Extra felicity O’Dell fce

Six: You hear a man talking about language change
on the radio. How does he feel about it?
A He regrets it.
B He welcomes it.
C He has mixed feelings.
M Some people get really exasperated about
language change, of course. They think that
language has rules that are broken by people who
are not properly educated. They despair about
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slang and about split infinitives and all that sort of
thing. But languages will always change. If they
don’t, it means that they are not really alive. We
may not like some of the changes but we cannot
stop them. Inevitably, some things are lost but
others are gained. Language changes to meet the
needs of a changing society.
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Seven: You hear two people talking. What are they
discussing?
A a visitor to their home
B the woman’s work 
C the man’s holiday
F
When does she want to come?
M As soon as possible, I think. Now she’s decided to
come.
F
I’m glad she’s coming. But I’d rather it weren’t too
soon. I’ve got an awful lot of work over the next
couple of weeks. And the house needs a thorough
tidy before she gets here.
M Don’t worry. I’ll help. I can take some time off. I’m
just afraid that if we don’t get her here soon, she’ll
change her mind.
F
I suppose so. It’s going to be really hectic though.
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Eight: You turn on the radio and hear a man talking.
What is his job?
A translator
B English language teacher
C zoology teacher
M On the first day with all my classes, I used to take
this toy lizard in and tell the students the word for it in
all their languages. They assumed that I must know
their languages really well if I knew the word for
lizard, so that made them very careful about what
they said in front of me in their language. If they tried
to speak to me in, say, Greek or Korean – which of
course I don’t know at all apart from the word for
lizard - I’d just say ‘it’s not good for you if I speak to
you in your language. You must practise your English!’
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