2. folks b. the name of a train

3. car culture c. big but not very big

4. break down d. people

5. Marta e. broken (vehicles)

6. ain’t f. people usually u

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5Look at the following sentences from the tapescript. Decide if the grammar is correct. If it is not, correct it.

1. “And folks who don’t have a car, then they drive with other folks.”

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2. “Do people use buses and trains, things like that?”

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3. “We got buses and trains.”

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4. “Sometimes, when my car break down, I take a train.”

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6In the space below, describe how your town is convenient or inconvenient.

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