1、 M1 = Man 1, etc.Part 1P: Hello. City life can be quite impersonal, so I try to smile at people and thank them whenever they behave kindly, but some forms of anti-social behavior really do get on my nerves. Today Im talking to people about good and bad behavior. What kind of behavior in public place
2、s gets on your nerves?Part 2W1: I think what mostly gets on my nerves is when people listen to their music really loudly on a stereo when youre on the train, or in a lift. I think thats a bit antisocial.M1: Um, probably noise more than anything actually. Um, I suppose its one of those sorts of thing
3、s you see in effect in towns, areas now get louder and louder probably later into the night as well.W2: Well, screaming babies, in, like shops and just generally around and the parents, kind of standing there and not really, just kind of ignoring the child and you just want to, just, tell the baby t
4、o just “shut up” but, obviously, you cant.M2: Loud noise: people with loud voices. Er, people, er, bad manners.W3: When youre on public transport, like on a train, and couples start kissing in front of you. M3: Smoking within the vicinity. Um, as someone who personally doesnt smoke, er, I find it, i
5、t can, er . it can get on my nerves at times.Part 3 Give a recent example of when you experienced good or bad manners.M3: The other day, just as an example, um, recent lack of manners I think, was in a a local park and er, there was a rubbish bin nearby, but that person instead of taking the extra e
6、ffort to just simply walk over and drop it in, decided carelessly to just drop their rubbish on the ground where they were. I travel a lot on the trains and things like that, so I find, increasingly, the actual noise on trains from people using mobile phones, things like that really. Well, recently,
7、 its Ive seen it a few times, you know, when, when youre shopping or when youre in a restaurant and youre trying to and youre speaking to the person thats serving you and maybe somebodys, theyre on their phone, or theyre not really paying attention. You see that quite a lot, I think, in London parti
8、cularly. On the bus this morning, when an old gentleman got on and someone got up to give him a seat.Part 4 Do you think our attitude towards behavior changes as we get older? Yeah, I think it does. I think as you get older, you become, probably, a bit more intolerant ofcertain, sort of, anti-social
9、 behavior and, as, when youre younger youre probably not as aware of it. I think the older people, er, definitely appreciate manners, good behavior and a good attitude. M1: I suppose so. I suppose we learn how to be more tolerant of it. Um, we can be, probably, more short-tempered of it because weve
10、 probably had it all of our lives and we want it to, sort of, come to an end, but I think we learn how to, sort of, either walk away from it or ignore it, that sort of things. Yeah, definitely.W4: It becomes more important as you get older. You have to impress more people, therefore, be more polite.
11、 Yeah, and you gain a conscience as you get older as well. As kids, like, you just say whatever you want to each other, kids, but you kind of realize what you can and cant say as you get older.ListeningI = Interviewer; S1 = Speaker 1, etc.I: Now Ive always thought it has to do with what time of day
12、youre born. I arrived at 10 oclock at night and consequently Im an owl coming to life late in the evening and capable of dancing till dawn which is a pity really because this job requires that I am a lark, getting up every morning at 5:30. Well, which are you and why?S1: I am up usually between five
13、 and half past most mornings. Im bright and breezy. I sing in the morning. Im wide awake. I love watching the sunrise. Whenever we go on holiday, my husband thinks Im mad because quite often I get up with a camera, and Im out there at half past four, five oclock in the morning watching the sunrise a
14、nd taking photographs. And I just love it. It is just so peaceful and so beautiful. Its a lovely part of the day.S2: Definitely not a morning person. Evening, without a doubt. I despise getting up with a passion. There is a real, real sense of dread, and, oh no, and theres sort of lots of denial abo
15、ut no, it didnt really go off. And I sort of set it again for five minutes later, then I set it again for another five minutes later, and I stay there until the absolute last second.S3: If Im groggily out at nine or 10 in the morning, I do look at other people walking their dogs, or, walking along with a bounce in their step and I just think, “Where does it come from? How can you do that? Should I just eat more vegetables or more fruit or should I get up earlier to be more awake?” None of it works.S4: My father and my mot
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