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Track 34

Listening 3

1

We used to have a nice apartment downtown. It had great views of the city!

But then these new people moved in upstairs.

They played loud music all the time, and the sound came straight through the ceiling and into our apartment.

It was terrible, so we moved.

Now we’re living in a nice small house in the suburbs. And our neighbors are very quiet.

2

My new apartment is on a high floor, and it’s great.

There’s no noise at all. I only hear the birds in the park. Before that, I lived in a first-floor apartment.

It had a little yard. which was nice, but I heard people coming and going all the time.

And it was close to the street, so I heard all the traffic too.

3

We didn’t really want to move because we loved our apartment.

We had a wonderful landlady, too. She didn’t raise the rent for years, and if anything was broken.she would get it fixed really fast.

But with the children getting older, we needed to be closer to a good school.

So that’s why we moved.

Now we live in an apartment in the suburbs.

4

I used to live in a nice apartment downtown, in a pretty interesting neighborhood.

But the thing was, they wouldn’t let you keep a pet.

I really wanted to get a cat, so I moved to a place where you could keep pets.

Now I live in a building near the park.

And there’s two of us—me and my cat, Felix. We play all the time.

5

My new apartment has a huge kitchen and a great stove. I’m really happy about it.

I love to cook and have parties, but the kitchen in my old place was so tiny.

And the dining room was small, too.

The location was good, but I could never have people over for dinner, so I needed to find something different.

6

I used to live in a house. I had a nice yard in the front, and another yard in the back.

The trouble was the maintenance.

It was really expensive to take care of.

So I moved. Now I live in an apartment with no yard.

Even though I have much less space now. it’s wonderful, because it’s a lot cheaper.