Moving Read the postings from a website about moving home. Then ask and answer the questions below. 1 What do you think about the information in the postings? 2 What are the reasons you or people you know have moved? 3 How do you feel about moving home in general? Listen to Stephen and Vesna talking about their experiences with new homes. Answer the questions by writing S (Stephen) or V (Vesna). Who: 1 went to a place to help a family member? 2 went to live in a new country? 3 felt like a different person after the experience? 4 felt happy and satisfied after the experience? Listen to Stephen and Vesna again. Match the beginnings of the sentences (1–7) with the sentence endings (A–I). There are two extra sentence endings that you should not use. 1 Stephen renovated his uncle’s house 2 As soon as he saw the house, he realised that 3 Refurbishing the house gave them 4 Vesna arrived in Finland 5 It took some time to get 6 After a while, she got used to 7 At the end of Vesna’s presentation people showed A to know people. B in the country. C the hard days were over. D in the middle of winter. E a feeling of satisfaction. F their sympathy. G life in these cold surroundings. H the small village. I a lot of changes were necessary. 10 Reading http://www.homechange.org/forum/australia/general An average American or Australian will move eleven times in their life. In the UK the statistics show that moving is more common among young people; almost half of the people aged 25 have already lived in three or more places. This is quite different in Europe; on average people only move five times in their lives. In general, people who rent flats or houses move more often that those who own. Originally posted by Craig84 homechange forum > australia > general An average Australian will move eleven times in their life. Originally posted by Craig84 When I read this statistic, I was SHOCKED! I’m from a small town, and I now live 2 km from where I grew up. Lauren F I’m moving at the end of this month, and that makes 21 moves since I was 18. I’m 42 this month. TR I hate moving. I want to stay in one place for my kids, but we’re always having to move because of my job. Domo2000 11 Listening m9m6zm 33 a b Language skills Extras Explore 9 People and places 111 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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