Phoning a landlord
1. Listen to Susan telephoning a landlord. Which advertisement below is she phoning about?
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A
2. Read Susan’s notes below. The listen again and complete the gaps. (mins = minutes)
Address: House number: a ________
b ________ Street
Close to – shops: c ________ mins walk
– train station: d ________ mins walk
Two bedrooms: both double bedrooms: e YES / NO
Large garden: f YES / NO
Visit flat at g ________ pm.
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a 36 b Arawa c 10 d 5
e No. One of the bedrooms is a double bedroom but the other bedroom only fits a single bed in it.
f No. There is a small area where you can hang your washing but no garden.
g 5.30
Transcript
(Landlord = New Zealander)
Landlord: Hello
Susan: Ah hello. I’m phoning about the house in Glen Eden that’s advertised in the paper today.
Landlord: Yes.
Susan: I was just wondering where it is exactly.
Landlord: 36 Arawa Street.
Susan: Sorry, 36 ___
Landlord: Arawa Street, A-R-A-W-A. It’s number 36.
Susan: Oh OK. The ad says it’s close to the shopping centre and train station. How far away are they?
Landlord: Yeah, it’s really close. Um, it’s probably about a ten-minute walk to the shops and five minutes to the train station, so it’s not far from anything.
Susan: Oh good. Um, the bedrooms. There are two, aren’t there? What size are they?
Landlord: Yeah, one’s a bit bigger than the other ___ um but they’re ___ about ___ medium size I guess.
Susan: Would they both fit double beds in them?
Landlord: Ah the bigger one would, but the other one probably only fits a single bed. Ah they’re both very sunny rooms.
Susan: Oh OK. Is there a garden?
Landlord: Ah not really. There’s a small area where you can hang your washing, but no garden ___ You can go and have a look at it if you want.
Susan: OK, yeah.
Landlord: And your name is?
Susan: Susan.
Landlord: OK Susan, if you’re interested, I’ll be down there at 5.30 if you want to come and have a look.
Susan: Oh OK, thanks ___ Bye.
Landlord: Bye.
A problem in the house
1. Listen to the conversation. What is the problem?
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The oven is broken . Susan says ‘the oven’s not working’.
2. Listen again and answer the questions below.
a When did the problem start?
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b Has Susan tried to fix the problem?
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c What will the landlord try to do?
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d When will the landlord visit Susan’s flat?
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a last night
b Yes, she checked the plug.
c He will try and fix the oven. If he can’t, he will call an electrician.
d 7 pm tomorrow
Transcript
(Landlord = New Zealander)
Landlord: Hello, Tony speaking.
Susan: Ah hi, it’s Susan from your flat in Arawa Street here.
Landlord: Oh hi Susan. What can I do for you?
Susan: Um, we’ve got a bit of a problem in the flat. The oven’s not working ___ I was cooking dinner last night and I had some stuff in the oven. After a while I realized it wasn’t cooking. The oven was on, but it wasn’t getting hot. I had a look at the plug, thinking it might be that, but that seems to be OK ___ I’m not sure why ___ but it’s not working ___ I was wondering if you could get someone to come and have a look at it for us.
Landlord: Ah ___ Was it working before yesterday?
Susan: Yeah, it’s been working fine, but for some reason we couldn’t get it going last night ___ We use it quite a lot so it would be good if we could get it fixed.
Landlord: Ah ___ OK ___ Um, I’ll come round and have a look and see if I can fix it. If I can’t, I’ll get an electrician in.
Susan: OK.
Landlord: Ah ___ I won’t be able to come till tomorrow night. Say about seven. Will someone be home then?
Susan: Ah yeah. I’ll be here.
Landlord: OK. Well I’ll have a look at it tomorrow.
Susan: OK then. See you about seven.
Landlord: Yeah OK ___ Bye.
Susan: OK Bye.