English Travel Tips

Audio

While you listen

oCoder Education - English listening Audios are suitable for learners with different levels of English. Here are some ways to make them easier (if you have a lower level of English) or more difficult (if you have a higher level of English).
You can choose one or two of these suggestions – you don't have to follow all of them!

Making it easier

Read all the exercises before you listen to the audio.
Look up the words in the exercises that you don't know or don't understand in a dictionary.
Play the audio as many times as you need.
Play each part of the audio separately.
Answer all questions in the exercise.
Read the transcript after you have listened to the audio.

Making it harder

Listen to the audio before you read the exercises.
Only play the audio once before answering the questions.
Play the whole audio without a break.
Don't read the transcript.
Now, listen to the audio and do the exercises on the following tabs.
If you do not complete all the question, you can play the audio again. After that, read the dialog to make sure that you understand all word in the audio.
1) Steven says that Manchester is a _______ city.
lively
lovely
lucky
2) Steven says that London has great _______.
pubs
cinemas
clubs
3) Steven also says the _______ in London is fantastic.
theatres
architecture
famous landmarks
4) Steven lived in the _______ of London.
north
center
south
5) Steven says that area used to ________.
have a bad reputation
be a very nice place to live
be very expensive

Todd: if I go to England, and I can choose between Manchester, Liverpoo  and London, those are the only three major cities I know, which one would you say is the best?

Steven: Out of those three, I would have to say London. I've never actually been to Liverpool so I can't comment on Liverpool. I have spent a short time in Manchester before. I enjoyed Manchester. It's a very lively city. It has lots of good clubs and there's some interesting shopping in Manchester, some good markets, but I've actually lived in London and I feel like my heart is in London. I feel like a Londoner, and London has everything to offer. I'm not particularly into clubs but if you're interested in clubbing then there are great clubs. There are some good pubs. It has the theatres, hundreds of cinemas. And the architecture is fantastic.

Todd: What about in London there's many parts, right, so if I do go to London what part of London is the best place to go and stay.

Steven: Um, it depends on what you want to do. If you want to see the sites then you'd obviously want to stay centrally, I'd have thought. Most of the famous landmarks are in the center. However, if you're going to spend some time living in London, and if you want to experience maybe just an ordinary side of London, then you can live a bit further out. I actually lived in the south of London, just below Brixton, maybe you know Brixton. I lived in an area called Strettom, and the atmosphere there is also very lively. I enjoyed South London. In the past South London had a bad reputation. People didn't think South London was a very nice place to live, but over the last few years the quality of life in South London has improved a lot. More and more people are moving in to South London and, well, consequently, as a result the prices are going up and up and up, but it's actually a nice area to live in South London I think.

Todd: Oh, sounds good. Thanks.