INGLÉS LISTENING AND READING TEMA 8

What are Paul's and Susan's profession?. He is a business manager and she's a housewife. He runs a business in Birmingham and she works as a secretary. He is the owner of a company and she is a secretary.

What is Paul's opinion about gossip?. Gossip is a waste of time and it can be dangerous. Gossip is boring but he usually listens to it. Gossip is good when it has to be with football, cricket or tennis.

Why does Susan love reading magazines?. Because she hates football and this is her only hobby. Because she loves knowing about people misfortunes. Because she likes knowing about other people's life.

What is gossip for Susan?. It's a good way of spending the afternoon. It's the best thing in the world. It's just a hobby, anything else.

In Susan's opinion,. football and cricket are a good way of spending your free time. football and cricket are useless. football and cricket are boring.

When men and women gossip, what is their favourite topic of conversation?. Salary. Women. Celebrities.

For men, the main topic of conversation is usually... about girlfriends and women in general. about salary. about football.

People who have a boyfriend or a girlfriend... are less fond of gossip. are as interested in gossip as single people. are much more interested in gossip than single people.

This and other researchers have shown that... gossip is a waste of time although it is widely present in society. gossip is not a useless thing, it has some social functions. gossip though very present in today's society hasn't got much importance.