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Contents
Map of the book 4
Introduction 6
UNIT 1 . The TelephoneAnswering Machine 10
'Soyouwannakeepfit,huh?' t2
UNIT 2 o
UNIT 3 . Inter-City125 L4
UNIT 4 o BibiKhanymandthe Originof theMuslimVeil t6
U N I T5 . W h o ' s w h o ? 18
UNIT 6 o RadioAdvertisements 20
UNIT 7 o TerminalOne 22
UNlT 8 . The Touch of Death 24
UNIT 9 r Dial-A-Recipe 25
UNIT10 o TheWeatherForecast 28
U N I T1 1 o B u y i n g a N e w C a r 30
UNIT12 o The London Marathon 32
UNIT13 o The People'sRepublicof China: FactsandFigures 34
UNIT14 o A ValuableCollection? 36
U N I T1 5 o W h a t ' s i n a N a m e ? 38
UNIT 16 o'ValueforMoney' 40
UNIT17 o ProgrammingtheVideo 42
UNIT18 o The DepartmentStore M
UNIT19 o RadioPhone-In 46
UNIT20 o FirstAid 48
Tapescript 50
Answer key
I Understanding and responding to a
telephone answering machine
. Specific information
Discrimination
2 Instructions, advantages and
disadvantages
. Specific information
Discrimination
Detail
J Publicannouncements,making
inferences
. Specificinformation
Detail
Gist
4 Story telling, speculation
o Gist
Discrimination
Development
5 Descriptions, dictation,
self-introduction
. Specificinformation
Further information
6 Essentialinformation, comparing
important and unimportant
o Specificinformation
Gist
Distinguishing sounds
n
Airport announcements
o Specificinformation
8 Narrative, speculation
o Gist
Discrimination
Specificinformation
Development
9 Instructions, making notes with key
words
. Specificinformation
Discrimination
Development
Personaldetails,dates, Tensereview, Wh-
davs, times questions,to beneraous
about,to haoeto do
Health and exercise, Imperatives,adverbsof
parts of the body, manner
movements,personality
Train travel, places,fast Passive,conditional
food sentences,polite
requests
Stories and legends, Simplepast and past
exotic parts of the world perfect review, narrative
links
Introductions, Tensereview,
descriptions, personality prepositions,adjective
order
Radioads and consumer Tense review
programmes,domestic
electricalequipment
Airports and air travel Presentcontinuous
forms, formal and polite
requests,do to stress
importance
Short stories, Pastperfect tense, future
adolescence conditional(pos. and
neg.)
Ingredients, cooking and Imperatives,sequence
food markers(first, then,next,
etc.)
10 The future, predicting The weather,European Future forms with a/ll
r Gist countries
Specificinformation
Distinguishing sounds
l1 Making comparisons; sPeculation, Cars, features and Comparatives,
probability and prediction, discussion components, prices superlatives,question
o Detail forms, tags
Logic
Distinguishing sounds

72 Ambitions, feelings, directions, past London, running a Past forms tense review,
narrative marathon prepositions
o SPecific information

13 Factsand figures,factualpresentation Modern China, Simplepresenttense

o Gist inventions, land, revlew
Specificinformation population, statistics

t4 The past, giving reasons Collecting,badges,logos Gerund and infinitive (1

o Gist trademarks,advertising begant o collectI collecting)
Specificinformation
15 Logic of continuousdiscourse Names,their power to General tense review
o Gist influencebehaviourin
Specificinformation advertising
l6 Understandingand making Consumergoods, toget...(something).
comparisons featuresand performancew i t h . . . ( s o m e t h i n g ) . .
o Detail
T7 Sequenceof instructions,clarifying Operating machinery to haaeto do. .. , question
o Specificinformation (eg.video) forms with conditional;
(Whatwouldhappenif . . .)

18 Identifying location,prices,likelihood Shopping,food, clothes, Imperative,languageof

and possibility prices speculation(maybeIcould
. Specificinformation belperhaps)
Informed speculation
79 Advice and suggestions Personalproblems; Giving advice(Whydon't
o Gist teenageproblems, y o u .. . l l fl w e r e y o u l ' d . .
Specificinformation baldness,smoking Haaeyou eaerthought
a b o u t.. . \

20 Instructions and advice First aid, dressingcuts Presenttensereview,

o Gist and grazes simple past conditional
Specificinformation review, imperative for
instructions
Introduction
When we listen it is becausewe are interested in gossip, becausewe need to know
how to get to a friend's new apartment, so that we can recognisea stranger we
have to meet at the railway station, or in order to follow a recipe or operatea
machine.We listen for.areason.We listen with a purpose.We have an objective.
Listening in Action tries to re-createor simulate and then exploit the purposes we
have when we listen in our everyday lives. It contains a wide variety of questions,
exercisesand activities, many of them in the form of tasks to carry out or problems
to solve.
Consciouslistening is usually accompaniedor followed by some kind of action or
reaction.We make notes,askquestions,discussor write a response.So, although
Listening in Action is primarily a collection of supplementary listening practice
material, it also contains discussionquestions,writing activities and integrated
project ideas. It tries to reflect real-life listening situations as closely as possible.

To the student
0rganisationofthe Listening in Action contains 20 units. Eachunit is divided into severalsections.
material
Pre-l
istening
discussion There are questionsto discussbefore you listen to the tape. Theseare designed to
questions help you to start thinking and talking about the subjectof the Unit before you
listen to the tape. They should help you to remember useful words and phrases
and they should prepare you for the listening passageson the tape.
Intensive
andextensive The exercisesin eachUnit are divided into severalParts.TheseParts practise
listen
ing intensiaeand extensiae listening skills. Intensive listening activities usually need
you to listen carefully for a specificpieceof information or for a detail. Extensive
listening activities usually need you to form a generalopinion or to listen for the
'
main ideasin what you listen to.
Language
skills There is a detailed list of the languageskills you will practisein each Unit in the
Map of the Book on pages4-5 of this book.
Howmuchdoyouneedto In order to carry out the activities, do the tasksand solve the problems in this
understand? material you will need to understand someof the information you listen to. If you
can completethe activities successfullyit is becauseyou have understood what
you needed to know.
New
words There may be a lot of new words you don't recognisein some of the recordings
you listen to. Many of thesewords will not be so important just now. Do you
understand every word you hear or read in your first language?
Guessing
meanings You will probably be able to guessthe meanings of many new words, and that is a
very good way to learn. You are almost certainly wrong if you think you should
memoriseevery new word you hearor read.It's an impossibletask anyway!
Additional f
activities When you have finished working from the tape there are some additional (
activities to do. Theseare important even thbugh most of them don't involve
a
listening directly. They follow up the listening skills you have practised and
provide speaking,writing and sometimesreading work to reinforce and
consolidatethe work you have done from the tape.
General
advice Your teacheris not the only person you know who can speakEnglish. Listen to
the other students in your class,too. You can almost certainly learn from them
and they can almost certainly learn from you.
 Other ways to improve your listening skills include listening to:
o English-speakingradio stations
o English-speakingsatelliteTV channels
o EnglishJanguagefilms (but not those which have been dubbed!)
o other people'sconversations
o public announcements(e.9. at railway stationsand airports, etc.)
o songs(e.g.on record,audio or video tape).

To the self-studystudent
If you are using this book on your own, without a teacher,these additional notes
are alsofor you.
usethismalerial
Howto For you it is probably a good idea to begin at Unit 1 and work steadily through the
Units in chronologicalorder (i.e. the order in which they appear in the book).
However, if you are also studying from a coursebook you can use Listening in
action to follow up the topics in that coursebook.That will mean using the Units
in this material in a different order.
Level You will probably notice that the first five Units are a little easierthan Units 6-10,
and that Units 11-15are a little more difficult. Units 16-20 may not seemmuch
more difficult than Units 11-15,but if they do, don't worry. No two students are
ever at exactlythe samelevel, especiallyat this pre-intermediate stage.Some
'good' students often find 'easy'materials a little more difficult than they exPect,
'slower' sfudents might find the samematerial relatively easy.
while some
The Key
Answer Use the Answer Key to checkall your answersto any one Unit at the sametime,
after you have finished working through that Unit.
- don'tlel Take it easy.Relax.Don't be anxious. No one works well if they're nervous. This
thematerial
Control
youl
ilcontrol material is designedto help you. It is not a test or an exam. You are in control of it.
You can stop the tape, re-wind and listen again as often as you want to. But do
remember that you can't stop real people and re-wind their conversation
(although you can, of course,ask them to repeat what they've just said, a little
more slowly or clearly). In a real English-speakingsituation you will need to
understand the important information in the languageyou listen to as you hear it.
As you work through this book try to rely less and lesson the PAUSE and
RE-WIND buttons on your cassetteplayer, and follow the instructions for each
activity very carefully.
Tapescripts DO NOT READ THE TAPESCRIPTSBEFOREYOU WORK THROUGH THE
UNITS! The tapescriptsare there to help you with new words and expressions
after you have worked through the exercisesand activities. You should only refer
to them before you have finished a Unit if you simply cannot understand what
you are listening tc.
Pre-listening
discussion The pre-listening discussionquestionsat the beginning and the additional
questions
andadclitional activities at the end of eachUnit are primarily designed for students working with
aclivities a teacherin a class.However, you should read through and think about the
pre-listening discussionquestionsbefore you listen to the tape.
Additional
activities Many of the additional activities are possiblefor self-study students but you will
not normally be able to checkyour work.
 To the teacher
You should read the introductory notes to students, above, before reading these
notesfor teachers.
Pre-inlermediate
students Listening in Action is a collectionof supplementary listening skills material for
pie-intermediatestudents.
Structures
andvocabulary Such students will, generally, be familiar with the principal tenseforms of English
and the constructionsthrough which they can be realised.They will also,
generally, require repeated,continuous and extendedpracticeat selectingand
using these forms appropriately and correctly. Such students, typically, have a
basic'generalpurposes'vocabulary.They are approachingthe stagein their
languagelearning careerswhere they require both substantialconsolidation and
functional extension.Their passivecompetencewill be considerablygreater than
their activecompetence.
They may well be about to develop negative attitudes to continued study because
of failure to grasp all the new languagethey have had to facesincebeing
'beginners',
frustration at not having fulfilled their (often unrealistic) and their
teachers'expectations, or boredomwith the seeminglyendlessrepetitionand
drilling which is often a characteristicfeature of classroomteaching to elementary
sfudents. students at a pre-intermediatelevel often require an overall morale and
motivation booster. They often get no further than pre-intermediate level, and
this is rarely anything to do with the intrinsic difficulty of the language they are
trying to learn.
- topic-
Thematedal Listening in Action is essentiallytopic-oriented. one of its principal objectivesis
oriented to present twenty interestingunits.
Task-based It is task-basedin that most of the tape-exploitationmaterial requires students to
identify more or less detailed (intensive-extensive)information markers in order
to be able to answer questionsor completeexercisesand activities.
Authenticity some of the recordedmaterial was not originally produced for language-learning
purposes.In that senseit is aufhentic.Therest hasbeendevisedto resemble
'real-world'material
as closelyas possible,the aim being to attempt to re-createin
the classroommany of the essentialfeaturesof the situations in which students
will need to listen to and understand languageoutside the classroom.In that
sensemuch of the material is 'authentic-seeming'.
Grading
andlevel Listening in Action is not structurally graded. However, the Map of the Book (pp
4-5) describesthe main linguistic objectivesfor eachunit and setsthese out in
relation to topics, vocabulary, listening skills and languagestructures.
In very generalterms, most students will find Units 1-5 easierthan the remaining
Units. Theseare intended as broadly introductory Units.
Units 6-19 introduce material which is gradually more linguistically complex
presented in taskswhich are increasinglycognitively more demanding. Unit 20 is
a consolidation and review Unit and as such will probably be found to be rather
easierthan the Units immediately preceding it.
Order
ofuse It is important that you use the Units in this material in the order in which you
consider them to be most appropriate for your students. Somestudents will find it
easierto cope with a long piece of listening on a familiar theme than with a short
piece on something quite new. Accents, speaking speed, task types, cultural
distanceare just some of the factorswhich affect sfudents' perception of a lesson
as'easy' or'difficult', challenging or trivial, stimulating or boring. The Map of the
Book is designed to help you selectmaterial which is appropriate for a given class
at a given time.
t-
'daily
lUays in
ol usingListening There are basicallytwo ways of using material like Listening in Action: the
Ac'lion dose' approachand the'thematiclink'.
'daily
The dose' With the'daily dose' approachthe teacherincludes a specificlistening skill
development activity as part of every lesson. If your lessonsare of two or more
'daily dose' approachwith this material without distorting
hours you can use the
the skills balanceof your lessonplanning. If you seeyour classfor only one hour
per day, or, worse, for no more than one hour per week, you will have to decide
which of the languageskills to concentrateon in eachlessonsincea 40-50 minute
lessonwhich evenly practisesall four skills in any depth requires meticulous
planning and timing which cannot allow for the natural deviation from all
planning which is a characteristicof lively, successfulclassrooms.
link'
The'thematic The 'thematic link' approachis where the teacherlooks for a piece of listening
material which will support the topic or theme of work currently being done in the
students' main coursebook.This material can be used with such an approach and
you should not be reluctant to selectonly a few activities from an appropriate
Unit, and return to the others later in the courseif necessary.
a Unit
Approaching Listening in Action contains sufficient material (basic+ additional activities)for a
total of between roughly 30-55 classroomhours. If you have the luxury of one
two-hour'listening lesson' per week or are teachingintensively, say, five six-hour
days per week, you can use the materialextensioely, giving plenty of time to the
pre-listening discussionquestionsand the additional activities.
discussion
Pre-listening The pre-listening discussionquestionsare intended to help to dctivatestudents'
ouestions passivevocabularyby encouragingthe contribution of ideas and opinions closely
related to those which form the substanceof the taped material. They should help
'informed'mental
students to move into the listening stagewith a receptiveand
set.
and
exercises
0uestions, The quesfions,exercisesand activitieswhich form the main body of eachUnit are
activities clearly labelled accordingto the skills being practisedand clearly set out the
procedure students should follow (e.g. Listenthen answer; Answer while
listening,etc).
Number
oflistenings The number of listenings required is specifiedthroughout the book but you
should not hesitateto increasethe number of listenings if your sfudents ask for or
appear to need it. This is supportmaterial, not a test.
Additional
activities The additional activities are useful in'rounding off' a Unit's work, often at the
sametime as extending it, and they also provide some of the lessconventional
classroomwork which students often find so motivating so long as their teacheris
firmly behind it.
Preparation Listening in Action will be more enjoyableto work with if you ALWAYS read
through eachUnit, the Answer Key and Tapescriptbefore you teach from it.
Listen-to the tape, make notes of any important points from it you want to include
in your lessonind write down the tape counter numbers for the start of each
r"itio., of the tape. Try to anticipate the difficulties your students may have with a
unit and prepare material, examplesand explanationsbeforehand. Finally, be
prepared to explain to students who may believe that they should try to memorise
"rr"ry ne* *ord they hear on the tape that not only will that not help them, but
that it will actually hinder their progress.
I hope that you have as much pleasureteaching from Listening in Action as I had
compiling the material and devising the exercises.
 Thelgl.phone Answering
Madrine
Are you newous about speaking English on the telephone? Do you hate
telephone answering machines?

Prc-llstenlng 1) Why are somepeople nervous about using the telephone?Are you? If so, why?
dlscussion questlons 2) What are the advantages and disadvantages of telephone answering
machines?Write two lists.
3) Have you ever used one?What happened?

Listenlngfor speclflc Readquestions L and 2 and then listen to part A of the tape. Answer while you are
Informatlon listening.
1) What's the name of the school?
a) TheOxford Schoolof English ! c) The Oxbridge School of English
b) TheCambridgeSchoolof English tr
2) What'sthe school'stelephonenumber?
Now read questions 3 and 4 and then listen to part A of the tape again. Answer
while you are listening.
3) Is the school's office open
a) on Saturdays? Yes No c) before 10.00a.m. on Fridays? yes No
b) onFridays? Yes No d) after6.00p.m.onWednesdays? yes No
4) When should you phone again?
a) between 9.30-12.00on Saturday n c) before 17.30any weekday tr
b) afterg.30anyweekday n
Dlscrlmlnateand Look at these tfuee posters for the oxbridge school of English. one is correct. The
ellmlnate other two contain mistakes. Listen to Part A of the tape again to find out which
poster is con€ct.
s)
a) The
Oxbridge School
The
Oxbridge School
Of English
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Of English

-'F:1b1,.-".1";ii'lil' Tel: Oxbridge876942

Vf."-itr 09'30-li'30
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 PARTB
listening
Intensive While you were out a friend telephoned and left a messageon your answering
machine.Readquestion6, then listen to Part B of the tape.Answer while you are
listening.
6) Which of these sentencesare true (T) and which are false (F)?
a) Irenephoned while you were out. n
b) Eileenphoned while you were out. T
c) She has two tickets for the ballet. n
d) She has two tickets for Othello. n
e) Irene can't go to the opera. n
0 The operastartsat 19.00. n
g) Irene is taking Harry to the dentist tomorrow, n
h) Ireneis taking Harry to the dentisttomorrow before10.00a.m. tr

and
Discriminate Look at thesepairs of tickets.one pair is Irene's.Listen to Part B of the tapeagain
eliminate to find out which pair is hers.
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PARTC
Additionalactivities: 8) Write a short message for your own answering machine.
Vocabulary and e) Who do you think Rodney and Harry are (Part B)?
fluency

11
 'Soyou wannakeepfit,
huh?'
Pre-llstenlng Crystal Collins's new book tells you how to get fit and stay healthy. It,s easy,
discusslonquestions and it only takes a few minutes eachday.
1) Doyoutakeanyform
of regular, physical
exercise?If so, what, and
why? If not, why not?
2) How important is good
health to you? What are
the best ways of keeping
fit and healthy? Do you
have any tips?
3) Haveyoueverboughta
book of keep fit exercises?
If so, why, and do you still
use it?

