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Part 1A.House agent: right, if youd just come this way.Woman: Thank you.Man: Yes.House agent: Er on the right here we have the er the bathroom, which as you can see is fully fully fitted. If we just move forward now, we er come into the er main main bed-sitting room here. And er on the left are dining room table and chairs.Woman: Oh yes.Man: Yes.House agent: And er straight ahead of us um foldaway double bed and mattress, which I think youll agree is quite a novel idea.Man: Oh yes.House agent: And then um to Woman: Behind the armchair.House agent: Yes, behind the armchair. To our right, um in the corner there, a fitted wardrobe. And another one on my left here.Woman: On either side of the bed?House agent: Yes, thats right. Thats right, so you can put all your er night attire or what whatever you like in there.Man: Yes, thats good.House agent: Then, there the we have the sofa here er in front of the um the window.Man: Oh yes.House agent: Er so theres plenty of light coming through into the room and as you can see theres a nice view through the windows there.Woman: No curtains, though.House agent: No curtains, but weve got roller blinds.Woman: Oh.House agent: Yes, theyre nice and straight forward. No problems about that dont have to wash them of course. And um on the left of the er sofa there, you can see nice coffee tables. If if we move straight a straight ahead, actually, into the er the kitchen you can see that um on my left here weve got a washing machine, tumble dryer and um electric cooker Woman: Oh,yes.Man: Mmm.House agent: All as you can see to the most modern designs. And there um on the other side of the kitchen um refrigerator there in the in the corner.Man: Oh yeah, yes.Woman: Oh, what a nice little cubbyhole! Yes, very neat.House agent:Yes. Well um I dont know whether youve got any questions. Thats it of course.Woman: Well, could could we perhaps see the bathroom, because we we didnt see that?House agent: OK, yes, yes. Lets um lets go on out of here and um end up in the bathroom C.Dave: Hi Randall. (Hi.) come on in.Randall: Uh, yeah, I stopped by to see if you were still looking for a roommate to share your house.Dave: Yep. I sure am. Ever since I cut back on my working hours to go to school, Ive been really strapped for cash.Randall: Oh.Dave : Hey, let me show you the place. Uh, heres the living room.Randall: Oh. It looks like you could use a new carpetand those stains?Dave: Well. Ive had a few problems with some former roommates. I know it needs to be cleaned, but I just dont have the money to do it right now.Randall: Oh. And what about the kitchen?Dave: Right this way. Look. Its completely furnished with all the latest appliances, exceptRandall: What?Dave: Well, the refrigerator door is broken a little bit and it wont shut all the way. It needs fixing, but dont worry. Ive just improvised by pushing a box against it to keep it shut.Randall: Hmm. Great.Dave: Ah. It isnt that bad.Randall: Well how about the bathroom?Dave: WellRandall: No, no. Dont tell me. The toilet is clogged or the sink has a few leaks.Dave: No, those work fine, but, uh, the tile in the shower needs to be replaced, and the window needs fixing.Randall: Let me see. The tile what? The window? Wheres the window pane?Dave: Well, thats another slight problem. Ive put up a piece of cardboard to keep out the (Hmmm) rain and snow, and if it gets a little cold, you can always turn up the heat. Well, you used to until the central heating went out.(Oh boy.)Randall: Hey, I think Ive seen enough. I cant believe youve survived under these conditions.Dave: So what do you think? You really cant beat a place like this for $450 a month. So it has its problems, but we can fix those.Randall: Uh, no thank you. I think Ive seen enough.Part 21. My dream house would be a canal boat. Id like to wake up every morning and see the water. Erm, Id paint it bright red, and it would have a little roof-garden for all my pot-plants.2. My ideal house would be modern, ermm, it would be made of bricks, and it would have white pillars outside the front door. And it would be detached oh yes, it would have a garage.3. My ideal home would be to live in a cottage in a small village by the sea. Er, somewhere like Cornwall, so its unspoilt and there are cliffs and trees around.4. I think if I could have any sort of house, Id like one of those white-walled villas in Spain. (Itd) Be marvelous to be able to just fall out of bed and into the sea first thing in the morning. (Itd) Be absolutely great. All that heat. Marvelous.5. Ive always wanted to live in a really big house in the country, a big family house with, erm at least two hundred years old, I think, with a big garden, and best of all Id like to have a dry-stone wall around the garden. Ive always loved dry-stone walls.6. Dyou know, I may sound daft but what Ive always wanted to do is live somewhere totally isolated, preferably somewhere enormous like a castle or something, you know, right out in by the sea or even sort of in a little island, on an island, you know, out at sea, where you have to get there by a boat or something, where its cut off at high tide. I think itd be really great.Questions:1. According to the first speaker, in what color would her dream house be painted?2. Where would she put all her pot-plants?3. In the second speakers opinion, what would there be outside the front door of his ideal house?4. What would there be around the third speakers ideal home?5. When the fourth speaker got up in the morning, what would he do first?6. What is Spain famous