People in conversation – Ingse – answers

Answers.

Part 1

1. Bergen is the second biggest city in Norway.

2. Bergen is surrounded by seven mountains.

3. In 1916 a fire destroyed a lot of buildings in the old town.

4. Bergen used to be famous for its fishing industry.

 

Part 2

1. Which is the most common fish reared in the fish farms off the coast of Bergen? salmon

2. What is the opposite of the adjective ‘farmed’? wild

3. What is one of the seven mountains surrounding Bergen? It’s an island.

4. Which countries can you take a ferry to from Bergen? England, Denmark and Iceland

5. Which two types of boats does Ingse mention? cruise liners and cabin cruisers

 

Part 3

1. Ingse doesn’t live in central Bergen. (T Interviewer: Do you live in the centre of the town? Ingse: No, I live outside.)

2. Ingse used to have to climb up a hill every day when she came back from school. (F She took the funicular – a type of cable car.)

3. Ingse lives on the ground floor of her block of flats. (F She lives on the second floor – the very top of the building.)

4. Ingse prefers the view from her flat in the winter, when the trees are bare. (T She says the view in winter is marvellous when the leaves are off the trees because she can see further.)

5. Bergen is covered with snow during the winter months. (F She says ‘We get spells of snow. Like for a week.’)

6. Bergen is famous for its bad weather. (T ‘It’s a rainy city.’ ‘Famous for its raining, yeah.’)

 

Part 4

1. It takes Ingse 45 minutes to drive to the nearest ski resort.

2. At the ski resort you can do downhill or cross-country skiing.

3. Ingse says it is not expensive to go skiing in Norway.

4. Ingse says cross-country skiing is like walking, but with skiis on your feet.

5. The interviewer asks if it’s warm enough to go to the seaside in the summer in Norway.

6. Ingse says a fjord looks like a lake, but the water is salty.

7. This is because a fjord occurs when the ocean makes its way into the countryside.

8. Cruises from England and the Mediterranean often enter the fjords because the water is very deep.

9. In summer the mountains near Bergen don’t have any snow.

10. Bergen is unique in having a glacier so close to the coast.

11. In June and July it’s possible to go skiing on the glacier in the morning and then swimming/swim in the fjord in the evening.

 

Part 5

1. Ingse spends a couple of days in England every month. (F Ingse says ‘I haven’t been here (i.e. to England) for a while now’.)

2. Ingse food is what tourists find most expensive in Bergen. (F ‘the beer is… the worst thing for tourists, of course’)

3. In Norway 0.4 of a litre of beer costs around £5. (T)

4. A large pizza in a restaurant costs around £25. (F ‘a takeaway pizza’)

5. Cosmetics in England now cost nearly as much as those in Norway. (T Ingse says ‘a few years back we could go to England… and buy really cheap stuff. But I think the prices are levelling out.‘)

6. It’s usual for Norwegians to meet their friends in each other’s houses rather than in restaurants or pubs. (T ‘What we do, we meet at each other [sic – other’s] places rather than going out.’)

7. Bergen city centre is very quiet in the evenings. (F ‘It’s lively in town. I don’t mean it’s dead because it’s expensive.’)