Intenslvellstenlng There's a cassettewith Crystal Collins's new book. In it she describeslots of

physical exercises.But you have to be careful. Readquestion I and then listen to
Part A of the tape. Answer while you are listening.
I
I
1) Which of theseare Crystal's five 'golden rules'?
a) Everybodyshouldtake I f) Don't try too muchexercise n
physical exercise. too soon.
b) Wear comfortable dothes. tr g) Everybody needs exercise. !
c) Don't eat too much too
quickly.
! h) Take it easy for a few minutes !
after exercise.
d) Don'tsmoke. tr i) Everybody wants to keep fit. !
e) Do warming-up exercises
before you begin.
n j) Always stop if you feelunwell. n
Physlcalexercbe Now do this warming-up exercisefrom Crystal Collins's new book:

fe;etoPori.
I Jog gent[, on fhe sPoli for 15 2 Now siond wfh Your
A simple
,ff,m Resfyour honds Your hiPs.
seionds. Liftyourbet of leosl on
t0 cm. Gently bend to the left, then io fhe
warmmg-up @f right. Move gently.Avoid shor],
sh-otpmotetents. Do fhis for 30
routine seconds.

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a;
Partsof
Yocabulary: 2) Write words from this list next to
fiebody the appropriate parts of the body, on
this diagram:

ankle chin lungs

armpit elbow stomach
cheek forehead throat
chest knuckles wrist
legs feet

Llstenlngfor specific Readactivity 3. Now listen to Part B of the tape, and do activity 3 while you are
words listening.
3) Circle on the diagram aboveall the parts of the body you hear.

Followinginstructions Readthe instructions for activity 4 and then listen to Part B of the tape again. Do
activity 4 while you are listening.
4) Listen to Crystal's instructions very carefully. Do the physical exercise-You
will need a strong chair.

Wrltlnginstructions Look at these diagrams. Study them carefully, and then do exercise5.

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5) a) Standwith your
/ru
c) Make a circle above

Addltlonalactivities: 6) Write and record somekeep fit exercisesfor the class.Then start eachlesson
Instructionsand with five minutes of warming-up and keep fit exercises.
dlscussion 7) What do you think are the five best ways of keeping fit and healthy? Design a
'healthy living' programme for yourself.

13
 UNIT3 Inter-Ciff 725 J

On many trains the guard makes announcementsduring the journey. He

announcesthe namesof the stations where the train will stop. There are
sometimes announcementsabout where and when you can buy food on the
train. You need to understand theseif you don't want to get lost or be hungry!

Pre-listening 1) Have you ever made a long journey by train in a foreign country? Were you
discussionquestions nervous?What things, if any, worried you most?
2) What can you learn about a country from its railways?
3) Where would you most like to travel by train, and why?

PARTA
Listeningfor specific Readquestions 1 and 2 and then listen to Part A of the tape. Answer while you are
information listening.
1) What time does the train leave Edinburgh?
2) What time shoqld it arrive in London? _

Listeningfor place Study the map and read

names activity 3. Then listen to
Part A of the tape again
and do activity 3 while you
are listening.
3) Draw the train's route
o
Closgow
on the map and write
-r\ A
down the namesof the
\r{r-
stations where you should
At\
changetrains if you are
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going to: I Sundertond
Durhom
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a) Sunderland: Ll*=^
changeat -^tt\
leeds I l,Dorti
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b) Teesside
Airport: C!
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change at - Liverpool Monchester

c) Scarborough: \r'
changeat

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Peterborough

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London
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 for detall Read activity 4 and then listen to Part B of the tape. Do activity 4 while you are
listening.
4) Write a tick ( y') next to the things you can buy in the buffet car:

Drinks
Tea ! Coh n Hotchocolaten
Beer n Spirits n Wines !
Coffee n Lemonadetr

Sandwiches
Eggandtomato n Hamandtomato n Eggandchips I
Roastchicken n Toastedchicken n Chickenandcheese n

'Hotfood
'f|
Cheeseburgers ! Fishburgers tr Sausageand chips

forglstand Read question 5 and then listm to Part C of the tape. Then listen to Parts B and C
lnierences together, without a break, and make brief notes while listening, if you want to.
Then answer question 5.
5) What are the differences between the buffet car and the restaurant car. Try to
think of at least three differences.
a)

b)
c)

actlvltles: 5) Here's a sign you probably haven't seen before. What do you think it means?
and Would you like to seesuch a sign inhoduced? If so, where?
work

4 Use a good world atlas to plan your dream railway joumey. lndude stoPovers
and excursions and estimate how long your ioumey could take and how much it
might cost.

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 UNI T4 Bibi Khanym and the Origin of
theMuslimVeil

The mosqueof Bibi

Khanym is one of the
most beautiful buildings
in Samarkand.Bibi
Khanym was the favourite
wife of King Tamerlane.
The legendof her mosque
is said to explain why
Muslim women wear a
veil over their face.

Pre-listening 1) Do you know any storieswhich explainnatural or historicalphenomena(such

discussionquestions as how the elephantgot its trunk, why shipsare launchedwith a bottle of
champagneor why a rabbit'sfoot is said to be lucky)?Tell any story like this that
you know.
2) Which placesin the world would you most like to visit, and why? Do some
placeshavemagical,exoticnamesfor you?Which places?Are they exoficto
everyone?Why do they sound so exoticto somepeople?
3) Where, exactly,is Samarkand?

PARTA
Listeningfor gist Read exercise L and then listen to the tape. Complete exercise 1 after you have
listened.
!
1) Complete this sentence:
I
According to King Tamerlane, a woman's beauty can be

l6
 for specific Readexercise2 and then listen to the tape again. Answer while you are listening.
2) A student wrote thesenotes while she was listening to the tape.
Unfortunately,shemadea few mistakes.Underlineher mistakes.

?*h.century- Central Africo _ porruerfi,rl

sofdrer - great err.rptn=._
- J!,il, ;.:lE; :HT".#Z!::
_oc.on
A*lqrrh.c. tn l_n;
- b{'r're' cerami! *ires in=ial -
,'.it I::H-'=
_ fovourife, ,.{;o6
frr.^.,l.: - most
=1y :;ro:
beoufifi_rl _ ofdesf sirt _
rm.por|-ant rnost
a:ife,.
B. K. decided
buitd mos?de _ {ound
arc-}-tited - urock
storfe.d irnrneaiqfe,Ja.
B.K.f-rt in love oi*.h rnosfer
buitde.r _
mosque finrshed _ -Il ,.t
r'J_s hc>-_ _
Killed B.K. and buirdoJ]t4r"=,;.r,
qJeor ve'rl rh LDonnen
nnernorStr c>F B.
k.

Now readquestion3 and then listen to the tapeagain,if you need to. Answer
while you are listening.

3) Which of these sentencesare true (T) and which are false (F)?
a) Tamerlanewas a warrior. n
b) Samarkandwas surrounded by desert. tr
c) The mosqueswere decoratedwith gold inside. T
d) Bibi Khanym was Tamerlane'schief wife. tr
e) Bibi Khanym designedthe mosqueherself, to honour her husband. n
f) The master builder fell in love with Bibi Khanym as soon as he first
saw her.
n
g) The master builder agreedto finish the mosqueif Bibi Khanym would let n
him kiss her once.

h) Bibi Khanym loved the masterbuilder more than anything else' n

i) Tamerlaneretumedunexpectedly. n
j) The architectwas killed by Tamerlane. n
P
Addltlonal activities: 4) How do you think Bibi Khanym spent the rest of her life?
Speculationand 5) Recorda story you know and exchangeyour recording with another student.
story-telling. Listen to his/her recording and make notes of questionsyou will ask later.
T-
I
I
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 Who'swho?
When a new English coursestarts, the teachersometimesasks the students to
introduce themselvesto the rest of the class.It's a good way to get to know each
other quickly.

Pre-listening 1) How would you describewhat Mr Gorbachevlooks like? The Queen?The

discussionquestions 'Mona Lisa'?The
Statueof Liberty?
2) Describeyour room, house/apartment,office, birthplace, favourite place or
favourite childhood toy.
3) Describeyour wife/husband, girVboyfriend, best friend, heroine/hero,
parent(s),pet(s).

Listeningto identify ReadexerciseL and then listen to Part A of the tape. Complete the exercisewhile
people you are listening.
1) Three students are introducing themselvesto the rest of the class.Look at the
classphoto and identify the three students you hear. Write their names and the
countries they come from, below:

a) from
b) from 4
c) from

J
 Now read exercise2 and then listen to Part A of the tape again. Complete the
exercisewhile you are listening.
2) Which of these sentencesare true (T) and which are false (F)?
a) Goranis from Scandinavia. n
b) He has been studying in Britain during the summer' n
c) He is blond. X
d) PeopleoftenexpectSwedestobetallandblond. n
e) Most Swedeslike sailingand skiing. n
0 The old name for Sri Lanka was Ceylon. n
g) Shantidoesn'tspeakTamilathomeinlndia. n
h) She'sa medicalstudentin Britain. n
i) Michel thinks his English is rather good. n
j) He is very relaxed. !

listening:
Intensive There have been severalbank and post office robberiesrecently. The police are
descriptions
Physical investigating the crimes and they would like to interview two men and one
woman who were seennear two of the banks last week. Readactivity 3, then
listen to Part B of the tape. Do the activity while you are listening.
3) A police officer is describingto journalists at a press conferencethe three
peopte they would like to interview. Use the information you hear to help you to
complete thesedrawings of the three people.

,q'F €1a
\, r (-)
(+ \9,

PA&Tfi i
Additionalactivities: 4) Look at the photograph in exercise1 again. Chooseone of the students in the
lntroductionand pi.tut" and prepare i short introduction for him/her. Presentyour introduction to
description the classas though you were that student.
5) Describea picture or photogaph to someonewho hasn't seenit. Get him/her
to draw the piiture or todescribe it (without seeingit) to another student. The
third student should then describethe picture to you. How accurateis the
description?

l r t
 RadioAdvertisements
Commercial radio stations are partly financed by advertising. Some people
that the adverts are better than the prograrnmes!

Prc{lstenlng 1) Do you ever listen to a local English languagecommercialradio station?

dlscusslon questlons help you with your English? HowAMhy not?
2) Can you think of any new words or expressionsyou've leamed from the
3) Do you listen to the advertisementsand announcementsor just the
programmes? Why? Have you got a favourite radio, TV or cinema advert? If
have, what is it, and why do you like it so much?

Llstenlngfor speciflc In Part A you will hear three advertisements. Read exercise L and then listen to
Informatlon:Sound Part A of the tape. Do the exercisewhile you are listening.
dlscrlmlnatlon
1) a) Tick ( r/) the namesof the companiesor products you hear:
SimpleSaversupermarket n Fredawomen'smagazine !
Simply Sofabeds tr OneStepMusicCentreE
Freedomwomen'smagazine ! WansteadMusic Centre !
lzaderwomen's magazine I l-l WansteadPiano Centre n
Pimawomen's magazine t] Just Pianos t]
b) Tick the types of product you hear:
food ! synthesisers n
dothes n pianos n
fumiture f] recordsandcassettesn
magazine !

lntenslvellstenlng for Now read exercise2, then listen to Part A of the tape again. Complete the
detall while you are listening.
2) Fill in the missing information below:
a) The address of Simply Sofabeds:- Nofting Hill Gate
b) The piceof Prima:
c) The telephone number of the Wanstead Music Centre:

Extenslvellstenlng Read questions 3 to 5 and then listen to Part A of the tape a third time. Answer
after you have listened.
3) Why are they lowering their prices at Simply Sofabeds?
4) ls Prittu a new magazine? How do you know?
5) Does the Wanstead Music Centre sell other musical instruments beside
 for speclflc In Part B you will hear five advertisements. Read exercise5 and then listen to the
:Sound tape. Do the exercisewhile you are listening.
and 5) You will hear advertisements for a) a magazine, b) a soap, c) a radio
llstenlnglor programme, d) a washing powder, and e) an office design senrice. Tick the
names of the companies or products you hear:
a) i) Car Buyer magazine tr d) i) Arealautomaticwashing !
powder
i) CarHiremagazine !
I'.' ii) Area automatic washing tr
b) i) Cuticura medicated soap fl
powder
ii) Cute and Curly medicatedI
iii) Arielautomaticwashing n
soaP
powder
iii) Cute and Cheertul E iv) Ariumautomaticwashing !
mbdicated soap
powder
c) i). PopNews
ii) The Bob Harris Music
!
tr
e) i) ShiftInteriors n
Show
ii) SwiftInteriors E
iii) LBCPopReview tr
iii) Sniffed Interiors tr
iv) BBCPop Review
iv) Stiffedlnteriors tr
Now read exerose 7, then listen to Part B of the tape again. Complete the exercise
while you are listening.

4 FiX in the missing information below:

a) The price of.Car Buyeris
b) You can buy Cuticura soap from
c) Bob Haris's radio programme startsat-.
d) |ill Lancaster recently bought a Servis washingmachine.
e) The phone number of Swift Interiors is
*1i'
The BeehiveRestaurant.
Everythingyou thought vegetarian
rctlvltles: 8) Study this advert from a food couldn't be.
!nd magazine and then write,

@
work produce and record a one-
minute radio advertisement
for the restaurant.

The 8ehive.lla 8€ehire Pl.ce, (off8rinon Station Road) [ondon,

s\ /9 7QR fi-Z+16$.

9) Read the tapescript for this Unit (page 52). Make a list of any words or
expressions you didn't know. Then exchange lists with a partner. Try to explain
the words and expressions on each list to eadr other. Dscuss any difficulties you
have with other pairs of students.
 TerminalOne
At airports it's often difficult to hear the announcements.Even when you can
hear them it's not alwayseasyto understandthem.

Pre-listening 1) Write a list of about 10-15adjectiveswhich describeyour opinion of air travei

discussionquestions 2) Have you ever flown first or businessclass?What are the differencesbetween
ll
first classand'tourist'class?
3) How do you feel about airports?Are they generally exciting, sad, stressful,
beautiful,intimate, dangerous,hot, welcoming. . .?

PARTA
Listeningfor specific study the map and readexercise1. Then listen to the tape. Completeexercise1
information while you arelistening.

1) Underline the namesof all the placesyou hear.

*-ra
eYkiavik\''z

: 6K,:;::in (rrnpe//,q/)
<y'h
. n.21)

ew york
4it".a
Lrs

Now completeexercise2.
2) Match the symbols with the correctwords:
checking in boarding closing

lol ,ft E
r
Readexercise3 and then listen to the tape again. Do the exercisewhile you are
listening.

Fillin the missing

ion on this
board.

Now read exercise4. Listen to the tape a third time and complete the table while
you are listening.
4) Fill in the missing information about the passengers:

Title Forename Surname Travel inforrration

Mr |ackman recently arrived from

Raymond from

Ms Yvonne Simpson from

Waring meeting

Capt. jay Brock from

Sandberg

Margaret MurphY in transit from to

activities: 5) What featuresshould the ideal airport have?Work in large groups and
and brainstorm your ideas.Brainstorming meanseveryone contributes their ideas and
all the ideasare written on the board. There must be no evaluation of the ideas
until the contributions stop. Then discussthe ideas and decide which to keep and
which to discard.
6) You have just arrived at the international airport in Tirana, the capital of
Albania, in the Balkans.It is around midnight. when you get through passPort
control and customsyou discover that the person who was going to meet you is
nowhere in sight. In fact, the airport is deserted.After a few minutes a young
woman approachesyou, gives you this note and disappears:

Explain the note to a

partner. What has
77k'Q* 'A24/
happened?Who is'S'?
What will you do now? fl-rrry tzte*'z//6o'2r'/
,,
Why did you fly to Tirana?
What do you do for a living?
rw*-ffiffi,,fr*y*
tlrr"*f.f:,
Where did you fly from?
ttirt 'j6'"///
Be imaginative! ,

23

This short story is about a
teenagegirl, Sally, who is
about to leave home. It is
based on an original idea
byDawnHunt.
P-rc-listenlng
dlscusslon questlons
Extenslvellstening to
ldentify mood and
personallty
TheTouchof Death
1) Whatsortof storiesdo you prefer- happyor sad?romanticor violent?
fictionor historical?Why?
2) Do you have a favourite story from childhood? If so, what is it? How much
can you remember?
3) Do you like storiesfor adults about childhood and adolescence?
Readquestions 1 and 2 and then listen to the tape. Chooseyour answers to
questions after you have listened.
1) Which of these sentencesbest describesSallv?
a) She is a 25-year-olduniversity student.
b) She is very excitedabout leaving home and is looking forward to it.
n
!
c) She is a little nervous about leaving home.
tr
d) She is extremely homesick.
n
e) Sheis worried about her plants and her goldfish.
2) Which of these sentencesbest describesSally'smother?
n
a) Sheisveryproudofherdaughter. tr d) Sheisunhappy. n
b) She is absent-minded. n ") Sheis a widow. n
c) She is extremely happy. n
f.lOtening for specific Readquestions3 to 5 and then listen to the tape again. Answer as many of the
fnfOfmatlOn questions as you can while you are listening. Play the tape a third time if you need
to'
I
" c) what'sherparents'phonenumber?
| ;l ffi:ti:::llY:*"r
4) Which two things doesSally's mother agreeto look after?
a) her fumiture and curtains I c) her plants and goldfish tr
b) herclothesandpuppy n al herfatherandbrother tr
5) Who or what died?
a) her mother tr d) her father n
b) herpuppy n e) herplantsn
c) hergoldfishn
Readquestion 6 and then listen to the story again. Answer while you are
listening.
6) In the story, which of thesesentencesare true (T) and which are false (F)?
a) Sally had always lived with her parents. tr
b) They lived in Yorkshire. n
c) Sally had bought fumiture and curtains for her new home. tr
d) Sally's mother had promised to send her some furniture. n
e) Sally's collegewas a long way from her parents' home. I

actlvlties:
iAddltlonal Z) a) What do you think Sally's mother said in reply to Sally's question about her
and
iDlalogue father?
ldlscusslon b) Continue the story. Write the next six lines of dialogue between Sally and
her mother.
8) What sort of man do you think Sally's father is or was? Dscuss this with a
partner, then write a brief description of him.
9) What three things worried or worry you most about leaving home? What three
things did you look forward to or are you looking forward to about leaving home?
\

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 t r ^ t r - f' - Ut )
, , ' I ' T
v t a t a v Dial-A-Recipe:
Chilled PaprikaChicken
In Britain, the United Statesand severalother countries,the telephonecomPa
provides servicessuchas Dial-A-Record,the SpeakingClock and daily weath
and travel reports.

