Upper Intermediate Unit 1 BBC interviews script
P = Pasha D = Deborah T = Tamara L = Luke M = Mairi
C = Chris Ch = Chaenara R = Relwyn
P: Hi. My name is Pasha, I work for the BBC as a producer and I do a lot
of DJing in my spare time. I’ve lived in London for many years now with
my friends and sometimes I annoy them with my music. What about
you? Do you have any annoying habits?
D: I bite my nails and I probably talk a bit too loudly.
T: I’m really bad at making decisions – that’s one of my annoying habits.
L: Er, yes. Basically, taking off clothes when I’m getting changed and
leaving them exactly where I am, and not putting them where they
should be.
M: I’m very messy, which is quite annoying, I think, for my boyfriend
anyway.
C: Yes, I do. I’m told that I snore when I’m in bed.
Ch: I would have to say, babbling around the topic sometimes because I
think out loud, so, you know, taking a long time to get to the point of
something I think would be annoying.
R: Erm, not that I know of. Probably talking too much.
P: Do you have any experience of flat-sharing?
T: Absolutely. As a student I shared flats quite a lot, and just, different
people have different ways of doing things. I’m someone who likes to
keep things clean and tidy and I guess a lot of students are just not
fussed about that.
D: I’ve always lived with friends so it’s always, we’ve always got on well
and had a really nice experience.
L: I’ve had some experience of flat-sharing about three years ago. People
that are basically very untidy. Their habits that I, kind of, could not
stand – bad hygiene.
M: Yes, when I was a student – two of my flatmates decided to learn the
bongos – that was really annoying.
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Upper Intermediate Unit 1 BBC interviews script
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.
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