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BBC INTERVIEWS EXTRA

INTERMEDIATE UNIT 6
1 OVERVIEW: Watch the video. Which person do you have most in common with?

2 Read and complete the words in Pasha’s Pasha introduction. Then


watch the video from 0:10–0:21 and check your answers.
Hello. I’m 1 i n a really 2good mood today. The 3sun is
out, and that 4always brings a 5smile to my face. How
are you 6feeling today?

Glossary: in a good mood = feel happy; bring a smile to your face = make you
smile

3 How are you feeling today? Check the meaning of any unknown words in the box in a dictionary. Then watch the video from 0:21–
1:06 and check (✓) the answers you hear. What are the FOUR words or phrases that you don’t hear?

pretty good✓ excited✓ a good day✓ worried really good✓ really amazing stressed✓
well balanced and optimistic✓ distressed quite happy and confi dent✓ exhausted very happy, very relaxed✓

4 Look at the people below and read more about how they are feeling 1–6. Then watch the video from 0:21–1:06 again and
match the feelings to the reasons a–g below. There is ONE reason that you do not need.

Dee Tracey Paul

1 Dee’s feeling stressed _____C 2 Tracey’s feeling excited because 3 Paul’s feeling happy and relaxed
she _____ G because he _____ F

Charlie Mark Elizabeth

4 Charlie’s feeling well balanced and 5 Mark says it’s a good day because D 6 Elizabeth’s feeling really good B
confi dent because he _____ A

a) had a good start to the day.

b) it’s a beautiful day and she’s wandering around London.


c) due to a lot of work.
d) has come from New York to visit London.
e) they’re having a fun time.
f) and his wife are having a day off today.
g) is doing a documentary on fi lm for a school project.

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Glossary: due to = because of to wander = walk slowly with no particular


purpose a day off = a day you don't have to go to work or
school
5 Would you describe yourself as an optimist or a pessimist? Watch the video from 1:09–2:06. Underline the correct
answer for each person.
1) optimist / pessimist / both 5) optimist / pessimist / both
2) optimist / pessimist / both 6) optimist / pessimist / both
3) optimist / pessimist / both 7) optimist / pessimist / both
4) optimist / pessimist / both

6 Look at the people in the pictures and read their answers. Then watch the video from 1:11–2:07 and check (✓) what they say.

1 a) … it’s best to think what you can do and not what you could’ve done. ✓ b) … it’s best
to do what you can and not what you could’ve done.

Dee

2 a) I don’t expect bad, you know, disasters or to be let down in things. ✓


b) I don’t expect bad, you know, disasters to happen or to be let down in things.

Graham

3 a) I mean, I am pretty optimistic about my … myself. ✓ b) I


mean, I am an optimist about my … myself.

Charlie

4 a) Whenever I get in a tricky situation, I always get a bit frustrated at fi rst …

b) Whenever I get in a tricky situation, I might get a bit frustrated at fi rst … ✓

5 a) … but I always manage to pull myself through and think of the positives. b) … but I
always manage to pull myself through and think positive.

Brogan

6 a) I do tend to plan and cater for the worst case, but, more often than not, I’m then
happily surprised when things go well. ✓
b) I tend to plan and cater for the worst case, but, more often than not, I’m happily surprised
when things go well.

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Paul

Glossary: disaster = a very bad event to let down = not do something


you promised to do whenever = every time
tricky = diffi cult
frustrated = angry or impatient because you can’t do what you want to do tend to =
be likely to do/often do cater = be prepared

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