Pre-listening 1) How useful do you think telephoneservicessuchas Dial-A-Jokeor Dial-A-

discussionquestions Prayerare?Are thereany telephoneserviceswhich are essential?
2) What do you think peopleeatin the United States,Australia,India, fapan?
3) Who doesmost/allof the cookingwhere you live?Why?

PARTA
lntensivelisteningfor
specificinformation
Chris has dialled the Dial-
A-Recipenumber. He has
a pencil and paper ready
and is waiting to write
down today'srecipe.Read
exercise1 and then listen
to Part A of the tape.
Completeexercise1 while
you are listening.
1) Fill in the missing
information you hear.

d
o
PART8 K

Intensivelisteningfor Readthrough the completedrecipe(in exercise1) and then read the instruction
errors for exercise2. Listen to Part B of the tapeand completeexercise2 while you are
listening.
2) When Chris wrote down the list of ingredientshe made a few mistakes.Put
cross(x) in the column to the right of the recipenext to any item which Chris
wrote down incorrectly.How many mistakesdid he make and what were thef

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 PARTC
for key Readexercise3 and then listen to PartC of the tape.Do the exercisewhile you are
Iistening.
3) Write down how to makeChilled PaprikaChicken.Do not try to write
completesentences.Listenfor the most important words * the key words - and
write them in the spacesbelow. The first one is given as an example.

First, Wto.Olr< bonP-l

Then,
Next,
Then,
Now,
Finally,

PARTTt
listening fOr Readexercise4 and study the recipe.Then listen to Part D of the tapeand
completeexercise4 while you are listening.
4) Underline the mistakesin this recipe:

Ingredirnts Method Variations

Coreandseedthepepper. Chop
and
or sliceall theingredients
mix themwiththeFrench
dresslng.
120ml Frmchm
Forextrainterest,addchopped
hard-boiledeggs,lotsof lemon
juice.a fewllutsandsomethin
slices Addthenutsonlv
of apple.
at thelastminute.

PARTE
Addltionalactivities: 5) Look at the verbsin list A and match them with suitablenouns from list B'
tVocabularyand Thereis more than one correctcombinationfor severalof the words.
iproiectwork A B
grated shelled grapefruit olives
chopped diced chicken cabbage
minced stoned apple walnuts
cored shredded cod celery
skinned peeled onion cheese
boned beef tomato

party for the class.

6) Planan English-speaking

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 TheWeatherForecast
Weather forecasting has becomemuch more sophisticated in recent years.
Satellites provide accurateand up-to-the-minute information about changesin i
the weather, and so weather forecastsare much more reliable than they used to
be.

Pr+llstening 1) Do you ever read the weather forecastin your newsPaper?Why/Why

discussionquestlons not? |
2) Do you watch the weather forecaston TV more or less often than you listen to
it on the radio? Why? |
3) How would our lives be different if we had no weather forecasts?

Extensivellstenlng Readquestion I and then listen to Part A of the tape. Answer after you have
listened.
1) What time of year do you think it might be, and what day of the week do you
think it is, in the recording?

lntenslvellstenlng Readquestion 2 and look at the four weather maps. Then listen to Part A of the
tape again. Answer while you are listening.
2) Three of theseweather maPsare incorrect. Which is the correct one?

on
l6 hrsSunshine l5 hrs Sunshine

SATURDAY O
,l nJ

lntenslvellstenlng rd<
Scotland

Study the map and the rqel

weather symbols, then .--r cloudy, with occasional t JSj'iq'"1
read exercise3. Listen to t rain ZJ-J
Part B of the tape and do
f, h.ary raitt
exercise 3 while you are '.,^r Francc
listening (you may need to .loudv. with occasional
'F
listen to Part B more than ,un
once in order to complete @ t e m p e r a t u r e( n o s u n )
this exercise). (sunnY)
,.-P.."ture
$
3) Draw the correct
weather symbols in the
appropriate places on this
maP.

28
 Now read exercise4. Then listen to Parts A and B of the tape together, without a
pause. Do exercise4 while you are listening.
4) Tick ( V) the correct ending for each of these sentences:
a) The weatherman's name is
i) DanFrancis ! ii) StanFrancis ! iii) SamFrancis fJ
b) He works at
i) London's Weather Centre n iii) The London Weather Centre n
ii) The Weather Centre of London n
c) Tonight it will be mild and dry
i) everywhere I
ii) inmostpartsof thecountry n
iii) in south-east England and south Wales f
d) In Greece,this week-end, it's going to be
'i)
warmandsunny ! iii) warmwithoccasionalshowers I
ii) warm and overcast n

work 5) Match each word in the list on the left with a suitable definition from the list on
the right:
,gr,
a) occasional i) quitewanxr
b) fine ii) highest
c) settled iii) dry
d) light iv) lowest
e) reached v) goaway
f) mild vi) becameas high as
g) maximum vii) not heavy
h) minimum viii) forecast for the next few days
i) pass ix) not changing much
i) outlook x) sporadic

actlvltles: 6) The Radio Meho weather forecast,on the tape, was at two minutes to nine. Do
you think that was 8.58a.m. or 8.58p.m.?
Z) In English we don't usually say the word'minutes'when we tell someonethe
time:
e.g. What time is it? It's ten past two.
BUT
If the long hand is between the numerals on the clock, like this
we say, 'It's two minutes past one.' Now, what time is it?

dEf'@'m "[@1",@t
 BuytgaNewCar
car' but they haven't-decided
Monica and Georgehave decided to buy a new
lists for five models and
which one to buy. ffrey'ue lot Utot1""ts a-n! nrice
make their final choice'
if,"y,re ..-paring them in order to
how did you decide which one to
Pre-listening 1) Have you ever bought a brand new car?If so'
discussionquestions buy?
she/hedrives?what are the main
ii *n" can we tell about someonefrom the car
influenceswhenpeoplechoosecars?Isacarmorethanjustameansof'transport?
cars and rePlacingthem
3) How would you feel about abolishing privately-owned
people could borrow a car when
with pools of commrlnally-o*tt"a tutt inete
for personal transport?
they could prove a genuine need

to Part A of the tape and complete

Intensivelistening Studv the table and read exercise1' Then listen
ttr" tuUl"in exercise1 while you are listening'

listen to part A of the tape agarn.

Now read the five questionsin exercise2, then
Answer while You are listening'
drawing up a list of advantages
2) a) Was it Georgeor Monica who suggested
and disadvantages for eachcar?
b) What's the riatmum they can afford to spend?
.j vvhy did they reject the Ford Escort?
a; Oo"t Georgelike French cars?
favourite?
"i wt i.n.u, Iid Monica think was George's

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Specuhdngand Readquestion 3 and then listen to Part A of the tape again, if you need to. Answer
discussingprobability after you have listened.
3) Which car do you think Monica and Georgefinally boughf and why?

Vocabularywork 4) Use all the words in this list to label the drawing correctly:

f front bumper
rear bumper
headlamp
g rear light
t
h radiatorgrille
L bonnet
aerial
mud flap
wing mirror
";
windscreen wiper
Extensivelistening: Listen to Part A of the tape again, if you need to, then answer question 5.
ldentifyingattitudes
5) Is Georgeor Monica more enthusiasticabout buying a new car?

PARTB
Listeningfor specific You will hear part of a radio consumer report programme. A car has been tested
and the reporter is explaining some of the problems she found. Read exercise6
and then listen to Part B of the tape. Do the exercisewhile you are listening.
6) Mark with a cross(x) on the drawing on the left the parts of the car where
therewere problems.

Vocabularywork Z) Match eachof the words in the list on the left with a suitable definition from
the list on the right:
a) overpriced i) covered, so as to reduce heat loss or noise
b) slide ii) a typical or noticeablequality or characteristic
c) feature iii) to changeor alter something so as to make it more suitable or
more comfortable
d) insulated iv) costing more than you think it should, or more than it's worth
e) adjust v) move smoothly

Additionalactivities: 8) Look again at the information in the table in exercise1. Which car would you
Makingcomparisons choose?Why? Give two reasonsfor not choosing eachof the others.
and statingpriorities
9) What, for you, are the five most important featuresof a car?Selectfeatures
from this list or add ideas of your own:
a) modern appearance g) reliability
b) powerful engine h) cheapspareparts
c) safety features i) large luggagespace
d) rust resistant j) good radio-cassette
player
e) colour k) low petrol consumption
0 comfort l) exclusiveimage

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 UNITT2 The London Marathon
The first London Marathon was run in 1981.It was a huge successand now over
20,000runners take part in it every year.

Pre-listening 1) Has anyonein your classevertakenpart in a marathon/halfmarathon/anykind

discussionquestions of endurancesportingevent?If so, why did she,&re do it? If not, why not?
2) Why is jogging so popular?Do you everjog?If so, why? What do you get out
of it? If not, why not?Do you do any other sport or physicalexerciseinstead?
3) Do you have any unfulfilled ambition(s)in sport?If so, what are they?Do you
think you'lI ever fulfil your ambition?

PARTA
Extensivelistening RobJacksonis talking about his experienceof running in the London Marathon.
Readquestion1 and then listen to the tape. Answer afteryou havelistened,but
make any brief notesyou want to makewhile you are listening.
1) Which of thesewords bestdescribeshow RobJacksonfeelsabout having
finished a London Marathon?
a) exhausted n d) cheerful n
b) proud D e) regretful tr
c) worried I

Intensivelistening: Now study the map. Readactivity 2 and then listen to the tape again. Complete
Followingdirections activity 2 while you are listening.

2) Mark the raceroute on this map.

T H E

";::,.Jt\-"
#;:.-i*
ttttt"^'-",J:."
Thames Barriel

l,t
t "t'
 Readexercise3 and study the table, below. Listen to the taPea third time and
complete exercise3 while you are listening.
3) Fill in the missing information on this table of previous winners:

WINNERSOF THE LONDONMARATHON

PREVIOUS
YEAR MEN COUNTRY WOMEN COUNTRY
1981 I n g eS i m o n s e n
DickBeardsley USA

1983 Mike Gratton

1984 CharlieSpedding Ingrid
Kristiansen

You can listen to the tape a fourth time and complete exercise4 while you are
listening, or you can try it without listening again. To checkyour answers,
though, you should listen once more after you have finished the exercise.
4) Complete these sentencesby choosingthe correct preposition to fill the space:
a) In fohn Wilson Streetthe elite runners joined - everyone else.
i) to iii) with
ii) on iv) by
b) Tower Bridge is just - the top of |amaica Road.
i) in iii) at
ii) on iv) with
c) The secondtime, you go - Tower Bridge.
i) on iii) across
ii) through iv) under
d) Then you run - the underpass.
i) in iii) by
ii) through iv) on
e) You turn left - Birdcage Walk.
i) into iii) with
ii) across iv) on

Addltionalactlvltles: 5) Wbrk with a large-scalecity street urap. Design a jogging route which you
Givlngdlrectionsand think will be pleasant, safe, healthy, convenient and not too difficult. Then
planninga route describe your route to a partner who should follow it on the map.

33
 ThePeople'sRepublicof China:
Factsand Figures
In this Unit you will hear two extractsfrom a radio documentary programme
about life in modern China.

Pre-listening 1) What do you know about China?

discussionquestions 2) What sort of people do you ihink the modem Chineseare?Do you think they
have any unique national characteristics- or are most people around the world
more or less similar?
3) Would you like to visit China? WhyA{hy not? Would it be better to visit China
as a tourist or to work there for a while? Why?

Listeningfor gist Readquestion L and then listen to Part A of the tape. Chooseyour answer while
you are listening.
1) Has Part A of the tape been taken from
a) thebeginning tr b) themiddle ! c) theend tr
of the radio programme?Tick ( y') the correctanswer.

Listeningfor specific Read questions2 to 4, then listen to Part A of the tape again. Answer while you
information are listening.
2) China is the world's oldest surviving civilisation. How long is its history?
3) China is the third largest country in the world. which two countries are larger?
4) China has the largest population of any country in the world. Approximately,
how many peoplelive there?

study the map below, and read activity 5. Then listen to part A of the tape again.
Complete the activity while you are listening. You may need a little time after the
extract has ended, to finish writing.

5) Thesestatesall sharea
border with the People's
Republic of China:
North Korea,
The USSR,
Mongolia,
Afghanistan,
Pakistan,
India,
Nepal,
Sikkim,
Bhutan,
Burma,
Laos,
Vietnam.
Write down the names of
the missing countries on
this map.
Extenslvellstenlng Readquestion 6 then listen to Part B of the tape. Chooseyour answer after you
have listened.
5) Which of the following titles best summarisesthe extract?
a) ChinaToday n c) China-LandandPopulation !
b) TheLandof aBillionMouths fl O China'sGiftstotheWorld !
Listening for speclfic Readquestions 7 to 9 then listen to Part B of the tape again. Answer while you are
Information listening.
Z) Which of the following inventions are not mentioned on the tape?
a) paper f] b) fireworks n c) silk n d) suntan oil !
8) What, approfmately, is the size of the total land area of China?
9) What percentageof the Chinesepopulation live in cities?

China has more than 12 cities with two million inhabitants. Look at the bar graph
in question 10 then listen to Part B of the tape again. Do question 10 while you are
listening. You may need a little time after the extract has ended, to finish writing.
10) Fill in the missing information on this bar graph:

A City:
Population: 12,000,000
B City: Beijing/Peking
Population:
C City: Tianjin
Population:
D City: Chonqing
Population:

Additionalactavities: 11) Match eachof these words with a suitabledefinition:

Wordsandnumbers a) surviving i) owns or uses jointly or together with others
b) population ii) continuing; still living or existing
c) inhabitants iii) part or piece
d) extract (n) iv) the people who live in a place
e) shares (v) v) the number of people living in an area or country

72) Write these figures in words:

a) 28,072km
b) 6,2501<r(
c) 2r%
d) I
I
e) 4

35
 AValuableCollection?
Andrew Simpson collectsbadgesand has iust written a book about his hobby.
He's being interviewed by a journalist. You will hear him talking about how he
first becameinterested in badges.

Pre-llstenlng 1) \ryhy do people wear badges?What different sorts, or categories,of badge can
vou think of?

2) What sort of people do you think might wear each of these badges?
'natural' collectors?Are
3) Why do somepeople collectbadges?Are some people
women less tikely to collect things than men? How might a badge collection
become valuable?

Extenslvellstenlng Readquestion 1 and then listen to Part A of the tape. Answer while you are
listening.
1) When do you think Andrew Simpsonwas born?
a) intheearlylg00s n c) intheearlylg50s tr
b) between 1940-45 n d) after1955 n

Llstenlngfor speclflc Readquestions2 to 4 and then listen to Part A of the tape again. Answer while
lnformatlon you are listening.
2) Whatcolourwas the'Tidy' badge?
a) blue n c) yellow n
b) green ! d) red n
3) Which badge does Andrew Simpson think he has lost?
a)'Swimmingl n c) Apetrolcompanybadge n
b) '\rVills'sWoodbines'
n d)
'Tidy'
n
4) Whatis the sloganon the Wills's Woodbinesbadge?
a)'LovedbyMillions' n c)'smokedbytheMillion' n
b) tsoughtbyMillions' ! d)'smokedbyMllions' !
Listenlngfor gist Read question 5 and then listen to Part B of the tape. Answer after you have
listened.
5) Which of the following best summarises Part B?
a) BadgesfromEastemEurope n c) Reasonsforcollectingbadges !
b) Political badges ! d) Whypeoplewearbadges tr
lntensivelistening Andrew Simpson gives three main reasonswhy people wearbadges. Read
exercise6 and study the table, below. Then listen to Part B of the tape again and
do the exercisewhile you are listening.
5) Tick ( y') the three reasons Andrew Simpson gives to expLainwhy people wear
badges:

First reason Second reason Third reason

Peoplewear badges Peoplewearbadges to Peoplewear badges
because.. . from. . .
a) ... theylike tr a) ... expressa n a) ... theircars tr
badges message
b) ... theycollect n b) ... attract n b) ... America !
them attention
c) ... theybelongto n c) . . . hideholesin n c) ... theirclub, !
a club their dothes trade union or
political party
d) ... badgesare n d) ... advertise tr d)...placesthey've n
cheap products visited

Extenslve llstening Readquestion 7 then listen to Part C of the tape. Answer after you have listened.
7) Is Andrew Simpson's collectionworth a lot of money?

