Listen to five of Miss Smith’s neighbours giving their opinions on the situation. • Mark the phrases from the list above

1S5 2S2 3S5 4S1 5S4 6S3 7S4 8S3 9S1

Tapescript (Ex. 5B)

Speaker 1

I know I am speaking for many residents when I say that it is time Miss Smith’s car was moved on. I have sympathy for Miss Smith and acknowledge that she might feel «insecure» if the Ford is shifted. But the fact remains that the car is a health hazard, it’s covered in rubbish, she feeds pigeons there and rats have been seen coming from under the car. Litter and rubbish are continually blowing off her car making the street look like a rubbish tip.

Speaker 2

I have heard complaints that Miss Smith frightened local children by ranting and raving at them. I understand the council has offered her accommodation but she is unwilling to move. I think she should be made to move.

Speaker 3

I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Miss Smith is a lady and she does no harm. She has good manners and is clean - she is our village character. If that car was removed I am sure she would come back and sleep in the street in the open air.

Speaker 4

She adds to the fragile sense of community that exists here. Miss Smith does not ask for favours, indeed she will rather sternly reject offers to help. She is fiercely independent. She does not even ask for our indulgence. And why should

her? She was here before us and her car is her home. Let us celebrate Miss Smith, not run her out of town.

Speaker 5

Being different is not always a bad thing. In some ways people like Miss Smith represent all our freedoms and I personally feel enrich society, threatened, as it is with becoming sterilized, homogenised and dull.