Task # listen to the track and fill in the blanks

A travel story (6 minute English)

Task # 1.

LISTEN TO THE TRACK AND FILL IN THE BLANKS

1.of skyscrapers

2.probably

3.London

4. Cheese Grater

5.nicknames

6.people

7.tallest building

8.end of the programme

9.BBC reporter

10.tallest building

11.nearby skyscrapers

12.size or amount

13.happened recently

14.those nicknames

15.typically British

16.not happy

17.old-fashioned

18.more than 200

19.cultural identity

20.new skyscrapers

21.sprung up

22.London

23.to vomit

24.from the top of

25. Paul Cathedral

26.started

27. Great Fire

Task #2

Listen to the track once again and decide who used the following words in their speech in the track. Write R (Rob) / N (Neil)/ JS (Jonathan Savage) next to the words/ phrases

Quirky- Neil

Modest- Jonathan Savage

Dwarfed- Jonathan Savage

Sprung up- Jonathan Savage

Irreverently- Rob

Obstruct- Jonathan Savage

Plain- Jonathan Savage

Tide- Jonathan Savage

Thrown up- Jonathan Savage

To have a head for heights- Neil