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Listen to a woman talking about a house during a family holiday. Fill in the gaps with one or two correct words. Gap 0 is an example. Then check the KEY and the TRANSCRIPT below.

Ex.0		The woman took this photo during a family holiday on the west (0) COAST of Scotland.
·       She was staying just  (1)______________________ of a town called Oban, which is about  (2) ______________________ north of Glasgow. ·       They were staying in a self-catering (3) ______________________ ,   a great little house it was with fantastic kitchen and very (4) ______________________ . ·       She doesn’t like having to .look for restaurants all the time, she thinks it’s not a good way to spend your (5) ______________________ . ·       They were on holiday and they’d been spending time just, (6) ______________________ and walking along the (7) ______________________ ·       One particular day they (8) ______________________ a boat. Most of the photos she took that day were of them and this house caught her eye because it was so remote and so (9) ______________________

KEY

1. South

2. two hours

3. cottage

4. comfortable

5. holiday time

6. relaxing

7. beaches

8. rented

9.  alone

TRANSCRIPT

I took this photo during a family holiday we had on the coast, um, the west coast of Scotland. We were staying just south of a town called Oban, which is about two hours north of Glasgow, Scotland's biggest city. And I think it was, oh, probably about eight years ago. Eight or nine.

We were staying in a self-catering cottage, a great little house it was, with a fantastic kitchen, and very comfortable .

Yes, we don't like having to look for restaurants all the time, it's not a good way to spend your holiday time. With self-catering, you can cook and eat when you want and what you want. And anyway, eating in a restaurant with a family of four people is, you know, it's very expensive in the UK.

Anyway, we were on holiday and we'd been spending time just, you know, relaxing and walking along the beaches, visiting the local villages and pubs and, yes, just relaxing, and on this particular day we had rented a boat. There was just me, my husband and our two children, and they were about ten and twelve at that time.

And most of the photos I took that day were of us and the children trying to drive the boat and things like that, but I also took photos of the coast, the beaches, which are incredibly beautiful, and this house caught my eye, you know?, it drew my attention, because it's so remote, so, well, alone and, well, that quite appealed to me at the time. I liked it. But,that´s what I like about it. It's good to be alone sometimes, you know, yes. Don't you agree?