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Lisa:
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#I’m Lisa.# Ah… What’s
your name?
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Elisa:
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I’m Elisa.
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Lisa:
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Oh…
Nice to meet you.
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Elisa:
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Nice to meet
you.
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Lisa:
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Yeah, um… how… We have some #toptic# is about neighbour.
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Elisa:
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Topics, about
neighbours, yeah.
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Lisa:
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Yes. Ah… How well do you know your neighbour?
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neighbour – should be: neighbours – So
Elisa says that she has a lot of neighbours.
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Elisa:
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How well? Um… I have a lot of neighbours…
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Lisa:
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Yeah.
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Elisa:
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..., ‘cause I live… I live in
the country,… Lisa:
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‘cause - because
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Lisa:
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Yeah.
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Elisa:
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… and actually, we’re surrounded by lots of neighbours.
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surrounded – there are neighbours in every
direction
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Lisa:
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Yeah.
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Elisa:
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know
a few…
…
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Lisa:
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Yes.
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Elisa:
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I would say.
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I would say – I think
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Lisa:
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Yes. OK. Number
two: What makes a good neighbour?
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Elisa:
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Um
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Someone
…
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Lisa:
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Yeah, give you a
hand.
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Elisa:
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… when you need it, ‘cause they’re close by.
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Lisa:
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Yes.
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Elisa:
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,
so… that’s a good neighbour.
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Lisa:
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Yes.
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Elisa:
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Someone who says
hello. That… Someone who keeps you
informed about things going on nearby. I guess. Yeah.
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keeps you informed – tells you about…
things going on – things that are
happening
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Lisa:
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OK. Number
three: What makes a bad neighbour?
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Elisa:
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Mmm
… What makes a bad neighbour? Someone who… Oh,
. What makes a bad
neighbour? Um…
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Lisa:
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Unfriendly?
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Elisa:
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Yeah,
unfriendly. Someone who doesn’t get
involved in
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get involved – join in the action
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Lisa:
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Yeah.
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Elisa:
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Maybe… I don’t
know. Someone who doesn’t take
responsibility for what’s going on
that can impact the rest of their neighbours.
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take responsibility – take
care of the things you should take care of
impact – affect you, change your life in some way
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Lisa:
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Yeah. Yes. OK.
Number four: Who is the best neighbour you’ve… you’ve #ev#
had?
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Elisa:
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Ever had?
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Lisa:
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Yeah. #
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Elisa:
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Um
…
We have a family that borders one of
our properties and
, so they’re actually…
,
so they’re the best neighbours we’ve ever had.
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that borders…our properties –
their property (their land) has a border (a line) with ours. Eg: The USA borders on Mexico. It doesn’t border on
Brazil.
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Lisa:
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Oh, so you live
together?
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Elisa:
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Not together,
but she’s a neighbour of mine.
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Lisa:
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Neighbour?
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Elisa:
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Yeah. She’s a
neighbour of mine.
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Lisa:
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Oh. OK.
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Elisa:
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We checked out
well.
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checked out well – we tried our personalities
together and the results were good.
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Lisa:
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Who is the worst
neighbour?
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Elisa:
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Mmm
… The worst neighbour. We have another neighbour
,…
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Lisa:
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Ah…
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Elisa:
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…so there are… We used to have some sheep and just # cheap
female sheep, and they had a ram and the ram got through and then impregnated all our sheep and we had
lambs and we didn’t really want lambs,
, but… never really had really bad neighbours.
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ram – a male sheep
got through – got through the fence and into
our land
impregnated… our sheep – made our sheep
pregnant
lambs – young sheep
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Lisa:
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Really bad.
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Elisa:
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No. That’s…
That’s not too bad. That’s OK
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Lisa:
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OK, thank… thank
you for your questions.
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Elisa:
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That’s OK. No
problem.
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Lisa:
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Thank you very…
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