Addltlonal activlties: 8) Design a badge for the institution where you are studying English.
Ileslgn prolects 9) Design a badge which tourists would want to buy if they visited your town or
city.

37
 \Alhafs in a Name?
smell iust as
william shakespearewrote that'a roseby any other name would
But wouid it, really? Don,t the names of things affect the way we
sweet,.
respondto them?

Pre-listening 1)What,sthenameofyourfavouritesoap,shampooortoothpaste?Whydoyou
discussionquestions preferthesebrands?Wouldyou-buythesameproductsiftheirnameswere
ihanged to'Yuk','Greeze' and'Slime'? 'Ambassador'
2) DJ you think that a cameracalledthe would be more or less
"r,p"rrJiu" than one called the'Trudi'? Is one of these camerasfor women and one
for men? How do You know?
not?
3) Is'Ambassadoi' a good name for a cameraor not? Why/Why

Thelecturer is a
Listeningfor names Students at a New Yorkbusiness collegeare attending a lecture.
lelding advertising agencies and he's
senior executiveof one of America's
names of cars. Read exerc-ise then
1., listen to the tape' Complete
talking about the
the exercisewhile you are listening.
1) Tick ( r/) the car namesyou hear, on this list:

II a) Volkswagen Golf
b) Rolls-RoyceSilver Cloud
c) (Triumph) SPitfire
tr
n
n
f; (Ford)Sierra
g) @entley)Mulsanne
h) FiatPanda tr
JaguarSovereign tr
n
n

I d) Reliant Kitten n i)
e) Austin Cambridge n j) RoverSterling tr
Readquestions 2 to 4 then listen to the tape again'
Answer while You are listening.
2) Which of these carswas not made in the 1970s?
c) Kadett tr d) Sierra n

iltl a) Maxi n b) Herald tr

3) Which of thesecarsis not a'little city car'?
a) Nova tr b) Charade I c) Mulsanne tr d) Polo n

1l 4) Which of these is wrong?

A car with a number instead of a name seems
a) safer n b) faster tr c) more reliable n d) more advanced !

Extensivelistening Readquestion5andthenlistentothetapeoncemore.Answerafteryouhave
listened.

1il 5) Complete the sentenceby choosingthe most accuratestatement

According to the lecturer
from the list:

ir
l
1,
I
a) big, powerful carsare more dangerousthan small city cars'
b) there were more road accidentsin the 1960sthan in the 1970s'
c) motor car manufacturersbegan to use different types of
names in
tr

the
!
!

7970s.

ii d) all of today,s carshave much more romantic namesthan

in the past. n

38
 PARTB
Listeningfor specific
information

J. R. Ackerley was an Englishman who

went to India in 1923 as private secretary
to the Maharajah of Chhokrapur. ln 1932
he published a book about his Indian
experiences called Hindoo Holiday.
In Part B of the tape you will hear a very
short extract from Hindoo Holiday.lt
describeshow His Hiehness.the
Maharajah chooseshis cars. Read
exercises6 to B then listen to ttre tape.
Listen twice if vou needto. then complete
the exercises.

6) Completethe sentencecorrectly. 8) Complete the sentence correctly.

The Maharajahbought a Sunbeam The Maharajah probablv
because
a) didn't buy a Buick. tr
a) he was not really interested X b) alreadyowned a Buick. I
ln cars.
b) heknewnothingaboutcars. I c) liked the sound of the name, tr
Buick.
c) he alreadyhad a Moon. I d) wanteda Buick. I
d) he thought it would be I
'pretty'.

7) Completethe sentencecorrectly.
The Maharajah
a) liked the Sunbeam I
b) hatedtheSunbeam tr
c) was disappointedby the I
Sunbeam.
d) alreadyhad four Sunbeams. I

PARTC
Additionalactivities: 9) Read the tapescript for Part B of the tape (page 57) and find expressions or
Wordsand meanings, phrases in the text which mean
and namingproducts a) The Maharalah d) think of
b) no different from e) obvious dislike
c) car name 0 talk about it
10) Invent a name for a new range of men's cosmetics. Then compare the name
you have choseniinvented with the names chosen/invented by others in the class.
Do they have anything in common?

39
 U N I TI 6 'ValueforMone/
'Value for Money'is
a consumer programme on the radio. Every week the
'Value for
Money'team report on consumer goods they have tested.

Pre-listening
discussionquestions
1) If you are thinking about buying an expensive machine or domestic appliance,
how do you deiide which one to buy? Which of these is most likely to influence
you: an advertisement in a magazine? the recommendation of a friend? a
salesman or woman? a report in a consumer magazine? the attractiveness of its
appearance? the price?
2) Do you ever watch or listen to consumer programmes? Why,tVhy not?
3) Do we rely too much on domestic appliances?

PARTA
In this week'sprogrammethey're talking about coffeemachines.Readquestions
1 to 3 and then listen to the tape.Answer while you are listening.
1) How manv machines did thev test?

2) How much doesthe'Kaffitalia'cost?

3) How long is the'Domestika'guaranteed for?

Now look at these five information panels. Read exercise4 and then listen to the
tape again. Complete exercise4 while you are listening.

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Guarantee
How long?
 4) Write the missing information in the correct spaces.
Study the information panels again, and then completeexercise5
5) Complete this sentence:
I think the - is the best coffee machine because

Additionalactivities: 6) Look at the namesof the coffeemachinesagain. Eachname is designed so that

Namingproductsand a) people rememberit easily, and
classroomsurvey b) it tells us what kind of machine it is (for example, 'Kaffematic' comesftomcoffee
and automatic).
Think of good namesfor:
i) a new hair drier ii) a new washing machine iii) a new alarm clock
Z) Carry out a classroomconsumerreport on wristwatches. Choosefive sfudents'
watches and comparethe prices, styles, materialsused, functions, guarantees,
etc., and try to decidewhich is the best value for money. Use the information you
collectto write the script for another'Value for Money' programme.

25
KAFFETATIC COFFEEMASTERDE.L[D(E IUG|TICCOITET
POf

4l
 Programmingthe Video
Charlotte has a part-time job. She works five evenings a week as an usherette in
her local cinema. She missesmost of her favourite TV programmes, so she has
decidedto rent a video recorder.

Pre-listening 1) Do you prefer to read the operating instructions for a machine from the
discussionquestions instructions manual, or would you rather have someoneexplain and show you
how to do it?
2) What's the most complicatedpieceof machinery you have ever leamed to
operate?What was the most difficult part to learn?
3) Do machinesmake life easierfor us?Are some machinesunnecessaryor too
complicated or too dangerous?Why do some people resist new technology?

PABTA
Extensivelistening: At the video rental shop the assistantis explaining to Charlotte how to use the
Recordinga TV machine. Readquestion 1 and then listen to Part A of the tape. Chooseyour
programme answer after you have listened.
1) Which of the following statementsbest summarisesPart A of the tape?
a) The assistantis explaining to Charlotte how to programme the video. tr
b) The assistantis explaining to Charlotte how to record a TV programme. tr
c) Charlotte is asking the assistanthow much a tape costs. n
d) The assistantis explaining to Charlotte how to operatethe machine. !

Listeningfor specific Readquestions2 and 3 and then listen to Part A of the tape again. Answer while
information you are listening. You may need a little extra time to finish writing after Part A has
finished.
2) What two things do you have to checkbefore you record a TV programme?
3) When you want to record a TV programme, which two buttons do you have to
press (oncethe machine is switched on) and which do you have to press first?

4) When you buy a video tapethereis usuallya sheetof self-adhesive

labelsinside the box. Theselabelsare to help you identify the recordings
you have made. There are usually blank labels,numbers, letters and
symbols.Look at thesesymbolslabelsand matchthem with an
appropriate text from the list on the right.
1 a children's programme or film

"m
2 a current affairsor discussion
ProSramme
nHf 3 a home video
4 a recording of a rock or classical

'rl '[Fl
music concert
5 a feature film
6 a recording of the Italian Grand
Prix
7 an educationalprogramme
d)rn ,n h)[-m-l 8 a film or TV production of a play

I 6 J'I
J | \83' I
 PARTB
Listeningfor specific Look at the diagram of Charlotte'svideo recorder,below. Readexercise4 and
information: then listen to Part B of the tape. Do exercise5 while you are listening.
Programming the
video I 5) Write numbers in the circlesto show.the order in which you hear the buttons
mentioned. The first one is done for you, as an example.If the STOREbutton is
the next one you hear, wite'2'in the circleconnectedto the STOREbutton, and
so on.
Readquestion 6 then listen to Part B of the tape again. Answer while you are
listening.
6) How many memory positionsdoesCharlotte'sVTR have?(NB: VTR standsfor
VideoTapeRecorder.)

PLAY F.F. PAUSE REW STOP RECOAD

I > ll>>l r r l l < <l l c

PANTC
Listeningfor specific Look at the information panel below. Then read exercise7. Listen to Part C of the
information: tape and do exercise7 while you are listening.
Programming the Z) a) Fill in the correctdetails to show how Charlotte's video has been
videoll programmed:

Channelselected Day
Programmestart time
Programmefinish time

b) Which button do you have to pressif you want to correct a programming

mistake?

PARTD
Additionalactivities: 8) Bring a small machine to class(e.g. camera,steamiron, food processor,digital
Giving instructions watch, cassetteplayer, combination lock briefcase,etc.) and explain to the rest of
the classhow to operateit.
9) Write a simple instructions leaflet for the machine you or another student
brought to class.

43
 UNITI8 The DepartmentStore
Large department storescan be confusing. It's not always easyto find the
department you're looking for. There's usually a store guide by eachentrance,
and there are often announcementsto advertise special bargains and help
shoppersfind what they're looking for.

Pre-listening 1) Is shoppingbasicallypleasantor basicallyunpleasant?

discussionquestions 2) Do you prefer small,specialistshopsor largerdepartmentstoresand
supermarkets?
3) What do you especiallylike/dislike about department stores?Do you have a
favourite shop or store in this town/city (or someother towrVcity)?What's so
specialabout it for you?

PARTA
Listeningfor specific
information
1) Study the storeguide to
Bentley'sdepartment
EDVTIEYS"
store,then readexercise1. FOURTH
Listen to the tape and FLOOR
complete exercise1 while
you are listening.

THIRDFLOOR
Accounts

Kitchen DesignService
Toilets

SECOND FLOOR
Bedding,Fabrics
Ladies'Shoes,Lingerie

Towels

FIRSTFLOOR
Children'sClothes
33DM

LeatherGoods
'Manhattan' Boutique
Menswear,Stationery
Toilets

BASEMENT
Electricalgoods
Fumiture, Hardware
 Readexercise2 then listen to the tape again. Complete exercise2 while you are
listening.
2) Write down the pricesyou hear for eachof the following:
a) Lambrusco (wine) f, per bottle
b) 100%cotton sweatersfrom f,
c) Skirtsfrom€
d) Dunlop haining shoesfrom €
e) Track suits from f,
0 Tennis racketsfrom€

Speculate Readexercise3 and then listen to the tape again. Do the exercisewhile you are
listening and completeit after the recording has ended.
3) Which of thesestatementsdo you think are true and which do you think are
false?It is important to note that while some of these are clearly either true or false,
you will have to speculateabout some of the others. Use the information you hear
on the tape to help you decide.
a) Bentley's sell French swimsuits.
'Ritz'Boutique.
b) Ifs Italian Week in the
c) The'Ritz'Boutique sellsmen's clothes.
d) Bentley's department store is air-conditioned.
e) The price of garden fo{ks has been reduced by €3.50.
0 The Coffee Shop serveslunch.
g) The Customer ServicesDepartment is on the third floor.
h) The 1007ocotton sweatersare for women.
i) The Coffee Shop serves snacks only.
j) You can get a free pair of gardening gloves in the Gardening Department.
Look at the store guide (exercise1) again and complete exercise4.
4) On which floor can you find the following?
a) ladies'underwear d) curtainmaterial
b) writing paper e) pillow cases
c) cameras

Addltlonalactlvlties: 5) Write a list of the advantagesof department stores,and another list of the
Llstlng advantages disadvantages.Show your lisis to two other stirdents and discussthe differences
and dlsadvantages between all your lists.
and planninga 5) Plan a department store. Decide which departments your store will have, and
departmentstore discusswhere eachdepartment should be placed. Write a store guide to show
where you have decided to place eachdepartment.

45
 RadioPhone-In
Everyone has a personal problem at sgme time or other. It usually helps if you
can talk to a friend about it. But thafs not always possible. So ,Agon/ columns
in magazines and phone-in programmes on the radio are very popular.

Prellstenlng 1) Do your friends ever come to you with their problems? Do you think you are a
dlscusslon questlong good listener?
2) What qualities does a good listener need?
3) Why are'agonf columns and problem phone-ins so popular?

Llstenlngfor glst Rosemaryzsproblem is her father. Read question L then listen to Part A of the
tape. Answer after you have listened.
1) Which of these sentencesbest summarises the advice which Tessaand Maurice
offer to Rosemary?
a) Listen to your father and try to understand his point of view.
b) You shouldn't really be out so late in such a dangerous city; your father is
dght.
c) Ask Christine's father to take you home once or twice a week.
d) Try to find a compromise.

Llstenlngfor speclflc Read

Iniormatlon

q;1***:
Llstenlngfor glst fim is phoning from Glasgow. Read question 3 and then listen to Part B of the
tape. Answer after you have listened.
3) Which of these sentencesbest summarises the advice fim's doctor gave him?
a) Baldnessis always passedon from father to son.
b) You should change your hairstyle.
c) Your baldness is probably unavoidable.
d) You should use a specialshampoo.

Listeningfor speclflc Read exercise4 and then listen to Part B of the tape again. Do the exercisewhile
Informatlon you are listening.
4) Findout
a) howoldfimis
b) what he asksTessaand Maurice to recommend
c) whether they recommend one -

Listeningfor speclflc Readquestions5 to 7 and then listen to Part C of the tape. Answer while you are
lnformatlon listening.
5) How long has Martin been trying to stop smoking?
6) Does his girlfriend smoke?
7) Whydid Martin start smokingagain?
a) Becausehis girlfriend smokes.
b) Becausehis job is boring.
c) Becausehe likes cigarettes.
d) Becausehe saysthat smoking helps him when he's under pressure.

Addltlonal actlvltles: 8) Write a letter giving advice to Martin.

Glvlngadvlce 9) Read this letter from the problem
page of a family magazine,
and then write a reply.
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47
 UNIT20 First Aid
Luo is a waiter in a
restaurant in Hong Kong.
In his spare time he is
taking a correspondence
course on Childcare. He
wants to be a
kindergarten assistant.
Every week he receives a
new home-study cassette
and some reading. He has
to complete one written
assignment every month.
This month the theme is
first aid.

Pre-listening 1) Have you ever studiedfirst aid?If so, where, when and why? If not, would
discussionquestions you say that a knowledgeof first aid is useful?
2) Do you think that first aid shouldbe a compulsorypart of their training for all
schoolteachers?Explainyour reasons.
3) 'Natural' and'alternative'medicaltreatmentis alwaysbetter than treatment
which usesdrugs. Do you agreeor disagreewith this?

PARTA
Extensivelistening Readquestion1 and then listen to the extractfrom Luo's home-studytape. Select
your answerafteryou havelistened
1) Which of theseis the best title for the extract?
a) First aid for young children. tr c) Dressingand cleaningcuts n
andgrazes.
b) Cuts and grazes:a simple I
checklist. d) How to stop seriousbleeding. I

Readquestions2 to 4 and then listen to the tapeagain.Answer while you are

listening.
lntensivelistening
2) What should you do if a child is cut nearthe eye?
a) Dressthe cut with a clean
cotton bandage.
tr c) Hold the cut closedfor a few
minutes.
n
b) Cleanthe cut with warm n d) Call a doctor. T
water.

3) What should vou do with a very deepcut?

a) Call a doctor as soon as
possible.
f c) Cleanit and hold it closed
with an adhesivedressing.
x
b) Press a piece of cotton wool n d) Dressit with a cleancotton
bandage.
tr
firmly over the cut for about five
minutes.

4tt
 4) What should you do if the child is nervous or upset?
a) Give them a little water to drink. I c) Let them rest quietly.
b) Tell them a joke or a funny story. f] d) Call a doctor as soon as possible.
Now look at the checklistdiagram below, and read activity 5. Listen to the taPe
once more and completeactivity 5 while you are listening.
5) Complete the diagram by filling in the missing words.

