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Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside in north west England, on the north side of the Mersey estuary.

The city is governed by Liverpool City Council, one of five councils within Merseyside. The population of the borough in 2002 was 441,477, and that of the Merseyside conurbation was 1,362,026. Liverpool is the second largest export port of the United Kingdom.Whilst it has lost most of its manufacturing base, Liverpool is still internationally famous as a port, and the city from where The Beatles originated. In sport terms, it boasts two internationally known football clubs, Liverpool F.C. and Everton F.C.. In the year 2008, Liverpool will become the European Capital of Culture.
Questions about the text
Now, answer the questions about the text.-------------------------------------------------
Principio del formulario
1. Liverpool has a population of less than half million people..
False.
2. Liverpool is the second largest export port of the United Kingdom.

We don't know.
3. Liverpool is the city from where The Beatles originated.
False.

4. Liverpool has one football team.

False.
5. People from Liverpool are calledLiverpudlians.
We don't know.
Final del formulario

 Before you listen to a psychotherapist's second session with a chocolate addict, read some incomplete notes that the psychotherapist has made about the session.
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1. The patient returned some  that he had filled out.

2. The patient is eating  chocolate than he was before.

3. His chocolateaddiction is affecting his life emotionally, and .

4. The patient eats chocolate uncontrollably in public and he sees this as being .

5. His current chocolate fixation, about which he has had dreams, is.

6. He compares dark chocolate to his taste in .

7. The patient’s wife reacts to his secret consumption of chocolate in a way.

8. The patient tries to keep his addiction a secretby chocolate around the house.

9. He makes his children cry by  chocolate from them.

10. The patient thinks that if he is honest with his wife, it’s possible that she’ll .
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1. questionnaires/forms
2. more
3. sexually, financially
4. socially unacceptable
5. truffles
6. women
7. violent
8. hiding
9. stealing/taking
10. help him
  Now listen to the conversation and completethe notes. You need to write a maximum of two words for each space. You hear the answers in the same order as the notes   
  Listen again and complete the following transcription. Use the ‘pause’ button on your media player to give you time to write. 
Hello doctor, good morning. Erm…

Morning.

How are you? Thank you for seeing me at such..erm..short notice.

That’s no problem. It soundedvery urgent. How can I help?

Well, I’ve ..I’ve brought back the..er..first of all I’ve brought back the..the questionnaires you gave me to fill out..here you are..erm..

Oh..the pages are a bit stuck.

I’m sorry about the chocolate stains.

That’s..that’s alright. So…so was it interesting, did thathelp you filling out the forms do you think? 

Well, it certainly made..made me ask myselfsome…some…some questions about my addiction, and..erm..I’d like to ..to speak about some of those issues today. Erm..because I find that since our first session I’m eating more, not less, chocolate, which is quite worrying.

That..that is quite worrying. And..it sounded very urgent when you phoned, what..is..is there something immediately..erm.. worrying you?

Well basically, how to controlit. Erm..I’ve been havingfantasies concerning Nutella and a paintbrush. Erm..and I’ve had to..to cancel my subscription to Cocoa Monthly because of my..erm..I’m having problems with my bank account and paying my rent. I…I subscribe to various online magazines and e-zines connected to chocolate and confectionary.

So, this is having a serious impact on your life now.

It is. Financially,...