文档介绍：NOTES FOR UNIT EIGHT
LISTENING
PART 1
work shifts: work for a particular period of time; do/work a (10/12/24 etc hour) shift, night/day/early/late shift
work unsocial hours: to work during the night or early in the morning when most people do not have to work
bank holiday: an official holiday when banks and most businesses are closed American Equivalent: public holiday
cliff: a large area of rock or a mountain with a very steep side, often at the edge of the sea or a river
PART 2
Gatwick: one of the two main airports in London, UK
not be your cup of tea: spoken to not be the type of thing that you like
Tenerife: one of the Canary Islands of Spain off the northwest coast of Africa, which is very popular with tourists
vulture: a large bird that eats dead animals
the Lake District: the Lakes, an area in northwest England famous for its beautiful lakes and mountains and visited by many tourists. The highest mountain in England, Scafell Pike, is in the Lake District, and the area is associated with the 19th-century Lake Poets, especially William Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey.
self-catering: a holiday in which you stay in a place where you can cook your own food
chuck it down: to rain very heavily
rain or shine: whatever happens or whatever the weather is like
PART 3
Kashmir: A historical region of northwest India and northeast Pakistan. Conquered by Moslems in