Vocabularywork Readexercise6. Listen to the tape a fourth time, if you need to. Then complete
exercise6.
5) Choosethe correctdefinition for eachof thesewords:
a) minor i) large tr b) grazes i) surfacecuts n
ii) unimportant n ii) accidents n
iii) serious n iii) bleeding tr
c) unavoidable i) very common ! d) wound i) skin n
ii) preventable tr ii) accident n
iii) not preventable tr iii) cut or tear tr

Addltionalactivities: 7) What'traditional'remedies do you know for common illnesses?What is the

Tradltionalremedies best thing to take for a cold?Do you know how to stoP a nosebleedor what to rub
and compilinga first into certain stings?Work in small groups. Tell eachother about any such remedies
aid klt you learned from your parents or grandparents.Then report back to the whole class.
8) Work with a partner, or in small groups. Compile a list of all the things you
think should be in a classroomfirst aid kit. Compare your list with the others.
What things does everyoneagreeon?
Tapescript
UNIT1 The Telephone Answering Machine
PARTA
Presenter: Unit one. The TelephoneAnswering Machine.
PartA.
Femalevoice: This is the Oxbridge Schoolof English on
Oxbnd,ge876942.We're sorry the schoolis closedat the
moment. Office hours are between nine-thirty a.m. and
five-thirty p.m., Monday to Friday. If you have an urgent
messagepleasespeakafter the tone, or you can call us again
during office hours. Thank you for your call.
PART
B Airport changeat Darlington. Passengersfor Scarborough
Presenter: Unit one. The TelephoneAnswering Machine.
Part B.
Irene: Hi! This is lrene. Why are you never at home?I hate
speaking to this machine. Anyway, listen. We've got two
tickets for the opera for next Saturdaynight. It's Verdi's
OthelloandDomingo's singing. Rodney can't go becausehe
has to work this weekend. So I wondered if you'd like to
come with me instead?It starts at seven.Ring me tomorrow.
Oh, but ring before ten becauseI'm taking Harry to the
dentist. Byee!
UNIT2 'So you wanna keep fit, huh?'
PART A
Presenter: Unit two. So you wanna keep fit, huh? PartA.
Collins: Hi there! I'm Crystal Collins, and I'm very happy
to sharesome time with you. So, you wanna keep fit, huh?
Well, you sure came to the right place! Together we can
keep fit and healthy, and be more successful.It's easy.
Everybody can do it, you hear? fust remember the five
golden rules:
Number one. Always wear looseand comfortableclothes
when you're exercising.You need to feel comfortableand
relaxed.
Number two. You should always do some simple warming-
up exercisesfust. To get your body ready for the real thing.
Number three. Never try to do too much exercisetoo soon.
Take it nice and easynow, you hear?There'sno rush about
this.
Number four. Don't forget to relax completely for about five
minutes when you've finished your workout. You need to
rest a little bit after you've been exercising.
And here is golden rule number five. Stop immediately if
you feel any pain in your chest, throat, neck or head.
PART
B that one day he would rule a massive empire stretching
Presenter: Unit two. So you wanna keep fit, huh? Part B.
Collins: I hope you've done the simple warming-up
exercisefrom the book. You have?Fine! Now I think we're
ready for something a little harder. Today's exercisewill
give you stronger legs and healthier lungs. So put that
cigaretteout!
You need a strong chair. Stand in front of the chair and put
your right foot on the seat.Now step up onto the seat.Stand
still. And step back down. Now do it again. This tirne start
with your left foot. On the seat.Step up. Stand still. And
step back down. Now. Can you do this ten times?Let's go!
UNIT3 Inter-City 125
PART A
Presenter: Unit three. Inter-City one two five. Part A.
Guard: May I have your attention please,ladies and
gentlemen?This is the guard speaking. Welcome aboard the
eleven thirty-five Inter-City service from Edinburgh to
London King's Crosscalling at Berwick, Newcastle,
Durham, Darlington, York, Peterboroughand London
King's Cross.Passengersfor Sunderlandchangeat
Newcastle.Passengersfor Middlesbrough and Teesside
changeat York. The train is due to arrive at London King's
Cross at sixteenforty-five. Thank you.
PABT
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Presenter: Unit three. Inter-City one two five. Part B.
Chief Steward: May I have your attention please,ladies
and gentlemen?This is the Chief Stewardspeaking. We
would like to inform all passengersthat the buffet car is now
ooen. The buffet car is situated towards the middle of the
triin. On saleare tea, coffeeand soft drinks, a selectionof
fresh and toastedsandwichesincluding egg and tomato,
ham and tomato, egg and cress,roast chicken and toasted
cheese;cheeseburgers,beefburgersand sausagesand a
licensedbar. The buffet car is situated towards the middle of
the train. Thank you.
PAfrT
C
Presenter: Unit three. Inter-City one two five. Part C.
Chief Steward: Any passengerswho require lunch, would
you pleasetake your seatin the restaurantcar. Would
passengerskindly note that there will be only one sitting for
lunch, so this is the last and final call for lunch. Any
passengerswho require lunch, would you pleasego to the
restaurantcar now. Thank you.
Guard: Ladiesand gentlemen,this is the guard speaking.
In a few minutes we will arrive at Berwick. Berwick in a few
minutes. Thank you.
UNIT4 BibiKhanym and the Origin of the
Muslim Vi:il
Presenter: Unit four. Bibi Khanym and the Origin of the
MuslimVeiI.
Story-teller: Almost sevencenturiesago, in Central Asia,
there lived a great king calledTamerlane.He was a mighty,
powerful, conquering soldier, and his greatestambition was
from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Pacific Ocean in
the east.He made his irnperial capital in the oasiscity of
Samarkand,which he planned to make the most beautiful
city on earth. Many magnificent mosqueswere built and
they were decorated with exquisite blue ceramic tiles on the
outside, and with pure gold on the inside.
Tamerlane,like the great oriental king that he was, had
many wives, induding a Chinese girl called Bibi Khanym.
Now Bibi Khanym was the most beautiful of all Tamerlane's
wives, and, as the youngest, she was also the most senior.
She was his favourite wife and she was deeply in love with
him.
In order to demonstrateher great love of Tamerlaneshe
decided to build a magnfficentmonument to honour him,
while he was away fighting in a distant war. Sheengaged
the best architect,who designedfor her the most
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magnificent mosqueyou could imagine. And then she
found the best masterbuilder, who beganwork
immediately. But as the weeks and months passedby, the
master builder began to fall in love with Bibi Khanym.
Sheresistedall his advances,but at last he threatenedto
leave the mosqueunfinished unless she allowed him to kiss
her just once. Bibi Khanym wanted the beautiful mosque
finished more than anything else.Shewas expecting
Tamerlaneto retum any day. So at last she agreedto let the
master builder kiss her, iust once.
But that was her terrible mistake.For so powerful was the
master builder's love for Bibi Khanym that when he kissed
her he left a permanent mark on her face.
King Tamerlaneretumed and saw the guilty mark on his
wife's face.The master builder was executedimmediately,
and then, thinking that a woman's beauty can be a
dangerousthing, Tamerlaneordered that from that day and
for ever more all the wornen in the kingdom should never be
seenin public without a veil to cover their face.
UNIT5 r/iho's who?
PABT A
Presenter: Unit five. Who's who? Part A.
Teacher: All right. Hello. I think the best way to start is to
get to know eachother fust. So I'd like eachof you to
introduce yourself to the rest of us. fust tell us your name
. . . and where you're from . . . what you like doing. fust a
few words from each person. OK? Who'd like to start?. . .
Come on. . . don'tbenervous.. . Novolunteers?
Gdran: OK I'll start.
Teacher: Good. Thank you.
Gdran: My name's G<iranSandkvist,and I'm from a little
town in Sweden, calledMariestad. I'm a student at the
University of Gothenburg . . . er. . . Gothenburg University
. . . er . . . do you say Gothenburg University or the
University of Gothenburg?
Teacher: Either. Both are correct.
Gdtan: OK. I'm a student at the University of Gothenburg
. . . Er, this summer I travel . . . I have been travelling in
England, er, Britain, sorry . . . with two friends. We've been
camping and living . . . how do you say . . . living rough?
Teacher: Yes. Living rough. Thaf s a good expression.
Gdran: Ja,yes. Er that's why we . . . why I've grown a
beard. It was easiernot to shavein the mornings when we
were camping. . . . Er well . . . that's all . . . I'm just a typical
Swede, I think, I like sailing and skiing . . .
Teacher: But you're not blond and tall.
Gdran: No. Sorry, I guessyou always expectSwedish
people to be tall and blond?
Teacher: Perhapswe do. Thank you G6ran. Er, how do you
spell vour name?
Giiran: Yes.G - O that'sO with two dots - R-A-N.
Teacher: OK. Thanks. Now we know a little bit about
Goran. Who'd like to introduce themselvesnext?
Shanti: Er, all right. I will. My name is Shanti. That's S - H -
A - N - T - I. And I come from Sri Lanka. Are you
still calling it Ceylon?
Teacher: Do we still call it Ceylon?No, we don't. We call
your country Sri Lanka, too.
Shanti: All right. I'm from Sri Lanka. Originally. For most
of my life I have lived in India. I am also a student, like
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Coran on my right here, and I have come to Britain to study
medicine.
Teacher: Your English is very good, Shanti. Do you speakit
at home in India?
Shanti: No, we don't. We speakTamil. I need to improve
my English, especiallymy listening, becauseI have to listen
to many lecturesat the university and it's very difficult for
me.
Teacher: All right, Shanti. Thank you. Who's next?
Michel: OK. It's me. I am calledMichel. Michel Laverme. I
am from Parisand I . . . er. . . I am . . . er. . . how you siy?
. . . e r . . . a s t u d e n t . .. e r . . . a s f u d e n t oef r . . .
Teacher: Yes. You're a sfudent?
Michel: Oui, . . . er, I'm sorry, I mean yes.
Teacher: What do you study?
Michel: Yes. What I study? I study er BusinessStudies.
BusinessStudies.Er . . . I'm married and I have one children
. . . er one child. I am very nervous becausemy English is so
bad.
Teacher: No, it's not. Don't worry. Relax.
Michel: I am always nervous. I worry about everything.
That's why I lost all my hair.
Teacher: Never rnind! My husband's bald, too. Sometimes
he wears a badge which says'Bald Is Beautiful'!
Michel: Yes. We say that grasscannot grow upon a busy
street, heh?
Teacher: All right. Thanks very much Michel. Oh, by the
way, how do you spell Michel?
Michel: Yes.It's M-I- C-H- E - L.
Teacher: Fine, thanks, now someoneelse. . .
PART
8
Presenter: Unit five. Who's who? Part B.
Policeman: Well, now. We're looking for three people. Two
young men and a woman. One of the men is black, the other
is white. The woman is alsowhite.
The black man is about twenty-five. He has short, curly
black hair. Verv short, actuallv. And a verv thin moustache.
We understand that he sometimeswears i small, plain gold
earring in his right ear and that he often wears dark glasses,
er, you know, sunglasses.He was the driver of the car, we
think.
Now the secondman we're looking for - he's white and
about twenty-five to thirty years old. Er, now he's alsogot
curly hah, but it's rather long and it's light brown. Not
blond, but not dark, either . . . you know, fair, yes, that's it
fair. He has a full moustachebut no beard. We think he has
a small scar,it's half-moon shaped, on his forehead,just
above his left eye . . . er . . . we think his name might be fohn
or |ock or fack . . . something like that.
And now the third person we're looking for. Well. She's
about thirty years old. She'sgot blonde, wavy, shoulder-
length hair. Shewears glasses,we think, er rather square,
heavy-looking glassesand she sometimesseemsto be
wearing a silver chain around her neck, with some sort of
medallion on it, you know, a St Christopher, or something
likethat...
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Ufflld Radio Advertisements
PART
A Young: Which must be a great relief for you.
Presenter: Unit six. Radio advertisements.Part A.
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Young female voice: Could there really be a women's
magazinethat's different? Yes. It's calledPrima.It's packed
with news, opinion, fashion and once again there's a free
giant pull-out sectionwith clothes to make, crafts to create,
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PART
B British Airways passengerswishing to travel to Cork - flight
Presenter: Unit six. Radio Advertisements. Part B.
Male voice: Car Buyermagazine.Every Thursday. It gives
you a choiceof more new and used carsthan all of your local
papers put together- and for less.fust thirty pence.Car
Buyerfor carbtyers. At your newsagent'snow.
Young female voice: Cirls! Sensitiveskin really does need
more sensitive care. And I take special care of my sensitive
skin with Cuticura soap. BecauseCuticura soapcontainsa
medicatedingredient which cleansyour skin without
leaving it dry or tight. Cuticura medicated soap. From
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Bob Harris: Hello. This is Bob Harris inviting you to join me
this Friday and every Friday evening for the LBC'Pop
Review'. I play the best of the recent releases,review the
British and the American charts,play classicmusic by the big
starsand new tracks by the namesof tomorrow. So it's a real
mix of different stylesand I'm sure you'll love the music. I'd
certainly love to have your company. This Friday evening at
half-past nine. Right here on LBC.
Jill Lancaster: Er I treated myself to a Servis Quartz and
with that came the packet of Ariel automatic.
Young: Since you've been using Ariel, have you ever been
tempted to sort of, you know, break away and try
something else?
Lancaster: I wouldn't dare. My husband's a police
motorcyclist and he has a white shirt every day. Which gives
me a lot of dirty collarsand cuffs. And I'm a waitress. I have
a white shirt everv dav.
Young: What so* of itains do you tend to get on them?
Lancaster: Erm - it depends what the menu of the day it.
It . . . it's usually gravy and er sauces.
Young: Yeah.
Lancaster: And I can pick up the shirts and throw them in
the machine with Ariel automatic and the whole iob is done.
They come out cleanand fresh on a low temperature time
after time.
Lancaster:It's lovelv. (Great.)
Chorus: Swift Interiori - we've got the inside story for you.
Male voice: Let Swift Interiors createthat new look for your
business.Complete refurbishment from planning through
partitioning to air conditioning. Swift Interiors createa look
that's right for you.
Chorus: Swift!
Male voice: In the office first impressionscount. So contact
Swift Interiors for the inside story.
Chorus: Swift Interiors. Call two oh five twenty-one oh
seven.
Male voice: Swift Interiors. Two oh five twentv-one oh
seven.
Chorus: Swift!
UNIT7 Terminal One
Presenter: Unit seven.Terminal One.
Announcer 1: British Airways passengersfor the British
Airways Super Shuttle flight to Edinburgh: this flight is now
boarding at gate number four. British Airways Super Shuttle
flight to Edinburgh: this flight is now boarding at gate
number four.
number BA eight three eight - this flight is now checkingin
at gate number nine. British Airways passengersto Cork on
flight number BA eight three eight, this flight is now
checking in at gate number nine.
Announcer 2: This is a security announcement. Pleasedo
not leaveyour baggageunattended at any tirne. And please
do not look after baggageleft by other people. Pleasedo not
leave your baggageunattended at any time. And pleasedo
not look after baggageleft by other people.
Announcer 3: Would Mr Ian fackman, recently arrived from
Ankara, pleasego to Airport Information on the ground
floor. Mr Ian fackman recently arrived from Ankara, to
Airport Inforrnation on the ground floor please.
Announcer 2: Would Dr Raymond Miller from Dublin
pleasecontactAirport Information on the ground floor. Dr
Raymond Miller from Dublin to Airport Information on the
ground floor please.
Announcer 1.: Would Mr Sirnpson,meeting his daughter
from Cyprus, pleasecontactAirport Information on the
ground floor. Mr Simpson, meeting Yvonne Simpson from
Cyprus, pleasecontactAirport Information on the ground
floor.
Announcer 2: Aer Lingus passengersto Dublin - flight
number AI one four one; this flight is now closing at gate
number six. Aer Lingus to Dublin - flight number AI one
four one; this flight is now closing at gate number six.
Announcer 4: Would Mrs Waring, meeting a passenger
from Lamaca,pleasecontactAirport Information on the
ground floor. Mrs Waring meeting a passengerfrom
Lamaca, to Airport Information on the ground floor please.
Announcer 3: Would Captain fay Brock, from Canada,
pleasecontactAirport Information on the ground floor.
Captain Jay Brock to Airport Information on the ground
floor please.
Announcer 5: British Airways passengersfor flight number
BA five six oh to Athens: this flight is now closing at gate
number twenty-two.
Would Mr StephenSandberg,recently arrived from New
York, pleasecontactAirport Information on the ground
floor. Mr StephenSandberg,recently arrived from New
York, to Airport Information on the ground floor please.
Announcer 2: Margaret Murphy, in transit from Dtisseldorf
to Belfast,pleasego to Airport Information on the Sround
floor. Miss Margaret Murphy, in transit from Dtisseldorf to
Belfast,pleasecontactAirport Information on the ground
floor.
This is a security announcement.Pleasedo not leave . . .
UNITI The Touch of Death
Presenter: Unit eight. The Touch of Death.
Narrator: Sally was eighteen.No longer a schoolgirl. No
longer a pupil. Next week, she'd be a student. And that was
very different.
For eighteen years she'd lived at home. With mum and dad.
Sally Anne Roberts,twenty-five Valley Gardens,Richmond,
Yorkshire, telephone Richmond five eight oh, three double
one. That was who she was. And that was where she lived.
But next week?Next week things would be different. She
would no longer be living at twenty-five Valley Gardens,
Richmond, Yorkshire. Shewould no longer be living at
home. She'd have a new address- and a new home? Her
own addressanyway. A new place. New friends. New
things: fumiture, curtains. Not hers, but . . . no, not hers.
Someoneelsebought them. Someoneelse.Someoneshe
didn't know. Someoneshe would never meet bought the
bed she would sleepin, the cupboard where she'd hang her
dothes, the curtains that would cover her windows.
Somewhere,down there in that city at the end of the
motorway, there was a room. Probablyempty right now. At
this very minute. Empty. But next week it would have a new
owner, and like a once sad puppy it would be bright again.
It would be home. Sort of.
She looked around. Her mother had promised to keep her
room ready. 'It'll always be here waiting just for you.'
'And my plants?And the goldfish?'
'Oh, yes. Don't you worry my gld', her mother had said
with rather too much falsehappinessin her voice, and none
in her eyes. 'I'll water all your plants and I'll feed the
goldfish everyday.'
That's what she'd said. I'll water all your plants and I'll feed
the goldfish every day. And now here she was. A student.
In the big city at the end of the motorway. Making her first
noisy long distancetelephonecall home.
Her mother sadly confessed.The plants and goldfish had
died already.
Sally hesitateda moment. Then, in a small, small voice,
'How's Dad?' she asked.
half kilos of cookedchicken- skinned; three hundred
millilitres of fresh mayonnaise;one hundred and fifty
millilitres of soured cream;one tablespoonfulof paprika;
two tablespoonfulsof tomato puree; half a teaspoonfulof
castersugar;four large tomatoes- skinned andchopped; a
little salt, and somefreshly ground blackpepper.
PART
B
Presenter: Unit nine. Dal-A-Recipe. Chilled Paprika
Chicken. Part B.
Chris: So that's one kilo of cookedand skinned chicken . . .
three hundred millilitres of mayonnaise. . . three hundred
milliliflss sf seured cream . . . a teaspoonfulof paprika . . .
two tablespoonfulsof tomato puree . . . half a tiblespoonful
ofcaster sugar . . . four skinned and chopped tomatoes. . .
salt and black pepper.
PART
C
Presenter: Unit nine. Dal-A-Recipe. Chilled Paprika
Chicken. Part C.
Valerie: To make'Chilled Paprika Chicken', you should
fust of all remove all the bones from the chicken. Then. cut
the chicken into neat, bite-sizecubes.Next, mix the
mayonnaisetogether with the soured cream, the paprika,
the tomato puree, sugar, chopped tomatoesand the salt and
pepper. All the other ingredients, in fact. Then, when it's
thoroughly mixed, add the chicken pieces.Now, stir in the
chicken, gently, so that it's completely coveredin the sauce.
finally, put your'Paprika Chicken' into a serving dish or
bowl, cover it and put it in the fridge to chill for at least half
an hour. 'Chilled Paprika Chicken' is delicious servedwith a
fresh, green salad.
PART
D
Presenter: Unit nine. Dal-A-Recipe. Chilled Paprika
Chicken. Part D.
Male voice: A green saladis easyto make and it needn't be
boring. Take half a lettuce, half a bunch of watercress,a
quarter of a cucumber, a green pepper, a few spring onions
and about a hundred and twenty millilitres of French
dressing.
Core the pepper and take out all the seeds.Then, basically,
just chopbr stce everything. Put it in a bowl. Pour on the
French dressingand toss the saladin the dressing . . . and
it's ready to eat.
You can make it much more interesting if you add
thinly-sliced hard-boiled eggs, a little fresh lemon juice and
lots of nuts and thin slicesof avocadopear.
Ifyou do put nuts in your saladsput them in just beforeyou
eat.

