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Flathunting Scene 2

Now Ashlie has found her new flat, there's only the packing, moving, cleaning and unpacking to do. What could possibly go wrong? Transcript Stephen: Heres another box for you, Ash. Ashlie: Thanks, Stephen. I cant believe how much stuff Ive got! Ive filled all these boxes already. Stephen: Do you want a hand? Ashlie: Yes, please. Here you go. Stephen: Ashlies moving into her new flat today. Ashlie: Its going to be the perfect place to live. But first Ive got to finish packing. Stephen: Ash, are you really keeping this? Ashlie: Of course I am. It was Grandmas. It reminds me of her. Stephen: OK, but you cant keep everything. Theres a lot of rubbish here. Ashlie: I'm not taking everything. I'm getting rid of lots of stuff. Stephen: What shall I do with this? Ashlie: Ah, OK - thats rubbish. Stephen: And this? Rubbish? Ashlie: Ah, wait! Thats Annabel, I told you. Ive had her since I was six. Look, if you want to make yourself useful, you can take the boxes down to the van. Stephen: Alright, alright This is really heavy. Youve definitely got too much stuff! .. Ashlie: Great! Thats it. All packed up. Stephen: Shall we go? Ashlie: You go on ahead. Im going to clean up this place, but Ill meet you at the new flat later. Stephen: OK. Oh, Petes coming over to give us a hand to unload boxes.

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Ashlie: Great. Oh, will you get rid of those boxes of rubbish on the way? Stephen: Sure. See you later. Ashlie: Great. Thank you. See you. .. Stephen: Hi, Pete. Pete: Hi, Stephen. Stephen: Here, help me with this box. Pete: OK... Wow, thats heavy. Whats she got in here? Stephen: Phew, thats it! My sisters got too much stuff! Listen, I need your help with a housewarming gift for Ashlies new flat. Pete: Thats nice. What sort of housewarming gift? Stephen: I want to surprise Ashlie. I want to make this chair look really nice for her new flat. Pete: OK. Stephen: Theres some paint and paintbrushes in that box there. Pete: Thats a great idea; it does look a bit old. Ill get the paint... Stephen, are you sure Ashlies going to like this colour? Stephen: What? Oh no, Ashlies going to kill me! She hates pink. I thought that was white paint. Ashlie: Oh hiya, Pete. Hi, Stephen. Hows it going? Pete: Hi, Ash. Stephen: Oh hi, Ash. Yeah, great. Look, we've brought in all the boxes. Ashlie: Thanks, guys. So what do you think of my new flat, Pete? I think my antique furniture is going to look great in here. Pete: Yeah er antiques! Im sure theyll look great. Ashlie: It was really kind of you to come and help. And Stephen, you've done a great job too! Pete: Yeah er, I think Im going to go now. Ashlie: Right. Er, Stephen, what's this? These were the boxes you were supposed to get rid of. Stephen: Oh no! I'm sure I got rid of all the boxes with rubbish... Ashlie: Stephen, where is my stuff? Where are those boxes? Wheres my doll, Annabel? Ah, Stephen, wheres my stuff? Er... and what have you done to my chair?

Preparation Task Task 2 Task 3

Can you put the sentences in the right order?

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(/en/users/samiasamou) replied on 12 January, 2014 - 13:48 Algeria PERMALINK (/EN/COMMENT/54824#COMMENT-54824)

samiasamou

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hi teacher and all learner around the world.well .l just need your help because l don't understand the meaning of this word housewarming and l did not find it in my dictionary.

(/en/users/kirk) replied on 12 January, 2014 - 16:15 Spain PERMALINK (/EN/COMMENT/54825#COMMENT54825)

Kirk

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Hi samiasamou, You can find this word and an example sentence in the Cambridge Dictionaries Online - just type the word in the search box (on the right of this page) and click on the Look it up! button and you'll see them. Best wishes, Kirk The LearnEnglish Team

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(/en/user/391207) replied on 14 September, 2013 - 02:27 Mexico PERMALINK (/EN/COMMENT/50688#COMMENT-50688)

Ivonne Villa

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I like this video because I learnt new things. I'm studying English since March but I improve my English in order to study with this videos. Thanks!

(/en/users/ariamlope) replied on 14 August, 2013 - 02:39 Colombia PERMALINK (/EN/COMMENT/49692#COMMENT-49692)

Ariamlope

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Hi Thankyou very much for this videos, I practice whit these three times per week to improve me English. One Question: in 3:09 minute, I understand Ashlie say "why", but in transcript is right.

(/en/users/peter-m) replied on 14 August, 2013 - 08:39 Poland PERMALINK (/EN/COMMENT/49715#COMMENT-49715)

Peter M

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Hi Ariamlope, It's great that you're listening to carefully! It does sound a little like 'why' because we often hardly say the 't' sound at the end of 'right', so I can understand why you think you hear 'why'. However, having listened to it carefully myself several times I think Ashlie does in fact say 'right', so the transcript is correct. Best wishes, Peter The LearnEnglish Team

(/en/user/371603) replied on 19 June, 2013 - 21:13 Ukraine PERMALINK (/EN/COMMENT/47780#COMMENT-47780)

alexeybandura75

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The episode is great, but can anyone explain me the difference in meaning for: * what have you done with this chair? * what did you do to this chair? and similarly, what the diff btw: * look, what I've done with this chair * look, what I did with this chair ?

(/en/users/peter-m) replied on 21 June, 2013 - 10:35 Poland PERMALINK (/EN/COMMENT/47847#COMMENT-47847)

Peter M

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Hello alexeybandura75, I'm glad you enjoyed the episode, and thank you for your question. The answer is that it depends on the context. Usually, we would use the present perfect ('What have you done...') when there is no concrete time reference (so we don't say when it was done) it has only just happened (you watched as somebody broke the chair) there is some clear present result (perhaps the chair is broken) We would use the past simple ('What did you do...') when there is a clear time reference (this morning, last week, yesterday) you are interested in the action, not so much the result of that action As you can see, it very much depends on the context. In the video, Ashlie says 'What have you done to my chair?' because she has only just seen it and the result is what she is interested in: '...it didn't look like this before, what have you done?' You can find more on when to use the present perfect and when to use the past simple here (http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/englishgrammar/verbs/talking-about-past).

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I hope that clarifies it for you. Best wishes, Peter The LearnEnglish Team

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(/en/user/354195) replied on 6 June, 2013 - 11:01 Italy PERMALINK (/EN/COMMENT/47188#COMMENT47188)

antonio5

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I can't help to appreciate how smart these actors are! Not only they speak a wonderful everyday British English but are so good actors! Many,many thanks to all of you!

(/en/user/16475) replied on 8 October, 2012 - 00:59 Colombia PERMALINK (/EN/COMMENT/37623#COMMENT37623)

heimylu

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Where is the transcription?

(/en/user/297842) replied on 1 October, 2012 - 17:50 Russia PERMALINK (/EN/COMMENT/37398#COMMENT-37398)

HobokenDistrict

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Hm, it's an interesting tradition to give housewarming gifts, I have never heard about this before. In Russia there is no custom like this, but instead of gifts people used to have a superstition that when they move into the flat the should let a cat in first, then other people can walk in. It could be explained in different ways, some people say it is because cat can make a house spirit kinder, others say that the cat is a house spirit himself.

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