for?7. According to the fifth speaker, what would she like to have around the garden of her dream house?8. How should one get to the last speakers ideal house?Part 3Wendy Stott: Oh hello. (Hello.) My names Wendy Stott. Did the estate agent ring you and tell you I was coming?House owner: Oh yes, yes I was expecting you. Do come in. (Thank you.) Have you had the particulars and everything? Did the estate agent give you, you know, all the details?Wendy Stott: Oh yes. Yes I have, and I was rather interested; that was why I came round this afternoon. You seem to have decorated quite recently House owner: Yes, oh, yes, it was decorated last year. Now this is the this is the kitchen.Wendy Stott: Yes er What kitchen equipment are you leaving behind or are you going to take it all?House owner: Well, you know it rather depends on what I end up buying. Ive got something in mind at the moment but as you know these things can take ages (Yes.) but the place Im going to has no gas so Ill probably be leaving this stove, this oven here.Wendy Stott: Is it . is it quite new? Have you had it long?House owner: Oh, no, not long. Its about five or six years old. (I see.) Ive found it very reliable but I shall be taking that fridge but you can see everything else. Its a fully fitted kitchen Wendy Stott: Yes, what about the dishwasher um is that a dishwasher under the sink?House owner: No, no, thats a washing machine, I shall be taking that, yes, I will, but there is plumbing for a washing machine. (Right.)Wendy Stott: Is the gas cooker the only gas appliance youve got?House owner: No, no, there is a gas fire but I dont use it very much; its in the main room, the lounge.Wendy Stott: Oh. Right. That seems fine.House owner: Well, then across here if youd like to come in with me, this is the sitting room. (Oh. Yes.) Well you can see for yourself it is really.Wendy Stott: Oh I like the windows, right down to the floor, thats really nice House owner: Yes, yes, they are nice. Its got a very pleasant view and theres a balcony you can sit out on in the summer. (Yes, its a nice view.) Yes, it is nice. Now then across here this is the smallest bedroom; (Yes.) there are three rooms, this is the smallest and its no more really than a box room but of course you can get a bed in.Wendy Stott: You could make it into a study. It would be more useful I think.House owner: Yes, well I think somebody else has got this room as a study. Then this this is the second bedroom. (Yes.) As you can see its got a fitted cupboard and those shelves there they are also fitted.Wendy Stott: Have you got an airing cupboard anywhere?House owner: Oh. Yes, theres one in the bathroom. Ill show you that in a moment. (Oh right.) Now this is the third bedroom, this is the largest bedroom. (Oh.) Of course its got the wash basin, double fitted cupboard, plenty of space really, there, (Very nice.) and of course this room does take the double bed. Now um this is the bathroom. Theres the airing cupboard. (Is that the airing cupboard?) Yes, thats right. Its nice and warm in there; its rather small but I mean it is adequate, you know, and of course there is there is the shower.Wendy Stott: Is that, did you put that in yourself or was it in with the flat?House owner: Oh, no. No that was in when the flat was built.Wendy Stott: Is it quite reliable (Oh, yes.) because Ive had problems with a shower recently? (Yes, no Ive never had problems with that. No. Its really good.) Is it gas heated at the water point?House owner: No, that is electric. (Ah.)Statements:1. Wendy Stott knows nothing about the flat before she comes to have a look at it.2. The flat was decorated five or six years ago.3. The house owner has used the oven and the stove for about five or six years.4. The windows in the largest bedroom are right down to the floor.5. There is a balcony in the sitting-room.Part 4Interviewer: How important are property prices in the economy?Roy: In the UK, most people invest most of their money in their house. So property prices are extremely important.Interviewer: Mmm. Whats your view on the UK property market? Do you think prices are too high?Roy: Well, in recent years, prices have gone upten to twenty percent a year, umin some years even more. But inflation has been just two or three percent a year. So I think its clear that, umthe boom has to end.Interviewer: Mmm. The last property market crash, in the UK, was in the late 1980s, and it put the UK economy into a recession. Do you think the same thing will happen again?Roy: I dont think prices will crash. Thethe economic situation was different in the late 80sinterest rates rose quite fast just before property prices fell. Today, the Bank of England is much more careful withwith changes in interest rates. The other important difference, I think, is that then unemployment was quite high. Today, its very lowabout five percent. so the economic situations completely different. So I dont think prices will crash, but it is possible theyll fall a little bit. Or stay at the same level for a few years.Interviewer: Banks have lent people a lot of money in recent years. People have got big mortgages. Do you think thatll be a problem? Will people have less money to spend in the future? Roy: oh, certainly. Because the loans havent just been mortgages-people have also borrowed money to spend in the shops. So far, thats helped the economy, because spending has been high. But at the end of the day, people will have to pay the money back. So I think well see lower consumer spending over the next few years.Part 5Apartment Manager: Well, hi Mr. Brown. Hows your apartmen