UMTI Aal-A-Recipe
PARTA
Presenter: Unit nine. Dal-A-Recipe. Chilled Paprika
Chicken. Part A.
Femalevoice: Hello! I'm Valerie, and here's our special
telephone recipe for today. It's'Chilled Paprika Chicken',
and it will take no more than an hour to prepare and cook.
I hope you've got a pencil and paper ready becauseI'm
going to give you the ingredients. You will need one-and-a-

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UNIT10 The Weather Forecast
PARTA
Presenter: Unit ten. The Weather Forecast.Part A.
Radio continuity announcet: You're listening to Radio
Metro. It's two minutes to nine, and time for the latest
weather forecastfrom Dan Francisat the London Weather
Centre.
Francis: Hello. It's been another warm and fine day for
most of us. Temperaturesin south-eastEngland reached
twenty-six degreesCelsiusby mid-aftemoon, and Brighton
had fifteen hours of lovely sunshine. Further north it was a
little coolerwith maximum temperafuresof around twenty-
one degreesin southem Scotland,and in the far north-west
of Scotlandthere were somelight showers around midday.
But the rest of the country, as I said, has been warm and dry
with temperatures in the Midlands reaching twenty-three
degrees Celsius by early aftemoon although it was a little
cooler along the west coastand in Northem lreland.
But already the weathe/s beginning to change,I'm afraid,
and during the night showers will slowly move in from the
Atlantic to reach south-west England and southem coastsof
Wales by early moming.
The rest of the country will have a very rnild, dry night with
minimum temperafures no lower than fifteen degrees in the
south. a little cooler- elevendegreesor so - in the north.
Any remaining showers in northwest Scotlandwill pass
quickly to leave a mild, dry night there too.
And now the outlook for Friday and the weekend. Well,
southem Europe will, once . . .
PART
B Geotge: Eight thousand and ninety. That's for the GL
Presenter: Unit ten. The Weather Forecast.Part B.
Francis: Well, southem Europe will, once again, get the
best of the weekend weather, and if your holiday starts this
weekend then southem Spain is the placeto be,'with
temperaturesof thirty-foui degreesaiong the
Mediterranean coast.At the eastemend of the Med. too.
you can expectunintermpted sunshine and temperaturesof
up to thirty-two degreesCelsiusin Greeceand south-east
Italy, but further north the weathe/s not so settled. Much of
France,Belgium and the Netherlands will be cloudy with
occasionalrain and maximum temperatureswill be around
twenty-two degrees - very disappointing for this tirne of
year.
Scotlandand Northem Ireland will have heavy rain for
much of the weekend and temperatureswill drop to a cool
seventeendegrees.Across most of England the weather will
be cloudy but mainly dry with sunny periods. And when
the sun does come out temperaturescould rise to a
maximum of twenty-three degrees.
11 Buyinga New Car
UNIT
PARTA
Presenten Unit eleven. Buying a New Car. Part A.
Monica: Atl right. Where do rie start?
George: I think we should draw up a list of advantagesand
disadvantagesfor eachcar, don't you?
Monica: Yes, OK. Er . . . OK. Let's start with the Renault 5.
Why did you like that? I thought it was rather expensive,
actually.
George: Well. It's six thousand six hundred and seventy-
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five pounds. That's for the TSEmodel, with a five-speed
gearbox.
Monica: That's more than we can reallv afford vou know.
George.
George: Yes. I supposeit is. But it has got a fourteen
hundred cc engine-
Monica: The sameas the Ford Escort.
George: Yesand a hundred ccsbigger than the MG Metro.
Monica: Yeah,but the MG is a lot cheaper.Ifs . . . six two
nine nine, call it six thousand three hundred. It's almost
four hundred pounds cheaper.
George: All right. Let's look at the MG, then.
It's got a thirteen hundred cc engine, costssix thousand two
hundred and ninety-nine pounds . . . what about petrol?
Have you got the mpg figures?
M o n i c a :E r . . . y e s . . . e r . . . a c c o r d i n g t o t h i s . .t.h e M G
does fifty-six miles per gallon. That's very good, don't you
think?
George: Yes,but the Renault does exactlythe same,and
that's got a bigger engine, remember.
Monica: Actually, they're all about the same on petrol.
Look, the Escortdoesfiftv-seven. How much does it cost?
George: Escort,Escort. . . well, . . . the GL - that's the
fourteen hundred cc one - er . . . that costsseventhousand
one hundred and eighty-two pounds . . .
Monica: George.We simply can't afford to go over six
thousand five hundred oounds.
George: I know. I think'that meanswe can forget the
Volkswagen Golf, too, don't you?
Monica: How much is it?
model with a sixteenhundred cc engine. And it only does
forf-seven miles per gallon. Yeah. If s too big and we can't
afford it.
Monica: OK. So what about the Peugeottwo oh five, then?
George: Well. The three-door XS model costssix thousand
two hundred and twenty-five pounds. It's got a fourteen
hundred cc engine.
Monica: How about petrol?
George: It doesfifty-four mpg, accordingto this. I think it
looks great.
Monica: I know you do. You like it becauseit looks more
like a sports car than the others.
George: It also looks the most modem, don't you think?
Monica: Have they all got three doors?
George: The MG has three. The Golf has five, but we can
forget about the Golf. The Escort has five and the Renault
. . . that's got three.
Monica: Do vou reallv think the MG's as reliableas the
others?
George: Probablynot. I don't know . . . but probably not.
Monica: So that leavesthe Escort,the Renault and the
Peugeot two oh five . . .
George: You like French cars,don't you?
Monica: Don'tyou?
George: Not really.
Monica: But I thought the Peugeotwas your favourite.
George: Well. If the Escort'stoo expensive. . .
Monica: And a little bit boring.
George: And a little bit boring. That just leavesus with . . .
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8 the Isle of Dogs. It was very quiet round there, and I think
Presenten Unit eleven. Buying a New Car. Part B.
Radio presenter: . . . and the car we tested was the GT. It's
the most expensivemodel in the range and at eleven
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine pounds it is, I think,
a little ovelpriced: you can buy the equivalent Volkswagen
for almost eight hundred pounds less. But it's a beautiful car
and I'd been looking forward to driving it for a long time.
Unfortunately, I had problems right from the start. The day
I tested the car was one of the few sunny days we had this
suruner. So, naturally enough, I decided to open the sun-
roof. But the handle was so stiff that it was almost
impossible to move it. I did, eventually, get the sun-roof
open but as it finally beganto slide back it made the most
awftrl noise. Noise, I'm afraid, is quite a feature of this car.
The cals interior seemed to be very badly insulated against
engine noise, and with the sun-roof finally open the noise of
the wind was very loud indeed.
In general,the car was quite comfortable,but I didn't really
have enough leg room, and I found it difficult to adjust the
wing mirrors to the position I wanted.
The test car was, of course,brand new, but I did find quite a
lot of small scratchesand badly finished paintwork around
the headlights and radiator grille. And the silver plastic strip
which runs along eachside of the car wasn't properly fixed
to the car body on the left hand side of the car I tested.
So, quite a lot of irritating faults in a car you're going to have
topay...
UNIT12 The London Marathon
Presenter: Unit twelve. The London Marathon.
Rob |ackson: I was very nervous at the start. The red start is
for people who've never run in a marathon before. There
were about ten thousand of us. It wasn't really possibleto
run for the first mile or so; there were just too many people,
so we just jogged very gently down Charlton Road.
I was jogging quite nicely, you know, nice and gently, by
the time I reached that left tum into John Wilson Street, but
everyone seemed to be running faster than me . . . that's
where the elite runners join with everyone else. The elite are
those people who have run in official marathons before. I'm
sure I saw Greta Waitz pass me as we tumed left into
Woolwich Church Street.She'sthe Norwegian runner who
won the Women's Marathon in 1983.
I was surprised to see the Cutty Sark so quickly. It's more
than ten kilometres from the start. There were hundreds of
people all along Woolwich Road and Romney Road - and
then you tum sharp right, round the Cutty Sark, back into
Creek Streetand up Evelyn Road. That's when Ingrid
Kristiansen passedme. She'sanother Norwegian woman
who won in eighty-four and eighty-five.
At Surrey Docks we turned right into Redriff Road and then
the route follows the river along Rotherhithe Street. I was
starting to feel a bit tired and worried . . . then I realised I
was in famaicaRoad- and Tower Bridge is just at the top of
JamaicaRoad. People were dancing in the street, there was
music and everyonewas cheering us and shouting
encouragement. . .
Once I'd crossed the bridge and was running along Cable
Street I felt much better becauseI knew I'd completed more
than h'alf the race - abut twenty-four kilometres in fact.
We ran along East India Dock Road and tumed south into
55
that was the first time I seriously thought I wouldn't finish
the race.Westferry Road seemedendlessand my legswere
getting very heavy. I started to think about some of the
people who'd won the marathon in previous years:Inge
Simonsenfrom Norway and Dick Beardsleythe Ameriian;
they won it together in nineteen eighty-one. Then all those
British runners: JoyceSmith in eighty-one and eighty-two;
Hugh |ones, Mike Gratton, Charlie Spedding and Steve
Jones.Thinking about something always helps you when
you'rerunning.
I suddenly realised that I was in The Highway. The ioute
tums left, through St IGtharine's Dock and then you can see
Tower Bridge for the second time.
This time you go under the bridge. Then along Lower
TharnesStreet, p_astthe Monument, through the underpass
at Blackfriars and into Victoria Embankment.
And that's where I began to feel really tired. You've done
about forty kilometres, and you just want to stop. My legs
were like wood, but I managedto keep going. ftr".io*dt
were_fantasti,c. They help you enormouily. You tum right,
up Northumberland Avenue and then at Admiralty fuah
you just go straight down The Mall with Buckinghim palace
in front of you. Left at the top, into BirdcageWalk. It's a
fantastic feeling becauseas you run downBirdcage Walk the
pain in your legs and the noise in your head is almost
unbearable.But you can seeWestminsterBridge and then
Big Ben and you begrn to realisethat you -yol-- have
actually completed the London Marathon.
UNIT13 The People'sRepublic of China: Facts
anq rlgures
PARTA
Pregenter: Unit thirteen. The People'sRepublic of China:
Factsand Figures. Part A.
Radio presenter: China! It's the world's oldest surviving
civilisation. It has an unintemrpted history going backover
-soviet
four thousand years. After the Unionlndtanada it is
the third largest country in the world and more people [ve
here than anywhere elseon Earth; one billion ofthem - a
quarter of thi world's population. So, one person in every
four in the world is Chinese!
The People's Republic of China sharesborders with twelve
states.Starting in the north-east, they are North Korea, the
Soviet Union, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India,
Nepal, Sikkirn, Bhutan, Burma, Laos and Vietnam.
PART
B
Presenter: Unit thirteen. The People'sRepublic of China:
Factsand Figures. Part B.
Radio Presenten . . . Burma, Laos and Vietnam.
Now, many of the things we use in our everyday lives were
invented and developed in ancient China. Did you know,
for example, that the Chinese gave the world piper and
printing, money, and fireworks, and silk; they even
invented sunglasses.
Although it is now a maior world power, we know less
about China today - modem China - than about almost any
other country. This series of programmes will look at what
life is like in China today.
Let's start then with a few basic facts and figures about the
land and population. The total areaof the People'sRepublic
of China is about nine rnillion, five hundred and sevenw-
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five thousand squarekilometres. The size of the population
is around one thousand million - a billion people.
Although seventy-ninepercent of the population live in the
countryside and only twenty-one percent live in the cities,
China has more than twelve cities with more than two
million inhabitants. The biggest cities in China are
Shanghai,which has around twelve million inhabitants,
Beijing the capital, with a total of somenine-and-a-half
million, Tianjin with eight rnillion, and Chongqing with six
million, six hundred thousand inhabitants.
UNIT14 A Valuable Collection?
PARTA
Presenter: Unit fourteen. A ValuableCollection?Part A.
fournalist: Er . . . rougNy, when did you begin collecting
badges?
Simpson: At my primary school, I think. The teachersused
to give out badges to pupils who were particularly good at
c-ertainthings. So I got a little blue badge with the word
'swimming'
on it, and then another one I remember- it was
green - which had the word 'Tidy' 9n it! Ha!
fournalist: And have you still got thosebadgesin your
collection?
Simpson: No . . . well, I've got the swimrning badge, but I
think I was so untidy that I must have lost the tidy badge
years ago!
foumalist And you started collecting badges, then, from
what, the ageof about nine?
Sinpson: Er, yeah, I guessso . . . eight or nine or so. That's
right. In those days - we're talking about the early fifties -
there weren't so many carsaround as there are today. So
filling stationsdidn't have so many customers.So the petrol
companiesused to give out badges.I supposethey thought
that kids whose parents had a car would keep asking them
to go to a particular filling station so that they could get
another free badge. My dad bought our fust car in nineteen
fifty-six I think it was - a black Ford Popular - and every
time I went out with him in it I used to ask him to go to a
different petrol station so that I could add more to my
growing badge collection.
Actually, he was a very shy man, my father, and I'm sure he
didn't like asking for free things . . .
|oumalish So petrol company badgeswere the fust ones in
vour collection were thev?
3i-pson: After'swirnming'and 'tidy', yeah . . . But soon all
sorts of companies started making badges to advertise their
products, even cigarettecompanies.I've got one in my
collection for Wills's Woodbines - they were the cheapest
cigarettes in those days - and on the badge, at the bottom, it
says, 'Smoked by Millions' - no health warnings in those
days. . .
PART
8 Presenter: Unit fifteen. What's in a Name?Part A.
Presenter: Unit fourteen. A ValuableCollection?Part B.
Journalist: How did you start collecting foreign badges?
Simpson: I started travelling! Actuafly, I have to say that as
a teenagerI rather lost interest in badgesand in fact I threw
away a lot . . . or, er lost quite a lot . . . oneswhich would be
rather valuabletoday. But when I left University I got a job
in Austria and whenever I had a holiday, I used to take
cheap trips to countries in Eastem Europe. Badgesare very
popular there and I soon started collecting again. I've got
some really beautiful badges from Czechoslovakia and the
Soviet Union, and somelovely ones from Yugoslavia,too.
fournalist: Do people in EasternEurope wear badgesor do
they just collectthem?
Sinpson: Oh no, they wear them just like we do.
]ournalist Why do you think people do wear badges?
Simpson: Well, I think there are probably three main
reasons.I think somepeople wear them to show that they
belong to something. You know, like a group or a club or an
association of some sort . . . like the Rotary Club or a trade
union.
And then I think people wear badges becausethey have
something to say to the world. To tell people what they
think - political or religious badges - which show what kind
of person the wearer is, what he or she believesin, what
they want to communicate. . . or badgeswhich say things
'I'm a vegetarian'.I
like, er, 'Pleasedon't smokenear me' or
think that sort of badgeis very popular thesedays.
Journalis* You said you thought there were three main
reasonswhy people wear badges. . .
Simpson: Oh, yes. Well, the third reason,I think, is to
show everyoneelsewhere you've been . . . you know,
'I've been to Dsneyland'. A Iot
badgeswhich say things like
of people put stickerslike that on their cars, too.
There are other reasons, of course, but I think they're the
main ones.
PART
C
Presenter: Unit fourteen. A ValuableCollection?Part C.
Journalish There are quite a lot of political badgesin your
collection aren't there?
Simpson: Yes. I've got a lot of anti-nuclearbadges.The
anti'nuclear groups do seemto use badgesquite a lot.
fournalist Andhumorousones?
Simpson: The funny ones?No, not really. I've got a few but
I don't really like them so much. I prefer badgeswhich have
some kind of social history about them . . .
|ournalist: So which are your favourite badges then?
Simpson: Oh! That's impossibleto say. I like the British
badges I've got from the nineteen fifties, becausethey were
the ones I used to wear, as a kid, I mean . . . they mean the
most to me . . . but then these badges from Central Africa . . .
they were so difficult to get and they rernind me very much
of the hard tirne I had travelling and working there . . .
Journalish Are they valuable?Is yours a valuable
collection?
Simpson: They're valuableto me. I mean, you could never
replacethem. But I'm not sure they're worth a lot of money.
I don't think td get much for them if I ever tried to sell thein
UNIT15 What's in a Name?
PARTA
Lecturer: What do you think is the most irnportant thing
about a car?The engine?No. The design?Nope! Its
reliability? Uh-uh! What then? Well, would it surprise you to
discover that the most important thing about a car is its
name. It's true. The Volkswagen Golf is called a Rabbit in
the United States.The Ford Scorpiois called the Granadain
Great Britain. When Rolls-Roycewere developing the Silver
Shadow, in the nineteen sixties, they wanted to call it the
Silver Mst. Beautiful, huh? The Rolls-Royce Silver Mist.
Then someone made a very irnportant discovery. They
discoveredthat the word misf, in German, meansgarbage,
rubbish, jt.k, . . . You see,Willjam ShakesPeare was-_
wrong. Can you imagine somebig shot movie star riding
around in his new Rolls-RoyceSilver funk!?
The nineteen sixties were a time of relative prosperity'
