Part III Viewing a BBC program
1. Read the paragraphs. Then watch the video clip and fill in the blanks. Learn the new words that will appear in it before watching.
More and more British people are fed up of 1)________on packed commuter trains or tired of being sat in endless traffic queues. Some of them choose to 2)________and commute to their jobs in Britain. They are Britain’s dream commuters. It’s 3)________
in Europe and budget flights that are changing the way they live.
Justin Saunders is part of Britain’s dream commuters. He runs 4)________near Reading. At the end of the working week, he flies from Gatwick to his house in a village in southwest France, an hour’s drive from Toulouse Airport and over 700 miles from his Hampshire office. When he books the flights early enough, he pays something like 5)________for a return ticket. He and his family decided to move to France for the better 6)________. There were fed up with the commuting and 7)________.
New words
fed up a. 厌烦的
commuter n. 每日经很远路程上下班的人； 通勤者 a. 上下班者使用的
property n. 房产； 地产
Justin Saunders 贾斯廷·桑德斯
Reading 里丁（英国英格兰南部城市）
breed n. （人或物的）某种类型
boarding n. 登机
Gatwick 盖特威克（英国伦敦南部一国际机场）
Toulouse 图卢兹（法国南部城市）
IT abbr. information technology 信息技术
BT abbr. British Telecom 英国电信公司
consultant n. 顾问
book v. 预定
return n. 往返票
Hampshire 汉普郡（英国英格兰郡名）
Georgie 乔基（Georgia的昵称）
Albas 阿尔巴斯（法国西南部一村镇）
River Lot 洛特河（法国南部河流）
terrace n. 露天平台； 屋顶平台
Now watch again and check your answers.
