M: What a lovely day!I: Yeah, it’s nice, isn’t it? It’s been a really warm autumn.M: So, where are we?I: Well, the bit we’ve just been through, with all the ____, is what we call New Belgrade. It’s the big ____ as all the new businesses are relocating here. And I don’t know if you can see it or not, but just behind us, over to the right, is the Arena, which is where all the big concerts and sports events are held. It’s one of the biggest ____ in Europe. M: Yeah, I think I did catch ____ of it.I: You might’ve seen it on TV – it’s the place they held the Eurovision Song contest.M: Oh, right. ____, I’m not really that keen on Eurovison. It’s not really ____.I: No? Well, I guess you never win these days! ____, now we’re crossing over the River Sava into Old Belgrade.M: Wow! The river looks wonderful.I: Yeah, it’s great. In the summer, we often go out on little boats or have dinner down by the waterside. M: Oh, that sounds lovely. And what’s that big bridge over there?I: That’s the Ada Bridge. It’s quite new, actually. It only opened a few years ago.M: It’s very ____.I: It looks even better when it’s lit up at night.M: Mmmm. I: And just down there, there’s a little street called Gavrila Principa Street, which is where Manakova Kuca – Manak’s House – is located. It’s an ethnological museum and it ____ an amazing collection of old national costumes and embroidery and ____. M: OK. I’ll check that out if I have time. What’s that building over there?I: Oh, that’s St Mark’s Church.M: Wow! That’s a ____ building. How old is it?I: Not that old, ____. It was built in the late 1930s or something, but it’s on the site of a much older church. It ____ the tomb of Stefan Dusan, who was perhaps the greatest Serbian emperor ever.M: Oh, OK. I: And if you want to walk around here later, you’re quite close to the Kalemegdan Fortress, one of the most historic buildings in Belgrade. There’s the Victor Monument up there as well, which was erected after the First World War. It’s one of the city’s most famous ____.M: Right. Well, I’ll have to remember to take my camera with me up there, then.I: And now we’re coming up to Dedinje, which is one of the more ____ parts of the city. It’s where all the celebrities and the old aristocratic families live – and a lot of the embassies are ____ here as well.M: The houses certainly do look very ____.I: Yeah, they’re amazing.

Upper-Intermediate, Unit 2, Listening 10

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