Peoplehad more money than ever before. Somepeople
weri aggressivelysuccessful,and this was reflectedin the
names of the fast and Powerful sports carsof that time:
Stinerav, Spitfire, Tiger, Avenger.
And"thirn psychologistsbeganlo study driving and drivers.
They found that people who drove cars which had very
aggressivenameshad more road accidentsthan people who
drove cars with lessaggressivenames.
So, in the nineteen seventies we had the Reliant Kitten, the
Austin Mavi, the Triumph Herald, the Opel Kadett. Simple,
plain, ordinary, Mr Nice-GuY names.
but, vou know, to most people, their car is much more than
privdte transport, and nbt everyonewants to drive a car
i"lt"d " Kitten. Peoplelike to fintasise a little' When you're
sitting behind the wheel of an automobileanything is
possiEle.You are liberated. You have the freedom to go
iuhere you *ant, when you want. The open road is ahead.
It's romantic. And look at the romantic namesthe
manufacturersgive their carstoday: Sierra,Scirocco,
Montego, Savanna,Fuego.
And today's big, powerful and expensivecarshave_big,
powerful and expensivenames.Narneslike Comiche,
Camargueand Mulsanne.
Most of us, of course,cannot possibly ever hope to afford
such status symbols. But the car manufacturerskeep us
happy with our little city cars.They give them happy
names. Names like Mini, Uno, Polo and Charade.And it's
still possibleto have romantic fantasieseven if you can only
afford a Fiestaor a Samba.
For the seriousdriver there are seriouscars.And thesedon't
have names.They have numbers. A car with a number
seemsmore reliable, more technically advanced, safer, like
an airliner. So there's the Volvo760, the BMW 745i,the
JaguarXl6, the Mercedes-Benzl9}, the Audi 100,the Rover
800. . .
B
PART
Preeenter: Unit fifteen. What's in a Name?Part B.
Narator: 'This moming His Highness took me out for a
drive in one of his cars.He knows no more about carsthan I
do and choosesthem by the appealof their names. So he
'sunbeam'. It would surely be a very pretty car; but
bought a
it seEmedmuch the same as any other, and he was equally
'Moon'. He asked me today what his next
disappointed by a
.". rhb.tld b., fbr two of the four he already has are getting
'Buick', which was the only
very old, and I suggesteda
maiceI could call to mina; but after pronouncing the word
two or three times with evident disfavour, and making it
sound like a sneeze,he did not refer to the matter again.'
UNIT16 l/alue For Money'
Presenter: Unit sixteen.Value For Money.
Male radio presenter: (Martin Hart) Hello. And welcome to
this week's 'Value For Mone/. Now, fan, you've been
looking at coffee machines for us this week, is that ri-ght?
Surely, they're all more or less the same, aren't they?
Femaleradio presenter:fanet Hill) Hello, Martin. Well,
that's iust what I thought, too. You just pour in the water,
J/
spoon in the coffee,switch on the machine and wait. Well,
not exactly.We testedfive machines:the Kaffematic25, er
. . . made in West Germanv; the CoffeeMaster de-luxe,
made in the U.K.; the Domestika ElectricCoffee Pot, from
Czechoslovakia;the Aromacup Two Thousand- another
one from Britain, that one; and finally the lGffitalia
Automatic, which, as its name suggests,is made in Italy.
Martin: And what did we find?
Janek Well. The fust thing we looked at was the price. And
we found a differenceof ten pounds between the cheapest
and the most expensive.
Martin: So how much is the Kaffematic?
Janek Thafs the most expensive,er . . . it's twenty-nine
pounds ninety-five.
Martin: And the cheapest?
Janeh The Domestika. That was only nineteen pounds
ninety-five.
Martin: So why doesn't everyonebuy a Domestika,then?
|aneh Well. Ifs not as simple as that. They don't all make
the sameamount of coffee- but let me give you the pricesof
the others, fust. The CoffeeMaster is twenty-five pounds
seventy-five; the Aromacup is twenty-two fifty, and the
Kaffitalia costs twenty-six ninety-five.
Martin: You said they don't all make the same amount of
coffee.
|aneh ThaYs right. You get twelve cups of coffee from the
Kaffematic, but only eight from both the Coffee Master and
the Domestika. The Kaffitalia gives you about nine cups and
you get ten cups out of the AromacuP.
Martin: So how can you decide which machine is the best
value for money?
faneft Well, M;rdn, you look at all the extras.
Madin: Extras?
fanet Tha/s right. You see, with the Kaffematic you get
one kilo of coffee and one packet of filter papers absolutely
free. And the machine has a plug.
Martin: That's . . . that sounds good.
faneh Yes. None of the other machineshas a plug when
you buy it.
Martin: The KaffematiCs the only one.
Janeft Yes. You have to buy a plug separately for all the
other machines.
Martin: Do you get free coffee with all of them?
fanet: Not at all. As I said, you get one kilo with the
Kaffematic, but you get none at dl with the Coffee Master,
the Domestika or the Kaffitalia. And with the Aromacup
you only get a half-kilo packet.
Martin: And what about filter papers?
|anet: Well, there it's a little better. You get a packet of filter
paper free with every machine we tested, excePtthe
Domestika.
Martin: I suppose filter papers are cheaPerto give away
free than coffee.
faneh I supposeso.
Martin: What about guarantees?
Janet: Each one comeswith a twelve month guarantee.
Martin: fan, it's really very difficult to know which is the
best value for money.
|anet: It is, Martin. I agree.We found that both the
Aromacup and the Kaffematic were not very good at
keeping the coffeehot. I poured myself a cup from the
Aromacup and it was really too cold to enioy. The
KaffematiCscoffeewas a little wanner, but it wasn't really
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hot. The hottest coffeecamefrom the Domestika.
Martin: How reliable do you think the Domestika is? I
mean, in this country we sometimes think that electrical
goods from Eastem Europe are not very good, don,t we?
Not very safe,perhaps.
Janet: I don't know, Martin. But if you need spareDartsto
repair it, they'll be very difficult to find, I should thi"k . . .
UMf 17 Programming the Video
PARTA
Presenter: Unit seventeen.Programming the Video. part A.
Shop Assistant . . . OK, now tfus is the irstruction booklet.
Er, it tells you everything you need to know about how to
operatethe machine . . .
Charlotte: Yes. Fine. Thank you. But I wonder if you could
just go through it . . . I mean can you just show me how to
record a programme?I'm one of ihose people who . . . well, I
understand things much better when sbmione acfuallv
shows me what to do . . . what buttons I have to press, and
soon...youknow...
Assistant: Yes, of course.Well. All the buttons are here,
behind this panel, this little plasticdoor. So you have to
open the panel and the first thing you have io do is check
two things. Er. . . first, you havti tb ask,Is the machine
switched on?' You press the OPERATE switch to switch it
on.
The seco!4-thing is, is there a tape in it? Here's a tape . . . er,
actually, I'll give you this one with the machine, thdr're . . .
Charlotte: Thanks. Are they expensive, these tapes?
Assistant: Er, not really, no. You can get a very good
four-hour tape for lessthan ten poundi. Now.-pit the tape
in here.
OK. Now you're ready. The machine's switched on and
there's a tape inside. Now, when the TV programme starts
you just press thesetwo buttons, fust the RECORDbutton
and then the PlAYbutton. And when the programme,s
finished, just press this one, the STOPbuttbn.-
Charlotte: Fine. Now what about programming the
machine, you know, to er, to record a programire while I,m
out?
PART
B Assistant: Yes.And then just start programming from the
Presenter:Unit seventeen.Programming the Video. part B.
Clrglglt"r . . . you know, to erJo record-a programme
whilel'mout?
Assistant Yes. Of course.Well, if you want to record a
programme while you're out, you have to programme the
macnrne.
Charlotte: All right. How do I do that? Is it difficult,
complicated,I mean?
Assistant: Not at all. It's really very sirnpleand
straightforward. First, you have tohakd sure the machine is
switched on.
Charlotte: The OPERATE switch.
Assistant The OPERAfi switch. And also don,t forget to
put a tape in. Then you pressthe PROGRAMME button.
Charlofte: The PROGRAMME button?
Assistanh Yes. This one here. Now theselittle numbers
which are flashing - they're the machine,s memory
positions. You seeyou can prograrnmethis machine to
record four things over two weeks. Now we want number
one, becausethis is the first thing we're going to
programme. So you have to press the SEt button once.
Then you.have to press the STOREbutton. That keepsit in
the machine'smemorv.
Charlotte: It storesit.
Assistant: Yeah. Now you can seethe channel numbers are
flashing.-Let'ssay that the programme we want to record is
going to be on Channel 4. You have to pressthe SETbutton
again, four times. Two . . . three . . . fou]. That's it. Now
pressSTOREagain, so that it's in the memory.
Charlotte: Now the clock's flashing.
Assistant Thaf s right. Now we hive to programme the
9ly "na time. Let's say the programme we want is on
Wednesday.You havi to piess-theSETbutton again until
you see'Wednesday'in the display. There. Mon-dav.
Tuesday,Wednesday.Now priss-STOREagain "nd it,, ir,
tne memorv. . ,
PART
C
Presenter: Unit seventeen.Programming the Video. part C.
Assistant: So, we've got the chinnel . . .thannel 4 . . . and
$"-d"y . . . Wednesday. . . Now you seethe clock,sstill
flashing so we can programme the start and finish times.
You have to pressand hold the SETbutton until the clock
shows the timc you want. Let's say your programme starts
at eight o'clock.
;.:jy:: . seven . . . eight. That's it. Don,t forget to press the
STOREbutton again.
Charlotte: OK. And if the programme finishes at, say, nine
o'clock?
Assietanft Then you have to press the SETbutton aeain
until you seenine o'dock on the dock. Then pressS1ORE
once more. So tha/s just about it, really. Simple enough.
The machine is programmed to record on Ch'annel 4, on
Wednesday, from eisht till nine.
-It's
Charlotte: quiteitraightforward really, isn,t it? I mean
you just have to press SETand STORE,bisically.
Assistant More or less,yeah.
Charlotte: And if you make a mistake?I mean what
happens if I set the machine to record at eight o,clock,but I
really-wantedseveno'clock?How do I cha-ngeit if l,ve
already pressedSTORE?
Assistant: fust pressthis button.
Charlotte: RESET?
DeSlnmngagarn.
UNIT18 The Department Store
Presenter: Unit eighteen.The Deparhnent Store.
Store Announcer: Welcome to Sp-ring-time at Bentley's. It's
Italian Week in our Food Halls, oh thi Ground Floor.'Trv
our deliciouspasta. It's made fresh every day. Or Bentley's
speciallyimported Parmesancheese.And don,t forset t6e
wine. All this week Italian Lambruscois onlv two p6unds
$ty."_!o-9". SocelebrateSpring Italian styl6 i., n"'rrtt"y,
Food Halls, on the Ground Floo-r.
And now that the good weathe/s finally arrived, there,s
plenty of work to do in the garden. And to help vou eet
started we're reducing the cost of garden tools. iherE,s five
pounds-off Wilkinson garden forks and tfuee pounds fifty
off spadesand rakes. And, if you spend fifteen pounds or
more we'll give you a pair of gardeiring gloves a'bsolutely
rree. 50 hurry on down to the Gardening Department in the
Basement.
Looking for something cool? The Spring collection has just
arrived in the Ritz Boutique on the SecondFloor. Hundred
per cent cotton sweatersfrom twelve pounds ninety-nine,
ikirts f.om fourteen pounds. And why not take a closerlook
at the exciting range of YankieGirl cosmetics?It's not too
early to think of summer. We have the very latest swimwear
from Franceand exciting beachwearat unbelievableprices-
all in the Ritz Boutique on the SecondFloor.
Feeling tired? Ready for a mid-morning break?Popinto
Bentley's Coffee Shop on the Third Floor and choosefrom
four bl'endsof freshly ground coffeeor five different
varietiesof Indian andChinese tea. There are cold drinks,
too, and a tasty selectionof biscuits, cakesand sandwiches.
But if vou want more than'iust a snack,our restaurantis
open ior lunch every day from twelve till three' That's our
C'offeeShop on the Third Floor and our air'conditioned
restauranton the Fourth Floor'
And finally, just a word or two about our new Sports
Department. It's moved. And it's grown. Now on the First
Flobr, our Sports Departrnentis bigger than ever. There's
the full range of Dunlop training shoes starting at nine
ninety-five, a wide variety of track suits from sixteen
pounis and an impressiverangeof tennis racketsfrom nine
pounds fifty to ninity-five pounds. Our specially-trained
staff can help you choosethe clothesand equiPmentthat are
right for you.
Bentley's acceptall the major credit cards, and, of course,
we have our own credit scheme.If you want to know mole
about opening an account, ask for a leaflet in any
departrnent, or visit the Customer ServicesDepartment on
the Ground Floor.
We're here to help you. It's Spring all the year round at
Bentley's. Happy shopping!
UNIT19 Radio Phone-In
PARTA
Presenter: Unit nineteen. Radio Phone-In. Part A.
Radio presenter: Good aftemoon. And.welcome to our
midweik phone-in. In today's Proglamme we're going to,
concentraieon personalproblems. And here with me in the
studio I've got fessa Colbeck,who writes the agony column
inFbshmagazine, and Doctor Maurice Rex, Student
Medical Adviser at the University of Norfolk.
The number to ring with your problem is oh one, if you're
outside London, two two two, two one two two. And we
have our fust caller on the line, and iYs Rosemary, I think, er
calling from Manchester.Hello Rosemary.
Rosemary: Hello.
Radio presenter: How can we help you, Rosemary?
Rosemary: Well, it's my dad. He won't let me stay out after
ten o'clock at night and all my friends can stay out much
longer than that-.I always have to go home first. It's really
embarrassing.. .
Tessa: Hello, Rosemary,love. Rosemary,how old are you
dear?
Rosemarv: I'm fifteen in two months' time.
Tessa: And where do you go at night - when you go out?
Rosemary: )ust to my friend's house, usually. But everyone
elsecan stay there much later than me. I have to leaveat
about quarter
-And to ten.
Tessa: does this friend ofvours . . . doesshe live near
you?
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Rosemary: It takes about ten minutes to walk from her
house to ours.
Tessa: I see.You live in Brighton, was it? Well, Brighton's
Ro""-"ry, No. Manchester. . . I live in Manchester.
Tessa: Oh. I'm sorry, love. I'm getting mixed up. Yes, well
Mancheste/s quite a rough city isn't it? I mean, your dad . . .
Rocematy: No. Not really. Not where we livb it isn't. I don't
Iive in the City Centre or anything like that. And Christine's
house is in a very quiet part.
Tessa: Christine. That's your friend, is it?
Rosemary: Yeah. That's right. I mean, I know my dad gets
worried but it's perfectly safe.
Maurice: Rosemary.Have you talked about this with your
dad?
Rosemary: No. He just shouts and then he sayshe won't let
me go out at all if I can't come home on time.
Maurice: Why don't you just try to sit down quietly with
your dad - sometimewhen he's relaxed- and just have a
quiet chat about it? He'll probably explain why he worries
about you. It isn't always safefor young girls to go out at
night.
Tessa: Yes. And maybe you could persuadehim to come
and pick you up from Christine's house once or twice.
Rosemary: Yes. I don't think he'll agreeto that, but I'll talk
to him about it. Thanks.
PART
B
Presenter: Unit nineteen. Radio Phone-In. Part B.
Radio presenter: All right. Thank you for that call,
Rosemary.We now go, I think, to Glasgow and our next
caller, er, ]im Baillie. Hello |im.
]im: Hello?
Radio presenter: Hello firn. What's your problem?
fim: Er . . . well I'm er . . . beginning to lose my hair. Er, I
went to the doctor, but he just said there was nothing I can
do about it. He said it was probably hereditary. My father
was bald by.the time he was thirty.
Maurice: Hello, Jim. And how old are you?
fim: Me. I'm twenty-eight.
Maurice: And are you losing a lot of hair, then?
|irn: Well, it comesout a lot when I comb my hair and you
can seea thin part on the top of my head.
Maurice: And does that really worry you, fim?
fim: Well. I don't like it. It's old . . . you know . . . looks old
. . . I don't want to look like a middle-agedman at
twenty-eight. And I wondered if there was somespecial
shampoo I should use . . . if you could tell me one that I
should buy . . . something like that . . . you know . . . to stop
it getting worse.
Maurice: Well, you know, |im, to be honestwith you
there's not really a lot you can do about it, actually, I'm
afraid. I mean, baldnessis one of those things that, in my
experience,you just have to try to accept.Somemen find it
more difficult to acceptbaldnessthan others . . .
Tessa: There is one pieceof advice, though, fim, and that's
don't try to comb your hair over the bald or thin patch.
Don't try to hide it. Whatever you do, don't comb it over
becausethat usually looks ridiculous. And the other thing
that usually looks ridiculous is a man with a wig. Don't let
anyone persuadeyou to buy one of those falsehairpiece
things, becausethey usually look much worse than a bald
man. I actually think bald men can look very attractive. My
husband's bald and I think it really suits him.
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PART
C
Presenter: Unit nineteen. Radio Phone-In. part C. Fourthly. Is the cut a deep one, and is it wide open? If it is,
Radio presenter: And I think we've just about got time for cleanthe cut gently, with cleancotton wool and a little
one more quick call. And we've got Martin on the line. warm water, then hold it closedwith an adhesivedressing.
you're calling from London, is that right?
!t4".ti", -That's Fifth question. Was the cut made by a nail or a long, sharp
Martin: right,'Mary. piece of wood? If it was, there may be some dirt in the cut.
Radio presenter: Fine. Now, what's your problem, Martin? Let it bleed for a while, to cleanitself. Then cleanit witn
Ya{i": I've been trying to stop smoking for a long time and cotton wool and warm water and dressit with a cleancotton
I'm finding it very difficult. I wondered il Tessaor-Maurice bandage..
had any useful tips.
-How Finally, don't forget that young children can becomevery
Tessa: lonj have you been trying to stop smoking, easily upset or shockedby a cut - especiallyif it is a serious
Martin? one. Try to keep them calm, and quiet. Don't give them
Martin: About three years. anything to drink, but keep their Iips wet with a little water.
Tessa: Three years!Good heavens!Quite a long time, then

