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speakout Starter
UNIT 1

HELLO

Overview

Watch the video podcast. Whos from your country?

1 Complete the text about Andrea with the words from the box. Then
watch the video podcast from 0:11 to 0:22 and check your answers.

Andrea

my your from you Im is

Hello.1 My
name 2
Andrea. Im 3
Brazil. 4
5
a producer at the BBC. How about
? Whats 6
name?
Glossary: (BBC) producer = she makes TV/radio programmes

2 Whats your name? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video podcast

from 0:22 to 1:14 and underline the correct answers.

1 My name is Ailsa Lesley /

1 Will Porter.

2 My name is Keiko Ono /

2 Andrew.

3 My names Cynthia / Halu.

4 Im / My names Laxmikant.

5 My names Julia / Julianna Kadar. 6 My names / Im Lee.

3 Where are they from? Read and check the names of the countries in the box. Then watch the video

podcast from 1:18 to 1:59 and tick () the countries you hear.

Scotland Argentina Thailand Russia Uruguay

India Ireland Israel France Taiwan Canada
the USA Spain Japan Germany the Czech Republic

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speakout Starter
UNIT 1

HELLO

4 Whats your job? Look at the people below and read their answers. Check new job words in your

dictionary. Then watch the video podcast from 2:01 to 2:28 and match the people to the jobs.
AWill
1 Im a manager.

________

2 Im a student.

________

3 Im a teacher.

A
________

4 I work in IT.

________

5 Im an engineer.

________

6 Im a journalist.

________

7 Im an architect.

________

8 Im a doctor.

________

B Laxmikant

C Andrew

D Ailsa

E Iris

F Ethan

G Lee

H Pedro

Glossary: IT = Information Technology

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speakout Starter
UNIT 1

HELLO

The way we speak

5 The people in the pictures spell their surnames. Watch the video podcast from 0:50 to 1:14 and
complete the surnames.

A
1 My name is Jiri1S _e d_ l a_ c _e k_.

C
3 Eva F_ u _ r _ a u _.

B
2 Im John1B _ _ t _ e _ _.

D
4 And my surname is spelt B _ _ t _ _ t _.

Personalisation
6 Write your answers to Andreas questions.
1 Whats your name?
______________________________________________________________________________________
2 Where are you from?
______________________________________________________________________________________
3 Whats your job?
______________________________________________________________________________________

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