Section One: Listening for meaning
Adrian Shaw is a London florist. Listen to a clip of him speaking. As you listen, try to answer these questions:
1. Does Adrian enjoy his job?
2. Does Adrian like meeting customers?
Listen to Adrian
Section Two: Listening for information
3. How does Adrian describe his changing relationship to flowers?
4. Why does Adrian think he once changed someone's life?
Listen to the two clips below:
Listen to Adrian
Answer to the questions
- 1. Does Adrian enjoy his job?
Yes he does.
- 2. Does Adrian enjoy meeting customers?
Yes he does.
- 3. How does Adrian describe his changing relationship to flowers?
'I fell in love with flowers.'
- 4. Why does Adrian think he once changed someone's life?
A woman once came to buy flowers from Adrian. She was thinking about leaving her partner. Adrian's flowers made her happy - "I turned her frown into a smile" - and he found out later she married her boyfriend and had a baby with him.
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