Martin: Yes. You see, the problem is I work in an office

where I'm the only smoker, and rny girlfriend doesn,t
smoke. . .
Tessa: So why do you think you can't stop, Martin?
Martin: Well, I don't know. Maybe I'm juit not trying hard
enough, you see . . .
Maurice: Martin. When you stopped smokingbefore, in the
past,r^/hat-wasthe longest amount of time you stopped for?
Martin: About six months.
Maurice: And why did you start again, do you think?
Martin: Well, my job is very demanding. You know. I have
to work quite late at the office. Quite a lot, actually. And I
find that cigaretteshelp me . . . you know . . . whin I,m
stressed.. . underDressure.. .
Maurice: Martin. I?I were you, I think I'd start to trv to . . .

UNIT
20 FirstAid
Presenter: Unit twenty. First Aid.
Medical voice: As any parent will tell you, small cuts and
minor grazesare unavoidableamong small children. Such
cuts and grazeswill usually need little or no treatment. The
bleeding will dean the wound naturally, and it should stop
'
within a few rninutes, as the blood cloti and dries. More
serious cuts may need to be gently cleaned with soft cotton
and warm water. They should th6n be dressedwith a clean
cotton bandage.
Follow this simple checklistof questions.Ask yourself each
of thesequestionsin order to rnake sure you treat cuts and
grazesproperly:
First. Is the cut on the face?If it is, call a doctor as soon as
possible- especiallyif the eye is injured.
Second.Is the cut bleeding badly? If it is, put a clean pieceof
cotton wool over it and pressdown firmly for about five
runutes.
Thirdly. Ask yourseUif the cut is still bleeding badly. If it is,
dressit with a cleancotton bandageand call idoctor as soon
as possible.

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Answer key
UNIT1 TheTelephone Answering Machine UNff4 BibiKhanym and the Origin of the
1 c MuslimVeil
2 Oxbnd,ge876942 I . . . (a) dangerous(thing).
3 a) No c) Yes 2
b) Yes d) No
4 bandc
) c
6 a) True e) False
b) False Q True
c) False g) True
d) True h) False
/ c
9 Rodney is probably lrene's husband and Har{y is
probably their son or Rodney could be lrene's boyfriend or
boss and Harry could be her brother.

2 'Soyou wannakeepfit, huh?'

UNIT 3 a) True
b) True
d) True g) True
h) False
j) False
e) False
1 b,e,f.handj c) True f) False i) False
2 a) forehead b) cheek c) chin d) throat
e) chest f) armpit g) lungs h) elbow
i) stomach j) wrist k) knuckles l) legs UNIT5 tNho's who?
m) ankle n) feet
I a) Griran, Sweden (4)
3 g-lungs, l-legs, n-feet
5 a) ...feetapart. b) $hanti,Srilanka(5)
b) . . . arm (ibove your head). c) Michel, Frbnce(7)
c) ... yourhead. 2 a) True 0 True
d) . . . this, with your le{t arm. b) False g) False
c) False h) True
e) . . . both arms (together).
d) True i) False
e) True j) False
3 Inter-City125
UNIT 3a) o'rNffix
I 11.35
2 16.45
3 Edinburgh, Berwick, Newcastle. Durham, Darlington,
York, Peterborough, London
sw5*6'.n
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a) Newcastle
b) Darlin$on
c) York
4 Drinks: tea, cola/lemonade, beer, wines, spirits, coffee . /
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9andwiches: egg and tomato, ham and tomato, roast
chicken UtVlIf Radio Ad vertisements
Hot food: cheeseburgers,sausage{but no chips)
I a) SimplySofabeds b) tumiture
5 Somesuggestions:
Primawomen's magazine magazine
a) Restaurant cars have a waiter/waitress service.
b) You sit down at a table to eat a meal in the reetaurant Wanstead Music Centre pianos
car. 2 a) 130
c) The restaurant car is probably more expensive, b) T5pence
d) The food may be better in the restaurant car. c) 530 3808
It may be fast lood or'junk' food in the buffet. 3 For Christmas
e) You probably don't have to queue in the restaurant 4 Yes. The advert says,'Get your secondvalue-packed
car. issue . . ,'
5 No. The advert says, 'Just . . . pianos . . .'
$ The restaurant car usually has fixed times lor meals. 6 a) i) Car Buy*magazine
g) In the buffet car you can buy single items. In the
restaurant car you probably have to have a complete b) i) Cuticura medicated soap
meal. c) iv) LBCPopReview
6 The sign shows a personal stereo and should appeal to d) iii) Ariel automatic washing powder
anyone whose foumey has been spoded by the high- e) ii) Swift Interiors
pitched, tinny sound which you can sometimes hear 7 a) 30pence
when other passengersare listening to music through b) ... chemistseverywhere
such a machine. Perhaps the sign should appear in c) 9.30p.m.
d) Quartz
confined public places.(Note: it is alreadyin use on the
London Underground). e) 2452107

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UNIT7 Terminal One Then, add chicken.
1 You should have underlined the following: Edinburgh, Now, stir (gently).
Cork, Ankara, Dublin, Cyprus (Larnaca),tanada, Finally, chill for t/zhour, at least.
Athens, New York, Dtisseidorf, Belfast Ingredients
2 a).closing b) checkingin c) boarding 7r lettuce
3 Edinburgh; Gate4 Cork;BA 838;Cate9 Dublii; AI 141 1 &anclrwatercress (shouldbe1/zbunch\
; 7zcucumber (should be r/+cucumber\
CloslngAthens; BA 550;Gate22; Closins
% greenpepper (should be I peppcrl
4 1 spring onion (should be a feui
Title Forename
120ml Frenchmustard(shouldbe Frcnthdressingl
Surname Travel information
Method
Mr Ian )ackman recently arrived from Coreand seedthe pepper.Chop or sliceall the
Ankara ingredients and mix with the Frenchdressing.
Variations
Dr Raymond Miller from Dublin .Forextra interest add chopped (should be thinly-sliced)
hard-boiled eggs,Iotsof (should be n /ilfle) I
Iemon iuice, a fetrr (should be /ofs o0
Mrs Waring nuts, and some thin skcesof apole (should be at ocadopear)
I
meeting a passengerfrom
Lamaca Add nuts only at the last minute. I
Capt. Jay Brock
Possiblecombinations: I
from Canada grated apple, onion, cheese,cabbage I
Mr stePhen sandberg chopped grapefruit,apple,onion, ca6bage,walnuts.
""* celery,
i::il[j:.X'"*o - tomato I
minced beef I
Miss Margaret Murphy in transit from Dtisseldorl cored apple
to Belfast skinned chicken, cod, tomato I
boned chicken, cod I
shelled walnuts I
UNITI The Touch of Death diced grapefruit,chicken,apple,onion, beef I
caDbage, walnuts,celery,tomato I
L c 2 d stoned ohv€s
3a)18 I
shredded chicken, beef, cabbage
b) Roberts peeled I
grapefruit, apple, onion
c) Richmond 580311 I
4 c I
5 cande UNIT10 The Weather Forecast
6 a) True I
1 It is probably early to mid-summer. The weather is
b) True describedas warm and the night temperature will be no I
c) False Iower than 15degreesin the south. There have been 15 I
d) False hours of sunshine. It's probably Thursdav, since we are I
e) True told 'the outlook for Friduy ".td th" weeklnd,.
2 d . r - _ . ' . ' _ ' -
I
UNITI Wal-A-Recipe 4a)i) I
1 1Yrkg cooked, skinned chicken
b) in) I
c) ii) I
300 ml fresh mayonnaise d)0
150ml soured cream
1 tablespoonfuI papri-ka
5a)x) 0 t
b) iij) 8) ii)
2 tablespoonfulstdmatopuree c) ix) h) iv)
VzteaspoonfuIcastersugar
d) vii) i) v)
4 large,chopped,skinned tomatoes
a little salt
e) vi) i) vin)
freshly ground black pepper
2 Chris m;de four mistikes. They were
(1) 11<gchicken, instead of 172kg.
(2) 300ml soured cream, instead of 150ml. 6 lt was probably8.58p.m. (i.e. 20.58)becausethe
(3) a teaspoonfulpaprika, instead of a tablespoonful weatherman fust describedwhat the weather had been
(4) 7ztablespoonfulcastersugar,insteadof % like during the day.
teaspoonful. 7 a) two minutes past twelve
3 First, remove bones. b) seventeenminutes past four
Then, cut chicken into cubes. c) ten past nine
Next, mix all other ingredients (mayonnaise,cream, d) quarter past one
paprika, puree, sugat tomatoes,salt and pepper). e) one minute to eleven
UNITll Buying A New Car
1
Model Engine Price Pefrol Doors P R E V I O U SW I N N E R SO F T H E L O N O O NM A R A T H O N
MG Metro 1300 1300cc f6299 56mpg 3
YEAR N,,IEN COUNTRY \1/OMEN COUNTRY
Volkswagen Golf GL 1600cc €8090 47mpg 5
Peugeot205 XS 14$cc 86225 54mpg 3
TSE 1400cc 86675 56mpg 3 D i c kB e a r d s l e y USA
Renault 5
Ford Escort GL 1400cc f7182 57mpg 5 1982 HushJones UK Jolce fnifh vK
2 a) George 1983 M i k eG r a t t o n u K G r e t aW a i t z MorvJa/
b) €6,s00 rs84 charrie 1e r K
speod ,ijjiL"r."
c) It's too expensivefor them and they think it's a little bit No,wa|
boring.
d) Not reallv
e) The Peugeot205XS
3 They probably chosethe Peugeot205XS because
i) it seemedto be George'sfavourite (even though he 4 a) iii) b) in) c) iv) d) ii) e) i)
said he didn't like Frenchcars)
ii) Monica doesn't obiect to it
iii) it is the cheapestand seemsto be good value for 13 The People'sRepublic of China: Facts
UNIT
money and Figures
4 a) windsireen wiper b) bonnet c) headlamp a1
d) front bumper e) radiator grille f) aerial Over four thousand years
2
g) rearlight h) rearbumper i) mudflap The SovietUnion and Canada
3
t) wing mirror 4
One billion
5 Georgeseemsto be a little more enthusiasticthan Monica 2. USSR 3. Mongolia 6. India 10. Burma
5
Monica seemsto be more concernedabout how much 11. Laos 12. Vietnam
they can afford and getting value for money. George 6c 7d. 89.575,000km': 921%
seemsmore impressedby the appearanceof the cars. 10 A: Shanghai B:9,5S,000
6 L C:8,000,000 D:6,6S,000
11 a) ii) d) iii)
b)v) e)D
c) iv)
12 a) twenty-eight thousand and seventy-two kilometres
b) six thousand two hundred and fifty squarekilometres
c) twenty-onepercent
1 Scratchesand badly finished paintwork d) one third (or a third)
2 Not enough leg-room e) one quarter (ora quarter)
3 Sunroof difficult to open
4 Wing mirror difficult to adiust UNIT14 A Valuable Collection?
5 A lot of engine noise
6 Badly fixed plastic strip 1 b 2 b 3 d 4 d 5 d
7 a) iv) b) v) c) ii) d) i) e) iii) 6 Firstreason: c
Second reason: a
IINIT12 The London Marathon Third reason: d
7 Probablynot. He sayshe doesn't think he'd get very
1 b much money for it iI he tried to sell it.
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UNff15 What's in a Name? UNIT17 Programming the Video
I a,c,d,t,g 1 b
2 d 3 c 4 b 5 c 5 d 7 c 8 a 2 i) Is the machine switched on?
9 a) His Highness ii) Isthereatapeinit?
b) . . . much the sameas. , . 3 First RECORD and then PLAY
c) make 4a)8 b)7 c\2 d)a e)6 03 g)5 h)1
d)...caltomind... 5 z_PROGRAMME 3*SET 4_STORE
e) . . . evident disfavour . . . 6 Four
0 ... refertothematter... 7 a) Channel selected:4Day:Wednesday
Start time: 8.00 Finished time: 9.00
UNIT16 'Value For Money' b) RssET
I Five
2 f26.95 UN\Tl8 TheDeparrmentStore
3 12months 1 BASEMENTGardening
4 a) KAFFEMATIC2S GROUNDFLOORCustomerServices, FoodHaIIs
Made in West Germany FIRSTFLOORSports
Numberofcups 12
SECCINDFLOOR'Ritz'Boutique
Freeplug YES THIRDFLOORCoffeeShop
Free coffee YES . .' fCIURTHFLOOR Restaurant
Free filter papers YES d) f9.e5
2 a) €2.50
12 months guarantee e) f16'00
b) €12.9
Spareparts not mentioned c) f,14.00 f) €9.50to€9,5.00
Price n9.95 '- -*-r'
3 a) True e) False
b) COFFEEMASTERDe-Iuxe b) Probablyfalse , f) Probablytrue
Made in the U.K. c) Probablyfalse g) False
Number of cups 8 d) Probablyfalse h) Probablytrue
Freeplug NO (theRestaurant i) Probablytrue
Free coffee NO is air-conditioned) i) True, if you spend €15 or more
Freefilterpapers YES 4 a) SECOND
12 months guarantee b) cRotlNp
Spare parts not mentioned C} BASEMENT
Price A5.75 d) sEcoND
e) SECOND
c) DOMESTIIGELECTRICCOFFEEPOT
Made in Czechoslovakia
Numberofcups 8 UN\T19 Radio Phone-In
Freeplug NO 1 d
Free coffee NO 1a) 15
Free filterpapers NO b) Manchester
t2 months guarantee c) Christine
Spare parts will b€ difficult to find 3 c
Price 819.95 4a\28
d) AROMACUPzooo b) Ashampoo
Made in Britain c) No
Number of cups 10 5 3years 6 No 7 d
Freeplug NO
Free coffee YESbutonly 14kg 20 First Aid
Free filter papers YES
UNIT
12 months guarantee 1 b
Spareparts not mentioned 2 d
Price r,).54 3 c
4 c
e) KAFFITALIA Automatic 5 L soon as possible 2 cotton wool 3 press down
Made in ltaly
4 5 minutes 5 wide open 6 hold 7 closed
Numberofcups 9
I dressing 9 clean 1b doctor 11 pieceof wood
Freeplug NO 12 bleed 13 calm 14 drink 15 wet 16 water
Free coffee NO 6 a) ii) d) iii)
Free filter papers YES b) r) e) ii)
12 months guarantee c) iii)
Spare parts not mentioned
Price f26.95

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