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eakfast. or tea, in a ba r, not juSt lunch and
dinner. Pl'ople who work go out toa barto
ha\'e coffee. the), don't have it in their office.
In restaurantS one thing rhar really surprised
ml' was that whl'n pl'ople goOUt in big groups.
thl' ml'n all sit alone I'nd oflhe table and thl'
women at the other.
AnOlher thing I nocice. maybe bl'causl' r m
a woman myself. is what Spanish woml'n arc
likl', or Valencian Woml'n maybe. Of course
I"m a foreigner, but I find Ihat the women
here talk vcr)' fas t and \'ery loudly, much
mon' than Ihe men. Women dress \'ery wel l,
especiall)' older women. and they always look
i m III acul ar e!
Finally. thl're's a m)'th that rhe Spanish
don't work hard. but I don't Ihink it's true. it's
JUSt thal they work diffl'rent hours. Pl'opll'
have a long lunch break. but they fini sh work
\'err late.
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Interviewer Today. mOSt people spend a 101
oftimee\"eryda),online. but do men and
women use the imernet in the samt' way?
Expert Research shows that in gf,'lleral
the), use the internet in different ways.
Fort·xample. men and women both use
the internet 10 send emails. but men send
more work emails. while WOlllen send more
personal emails. to friends and fami ly.
I nter\'iewer What about online s hopping~
Expert As)'ou can imagim:. women do more
im eTllet shupping than men. They oflen
use online shops to buy things for the
house. dothes. toys, and so on. Men, on the
uther hand prefer buying things on auction
sites like eBay.
Interviewer What Ot her sites arc more
popular with men?
Expert News sites like Ihe BBC are more
popular with men than with women. Men
also likl."" visiting sports sites where they can
find Out, for example. the fOOlball results.
In general men USI."" the imernet a lot for
fun. They down load music and play games
much more than women do.
Interviewer \Vhat do women do more than
men?
Expert Well. women ofren use the imer"el to
get in furmation about heahh and medicine.
A nd they 3re also more interested in
websitcs which gi\'e them advice. for
example websites which give advice about
hull' to be good parents, or diet websites
which help them to losl."" weighl. The)' also
use theinternCl for directions much more
than ml'n.they use websites like Coogle
maps when they nced to go somewheTl."'
new. And thl.""yuse social networks like
Facebook more than men do.
Interviewer Are there some things that both
men and women do?
Expert Yes, they bOlh use t he interncl to
book tickcts for t rains and planes, and 10
book hotels. They also bOlh useonline
ban king, for e"ample 10 par bills or make
transfers.
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Jenny Rub!
Rob Jenny. hi. Sorr)' I'm a bitlatc.
Jenny Noprobll·m.
Rob Reall),?
Jenny Really!
Rob I gOt rour message.
Jenny Would yo u like a coffee or so mt·thjng~
R ob No. I'm fine thanks. So what did you
W 3111 10 talk about? You think London is
Ihe bestclly in the world and you don't
want 10 go home.
Jenny Not exactly. We'd like you to come to
New York.
Rob Me? To New York?!
Jenny I talked to Barha ra abuut ruu. You
kIlO"'. Barbara. m)' boss? Shl' loves your
articles. 100. So. would yo u like 10 come
O\'er to New Yurk and work for us? JUSt for
a momh. And write a column for New York
14S1'I'c,1. And maybe a daily blog?
Rob Wow. sounds great!? What (QuId I (all
it? Au EUfj/is/mwu iu Ne\\' York?
Jenny Why not ! Arc you interested?
R ob Yes.very. lt·samal.ing! But J need to
thi nk about il.
Jen.ny Of course.
Rob When do I nced to decidt·?
Jenny Before thl'end of the week?
Rob OK. great. Thankyou.
Jenny And 1l0W, J really havc tu go.
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Jcnny Where is il? Where's Illy phone?!
Rub A re ),OU looking for Ihis?
Jenny Rob! 1 can't bel ieve it! My phone!
You're a hl'ro. thank you so much.
Rob No problem. It gave me achancr to srI'
you aga in. /\ nd I had more time to think
about your offe r.
Jenny And?
Rob I'd Ion' 10 accl.""pt.1 rl.""ally want 10 come
and work in New York.
, enny That's greal, Rob! l"m so happy.
Rob ~' I e too. Oh,)"ou had a call from Eddie. 1
didn 't answer it. Is he going 10 meet )'ou at
the airport?
Jenn), Eddie? No. He'sat college in
California.
Rob In California? Does he teach there?
,enny Te3Ch? No. he'S a student.
Rob A student?
Jenny Well. he's only 19. Edd ie's my brother.
An.nouncemcnt Nexl departure flight 232
10 New York is no\\' ready for boarding.
Jenny InecdlOgo.
Rob Well, havea good juu rney.
Jenn), Thanks, Rob. Bye.
Rob I~ )'e. And see you in New York!
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Yes. I han'. 1 don't usually see films more
than once or [lI'ice. but I\'e probably seen
It'sa Wonderful Li fe. the old Frank Capra
film, at least six or SI'\"en times becausl' i,'s
on TV el'ery Christmas and it's usually on
JUSt after lunch 011 Christ mas Day. which is
when I'm full and a bit sleepy and I want to
sit on Ihe sofa and walch a film . /\ ctuall),. J
think it 's 3 great film.
2 Yes. The Empi re St rikes Bad:. the second
Star Wars film, well, the fifth episode
in the series. [\'e seen it aboul twent),
times probably. It's my favourite film of
all fime. and when [meet a girl I always
watch ir with her. It's a kind uftesf. If sht·
doesn'f like the. mm. then I think that our
relationship isn', going fO work.
3 Yes. I ha\·e. Flashdance. ["\'1' seen it. oh.
fIIore than a hundred times. I absolutely
10\'e it. IIO\'e the music. and the film JUSt
makes me fel'! good. Whenever I feel a bit
depressed [think. righl,rm going 10 watch
Flashdanee. lt always makes me feel better.
r l'e bought the OVO three times because
afteryou'\'e played a DVoa lot it doesn't
work properly.
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less Su. where are you going to take me fur
my birthday?
Man I want 10 take you somewhere really
nice. Ha\'e you been to Tile Pekillfj Duck on
24lhStreet?
Jess On 24th St rl'el. Yl's. 1 h3\'e.
Matl Oh no! When did you go tht're?
less Last month. I went wit h some peopl('
from work.
Mall OK. Somewhere else. Hal'e you cI'er
eaten in App