[originaltext]W: Hello! Can you introduce yourself please?M: Sure, my name is

W: Hello! Can you introduce yourself please?
M: Sure, my name is Steven Patterson and I’m from a small town called Brentwood in Essex which is in England.
W: OK, Essex. Which part of England is that?
M: That’s in the southeast.
W: Southeast.
M: Yeah, yeah. It’s attached to London, just next to London.
W: Oh, OK, but you said it’s a small town.
M: It’s relatively small. The population is about 50 000.
W: OK, well, what kind of place is your town where you grew up?
M: It’s actually a very nice and prosperous town. People often travel out from Brentwood into London and they work in the city, because it’s a pleasant place to live in.
W: Oh, it sounds nice.Well, now if you live in a little town near London, will it be really expensive?
M: Yes, because it’s a desirable place to live in Brentwood and the closeness to London also makes the housing quite expensive.
W: Oh, really. When I think of a small British village, you know, I think of really old houses, and nothing’s changed, so do you have modern stuff, like a health club, a movie theatre or things like that?
M: The cinema in Brentwood actually closed down, but it does have a very nice health centre and as I said lots of parks to play in. There are lots of opportunities to exercise and various forms of recreational activities.
W: Wow, sounds like a nice place to live in.
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. Where does the man come from?
9. What do we learn about Brentwood?
10. Which is one of the reasons for the high costs of Brentwood?
11. What can be inferred from the conversation about recreational activities in Brentwood?