Upper Intermediate Unit 1 BBC Interviews Script: Photocop IABLE © Pearson Education Limited 2015
Upper Intermediate Unit 1 BBC Interviews Script: Photocop IABLE © Pearson Education Limited 2015
Upper Intermediate Unit 1 BBC Interviews Script: Photocop IABLE © Pearson Education Limited 2015
C: Yes, when I was a student, I shared with five different people, one of
whom was very noisy and they would play music early in the morning
when I was trying to sleep. So, in rever-, return, I would play music late
at night when they were trying to sleep, just to get my own back.
P: What habits or qualities in a flatmate would you find most annoying?
D: I think if they were messy, then that would be very annoying and also
maybe if they were a bit too loud:came back partying late at night. I
think that would be hard.
L: Smoking. Smoking would be, er, definitely up there. I can’t stand
smokers. And I can’t stand people that, sort of, leave their washing-up.
M: Well, I wouldn’t like to live with me because I’m really messy, so if there
was two of us sharing a flat that were messy like that, it would just be
impossible.
T: Filth. Someone who, you know, someone who’s untidy, who’s dirty
because that impacts on you. Everything else is really not a big deal,
but when you’re flat-sharing, definitely tidiness is, is very important.
R: Not tidying up after themselves; leaving a mess after cooking – that
sort of stuff.
C: I think people that are untidy: in particular people that don’t do the
dishes after they’ve cooked a meal and leave them in the sink and
don’t clear them up. I find that annoying. So I like tidy people.
Ch: I believe if I had a flatmate that was insensitive to my lifestyle needs
and didn’t compromise in any capacity, I would think they were very
selfish.